40: Exposed?

Qi Huaiyi carefully re-examined what Long Yuan had just said, and was somewhat shocked to find that almost none of Long Yuan's words were superfluous; they were basically all related to solving the case.

This analytical and judgmental ability was much more formidable than his own, a long-time Captain of the Southern Division.

Was he really just a middle school student? Had middle school students become so powerful now?

“No! He must still have secrets! That noble Qi is incomparable to ordinary people… Perhaps this is the real reason he is so formidable!”

He took a deep breath, composed his restless mind, and immediately contacted Hai Xiang, informing him about Dark Night Valley.

Hai Xiang was overjoyed, as if he had found a treasure.

He quickly consulted local Copper Ridge material and finally found in a rather ancient classic that Dark Night Valley indeed had an airport in the past, used by the local area to conceal aircraft formations.

Both were greatly surprised by this and immediately reported the matter to Yu Xun, the Director of the Supervisory Xuan Envoy Division South Division in the Southern Imperial Capital.

Upon hearing this, and Qi Huaiyi’s mention of Snow Eagle Empire's ability to alter local weather, Yu Xun immediately realized the danger involved.

He organized a large contingent of Xuanwu Guard, contacted the military, and received support from a military combat team.

After finalizing the combat plan, both parties secretly set off for Dark Night Valley…

Since that night, Long Yuan had been following up on the matter, and he found that the Martial Dao forum was indeed abuzz with discussions about it.

Most of these discussions were about the arrogant remarks of the Fusang diplomatic envoy, the incompetence of Great Bright Jianxuan Envoy Department and the Imperial Guards, and concerns about Great Bright's aircraft monitoring System.

Many even believed there was no need to develop this System at all, because it might not even be able to monitor a range of a few hundred meters, and would just give up when encountering bad weather.

In that case, it would be better to invite powerful individuals to ensure safety!

It could be said that a radar monitoring System that was so incompetent could not avoid being criticized, and the reason it had not been completely abandoned was entirely due to the need to serve Mortals, as air transport within Great Bright was still primarily for Mortals.

But this time, even Mortals were extremely dissatisfied with Great Bright's aircraft safety, so much so that many people now dared not take airplanes, opting instead for seemingly safer ground transportation Systems.

It was clear that this incident had more of a psychological impact on Great Bright…

Long Yuan could only express his speechlessness at this. Haha, if it were him, with the technological data from the Treasure Pavilion as a backing, he could elevate Great Bright's aircraft transportation System by several levels in minutes.

But of course, he wouldn't make a move; there was no need, and he didn't want to expose himself.

Thinking of this, he had a feeling in the past few days that someone seemed to be watching him.

This feeling was new; it had only started after he returned from the County Government that night, which made Long Yuan feel a little uneasy!

“Did I really expose myself? Impossible, I just provided Qi Huaiyi with a few pieces of information.

Although those were indeed key pieces of information, I already told him that I obtained them during my previous travels.

He wouldn’t suspect me of anything, would he? Besides, I’m helping him; he wouldn’t repay kindness with enmity, would he?

Could it be… he found out my identity secret from the Xuanhuang Aura?!”

Long Yuan pondered for a long time and decided to first investigate the matter thoroughly, which was not difficult because he had the Heavenly Dao Eye.

With a thought, a phantom information panel appeared:

[Host: Long Yuan]

[Age: 16 / 400+]

[Realm: Martial Artist Extreme Realm (1.5 / 3) +]

[Fist Techniques: Great Ming School Exercise Fist (Earth Rank Medium Grade, Perfection); Heavenly Dao Nine Swords Martial Dao Version (Divine Rank Top Grade, First Form (Proficiency 15 / 100) +); Zhen Yue Sacred Elephant Fist Martial Dao Version (Divine Rank Top Grade, First Form 15 / 100) +); 《Ta Tian Bu》 Martial Dao Version (Divine Rank Top Grade, First Form (Proficiency 15 / 100) +)]

……

[Energy Conversion Points: 15]

Since he began to Cultivate, his cultivation had grown day by day, achieving remarkable results and abundant harvests over the past month.

First, his Lifespan limit increased by 20 years, reaching 400 years; second, his Realm reached the Martial Artist Extreme Realm, close to Breakthrough to the Martial Master Realm; then, his Martial Skill level improved extremely quickly.

The Medium Grade School Exercise Fist had already reached Perfection, and the first forms of the three Divine Rank Top Grade Martial Skills had all been Cultivated to the proficient Realm, greatly enhancing his combat capability.

This was verified in combat drills in the simulation space; he could now easily defeat an ordinary Late-stage Martial Master Xuan Practitioner!

