However, the elder deeply agreed with this. As a martial artist, it was necessary to be cautious and keep a trump card. This way, he could turn danger into safety at a critical moment.
"Alright, you do have the strength of the seventh layer of Body Refining Tier, so there's no problem for you to participate in the inner sect disciple test.”
Reining in his emotions, the Elder nodded his head in satisfaction and acknowledged Tang Jie's qualifications to become an inner sect disciple.
Tang Jie was slightly delighted, but he also knew that it was not that easy to become an inner sect disciple. One had to pass the assessment given by the sect.
Sure enough, the Elder of Teaching reached out and grabbed a scroll from the table a few meters away. He handed the scroll to Tang Jie and said,"This is an assessment mission given by the sect. If you complete it, you will become an inner sect disciple and receive a reward of 10,000 contribution points.”
"Thank you, Elder."
Tang Jie took the scroll but did not look at it immediately. He thanked him.
"Yes, be careful. The inner sect disciple test is quite difficult.”
The elder warned Tang Jie.
The difficulty of the inner sect disciple assessment was not low. It was not surprising that many disciples died in this assessment!
The inner sect of Eastern Cloud Sect only wanted true elites!
Tang Jie took the scroll and left the Law Teaching Hall.
Returning to his residence, Tang Jie opened the scroll and looked at the mission content recorded in it.
"According to our sources, nearly ten people have gone missing in Tangkou Village recently. I suspect that it was the work of a Devil's Doctrine martial artist or a demon! [Mission Details: Head to Tangkou Village and investigate the reason.]”
There was very little information recorded on the scroll. He headed to a place called Tangkou Village to investigate the missing people in Tangkou Village.
This Tangkou Village was a remote village about one to two hundred miles away from Eastern Cloud Sect. A few days ago, someone from Tangkou Village came to Eastern Cloud Sect to seek help, so this mission fell on Tang Jie.
"Tangkou Village? Nearly ten people are missing?"
Tang Jie muttered to himself as he closed the scroll.
There were many possibilities for someone to go missing. It could be man-made, such as human traffickers. At the end of the year, it was not rare to sell living people and slaves. It could even be the work of demons!
"No matter what, we have to be careful. Staying alive is first, and the mission is second!”
Tang Jie thought to himself. In short, he would know after investigating Tangkou Village.
That afternoon, Tang Jie set off for Tangkou Village. With his lessons, he arrived at Tangkou Village the next day when the sun rose.
"This Tangkou Village is really remote.”
Tang Jie frowned. Because Tangkou Village was located in a desolate forest, there was no village in front or behind. No wonder it was so desolate and deserted.
Tang Jie was walking in the forest. He saw the smoke rising from the chimneys in the distance and immediately walked towards the smoke.
Not long after, a small village appeared in front of Tang Jie.
This small village was surrounded by wooden fences. Judging from the number of houses, there were no more than 200 residents in Tangkou Village. There were also some fields outside Tangkou Village that could be self-sufficient.
At the entrance of Tangkou Village, there were several young men holding sickles, sticks, and hoes.
Seeing Tang Jie approach, a young man immediately said warily,"Who are you? Our Tangkou Village does not welcome outsiders!"
During this period of time, people in Tangkou Village kept going missing, which made the people of Tangkou Village vigilant and patrol day and night.
"Everyone, I'm a warrior from the nearby Eastern Cloud Sect. I'm here to help you.”
"Eastern Cloud Sect?"
"Martial artists?"
When these people heard this, they were surprised and happy.
They had heard of the Eastern Cloud Sect that was close to their village. It was one of the few large martial sects in the Lingnan region!
However, Tang Jie's young appearance made them doubt his ability.
"Young hero of Eastern Cloud Sect, please come in!”At this moment, an old man with white hair and a white beard walked out of the village. He invited Tang Jie to enter Tangkou Village very warmly.
"Village Chief." When the others saw the white-bearded old man, they were all extremely respectful. This white-bearded old man was the village chief of Tangkou Village.
Upon entering Tangkou Village, the villagers were extremely afraid of Tang Jie. At the same time, they were also filled with curiosity.
Tang Jie looked at the people in the village and then said to the white-bearded old man,"What exactly happened when your villagers went missing?”
When the white-bearded old man heard this, a trace of fear appeared on his face."This…we're actually not sure.”
"Not sure?" Tang Jie frowned. If he wanted to solve the problem in Tangkou Village, he had to know what was behind it. However, this white-bearded old man couldn't explain it clearly?
" The missing people in our village all disappeared out of thin air," the white-bearded old man hurriedly said." According to the villagers, they only blinked their eyes when they realized that their relatives and friends had disappeared on the spot. Is it haunted?"”
"There are no ghosts in this world!" Tang Jie said in a bad mood. Of course, he did not dare to be so confident. This world could not be measured by common sense.
"Vanish into thin air? Could it be the work of a demon?"
Tang Jie began to think. To make people disappear into thin air, as far as Tang Jie knew, the divine power mastered by demons might be able to do this.
If it was a demon, this mission would be more difficult. However, as long as it was not a Postnatal demon, Tang Jie would not be too afraid!
A demon that wreaked havoc in such a small mountain village should not be a powerful character.
However, if this demon was not something Tang Jie could deal with, he would immediately run for his life!
The last time he fought the demon to the death was because of Tang Jie's father, but now it was just a mission.
"Then I'll temporarily stay in Tangkou Village.”
Tang Jie said to the white-bearded old man. He decided to stay in the village and observe the situation.
"Good, good, good. Thank you for your help, young hero!”The white-bearded elder nodded repeatedly.
Then, under the arrangements of the white-bearded old man, Tang Jie settled down in Tangkou Village.
According to Tang Jie's observation, everyone in the village seemed to have a lot on their minds. Moreover, they all avoided Tang Jie as much as possible and were unwilling to get close to him. This made Tang Jie careful.
In the blink of an eye, it was the third day since Tang Jie arrived at Tangkou Village. During these three days, Tangkou Village seemed very calm. There was no such thing as a living person disappearing into thin air.
That night, in the village chief's room, the window was suddenly blown open by a gust of wind. In the darkness, the outline of a man in black was faintly reflected.
This caused the village chief's body to tremble, and he wanted to shout.
However, a cold voice sounded in the village chief's ear,""You want to call that Eastern Cloud Sect disciple over? Do you think he can deal with me?”
Village Chief forcefully stopped the urge to shout and said weakly,"What do you want? I can give you my life, but please don't attack anyone else. Our Tangkou Village has nothing to do with the world. We just want to live in peace.”
The black clothed man outside the window said," In the past ten years or so in your village, all of you have been obedient and I have been very restrained. But this time, you have called the people of Eastern Cloud Sect. I should have killed all of you, but I have always been merciful. This time…I will only kill that Eastern Cloud Sect warrior. Help me capture him, and I will leave Tangkou Village. You can continue to live peacefully.”
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