In front of Shiyue''shouse,an old manappeared in a sh.It seemedas ifhe had employed a movement skill to move this fast.


    Thisold manwas adorned in the Phoenix Feather Sect''s Elder''s uniform and had a powerful aura.


    His elongated beard emerging from his chin gave him a wise appearance.


    He had a skinny physique, however, that couldn''t hide the fact that he was a powerful core-formation realm cultivator. His powerful presence gave him away.


    He was the Phoenix Feather Sect''s thirdelder.


    In front of Shiyue''s gate, he looked around, examining the surroundings for anythingthat seemedsuspicious.


    He was cultivating on his peak as usual, however,suddenlyhe sensed the pressurizing aura of an origin realm cultivatoring from this location.


    Since his peak was the nearest one to Shiyue''s house, therefore, he was the only one to sense this aura.


    To his surprise, theaura was controlled by the cultivatorto a single target as if pressuring someone of lower cultivationandsomehowhe could sense this aura from that far.


    Hegave the credit tohis high cultivation and how focused he was while cultivating for being able to sense that minuscule amount of leaked aura.


    Almost every origin realm cultivator in the Phoenix Feather Sect would stay on their assigned peak under a master to cultivate and try to umte enough qi to form a core, therefore, he found it odd to see an origin realm cultivator on the ground instead of their assigned peak.


    Also, this cultivator was using his power against a disciple on the groundwhichwas forbidden and had tobe punished.


    Soassoon as he sensed that aura, he rushed here in search of what had happened and to see who was the culprit.


    He hadto make sureto discipline this disciple who was misusing his strength.


    He looked at the housewhichlooked normalbeforeknocking on the door to ask the residents about the incident, however, no one opened the door even after some time.


    "Strange... Why is there no one in the house? Is it that the residents of this house were the targets of that aura?"


    TheElder''seyes widened as soon as he realized this, however, he had no idea about who was the residents of this house.


    "Sigh... looks like I''ll have tomit a small crime to catch a bigger one!"


    Theeldersaid before breaking down thedoor of thehouse,entering it forcefully. He wouldjustapologize afterwards if need be.


    Right now, catching this unknown origin realm cultivator took precedence.


    Entering the house, theelderlooked around and found some paintings of three beautiful women, all havingblue eyes.


    However, he had no idea about who these women were.


    He was not someone who woulde down from his peak often, hence, he was unaware about the disciples of the sect.


    Therefore, he took the painting and stormed out of the house.


    Outside, he caught the first disciple hid his eyes on, stopping him: "You! Do you know who these people in the photo are?"


    He forced the painting in the disciple''s face, forcing him to take a look.


    The disciplewas taken abackby his sudden appearance and forceful question.


    However, noticing his powerful presence and theelder''suniform he was wearing, he answered respectfully: "Revered Elder, These People... If I am correct, are the daughters of the Bi Family, Bi Shiyue and BiVeli"


    Then, the disciple pointed at Bi Shiyue''s mother, adding: "Her... I don''t know about her!"


    Only Bi Shiyue and Bi Veli were famous in the sectwhileno one knew about their motherandit was justified.


    Their mother wasn''t some genius,but,only at nascent soul realm due to her 3-star spirit.


    Due to this reason, the Bi family didn''t inform anyone about her.


    Theeldernodded in acknowledgment, getting his desired answer as he instructed calmly: "You can go!"


    "Yes, Elder!" The disciple took his leave after a respectful bow.


    "Bi Family..." Theeldermurmured under his breath: "I need more clues to solvethis"


    And as if godhearinghim talk, his gaze fell on Veliwhowasapproaching from the front.Her direction was the house where theeldercame from.


    His eyes widened as he looked at the painting and then at her to confirm that she was the same person as in the painting.


    He vanished from his spot before appearing in front of Veli.


    Veli''s pupilsgoterged, seeing theelderappearin front of her so suddenly.


    However, soonshealso noticed the uniform he was wearing, identifying him.


    She bowed before greeting him: "Veli greets the revered elder!"


