Chapter 595 - 326: Just Who Is It?

CRACKLE! POP!

The sound of his bones was like the light crackling of fired glaze. In the training room, every breath Su Chen took steamed into a scorching mist.

The tempering was so intense that his muscles began to ache with a sharp pain, far exceeding anything he had felt before.

’This feeling...’ Su Chen savored it carefully, a grin spreading across his face. "It’s back. It’s all back."

This level of efficiency was almost what he had before advancing to Tier Six, and perhaps even better.

"At this rate, I might be able to increase my development progress by 1% in just two days."

Su Chen estimated, "Compared to before, my speed has increased by almost half. The gap between Divine Dawn and an ordinary Star Amber is even greater than I imagined..."

...

’Who could the Twin Divine Dawns hidden by the Bronze Sect be?’

’And what are they trying to signal to the outside world by revealing it at a time like this?’

Han Xingliu watched the gradually fading pillar of light, his mind racing with speculation.

’I was about to go find Lu Huai anyway. Maybe I can take this opportunity to probe for some information. He’s closer to Copper Heart, so he might have noticed some clues...’

Han Xingliu opened his communication device and sent a message to Lu Huai, telling him to apply for visitation clearance on his behalf.

Under the current circumstances, ordinary people were naturally not allowed to go to Copper Heart. But he was, after all, a Star Seed of the Royal Court and had legitimate business there. As long as he went through the proper channels and was approved, he could enter.

Lu Huai didn’t reply immediately, but Han Xingliu thought nothing of it.

He got his bearings and soon arrived at the nearest flying device station. He requisitioned a vehicle and had just calibrated its destination to Copper Heart when someone stopped him.

"Lord Han Xingliu, my apologies, but you cannot proceed to Copper Heart at this time." The staff member who stopped him was an older man with graying temples, dressed in a blue-green uniform.

His demeanor was respectful, but his words were firm.

"Can’t proceed? What do you mean? Don’t I have visitation clearance?" Han Xingliu opened his communication device and glanced at it. Still no response from Lu Huai.

The staff member shook his head apologetically. "At present, no one is permitted to travel to Copper Heart, for any reason. Even with visitation clearance, it is not allowed."

"Not even with clearance?" Han Xingliu’s brow furrowed. He immediately connected this to the Divine Dawn Light from moments ago and couldn’t help but ask, "Has Copper Heart been completely sealed off from the outside?"

The staff member shook his head again. "I’m sorry, those are our orders. Please understand."

A flash of anger appeared on Han Xingliu’s face. He was the son of the Hanhai Emperor, for crying out loud! When had he ever been treated like this?

But he didn’t argue with the staff member before him. That would be beneath him.

Turning to leave, he immediately found the Bronze Sect liaison responsible for his affairs, but their response was the same. "My sincerest apologies, but Copper Heart has indeed suspended all outside access. Rest assured, I will notify you the moment it reopens."

Although the words were full of apology, the message was identical to the staff member’s.

’Revealing a Twin Divine Dawns, but sealing off Copper Heart? Strange.’ Han Xingliu blanked the screen, growing more confused. A thought flickered in his mind. ’Could it be... they didn’t reveal the Twin Divine Dawns intentionally? Is that why they’ve sealed it off?’

Nothing else could explain the current situation. He made his way back to the Royal Court’s residence. The round trip had wasted a considerable amount of time, yet Lu Huai still hadn’t responded.

Han Xingliu’s mind was filled with too many questions. After waiting a long while, he initiated a direct communication link. Following a long, ringing wait, the response he received was two words: "Call unanswered."

’Can’t reach Lu Huai...’ Han Xingliu stood by the window, his brow tightly knit as he gazed into the distance, toward the place where the Divine Dawn Light had erupted.

Clues intertwined in his mind, gradually forming a conjecture he found hard to believe.

’Could it be...’ The moment the guess surfaced, he suppressed it, shaking his head repeatedly. "Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

How could the Bronze Sect possibly achieve something that even the Royal Court had failed to do!

’The reason I can’t reach Lu Huai has to be something else.’

"It must be something else..." Han Xingliu repeated, but his eyes remained fixed on Copper Heart.

...

Dragon Abyss currently served as a gathering point for various factions from across the Dust Star Sea. Many people there had never seen the Divine Dawn Light before and simply thought the pillar of light was somewhat peculiar.

Only after the pillar of light vanished did the news begin to spread.

"That was actually the Divine Dawn Light, something only a Divine Dawn Level Talent produces! But isn’t Qin Tianlin the only one in the Bronze Sect with a Divine Dawn Level Talent?"

"See? I told you Qin Tianlin wasn’t dead. It was all just false rumors. Black Tuo killing him personally? What a load of crap."

"Give me a break. Qin Tianlin only has a single Divine Dawn. The Divine Dawn Light just now was pure and flawless. It was clearly from Twin Divine Dawns. There are only five of those in the entire Dust Star Sea. It obviously wasn’t Qin Tianlin."

"The rumors of Qin Tianlin’s death have been circulating for so long, and the Bronze Sect never came out to deny them. Doesn’t that prove it?"

"We’ve never heard of anyone inside the Bronze Sect having a Dual Divine Dawn Talent before. There are only five in the whole Dust Star Sea, and now another one just pops up? What in the world is going on?"

And just as with the matter of Qin Tianlin’s death, the Bronze Sect remained silent, allowing all sorts of rumors to circulate and become fodder for idle chatter.

Amid the clamor, the other Sects and the Royal Court were also trying every means possible to investigate the matter.

「Several days passed.」

At the Floating Island Port where Lu Huai was located, a few flying devices arrived one after another.

"Senior Brother Shen, you’re here too."

A somewhat gaunt young man with deep-set eyes stepped off a flying device. He immediately saw Shen Yi’an standing at the port and hurried to greet him.

"Junior Brother Li," Shen Yi’an replied. The newcomer was none other than Li Guanting, ranked fourth on the Holy List and currently also fourth on the preliminary list. His Talent was Star Amber Level.