"According to the information I have, Qi Refining cultivators had been disappearing near Little Lake City as early as a year and a half ago; however, the number and frequency of these disappearances were not high, and it only recently surged, which is why no one paid attention to it back then," the bearded man analyzed.
"Similarly, a year and a half ago, Zhenling Sect investigated the murderer to no avail and temporarily gave up the large-scale search. Instead, they issued a high-reward bounty for clues about the murderer. Comparing the timelines, the conclusion becomes much narrower," the bearded man said with extra confidence.
"Fellow Daoist means to say, the one who killed the Zhenling Sect elder and the one ambushing the Qi Refining cultivators is the same person?" Yuan Ming's face was full of shock, as if he had discovered some incredible secret.
