Free Web NovelChapter 1332: Chapter 1318: Encirclement of Du Tiandemon
"Are you looking for that Jade Pendant?"
Gu Bo was surprised to hear Yang Xiao’s words and looked at him with some reproach.
"I worked hard to get you the opportunity to enter the Heavenly Book Pavilion. Why waste this opportunity looking for a Jade Pendant instead of reading more books?"
"Once I find it, I’ll tell you the reason. Could you please take me to Mingluo Academy to check their archives?"
Gu Bo had no choice but to take Yang Xiao to the Mingluo City Academy.
The history of Mingluo City Academy is much longer than that of the Flying Leopard Academy. Walking into the academy, one is immediately enveloped by a sense of ancientness.
The dean of Mingluo City Academy is named Gu Huang, who is also the Fifth Elder of the Genetic Store Headquarters Elder Council.
"Great Elder, what brings you here today with Yang Leader?"
Gu Bo pointed to Yang Xiao and said:
"Yang Leader wants to search for a file at Mingluo City Academy, so I brought him along."
The archives of Mingluo City Academy are not something ordinary people can access. Otherwise, Gu Bo wouldn’t personally bring Yang Xiao here.
Dean Gu Huang was taken aback when he saw Yang Xiao,
"I wonder what archives Yang Leader is looking for?"
"Fifth Elder, I want to find out about the event five hundred years ago when the Dwarf Star people invaded Witch Star. After the eight Saint Level Supremes perished together, Mingluo City Academy gifted four Genetic Cultivation Methods to the Great Dragon Empire, Flying Leopard Empire, and Youming Empire. Is there a record of the specific handover details?"
Gu Huang was surprised and looked at Yang Xiao,
"Why is Yang Leader suddenly interested in this archive? Is there something important about it?"
Gu Bo, standing nearby, said:
"Yang Leader has been cultivating these four methods in the Heavenly Book Pavilion recently and found that the Wind Eagle Divine Skill and Flying Leopard Divine Skill are missing two Jade Pendants. We want to find out where these pendants went."
The fact that Yang Xiao was cultivating in the Heavenly Book Pavilion was known among the nine elders of the Elder Council.
Gu Huang smiled slightly and said:
"Oh, I see. You have a keen interest, Yang Leader. When I was cultivating, I also asked the same question but never delved into it."
Gu Huang led Yang Xiao to the academy’s archive room.
In the archive room, Yang Xiao saw hundreds of thousands of video-recording Jade Pendants, along with some physical record books.
Gu Huang instructed the staff to retrieve the relevant records from five hundred years ago.
Moments later, a staff member brought a box of Jade Pendants, placing it on the table before Yang Xiao.
"These Jade Pendants contain records of the events at that time. One of them directly records the handover scene," the staff member said while pulling out one from the box to hand to Yang Xiao.
Yang Xiao held the Jade Pendant in his hand, gently activated the Genetic Evolution Energy, and a virtual three-dimensional scene appeared before everyone.
It showed the conference held in Mingluo City five hundred years ago to award three Genetic Evolution Methods to the Great Dragon Empire, Flying Leopard Empire, and Youming Empire.
Even after five centuries, the recording was still incredibly clear.
In the footage, Yang Xiao couldn’t immediately discern anything unusual.
Yang Xiao pondered and said to Gu Bo:
"Elder Gu, Dean Huang, may I stay here to continue my search at my own pace? You both are busy, so you can attend to your work first."
Gu Bo and Gu Huang nodded,
"That sounds good. Yang Leader, take your time, and I’ll have them cooperate with you as much as possible."
Gu Huang gave some instructions to the staff and left with Gu Bo.
Yang Xiao instructed the staff to bring over all the recording Jade Discs and related text books, and he would review them alone.
Yang Xiao searched for three days and nights without finding any clues.
On the fourth day, while going through a record book, a passage caught his attention.
"In the Wuxing Era 10886, the Elder Court discovered that a leopard-shaped decorative Jade Pendant was missing from the Jade Box of the Flying Leopard Technique. After extensive investigation, it was found that the Jade Pendant was mistakenly placed in the duplicated box and sent to the Flying Leopard Empire when the Flying Leopard Divine Skill was being reproduced by a staff member.
The Elder Court approached the Flying Leopard Emperor to retrieve the leopard-shaped pendant, only to be told that it had accidentally been broken."
There weren’t any more details recorded, just a few lines, as if the matter was not pursued further.
