Chapter 281: Shadowy Disappearances (I) (2/2)

The challenge of the Old District naturally fitted into its theme. The one Xu Lanyi was assigned was to investigate numerous disappearances of the citizens over the past few years. People died from fights and gang battles all the time but this was different.

Citizens reported seeing a black shadow snatching cultivators at the Spirit Initiate Realm off the street at night. It happened often, almost every week, and those taken were subdued by mysterious ways. Those taken included not only lowly cultivators of trashy sects but ones from the major sects as well. This forced the Spirit Kings to finally pay attention but they made no headway in the past few months. The culprit was elusive and losses continued.

If the rankers could find a clue that furthered the case, they would receive a golden feather. The hope was that some might have special ability or Dao that could counteract whatever was behind the disappearances.

“Shit, can I skip this challenge?” Xu Lanyi said after hearing Chen Wentian’s words.

“You scared?”

“Yes… what if it’s a rapist demon?” She asked.

“Don’t worry. Those that disappeared included both men and women.”

“What if it likes both?” She asked again.

“Don’t worry. I’ll be staying with you for this one. I’m curious about the powers that it has and how it compares to Chen Mo’s powers and my bees.”

“But you’re not allowed to help me. I thought all sect masters swore a spiritual oath to do so.”

Chen Wentian merely smirked and held a finger to his lips. The fact that spiritual oaths did not properly apply to him and his soul art was something he didn’t feel like explaining out in public. Spiritual oaths didn’t work on him because it was only tied to the soul that made the oath and not to all the other souls that he possessed.

As the main soul, he could also force the oath on any subservient soul he chose. This effectively meant that spiritual oaths were completely ineffective on him and he could do what he pleased.

Still, he wasn’t going to go around advertising this fact to the whole capital. There were probably a few eyes and ears watching their every move.

“Alright, this is as far as I can take you.” He said, stopping in the middle of the street.

He rubbed her shoulder, letting several shadow anchors were transferred onto her body. At the same time, a squadron of void bees flew out of his sleeve and into the folds of her dress.

“Yes, master.” Xu Lanyi grimaced, slightly squirming from the insects that were now crawling around.

Chen Wentian then made a show of taking off into the air, leaving her alone to tackle the challenge.

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