Even as the undercurrents of the World beyond Worlds surged, it was currently flourishing on the surface.
The Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion whose name had already spread far and wide and had established its position welcomed its third anniversary.
After the usual opening of the pavilion to the public, a higher level auction officially began.
Those who were able to participate in the auction were all people who had tokens in their hands without exception.
In Yan Zhaoge's words, only 'members' could participate in the auction.
Not all of the items auctioned were owned by the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion. More than half of them had been entrusted by others to be auctioned by the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion.
There was no lack of treasures amongst them. As news spread, many people were naturally drawn over.
The response was rather good.
From the specifications to the process, it was obvious that this would be an incomparably successful auction.
Meanwhile, the black-clothed Brocade Emperor who had caught the attention of those of the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion had been very quiet all along.
From arriving at Yuanzhou City till the auction had begun till now, he had not done anything at all. It was as if he had really come to participate in this event.
Still, Yan Zhaoge and the others increasingly felt that things were not normal.
Because the Female Emperor Jie Mingkong who had originally agreed to attend the auction had missed her appointment!
With this, Wang Pu and the others instantly felt the pressure brought about by the black-clothed Brocade Emperor increase exponentially.
"Could it be that the Female Emperor learnt of the letter you brought from the Roving Jade Heavens and was thus dissatisfied?" Wang Pu asked in private.
Chu Lili's existence was extremely secretive as few in the World beyond Worlds knew about it.
It was not like the Bright Connection Emperor and the others who had been intentionally concealed. Instead, she had rarely interacted with others in the World beyond Worlds that year.
Virtually no one knew that the Astro Sovereign had another disciple besides the Female Emperor.
The Sword Sovereign – Yue Zhenbei naturally knew about it. Because Chu Lili was rather familiar with him, those of his lineage at Jade Capital Crag also vaguely knew about it, just that they were not as detailed.
After Yan Zhaoge had returned to the World beyond Worlds, the Sword Sovereign had still yet to return from extradimensional space. Thus, he had mentioned it to Wang Pu.
Now that the Female Emperor had unexpectedly missed her appointment, Wang Pu could not help but think of this.
"Probably not." Yan Zhaoge said, "I did not spread the news. Even if someone from the Roving Jade Heavens wanted to do so, they would at most only know that I met Senior Chu. They would not know what we discussed, nor would they know about the matter of the letter being sent."
Gao Xuebo, Long Xueji, and the others would not intentionally screw him over.
Little Gao Qing might be a little careless, but her grandfather, Gao Xuebo, would definitely remind her repeatedly about this matter. Thus, the chances of Gao Qing leaking the news were very low.
The Cloud Conquest Emperor and the others didn't like the World beyond Worlds. Even if they wanted to stir up chaos within the World beyond Worlds, they didn't have enough resources on hand. Naturally, they couldn't do anything.
If Yan Zhaoge had only met Chu Lili once, it would not have been possible to anger the Female Emperor.
"I promise, I've never leaked any information here," Wang Pu said with a wry smile.
"So, it shouldn't be because I brought the letter. At least, the possibility of that is very small." Yan Zhaoge lightly rubbed his temples, "It's probably something else that caused the Female Emperor to miss her appointment. Still, there aren't many things that she would be concerned about."
The Female Empress, Jie Mingkong, was famous for sweeping away the snow in front of her own door, not caring about the frost on the roof of others.
Most of the time, of the World beyond Worlds' Five Emperors, her presence was the weakest.
Because there were very few things that could make her move.
Therefore, her presence at Broad Creed Mountain's opening ceremony had shocked everyone present.
Even when the Brocade Emperor had challenged Mars Halberd in the past, a rare Immortal battle in the World beyond Worlds in recent years, the Female Emperor had not bothered about it at all.
When Chen Qianhua had kicked down Ingenious Flying Peak, the Female Emperor had similarly not moved.
Only when Chen Qianhua had intended to become the Southern Exalt and had clashed with Jade Capital Crag's Nie Jingshen, which involved Broad Creed Mountain and Jade Capital Crag, had the Female Emperor appeared once more.
It was not easy to make the current number one female expert of the World beyond Worlds move.
"Whether it is my Broad Creed Mountain or senior apprentice-uncle Yue's Jade Capital Crag, the reason why the Female Emperor is so friendly with them is actually because of the friendship between my ancestor and the Astro Sovereign."
"Although it is most likely not because I brought the letter for Senior Chu," Yan Zhaoge pondered and said, "I'm afraid that the thing that is most likely to move the Female Emperor in the World beyond Worlds is still related to the Astro Sovereign."
Hearing his words, Wang Pu nodded slowly.
"Indeed, there is more than one person who came looking for trouble." Yan Zhaoge raised his head slightly, looking at the ceiling of the private room as he said decisively, "With the black-clothed Brocade Emperor's current condition, he would not be able to set up such a grand scheme. The person who could link all of this together …"
Xiao Ai and the others suddenly understood and said in unison, "Southern High Peak's Qilin Cliff!"
"That white-clothed Brocade Emperor cannot come, and the Female Emperor cannot come as well …" Yan Zhaoge exhaled lightly, "No matter how I look at it, this does not seem to be an isolated incident. Instead, it seems to have been planned beforehand."
"Old Wang, are you unhappy with the fact that the Secret Pavilion is gathering power for my Jade Capital Crag?" Wang Pu asked gravely.
Because Qiu Jiahai and the other disciples of Jade Capital Crag were participating, the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion was stirring up a storm. To a certain extent, they were indeed continuously boosting the Sword Emperor's reputation.
All along, of the World beyond Worlds' Three Sovereigns, the Concealed Sovereign had always kept a low profile while the Sword Sovereign had the least experience. Therefore, the Earthly Sovereign had vaguely been the leader.
At present, the appearance of the Pavilion of Heavenly Mysteries was not enough to change this situation.
However, if this were to continue developing, the effects would become deeper and deeper, and it was hard to say whether or not new signs would appear.
In the world of martial artists, the feelings of the people were not as important as in the secular world.
Still, after so many years, the World beyond Worlds was deeply intertwined with one another as there would inevitably be connections between the upper and lower levels.
While it was the upper levels who influenced the lower levels most of the time, when the lower levels gradually formed a whole, their voices would have to be taken seriously by the upper levels as well.
If the stances of the higher echelon experts shifted, it would naturally affect the authority of the peak experts.
Of course, the prerequisite was that there was no great disparity in strength between the two sides.
As the chief steward of the World beyond Worlds most of the time, Wang Pu did not believe that the Earth Exalt Wang Zhengcheng could not understand this.
"Still, there is a precondition." Qiu Jiahai said, "The Concealed Sovereign must remain neutral. If the Concealed Sovereign firmly supports the Earthly Sovereign, the current situation in the World beyond Worlds will not change."
"That being said, before the Concealed Sovereign expresses his stance, the Earth Exalt should not act rashly. This is not in line with his style."
Yan Zhaoge stroked his lower chin, "Therefore, he should not be in a hurry to suppress the Heavenly Mysteries Pavilion unless the Earth Exalt intends to do the opposite, going against his usual style."
While this was possible, it was rather small.
"Then, his target …" Yan Zhaoge narrowed his eyes, "Ah Hu …"
Before he had finished speaking, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on the face of Ah Hu beside him as he took out a purple ice crystal and crushed it.
Light flickered within the ice crystal, forming information.
Seeing this, everyone's expressions turned ugly as Yan Zhaoge put a hand on his forehead, "Not a single one of my helpers can arrive, but my enemies are coming one after another."
The information contained within the ice crystal was:
"The Heaven Emperor has descended upon the southeast."
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