Chapter 1488: White Horse Temple

Jian Lanjiang was stunned. "In our Jian family?"

"How is that possible? It can't be in our family!"

The Jian family had absolutely no connection to the Ancient Desolate Token.

Grand Venerable Bingxin suddenly stood up, her colorful eyes brimming with excitement. "Precisely! It is in your Jian family!"

"But I cannot pinpoint its exact location!"

"Gather your family members and ask them if anyone might have accidentally picked up the Ancient Desolate Token?"

How could Jian Lanjiang dare to disobey?

He hastily gathered all the Jian family members, along with the many high-ranking officials.

On the arena, Jiang Fan slowly opened his eyes, which glimmered with excitement.

The Ego-Eliminating Dust Purification Technique could only be comprehended further after completely mastering the first layer.

This time, he had successfully comprehended the second layer.

Now he just needed to find a place to practice it successfully.

"Vice-Pavilion Master Jiang, how was it?" Jian Linyuan asked curiously.

Jiang Fan replied, "I have fully comprehended the content of the second layer."

Clang, clang, clang!

The massive evil sword floating behind him vibrated again.

Jiang Fan's comprehension of the heavenly-level stealth technique made the Dust Mirror extremely uncomfortable. Jian Linyuan stared at the exaggerated ten-foot-long giant sword in surprise. "This is?"

Jiang Fan casually replied, "It's happy."

Jian Linyuan exclaimed, "This spirit artifact is quite loyal."

"However, to become your spirit artifact is its pride; you are the foremost genius of the Taicang Great State."

"You easily acquired a heavenly-level cultivation technique like the Ego-Eliminating Dust Purification Technique, which others find difficult to comprehend."

He was both amazed and envious.

Jiang Fan smiled, took out a jade pendant, placed it on his forehead, and copied the content of both the first and second layers onto it.

He tossed it to Jian Linyuan. "Consider it compensation for using your arena."

"I won't stay in your Jian family any longer."

He subtly glanced at the Heavenly Thunder Stone in his embrace.

He wasn't sure if it was a delusion, but the Ancient Desolate Token inside it had shown a faint, abnormal fluctuation when he was comprehending the technique.

This token could not be lost.

Since it had fluctuated, it meant this place was not suitable for a long stay.

Jian Weishuang quickly snatched the jade pendant, giggling.

"Let me see it first."

"However, Vice-Pavilion Master Jiang, aren't you going to wait for our Patriarch?"

"Are you afraid our Jian family has too many rules, and another bunch of Jian family daughters and granddaughters will be offered to you?"

Jiang Fan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

He recalled the last time he successfully cleared all ten trials at the Slaughter Stele, and the Jian family elders blocked him from leaving.

Thinking of the Slaughter Stele, Jiang Fan's expression suddenly became serious.

He warned, "From my experience, that Slaughter Stele seems to have a problem."

"The slaughter techniques on it also have significant drawbacks."

"Those of your family who have already practiced it should avoid continuing to practice it as much as possible in the future."

"Those who have not yet practiced it, remember to stay far away."

Upon hearing this, Jian Weishuang was horrified.

If these words came from anyone else, she would scoff.

The reason the Jian family's combat power was so formidable was largely due to their slaughter techniques. Anyone who suggested discarding these techniques would surely be despised by the entire Jian family.

But coming from Jiang Fan, it made her extremely serious.

Combined with the fact that those who practiced the Jian family's slaughter techniques often ended up going mad and dying, she was even more convinced that Jiang Fan's warning was not unfounded.

"Vice-Pavilion Master Jiang, do you know something?" Jian Weishuang asked.

Jiang Fan pointed to the sky, said no more, bowed, and departed.

Jian Linyuan asked in confusion, "Sister, what riddle is Vice-Pavilion Master Jiang speaking?"

Jian Weishuang's expression was terrifyingly grim, and visible fear rolled in her eyes.

She swallowed hard and said, "Don't you understand yet?"

"Our Jian family has been drawn into the conspiracy of an unmentionable existence."

Jian Linyuan gasped, inhaling sharply. "Could it be Sage..."

Before he could finish, Jian Weishuang clamped his mouth shut with a mace-like grip, whispering fiercely, "Do you want to get us killed?"

"Be quiet!"

Jian Linyuan immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

Such an existence was not something their kind of power could casually mention.

Even Jiang Fan had been evasive.

Just then, the Jian family bell rang, signaling a gathering of family members.

Both of them became alert and hurried to the main hall.

Soon after, in the square, the Jian family members gathered, looking bewildered.

Jian Lanjiang sternly asked, "Has anyone found a pale yellow token with the character 'Desolate' engraved on it?"

Everyone looked at each other, all appearing confused.

Jian Lanjiang said in a deep voice, "Everyone open your spatial storage devices; the Elder will inspect them one by one!"

The matter was of great importance, and Jian Lanjiang dared not delay.

He could only ask his family members to endure the inconvenience.

Grand Venerable Bingxin, who had been standing with her eyes closed nearby, slowly opened them, a glimmer of light flashing within.

"No need."

"The token's aura has already left the Jian family."

"However, this makes it easier to determine who has the token!"

Jian Lanjiang's gaze shifted, and he immediately understood.

His eyes glinted sharply as he asked, "Who has left the Jian family recently?"

The elder responsible for guarding the Jian family's entrance and exit stepped forward and said, "Reporting to the Patriarch, no one has left."

Jian Lanjiang narrowed his eyes. "So it was an outsider?"

He had wondered how the Ancient Desolate Token could suddenly appear in the Jian family.

So it was brought in by an outsider.

And they had quietly sneaked in, then secretly left.

He demanded in a deep voice, "Has anyone noticed any suspicious individuals entering or leaving our Jian family?"

Jian Linyuan showed a hint of surprise and quickly glanced at Jian Weishuang, silently asking, "Are they looking for Jiang Fan?"

Jian Weishuang subtly moved her eyes from side to side, signaling Jian Linyuan not to mention Jiang Fan.

The atmosphere at the scene was far from friendly.

If they were to reveal Jiang Fan, wouldn't they be harming him?

After surveying everyone's expressions, Jian Lanjiang hesitantly said, "Senior, it seems no one has seen anything."

Grand Venerable Bingxin calmly stated, "It's fine. I will follow the sensation and search slowly."

Now that the general area was confirmed, finding him was only a matter of time.

She was somewhat curious.

Who exactly was the person holding the Ancient Desolate Token?

She took out a spatial storage device and said, "Here are some resources from the Sacred Spirit State."

"Thank you for your trouble."

She placed the storage device down and instantly teleported away.

On the other side, Jiang Fan went directly to the Jian family's large-scale teleportation array and activated it.

As a flash of white light enveloped him, he was encased in a beam of spatial light and vanished the next moment.

A few seconds later, Grand Venerable Bingxin appeared out of thin air, sensing the lingering spatial fluctuations in the air. She frowned slightly.

"Did he leave by teleportation array?"

"That makes things a bit troublesome."

She closed her eyes to sense for a moment, then slowly opened them.

"He teleported to the south of Taicang Great State?"

"What places are there in the south?"

At White Horse Temple, the Bodhisattva, who rarely left the main hall, was now in the Grand Hall, widely expounding Buddhist dharma and preaching to the monks.

Abbot Puguang and others listened attentively.

This was the Bodhisattva passing on his dharma before the Heavenly Oracle Elder's prophecy came true, making them listen with even greater earnestness.

However, the chanting Bodhisattva suddenly stopped.

His constantly shifting face slowly lifted, gazing forward, revealing a relieved smile.

"Benefactor Jiang, you are well."