Chapter 535
Disappearance
Anyone with a little experience in the martial arts world knows that one should only speak three-tenths of what one knows to others. As the younger brother of Emperor Tianqi and a divine general who once conquered the world, how could the White King, a man of unparalleled strategy, not hold back and easily reveal his true feelings to an outsider?
Therefore, Li Musheng naturally remained skeptical of some of the other party's words and needed to verify them from other perspectives.
As one of the oldest ethnic groups in the Western Desert, the Jingjue Ancient City Clan must have relevant records about the past of the Western Desert, the White King, and even the entire world. These records can be compared and verified with the White King's words.
As I always say, you can't just listen to one side of the story; you have to do more research and be more careful.
However, Li Musheng hoped that the White King hadn't lied to him about the key to the Apocalypse Treasure, since having an extra key would make things much easier for him.
At this moment, upon suddenly feeling Li Musheng's kindness, the young girl Axiu felt both surprised and inexplicably nervous.
After all, she was very intelligent and naturally knew that Li Musheng couldn't be kind to her without a reason. Of course, she was also self-aware and knew very well that she didn't have anything that Li Musheng could covet.
Not long after, Li Musheng returned to the underground White Emperor City where they had first entered, accompanied by the girl Ah Xiu and the big white cat.
Just as the middle-aged man had said, the underground White Emperor City was indeed greatly affected, just like the White Emperor Tower. The entire city was severely damaged, with collapsed palaces and houses and sunken streets everywhere. The pillars of light that stretched straight to the sky in all directions became extremely dim, as if they would be extinguished at any moment.
Except for some relatively weak foundations that are still slowly cracking and making faint sounds in the aftershocks, the rest of the city is completely silent.
Li Musheng glanced at the broken strands of true energy from the Formless Puppet between his fingers, raised an eyebrow slightly, and immediately began searching for the whereabouts of the Green Mountain Pavilion Master.
However, after searching around for a while, he found that not only were there no traces of the Green Mountain Pavilion Master and the three elders of the Jingjue Ancient City, but he also did not see any of the top martial arts masters from the Western Desert who had entered the underground White Emperor City.
Among them, the Hidden Killer Saint and the Hairless Old Man from the Hidden Killer Pavilion, whom he had previously ordered to search for the underground White Emperor City, as well as the blind man and the Earth Guide Ancestor who originally wanted to follow him, have all disappeared without a trace.
At this moment, the young girl Ah Xiu seemed to realize something as well, and turned to look at Li Musheng, saying:
“Your Highness, there is no one in the city. Perhaps because of the upheaval that occurred earlier, they have all left the Tomb of the White Emperor and returned outside.”
Upon hearing this, Li Musheng frowned slightly, hovering in mid-air and looking down at the entire ruined city. Judging from the extremely serious damage to the city, it was clear that there had indeed been quite a commotion at the time.
It's understandable that those martial arts masters fled this place, but Li Musheng still felt that something was amiss.
Furthermore, after searching around, he didn't find a single treasure that was even remotely decent or similar to the Fire Crystal Red Lotus.
It was as if everything of value in the entire underground White Emperor City had been looted.
However, since Li Musheng couldn't find anyone at the moment, he had no choice but to leave the Tomb of the White Emperor and go outside to take a look.
After all, if the owner of Qingshan Tower really did get the benefits on the seventh floor and ran away overnight, it would be very troublesome for him to find him again.
With this in mind, Li Musheng decided not to stay in the Tomb of the White Emperor any longer, and then took the girl Axiu and the big white cat back to the White Emperor City along the same route they had come from.
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At the same time, not long after Li Musheng left, several figures suddenly appeared out of thin air above the dilapidated underground White Emperor City.
The leader wore a white jade crown and a moon-white robe embroidered with silver tiger stripes. His hair was half white and half black, and although he was over sixty years old, his face exuded an air of dominance and imposing presence. "Lord, the matter in the tomb has been handled according to the original plan. Now, only the few people from the Jingjue Ancient City and this prince of Dali remain. What do you think..."
A voice came from behind, belonging to an elder of the White Tiger Temple, but was interrupted by the temple master, who said:
"No rush. Those people from the Jingjue Ancient City's remnants won't escape. I'll deal with them myself. As for this Eighth Prince of Dali, the Ancestor just told me that he's not someone we can afford to offend."
"From now on, pass on my words: the White Tiger Temple should avoid this person whenever they see him, and the affairs of the Hidden Killing Pavilion should be completely abandoned."
Upon hearing this, several elders behind the White Tiger Temple Master all showed expressions of surprise and doubt. Some wanted to ask for the reason, but were interrupted again by the White Tiger Temple Master, who looked in the direction where Li Musheng had disappeared and said:
"Next, we have something even more important to do. It is the only mission of our White Tiger Temple, which has existed for thousands of years, and we must not fail in it."
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After leaving the underground White Emperor City, Li Musheng returned to his residence in White Emperor City without any hindrance, accompanied by the girl Ah Xiu and the big white cat.
Immediately afterwards, he ordered all the assassins of the Hidden Kill Pavilion to move into action and search for the whereabouts of the three elders of the Jingjue Ancient City clan, the master of the Green Mountain Tower, and the missing Killing Saint of the Hidden Kill Pavilion.
The reason why he didn't just look for the owner of Qingshan Tower was because Li Musheng vaguely felt that there were some problems that needed to be confirmed.
After doing all this, Li Musheng returned to his room, took out the Dream Thousand Autumn, and looked thoughtful.
When he left the seventh floor of the White Emperor Tower, he had set up an illusion in the main hall. However, the three elders of the Jingjue Ancient City Clan and the Lord of the Green Mountain Tower seemed to be completely unaffected.
However, what Li Musheng is still unclear about is whether Meng Qianqiu's illusion failed due to the collapse of the seventh-level array restriction of the White Emperor Tower, or because it was broken by the four people.
Although in general, array formations and restrictions cannot affect illusions in most cases, there are bound to be exceptions.
If the three elders of the Jingjue Ancient City clan and the master of Qingshan Tower were to resolve the illusion on their own, Li Musheng couldn't help but think more highly of them.
About half the night passed in this way. The Hidden Killing Pavilion had searched almost the entire city of Baidi. It wasn't until dawn that Lianxing came to Li Musheng's room to report.
"It is our incompetence that has led to the fact that none of the people the Pavilion Master ordered us to search for in Baidi City have been found to this day."
Lianxing stood before Li Musheng with her head bowed. Her usually expressionless, beautiful face was clearly tense, showing both shame for failing to complete the mission and trepidation at facing the new leader of the Hidden Killing Pavilion.
Upon hearing this, Li Musheng frowned slightly, glanced at Lianxing, and asked:
"And those top martial arts masters of the Western Desert are also nowhere to be found?"
"Yes, according to the assassins from the Hidden Kill Pavilion, the last place those experts were seen yesterday was outside White Emperor City, and they have not been seen since."
Lianxing nodded in response, slightly raising her eyes to look at Li Musheng, and said:
"As for the remnants of the Jingjue Ancient City and the Qingshan Tower, we have located their stronghold in Baidi City, and they are now all under the control of the Hidden Killing Pavilion." (End of Chapter)