Chapter 1550: Stolen

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Xu Que was moved into the first-cla.s.s compound on the same day.Xu Que was moved into the first-cla.s.s compound on the same day.

Duan Qide moved into the second-cla.s.s compound, which was separated by a courtyard from the first-cla.s.s compound. As a disciple of the second-cla.s.s compound, he wasn’t allowed to enter the first-cla.s.s compound.

So, during the whole night, other than a few peers from the first-cla.s.s compound who saw that Xu Que was new and came to say h.e.l.lo briefly, no one came to disturb him.

Xu Que stayed alone in his room, looking at the dark night sky and feeling helpless.

Even though he’d found out that the Heaven Continent was already in chaos, he didn’t know exactly what the situation was that Jiang Hongyan and the others were in. At this point, he was unable to return to the Heaven Continent to be with his friends. He was trapped in the world of Xuanyuan Wanrong’s memory. There was no way to get out of here quickly.

That d*mn Heavenly Stone of Taiyi and that d*mn world of memory…

“There is no way I can develop feelings for Xuanyuan Wanrong. But I must continue to acc.u.mulate Acting Tough Points and then let the System force the seal. However, there are so many good things that I can get for free from the System store right now. I might as well go big and hope I can manage to get out of here in two or three days.”

Xu Que was talking to himself while examining the System interface. He was going to town, ama.s.sing things from the System store.

Soon, his System parcel was packed full. Only then was Xu Que satisfied enough to smile contentedly as he lay back on his bed.

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At the same time, in the Dean of the Heaven Palace Sect’s study, several of the most important Elders of the Heaven Palace Sect were gathered. All of them were old men, and all of them were knowledgeable about and specialized in Divine Texts. They were sitting with the Dean, surrounding a large table and looking solemnly through a variety of ancient books of records.

Everyone was working on the translation of the Divine Text from the Tao Test Stone. As soon as there were any developments in anybody’s work, they would summarize them for the Dean. Then the Dean was responsible for the direct translation.

The results, after the whole night’s work, had allowed the Dean’s taut expression to gradually improve.

“Gentlemen, our hard work hasn’t been completely in vain. We have successfully translated one of the words in the Divine Text, and this word appears in the Divine Text on the Tao Test Stone quite a number of times.” The Dean opened his mouth to break the silence, while at the same time he picked up a piece of paper.

Only one word was written on this piece of paper. When everyone looked at it, they were all in a state of astonishment.

“Hand?”

“That’s right!” The Dean smiled and nodded. He put down the paper and continued, “The translated Divine Text for this is the word hand. Does everyone still remember that we once found Divine Text from many Divine Vestiges? For this translation, we have finally obtained a vestige from the Art of Compelling Divine Power.”

As soon as he’d finished speaking, everyone present became first shocked and then excited.

“Unless…”

“Could it be…”

“The Divine Text that we obtained today also comes from the Art of Compelling Divine Power?”

Everyone present was in a state of shock.

The Dean nodded and said, “Combined with what we’ve learned from our past experiences, if I’m not wrong, what we’ve obtained this time is likely to be related to the Handprint in the Art of Compelling Divine Power. It could even possibly be the rumored supreme Art of Compelling Divine Power: the Hand of G.o.d.”

“What?”

“The Hand of G.o.d!”

The Elders present stood up one by one, their bodies trembling with excitement.

The Hand of G.o.d was something from the Art of Compelling Divine Power that had first been mentioned in one of the Divine Texts originally excavated from a Divine Vestige a long time ago.

Although that section of the Divine Text was also incomplete, it had recorded the divine force of the Hand of G.o.d. It was known to be a great Deity’s own Art of Compelling Divine Power. He could hide the sky with one hand and cover the ground with one hand.

Such an Art of Compelling Divine Power, if it could be obtained by the Heaven Palace Sect, they would be able to rule the whole Heaven Continent. It could also make them eligible to enter the Divine Realm in the future, and boost their future power in any war.

“Everyone, keep working hard to translate the Divine Text, as much as you can.” The Dean was in an extremely good mood and encouraged everyone present to keep working nonstop.

“Yes!” The Elders’ blood was boiling. They were excited and continued to devote themselves to the translation work.

WHOOs.h.!.+

At this time, a flow of light flashed past and directly rushed forward in front of the Dean. It was a cla.s.sified order.

The Dean stared blankly and frowned slightly.

It was a cla.s.sified order of the highest level, and only he was qualified to look at it. However, generally, this kind of cla.s.sified order wouldn’t be issued lightly. This must mean that there was something really important going on.

He began to look serious and took the cla.s.sified order. He opened his Mind Sense and began to look through the contents.

After a short while, the Dean’s face changed, and he turned around straight away to leave the study.

