I changed the world.

Wei Chengguang was reviewing his coursework for the semester in a corner of the library. Because he had taken a long leave of absence, he now had to work overtime to catch up on the missed lessons, otherwise he would fail the final exam this weekend.

Not long ago, he had just finished his journey to find a master. The result of the trip to Liyang Mountain was neither good nor bad. Compared to his many previous disappointing visits, this time he and "Dao Hongzi" went to Yongning Village, where the crew of the TV series "After Sealing the Sword" was located. During their interviews with the villagers, they learned that the crew's encounter with a master was probably true. After all, many villagers were present at the time, and they all spoke with certainty and without falsehood. Although different people's accounts differed somewhat in the details, the two were still able to confirm that the general events were not simply a publicity stunt by the crew, as some people on the internet suspected.

This greatly excited them. Unfortunately, after settling in Yongning Village, they spent two whole weeks traversing all the nearby mountains and visiting several hermits. Although they met several "masters" who were said to possess cultivation, judging from their posture and demeanor, none of them seemed to be the person in the video. This left them somewhat disappointed.

Just as their search in Liyang Mountain reached a stalemate, rumors circulated online that a paranormal event had occurred in Mijiafang, Nanmen District, Kuaizhou City. What concerned them even more was that a "master" with extraordinary skills appeared in the exposed video.

This information led them to immediately abandon their aimless search in Liyang Mountain and head straight to Mijiafang.

However, when they arrived in Kuaizhou City and tried to go to No. 356 Mijiafang, Nanmen District, the legendary location where the video was filmed, they found that the old house had been sealed off by the police. What was even more outrageous was that the iron gate of the old house had been replaced with a thick security door made of pure steel, and cameras had been installed all around the old house, creating a scene that made it impossible for strangers to enter.

Just as they were trying to further verify the situation at the time, the whistleblower "Master Hua" released a video refuting the rumors, claiming that everything was just a publicity stunt between him and Cuckoo Games, mainly to promote the upcoming new game "Hunter's Chronicle".

If they hadn't come to Kuaizhou City to investigate on-site, they might have believed this explanation. However, after two days of investigation, they simply couldn't believe it anymore. After all, this couldn't explain the old house that had had its security measures rearranged.

Especially when they visited the surrounding neighbors, their reticence became increasingly unusual. After presenting some gifts, some neighbors finally revealed the rumors that the old house had been "haunted" and the disappearance of a certain male neighbor.

They tried to visit the "Master Flower" to find out what was going on, but their request was refused.

To verify the authenticity of the video, they even went to the Kuaizhou City Funeral Home, bribed a staff member, and obtained a list of deceased persons received by the funeral home in the past ten days under the flimsy pretext of searching for missing relatives.

On this list, they successfully found a deceased person named "Wang Haiyun". His workplace was the Nanmen District Police Station in Kuaizhou City. The cause of death was "death in the line of duty". The time of death was the same as the time of filming disclosed in the video, November 29th.

As a district police station, it's rare for officers to die in the line of duty unless other major cases occur within its jurisdiction. Especially considering the two officers collected that week's local newspapers, which contained not a single word about any major cases the police had solved, nor any mention of any officers being killed. Clearly, this was a truly low-key handling of the situation.

At this point, they could basically connect all the dots: the on-site investigation, the increased security measures at the suspected incident location, the police officer who was killed but whose death was handled discreetly, and the fact that "Master Hua" was avoiding contact... all of this seemed to point to one fact.

That is, behind this series of bizarre events, there is some force concealing the truth.

This discovery also surprised Wei Chengguang and Dao Hongzi. They originally thought that what they had been doing was just a somewhat unconventional cultural issue, but they did not expect that they might have discovered something extraordinary.

After making this discovery, they didn't even dare to share it in the "Morning Enlightenment" group. After all, if someone has the ability to cover up the truth to this extent, then the power behind them is almost obvious, and they didn't want to really bring any trouble upon themselves.

However, this means that the search has come to a standstill once again.

However, it wasn't entirely fruitless. In fact, the gains this time were astonishing: they truly confirmed that their long-standing pursuit had not been in vain. The extraordinary powers and supernatural beings described in various religious legends since ancient times truly exist in this world...

Unfortunately, things seemed to have reached a dead end. Unable to find a new direction, the two had no choice but to part ways temporarily and go home, agreeing only to continue their current focus on paying more attention to unusual events in society.

As it turned out, their direction seemed to be correct. Just as Wei Chengguang returned to Jiangling and was about to go back to school to resume classes, he noticed a video circulating online.

That was the strange phenomenon that occurred on the day the tomb of Celestial Master Song Shouxuan was discovered. This event also sparked heated discussions on various Taoist forums. Some people said that the whole event was a marketing event created by someone using 3D projection equipment, but many others believed that it was a genuine "Celestial Master's manifestation" event.