Chapter 2536 - 2226: Xuan Qingyun’s Plan

Central State, on the Observatory of the Tianji Pavilion.

Xuan Qingyun, dressed in a long purple dress, sat cross-legged on the cushion. She stirred the Mysterious Power in her body, attempting to deduce the location of the Red Flower Sedan.

The next moment, a cluster of black Mysterious Power appeared before her, gradually condensing into a Black Mirror. In the mirror’s surface, the image of the Red Flower Sedan slowly emerged.

However, before the Red Flower Sedan’s location could be deduced, that Black Mirror shattered in an instant.

Xuan Qingyun’s Liumei brows knitted tightly. It was just as she had expected—anything that was even slightly related to Lu Chen was never easy to divine.

Still, speaking of it, even without deduction, she had already guessed where that Red Flower Sedan had gone.

The Red Flower Sedan was their Alliance Token, infused with the Power of Oath between Lu Chen and the female Ancestors of the Strange.

Whenever an Ancestor of the Strange or Lu Chen attempted to act in violation of that oath, the Red Flower Sedan would be activated, and the Power of Oath within would immediately suppress them.

The Red Flower Sedan suddenly slipping from her grasp definitely meant that some Ancestor of the Strange was about to harm Lu Chen, triggering the Red Flower Sedan.

So right now, the Red Flower Sedan had very likely already gone to the Border Wilderness, and might even have fallen into Lu Chen’s hands.

This was what Xuan Qingyun feared most. Once the Red Flower Sedan landed in Lu Chen’s hands, he would inevitably use it for filthy purposes—just like back in the Burial Furnace—using the Power of Oath of the Red Flower Sedan to bind the Ancestors of the Strange, then wantonly toy with them.

At that thought, the Mysterious Power on Xuan Qingyun’s body couldn’t help but leak outward.

Xuan Qingyun took a deep breath, forcing herself to rein in her emotions.

Forget it. Even if the Red Flower Sedan ends up in Lu Chen’s hands, it’s nothing much. After all, we female Ancestors of the Strange have already been almost thoroughly ruined by Lu Chen, some have even borne him children. Let him have his way for a while longer.

The pressing matter is still to quickly locate the sealed memories of the Ancestors of the Strange.

After that, Xuan Qingyun once again mobilized her Mysterious Power, deducing the Sealing site of the Ancestors of the Strange’s memories.

The Mysterious Power that had previously dispersed gathered once more, forming a Black Mirror. On the black mirror surface, the outline of the Border Wilderness gradually appeared.

Immediately after, a black vortex emerged within the mirror’s surface.

Seeing the scene in the mirror, Xuan Qingyun’s brows furrowed.

She hadn’t expected that the third Memory Pearl she deduced would also be in the Border Wilderness.

Some time ago, she had deduced that Ji Yunmeng’s Memory Pearl had already been unsealed, yet Ji Yunmeng’s memories had remained slow to recover. Later, she attempted to deduce the location of that Memory Pearl, but no matter what she did she couldn’t divine it. That meant that Pearl had very likely already fallen into Lu Chen’s hands.

Now the third Memory Pearl was also in the Border Wilderness. If they didn’t hurry to recover it, this Pearl would very likely also end up in Lu Chen’s hands.

At this moment, the contents of the mirror gradually shifted—Yun Yudie’s portrait appeared within the mirror.

This indicated that what was sealed inside the third Memory Pearl was Yun Yudie’s memory.

Xuan Qingyun faintly felt a trace of foreboding.

She had previously divined the locations of other Ancestors of the Strange. If she remembered correctly, Yun Yudie was currently right by Lu Chen’s side.

The Memory Pearl had an innate pull toward the true body of the Mysterious. Even if the Pearl did not manifest outright, it would very likely draw Yun Yudie’s attention.

But now that Yun Yudie was at Lu Chen’s side, if she went searching for the Memory Pearl, she would very likely lead Lu Chen right to the Sealing site of the Pearl. At that point, Yun Yudie’s Memory Pearl would fall into Lu Chen’s hands, and Yun Yudie would no longer be able to recover her memories.

