The door was violently pushed open.
"Lao San, have you found any clues here?"
Several figures shuttled throughout the vast courtyard. They had initially been carefully searching, but once they realized that there was no one inside, the search became blatant.
The four of them gathered here, all with grim expressions on their faces. Nobody had expected that Jiang Feng would be so perceptive. Wu Daoxu, the eldest among them, stood silently in the middle of the courtyard, pensively looking at a used teacup.
He reached into his robe and quickly pulled out a piece of yellow talisman paper. Seeing this, the other three immediately quietened down, anticipating that their elder brother was about to demonstrate his signature skill.
The talisman paper was soaked by the remaining tea.
If Jiang Feng were here, he would be quite surprised. Su Yi had mentioned "talismans" to him during his lessons; although they appeared to be filled with many strange symbols, the reality was that the creation of such a talisman was extremely challenging.
Although the patterns seemed randomly drawn, they were actually infusing Spiritual Energy into it, each stroke depicting the flow of meridians to mimic the human body. With the infusion of Spiritual Energy, the bright red patterns soon began to emanate a sinister glow.
Muttering under his breath, the yellow paper seemed to be imbued with life, as it flew straight towards the courtyard’s exit.
"We have a lead, in the southeast direction, he hasn’t left the city."
"Junior sister, you stay here. Whether Jiang Feng plans to flee or return, remember to inform us."
"The two junior brothers, let’s go."
Exchanging a glance, the siblings displayed great tacit understanding; clearly, they had cooperated many times before. In a flash, they chased after the talisman paper.
The streets around were extremely quiet, a young man with a heroic look simply pulled the longsword from his waist with a "clang", thrust it forward, and with a leap, he landed steadily on the flying sword.
Hands behind his back, his appearance indeed looked heroic and spirited, which explained why Wen Juan was so infatuated with her elder brother, even the two junior brothers revealed a hint of envy and jealousy.
In terms of age, Wu Daoxu was only a few years older than them, but in terms of strength, he was overwhelmingly superior, capable of defeating all three of them single-handedly.
Qi Refinement and Foundation Establishment could be considered the early watershed. The differences between Qi Refinement’s first to ninth levels aren’t significant as it’s merely a stage of familiarizing oneself with Spiritual Energy flow. In such cases, differences in martial skills become more apparent.
But Foundation Establishment is different.
Foundation Establishment is the phase of applying theoretical knowledge to practice, where one starts to learn various Daoist Skills, spells, and Divine Skills, beginning to cultivate one’s own Magic Treasures. Watching their elder brother elegantly departing on a flying sword, it was a skill that could take them many years of arduous practice to master.
And according to their master, their elder brother was the sect’s most talented member. At merely thirty, he had already reached mid-grade Foundation Establishment. Given a few more decades, reaching the Nascent Soul realm was not impossible.
Riding on a flying sword, there’s an unwritten rule in the Cultivation World that one should not perform Sword Flight in towns, especially when entering cities, and one should not casually use Spiritual Energy to probe others.
However, these young individuals often went to small villages or peripheral areas for cases where there were hardly any cultivators, so they had developed some bad habits, swiftly traversing through the county town. Nonetheless, Wu Daoxu was cautious not to get too far ahead of the two junior brothers.
Approaching Firework Alley step by step, the strong scent of rouge made Wu Daoxu frown. Although he never actively went to such frivolous places, it didn’t mean he had never been there; such places were undoubtedly favored by Evil Cultivators.
Finally, he stopped in front of Ethereal Violet Pavilion.
Despite being closed for the night, several lanterns still hung in front of the door, looking enticing. Moments later, the other two junior brothers also rushed over, seeing that their elder brother had stopped, they spoke.
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Glancing at his junior brother, Wu Daoxu shook his head. Initially, he was somewhat suspicious of Jiang Feng being the perpetrator, but this completely tarnished his impression.
To think that despite having such a beautiful fiancée, he was still indulging in a brothel... Even if Jiang Feng wasn’t the perpetrator, he would find a way to dissolve this engagement and give Lady Yan justice.
"It’s not appropriate, it’s easy to startle the snake. Ethereal Violet Pavilion has a large scale, it would take some time to find someone inside, and it would be quite troublesome if he got away."
"How about this, we enter directly from the back, conceal our aura. It’s already past midnight, even the women in the brothel should be mostly asleep by now."
"While the culprit is lying in bed with a woman, we can take him by surprise. My only concern is that the perpetrator might use the brothel women as hostages."
"Third junior brother, your realm should be similar to that of the perpetrator. You go in first, this way, even if he notices, he likely won’t be overly cautious. First, determine which room he is in and then signal us, and we will come directly to capture him."
Without hesitation, he agreed.
After all, they were brothers for many years, and they highly trusted Wu Daoxu’s judgment. Lao San promptly ran towards the surrounding wall, while the elder brother naturally raised his hand, the yellow paper continued to float in front, leading the way, following Jiang Feng’s scent.
Seeing the junior brother climb in, the two followed, minimizing their Spiritual Energy to avoid alarming anyone. But as they hid near the wall edge waiting for Lao San’s signal...