Chapter 888: Divine Palace Arrives
In a secret chamber within the imperial palace of Yangzhou City, Snow Moon Kingdom, Lin Feng sat cross-legged with his eyes tightly shut, seemingly in cultivation.
At this moment, within that page of the Heavenly Book Martial Soul, specks of light had appeared in the desolate world, and strands of terrifying demonic power seeped through the darkness. A massive "Seal" character floated in this space, its strokes traced with such clarity that Lin Feng could feel the wondrous force contained in every single line.
The opened page of the Heavenly Book Martial Soul could restore the marvels of treasures, simplifying the immensely profound power within them, allowing Lin Feng to understand and comprehend their contained might ten or even a hundred times more easily. Lin Feng had long discovered this—if he were outside holding the Demon Sealing Stele, he could only sense its divine power but would never know where that power came from.
However, the opened page of the Heavenly Book Martial Soul possessed such heaven-defying effects, making the Demon Sealing Stele seem like a set of martial techniques that he could comprehend.
At this moment, in that void space, a small figure stood, staring at the massive "Seal" character and its mysterious intricacies, clearly sensing the flow of that sealing power. This small figure was a manifestation of Lin Feng's divine mind. After stepping into the Heavenly Martial Realm, martial cultivators could use the power of their soul, and Lin Feng's soul was extremely powerful. Having also received the divine mind technique bestowed by the Three Lives Demon Emperor, his soul could even be called a divine soul, making it effortless to conjure an illusory divine mind figure.
But for Lin Feng himself, the divine mind figure standing beneath that wondrous power clearly felt its flow, sensing every trace of its essence. Moved by insight, the figure's palms even kept turning, also containing a trace of sealing power within them.
Borrowing a treasure to comprehend a divine ability—if others learned that Lin Feng had such a heaven-defying martial soul, who knew what sentiments they would have.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye. Lin Feng had remained in seclusion the entire time, never once stepping out of the secret chamber. Accompanying Lin Feng was only the beautiful little demon curled up motionless beside him, docilely lying by his leg. Xue Linglong's eyes were open, staring at the young man with tightly shut eyes. Her lively, beautiful gaze held tranquility and peace, as if simply watching the youth before her forever was a wonderful thing.
Outside Yangzhou City, a fierce wind swept by. The crowd on the city walls looked up at the white figure streaking across the void, marveling in their hearts. This was Lin Feng's celestial demon snow eagle. Even a casual pass gave off a terrifying pressure, and wherever it went, gales surged like roaring waves.
The snow eagle's figure soon appeared in the imperial palace, landing in a certain spot where six figures stood together—the other six transformed snow eagles.
The snow eagle that landed transformed into a demonic-looking man. He nodded to the other six, and they all understood clearly, their gazes inadvertently drifting toward a distant courtyard—the place where Lin Feng was in seclusion.
Knowing that Divine Palace experts might come, Lin Feng had not left Snow Moon but instead chose this critical moment to go into seclusion, puzzling the seven snow eagles. But since Lin Feng was now their young master, and he had made his decision, they could not dissuade him and had to let him be.
Just then, a faint figure flickered from that courtyard, and the seven snow eagles saw a handsome young man emerge, his long robe fluttering, elegant and carefree, calm and composed, as if he had not taken the matter of the Divine Palace to heart.
"Brother Snow Eagle, have they arrived?" Lin Feng looked at the seven gathered snow eagles and asked.
"They should reach Yangzhou City soon," the snow eagle replied. Lin Feng nodded slightly, saying nothing more, remaining as calm as ever.
"Prepare to welcome our guests."
With these words, Lin Feng's figure flickered and vanished from the spot. The seven snow eagles exchanged glances, then also rose into the air, following Lin Feng.
Meanwhile, several hundred li outside Yangzhou City, a group of figures rode demon beasts, traveling through the clouds in the sky. On the backs of those demon beasts were many experts, but they seemed to be concealing their cultivation levels as much as possible, not being too conspicuous.
