Cheng Yu hid in a secluded corner as he blushed with shame. He had almost made a mistake.
After the woman closed the window, Cheng Yu left the courtyard stealthily.
The backyard was so big. It was not an easy task to find the place where the outer prince lived.
"Seems like I have to find someone to ask," Cheng Yu searched a few more places, but he was still unable to find any traces of the outer prince.
There was not only one courtyard in the backyard. There were many layers of courtyards. The layout was very complicated.
Even though he had already entered the courtyard, Cheng Yu still carefully avoided the patrolling guards.
However, Cheng Yu would not look for the guards to inquire about the situation. Otherwise, it would be equivalent to poking a hornet's nest.
Cheng Yu carefully hid in the backyard. Finally, he saw a female servant walking in the courtyard while carrying fruits.
Seeing this opportunity, Cheng Yu looked around. Indeed, there was no one else around. In an instant, he grabbed the female servant and brought her into the Immortal Demon Tower. However, he did not place her in the same level as the others.
"Speak. Which courtyard is the outer prince staying in?" Cheng Yu's image appeared in front of the woman.
"You … you … who are you?" The woman looked at the man in front of her. Immediately, she was startled and scared. She did not even care about the strange environment around her.
"Now, I am the one asking you. Not the other way around," Cheng Yu said coldly.
"I … I … I don't know," The woman was obviously frightened by Cheng Yu.
In addition, when she saw the dark environment around her, it caused her to be even more frightened.
Humans would always be afraid of the unknown. Furthermore, she was just an ordinary woman. Her fear of this kind of thing was even greater than cultivators.
"Do you know where this place is?" Cheng Yu looked at her.
"No … I don't know," The woman covered her face and sobbed. Her whole body was trembling.
"Then let me tell you. If you don't answer my question honestly, this place will be your burial place," Cheng Yu would not let her off just because she was a weak woman.
"I beg you. Don't kill me. I am just a female servant. I don't know anything," The female servant said.
"Although you are a female servant, it is impossible for you to not know where the outer prince is staying. As long as you answer my question, I can guarantee that you will live to a hundred years old," Cheng Yu said.
"You really won't kill me?" The maid said in fear.
"You should know that I'm only here to look for your Outer King, not you. As long as you tell me where the Outer King is, there's no need for me to take your life." Cheng Yu said.
"Then … then I'll tell you, you must not kill me," the maid said with a trembling voice.
"Speak!"
"The King is in the small courtyard in the middle," the maidservant said.
"Are you sure you're not lying to me?" Cheng Yu stared at her eyes.
"No, no, I would never dare to lie to you!" The maid said in fear.
Although it was hard to tell from the maid's expression whether she was speaking the truth or not, the eyes were the windows to the soul. Looking into her eyes, even if there was some evasiveness, it was definitely not the kind of guilt that came from lying and being worried about being exposed, but pure fear.
Besides, Cheng Yu had interrogated so many people. Furthermore, they were in the Immortal Demon Tower. Even those Crossing Tribulation Realm experts who were several times stronger than her were unable to escape, let alone this kind of ordinary maid who didn't know anything.
Therefore, Cheng Yu believed that what she said was the truth.
"You stay here first. When I'm done with my matters, I'll let you out and return you your freedom!" After Cheng Yu finished speaking, he instantly disappeared.
The maid looked at the dim space where she was left alone. There were also different colored runes flickering in her eyes. Her heart was filled with fear. She curled up into a ball and buried her head between her knees, trembling incessantly.
Outside the Immortal Demon Tower
Cheng Yu looked around and roughly determined the location of the backyard. Therefore, he once again cautiously and stealthily went over.
"Now you can see the situation outside. Tell me, is that the Outer King's residence?" Cheng Yu's voice suddenly resounded in the dim space.
The maid was startled. When she raised her head, she actually saw the situation outside.
"Yes! The Outer King lives in that small courtyard. "The maid nodded.
"Are you sure it's here?" This small courtyard didn't seem to be as beautiful as those madams' small courtyards. This caused Cheng Yu to have some doubts.
"Yes!"
Seeing that the maid was so sure, Cheng Yu somewhat admired the Outer King's scheming.
In his eyes, this small courtyard was very ordinary. It was even a little shabby.
If it wasn't for the maid saying that this was the Outer King's residence, he would never have thought that the Outer King who controlled such a huge Outer Dynasty would actually live in such a small courtyard.
However, it was also because this small courtyard looked so ordinary and it wasn't the deepest place in the backyard. Instead, it was in a very conspicuous central position. This would create an illusion for intruders.
