Unless the secret code can be cracked, one will never be able to get the real array runes, which will only be a bunch of messy patterns.
Just then, there was a knock on the door outside the imperial study, and Wei's voice sounded respectfully,
"Your Majesty, it's me."
"Come in."
As Emperor Dugu spoke, he put away his painting brush and then stamped a few official documents on the remaining jade slips that had not yet been copied.
Wei walked in slowly with his head down. When he got close to Emperor Dugu, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed,
"Your Majesty, I have something important to report."
Emperor Dugu frowned slightly when he saw this scene.
He waved his hand and used his magical power to isolate the outside world to prevent the wall from having ears, then let Wei stand up.
"Get up first, what's going on?"
“Your Majesty, there are signs of disturbance from Guixu again.” Wei said in a deep voice, “This time it is still in the station of the Beiming Ancient Clan.”
"Isn't the war over?" Dugudi frowned slightly. "The remains of the foreign demon have been confirmed to be destroyed, so why is it still disturbing Guixu... Wait, could it be..."
The previous times when Guixu was disturbed, it was during the war with the evil demons from outside the domain. The evil demons from outside the domain originally came from Guixu, so it was normal for disturbances to occur.
But if there is still disturbance after the war, there is only one possibility.
"Yes." Wei nodded, "This time we can be sure that a small-scale immortal killer has entered Guixu."
There is only one small Immortal Slayer in the entire world that is beyond the control of Emperor Dugu.
Upon hearing this, Emperor Dugu's face changed slightly.
"Is it her? But isn't she still..."
"Master Luo Xue is still in the Ninth Heaven repairing the Immortal Slaughter and has not left." Wei said in a deep voice, "I suspect that it was her subordinate who secretly used the Immortal Slaughter to enter Guixu."
Upon hearing the news, Emperor Dugu was silent for a long time, tapping the table with his fingers, as if he was thinking about something.
Wei waited patiently until, after an unknown amount of time, Emperor Dugu sighed heavily and said,
"Forget it, forget it, I'll just give her another one, it's just a small Immortal Slayer, it's nothing to me."
"As you command, Your Majesty." Wei nodded slightly, "I will definitely handle this matter well and will not let Your Majesty worry."
"Try to do it as cleanly as possible and leave no traces," Dugudi said, "and don't let Master Luo Xue know that I did it. At least for now... I still need her help."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Wei bowed his head and slowly left the imperial study.
When the door of the imperial study was closed again, a cold light flashed in Dugudi's eyes.
"Did I guess wrong? It's not that she needs the 'Sea of Blood', but that her subordinates need it..."
The news of the sea of blood in Guixu was revealed to Li Guijiao deliberately by Emperor Dugu, in order to let Li Guijiao propose a deal, exchanging the sea of blood for the price of repairing Xianlu.
But now... things seem to be heading in an uncontrollable direction.
The unspeakable secret within Guixu cannot be known to others, at least not for now.
"It's your misfortune, even if it is so."
Emperor Dugu took out another jade slip from under the document, concentrated his attention, and began to copy it carefully.
Chapter 245: The Phoenix Lord is chopped into pieces
This was Luo Xue's first time to enter Guixu. She had never tried it before. The only few times that this Xianluo ship traveled through Guixu were all under the leadership of Dugu Xue, for the purpose of seeking refuge.
The main reason is that the life keys used for escort in Guixu are limited, and Luo Xue does not want to waste them, so she has never stepped into Guixu.
At this time, Luo Xue was sitting inside Xianlu. According to Dugu Xue's instructions, all the windows in Xianlu that could be used to observe the outside world had been closed.
When crossing the boundary between Guixu and the present world, Luo Xue did not have any special feeling. It was only after a while that she learned from the control formation on Xianlu that she had entered this place where few living creatures were found.
However, since all channels for external observation were cut off, Luo Xue still didn't feel anything.
She tried to walk around in Xianlu and didn't feel any sense of weightlessness, which was completely different from her previous idea that Guixu and deep space were similar to the space in her previous life.
But...it's not that there were no changes within Xianlu.
