Chapter 224: The Mysterious Tang’an City
The Vermilion Bird Divine Nation was located at the southernmost tip of the Mortal Realm continent. Su Lingxi took Yun Qianrou and traveled for more than a month before finally arriving at Tang’an City, the imperial capital of the Vermilion Bird Divine Nation.
Su Lingxi had an impression of Tang’an City.
In the original owner’s memory, Su Lingxi had lost a Heaven-grade weapon, the Evil Shadow Scythe, in the Absolute Flame Valley.
After the Evil Shadow Scythe sank into the lava below the Absolute Flame Valley, Su Lingxi lost contact with it.
As a top-tier weapon for controlling darkness, Su Lingxi definitely had to get the Evil Shadow Scythe back.
Tang’an City was the most prosperous city in the entire continent. Even after suffering from the lava eruption in the Ten Directions Fire Domain twenty years ago.
The current Tang’an City was not comparable to the imperial capitals of other countries.
At the same time, this place was also the most open city in the entire continent.
Su Lingxi and Yun Qianrou stopped in front of the gate tower of Tang’an City.
Su Lingxi looked up at these buildings and frowned slightly. “No, these buildings were not like this before.”
“It looks like they’ve been renovated.”
According to the original owner’s memory of the last time she came to Tang’an City, she was with Jiang Xianyue at that time.
But this gate tower did not look like this.
The Vermilion Bird guard on the side heard this and looked at Su Lingxi with interest.
Su Lingxi did not hide her gender, only covering her face with a veil.
The guard smiled and said, “Miss has good eyesight. This gate tower has indeed been renovated.”
“Twenty years ago, the lava erupted in the Absolute Flame Valley and almost submerged Tang’an City.”
“Fortunately, my Emperor, the Vermilion Bird Emperor, took action and blocked the lava. His powerful spiritual energy made the lava change direction.”
“It only submerged the two corner towers of the East Gate Tower and the North Gate Tower, causing minimal losses.”
Hearing the guard’s words, Su Lingxi frowned even more.
The guard’s words reminded her of something, that is, the Absolute Flame Valley did erupt with lava once.
That was caused by the energy collapse caused by her battle with the Molten Flame Candle Dragon.
At that time, the lava was indeed flowing towards the main city of Tang’an City, but she clearly remembered that under Jiang Xianyue’s persuasion.
She personally took action to change the flow of the lava.
How come in the mouth of the Vermilion Bird guard, it was the Vermilion Bird Emperor who changed all this?
It seemed that there was only one possibility.
That was, the Vermilion Bird Emperor took all the credit for himself in order to increase his prestige.
Su Lingxi sneered. “What a Vermilion Bird Emperor.”
The Vermilion Bird guard did not hear Su Lingxi’s sarcasm, but continued to say to Su Lingxi, an outsider.
“Right? My Emperor is the strongest emperor in the Mortal Realm. Miss, you came at the right time.”
“The Lantern Festival is in a month. At that time, my Emperor and Her Highness the Goddess will attend.”
“Miss is really lucky. You can admire the true faces of my Emperor and Her Highness the Goddess then.”
The Vermilion Bird guard was quite enthusiastic and talked a lot with Su Lingxi.
Su Lingxi also responded with a faint smile.
Lantern Festival…
She remembered that the last time she brought Jiang Xianyue here was also the Lantern Festival.
Time has passed, and she has come to Tang’an City again, but the person beside her is not her.
Su Lingxi turned her gaze and stopped on Yun Qianrou.
Yun Qianrou looked around curiously, wanting to engrave these beautiful scenes in her mind through her eyes.
Su Lingxi chuckled and led Yun Qianrou into Tang’an City.
The flowers are similar year after year, but the people are different year after year.
As soon as they entered Tang’an City, the playful Yun Qianrou left Su Lingxi more than five steps away for the first time.
This was a commercial street running from east to west, with many stalls on the street.
There were snacks, small toys…
Yun Qianrou looked at every stall curiously.
Su Lingxi did not disturb Yun Qianrou, but also kept the distance within Su Lingxi’s visual range.
Only in this way could she protect her.
Suddenly, Su Lingxi sensed something.
She stopped and stared at this street.
Then she closed her beautiful eyes, and the divine sense of the Body Integration realm was released crazily, covering almost the entire Tang’an City.
A few seconds later, Su Lingxi suddenly opened her eyes.
