Chapter 345: The Great Dao
Chen Qing returned to his residence. Though night had deepened, he had no desire for sleep.
He carefully recalled his final conversation with Huang Mei, trying to find more clues from it. But there were too few leads and the direction was vague. ‘Human Execution Position’ or even higher within Heavenly Pivot Pavilion... this scope was still too broad, like searching for a blurry shadow in the mist.
Moreover, the truthfulness of Huang Mei's words was especially questionable.
The next day at noon, hurried footsteps came from outside the courtyard.
"True Disciple Chen! True Disciple Chen!" A young outer sect disciple ran breathlessly to the courtyard gate, unable to care about propriety, his voice carrying panic.
Chen Qing pushed open the door and walked out, his expression calm as he looked at him. "What matter has you so flustered?"
Seeing it was Chen Qing, that disciple quickly bowed in salute, his tone urgent. "Reporting to True Disciple Chen, it's Steward Huang Mei! She... she's disappeared! This disciple went to the executive's room this morning to request instructions on affairs and found she wasn't there. After asking others, they all said they haven't seen Steward Huang since last night! There's no one in her room either. This... this..."
This disciple had clearly just arrived at the East Pole City stronghold not long ago, with shallow qualifications. Encountering such a matter as an executive mysteriously disappearing, he was inevitably at a loss.
Chen Qing waved his hand, saying in a deep voice, "No need to panic. Steward Huang Mei hasn't disappeared. She's acting on my secret orders, going out to investigate remaining Demon Sect traces. This matter is of great importance, so it wasn't announced."