Chapter 1254 (2/2)
Tang Wulin was enlightened to hear this. ”If it's situated underground, then it's only natural that my spiritual power would fail to detect it. Hall Master Li, there's something I should tell you; I'm actually searching for my parents. When I was only 10 years old, they were abducted by some people and taken to the Dou Spirit Continent to conduct some kind of research. They can only occasionally contact the Douluo Continent, and I was only made aware recently that they're most likely being controlled by the Spirit PaG.o.da.
”Hence, I have to save them before we begin negotiations with the royal family here. This is technically a private matter, so I won't ask the Tang Sect and the academy to help me here; I'll only bring along a few of my friends to conduct the search, but I hope you can a.s.sist me by providing the relevant information that I need to know.”
He revealed his objective to Li Yun as he knew that if he wanted to find his parents in this completely unfamiliar place, he would definitely require Li Yun's a.s.sistance.
Li Yun faltered slightly upon hearing this before immediately nodding in response. ”That's very understandable. I didn't think that there was such a motive behind your decision. Rest a.s.sured, Sect Master, I'll think of a way for you. We've actually been constantly trying to search for and infiltrate this research center as well, and according to the information we've gathered, this research center is most likely developing a special type of weapon. It should be related to us Soul Masters, but we don't know exactly what it is. However, the fact that the Spirit PaG.o.da is pouring so much effort and resources into its development clearly indicates that it's not going to be some ordinary weapon. I'll contact the people from the Tang Sect branch here right away, if I receive any useful information, I'll relay it to you right away.”
”I'll leave it to you, then.” Tang Wulin heaved an internal sigh of relief. This was a private matter, so Li Yun was most likely only willing to help him due to his connection with the Holy Spirit Douluo.
Li Yun did things very efficiently, and he returned to Tang Wulin's room that same night.
”We have a spy planted in the Spirit PaG.o.da; you can disguise yourself to look like him and infiltrate their branch. He can confirm that there is indeed a secret research center beneath the Spirit PaG.o.da branch, but he's not authorized to enter it, so he doesn't know what kind of place it is. However, it's quite possible that this is the secret research center that you're searching for.”
Tang Wulin's eyes immediately lit up. ”That's fantastic news!”
Li Yun continued, ”He drew up a map that will show you the general scope of where the entrance is; you can infiltrate the Spirit PaG.o.da by borrowing his ident.i.ty to search for that place, but there's going to be some risk involved.”
Tang Wulin nodded in response. ”How powerful is this Spirit PaG.o.da branch?”
Li Yun replied, ”Very powerful. Heaven Dou City is the center of our sphere of influence, so overall, we're more powerful than the Spirit PaG.o.da there, but the Spirit PaG.o.da is more secretive, so we can't accurately gauge just how much power they have up their sleeve. What we do know is that this branch is essentially the Spirit PaG.o.da headquarters on the Dou Spirit Empire, and there are at least five t.i.tled Douluos situated in there, of which at least two are Hyper Douluos. On top of that, it's also guarded by a large number of other powerful Soul Masters, and the internal defense systems are also quite highly developed. As such, if your cover gets blown, you could get trapped and surrounded very quickly.”
Tang Wulin nodded in response. ”I understand. We'll make a detailed plan so we can infiltrate the Spirit PaG.o.da headquarters while minimizing the chances of being discovered. Please give me the information regarding this spy that we've planted, and I'll begin emulating his mannerisms.”
”Alright!”
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On the top floor of the Spirit PaG.o.da's Spirit Wave City branch.
The entire top floor was a single s.p.a.cious hall, and the center of which a large round table was situated. Around the table sat all of the higher-ups of the Spirit PaG.o.da on the Dou Spirit Continent.
The person sitting at the head of the table was a handsome elderly man who appeared to be in his sixties, and he gave off quite an intimidating presence even just sitting still in his chair.
Aside from him, there were six more people, and these seven were collectively known as the seven most powerful Spirit PaG.o.da members of the Dou Spirit Empire.
”Branch Chairman, who are these important figures being sent here by the headquarters? Are they sending people to supervise us or are they here to oversee the imminent war? At the very least, it has to seem like we're adopting a neutral stance on the surface; we can't make our allegiances clear to the general public. Otherwise, if the federation is unable to conquer the Dou Spirit Empire, we'll be in some trouble,” a middle-aged man said.
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