The Ghost of Fog
Chapters 127. Investigatory

Of course, the news of the death of the Dark God who was a member of the Hell Pillar as well as the Black faction Alliance was already known to everyone in the martial world.

They know very well how the devotion of the elders of the martial world both black and white. According to the news, their devotion is not human, there was even a poet who said in his verse, they are actually gods and demons disguised as humans. Of course shortly after that this poet became the subject of ridicule because it has spread news that is very unreasonable.

The death of the Dark God managed to become a breath of fresh air for the white warriors. But on the other hand, his death also brought worry.

Not without reason, they were worried for someone capable of killing that Dark God. The bird said, if right at the place of the death of the Dark God, there was a tree engraved with a sentence, stating that the Dark God's killer was a person called the Devil of No Appeal.

They were worried because seeing from his name, of course, this person was not from the white group, but from the black group. Therefore, the fresh wind for them all was only a moment, replaced with the anxiety of the presence of a new enemy, the Devil of No Appeal.

Emperor Chu Quon conducted a massive search. Not only was it searching for the traces of this No Appeal Demon, but it was also simultaneously searching for the existence of the members of the Black faction Alliance who had suddenly disappeared like they had been swallowed by the earth.

This was quite surprising to the emperor, because in the past two months, not a single citizen or swordsman or his men had reported any arbitrary actions from the Alliance. Though usually every month there are always reports of the Alliance's actions.

"Of course they are hiding themselves" said the emperor's adviser.

"You think so? Isn't there still the Swordsman of the Spirit and the Mountain-Destroying Gorge? Do they also feel afraid of the existence of this Unsurpassed Devil?" Chu Quon chimed.

Currently, two different caste people were sitting around in a small cottage located in the backyard of the palace. In front of them, there were two small cups and a teapot containing warm tea.

After sipping tea in his cup, the adviser immediately responded, "Isn't that natural? Of course they're looking for your Majesty's safety."

"I'm sure they're not afraid of this new Devil. However their leader, who had been known to be Ling Haocun the Fire Poison Demon, was a shrewd person. He conducted this strategy to secure the Alliance as well as seeing the future progress, it was also possible to monitor the lunge of this new demon."

The man sipped back his tea before continuing.

"I mean, if they already knew how this Unsurpassed Devil would act in the martial world, Ling Haocun would have devised a strategy to crush them. That's what I think."

Chu Quon nodded his head, "But what about the Black faction Alliance itself, do we need to ignore it for a while, or do we continue this quest anyway?"

The emperor's advisors tried to think, to grasp all possibilities, to find the most profitable way out for the imperial side.

"Your Majesty, of course you already know about Ling Haocun. Indeed in the Pillar of Hell, he was not the strongest. Perhaps even after the death of the Snow Eagle and the Beautiful Demon Twins, it was not impossible that he was currently the weakest member."

"However, I doubt that among the four remaining members of the Pillar of Hell, there is one who is able to defeat the cunning of his brain. Therefore, I recommend continuing to search the Alliance. In addition to mutual security, our actions are also indirectly to suppress the movement of those who are currently still hiding somewhere" he explained.

"It makes perfect sense, but who do you think this No Appeal Devil really is? I mean, are they a bunch of people like the Pillars of Hell, or a magic swordsman who's about to screw up?" ask the emperor later.

"Hem.that is exactly what I want to ask you Your Majesty. Honestly I am also very confused about it, but even more terrible is, if this Unsurpassed Devil has a large group behind him. Of course this will be more confusing to us besides our efforts to clean up the Black faction Alliance." replied the man ended with a long sigh.

Then, they continued the discussion on something else. Whether it's about imperial construction or irrigation distribution in water-hungry villages.

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Elsewhere, Hu Tao along with three dozen elite escort troops, were on a secret mission to investigate into the Northern area. More precisely to the slopes of the Heaven's Wall Mountains.

The first elder actually forbade Hu Tao to intervene on his own over this matter, but the albino youth remained insistent on going alone, because according to him, he was, this matter was not a problem that his troops were capable of dealing with.