Lin Feng's quiet return to Snow Moon Qian Domain was actually unknown. Snow Moon Kingdom belonged to the Snow Domain, while the Qian Domain was entirely another land. News from here would not easily reach the Qian Domain. Only the Divine Palace was most familiar with Lin Feng and Snow Moon, having long set traps in Snow Moon Kingdom. As soon as Lin Feng returned, they would know immediately.
Thus, this time, the Divine Palace experts' arrival in Snow Moon did not cause much commotion; they came quietly.
As for the leader of this operation, he was none other than Xi Jue Tian, the Palace Lord of the Western Divine Palace, one of the four great palace lords. With him personally overseeing matters, the mere Snow Moon Kingdom could be destroyed with a flip of the hand, and a mere Lin Feng could be easily captured. There could be no mistakes. After all, the four great palace lords of the Divine Palace were the strongest existences below the Venerables. The Northern Divine Palace Lord Bei Ming and the Eastern Divine Palace Lord had gone missing in the secret realm. This time, Xi Jue Tian came personally to ensure absolute certainty, to capture Lin Feng and bring him back to the Divine Palace.
Besides Xi Jue Tian, the Divine Palace had also dispatched over a dozen Heavenly Martial Realm experts, with no one from the Mysterious Martial Realm joining. This operation had to be swift and decisive, capturing Lin Feng before other forces could react.
A hundred li was crossed in an instant. At the gates of Yangzhou City, a vast and terrifying demonic aura rolled through the void, surging downward, causing countless people to look up at the blurry figures in the sky, their hearts shaken.
What was going on? Hadn't Lin Feng's celestial demon snow eagles passed by here not long ago? Why were so many terrifying experts riding celestial demons appearing again? Was something major about to happen again?
The rolling demonic aura was extremely terrifying, sweeping over the sky above Yangzhou City, now the imperial capital of Snow Moon. The crowd was left speechless. So many powerful experts had descended again. Snow Moon was too turbulent now. In the past, they had never had the chance to see a Heavenly Martial Realm existence. The entire Snow Moon, on the surface, seemed to have only Duan Renhuang as a Heavenly Martial cultivator, and they could never even see him. But now, Heavenly Martial cultivators seemed to have become regular visitors to Snow Moon.
Crimson Blood War Horses galloped madly toward the imperial palace, as if trying to relay news of this development. They did not know whether these arrivals were friend or foe, so they naturally had to report the matter as quickly as possible.
But their actions were destined to be unnecessary. The speed of celestial demons was astonishing. Before long, they had already reached the imperial palace of Yangzhou City. The rolling, terrifying demonic aura surged toward the palace, making countless hearts freeze. This demonic aura was terrifying—it was the aura of celestial demons.
At this moment, the people in the palace looked up at the void. Celestial demons, and many experts—each one unfathomably deep, their strength unknown.
Many hearts could not remain calm, filled with worry and fear.
"Lin Feng, the Western Divine Palace Lord has personally arrived. Why have you not come to pay your respects?" At this moment, a rolling voice came from the void, crashing into the palace, making every word crystal clear to everyone inside.
This deepened their worry. This person's casual words contained a terrifying authoritative force, making them want to submit. Moreover, judging by his tone, he clearly knew Lin Feng and was summoning him to pay respects, suggesting the visitor was extremely formidable.
"Just a mere Lin Feng, yet I have attracted the personal visit of the Western Divine Palace Lord of the Divine Palace. I am quite ashamed," came a reply from the ground. Then, a group of figures rose into the air—Lin Feng and the seven snow eagles.
The crowd's hearts trembled violently at Lin Feng's words. The Divine Palace—these were experts from the Divine Palace. The people of Snow Moon might not know many of the terrifying forces of the Qian Domain, but after the Snow Domain Grand Competition, they had learned something about the Divine Palace, which had hosted the event. It was an extremely terrifying force, an absolute overlord in the entire Snow Domain, located in the mysterious city of Mi Cheng. Within its sect were countless experts, and even Venerables that people could only gaze at from afar.
The Divine Palace had come personally to find Lin Feng.
"Western Divine Palace Lord, if you have any orders, you need only send word to Lin Feng. There was no need to come in person," Lin Feng said as his body rose steadily, ascending higher and higher, even surpassing the position of the Divine Palace arrivals.