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Chapter 589 - 582: Luring the Tiger Away from Departure Mountain?
Chapter 589: Chapter 582: Luring the Tiger Away from Departure Mountain?
Last time he got directly drunk, this time drinking, Ye Zhen naturally would not be as embarrassed as before. Although both still did not use their Spiritual Power as last time, they controlled the overall consumption this time.
Therefore, this time, Ye Zhen did not spend the night drunk in Feng Qingyue’s courtyard again, but walked towards his own Spirit Academy number 100 with somewhat unsteady steps.
This time, the drinking was purely for the sake of drinking, and the topic they most discussed was Martial Arts, which greatly confirmed some things for Ye Zhen.
Other matters, especially the vendetta between the Sun and Moon Double Beauties which Ye Zhen was quite interested in, were not mentioned at all.
Ye Zhen’s understanding of Feng Qingyue increased by just one fact—that Feng Qingyue had grown up within the Sun and Moon Divine Sect since childhood.
Besides that, Ye Zhen was most suspicious of the silver-haired old man, Bai Zizai.
Previously, two Martial Artists from the Vein Forging Realm died mysteriously due to conflicts with Bai Zizai, and Ye Zhen felt that it was very likely Bai Zizai who had acted.
However, inside the heavily guarded Sun and Moon Divine Sect Main Temple, to silently kill a Vein Forging Realm Martial Artist was incredibly difficult, so difficult it was almost unimaginable.
Especially for Yua Huaisong, who died silently while on duty, and within five hundred meters on either side of him, there was only a Second Stage Vein Forging Realm Martial Artist on guard.
What was terrifying was that the two guarding Martial Artists of Vein Forging Realm had not noticed Yua Huaisong’s death, nor had they detected any disturbance or anomalies until it was time to change guard when Yua Huaisong’s body was discovered.
How powerful must one’s Cultivation be to achieve this?
Perhaps even a typical Establishment King could not manage it.
In other words, if it really was Bai Zizai who did it, then at the very least, Bai Zizai is an Establishment King. But the question is, would a King of the Establishment Realm willingly seclude himself within the Sun and Moon Divine Sect, subjected to disdain and insults?
And to remain hidden for nearly a hundred years?
That possibility was exceedingly small.
But apart from that, Ye Zhen could not think of anyone else who could have done it.
Even if many speculated it was an old friend of Bai Zizai within the Sun and Moon Divine Sect, the known Establishment Kings within the Sect were only two, one of whom was the Sect Hierarch.
Would they do such a thing?
Or rather, would they need to sneakily do such a thing?
Comparing these two speculations, the likelihood of Bai Zizai being a reclusive expert seemed a bit higher.
But the question remained, if Bai Zizai was a recluse of high standing, what could a King of Establishment Realm be after to seclude himself inside the Sun and Moon Divine Sect for a hundred years?
Ye Zhen did not know the answer, but if it was indeed so, then there had to be an earth-shattering treasure within the Sun and Moon Divine Sect; otherwise, what could attract an Establishment King to seclude himself for a century?
On his way back to his own small courtyard, Ye Zhen pondered this issue the entire way, and after leaving Feng Qingyue’s courtyard, Ye Zhen no longer deliberately stopped the circulation of his Spiritual Power.
Once the Spiritual Power began to flow, the dense alcohol fumes immediately dispersed from Ye Zhen’s body, and his unsteady steps gradually became firm and light.
"Hundred Herbs, prepare hot water; I want to take a bath!"
Upon returning to the Spirit Academy, Ye Zhen gave the order, which was the advantage of having servants; at least he didn’t need to worry about these daily trifles.
Very quickly, Hundred Herbs had the hot water ready, and as Ye Zhen settled into the bath, Spiritual Power circulated, and the hot water heated up, filling the entire room with a thick smell of alcohol, while the drunkenness on Ye Zhen gradually faded!
"Young Master, do you need me to add more hot water?" Hundred Herbs asked attentively from outside the door.
All along, Ye Zhen dealt with Hundred Herbs only in terms of handling daily chores, not like in other courtyards.
Whenever Ye Zhen took a bath, he never needed Hundred Herbs to attend to him at his side, only to wait outside the door for him.
"No need, I will soak for a while, I’ll call you if I need anything!"
"Yes, this servant under..."
The voice of Hundred Herbs from outside had just begun when it abruptly cut off, a very faint surge of power briefly flashed past the door, and Ye Zhen immediately saw, though barely discernible, the figure of Hundred Herbs softly collapsing.
"Roar!"
The Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten in the room suddenly let out a tiger roar that struck terror into the heart, warning Ye Zhen.
Almost at the same time, a purple radiance violently erupted inside the bath, splitting the bath tub into pieces, and as the light flickered, Ye Zhen rushed toward the door.
In the moment he darted from the bath to the doorway, Ye Zhen managed to put on his clothes and activate his Protective Spirit Armor.
The door was directly blown away by Ye Zhen, and as he burst out, he saw a shadow drifting like light smoke out of the courtyard gate, perhaps startled by the tiger roar from the Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten.
"Assassin?"
Looking at that shadow drifting out of the courtyard door, Ye Zhen had a moment of doubt, then immediately looked down at the now-fallen Hundred Herbs.
Seeing Hundred Herbs’s condition, Ye Zhen’s face turned ashen, his rage uncontrollably surging forth.
"Scum!"