Yang Xiao speculated that perhaps the Flying Leopard Emperor noticed something unusual about the pendant, found out there were no extra pendants in the boxes of the other two empires, so he deliberately replicated the pendant and feigned breaking it to deceive the Elder Court.
It was just Yang Xiao’s rough guess.
While he could somewhat guess about the Flying Leopard Divine Skill’s Jade Pendant, what about the Wind Eagle Divine Skill’s pendant?
The Wind Eagle Divine Skill was never gifted to another empire and remained under the custody of the Genetic Store Headquarters. Who took the eagle-shaped pendant?
Without the eagle-shaped pendant, Yang Xiao wouldn’t be able to quickly complete the cultivation of the Wind Eagle Divine Skill.
More crucially, Yang Xiao suspected that the Wind Eagle Divine Skill contained within the Jade Pendant might significantly impact his future ability to break through to Saint Level Supreme.
Within Yang Xiao’s Spiritual Power Sea, three Divine Beasts—White Elephant, Heavenly Dragon, and Flying Leopard—currently hovered, just missing the Wind Eagle Divine Beast.
What would these four Divine Beasts do inside his body?
Yang Xiao rubbed his eyes and decided to stop searching, feeling exhausted.
He told the staff,
"Forget it. I’m done searching. I doubt I’ll find any more clues."
The staff member, who had been with Yang Xiao over the past four days and was now quite familiar with him, knowing what he had been seeking, casually remarked,
"Yang Leader, it’s very difficult to trace this matter because too many people have come into contact with this skill. Hundreds of people practice the Wind Eagle Divine Skill each year, and over the last five hundred years, who knows how many people have trained in it. It’s hard to say who could’ve lost that pendant."
"Hmm, you’re probably right," Yang Xiao conceded.
Yang Xiao gave up on finding the pendant and left Mingluo City Academy, preparing to return to the Genetic Store Headquarters.
As he exited the academy, he heard a loud crash in the sky.
Looking up, he saw a dark shadow descending from the sky, punching toward the Defense Light Screen enveloping Mingluo City.
"Boom!"
With a loud explosion, the Defense Light Screen was torn open, and the shadow sped inside.
The shadow struck the ground with both fists, tearing the void with two sharp Killing Auras accompanied by thunderous sounds.
"Boom!"
Two buildings on the ground were immediately shattered, along with dozens of people blasted into the air.
The alarms of Mingluo City blared, as hundreds and thousands of figures soared into the sky, attacking the shadow with thousands of Killing Auras and Flying Arrows.
"What’s happening?"
The staff member who escorted Yang Xiao out explained:
"Yang Leader, that’s Du Tiandemon from the Dwarf Star, causing trouble. He’s a Saint Level Supreme too powerful for anyone to stop. That’s why he dares to break in alone, create chaos, and then leave without anyone being able to do a thing."
"Doesn’t Mingluo City have the Heavenly Punishment Sword Formation? Can’t it deal with him?"
"The Heavenly Punishment Sword Formation takes half an hour to activate. By the time the Great Elder activates it, Du Tiandemon is already gone."
"So, Du Tiandemon is just running rampant, unchecked?"
"Who says otherwise? It’s chaotic with the Dwarf Star people messing things up on Witch Star, and people are in a state of panic. By the way, Yang Leader, could I migrate my family to your Purple Origin Star?"
Yang Xiao smiled slightly and said,
"No problem at all. As long as you can get the immigration approval, you can go."
"Thank you, Yang Leader. With your assurance, my family can feel secure."
Yang Xiao was slightly taken aback, realizing his own influence.
The staff member took out an immigration application certificate from his Space Ring,
"Yang Leader, could you please sign here?"
"Does my signature work?"
"Yang Leader, what are you saying? You’re the leader of Purple Origin Star. Your words on immigration hold more sway than those of the Great Elder."
Given the limited number of Interstellar Spaceships, each immigration batch is small, causing conflicts over immigration quotas so fierce that upper management has been at their wits’ end.
Dealing with numerous people lobbying behind the scenes, Gu Bo effectively stated:
"As long as you can get Yang Leader of Purple Origin Star to agree, your immigration application will be prioritized."
Little did anyone know that when Gu Bo said this, Yang Xiao was busy cultivating in the Heavenly Book Pavilion.
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Yang Xiao left the academy, and in a flash, soared into the sky, wielding the Flying Leopard Thunder Hammer, joining the battle against Du Tiandemon.
A massive fluctuation erupted in the sky, unleashing a Killing Aura thousands of meters long, piercing through the sky and striking towards Du Tiandemon.