As the saying goes, the more dangerous a place is, the safer it is.
"You can't go over anymore. Otherwise, you will die!" Just when Cheng Yu was about to approach the small courtyard, the maid suddenly reminded.
Although she was just an ordinary person, the maid seemed to understand that she was trapped by Cheng Yu. If Cheng Yu died, she might not be able to live either.
Therefore, she struggled for a while and decided to stop Cheng Yu from approaching.
"Why?" Cheng Yu stopped his footsteps.
"Every time the Outer Monarch goes into seclusion, he will seal off this place. Anyone who goes near this place will be in mortal danger. A few servants and maids accidentally went near this place when the Outer Monarch was in seclusion, and they were immediately struck to death by a bolt of lightning.
Two months ago, madam told us that without their permission, no one is allowed to approach this place. Therefore, at this time, the Outer King should be in seclusion. If you were to approach this place at this time, you will definitely be struck by lightning. "The maid explained.
"There's such a thing?" Cheng Yu immediately became curious.
This maid was just an ordinary woman. If it wasn't true, she definitely wouldn't say so.
However, according to the maid, when the Outer King was in seclusion, there should be a formation here. Therefore, there would be people being struck to death by lightning.
However, what made him feel strange was that he didn't find anyone setting up a formation here.
Now, he could be considered a formation master. Although he couldn't be called a formation master, he could still recite it. But as the saying goes, if one was familiar with 300 Tang poems, even if he didn't know how to compose poems, he would still be able to recite them.
Cheng Yu had studied so many terrifying formations in the Immortal Demon Tower. Furthermore, the Heavenly Array Elder's formations were all the essence of formations. The current Cheng Yu was no longer the layman he once was.
In addition, after Cheng Yu had deciphered those formations, he had once again set up and modified the formations outside the Immortal Demon Tower. Now, Cheng Yu's formation attainments could be said to have a small achievement.
Just like the Cheng Family's formation. Although Cheng Yu had spent close to a year to set it up, the might of the formation was absolutely earth-shattering.
Such a formation, in this world, probably only a few people would be able to set it up!
Because of this, generally speaking, if there was a formation here, Cheng Yu would basically be able to see it.
But now, he didn't find any traces of a formation. This meant that this formation was either too high level or there was no formation at all.
Of course, there was another possibility. That was there was a natural formation here. Therefore, Cheng Yu couldn't see any traces of it.
However, Cheng Yu still believed what the maid said was true.
Therefore, Cheng Yu had no choice but to be careful. Even if he didn't see the existence of a formation here, before he understood the situation, he absolutely didn't dare to act blindly without thinking.
If there really was a hidden formation here, his action would attract the heavenly lightning.
Even if the heavenly lightning didn't injure him, it would definitely alarm the entire palace and even the people from the White Sun Palace.
Therefore, he couldn't be careless!
Since he didn't find any problems, Cheng Yu had no choice but to go along the other areas to check.
However, this circle wasn't small. There were several side courtyards and there were many guards patrolling back and forth.
Cheng Yu carefully looked around the area. When he returned to the original place, the sky was already dark.
"This is really strange. He spent so much effort to go around in a big circle, but he actually couldn't find any problems." Cheng Yu muttered.
"You really didn't lie to me. There's heavenly lightning here?" Cheng Yu asked the maid in the Immortal Demon Tower.
"Lord, how would I dare to lie to you. When the Outer King is in seclusion, once we get close, there will really be heavenly lightning!" The maid said with certainty.
"You saw it with your own eyes?" Cheng Yu asked.
"This … I haven't seen it with my own eyes, but I heard everyone say so!" The maid paused and said.
Cheng Yu didn't continue asking.
Sometimes, even if he saw it with his own eyes, it might not be true. However, not seeing it with his own eyes didn't mean it was fake.
It was still the same sentence. Cheng Yu did not wish to create too big of a commotion here to attract other people's attention.
It would be best if he could sneak in without anyone noticing.
"Eh?" Just when Cheng Yu recalled the situation of him circling around the area, Cheng Yu suddenly seemed to have thought of something.
"Could it be that the formation in this area wasn't directly set up using spirit stones, but these buildings?" Cheng Yu recalled the surrounding small courtyard and the buildings in the side courtyard once again as he suddenly thought of something.
This was like in the natural world, a few natural mountains could also form a huge natural formation, such as a natural spirit gathering formation.
In such a place, the spiritual Qi would usually be very dense.
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