The Demonic World I designed-Chapter 722 - 713: The Four Saints Magician

"Great Heavenly Master..."

Zhou Yuntao seemed quite familiar with the Heavenly Master Mansion as he arrived, obviously a regular visitor. He made his way to the small courtyard, watching the Old Celestial Master engrossed in carving a puppet.

"Oh, Yuntao has come?"

The Old Celestial Master continued carving the puppet in his hand, smiling amiably, "As expected, Jiangnan has brought Chen Ying."

"Yes..." Zhou Yuntao respectfully said, "The Old Celestial Master’s foresight is divine."

"Heh heh, my Zhang Family has always relied on divination to make a living, predicting the arrival of the Azure Dragon is not difficult. So, do you want to try the second trial?"

"Won’t it affect the outcome?" Zhou Yuntao asked in a low voice.

"What impact could it have?" the other laughed, "Don’t tell me you’re not even confident of protecting yourself?."

Zhou Yuntao paused for a moment, then nodded, "Then please arrange it, Old Celestial Master. I would like to witness the Technique of the foremost among the Four Saints."

"Alright..." The Old Celestial Master nodded, continuing to carve the puppet without further conversation.

Zhou Yuntao glanced at the puppet in the other’s hand. The Old Celestial Master was carving a woman, whom Zhou Yuntao often saw the master sculpt. The woman’s face was familiar, yet he couldn’t recall who she was at the moment.

What was most bizarre was that the puppet seemed alive; if you stared at the puppet, it would stare back at you, and then, as if drawn by a magnet, the gaze seemed inescapable.

In the midst of this peculiarity, a hand as gnarled as deadwood covered the puppet’s eyes.

It was then that Zhou Yuntao returned to his senses. He looked towards the Old Celestial Master and quickly bowed, "My apologies, elder. I will take my leave now."

"Mmm... go on..." said the Old Celestial Master, still carving the puppet in a gentle tone.

As Zhou Yuntao left, through the gaps between the Old Celestial Master’s fingers, the puppet’s eyes remained fixated on Zhou Yuntao’s retreating figure...

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In another part of Tiandu, Chen Qing quickly received the list for the second trial.

The rule for the second trial was the Sorcerer’s Labyrinth. A total of thirty-two magicians had advanced, each entering the first layer of the maze. In the first layer, according to the list, they were paired off in twos and assigned to unique spaces. Whoever found the key first could leave that place, and only one could leave; the other would be eliminated.

After the first layer, everyone would enter a winding spatial maze. Inside, there were four Talismans, each corresponding to one of the Four Saints. Those who obtained a Talisman and successfully exited the maze according to the hints given by the Talisman could then enter the phase of challenging the candidates.

As for which candidate to challenge, it would depend on the Talisman obtained. It was possible to give up midway and choose to challenge another.

If you successfully challenged a candidate, you’d become one of the Four Saints’ candidates, each commanding one of the Four Holy Guard. In other words, if you could obtain all four of the Four Saints Talismans and win a position from one of the Four Holy Palace candidates through challenges, you could take command of one of the Four Holy Guard. This reward was permanent; even if you did not become the new Heavenly Master later on, you could still take your share of the Four Holy Guard and leave Tiandu Prefecture!

Looking at the overall rules, Shen Qi immediately understood why so many Yundu families were so obsessed with becoming candidates – the benefits were tremendous, weren’t they?

Passing the first trial only awarded ten of the Four Holy Guard, but becoming a candidate meant directly commanding over a thousand of them, which would influence the current state of the battlefield for any power that succeeded!

At this time, Chen Baifeng and the others were with Chen Qing. After receiving the rules and the list, each of them appeared very excited.

The Southern Sea’s biggest deficiency was its fundamental military resources. The Chen Family could call upon most of the Sorcerer Families in the world to the Southern Sea, but they could not establish a powerful army in the sparsely populated region within one or two years.

Limited by the shortage of blood essence stones and Jadeite, they also could not develop the original army of the Nanhai Dragon Palace on a large scale.

