Chapter 68

Xun Yi has gone missing?

In the afternoon, when Li Junde and others returned from having their meal, they waited for Xun Yi for a long time but he did not continue with the preparations for the ceremony. So, Li Junde called everyone to search in different directions. Under the guidance of a few people who had often received Xun Yi's favors, they found Hu Xiaoman. It was said that Xun Yi had visited the City God Temple at noon.

Upon hearing this, Hu Xiaoman was surprised. Didn't Xun Yi go to the academy when he left?

Thus, Hu Xiaoman followed everyone to ask at the Xun family's small building, which alarmed Li Xinghong, who then went to see the governor Li.

Governor Li did not want to make a big fuss, but Li Xinghong came to pressure him. Reluctantly, he used the constables to search the entire city, but still found no trace of Xun Yi.

Considering the recent unexplained disappearances, everyone was in a state of panic.

Aunt Xue secretly used her magic to divine, sensing that the heavenly signs were vague. She hurriedly went out of the city to search for Liu Ziming, and Li Xinghong also brought people, causing a great commotion, almost turning the entire Qinglong City upside down.

"That's strange, that guy has a good relationship with the City God, why hasn't anyone from the City God Temple come to solve the problem?" Yang Xuan was alone, checking around the City God Temple, and detected the residual traces of the incense that had made Xun Yi faint.

"This is a hallucinogenic incense targeting deities; in theory, the divine path can intervene," Yang Xuan muttered, heading to the City God Temple to check. Suddenly, he noticed that the divine light in the City God Temple was dim, and the entire temple was isolated by a force, making it impossible to contact from the outside.

"Da Gang, break this seal, we'll go to the City God Temple." Yang Xuan summoned his Xuanhuang Dao Bing.

The Xuanhuang Dao Bing hesitated a bit: "Your Highness, is this really a good idea?"

"What? Something has happened at the City God Temple, it's not too much for us to take a look, right?"

"Looking around is fine, but given the current situation of the Third Prince, what can you do?" Han Feng twirled his brush, also appearing at the City God Temple.

"It's you?" Yang Xuan was surprised; this lecturer in his class was actually a divine path practitioner?

"What are you doing here?" Yang Xuan asked, while giving the Xuanhuang Dao Bing a meaningful look. Get rid of him!

The Xuanhuang Dao Bing remained silent, standing quietly beside Yang Xuan.

"Your Highness, I am not your enemy; in fact, I am ordered by King Yang to look after you." Han Feng smiled faintly: "The King has ordered me to record every word and action of yours in the human world. If anything happens, I can report it to him. Your Dao Bing is also aware of this." Han Feng asked the Xuanhuang Dao Bing: "Sir, what do you think about the matter we discussed the other day?"

"This..." The Xuanhuang Dao Bing looked at Yang Xuan, hesitating to speak.

"What did you agree to!" Yang Xuan glared at the person beside him. The Xuanhuang Dao Bing scratched his head and said honestly: "Teacher Han said he has a way to restore your divine power."

"Do you believe what others say?" Yang Xuan glared at the Dao Bing: "We'll settle this later." Then he turned to Han Feng and said: "Are you my father's man?"

Yang Xuan recalled the past few months. Every time he tried to use his divine power, Han Feng would appear to interrupt him. Now it seems it was intentional?

Yang Xuan's face fell. He had only made a minor mistake, resulting in his father exiling him to the human world and sealing his divine power. He didn't expect that his father would also send someone to monitor him.

"So, is my father planning to watch over me for the rest of my life?"

"No, no, no, the King has foreseen the current situation at the City God Temple and has prepared divine medicine to help you restore your divine power."

"The changes at the City God Temple were within my father's expectations?" Yang Xuan thought for a moment, then his expression changed: "Then Cao Hou's transfer to the underworld..."

"Was also arranged in advance to lure the enemy out." Han Feng smiled: "Does Your Highness remember the events from ten years ago?"

"Ten years ago?" Yang Xuan was silent. Ten years ago was when he accompanied his father to the human world to guard the Xuanhuang blood, and met Xun Yi for the first time.

"It was still about the Xuanhuang blood. Back then, Your Highness and Xun Yi accidentally discovered thieves stealing it, and Xun Yi used his Sage's Law to repel the evil spirits, thus exposing the Earth Mother Temple's plan."

