Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

After two days of waiting in the disciple dormitory, Zachary went to see Pollard. Pollard told him that he and his sister had had a wonderful time while out practicing. The experience helped them improve their strength. Now, he was at the fifth grade of Imperial Level and his sister was at the third grade.

It was on the third day that Zachary finally got news from the Phoenix House. To his surprise, it was Joan who delivered the information he needed.

"Why are you here?" Zachary was surprised to see her.

"You didn't want to see me? I should leave then," Joan said with a pout.

"No, that's not what I meant. I was just curious. Pollard is here at Celestial College, too. Have you seen him?" Zachary said with a smile.

"No. We haven't seen each other in a while." Joan shook her head.

"What happened?" Zachary frowned. He'd expected Joan to cling to Pollard now that they were together.

"Master Holy Phoenix found out about us and forbade me from seeing him again. She claims our relationship would create problems for the Phoenix Pavilion," Joan said, dejected.

"Is that so? Pollard and I were drinking together the other day. He didn't mention a thing to me." Zachary found it odd. He had hung out with the man. Pollard hadn't shown him that anything was amiss.

"I didn't tell him. I only told him that Master Holy Phoenix wanted me to carry out some missions and that I'd be gone for a year," Joan replied.

"Really? So Pollard still doesn't know about this? I don't think that's fair to him," Zachary said, shaking his head in disappointment. Although he knew that Holy Phoenix would object to their relationship, he hadn't expected her to go about it this way.

"It's okay. Maybe he will find someone else. His feelings for me will fade in time. I know him well enough. If he finds out the truth, he will rush to the Phoenix Pavilion and go straight to Master Holy Phoenix." There was

in Sect.

"Analyzing data... Warren, leader of the Blazing Lodge, is a warrior at the sixth grade of Imperial Level. He is sinister, cunning and ruthless. As the Zi Clan leader's confidant, he is highly valued..." Mimi gave him all the information on Warren.

"Where is the Blazing Lodge located?" Zachary asked.

"It is in Fire-scorching City. It would take less than half a day to get there from here," Mimi replied.

"Great. Let's destroy the Blazing Lodge to avenge those who died in the Welkin Sect back then." With that, Zachary left the system. Locating a secluded area, he turned into a dazzling golden shadow and flew off.

In a few hours, Zachary arrived at the Fire-scorching City. It didn't take him long to find the Blazing Lodge. To keep himself hidden, he used the Flawless Illusion to sneak inside.

However, after searching the entire place, he discovered that Warren wasn't even there. He headed to the backyard to look for someone he could ask to help locate the man.

When he got there, he overheard a conversation between people in the woodshed.

"Hey, are we really going to do this? She was just recruited to our branch. If we are caught doing something like this to a new female disciple, there will be consequences," a timid voice warned.