Nanxi Mountain.

It is a not very tall mountain located in the south of Cangshan Fairy City, close to Qianling Mountains.

It’s just that because there is a spiritual vein near this mountain, the spiritual energy around Nanxi Mountain is relatively rich, making it a rare place for cultivating immortals. This is why it was favored by the ancestor of the Cao family. After some struggles, the Cao family finally settled here.

After dozens or hundreds of years of development, it slowly evolved into the current Jindan Immortal Cultivation Family, the Cao family!

Cao Hang flew his sword and quickly returned to the Cao family.

The Cao clan token tied around his waist flashed, and he entered the Cao family's protective formation.

What comes into view are rows of quaint attics at the foot of the mountain. From time to time, a few figures can be seen living in the attics, and there are many children playing and fighting outside the attics.

There is also a row of exquisite attics halfway up the mountain, but there are far fewer of them, and each attic is more exquisite and larger in size.

On the top of the mountain is a stone temple made of bluestone.

Looking at the stone palace on the top of the mountain, Cao Hang's eyes couldn't help but flash a gleam of light, because everyone knew that the stone palace was the place where the ancestor of their Cao family went into seclusion, and no one was allowed to enter without being summoned.

After returning to Cao's house, Cao Hang immediately flew to an exquisite attic in the middle of the mountainside.

When he arrived in front of the attic, he immediately took out a sound transmission note, said a few words on it, and then shot the sound transmission note towards the attic door.

Soon, a slightly old voice came from the attic: "Come in!"

"Yes!"

Cao Hang did not dare to delay and bowed to accept the order, then walked into the attic with a solemn face.

When he entered the hall on the first floor of the attic, he immediately saw an old man with black hair and a somewhat majestic face sitting in the main seat at the innermost part, and this old man was staring at Cao Hang.

"Cao Hang greets the Patriarch!"

Cao Hang immediately took a few quick steps to the old man and bowed respectfully.

Obviously, this person is the head of the Cao family.

If you are familiar with the Cao family, you will know that the head of the Cao family is named Cao Ying.

Facing Cao Hang's salute, the head of the family, Cao Ying, simply nodded slightly and said, "Well, you're back? Sit down!"

"Yes, thank you, Patriarch!"

Cao Hang sat down respectfully at the side.

Even though Cao Hang was also a foundation-building cultivator, he did not dare to show the slightest disrespect to the patriarch Cao Ying.

It was not only because Cao Ying was a cultivator in the late foundation-building stage, but also because Cao Ying was an elder, and as the patriarch had been in charge of the Cao family for many years, and was highly regarded by the Cao family's ancestors, so Cao Ying had great prestige in the Cao family. Almost all members of the Cao family did not dare to be disrespectful to Cao Ying, even if he was a foundation-building cultivator.

Although Cao Ying looked dignified, he spoke quite gently. He looked up at Cao Hang and asked calmly, "Why are you so anxious to see me? What's the matter?"

Although Cao Hang tried his best to conceal his feelings after he came in, Cao Ying could not hide the anxiety in his eyes at all.

Cao Hang did not dare to hide it, and after hesitating for a while, he said directly: "Master, Cao Jiang and Cao Zhen may have been in trouble!"

"Maybe something happened? Cao Jiang and Cao Zhen? What's going on?"

Cao Ying frowned slightly and immediately turned an inquiring look to Cao Hang.

Cao Hang took a deep breath and immediately explained, "A few days ago, I received news that a certain deacon in Cangshan Immortal City, although his cultivation was only at the second level of foundation building, his combat power was quite good. He had never lost in many competitions with cultivators of the same level. So Cao Zhen and I wanted to try to invite that person to fight for us and help us complete the competition in the early stage of foundation building."

"Who would have thought that the man would not give our Cao family any face at all. Not only did he refuse us repeatedly, but he even insulted our Cao family. Cao Zhen was so angry that he went to find Cao Jiang after the man left. Then the two of them seemed to be going to cause trouble for that man."

"It's not a big deal. My nephew just thought they wanted to teach each other a lesson, so he didn't take it seriously at first."

"But a day and a night passed, and Cao Zhen and the other man did not return. My nephew was worried that they might have met with an accident, so he went out to look for them."

"Who would have thought that my nephew did not find the whereabouts of Cao Zhen and the other two, but found some...some not-so-good traces."

"Therefore, nephew will come back immediately to report this to you!"

After saying this, Cao Hang showed an uneasy expression.

However, after hearing what Cao Hang said, Cao Ying only frowned, his expression did not change at all, and he asked directly: "Who is the person you are talking about? What is his current status in Cangshan Immortal City? Cao Zhen and Cao Jiang went to cause trouble for each other. Does anyone know about this?"

"Also, what do you mean by those not-so-good traces? Are you sure that something has really happened to the two of them? Where is that person now?"

Cao Ying asked a series of questions directly.

He had been in charge of the Cao family for many years and had long developed the skill of remaining calm even when faced with a huge crisis. When he heard about such a thing, he immediately considered the matter from multiple angles with great calmness.

Cao Hang was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly replied: "That person's name is Wei Hong, he is a casual cultivator who just broke through to the foundation-building stage a few years ago. Now he is the third-rank outer sect deacon of Cangshan Immortal City, and is currently in charge of the No. 7 Spiritual Plant Garden."

"I am the only one who knows that Cao Zhen went to cause trouble for the other party. The traces I found were traces of a body burned to ashes, and some pieces of meat and pieces of clothing. Those pieces of clothing are quite similar to the clothes worn by my cousin Cao Jiang!"

After saying this, Cao Hang glanced at Cao Ying's expression cautiously.

The meaning of his last sentence was actually very clear. It was obvious that he judged that Cao Jiang and the other man had been in trouble based on these two traces.

"Wei Hong? A third-rank outer sect steward?" Cao Ying's brows were still furrowed. He glanced at Cao Hang calmly, then asked coldly, "So, do you think the accident involving Cao Jiang and the others is related to Wei Hong?"

"My nephew thinks this possibility is the most likely, but we need to investigate further to find out the truth." Cao Hang was a little cautious and did not say anything definite directly.

Cao Ying thought for a moment and asked again: "If that's the case, how do you think we should investigate it?"

Cao Hang was overjoyed, but he pretended to think for a while before answering, "I think this matter concerns the life and death of two of our clansmen, so we must be cautious. Therefore, I beg the head of the family to send someone to check the place where I found the traces. If there is any result, send someone to question Wei Hong to see if it was him who did it."

"At the same time, we need to send more people to look for the whereabouts of Cao Jiang's brothers and see if they are safe and sound, and just haven't returned to the clan yet!"

Even though Cao Hang wanted Cao Ying to send someone to seek revenge on Wei Hong immediately, he did not dare to express it directly. Instead, for the sake of safety, he put forward two more feasible suggestions.

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