"Since you know it was the Earth Mother Temple, why not go directly to them?" Yang Xuan said with disgust: "What's the point of all this pretense? Killing those Earth Mothers would be the most effective."

Han Feng shrugged helplessly: "The twelve Earth Mother Ladies each have great powers, and many of them are part of the Heavenly Court system. It's not easy to take action against them based on suspicion alone. Besides, it's not clear which Earth Mother Lady is behind this."

The Earth Mother Temple had fought with the first generation of the Heavenly Emperor several times. After her demise, she gave birth to the second generation of the Heavenly Emperor to seek revenge. In subsequent eras, several Heavenly Emperors were revived and caused trouble. The fourth generation of Houwa and the seventh generation of Fuzu both defeated the Earth Mother. In the era of the Yellow Emperor, he used the Xuanyuan Sword to dismember the first generation of the Earth Mother, and her body was scattered in the wilderness, transforming into twelve Earth Mother deities, each with powerful domains over death, mountains, and other areas.

"The Earth Mother Temple worships the twelve Earth Mother Ladies, and each can command the people of the Earth Mother Temple. Who knows which Lady is behind this? Without evidence, we might anger them. King Yang is not a primordial deity and cannot withstand the wrath of these Ladies."

Yang Xuan was speechless. Others might not know, but the Queen of the Yellow Springs and Death in the underworld was on par with the Lord of Fengdu and another founder of the demonic path. The power of the Ninth Heaven, who would dare to underestimate it?

"So, you deliberately transferred Cao Hou to the underworld to create an opportunity for the Earth Mother Temple to reveal the person behind it?"

"Exactly." After a pause, Han Feng added: "Tonight is the time to close the net. I hope Your Highness can help prevent the Earth Mother Temple's people."

Yang Xuan frowned, thinking to himself that if this was his father's plan, there should be other measures even if he didn't participate.

"Whatever!" Yang Xuan turned and left, continuing his search.

"Your Highness, if the Earth Mother Temple uses that drop of divine blood to help one of the Earth Mother Ladies condense her supreme true body, it might lead to the resurrection of the first generation of the Earth Mother. In that case, the Heavenly Court will face a major enemy again." Han Feng followed and persuaded Yang Xuan.

"Earth gives birth to metal, and the current Heavenly Emperor is of the Metal virtue. What's there to fear? Moreover, after Fuzu, the Heavenly Emperor's path has become more profound. Even if the Earth Mother is resurrected, what use is it?" Yang Xuan ignored him and had the Xuanhuang Dao Bing use magic to search for Xun Yi.

Seeing Yang Xuan's actions, Han Feng asked: "Your Highness is looking for Xun Yi?"

"You know?" Yang Xuan suddenly turned: "Is this also part of your plan? Wait, could it be that he is acting as the City God..."

Seeing Yang Xuan's misunderstanding, Han Feng quickly explained: "No, no, no, his role as the acting City God is Cao Hou's idea, a tradition of the Xun family. We were afraid he would cause trouble, so we deliberately chose to close the net after he left. This morning, I even reminded him to stay at home tonight to avoid stirring up trouble. I didn't expect him to run into trouble before nightfall."

After hearing this, Yang Xuan left again.

Han Feng had a thought and shouted from a distance: "The City God Temple has a map that can be used for exploration. After we close the net tonight, we can use the map and the people of the City God Temple to help you search. This way, the process will be faster than if you search alone."

Hearing this, Yang Xuan stopped and said with a righteous tone: "I've thought about it. For the sake of the city's people and all living beings, that drop of Xuanhuang blood cannot fall into the hands of the Earth Mother Temple. Even if the Earth Mother's resurrection won't disrupt the Heavenly Court's rule, it will still be a disaster."

But then he added: "After this, I need to borrow the City God Temple's divine map to find people."

Han Feng found Yang Xuan's stubbornness amusing and nodded: "Agreed."

The deal was made, and Han Feng threw a jade bottle to Yang Xuan: "King Yang had this planned. This pill can restore your divine power, and with your divine power, you should be able to handle the people of the Earth Mother Temple."

Swallowing the pill, Yang Xuan's sealed divine power was temporarily released, and divine power flowed endlessly from his heart.

