Chapter 166 - Set Up (1/2)
At the most critical moment, Li Yi woke up and realized that nothing was more important than his own life.
“Ice energy, Ice Sword Technique!”
Suddenly, rings of cold air emerged and wheeled around him, then a plume of cold air transformed into a sword light and slashed out, forcing away all the tiger power along the way as it cut a passage through the blue lotus petals that blotted the air.
“Li Yunxiao, I swear I will kill you one day, hack your corpse a thousand times, then burn it and scatter the ashes everywhere!” Li Yi screamed as he fled through the passage he had cut out.
Yunxiao laughed and said, “I’ll wait for you, and I look forward to our next meeting!”
Li Yi’s body paused for a brief moment. It was plain that he was provoked once again, but he vanished into the distance in the next instant.
“I doubt he will inform others about me, but I shouldn’t stay here for too long.” Yunxiao glanced around in the square tower, putting everything he saw into his ring.
“There are indeed many good things, but none of them is as good as the Outworld Dark Jade. Where is it now?” While frowning, he sat cross-legged down and spread out his divine sense, searching every corner in the square tower while not neglecting even the tiniest spot.
“How clever! They almost deceived me!”
Yunxiao sensed a weak energy fluctuation in a corner. He walked over and kicked the ground with one leg, and it broke open immediately, revealing a small pit. Inside was placed an exquisite small white box made of a jade-like material that seemed to be the bone of some animal.
He opened the box and saw an object wrapped in a square of gray leather. He touched the wrapping and cried out, “The skin of an ancient dragon! No wonder it can block my divine sense. Luckily, this leather is too small and not powerful enough.”
He lifted the dragon skin, and a silvery-white stone was revealed. Meanwhile, a strong cold air blew into his face, and he felt like he was frozen instantly and losing his senses while a stream of extreme cold energy was attacking his meridians. He quickly covered the stone with the skin, and the feeling disappeared, just that his hands were still covered in a thin layer of ice.
“It really is the Outworld Dark Jade! Although it is only the size of a palm, someone should have knocked it off from the one in the Beiming Dark Palace. Tsk, tsk, is Ma tianhe a traitor of Beiming Dark Palace? He is just a Martial Grandmaster, and yet he dared to steal it from them…He really has no idea of death or danger!”
After putting away everything, Yunxiao left the square tower and started toward the banquet hall. It had been a while since Li Yi fled, and the Supreme Palace was still quiet. He probably did not alert anyone for fear that it would drag him in as well.
As he heard the joyful singing and laughter coming from the banquet hall in the distance, Yunxiao sneered, then his lips moved slightly, compressing his voice into a line and sending it into the hall.
Xingyang Ming, who was drinking in the hall, suddenly frowned. A look of doubt came into his eyes, but it was gone in the next moment, and he abruptly looked outside, his face covered with shock and terror that could not be concealed. Without hesitation, he stood up and turned to Ma Tianhe and Ma Feibai as he said, “Palace Master, deputy Palace Master, there is something urgent that requires me to leave early. I beg your pardon.”
Ma Tianhe paused a moment, and an obvious look of displeasure came over his face. He said coldly without losing his grace, “Since Lord Xingyang Ming has something more important, we dare not to keep you any longer. Unlike us, who stay in the mountains like some savage men, a man who stays in the empire is usually bound by more things.”
Xingyang Ming knew his host was unhappy, but he could not care much about it now as he just spoke apologetically, “I am truly sorry. I promise I will visit and ask you for your pardon next time.”
Only then did Ma Tianhe look better as he waved and said, “You may leave now.”
Xingyang Ming felt relieved and took his leave hurriedly. As soon as he stepped out of the hall, he ran toward a certain direction. Just now, a voice was sent into his ear, reading him a very profound cultivation technique. He had only listened to a few words when he felt his bottleneck, which had been stuck for some time, start to loosen.
It shocked and surprised him. He knew if he could get the complete cultivation technique, he would definitely make a breakthrough. Therefore, after leaving the hall, he immediately ran toward the voice. He did stop halfway, hesitating. After all, he was in the Supreme Palace. Although most of the experts were in the banquet hall now, there might still be some others hiding somewhere. It would be very difficult for him to explain himself if he were found.
But, whenever he stopped, the voice would read the cultivation technique in his ear again. Although he did find it strange, he still could not help heading toward the voice.
Finally, he came to a small yard, and the voice taught him a set of steps. He crossed the yard with the steps and entered the square tower. But, it was empty inside, without even a shadow. And the voice disappeared as well, as if it had never existed before.
“What’s going on? Where is this place?” He frowned. “Judging from the strange restrictive spell outside, this should be an important place for Supreme Palace. But why is it so empty?”
“Something is wrong!”
Suddenly, he had a bad feeling, and he turned quickly to run out of the tower. When he got outside, he saw a large crowd of people rush over, led by Ma Tianhe and his son. The Palace Master looked shocked when he saw Xingyang Ming from far away, and he bellowed furiously, “Xingyang Ming! How dare you steal from Supreme Palace!”
Xingyang Ming was startled, and he felt a chill run down his back. He immediately knew that he was set up, and he panicked. “Palace Master, this is a misunderstanding! Please listen to my explanation!”