Chapter 674: Pattern
Jialan town was a large town, at least larger than Sixi town but smaller than Yunlan city.
After arriving, Jiang Yue messaged Fu Yun’s spy and arranged a lunch meeting at a popular restaurant.
The restaurant, called Dongshun Tower, was located on the main street.
At this time, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen entered a private room and prepared to wait for the spy.
"Our Cangxing world is becoming livelier." Jiang Yue observed, listening to the hustle and bustle of the main street.
"There used to be sixteen territories and sixteen major cities. Now, there are more than fifty cities that are larger and more prosperous than the sixteen cities back then." Yu Nianzhen said with a nostalgic expression.
"Our world expands with each upgrade, so it’s not unexpected that more cities have cropped up." Jiang Yue said.
The two chatted in this way and didn’t stop until the door opened an incense stick later.
"Immortal king Yu, immortal king Jiang." A young man greeted as soon as he entered the room.
The person was a core formation realm cultivator and had a baby face that made him appear younger than he actually was.
" Sit." Jiang Yue invited, and the young man did as asked.
"What can you tell us?" Yu Nianzhen asked, and the young man immediately began speaking.
"My team tracked a group of seven. They arrived in Jialan town, bought a house, and stayed there for five days before leaving the town." He said.
"Bought a house?" Jiang Yue asked with a surprised expression.
"The house is located at the end of Eighth Street." The spy confirmed, and the other two couldn’t help but be shocked.
After all, this was the first time that they had encountered a situation where the foreign devils bought a house.
"Is there anything strange or special about the house?" Jiang Yue asked, and the spy shook his head.
"Both the house and its location are ordinary." He said.
After lunch, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen booked an inn, and when night came, they slipped into the courtyard that the foreign devils had bought.
"There is a level five defensive and offensive formation around the courtyard." Jiang Yue said, his eyes narrowed into slits.
However, level five formations were nothing to him, and he soon opened a gap for them to enter.
After entering, the two walked around the house and soon stopped in front of a wall.
"There is a hidden formation here." Jiang Yue said, and as usual, he began modifying it while Yu Nianzhen protected him.
One hour passed in the blink of an eye.
At this time, Jiang Yue nodded, took Yu Nianzhen’s hand and pulled him towards the wall.
A moment later, both passed through the wall and appeared in another room.
"An incomplete formation and a teleportation stone." Yu Nianzhen muttered, looking around the room.
"Azhen, I am convinced that the formation locations are not random." Jiang Yue said, and the swordsman nodded before speaking.
"A house in a large town is not an ideal place to arrange a secret formation, but the foreign devils did it. This shows that there is more to the locations than meets the eye." He said.
At the same time, he took out a world map and marked their location.
"I still don’t see a pattern." Jiang Yue said and subconsciously frowned.
"Azhen, what do you think is going on? Could the pattern be so obscure that we don’t recognise it? Maybe something related to the Foreign Devils world? It could be why we don’t see it." He said.
"There is another possibility." Yu Nianzhen said and quickly continued.
"We have fewer than ten data points. Maybe they are not enough."
Jiang Yue frowned when he heard this.
After all, ten incomplete formations and teleportation stones were not a small matter.
"We need to speed up." He said, and Yu Nianzhen nodded.
After that, Jiang Yue collected the teleportation stone and the two left the courtyard.
Soon after, they left Jialan town and headed to Lijia.
Lijia was one of the first places that they suspected.
At first, one or two villagers disappeared every few days.
However, after some time, twenty villagers disappeared at once, alarming many forces, including Sword City.
After arriving, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen met Fu Yun’s spy and learned everything that had happened in Lijia.
As expected, the original culprit was a half-step level five blue-tail python that was attempting to advance to level five.
Unfortunately, it failed its tribulation and was forced to eat villagers to recover its strength.
After eating several villagers, the Sword sect disciples went to the forest and killed it.
"The python was responsible for the original disappearances, but the later deaths are the work of foreign devils." Jiang Yue said.
"Too many strangers have come through Lijia. We need to search more carefully." Yu Nianzhen said, and Jiang Yue nodded.
As usual, the two first searched the village but found nothing.
Later, they ventured into the forest and soon found the hidden formation.
The place was neither in the depths nor in the outskirts of the forest. Most importantly, it was not in a particularly remote area and could be easily found were it not for the hidden formation.
"Let’s deal with it quickly." Yu Nianzhen said, and Jiang Yue nodded.
After that, Jiang Yue modified the formation, allowing them to enter the hidden place.
However, the place was empty and only had an incomplete formation and a teleportation stone.
"Azhen, should we try to use a teleportation stone to find a group of devils?" Jiang Yue asked with a thoughtful expression.
"Is it possible?" Yu Nianzhen wondered.
After all, paired teleportation stones had unique activation methods.
If an incorrect method was used, the teleportation stone would self-destruct, alerting the devils, or teleport them to an unknown, random place.
"You are right." Jiang Yue sighed with a frustrated expression.
Seeing this, Yu Nianzhen rubbed the person’s hair with a doting expression.
"Don’t worry. We just need to continue searching, and we will eventually find a breakthrough." He said.
