Library of Heaven's Path 2: Eternal Fate of the Heavens-Chapter 448 - 83: Warrant for Arrest
Chapter 448: Chapter 83: Warrant for Arrest
“I hope you don’t give me any leverage, otherwise, I don’t mind letting you experience the underground prison of my City Guard!”
Knowing that continuing the confrontation would be disadvantageous for him, Commander Bai issued a threat, then turned to leave. “Let’s go!”
With his words, the people behind him followed closely, and in just a moment, they disappeared from sight.
“Alright, check all the supplies carefully. Once registered, we should leave as well!”
Seeing him depart, Elder Qi Tianming let out a cold snort before giving instructions.
The crowd dispersed swiftly. Once they were far away, Elder Qi turned to Zhang Xuan’s residence, pointed with a finger, and placed a book on the table.
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After finishing this, he turned and left. Soon, silence fell over the entire courtyard, devoid of any activity.
Zhang Xuan picked up the book with some curiosity. With a thought, he stored it in the Suspended Realm.
In the Source World, his cultivation constraints made it difficult to discern concealed tricks, but in his personal universe, even the slightest traces would reveal themselves.
The book had no secret codes or hidden messages. It was merely the latest issue of the Wanxiang Sect bulletin, akin to a newspaper in his previous life.
This item was extremely valuable when purchased individually, affordable only to the wealthy and influential. It was unexpected that the other party had casually left one behind.
Feeling perplexed, Zhang Xuan absorbed all the book’s contents into his mind, finally understanding its purpose.
The book recorded the major events of the past half month.
The most shocking among them was the tale of a man named Zhang Xuan. He had infiltrated the Crown Prince’s Palace, stolen a powerful celestial treasure—the Nine Heavens Cloud Palace Mirror—and slain the Five Forms Venerable Sage representing the Heavenly Destiny of Ceremony: Propriety, Funeral Ceremony, Military Ceremony, Courtesy, and Celebration.
Leaving aside the level of the Nine Heavens Cloud Palace Mirror as a treasure, just the act of slaughtering Tianli Empire’s masters of ritual, marriage, and other ceremonies was treason of the highest order, akin to rebellion!
Anyone who captured him would be rewarded with a duke’s title and a Tribulation Sharing Pill.
Even those who reported accurate information about him would gain a baron’s title as a reward.
This caused a massive uproar across the land, prompting countless powerful figures to begin their search.
The bulletin provided a detailed description of his appearance, as well as a method for detecting his soul. This meant that even if he altered his looks, his soul could still be identified.
“The Five Forms Venerable Sage… all dead?”
When he had stolen Prince Yuanqing’s Peerless Divine Pill, robbing him of the chance to attain the Eternal Heart, Zhang Xuan had already anticipated slanders and accusations. But to have the charge of slaughtering the Five Forms Venerable Sage added to his name—this was beyond belief.
This indicated one possibility: the Five Rites successors, who had been so intent on capturing Empyrean Kong shi and interfering, might really already be dead!
Otherwise, as long as they were alive, the charges would be false.
“Could it be that, in order to frame me, Crown Prince Yuanqing killed Shao Ming and the others? That’s too ruthless…”
Zhang Xuan clicked his tongue.
While Shao Ming and his peers might not rival the Crown Prince in strength, they were still Life Sea 9-dan experts, equipped with numerous life-saving techniques. Even if Yuanqing had the ability to kill them, doing so in complete secrecy, such that no one was aware, was by no means easy.
Yet, that seemed to be exactly what had happened.
One other matter struck Zhang Xuan as odd.
“How do they know my name is Zhang Xuan and not Zhang Xuanqing?”
Since arriving in Tianli City, he had adopted the name Zhang Xuanqing. Logically, even if they were pursuing him, they should’ve only been looking for his alias. But now, they’d announced his real name and even replicated his soul’s aura perfectly, which was bizarre.
His soul aura had been disguised upon his arrival in Tianli City. Neither Jiang Li nor Yuanqing should have seen through it, yet now it had been exposed so clearly.
He continued reading further.
The Buddhist Sect had also issued a notice, accusing him of allying with the Demon Clan and conspiring with the Frost Demon Lord to steal the Reincarnation Relic Tower and the Ten Directions Bodhi Soul-Locking Chain. Furthermore, he was blamed for severely injuring the Blue Cloud Venerable, forcing the latter into seclusion for recovery.
The Buddhist Sect had placed a bounty even more lucrative than that of Prince Yuanqing.
Beyond offering top-grade pills from the sect, they promised Essence Pills from the Demon Clan. Even just providing information about Zhang Xuan would be rewarded with a Bodhi Saint Tree fruit.
The Bodhi fruit had the power to grant enlightenment and calm the mind. Each piece was extraordinarily valuable, its worth comparable to Yuanqing’s Tribulation Sharing Pill.
With two great powers placing such massive bounties, the Source World was thrown into chaos. Everyone wanted to get a glimpse of this figure who was causing such a storm.
Of course, there were other news items, such as reports about super geniuses emerging from groups like the Soul Division, Nine Poison Sect, and Kitchen God Hall. Many had, within a short timeframe, comprehended the Supreme Heavenly Destiny, drastically advancing their cultivation. In ordinary times, such news would have made waves, but now, it paled in comparison to Zhang Xuan’s affairs, losing all its luster.
Flipping through the entire book, Zhang Xuan found no mention of Empyrean Kong shi.
Logically, the capture of the Heavenly Destiny of Ceremony successor would have been similarly momentous, yet there was no information at all, which was perplexing.
Still, speculating further yielded no answers, and it was pointless to dwell on it.
“Elder Qi Tianming deliberately left this bulletin here, likely wanting me to see it upon my return…”
Confronting Commander Bai and reclaiming the courtyard had indeed helped him. From the latter’s words, it was also apparent that Crown Prince Yuanqing had not captured Sun Qiang and the others.
In Tianli City, where Emperor-level forces searched without success, only the Wanxiang Sect could’ve spirited them away so quietly.
“It seems that if I want to find Sun Qiang and the others, I’ll have to investigate…”
Understanding the purpose behind the bulletin’s placement, Zhang Xuan decided not to overthink. With a thought, his appearance and soul underwent a complete transformation.
This particular guise had been used before when he visited the Luo Clan on the Master Teacher Continent. Exceptionally handsome, he chose not to change his name either… Luo Tianya!
After making preparations, Zhang Xuan slipped out of the room with a light step.
Half an hour later, outside the Wanxiang Sect branch that owned the gifted residence, a white-clad Luo Tianya, fan in hand, strolled in casually.
Neither Prince Yuanqing nor the Buddhist Sect’s rewards could be ignored, but revealing his identity to search for Sun Qiang and the others would be too risky.
If the Wanxiang Sect saw an opportunity to profit and attempted to capture him, escape would be nearly impossible.
Thus… he needed a brand-new identity to investigate secretly.
So long as he confirmed Sun Qiang and the others’ safety, that would be enough.
Whether he could rescue them or not would depend on the circumstances.
The Wanxiang Sect’s main hall was even more crowded than during his last visit, packed to the brim.
Previously, Life Sea Realm experts had been rare, but now they filled the hall.
As he moved with the flow of people, Zhang Xuan was about to seek out Elder Qi Tianming when a voice reached his ears.
“My friend, I have highly confidential information about Zhang Xuan. Interested? Guaranteed to be accurate…”
