Chapter 715: Chapter 708: New Teammate
In the northwest corner of the Enemy-breaking Camp, within a still grand hall.
“What? Fang Xuan led a team to the Demon Palace mining area, and it’s been a month without any ssage coming through…”
Jin Mantang, who had just received the news, stood up abruptly.
Initially in a good mood, enjoying the flattery from his subordinates, his face suddenly darkened.
Inside the Enemy-breaking Camp, his position was that of the Big Squad Leader; under his command, there were three middle squads and twenty or thirty small squads.
Fang Xuan was soone that Jin Mantang had always thought highly of.
In his view, this person was exceptionally talented and brave enough to fight, and so long as he accumulated enough experience, stepping into the Golden Immortal Realm was just a matter of ti.
But now…
To say he was missing, but to be missing in the Demon Palace mining area for such a long period ant that Fang Xuan’s team was almost certainly dood, with virtually no chance of survival.
“We must investigate this thoroughly.”
“Aren’t there people in the Demon Palace mining area who exchange ssages with us?”
“Through them, thoroughly investigate this matter and determine whether Fang Xuan is dead or alive!”
With a slap, Jin Mantang smashed a nearby tea table to smithereens, his tone icy as he commanded those present.
Had it just been one of those small team leaders with average strength who had run into trouble, he might’ve just gone through the motions and let it slide!
But Fang Xuan, aside from his talents and potential, was also Jin Mantang’s most trusted confidant.
His life or death deeply pained Jin Mantang; how dare the Demon Palace brazenly kill Fang Xuan without rcy—was this not a slap in Jin Mantang’s face?
Regardless of who killed Fang Xuan or whether Jin Mantang had the power to retaliate,
At the very least, he had to show his stance!
Otherwise, how would his subordinates view him? It could lead to discord among them, it was hard to say.
“My lord, rest assured, I have so connections on the Demon Palace side. I will definitely clarify everything concerning Fang Xuan.”
“Although Fang Xuan was sowhat arrogant, his death will certainly not be left unaddressed!”
“Whoever it is from the Demon Palace that made a move, tonight, I’ll lead a team to infiltrate their ranks and kill several of their people as a sacrifice to Brother Fang.”
…
Today was originally the day when all of Jin Mantang’s subordinates gathered to discuss matters.
In this Juyi Hall, besides him, there were as many as twenty or thirty people.
After his words, many began to express their agreent.
At this, Jin Mantang nodded in satisfaction.
After all, whether these promises could be realized was uncertain, but what he needed was the attitude.
For now, because of the matter with Fang Xuan, the people within Juyi Hall seed united in anger and ready to contribute.
“Old Hua, the Ninth Squadron is under your managent; since Fang Xuan ran into trouble, filling in his squad with new mbers and arranging a new team leader will be handed over to you, any problem with that?”
His gaze swept over the people inside the hall, ultimately resting on a big man who was bald but dressed in flowery clothes.
The big man, nad Hua Qing, was one of his three middle squad leaders.
In the Enemy-breaking Camp, to beco a middle squad leader, one at least had to possess the strength of a Golden Immortal.
While Hua Qing had only just entered the rank of Golden Immortal and was still relatively weak, even the weakest Golden Immortal was far stronger than a Heavenly Immortal.
“Don’t worry, Boss Jin, this little issue, just leave it to !” Patting his chest, Hua Qing promised.
In front of Jin Mantang, his deanor was much more composed than that of those small team leaders.
After all, although his strength was nowhere near Jin Mantang’s, both of them were Golden Immortals, which put them at roughly the sa level.
He naturally had no reason to bow and scrape before Jin Mantang, like those team leaders of the Heavenly Immortals’ rank.
…
Inside the guest house where the seventh team of the Ninth Squadron was stationed.
Due to Fang Xuan’s disappearance, Chen Hai had been summoned and subjected to both coercion and probing, interrogated for a good while before he, weary, returned to his own quarters.
These kinds of things had already happened to him several tis in the last few days.
Don’t do bad deeds, and you won’t fear ghosts knocking at your door. Those comrades in the squad had all died at the hands of the Demon Palace. What did that have to do with Chen Hai?
As for Fang Xuan, his Divine Soul had been completely obliterated by the Devouring Touch.
Without any living witness, how could further investigation involve him?
Each ti he was summoned and questioned, Chen Hai was confident and asserted that he lacked the strength and had been left at the camp by Fang Xuan. He claid complete ignorance of their affairs.
Besides the first ti, where among those who questioned him there was a Golden Immortal, the subsequent tis were led only by Heavenly Immortals.
With the further refinent of his Concealing Breath Technique, even that Golden Immortal was completely unable to see through his true strength.
In their eyes, Chen Hai was just a weak cultivator who had barely reached the level of an Earth Immortal.
Although he was interrogated every now and then, they were rely conducting a routine procedure.
The fact that Chen Hai had been drafted from Golden Dawn Island to join the Enemy-breaking Camp was sothing his interrogators could naturally check.
In their view, it was highly unlikely that Chen Hai was colluding with the Demon Palace.
His ager power implicating him in the death of Fang Xuan? That would be nothing but an absurd fantasy.
“Being summoned to assist with the investigation took about two or three hours.”
“In just that little bit of ti when I wasn’t in the guest house, how co there are quite a few more people here now?”
“Those guys, where did they co from? Are they new teammates that have joined our squad?”
Sitting down on a chair in his quarters, Chen Hai had just sat down and caught his breath when he furrowed his brows and muttered. At the sa ti, he had already stood up.
“Knock, knock, knock…” The sound of knocking ca aptly.
Walking to the door of his quarters, Chen Hai opened the door.
“I am Li Kuishan, who has just been conscripted by the Heavenly Mansion to join this Enemy-breaking Camp.”
“What should I call you, brother?”
“I had heard that there is a forr old team mber among us in this squad, and I presu that’s you?”
Several people stood outside his quarters, and upon seeing Chen Hai open the door, one middle-aged scholar among them greeted Chen Hai with a clasped fist and a smile.
“I am surnad Chen, my na is Chen Hai.”
“As you guessed, I can indeed be considered an old team mber in this squad.”
“The previous mbers of the squad, including the captain, all perished in troubling incidents at the Demon Palace mines.”
“It’s good that you gentlen have co. From now on, our squad will finally not consist of just myself alone.”
Returning the gesture as a response to their friendly deanor, Chen Hai clasped his fist and greeted them back.
“Entering the Enemy-breaking Camp, life and death are not in our hands, and our heads are tied to our waists.”
“I learned of the tragic news about the forr squad mbers on my way here from the Manager.”
“It’s indeed fortunate that you survived, Chen Hai. From now on, we are teammates, all in the sa boat. Please take good care of us!”
With a smile as warm as spring on his face, Li Kuishan spoke again, bidding him welco.
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