705: Chapter 705 Heavenly Palace's Schemes

On the other side, the Heavenly Palace.

In the vast sea of clouds, the Sky Corridor appeared and disappeared intermittently as two figures walked side by side, strolling as if amidst the clouds.

"Brother, how is your injury recovering?" Liu Xuerong looked at Liu Tianxing, a flash of worry in her eyes.

In private, Liu Xuerong never called him Elder Liu.

"It's nothing. A few more years of recuperation and I'll be fine." Liu Tianxing nodded.

Liu Xuerong was silent for a moment before speaking slowly: "Go back to the clan grounds. Don't let anyone know you are there. If necessary, seal the Teleportation Array of the clan grounds and do not open it for a short time."

After a pause, she added: "Don't wait for a hundred years. This time, pick some outstanding clansmen in advance, erase their memories and Bloodline, change their names, and place them in various parts of the Immortal Domain. It's best to find places like the Shattered Star Continent."

Liu Tianxing frowned: "Is it necessary?"

"It is." Liu Xuerong looked at him. "I just received news that the Wuji Immortal Sect has already gathered in large numbers at the border."

"With our current strength, we shouldn't fear the Wuji Immortal Sect, right?"

Liu Xuerong did not answer directly. Her gaze fell on a moving cloud in the distance, and she said indifferently:

"Now there is also the variable of Qin Chen. Although his threat is not as great as Qin Tian's, he cannot be underestimated."

In her eyes, Qin Tian's threat was far greater than Qin Chen's—after all, he could kill Cai Xingchen without a scratch, severely injure Liu Tianxing, and possessed a Mahayana Spirit Beast, not to mention the results of the divination.

Therefore, regarding the Tianhuang Secret Realm, she had always turned a blind eye and even tacitly allowed Elder Qi to arrange for Liu Ruyan to win him over.

Thinking of Liu Ruyan, she frowned slightly.

"It seems Ru Yan has been controlled," she said in a low voice.

"She only sent a Clone. How did the other party control her main body through a Clone?" Liu Tianxing looked puzzled.

Liu Xuerong did not answer.

She was also curious in her heart.

As a Mahayana Cultivator, she had seen many methods of Slave Contract, but one could not enslave a main body through a Clone.

After a moment of silence, she said indifferently:

"According to the intelligence gathered, this Qin Chen was originally a playboy in a small town in the Tianhuang Secret Realm. He disappeared more than two hundred years ago; he must have been subjected to Possession at that time."

Pausing, her voice turned cold: "Ru Yan must have been controlled by him at that time."

Liu Tianxing nodded.

Liu Xuerong looked at him and lowered her voice: "After you return to the clan grounds, check everything thoroughly from top to bottom to ensure no one else has been controlled."

"Alright."

"I'm going to the Elder Hall. Take care of yourself."

Having said that, the space did not ripple, yet she had already vanished.

Facing the empty corridor, Liu Tianxing said in a deep voice: "Remember, do not act rashly without absolute certainty."

Liu Xuerong's voice came from the air:

"Don't worry, Brother. If fate is irreversible, then it is irreversible. But even if I have to risk my life, I will make him suffer. The Liu Clan can perish, but it cannot yield."

Liu Tianxing took a deep breath and asked in a low voice: "Did we do something wrong back then?"

After a moment of silence, a voice only he could hear came from the air: "There was no mistake, it was just a matter of time."

Liu Tianxing said nothing more, standing in place for a long time without moving.

The Elder Hall of the Heavenly Palace.

When Liu Xuerong appeared, a layer of Death Qi was already pressing down inside the hall.

Elder Qi and the returning Body Integration Elders looked like defeated roosters, their heads drooping and faces full of decadence.

Whenever they recalled those few sword strikes from Qin Chen—their colleagues who once chatted and laughed with them were instantly shattered into pieces of flesh—they couldn't help but shiver all over.

It was not as if they had never seen a Mahayana Cultivator strike before.

But to be able to effortlessly slice a Body Integration Cultivator into minced meat with a single sword strike—aside from those Mahayana who had comprehended the three thousand Laws and realized the Divine Ability of the Dao, other Mahayana could not do it at all.

