After Zhang Yu sent out the order to investigate, he cultivated and refined pills in the Shouzheng Palace.
He estimated that there would be a result within five or six days. However, after only three days, the report was sent to his desk by the Department of Deity Duty.
He took a look. According to Xu Chengtong's description, things were going quite smoothly.
After learning the whereabouts of Chi Gao, Lu Gui's son, from He Li, they quickly found him.
However, they soon discovered that Chi Gao, as Lu Gui's son, was just an ordinary person. He usually didn't have much interaction with cultivators.
As for Lu Gui's meeting with him before he left, he didn't say anything. Because he was going to fight in the Outer Realms, he came to see him as Chi Gao's biological father.
However, because Chi Gao had been fostered in someone else's home since he was young, he had only seen Lu Gui a few times. The relationship between father and son had always been very weak. In the end, they didn't say much, nor did they leave any special instructions.
Originally, the clues might've been cut off here. However, as they continued to ask, there was an unexpected harvest.
Beside Chi Gao, there were still a large number of documents left behind by his ancestral land, Lu Chao. After Xu Chengtong examined them, he found that these documents involved a secret. He didn't dare to make a decision on his own, so he organized these things into a book and presented them all.
Zhang Yu looked through these documents that were presented to him. He found that they all faintly pointed to a certain realm.
However, from the records left behind in the documents and the large number of questions in them, Lu Chao actually didn't know what Bi Ming wanted to do. He was only trying to find the whereabouts of his teacher based on the clues Bi Ming left behind and a few words.
Perhaps it was because he didn't know the true value of these things, so these things were left behind.
After looking through them, he couldn't help but nod.
Although these things weren't necessarily accurate, at least the clues were narrowed down to a certain range. He could try to investigate according to this.
Thus, with a thought, a light flashed on his body, and the Mysterious Cicada Visualization Diagram flew out of his body. After circling around him once, it flapped its brilliant wings and flew to the lower realm.
Somewhere in the inner layer of the continent, there was a flash of light and the Mysterious Cicada appeared in the air. In front of it was a majestic city surrounded by rainbow-like long bridges. However, the surrounding lake vapor made the outlines of the city bridge faintly discernible.
This was the Changhe Protectorate, also known as the Protectorate of a Thousand Lakes. Back then, the Tianxia people who came here discovered a series of lakes of various sizes. The area within a radius of several thousand li was desolate and uninhabited. Thus, they established the Protectorate here. However, now that the Protectorate had been transformed into a province, this place was called the Changhe Protectorate Province.
Cen Chuan was currently sitting in Xuanfu. Changhe Prefecture didn't have the conditions to house a Xuan Zun for a long time, so he was also here in his incarnation.
At this moment, he suddenly sensed something in his heart. However, after observing silently for a while, he discovered nothing.
He expected it to be the work of someone at the same level as him, but he only thought it was the Xuan Ting observing him. He sneered and ignored it, continuing to sit motionless.
At this moment, the Mysterious Cicada was wrapped in a layer of ghostly Qi, covering its original brilliant light. It circled outside the Prefecture for a while before leaving, flying towards the depths of the Wastelands in the west.
After flying for three days and nights, it arrived at an abandoned palace hidden in the weeds and dust.
This was the place where Zhengqing's lineage had stayed for a period of time after being expelled from the Xuanting. It could be seen that the palaces and towers were very sturdy. Although they had long since lost the protection of the Forbidden Formation, they were still generally in good condition.
Over two hundred years ago, after Zhu Feng, Yuan Tong, and Bi Ming left Tianxia, they had a discussion with Zhengqing's group here. After that, they continued to venture deeper into the Wastelands.
The Mysterious Cicada circled around here once before flapping its wings. It followed the traces all the way to the southwest, finally arriving at a mound.
The remnants of Qi were very obvious. Clearly, the three of them had stayed here for a while after leaving Zhengqing's lineage, so much so that even the Turbid Tide couldn't completely erase their traces.
According to Zhu Feng, the three of them had parted ways on the highest mountain in the area. However, all they could see now was a mound. This wasn't strange. Due to the influence of the Turbid Tide, the inner layer was constantly expanding and expanding. It was very common for the terrain to change.
After the Mysterious Cicada arrived here, its eyes shone faintly. After a while, three slightly blurry figures appeared in its eyes. Two of them could be recognized by their figures. One was Zhu Feng, the other was Yuan Tong, and the last person was thin and tall. He wore a cloak with two large sleeves like wings. It was Bi Ming.
The three of them seemed to be discussing something at first. However, their opinions seemed to be unable to reach a consensus. Yuan Tong was the first to leave. Bi Ming said something to Zhu Feng, who just shook her head. After a while, she also flew away. In the end, only Bi Ming was left.
He stayed in the same place for a long time, as if he had made up his mind about something. Only then did he leave.
When the Mysterious Cicada saw this, it immediately shook a bright starlight and chased in the direction Bi Ming left.
