"How could there be issues with the dical competition? Why didn’t anyone notice?"
Sun Zhuangjia quickly questioned.
"Because no one cared before. Just like now, the dical competition is officially over, and the top ten list is out. Who would pay attention to the lives or deaths of Tang Ming and others?"
Zhang Chuming sighed, "Plus, after the arrangents on Netherworld Road, even the families and friends of those geniuses believed they had simply succeeded, never realizing these people had disappeared."
Frowning, ng Xianjun looked at Zhou Xiaoqian. If he weren’t particularly close to Tang Ming and already suspicious before, he would have assud Tang Ming and the others lost the competition and returned ho since the results had been announced.
"Additionally, upon investigating previous top ten finalists of the dical competition, we discovered their mories had been altered. They have no knowledge of what happened after the finals, and due to the elapsed ti, even I can’t restore their mories."
Zhang Chuming continued, looking expectantly at Zhou Xiaoqian, "This young lady’s mory was altered not long ago. I should be able to restore it."
"No, no, the tiline doesn’t match with what you’re saying."
ng Xianjun paused in silence, shaking his head with doubt, "The dical competition has been around for a long ti, and the Li siblings only rose to prominence in recent years. There’s a huge ti conflict."
"You... you’re really sharp."
Zhang Chuming looked at ng Xianjun with suspicion and sighed helplessly, "Okay, I admit there are discrepancies, but the information is scarce.
I only know that soone once captured experts from Netherworld Road. Through interrogation, it was discovered that Li Miaokong and Li Miaoyun were pursued ten years ago, precisely during the period of the dical competition."
To avoid being hunted, the siblings mingled with the finalists to enter the finals’ venue.
But since no one knows where the finals are held, they managed to survive. Had it not been for the mystery, their lives would’ve been in jeopardy against the martial world.
In other words, during the previous dical competition, the Li siblings gained an unimaginable boost, founded Netherworld Road, and continued the competition’s tradition."
You’ve probably noticed that this competition’s process differs completely from the past, and that’s the change brought by the takeover of Netherworld Road?"
"Indeed, Director Guo and Teacher Huang Di also said this dical competition is unlike before."
Zhou Xiaoqian quickly nodded in agreent.
"The head of Imperial University also ntioned significant changes in the competition’s structure."
ng Xianjun nodded with confusion, looking puzzled at Zhang Chuming, "I actually knew nothing of this."
"Ten years, while not too long or too short, isn’t enough for everyone to notice Netherworld Road’s actions. Even if soone does, how many will investigate?"
Zhang Chuming hesitated, his face becoming solemn, "The dical competition has a long-standing history, and every decade, a batch of outstanding dical talents goes missing.
I suspect soone is engaged in certain research, needing dical talent for aid. But until now, the culprits rely conducted research quietly, which is why they remained undetected.
However, in the last decade, with the sudden rise of the Li siblings, investigations revealed the secret, pointing directly at the dical competition.
Not everyone with altered mories is beyond recovery. We’ve restored a contestant’s mory from the last competition, and through his description and analysis of the finals’ venue, we concluded it was a very antiquated ancient city, housing forces capable of creating a hidden force."
"Hiss—"
Upon hearing this, ng Xianjun gasped. The notion of creating a hidden force ant nurturing powerful martial generals.
Looking at Netherworld Road’s power now, the force created was not just any martial general.
"Why should I trust you?"
After a mont of silence, ng Xianjun still felt uneasy.
"You don’t have to believe . I can find other top ten mbers to gather information. But having already started a collaboration with Tang Ming, I’d rather avoid unnecessary trouble."
Zhang Chuming shrugged indifferently.
"What are you guys even talking about? I don’t understand anything. Where did Tang Ming go?"
Zhou Xiaoqian, looking baffled, asked.
"Alright! I believe you, but don’t play tricks. Even if the Exorcism Order is mighty, I’m not afraid."
ng Xianjun nodded solemnly.
"How did you know..."
Zhang Chuming looked at ng Xianjun in surprise, then smiled, "Rest assured, I only want to understand where Netherworld Road brought those people, gain a basic understanding of that place, and then conveniently help us explore what’s happening. I won’t harm this girl."
With that, Zhang Chuming raised his hand, summoning a black and white energy, channeling it into Zhou Xiaoqian’s body, then closed his eyes to sense it.
An hour later, Zhou Xiaoqian regained her mory, recounting the events in the ancient city.
"As expected, Netherworld Road is up to sothing. Their mories must have been altered by that old man."
Zhang Chuming looked at ng Xianjun with a grave expression, "We’ve always been searching for the location of Netherworld Road’s activities but never found it. The only clue is that every ten years, they bring a large batch of talents into their base, yet we still cannot determine the specific location of their headquarters."
"You an that ancient city is Netherworld Road’s headquarters?"
ng Xianjun frowned, "But from Xiaoqian’s description, their venue is a dical facility filled with modern equipnt. It seems different from what you’ve described, with nothing resembling a tomb or lair?"
"Hehe, did you notice Zhou Xiaoqian called that structure a dical tower? Where does the ’tower’ co from?"
Zhang Chuming grinned as he asked.
"You an they’re on the first layer of the tower?"
ng Xianjun’s expression changed slightly.
"Hey, what tower? Isn’t that just a flatbread-like building? How does it resemble a tower?"
Sun Zhuangjia couldn’t help but interject.
"Who told you a tower must be upward in structure?"
Zhang Chuming glanced at Sun Zhuangjia, "It’s clear now, all we need to do is reunite with Tang Ming, and we should be able to find Netherworld Road’s headquarters, and understand what exactly they’re up to."
"My goodness! No wonder Traditional Chinese dicine is declining. Among the nine of us, only two are Traditional Chinese dicine students, the rest are Western dicine contestants. If such results are published, it would significantly hinder the developnt of Traditional Chinese dicine."
Zhou Xiaoqian’s face paled, "Could Tang Ming be in danger? What should we do now?"
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