Chapter 83

Fire Persimmon Forest.

"Shadow demon cultivator, where did the shadow demon cultivator go?!" Chi Dun searched everywhere.

Doing the same thing as him were the Golden Core cultivators of the three great families.

Seeing Fei Si's face was livid; he had never expected this result and ordered sternly: "Find, find for me, dig three feet into the ground, and find this demon cultivator!"

Under the eyes of everyone, the shadow demon cultivator was nowhere to be found!

Seeing Fei Si was angry and ashamed.

This errand was botched!

All the citizens of the city knew that the City Lord's Mansion had been played, and after such a big setup, they caught nothing in the end.

"It shouldn't be like this, it shouldn't!" Seeing Fei Si gritted his teeth and looked at Zhu Xuanji in the distance.

After thinking about it, Seeing Fei Si took the initiative to fly towards Zhu Xuanji.

Before this, Zhu Xuanji had forced him to open the formation, saving Yuan Dasheng's life, leaving Seeing Fei Si unable to step down. But now, the shadow demon cultivator being nowhere to be found was much bigger than Seeing Fei Si's personal face.

Seeing Fei Si knew what was light and what was heavy, so he immediately put aside his grievances against Zhu Xuanji, squeezed a smile on his face, and asked: "Lord Zhu has been observing the whole process; I don't know what your Golden Eyes saw?"

Zhu Xuanji shook his head: "No discoveries."

"If someone were hiding, they would definitely reveal their tracks under my Golden Eyes."

"Throughout the whole process, there were no suspicious figures. I can only infer that the shadow demon cultivator had already left the fire persimmon forest before this."

Seeing Fei Si heard this, and his brows frowned deeply, subconsciously denying strongly: "No, he must be here!"

Zhu Xuanji's inference was the most unfavorable to him.

Because he was in charge of the fire persimmon forest, he was equivalent to a jailer, but the prisoner escaped, and he knew nothing.

For this Fire Persimmon Festival, Seeing Fei Si had gone to great lengths, but ended up with nothing, making the entire City Lord's Mansion a joke.

Chi Dun flew over at this time and scolded: "Seeing Fei Si, if you hadn't stopped me, I would have hunted down that demon cultivator and eliminated him that night!"

"It was all your insistence on calming things down and reducing losses. Now it's good, the shadow demon cultivator has escaped! How exactly are you guarding the fire persimmon forest?"

Seeing Fei Si snorted coldly: "Let's not talk about other things first; the fire persimmons were successfully picked, so just tell me if this massive wealth has been preserved!"

"Furthermore, the formation has been open all the time, recording the whole process, and can withstand any inspection."

"If it is really found that the shadow demon cultivator successfully escaped due to my negligence, then I will accept the punishment and take the initiative to plead guilty to the City Lord!"

The Golden Core ancestor of the Zhou family also flew over at this time: "The records of the formation naturally need to be checked."

The Zhou family ancestor's face was also not good.

Although at this time, the City Lord's Mansion was the biggest joke, the Golden Cores of their three great families were also futile and had no face.

The Zhou family ancestor continued: "The key now is, did this shadow demon cultivator escape the formation before, or did he slip away under our noses today?"

"Based on my experience in setting up formations, the fire persimmon forest formation is dense and layered, connected to the Xiancheng formation, and is extremely meticulous and rigorous."

"If I were that shadow demon cultivator, even if I could crack the formation, it would inevitably cause quite a stir. To escape so quietly, is it really something a Golden Core cultivator can do?"

For a time, Seeing Fei Si, Zhu Xuanji, and Chi Dun all fell into silence.

All three thought of a very terrible possibility—

If the shadow demon cultivator really left early, perhaps someone secretly opened the formation and let him go!

The highest power of the Xiancheng formation is in the hands of the City Lord, and Seeing Fei Si, who guards the fire persimmon forest, also has the control power of this layer of formation.

Besides this, several formation pillars of the Xiancheng formation are in the residential areas of the three great families. Therefore, the three great families also have the possibility of manipulating the formation and secretly letting the shadow demon cultivator go.

If this is really the case, then the situation is serious.

A lone Golden Core demon cultivator and a cultivation family are two completely different concepts!

Zhu Xuanji looked at the Zhou family ancestor and thought to himself: "The City Lord's Mansion is almost impossible. Because they have no motive at all."

"As for the three great families, everyone is suspicious."

"On one hand, the City Lord's Mansion has always occupied an advantage in the competition for the Lava Xian Gong. On the other hand, the three great families definitely don't want to see the Lava Xian Gong obtained by the City Lord, thereby introducing the Meng family to settle in Fire Persimmon City!"

"If it is really one of the three families, or several, then the Zhou family is the most suspicious."

"The Zhou family of formations, the Zheng family of weapons, and the Ning family of talismans; the Zhou family is the most proficient in formations."

The Zhou family ancestor appeared very open and continued: "That shadow demon cultivator escaped early—we won't worry about this possibility for now."

"In the process of picking fire persimmons today, there are doubts."

"That's right!" Chi Dun nodded immediately, knowing what the Zhou family ancestor was talking about.

Before, more than a dozen mechanical monkeys suddenly rioted, broke away from the control of the Foundation Establishment cultivators, and attacked Yuan Er, the current leader of the Monkey Head Gang, together.

This anomaly was seen by all the Golden Core cultivators.

They didn't act, but Seeing Fei Si dealt with it cleanly and neatly, directly activating the formation and killing all the mechanical monkeys.

The Zhou family ancestor continued: "Why did those mechanical monkeys riot? Who exactly was controlling them?"

"After the mechanical monkeys were destroyed, the old ape of the Monkey Head Gang made a mistake, triggering the self-detonation of a thousand-year-old fire persimmon forest."

"Was it really a mistake? Or was it influenced by some spell or magic treasure?"

"Did that shadow demon cultivator use the explosion to attract our attention and take the opportunity to escape?"

Seeing Fei Si waved his hand immediately, activated the formation, and called out the images at that time.

The Golden Cores watched several times in a row, but found no tricks.

Seeing Fei Si: "I will conduct a strict investigation into the cause of the mechanical fire-exploding monkeys losing control."

Zhu Xuanji continued: "I used my Golden Eyes to monitor the overall situation and confirmed that this old ape was indeed a mistake!"

Chi Dun frowned: "A bit strange. This old ape is the foundation of the Monkey Head Gang and has been picking fire persimmons for many years. At the beginning, there were indeed mistakes. But in recent years, it has always completed the task perfectly; why did it make a mistake this time?"

Seeing Fei Si pondered for a while before saying: "Since it is a flesh-and-blood body, mistakes are inevitable. The Monkey Head Gang has been targeted a lot before, and Yuan Er was even ambushed and besieged before; the old ape was restless and made a mistake, which is very possible."

Speaking of this, Seeing Fei Si thought of Ning Zhuo.

Immediately, he thought of his 40% profit.

He began to feel that this 40% profit was slightly hot.

The Zhou family ancestor said: "Do you think that shadow demon cultivator could be hiding in the old ape's body?"

"Whether it was the mechanical monkeys suddenly rioting or the old ape making a mistake, it caused a chain of explosions."

"The flames blocked our vision, and at this moment, the shadow demon cultivator killed the old ape and hid in its body."

Speaking of this, the Zhou family ancestor cast his gaze on Zhu Xuanji.

"I have one thing I don't understand, and I dare to ask, why did Lord Zhu save that old ape?"

For a time, the eyes of others also cast on Zhu Xuanji.

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A flash of schadenfreude flashed in Seeing Fei Si's eyes.