Bringing the farm to another world

Chapter 16154 Investigation
The two jade slips that Kong Youwei released through the communication array were both purposeful. The first jade slip was sent to his superior, the city lord of the prefecture. However, although the jade slip had reached the city lord, it was unknown when he would read it. Therefore, he sent someone to personally take the jade slip to the city lord to report. This was a double guarantee; he wanted the city lord to know that he had done this.

The second jade slip, sent out through the communication array, was sent back to the Kong family. He was a disciple of the Kong family, and all Kong family disciples who served as officials outside the family had to report to the family if anything happened. This was extremely important, as this was how those powerful families obtained their intelligence.

After dealing with these matters, Kong Youwei inspected the city again and, finding nothing amiss, returned to rest with peace of mind. He knew that someone would come to check on the situation tomorrow, or even soon. The prefectural city would definitely send someone to investigate after receiving his message, and it was likely that they would arrive very soon. As for the people who would come to check on the situation tomorrow, they were probably from the Creation God Sect. The Creation God Sect's temple had been destroyed, so it was impossible for them not to send someone to check on the situation. The reason they couldn't send anyone today was because the city's teleportation array was closed at night, but they would definitely come tomorrow.

Kong Youwei needed to conserve his energy to deal with these matters. Of course, he also made arrangements in the city. He had already dispatched a team to completely seal off the Temple of Creation, so that no trouble would occur when others came to check the situation.

Sure enough, Kong Youwei had only been resting for less than an hour when he heard footsteps outside the door, followed by a knock. Kong Youwei immediately came out of the room and said, "Come in." As he spoke, a servant entered, bowed to Kong Youwei, and said, "Master, someone from the prefectural city has arrived."

Kong Youwei nodded and immediately walked out, asking as he went, "Where is the person who came?"

The servant immediately followed Kong Youwei outside, saying as they walked, "Reporting to Master, it's at the Temple of Creation."

Kong Youwei nodded, and after leaving the room, he flew up and quickly arrived at the Temple of Creation. As soon as he arrived, he saw the people he had sent to the prefectural city accompanying several others to check the situation. However, they did not enter the area of ​​the Temple of Creation.

Kong Youwei immediately descended from the sky. The people from the prefectural city turned to look at Kong Youwei. Kong Youwei saw the leader and immediately bowed to him, saying, "So it's Military Advisor Liu. How have you been, Military Advisor Liu?"

Liu, the military advisor, clasped his hands in a fist salute to Kong Youwei, his expression somewhat grave, and said, "Lord Kong, I won't stand on ceremony with you. What exactly is going on?"

Kong Youwei glanced at the situation and then smiled bitterly, saying, "Military Advisor Liu, we don't know what happened either. Everything was normal today, but at Hai hour (9-11 PM), some assassins suddenly appeared and attacked the Temple of Creation. Their attack was very powerful. Although the people of the Temple of Creation resisted, many were still killed. After receiving the news, I immediately dispatched troops to help. But at that moment, a golden light suddenly shot into the sky from the Temple of Creation. The instant the golden light appeared, a fist made of green flames suddenly appeared in the sky. This fist directly hit the golden light, and the next moment the golden light disappeared. The fist also fell to the ground and then disappeared. None of the assassins survived. After they died, they turned into a ball of green flame and then disappeared. I still don't understand what happened."

Upon hearing Kong Youwei's words, Liu Canjun frowned and asked, "You really didn't find anything?"

Kong Youwei shook his head and said, "I checked those assassins and found that they all entered the city today. After entering the city, they didn't find a place to stay. They just went to a tavern and drank there. They looked like ordinary rogue cultivators. They drank until very late and then left the tavern. At Hai Shi (9-11 PM), they came directly to attack the Creation God Sect. As for the green flame fist, there's no way to investigate it. When the green flame fist attacked the Creation God Temple, the city's defensive array didn't react at all. I really can't find anything out."

Upon hearing Kong Youwei's words, Liu Canjun frowned and asked, "So, this matter is specifically aimed at the Creation God Cult?"

Kong Youwei nodded and said, "Yes, this matter is specifically aimed at the Creation God Sect. As you know, the Creation God Sect in our city doesn't have many members, and their strength isn't very strong. But the assassins who attacked this time are very strong. Most importantly, they are truly assassins. Not a single one was left alive. All the wounded committed suicide. To be honest, such assassins are really rare."