After entering Guixu, Huang Zun's consciousness gradually fell silent. The wilted purple bird lay on Luo Xue's shoulder. Its weak appearance made Luo Xue feel a little worried.
After calling out softly a few times without any results, Luo Xue had to give up and turned to look at Xianlu's control formation.
Most of the formations on Xianlu operate automatically and do not require control from others. The so-called control of the formation can basically only send some simple commands.
For example, acceleration, deceleration, target position, entering and exiting Guixu, etc. The purpose of doing this is to allow even those who know nothing about formations to easily control Xianlu.
Luo Xue was obviously not one of them, so she and Li Guijiao made some modifications to the Xianlu and opened up most of the permissions - which was equivalent to turning on the developer mode.
Moreover, based on these, this Xianlu also has an additional function of "finding objects", the purpose of which is to find the withered blood sea in Guixu.
The ubiquitous vanity in Guixu will make living beings lost. Luo Xue is not an overly adventurous person. Even if she really needs to take some risky actions sometimes, she will usually leave some ways out for herself. This can be regarded as a habit brought to her by Senior Sister Li.
Even if this Immortal Slayer crashed into Guixu, Luo Xue's consciousness could still return to the Great Thousand World, but the damage would be more serious.
"Need the breath of the withering blood sea..."
Luo Xue looked at the purple bird on her shoulder, and after a brief hesitation, she reached out and plucked a virtual feather.
The Withered Blood Sea is the corpse of the Phoenix Lord. The aura must be almost the same as that of the Phoenix Lord. With a ready-made consciousness here, Luo Xue doesn't have to worry about anything.
If Huang Zun was conscious, Luo Xue would never be so offensive. If she said a few nice words to Huang Zun, she would definitely not refuse Luo Xue's request.
But now it’s unknown whether Huang Zun is awake or not, so Luo Xue can only resort to this last resort and personally extract a trace of Huang Zun’s breath.
The purple bird fluttered twice, as if struggling to stand up, but unfortunately it failed in the end and continued to lean on Luo Xue's shoulder.
"I'm sorry, Master Huangzun..."
Luo Xue silently apologized a few words, then sent this breath into Xianlu's control formation.
Several formation runes lit up, absorbing this breath and quickly reacting. The Immortal Killing Compass pointed in a certain direction, and the speed was so fast that Luo Xue was dumbfounded.
"You found it so quickly?"
Luo Xue was stunned for a moment, but did not hesitate for long, and immediately drove the Xianlu in this direction.
As Luo Xue got closer in this direction, the reaction on the Xianlu Compass became more and more intense, until finally the aura on the Xianlu Compass suddenly dissipated, which meant that Luo Xue had arrived at the location of the Withered Blood Sea.
"Already there?" Luo Xue muttered, "It seems to be going smoothly..."
Moreover, the distance was not far, at least from the perception point of view, Xianlu had only traveled less than five hours. Although five hours was enough for Xianlu to cross most of the wilderness, for the vast Guixu, it was not even a step.
Of course, as long as we find the Withered Blood Sea, it will be a good thing.
Luo Xue breathed a sigh of relief, but out of caution, she did not directly open the Immortal Slaughter to contact the sea of blood.
Even though Dugu Xue said that in Guixu, Xianlu was more credible than anything else, Luo Xue still became a little wary.
She controlled Xianlu and used an external formation to try to absorb the power of the Withered Blood Sea to confirm the authenticity of the blood sea.
Another array of runes lit up on the control array, which meant that the external array was working. After a while, a purple-red power was transmitted to Luo Xue's hands.
As soon as Luo Xue took over these powers, Zhou Tian began to operate on its own. These powers nourished her puppet body and allowed the puppet to gradually transform into a withered body.
"efficient!"
Luo Xue's face showed some joy, but she was soon stunned.
because...
The Immortal Slaughter Formation soon stopped working, and no more power of withering was sent into the Immortal Slaughter.
"Ah?" Luo Xue clenched her palms, still looking a little unsatisfied, "Is there something wrong with the formation?"
She looked at the Xianlu control array, but the array runes on it were all operating normally, as if there was nothing wrong with it.
