I Have A Sword

Chapter 969: Someone's Helping Him

Prime Minister Mu thought about it and agreed, so he contacted High Goddess Tianxuan.

Soon, High Goddess Tianxuan arrived at the Tianxing Sea. She looked around, and her divine sense spread out like a net, enveloping the Tianxing Sea.

After a while, she frowned and waved her sleeve.

Boom!

A deafening explosion echoed, and the Tianxing Sea was obliterated.

However, High Goddess Tianxuan saw nothing.

High Goddess Tianxuan's face turned cold. She waved her sleeve again and disappeared.

Boom!

An invisible pressure abruptly descended upon Prime Minister Mu, and the pressure was so strong that it almost forced him to his knees.

Prime Minister Mu was horrified. "High Goddess?"

High Goddess Tianxuan's gaze was icy as she asked, "Do you think this is a joke?"

Prime Minister Mu quickly said, "High Goddess, I had no such intention! Please quell your anger!"

High Goddess Tianxuan waved her sleeve, and the terrifying pressure vanished.

Prime Minister Mu was drenched in cold sweat. Then, he remembered something and glared at Qiu Baiyi. "He's not in the Tianxing Sea!"

Qiu Baiyi remained silent, and his brows were furrowed deeply. After a while, he laughed. "Hahaha, Interesting! Truly interesting. I've greatly underestimated this Ye Guan."

Prime Minister Mu's face was as dark as stagnant water.

"While I was plotting against him, he was also plotting against me, and I'm always a step behind him. Really interesting," Qiu Baiyi remarked.

Prime Minister Mu glared coldly at Qiu Baiyi and asked, "So where is he?"

Qiu Baiyi remained silent. He also had no idea where that brat was right now.

Prime Minister Mu's expression turned grim as if he were attending a funeral.

Qiu Baiyi knew that he had to say something here, "Why don't we have High Goddess Tianxuan go to the Great Zhou and capture that Zhou Fan?"

Conventional methods weren't working, so they could only resort to underhanded ones.

Prime Minister Mu calmly replied, "Sure, go ahead and tell her that."

Qiu Baiyi remained silent.

Prime Minister Mu said coldly, "Do you know the High Goddess' status? Why would she do such a thing? If I were to tell her that, wouldn't she kill me on the spot?"

Qiu Baiyi sighed softly, feeling a headache coming on.

Prime Minister Mu said in a deep voice, "Is he still in the Tianxing Life World?"

Qiu Baiyi said, "It's possible."

Prime Minister Mu frowned. "What do you mean by 'it's possible'?"

Qiu Baiyi thought for a moment and explained, "There are three possible locations—the Tianxing Sea, the Tianxing Life World, and the Tianyun Academy."

Prime Minister Mu suddenly stood up. "The Tianyun Academy?"

"Yes, there's a high chance that he might be there." Qiu Baiyi nodded.

Prime Minister Mu fell silent.

Qiu Baiyi looked at Prime Minister Mu.

"We can't go to the Tianyun Academy," Prime Minister Mu said, shaking his head. "If we find Ye Guan there, it's going to be fine. Otherwise, High Goddess Tianyun will tear us apart."

Neither High Goddess Tianxuan nor High Goddess Tianyun was someone he could defeat, and the thought of it alone made him feel frustrated.

Qiu Baiyi suddenly asked, "What about the Chief Enforcement Officer?"

Prime Minister Mu said gravely, "I've already contacted her, but I don't know where she is right now."

She was also someone they couldn't even hope to defeat.

After pacing around the room for a while, Qiu Baiyi said, "Since we can't afford to make any guesses, then we must deduce. Tianxing Civilization should have some experts skilled in divination, right?"

Prime Minister Mu nodded. "Yes."

Qiu Baiyi smiled. "Then, let's divine his location.

"Someone!" Prime Minister Mu exclaimed, "Summon the Stargazer here."

Swoosh!

An expert outside the hall quietly disappeared into thin air.

After a while, an old man entered the hall.

He was dressed in a garish robe in all sorts of colors. Upon closer inspection, the colors were actually stars in different hues.

The old man was holding a string of talismans in his left hand and a bronze jade plate with two beads—one black and one white—in his right hand.

Qiu Baiyi sized up the old man. The latter looked like a charlatan.

Prime Minister Mu introduced, "He's the Stargazer, and he's the Head of the Tianxing Civilization's Stargazers' Hall."

Qiu Baiyi quickly bowed toward the old man.

However, the Stargazer ignored him and walked up to Prime Minister Mu.

"What do you need to know?" he asked.

Prime Minister Mu turned to look at Qiu Baiyi.

Qiu Baiyi opened his palm, and a projection floated over to the Stargazer.

"Find his whereabouts," Qiu Baiyi remarked.

The projection depicted Ye Guan's face.

The Stargazer glanced at the image, and then he shook the talismans in his left hand. In an instant, the scenery around them changed, and the three found themselves in a vast starry sky.

A hint of surprise flashed in Qiu Baiyi's eyes.

The Stargazer closed his eyes and shook the talismans in his left hand. Soon, the stars trembled slightly. At the same time, a massive star array appeared above their heads. Within the array, countless hair-thin beams of light could be seen.

Qiu Baiyi grew even more curious at the sight.

Prime Minister Mu smiled and said, "He's using the Starry Divination Art; it's the number one divination technique in the universe. It can even predict the future. However, the future is uncertain, so it's not a hundred percent accurate."

