Looking at the empty fields under the night sky, the monk Jing Li sighed.

Linzi is truly a difficult place. Junior Brother Jing Shen has become so thin…

He ran so quickly, the Qi court must not have given him any rest, right?

How black-hearted can they be!

He touched his bald head and turned to walk back.

Speaking of which, Master had another argument with Uncle Ku Bing a few days ago and doesn’t know where he is now. I wonder if he’s doing well outside…

He’s actually having a tough time too.

Both his junior brother and his master cause him great worry.

Not long after Jiang Wang left the Star Moon Plains, he encountered Yue Leng and Li Youjiu, who were empty-handed—since they had already shown themselves, there was no need for them to hide their tracks anymore.

It seemed they had still lost their target.

“There were indeed strong individuals lurking over there, but by the time we rushed there, it was too late,” Yue Leng explained, “The other party is a master in this field and wiped away the traces very cleanly.”

Jiang Wang was very clear-headed. His own amateur tracking abilities were far from qualified to question Yue Leng and the others.

Therefore, he simply said, “The Equal Nations is indeed a big trouble. Afterwards, I will stay obediently within the country until the Yellow River Meeting begins.”

Yue Leng and Li Youjiu exchanged glances, clearly satisfied with his “sensibleness.”

Yue Leng still smiled, saying, “If you still want to travel around the Eastern Domain, it’s not impossible, but this time I’ll have to be by your side every step of the way.”

Of course, he said this as a friendly joke.

With a Divine Manifestation Realm powerhouse following by his side, what would be the point of traveling? Moreover, this powerhouse was known as “God Catcher,” so it was likely that after a round of “travel,” he would have no secrets left.

Jiang Wang also smiled, “Although I would very much like to broaden my horizons by following Lord God Catcher, the Yellow River Meeting is about to begin, so I can only wait for next time.”

Speaking of which, Yue Leng was the powerhouse who officially introduced him into the Azure Seal system, and he also received his Binding Chains from him. In addition, Yue Leng was very supportive of Zheng Shi… If divided into factions within the Azure Seal system, they could be considered in the same faction, and their relationship was therefore relatively close.

Both of them smiled, having quite a bit of mutual understanding.

Li Youjiu, on the side, looked at Jiang Wang and said, “To be able to erase traces in such a short time, that person’s strength would not be weaker than ours. I’m quite curious about how the other party attacked you, and how you blocked the attack… Of course, if it’s inconvenient for you, you don’t have to say.”

The current Jiang Wang, in front of a dignified third-rank Azure Seal, also had the qualification to be “inconvenient”…

Not only because of his reputation as a national prodigy, nor just because of Inspector-General Zheng Shi’s closeness to him.

If before this, Li Youjiu had only considered Jiang Wang a young prodigy, then after these few days of contact, he was already firmly convinced of his future—with such diligence and hard work, he would surely achieve great things in the future!

Jiang Wang thought for a moment and finally couldn’t say nothing. He only said, “The attack was from the spiritual level.”

Even Li Youjiu’s frighteningly bright eyes couldn’t help but blink.

Although he and Yue Leng had already deduced that the attacks that could escape their observation were only a few types. Especially the possibility of offense and defense on the spiritual level was the greatest.

But when Jiang Wang truly confirmed this answer, he couldn’t help but be startled.

Jiang Wang not only possessed spiritual techniques that were difficult to even touch at the Outer Manor level, but he also controlled them very well, and even withstood the invasion of a strong person of that caliber…

This could not be explained by a single Inner Mansion level乾陽之瞳.

Of course, Li Youjiu couldn’t dig deeper into the matter, and the questioning stopped here.

He could only sigh in his heart, a national prodigy is indeed extraordinary.

“Let’s go,” Yue Leng saw that Li Youjiu had no further questions and said, “Let’s go back to the country first.”

The three Azure Seals immediately soared into the sky and flew directly back to Qi.

The Divine Manifestation level Azure Seal investigators of Great Qi had the power to fly across the territories of various countries in the Eastern Domain without needing to report.

This was a consequence of a major case in the early years. At that time, a minister of Qi defected, and the experts of the Inspectorate almost all went out to pursue him with all their might.

But in the process of pursuit, because of the slow communication and reporting with the countries they passed through, they were not allowed to cross the border for a long time, thus missing the best opportunity and causing the target to escape.

The Qi Emperor was furious, accusing that country of harboring a traitor of Qi, and directly stated his desire to go to war.

That country was in fear and trepidation, and in order to protect itself, signed an alliance with Qi. One provision in the alliance stipulated that Qi’s Azure Seals, when investigating major cases involving the Divine Manifestation level in the future, could fly across the territory without reporting.

In other words, if a Divine Manifestation level powerhouse flew across the border in the future, they would need to judge for themselves whether the other party was a Qi Azure Seal before deciding whether to intercept them.

This alliance was called the “Zhu He Alliance.”

Not long after, it was extended to the entire Eastern Domain.

And the country that first signed this alliance back then was named “Ming.”

It was one of the former Nine Countries of Sunrise, which was later conquered by Qi.

The capital of the Ming State back then was located in the Zhu He Prefecture of the Great Qi Empire today, which is also the prefecture where the Golden Needle Sect is located.

The so-called “Zhu He Alliance” was a manifestation of Qi’s hegemony in the Eastern Domain.

This is an underground stone chamber.

The layout is very simple, one could say it’s just four bare walls.

There isn’t even a door.

On the four walls, intricate formation patterns are carved.

These formation patterns converge into a strange whole, rejecting all searches, divinations… everything outside the walls.

In the center of the stone chamber, there is a circular stone disc—it looks very much like a millstone, but it is indeed quite large, about three meters in diameter.

In the center of the disc is a hole about the size of an adult’s fist, bottomless. Starting from this hole, twelve deep刻度 divide the disc neatly.

Besides that, there is nothing else.

Tables, chairs, lamps… everything that seems like it should be in a secret room is not here.

There is only a circular disc and four stone walls.

When a black figure appeared here, a subtle change finally occurred.

The hole in the center of the disc seemed to suddenly connect to a certain location, and a faint, mournful “wind sound” began to resonate somewhat plaintively.

The black figure showed no abnormality. After entering the stone chamber, he walked to the circular disc. Hearing the “wind sound” at this moment, he stepped back.

The “wind sound” stopped.

An androgynous voice sounded from the hole: “Did you shake them off?”

The black figure’s voice was also clearly disguised, very hoarse: “I value my own safety more than you do.”

“That’s for the best,” the voice from the hole said, “For our ideal of equality, you need to live longer and die more meaningfully.”

The black figure paused, then said, “This operation failed, what about that Jiang Wang? Should we assign others and risk killing him by force?”

“No need,” the voice from the hole said, “Although I did not succeed today, I have also glimpsed his true capabilities. It is not without gain. The Buddhist aura of the strong person protecting him cannot be hidden from me. It is clear that this Jiang Wang is definitely not on the same path as Jiang Shu. One could say that…”

The voice from the hole omitted this part and suddenly said coldly, “Those who have the Way are helped by many, those who lose the Way are helped by few. That is what is said of Jiang Shu!”