552: investigation

Golden Cloud Immortal City, Core Area cave dwelling.

Zhou Luo, who was sitting cross-legged on the Dao platform, had his eyes slightly closed, his breathing was smooth and steady, and he was concentrating wholeheartedly on condensing his Golden Core.

The abundant magic power within his body was constantly converging under his refinement.

And in his Dantian, a circular object had already taken shape.

This was just the beginning. The first step in condensing the Golden Core was to inject all the magic power in the Dantian into the "circular container" formed by the Heaven And Earth Treasures.

He had only been in seclusion for just over a month, which was far from the point where he could completely melt the magic power within his body.

And after the first step, as the Golden Core gradually took shape, it needed to be connected to various parts of the body, driving the transformation of the spiritual consciousness and the Physical Body.

This process would take at least more than ten years.

After more than ten years of tempering, the Golden Core could truly become a part of the body.

Afterward, one also needed to adapt to the power of the Golden Core, remove Impurities from the Golden Core, etc., which was divided into three steps in total.

Like Zhou Luo, after completing these five steps, he would also need to further improve the quality of the Golden Core to make it transform into a Top Grade Golden Core.

Calculating this way, he would need to spend at least dozens to hundreds of years.

However, he was not in a hurry.

His lifespan was long, everything could be done slowly.

...

Outside, ten days later, Zhou Changle and Zhou Changqing successfully arrived at Jiang City.

Their arrival was met with a warm welcome from the current person in charge of Jiang City.

Since most of the talented Disciples of the Zhou Family were in the Immortal Sect, the person in charge was still from the Lin Family, and it was Zhou Changle's maternal grandfather, Lin Ze, Tenth Elder.

This Lin Ze, Tenth Elder had successfully broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm decades ago with the help of Zhou Luo.

Now, his main responsibility was the daily management of Jiang City.

Of course, Zhou Luo naturally wouldn't feel at ease letting him govern this city alone.

So later, he arranged for several more talented Disciples of the Zhou Family to be responsible for specific matters.

It was equivalent to marginalizing Lin Ze, Tenth Elder, the person in charge.

"Chang Le," Lin Ze, Tenth Elder looked at his grandson with a smile.

Now he was also in the Foundation Establishment Realm, so facing the other party, he was noticeably more amiable compared to before.

The main reason was that their statuses were relatively equal.

And as an elder, he couldn't be too servile.

"Maternal Grandfather, you've worked hard," Zhou Changle cupped his hands and said.

At that time, when he first returned to the Zhou Family, because he was young and impetuous, coupled with the influence of his Father, he completely didn't take this elder seriously.

Now he was much more reserved, especially since the other party had done a lot for the Zhou Family over the years.

By any measure, he shouldn't put on airs.

Hearing this address, Lin Ze, Tenth Elder was startled for a moment, then an old face revealed a look of joy.

"Come quickly, sit inside," he happily welcomed the two in.

Entering the main hall, he immediately began telling them about the Demon Cultivators.

The matter of the Demon Cultivators was accidentally discovered by the people below.

At that time, that Demon Clan was sucking human blood and was just discovered by the patrolling guard.

Fortunately, that Demon Cultivator seemed to have just transformed and his cultivation level was not high.

So he was quickly captured.

However, after being captured, the other party actually self-destructed on the spot, causing several soldiers to be seriously injured.

Although the Demon Cultivator had been eliminated, anyone with a discerning eye knew.

The appearance of a Demon Cultivator meant that the Demon Clan had appeared in Jiang City.

For a Time, people were panicking, and many Cultivators quietly left.

Because of this, Lin Ze, Tenth Elder also realized that the matter was not simple, so he immediately reported it to the Zhou Family.

After listening, Zhou Changle and Zhou Changqing exchanged glances and continued to listen to Lin Ze, Tenth Elder's account.

Since that time, the entire Jiang City had entered a state of martial law, and the Zhou Family Cultivators were patrolling everywhere day and night.

However, Cultivators still went missing and died tragically from Time to Time, especially in the Outer City, which was the most serious.

This had a huge impact on the entire Zhou Family's industry.

Because it would lead to a large loss of Cultivators.

Because of this, Lin Ze, Tenth Elder, according to Lin Xi's instructions, publicized that Immortal Sect Disciples would arrive to thoroughly investigate this matter, which temporarily stabilized the situation.

Half an hour later, Zhou Changle and Zhou Changqing also understood the whole story.

After much deliberation, they decided to conduct a sting operation.

Subsequently, Zhou Changle took out a stone that could conceal aura and handed it to Zhou Changqing.

"At that time, we will start investigating from the Outer City. Remember not to expose yourselves."

"Chang Le, aren't you going to rest for a while?"

Seeing that the two were about to act now, Lin Ze, Tenth Elder asked in surprise.

"After dealing with this matter, we still need to hurry back to the Sect. It's best to resolve it as soon as possible," Zhou Changle said decisively.

Then the two walked out of the main hall and headed towards the Outer City.

That night.

Zhou Changle and Zhou Changqing appeared on two main avenues in the Outer City respectively.

Currently, because of the matter of the Demon Cultivators, the entire street was quiet, and few Cultivators were walking on the road. However, the patrol team was methodically inspecting every place.

Zhou Changle and Zhou Changqing disguised themselves as ordinary people and walked on the street.

They didn't look around, but rather like passersby who were about to go home, walking quickly.

Among them, after passing a relatively secluded residential area, Zhou Changqing directly turned into a small alley.

Under the night sky, the bright moonlight sprinkled on the ground, but it couldn't completely dispel the darkness of this alley.

One could faintly hear a few meows of wild cats.

The buildings on both sides only had scattered candlelight, most of them were dark.

The inner and outer cities of Jiang City were clearly demarcated.

Those still in the Outer City were either Cultivators living in poverty or ordinary people.

Zhou Changqing pretended to be flustered and walked very quickly, as if someone was chasing him.

He quickly passed through the alley, the road becoming more and more secluded.

Just then, his eyes darkened, his ears twitched, and he heard a faint crying sound.

He quietly released his spiritual consciousness and immediately saw a "person" emitting black energy in a certain house, devouring a man, while a woman who was scared paralyzed beside him was trembling with fear.

Because the room was isolated, the people around were not alarmed.

But Zhou Changqing was already close to entering the Golden Core Realm, and his spiritual consciousness was different from ordinary people, instantly capturing the other party's aura.

"Caught you."

He quietly approached.

The next second, he rushed towards that house.

And the Demon Clan that was eating seemed to sense the arrival of danger. It suddenly put down the corpse in its hand, its entire body turned into a wisp of black energy, and it rushed out towards the outside.

"So alert?"

Zhou Changqing muttered in his heart, then quietly crushed the communication Talismans, letting Zhou Changle know the situation here.

He himself directly unleashed all his strength.

Boom—

The moment the Foundation Establishment power erupted, his entire body turned into a fiery stream of light, rushing out with astonishing speed.

And the speed of that Demon Clan was unexpectedly not slow. That wisp of black moved unimpeded among the buildings, rushing towards outside the city.