"How long has it been since I felt my divine power?" Yang Xuan moved his limbs and gave the Xuanhuang Dao Bing a hard pat on the head: "You followed others to trick me, and you made my hands hurt for a while. Try that again now! See how I teach you a lesson!"

With divine power protecting him, this time hitting the Xuanhuang Dao Bing, although the Dao Bing was still unharmed, Yang Xuan wouldn't get hurt due to his weak body.

First Heaven, Second Heaven, Third Heaven, when he reached the peak of the Third Heaven, the recovery of his divine power suddenly stopped.

Yang Xuan's originally joyful expression froze: "Why just the Third Heaven?"

"The King is worried that Your Highness will cause trouble in the human world, so only part of your divine power is released. But this part is enough."

Yang Xuan grunted, said nothing, and quietly adapted to his restored divine power.

...

In the underground space, the black-clad man opened the barrier, his face changing: "How is it possible that no one is here! How did he escape?" He came in to check, secretly forming a protective shield with his magic, afraid that someone might attack him.

Suddenly, peach blossoms flew in the sky, petals falling, accompanied by the roar of a green dragon, and sword light struck down.

The man activated his protective shield to resist, but the bright peach petals fell on the shield, gradually dissolving it. The dragon's roar echoed in his ears, and in a daze, the man lost consciousness.

"Zhuo Hua Taoyao." With one strike, Xun Yi appeared, and the man fell to the ground.

Xun Yi, with his flowing robes, gracefully performed a sword flourish. The sword was adorned with a green dragon pattern, simple yet mysterious.

Xun Yi, in the posture of a swordsman, gently blew, and a petal followed the sword and was cut in half.

"To deal with you, Taoyao is enough!" Slowly, he sheathed the wooden sword at his waist, but at the last moment, his expression froze, completely breaking his composure.

"Damn! I forgot, my scabbard was taken away!" The wooden sword was about to fall but couldn't be sheathed. Xun Yi's face was awkward, not knowing whether to put it away or not.

At this moment, the soul of the green dragon returned to Xun Yi's body, roaring: "I am the green dragon, not a sword, and not to be used as a sword spirit!"

Xun Yi, without a suitable weapon, decided to use the wood qi of the wooden prison to create a wooden sword. However, this wooden sword was of poor quality, even worse than the one he usually carried, and couldn't withstand his sword intent.

Thus, Xun Yi turned to the green dragon.

Sealing the green dragon's soul into the wooden sword, the green dragon's soul, being of high quality and a divine beast of wood, immediately transformed the ordinary wooden sword into a green dragon divine sword. The sword intent Xun Yi used, combined with the green dragon's soul, increased its power, making it comparable to the Second Heaven of Tai Ming.

Xun Yi used "Invisible Concealment" to lure the man into the prison, then immediately used his sword intent and the green dragon's soul to stun the man with a single move.

Searching the man, he took out various items and carefully examined the man's clothes.

"Since I can hide a few lotus seeds, who knows if he has any hidden cards?" After some thought, Xun Yi lightly tapped the man's clothes several times with his fingertips.

Most of the fabric was made from plant materials, also belonging to the "wood" category. The clothes quickly decomposed, turning into hemp ropes that tightly bound the man and hung him in the prison.

Seeing the man hanging, the green dragon's mouth twitched. If not for Xun Yi's mercy, the man might not even have been left with his underwear.

"This way, I can ensure he has no other magical artifacts or talismans." Xun Yi looked at the hanging man with satisfaction. He was left with only his underwear, swaying in the prison.

Putting away the items left by the man, Xun Yi put them in his pocket and left the prison.

"Scary... Scary, I didn't know the so-called wood control technique could be used like this." The green dragon thought, considering silk and spider silk. "By nature, unless it's a special type of silk from a celestial silkworm, ordinary silk also belongs to the wood category. In other words, even the clothes of those divine women could be instantly disintegrated?" The green dragon's eyes grew brighter, as he had a reputation for being lecherous and had once secretly spied on celestial women bathing. Now, Xun Yi's technique opened a new world for him, inspiring him to study new techniques for his spying. "Hmm, if I master this, it could be called the Green Dragon Bursting Clothes Technique."

... Mobile users please visit http://m.piaotia.net

Previous page AD starts

Previous page AD ends