The voice behind the screen slowly said.
"Pack up, we’re getting ready to leave!"
Upon hearing this, the maid was a little surprised.
"Madam?"
The figure behind the screen shook her head.
"Regardless of success or failure, our chances of being exposed have greatly increased. I have no wish to face the encirclement by several National Guardian Masters!"
She slowly walked out from behind the screen, her face beautiful, skin fair and smooth, as if she were a Jade Beauty.
Upon hearing this, the maid showed a regretful expression.
"It’s just a pity for all these years of hiding our efforts!"
The Jade Beauty smiled and said, "It’s not a pity. My purpose in entering the palace has been achieved. Acquiring the treasure and also being able to trade it for a future Saint of the Human Race is worth it!"
At this moment, she gazed at the guqin on the stand, her eyes showing a trace of fondness, strumming it lightly, as if a radiant light emanated from the guqin.
There was a kind of astonishing Divine Power within it.
...
Inside the Champion Scholar’s Mansion, Zhang Jian glanced at the "Sun Scripture" on the table.
This "Sun Scripture" seemed to have been concealed by some Mysterious Technique to hide its true nature.
Zhang Jian’s lips curled slightly.
He felt a domineering evil intent emanating from under this Forbidden Technique, an intent that seemed able to twist space-time and corrupt the human heart.
This was obviously not a lucky find, but rather stumbling into a trap.
He enjoyed reading Ancient Texts, which was no secret inside or outside the Imperial Palace.
But his expression remained calm.
Instead, a trace of interest appeared in his eyes.
His Yin Spirit was materialized. Zhang Jian had yet to encounter anything that could pose a threat to his Yin Spirit.
At this moment, Zhang Jian stretched out his hand, covering the "Sun Scripture" with his palm, infusing it with Magical Power.
In an instant, its true form appeared under Zhang Jian’s Magical Power, it was an Ancient Text woven from countless golden feathers.
The golden-red Ancient Text was like a fiery glaze.
Transparent and crystalline, yet possessing a great power that could consume the heavens and the earth.
"True Solar Flame!"
Zhang Jian’s eyes shifted, a slight change appearing within them.
The True Solar Flame is renowned in this world as a form of powerful Divine Fire.
It burns anything and everything.
For many cultivators, this thing is a life-threatening forbidden object.
But for Zhang Jian, it was no big deal.
Within him, there were already two formidable fire attribute Divine Objects.
The Vast Flame and the Celestial Purity Fire were both extremely powerful fire attribute Divine Objects.
After the True Solar Flame appeared, the temperature in the Champion Scholar’s Mansion suddenly increased, as if the blazing sun would manifest, a Nine-Colored Divine Light emerged from between his brows, and the Map of Mountains and Rivers enveloped the entire mansion.
The blazing sun appeared, yet it was like Star Shifting, being moved to another special Void Dharma Realm.
Here, the starlight was dazzling, yet Zhang Jian felt, in an instant, a strong domineering and evil power attempting to invade his Yin Spirit Divine Sense, but it was repelled by the materialized Yin Spirit radiance surrounding him.
Zhang Jian lifted his gaze, his expression solemn, he immediately realized that within this mass of True Solar Flame, there might still be some hidden demonic intent.
To embed one’s intent within the True Solar Flame speaks of an extraordinary origin.
But his eyes showed a trace of peculiarity.
Zhang Jian did not know at this moment that the book was once a renowned sacred object of the Demon Race in the Outer Void.
The "Golden Crow Scripture."
After this Ancient Text fell into this realm, countless demon race experts, and even human cultivators, shed blood across the Barbaric Region for it. It had also been in the hands of several famed Demon Race Demon Venerables, but after one such Venerable’s Nirvana, this Ancient Scripture reemerged, becoming more malevolent.
Whoever touches it would go mad for no reason, even demon gods avoided it, it was considered taboo.
Thousands of years later, not only did it lose its former prestige, it became a cursed object in the eyes of many demon fiends, becoming a harmful ’Dharma Artifact’ for others.
...
At this moment, within the True Solar Flame, the layer of maddening malevolent intent, after being repelled by Zhang Jian, suddenly went berserk, the core "Sun Scripture" abruptly expanded, black and red light swirling, sealing the void, strands of red light appeared to infiltrate Zhang Jian’s eyes, tainting his Yin Spirit Divine Sense, desperately merging into it.
Countless demon fiends murmuring simultaneously arose!
A layer of extremely filthy force seemed ready to contaminate his Yin Spirit Divine Sense.
Zhang Jian’s eyes shifted slightly, this filthy flame was like a tidal wave, likely transcending the Yin Spirit Realm, reaching the Primordial Spirit Realm, and even a Primordial Spirit Master might not withstand such pollution.
But the clear radiance around his Yin Spirit Divine Sense, like diamonds, permeated entirely with a layer of white flame, easily isolated it.
This object met its nemesis upon encountering him.
Within him, the two types of flames, Vast Flame and Celestial Purity Fire, were both nemeses of demon fiends, one repelling all evils, the other capable of refining all kinds of demon fiends in the world.
"Let’s see your true form!"
With a thought, the Vast Flame within him erupted like a volcano, engulfing every inch of the Map of Mountains and Rivers in the void, countless terrifying black and red lights vanished instantly in the vast brightness, seemingly emitting the wails of screams from each wisp of black aura in the light.
...
Black-clothed Guard Office
Zhao Hu, during this period, substituted Chao Mu in overseeing the Black-clothed Guards, his surroundings at this moment were enveloped in strands of starlight, behind him a faint flow of domineering and fiery Qi and Blood rotated, gathering atop his head, merging with the starlight, barely emerging a terrifying, solemn Divine Power.
His expression was somewhat gloomy.
That Star Martial Dao was indeed profound, but for those Earthly Immortal Demons lacking star formations, the difficulty of cultivation rose geometrically.
The first hurdle of sensing the stars was extremely difficult.
Not to mention merging with star formations and starlight, forming a Star Constellation Source Body.
Despite the difficulty, Zhao Hu’s heart was filled with hope, they had now encountered the best of times.
Today’s Earthly Immortal Demons at least had a hopeful path to Longevity, unlike in past ages, when military generals could only watch as their lifespan dwindled after reaching the Earthly Immortal Demons realm, or tried other paths, only to suffer unexpected declines.
During his meditative cultivation, suddenly Zhao Hu felt the barrier at the door being triggered, immediately emerging from the chamber of the Black-clothed Guard Office.
Outside, a Deputy Commander appeared with an anxious expression, bringing bad news upon seeing Zhao Hu.
"Jade Consort has disappeared! And she took Princess Bai Hua with her!"
Zhao Hu’s heart skipped a beat, his face immediately turned ugly.
The disappearance of a palace concubine was a big issue, even more when a princess went missing.
Information about Jade Consort flashed in his mind.
The Jade Consort came from common origins, her status wasn’t high, but Princess Bai Hua held a noble position, being the eldest daughter of Consort Liu, one of the Four Concubines.
Zhao Hu, face cold, shouted harshly.
"Investigate further, check if anyone or anything else is missing?!"
His expression was icy and angry, but he braced himself to first report to the palace while ordering the Haojing City Gate and the Imperial Palace Gate sealed.