In other words, the power of that Immortal Sword was itself no less than a Divine Ability of the Dao.

Based on this alone, its strength was comparable to the Late Stage of Mahayana.

Liu Xuerong scanned the room and sat down with a dark face: "Have you reached a conclusion?"

A burly man spoke: "With Qin Tian in front and Qin Chen behind, and now the Wuji Immortal Sect has also arrived, I fear this will not end well."

His name was Xu Zhen, currently at the Early Stage of Body Integration, and he was once the Commander Xu of the Nanyang Immortal Mansion. The Xu Clan was a top-tier force under the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Palace. After the original Elder, Xu Haoran, reached the Mahayana stage, he took over the position of Elder.

"Qin Chen has already sided with the Immortal Sect," a young and beautiful female Elder took over the conversation. "If a fight breaks out, that person named Qin Tian will likely side with them too."

Her name was Ye Qingcheng, at the Perfection of Body Integration.

The Ye Clan was also a top-tier force under the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Palace, and they had a Mahayana Middle Stage expert named Ye Chen.

"Although this Qin Chen is only at the Early Stage of Mahayana, his Immortal Sword is truly strange; I fear it is not something an ordinary Mahayana can handle." Elder Qi said in a heavy tone.

"Indeed, I saw it with my own eyes. He could kill a Body Integration Cultivator with a casual swing of his sword." Yan Ji added with a gloomy face.

"I think Qin Tian's threat is far greater than Qin Chen's. We must resolve him as soon as possible, and then focus on dealing with the Wuji Immortal Sect." Yan Wendao spoke slowly.

Many people nodded in agreement.

They all knew clearly—Qin Tian and that Spirit Beast, one man and one beast, were actually able to repel the Divine Beast of the Heavenly Palace and even killed a Mahayana guest Elder.

Moreover, Qin Tian's background was unknown. This kind of threat hidden in the shadows was the most unsettling. Because of this, the Heavenly Palace had listed Qin Tian as the number one dangerous target.

"Do you think this Qin Tian and Qin Chen could be the same person?" Ye Qingcheng said softly.

"Impossible." Xu Zhen waved his hand, his tone firm. "That Qin Tian strikes with lethal intent the moment he meets someone. If Qin Chen were Qin Tian, Elder Qi and the others would definitely not have returned this time."

"Exactly. The behavioral styles of these two are completely different. Qin Tian seems to have no scruples, while Qin Chen is still guarding the Tianhuang Secret Realm, clearly having attachments and not daring to act recklessly." Yan Wendao analyzed seriously.

Xu Zhen nodded and slowly said: "Why don't we first seek peace with the Immortal Sect, and then concentrate our strength to find and resolve Qin Tian."

"I think it's feasible. It is not appropriate to have a direct conflict with the Immortal Sect right now, otherwise, that Qin Tian might pop out at any time, and we would be very passive then." Ye Qingcheng nodded.

"Exactly." Xu Zhen nodded, his voice raised a bit. "Perhaps that Qin Tian is just waiting for us to go to war with the Immortal Sect so he can take the opportunity to launch a sneak attack and slaughter his way onto Nanliu Star. Isn't that how the predicted scene came about?"

Ye Qingcheng's eyes lit up. She scanned the circle and lowered her voice: "I always feel that there is a hand behind the scenes pushing us to go to war with the Immortal Sect so he can fish in troubled waters. Do you think this person could be Qin Tian?"

These words made everyone's back turn cold.

Being watched by an existence like Qin Tian was not a pleasant thing.

The hall fell into silence again.

Elder Qi broke the silence, looked at Liu Xuerong, and said slowly: "It is said that the Old Ancestor of the Wuji Immortal Sect went to the Chaos Sea and should not have returned yet, right? If Emperor Yan were to make a move personally, perhaps we wouldn't be so passive."

Liu Xuerong glanced at him: "Emperor Yan went to the Demon Domain and has not returned yet."

"There is no Teleportation Array in the Demon Domain. In the vast sea of stars, it is not something that can be returned from in a short time if one wants to find that strange object." Xu Zhen said in a low voice. "We can't just sit and wait for death, can we?"