Chapter 465 - 444: Second Update
Qiandao Temple had summoned nearly eighty percent of the mages from the north of Zheng Capital, and they had already gathered at the border of the Northwest. Such a large-scale assembly took place without any noise, and by the time the Marquis of Zhenbei, stationed at the Northwest Border, became aware of it, forty or fifty mages were already on his territory, without so much as a greeting.
While the Marquis of Zhenbei was alarmed, he was also powerless. After all, Qiandao Temple could bypass the commands of all the districts and counties and did not have to report to any military camp.
The Marquis of Zhenbei felt uneasy inside, but he firmly believed that their connection to the North Border Ghost Spirit Trench was very secretive, and it was not possible for the people from Qiandao Temple to know about it.
Moreover, their deal with the Ghoul Ravine hadn’t truly begun yet.
However, the Marquis of Zhenbei felt that these people from Qiandao Temple came over in relation to that matter.
It was that prophecy, of which the Marquis of Zhenbei did not have full knowledge; he only knew one line from it: "Qiandao Temple will produce an Imperial Advisor."
This prophecy was immediately sealed by Qiandao Temple, and only Master Huo Yi and Master Yu Sheng knew of it.
However, Noble Consort Wen came to learn of this secret by accident, and besides that line, there was another sentence in the prophecy that was very cryptic, one that the Marquis of Zhenbei still didn’t know to this day. But Noble Consort Wen had suddenly sought out her father and talked to him at length in his study. Afterwards, the Duke of Wen personally guarded the Southeast Border even at his advanced age, and after he changed positions with the Marquis to the Northwest Border, the Marquis’s first task over the years was to uncover the secret of Ghoul Ravine. He also learned that the Ghoul Ravine was originally one and the same with Qiandao Temple, and a secret pact of friendship was reached with the Ghoul Ravine.
At this moment, the Marquis of Zhenbei sat in the military camp, his heart full of urgency.