So the best approach was for the Tianji Pavilion to locate Yun Yudie’s Memory Pearl ahead of time, before Yun Yudie sensed it, and then look for an opportunity in the future to help Yun Yudie restore her memories.

With that thought, Xuan Qingyun rose from the cushion. She was preparing to personally make a trip to the Border Wilderness.

The Eternal Night was a calamity to the people of this world, but to her as an Ancestor of the Strange, it posed no threat at all.

On the contrary, the Eternal Night would instead allow her strength to grow rapidly.

Most importantly, she herself was an Ancestor of the Strange. Even if she encountered a Deceit Tide, it would be like walking into an empty land.

Even though Eternal Night had already descended, if she wanted to go somewhere, she could go.

Moreover, heading to the Border Wilderness at this time to seek out Yun Yudie’s Memory Pearl was actually the most suitable moment. Because of Eternal Night, Lu Chen’s attention was focused entirely on dealing with the Deceit Tide, which gave her more than enough time.

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In a valley shrouded in Deceitful Evil Qi, there sat a city wreathed in black miasma. Within Stone City stood a spacious palace whose rooftop soared hundreds of zhang high; inside, lanterns made of human heads emitted a faint green glow.

Countless monsters stood within the great hall, their shadows reflected onto the smooth bluestone slabs, twisting into all sorts of shapes, utterly horrifying.

On the high dais of the great hall there was a bronze coffin, and above that coffin sat a black phantom.

At this moment, a black-robed man walked to the front of the monsters and bowed toward the black phantom atop the bronze stone coffin, saying, "I pay respects to the Sect Hierarch."

The black phantom said coolly, "Into whose hands has the Ancient Inheritance fallen?"

The black-robed man replied, "Reporting to Sect Hierarch, all the factions of Central State have already left the Border Wilderness. According to our investigation, those factions seem to have already given up on the Ancient Inheritance."

Hearing this, the black phantom immediately said, "Abandon the inheritance? Impossible. This was inheritance intelligence released by the Tianji Pavilion—how could they so easily give up the Ancient Inheritance?"

At this time, the black phantom seemed to think of something and then asked, "What about the Heavenly Profound Sacred Land?"

The black-robed man said, "The Heavenly Profound Sacred Land was the first to leave the Border Wilderness."

Upon hearing the black-robed man’s answer, the black phantom fell into a long silence, as though unable to understand why the Heavenly Profound Sacred Land would give up the Ancient Inheritance.

After a long time, the black phantom spoke: "That Memory Pearl has likely already been found by people of the Heavenly Profound Sacred Land, which is why they were the first to leave the Border Wilderness."

Others did not know how compelling that Ancient Inheritance was to the Ancestors of the Strange, but as the Sect Hierarch of the Yellow Springs Sect, he understood perfectly well how important that so-called Ancient Inheritance was to them.

His Lord had once told him that the so-called Ancient Inheritance was nothing more than the sealed memories of the Ancestors of the Strange. Once an Ancestor of the Strange sensed a Memory Pearl, they would stop at nothing to obtain it.

And Chu Yunzhi of the Heavenly Profound Sacred Land was herself an Ancestor of the Strange, so the Heavenly Profound Sacred Land could not possibly have so easily given up that so-called Ancient Inheritance—unless that Memory Pearl had already been found by them.

At this moment, Mo Tianxing said to the black-robed man, "The Lord has already deduced the location of the next Memory Pearl. You will immediately take people to the Border Wilderness and bring that Memory Pearl back."

Hearing this, Zhao Wuxin was stunned for a moment. When he came back to his senses, he quickly said, "Sect Hierarch, the Eternal Night has already descended. If we head to the Border Wilderness at this time, we are very likely to encounter large-scale Deceit Tides."

Mo Tianxing said, "The Lord’s aura is upon you. The Mysterious will not harm you."

The Yellow Springs Sect’s Deceit Demons and the Mysterious could be regarded as the same species. Their bodies all contained Mysterious Power, except that in this world the Mysterious Power within these beings had mutated into Deceitful Evil, causing the strength of the local Mysterious to plummet.

Hearing Mo Tianxing’s words, Zhao Wuxin clenched his fists slightly, and said with some reluctance, "This subordinate understands."