Walker Of The Worlds-Chapter 2121 Lacking Divination And The Spymaster's Intel
The involvement of diviners inspired confidence in the members of the Imperial Court, thus making them feel a bit more relieved.
But among the members, there was still one person that seemed to be skeptical of it all.
"That's not all is it?" A rather youthful looking man questioned.
He wore green brocade robes and had a folded hat on his head. Six dots were painted on his forehead with cinnabar while long tassel earrings hung from his ears. The earrings seemed to have small beast fangs hanging from them too with a sinister feeling surrounding them.
The youthful looking man's eyes were silver as if belonging to a wolf but the expression on his face was that of a sly fox.
"Grand Eunuch Tao… What are your doubts?" Emperor Feng asked.
The other members also became a bit tense seeing that this particular man had spoken. From their demeanor it was clear that he had their respect… or perhaps fear too. Regardless of whatever it might be, the man was not simple for sure.
"If the diviners were able to trace Yao Changying's path, why haven't they found where she is yet?" Grand Eunuch Tao questioned. "As far as I know, the divining arts of the Immortal court should be able to find those below the Transcendent Immortal realm with ease." He added.
"This…" it was something that ended up stumping the others too.
They then realized that, even if they had the traces of Yao Changying, that did not mean they also had her. It was the same as catching a bit of smoke, while the arsonist ran away.
"Do we have her location?" Grand Eunuch Tao questioned on behalf of others. "Or rather… Can we even find her location through divination?" he added.
This caused everyone to look at High elder Juxue, putting the man in the spot.
"We… Cannot." High Elder Juxue revealed.
The map on the screen changed slightly with a few new routes appearing. These new routes overlay the paths Yao Changying had taken and seemingly showed the path that Crown Prince Feng Shun had taken too. But this was just on the Dao Wind Empire, as when the Grand Eunuch turned the map, one could see more routes on the other side of the Rust Sky World. Particularly at the top of the Holy Topaz Empire. "Those islands… Black Fish Islands, Dagger Sheathe islands and more…" the people recognizing them.
The locations were rather small due to being islands, but they had a great value and were important as all of these islands were once the headquarters of the secret squads of the Holy Topaz Empire in the past.
Back when the wars were still common, these islands were mysterious and most simply thought of them to be some fishing islands. No one knew that they all contained tens of thousands of assassins that would go around the world doing the work of the former Holy Topaz Emperor.
It was a matter of fear for most, and it wasn't until peace was established in the Rust Sky World thousands of years ago when those assassin were abolished.
The assassins were officially said to have disbanded, but the islands still existed. And as such they continued to live there perhaps waiting for the day when it would be time for them to show their might to the world again.
"Some sailors reported strange movements from fishing boats which went unnoticed until we discovered the very same fishing boats docking on the Huiqing Continent." Grand Eunuch Tao stated.
"What? Why there?" The general asked.
"That is what caught our attention too. The mosts surprising part was that they had no goods to sell and yet they brought a lot of people." Grand Eunuch Tao replied. "Though what truly confirmed our suspicion was when they simply abandoned the ships and disappeared." He added.
Emperor Feng raised his brows upon hearing this, as the implications of it were not good.
"That's not all, a few groups that had left from the Dao Wind Empire also reached the very same port in Huiqing Continent and followed the same pattern of abandoning their ships and disappearing." Grand Eunuch Tao explained further. We are now sure that these groups are all linked with a few of them having involvement with Yao Changying in the past. She had even gotten them to participate in the Tournament of the Guardian beasts before." He added.
After the Eunuch had finished his explanation, the entire hall was surprised. They couldn't believe that such a large operation had been running right under their noses.
"What of the involvement of the Holy Topaz Dynasty itself?" War Minster questioned.
"That's another surprising thing… They evidently have no direct involvement themselves. They are only guilty of hiding their past attempts at downplaying Yao Changying's sins. Other than that, they have not done anything to help her. Even the groups from the northern islands have moved on their own." Grand Eunuch Tao answered.
A complex expression appeared on the Emperor's face as he went over everything. There was still a lot of information that they were lacking, thus he couldn't come to a decision on the spot, but he knew they had to be a lot more proactive in things now.
"As Grand Eunuch Tao have said, we'll have to take the next step since the others are not listening." Emperor Feng spoke. "Send a summon to the Flourishing Flower Sword Sect… I want to meet the Patriarch myself." He declared.
