Chapter 334 - 192: Fortune Point Soars
"Sister Liu, what are you hiding behind you?"
Han Dong noticed Liu Yun’s little movements.
"It’s nothing, you go out first. I’ll come find you in a bit."
Liu Yun squeezed out a smile and said.
"Alright, hurry up."
Han Dong turned and walked out of the tent.
Liu Yun let out a small sigh of relief. With the war pressing hard, the Court had poured in everything it had, driving the wolf pack to the area around Chishui County from Jingzhou City.
This was the time to strike hard and wipe out the wolves in one go. As the Wolf Slaughter Army’s Left General, Han Dong couldn’t afford to be easily distracted.
Thinking of this, Liu Yun took out the letter, intending to burn it with the candle.
"Whoosh!"
But as soon as Han Dong, who had just stepped out of the tent, darted back in at lightning speed, snatching the letter from Liu Yun’s hand before she could react.
She smiled, "Sister Liu, what could be written here that I’m not allowed to see? Don’t tell me it’s from some secret lover."
Han Dong raised the letter in her hand and smiled.
"Give it back! That’s a military secret—you can’t look at it."
Liu Yun said anxiously, caught off guard and unprepared for Han Dong, otherwise Han Dong wouldn’t have gotten it so easily.
"I’m the Left General. What secret am I not allowed to see?"
Han Dong was certain this was no confidential document, since a real secret letter would never be just a simple slip of paper.
She immediately unfolded it and read it carefully.
There was only one sentence written on it.
"Jiang Feng died when his cultivation went astray, his qi blood reversed; the Vice Commander position will be filled by Chief Huang of the Dragon Capital Government Office!"
Han Dong froze where she stood.
"I told you not to look!"
Liu Yun saw Han Dong’s expression and knew things had gone wrong, quickly snatching the letter back and ripping it into shreds.
"Cultivation gone astray, qi blood reversal causing death? Impossible, nothing could happen to him."
Han Dong shook her head.
She felt it was too absurd.
She didn’t claim to fully understand Jiang Feng, but she did know he was always cautious—how could he suddenly suffer such a cultivation mishap and die?
He hadn’t even been practicing any Evil Cult Technique, had he?
And to her mind, Jiang Feng was a strong cultivator in the Innate Elemental Realm.
"Don’t get worked up yet, maybe the message was delivered wrong."
Liu Yun comforted her.
"I’m not worked up. Jiang Feng wouldn’t lose control. He’s not dead."
Han Dong shook her head.
She felt something was terribly off.
There hadn’t been any warning—almost as if someone just made it up out of thin air.
But even thinking this way, she couldn’t help walking out of the tent, wanting to figure the truth out for herself.
"Where are you going?"
Liu Yun hurried after her.
Han Dong went looking for the officials transporting supplies. They’d just come from the Dragon Capital; if Jiang Feng was truly dead, they would definitely know.
But even after she asked several people,
she got no definite answers.
Jiang Feng was in the Dragon Capital. His reputation was mostly limited to the Four Great Prisons. From the time he was promoted from Little Prison Chief to Vice Commander, there were rumors around Dragon Capital.
But lately, as wars raged and flames flared everywhere, news about Jiang Feng was quickly overshadowed. Few truly remembered him after his death.
Let alone these supply transporters—they didn’t care about the life or death of a prison’s vice commander.
"Sister Liu, I want to borrow your Flying Eagle and ask Lord Bao for confirmation."
Han Dong decided to ask Bao Longwei herself.
She was far away in Nanfu City, and only by using Liu Yun’s Communication Flying Eagle could she get a direct answer in the shortest time.
"Maybe it’s just someone making rumors. Don’t take it seriously."
Liu Yun knew there was no need to verify, because the letter itself had come from Bao Longwei.
"Sister Liu, trust me—even if he really died, I won’t do anything foolish. I just haven’t figured some things out yet."
Han Dong spoke sincerely.
"Alright then."
Liu Yun nodded helplessly, reminding her, "The Communication Flying Eagle takes at least six days to fly to and from the Dragon Capital, so you’d best not cause any trouble during that time."
"I’m not a three-year-old, don’t worry!"
Han Dong nodded.
She promptly used Liu Yun’s Communication Flying Eagle, wrote a letter, tied it to the eagle’s leg, and sent it to Bao Longwei.
The content was simple.
Is Jiang Feng really dead?
Did he truly die?
What was the cause?
Went astray in cultivation.
How did his cultivation go astray?
Why did it happen, and so on.
A string of questions—so long as she could get answers, Han Dong could judge whether Jiang Feng was really dead.
The Flying Eagle headed for the Dragon Capital.
Jiang Feng, in the guise of a hunter, settled near Laojun Mountain outside the North City Gate.
Why not stay in the Dragon Capital?
The spiritual power fluctuation from Zhenbei Prison had made his heart pound; he felt something big was about to happen. If he was affected while in the Dragon Capital, then leaving Zhenbei Prison would have been pointless.
So why not hide farther away?
Nowadays, war burns everywhere: the Turks eye the north, states in the east and west attack frequently, the wolf pack in the south remains, not to mention Xiao Zhan’s million-strong army camped out, Demon Sect Traitors on the loose—all those places weren’t right for Jiang Feng.
Of course, that wasn’t the main reason.
The real reason he opted to stay just outside the Dragon Capital was to see: what exactly lies beneath the underground palace of Zhenbei Prison?
He wouldn’t go there recklessly.
But he was certain the underground palace of Zhenbei Prison had already been targeted by someone.
During those days laid out in the room like a corpse, Jiang Feng distinctly sensed the spiritual power surge growing from the underground palace.
Whatever secrets were hidden in the palace—maybe he’d figure them out soon.
According to legend, beneath the Dragon Capital, there’s an underground palace bigger than the whole Capital City. Jiang Feng didn’t know if it was true, but it’s possible the palace holds a cultivation opportunity.
Now, as he was about to enter the cultivation domain, if he could obtain a stroke of fortune, like some cultivation techniques, his safety would gain another layer of protection, too.