After receiving the notice, Xiao Mu immediately rushed to the meeting hall of Task Group One.

"Xiao Mu, you've arrived," Feng Rensong greeted him, looking very anxious and full of worry.

"Brother Feng, what's the situation?" Xiao Mu could tell from Feng Rensong's expression that the situation was extraordinary.

"Xiao Mu, please take a seat," Feng Rensong asked him to sit down before continuing, "The situation is indeed as you mentioned. In the Great Tang Ruins, there have been many instances of craftsmen disappearing, adding up to a total of thirty-seven cases that we've investigated so far."

"That many!"

The number of missing craftsmen surprised Xiao Mu; thirty-seven missing craftsmen meant that the Life and Death Sect had to prepare thirty-seven Sculpted Images for the rebirth of the Undying Divine Sovereign in the Great Tang Ruins.

That was just the cases they had investigated; there were others not yet investigated.

Adding all the situations together, Xiao Mu estimated that the Life and Death Sect might need to make no less than fifty preparations for the rebirth of the Undying Divine Sovereign.

"Xiao Mu, please look, this is the latest information on the disappearance of the craftsmen," Feng Rensong pulled out a thick stack of documents, placed it on the table, and pushed it towards Xiao Mu.

Xiao Mu casually picked up the documents and read a few pages:

A Sculptor from Putuo Domain, surnamed Zhou, disappeared suddenly during the night of the thirteenth, whereabouts still unknown...

A Sculptor from Changsheng Domain, surnamed Yan, left for business at noon on the fifteenth and has not returned, whereabouts unknown...

Xiao Mu quickly looked through the materials, all of which were investigation reports sent by the heads of various domains.

The content of the reports was very detailed, all involving the disappearance of Sculptors, and the methods of disappearance were broadly similar, either being invited for Sculpting or suddenly vanishing.

"Shh!"

Xiao Mu took a deep breath and casually placed the documents on the table, his face stern.

The situation was much more serious than he had imagined; the Life and Death Sect was indeed making a significant amount of noise for the rebirth of the Undying Divine Sovereign.

"Xiao Mu, these documents are only the latest news that has come through. In fact, investigations are still ongoing in various domains, and over the next day or two, more information about the disappearance of craftsmen will come through," Feng Rensong's face looked even graver than Xiao Mu's.

The Life and Death Sect was kidnapping Sculptors in the Great Tang Ruins to prepare for the rebirth of the Undying Divine Sovereign, and he, as the acting head of Task Group One, felt the heavy weight of responsibility.

Xiao Mu also felt enormous pressure. After a moment's thought, he asked, "What about the temples? Have you investigated whether the Life and Death Sect has established temples in the Ruins? Do you know where the Life and Death Sect has set up temples? And what about Spiritual Metal? Where in the Ruins has there been a significant loss of Spiritual Metal?"

"There's no lead on where the Life and Death Sect has set up temples yet, but there has indeed been a significant loss of Spiritual Metal. Currently, the Bodhi Domain, Putuo Domain, Jialan Domain, and the Ancient River Area in the East have reported incidents of large quantities of Spiritual Metal going missing, respectively a week and five days ago."

As Feng Rensong responded, he once again placed a stack of documents on the table in front of Xiao Mu.

Xiao Mu placed his right hand on the documents and touched them but did not open them to read. He already knew the general contents recorded in them; there was no need to look.

However, after carefully considering Feng Rensong's words, Xiao Mu realized some problems, "Is the loss of Spiritual Metal and the disappearance of craftsmen mainly occurring in the West Sixth Domain?"

Feng Rensong nodded, "Yes, the West Sixth Domain is the main area where the Life and Death Sect operates, though other domains also have some incidents, but very few. For example, an incident of Spiritual Metal loss occurred in the Ancient River Area in the East, which is a domain where the Five Elements Sect is active. That's why we suspect that this particular loss of Spiritual Metal is unrelated to the Life and Death Sect and might be the doing of the Five Elements Sect."

Xiao Mu nodded. It wasn't really important whether the Spiritual Metal was taken by the Life and Death Sect or the Five Elements Sect. What was crucial was to prevent the Undying Divine Sovereign's rebirth plan in the human world.

Otherwise, once he was reborn and successfully obtained the Life and Death Seal, no one in the human world could stand against him unless the Lord of Bai's Mansion was resurrected.

Thinking further, "Brother Feng, have you discovered any specific activities of the Life and Death Sect?"

"Are you looking for people from the Life and Death Sect?"

Feng Rensong discerned something from Xiao Mu's words and thought a moment, "Foding Mountain in the Bodhi Domain houses a significant Spiritual Metal mine. Recently, the head in charge of its affairs reported that a tunnel had been excavated at the back of Foding Mountain, leading directly into the interiors of the Foding Mountain mines."

"A large amount of Spiritual Metal has also been excavated in the last few days and transported out through this tunnel."

"Perhaps, this is the activity of the Life and Death Sect you were looking for."

"Oh!" Xiao Mu's thoughts were immediately intrigued upon hearing this.

As per Feng Rensong's statement, that tunnel behind Foding Mountain might indeed have been excavated by the Life and Death Sect to transport out the mined Spiritual Metal and then utilize it for the Sculpted Image of the Undying Divine Sovereign.

And if indeed the tunnel was created by the Life and Death Sect, their people must still be active nearby, using the Spiritual Metal close by for the Sculpted Image of the Undying Divine Sovereign.

If he went to investigate, there was a very high likelihood he'd find people from the Life and Death Sect.

After all, even if the people of the Life and Death Sect were good at concealing their tracks, the ordinary people they had abducted to sculpt for the Undying Divine Sovereign could not do so.

Thinking this, Xiao Mu made up his mind, "I plan to go to check among the ordinary people to see if I can locate any traces of the Life and Death Sect's Mutated Beings."

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