Chapter 457
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Qi Shan, facing Ye Wushuang’s cold gaze, trembled as he spoke, “We were indeed dispatched to the Qingtian Mountains by the Tianji Mansion.”
“Why?”
“Because Elder Wang Jianmu of the Tianji Mansion has a secret palace here!”
A secret palace?
Qi Shan quickly continued, “You must have heard of the Ye Clan of the Qingyun Empire, right?”
The Ye Clan!
At this point, everyone was listening intently.
“In the past, the Ye Clan was destroyed by a joint attack from the Tianji Mansion and the Holy Dan Sect. The Holy Dan Sect coveted the pill recipes left by the Ye Clan’s leader, Ye Wentian, while our Tianji Mansion aimed to obtain the Ye Clan’s bloodline power!”
“Elder Wang Jianmu has conducted in-depth research on bloodline power. After acquiring thousands of Ye Clan members, it was he who took charge of exploring the mysteries of the bloodline spirit.”
“At first, the elder experimented on the living members of the Ye Clan and gained more and more insights. Later, it seemed he made some progress, but the Ye Clan members alone were no longer sufficient.”
“So, the elder built this underground palace in the Qingtian Mountains and occasionally captured descendants of the five great families to conduct his research within the secret palace.”
“Our job was to ensure the security of the palace and to capture people for the elder from time to time…”
“By some strange coincidence, your Qingyun Academy’s Tengyun Chart trial just happened to be designated in this area…”
“Just happened?” Ye Wushuang sneered coldly. “I don’t think it was just a coincidence.”
“The Tengyun Chart trial covers a vast area of a thousand li. How could it be so coincidental?” Ye Wushuang scoffed. “There must be someone within the Qingyun Academy who deliberately chose this place.”
“After all, many descendants of the five great families are participating in the assessment. If they die here, no one would suspect anything…”
Hearing this, Qi Shan hurriedly said, “I truly don’t know anything about that. I swear I don’t…”
Spiritual patterns bound the two men, sealing their powers. Ye Wushuang said directly, “Take me there!”
“Where?”
“To the underground palace of your Elder Wang!”
“Huh?”
Now, both Qi Shan and Li Zhan were stunned.
Was this young man reckless enough to risk his life?
Wang Xueqi quickly said, “Wushuang, I understand this involves the grievances of your Ye Clan from the past, but even the two of them in charge of the outer perimeter are at the Yuanfu realm. It would be extremely dangerous for us to go there.”
“Yes!” Qing Chengtian also said, “We should immediately inform Elder Tang. He will definitely be able to deal with those people!”
Qing Shiyu added indignantly, “No wonder over the years, some of our royal family’s children have gone missing for no apparent reason. It all makes sense now.”
“These people truly deserve to die.”
Capturing descendants of the great families to research the mysteries of bloodlines—no one needed to imagine how horrifying and torturous such “research” must be.
Qing Shiyu also said, “Ye Wushuang, don’t act impulsively. I’ll notify my father right away and have him send a large army to completely eradicate the Tianji Mansion people in that underground palace!”
Seeing the anxious expressions on everyone’s faces, Ye Wushuang just smiled.
“Ye Wushuang… you… you are a descendant of the Ye Clan, aren’t you?” Li Zhan said in disbelief.
Ye Wushuang ignored him and looked at Qing Shiyu and the others, saying again, “Even if we notify Tang Chuyi or the royal family, would the Qingyun Empire dare to offend the Tianji Mansion over an elder of the mansion?”
Upon hearing this, everyone was taken aback.
“So many years have passed. Don’t the great families know about their missing descendants? But in recent years, have there been any rumors about this in the capital?”
At this moment, everyone fell silent.
The Tianji Mansion!
One of the dominant forces in Qingzhou!
And in the vast land of Qingzhou, there were dozens, if not hundreds, of countries like the Qingyun Empire.
For the Tianji Mansion, the Qingyun Empire was indeed insignificant.
Ye Wushuang continued, “I’ll go and see what the truth is and uncover the secrets!”
“I won’t go there to die if it’s not feasible.”
Qing Shiyu quickly said, “I’ll go with you. At least I’m at the Yuanfu realm now and can be of some help.”
Qing Chengtian immediately asked, “What can we do?”
Qing Chengtian knew that if the three of them went along, they wouldn’t be able to help and might even cause trouble.
