Not long after Shenlang and the others left, a figure came from afar.
The person was wearing a navy blue robe and had an imposing aura. A faint aura of a superior permeated the air.
The person came to the two secret guards whose necks had been broken by the black-clothed man and looked at them carefully.
"Iron Claw Technique?"
"Iron Claw Old Man, how dare you kill the imperial court's people. Even if you have the Stellar Tower to support you, I will make you pay the price."
As soon as he finished speaking, he disappeared.
…
There was a huge and magnificent building. People came and went in front of the building. Everyone who entered the building was either rich or respectable or a martial artist with a sword.
There were two warriors at the peak of the Postliminary Realm guarding the building. They glanced at everyone who entered indifferently and were extremely arrogant.
There was a plaque hanging above the building's door with three domineering words written on it, "Stellar Tower".
The Stellar Tower was one of the 21 top forces in the Zhenwu Continent. This building was only a branch of the Rivertown.
The 21 top forces had their own composition. Some were sects, some were families. The Stellar Tower was a business alliance.
The Stellar Tower had three Pavilion Lords, and each of them was at the Profound Emptiness Realm. The three of them were powerful experts who could shake a region. In the Zhenwu Continent, there were no exceptional experts of the Immortal Martial Realm. The experts of the Profound Emptiness Realm were already the peak existences.
If a force had a Profound Emptiness Realm expert, it could be called a first-class force.
And if there was a Profound Emptiness Realm expert, it could be promoted to a top force.
But since ancient times, there were only 21 top forces. It was not that no one had reached the Profound Emptiness Realm in the past 100,000 years. It was just that the 21 top forces did not allow those people to establish top forces. The rise of every top force would damage their interests.
After all, not all the Profound Emptiness Realm experts were like Great Emperor Qianwu, who could suppress an era. It was difficult for one person to resist the joint suppression of the 21 top forces.
At this moment, inside the Stellar Tower, two people were sitting opposite each other in a splendid room.
"Are you sure that young man is Shenlang from the Shen Family?"
Liu Wuqing frowned and asked.
Liu Wuqing, the Pavilion Master of the Star Pavilion branch in Rivertown, was at the peak of the Late-stage Inborn Realm.
The man opposite him was the Iron Claw Elder, Hawking, who was fighting with Gao Jianli.
"It shouldn't be wrong. I sent someone to investigate when I came back. It's definitely Shenlang."
Hawking said affirmatively.
Liu Wuqing nodded. "Looks like this kid isn't simple."
A youngster who had just reached the age of twenty had a middle-stage Xiantian master following him. Moreover, that master was a peak middle-stage Xiantian master. So, he wouldn't believe that Shenlang wasn't special at all.
"Pavilion Master, what should we do next?"
Hawking asked.
Liu Wuqing's eyes flashed. "Let's wait and see. That scroll is only half of it. When the other half appears, we will make our move."
"But this time, we might have to wrestle with the imperial court. Your martial arts are too obvious. I'm afraid we won't be able to hide it for long. Those lackeys of the imperial court will come knocking on our door."
Hawking's face was calm. Ordinary forces might be afraid of the imperial court, but the Stellar Pavilion, as one of the top twenty-one forces, wasn't. Even if this matter was brought to the Pavilion Master, the three of them would support the two of them.
After all, that scroll was the burial place of an Insightful Emptiness Realm expert. Every Insightful Emptiness Realm expert would build a grave for himself before he passed away. Inside the grave, there would be all the things he had learned and all the weapons he carried with him. Obtaining any of these would increase the strength of the Stellar Tower.
The two of them weren't in a hurry to make their move against Shenlang. This was because Shenlang's scroll only recorded half of the map. There was still no news about the other half. Only when that half of the map appeared would they make their move.
"Dong Dong Dong"
"Pavilion Master, City Lord Wei is here. He wants to see you."
A deacon of the Stellar Pavilion said respectfully outside the door.
Liu Wuqing and Hawking looked at each other with a smile on their faces.
"City Lord Wei is here. Please forgive me for not going out to meet you."
Liu Wuqing pushed open the door of the reception room, cupped his hands and smiled.
A middle-aged man in a navy blue robe was sitting in the reception room. When he heard Liu Wuqing's voice, he put down his teacup lightly and stood up. "Pavilion Master Liu, you look good. I heard that the business of the Stellar Pavilion has been very good recently."
Wei Zhang, the City Lord of Rivertown, was at the peak of the late stage of the Innate Realm. He was at the same realm as Liu Wuqing. Both of them were from top forces. In this tiny Rivertown, they definitely had to get to know each other.
"No matter how good the business is, it's not as good as the Qianwu Empire's tax collection."
Liu Wuqing said with a smile.
As the City Lord, Wei Zhang wasn't an ordinary person. His expression didn't change in the face of Liu Wuqing's mockery. Instead, he said with a smile, "Although the empire taxes the world, the empire has always been protecting the people. Without the deterrence of the empire's military force, if the Southern Barbarians or the Jin Kingdom create chaos in the Central Plains, I'm afraid that everyone will have a hard time."
Liu Wuqing knew that it would be useless to argue with these officials, so he changed the topic. "City Lord Wei, you don't come to the Three Treasures Palace for no reason. What brings you here this time?"
"Oh, since Pavilion Master Liu is so straightforward, then I won't beat around the bush. I wonder if the Iron Claw Elder, Deacon Hawking, is in your pavilion?"
Wei Zhang looked at Liu Wuqing and asked slowly.
Liu Wuqing pondered for a moment and said slowly, "Hawking should be in the pavilion. I wonder if City Lord Wei is looking for Deacon Hawking?"
Wei Zhang narrowed his eyes. "I wonder if Pavilion Master Liu knows that three of our Imperial Court's Embroidered Uniform Guards have died?"
"What? Three Embroidered Uniform Guards have died? When did this happen? Who dared to kill the Imperial Court's people? "
Liu Wuqing said with a surprised expression. Then he seemed to think of something and said with a puzzled expression, "City Lord Wei can't be thinking that Hawking killed them, right?"
Of course, Wei Zhang wouldn't be confused by Liu Wuqing's acting. Instead, he said expressionlessly, "Pavilion Master Liu, a straightforward person doesn't resort to insinuations. One of the three Embroidered Uniform Guards was killed by Soul Breaking Saber Li Danai. The other two were killed by Hawking's Iron Claw Technique. Shouldn't Pavilion Master Liu give an explanation?"
Liu Wuqing slammed the table and said loudly, "That's impossible. Hawking has been in the pavilion all this time and has never left. If you don't believe me, City Lord can ask everyone in the pavilion. They can all prove that Hawking has never left."
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