Chapter 918: Secret Investigation (1/2)

Wei Lai, Yan Zhan, Xin Qing, and Zu Guangyao, the four members of the parliament of elders, gazed silently down at Nie Tian from the top of another lofty palace.

Their gazes followed him as Tao Jin showed him around this ancient city and threaded through the numerous palaces and pavilions.

Only after Nie Tian entered the Records Pavilion with Tao Jin did they withdraw their gazes.

“Wei, you realized that kid isn’t a pure human, but a hybrid, didn’t you?” Yan Zhan suddenly asked.

Light flashed across Xin Qing and Zu Guangyao’s eyes as they heard him, but they remained silent.

Wei Lai took a deep breath. “Yeah, he’s the product of a successful mixing. The life force inside of him is simply too strong for a human, and there also seems to be something special about his bloodline. Successful hybrids are very rare, and it’s hard to believe a place like the Domain of the Falling Stars would produce one.”

“From the look of it, we need to look into the origin of his special bloodline,” Yan Zhan said with a grim face. “The first thing we need to do after the grand elder’s return is examine his bloodline and determine whether there are problems with his parents.”

Wei Lai nodded. “That’s what I thought. Successful hybrids are very special. If there isn’t anything wrong with his origin, then he’ll have a brilliant future.”

Xin Qing pondered for a brief moment before saying, “You don’t think he’s a part of the outsiders’ plan, do you? If the outsiders made him so that he could steal the legacies of our sect, why on earth would they have him finish the path of stars and come to our headquarters? It won’t be a hard thing for us to figure out the origin of his bloodline.”

“Yeah, but we can’t rule out any possibilities yet,” Wei Lai said, looking very cautious. “And we can’t allow him to leave before we make sure that there aren’t any problems with his bloodline. As for that, we’ll have to wait for the grand elder to come back and do a thorough examination of him. However, there’s something strange about the Heaven Gate trial in the Domain of the Falling Stars...”

Xin Qing went blank. “Something strange?”

“The Heaven Gates in the Domain of the Falling Stars shouldn’t have opened this early,” Wei Lai said. “Something must have happened that activated the Heaven Gates ahead of time.”

Yan Zhan’s expression flickered with astonishment. “You’re not saying that the seventh Son of the Stars was actually manufactured by someone or some force, are you?”

“Everything is possible,” Wei Lai said with an unfathomable look on his face.

Yan Zhan chuckled. “That would make things much more interesting...”

Wei Lai pondered for a while before saying, “Yan Zhan, why don’t you take a trip to the Domain of the Falling Stars and find out more about Nie Tian’s birth? At the same time, see if you can learn something about that Zhao Shanling.As for the Void Spirit Society, I’ll go talk to them about the Domain of Heaven Python. We’ll give it to Nie Tian after we’re absolutely certain that there’s no problem with his origin.”

Yan Zhan nodded.

“Also, be careful, and don’t alarm the people in the Domain of the Falling Stars,” Wei Lai said with a reminding tone.

With a grin, Yan Zhan said, “Rest assured.”

“If he hadn’t finished the path of the stars, then we wouldn’t have to worry about his origin,” Wei Lai said with a grim face. “It’s not a rare thing for future Sons of the Stars to die before reaching our headquarters.

“But since he’s here, and the divine bell has tolled seven times, people know about him now, so we have to treat everything about him seriously.

“Choosing our Sons of the Stars is a matter of great importance. We can’t allow anything to happen to it and make us a laughing-stock.”

Yan Zhan nodded before flying away ethereally.

He retraced Nie Tian’s steps and first teleported to the palace in the Realm of Shattered Earth. From there, he teleported to the palace in the Realm of Split Void.

Unlike Nie Tian, Yan Zhan didn’t open the stone gate and leave immediately after appearing in the teleportation portal in the Realm of Split Void.

He shrewdly sensed Dong Li’s existence as soon as he arrived.

Dong Li had continued to hatch the huge egg in one of the secret rooms since Nie Tian had left.

Since Nie Tian was the only one who could open the gate to the palace and he hadn’t returned, even if she had hatched the huge egg, she wouldn’t be able to leave the palace, just as others wouldn’t be able to enter.

After arriving, Yan Zhan hid his aura, his figure illusory and blurry. Dong Li, who was focused on hatching the huge egg, didn’t sense any anomalies.

“Dark power...” Yan Zhan sensed Dong Li’s uncommon aura. His body seem to merge with the palace as he examined his surroundings with his soul.