Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 1309 - 1309 0749 Blocking the Door

Chapter 1309: Chapter 0749: Blocking the Door Chapter 1309: Chapter 0749: Blocking the Door Chapter 0749 Blocking the Door

Mount Wangsheng’s terrain was strategic, easy to defend, and hard to attack. Now that it was occupied by Chaoyang Palace, it might seem as though they had only taken it over recently, but in fact, Chaoyang Palace had been developing Mount Wangsheng for many years. Especially in recent times, Chaoyang Palace had spared no expense in fortifying Mount Wangsheng, turning it into an iron fortress. Anyone with designs on Mount Wangsheng was bound to end up with a bloody head.

After repeated consultations, the princes still could not come up with a solution. Even if it was not a matter of attacking Mount Wangsheng, but merely finding traces of Sun Xiang, Liao Bichu, and the like, it was not an easy task to accomplish.

If it were merely a matter of not finding anyone or getting any news, that would be one thing, but what worried the princes the most was that after they had exerted effort and dispatched people, they would end up with no news, and might inadvertently alert Chaoyang Palace instead. In that case, it was possible that Sun Xiang, Liao Bichu, and others might be harmed. Even if that dire situation didn’t arise, it could lead to Sun Xiang, Liao Bichu, and the others being moved away, making it even harder to find them later on.

The princes and their strategists discussed for a long time but couldn’t come to a conclusion. Finally, it was the strategist who had identified all the overlooked areas who proposed a suggestion. Since the princes couldn’t make up their minds, it would be better to report the matter to Qi Tian and let him decide the course of action.

After discussing it, Emperor Jianwu and the others realized they had no other option. Thus, they jointly made their way to Qi Tian’s quarters and gave him a detailed report on the situation.

Qi Tian had not expected such an outcome. He had always suspected that the Imperial Family Secret Territory was hiding some secret. He didn’t expect that, due to various reasons, Emperor Jianwu’s men had not been able to fully cover the search area in the Imperial Family Secret Territory, leaving many areas unchecked. It was no wonder they couldn’t find the traces of Sun Xiang and Liao Chongru.

This time, Qi Tian decided to take matters into his own hands. The places that had been overlooked were either too formidable for Emperor Jianwu and his men or were forbidden areas. Forcing them to act would not only lead to heavy casualties, but more importantly, it might not yield a favorable outcome. Qi Tian didn’t want to waste any more time waiting. He had already reviewed all the texts he could understand over the past few days, and the rest required a considerable amount of time to laboriously study. It wasn’t something that could be accomplished in a short period, and there was no need to linger in the Imperial Family Secret Territory any longer.

Actually, Qi Tian had a more convenient option: he could continue to stay in his quarters and send out Liuli Sha or the Ghost Face Sand to work alongside Emperor Jianwu and his men to search for the missing persons. However, that method would consume too much time, and it was better for Qi Tian to handle the matter personally from the beginning. Moreover, there was an additional benefit to Qi Tian investigating personally; he might be able to seize some fortuitous opportunity during the search, something that Liuli Sha and Ghost Face helping Emperor Jianwu and his men wouldn’t be able to achieve.

Seeing Qi Tian agree made Emperor Jianwu and the others sigh in relief. Although having Qi Tian intervene made them seem incompetent, it was better than dragging the matter out indefinitely and ending up failing, which would displease Qi Tian, and that would be even less worthwhile.

Qi Tian carefully inquired about the locations that Emperor Jianwu and the others had missed, learned the details about these places, and ultimately ranked them according to the difficulty of exploration.

The first on the list was Emperor Chaoyang’s Mount Wangsheng. If it were based on the defensive strength of these places, Mount Wangsheng should be ranked later. From any angle, Chaoyang Palace was not the best choice for the initial exploration. However, these reasons only applied to Emperor Jianwu and his men. For Qi Tian, the order of investigating these places made no difference, as no one had the power to stop him.

The reason Qi Tian ranked Chaoyang Palace first was simple: Mount Wangsheng was closer to the Eastern Capital City.

Qi Tian asked Emperor Jianwu and the others if they had any objections. He inquired whether he should take the opportunity to investigate Mount Wangsheng and incidentally crush Emperor Chaoyang’s forces, clearing the obstacles for Emperor Jianwu and his men to prevent Emperor Chaoyang from stirring trouble in the Eastern Capital City in the future.

As Qi Tian spoke, his face beamed with a smile, seemingly eager to help Emperor Jianwu and the others clear the obstacles and suppress Emperor Chaoyang’s forces. This tempted Emperor Jianwu and his cohorts, almost leading them to make a request to Qi Tian.

However, before they could speak, Emperor Bahuang stepped forward to graciously decline Qi Tian’s offer. Emperor Bahuang spoke with fervor, stating that Emperor Chaoyang was from the Eastern Capital City, and regardless, he was a part of it. If there was the slightest possibility, he would strive to win Emperor Chaoyang back to the Eastern Capital City. If Emperor Chaoyang was willing to turn back, the city’s doors would always be open to welcome him return. Of course, if Emperor Chaoyang remained stubborn and chose to betray the Eastern Capital City, then he might pose a danger to the city, and that would be their responsibility to bear. They would be willing to take on this responsibility, work together, confront Emperor Chaoyang, and didn’t want Qi Tian to be too concerned over this.