Liu Canjun's expression turned serious. He looked at the large pit at the Temple of Creation and then asked, "Is there really no way to get closer?"

Kong Youwei shook his head and said, "There's no way to get close. Once you enter the cordon, it will immediately go berserk and attack everyone around it. Even if you leave the cordon, it will take a while to recover. It's extremely difficult to deal with."

Liu Canjun asked Kong Youwei, "How strong are they? How effective are they?" Kong Youwei replied, "As far as I know, they are effective against experts at the Royal Palace level. I dare not let anyone higher in. If such people go berserk, their destructive power is too great. However, the stronger the person, the faster they will recover after coming out. Royal Palace level cultivators can recover in about fifteen minutes, but if it is someone from the Throne City, it may take about half an hour."

Liu Canjun frowned and said, "This is the first time we've encountered something like this, so the prefect sent me to come and see what's going on. It seems to be a targeted attack on the Creation God Sect. This is the first time we've encountered something like this."

Kong Youwei nodded and said, "That's right. This is the first time I've heard of this. Military Advisor Liu, you've seen enough here. Why don't you come to my residence for a while?"

Liu Canjun glanced at the place again but couldn't see anything. Finally, he nodded and followed Kong Youwei to his residence. Kong Youwei wanted to entertain him, but Liu Canjun said he wanted to rest and asked Kong Youwei to arrange a room for him. Kong Youwei immediately arranged a room for him. Kong Youwei also arranged accommodations for all the people who came with Liu Canjun before he went to rest.

After returning to his room, Liu, the military advisor, immediately wrote to the prefectural government, explaining the situation. He planned to investigate further the next day and rest for the day.

After returning to his room, Kong Youwei received a reply from the Kong family. The reply was very brief, instructing him to continue monitoring the matter and see what the people in the prefectural city could find out.

Kong Youwei didn't say anything about it. The Kong family was a large clan, and this attack was against the Creation God Cult, which had nothing to do with them. So it was already good enough that the Kong family paid attention to this matter; there was no need for them to get too involved.

Nothing happened that night. The next morning, the Beast Town City was sealed off. However, this only prevented ordinary people from leaving, but the teleportation array was opened.

As Kong Youwei expected, the Creation God Sect members arrived at Beast Town City via the teleportation array as soon as it opened. Kong Youwei received the news immediately upon their arrival. Since the Creation God Sect was the state religion, Kong Youwei did not make things difficult for them. Instead, he ordered the Creation God Sect members to investigate freely, showing them considerable respect.

Liu Canjun also went out with the people he brought. They also began to investigate the matter. However, now everyone in Zhenshou City was from the Blood Slaughter Sect. They already knew what to say, so they all told what they knew. Those who were closer to the scene described it vividly, as if they had seen it with their own eyes. Those who were farther away only said that they saw a huge fist emitting green flames and then heard a loud noise. They knew nothing else.

Liu Canjun and his team didn't find anything out. At most, they could only prove that everything Kong Youwei said was true. After clarifying the matter, Liu Canjun immediately reported the situation.

Meanwhile, the people from the Creation God Cult were also investigating this matter. After their investigation, they conducted an experiment themselves, sending people into that area. Those who entered indeed went mad. They tested up to the Royal Palace level, finding that everyone who entered went insane. They also sent one person into the Royal City level area. That person could remain conscious for a while, but quickly lost control and had to retreat. However, he brought back a message: anyone entering that area would become enraged, a deep, visceral rage that only intensified. Without prior preparation, they might also go berserk. Even after they retreated, the anger within them would take a long time to dissipate.

Faced with this situation, the people of the Creation God Sect also felt it was a difficult situation. They immediately reported the matter to higher authorities. After reporting the matter, they stayed in the city to wait for news. It wasn't until that evening that Kong Youwei invited Liu Canjun and a Taoist priest who was leading the Creation God Sect to his study.

Because the Temple of Creation was the state religion and a semi-official organization, Kong Youwei treated them very politely, so it was quite normal for him to invite the Taoist priest to his residence.

Once the two men were in his study, Kong Youwei clasped his hands in greeting and said, "Military Advisor Liu, Daoist Fang, I've invited you here today to discuss matters concerning Beast Town. Beast Town has been under lockdown for a day, and this cannot continue. I intend to lift the lockdown tomorrow. What do you two think?"