Chapter 905

Cangqu was trustworthy enough at present, so she nodded and agreed.

Cangqu didn't make any excessive movements either; he flicked a wisp of true essence into the air and channeled it into Wu Zetian's meridians.

The very next instant, Wu Zetian felt sensation return to her lower limbs.

She immediately rose joyfully from the Long Yi, took a few steps back and forth.

Then she said to Cangqu,

"Lord Tianmo, you have performed a meritorious service in saving me this time. Once I return to Great Tang, I will certainly reward you handsomely."

Cangqu was also quite pleased in his heart, although the reward from the Great Tang Empress was, no matter what, not as tempting as the Qinglong Society mission reward.

But Great Tang was, after all, Cangqu's foundation for standing in the world today.

"Many thanks for Your Majesty's great kindness."

Cangqu cupped his hands and politely declined.

"Enough, let's not speak of this for now. Quickly take me to find Shangguan Wan'er, and then we'll head back immediately to settle the score with that wretched woman."

Wu Zetian was still worried about Shangguan Wan'er; not seeing her for so long, she didn't know how her trusted confidante and close friend was faring now.

Cangqu nodded, then shook his head and said,

"Your Majesty, finding Shangguan, my lord, is not difficult, but I cannot immediately return with you."

"Oh? Why?"

Wu Zetian asked.

"Great Tang has already accepted a Qinglong Society mission, to come to this world and slay that monk Wang Faming.

If we don't complete it, I'm afraid…"

The consequences of not completing the mission, Cangqu left tactfully unsaid.

How could Wu Zetian not know, given the Qinglong Society's overbearing nature, what they would do.

But speaking of the Qinglong Society, she again felt quite indignant.

Clearly she had finally Daidaoji Society, sneaking out of the Great Ming Palace, preparing to head to the Qinglong Society.

Yet just because of that wretched woman, she had been fated to miss the Qinglong Society by a hair's breadth.

"Fine! The Qinglong Society mission is important; let's go find Wan'er first.

Once we find her, we can talk about these things then—it won't be too late."

Wu Zetian didn't press the matter, she only wanted to find Shangguan Wan'er as soon as possible.

"Your Majesty, please wait a moment."

Cangqu naturally knew that saving Wu Zetian counted as one merit, and saving Shangguan Wan'er would be another.

Two merits, although for him there was nowhere left to rise.

But his position in Great Tang would become even more secure, and the cultivation resources he obtained would naturally be greater.

At once he walked over to the palace maids prostrating on the ground, trembling all over.

"Don't kill me, I'll tell you every—"

The palace maid, thinking Cangqu had come to interrogate her, immediately spoke up nervously.

But how could Cangqu ever do something like interrogation; he directly released the demonic seed's strange power, invaded her sea of consciousness, and devoured her entire sea of consciousness whole.

He then searched her consciousness, and couldn't help but frown.

Without much talk, he walked toward another palace maid.

That palace maid saw Cangqu merely glance at the palace maid beside her, and that companion of hers instantly went blank-eyed, falling into a stupor.

Once Cangqu left, her companion collapsed to the ground like a puddle of mud, limp and boneless.

How could this palace maid not know that Cangqu's methods were even more terrifying than verbal coercion.

At once she said in terror,

"Don't kill me, don't kill me, I truly don't know about Shangguan—"

But her words, likewise unfinished, Cangqu once again activated the demonic seed's strange power, repeating the same trick, devouring her entire sea of consciousness.

This time too, he gained no satisfactory harvest.

Cangqu then frowned, and swiftly devoured the remaining palace maids, every last one.

After searching through their memories for a while, he slowly closed his eyes.

"What? Did you find Wan'er or not?"

Wu Zetian, as the Great Tang Empress, naturally knew some of the Tianmo's methods.

Actually, devouring the sea of consciousness was still a crude method of the Tianmo Cangqu; what was truly more terrifying was his ability to control others' seas of consciousness, making them become his puppets without anyone knowing.

But this time, after Cangqu finished devouring, Wu Zetian could tell his expression was not good.

"No."

Sure enough, Cangqu shook his head and said,

"These palace maids' status is too low; not a single one had any contact with Shangguan, my lord."

"Damnable! Then let's go find their Three Dukes and Nine Ministers, the Chief Eunuch of the palace, the head of the female officials, and the like.

I refuse to believe they too don't know any news of Wan'er."

Wu Zetian was furiously indignant, and immediately prepared to take Cangqu and leave.

In any case, this was Great Zhou, not her Great Tang.

Since that wretched woman had offended her, Wu Zetian did not mind stirring this place into utter chaos.

"Your Majesty! Although they have no news of Shangguan, my lord's whereabouts."

Cangqu, however, did not move, merely saying with a strange expression,

"But according to what they meant, that monk Wang Faming would know where Shangguan, my lord, went."

"Him? Didn't he say Wan'er was taken away by the Shangguan Wan'er here?"

Wu Zetian recalled what Fa Ming had said to her some days before.

Then she thought again — this Fa Ming had placed her under house arrest, clearly with no good intentions, so how could he possibly have told her the truth?

"That bald thief — hurry, Lord Tianmo, let's go find trouble with this bald thief."

"Good! Your Majesty, follow me."

Cang Xu, using the Tianmo Domain, swept Wu Zetian up, then shot upward like the wind and lightning.

Once the Tianmo Domain was activated, he could rely on the wisp of Tianmo power left in Fa Ming's body to lock onto Fa Ming's whereabouts.

Since Shangguan Wan might also have fallen into Fa Ming's hands, Cang Xu naturally did not hesitate.

Pushing with full force, he sped off in pursuit of Fa Ming's direction.

He had not flown long before he saw, in the distant Shenshan, a stretch of Zen courtyods standing among them.

Cang Xu understood — that must be Fa Ming's lair, the Monk King Temple!

In his heart he cared nothing for it; even Fa Ming was no match for him, so what was there to fear about this Monk King Temple.

He immediately brought Wu Zetian and descended straight into the Monk King Temple.

The moment they landed, he immediately released the Tianmo Domain, searching all around the Zen courtyard.

Yet he discovered that within the entire Zen courtyard there were only five human figures, and Fa Ming's trace was gone.

"Oh? This little monk does have some tricks! He can actually evade this seat's search."

Cang Xu frowned slightly — that Fa Ming could escape the pursuit of his Tianmo power was truly beyond his expectations.

"Amitabha. Who is the visitor, what is your name, and why do you trespass on Fomen's pure ground?"

Just as Cang Xu was feeling somewhat puzzled, a Buddhist invocation rang out, and an old monk with white brows and white beard slowly emerged from the shadows of the Buddha hall.

As he appeared, from the other three directions three more old monks also appeared.

In the pavilion above the speaking old monk, there was a graceful figure, hidden behind the window shutters.

"Oh? Supreme Mythical Realm mid-stage! And four of them?"

Cang Xu had not thought much of it at first, but he discovered that after these four old monks appeared, they had subtly taken up the positions of the Four Symbols, as if forming a formation.

And the graceful figure on the second floor completed the last flaw in this formation.

Feeling it was somewhat interesting, he sensed briefly and immediately discovered that all four old monks were at the Supreme Mythical Realm mid-stage!

"Who exactly are you? Why, clad top to bottom in unorthodox demonic arts, do you still dare to trespass into the orthodox sect's forbidden ground?"

While Cang Xu was sensing them, the old monk at the eastern end, who was carrying a Zen staff, also sensed Cang Xu briefly.

That single sensing naturally revealed the Tianmo Domain spread all around Cang Xu!