The problem was the matter of the mountain man army which for some time had become a little "silent". Actually it is not the mountain troops who become maslaah, but their leader.

Two days ago, there were a few Hu family spies who returned to the residence. They came home with a very alarming body condition. Blood bath and there are some parts of the body that are not intact anymore.

There were even three people who had not had time to face Hu Tao, already dead first to bleed out. There was only one person who had a dead leg and left hand to report to Hu Tao.

"What is this!?" asked the young leader frantically as he looked at his men who were being carried by several bodyguards.

So as fast as lightning Hu Tao shot towards him and took a few blood walks, making the blood from those stumped legs and hands stop flowing.

The man gasped, looking very painful. But with his determination and loyalty towards the family, finally the mouth filled with red stains opened and said slowly.

"Leader..mountain forces...already known...."

As this matter shocked all of them, even the elders who were discussing with Hu Tao immediately got up and came closer.

"He's a man.he's a burly woman.do not dress.just wear simple pants.." he said that stopped for a moment because he choked on his own blood and coughed.

"Hair yellow gold..on his body there are also.tato-tattoos strange..his heart there is a symbol of fire...both eyes are blood red..." again his words paused because this man was blunting his breath to speak further.

Up here alone, neither Hu Tao nor the experienced elders could guess who that person was. This made their faces somewhat pale, yet in contrast to Hu Tao and the three strongest elders, they could still calm down.

"She..strong.capable of moving the army of mountain men and beasts.we were caught while stalking them and almost died.Fortunately we were able to go home.and I was able to report to the leader...huh..huh..."

"Leader.please for wisdom.." along with the cessation of this saying, his breath ceased and the spy had bullied his friends.

"Golden Dragon..." Hu Tao said softly with sharp eyes.

"What are we going to do, sir?" ask the first elder.

"Prepare three dozen elite troops, second and third elders, please come with me! I myself will come there and investigate two days from now. Their headquarters are on the slopes of the Heaven's Wall Mountains right? Good, it's not too far from here."

Hearing this command, all of them were surprised.

"No Sir!! Let me just lead this investigation, you better stay here for security"

"Shut up!! My decision is complete!! You think I'm that weak, huh!? Even if I had to clash against the Golden Dragon, I doubt he was able to defeat me in the blink of an eye. You're here, replacing me in the leader's seat for quite some time!" hu Tao's objection was firm.

The first elder was about to refute again, expressing his disobedience. But he paled because of Hu Tao's sharp gaze.

So that night, three dozen elite troops had been prepared to escort Hu Tao probing into the slopes of the Heaven Wall Mountains. The young man himself immediately returned to his room and wrote a letter to the Zhang family.

I just got a report from my spies. According to his information, the leader of the mountain man army was most likely the Golden Dragon. Therefore, please be careful. I myself as the leader of the Hu Family will investigate myself to the slopes of the Heaven Wall Mountains which are the headquarters of the army.

After that he rolled up the letter, tied it to the eagle sending the letter.

"Zhang Family!!" he said briefly before the eagle actually flew away.

He deliberately did not show to whom the letter would be sent, because for anticipation if in the middle of the road the letter changed hands, he said, the Zhang family will be safe, for nothing in the letter indicates the Zhang family.

Such was the short story of why the current Hu Tao along with his thirty-six elite troops made the journey towards the Heaven Wall Mountains.

"Leader, please very much so that you avoid clashes with them. Because in addition to being unfavorable, it is also very dangerous for you" said the second elder warned.

"Yes, I know." the young man replied briefly.

Indeed, Hu Tao's current power was already high once after becoming a disciple of the Four Wind God Eyes. That was why, he was not at all daunted if he had to fight the Golden Dragon one-on-one. However, he was more amenable to the statement of the second elder. Not out of fear, but he did not want more losses with the death of the troops.

One more thing, he deliberately did not inform his teacher of this. Because other than the four of them were busy investigating the No Appeal Demons and the existence of the Alliance, nor did Hu Tao want to rely too heavily on them.

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