Qing Feng was worried that his explanation might not fully emphasize the crisis at Mingjiang Prefecture, so he revealed more details.
"After the Dharma Image of the Peace Scale shattered, I remade it three more tis to asure the safety of Mingjiang, but without exception, all the Dharma Images shattered."
"This is a signal that the great disaster has arrived at Mingjiang Prefecture. I hurried to find you, sir, without delay."
Qing Feng said this.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Xuan recalled the last Child of the Earth Abyss—the fat rat. Before it died, it had said it would deliver a grand gift to Mingjiang Prefecture.
It seems those words have already co true.
"A grand gift, what exactly is this gift?"
Zhou Xuan asked Qing Feng, "Is there any unusual movent with the golden bell of Mingjiang Prefecture?"
"Not at the mont."
"If the golden bell hasn’t moved, it ans there’s no external invasion." Zhou Xuan pondered for a mont, then went with Qing Feng and Peng Sheng out of the Earth Abyss to patrol the Hui Feng dical College.
The disaster survivors, upon seeing Zhou Xuan, stopped what they were doing and greeted him warmly: "Sir."
Zhou Xuan waved in response to each of them while releasing his perception to detect any unusual activity around.
No results were found,
so he lifted his head, looking towards the sky at the circling Divine Eagle, and beckoned to it.
The Divine Eagle, upon seeing Zhou Xuan’s summons, is equivalent to the Pan Mountain Eagle seeing it.
"Screech!"
Series of screeches from the Divine Eagle, calling to the Pan Mountain Eagle.
...
At the top of the Bell Tower, the Pan Mountain Eagle heard the screeches and imdiately pulled out a black eagle feather from his crossbody bag, silently reciting a spell.
"Pluck a feather when the goose passes, leave a trace when the eagle passes, transform into an eagle shadow, Heaven and Earth follow form."
He tossed the black eagle feather into the sky, and his form turned into a black shadow, surging towards Zhou Xuan’s direction.
...
"Pan Mountain Eagle, reporting to you, sir."
The Pan Mountain Eagle tilted his hunched back body, trying to bring his ear closer to Zhou Xuan.
With his ear strength, even tens of ters away, he could clearly hear Zhou Xuan’s breathing. The reason for such a posture is because he was once an Eagle Slave kept by the bandit camp.
As a slave, one must constantly make physical movents, giving the owner a psychological hint—I’m attentively listening to your orders, not daring to miss a word.
Zhou Xuan asked, "Lao Pan, is there any movent in Mingjiang Prefecture today?"
"The Divine Eagle patrolled and found no abnormalities."
The Pan Mountain Eagle shifted his tone, standing up to say to Zhou Xuan, "However, the old slave did notice sothing off."
"Tell ."
Zhou Xuan said, "It seems like there are fewer people in Hui Feng dical College."
"Are you sure?"
"Not sure, it’s just a feeling," the Pan Mountain Eagle said.
"How accurate is your feeling?"
Zhou Xuan asked again.
"Normally, it’s quite accurate."
The Pan Mountain Eagle pointed to his chest and said, "Sir, you know, I, the Pan Mountain Eagle, used to ransom people, robbing caravans. A big caravan with hundreds or even thousands, I could sense it if just a dog escaped, then send the Divine Eagle to capture it."
"It seems every trade has its specialization," Zhou Xuan remarked.
"I was also caught in the rivers and lakes, against my will. Following you, sir, I’ve stayed away from those criminal activities... I am irreconcilable with evil."
The Pan Mountain Eagle directly swore, raising his hand high.
Zhou Xuan pressed his hand down, saying, "Can you sense where the disaster survivors in the dical College have decreased? Know the general area where they are missing from?"
"More than 80% of the survivors in the entire Mingjiang Prefecture are concentrated in the dical College, densely populated, bustling activity areas. When I enter the crowd, my feeling gets diluted; I can’t sense too detailed things."
Peng Sheng, hearing this, suggested to Zhou Xuan, "Brother Xuan, many of our Peng Town clansn, I’ll send them out door-to-door to register and see whose family is missing soone."
"This won’t work."
Zhou Xuan said, "If there are currently cases of unexpected disappearances in Mingjiang Prefecture, and these missing cases are instigated by criminals, they will target lone people without family or friends first."
"They’ll naturally pick those who stand alone without relatives or friends."
After the great Xianhuo disaster in Mingjiang, many families burned to the point of leaving only one person, among whom many do not like socializing. Even if such people die or disappear, no one else would care.
rely relying on population registration might be a waste of manpower and resources, more importantly, it would create panic.
"What should we do then?"
Peng Sheng asked again.
"For now, finding the true culprit behind the disappearance of Mingjiang’s disaster survivors is not the priority."
Zhou Xuan said, "The culprit is hidden in the dark. With a Divine Soul Day Trip over Hui Feng dical College, I didn’t see anything out of place; Pan’s Divine Eagle also found no anomaly. It’s hidden quite deeply,
bringing it out from the dark won’t be easy, requiring so ti. During this ti while he’s still at large, more people might disappear if he continues his acts."
"We need more eyes to watch secretly, forcing him not to dare to continue his cris."
Zhou Xuan said.
The Pan Mountain Eagle felt implicated, thinking Zhou Xuan blad him for inadequate supervision, so he imdiately showed his loyalty, repeatedly saying, "Sir, the old slave knows your task is extrely important, fully aware, not daring to slack off, not even blinking too much..."
"Lao Pan, I wasn’t referring to you."
Zhou Xuan waved his hand, saying, "I know you’ve done your best, but manpower is limited... those Divine Eagles of yours, their numbers are not enough... I need to find more people, and you later go find the Painter for so mountain delicacies and dicine. You need to take care of your health when you’re working hard, and those eagles of yours need nourishnt too, lest they die mid-air."
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