652: Chapter 652 What to do? Continue the investigation, of course!

Eastern Central Domain.

Outside Qingshi City.

A faint spatial ripple flashed, and four figures suddenly appeared. It was Su Yun's group of four, arriving from the Taixuan Holy Land.

Su Yun stood in mid-air and looked around. "Elder Cangmu, it should be around here, right?"

Hearing this, Immortal Master Cangmu nodded with certainty. "Holy Lord, this is the place. The abnormality in the Spiritual Veins and the tremors in the earth seem to originate from the vicinity of Qingshi City."

A few days ago, he had come to the Eastern Central Domain on business, and that was when he felt the earth's tremors.

At the time, he thought a Secret Realm was emerging, so after some exploration, he arrived near Qingshi City.

However, after arriving here, no matter what methods he used to investigate, he found nothing special. The only anomaly was the Spiritual Veins beneath the earth.

"That's good. I want to see exactly what's going on."

Immediately, with a thought, Su Yun released his Divine Sense and began to scan the surroundings.

Ten miles.

A hundred miles.

A thousand miles.

...

He carefully inspected everything within these ranges.

Soon, Su Yun's expression became somewhat solemn.

After all, with his Divine Sense at the strength of a High-Stage Mahayana, he hadn't discovered the slightest clue, only perceiving many Spiritual Veins rioting without warning.

"Holy Lord, have you discovered anything?"

Perfected Lei Ying circled the area and asked curiously upon her return.

"Nothing for now, I only found that many Spiritual Veins are rioting. It seems to be ending now, and there appears to be no pattern."

Speaking to this point, Su Yun suddenly paused. Was there really no pattern?

Was the rioting of so many Spiritual Veins truly completely random?

A sharp glint flashed in his eyes. He thought for a moment and then released his Divine Sense once more.

The distribution of the nearby underground Spiritual Veins instantly appeared in his mind.

At first glance, the Spiritual Vein riots had no pattern, but upon closer observation, they seemed to be radiating outward from a certain place!

Furthermore, the fluctuations produced during these Spiritual Vein riots seemed to vary in strength, changing according to a certain pattern.

However, the magnitude of the change was very small. If not for his powerful Divine Sense, he probably wouldn't have noticed this subtle variation.

From these two points, it was clear that these Spiritual Vein riots were not random! They followed a certain pattern!

If they could know which Spiritual Veins rioted during every previous earth tremor, they might be able to trace it back to the source!

Perfected Chongyan frowned slightly upon hearing this. "Then Holy Lord, what should we do now? These Spiritual Veins seem to riot without warning! It's impossible to investigate the cause of the riots!"

Perfected Lei Ying also looked solemn. "Indeed, and we don't know if these constant Spiritual Vein riots will cause other changes besides the tremors."

"What to do? Continue the investigation, of course! Let's go! We'll head into Qingshi City to look for clues!" Su Yun gave a mysterious smile and spoke in a gentle tone before flying toward Qingshi City.

"As you command, Holy Lord!" Immortal Master Cangmu and the other two turned into three streaks of light and followed.

...

After entering Qingshi City.

Su Yun's group of four soon arrived at a relatively secluded inn within the city.

"Guests, are you looking for a room?" The innkeeper said with great enthusiasm upon seeing people enter.

Perfected Chongyan, standing behind Su Yun, stepped forward and directly presented an Elder's Token.

"This is?" Seeing this, the innkeeper's expression changed instantly. He hurriedly came out from behind the counter and spoke respectfully, "My lords, please follow me!"

"Mhm, let's follow him," Su Yun nodded slightly and said calmly.

The innkeeper led the way, taking Su Yun's group of four directly into a secret room deep within the inn.

Accompanied by a flash of spiritual light, a Black-clothed Cultivator appeared in the secret room. When he saw Su Yun's group, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet them respectfully, bowing slightly.

"Your subordinate, Deacon Number Sixty-five, greets the Holy Lord and the three Elders!"

Taixuan Deacons are divided into several types.

One type is specifically responsible for gathering intelligence, belonging to the Intelligence Pavilion within the Holy Land.

They are generally assigned to major cultivation cities across the Central Domain to monitor movements everywhere.

Not only the Taixuan Holy Land, but other Holy Lands also send similar deacons to be stationed in cities throughout the Central Domain.

Su Yun waved his hand. "At ease. How is your investigation into the Spiritual Vein riots near Qingshi City progressing?"

"Reporting to the Holy Lord, we began investigating as soon as the Spiritual Vein riots appeared near Qingshi City over ten days ago!"

"Although we haven't found the cause of the Spiritual Vein riots, we have recorded various information regarding them."

The black-clothed deacon cupped his hands and reported.

"By the way, you probably want to see the information we've gathered about the Spiritual Vein riots, right? I'll get it for you now!"

After speaking, the black-clothed deacon walked quickly to a wall deep in the secret room, activated his spiritual power to open a hidden compartment, and took out over a dozen Jade Slips.

Then, with a flash, he returned to the center of the room and handed the Jade Slips to Su Yun.

Su Yun took the Jade Slips and scanned them with his Divine Sense. He found that the information recorded within was quite detailed—one could say the investigation was very thorough.

At this moment, the black-clothed deacon added, "Holy Lord, do you have any further instructions?"

"None for now. You've done well this time. When this matter is over, return to the Holy Land with your colleagues to receive your rewards," Su Yun shook his head and said directly.

"Thank you for the reward, Holy Lord!" The black-clothed deacon was excited and cupped his hands again.

Su Yun smiled. "Alright, you may go and rest."

"Then your subordinate will take his leave!" After speaking, the black-clothed deacon withdrew.

Holding the dozen or so Jade Slips, Su Yun sat on a nearby Spiritual Chair and began to review the contents recorded within.

Perfected Chongyan and the other two also sat down. They remained silent, fearing they might disturb Su Yun.

Su Yun's expression remained calm as he quickly finished reading several Jade Slips.

When he reached the last five Jade Slips, his eyes suddenly lit up, and a smile played on his lips. "Found it!"

Seeing this, Perfected Lei Ying couldn't contain her curiosity and stood up to approach Su Yun. "Holy Lord, have you discovered something?"

"I've found something!" Su Yun said as he picked up the Jade Slip he was currently reading and directly injected spiritual power into it.

Buzz, buzz, buzz——————

The Jade Slip instantly burst with dazzling light, projecting a spiritual power light screen in mid-air.

Perfected Chongyan and the other two immediately focused their attention on the spiritual power light screen.

They saw that what appeared on the spiritual power light screen was actually a map of a certain area outside Qingshi City.

The map was covered with numerous spiritual power marks, indicating the locations of the Spiritual Vein riots during each earth tremor, along with the specific times they occurred.