Chapter 502: Extreme North of the Continent
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Jiang Yi had already comprehended Divine Perception sorcery arts long ago. However, he only used it a few times and had never once fully utilized it. After all, it consumed too much energy and would cause him to be utterly exhausted after each use.
Buzz!
A golden light magnificently lit up in his soul spirit while his body lit up quickly as well. A cool breeze rippled out from his body and vanished without a trace. If someone had used their divine senses to examine their surroundings, they would be able to sense the spatial fluctuation.
“En?”
At this moment, Grandma Silver Flower used her divine senses to examine the situation inside the city. Therefore, she was able to sense the faint spatial fluctuation. Her eyes brightened up as she muttered, “Is this the legendary Divine Perception sorcery arts? The Witch G.o.d is really a heavenly genius. He was actually able to comprehend such ancient witchcraft and pa.s.s it down.”
The wording in the ancient times was very different from the current one, due to the disparity between the culture between the ancient and current civilization. Therefore, ancient sorcery arts were very hard to comprehend. If one wasn’t a heavenly genius, they would never be able to even make it to the entry stage.
The Witch G.o.d had devoted his life to comprehending ancient sorcery arts and restrictions. He was hoping to obtain the truth of the great dao in these sorcery arts and restriction to break through the last step. Unfortunately, he still lacked a bit of luck.
Jiang Yi’s divine senses radiated out like a breeze, and it extended out swiftly to a radius of a thousand miles. Images appeared in his mind one after another. He needed to distinguish the difference between the enemies and allies and find what was odd within them. Therefore, it would consume a lot of energy.
It was like flipping through a book with an endless amount of pages, and he had to finish reading through this thick book in a short span of time. In addition, he had to fully understand every word contained within this book.
Two hours, four hours… eight hours.
Jiang Yi’s divine senses had already swept through the whole northern region of the continent, including all of Northern Liang Kingdom and the Northern Mang Kingdom’s cities. His divine senses even reached out to tens of kilometers underground.
Unfortunately, other than discovering some unique dangerous grounds, there was nothing worth paying attention to. The only thing that caught his attention was that a lot of the Martial Arts Hall’s members were moving stealthily after they exited out from the Martial Arts Hall buildings. They turned themselves into nothingness and concealed themselves in the ma.s.ses.
“Towards the south or north?”
An idea flashed past Jiang Yi’s mind. He felt that his divine senses could be extended out even further. If he were to go further south, he would be able to probe into the remaining kingdoms. If he were to head north, it would be the Wide Chill Ice Plains. The Wide Chill Ice Plains experienced icy snow all year long. There were lots of mutated beasts living there, and it was basically impossible for humans to live there.
“Not right! Since there’s something wrong with the Wide Chill Ice Plains and humans would never be able to live there, it would be the best location to take refuge in!” Jiang Yi had an inspiration as he swept his divine senses towards the north as he scanned the Wide Chill Ice Plains thoroughly.
The Wide Chill Ice Plains was enormous. It was at least the size of the Northern Mang Kingdom. Above the ice plains were a shroud of haze, and its sky was covered with heavy snowfall. On the ice plains, there were a lot of hills with very few species of trees. These trees were bald without any leaves. If these trees were able to survive under the severely cold temperature, it could be considered as a mystical tree.
“Uh. There’s a lot of mutated beast in the ice plains. Sure enough, it’s exactly how the rumors said it to be.”
Jiang Yi’s divine senses swept past a lot of hills. Astonis.h.i.+ngly, he discovered these hills weren’t natural but were actually formed by groups of mutated beasts hibernating together. The heavy snowfall covered those mutated beasts, gradually turning them into those hills.
With a casual scan, Jiang Yi discovered several hundred mutated beasts. These mutated beasts had aura presence that was comparable to a tier-three demonic beast. He even spotted some mutated beasts which were at the demon king cla.s.s.
His divine senses spread across the northern region. One hour later, his divine senses were spread out to the limit as it reached the extreme north of the continent. There, he discovered an extremely gigantic abyss.
The strange thing was…
When Jiang Yi’s divine senses scanned across the Hades Abyss, he only discovered an ordinary precipice with nothing worthy of his attention. However, a huge teleportation array was concealed above the surface of the abyss, but Jiang Yi was unable to discover it.
Hoo-Hoo!
Jiang Yi’s body staggered while quickly withdrawing his divine senses. After using his divine senses for several hours, his complexion had turned extremely white. He felt as if he had not slept and rested for several days as his soul spirit was extremely exhausted.