At the same time, outside the Dongting Prefecture's Dan Harbor.
An inconspicuous small flying boat landed steadily on the rooftop of the boat. As this flying boat was only twenty feet long, it could only seat three or four people. Everyone who saw it felt very strange.
As the cabin door swung open, An Zhizhi walked out with his attendant, Wei Shan. He stood on the deck, his eyes widening as he looked at the vast continent and the grayish-blue mountain range in the distance. He cried out in surprise, "This is the prefecture teacher lives in. Wow, what a tall mountain."
This was his first time in the inner layer. Although there were various strange landforms and wonders on the outer layer of the Earth Star, he was young and didn't go to the Barren Land often. The places he went to were mostly densely populated prefectures. He had never seen such a majestic scene.
On the way here, he was affected by the remaining Turbid Tide in the sky and couldn't see further. Now that the entire sea and land rushed into his eyes, he felt a sense of shock in his heart.
Wei Shan took a deep breath and said, "Xiao Lang, there is no evil in the void here. Our breathing seems to be much smoother."
Because there was no entrance to the outer layer in the Dongting Prefecture, they had to cross from the outer layer to the Qingyang Upper Continent and then cross the sea. They felt very comfortable along the way, as if they had removed a heavy burden.
An Zhizhi said loudly, "I've decided. I'll stay in the inner layer from now on."
Wei Shan opened his mouth, but hesitated for a moment and didn't say anything in the end.
Although An Zhizhi was young, his status was not low.
Now that everyone in the An Family knew that the original Mr. Zhang had already become Xuan Zun, they all praised Old Master An for his foresight and made An Zhizhi worship him as his teacher early.
They also regretted it. If they had known, they wouldn't have let An Zhizhi worship a master craftsman.
After all, being Xuan Zun's disciple could protect the descendants for hundreds of generations. How could a mere master craftsman compare?
As Xuan Zun's disciple, An Zhizhi's status in the family naturally rose. Naturally, no one would stop him as long as he didn't violate the law.
An Zhizhi said, "Let's go and greet the teacher first."
Wei Shan reminded him in a low voice, "Xiao Lang, let's wait for Master Guo first."
This time, An Zhizhi was able to come here because of the Yujing Ministry of Works' intention.
Establishing a Tenki-in Hall branch in the Dongting Prefecture was not a trivial matter. In order to make things go smoothly, they needed a capable person to preside over it. They also needed to establish a good relationship with Zhang Yu, the head of the Xuan School.
The master craftsman in charge of this matter this time was Guo Ying. She was one of the few masters who had dealt with Zhang Yu before. Most importantly, she was a master craftsman. Her student, An Zhizhi, had also studied under Zhang Yu before. With such a relationship, it was naturally easier to talk to her.
An Zhizhi thought for a moment and said, "Okay." Then, he said proudly, "The flying boat I built is still the best. Master Guo's flying boat set off faster than us, but we arrived at the Dongting Prefecture one step ahead of them."
Wei Shan looked back and said, "I think Master Guo and the others should be arriving soon, right?"
An Zhizhi thought for a moment and said, "They should be here by evening at the latest."
But at this moment, he suddenly saw a greenish-purple light pass over his head, and after a while, another dozen or so lights passed by at a fast speed.
He looked at these lights and didn't know why, but he felt uneasy in his heart.
At the peak of Mount Qi.
Xiang Chun arrived in front of the cave residence and saluted Zhang Yu who was standing there. He said solemnly, "Head of the Xuan School, I just received news that the flying boat of Master Guo Ying and the others was attacked on the way to the Dongting Prefecture. I have already asked Junior Martial Brother Chen to go there first."
Zhang Yu asked, "Have you informed the military?"
Xiang Chun said solemnly, "Yes, I have."
Zhang Yu nodded and said, "Do you know the identity of the attacker?"
Xiang Chun said, "The person who sent the message was a disciple who just saw the Great Dao Chapter. After sending the message, there was no news from him. I don't know what happened."
He paused and said, "Head of the Xuan School, could it be that someone is deliberately trying to ruin the Dongting Prefecture?"
His heart was a little heavy. These were master craftsmen and master craftsmen of the Ministry of Heavenly Works. If something happened this time, it would definitely cause a great impact.
Moreover, a large number of immigrants would be moving to the Dongting Prefecture. If they knew that the road was unsafe, it would inevitably cause a lot of twists and turns, and it might even cause a certain change in the Dongting Prefecture's expansion.
Zhang Yu said indifferently, "That depends on whether someone has any follow-up actions."
If someone was behind this, they would definitely try to fan the flames, but there might also be other reasons.
Nevertheless, he was not interested in waiting.
In his opinion, the person who attacked this time was either fearless or ignorant.
He focused his gaze, and in an instant, a diffraction sword shadow jumped out. Then, he stretched out his finger and flicked it. With a sword cry, the sword light immediately turned into a lightning-like rainbow and shot into the sky!
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