    "Hmm, good!" Theeldernodded in appreciation before asking: "Where are youing fromdisciple?"


    "Answering the revered elder, I aming from the Bi family''srestaurant"


    "And how long were you there?"


    "I was there for an hour!"


    Veli answered honestly, even thoughfoundthe elder weird for asking such questions.


    Meanwhile, Theelderdeduced in his mind: "So that means she wasn''t present when that origin realm cultivator came to theirhouse"


    Then, he smiled at her before asking: "Then where is your sister?"


    "Huh? My sister? She should be at home. Why do you ask?" Veli asked with a puzzled expression, not understanding whywas thiselderasking about her sister.


    "Because..." Theelderexined her everything that had happened.


    "What??You suspect that my sister and mother have been kidnapped by someoneandthat too from their house?"Veli yelled as she asked with wide eyes in disbelief.


    Where were they?


    In one of the top ten sectsandthiselderwas saying that someone kidnapped her sister and mother from their very own home?


    If this ce wasn''t safethenwhat ce was?


    "LookChild, calm down! I want to know if you have someone you suspect?"TheElderasked, raising his eyebrowsin the hope of findingthe culprit.


    Veli, however, shook her head as she answered: "NoElder. I don''t think any origin realm cultivator had any animosity with my sister.Ah, Mo Chen from the Mo family would always showanimositytowards us, so if he had advanced to the origin realmsomehow, then hecould be the suspect!"


    "Mo Chen..." TheEldermuttered under his breath before shaking his head in rejection: "No, he can''t be the culprit. That aura clearly belonged to someone who was atleast at 3rd stage of the origin realm. It couldn''t belong to someone who had just advanced!"


    And it was at this moment that a conversation reached their ears: "Did you see Young Master Ashen? How can someone be so handsome?"


    "Right? When I saw him today, I thought he was an immortal traveling a mortal world. Truly breathtaking"


    "But why was he going towards sister Shiyue''s house? Are they friends?"


    "Noidea,Well they look goodtogether"


    "Yeahright,Who else but the sect''s flower can be worthy for someone with an 8-star spirit? Not to mention how handsome he is."


    These were the words of two female discipleswho were conversing while passing bythe Elder and Veli.


    Hearing their conversation, theelder''seyes widened.


    He approached the two disciples with Veli before shouting: "You two, stop!"


    The disciples greeted the two with a bow, recognizing theelderand Veli.


    Theelderepted their greetings before asking: "This Ashen... Did you see him going to Bi Shiyue''s house?"


    "YesElder, It''s been less than thirty minutes since we saw himgoing towardssister Shiyue''s house!" One of them answered in a polite tone.


    "The time matches with the incident, which means that he was present when this incident urred. So that means either he is the culprit or a victim. If he is a victim, then he also must be missing from hishome"


    Theelderdeduced after getting all the cluesthat werein front of him. Also, he was sure that Ashen had gone to Shiyue''s house because only that house was in that direction.


    It was an isted house due to the influence of the Bi family, also, girls were given houses in separate ces.


    "Alright, you two can go!" Theelderinstructed before turning to Veli and asking: "What is Ashen''s cultivation level?"


    Though theelderwas sure that Ashen wasn''t the culprit, he had to askjusttomake sure.


    He had heard the disciples talking about him having an 8-star spiritandthough theelderwasn''t outgoing,however,he knew about the once-in-a-lifetime geniuswhowaseptedby his sect.


    It hadn''t been a month since he joinedsohow could he be an origin realm cultivator already?


    "Thest time I saw him, he was at body transformation. I don''t know about now, maybehaveadvanced to the nascent soulrealm" Veli answered.


    She remembered Ashen asking her to hide histruecultivationsoshe just told the elder half-lie and half-truth.


    "Alright then, let''s go and see if Ashen is safe. We can get more clues fromhim" Theeldersaid before looking at Veli.


    He didn''t know in which direction Ashen''s house was, so he expected Veli to point the direction for him.


    Veli also understood this as she took the lead to guide theelderto Ashen''s house.


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    (A/N - Thanks for reading. ^..^)