Ye Tianfan picked up the paper in his hand and started reading.

The truth was quite brutal.

Tazhai Village had been a food supply base for the Taichu Sect for generations.

Whenever the Taichu Sect was short on food, they would come to Tazhai Village to purchase and inform them about the specific types of food needed next.

Of course, some special types of food wouldn't be bought in Tazhai Village, and even if they wanted to buy them, they couldn't, like demon beast meat.

This situation basically began when the Taichu Sect was founded.

A year ago, the village chief of Tazhai Village acquired a vibrant Jade Flower while out procuring supplies.

The Jade Flower itself wasn't much—a good fortune perhaps—but the village chief shared the news with a disciple from the Taichu Sect who came to purchase food.

Upon identification by the Taichu Sect's disciple, it was determined that the flower was made from a rare material and had an extremely high efficiency in circulating Spiritual Qi, almost without loss.

It was considered a top-tier material for artifact refining.

The disciple immediately expressed interest, stating that if the village chief was willing to sell it, they would report it to the sect and definitely offer him a good price.

The village chief promptly agreed, stating that the money would be used to renovate the dilapidated village roads.

However, the outcome was unexpected for everyone.

After the disciple reported the matter to the sect, the next day, when he returned with money to Tazhai Village to purchase that premium refining material, he found the entire village massacred. Terrified, he hurried back to the sect and reported the incident to Sect Leader Taichu Zhenren.

Sect Leader Taichu Zhenren ordered an investigation to see if any survivors could be found, and Ye Tianfan was located, along with a few who hadn't died yet. Of course, ultimately, they weren't able to be saved.

Then, the Law Enforcement Elders began to follow the scant clues to uncover the truth.

They suspected that the mysterious Jade Flower had caused the massacre at Tazhai Village.

But when they began investigating the truth, they found that the Jade Flower hadn't been taken and was still intact at the village chief's residence.

The Law Enforcement Elders could only rule out the possibility that the massacre was caused by the Jade Flower.

This directly led them to a dead end right at the start of their investigation.

However, this deadlock didn't last long. One enforcing elder discovered a basement in the village chief's house, and it showed signs that several items had been taken.

The Law Enforcement Elders began to meticulously search for what exactly these items were, and soon they found a notebook in the basement that recorded the names of everything stored there in detail.

Upon comparison, the Law Enforcement Elders discovered that the basement contained several materials that were scarce even in the cultivation world.

And the missing items were precisely those rare materials in the cultivation realm: Kirin Teeth, Azure Dragon Phosphorus, Nine-Colored Cloud Dragon Bead, Millennium Ice Stone.

Hence, the Law Enforcement Elders began tracing some clues, and one of them went to the black market to see if there was any information about these materials. It turned out he indeed found some news; Demon Sect Leader Zhang Youji had previously acquired these materials, and there was a seller who had sold them to him.

The Law Enforcement Elder wanted to continue inquiring about who sold them, but nobody knew.

Finally, the Law Enforcement Elder spent a full three months in the black market before finally identifying the seller of these materials.

It was the leader of a minor sect in the demonic path who sold them.

Having received the information, the Law Enforcement Elder directly took his Magic Sword and went to that sect.

But in the end, he learned from the mouth of that sect leader that he had been forced to sell them to Demon Sect Leader Zhang Youji.

Just four months ago, someone came directly with these materials and made him sell them to Demon Sect Leader Zhang Youji. Furious, the sect leader wondered who this person was; even though he led a minor sect, he was still the leader.

A respected sect leader being ordered around by some unknown person, and besides, these materials were things he hadn't even seen before, with two of them being completely unfamiliar to him, but certainly not trash.

What kind of person was he? Someone from the demonic path. What did the demonic path stand for? Not rhetoric—it's about seizing whatever pleased you, taking what you liked, being unrestrained, fearless.

Thus, the sect leader decided to snatch them directly, and he was knocked down with a slap by that mysterious figure.

Afterward, he obediently took those materials to the black market and sold them to Demon Sect Leader Zhang Youji, and from start to finish, he never saw what that mysterious person looked like, let alone learned their name.

Seeing this situation unfold, the Law Enforcement Elder realized he had come for naught, and the trail went cold again.

So, he swiftly and decisively exterminated this minor sect of the demonic path, because regardless of their size, they were part of the demonic path and thus evil.

The Law Enforcement Elder returned to Tazhai Village and relayed the situation to the other law enforcement elders, who upon hearing it, realized the trail was lost—what should they do?

Thus, they rode swiftly back to the Taichu Sect and requested the Sect Leader to retrieve the legendary River of Destiny from the Taichu Sect's treasury.

They intended to find clues from the River of Destiny.

Actually, although the River of Destiny sounded grand, in reality, it was just a small mirror that, when asked questions, provided only a vague answer related to the question posed.

For instance, if you said you wanted to eat a feast, it would show a river. Why would it show a river? You needed to deduce that yourself.

Its meaning was essentially that inside the river there was a fish, and its taste was quite good, making it suitable for a feast. It would eventually be eaten, so it'd be better for you to do so and make it your feast.

If you guessed incorrectly, then you would deviate from the outcome you wanted.

So, the River of Destiny was a double-edged sword; if guessed correctly, everyone was happy—guessing wrong meant not only wasted efforts but possibly moving further away from the intended outcome.

Sect Leader Taichu Zhenren saw that they were determined, so he took out the River of Destiny and looked at it together with them.

The River of Destiny displayed the image of the Jade Flower.

The Law Enforcement Elders were dumbstruck upon seeing the Jade Flower. Then, under the astonished gaze of Sect Leader Taichu Zhenren, they placed the Jade Flower on the table.

Now they were all puzzled—showing the Jade Flower while it was right there; what came next?

"Could it be the origin place of this Jade Flower?" suggested one of the Law Enforcement Elders.

"Makes sense, let's look into it!" The Law Enforcement Elders unanimously agreed with this viewpoint—there was no choice but to agree, given the circumstances, as it was the only reasonable point they could think of.

Thus, the Law Enforcement Elders began tracing the route the Tazhai Village chief took when he went shopping.

Eventually, they found the place, and it surprised them greatly.

They never expected an ordinary person could arrive at such a place.

They found...

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