abnabooks Chapter 2723 Taking a Step Back and Asking About the Next Thing
Chapter 2723 Taking a Step Back and Asking About the Next Thing
Chapter 2723 Taking a Step Back and Asking About the Next Thing
He strode out of the secret realm, filled his usual drinking bowl with some water, and then took out a small wooden puppet from his pocket.
The puppet was dark brown, its surface covered with red lines resembling human veins, giving it an eerie appearance at first glance. Mingke the Immortal ignited a spark of true fire at his fingertips, reducing it to ashes.
Remote communication techniques usually require both parties to possess corresponding magical artifacts in order to receive each other's messages.
If you need to contact additional people temporarily, you'll have to use some unconventional methods, such as sacrificial communication techniques.
An evil spirit dwells within this puppet. Immortal Mingke can use fire to sacrifice it, thus enabling him to temporarily locate people, even those thousands of miles apart.
When it caught fire, the puppet suddenly screamed, and the listener felt as if the sound of a demon was piercing their brain.
The wood ash fell into the bowl, and Immortal Mingke quickly stirred it a few times while muttering incantations.
Once the water calmed down, another face was reflected on the surface:
Liu Qingdao is the leader of the Cangyan Kingdom and the Yuan Division.
Elder Liu.
Liu Qingdao was somewhat surprised to see Immortal Mingke. He was working in the Bingyuan Division when suddenly ripples appeared in the air, indicating that someone was looking for him in the distance.
"Immortal Mingke?" He reacted immediately. "Is something wrong on the Earth Mother Plain?"
Liu Qingdao knew that Ming Ke was an immortal residing in the Earth Mother Plain, usually communicating directly with the Emperor and rarely dealing with the Bingyuan Division. The fact that Immortal Ming Ke had suddenly sought him out meant that things were not simple.
"An emergency has suddenly occurred, but I cannot contact the Emperor."
"The Emperor is currently in seclusion in Lingxu Cave and must not be disturbed." The Nine Nether Emperor sometimes uses seclusion as an excuse to go out, but this time he is truly in seclusion in Lingxu Cave in the Crimson Cloud Golden Palace. "Minister Du will handle state affairs, and I will take care of extraordinary matters."
He will temporarily take charge of matters involving immortal sects, demonic beasts, and various extraordinary affairs.
"Huh?" Immortal Mingke rubbed his hands together upon hearing the words "No Disturbance Allowed".
The Emperor often went into seclusion, but he never said "no disturbance allowed." This shows that this seclusion was very important, and neither of them dared to imagine how they would bear the Emperor's wrath if they were disturbed without cause.
Of course, Liu Qingdao didn't know the real reason either. He Lingchuan chose to go into seclusion at this time because, on the one hand, the affairs of the country were proceeding in an orderly manner and there were no urgent matters. On the other hand, the more important reason was that the war in the Panlong World had reached a critical juncture of life and death.
He Lingchuan no longer had the immunity to death, and he had to go all out in the Panlong World.
In order to focus on the task at hand, he had no choice but to go into seclusion to deal with it.
Whether Panlongcheng can reverse its predetermined fate, and whether the soldiers and civilians of the wasteland can survive this merciless war, depends on this final battle!
Immortal Mingke was glad that he hadn't continued to wait idly: "We arrived at Kunlonghu five days ago, and the Earth Mother began to hibernate. But right now, the Crown Prince of Shen is chasing after Zhao Shuo, the defeated general of Baling, towards Kunlonghu, vowing to kill him to avenge the killing of his son! When Ling Jinbao got close to observe, he asked us to help him chase and kill Zhao Shuo."
His report had never been so efficient; he finished explaining the whole story in no time, and then said, "Elder Liu, could you give me some advice?"
Liu Qingdao's pen suddenly stopped.
The five sentences from Immortal Mingke contained a lot of information, and he needed to calm down.
He knew that Immortal Mingke wanted to ask whether or not to help Prince Yue, and whether the Earth Mother Plain should intervene in the war between Shen Kingdom and Baling.
