"If this guess is correct, there's still one thing I don't understand," Oscar said thoughtfully. "If this evil soul master is from the City Lord's Mansion, then why did he only start committing crimes recently? Being able to mobilize
the City Lord's Mansion's power for his own use means that the evil soul master has a very high status in the City Lord's Mansion, perhaps even being the City Lord himself. But as far as I know, the City Lord of Hulan Motuo City has been in power for at least twenty years. Why didn't he take action before then?
I inquired and found that the City Lord of Hulan Motuo City is only in his sixties this year, a Soul Emperor-level Soul Master with a long lifespan. He doesn't seem like someone who needs to use evil means to prolong his lifespan."
"Perhaps I can explain this," Oschin finally spoke after a period of silence. "I heard some news at lunch: three months ago, a Soul King-level Soul Master team called Blood Servant was recruited into the City Lord's Guard by the City Lord.
This team arrived in Hulan Motuo City three and a half months ago, and they used extremely bloody methods to defeat many opponents in the Great Soul Arena.
Their combat strength is considerable, but I still feel that the City Lord's decision to recruit them into the City Lord's Guard is somewhat illogical.
When you mentioned earlier that the City Lord's Mansion might be the hiding place of that evil Soul Master, I kept thinking about whether it was possible that the evil Soul Master was actually hiding in the Blood Servant team, or that everyone in the Blood Servant team was his puppet, and that he used some means to control the City Lord when he went to the Great Soul Arena to watch the battle."
"If you put it that way, it's quite possible," Dai Mubai and Oscar didn't understand Oschin's meaning immediately because they weren't familiar with the clues they had found outside the city, but Tang San reacted immediately.
"What's going on? Why did it jump to the city lord being controlled all of a sudden? What did you two find outside the city?"
Faced with Dai Mubai's question, Tang San proactively shared the clues he had gathered that morning with the two of them.
"I see. To be able to hypnotize an entire village at the same time, this evil spirit master really could have successfully ambushed the city lord when he wasn't on guard.
But even if our guess is plausible, we still need evidence. How can we prove our theory?"
"The vampire bats. To ensure the city lord doesn't break free from his control, the evil spirit master must keep the vampire bats controlling the city lord in the city lord's mansion.
To even conceal the
whereabouts of a large group of vampire bats, the evil spirit master might be keeping all of them in the city lord's mansion. If we find the vampire bats in the city lord's mansion, then our guess will basically be confirmed. The remaining task is to identify which member of the Blood Servant Team is the evil spirit master manipulating everything."
"Verifying this on our own is probably beyond our capabilities. We need to notify our teachers."
"I'm afraid simply notifying the teachers isn't enough. After all, this matter involves the City Lord's Mansion, and the Spirit Hall's assistance is indispensable.
However, whether or not to communicate with the Spirit Hall is not our concern. This matter is no longer a simple case of an evil spirit master committing a crime. Boss Dai, contact the Dean."
After Dai Mubai sent the deductions they had reached through their discussion to Flander via mobile phone, he quickly received a reply: "You all wait at home and don't make any rash moves."
At the same time, in a small manor south of Hulan Motuo City, Flander, with a serious expression, put away his phone and looked at the teachers in front of him, saying: "Our investigation seems to have missed an important clue. Mubai just messaged me saying that the City Lord may have been controlled by that evil spirit master."
"How is that possible? Didn't we analyze it? That evil spirit master is at most a Soul King level Soul Master, while the City Lord is a veteran Soul Emperor level Soul Master. How could that evil spirit master break through the City Lord's Mansion's strict defenses, get close to the City Lord, and control him?"
"This is a message sent by Mu Bai. Take a look, I personally think it makes a lot of sense."
After a while, the Grandmaster, who was the first to understand the logic in the message, said with a somewhat solemn expression, "If that's the case, then our previous investigation direction has gone astray. This matter might not be so easily resolved by us outsiders alone."
"That's right, our thinking was limited. Although we determined early on that the evil spirit master was hiding in Hulan Motuo City, our search direction has always been flawed.
At first, we thought that guy was hiding in the Upper District, where he could closely monitor the actions of the Spirit Hall and the City Lord's Mansion, which is why he was able to bog down the official search operation. Later, Old Zhao told us that guy was raising a large group of vampire bats, so we shifted our focus to the abandoned manors in the Lower District. We never imagined that the enemy had transformed into the investigators."
"Alright, Teacher Shao, go find Xiao Ao and see if he has any way to monitor the City Lord's Mansion from a distance. Flander, get ready, see if you can sneak into the City Lord's Mansion tonight to investigate. If it's confirmed that there are indeed vampire bats in the City Lord's Mansion, then we'll have to cooperate with the Spirit Hall.
Also, it seems that the Spirit Hall is unlikely to protect the evil spirit masters in this incident, so Teacher Li, please go and report the situation of that village outside the city to the Spirit Hall.
In addition, I will go to the Great Spirit Arena tonight to see if I can find any information about this Blood Servant Team. Teacher Zhao, please come with me."
"Okay, that's the arrangement. Old Shao, after you go to the little monsters' place, stay with them. Judging from the information Mu Bai sent, this incident has been quite a shock to Ma Hongjun and those three girls. Please comfort them while you're at it."
"Alright, I'll be going now. Flander, remember to be careful when you're on your way tonight."
The scene shifts, and as Shao Xin walks towards the students' quarters, Oschin and Oscar, with the help of Tang San and Dai Mubai, are fiddling with something in the living room of the courtyard.
Dai Mubai, clumsily fiddling with a few metal parts, says helplessly, "Little Oscar, didn't the Dean say they'd handle this? What are we doing with all this stuff?"
"Have some ambition, Mubai," Tang San, who had just finished assembling the parts, speaks up before Oschin can even reply. "Don't forget, the teachers said from the beginning that this capture of evil spirit masters is a practical assessment for us.
Even though capturing them is beyond our capabilities, it doesn't mean we can just give up. We need to see things through to the end; if we make a prediction, we need to verify it from all angles."
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