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.

Fei's face was livid. He had never expected this result and ordered sternly: "Find him, find him 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!

Fei was annoyed and angry.

This errand had been botched!

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

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

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

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

Fei knew what was important, immediately cast aside his grudge against Zhu Xuanji, squeezed a smile on his face, and asked for advice: "Lord Zhu has been observing the whole time, I wonder 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."

Fei heard this, his brows frowned, and he subconsciously denied it strongly: "No, he must be here!"

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

Because he was responsible for the fire persimmon forest, he was equivalent to a jailer, but the prisoner escaped, and he knew nothing.

For this Fire Persimmon Festival, Fei had gone to great lengths, but ended up empty-handed, making the entire City Lord's Mansion a joke.

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

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

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

"Furthermore, the formation has been open the whole 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 actively 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 the City Lord's Mansion was the biggest joke at this time, 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?"

"From my experience in setting up formations, the fire persimmon forest formation is dense and heavy, connected to the Immortal City 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. Is it really possible for a Golden Core cultivator to escape so silently?"

For a time, Fei, 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 authority of the Immortal City formation is in the hands of the City Lord, and Fei guards the fire persimmon forest and also has the control of this heavy formation.

In addition, several formation pillars of the Immortal City formation are in the residential areas of the three great families. Therefore, the three great families also have the possibility of controlling the formation and secretly letting the shadow demon cultivator go.

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

A lone Golden Core demon cultivator and a cultivation family are completely two 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 a suspect."

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

"If it is really one or several of the three families, 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 before—we will ignore this possibility for now."

"There are doubts in the process of picking fire persimmons today."

"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 rushed to kill Yuan Er, the current leader of the Monkey Head Gang.

This anomaly was seen by all the Golden Core cultivators.

They held back, while Fei dealt with it cleanly and neatly, directly activating the formation to destroy all the mechanical monkeys.

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

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

The Golden Cores watched it several times, but found no tricks.

Fei: "I will conduct a strict investigation into the cause of the mechanical fire monkey's loss of control."

Zhu Xuanji continued: "I used my Golden Eyes to monitor the overall situation and confirmed that this old ape did indeed make 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?"

Fei deliberated 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. It is very likely that the old ape was restless and made a mistake."

Speaking of this, Fei thought of Ning Zhuo.

Immediately, he thought of his 40% profit.

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

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

"Whether it's 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 Fei's eyes.