To Long Yuan's surprise, the Spiritual Qi concentration in the Heavenly Dao Space had also been quietly increasing during this period.

This might be partly related to the space's ability to absorb external Spiritual Qi on its own, and also possibly related to his own diligent Cultivation as the host.

Because with his breathing and Cultivation, both external Profound Qi and Spiritual Qi would interact with the space, the most obvious being that the energy conversion points increased by 5 points, from the original 10 points to 15 points!

Thus, the power of the Heavenly Dao Eye was also quietly growing; its daily information-gathering range was constantly expanding, and the ability to gather information from the Copper Ridge region a few days ago was clear proof!

Moreover, the closer the distance, the richer, more detailed, and more ancient the information it gathered, and the logical and continuous nature of the information was also constantly improving.

Therefore, to find out if he had been exposed, Long Yuan only needed to query the Fengyang County information recently captured by the Heavenly Dao Eye, and the focus was very clear, definitely related to that trip to the County Government.

Soon, a large amount of information surged in, and after some retrospection and review, Long Yuan finally understood the whole story!

It turned out that after he left the County Government that night, Qi Huaiyi gave some instructions to Geng Yun, and it was those words that made Long Yuan feel like he was being watched.

“What a trap! What the hell is Xuan Huang energy!!!”

It turned out that the first thing Qi Huaiyi did when they met that day was to sense a strong Xuan Huang energy from him, so he concluded that he possessed royal Bloodline, and it must be a direct Bloodline.

Because the Xuanhuang Aura on him was much thicker than that of several Great Bright princes Qi Huaiyi had seen, plus Long Yuan looked very similar to Emperor Ming in his youth, Qi Huaiyi even suspected that Long Yuan might be Emperor Ming's illegitimate son from outside!!!

Geng Yun was greatly shocked after hearing Qi Huaiyi's advice and immediately strictly carried out Qi Huaiyi's instructions.

He not only dispatched a small team to secretly protect Long Yuan around the clock but also sent people to secretly investigate Long Yuan's background.

Currently, some of his own circumstances had already been grasped by him…

These circumstances included his residence in Hengbi Garden, living alone, unknown parents, unknown origin, no need to earn money but never lacking it, and even owning a Martial Dao villa in Fengyang Yuhua District, as well as two luxury cars…

“If this continues, I'm afraid even Dragon Snow and Prince Fu will soon be dug up by him?!!!!” Long Yuan sighed in his heart.

Based on the information Geng Yun had currently gathered, it was enough for him to conclude that Qi Huaiyi's guess was very likely correct, no wonder the small team secretly protecting him had not only not been withdrawn but had even increased in number…

Fortunately, Dragon Snow was extremely careful and meticulous in her dealings back then.

In order to completely sever herself from the Long family, she always used Long Yuan's name, and she herself never appeared, instead entrusting others to handle matters, including taking Long Yuan to school to complete enrollment procedures.

This was why Geng Yun had not been able to trace Dragon Snow from Long Yuan until now.

Without tracing Dragon Snow, it was naturally impossible to discover Long Yuan's relationship with the Long family, or Dragon Snow's relationship with the Prince Fus Mansion, and thus confirm Long Yuan's true identity.

However, Long Yuan himself quickly thought of a loophole: when his predecessor handled Dragon Snow's burial procedures back then, there were mother-child relationship records with the officials.

It was just that Geng Yun and his team certainly hadn't thought of this point, because they wouldn't believe that Long Yuan's mother had died when he was so young.

Otherwise, they would only need to check the official records to find this information.

On the contrary, it was precisely because they couldn't find information about Long Yuan's parents that Geng Yun and Qi Huaiyi behind him believed this was the result of Emperor Ming's deliberate concealment, which could be called a fortunate mistake…

“Very good, they should have reached the end of their investigation here, right? Next, they can only hope to dig up secrets from me, but I will definitely not give them another chance!” Long Yuan snorted.

After thinking for a moment, he entered the Treasure Pavilion and searched for a while, his eyes lit up, and he pulled out a Cultivation Technique classic, 《Lian Xi Jue》.

This was a Martial Dao version of an immortal technique; although it couldn't completely conceal the Xuanhuang Aura in his Bloodline, it could conceal his Xuan Gong Realm.

Anyone with a cultivation no more than three major Realms higher than his would be unable to sense his true Realm.

That is to say, he was currently at the Martial Artist Extreme Realm; above that were Martial Master, Martial Ancestor, and Martial General.

People in these three Realms would not be able to see through his cultivation!

“Haha, now let’s see how you can investigate? My secrets are not something just anyone can easily see through…” Long Yuan laughed loudly.

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