This kind of search had already been going on in the Endless Sea Region for some time, but Du Feng was still cultivating in the technique practicing room and had no idea what was going on.
"Did you hear? The adjudicators conducted a big search in the Endless Sea Region."
"Yeah, I heard about it too. One of my friends happened to meet it."
It was impossible for such a big search not to spread the news. Be it those living in seclusion on the island or those sailing on ships, they all had relatives, friends, or fellow disciples. This news quickly spread to the Southern Heaven Realm and then to the Heaven Palace.
The adjudicators had always been a mysterious organization. No one would have thought that they would mobilize so many people this time. Not only were the adjudicator squads of all levels mobilized, but they also sent a large number of underlings dressed in uniform to conduct a big search in the Endless Sea Region.
Du Feng came out of the technique practicing room and looked at his Cultivation with satisfaction. He had advanced from the late-stage of the eighth-stage Immortal Lord to the early-stage of the ninth-stage. These few days of cultivation had not been in vain.
"Brother Du, you went out a while ago. Do you know what happened in the Endless Sea?"
It was only when the curious Fu Xi talked to Du Feng about it that he found out what had happened in the Endless Sea. With Du Feng's intelligence, he immediately figured it out. The big search in the Endless Sea Region was definitely related to East Deity. And the reason for the big search was that he had fled to the Endless Sea to avoid being hunted down.
Oh no, he didn't know if East Deity had been found. According to the current news, many hidden experts had been found, but there was no mention of East Deity. But if the search continued like this, East Deity might not be able to avoid it either.
Du Feng really wanted to take out his voice transmission talisman to contact East Deity, but he couldn't do that. Because he was still in the Heaven Palace's territory. If he used the talisman rashly, he might be targeted. If this big search had something to do with the upper echelons of the celestial heavens, they might be able to use Du Feng's voice transmission talisman to track East Deity's island.
Hence, Du Feng now had two choices. One was to leave the celestial palace and contact East Deity. The other was to pretend that he knew nothing and continue to participate in the tournament.
He thought about it carefully and decided that he couldn't show any signs of panic at this time. If he ran out in a hurry, he would still be targeted. It was better to pretend that he knew nothing and calmly participate in the fifth round of the competition. There were less than 50 contestants left in this round. Moreover, all of them were either at or at the pinnacle of the Ninth Stage Celestial Lord Cultivation Realm. This included Du Feng, who had just advanced to the Ninth Stage.
"I've passed by the Endless Sea before. Just pretend that nothing happened."
Du Feng knew that he was being monitored, so he chatted with Fu Xi about the Endless Sea in a relaxed manner. He didn't know if he had been to the Endless Sea. If he denied it, it would be a cover-up, and the more he tried to cover it up, the more problems there would be.
"That's strange. Why would the Adjudicators suddenly appear and conduct a major search?"
Fu Xi scratched his head, unable to figure out what the Adjudicators were up to.
"That's right. I just remembered something."
Du Feng shouted, giving Fu Xi a fright. Just what did he remember that made him so shocked?
"I met an assassin over there and killed him instead. Could he be from the Adjudicators?"
Uh … The moment Du Feng said that, Fu Xi quickly shut him up. What a joke. Regardless of whether he was from the Adjudicators or not, you can't mention it now. If it was really a member of the Adjudicators who was killed, they would definitely seek revenge.
Perhaps the major search in the Endless Sea was to find the killer of the Adjudicators. Fortunately, Du Feng had already gone into hiding in the sky palace. Otherwise, it would be troublesome.
Of course, this was just Fu Xi's understanding. In fact, Du Feng knew very well. Even if a member of the Adjudicators was killed, they wouldn't muster such a large force. The reason they mustered such a large force was obviously not to find a mere Immortal Monarch like him, but to find another experienced Immortal Emperor in the Heaven Realm, the long-missing East Deity.
The Adjudicators were involved in the search for East Deity, which meant that they were related to the upper echelons of the Heavenly Court. Or perhaps he was wrong. The person who framed East Deity back then wasn't one of the Five Emperors of the Heavenly Court. Could it be Emperor Lan of the Northern Heaven Realm or Emperor Shi of the Western Heaven Realm?
But that wasn't right. That Blackface Demon Emperor had clearly barged into the sky palace to deliver a message. He must have been sending some sort of signal to one of the Five Emperors. He had purposely said that in front of the five people so that one of them wouldn't be suspected.
If he had used a voice transmission talisman or secret voice transmission to contact one of them, it would instead cause that person to be suspected by the other four Immortal Emperors. This was Blackface Demon Emperor's cleverness, but it was also his stupidity. It was equivalent to confirming that the killer was one of the five.
No. Du Feng suddenly slapped his forehead and thought of another possibility.
What if two or three of the Five Emperors of the Heavenly Court were involved in this matter? Or perhaps all five of them were plotters, but not necessarily participants. Perhaps the one who acted together with Blackface Demon Emperor was another experienced Immortal Emperor. But this experienced Immortal Emperor had also communicated with the Five Emperors of the Heavenly Court, or he had simply been instructed by them.
If that was really the case, then this matter would become even more complicated. When it came to the East Deity, Du Feng couldn't trust anyone.
He really couldn't be blamed for not trusting his friends, because Fu Xi was Emperor Yan's disciple, and Canyang was Emperor Qing's disciple. Even if they kept the secret, with Emperor Qing's and Emperor Yan's methods, it would be easy for them to obtain useful information.
So at this moment, Du Feng could only hide the secret in his heart, not even telling his friends. Because telling them would be equivalent to harming them. Whether it was the Adjudicators or the high and mighty Five Emperors of the Heavenly Court, he could face them all by himself.
"Brother Du, why are you in a daze? It's time to participate in the competition. I still want to see you become the champion."
Fu Xi patted Du Feng's shoulder, thinking that he was worried about the Adjudicators.
"Don't talk nonsense, I want to be the champion. At most, I can get into the top ten."
Du Feng really didn't want to care too much about this. He had already emphasized this problem many times. If it was possible, he just wanted to get into the top few and get some rewards. After all, the top three would be rewarded with the Establishing Emperor Pill, which was very helpful in breaking through to the Immortal Emperor Realm.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
