Upon hearing Hu Xiaobei mention the elder, their faces changed subtly.

They knew that earlier, the elder indeed had instructed them to thoroughly investigate Xu Gang's matter here.

Thus, if they were now to shirk their duties, they could truly offend him...

"If we end up getting snide treatment from him later, that would be truly miserable."

Thinking this, they exchanged glances...

They soon came up with an idea...

The next second, they all turned their heads to look at Hu Xiaobei...

Hu Xiaobei noticed their gaze and knew that they surely had some cunning plan in mind...

With that thought, Hu Xiaobei heard Xu Zheng speak up indifferently.

"Brother, you need to go over to the family clan for registration later! Generally speaking, before registration, you're expected to do something for the family. So now is your time to shine, go ahead and find out what's really going on in front!"

"That's right!"

"Go have a look!"

Upon hearing Xu Zheng's words, those people spoke up with a chilling tone!

A dead comrade is no loss to a Taoist...

In their eyes, as long as they didn't have to go look themselves, everything could be easily discussed...

"But... but it's very dangerous for me to go alone!"

"Dangerous my foot, we are your backup right here!"

"That's right!"

"Are you saying you don't trust us?"

Hearing their shameless remarks, Hu Xiaobei gave them a noncommittal smile and said indifferently, "Trust, of course, I trust you!"

"If you trust us, then let's not waste any time!"

"Yes, the elder will be back soon!"

"That's right, that's right!"

"Alright then, so I'll..."

Before Hu Xiaobei could finish, he heard footsteps!

Looking up, Hu Xiaobei saw the elder who had left earlier return with a poker face...

Upon seeing him, everyone else did too, and in that moment, they involuntarily went silent like cicadas in winter...

The elder glanced at them and spoke icily, "What are you all standing around here for? Didn't I instruct you earlier to investigate the disappearance of Xu Gang? If you're loitering around here doing nothing, does that mean you've already cleared up everything?"

He was very displeased at the moment...

Earlier, he had left to take a short rest...

After resting, he returned here...

In his mind, upon his return, he should see everyone busy trying to find Xu Gang's trail...

Because he believed these individuals would not dare to outwardly obey but defy him in secret...

But the current scene was not as expected, it seemed like they had utterly forgotten his instructions...

Annoyed!

Hearing the elder's decidedly chilly words, everyone knew the elder was thoroughly angry now!

"We must find a way to explain clearly, otherwise, we are certainly in for some tight shoes in the future!"

Having thought it through, Xu Zheng glanced at the others and swiftly began to sycophantically explain, "Elder, we... we weren't playing around! Here's what happened: we were earnestly searching for clues, but then there was this terrifying noise just now and it frightened us a bit. That's why we gathered here to discuss what to do!"

"That's exactly what happened, that noise was indeed terrifying!"

"Absolutely!"

After Xu Zheng started speaking, everyone swiftly echoed in agreement!

Hu Xiaobei was no exception...

After glancing at everyone, he frowned slightly...

"Beasts? Are you trying to trick me? Are there beasts here?"

As he asked expressionlessly, he took steps towards them...

Hu Xiaobei caught that and narrowed his eyes!

The next second, Hu Xiaobei lightly snapped his fingers...

Following his action, the Illusion Array expanded once again, quickly engulfing the elder as well...

As the Illusion Array surrounded him, Hu Xiaobei felt slightly uneasy.

Hu Xiaobei was worried that he might notice something...

But soon, Hu Xiaobei realized he had overthought it...

Because he hadn't discovered anything at all...

Thinking it over, Hu Xiaobei felt this was actually quite normal!

Firstly, he wasn't even thinking in the direction of the Array...

Additionally, his own prowess in the Array was very high...

So, it was completely normal for him to have detected nothing at all...

Inside the Illusion Array, Xu Gang, tied up like a zongzi, was excited to the extreme!

In his view, since the elder had arrived, he would surely notice the trickery here and definitely rescue him completely!

At that time, he could thoroughly annihilate this man...

"I must tear him to pieces!"

After running through all the tortures in his mind, he frowned!

Because at this moment, he didn't feel anything unusual!

"Could it be... Could it be that the elder also didn't see that I'm inside an Illusion Array?"

As he spoke, his face grew even uglier...

He knew that if that really was the case, then he might be completely doomed!

"Am I really going to die here? No! No! No! My perfect life has just begun, I absolutely cannot die here, absolutely cannot!"

Thinking this way, he used all his strength to roar...

Quickly, that 'wailing' sound came out again...

Chills ran down everyone's spine!

All heard that absolutely terrifying sound again!

This time, the elder heard it too...

Thus, his face instantly turned green...

"Elder, this..."

All the people spoke in panic at this moment...

Being watched by everyone, the elder's eyelids twitched and said, "Something's not right!"

With those three words, Xu Gang in the center of the Illusion Array was excited to the extreme...

"The elder is indeed the elder, he really has noticed something off! Amazing, truly amazing!"

With such excitement, he suddenly felt a cold shower poured over him...

For at this moment, he heard the continuing conversation from outside!

"Elder, what's not right?"

"Exactly!"

"Please enlighten us, elder!"

"What I meant is not right about this beast, judging from its roars, it's getting extremely irritated and seems like it could come out at any moment. We shouldn't stay here, let's run for it!"

With that said, he greased his heels and ran off first!

Seeing the elder fleeing, Xu Zheng and others also quickly turned and ran...

Soon, only Hu Xiaobei was left here...

"Worthless, all worthless!"

Before this, Hu Xiaobei was prepared to kill them all, but now it seemed unnecessary, as they no longer presented even the slightest threat to him...

Having cleared his thoughts, Hu Xiaobei turned around and lightly snapped his fingers, instantly, the thick fog completely dispersed...

The next second, Xu Gang with a face full of resentment reappeared before Hu Xiaobei...

"What a pity, they couldn't save you!"

As he spoke, Hu Xiaobei gave the order, and instantly, the vines wrapping Xu Gang slightly dissipated...

This allowed Xu Gang to speak again...

"You... what do you want to do?"

"What do I want to do? Why don't you tell me, what should I do?" Hu Xiaobei asked lazily in return.

Xu Gang's lips twitched frantically upon hearing Hu Xiaobei's languid counterquestion...

The next second, he said in a low voice: "I swear, I absolutely won't reveal any information about you... please spare my life!"

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