Her pupils were full of disbelief.
Demonic energy…
Very strong demonic energy.
Did someone from the Demon Realm come?
Since Su Lingxi obtained the Demonic Origin Pearl and regained her demon body, she was extremely sensitive to demonic energy.
Because she was a God’s Chosen of the Demon God, she had the highest level of demonic power in the Demon Realm.
No demonic energy could escape her eyes.
Let alone in a place like Tang’an City.
Which experts from the Demon Realm were they…
Su Lingxi could only feel that one wisp of demonic energy was very familiar.
It seemed to be the demonic power of one of her disciples.
But it couldn’t be Su Yuebai’s.
Because Su Yuebai was far from being that strong.
If only she had the second Demonic Origin Pearl, Su Lingxi would definitely be able to detect whose demonic power it was.
Now she couldn’t guess anything by guessing here.
So she gave up thinking and continued to follow Yun Qianrou.
After walking for a while, Xiao Bai issued a mission.
The reward for this mission was already low compared to the previous ones, only three thousand points.
Ding!
[Sudden Mission: Settle Yun Qianrou]
[Reward: Three thousand points]
Maybe because the mission was simple, for Su Lingxi who was already at the Body Integration realm.
Settling a Yun Qianrou was a piece of cake.
Su Lingxi didn’t take this mission to heart. Anyway, it was just a casual matter.
The top priority was to find out the whereabouts of the second Demonic Origin Pearl.
Xiao Bai said at the beginning that there was one in the Vermilion Bird Divine Nation and one in the Purple Cloud Nation.
She let her choose at the beginning.
Su Lingxi chose to come to the Vermilion Bird Divine Nation. Now that she had arrived, she had to grasp the clues as soon as possible.
Xiao Bai thought for a moment. “The difficulty of this Demonic Origin Pearl in the Vermilion Bird Divine Nation is extremely high. Its location is in the Vermilion Bird Imperial Palace.”
“Still the old rule, I don’t know the specific location, but I can tell you the general clue.”
“This clue is in the Vermilion Bird Imperial Palace.”
Vermilion Bird Imperial Palace…
Su Lingxi silently recited these words in her heart.
The imperial palace was an administrative center in any country. Without a certain status and position, one could not enter.
Take the Canglan Imperial Palace for example. Su Lingxi also entered through her relationship with Luo Chuxue and Luo Yunxuan.
She definitely couldn’t enter other places without connections.
But not necessarily.
She had the identity of the Special Envoy of Canglan given by Luo Yunxuan. She didn’t know if she could sneak into the Vermilion Bird Imperial Palace then.
More importantly, even if she entered, what then?
Was the Demonic Origin Pearl guarded by the Vermilion Bird imperial family, or was it just a coincidence that it was there?
Su Lingxi didn’t believe in coincidences.
So this thing was most likely guarded by the Vermilion Bird imperial family.
Such an important thing must be guarded by a strong person, at least a Mahayana realm expert.
Su Lingxi thought more and more.
Finally, she shook her head.
Forget it, why think so much? Let’s settle Yun Qianrou first.
Su Lingxi retracted her thoughts and came to Yun Qianrou’s side.
“Stop playing. Give me your deed of sale!”
Su Lingxi pulled Yun Qianrou aside.
Yun Qianrou hesitated for a moment, but still handed the deed of sale to Su Lingxi.
Su Lingxi took the deed of sale and frowned. After reading it carefully, she realized that being illiterate was too scary.
The terms and conditions on it were all strict requirements for the seller and absolute bias towards the buyer.
Su Lingxi snorted coldly. This deed of sale was simply an overlord clause.
But since she had fallen to the point of selling herself, what difference did it make whether the clause was biased or not?
Just now, Su Lingxi almost got angry and burned this deed of sale.
“Sigh, forget it.”
“This thing is still useful. It will be useless after Yun Qianrou is redeemed.”
Su Lingxi put away the deed of sale and took Yun Qianrou’s hand, following the route in her memory to Hua Man Lou.
Twenty years had passed, and the population in Tang’an City was increasing.
Su Lingxi remembered that Hua Man Lou was the largest and best inn in Tang’an City, with a good environment and safety.
At that time, a Heaven-grade room cost one high-grade spiritual crystal, and that was just the price twenty years ago.
Tang’an City was huge. Su Lingxi took Yun Qianrou and walked for half an hour before arriving near Hua Man Lou.
