Chapter 67: Can you still find no one with the answer?
As the marshal of the Star Luo Empire, Dai Hao naturally would not talk to Wang Nan and the others for too long. After a brief chat, he arranged for the former non-commissioned officer to lead the two of them to a guest room.
"I am in Panyue, and now I am serving as a school captain under the marshal. If you have any needs, please feel free to ask."
"Captain Pan, you're so polite. I really have something to say. I just heard from the marshal that he conducted some investigations on those evil soul masters. I wonder if I can borrow the investigation results?"
"Of course." Pan Yue seemed to be well prepared, and quickly brought some information, most of which recorded the places where these evil soul masters had been.
Watching Wang Nan and Gongyang Mofan read the information, Pan Yue also began to talk about what happened not long ago.
"Speaking of which, these evil soul masters move very covertly. Although the Star Luo Empire and the Sun Moon Empire have not started a war, small groups of Sun Moon Empire troops often appear around Tianming City to destroy surrounding facilities and villages."
"Many civilians were displaced as a result, and these evil spirit masters were targeting these people. Women and children are not as physically strong as adult men, and it was common for them to disappear while fleeing, so no one noticed this group of evil spirits at first. The existence of a soul master."
"But just six nights ago, a group of soldiers patrolling the villages around Tianming City encountered this group of evil soul masters. The soldiers suffered heavy losses, but they still fought to the death and left two enemies behind. Only then did we know that there was such a group of evil spirit masters. The evil soul master is around Tianming City."
Pan Yue said this with a bit of anger in his tone.
"The Marshal ordered to track down the traces of the evil soul master. However, something seems to have happened in the Sun and Moon Empire in recent days. There are suddenly more troops near the border. Those with soul power among the soldiers are in important positions. They must always be on guard against the Sun and Moon Empire. Every time I can spare some time, these evil soul masters disappear again, so nothing has been found until now."
Wang Nan knew very little about military affairs and did not ask for details. He just took the information and read it carefully for a moment, and then looked at Pan Yue.
"Captain Pan, do you have a more detailed map around Tianming City?"
"Yes, please wait." Pan Yue turned and left the guest room. As a captain, he has to lead troops into battle, so naturally he won't bring such a map with him.
A moment later, Pan Yue walked in with a map. Wang Nan reached out to take it, but Pan Yue did not let go immediately.
"Forgive me for talking too much. You two may not know something. Maps are very important in the army. Please don't spread the information on the map to others."
"This is natural." Panyue let go after seeing Wang Nan and Gongyang Mo agree.
Wang Nan opened the map and realized why Pan Yue was so cautious. The map not only marked various villages and facilities near Tianming City, but also marked various terrain conditions and road conditions. If the Sun and Moon Empire had obtained this, half of it would have been lost before the battle started.
However, Wang Nan was not very interested in these. He picked up the materials from the previous evil soul master and matched the locations recorded in the materials with those on the map one by one.
At first glance, the action route of this group of evil soul masters was irregular, and there were traces of their activities around Tianming City. But soon, he set his sights on the area west of Tianming City.
The southwest part of the original Douluo Continent is connected to the Sun and Moon Continent, and the two are bounded by the Mingdou Mountains. Although Tianming City is the first city of the Star Luo Empire to resist the Sun and Moon Empire, it is not actually located directly on the border between the two countries. Yes, there is a large area east of the Mingdou Mountains and west of Tianming City. This is also the most chaotic place.
After thinking for a moment, Wang Nan raised his head and said, "Thank you Captain Pan. Please put these things away. We will set off tomorrow."
"Thank you, you two." Pan Yue took the things and walked out of the room.
"Is there anything wrong?" Gongyang Mo knew Wang Nan well, and seeing his expression, he knew that Wang Nan must have discovered something. "It's just a guess, it's not certain yet."
Although Wang Nan said so, he felt in his heart that his guess was probably close to ten.
Perhaps in the eyes of most people, evil soul masters are just a group of people who kill innocent people and act wantonly, and their actions are irregular.
But Wang Nan knew that there was actually an organization of evil soul masters on this continent called the Holy Spirit Cult, and what was even more coincidental was that the headquarters of the Holy Spirit Cult was within the Sun Moon Empire and was in collusion with the Sun Moon Empire.
Every time this group of evil soul masters appear, they can seize the opportunity for the Star Luo Empire's army to move, and their goal is not just to kill people. In fact, according to Pan Yue, they had no idea that the evil soul master had appeared before they discovered the truth about the missing people.
Unlike ordinary evil soul masters who kill people at will, they have to conceal their traces when targeting children, and they happen to be on the border of the Sun and Moon Empire. Wang Nan already knew about the Holy Spirit Cult, and these things in front of him had to make him think in this direction.
"Tomorrow we will start looking west of Tianming City. I hope Ye Xiaosheng's soul detector can work."
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In fact, it was already the evening of the next day when Wang Nan and Gongyang Mo left the city. The two of them did not use flying soul guides, nor even released their martial souls. They just wore dark clothes and moved forward close to the ground.
The army must always have soul guidance devices similar to telescopes. This is the border between the two countries. With Gongyang Mo's conspicuousness, he is afraid that he will be targeted by the soul guidance cannon of the Sun and Moon Empire as soon as he approaches the Mingdou Mountains.
So they chose to go out into the city at night to explore. Anyway, soul guidance detectors don't rely on light to find traces of soul masters.
The detection radius of Ye Xiaosheng's upgraded soul detector is about three kilometers. From the distance alone, it has exceeded Huo Yuhao's mental detection.
Until late at night, Wang Nan and Gong Yangmo found a secluded place and sat here to rest and recover their strength.
"It's no wonder that the White Tiger Duke asked the academy for help." Gong Yangmo poured two mouthfuls of water into his mouth and spoke in a low voice, "We have been looking for the soul guide for so long, but in the end we didn't even meet an evil soul master. ”
"I finally discovered the shadow of the soul master twice, but it turned out that it was still the patrol team out of Tianming City. Not to mention these ordinary soldiers under Duke White Tiger, even if other disciples from the inner courtyard came, it would probably not be easy to complete. This mission."
"Yes." Wang Nan didn't take his eyes off the screen of the soul guidance detector even when he was resting. "I told Xiao Sheng that this is the most correct way to use the soul guidance device, but he still doesn't believe it."
As he was talking, Wang Nan suddenly saw a large white dot appear on the screen of the soul guide detector in the northwest direction. There was no doubt that this was a team composed of soul masters.
Wang Nan stood up and looked northwest.
‘Let me just say, I can’t find anyone with the answer? ’
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