454: Chapter 454 Infiltration

"Alright."

Xiao Weiqing did not hesitate at all.

Previously, Dongfang Baichen had taken the initiative to go to the Xuanwu Kingdom to gather information. Now that something had happened, it was only right for him to go, both out of duty and friendship.

"There's no time to lose, you two should set off now," Xie Zhiyuan urged. Given Dongfang Baichen's strength, if an accident had occurred, the situation was certainly not simple.

Dongfang Yin looked toward Xiao Weiqing.

Xiao Weiqing nodded and said, "We'll head out immediately."

"Sister Yi, I'm leaving."

Qian Yi nodded slightly. "Mm, go ahead. Be careful."

Dongfang Yin led Xiao Weiqing onto a triangular aircraft.

They departed from Azure Dragon Island.

It took only twenty minutes to reach Jingdu Prefecture.

Xiao Weiqing followed Dongfang Yin to the Dongfang Family home, and the two of them walked into a secret room.

Inside the secret room.

A square crystal rested upon a circular pedestal.

Dongfang Yin introduced it.

"This is a treasure Bai Chen obtained by chance. By injecting Mental Energy into it, one can monitor a person's status."

"Since last night, the strand of Mental Energy Bai Chen left behind has been continuously weakening."

Dongfang Yin's meaning was self-evident; Dongfang Baichen's current state was surely poor, and he was likely heavily injured.

Xiao Weiqing's current strength was formidable, even greater than before. In just this short moment, he discovered that the Mental Energy within the crystal had weakened by another sliver.

"I understand, Senior. I will make a trip to the Xuanwu Kingdom."

Dongfang Yin said, "Good. Over the years, the Dongfang Family has gathered a lot of data on the Xuanwu Kingdom, as well as the information Bai Chen collected there. I will transfer it to you in a moment."

"Mm."

Without any delay.

The Dongfang Family sent people to transport Xiao Weiqing using their most advanced aircraft.

On the way.

Xiao Weiqing carefully browsed through the data regarding the Xuanwu Kingdom.

A month ago.

Dongfang Baichen had infiltrated the Xuanwu Kingdom and investigated nearly every Prefecture City in the Xuanwu Empire.

In Sakura Prefecture, he had discovered a clue.

The facts were as Xiao Weiqing and the others had guessed; the problem indeed lay with the Xuanwu Temple.

The situation in the Xuanwu Kingdom had always been the most complex among the four great nations.

Because the Divine Envoy of the Xuanwu Temple had died at the hands of Dongfang Hao years ago, the various prefectures of the Xuanwu Kingdom had been fighting openly and covertly for control over the Divine Hall, intensifying the conflicts between them.

Many prefectures had intentions of independence.

Among them.

Sakura Prefecture was the most obvious, making almost no effort to hide it.

Later, because the strength of the Great Xia Tianlang Empire grew rapidly and seriously threatened the security of the Xuanwu Kingdom, the various prefectures were forced to band together for warmth and cooperate to resist the two great nations.

However.

Even so, Sakura Prefecture had been constantly making small moves.

This time.

The anomaly in the Xuanwu Kingdom was also caused by Sakura Prefecture.

Two months ago.

The Powerhouses of Sakura Prefecture at the Seventh Realm or above suddenly disappeared en masse.

This gave the upper echelons of the Xuanwu Kingdom a great shock.

After several investigations, they discovered that those Powerhouses had all entered the Xuanwu Palace.

The Xuanwu Palace was the special space where the Xuanwu Temple was located.

It was actually also an island, but unlike Azure Dragon Island, the island where the Xuanwu Palace was located was an island on the surface of the sea.

The entrance to that space was in a snowy region in the northernmost part of the Xuanwu Kingdom.

The Xuanwu Kingdom could not ignore the full mobilization of Sakura Prefecture's Powerhouses.

They immediately contacted those inside the Xuanwu Palace.

But.

Whether they sent people or used other methods, the Xuanwu Palace only allowed entry and no exit.

Finally.

The Xuanwu Kingdom could no longer sit still and sent five Eighth Realm Experts into the Xuanwu Palace.

