Lu Yuanfeng shook his head and said, "When we do business, we value peace above all else. We won't easily incur enmity with others. The Zongming Chamber of Commerce doesn't have any enemies, only competitors. However, when we compete, we usually won't kill anyone.
Our competitors aren't in Heaven Pass City, so this shouldn't be a business competition. At first, I also thought it was a business competition. After all, business competition can hurt people, but it usually won't result in death.
I sent our cultivators out to check. Three of them went out, two were seriously injured and one died. However, we don't know who did it. "
Lan Yunting interrupted: "Since it's in Heaven Pass City, this is your home ground. Aside from the Governor's Mansion, your Lu Clan is the most powerful. Plus, this happened right after the auction was set up. Could it be because it harmed the Governor's Mansion's interests and they took action to force the auction to stop?"
Samhain shook his head: "That shouldn't be the case. The Governor's Mansion doesn't do business. The auction will only bring more profit to Heaven Pass City. They won't shoot themselves in the foot. This won't do them any good."
Establishing the auction in Heaven Pass City would only bring benefits to the Governor's Mansion. There was no reason for them to do this. However, the benefits to the Governor's Mansion would be unimaginable.
The establishment of the auction house meant that more cultivators would be attracted to Heaven Pass City. Just the entrance fee alone would bring in a large sum of money. With more people, business would also be promoted, which was also an immeasurable amount of income.
There were also other sources of income. The Governor's Mansion had no reason to do this.
Lu Yuanfeng also agreed. The Governor's Mansion had no reason to restrict the development of Heaven Pass City.
Miaoyu shook her head. Her eyes flickered. No one knew what she was thinking.
Samhain saw this and asked: "Beautiful Silk, what do you think?"
Miaoyu nodded and slowly said: "You're wrong. Some things can't be measured like this. The Governor's Mansion isn't very powerful. As far as I know, they do have some cultivators, but their cultivation isn't very high. A few of them are in the Dao Comprehending realm and two of them are in the Fiery realm.
This level of strength was average in the Abstruse Spirit World. Above the Three Disasters were the Earth Immortals. These Earth Immortals only needed to promise them something that the Venerable Three Disasters couldn't give.
Even if the city lord's estate has an expert like the Venerable Three Disasters, it won't be easy for them to obtain such benefits. If the benefits are greater than the harvest of Heaven Pass City, or even greater than the income of Heaven Pass City, what do you think they will choose? "
"What do you mean?"
Samhain's eyes narrowed. Miaoyu's words seemed to make sense. In this world, there were some things that could not be bought with spirit stones.
Something that an Earthly Immortal Realm expert could produce wasn't something that an ordinary cultivator could possess. So long as the temptation was great enough, there was nothing that one couldn't do.
Even if it was a promise from an Earthly Immortal Realm expert, to the City Governor's Estate, it wasn't something these spirit stones could compare to.
"I've been here for quite some time. Although I can't be sure that this was done by the City Governor's Estate, I have a feeling that this matter has a lot to do with the City Governor's Estate. According to my understanding, during this period of time, there have been many unfamiliar cultivators coming in and out of the City Governor's Estate."
Miaoyu spoke out her guess. This was only her guess. For the time being, there was no conclusive evidence to prove that this matter was done by the City Governor's Estate.
Samhain pondered for a moment, then asked Miaoyu, "Weren't there two people from the Lu Clan who were seriously injured? Have you checked their injuries?"
"I have. They are both in a deep sleep. Their injuries are very strange. There are no external injuries. All the injuries are on their Spiritual Spirits. Even their Nascent Spirits were affected. This caused them to be unable to wake up and I couldn't get any information from them."
It was precisely because of the strange injuries that she couldn't be sure if the City Governor's Estate had done it. According to the information she knew, the City Governor's Estate didn't have such a strange attack method.
However, even if the City Governor's Estate didn't do it, this matter had a lot to do with the City Governor's Estate. It was just that she didn't know what role the City Governor's Estate played in this matter.
"President Lu, can you bring us to take a look at the injuries of the two people?"
"Sure, come with me."
Lu Yuanfeng was very straightforward. He immediately brought Samhain and the others to the inner courtyard. This courtyard was very spacious. It was built in the style of a courtyard house, but there were some differences.
This courtyard was divided into two layers. When they were in the outer courtyard, they didn't pay much attention to it. At this time, under Lu Yuanfeng's lead, they passed through the back door of the living room and arrived at the backyard.
This was the backyard, but it was also the inner courtyard. The courtyards were layered on top of each other. There was a small river that surrounded the inner courtyard. The river was very clear. Samhain had something on his mind, so he didn't pay attention to it. He crossed the bridge over the river and entered the inner courtyard.
Under Lu Yuanfeng's lead, they arrived at the dormitory where the two people were resting. The two of them lived separately. However, after they were injured and fell into a deep sleep, Lu Yuanfeng arranged for them to stay in a spacious dormitory for the sake of taking care of them.
"This is the place. Follow me in."
After entering the dormitory, they saw two large beds. A man was lying on each bed. One of them was thin, and the other was slightly fat.
