C8 Yamen and Qiankun

Yamen was located in the northwest part of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It was always scorching hot and filled with wind and sand. It was a place with a mysterious history. No one knew how long it had existed or when it had been established. They only knew that it had appeared in people's field of vision more than thirty years ago, seemingly overnight.

On this day, the main hall of Yamen was brightly lit. There was a person sitting in the hall with a red robe covering his body. His short beard and hair was all red, and he looked like a ball of fire. Her facial features were very delicate. No matter how one looked at it, one would not be able to see the evil aura from her face. However, one could not ignore the terrifying feeling that her body was emitting. This person was the current leader of the Yan Clan, Li Yun.

Facing Li Yun, everyone in the hall stood in two rows, the third person standing to the left walked up, bowed deeply and said in a deep voice, "Reporting to Sect Leader, it was the day before yesterday when Hong Yi's Fate Soul Stone suddenly shattered, I'm afraid something has happened. He left last year to find out more information. Based on the time, if everything went well, he should be on his way back now. That meant that he might have already found out about the important information. "Now that we have met with such a mishap and are afraid that something is amiss, my Wind Lightning Hall's Soul Consolidating Technique can only last for half a month. I hope that the Sect Leader can make up his mind soon."

After Li Yun heard this, he hesitated for a moment before saying, "This matter is too big, we cannot afford to make any more mistakes. All of you can leave for now, without a word. The two elders stay behind."

With that, everyone left, leaving only the two people who were standing at the front of the group. The two of them had white hair and beards, and their appearances were very similar.

After everyone had left, the two of them moved in a flash and arrived beside Li Yun. They did not greet him, which showed how high their status in the sect was.

Li Yun did not have any dissatisfaction, so he stood up and walked towards the back of the hall, followed by the two elders.

The so-called 'Yamen's rear hall' was where Li Yun usually rested. Normal people were not allowed to casually enter. The rear hall was not big, but it was very spacious. There were a few praying mats on the ground and nothing else. There was a room on the north side with a fine bead curtain hanging on the door.

If one looked carefully, they would see that these bead curtains were all made from extremely rare purple pearls of the South Sea. Each bead was about the same size and shape. Not to mention that the entire arched door was completely covered, even taking out a single random object in the ordinary world would have caused quite a sensation.

Li Yun brought the two elders, who were silent, to the arched door. They were about two or three steps away from the bead curtain when they stopped and looked through it, and they could faintly see a person sitting inside the room.

Li Yun took a deep breath and said in an extremely calm tone, "Holy Maiden, you have waited for a long time."

Without a word, the two elders also followed up with a deep bow, but they still did not make any sound.

A moment later, the crisp and pleasant voice of a young girl sounded in the room.

"Sect Master and the two elders, how have you two been?"

"With the blessings of the Holy Maiden, everything is fine." Li Yun said respectfully, but the woman behind the curtain did not answer again.

"Reporting to the Holy Maiden, there was news just now that Hong Yi's Fate Soul Stone has shattered. "According to his older brother, Hall Master Hong Feng, Hong Yi might have already found out about this matter."

After he finished speaking, the room became unusually quiet. Li Yun was slightly uneasy as he wiped away the fine beads of sweat on his forehead.

After a while, the voice behind the curtain sounded again, "If there is really news from Hong Yi, perhaps it is very important for our sect. He had to get the remnant soul back! However, this matter is a secret and cannot be revealed to the masses. If word of this gets out, the other sects will try to stop it. I think that even if Hong Yi only has a remnant soul, he won't easily explain everything. Hm! If you want to quickly accomplish this, I'm afraid you will have to trouble the two of you to leave this place. "

He did not speak, nor did he speak. When he heard these words, he bowed deeply once more.

Soon after, a breeze blew and the bead curtain shook. Li Yun and the two elders stood still for a moment until there was no sound from behind the curtain. Then, the three of them entered the room. There were still bits of Jasmine's fragrance lingering in the air. On the ground, there was a piece of paper with the following words on it: Something has happened, thunder appeared, the sect is protected, do not fall in love …

Without a word, without a word, he looked to be deep in thought, and then both of them disappeared behind Li Yun.