This also meant that they had no choice but to attach themselves to the Imperial Court and form an alliance with it. However, if they had their own powerful army... the situation would have been completely different.

Shen Qi also appeared somewhat excited. The Jiangnan military strength was now strong, but after all, it had developed over too short a time. Facing the early spring battle, the force was obviously insufficient, especially the high-end military forces. If the Four Holy Guards could take down one or even multiple units, the situation at the beginning of the year would have been vastly different.

Only Chen Qing was focusing his attention elsewhere.

He wasn’t so enthusiastic about the Four Holy Guards. Mechanism production would inevitably have hidden tricks; it was impossible to use them directly. Moreover, bringing a large number of Four Holy Guards back would make him uneasy. Who knows if those things would suddenly turn against his own power?

If he dissected and studied them one by one, it would be too time-consuming, at least not in time for the early spring battle in the Northern Territory.

Therefore, he was more concerned about the Four Saints Talisman in the rules rather than the Four Holy Guards.

From the Imperial Palace’s Four Holy Gate to the Four Holy Guard defending the palace, and finally the Four Saints Talisman to be obtained in the labyrinth, the key was... the White Tiger Sorcerer!

In the list of opponents, the person Chen Ying encountered in the first challenge was someone named Zhou Yuntao, whose information Chen Qing had inquired about on his first day here. There was originally a descendant of one of the Four Saints Sorcerers in Yundu.

With both the White Tiger Sorcerer and Azure Dragon Sorcerer here, Chen Qing didn’t believe it was a coincidence. It was more likely an intentional arrangement by the Heavenly Master Mansion.

So, what was the reason for arranging two of the Four Saints Sorcerers together?

The Four Holy Gate and the Four Holy Guards, the Imperial Palace of Yundu... There were too many things related to the Four Saints.

"Lord Chen..." Chen Qing suddenly looked towards Chen Baifeng: "I wish to consult with you on a matter."

"Oh?" Chen Baifeng was taken aback and responded: "King of Qin, please speak freely."

"I haven’t heard anything about Fei Jun for a long time. Lord Chen, you have always been in the Capital City, and even though you have left now, I assume you still have many contacts there. Do you know how Lord Fei Jun is doing now?"

Chen Baifeng looked at Chen Qing strangely: "Lord Chen... why are you suddenly so interested in the news about Lord Fei Jun?"

Naturally, Fei Jun had not stayed in Jiangnan, because no matter what, Siao Mingyue had died at Chen Qing’s hands.

Chen Qing had mixed feelings about Fei Jun not staying but had not tried to retain him. He had no position to do so. Even when he went to the Capital City last time, he had not deliberately looked for Fei Jun, nor had Fei Jun come looking for him. As he saw it, it was an unspoken agreement to deliberately avoid each other.

But now... Chen Qing suddenly felt it might not be so.

"Back in the Capital City, I received much help from Fei Jun, and afterwards, Princess Mingyue entrusted me that if she unfortunately died and I survived, I should try to take care of her son. Princess Mingyue was possessed by the Heavenly Demon, and at that time I had no choice but to act. I can understand Fei Jun’s resentment towards me, but I have promised the Princess Royale so I must inquire about him."

"Your Highness is truly noble!" Chen Baifeng saluted and then said, "As far as I know, after Lord Fei Jun returned to the Capital City, he has been living in a state of retirement, looking after his family. The Consort Prince’s Mansion is quite special now, and during the mourning period, Lord Fei Jun has been refusing visitors. I haven’t heard from Lord Fei Jun for a long time either."

"Haven’t heard... from him for a long time, you say?" A shadow passed across Chen Qing’s eyes.

Four Saints Sorcerers... already two of them, Fei Jun has disappeared, yet the Emperor has been invited...

Hopefully, it’s not as I suspect.

Chen Qing looked at the list for the second challenge; there were some new names added, Zhou Yuntao among them, but Fei Jun was not listed. Perhaps it really was just his own overthinking.

Still, something didn’t feel quite right.

This time, the competition for Heavenly Master, could it really have nothing to do with the Four Saints Sorcerers?

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