There were some decorations and some daily necessities in the dormitory, but they were all very clean. The most important thing was that the windows of the dormitory were open, so the ventilation was very good.
Samhain didn't care about this. He went directly to the side of one of the beds and looked at the person sleeping on the bed. It was a thin man. His face was pale and bloodless.
If it wasn't for his weak breathing, Samhain would have thought that he was dead.
He released a strand of divine sense and entered the man's dantian. He directly entered his mysterious door. He found that the man's Spiritual Deity was like a sleeping baby. However, there were a few scars on the Spiritual Deity's body. There was a scar between the Spiritual Deity's eyebrows.
This scar was emitting a dark aura. It didn't seem like an ordinary Spiritual Deity's power. It contained a powerful destructive power.
Between the man's eyebrows, in the Zifu, his Primordial Spirit was also attacked and fell into a deep sleep. Fortunately, the attack on his Primordial Spirit wasn't very serious. He would be able to wake up after three to five months of recuperation.
Looking at the other man, he also received the same attack. However, his injury was more serious. Half of his Spiritual Deity's arm was gone. It was forcibly cut off by a Spiritual Deity's attack.
The injury on his Primordial Spirit was similar. He didn't need to be treated. He would wake up in half a year.
After Samhain finished looking, he remained silent. This injury was nothing. He still had medicinal pills to recover.
However, if they took medicinal pills, they would need around a month to wake up.
A lot of things could happen in a month. He didn't expect to get any information from these two people.
At this moment, Lan Yunting solemnly said, "This is the Soul Hall's method."
"Soul Hall?"
Samhain was no stranger to the Soul Hall. One of the factions that attacked the Qinglian School was the Soul Hall. The leader of the faction at that time was a Soul Hall Grand Elder. He seemed to be called Hun Dingtian. He couldn't remember it clearly. After all, no one would remember the name of a dead person.
The Soul Hall was a group of things that were neither human nor ghost. They didn't cultivate their physical bodies. When they cultivated a Spiritual Deity, they would abandon their physical bodies and focus on cultivating the Spiritual Deity. Their movements were strange, and they used Spiritual Deity's power.
Back when they attacked the Qinglian School, he only glanced at them briefly. He didn't pay any attention to them after that.
"It's the Soul Hall's method. I'm not sure if it's the Soul Hall's doing, but the spearhead is pointing at them. But why would they do this?
Is it because of the disciples they lost at the Qinglian School? Are they unwilling to accept it?
But why would they look for the Lu Family? "
Lan Yunting couldn't figure it out. The Soul Hall lost hundreds of people in the battle at the Qinglian School. They were all elites of a faction. It was normal for them to be unwilling to accept it.
But because of this, they had no reason to make a move against the Lu Family. If they wanted to seek revenge, they should go to the Qinglian School.
"Let me think about it!" Samhain slowly walked out of the door. He lowered his head and fell into deep thought.
This whole thing started when the Lu Family helped them prepare for the auction. They might really be targeting the Qinglian School.
After the nine factions attacked the Qinglian School, the people of the Qinglian School rarely went out. They were all in seclusion to improve their cultivation.
Even if there were some disciples who went out, these people were not important to the Soul Hall. If they wanted to seek revenge, killing one or two of these disciples wouldn't be enough to vent their hatred.
At this time, the Lu Family was helping to prepare for the auction. Why did they make a move?
He couldn't figure it out. They didn't kill the disciples who went out. Instead, they stopped the Lu Family from preparing for the auction. This was worth thinking about.
"No, if they stopped the Lu Family from preparing for the auction, the Qinglian School would definitely investigate. Is this what they are planning?"
Samhain was shocked. If that was the case, they wanted to lure the people of the Qinglian School out. After all, they had learned a lesson from the Qinglian School. Even if they wanted to seek revenge, they couldn't attack the Qinglian School directly. They wanted to lure the snakes out of their holes and kill them one by one.
However, Miaoyu came ten days ago. The Soul Hall hadn't made a move yet. What were they waiting for?
Were they waiting for more disciples of the Qinglian School to come out?
Thinking of this, Samhain was shocked. He stopped abruptly. Wen Lan, who was behind him, didn't notice and bumped into his back.
Wen Lan blushed as the two holy peaks pressed against his back. She was originally a little absent-minded. She didn't expect that Third Shi would suddenly stop walking. She quickly jumped back and said shyly, "Thirteenth master, I'm sorry."
'This girl is really something!'
Samhain praised her in his heart. He glanced at Wen Lan and turned to the others. "Be careful. Don't go out alone. Danger is coming."
Miaoyu furrowed her brows and asked, "Do you know something?"
"I have some guesses. Let's stay here for a few days. I'll cultivate for two days!"
Samhain said. He looked at Lu Yuanfeng and said, "I'll have to trouble President Lu to arrange a place for us to stay. We'll put the auction on hold for a few days. We'll continue after this matter is settled."
Lu Yuanfeng was happy to hear this. This was an eventful time. It couldn't be better if they could stay here. He immediately agreed. "Accommodation is not a problem. I don't have anything else. The courtyard is big enough. Feel free to stay here."