Chapter 629: Chapter 336 Heavenly Grotto Command, Azure Sea Blood Blade Bandit_2
He was puzzled in his heart.
What was the Heavenly Grotto?
He speculated that it mostly referred to some kind of secret realm.
Did such places exist in the Spiritual Realm?
He had never heard of it, not even in the Great Zhou’s Imperial Archives had he seen any records related to it.
“Likely some kind of secret realm thing, huh? When the Heavenly Grotto appears, the token will show it, and only then can one enter?”
Li Xuan muttered to himself.
“Just leave it to Su Lingxiu; who knows when it will show up.”
He shook his head and stopped dwelling on the issue of the Heavenly Grotto token.
Even if it were a secret realm, it didn’t hold much attraction for him, after all, the martial arts he cultivated were not those of this world, but ones he had created himself.
“Let’s continue with my grand martial arts undertaking.”
Li Xuan shook his head and continued to immerse himself in his grand martial arts undertaking, composing the Divine Skill Martial Code while contemplating the Domain Dao Principles from the Book of Taicang.
After sending Xiang Wei away, the Evergreen Pavilion also prepared to leave.
Zi Yun reluctantly returned to King Qing’s residence.
“Where to next?”
“Let’s go to Heavenly Mausoleum State; find Red Cat. I haven’t seen that chubby cat in so long I’ve actually started to miss it!”
Su Lingxiu said after some thought.
“Alright, then we’ll go to Heavenly Mausoleum State!”
The Evergreen Pavilion estate closed up, transforming into a Flying Boat that soared into the sky and vanished in the blink of an eye.
The strong ones of Great Zhou who were watching couldn’t help but sigh with admiration; the Evergreen Pavilion was indeed a Divine Artifact, and a previously unheard-of one at that.
Meanwhile, atop the city walls of the Imperial Capital of Great Zhou, Mu Qianliu watched the Flying Boat depart, catching a glimpse of that young lady’s figure from afar, and he was satisfied.
Then an angry expression appeared on his face.
“Tang Jinyan!”
As soon as Meng Shushu mentioned the Yinlou Pavilion’s assassination attempt, he realized that there must be some other reason behind it, his first thought was his own legitimate wife, Tang Jinyan.
“You deserve to die!”
Mu Qianliu turned and left, no longer planning to see Xiang Wei, no longer planning to see any lover.
He would only see Tang Jinyan one last time, to send her to her death!
Having taken the pill Meng Shushu gave him, Mu Qianliu hadn’t fully recovered, but he was no longer withered and had regained seven or eight parts of his former handsomeness.
Shui Xing Palace, Tang Jinyan was closing her doors and no longer meeting with guests.
Ever since she returned from Thousand Martial Hall, fear had been lurking in her heart; she realized that something must have happened for the Thousand Martial Lord to warn her like that.
Tang Jinyan could only stay inside Shui Xing Palace, not caring about anything else and simply practicing in silence.
She even temporarily gave up on her plans to kill Su Lingxiu.
Much to her surprise, Mu Qianliu, who had been gone for so long, actually came to Shui Xing Palace to find her. Tang Jinyan was overjoyed and rushed out to greet her husband.
A few days later.
When a family elder, representing his clan, came to visit Shui Xing Palace, hoping to curry favor with the palace and get a chance to get close to Thousand Martial Hall, he was shocked to find that Shui Xing Palace had been annihilated.
He was shocked beyond measure. This was a Spirit Sect affiliated with Thousand Martial Hall.
Who could be so brazen as to dare to annihilate Shui Xing Palace, was it the Wanshi Alliance?
But if it were the Wanshi Alliance, there seemed to be no need for such secretive actions.
The news spread, shocking Luo State, and the Mu Family as well, who sent family elders to investigate since Tang Jinyan was, nominally, Mu Qianliu’s legitimate wife.
An investigation naturally turned up nothing.
Since Tang Jinyan was dead and Mu Qianliu left no trace, after the Mu Family elders consulted, they established Mu Feiming’s mother as Mu Qianliu’s legitimate wife.
Mu Feiming rightfully became the junior family head!
With Shui Xing Palace annihilated, Thousand Martial Hall naturally sent a strong expert to investigate, a Supreme Expert elder no less, who also declared that they would definitely capture the provocative murderer.
“To quietly annihilate Shui Xing Palace without outsiders noticing a battle, the one who made the move must be a Supreme Expert!”
The Thousand Martial Lord said with a cold smile.
“Lord, could it be that the information about the Spiritual Realm Gate leaked?”
“It doesn’t matter whether it leaked or not; finding a scapegoat to establish our authority will suffice. Let’s put the Shui Xing Palace matter to rest. The other Transcendent Spirit Sects haven’t shown any signs of opening the Spiritual Realm Gate, which means the information probably hasn’t leaked.”
The Thousand Martial Lord said coldly.
Once the news leaked, such a terrifying event as the disappearance of the Spiritual Realm Gate would definitely lead the other Transcendent Spirit Sects to investigate thoroughly to confirm its accuracy.
Not long after, a famous Loose Cultivator, with peak Divine Refinement strength, was captured by Thousand Martial Hall and executed in front of all the martial artists at Shui Xing Palace.
His flesh and blood were sprinkled inside the Sect grounds of Shui Xing Palace, declaring vengeance had been claimed for the palace!
The reasoning given was that this Loose Cultivator, having coveted the resources of Shui Xing Palace, had spent nearly decades infiltrating and secretly poisoning to weaken the strength of the palace’s experts, thus silently destroying Shui Xing Palace.
All martial artists in Luo State were greatly disturbed; this Loose Cultivator had audacious courage.
Meanwhile, other Spirit Sects and noble families were suddenly fearful, initiating a thorough internal investigation.
…
The Azure Sea was vast with no end in sight.
Compared to the eighteen states of the Spiritual Realm, the vast Azure Sea had relatively fewer martial artists, and sects were few and far between, with only some well-known islands being home to martial artists.
Centered on Yuntian Azure Sea City, Spirit Sects and noble families were scattered in all directions, and that area of the sea was known as the Yuntian Sea Region.
The Yuntian Sea Region was undoubtedly the busiest sea region in the Azure Sea, with human clan martial artists as well as members of the Sea Spirit Tribe residing there.
Beyond the Yuntian Sea Region, there naturally existed some Spirit Sects and noble families, with martial artists coming and going.
A large boat was sailing on the Azure Sea, heading to Yuntian Azure Sea City for trading to obtain needed items.