Chapter 1566: Confirm It's Him!

However, just at this moment, firelight flickered in the nearby mountain forest, and the sound of wings flapping came from the sky.

The pursuers were here.

The spirit-gathering array suddenly recovered, and those in the know must have rushed to the array eye to check immediately!

"Hold on for a moment!" Bai Ziqi requested of everyone, "At least until the Lamp Spirit successfully finds the trail!"

Everyone responded in unison.

"There, over there!" Shouts and shadows surged in the bushes, and more than twenty people rushed out.

Bai Qi flicked his hand at them, throwing out seventeen or eighteen iron lotus seeds.

They were the same size as real lotus seeds, flying faster and faster after leaving his hand. When they approached the opponent, they suddenly collided at high speed, and only a series of loud explosions were heard, and they exploded.

There were countless small steel beads in each iron lotus seed, which took advantage of the situation to explode in all directions.

More than twenty people were overturned by the explosion in screams, two of whom were unlucky enough to have their eyes blinded, and the rest were shocked and angry, raising their weapons and rushing up.

The Tiangong group took action and knocked them to the ground in a dozen breaths. Seeing that the situation was not good, the remaining two turned to flee, and the page boy flicked his hand to shoot a golden light, cutting them in half at the waist.

Enemies like this came in three waves within half an hour.

The later it got, the more people there were and the harder it was to fight.

There were also multi-colored fireworks rising in the night sky nearby, indicating that the Xiaoyao Sect or Lingshan was gathering people here, preparing to take down the uninvited guests.

Bai Ziqi often lowered his head to check the purple-gold plate, his face heavy.

Still haven't found it.

There was a sudden buzzing sound behind him, and the page boy immediately shouted: "Lord, the Emperor's scale!"

The cyan scale embedded in the stone wall trembled twice, and a crack suddenly appeared on the surface with a snap.

Bai Ziqi's face changed: "Not good, the scale can't bear the pressure of the array!"

How heavy is this spirit-gathering array that even the Emperor's scale can't bear it!

Conversely, what kind of divine object was originally suppressed in the array eye to support such a large array year after year! "Wait a little longer." Having finally activated the array, Bai Ziqi had to get a result.

But after fifty breaths, there were two more cracks on the cyan scale with a snap.

Then the speed of its cracking became faster and faster, and in a blink of an eye, there were seven or eight cracks. The page boy said anxiously: "Lord Envoy, the cyan scale is about to break!"

Bai Ziqi looked at the purple-gold plate and sighed, pulling the cyan scale out with force: "Let's go." It was too late anyway, and he had best leave quickly before the other party's main force arrived at the battlefield.

Bai Ziqi did not intend to fight Lingshan on the other party's territory.

Fortunately, Bai Mao Mountain is truly vast. After leaving the pebble beach, the Tiangong group took the opportunity to knock out the bird scouts in the sky and the monsters hidden in the bushes, avoiding the eyes and ears of the pursuers.

A day and a half later, they left Bai Mao Mountain without incident and returned to the small town at the foot of the Xiaoyao Sect.

"Go to Keshan." Bai Ziqi didn't rest either and ordered everyone to set off immediately.

The commotion they made on Bai Mao Mountain was not small. Once the Xiaoyao Sect reacted, they would likely blockade the surrounding villages and towns and conduct strict searches.

Once the cyan scale cracked, their operation on Bai Mao Mountain was over. In the treasure chest Bai Ziqi brought out, he couldn't find a treasure more suitable for activating the spirit-gathering array than the Demon Emperor's cyan scale for the time being.

They didn't come back empty-handed from this trip; at least they knew the lair—no, the cave—of the Thousand Illusions True Person was in the northeast direction.

As for the changes the Thousand Illusions True Person made to the Great Tiangang Array, Bai Ziqi always felt that there was a mystery hidden within.

It still takes time to study it carefully.

There is one more thing:

Who took away the divine object in the array eye of the spirit-gathering array?

Was this person unintentional, or was he intentionally dealing with the Thousand Illusions True Person?

From his experiment of successfully activating the spirit-gathering array, it can be known that this divine object is indeed related to the fallen Dragon God.

Hmm, Dragon God.

This series of changes that have occurred on the Glittering Gold Plain seems to be related to the legendary Black Dragon God, not just the Great Emperor of the Nine Netherworlds' own claims.

Strange phenomena occur frequently.

Could it be that the Dragon God has truly reincarnated?

Thinking of this, Bai Ziqi couldn't help but smile and shook his head.

After returning to the town, the divine attendants he had previously sent to Xuncheng to investigate clues also returned and were waiting for him in the town. Upon meeting, they presented a letter.

"Lord Envoy, this is the people and things Nangong Yan contacted ten days before his death. We found a person who joined the Bo Nation Feather Guard only last year and was also under Nangong Yan's command. Although he was not Nangong Yan's confidant, he basically knew a little bit about the actions of Nangong and the Feather Guard." The divine attendant continued, "He hadn't joined the Feather Guard for long and had no enemies. After the Bo Nation fell, he stayed in Xuncheng to open a food store."

Bai Ziqi took the letter and unfolded it, and it was densely packed.

It seems Nangong Yan was also a busy person before his death; he had so many arrangements in ten days.

Most of them were Nangong Yan's arrangements for the Feather Guard's actions, and others included meeting the monarch in the palace, killing and interrogating, etc.

Bai Ziqi scanned with his divine sense and didn't see any familiar names, so he asked: "What happened on the day Nangong Yan was killed?"

"Suppression of the remnants of the Mai Party." The divine attendant had also asked the Feather Guard in detail, and at this time, he said everything one by one. "Surrounded and killed more than a dozen Mai Party members in an inn in Xuncheng, leaving no survivors."

