Chapter 732: Ten Thousand Water Technique Level 6

Chapter 732: Chapter 221: Ten Thousand Water Technique Level 6

The room was quiet.

After the Eldest Prince spoke, the silence in the room deepened.

Shen Bai, who had been pouring tea, froze. His gaze fixed on the Eldest Prince, and his tone turned incredibly grim, like a cold wind in the dead of winter.

“Your Highness just said something has happened to Zhou Qing. I didn’t mishear you, did I?” Shen Bai asked.

The Eldest Prince felt the sinister killing intent radiating from Shen Bai. He nodded and said, “Lord Shen, please calm yourself. Don’t get agitated. There’s still room to resolve this matter. It’s not a completely hopeless situation.”

“Something happened? A hopeless situation? Your Highness, tell me in detail. What exactly happened?”

Shen Bai set the teapot aside and spoke slowly.

“Zhou Qing and I are the closest of friends, having come from Anding County together. I don’t have many friends in this world, and Zhou Qing is one of my most important brothers.”

“I’d like to see who would dare put him in a hopeless situation.”

The more he spoke, the heavier the killing intent emanating from him became.

By the end, it was almost tangible.

The Eldest Prince even suspected that if he said a single wrong word, Shen Bai would immediately leave the five-story building and rush to Zhou Qing’s location to clear away any and all obstacles for him.

However, he knew that Shen Bai could still suppress his anger for now. At least they could still talk.

Thinking this, the Eldest Prince organized his thoughts before continuing.

“After participating in the Celestial Pride Hall event last time, Zhou Qing was assigned by Marshal Yang to guard the Border Region between the Great Zhou Country and the Great Nan Country. Lord Shen should be aware of this.”

Shen Bai nodded. “I am indeed aware of that.”

Zhou Qing had caught Marshal Yang’s eye. The Marshal was the most respected figure in the Great Zhou Country’s army and one of the high-ranking officials who had helped found the country.

In terms of status, he could be considered an equal to figures like the head of the General Department.

Shen Bai had been extremely happy that Zhou Qing had such backing.

But Shen Bai also knew that this backing didn’t come from nowhere.

After leaving the Celestial Pride Hall, Zhou Qing had been stationed at the border between the Great Nan Country and the Great Zhou Country.

However, Zhou Qing was no longer a mere foot soldier. He was now a general in command of a camp with ten thousand troops.

Shen Bai was very curious. Given Zhou Qing’s current backing and status, what could have possibly happened to make the Eldest Prince say he was facing a situation with almost no hope of survival?

The Eldest Prince paused for a moment before continuing, “Zhou Qing has repeatedly earned merits in battle at the Border Region. There are occasional skirmishes with the Great Nan Country, but the bigger problem is the numerous Demonic Forces in the region.”

“And Zhou Qing has eliminated most of these Demonic Forces. You could say the Border Region has grown more peaceful by the day. But precisely because of this, he has earned their hatred and resentment.”

“Not long ago, Zhou Qing was besieged by a joint attack from three Demonic Forces: the Wild Taoist Sect, the Wild Buddha Sect, and Xinhua Academy. He fought a bitter battle for a long time with his ten thousand soldiers, but they were ultimately outnumbered. For some unknown reason, he suddenly disappeared.”

“Disappeared?”

Shen Bai’s brows furrowed tightly upon hearing this.

Then, using the Eldest Prince’s words as a clue, he performed the Infinite Divination Skill.

As Shen Bai unleashed the Infinite Divination Skill, he began his Calculation of Zhou Qing’s situation.

But the result was… nothing.

The Infinite Trigram Number yielded only a hazy result, with no clues whatsoever. This meant Zhou Qing’s current situation was uncertain, and his whereabouts were unknown.

Thinking this, Shen Bai stopped his Calculation and looked back at the Eldest Prince. “Since Your Highness is telling me all this, you must have some clues. Why don’t you just tell me directly?”

“Zhou Qing and I are sworn brothers who have faced life and death together. If something happens to him, I won’t be able to rest easy.”

The Eldest Prince nodded. “Just as you said, Lord Shen, the Great Zhou Country is also aware of the relationship between you and Zhou Qing. So, the moment the incident occurred, we asked the most powerful Daoist in the Great Zhou’s Daoist Sect, the Yang Yuan Daoist, to perform a Calculation.”

“The result surprised us all. During his escape, Zhou Qing actually entered the Netherworld.”

“The Netherworld?”

Shen Bai’s eyes widened. “If that’s the case, then even saying he has a slim chance of survival is an understatement! Your Highness, I need you to watch over Lingyun Dao for me. I must make a trip to Xuanjing City to investigate Zhou Qing’s safety.”

That place, the Netherworld, was just like a Forbidden Land—extremely mysterious.

From what Shen Bai understood, the Netherworld was composed of Deceitful Objects. It was filled with countless of them.

Shen Bai had once entered a fragment of the Netherworld and reaped great rewards, but those so-called rewards were unique to him.

For other Jianghu People, while the Netherworld might hold opportunities, it held far more boundless danger.

For Zhou Qing to enter the Netherworld alone—and not just a fragment of it—his chances of survival were slim.

Shen Bai couldn’t just sit still in Lingyun Dao.

Seeing that Shen Bai had already stood up and was about to leave, the Eldest Prince quickly held him back. “Lord Shen, don’t be hasty. Let me finish what I have to say. It won’t be too late to make a decision after you’ve heard everything.”

As he said this, the Eldest Prince felt a wave of emotion.

He had long heard about the relationship between Shen Bai and Zhou Qing, but he had never expected them to be this close.

‘A person makes many friends in their lifetime, but most of those relationships eventually face all sorts of problems.’

‘Perhaps it’s a change in identity, or maybe a change in status and power. Some friends will eventually go their separate ways, drifting further and further apart.’

When the Eldest Prince was young, he had made a good friend in the army. The two had gone through life and death together and could be considered sworn brothers.

But as his status grew higher and his prestige in the army stronger, there was no longer any possibility of them interacting as they once did.