Qiu Baiyi smiled slightly. "Impressive."

They could see the future, but it didn't mean much.

As Prime Minister Mu had said, the future was uncertain and full of possibilities.

Any choice made in the present could change the future, so the present was what mattered the most.

Just then, Ye Guan's face burst into flames, transforming into streaks of fire that rushed into the star array in the distance.

The star array trembled violently, and an avatar coalesced in the center of the array.

It was an avatar depicting Ye Guan!

Qiu Baiyi and Prime Minister Mu quickly stepped forward, staring intently at the array. Ye Guan's figure within the array became more and more solid, and the surroundings cleared up.

The Stargazer opened his eyes. "Found him. He's—"

Swoosh!

A sharp sword light flashed in the Stargazer's eyes, interrupting him.

The Stargazer's blood painted the starry skies.

"AAAAAH!" The Stargazer let out a blood-curdling scream, and he covered his eyes with both hands as he shrieked, "Someone! Someone is helping him!"

Qiu Baiyi and Prime Minister Mu were speechless.

BOOM!

The star array exploded, and the Stargazer let out another agonized scream. He staggered backward, and the talismans in his hand as well as the bronze jade plate shattered into countless fragments.

The starry sky was torn apart as well, and the three returned to the Cabinet Hall the next moment.

"AAARRRGH!"

The Stargazer clutched his eyes, and blood seeped through his fingers. He staggered backward, wailing, "There's someone! There's an expert backing him up!"

Prime Minister Mu's expression darkened. "Stargazer, what are you talking about?"

The Stargazer pointed at Prime Minister Mu and roared, "You've doomed me! You beast!"

"Watch your words!" Prime Minister Mu's face turned ugly.

The Stargazer collapsed to the floor while trembling.

Prime Minister Mu frowned deeply and looked at Qiu Baiyi. "You..."

Qiu Baiyi hesitated before gesturing to his own head. "Is there something wrong with him here?"

Prime Minister Mu was dumbfounded.

"You're the one who's sick in the head!" the Stargazer roared. He then jumped up and pointed at Qiu Baiyi, "Calamity! You're a calamity! Prime Minister Mu, kill him, or our Tianxing Civilization is doomed!"

"Stargazer, is something wrong with your head?" Prime Minister Mu asked coldly.

"Prime Minister Mu! He's a calamity!" the Stargazer shouted, "He will bring disaster to our Tianxing Civilization!"

Prime Minister Mu glanced at Qiu Baiyi and said, "Stargazer, the Second Hall Master is our ally. Watch your words."

The Stargazer fell silent at that. After a long pause, he said, "Prime Minister Mu, I'll leave you with just one phrase."

Prime Minister Mu was curious, "What is it?"

"You're a clown," said the Stargazer. Then, he turned around and left.

Prime Minister Mu was furious, but the Stargazer had already exited the hall. He ran to the Stargazer Hall, gathered his belongings, and fled the Tianxing Divine World overnight.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Mu's face was ugly, and his eyes burned with rage.

"What does he mean by 'clown'?" Qiu Baiyi asked, sounding curious.

Qiu Baiyi had no idea what the word "clown" meant, so he couldn't help but ask out of curiosity. After all, the Tianxing Civilization had encountered many civilizations, so their vocabulary was massive.

Prime Minister Mu looked at Qiu Baiyi and blandly replied, "It's a compliment for being clever."

"I see." Qiu Baiyi nodded. "You truly are a clown, then."

Prime Minister Mu was dumbfounded.

Seeing Prime Minister Mu's strange look, Qiu Baiyi quickly changed the topic, saying, "Prime Minister Mu, our priority is to find Ye Guan. From what I've learned, Ye Guan possesses a rare treasure that significantly boosts his cultivation. If we don't find him soon, he'll become even harder to kill next time."

Prime Minister Mu asked sternly, "How do we even find him?"

Qiu Baiyi replied seriously, "We still have those three places to search, and Tianyun Academy is our best option. Of course, it's inconvenient for you to go there, but if it's High Goddess Tianxuan..."

"No." Prime Minister Mu immediately shook his head. "If the High Goddess Tianxuan goes to the Tianyun Academy, and a conflict breaks out, it'll be disastrous for us."

He disliked High Goddess Tianyun, but Prime Minister Mu understood the bigger picture. If Tianxuan and Tianyun were to fight, not even the Chief Enforcement Officer could mediate between the two.

Qiu Baiyi said, "There's another way."

Prime Minister Mu looked at Qiu Baiyi.

Qiu Baiyi explained, "Didn't Ye Guan and Yi Nian steal a Tianxing Fruit? They must be absorbing its power right now..."

"Ah!" Prime Minister Mu stood up and headed for the door. "Someone! take me to the Tianxing Life World!"

The Tianxing Fruit was part of the Tianxing Life Tree. The Tianxing Life Tree wasn't just an ordinary tree. It had a spirit that was in deep slumber. They could awaken the spirit, and it would be able to sense the location of its fruits.

Left all alone, Qiu Baiyi closed his eyes. "Farewell, Prime Minister Mu."

The first step was complete.

The first step was to drag the Tianxing Civilization into this mess.

Sensing something, Qiu Baiyi turned to look outside the hall. His gaze reached beyond the boundaries of the Tianxing Civilization, and he saw something that made him whisper, "I guess it's time for the second step."