He struggled to stand up and walked into a room. He looked towards Xiao Fei who was cultivating in seclusion while his mouth revealing traces of pampering smiles before lying back onto the bed and sleep.
After sleeping for a full day, Jiang Yi woke up. He asked for some information and realized there was still no new discovery. Helpless, he could only release his Divine Perception again to scan the southern region.
Half a day later, Jiang Yi opened his eyes exhaustedly. Just when he was about to rest, Grandma Silver Flower transmitted a message over saying that the Water Moon Observatory had transmitted a message over.
“The Observatory Hostess is in seclusion!”
The Water Moon Observatory message was very simple as it only contained six words. Jiang Yi revealed traces of agony. After such a major incident had happened in the continent, how could Shui Youlan still be in seclusion? Judging from the relations.h.i.+p between her and Jiang Yi—if she could help out, she would definitely do so. This had clearly ill.u.s.trated how much pressure she was experiencing as well.
The Martial Arts Hall had already been destroyed, and yet why was Shui Youlan still so apprehensive? Could it be because the Martial Arts Hall was still concealing an even stronger influence?
Jiang Yi sunk into deep contemplation as he furrowed his eyebrows while his eyes were filled with an immense expression. He wouldn’t be able to locate the Martial Arts Hall in a short span of time and could only wait for the Martial Arts Hall to regrouping themselves before making a move on them again. But if he were to do so, he would be being pa.s.sive.
Swis.h.!.+
Outside of the Thearch Palace, Grandma Silver Flower had just exited and flew back again. Jiang Yi furrowed his eyebrows and transferred her in. The moment she entered, she spoke in a heavy tone, “Marshal, there’s a person outside the city proclaiming that she has news of the Martial Arts Hall.”
“Bring her in!”
Jiang Yi’s tiger-like eyes flashed coldly as he stood up abruptly. His exhausted soul spirit swept out when Grandma Silver Flower brought a young girl in immediately after. When Jiang Yi saw the young girl, his face was filled with puzzling expression.
This girl was only about seven or eight years old. She looked extremely shy with a face filled with fright yet had traces of curiosity. Jiang Yi looked at her pure and clear eyes; he restrained his aura and revealed an affable smile and spoke gently, “Little girl, don’t be afraid. Who asked you to send the message over? Where is the Martial Arts Hall headquarters located at?”
The little girl paused for a moment before replying with clenched teeth, “You… are Jiang Yi? That person told me to only inform Jiang Yi.”
“Yes!” Jiang Yi nodded his head with a smile. “I’m Jiang Yi. Those millions of people below could testify to it.”
“Then would you be giving me a piece of purple gold?”
The little girl continued. “That person said that as long as I tell you this information, you would give me a piece of purple gold.”
Jiang Yi grinned and glanced towards Grandma Silver Flower while the latter’s ancient divine essence ring lit up as she took out ten pieces of golden leaves and handed it over to the little girl. “Take this, little girl. Later on, I will get people to send you back home. Can you now tell us who got you to pa.s.s the message over? And what is the message about?”
The little girl touched the purple gold carefully. The innocence of a kid could never be pretended. She even used her teeth to bite onto the gold and confirming that it was genuine purple gold. She used a handkerchief to wrap it up before hiding it inside her gown. Following which, she replied. “A black-clothed man told me to come to Stellarsky City and look for Jiang Yi. He said that the Martial Arts Hall headquarter is located at the… extreme north of the continent!”
“Extreme north of the continent!”
Jiang Yi and Grandma Silver Flower looked at each other. Both of their eyes were filled with astonishment. Yesterday, Jiang Yi had used his divine senses to scan the area once, and there was nothing special in the extreme north.
Who was it that got this little girl to pa.s.s the message over? Even Grandma Silver Flower and the others had no idea where the Martial Arts Hall Headquarters was located. How did the black-clothed man know about it?
Could it be a trap?
Could Ji Tingyu had set up a trap in the extreme north and was waiting for Jiang Yi to walk right into it?
Jiang Yi mumbled to himself before continuing, “Little girl, did the black-clothed man said anything else? Was there any particular keepsake or anything?”
“Uh?”
The little lady thought for a moment before tilting her head to the side and spoke, “Oh right. He said another sentence. The East Imperial Continent.”
Jiang Yi’s well-built body shuddered. He instantly knew the ident.i.ty of the black-clothed man. He was probably Jiang Bieli who had been missing for a long time.