At the beginning, I cleaned the Sutra Library and completed the incomplete skills.

With such a significant event occurring in the entire Jun Nan region, it was clear that Guangji Temple could not remain unaffected.

After much deliberation, Li Lan decided to seek out these isolated disciples to gain a better understanding of the current situation at Guangji Temple.

On one hand, he wanted to subtly inquire whether his prolonged absence from the sect had attracted the attention of others.

On the other hand, he also wanted to inquire about the whereabouts of Miao Chenfeng and that old man Zhou Huairen.

Both of them had treated him kindly, and if he had the ability, Li Lan wouldn't mind lending a helping hand.

Beneath a large banyan tree, a young man dressed in a blue Daoist robe looked around like a frightened bird.

His eyes were filled with deep fear and panic.

Tian Dayong was utterly terrified at this moment.

Three years ago, he had just joined Guangji Temple, leaving behind his life as a commoner.

He originally thought that a life of eternal bliss was about to begin.

However, Tian Dayong never expected that the Human Emperor Hall's decree would throw the entire Jun Nan region into chaos.

In order to find demonic cultivators and exchange them for the generous rewards on the demon extermination warrant, almost all cultivators had become bloodthirsty.

Instances of fellow disciples turning against each other were commonplace.

What was even more deadly was that Tian Dayong discovered that his master and fellow disciples were actually evil cultivators of the demonic path.

Not only were they not ashamed, but they even turned around and tried to kill him as a demonic cultivator to claim credit.

Fortunately, Tian Dayong had been cautious and managed to escape with his life after realizing something was wrong.

After this incident, he finally saw the dark side of the cultivation world.

In this cruel world, weakness was the greatest sin.

Realizing that the cultivation world was not as beautiful as he had imagined, Tian Dayong had become somewhat despondent.

He now even began to miss the carefree life of herding sheep in the countryside before his spiritual root was discovered.

If he had a choice, Tian Dayong would now unhesitatingly abandon his obsession with cultivation.

He would immediately return to his hometown and become an ordinary person who just loafed around.

Just as he was secretly regretting his decision, a rustling sound came from the bushes.

Subsequently, a tall figure completely cloaked in a black robe emerged from within.

Upon seeing this, Tian Dayong's pupils suddenly constricted.

He had no mood to think about who the other person was, and instinctively wanted to turn around and flee.

However, just as Tian Dayong turned his head, he suddenly discovered that another black-robed figure had emerged from the forest behind him.

The two of them formed a pincer attack, blocking him in place.

The difference was that the black-robed cultivator behind him seemed to be slightly weaker in terms of aura.

He was only at the first level of Qi Refining.

As for the one in front of him, he looked like an ordinary mortal.

Tian Dayong could not sense any fluctuations of magic power from the other person.

But how could someone who appeared here at this time be an ordinary person?

He subconsciously thought of the worst possibility.

Only if the other person's cultivation realm was far superior to his own would such a situation occur.

Suddenly, Tian Dayong's heart sank to the bottom.

"Fellow Daoist, don't panic. This venerable one is a steward of the Human Emperor Hall and has no interest in taking your life."

The voice of the black figure in front of him sounded somewhat shrill and piercing.

With a wave of his hand, a jade token of unknown material was thrown to his feet.

Tian Dayong took a closer look and saw the three large characters "Human Emperor Hall" on it.

When the Human Emperor Hall posted the demon extermination warrants, they had also briefly popularized these steward jade tokens.

This object was personally refined by a Core Formation stage expert and was extremely difficult to forge.

Picking up the jade token, Tian Dayong carefully examined some details and found that it was indeed genuine.

He then breathed a heavy sigh of relief and hastily clasped his fists together apologetically, saying:

"So it is Steward, Senior, who has arrived. This junior was rude earlier, please forgive me, Senior."

Li Lan, who was hiding in the shadows, had long anticipated that the jade token taken from Zhang Jingyuan's corpse would definitely be effective.

He was not surprised at this moment.

He continued to control the spirit bean soldier, saying in a hoarse voice:

"Let's skip the formalities.

Honestly answer my questions, and if you can satisfy this venerable one, this item will be yours."

The bean soldier wrapped in a black robe waved his hand.

A clean jade bottle flew to Tian Dayong's feet.

Opening it, he saw that it contained three Qi Refining Essence Pills.

This thing was an ordinary pill for cultivators in the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

But for Tian Dayong, a minor cultivator who only had eight taels of spirit sand as a monthly salary, it was particularly rare.

Having tasted the sweetness, his face was filled with a look of being overwhelmed by favor.

At this moment, the last trace of doubt in his heart was also dispelled.

He no longer had any doubts about the identity of the black-robed cultivator in front of him.

"Steward, Senior, what do you want to ask? Just ask, this junior will definitely tell you everything I know!"

Seeing that the time was ripe, Li Lan didn't waste any words and asked directly:

"When did you escape from Guangji Temple? Before you left, what was the situation inside the temple?"

"Reporting to the Enforcement Senior, this junior escaped half a month ago."

As Tian Dayong spoke, he hesitated slightly when it came to the latter question.

Although the other person's identity was a steward of the Human Emperor Hall, in Tian Dayong's eyes, who had personally experienced the darkness of the cultivation world.

This did not mean that the other person was necessarily a good person.

He had to think more about what the purpose of this steward's question was.

Or rather, what did the other person want to hear?

But after thinking for a moment, a bitter smile couldn't help but appear on his lips.

It was said that the minimum standard to become a steward of the Human Emperor Hall was to have the strength of the Foundation Establishment stage.

With his mere second level of Qi Refining cultivation, he was probably not even considered a dish in front of the other person.

His life was already in the other person's hands, and showing off his cleverness at this time would only backfire.

Thinking of this, Tian Dayong no longer bothered to think too much.

He simply gritted his teeth and told all the truth he knew.

"Before this junior left, there were already signs of great chaos within the sect.

The Grand Elder has not appeared for a long time, and many outer sect elders and disciples have also disappeared inexplicably…"

Tian Dayong behaved exceptionally honestly, and with each question and answer, Li Lan successfully extracted a lot of information.

The Heavenly Spiritual Root Liu Yan had already been taken away by the people of the Human Emperor Hall five years ago, and his current situation was unknown.

His nominal master, Jian Chen, had, like many other outer sect elders, suddenly vanished without a trace.

Elder Miao of Spirit Plant Peak and Miao Chenfeng were still doing well.

The Miao family was not only responsible for cultivating spirit plants, but also shouldered the important task of protecting the spirit veins.

Judging from the current situation, this storm should not affect them.

As for the current situation of the old man Zhou Huairen of the Sutra Depository, Tian Dayong did not know.

Seeing that he could no longer extract any useful information from the other person's mouth, Li Lan quietly left, controlling the two spirit bean soldiers.

Subsequently, he once again found several Guangji Temple cultivators who were not highly cultivated and were also isolated, repeating the same trick.

Switching back and forth between the identities of a Human Emperor Hall steward and Guangji Temple's mysterious martial uncle.

After comparing and verifying the words of several cultivators, Li Lan was able to figure out the general situation of Guangji Temple and his own situation.

All the cultivators were responding to the call of the demon extermination warrant, frantically searching for traces of demonic cultivators.

No one cared about him, a pseudo-spiritual root disciple who was inconspicuous.