Many countries have recognized that the Earth Mother Plain belongs to Cang Yan.
Therefore, its appearance and action, to some extent, represent Cang Yan's intervention.
If it were any other general from the State of Shen chasing after the enemy, the Earth Mother could and should certainly ignore it. But since it concerns the death of Crown Prince Yue of the State of Shen and the hatred of the Emperor's nephew, if they stand idly by, will the Emperor punish them after he comes out of seclusion and learns what happened?
When he spoke again, his first question wasn't to He Yue, but to the Earth Mother:
Why did Mother Earth go to the Dragon-Trapping Cave to hibernate?
Because of the agreement, even He Lingchuan rarely inquired about the Earth Mother's whereabouts, and Liu Qingdao had no control over it either, only knowing that it was running around aimlessly all over the world.
That's good, because the more it does whatever it wants, the less others can figure out its path.
"Kunlonghu is the birthplace of the Earth Mother, where it must gather the nutrients it needs. As long as it carries the plains on its back, it must return every now and then."
Liu Qingdao frowned.
Does the Earth Mother have to return to the Dragon-Trapping Ridge every so often? There are clues to this.
"How long is 'every period of time'? Please be more specific."
“We asked, but Mother Earth only said that she must return here to rest and replenish herself when she is exhausted. It can take anywhere from seventy or eighty years to a little over ten years, depending on the situation. Oh, except when the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is depleted, in which case she is completely asleep underground and consumes almost nothing, so she doesn’t need to come back.”
"So, this is the first time it has returned to the Dragon-Trapping Ridge since it awoke from its long slumber?"
"Yes."
Liu Qingdao felt a slight sense of relief. During Shangguan Biao's control of Yujing City, the Earth Mother Plain remained dormant underground for a very, very long time. Even if someone wanted to grasp the Earth Mother's patterns of action, it would be ridiculously difficult.
There is too little information, and the dates are too far back.
This is almost impossible to achieve, because if even Mother Earth herself is uncertain, how can others possibly deduce it?
Moreover, the war between Shen and Ba had been going on for several months, and Cang Yan had received reports of Shen's successful counterattack against Baling. With Shen's army conquering and seizing territory in central Baling, it was reasonable for He Yue to have come here.
Besides, the He family has been investigating He Changjue's murder for several months, and they should have found some clues by now.
However, was Zhao Shuo the murderer who killed He Changjue?
"Who is this Zhao Shuo?" Liu Qingdao seemed to have heard the name before, but he wasn't a famous general. Countless generals were fighting on the Baling battlefield; Liu Qingdao couldn't possibly pay attention to every single one.
After all, the Shenba battlefield was too far from Cangyan, and the war did not take place within Cangyan's territory.
Fortunately, his attendant, the Death-Reporting Insect, was a know-it-all with a photographic memory. This insect, about the size of a little finger and resembling a beetle, usually lived in the brush washer. Liu Gengdao kept this monster by his side so he could easily consult it at any time.
"Zhao Shuo?" The death-reporting bug searched for only a few breaths before reporting, "He is the nephew of Zhao Huanrong, the former vice prime minister of Balingyuan, and has always been under Zhao Huanrong's protection."
“Zhao Huanrong?” Liu Qingdao knew this person’s identity and background, and immediately understood. “No wonder, he has the Heavenly Palace behind him.”
Did Zhao Shuo, under the orders of the Heavenly Palace, send someone to kill He Changjue? Perhaps He Yue discovered this, which is why he relentlessly pursued Zhao Shuo.
Immortal Mingke asked again:
"Then how should we proceed? Crown Prince Yue is still waiting for Ling Jinbao's reply."
Liu Qingdao still had many questions in his mind, such as how He Yue found out that Zhao Shuo was the real culprit? Why did Zhao Shuo flee to Kunlonghu?
and many more.
"Have Ling Jinbao ask him when he discovered Zhao Shuo was the murderer?"