As soon as he stepped out of the study, he rotated and turned into a shadow. There was a flash, and he appeared outside a huge attic seconds later. At this time, countless elite disciples had already gathered outside the attic. They were the elite of the Commandment Clan. They had the whole attic blockaded and sealed off.

As soon as the Dean appeared, several figures immediately came forward.

“Greetings, Dean!” Several old people bowed and cupped their hands in greeting with great respect.

“What’s going on? How can our treasure house have been robbed?” The Dean looked grave and asked in a low voice.

One of them said with a look of helplessness, “Dean, this matter is quite strange. This news was reported by the person in charge of guarding the main gate today. He claimed that the Mighty King used a teleportation device to steal from our sect’s Treasure Room. So, we rushed over here and found that the Treasure Room’s Prohibition Spell hadn’t been destroyed and it wasn’t out of order. Also, the patrolling disciples hadn’t discovered anything strange, but…”

“‘This is absolutely disgraceful. Since when is it possible to use a teleportation device to enter the Treasure Room? You must be talking about a high-grade teleportation device, able to run through the Treasure Room’s Prohibition Spell, and…” At this point, the Dean changed his focus as he said, “Never mind, quickly send people in to capture the Mighty King and bring him back to me. You must get back those stolen treasures. Make sure there’s not one item lost, do you understand? Nothing is to be left out.”

“Yes!” Several old men immediately accepted their orders.

One of them added, “Please rest a.s.sured, Dean. Xuanyuan Wanrong came out of seclusion today and happened to hear of this matter. She has already led a team of disciples from the Tingfeng Clan to track down the Mighty King.”

“What?” The Dean’s face suddenly changed when he heard that. He shouted in a deep voice, “Quickly, issue a cla.s.sified order to make Xuanyuan Wanrong come back. She doesn’t need to intervene in this matter of the Mighty King. I have another task to give her.”

Several old people stared blankly and were a little taken aback by the Dean’s excited reaction. But they didn’t dare ask any more questions. They immediately responded yes, and then hurriedly moved away.

The Dean also turned around to leave right away. He was in a hurry.

He didn’t return to his study but rushed directly to the rear court. He stood in front of a rock garden and used a spell. Smoke instantly gushed out of the rock garden and shrouded his whole person. He disappeared on the spot.

Moments later, the Dean appeared again in a sealed secret chamber.

Four human-shaped statues were placed inside this secret chamber, occupying the four directions of east, west, north, and south. They looked stately and had both eyes closed as they sat in meditation poses.

However, after the appearance of the Dean, the four human-shaped statues made rustling sounds and suddenly opened their eyes.

“Things aren’t good. The treasure house was robbed today. The thief took Xuanyuan Wanrong’s memory pearl,” the Dean said in a deep voice with a grim face as he looked at the four statues.

“What?”

“Her memory pearl has been stolen?”

“Don’t tell me she suspects something and sent someone to do it?”

“No, we’d obviously sealed her memory for a long time and taken it out of her body. How could she know?”

The four statues opened their mouths at the same time.

“It mustn’t have been her who sent someone to steal it. The thief is a repeat offender. You must have heard of him. He is a Kylin, named Mighty King, who has a bad reputation. He was imprisoned by our sect for a period of time in the past and later made an escape. Xuanyuan Wanrong has been in seclusion for decades, so this matter has nothing to do with her!” The Dean shook his head.

The expressions of the four statues also became grave.

“It’s the Mighty King again!”

“That beast!”

“In the early years, when we weren’t in seclusion, he’d already stolen from our Heaven Palace Sect many times.”

“Wait till we come out of our seclusion. We will definitely skin him alive!”

The four statues actually started scolding harshly.

The Dean shook his head and said, “I’m afraid I’m going to have to deploy the Shadow Team to carry out this matter. The reason I came over now is to borrow the Tiger Amulet from the four of you.”

“…..” The four statues suddenly fell silent upon hearing this.

The Dean seemed to have expected it. He continued to speak, “I know that the Shadow Team is very important to you, but it can’t be as important as Xuanyuan Wanrong. She is the One Chosen by the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi. It’s all up to her whether we can go to the Divine Realm.”

“Of course, we know this. But surely we don’t have to send the Shadow Team? You can just leave it to the sect’s Elders to make their move for a mere Mighty King, can’t you? No need to muster large forces to carry out this task, not to mention to deploy the Shadow Team.” One of the statues spoke calmly.

“No need to? Oh, Xuanyuan Wanrong has already come out of her seclusion today. I just received the news that she has already set out to hunt down the Mighty King. Once she touches the memory pearl, the consequences will be inconceivable.”

The Dean spoke with a blank expression as he swept his gaze around the four statues. “The four of you better not forget that you were also involved with this matter during that time.”

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