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Chapter 1096 Isn't this just asking the impossible? (2nd update)
After figuring out what had happened, a moment of bewilderment flashed across the face of the Taoist priest in the long robe.

He immediately remembered what the divine messenger had told him before.

The Taoist priest in the long robe subconsciously swallowed, feeling inexplicably guilty.

They feared that the culprit behind all this was none other than the divine messenger.

Although he had been steadfastly carrying out Yun Ran's orders, he had not entirely been without a sliver of wishful thinking.

I don't think that even if something major happens, it will cause any major upheaval.

That's when he approached the people who owed him a favor and asked them to do as he asked without asking any questions.

Now, the Taoist in the long robe finally realized, belatedly, that he seemed to know about and participate in something... extraordinary.

But the Taoist in the long robe wouldn't willingly take all the blame upon himself.

Even if there were evidence that the Divine Messenger was responsible for all of this, we would resolutely deny it.

The Taoist priest in the long robe immediately turned to the speaker with a stern face: "Why are you looking at me like that? Do you mean I did this?!"

Yes, these esoteric masters discovered the problem much earlier than ordinary people who were unaware of it.

Moreover, they tested the entire Lotus City, and it seemed to be locked down; they couldn't get out at all.

What alarmed them even more was that a similar situation had occurred in a small town many years ago.

The end result was that everyone in the entire town died.

They learned of this information because a mystical master happened to be resting in that small town at the time.

After experiencing such a thing, I watched as the people around me were drained of their life force and died.

The master realized that he was most likely not going to survive.

Therefore, clinging to the last vestiges of life, I simply recorded what had happened.

This matter later became a secret within the entire Xuan Master community, known only to a select few.

Many years later, no living thing survived in the vicinity of that town.

To avoid causing panic, members of the Mystic Masters Association stepped forward and said that the town had been attacked by evil spirits, which was why the situation had occurred.

After that, they carried out even more severe extermination of demons and evil spirits, sparing not even newly formed flowers and plants.

Although the Taoist in the long robe had some connections, he belonged to the category of rogue cultivators.

They were naturally unaware of these secrets hidden by the Mystic Master Association.

At this moment, the Taoist in the long robe thought that these people had come to his door because they suspected that he had asked someone to help him put up talismans, which caused all of this.

The people in the Xuan Shi Association didn't know that the Taoist in the long robe had misunderstood.

The two sides have completely different understandings of the same issue, which has led to the current tense atmosphere.

The members of the Xuan Shi Association, seeing the Taoist in the long robe's unpleasant expression, realized that their attitude was inappropriate and felt somewhat embarrassed.

He quickly explained, "According to the confidential document, once this locked-down situation occurs, sunlight cannot penetrate, and the locked-down person cannot leave."

All living beings trapped within, whether human, animal, plant, or tree, have no chance of survival.

However, quite some time has passed, and apart from being trapped, there has been no news of any casualties…

This puzzled the members of the Xuanmen Association.

Until, those talismans that had been pasted up at various street corners and then disappeared reappeared.

Someone, unable to resist the urge to tear off the talismans, found they couldn't budge them. Even stranger, the talismans didn't feel like they were pasted on; they felt more like they were carved into the surface.
This discovery immediately revealed the key point to those Xuan Masters.

Soon, this matter was compiled and reported.

The young men who had previously explored Zhoujia Alley rushed over to check it out immediately.

This naturally confirmed that the patterns on those talismans were exactly the same as those left by the master.

It might even be more powerful.

After reconciling the accounts.

The members of the Xuan Shi Association found those who had spent the whole day helping the Taoist priest in the long robe to put up talismans.

If those Xuan Masters still don't realize that something is wrong and someone has already helped them at this point, then they are truly foolish.

Finally, these people came looking for us.

The Taoist priest in the long robe kept a straight face, making it impossible to tell that he was originally somewhat guilty.

Now, after hearing all the explanations...

The Taoist priest in the long robe breathed a huge sigh of relief. Heaven knows, just now, he almost thought he had been framed.

"Fellow Daoist, I know this is somewhat presumptuous, but the current situation is extremely critical. Could you please help me introduce me to that expert?"

Don't ask this person why he's so certain that these talismans were drawn by the master behind the Taoist priest in the long robe, not by him himself.

The question is, anyone who can draw so many high-level talismans must be very old; it's impossible for them to be so young.

The Taoist priest in the long robe pursed his lips; he also wanted to know where the divine messenger was.

But does he deserve to know?

He was almost killed by the other divine messengers before; it's a miracle he survived.

Even if he did know the whereabouts of the divine messenger, he wouldn't dare to introduce him.

That's the divine messenger, appearing and disappearing like a ghost. He's the one who's summoned, never the one who initiates contact.

After carefully considering his words, the Taoist in the long robe said, "It's not that I'm unwilling to introduce him, but that sir has already left."

The Taoist in the long robe felt that he wasn't exactly lying.

After all, he really didn't see the Divine Envoy. It was the Divine Envoy's puppet artifact that delivered the talisman.

Instead, it was delivered in a cheap net bag. If other people saw this, would they believe that those were high-level talismans?

Upon hearing this, the arriving Xuan Master felt a pang of regret.

"If it weren't for that expert, we would probably...we would probably..."

What they were afraid of, they themselves couldn't say for sure.

In short, they knew that this time it was truly dangerous.

"Fellow Daoist, why don't you try contacting that master again? Just in case, just in case he hasn't gone far."

The fact that he was willing to leave these talismans behind shows that he was still willing to offer some help to Lotus City.

"Without those talismans, according to that confidential document, at least half of the people in Lotus City would be dead by now."

Upon hearing this, the Taoist priest in the long robe felt inexplicably annoyed. Wasn't this just making things difficult for him?