Bai Chen had just left the sect when, inside the council hall of the Hexu Sect's Patrol Division responsible for security, Wei Changgen was seated at the head, reviewing recent patrol records.

Suddenly, hurried footsteps echoed from outside the door.

"Report—!"

A disciple from the Patrol Division rushed in, cupped his fists, and urgently said, "Elder Wei, something has happened! The patrol team just found a disciple ambushed and killed on the mountain path thirty miles northeast of the sect!"