Chapter 1327: Crimson Palace Found? (1/2)

Soon enough, when dusk fell and night came, Davis returned to Karlheinz Strom's crimson palace along with him before he was shown to his room there by a worker.

After some time passed where he laid low as if he was compliant, he looked at the exit of the room. His blank face now possessed an odd smile that said he would undoubtedly trouble the peaceful Burning Phoenix Ridge!

'Hehe... This palace's deeply firm walls, along with the formations placed, can surely stop even Mid-Level Law Rune Stage Powerhouses and Mid-Level Soul King Stage Experts from sneaking in, but unfortunately, I am a near Peak-Level King Soul Stage Expert with the addition of death-like energy's concealment prowess. Although it is not as potent as Fallen Heaven's, it still helps me stay concealed from even Peak-Level King Soul Stage Experts!'

'As long as I don't meet the Sect Master, or those old cronies, or perhaps a Soul Emperor, I should be fine. When I last checked, the Burning Phoenix Ridge didn't have a Soul Emperor...'

Davis inwardly rejoiced as he easily exited the crimson palace even while flying through the detection formation that was embedded inside the walls.

As he came out, he saw the dark sky lit up by a resplendent reddish light coming from the abodes and palaces, giving it a sense of grandness that he hadn't seen before.

The Burning Phoenix Ridge was not like a city as there were only members of the sect in this entire region. Their abodes and palaces were all built to float above the mountain ridges, looking scenic as well as magnificent when viewed from the sidelines. It was as if an entire city was one big and long road, while the buildings where people stayed were to the sides of the long and wide street.

Of course, as long as the mountain ridges intersected or separated, the brightly lit abodes and palaces will do the same, and in the night, they were spectacularly lit up like the sect had a festival every night. The sight was entirely dazzling that it mesmerized Davis of their wealth and extravagance.

'Hmm... If I recall correctly, one of the elders looked in that direction when mentioning top disciple Shirley's wrongful conduct about secretly killing top disciple Schneider, so it should be that way...'

Davis mused as he flew in concealment around the Burning Phoenix Ridge. He flew towards the direction the elder had looked and arrived at a cluster of palaces and abodes seemingly arranged in a position that irked the juvenile formation master inside him.

Even though he was not versed and knowledgeable in formations that were above Sky Grade, he saw that the placing had something to do with defense. Nevertheless, when he saw the dense amount of disciples flying around the area, walking on bridges that connected the abodes and palaces, he knew that he was probably in the right place.

He flew around, looking for abnormalities for a while before he noticed an extremely peculiar crimson palace.

'This crimson palace... It has a lot more experts watching the outside than the others... There's even a Low-Level King Soul Stage soul sense brushing past me and the surroundings around this crimson palace every few seconds, but it has failed to sense me as expected...'

Davis felt that since Shirley was said to have killed a Grand Elder's youngest child, this was at least expected. He felt that this should be the palace Shirley stays in unless it belonged to the other famous beauty, top disciple Verona.

However, he knew that disciples wouldn't be this guarded or monitored usually, so he felt that this crimson palace probably belonged to Shirley.

He looked around, noticing that the surrounding of this crimson palace was mostly sparse in noise while the eyes that monitored it were many.

Nevertheless, he didn't fear being caught as he entered the crimson palace in a carefree manner, right through the entrance as he landed on the surface and walked through the pathway.

He looked around and noticed similar Burning Phoenix patterns to those present in Elder Karlheinz Strom's crimson palace before discerning that perhaps top disciples and elders were treated the same in terms of accommodation and privileges. It made sense, considering that the top disciples were the cream of the crop who would become Grand Elders while even a Sect Master might be born from them.

While Davis walked, heading towards the place where he found two Law Dominion Stage undulations to be present, he also sensed a fearsome presence of a King Beast Stage Magical Beast towards the other side. He was rather astonished, thinking if it might be a little Fire Phoenix like Isabella has Mira, the little Earth Dragon, but then he noticed that this magical beast's aura was similar to the Burning Phoenixes he saw outside.

He inwardly cursed himself the next second for even considering it, as if there really were a Fire Phoenix here, it would've been taken away from Shirley without her consent, without a doubt. If Shirley really had a Fire Phoenix egg with her before it hatched while she nurtured it, then she obviously wouldn't bring it to the Burning Phoenix Ridge but leave it at a safe place or choose to leave it in the Grand Sea Continent like Isabella.

Nevertheless, he hadn't seen any sign of a Fire Phoenix being present in the Grand Sea Continent, so it was likely that the Fire Phoenix Immortal hadn't given Shirley one yet as she had only cleared the King Grade Trial.

Davis soon arrived at the room that seemed to have its doors closed. There was literally no soul sense active ever since he stepped into the crimson palace, so if he removed his concealment, the people outside still wouldn't know that he was here.

Nevertheless, his expression was a bit complicated as he stood behind the door.

His hesitation wasn't related to 'if he got the wrong person', because even though the undulations he felt were robust, fiery, and strong, he could sense a tiny similarity with Shirley's undulations when he fought her before. One of the undulations was undoubtedly hers, while the other undulation probably belonged to that follower named Esvele.

He almost absolutely knew that Shirley was behind this door!

'Wait a minute... The last time I sneaked into her palace thinking that she had something to say to me, she was sedated with an aphrodisiac. It wouldn't be the same this time, right...?'

Davis amusingly mused before he shrugged and moved forward. He directly phased through the door as a soul body. The door's composition that even stops Mid-Level King Soul Stage soul sense from entering failed to stop him.

His face and body phased out of the door as if he was passing through the void before what became visible in his eyes was a dazzling beauty, sitting on a table that was full of scrolls, making his heart skip a beat!

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