Chapter 1042: Sudden Change
Qi Xuansu had intended to continue the conversation. Just then, the voice transmission talisman inside the vault lit up with a flickering glow.
Since the vault was sealed off from the outside world, it made direct entry and exit inconvenient. Thus, a fixed voice transmission talisman had been installed for internal communication.
Manager Hu quickly stepped forward to answer the call. After a brief exchange, his expression changed slightly. He turned to Qi Xuansu and said, “Second Deputy Qi, it’s for you.”
Qi Xuansu approached the glowing talisman. On the other side was none other than Spirit Guard Ding Chou.
Before Qi Xuansu could even speak, Spirit Guard Ding Chou’s urgent voice came through, “Second Deputy, we have urgent news from Deputy Palace Master Xu that Great Sage Lan is in trouble.”
Qi Xuansu’s heart sank. “What happened?”
His shock was understandable, as it was unthinkable for Great Sage Lan to be in danger. As the highest-ranking figure in the Poluo Daoist Mansion, a Longevity-stage Earthly Immortal and bearer of an immortal object, Great Sage Lan was the embodiment of the Poluo Daoist Mansion’s supreme strength.
Moreover, Great Sage Lan had not been traveling in some remote outpost either. He remained at the very heart of Sheji Palace in Thanglong Prefecture, the Poluo Daoist Mansion’s headquarters. So to hear that the Great Sage was in trouble was like saying that the three Deputy Grand Masters in Jade Capital were in danger.
If Great Sage Lan had truly been harmed, then the entire Poluo Daoist Mansion would be in grave peril.
This made Qi Xuansu think of the still-raging Fenglin War. If the Sonno-joi faction had resolved to eliminate the Fenglin Daoist Mansion Master, Great Sage Zhang Qihan, at the war’s outset, it would have been a terrifyingly effective strike.
Even Spirit Guard Ding Chou’s usually steady tone wavered. “They say it was an ambush by an Ancient Immortal. It was sudden, without warning. Fortunately, the Great Sage is only injured, not in critical danger.”
Qi Xuansu immediately recalled the King of the Yu Kingdom’s strange dreams. “Could this be connected to them?”