But why... it only converted a little bit and then stopped
This little bit of power is not even as much as the power possessed by a foundation-building cultivator. Compared with the power of Phoenix Lord in the past, it can be said that it is not even as strong as the fluff on the weakest tail feathers.
But the next moment, Luo Xue understood why.
When the aura on the Xianlu Compass reappeared and pointed in another direction, Luo Xue suddenly understood.
"There is more than one sea of blood in Guixu!"
Completely different from the withering blood sea she had seen in the depths of the four regions of Jiuzhou before, the withering blood sea of Guixu should be more accurately called withering puddles, scattered throughout the vast Guixu.
The reason why Luo Xue was able to detect the location easily was not because of luck, but because... a power similar to the aura of Huang Zun was spread throughout Guixu.
But if you put it this way...
Luo Xue's expression suddenly became strange.
At this moment, the purple bird on Luo Xue's shoulder finally stood up shakily.
The dissipated power of withering briefly restored Huang Zun's consciousness. The first thing she did after opening her eyes was to fan Luo Xue's arm with her little wings.
"Don't pull my feathers, it hurts! It hurts so much!"
"I'm sorry, Master Huangzun," Luo Xue said with a wry smile, "Xianlu needs your breath to find the location of the Withered...Blood Sea."
When the word "sea of blood" was mentioned, Luo Xue's expression became subtle.
Of course Huang Zun knew it, but she was just angry.
After calming down a bit, her tone returned to its usual cold tone.
"So has it been found now? I seem to sense the power of the corpse."
"Found... some." Luo Xue touched her nose, "Not a lot..."
"... Why do you say that?" Huang Zun frowned slightly. If he found it, he found it. How can it not be a lot
"How should I put it..." Luo Xue hesitated for a moment and said, "Your body may be... a little broken?"
If every withered blood sea is similar to the one Luo Xue found, the number would probably be a bit shocking.
However, it is also possible that this sea of blood is just a coincidence... But this possibility is a little small.
Upon hearing this, Huang Zun was silent for a long time. She realized what Luo Xue meant. This was equivalent to her being torn into pieces after her death.
Even if he didn't feel anything about his own body, Huang Zun still couldn't hide his anger after knowing that he was cut into pieces.
"Maybe... I know what's going on."
After a long time, Huang Zun sighed and continued,
"Anyway, given this situation, you shouldn't go any deeper into Guixu. Stop when you've collected enough to rebuild your body."
Luo Xue wanted to ask something, but when she saw Huang Zun's tired eyes, she tactfully shut her mouth and nodded slightly to show that she understood.
"By the way, after entering Guixu, my consciousness has left the universe and is a body of thought that relies on laws, so it will be a little weaker. Just let me rest for a while, don't worry."
Huang Zun briefly explained his situation, then paused and added, "Don't pull my feathers anymore! It hurts!"
"Of course, of course, I won't pull it..."
Luo Xue said embarrassedly, how could she know that Huang Zun was so afraid of having his feathers plucked...
After saying these words, Huang Zun's consciousness became weak again, and the purple bird leaned on Luo Xue's shoulder again and fell into a deep sleep.
Witnessing Huang Zun's silence again, Luo Xue took a deep breath and looked at the Immortal Killing Compass in front of her with a slightly solemn expression.
"At least Nascent Soul level strength is needed to reshape a body that can accommodate the soul... If every withering blood sea is of this weight, I'm afraid I'll need to find a lot of places to complete it."
Fortunately, the life key in my hand is enough to support this journey. It can't take two thousand years to find it, right
... You can't, right
With some hesitation, Luo Xue once again drove the Immortal Slaughter and headed towards the next Withered Blood Sea.
... ...
On a secret parade ground in the imperial capital, a palace guard in full armor walked by. The soldiers nearby who saw him were all shocked, and then filled with ecstasy.
Obviously, the rank of the palace guard was much lower than that of all the soldiers present, but no one looked down on this palace guard. Instead, they were all full of respect when looking at him.
Because he is Wei.
He was once the leader of the Xianlu Army. Only after the war of the Great Qin Xian Dynasty ended did he humble himself and serve as a palace guard, staying by His Majesty's side.
"Meet General Wei!"