Chapter 487

"But I feel I need to go into closed-door cultivation for a while."

"Once I come out, my strength will surely advance by leaps and bounds."

Feeling Ximen Wudi's sword at close range, Qiao Feng could clearly sense that within this sword,

a trace of sword-Dao resonance was contained!

Although he walked the path of the fist, which did not intersect with the path of the sword.

Still, this trace of sword-Dao resonance was an enormous inspiration to him.

If he did not have matters on him, he would have long gone into closed-door cultivation seeking a breakthrough.

"Uh…"

Di Shitian heard this and instantly felt speechless.

He thought of when he was with Li Taibai before, Li Taibai recalled a single sentence and achieved sudden enlightenment on the spot.

Could this Qiao Feng, whom the Great Dragon Head had not hesitated to personally rescue, also be a monstrous genius like Li Taibai?

Does it have to be this much of a blow?

After Qiao Feng left, Di Shitian took the Ice Sovereign and took the opportunity to leave as well.

He was going to find his former subordinates, the Divine General and the Divine Judge, and together with the Ice Sovereign, head to the western regions of Yunzhou,

This time, the Long Yin Cavern — he must obtain it!

After all, the reward for completing the Qinglong Society's mission was generous.

Right now, he still wished to advance one more step.

He had no hope of ever surpassing Ximen Wudi in this lifetime.

But there was still another invincible one — the one who had beaten him until he vomited blood back then.

The one who had caused the Phoenix Essence Blood he had obtained with such difficulty to be mostly exhausted.

He had never before thought of going to find him.

After all, having cultivated for a thousand years, he still could not beat a young man in his twenties.

Before Ximen Wudi, this person had always been a shadow in his heart he could not get past.

But now, he had a chance to advance further.

As long as he completed the mission, completed enough missions.

The Great Dragon Head would surely teach him how to defeat that person.

After Di Shitian left, Zhang Sanfeng also prepared to depart for closed-door cultivation.

The busyness of recent days had left his cultivation in a state of stagnation.

"Seventh Dragon Head, what do you think — if it really is as February says,"

"if there really are seven keepers of the Seven Mansions of the Azure Dragon, who should these keepers, or rather their descendants, be?"

Although Senior Xiaoyaozi had seen off the Fangri Rabbit bronze box, he had been pondering this question the whole time.

"Fourth Dragon Head, this question is actually simple."

"After the fall of the Zhou dynasty, the realm was divided into seven."

"The seven states of Qi, Chu, Yan, Qin, Zhao, Han, and Wei."

"Among them, the Great Qin Dynasty is the former State of Qin."

"South of his Xianyang city is precisely the former Zhou capital, Haojing."

"So it is very likely that the State of Qin is one of the seven keepers."

Although Zhang Sanfeng devoted his heart to cultivating the Dao, he also knew a great deal about the great trends of the world.

After joining the Qinglong Society, vast amounts of materials and intelligence were available for him to read at will.

So much so that his current breadth of knowledge was far greater than before.

"Not bad! All the secrets I've gathered about the Seven Mansions of the Azure Dragon come from the Great Qin palace's secret archives."

February looked at Zhang Sanfeng with admiration, affirming his guess.

"Then by this reasoning, Great Qin should also have a portion of the Seven Mansions of the Azure Dragon."

"Added to the Fire Rain Duke within his territory, that makes two portions."

"Another portion is with Shen Bijun of Great Song."

"Where might the remaining three portions be?"

"And who might the other six keepers, or their descendants, be?"

Senior Xiaoyaozi pondered, exchanging thoughts with the two of them.

"Fourth Dragon Head, why are you so interested in these Seven Mansions of the Azure Dragon?"

Water God Ancestor asked, puzzled.

"Even the Heavenly Dao Hundred Flowers Ranking mentions it — this is heaven-shattering power."

"And it was created by Zhou Wenwang."

"If the Great Dragon Head were here, he would not take it lightly either."

Senior Xiaoyaozi offered an explanation.

"Then how about this?"

Zhang Sanfeng suggested,

"Since Great Qin has two and Great Song has one,"

"why not send one person to Great Song and one person to the Fire Rain Duke of Great Qin."

"Perhaps this Fire Rain Duke is one of the seven keepers."

"Do you have a candidate in mind?"

The last time Qiao Feng was recommended to head to Western Xia, it was Zhang Sanfeng.

Seeing him say this now, Senior Xiaoyaozi knew perfectly well that Zhang Sanfeng had another candidate in mind.

"Exactly!"

Zhang Sanfeng spoke two names.

"Very well! Let the two of them go!"

"However, on the Great Qin side, the focus should be on intelligence gathering."

"Great Qin's strength is considerable—don't get trapped over there for nothing."

Now that things had temporarily calmed down, Senior Xiaoyaozi also wished to enter closed-door cultivation to contemplate the gains from this trip to the Hall of War.

"Good!"

Zhang Sanfeng agreed.

……

Great Song.

If Ximen Wudi were not around, then Sheng Yayu would have been the Ruthless One among the four great constables of the Liushan Sect of Great Song.

Now Sheng Yayu had been taken away by Ximen Wudi since childhood, becoming one of the Four Seasons Protectors known as "Spring Flower."

The four great constables of Great Song still existed, only the Ruthless One had been replaced by Ji Yaohua.

Since joining the four great constables, Ji Yaohua had repeatedly cracked major and critical cases together with the other three.

The Great Song court was extremely satisfied with her and had already bestowed upon her the title of Gold-Medal Constable.

For a woman to reach this step in Great Song was an exceedingly rare achievement.

Unfortunately, everything changed after the Heavenly Dao Hundred Flowers List exposed her.

The reason Ji Yaohua had been able to become a rising new star in the constable world,

was entirely due to the backing of An Shigeng, known as the "God of Wealth."

Moreover, the Heavenly Dao Hundred Flowers List made clear that the Chief Constable of the Liushan Sect who had gone missing some time ago, Constable God Liu Dufeng,

had actually been lured out by Ji Yaohua and then killed by An Yunshan.

Most critically, the reward the Heavenly Dao Hundred Flowers List gave her—the Dragon Head Token!

This reward was the most unique one the Heavenly Dao Hundred Flowers List had bestowed thus far.

Because this token could not be eaten, nor could it raise one's strength.

Its sole function was to see any member of the Qinglong Society, and to request the Qinglong Society to do one thing.

For a time, countless people went mad over it.