Chapter 651 - 357: Burning Jade Order

Chapter 651: Chapter 357: Burning Jade Order

There was a momentary silence throughout the Five Tones Hall.

Not until Liu Zhaonian slammed his palm on the back of the chair did Ouyang Tianxu snap back to reality and look at the reporting Celestial Sound Mansion disciple:

"What did you say?"

Without needing a repeat, Chu Qing extended his hand, and the secret letter in the disciple’s hand flew into his palm.

After opening it, he skimmed through it quickly, then handed the letter to Liu Zhaonian.

Ouyang Tianxu furrowed his brows tightly, though he was eager and impatient, he could only wait quietly.

His eyes also turned to Chu Qing, hoping he would unravel the mystery.

Chu Qing didn’t disappoint him either:

"The letter says that the General personally acted, leading four War Generals and easily broke through Qiushui Gate.

The sect leader of Qiushui Gate was no match for the General... The General used an unknown martial arts skill to strike from outside Qiushui City directly into the inner city... His martial skills are unfathomably high."

Listening to Chu Qing, Ouyang Tianxu couldn’t help but draw a sharp breath.

He couldn’t help but look at Chu Qing:

"In your opinion, if you were to battle this General, what would the outcome be?"

Before Chu Qing could answer, Liu Zhaonian already let out a cold humph:

"Ouyang Mansion Master, speak cautiously. Based on the contents of the secret letter, the General’s martial skills are probably comparable to the Three Emperors and Five Sovereigns.

"How can you pin your hopes on the younger generation? On what grounds would you let him charge into battle!?"

"..."

Ouyang Tianxu found himself inexplicably at a loss.

What younger or older generation? Is this the time to talk about rank and seniority?

Isn’t the key who has higher martial arts, who calls the shots?

Not to mention the distant prospects, surveying the entire Land of the Three Mansions, who dares say their martial skills are higher than this young man before us?

With such superior martial skills, if we don’t count on him, are we to count on you?

These thoughts whirled in his mind, but in the end, he didn’t voice them, instead furrowing his brows tightly in complete disagreement.

Liu Zhaonian disregarded all these; the battle outside Celestial Melody City already exceeded his expectations.

If he had known earlier that so many martial masters would come, he would never have let Chu Qing confront them.

This child’s martial skills are indeed absurdly high... but in a life or death struggle, who dares claim to be invincible?

If anything went wrong, injuring Chu Qing, others might not care, but as his uncle, how could he not ache with worry?

Having already achieved a significant victory, how could I let Chu Qing face the General?

Immediately, he spoke gravely:

"This matter is of great importance and should be reported to the Ghost Emperor and let him decide."

The Three Emperors and Five Sovereigns could settle everything naturally.

Ouyang Tianxu thought about it and found it reasonable... rather than pinning hopes on Chu Qing, it would indeed be better to rely on the Ghost Emperor.

But just as Ouyang Tianxu was about to nod, Chu Qing spoke again:

"Haven’t you heard, the Ghost Emperor is missing?"

This simple sentence once again plunged the Five Tones Hall into a short silence.

Liu Zhaonian’s voice was difficult:

"Missing?"

"Isn’t it Profound Emperor Shang Qiuyu who went missing?"

Ouyang Tianxu couldn’t help but speak out.

After all, this news had been widely spread...

The Profound Emperor Shang Qiuyu disappeared, the Ghost Emperor Modo headed south.

How come the Ghost Emperor is missing now too?

Chu Qing sighed:

"The reason I didn’t kill Prince Mei today was to investigate this matter...

"The Ghost Emperor Modo has been missing for quite some time."

He simply explained the situation, of course, without going into too much detail for safety.

He merely let these two understand the specific situation.

After finishing his explanation, both Ouyang Tianxu and Liu Zhaonian were dumbfounded.

After a long while, Liu Zhaonian finally spoke slowly:

"The Celestial Evil Cult first appeared in the South Ridge.

"Thereafter, rumors of the Profound Emperor’s disappearance and the Ghost Emperor heading south spread.

"Thus, most attention in the Southern Domain focused on the South Ridge.

"The Celestial Evil Cult, however, made overt military demonstrations while secretly advancing from Lingbei, biding their time to act.

"At the same time, they set a trap for the Ghost Emperor.

"Only until the Ghost Emperor went missing did they put on a show in Lingbei of creating diversions.

"They first used the Xiaohan Valley meeting to push our Celestial Sound Mansion into the spotlight.

"Distracting the attention of all forces in Lingbei...

"According to their original plan, today was the day to level our Celestial Sound Mansion and kill Ouyang Mansion Master.

"And then quickly invade the Land of the Three Mansions.

"The General would then launch from Qiushui Gate, forming a pincer attack from south and north, capturing Lingbei, which had lost the Ghost Emperor."

Though analyzing the past situation, in a few words, the Celestial Evil Cult’s schemes were made clear.

The Celestial Evil Cult’s actions weren’t merely cunning tricks.

Whether their sudden appearance in Celestial Dance City or actions in Divine Blade City, including inside Luochun Manor... all were schemes.

If allowed unchecked, the South Ridge likely would have long fallen into the Celestial Evil Cult’s hands.

Ironically, each time they acted, they were unwittingly and coincidentally thwarted by Chu Qing, leading to failure.

But from their initial presence in the Martial World, the Celestial Evil Cult’s focus was never on one family, one place, or one city.

That’s why they didn’t care whether Chu Qing disrupted their minor plans, as long as their grand strategy remained untouched, Chu Qing, in their eyes, was merely a minor nuisance.

One could say, throughout the Southern Domain, besides the Ghost Emperor, they didn’t care about anyone or anything else.