Peerless Tang Sect: Hurricane Infinite Wind

Chapter 155 Lingguang City

After Wu Xuan and the other two entered Lingguang City, they were greeted by a bustling scene, not a deserted one. The streets were bustling with people, and it didn't look like any major disaster had occurred.

"What's going on?" Yao Haoxuan looked at Wu Xuan and Ma Xiaotao in confusion.

"I can't figure it out either. Let's walk around and look for clues." Wu Xuan shook his head.

"Yeah!" Yao Haoxuan nodded in agreement, and then the three of them started strolling around Lingguang City.

A major city close to the border, with broad streets, thick city walls, bustling crowds, a solemn atmosphere, and the overwhelming cries of vendors, makes Lingguang City appear to have a unique artistic conception.

"Did you notice anything wrong?" Wu Xuan asked as he walked from the south to the north of the city, staring at a fairly luxurious hotel in front of him.

They both shook their heads upon hearing this.

"It's such a big city, but there are no caravans coming and going. Even the hotels that provide rest for the caravans are empty." Wu Xuan frowned.

Ma Xiaotao and the others suddenly understood what he said. "You mean the Governor's Office might have ordered a blockade of the trade route, preventing the caravan from entering the city?"

"Maybe! Regardless of whether it is true or not, we will know if we go and take a look." Wu Xuan took the lead and walked towards the hotel.

The three of them entered the hotel. The hotel lobby was quite deserted. Several waiters were sitting on the side, yawning and looking drowsy.

Wu Xuan coughed twice, and several waiters instantly woke up. They quickly stood up and trotted over. "Do you want to rest or have a meal?"

Wu Xuan waved his hand, and a bag of gold soul coins fell into the waiter's hands.

The waiter subconsciously reached out to take it, looked at the heavy purse in his hand, and looked at Wu Xuan and the other two in confusion.

"Please give us all the hotel's special dishes and give us three rooms." Wu Xuan said calmly.

The waiter nodded quickly: "Okay, okay, please take a seat here, the dishes will be here soon."

"Hmm!" Wu Xuan and the other two sat down. As the food was served, they began to inquire about the origins of the strange disease that had broken out in Lingguang City.

The waiter's answer was pretty much the same as the mission information. However, there were some details not mentioned in the mission information, which was a small gain.

"Well, I won't hide it from you, sir. This strange disease seems to be getting more and more serious recently. Nearly a hundred people have been infected for no reason every few days." The waiter shook his head.

"Didn't they say this disease is not contagious? Why does it sound like it's highly contagious?" Yao Haoxuan frowned.

"The customer is right. It is indeed not contagious, but the number of people getting sick is increasing all the time," said the waiter.

"And to prevent news from reaching the Sun-Moon Empire, the Governor's Office has ordered the trade routes blocked, preventing merchants from traveling to and from the Sun-Moon Empire. Sigh! This has caused great hardship for us high-end hotels."

"Yeah! I don't know when this strange disease will end. If the Governor's Office doesn't open up the business route, we will lose our jobs." Another waiter sighed.

"Will the sick person die?" Ma Xiaotao asked curiously.

"At first, no one died, but most of those who fell ill were civilians, working while exhausted. I'm afraid nearly a hundred people have died by now."

Wu Xuan frowned and fell into deep thought. After lunch, the three of them gathered together again.

"Senior Xiaotao, Senior Yao, now that we have a general understanding of the situation of this strange disease, I will assign the tasks." Wu Xuan said seriously.

Since it has been decided to let Wu Xuan take the lead, Yao Haoxuan naturally has no complaints.

"Senior, as a Shrek Supervisor, this afternoon, you will officially take over the investigation of this strange disease from the Governor of Lingguang City. Bring back all the information they've collected and organize it. I also hope that the Governor's Office can open a trade route to the Sun-Moon Empire within two days."

"Yes! I will contact the other party as soon as possible."

"Senior Yao, please go to each civilian area and investigate. Count the areas where sick civilians frequently appear."

"Okay! Don't worry, junior."

"As for me, I will try my best to visit all the nobles or soul masters of each class in Starlight City. In the end, I want to see where the problem lies." Wu Xuan's words became colder at the end.

Ma Xiaotao's pink phoenix eyes couldn't help but admire Wu Xuan even more as he distributed tasks according to the clear regulations.

The search continued for three or four days. Wu Xuan and the other two acted separately and basically ran through the entire Lingguang City. Finally, there was some progress in this investigation mission.

Wu Xuan took out the map of Lingguang City borrowed from the Governor's Office and drew a circle on the top of the map.

He said in a deep voice, "According to the investigation results that Senior Yao and I have conducted over the past few days, whether it's the noble spirit masters or ordinary civilians who have contracted the disease, they have all visited the brothels in this area."

"Junior, you mean that the root of the problem lies in this place." Yao Haoxuan looked at the direction circled by Wu Xuan with a little surprise.

"It's almost the same. Apart from those rats in the sewers hiding in the dark and sucking blood to practice, how could such a place of entertainment cause insufficient Qi and blood?" Wu Xuan said with a cold expression.

"Brother Wu is right. I think it was most likely done by those evil soul masters. They suck human blood to cultivate. Apart from these beasts, I really can't think of anyone else." Ma Xiaotao gritted her teeth and slammed the table and cursed.

"But this place of entertainment is so huge. Asking the three of us to find that evil soul master is like looking for a needle in a haystack." Yao Haoxuan said with some fatigue.

"There's nothing we can do. The aura here is too complex and dense, and the evil soul master is too good at hiding. I can't locate him with my breath sensing. I can only eliminate him one by one." Wu Xuan sighed, stood up and gave orders.

"But wouldn't it be a bit too embarrassing for us to go to a place like this to investigate evil soul masters?" Yao Haoxuan said with a somewhat unnatural expression.

Ma Xiaotao's eyes twitched when she heard that. She looked at Yao Haoxuan's awkward figure with a half-smile and jokingly said, "Yao Haoxuan, I can't tell! You're still so innocent at such an old age. Could it be that all the romantic stories you and Dai Yuheng talked about in the past were all fake?"

"Really! Of course it's true. How could I be afraid of going to such a place?" Yao Haoxuan became anxious when he heard it and quickly defended himself.

Wu Xuan couldn't help but laugh, and stepped forward and said, "Alright, Senior Xiaotao, we don't have to go inside this kind of brothel to investigate the evil spirit master. We can do the same outside."

Yao Haoxuan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

"Let's go to the North City area tonight and stake out! As long as that evil soul master continues to practice, he will come back to suck blood sooner or later." Wu Xuan put away the map and directly set the goal for tonight.

"it is good!!"

(End of this chapter)