Novel Full Chapter 546
Chapter 546: Chapter 71: Secret Passage, Hidden Map Chapter 546: Chapter 71: Secret Passage, Hidden Map Divine Dragon Tower, this towering structure personally overseen in construction by Emperor Ying Long, was built entirely from white jade-like stone bricks, bearing a striking resemblance to the jade bricks within the White Jade Capital Secret Realm.
Long Long and Long Hu, the two of them were being protected inside a quiet room at the base of the Divine Dragon Tower, closely guarded by cultivators from the Qilin Family.
Layers upon layers of guards made it so that not even a fly could easily enter.
Of course, without the need for Long Long’s explanation, Long Hu could see that this “protection” also had an element of “imprisonment.”
After all, the original escort team for the Dragon Clan envoys was now isolated outside, unable to enter for an audience.
After sensing this, Long Hu became noticeably agitated.
Fortunately, with Long Long by her side, she wasn’t panicked, just nervously kept stroking her tail.
“Stop stroking it,” Long Long said helplessly, “Keep going, and you’ll end up balding your tail.”
“It won’t get bald,” Long Hu replied somewhat unhappily.
The two of them had been locked in this underground room for almost an entire day now.
Not only had no one come to visit, but there was even a lack of basic provision of food and water.
Even though the Demon Race, after the Transformation, had shed their reliance on blood food, such inhumane treatment highlighted the Qilin Clan’s contempt for them…
it was just short of outright saying, “You two better stay put and not run around attracting assassins.”
To this, Long Long didn’t have any good countermeasures.
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What he could confirm was that the Qilin Clan would definitely not harm him and Long Hu, as that would be tantamount to openly declaring hostility against the Azure Dragon Clan.
But on top of that, Long Long highly suspected that the Azure Dragon Clan was using both him and Long Hu as bargaining chips in some political gamble with the Qilin Clan, otherwise his clan wouldn’t be so indifferent about their current “imprisonment”…
Even if the intention was to protect their safety, the treatment was still exceedingly harsh and rude.
Upon deeper reflection, the purpose behind the assassin’s attack on him and Long Hu was also very straightforward-it was likely intended to kill them.
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Because the current political situation was all too clear: the Qilin of Central State and the Vermilion Bird of South State had just ceased hostilities, it wasn’t likely they would provoke a new conflict with the Azure Dragon of Eastern State.
Considering the Qilin currently still had the support of Xuanwu and White Tiger, the Azure Dragon naturally had no intentions of challenging the Qilin.
The peace between the two clans was established on a mutual wariness of each other’s strength, not something that an assassination could easily shake.
Considering the mastermind behind the scenes couldn’t have failed to see this, the only explanation for the motive of the assassination was the act of assassination itself.
But have Long Hu and I offended anyone?
No!
Long Long considered himself amicable, never easily making enemies; even while escaping from South State to the north, any slight displeasure with members of the Feathered Clan wasn’t significant enough to warrant using such strong means to assassinate him…
According to the Green Duckweed Sword, that blow had the strength to assassinate a Nascent Soul Cultivator.
It was truly baffling.
Fortunately, he soon didn’t have time to continue pondering, as Long Hu started prowling around the room, sniffing everywhere.
“There’s a draft here,” she suddenly said.
“What do you mean, ‘there’s a draft’?” Long Long asked, momentarily taken aback.
“Shh,” Long Hu said, putting a finger to her lips, “There’s airflow in this room.”
“There’s of course airflow in this room,” Long Long said nonchalantly, “because a fox is turning the room upside down and causing a breeze, and her fur is floating in it.”
“I’m not talking about the breeze I’ve created!” Long Hu retorted, annoyed yet lowering her voice, “I mean…
I suspect there’s a secret passage in here.”
“A secret passage?”
“Only the crevices of a secret passage would allow the outside air to come in,” Long Hu continued to prowl in the corners of the room, touching here and sniffing there, thoroughly checking.
Seeing her so certain, Long Long also began to wonder.
Since my fox is so certain, it would be best for me to also do a thorough check.
Therefore, Long Long accompanied Long Hu in inspecting the room in detail.
With careful searching and scanning, Long Long finally detected the airflow Long Hu mentioned, which was coming from the floor beneath their feet.
Peeling back the carpet on the ground, they saw a huge stone brick below.
The stone brick was thick, and the sound when knocked on didn’t seem hollow.
Long Hu curiously lay down by the brick, sensing the air indeed seeping through the cracks at the edges of the stone.
A ventilation shaft?
No, that’s not right, who would place a vent under the floor!
Long Hu then took out her Fox Chanting Sword, attempting to pry the stone brick from the edge of the gap.
Her face turned red with exertion, but the stone brick remained unmoved, as if mocking her futile efforts.
Long Long fell silent for a moment before placing his hand on the brick.
Five Elements Divine Light burst forth from his palm, and the stone brick dissolved away as if melting, soon disappearing from sight.
“So powerful!” Long Hu immediately exclaimed in admiration, “Long Long, what kind of Bloodline Supernatural Power is that?”
“It’s just a small trick,” Long Long replied, not intending to reveal everything to the little fox and skillfully changing the subject, “Huh?
There really is a tunnel below.”
Below the stone brick was a vertical shaft, with fixed wooden ladders and a switch on its side.
After closely examining the structure of the switch, as well as the cross-section of the stone brick after it was dissolved, Long Long understood that the brick was actually operated by a one-way switch.
If someone were to climb up from the tunnel below, they could use the switch on the side of the shaft to push the stone brick upward with the principle of a lever-on the other hand, if it were someone inside the room, since the brick was heavy and had no handle to exert force on, they would not be able to pry it open.
“Long Long,” Long Hu called softly once more, “shall we go down?”
“Wait a minute,” Long Long said, casting his gaze towards the room’s doorway.
Standing at the door were two Qilin Clan Cultivators tasked with ensuring that the two of them did not leave the room.
However, if there were no sounds from the room for a long time, there was no guarantee that those two wouldn’t come in to check.
“Ah Jing, use an Illusion Technique!” Long Long ordered.
The Kunlun Mirror responded and cast a simple mental suggestion on the Qilin Cultivators outside, persuading them not to think about coming in to check the room.
“Let’s go down,” Long Long commanded, after making the final precautionary measure, “I’ll go first, you follow behind me.”
“Mhmm,” said Long Hu, eager to proceed.
Long Long descended carefully, the wooden ladder was old but showed no signs of decay, and it was thick with dust, indicating that it hadn’t been used in a long while.
Just as Long Hu had said, the ventilation below was good, and it clearly wasn’t a dead end but connected to another place.
Dragging the carpet from above to cover the entrance, they continued their descent, reaching the bottom after about fifteen to twenty meters.
The tunnel here was very low, allowing them to pass only by stooping, and the deeper they went, the darker and more lightless it became.
Long Long, with his Scaled Clan heritage, was unfazed by the dark and damp environment, but the little fox was somewhat afraid and could only hold on to Long Long from behind, carefully moving forward.
Long Long’s brow furrowed slightly.
This front armor is really getting in the way!