Chapter 2748 - 2740: Coordinate

Chapter 2748: Chapter 2740: Coordinate

Xuanyuan Buqi is a True Monarch, but in the Huanqiong Realm, he can only exert the combat strength of the Emergence Stage. However, the mastery of rules and Dao Intent by a True Monarch is far beyond what a True Sage of the Emergence Stage can compare to.

This means that while the quantity is of the Emergence Stage, the purity is of the Divine Spirit Stage.

With just a pointed finger, Jingmai True Immortal and the four or five explorers next to him were simultaneously immobilized with extreme precision.

However, the next moment, something unexpected happened. About ten miles away from this group, a space fluctuation emerged, and a figure shot like lightning into the mist of the Misty Abyss.

This person had been concealed exceptionally well prior, so an average person would notice nothing. Both Xuanyuan Buqi and Qian Zhong vaguely sensed someone there, but since this was the Misty Abyss, protecting oneself is entirely understandable.

The key point was that this person was closer to the other group—less than five miles, whereas a dozen miles from the group around Jingmai. This easily led one to suspect he was a lookout for the other group, responsible for alerting them.

Though Xuanyuan Buqi was a True Monarch, his actions were domineering but not to the extent of directly capturing all cultivators on the scene—after all, even if he could forcibly control the scene, the junior members of the Xuanyuan Family needed to continue surviving in Huanqiong.

Therefore, he only controlled the few people in contact with Jingmai—they might be accomplices, but would absolutely not provoke others without cause.

That silhouette flickered, and he knew it was bad news. But the thought "that fellow is closer to that group" slightly delayed his response—previously, the top-ranked family was rather concerned with rules in their actions.

In less than a tenth of a second of hesitation, the silhouette had already disappeared into the mist of the Misty Abyss.

Qian Zhong saw someone running but did not react, merely asking with Divine Sense, "That person is fine?"

In that split-second, Xuanyuan Buqi had already rushed over to control all six people, and upon hearing the question, couldn’t help but retort, "Whether there’s an issue or not, can’t you catch him and ask?"

"You’re a bit abnormal," Qian Zhong was furious at this comment, "The last time I came to the Huanqiong Realm was five or six thousand years ago, how would I know what the rules of the Misty Abyss have become? I don’t make random moves to avoid affecting your family’s reputation... anyway, no one recognizes me."

Xuanyuan Buqi was speechless, "You don’t have to trust me so much, just act when you feel like it, I won’t mind... the guy’s suspicion is heavy, but he had someone next to him, so I hesitated for a moment."

"Such little courage," Qian Zhong sneered at this, instantly understanding that it was still sticking to that Xuanyuan Family face-saving protocol, truly so pedantic. Since it’s about arresting a suspect, dragging in a few others is perfectly normal? Release them if it’s wrong.

She actually understood the necessity of doing so, but this didn’t stop her from mocking him, "Afraid to act once in the Misty Abyss? Just how trashy is your soul?"

"Even if it’s trash, it’s just an avatar, lost means lost," Xuanyuan Buqi nonchalantly replied, "I thought the opponent’s soul was polluted, even a soul search wouldn’t yield much."

"You can still get blood and hair," Qian Zhong laughed angrily, "It can be traced."

For a cultivator, protecting blood and hair is critical, as it could seriously affect them—just look at Feng Yishu, the hopes of forming a Nascent Soul are gone, but with someone dead, it seemingly isn’t a big issue.

But indeed, not so. For skilled analysts—must be experts, they can trace the bloodline through blood and hair.

"Tracing is something I rarely consider," Xuanyuan Buqi wouldn’t admit his deficiency in analytics; he held the righteousness card instead, "The Xuanyuan Family never likes to be overly aggressive unless encountering overly tough opponents. What’s to trace?"

"The one who jumped into the Misty Abyss should be the masked one," Qian Zhong’s analytical capability was notable even among True Monarchs, "You made us lose the trail... Misty Abyss is aerial prohibition."

"Stop thinking about those unnecessary things first," Xuanyuan Buqi raised his chin, "The people have been captured, shouldn’t we interrogate those already here?"

"Shouldn’t Mountain Master Feng conduct the interrogation? Oh right, I forgot... Golden Core Stage can’t soul search Nascent Souls."

Subsequently, the junior members of the Xuanyuan Family revealed their identities and began clearing the scene, of course, they didn’t entirely clear the Misty Abyss—an impossible task. They merely cleaned up a space over a hundred miles in width and length and then began the interrogation.

Among those with Jingmai True Immortal were six individuals, two Nascent Souls and four Golden Cores, but those five basically had no problems, while Jingmai True Immortal had significant issues but was quite uncooperative, whereas Feng Jun... was genuinely just a Golden Core, unable to perform soul search.

Yet at this moment, Qian Zhong had already broken open Jingmai True Immortal’s Storage Bag, she had an almost obsessive pursuit of prying into various privacy, and then she discovered that black pearl, "Wow, I still found what we wanted."

Seeing her eager demeanor, Feng Jun knew he couldn’t be too demanding of others, "Then I’d bother you, senior, to first check if there are any sinister traps on it."

"Since you want to see, I’ll let you, giving you a reason, and as a result, Xuanyuan Buqi also came over, "Sinister traps? Let me see too."

After looking, the two exchanged glances and handed over the obsidian orb, "It’s actually just a space coordinate."

