Chapter 1616 - 676: The Aura of the Divine Realm

Chapter 1616: Chapter 676: The Aura of the Divine Realm

The night air was slightly cool.

Gongsun Zhi’s corpse had already gone stiff.

Several figures flickered past swiftly; they were the Northern Territory Thirteen Riders at Xi Jiuye’s side.

"Divine Master, why did you kill this man?"

Although Gongsun Zhi was a traitor to the Divine Realm, he was not a traitor to the Northern Territory. He was also the chief disciple under Fang Immortal; someone like him still had his uses if kept alive.

"I felt like killing him, so I did."

Xi Jiuye seemed too lazy to explain.

"Then what about the captain of the Huangquan Team?"

"Nosy!"

The Thirteen Riders thus asked no more.

They were Xi Jiuye’s most loyal guards; when they shouldn’t listen, they were deaf; when they shouldn’t look, they were blind.

So, the Divine Master’s abnormality tonight was something they neither saw nor heard.

Gongsun Zhi’s corpse was discarded in the wild.

It wouldn’t be long before even his bones vanished.

Up to his death, Gongsun Zhi never imagined that it was precisely his confession that killed him.

With his death, there was no one left in this world who knew about the Jiu Provinces Cauldron Fragments, and no one knew that Ye Lingyue had quite a few Cauldron Pieces in her hands.

Xi Jiuye couldn’t say clearly whether killing Gongsun Zhi was to keep the secret of the Jiu Provinces Cauldron, or to keep her secret.

In Xi Jiuye’s view, even dealing with that Earth Evil Female Monarch was a matter between him and her; no third party was allowed to interfere, not even to make a suggestion, as Gongsun Zhi had.

"There are people from the Divine Realm moving about nearby. Go investigate."

Xi Jiuye said after a moment of thought.

Just now, he had vaguely sensed a fluctuation of Divine Power.

That fluctuation had once been very intense, but the moment Ye Lingyue shook off her Divine Power Restriction, it disappeared again.

He did not know whether the other party had come for him, or also to search for the Jiu Provinces Cauldron.

The Northern Territory Thirteen Riders were greatly shocked; they had not noticed a thing, and immediately accepted the order and departed.

Xi Jiuye’s figure also flashed as he returned to the Jin Family’s encampment.

The Three Realms Eagle let out a rapid cry, blocking its own master’s path; it looked uneasily at Zitang Su.

Zitang Su’s face, seemingly that of a Heavenly Person, was like flawless white jade in the night, yet just now, that face had clearly shown faint cracks.

In those eyes that rarely showed much emotion, anger could be plainly seen.

Just now, when Xi Jiuye was about to press down on Ye Lingyue’s lips, Zitang Su had almost struck out.

All that talk about unbreakable oaths, about defying the heavens being impossible—at that moment, it was all nothing but nonsense.

He had wanted to kill Xi Jiuye.

Even if that man was a Divine Realm Divine Sovereign, even if it meant exposing his own identity, even if that man possessed a Heavenly Gifted Divine Body.

That man was born to be his precious disciple’s nightmare.

Yet he was also the key to his disciple’s rebirth in fire; even though Zitang Su had long known this, he still could not endure it.

He only knew that in his own disciple’s eyes, he had seen resistance and fury.

Whenever she suffered the slightest grievance, his heart became a tangled mess.

Fortunately, his disciple had not let him down.

Even so, he had still let slip a faint ripple of Divine Power, and that man had already noticed.

Zitang Su knew well he could not draw too near, but...

Zitang Su glanced up at the sky; in the pitch-black vault of heaven, it seemed something was pressing closer and closer.

Enough—what was meant to come would come.

In a flicker, Zitang Su and the Three Realms Eagle both vanished.

Rustle, rustle—

A soft sound.

It came from the other side of the encampment.

"Big Fool, can you stop following me?"

Guangzi and Qin Xiaochuan were walking toward the encampment.

Qin Xiaochuan was like a dead pig unafraid of boiling water; at Guangzi’s scolding, he only chuckled twice and didn’t care.

The two were on the same patrol shift; seeing no sign of Ye Lingyue anywhere, Guangzi had come to look for her.

"Why is there no one here? Guangzi, did you see wrong? Has Sixth Sister-in-law still not come back?"

Qin Xiaochuan looked around at the empty surroundings.

Qin Xiaochuan did not notice that Guangzi’s brows had furrowed slightly.

His fox-like eyes swept sharply around.

Although the bloodstains and corpse had long been dealt with, Guangzi still keenly caught the scent of fresh blood.

Could it be that Sister encountered some trouble?

"We’ve already patrolled the area; there’s nothing suspicious. Why don’t we just keep watch in the encampment?"

Qin Xiaochuan was worried Guangzi would tire himself out.

But Guangzi didn’t listen to him at all and simply walked off toward the other side of the bonfire.

"Guangzi, where are you going? I’ll go with you." Qin Xiaochuan said in confusion.

"To relieve myself. You planning to follow me for that too?"

Guangzi snapped back impatiently, leaving Qin Xiaochuan behind.

"Then be careful. If anything happens, just shout." Qin Xiaochuan’s voice still echoed from behind.

Once he stepped beyond the bounds of the camp, Guangzi moved swiftly.

He was not skilled in martial arts, but he had cultivated in Futu Heaven since childhood, often venturing into treacherous terrain to gather herbs; his movement technique was much better than most people’s.

Following the extremely faint trace of blood in the air, Guangzi found Gongsun Zhi’s corpse.

Seeing that the body was not Sister’s, Guangzi let out a breath of relief.

These past days, Guangzi had been on edge.

Even though Sister had already changed her appearance, Guangzi still worried that Xi Jiuye would recognize her.

If Xi Jiuye recognized Sister, he would never let her go.

Fortunately, Xi Jiuye had yet to recognize Sister.

However, Guangzi remembered that this corpse had originally been the accompanying Alchemist of the Jin Family’s representative team; how had he ended up killed by Xi Jiuye?

What was even more baffling was why Gongsun Zhi and Xi Jiuye would appear near their encampment.

"It’s really troublesome not having the Hidden Guards around at a time like this."

Guangzi muttered.

Ever since leaving Senluo Wanxiang City, considering Xi Jiuye’s presence and in order to prevent the Hidden Guards from being discovered, Guangzi had no choice but to send all his Hidden Guards ahead to wait for him at the Jiu Provinces Base Camp.

Because of this, Guangzi had no way of knowing what exactly had happened in the camp just now.

Guangzi felt for Gongsun Zhi’s pulse and discovered that all the meridians and bones in Gongsun Zhi’s body were gone.

This was clearly Xi Jiuye’s personal handiwork.

When a Human Warrior struck, at most they could sever someone’s meridians, but Xi Jiuye’s Divine Power could shatter all the meridians and bones in a person’s body into powder, killing them in an instant.

Even if Guangzi acted, there was no way to save him.

Aside from that, Guangzi could find no other clues.

Just as Guangzi was about to rise, he suddenly heard some strange sound.

Someone?

Guangzi grew alert.

Just now, following the bloody scent, Guangzi had unknowingly strayed from the usual route; at this point, where he stood was already far from the Huangquan Team’s encampment.

With only the briefest hesitation, Guangzi swiftly hid to one side.

"Is everything arranged properly?"

"Reporting to Demon King, everything is ready."

Demon King?

Guangzi was startled; following the source of the voices, he looked over and saw that in the Dark Sect, several Demon Tribe Warriors were present, led by a powerful demon with a peculiar appearance and a pair of long golden horns.