Chapter 470: The Mysterious First City Lord

The old man standing before Lingyun and the other three looked at the battle that had just drawn to a close, unable to help but wipe the cold sweat from his brow. Although this battle had not lasted very long, its intensity and the casualties were terrifying to the extreme.

At least nine of the Saint Domain participated in the battle, and six of these nine Saint Domain perished directly. Although these six people might not have belonged to the same faction, even losing a single Saint Domain was a rather heavy price for some large families to pay.

At the same time, the old man was secretly rejoicing in his heart, rejoicing that he had not made a move just now. Looking at the ruthlessness with which the clone had struck, he did not doubt for a moment that if he had also joined the fray, there would certainly be a corpse of his on the ground right now.

"Ahem, I have urgent matters to attend to, so I shall not linger here any longer." The old man offered an awkward smile to the few people present, then quickly departed from this place.

As for why the clone had simply vanished, he was in no mood to ponder it. As for why he had referred to Lingyun as the "original body," he did not think much of it either, simply hearing it as Lingyun's name. After all, the Continent was so vast that it was normal to have some rather strange names.

As for those secretly watching Lingyun and the other three, they now dared not make a move even more. In their perception, they could no longer catch any trace of the clone at all. And for such a situation to occur, it was very likely that the other party also possessed a special concealment technique, and one that could shield against the perception of Mental Power. That person wearing the Dragon Mask was already so powerful in a frontal fight; if they were to hide like an assassin and wait for an opportunity to deliver a fatal blow, how terrifying would that power be? At the mere thought of this, a chill could not help but rise in the hearts of those hiding in the shadows.

Just at this moment, the starlight around Chen Jing quietly faded away. She slowly opened her eyes, and specks of starlight flashed through them before vanishing, hiding deep within her pupils.

"It seems you have fully awakened the Star Body." Lingyun felt the powerful star energy around Chen Jing and spoke with a smile.

"Mm!" Chen Jing nodded vigorously, a flash of pleasant surprise crossing her eyes. As the possessor of the Star Body, she was the one who could best feel the current state of her own body.

Although her cultivation realm had dropped back to the Initial Xiantian stage because she had converted all the power within her body into star energy, she dared to say without exaggeration that the current her could take on three of her former self.

Chen Jing was in the room, familiarizing herself with the star energy she now possessed. Specks of starlight drifted around her, looking exceptionally brilliant.

"Lingyun, are you going out?" Su Wanyue looked at Lingyun and asked.

"Mm, I am going to the library of Yaoxing City; there may be some things I want to know there," Lingyun said.

"Could the things you want to know, Lingyun, be related to the Star Array?" Su Wanyue asked.

"That's right. There are still many doubts surrounding this Star Array, and I feel it is necessary to investigate it carefully," Lingyun nodded.

"Then we will wait for you to return at the inn; after all, we still have quite a few things to do today!" Su Wanyue said.

Lingyun pointed a finger at the center of his brow, and a translucent grinding wheel appeared in the Void: "I will temporarily manifest the Soul Grinder here; you can use it to temper your own souls."

Su Wanyue looked at the Soul Grinder suspended in mid-air and nodded at Lingyun.

After leaving the inn, Lingyun went straight to the largest library in Yaoxing City. According to the information he had gathered, this library contained historical records about Yaoxing City. Although it was unlikely to find any secrets regarding Yaoxing City here, the possibility of finding some information about the Star Array was still quite high; after all, no one in Yaoxing City knew the true purpose of the Star Array, so it was naturally unlikely that this matter would be classified as confidential.

There was a reason why Lingyun wanted to investigate the Star Array, for the feeling this Star Array gave him was truly too bizarre. One must know that this Star Array had been built nearly a thousand years ago by someone based on a blueprint of his. However, what he found eerie was that after he first came into contact with the Star Array, the array had completely accepted him, and at the same time, it had allowed him to take complete control of this Array. This was what enabled him to turn the entire Star Array into a special Domain during last night's battle, suppressing the other Saint Domain from expanding their own Domains; otherwise, that battle could not have been so easy.

The most important point in all this was that this array had not the slightest connection to him, yet after he entered the Array, it made him the person with the highest authority within it. If one were to say this was a coincidence, that was absolutely impossible. Lingyun's current thought was to see if he could find out who exactly built this Star Array and see if he could find any clues from it.

"Hmm, judging by the records in this book, the person who built this Star Array back then was the First City Lord of Yaoxing City?" Lingyun closed the book in his hand and muttered to himself.

Beside him, seven or eight books were already piled up; looking closely, the content of these books were all records concerning the history of Yaoxing City.

"The records in these books are quite consistent; the person who built this Star Array, and even Yaoxing City itself, was that First City Lord. If I hadn't read so many books, I wouldn't have imagined that Yaoxing City existed because of the Star Array, rather than the Star Array existing after Yaoxing City was built. To build an entire city for the sake of an array, that City Lord really had a grand vision!" Lingyun placed the last book onto the pile.

"However, this First City Lord of Yaoxing City is far too mysterious; there isn't much recorded in any of the books." Lingyun scratched his head, feeling somewhat troubled.

In the library, there was a Chronicles of City Lords of Yaoxing City, which recorded the information of every City Lord. To put it bluntly, it was a book written to sing the praises of the Yaoxing City Lords, but even in this book, the records regarding that First City Lord were vague and incomplete.

From those fragmented records, Lingyun drew some conclusions: this First City Lord was a woman, and her strength was extremely powerful; otherwise, she could not have established Yaoxing City single-handedly after the Millennium Holy War. Moreover, this First City Lord must have been proficient in the Dao of arrays and star energy; otherwise, it would have been impossible for her to set up the Star Array based solely on his blueprint. The most important point was that this First City Lord was highly likely not a person of this world, but a transmigrator.

But there was still one thing that could not be explained, and that was the bizarre compatibility between this Star Array and Lingyun. In a sense, this array was as if it had been tailor-made for Lingyun.

"It seems there are still many unknown secrets hidden on this First City Lord!" Lingyun returned the books on the table to the bookshelf and looked at a hanging painting in the library.

That painting was the self-portrait of the First City Lord; it was a cold and aloof woman holding a Long sword. The woman was draped in a suit of armor that shimmered with silver light, looking heroic and spirited. Behind the woman was Yaoxing City. However, Lingyun noticed a trace of disharmony in this painting, as if the painting was not originally supposed to look like this.

Specks of starlight flickered in Lingyun's eyes; it was the Star Pupil capable of seeing through falsehoods. Under the amplification of the Star Array, the ability of the Star Pupil was pushed to the limit by Lingyun, wanting to see through the truth of this painting.

In Lingyun's field of vision, layers of mist began to appear on the painting before him. After passing through this layer of mist, Lingyun finally saw the true face of the painting. The content of the painting was still a woman holding a Long sword. However, this woman was standing on a mountain peak, wearing a white palace gown, and only showing her back, making it impossible for one to see her true face.

"This person... seems to give me a familiar feeling!" Lingyun looked at the painting, unable to help but become somewhat lost in thought. However, Lingyun carefully recalled his past, only to find that there seemed to be no trace of this woman in his memories.

"Things seem to be getting interesting!" Lingyun withdrew his gaze from the self-portrait and spoke slowly.