Chapter 83: Silent Land, Uninhabited Eight Directional Mountain

Translator: Henyee Translations  Editor: Henyee Translations

Lin Ran stood at the edge of the training ground. Beside him was the wooden building where Liu Yuntao lived. According to Zhou Zhiqing and the others, that was where they saw the demon.

Logically speaking, he should have rushed into the wooden building to find the traces of the demon, but the sudden smell of blood made him have an ominous feeling.

Lin Ran hesitated for a moment. In the end, he decided to take a look at the situation first. Then, he activated the Mystic Gate Sword Technique and sneaked towards the thatched houses on the hill.

The structure of these thatched houses was similar. They looked like they were for disciples to live in. They were built roughly, but there were quite a lot of them.

The low eaves were almost connected, and there was only a narrow path between each house for people to pass through, which made it convenient for Lin Ran to sneak around.

After flashing closer, he realized that there were too many thatched houses. It was obviously unrealistic to look at them one by one. Lin Ran could only start from the nearest one.

After listening carefully and confirming that there was no movement inside, Lin Ran lifted the window panel and jumped in nimbly like a cat.

This room was not small. It was 30 steps long and 15 steps wide. There was a wooden partition that divided the entire thatched house into two rooms, the bedroom and the living room.

Lin Ran entered the bedroom through the window. He could tell that the furniture was of high quality. The person who lived here must be a highly-valued disciple.

The room was very clean, and the bedding on the bed was neatly folded. Lin Ran looked around and didn’t find anything unusual, so he lifted the curtain and went to the living room.

This place was also very clean. Lin Ran looked around and finally fixed his gaze on the table.

There was nothing strange about the table. What was strange was that there was a cup of tea on the table. At this moment, it was steaming.

Lin Ran picked up the teacup and took a look. The tea was still warm. It was as if someone had gone to do something else after making the tea.

After patrolling the room and making sure that there was nothing unusual, Lin Ran climbed out of the window and went to another room.

After checking five to six rooms in a row, he did not find anything unusual.

Lin Ran felt that he was probably not going to find anything in this area, so he walked further and came to a small thatched house.

Compared to the previous thatched houses, the thatched houses in this area looked a little shabby. Each house only had one room, and beside the bed were tables and chairs.

The disciples living here must have lower statuses and were not so self-disciplined. Soon, Lin Ran found many personal items, such as books and drawings.

When he was checking the fourth small thatched house, Lin Ran discovered something strange again. There was a white cloth covering the table, and underneath the cloth, something bulged.

Lin Ran lifted the white cloth and saw a plate of marinated beef with half a steamed bun beside it. However, it didn’t look like it was leftovers. Instead, it looked like someone was suddenly called away halfway through the meal, so he covered it with a cloth and prepared to come back to eat later.

Thinking of the cup of tea, Lin Ran finally felt that something was wrong.

Every house Lin Ran had been to, there were more or less traces of daily life. People who suddenly stopped halfway through doing something like this could be seen in almost every house.

The strangest thing was that there was no one in this residential area.

Lin Ran wasn’t sure if there was anyone in the thatched houses further away, but he didn’t see anyone in the area he had already checked.

It was as if the people here suddenly stopped doing their things when they were called to assemble.

“Sect Master is not around. Why would they assemble?”

Lin Ran looked puzzled and subconsciously turned to look in the direction of the training ground at the top of the mountain. If it was really an emergency assembly that interrupted these people from doing their things, the only place they could go was that training ground.

After hesitating for a moment, Lin Ran finally decided to take the risk and use his divine sense to investigate. Otherwise, if he checked the thatched houses one by one, it would take him a month.

After finding a hidden corner, Lin Ran started spreading his divine sense.

Fifteen minutes later, Lin Ran’s divine sense had reached a mile away and covered almost half of the mountain, but he still couldn’t find anyone.

“Could they really be at the top of the mountain? Can that wooden building accommodate so many people?”

Lin Ran muttered in his heart. He activated the Mystic Gate Sword Technique, and after a few flashes, he arrived at the training ground at the top of the mountain.

Now, he was basically certain that there was no one here, so he did not have to hide like before. He walked straight to the wooden building at the end of the training ground.

First, he released his divine sense to scout the way. Lin Ran instantly discovered the residual evil aura in the wooden building, but it was already very weak. Either the demon was seriously injured and its aura was weak, or it had been gone for a long time.

Lin Ran was a little frustrated that he still came late.

The demon was no longer here. Lin Ran couldn’t be bothered to continue hiding. He stood in the middle of the training ground and exuded the majestic aura of a Half-Saint. “The Ten Miles Sword God is here! Disciples of the Eight Directional Mountain, show yourself!”

A powerful aura swept through the entire mountain.

Even the mountain-protecting array formation was affected by this aura, and a hazy halo appeared in the air. However, the entire mountain was still silent.

Lin Ran stood alone in the training ground and couldn’t help but feel a little embarrassed. Then, he realized that there was something strange in the room on the top floor.

Whoosh—

Lin Ran appeared in midair as if he had teleported. Then, he casually slashed out a sword energy that instantly tore the entire roof into pieces!

Countless wood chips and tiles flew out. Lin Ran took a closer look and his expression instantly became extremely solemn.

In the room on the top floor, there were countless bones piled up!