pjbooks Chapter 455 Anomaly
Chapter 455 Anomaly
"You're asking me?"
"Ah, no...it's not..." Sun Shaoming stammered in fright.
Just answer truthfully.
"No," Sun Shaoming said loudly with his eyes closed. "Senior, I'm only focused on cultivation every day, and I really don't know if any special people have entered the Xuanwu Palace. It's possible that those people just now knew."
"Why don't you ask my classmates?"
For his own life, Sun Shaoming did not hesitate to betray his classmate.
Xiao Weiqing ignored him and asked again, "Did you discover anything unusual?"
"Something special?"
"That's what makes you feel strange."
"Strange?"
Sun Shaoming raised an eyebrow. "That's true. In the last two or three months, the training camp suddenly issued a mission to mine ore in the center of the island. Half a year ago, they even allowed us to exchange ore for divine treasures."
The Xuanwu Training Camp and the Qinglong Training Camp operate in a similar manner, generally prohibiting the exchange of resources from the outside for items within the temple.
"ore?"
Xiao Weiqing asked in confusion, "What kind of ore?"
Sun Shaoming said, "Any kind is fine. The rarer and harder the ore, the higher its value."
Xiao Weiqing pondered for a few seconds, but he simply couldn't connect the ore with the changes at the Xuanwu Temple.
Furthermore, the disappearance of Dongfang Baichen suggests that there might be beings at the Ninth Realm or those at the Eighth Realm who are invincible within the Xuanwu Palace; otherwise, Dongfang Baichen wouldn't have vanished so quietly.
But is this related to the ore?
That's unlikely.
"Anything else?"
"Others? The other thing was a few days ago."
"What happened a few days ago?" Xiao Weiqing asked hurriedly.
"A few days ago, there seemed to be a battle going on at the temple, even bigger than it was two months ago," Sun Shaoming replied, not daring to hide anything.
"Do you know who it is?"
Sun Shaoming shook his head, "I don't know, but there was a lot of noise at the time. We could feel it from more than ten kilometers away in the training camp."
"Is there anything else?"
"What you just said was even bigger than what happened two months ago. Did a battle also take place two months ago?"
"Yes, but the commotion was much smaller back then."
"From a distance, we could see more than a dozen black dots fighting above the temple."
Xiao Weiqing frowned. Could it be referring to the people sent in by the high-ranking officials of Xuanwu Kingdom two months ago?
"What's your name?"
"Senior, my name is Sun Shaoming."
"Since you've witnessed the great battle erupting at the temple, aren't you afraid?"
Sun Shaoming said nonchalantly, "Senior, what's there to be afraid of? Because of resource issues, the powerful members of those big families often fight each other."
"Sometimes we play for a whole day, we're used to it."
The Xuanwu Temple differs from the Qinglong and Zhuque Temples because the Xuanwu Divine Envoy was killed by Dongfang Hao in his early years, and since then it has been in a semi-managed state. The temple is weak and is basically jointly managed by the various prefectures of the Xuanwu Kingdom.
This led to a situation within the Xuanwu Palace where might makes right, and it was commonplace for various prefectures and families to fight each other for the temple's resources.
Who currently controls the Xuanwu Temple?
Xiao Weiqing asked again.
Sun Shaoming quickly replied, "Senior, the Xuanwu Temple is not controlled by anyone. Some of its side halls have always been open and produce resources from time to time, which are then divided up by those powerful families."
"As for the core part of the temple, it is sealed off, and no one can go in."
"It seems you know quite a bit."
Sun Shaoming glanced at Xiao Weiqing and said, "Senior, these things are not secrets here. Everyone in the training camp knows them."
If Sun Shaoming still didn't know that Xiao Weiqing wasn't a citizen of Xuanwu Kingdom at this moment, he would be an idiot.
In the Xuanwu Kingdom, no powerful figure is unaware of the situation at the Xuanwu Divine Palace.
But the more this happened, the more terrified he became.
The person in front of him clearly did not enter Xuanwu Palace through normal channels, and he was genuinely afraid that he would be silenced.
"One last question."
"Senior, please speak."
"How long has it been since you left Xuanwu Palace? Do you even know that Xuanwu Palace is currently under lockdown?"
Sun Shaoming replied earnestly, "Senior, I haven't left Xuanwu Palace for about eight months. As for what you said about Xuanwu Kingdom being in a closed state, I know that."
"You know?" Xiao Weiqing asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Um."
"Six months ago, the Xuanwu Temple issued a notice that Xuanwu Palace would only allow entry and not exit."
Aren't you curious? Aren't you worried?
Sun Shaoming shook his head. "Senior, curiosity killed the cat. Besides, my time in the training camp was about to end. Now I don't have to go out and can continue to use the training camp's resources to cultivate. Why should I worry?"
"As for the closure of Xuanwu Palace, it has happened before, lasting from a month to a few days."
"However, this lockdown lasted for more than half a year, which is indeed a bit long."
"It's strange, in the past two months, even the powerful figures from those major families don't seem to have come in anymore. Have they given up on all those resources and treasures?"
Xiao Weiqing thought sarcastically, "If you're already dead, what use are resources?"
It seems that the people in these training camps are unaware that the current closure of Xuanwu Palace is different from before; it has become a valley of death.
If what Sun Shaoming said is true.
So.
For some reason, Xuanwu Kingdom announced its closure half a year ago. At that time, something else happened: the temple was willing to allow students in the training camp to exchange rare ores for divine treasures.
Then.
Two months ago, a battle took place. If Xiao Weiqing's guess is correct, that battle was fought by the five powerful figures sent by the Xuanwu Kingdom. As for the other side of the battle, it is currently unknown.
but.
It is foreseeable that those strong individuals will most likely meet a tragic end.
And then there's...
Xiao Weiqing and his group learned from the Vermilion Bird Divine Envoy that unpredictable changes might occur at the Xuanwu Divine Palace, so Dongfang Hao took the initiative to come here to gather information.
A month after infiltrating Xuanwu Kingdom.
After making inquiries from various sources, it was determined that this matter was closely related to Sakura Prefecture, and a few days ago, they sneaked into Xuanwu Palace.
then.
The great battle that Sun Shaoming mentioned must have been initiated by Dongfang Baichen.
So, is the person who fought against Dongfang Baichen the same person, or the same group of people, who fought against the five powerful figures from the Xuanwu Kingdom two months ago?
After thinking for a moment, Xiao Weiqing decided to go to the temple. With his current strength, he wouldn't be in much danger if the Star Lord didn't come out.
Every moment later Dongfang Baichen arrived, the greater the danger he would face.
"Thank you for your answer, Sun Shaoming." A glint flashed in Xiao Weiqing's eyes, and a surge of spiritual power quietly entered Sun Shaoming's brow. "Go back and get a good night's sleep."
"Oh well."
Sun Shaoming's pupils lost focus, and he turned around blankly, walking towards the training camp.
Xiao Weiqing glanced at the Xuanwu Temple in the distance through the gaps in the leaves, then his figure flashed and disappeared.