The two words burst from Ye Zhen’s clenched teeth as his figure shot forth like a bolt of lightning, chasing after the direction the shadow had disappeared in.
Dead!
The shadow had directly killed Hundred Herbs, and the manner of death was extremely gruesome!
Hundred Herbs’s chest was torn open, creating a basin-sized hole, and eerily, no blood flowed out; the hole in the chest, including the heart and bones, seemed to have vanished entirely.
To have his Maid killed right under his own watch—this was intolerable!
Furiously, Ye Zhen fiercely chased on, even directly utilizing the Geomagnetic Field to accelerate himself; with the Geomagnetic Field enhancing him, Ye Zhen’s speed reached an extreme, becoming like an Illusion in the night.
Ye Zhen’s speed sharply increased, and as he rapidly closed the distance by hundreds of meters, the escaping shadow’s body erupted with Spiritual Power, suddenly accelerating, and its speed increased by about thirty percent, roughly matching Ye Zhen’s increased speed.
This scene instantly startled Ye Zhen!
As the black figure fled, he did not use his full speed, but instead held some back, only increasing his pace after Ye Zhen accelerated.
What did this imply?
It implied that his main purpose at the moment was not to escape; otherwise, he would have used his maximum speed from the start. Moreover, it seemed that he was deliberately maintaining a certain distance from Ye Zhen.
Otherwise, with the maximum speed he could muster now, he would have disappeared without a trace the moment he left the yard.
"Is he luring me?"
"What does he want to lure me into, or rather, is there a trap set up ahead? Who is out to get me?"
Many doubts flashed through Ye Zhen’s mind and in the blink of an eye, he made his decision.
To give up the pursuit was out of the question!
Even though Ye Zhen knew there were traps ahead.
Hundred Herbs was brutally murdered, and although Ye Zhen did not have deep feelings for Hundred Herbs, to ignore his maid being killed right under his nose, Ye Zhen would look down upon himself too.
Moreover, it’s one thing to play the thief for a thousand days, but it’s another to guard against the thief every day.
Ye Zhen wanted to find out who was after him.
Moving swiftly, Ye Zhen pursued relentlessly.
In the midst of the pursuit, Ye Zhen discovered something else.
This person in front of him knew the Sun and Moon Divine Sect Main Temple extremely well and was very familiar with the terrain. There were many places in the Sun and Moon Divine Sect Main Temple Ye Zhen had never visited, but this black figure seemed to know here like the back of his hand.
After several twists and turns, he led Ye Zhen into an area he had never seen before, instantly heightening his alertness.
Suddenly, the black figure ahead took a slight leap and scaled a courtyard wall, disappearing beyond it.
After hesitating for a moment, Ye Zhen also scaled the wall and entered, only to be stunned—there was no one there!
The black figure, who had not been lost throughout the pursuit, had just vanished.
"Could he have hidden in the building ahead?"
The building in front of him was a large circular structure that covered a vast area, spanning about ten miles in a grid-like pattern with eight gates that looked extremely formidable.
While Ye Zhen pondered, a cry of alarm suddenly resounded in the night sky.
"No good, someone has infiltrated the Divine Altar!"
The moment the cry sounded, Ye Zhen’s face turned pale, and he instantly knew his location.
The Forbidden Land!
The Sun and Moon Divine Altar of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect!
"Damn, this bastard led me to the Sun and Moon Divine Altar via such a convoluted route, intending to use the sect rules against me!"
Sun and Moon Divine Sect rules state that entry into forbidden places is punishable by death!
Almost the instant the outcry was heard, an immense power fluctuation dramatically emerged from all around the Sun and Moon Divine Altar. At the least, four extremely terrifying presences appeared, and sensing their aura, the one with the lowest Cultivation seemed to be a Fifth Stage of Vein Forging Realm powerhouse.
It seemed, how could the protectors of the Forbidden Land be weak?
"Hmph, you almost had me!"
Softly snorting, Ye Zhen instantly made his presence diminish to the extreme and vanished on the spot.
Almost at the moment Ye Zhen vanished, four terrifying waves of Divine Soul Power began sweeping over the range of the Sun and Moon Divine Altar like radar, scanning the area Ye Zhen had just vacated several times in an instant.
While the Divine Soul scanned, four figures intertwined and flew above the Sun and Moon Divine Altar, their divine gaze penetrating, scanning every inch of the outer regions of the Altar, as if determined to search every nook and cranny.
"Eh, no one, did you find anything?"
"No, no discoveries."
"Right, who issued that roar just now?"
"Not good, could we have fallen for the trick of luring the tiger away from the mountain?"
"Humph, luring the tiger away from the mountain? Inside this Sun and Moon Divine Altar, no such tricks work! Outside the Altar, we few, might just be cats, hardly tigers!"
"That’s odd, no intruder found, nor the source of that alert tracked down, no one can break in here, what is going on?"
"Who cares, let’s just keep guarding. We just need to secure the outer court of the Sun and Moon Divine Altar!"
As the conversation concluded, the four figures recollected their aura and swiftly disappeared into the dim edges of the building. The Sun and Moon Divine Altar quieted down again!
Hidden there, Ye Zhen’s brow furrowed tightly, now fully understanding that indeed, someone was trying to harm him using the sect rules.
But who could it be?
As Ye Zhen pondered, a voice suddenly sounded quietly behind him, startling Ye Zhen so much his face drastically changed! (To be continued. If you like this novel, you are welcome to vote for it on qidian.com, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to continue reading.)
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