1550 Stolen (2/2)

As soon as he stepped out of the study, he rotated and turned into a shadow. There was a flash, and he appeared outside a huge attic seconds later. At this time, countless elite disciples had already gathered outside the attic. They were the elite of the Commandment Clan. They had the whole attic blockaded and sealed off.

As soon as the Dean appeared, several figures immediately came forward.

”Greetings, Dean!” Several old people bowed and cupped their hands in greeting with great respect.

”What's going on? How can our treasure house have been robbed?” The Dean looked grave and asked in a low voice.

One of them said with a look of helplessness, ”Dean, this matter is quite strange. This news was reported by the person in charge of guarding the main gate today. He claimed that the Mighty King used a teleportation device to steal from our sect's Treasure Room. So, we rushed over here and found that the Treasure Room's Prohibition Spell hadn't been destroyed and it wasn't out of order. Also, the patrolling disciples hadn't discovered anything strange, but...”

”'This is absolutely disgraceful. Since when is it possible to use a teleportation device to enter the Treasure Room? You must be talking about a high-grade teleportation device, able to run through the Treasure Room's Prohibition Spell, and...” At this point, the Dean changed his focus as he said, ”Never mind, quickly send people in to capture the Mighty King and bring him back to me. You must get back those stolen treasures. Make sure there's not one item lost, do you understand? Nothing is to be left out.”

”Yes!” Several old men immediately accepted their orders.

One of them added, ”Please rest assured, Dean. Xuanyuan Wanrong came out of seclusion today and happened to hear of this matter. She has already led a team of disciples from the Tingfeng Clan to track down the Mighty King.”

”What?” The Dean's face suddenly changed when he heard that. He shouted in a deep voice, ”Quickly, issue a classified order to make Xuanyuan Wanrong come back. She doesn't need to intervene in this matter of the Mighty King. I have another task to give her.”

Several old people stared blankly and were a little taken aback by the Dean's excited reaction. But they didn't dare ask any more questions. They immediately responded yes, and then hurriedly moved away.

The Dean also turned around to leave right away. He was in a hurry.

He didn't return to his study but rushed directly to the rear court. He stood in front of a rock garden and used a spell. Smoke instantly gushed out of the rock garden and shrouded his whole person. He disappeared on the spot.

Moments later, the Dean appeared again in a sealed secret chamber.

Four human-shaped statues were placed inside this secret chamber, occupying the four directions of east, west, north, and south. They looked stately and had both eyes closed as they sat in meditation poses.

However, after the appearance of the Dean, the four human-shaped statues made rustling sounds and suddenly opened their eyes.

”Things aren't good. The treasure house was robbed today. The thief took Xuanyuan Wanrong's memory pearl,” the Dean said in a deep voice with a grim face as he looked at the four statues.

”What?”

”Her memory pearl has been stolen?”

”Don't tell me she suspects something and sent someone to do it?”

”No, we'd obviously sealed her memory for a long time and taken it out of her body. How could she know?”

The four statues opened their mouths at the same time.

”It mustn't have been her who sent someone to steal it. The thief is a repeat offender. You must have heard of him. He is a Kylin, named Mighty King, who has a bad reputation. He was imprisoned by our sect for a period of time in the past and later made an escape. Xuanyuan Wanrong has been in seclusion for decades, so this matter has nothing to do with her!” The Dean shook his head.

The expressions of the four statues also became grave.

”It's the Mighty King again!”

”That beast!”

”In the early years, when we weren't in seclusion, he'd already stolen from our Heaven Palace Sect many times.”

”Wait till we come out of our seclusion. We will definitely skin him alive!”

The four statues actually started scolding harshly.

The Dean shook his head and said, ”I'm afraid I'm going to have to deploy the Shadow Team to carry out this matter. The reason I came over now is to borrow the Tiger Amulet from the four of you.”

”.....” The four statues suddenly fell silent upon hearing this.

The Dean seemed to have expected it. He continued to speak, ”I know that the Shadow Team is very important to you, but it can't be as important as Xuanyuan Wanrong. She is the One Chosen by the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi. It's all up to her whether we can go to the Divine Realm.”

”Of course, we know this. But surely we don't have to send the Shadow Team? You can just leave it to the sect's Elders to make their move for a mere Mighty King, can't you? No need to muster large forces to carry out this task, not to mention to deploy the Shadow Team.” One of the statues spoke calmly.

”No need to? Oh, Xuanyuan Wanrong has already come out of her seclusion today. I just received the news that she has already set out to hunt down the Mighty King. Once she touches the memory pearl, the consequences will be inconceivable.”

The Dean spoke with a blank expression as he swept his gaze around the four statues. ”The four of you better not forget that you were also involved with this matter during that time.”

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