"I won't hide it from you, Special Envoy. This matter is a little difficult …" Ning Yi slowly said after thinking for a while.
Lu Xuan smiled, "Of course it's difficult. Taking the Archaeopterygium from the hands of the Sikong family is no different from taking food from a tiger's mouth. If it wasn't difficult, I wouldn't have come to you, Shopkeeper Ning. But no matter what, this Archaeopterygium is mine! "
Listening to Lu Xuan's resolute words, Ning Yi took a deep breath. He finally understood Lu Xuan's determination. After thinking for a while, he took out a map and spread it on the table.
Lu Xuan's eyes looked over and saw that it was a map of an extremely large group of palaces. Most of the places on the map were marked in detail, but there were some places with very little information.
"This is the map of the Sikong family's headquarters?" Lu Xuan turned to look at Ning Yi and asked.
Ning Yi nodded, "Yes, the entrance of the Sikong family's palaces is located in the north of Sky Saint City. This group of palaces is where the Sikong family's branches and disciples live."
Ning Yi pointed at the periphery of the palaces, then moved to the center and said, "This is the training area. Some training facilities and places like the Martial Skill Pavilion are here. As for the back, that is the core of the Sikong family. Most of the Sikong family's elders live here. This is the Moon Embracing Palace, the place where the Sikong family holds important meetings and official business."
Hearing this name, Lu Xuan couldn't help but smile. The Sikong family was really ambitious. The biggest shop was called the Star Picking Pavilion, and the official business place was called the Moon Embracing Palace. Wasn't this the meaning of picking the stars and grabbing the moon?
Without thinking too much, Lu Xuan pointed at a few places on the map that were marked poorly and asked, "What about these places?"
The places Lu Xuan pointed at were not only poorly marked, but their geographical locations were also very far away, almost hidden in layers of defense. In order to reach these places, one must first break through the outermost residence of the Sikong family's branch disciples, then pass through the training area and the Moon Embracing Palace. Only then would one be able to reach these places. Moreover, these places were all separated. It was impossible to gather all the forces to attack all of these places in one go. However, this also gave Lu Xuan a chance to break through with all his strength. Of course, this chance was very slim. After all, if one wanted to reach these places, they would have to break through too many obstacles.
Ning Yi sighed softly, "These places are the true core of the Sikong family. This building is called the Ascending Heaven Palace. This place contains the inheritance of the Sikong family for many years. The security here is almost indescribable. If we can destroy this place, it would be equivalent to destroying the blood, sweat, and tears of countless ancestors of the Sikong family. However, the difficulty of destroying this place is no different from destroying the Sikong family. We only know that there are many Virtualized realm elders guarding this place, and there are also some old monsters — the hidden elders of the Sikong family."
Regarding this Ascending Heaven Palace, Lu Xuan only took a glance and lost interest. He didn't have the idea of destroying the foundation of the Sikong family. Of course, more importantly, he didn't have the strength to do so. He quietly waited for Ning Yi to introduce the other places.
Ning Yi also knew what Lu Xuan was concerned about, so he didn't waste any time and directly pointed to a building in another corner, "This is the place where the Sikong family cultivates the Yin Yang Broken Soul Parasite, called the Insect Hall. Everyone who enters the Insect Hall must go through a strict interrogation, and except for important matters, unrelated people are not allowed to enter. The cultivators who cultivate the parasites are relatively more reclusive and rarely appear, only staying in the Insect Hall."
Lu Xuan stared at the Insect Hall. There were more markings on the Insect Hall than the Ascending Heaven Palace. It wasn't hard to analyze that the security of the Insect Hall wasn't as strict as the Ascending Heaven Palace, and the Anying Hall had also explored the Insect Hall a little more. Previously, Ning Yi had said that they wanted to obtain the Yin Yang Broken Soul Parasite's cultivation method, so they must have found out about it during that time.
As expected, Ning Yi said, "Back then, in order to obtain the cultivation method of the Yin Yang Broken Soul Parasite, we spent countless efforts to infiltrate the Deity Hall, bribing the guards of the Insect Hall with a large sum of money, roping in the cultivators who cultivate parasites, and attempting to send the hidden sentries of the Sikong family into the Insect Hall … We tried all sorts of methods, but in the end, we lost many people and only managed to add a few more markings on this map."
Hearing Ning Yi's sigh, Lu Xuan could imagine the price that the Anying Hall had paid for this. The Anying Hall trying to find information about the Insect Hall was equivalent to the Sikong Clan trying to find information about Mount Jiuhua. Lu Xuan might not know about the security of Mount Jiuhua, but even if he thought with his toes, he would know that the security was definitely comparable to the Sikong Clan's Ascending Heaven Palace.
After taking a closer look, Lu Xuan realized that there were different words written on the map of the Insect Hall.
"Two hidden sentries, initial stage Great Void Realm."
"Four guards, peak stage Origin Realm."
"Three patrol teams, the route is shown in the red line. Led by a middle stage Great Void Realm martial artist, members ranging from the late stage Origin Realm to the initial stage Great Void Realm."
"Suspected to be the location of the Primordial Insect."
"Suspected to be the breeding ground of the Yin Yang Broken Soul Parasite larvae."
"Food for the parasite, four initial stage Great Void Realm guards, unknown strength of the hidden sentries."
… …
Lines after lines of information seemed to have marked out the strength of the guards on the periphery of the Insect Hall, but the situation in the depths of the Insect Hall was completely unknown. Not even the exact situation of the buildings were known, only a few words were 'suspected'.
After each piece of information, it was unknown how much effort had been put in. It was unknown how many Anying Hall martial artists had sacrificed their lives for this information.
Lu Xuan couldn't help but secretly clench his fist. Just for the sacrifice of these Anying Hall martial artists, he had to obtain the Primordial Insect no matter what.
"Envoy, if we want to obtain the Primordial Insect, we have to first find a way to enter the Insect Hall. Just this step alone is already extremely difficult." Ning Yi's words interrupted Lu Xuan's thoughts.
When Ning Yi said this, he frowned. If they wanted to reach the Insect Hall, they would have to pass through many obstacles. Even if they sacrificed the lives of all the brothers of the Anying Hall, Ning Yi couldn't see any hope.
Lu Xuan didn't rush to answer. Instead, he stared at the map and gently tapped his fingers. After a while, Lu Xuan suddenly took out the Taiyi Cauldron. Ning Yi looked at Lu Xuan in surprise, not knowing what he meant.
Then, he saw Lu Xuan cast a hand sign, and a slight spatial fluctuation suddenly came. Immediately after, a golden light flashed, and a small golden figure appeared on Lu Xuan's shoulder.
"Xuan, you're finally willing to let me out. I was almost suffocated to death!" As soon as Little Tanuki appeared, it loudly complained about being wronged. The last time it saw Ao Ze being called out by Lu Xuan, Little Tanuki was very excited. Thinking that Ao Ze, the big blockhead, had appeared, it reckoned that it should also show off its skills. However, it didn't expect that it would have to wait for so long. Now, it could finally see the light of day again.
"This, this is …" Ning Yi looked at Little Tanuki, dumbfounded.
"Shopkeeper Ning, don't be surprised. This is my friend." Lu Xuan smiled. Towards Little Tanuki and Ao Ze, Lu Xuan didn't treat them as his own spiritual beasts. Instead, he treated them as friends.
Shopkeeper Ning was still wondering where Little Tanuki came from. However, Lu Xuan patted Little Tanuki's head and pointed to the map. "Little Tanuki, this is your chance to show off your skills. Take a look at this map."
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