Daughter Of The Dao And Devil Venerable

Chapter 152

Chapter 152 – Prejudices

Lu Junyang and his group had been tracking these devils for several days. Tiangu was vast and sparsely populated. Trying to find someone, or a small group of people, within the area was like looking for a needle in a haystack. Moreover, the devils had special artifacts to conceal their presence, making it even harder to find them. Even with Lu Junyang personally leading the search, it took the group of disciples a long while to track down the devils’ lair, only to find this enigmatic message. Who could have resolved the issue right under their noses, and why hide it from them?

Gan Zilan and his fellow junior disciples couldn’t help but wonder if this was a ploy to make them give up the chase.

All eyes turned to Lu Junyang, their pillar of strength.

Lu Junyang frowned; he was also unsure of this development. If it were fellow cultivators who acted before them, there would be no need to conceal their identities. The Guiyuan Sect had a good reputation in the Cultivation Realm, and there would be no risk of them snatching credits from smaller sects. Furthermore, his group had been in the town for several days; if other cultivators had come, there should have been some signs.

After much thought, Lu Junyang came up with two possibilities: either the culprits were trying to mislead them and discourage their pursuit, or someone who couldn’t reveal themselves had helped to deal with the devils first.

Lu Junyang had planned to capture the devils and publicly deal with them in front of the townspeople to console the spirits of the innocently slain and alleviate the townspeople’s fears. But now, his plan was disrupted. As to why the other party didn’t reveal themselves, Lu Junyang even speculated that maybe another group of devils was involved—but that seemed very unlikely.

Lu Junyang couldn’t fathom why they left him such a message. “Let’s search the area to see if there are any clues,” he finally said.

“Understood.”

However, after nearly a day of searching in Tiangu, the group found no further traces, as if the devils had vanished into thin air.

“Could they really have been dealt with?” some began to believe.

“Eldest Senior Brother, what do we do now?” Continue the chase?

Lu Junyang pondered for a moment, “We’ll stay three more days. If nothing turns up, we’ll leave.”

“Understood.”

Lu Junyang and his group couldn’t stay in Tiangu much longer. He estimated they had at most ten days to resolve the issue until the opening of the Jitian Secret Realm. Any further delay, and they would miss it. Plus, Lu Junyang was anxious about the sect.

After three more days of fruitless searching, just when they thought they wouldn’t find anything, a disciple suddenly reported a lead.

Lu Junyang hurried to the location, a residential house in the town, only two streets away from the victims’ houses. He landed in the courtyard, where the disciple stood, sword in hand, and a plainly dressed middle-aged couple knelt on the ground, with the man protectively shielding the woman.

“Eldest Senior Brother, we’ve found the devils!” Gan Zilan and the others watched the two on the ground warily.

Lu Junyang looked down to see his instrument detecting a faint devil aura.

The woman, panicked, looked up, revealing a pair of red eyes, a hallmark of the devil race. But the man was just an ordinary, non-cultivating mortal.

“Great immortal, please see the truth. My wife is only a half-devil and has done no wrong. Please spare her life.”