Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

"Have you ever seen Zachary?" Elva asked immediately.

The disciples of the Welkin Sect shook their heads in denial.

"I don't believe that those men were sent by Zachary. He should still be in the Welkin Sect, unless he might have already been..." Elva said to Sara, downcast.

"Let's search this place first to see if we can find some clues." Sara needed some time for contemplation. The case at hand was too important to be taken lightly, and she couldn't risk making decision without sufficient evidence to support her conjecture.

Soon after, Sara led all the other people from the Celestial College and conducted a thorough search of the entire Welkin Sect, gathering as many clues as possible. However, the result of the search was fruitless as there was no sign of Zachary anywhere.

One day later

"Elva, since we can't find Zachary, we should go back to the Celestial College first. I think only Master Katrina can handle this matter. We need to put an end to this before things get out of control!" Sara believed that if Zachary was indeed the real murderer of the Welkin Sect, it would cause a great commotion and also have a great impact on the Celestial College. Therefore, she thought it would be best to report this to her superior before proceeding on the matter.

Elva showed some hesitation. Although she was sad about the deaths of the sect leader and the sect stewards, as well as hundreds of disciples, what upset her the most was the fact that she didn't even know if Zachary was dead or alive. Moreover, she was desperate to find him because he was being falsely accused for the murder of all those people.

"Let's go. There's no reason for you to stay here. If Zachary is still alive, he won't be able to stay here in the Welkin Sect." Sara could read Elva's mind.

Elva glanced in Sara's direction, eyebrows frowning and she nodded her head in agreement.

Since the disciples who had stayed back in the sect had nowhere to go, Sara arr

oned Anne on purpose.

Just as Zachary had expected, Tania's eyes lit up. After pausing to think, she said, "Okay, but I must have a written agreement. Otherwise Anne will think that I am the one trying to take advantage of her."

"No problem!" Zachary simply nodded his head. At the same time, he thought to himself, 'Master Anne, I'm really sorry for selling you out like that, but if I don't find the other half of the letter written in blood, I am going be in a lot of trouble.'

After that, Zachary quickly wrote a written confirmation of arrangement and left his fingerprint on it.

"Are you satisfied now?" said Zachary, as he handed over the paper to Tania.

Tania smiled and took out a bottle, leaning over Herman's cold corpse. She opened the bottle and poured a single drop of liquid into his mouth. As soon as the liquid touched the dead man's lips, it suddenly turned into a worm and crawled into his mouth.

A moment later, Herman suddenly sat up from the ground and opened his eyes as if he had just came back to life. But his eyes were dull and lifeless, indicating that he was still a dead person.

"You can ask him whatever you want to know, but you only have five minutes. I want you out of here as soon as you're done!" After saying that, Tania left without even looking back at him.