421: Chapter 421 The Disappearance Case

Chen Hu had just returned from Grand Commander Zhou Jishan's place when he was summoned by Commander Xing Ying.

"How was it? The Grand Commander rewarded you with quite a few good things, right?" she asked with a smile.

"Indeed, quite a lot!"

Chen Hu nodded.

"Besides that, did the Grand Commander reward you with anything else?" Commander Xing Ying asked tentatively.

"He wanted to adopt me as his foster son, but I didn't agree!" Chen Hu said, feeling somewhat speechless. For a Taiyi Golden Immortal to want to adopt a Hunyuan Golden Immortal like him as a foster son was simply turning the natural order upside down. The fact that he hadn't slapped him to death already showed that he had a good temper.

"You actually refused such a good opportunity?"

Commander Xing Ying looked at Chen Hu in astonishment, appearing somewhat puzzled.

"What, did you become the Grand Commander's foster child?" Chen Hu asked in return.

"Of course not!"

Commander Xing Ying quickly denied it: "However, as far as I know, the other two foster sons adopted by the Grand Commander have developed very well. One serves in the Black Obsidian Army and is already at the ninth stage of the Golden Immortal realm, while the other also serves in our Xingyao Army and is also a Myriad-Commander, but under the Grand Commander's cultivation, he is already at the sixth stage of the Golden Immortal realm. If you had become the Grand Commander's foster son, you wouldn't have to worry about resources, at least until you reached the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm!"

"Doesn't the Grand Commander have any sons of his own? Why does he like to adopt foster sons?" Chen Hu asked curiously.

"Of course he does!" Commander Xing Ying said irritably: "You don't actually think the Grand Commander adopts foster sons because he lacks sons, do you?"

"Of course not!"

Chen Hu knew that the other party most likely valued his talent and also wanted to consolidate his own power.

"It's good that you know!"

Seeing that Chen Hu understood, Commander Xing Ying couldn't help but ask again: "Why did you refuse? Could it be that you have a massive background behind you too!"

"Yes!"

Chen Hu nodded: "I also have a Revered Master. My Revered Master is a Grand Unity Golden Immortal!"

"What, a Grand Unity Golden Immortal!" Commander Xing Ying exclaimed, and simultaneously realized why Chen Hu had refused to become Grand Commander Zhou Jishan's foster son.

After all, with a Grand Unity Golden Immortal backing him, why would he need to become the foster son of a Taiyi Golden Immortal?

"No wonder you usually have such confidence!"

Commander Xing Ying said. Judging by how Chen Hu had treated her in the past, she had thought Chen Hu's arrogance was just the pride of a Genius due to his outstanding talent.

Now she understood.

He had a Grand Unity Golden Immortal as his Revered Master.

So what if he was a bit arrogant?

If she had a Grand Unity Golden Immortal as her backing, she would definitely be even more arrogant and wild than Chen Hu.

"Please keep this matter a secret for me!" Chen Hu said.

"Rest assured, I won't go around talking about it!" Commander Xing Ying nodded solemnly.

A few days later.

Commander Xing Ying announced some news.

The Recruit Battalion had its name removed and was granted the code name "Seven Kills" Battalion.

Commander Xing Ying would serve as the commander of the Seven Kills Battalion.

Chen Hu would serve as the Myriad-Commander of the First Battalion of the Seven Kills Battalion.

Commander Liu Xing would serve as the Myriad-Commander of the Second Battalion. As for the Myriad-Commander of the Third Battalion, it would not be Zhang Junshan.

That fellow's performance in the last battle was very mediocre.

Of the 9,999 soldiers he brought out, he actually lost over 1,200.

Moreover, he himself was severely injured by a Golden Immortal from Liuli Prefecture.

Therefore, he automatically withdrew from the Xingyao Army.

Although Commander Liu Xing also suffered losses, he only lost over 100 soldiers.

Only Chen Hu was the most outstanding, not losing a single soldier.

Instead, he captured over a hundred cities and swept away the wealth and immortal citizens of those cities.

The new commander of the Third Battalion was transferred from another battalion in the Xingyao Army.

His cultivation was at the second stage of the Golden Immortal realm.

After the last battle, Xinglan Prefecture had gained quite a lot of advantages.

The Prefect had finally vented his anger.