"Mai Party?"

"The Bo Nation's high official Mai Liansheng was beheaded by the Bo King for treason many years ago. Later, the people of the Bo Nation often made trouble in the name of Mai Liansheng, and Nangong Yan called them the 'Mai Party'." The divine attendant said, "Those dozen or so Mai Party members were very powerful. This narrator participated in the encirclement and was seriously injured, and many other Feather Guards were killed. The leader of this batch of Mai Party members even shouted that they were the Shadow Tooth Guards of the Mou Nation, and that Nangong Yan would definitely pay the price for acting against them!"

"Then Nangong Yan went into the palace."

"Shadow Tooth Guards? Nangong Yan killed the Shadow Tooth Guards of the Mou Nation?" Bai Ziqi frowned. "No wonder, the Shadow Tooth Guards are the personal guards of the Mou Emperor, and the Mou Nation couldn't swallow this breath. What happened later?"

"After Nangong Yan came out of the Bo Royal Palace, he took a large number of elites and left in a hurry, saying that there were still Mai Party remnants on the run." The divine attendant continued, "This person was seriously injured and didn't go, so he wasn't hung on the city wall of the pass."

Oh, so Nangong Yan went to chase the fleeing Shadow Tooth Guards that day, and ended up being counter-killed outside the pass?

That has nothing to do with the Great Emperor of the Nine Netherworlds.

Bai Ziqi was inevitably disappointed, but investigating a case is never that coincidental, where one investigation hits the mark?

The page boy asked in a low voice: "Lord Envoy, where are we going now?"

They had just killed quite a few people on Bai Mao Mountain, so this small town is not a place to stay for long.

Bai Ziqi thought for a while before saying: "Go northeast, track the Thousand Illusions True Person, and stop by Keshan on the way."

Between two evils, of course, the Thousand Illusions True Person is more important and more important to the Tiangong and the Heavenly Gods.

In this process, he can also track the Great Emperor of the Nine Netherworlds.

But he didn't know that when they were replenishing food and water in the town, someone happened to walk into the restaurant from outside. Upon turning his head, he saw him, and his gaze froze.

But this person disguised it very well, only looked at it once and then moved his gaze away, went to buy wine and cooked food, and chatted with the waiter for a few words.

Afterwards, Bai Ziqi and his party boarded the carriage and headed east quickly.

The main street is only a hundred zhang from the east end to the west end. Seeing that they left the town in a blink of an eye, the person behind raised his head and whistled. A thrush bird fell from the roof of the shed, and he pointed to Bai Ziqi's carriage: "Follow them, be careful, the other party has sharp spiritual senses."

The thrush flapped its wings and flew up, trailing far behind Bai Ziqi's carriage.

After sending out the bird demon to follow, this person immediately got up and rushed to the Xiaoyao Sect to request an audience with Sect Master Li.

Sect Master Li was listening to the news from the back mountain and came out to see him halfway: "Mr. Peng, was the journey smooth? You arrived early."

The Xiaoyao Sect originally had a bad relationship with the Bo Nation, but after the Bo Nation fell, You Enguang took power and established the Peng Nation. The Xiaoyao Sect participated in the coup to a certain extent, and its relationship with the Mou Nation became closer. The people sent by the Mou Nation either stayed in Xuncheng or were stationed in the Xiaoyao Sect.

This Mr. Peng is a guest from the Mou Nation. Sect Master Li knew he was coming, but didn't expect him to be more than half a month early.

Mr. Peng said sternly: "Did something happen on Bai Mao Mountain?"

Sect Master Li was startled: "Someone broke in, and the person hasn't been caught yet. How did Mr. Peng..."

How did he know? "Do you know what the origin is?"

Sect Master Li was a bit ashamed: "Injured more than thirty of my sect members, and even the guards sent by your country on Bai Mao Mountain suffered casualties, but we haven't mastered the information of the invaders, except that the other party can use small fire spirits to search for giant fern trees."

"Fire spirits? Did you catch them?"

"Caught them, but they went out halfway." Sect Master Li turned his head and gave an order, and soon someone brought several square porcelain boxes. Opening them, they were all grayish-white residues. "A total of seven fire spirits, this is the semi-oily paste substance after they went out."

"Candle oil and charcoal residue." Mr. Peng's face was heavy. "Sure enough, it's him!"

Without waiting for Sect Master Li to ask, he said directly: "Just now I saw uninvited guests in the town, from the Tiangong of Lingxu City."

Sect Master Li's face changed drastically.

The one who disturbed Bai Mao Mountain earlier was someone from the Tiangong?

"He is also here for the newly appeared array?" The Xiaoyao Sect has been established for more than a hundred years and has occupied Bai Mao Mountain for more than a hundred years, but only recently discovered that there is a hidden array on Bai Mao Mountain! When was this array built and who built it? Sect Master Li wanted to inquire, but the Mou Nation always didn't mention it, saying that this was a secret passed down from ancient times and was not enough to be told to outsiders.

Sect Master Li, who was classified as an "outsider," didn't ask much, knowing his own weight.

"Mostly likely. Otherwise, why would the Tiangong send people here, and still be a strong person of the level of the Metropolitan Envoy?" Mr. Peng spoke very fast. "I remember you have a spirit bird, the Golden-Crowned Crane, in your mountain, which is much faster than ordinary bird demons. I want to borrow it to send a flying message."

He didn't ask Sect Master Li to send people to pursue the Metropolitan Envoy.

The Xiaoyao Sect didn't have that ability. ===== CHAPTER 1567 =====

He did not ask Sect Master Li to send men to pursue the Cloud Envoy.

The Carefree Sect did not have that capability.