Shangguan Yue and Shangguan Yu hurriedly returned to the Qiankun family. As the family head, Shangguan Yue issued the order to recall all the disciples that went out.

Due to his younger brother Shangguan Xing not coming back from his experiential learning, Shangguan Yu killed Hong Yi rashly. As the family head, Shangguan Yue was worried about her younger brother's safety and decided to personally find him. Before leaving, he urged Shangguan Yu to refuse all visitors until he returned.

After Shangguan Yu waited for her big brother to leave, she passed down another order and closed the door. Other than returning disciples, if anyone came to visit, they had to report to him. The day the order is passed on, the family members must follow it. If there is a violation, the family shall be punished.

After a few days, a few disciples who were training outside started to turn back one after another. Although there were more people, they all had their own thoughts and expressions, as if a great disaster was about to befall them.

On this day, the sky was filled with haze, and bleak autumn winds danced in the air, bringing with them a light rain. At the entrance of the Qiankun Aristocrat Clan, there was a puddle of water. As the raindrops fell, they created ripples in the puddles. Two figures appeared within, appearing and disappearing under the influence of the ripples.

Without a word, he received the order from the mysterious person behind the curtain of Li Yun's inner hall and headed south. As he walked, he collected information on the Wind Lightning Hall's Vice Hall Master and finally obtained important information from Yan City and Giant Stone City in the north.

Every time when Hong Yi went out to find out more important news and returned, although his whereabouts were unknown, it was basically along the borders of the Great Zhou Country. Although the distance was rather far, he could avoid the radiation from the capital city of the Great Zhou Country. On the one hand, he had to make sure that the secret guards still existed and had not been destroyed, and on the other hand, he could gather important information if he had any. After arriving at Giant Boulder City, the two elders did not say anything. They confirmed that Hong Yi had been here, so they headed south to Yan City.

Outside the Xiao family's tavern, Xiao Cheng, who was guarding the entrance to greet the guests, saw two people looking over from afar. He ran out laughing. Just as he was about to speak, the person on the left flipped his hand and a black flower appeared in his palm. After a while, it disappeared. After a slight hesitation, Xiao Cheng shouted out, "Please come in, both of you frequent customers!"

When Xiao Yu heard the words "frequent customer", he hurriedly ran to the inner room and cleared out a table. After Xiao Cheng brought the two of them in, he gave Xiao Yu a meaningful glance. Xiao Yu turned around and continued to greet the guests outside.

It was noon and there were a lot of people in the tavern.

Xiao Cheng did not say anything and waited for the person to lay down a simple soundproof barrier before speaking, "Why have the two of you come here today?"

The two of them did not speak as they continued to sit there quietly. Xiao Cheng looked at them weirdly as a absent-minded voice suddenly rang out beside his ears.

"Has Hong Yi been here before?"

Xiao Cheng did not know who these two were, but seeing that they had such unique abilities and directly calling out the vice head's name, they must be important figures in the sect. Thus, he did not dare slight them and quickly replied, "Vice head Hong has not been here for a long time."

When the person on the other side heard these words, his originally cloudless and aimless eyes suddenly turned to look at Xiao Cheng. After a flash of light, Xiao Cheng's eyes immediately froze and his mind went blank. After a moment of dizziness, he recovered. Cold sweat dripped from his forehead, but he didn't dare to wipe it away. He just sat there quietly.

"Has there been anything strange in the city recently?"

Hearing the other party's question, he finally passed. Xiao Cheng stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat off his forehead, lowered his head and thought for a while, then said: "A few days ago I heard from the government that the Green Lotus Town that was located 100 miles away from the city was destroyed. The Heaven and Earth Family's Patriarch, Shangguan Yue, was also there at that time, and then we were at the Green Lotus Town without any news. Three days ago, the gate of the Qiankun Family suddenly closed, no longer accepting outsiders.

This time, Xiao Cheng did not dare to raise his head. After about the time it took to make a cup of tea, the clamor outside once again erupted. Xiao Cheng suddenly came to his senses. He raised his head and saw that there was no one in front of him. He took a deep breath and shook his head speechlessly.