It’s nothing they couldn’t hand over, just coordinates, both of them memorized it, but they didn’t understand the significance of the coordinates.

Feng Jun saw them bring it out swiftly, and didn’t bother to look at it, directly storing it away, "This True Immortal of the Emerald Vein is not cooperating very well."

Xuanyuan Buqi glanced at Xuanyuan Hulie, "Arrange for a Soul Search... Elder Yue Yi from the Fire Spirit Sect is a good friend of the Xuanyuan Family."

A "good friend," my foot—it’s just an excuse for a Soul Search—Xuanyuan Family is very persistent, always wanting to seize the moral high ground.

However, if Elder Yue Yi wants to deny it, the Xuanyuan Family has something to say—who occupied our Xuanyuan Family’s Ice Cave?

It’s just playing the victim, as if the Xuanyuan Family wouldn’t do it.

Xuanyuan Hulie immediately went to carry it out—the True Immortal of the Emerald Vein is also at the Nascent Soul High Stage, and except for the two True Lords present, only he qualifies to perform a Soul Search.

To be honest, the True Immortal of the Emerald Vein has really been delayed, although she formed her Nascent Soul close to the age of eight hundred, once she left the Jinwu Sect, her cultivation talent bloomed, just like the True Immortal Yue Yi, now both are at the Nascent Soul Eighth Layer.

However, she is a full three hundred years younger than True Immortal Yue Yi—meaning her prospects for reaching Emergence Stage are greater.

Not dwelling on idle talk, the Soul Search was not very smooth, Xuanyuan Hulie was only at the Nascent Soul Eighth Layer, and Soul Searching a cultivator of the same stage is inherently difficult, especially as the True Immortal of the Emerald Vein had a Divine Soul Restriction.

Under Xuanyuan Buqi’s control, she had no strength left to resist, even unable to commit suicide, but this Divine Soul Restriction—even the True Lord Buqi could at most forcibly break it open, the person might generally be ensured not to die, but there’s a high chance she would turn into an idiot.

At the very least, her intellect would be greatly reduced, her memory turning into countless fragments or even zero.

If the restriction in her mind was placed by a True Lord, there’s a possibility her head might explode.

Xuanyuan Hulie found himself unable to perform a Soul Search and had to report to the Ancestor Buqi.

Xuanyuan Buqi checked the Divine Soul Restriction, it wasn’t the work of a True Lord, more like a self-imposed restriction, but surely she bought some talismans externally to cooperate, otherwise it wouldn’t be so sensitive.

Xuanyuan Hulie originally thought the Ancestor might intimidate the other party, or use both soft and hard tactics to make them obediently speak up, never expecting True Lord Buqi was not interested in communicating with her, instead looking at Feng Jun, "Can you deduce the secret of that pearl?"

Feng Jun nodded, "I have some guesses, but whether they’re accurate or not, that’s hard to say."

Xuanyuan Buqi then looked at Qian Zhong, who expressed, "The breakthrough might be on Feng Xiaoyou; looking at me won’t help."

Feng Jun smiled, "I have roughly made guesses, but it still needs to be confirmed, though... I estimate there won’t be any mistake."

"Is that so," Xuanyuan Buqi smiled and nodded, then looked at the True Immortal of the Emerald Vein, "Still not willing to speak? Continuing like this, I truly have no reason to be courteous to you."

Because the Xuanyuan Family didn’t keep their actions secret from her, the Emerald Vein knew, the one talking was a True Lord of the Xuanyuan Family, at this moment, although she looked ashen, she finally spoke.

"The Great Lord has come, presumably because of Yue Yi’s matter, you intend to participate in the sect’s disputes as a clan practitioner, are you prepared for this?"

"Huh?" Xuanyuan Buqi grinned upon her speaking, "Didn’t expect you knew we met Yue Yi."

Qian Zhong coldly spoke from the side, "She has a mole in the Han Family."

This was what she just deduced, but the matter wasn’t hard to guess, Yue Yi was poisoned with thunderfire, and there were only a few places he could go, and he borrowed the Han Family’s Profound Ice Cave to suppress his injuries; the Han Family could agree but had no obligation to keep it secret.

Therefore, for the Han family juniors, revealing Yue Yi’s whereabouts doesn’t count as betraying the family, and the Xuanyuan Family didn’t even raise a request for secrecy.

Xuanyuan Buqi could also deduce such cause and effect, so he laughed heartily, "Didn’t expect you’d even consider yourself a sect practitioner."

"Certainly the Great Lord already knows, I ascended from the Jinwu Sect," the True Immortal of the Emerald Vein didn’t think the other party didn’t know this, she spoke expressionlessly, "This time, I harmed my sect’s senior brother, Jinwu can convict me of betrayal and abandonment."

Strictly speaking, her actions might not count as betrayal and abandonment if Elder Yue Yi defines it as a private grudge, the sect won’t mind too much, only if she targeted multiple former fellow disciples above a certain threshold, would this charge automatically become established.

Xuanyuan Buqi was also familiar with the principles of sect practitioners, but with his pride, of course, he wouldn’t argue with a small Nascent Soul, he straightforwardly stated, "Yue Yi occupied my Xuanyuan Family’s resources, we can’t just chase him away, we have to make up for it."

Indeed, the Xuanyuan Family is so assertive, don’t talk to me about sect disputes—my family suffered, so it must be regained!