The five Powerhouses went in without encountering any obstacles.

However.

For ten whole days, the five Eighth Realm Experts were neither seen alive nor found dead; not a single shred of news came out.

The Xuanwu Kingdom panicked completely.

Equally worried was Dongfang Baichen, who was lurking in the Xuanwu Kingdom and saw all of this clearly.

Logically, he shouldn't have infiltrated.

But.

At that time, demigods were invading Luo Jiang Prefecture. Although two demigods were killed and the Luo Jiang Demon Realm Entrance was defended under Xiao Weiqing's leadership,

he heard that Xiao Weiqing had also been injured.

Helpless.

Since it concerned the fate of Blue Heart, entering the Xuanwu Palace was better done sooner than later. Dongfang Baichen infiltrated the Xuanwu Palace alone.

Because the Xuanwu Palace, like Azure Dragon Island, was in a space isolated from the outside world,

the Dongfang Family lost contact with Dongfang Baichen.

Until last night.

The guards in the Family discovered the anomaly in the crystal and reported it to Dongfang Yin.

Dongfang Yin judged that something might have happened to Dongfang Baichen.

So he specifically sought out Xiao Weiqing.

The aircraft was very fast.

In less than five hours,

Xiao Weiqing had arrived at the northernmost part of the Xuanwu Kingdom.

This place was a vast expanse of white.

No vegetation could be seen around, only extreme white and extreme silence. In this season, there was no distinction between day and night here; it was only pitch black.

Relying on his powerful Mental Energy, Xiao Weiqing discovered some occasional Yao Beasts within a range of over ten kilometers, but no other life.

Let alone humans.

After hiding the aircraft,

Xiao Weiqing took to the air and slowly approached according to the coordinates left by Dongfang Baichen.

Finally.

Half an hour later.

Xiao Weiqing arrived at the specified coordinates.

With his powerful Mental Energy, the faint spatial fluctuations had nowhere to hide before Xiao Weiqing.

With a thought, his figure vanished from the spot.

In less than a second.

The scene before Xiao Weiqing's eyes shifted, and he had already arrived in a special space.

It looked like a continent, but at its center was a massive lake.

In the middle of the lake was a small island.

Unlike Azure Dragon Island, the island where the Xuanwu Temple was located was much smaller, with an area of only about six thousand square kilometers.

It was even much smaller than the forest where the Vermilion Bird Divine Hall was located.

Standing high in the sky, Xiao Weiqing could see the location of the Xuanwu Temple with his naked eye.

Without hesitation.

Xiao Weiqing flew toward the central location.

In just a moment.

He landed on the edge of the island.

Traces of artificial development could be seen everywhere on the edge of the island.

Over a dozen young people were sitting quietly on a huge rock facing the sea, appearing to be Cultivating.

Suddenly.

An unknown fluctuation flashed past the young people.

Silently.

No one noticed that one person was already missing from the huge rock.

In a remote corner of the forest.

At this moment.

Sun Shaoming had a look of bewilderment. Hadn't he just been Cultivating?

How did he end up here in the blink of an eye?

And who was this person in front of him? He had never seen him before.

"Sen... Senior?"

Xiao Weiqing's face was expressionless as he said sternly, "I ask, you answer."

"Yes... yes, please ask."

Sun Shaoming's voice trembled slightly. He was extremely terrified now; to be able to snatch him away without a sound, the other's strength must be very great.

The key was that he had been abducted within the Xuanwu Palace; to dare to do such a thing, 'strong' wasn't even enough to describe it.

His little life could be lost at any moment. Now he could only pray that this Senior would spare his life later.

"Recently, has anyone unusual entered this place?"

"Unusual person?"

Sun Shaoming thought for a moment and asked in a low voice, "Does Senior count?"

Xiao Weiqing said coldly, "No."

"Then, no."

Sun Shaoming shook his head.

"Really?"

Xiao Weiqing narrowed his eyes.

"Uh... Senior, should there be?"

Sun Shaoming's legs were shaking, and he felt like his heart was about to jump out. Whom had he provoked? Of all those people, why was he the one picked?