novelaction Chapter 392 Everyone is a suspect, everyone has a chance
Chapter 392 Everyone is a suspect, everyone has a chance
Upon seeing this, Emperor Yiren was so terrified that his soul almost left his body.
What about people?
Where is Zhong Lingxin?
There were no signs of the formation being damaged or disturbed.
But Zhong Lingxin has disappeared.
Zhong Lingxin has disappeared!
Ignoring the ongoing stalemate on the battlefield, Yi Ren teleported to Guangyuan City.
At the same time, he sent a message to the Shadows in Guangyuan City, ordering them to take over the city's defenses, investigate the records of people leaving the city in the past two weeks, and bring all of them back for interrogation.
As soon as Emperor Yiren left, the oppressive atmosphere on the battlefield suddenly eased.
Both sides in the battle looked toward the fleeting streak of light on the horizon.
Various communication symbols immediately began to glow.
Under the investigation of various interested parties, the news that the Immortal Emperor Haotian had recently appeared in Guangyuan City quietly spread.
At the same time, rumors also circulated that the Jade Emperor had taken a liking to a fairy named Lu Xin.
The unsuspecting immortal was filled with uncontrollable rage. The Middle Realm was beset by internal and external troubles, and the Immortal Emperor was an old bastard who was still thinking about his private matters.
Those in the know understood that none of the Immortal Emperor's dozen or so wives were without exceptional skills.
What special skill does this Lu Xin possess?
After some investigation, it was discovered that she was a Grand Luo Golden Immortal fairy with alchemy talent whom the Immortal Emperor had encountered a hundred years ago when he accompanied one of his wives back to the Southern Realm.
Despite lacking a proper teacher, Lu Xin was already able to refine fifth-grade pills. Under the guidance of the Immortal Emperor, her pill-refining skills improved rapidly, and in just over ten years, she went from occasionally refining mid-grade pills to refining high-grade pills.
However, Lu Xin, heartbroken over her lover, entered the Wumeng Secret Realm and her cultivation level improved slightly after she came out.
The only thing that puzzled the immortals who were investigating was that none of them knew how Lu Xin had spent the past hundred years in the Wumeng Secret Realm.
However, none of this matters.
The most important thing right now is to capture Lu Xin, make her a slave through a contract, and have her be his slave forever.
After all, the Celestial Emperor Haotian was extremely accurate at discovering women's innate talents, if not for anything else.
This can be verified by his dead wives and by the wives who are still alive.
The city lord of Guangyuan City has been detained and interrogated by the Immortal Emperor Haotian, and Guangyuan City has fallen into the hands of the Immortal Emperor Haotian.
For the time being, all forces dared not make any major moves in Guangyuan City, and could only keep a close eye on the actions of the Haotian Immortal Emperor.
Emperor Yiren captured all the immortals who had left Guangyuan City in the past half month, including the liaison officer sent by the city lord of Guangyuan City to contact the city lords of nearby cities.
He searched the souls of all these people and found a lot of filth that angered him, but he didn't find the information he wanted.
Lu Xin vanished without a trace, as if she had evaporated into thin air.
Emperor Yiren carefully recalled everything that had happened since he met Lu Xin.
Lu Xin was completely unaware of Jiu Dao Zi's abilities and had no doubts about his performance.
Emperor Yiren began to suspect that his rebellious sons, grandsons, and ministers had planted spies around him, especially his beloved wife who was accompanying him back to her parents' home and her two sons.
After careful consideration, he gave up his doubts.
This favored wife had no powerful foundation, and her two sons were not highly skilled in cultivation, nor did they have any important immortals following them.
She hoped more than anyone else that he could live for another ten thousand or eight thousand years, and that he would never kidnap Lu Xin.
Was that his eldest son? His second son? Geng Ning, the Immortal Official? The Jade Marshal? From the Western Boundary? The Northern Boundary? The Southern Boundary? The Eastern Boundary? Or perhaps one of those eighteen rebel kings?
Emperor Yiren racked his brains, realizing that everyone was a suspect and everyone had a chance.
He couldn't be sure which enemy did it!
Helpless, Emperor Yiren knew that he could no longer hide this from his enemies, so he simply launched a large-scale search and interrogation, taking control of dozens of surrounding immortal cities centered on Guangyuan City, and thoroughly investigating all the immortals who came and went.
Emperor Yiren's investigation was timely and swift; within a month, he had thoroughly investigated all the surrounding dozens of immortal cities.
However, Zhong Lingxin arrived at the nearest immortal city two years later.
When she arrived, Yi Ren's investigation had been going on for nearly two years and had clearly become lax.
Her investigation and Yi Ren's investigation completely missed each other.
Moreover, with the Ruyi Scepter in hand, she had already changed her appearance, using the identity plaque of a gaunt male immortal, and quietly made her way to Zhongdu City.
Based on her understanding of her master, it was highly likely that her master, in order to evade the Southern Realm's pursuit order, had changed his identity badge, just like her, and was also very likely to be taking Aunt Yu Wuqing to explore various secret realms.
Once you've explored enough secret realms and your cultivation has reached the level of a Nine Heavens Mystic Immortal or Immortal Lord, your master will try to improve your array formation rank.
Therefore, it is most likely that the master went to Zhongdu City or the vicinity of Zhongdu City to learn the art of array formations.
After all, the great array masters are not short of money, and they will definitely live in Zhongdu City and several large immortal cities near Zhongdu City where immortal energy is relatively abundant.
The best way for her to find a master is to keep an eye out for emerging immortal array masters.
It's a pity that the communication talisman she used with her master on the Immortal Continent couldn't be used in the Immortal Realm because of the difference between spiritual energy and immortal essence.
Otherwise, it would be much easier.
Zhong Lingxin's thoughts were absolutely correct. Lu Zichen (Qingyang Venerable Saint) did indeed lead Yu Wuqing through several secret realms, raising his cultivation to the Immortal Lord stage before entering Zhongdu City.
However, he did not believe the praises and eulogies of the immortals of the Middle Realm to the Heavenly Emperor.
He didn't believe it when he first landed in the Middle Realm and heard several immortals talking about how the Jade Emperor's dozen or so wives were all incredibly powerful, each a master of the Four Arts of the Eighth Rank or higher.
Other immortals envied the wives of the Jade Emperor for their good fortune, having the Jade Emperor's mountains of immortal stones and resources to supply them, and each of them cultivated into masters of the Four Arts.
Lu Zichen, however, saw that the Haotian Immortal Emperor had firmly grasped these masters of the four arts and used them for his own purposes.
In addition, after making some inquiries, Lu Zichen quickly discovered that the Middle Realm was suppressing sects very severely. All the promising young cultivators had entered the academies of various immortal cities, and the exceptionally outstanding young cultivators could even be recommended to the Imperial Academy in the Central Capital City.
The recommended immortal city can also be included in the political evaluation assessment.
After graduating from the academies of various immortal cities, these promising talents went on to work in the city lord's mansions of those cities, contributing to the prosperity and development of the Middle Realm.
Such an order in the celestial realm is perfectly justifiable.
But Lu Zichen sensed something was wrong.
The Celestial Emperor Haotian used his power to firmly grasp the entire Middle Realm.
Those immortals who voiced dissenting opinions, those arrogant immortals, those immortals who were not used by him, and even a few immortals who were on the verge of becoming divine alchemists, divine talisman masters, and divine array masters, died inexplicably.
Without exception, all of these dead immortals were those who refused to submit to the rule of the Jade Emperor.