182: Chapter 172 182: Chapter 172 Tang Feiyang thought of Ye Tian and took out the communication device, the Voice Transmission Conch, which is available for purchase throughout the Cultivation World.
He sent the message to Ye Tian and arranged to meet him at an inn outside.
Ye Tian had been observing Liu Tao’s residence all of last night and noticed many black-clothed people entering and exiting, reporting news to those inside.
He knew of the conspiracy to secretly plant explosives within the residence.
After daybreak, he returned to the contact point and informed the people there.
Immortal Venerable City was so vast that it was difficult to investigate every place individually.
Tang Feiyang’s timely message reached him, and Ye Tian trusted that Tang Feiyang was not the kind of person to seek glory without regard for the overall situation, so he shared the suspicions and information he had gleaned the previous day with Tang Feiyang.
“What?
Liu Tao…
he’s involved too?” Tang Feiyang hadn’t expected the traitor to be among the upper echelon; this was beyond his wildest thoughts.
“It seems he consumed some kind of drug.
There are people from a foreign country in his estate, and there’s also a high-ranking official involved; I need to confirm this before I can tell you.”
Being still young, Ye Tian felt embarrassed to discuss the hallucinogenic drug that Liu Tao had taken with Tang Feiyang, who was also young.
The drug was different from ordinary hallucinogens and its implications were not easy to explain.
“Then we need to be even more vigilant and notify other members of the Immortal Sects.”
“Tang Feiyang, the Immortal Sects have also noticed strange traces.
For now, each of us just needs to take precautions.”
“It’s a pity they have the ability of invisibility; there’s no way to track them.”
“Then let’s meet.
I’ll give you one Illuminating Mirror as a gift.”
“That’s great!
Thank you…” Tang Feiyang bore no ill will towards Ye Tian’s family, and admired the young Ye Tian’s abilities even more, feeling a desire to befriend him.
Ye Tian mentioned a place, and they met at a certain teahouse to exchange information.
Tang Feiyang dared not let his junior-disciples know about today’s news.
Without catching someone red-handed in that residence, it was not wise to reveal this information.
Realizing the gravity of the situation, Tang Feiyang took the Illuminating Mirror and returned to his own residence.
During the day, Ye Tian was not idle either.
He took his token and entered the martial arts competition grounds to observe.
Among those observing the grounds were people from the Ten Great Clans.
Ye Tian, who was unfamiliar with the others, did, however, see Su Chang’an.
Their meeting in this place did not seem strange.
All members of the Immortal Alliance were competing, including those from the Top Ten Clans.
Besides maintaining order, their disciples would also participate in the competition.
Leading his clan’s disciples, Su Chang’an guarded the venue.
“Mr.
Su, we meet again.
I presume you’ve also heard about the activities of the people from a foreign country in Immortal Venerable City.”
“Mr.
Ye, have you discovered anything?”
“Yes, I discovered an unusual residence.
When I eavesdropped there, I learned that these people plan to blow up Immortal Venerable City.”
“Such malevolence.
Do you know the details of their conspiracy?”
“It also involves the art of invisibility.
Their activities are underground; I don’t know how many tunnels they’ve dug.
It’s uncertain if any tunnels are under here too.”
“Then we’ll eliminate their leader and their subordinates won’t be able to continue.”
“Tomorrow is the first day of the competition.
We will take action tonight.”
“Alright, I’ll contact the leaders of the Ten Great Clans and root out their hideouts.”
The two agreed to meet at a certain place after dark to act together.
Ye Tian then returned to the residence of the North City Immortal Sect’s disciples.
Yan Weiwei, who had joined Heavenly Master Ye Tian on a mission that day, knew there would be dangers in Immortal Venerable City and was very anxious not having seen her senior brother for a whole day and night.
She dared not tell anyone the information she knew, and when her master inquired about her senior brother’s whereabouts, she didn’t dare speak.
The Golden Core Elder cherished his disciple Ye Tian greatly and, knowing that there was danger outside these past two days, worried for his safety.
This disciple of his was quite headstrong, and not being able to contact him for a while only added to his anxiety.
When Ye Tian met with his master, he instructed him and his fellow disciples to guard their residence and not to venture out during either day or night.
His master had no choice but to order the disciples to stay put, to prevent any losses.
By nightfall, Ye Tian went out as usual to meet with the person he had agreed upon and arrived in front of the Prime Minister’s residence.
Cultivators observed the residence from high above, while other practitioners kept watch from not too far away.
Ever since Liu Tao took that medicine last night, he would slightly recover his senses to eat, only to be drugged again, never fully regaining consciousness.
He was talking nonsense and making strange movements while lying in bed all along.
In one room of his residence, several leaders were secretly plotting.
A man dressed in black entered in the darkness of the night and reported, “Colonel, the subordinates have discovered that the explosives we set up last night have been removed, including the timed bombs.”
“What?
Did anyone follow you when you came in?”
“Subordinate entered through the secret passage; it seems the whole city is on guard.”
“Then let’s not be polite.
Do they think that just because they’ve removed the explosives and the timed bombs, there’s nothing to worry about?
Initiate Plan B.”
“Yes, sir…” the black-clad man exited.
“May I ask what your Plan B is?” another person in the room asked in the language of Ancient Xia Country.
“Your Excellency doesn’t need to know.
Just be aware that we are quite formidable,” the colonel said, his subordinates snickering.
“So do we continue to wait here?”
“Tonight, we will move outside the city, and take that Prime Minister’s son with us.”
“Understood…”
The group was about to leave through the secret passage.
Ye Tian informed Tang Feiyang underground not to take any action from the outside; Ye Tian and Su Chang’an, avoiding the infrared sensors, dashed down to capture these individuals.
Facing danger, the group fired their weapons incessantly.
Both Ye Tian and Su Chang’an were aware of the formidable nature of such weapons, their lethality not from the metal but the fact that they could control the weapons with their cultivation techniques, preventing them from approaching.
There was an unpleasant medicinal smell in the air; Ye Tian knew this smell was not that of gunpowder but that the enemy’s weapons might have been designed with some chemicals.
The colonel and the others inside did not expect their weapons to be controlled by the enemy, and their widened eyes betrayed their shock as they tried to escape into the secret passage.
The second-ranked official used his ancient martial arts, continuously launching hidden weapons.
Su Chang’an and Ye Tian, both at the Nascent Soul Stage, worked together and easily controlled the situation, using their spiritual power to restrain the group.
The colonels and lieutenant colonels, bound and knowing they could not escape, bit into the poison hidden in their teeth, blood dripping from the corner of their mouths as they died.
Only one second-ranked official was caught and could not die.
Ye Tian called people from the outside to come in, arrest the official, and took him into custody.
Ye Tian didn’t expect these individuals to die upon capture, ruthless indeed.
With a trace of regret, Su Chang’an said, “It’s a pity we couldn’t find out what their Plan B was, detestable…”