Chapter 40: The Second Imperial Prince

Next, Cang Cang Yin Yue returned to the room in the courtyard to interrogate that armored soldier.

However, before leaving, she strongly urged Li Musheng to throw the Hidden Assassination Order as far away as possible.

Li Musheng remained unmoved.

He leaped back onto the roof, looked up at the moonlight in the sky, and shook his head.

Is there truly anyone in this world capable of killing him?

"Only three assassinations so far. Hidden Assassination Pavilion, I hope you keep your word and prove at least somewhat useful to me."

A stick of incense later, Cang Cang Yin Yue walked out of the room, looking slightly weary.

"I've mostly cleared everything up. He does not possess the key to the Emperor Tianqi Secret Treasury."

Cang Cang Yin Yue looked at Li Musheng, who had descended from the roof, and said:

"However, he did confess some clues related to the key."

"What clues?"

Li Musheng was not surprised by this result; in fact, he did not think his luck was good enough to happen upon a remnant of Great Qi and immediately gain something.

"These Great Qi remnants publicly belong to a faction called 'Qingshan Tower'. Over the years, they have never given up searching for the Emperor Tianqi Secret Treasury."

Cang Cang Yin Yue spoke slowly, then shook her head again, saying:

"However, although this person holds a certain status within Qingshan Tower, matters regarding the Emperor Tianqi Secret Treasury are high-level secrets known only to the elite. He knows little, only that there should be one or two keys in Shangyang City, and one of those keys seems to be related to the Second Imperial Prince."

"The Second Imperial Prince?" Li Musheng raised an eyebrow.

Cang Cang Yin Yue nodded lightly, then narrowed her eyes slightly, saying:

"You should remember the two subordinates of General Wu'an we met on the way here, and General Wu'an is a man of the Second Imperial Prince."

"Among all the Imperial Princes, besides the legitimate eldest son, the First Imperial Prince, the Second Imperial Prince and that Fake Seventh Imperial Prince are the most likely to contend for the position of Crown Prince."

Speaking thus, Cang Cang Yin Yue explained to Li Musheng:

"The Second Imperial Prince's martial arts talent is not even inferior to that Fake Seventh Imperial Prince; he is merely obsessed with scheming and ambition, devoting more energy to developing his own faction. Yet even so, he is a true Grandmaster of the Wudao Sect realm."

Seemingly fearing Li Musheng would obsess over finding the key to the Emperor Tianqi Secret Treasury and do something unwise, Cang Cang Yin Yue thought for a moment, then reminded him with a serious face:

"As far as I know, the Second Imperial Prince's residence houses a group of martial experts as advisors, including no shortage of martial masters stationed there; it is no different from a dragon's pool or a tiger's den."

"More importantly, every Imperial Prince of Great Li has experts from the palace secretly protecting them. I advise you best not to act rashly."

Hearing this, Li Musheng stroked his chin thoughtfully and nodded slowly.

Seeing this, Cang Cang Yin Yue immediately felt slightly relieved, thinking the other party had taken her words to heart.

However, the next moment, she heard Li Musheng ask:

"Then where is the Second Imperial Prince's residence?"

Cang Cang Yin Yue: "???"

Li Musheng saw the strange look in the other's eyes, waved his hand, and said:

"Rest assured, the information from that Great Qi remnant is ambiguous; I naturally will not easily startle the snake. I was just asking casually."

Cang Cang Yin Yue frowned tightly, seeming somewhat unconvinced by his words.

Li Musheng, with a thoughtful expression, thought for a moment and said:

"My suggestion is still to start with the Qingshan Tower faction. It is not too late to act after capturing important figures of the Great Qi remnants and obtaining confirmed information."

"Moreover, didn't you just say there might be more than one key in Shangyang City? Perhaps those people know where the other key is?"

Hearing this, Cang Cang Yin Yue stared at Li Musheng for a while, then finally sighed lightly.

Although Li Musheng said this, his words clearly showed he had no intention of giving up on going to the Second Imperial Prince's residence.

However, she truly had no way to stop the other party; after all, she could not defeat him, and his true identity was that of an Imperial Prince.

So she could only say:

"Regarding the situation with Qingshan Tower, I will inform the Six Gates tomorrow to have their people investigate. Once there is progress, I will notify you immediately."

"And I have only one request: before your identity as the Seventh Imperial Prince is confirmed, do not act rashly. The Second Imperial Prince's residence is absolutely no safe place; if anything happens, I cannot save you."

Li Musheng shrugged, his gaze shifting to the room in the courtyard, and asked:

"Besides this, did that fellow confess anything else?"

Hearing this, Cang Cang Yin Yue nodded slightly and said:

"This is also what I wanted to tell you next. The purpose of this person infiltrating the Aurora Pavilion was indeed to kill the true Seventh Imperial Prince and retaliate against the Great Li imperial family, but this was not their most important goal."

"Their true plan was to create chaos within the Aurora Pavilion to attract the attention of various factions in the capital, while actually intending to secretly infiltrate 'Dragon Abyss Lake' to steal the 'Imperial Dragon Divine Sword'."

"Imperial Dragon Divine Sword? What is that?" Li Musheng looked puzzled.

Cang Cang Yin Yue's eyes shifted slightly, and she explained in a deep voice:

"Great Qi once gathered the world's top smiths and expended countless resources to forge five divine artifacts to suppress the dynasty's fortune."

"When Great Qi fell, those five divine artifacts were divided among five nations; the Imperial Dragon Divine Sword obtained by Great Li was one of them."

Hearing this, Li Musheng immediately felt a spark of curiosity and asked:

"What is special about the Imperial Dragon Divine Sword? Why would those Great Qi remnants risk everything to obtain that thing?"

Cang Cang Yin Yue blinked her eyelashes lightly, looked at him, and said:

"Since it is called a divine artifact, it naturally has supernatural qualities. Besides the legend that it gathers the fortune of the world, and that gathering all five divine artifacts allows one to dominate the world,"

"every divine artifact is a divine weapon sought after by martial artists everywhere, possessing immense power beyond comprehension."

Speaking thus, a gleam of sharpness appeared in Cang Cang Yin Yue's eyes as she said:

"Once, a ranking of weapons under heaven circulated in the martial world; twenty-three weapons were listed, and all five of Great Qi's divine artifacts were included."

"Moreover, I have also heard a rumor..."

At this, Cang Cang Yin Yue paused, and Li Musheng hurriedly asked:

"What rumor is it?"

"It is said that if anyone can gain the approval of any one of these five divine artifacts, as long as their cultivation has reached the Pre-Heaven Realm, they can leap across three realms in a single night and directly step into the Heaven-and-Mortal Realm."

Cang Cang Yin Yue's gaze burned, her eyes filled with longing.

Hearing this, Li Musheng frowned:

"I thought it was something else?"

However, he thought again and could not help but nod slightly:

"This sounds quite mysterious; for those who have never stepped into the Heaven-and-Mortal Realm, it indeed holds considerable appeal."

Immediately, he looked at Cang Cang Yin Yue and asked:

"Is this true?"

Cang Cang Yin Yue shook her head and said:

"It is merely a rumor; the truth of this matter is likely known only to you imperial family members."

(End of this chapter)