He had no intention of continuing the war for the time being.

In the blink of an eye, three years passed.

Chen Hu maintained his progress of one Breakthrough per year.

His currently revealed cultivation had already reached the fourth stage of the Golden Immortal realm.

That day, Commander Xing Ying summoned all three battalion commanders, including Chen Hu, to her tent.

After simple greetings, the three of them sat down.

Commander Xing Ying's expression was somewhat serious; it seemed something big had happened.

After a while, she began: "Within these two years, 102 Golden Immortals and 14 Taiyi Golden Immortals have gone missing within our Xinglan Prefecture!"

"What?"

Commander Liu Xing exclaimed: "Who did this?"

"I don't know!"

Commander Xing Ying shook her head: "The missing Golden Immortals and Taiyi Golden Immortals were not from the Prefecture City, so it was only recently that the Prefecture City received the news, which caught the Prefect's attention!"

"Did the Prefect give us any mission?" Chen Hu asked.

Commander Xing Ying said: "The Prefect has ordered us to patrol the entire territory to prevent anyone else from going missing!"

"Are those missing Golden Immortals and Taiyi Golden Immortals dead or alive?" Chen Hu asked again.

"They are all still alive!"

Commander Xing Ying said: "Their soul tablets have not shattered. Because of this, even though those Golden Immortals and Taiyi Golden Immortals have gone missing, their relatives still think they are in seclusion or have gone out traveling. Moreover, the strongest missing Taiyi Golden Immortal had already reached the fifth stage of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.

This shows that the group of people kidnapping them has at least the cultivation of the sixth stage of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm!"

Commander Liu Xing said worriedly: "Since the kidnappers are at least at the sixth stage of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, what is the point of us patrolling? What if we also become the target of their hunt?"

"Your worry is reasonable!" Commander Xing Ying said: "However, the Prefect has personally bestowed a Grand Unity Golden Immortal talisman. With the Grand Unity Golden Immortal talisman, even if the other party is at the sixth stage of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, or even the ninth stage, if they encounter us, they will only have a dead end!"

The next day.

The 30,000 troops of the Seven Kills Battalion boarded warships and left Xinglan Prefecture.

Their first target was a large immortal city closest to Xinglan Prefecture.

The city lord of that immortal city was a Taiyi Golden Immortal.

Two hours later.

They arrived at the large immortal city named Heishui.

Commander Xing Ying had the Third Battalion commander stay behind to guard, while she took Chen Hu and Commander Liu Xing to visit the city lord of Heishui Immortal City.

The city lord of Heishui Immortal City was very enthusiastic.

The other party's strength was only at the first stage of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.

At Commander Xing Ying's request.

The Heishui city lord gathered all the Golden Immortals in the city.

After discovering that no Golden Immortals were missing from Heishui Immortal City.

Commander Xing Ying reminded the Heishui city lord to be careful and not run around if there was nothing to do, to avoid being caught.

The city lord of Heishui Immortal City immediately stated that he would definitely stay in the city recently and would not go anywhere.

In a flash, several days passed.

The Seven Kills Battalion arrived at a medium-sized immortal city.

After having the city lord gather all the Golden Immortals in the city, the Golden Immortal Old Ancestor of a Golden Immortal Family was absent.

Commander Xing Ying immediately summoned the head of that Golden Immortal Family.

At first, this Family head refused to tell the truth.

After all, having lost their Golden Immortal Old Ancestor, their Family would likely be finished.

Therefore, even though their Old Ancestor had gone missing, their Family dared not leak the news and instead kept it tightly locked.

But under Commander Xing Ying's coercion, the other party told the truth.

Their Family's Old Ancestor had been missing for a full eight months.

Consequently, Commander Xing Ying took Chen Hu to check the place where that Family's Old Ancestor had been in seclusion.

However, they found nothing.

There were no signs of a struggle.

There were also no clues regarding the disappearance.

Moreover, since eight months had passed, even if they wanted to investigate, it would be very difficult.

After Commander Xing Ying knew that she could not find anything, she transmitted the news of this place back to Xinglan Prefecture.

Then on the second day.

Xinglan Prefecture sent people to take over this case.

As for the Seven Kills Battalion, they continued to patrol to see if there were any other missing Golden Immortals and Taiyi Golden Immortals in other places.