Chapter 665: Ice Cloud's Way Out
From Ye Qingsheng's memories, he learned that the abduction of Xia Qingyue was indeed instigated by Ye Xinghan, and his father, the master of the Sun Moon Divine Palace, Ye Meixie, was unaware of it. Moreover, Ye Xinghan placed great importance on Xia Qingyue. He had initially intended to go to the Bing Yun Fairy Palace himself, but was forced into seclusion due to a sudden loosening of his profound art bottleneck, so he sent Ye Qingsheng and Ye Ziyi instead.
Why exactly did Ye Xinghan want to capture Xia Qingyue…
And, from Ye Qingsheng's memories, it was certain that Ye Xinghan had indeed never seen Xia Qingyue before! Half a year ago, he had never even mentioned the name "Xia Qingyue."
Tian Wei Sword Domain… an Elder?
Yun Che was silent for a long time. A name suddenly flashed into his mind…
Ling Kun!!
"Mo Li…" Yun Che frowned and asked, "At the Cang Feng Ranking Battle back then, when you told me that Xia Qingyue possessed an 'Ice Snow Glass Heart' and a 'Nine-Xuan Exquisite Body,' you said that her 'Ice Snow Glass Heart' shouldn't appear on this plane, so no one could recognize it. But the 'Nine-Xuan Exquisite Body' could be detected by someone…"
"So you think Ye Xinghan wants to capture Xia Qingyue because of her 'Nine-Xuan Exquisite Body'?" Mo Li said indifferently.
"That's right." Yun Che nodded. "Ye Xinghan learned of Xia Qingyue's existence from an elder of the Tian Wei Sword Domain. And… the Bing Yun Fairy Palace is basically isolated from the world all year round, with very few disciples leaving the palace, and it has no connection whatsoever with the Four Sacred Grounds! However, among the Four Sacred Grounds, there is indeed one person who has seen Xia Qingyue… and that person is also from the Tian Wei Sword Domain!"
"That's Ling Kun from the Tian Wei Sword Domain, who was present at the Cang Feng Ranking Battle held at Tian Jian Villa five years ago!"
"In this Ye Qingsheng's memories, the memories regarding this 'Ling Kun' are more than those of anyone else from the Tian Wei Sword Domain. In the Tian Wei Sword Domain, only those who have stepped into the Sovereign Xuan Realm are qualified to become Elders. But this Ling Kun's profound strength is only at the sixth level of the Overlord Xuan Realm, yet he has been appointed as a full Elder in the Tian Wei Sword Domain. The reason is that although his profound strength is slightly low, he is resourceful… or rather, extremely cunning and deeply scheming. He plays the role of 'strategist' in the Tian Wei Sword Domain and is highly trusted and valued by the Sword Master, Xuanyuan Wentian. Not only do the other Elders not despise him for his low profound strength while being an Elder like them, but they deliberately seek to befriend him. In addition, he is also the person who spends the most time outside the Tian Wei Sword Domain and has extremely broad knowledge. When the Tian Wei Sword Domain needs someone to go on important missions, most of the time it is this Ling Kun!"
The information about Ling Kun from Ye Qingsheng's memories secretly alarmed Yun Che. He had interacted with Ling Kun twice—once at Tian Jian Villa and once in the Shenhuang Empire. At Tian Jian Villa, Ling Kun had taken the initiative to speak to him publicly, inviting him to join the Tian Wei Sword Domain. At that time, Yun Che's profound strength was low, he had no background whatsoever, and he was completely unknown, yet Ling Kun had made this move that shocked and baffled everyone. Thinking back now, Yun Che realized that it exemplified Ling Kun's extremely sharp perception.
And at the Seven-Nation Ranking Battle in the Shenhuang Empire, the one who arrived from the Huangji Sacred Domain was the highly esteemed Gu Cang Zhenren; from the Sun Moon Divine Palace came the Young Master Ye Xinghan himself; and from the Supreme Sea Palace came Ji Qianrou, whom even Feng Hengkong and Ye Xinghan feared by three parts. Only the Tian Wei Sword Domain sent a "low-ranking Elder" like Ling Kun… Thinking about it now, it wasn't that the Tian Wei Sword Domain wasn't interested in the Primordial Mystic Ark, but that Ling Kun possessed sufficient matching ability.
With a restrained demeanor, sharp perception, deep scheming, and extensive knowledge… it is also very possible that he knew about your "Nine-Xuan Exquisite Body." Mo Li once said that an important characteristic of the "Nine-Xuan Exquisite Body" is the ability to ignore laws… And when Xia Qingyue was fighting Ling Yun, facing Ling Yun's Sword Spirit Clone, she used the Ice Cloud Domain, a technique that only those at the King Xuan Realm could use, while she was at the Earth Xuan Realm… Ling Kun, who was present, naturally witnessed it completely!
If it was he who discovered Xia Qingyue's "Nine-Xuan Exquisite Body," then everything would be very easy to explain.
Mo Li said lightly, "The Nine-Xuan Exquisite Body is an excellent cauldron for cultivation. If it really was that Ling Kun who discovered Xia Qingyue's Nine-Xuan Exquisite Body, why didn't he take it for himself to enjoy, or hand it over to someone from the Tian Wei Sword Domain, but instead reveal it to someone from the Sun Moon Divine Palace?"
"Very simple." Yun Che said in a low voice. "The Nine-Xuan Exquisite Body is a rare encounter that appears only once in tens of thousands of years. If he used it himself and was discovered, he would inevitably incur the dissatisfaction or even anger of the upper echelons of the Tian Wei Sword Domain! And if he were to hand it over to an outstanding figure of the Tian Wei Sword Domain, it would be utterly fantasical—a thousand or a hundred times more so than demanding the Sun Moon Divine Palace pay blood for blood."
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(End of this chapter)