The strange phenomena at Qingzhong quickly spread throughout the entire Snow Forbidden City.
Based on Deep Sea’s simulation of the Transcendent Aura outside the tomb, although the tomb was enveloped by Blazing Light, there were no strong vibrations of Extraordinary Essence... In other words, the tomb had regained stability.
Soon, a Transcendent entered the tomb’s Golden Gate... but the next second, they lost contact with Deep Sea.
The high-rank characters of the three institutions and five major families held a spiritual meeting at the first opportunity.
Amidst the meeting, a series of phantoms took their seats, obscured by the hazy Spiritual Radiance, so no one could see each other’s facial expressions clearly.
Once the meeting began, Mr. Shan was the first to speak, his voice full of anger and shock.
"What exactly is going on with Qingzhong?"
As he said this, he turned his head to look in the direction of Gu Lushen.
His words were directed at Gu Lushen.
Clearly... there was an anomaly at Qingzhong, and he believed it was related to Gu Lushen since the only person who had recently ventured into the tomb was Gu Lushen himself.
Moreover, the Tomb Guardian Master had some "disagreements" with him.
All the high-rank characters present were aware of the Array Patterns turbulence that had erupted over the tomb.
"I’m sorry... don’t look at me with those eyes, I’m not informed."
Gu Lushen spoke indifferently, "Based on the footage captured by Deep Sea, Qingzhong seemed to have experienced a massive explosion of Extraordinary Essence, but who knows what the cause was? Maybe the Array Patterns were in disrepair due to age, maybe Qianye was negligent, or perhaps... there was simply too much Extraordinary Essence, exceeding the load that the tomb could bear."
"Qianye was negligent?"
Mr. Shan sneered and shook his head sarcastically, "The likelihood of such a thing happening is even smaller than that of the Outer Continent Divine Throne attacking Qingzhong!"
Gu Lushen fell silent for two seconds then softly said, "In short, I’m not clear about what happened... As for the situation inside the tomb, haven’t people already gone to investigate?"
Deep Sea immediately played another segment of footage.
The Holy Light Barrier above the tomb, a heavy machine burst apart and exploded, finally bursting into bright and intense flames.
"This footage... was captured about ten minutes after the great explosion occurred, when there were still aftershocks lingering above the tomb and the Extraordinary Essence vibrations had not yet completely subsided."
Gu Lushen calmly stated, "The occupant inside that heavy machine was Gu Qilin."
Several Family Heads’ expressions became grave.
"Gu Qilin?" Mr. Shan looked at the last burst of light and flames, a foreboding feeling in his heart, he murmured, "This guy didn’t... "
"Don’t worry; that old man isn’t so easy to kill."
Gu Lushen spoke softly, "Inside the Gu Family Ancestral Hall, there’s a sealed object that can sense the spirit status of family key personnel. So far, that sealed object has not emitted any unusual fluctuations, so I believe... he has successfully entered the tomb. It’s just that the tomb interior completely blocks Deep Sea’s signal, so he hasn’t been able to contact us."
Mr. Shan relaxed slightly.
Gu Qilin held two major positions; the loss of such a figure... would be a tremendous blow to Changye.
So far, the "high-rank characters" seating at this meeting still believed that the explosion at Qingzhong was just an accidental supernatural phenomenon.
Their current goal at the meeting was to aid Qingzhong in returning to normal while minimizing casualties.
"What are these things?"
Bai Xiaochi also raised his hand.
He released another segment of footage.
It was before the "Golden Gate" of the tomb appeared, countless meteors crossed the long night, creating splendid fireworks seen by many, and causing quite a stir on the deep water area forum.
Some people thought these were really meteors, making wishes after witnessing them with their own eyes.
Powerful Transcendents could clearly see the oddity in the video footage; these "light fires" were skimming across Changye’s sky with very clear intent and at high speed, finally crashing directly into Qingzhong.
After which the Golden Gate was born, and the tomb regained stability.
This... how could it possibly be "meteors"?
"I’m sorry, everyone..."
The voice of Zhou Wei was somewhat heavy as he slowly spoke, "The ’meteors’ that crossed Changye’s sky were actually Flame Dream."
"Just now, there was a disturbance in the Security Committee Building’s control room. ’Flame Dream,’ a gift from Lord Divine, seemed to have gained consciousness and escaped the confinement of the Purple Silver Sealed Box, hence... this scene."
The once solemn meeting suddenly became restless.
What these "meteors" were wasn’t difficult to track; it wouldn’t take long for Deep Sea’s database to trace their point of origin... and after leading to the Security Committee Building, one could guess what these things were.
But... this news was still too shocking.
Even Gu Lushen and Zhu Wang exchanged glances with each other.
This was an "object" outside of their plans.
No one could have expected Flame Dream to leave the Security Committee Building on its own and head to the tomb. Was this by Lord Divine’s intention?
Only at this moment did everyone begin to think about more profound questions.
That is... was it possible that the events at Qingzhong were related to Lord Divine?
"We need to establish contact with the Tomb Guardian..."
Gong Family Master Gong Qing immediately spoke out.