Chapter 525: Ambush
The sudden disappearance of Tianbao Upper Sect's people threw Grand Lord Guli's meticulously laid net into complete disarray.
Yet an undercurrent far more turbulent than the Jinting Empire's encirclement had already been quietly surging beneath the entire Ancient Kingdom Ruins.
The Six Great Upper Sects of the Yan Kingdom, the Que Religion, the Buddhist Kingdom, the nineteen nations of the Western Regions, and even the Jinting Eight Divisions and the Great Snow Mountain were all dispatching experts in secret, scouring the ruins inch by inch in search of the jade tokens.
In the inner perimeter, inside an underground palace.
Shen Qinghong sat cross-legged on a cold jade bed. Her True Origin flowed slowly around her like water, and even in quiet meditation, the air around her stirred with fine ripples.
In recent days she had been searching for clues about the core prohibition while keeping covert watch for Chen Qing's whereabouts.
At that moment, the heavy stone door of the underground palace was pushed open hastily from outside, and a figure rushed in with hurried steps, their aura carrying a trace of urgency and agitation. It was Lingxiao Upper Sect disciple Zheng Chu.
"Hall Master Shen!"
Zheng Chu bowed with cupped fists, his voice full of anxiety.