Chapter 253 - Fishing (1/2)

In the Savanna Wasteland, Zhong Yue removed his disguise and as his mind moved, fire rose around his body, making him look extremely wild. Even his hair was covered with fire and floated in the air.

The fire of the sun, sunfire!

In an instant, he was shrouded with fire, just like a fiery being.

Flames then emerged behind him and whenever he walked, he would leave flame behind him, as if there were huge amount of oil in the underground that allowed the flames to burn nonstop. The flame then started to spread across the plains little by little and after a while, it looked like a fiery dragon had just descended onto the plains, causing them to burn.

Zhong Yue then suddenly dashed away, riding on the flames towards the Savanna Wasteland.

About four or five days after he left, the ground of the Savanna Wasteland rumbled vigorously as one after another huge Pan Aos surged towards the plains and started looking for tracks and traces via sniffing around on the ground. These Pan Aos had followed the scent of Zhong Yue to the plains, but here, they completely lost track of Zhong Yue as the entire plains were burnt down by Zhong Yue, leaving only the smell of charred grass and ash.

The Pan Aos then looked around for a moment before they scattering everywhere to continue their search for Zhong Yue.

There were even some of them that flew into the air, trying to find something in the air flowing through the sky, but to no avail.

"Strange…."

An incredibly huge Pan Ao even among the other huge Aos suddenly walked towards the center of the plains. When it spun around, it turned into a white-robed priest. It was the Xiao Mang Celestial Race's Celestial Temple's Xiao Chuyun, and in his eyes, one could clearly see confusion.

The huge Pan Aos around him suddenly ran towards him and merged into his body continuously and quickly, leaving him standing alone in the burned plains.

These Pan Aos were all formed from the dragon scales on his body, something similar to how Zhong Yue formed his Jiao Dragons with his psyche, which made them one of the best ways to look for something or someone.

This Long Yue brat's scent disappeared exactly right here. Where could he have gone to?, thought Xiao Chuyun.

"Elder, Zhong Yue is still somewhere around Gu Xia City."

Suddenly, a voice was heard and Lang Qingyun could be seen walking towards Xiao Chuyun with a soul lantern in his hand. That soul lantern was Zhong Yue's soul lantern, and Lang Qingyun laughed as he said, "You are pursuing him in the wrong direction."

Xiao Chuyun smirked and replied, "If the soul lantern was of some use, you would have killed him long ago. Qingyun, the soul lantern is useless when it comes to him, you will never be able to track him through the soul lantern."

Lang Qingyun was stunned and after a brief moment of thinking, he asked, "So he has a way to hide himself from the detection of soul lanterns? No wonder I lost track of him suddenly back then in Xian Kong Saint city."

"Soul lanterns are not unstoppable and there are indeed ways to hide from the detection of soul lanterns. This Long Yue must have received some way to hide himself from the soul lanterns through the teachings of some of the magnate figures in the dragon race, and we will not be able to catch him with the soul lantern!"

Xiao Chuyun continued coldly, "And now, he burned the plains here to destroy the scent he left behind. With this, he managed to get away! This method was exactly the same as the method used by the murderer of Xiao Chuqing to destroy the evidence, which means that he must be the one who murdered Xiao Chuqing!"

He looked around and observed, "The Savanna Wasteland is connected with the West and East Barren, as well as the Great Wilderness. Now, we have no idea where he went! Qingyun, return to the city and I will look around myself. I will rush towards the location of Long Yue as soon as his whereabouts are known!"

Lang Qingyun nodded and left the scene quickly.

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Meanwhile, Zhong Yue has arrived at the bottom of Swords Gate Mountain and the Four Ken Beast residing on the golden summit of the Swords Gate Mountain immediately noticed him. It quickly notified the headmaster. Not long after, Elder Pu came down on from the mountain and quickly brought Zhong Yue back up into the mountain. Then, he led Zhong Yue to the Heart Questioning Palace and announced that due to the many problems occuring around Swords Gate, the headmaster changed his mind and let Zhong Yue out earlier.

"Elder Pu, what happened during the death of Lei Hong?" asked Zhong Yue as he could not hold back his curiosity anymore.

Elder Pu hesitated and replied as he shook his head, "This matter has caused quite a shock around Swords Gate. Feng Wuji was about to advance into the True Spirit level, but with the mess caused by Lei Hong, he almost lost control of himself, which then inflicted heavy injuries on him. The Qi Practitioners of the Lei Hu Clan are now living in fear, as they are afraid of the headmaster blaming them for what Lei Hong did. After all, Feng Wuji and the headmaster are both from the Feng Clan…"

Zhong Yue then pressed, "I want to know the whereabouts of Shui Qingyan after the death of lei Hong."

"Shui Qingyan?" Elder Pu then said, "This was quite a huge thing. She managed to reach the Atman Body level and now, she is the vice hall master in place in the Seal Suppression Hall. There was also one disciple that improved as fast as her and you know this disciple as well, Qiu Jin'er. She is also an Atman Body level Qi Practitioner now and she too, was given the same position as Shui Qingyan. Oh right, what is your level now?"

Zhong Yue however, was not paying attention to Elder Pu anymore as soon as he heard that Shui Qingyan had become the vice hall master in place in the Seal Suppression Hall and he thought,  Tian Myriad Mother is acting so high profile in the Swords Gate and she even became a hall master… Who gave her the bravery to do this?"

He then shivered and reached a conclusion,  Lei Hong is just a scapegoat! There's someone behind all of this!

There was obviously something off with the speed of Shui Qingyan's improvements, which were not any slower than the Innate Spirit Body individuals.