Chapter 406

Chapter 406: Shook His Confidence

Yu Zhi Yi did not enter the palace.

Prince Xiao Yao waited and waited; a whole night passed. He did not see even a hem of Yu Zhi Yi’s robe, much less anyone from her household. Unwilling to let his careful plan go to waste, he glanced at the emperor lying on the bed, then laughed: “Imperial elder brother, the woman you fancy is only so-so.”

The emperor closed his eyes. They were all adults; who would still be as naive as a child? Minister Yu was smart and skilled at reading fate. She would have already seen that the palace was full of danger. If she did not come, it was understandable. He did not blame her.

Immortal Qing Feng frowned, feeling that something was off. All at once his expression shifted as he said: “She left the city.”

Prince Xiao Yao froze: “Impossible.”

With the gates guarded so heavily, how could she leave without anyone noticing? No, she was from the Mystic Sect and had many tricks. Also no, Immortal Qing Feng was sitting right here. Sir Mu had said that a Golden Core Realm expert could release Divine Sense. A Golden Core Peak expert could cover a full kilometer in every direction with Divine Sense. [Oh, the distance between the Imperial Palace and the Peach Garden is more than a kilometer. Then it should be fine… like heck!]

Prince Xiao Yao grew anxious: “Immortal, are you serious? Did she really leave the city?”

Immortal Qing Feng knit his brows: “I cannot confirm she truly left the city, but I am certain there was a fluctuation of spiritual energy near the Imperial Palace yesterday. Prince, you may not know this, but the Mystic Sect has a talisman called the Invisibility Talisman. It lets the user turn invisible for about an hour. When she failed to appear yesterday, I first guessed she used that talisman. But your words reminded me: she belongs to the Heavenly Secret Sect, best at pushing fate forward. The fate of the Great Sheng Empire is about to change; she cannot fail to see it. If she truly planned to enter the palace to save someone, no arrangement would matter. She is crafty, so she must have already abandoned the emperor and taken her family to flee.”

Prince Xiao Yao still did not fully believe it. Immortal Qing Feng said calmly: “If you doubt me, send men to the Peach Garden. It should be empty.”

Prince Xiao Yao sent people. The facts proved Immortal Qing Feng had real skill. Even without seeing the Peach Garden himself, he had guessed ten out of ten. The Peach Garden really was empty. Furious, Prince Xiao Yao ordered people to smash several rooms inside until everything was in pieces.

Receiving the confirming report, Immortal Qing Feng curled his lips in a cold, silent smile, rose, flicked his sleeve, and left.

Only the emperor, paralyzed on the bed, remained in the great hall, eyes open and staring up at the canopy overhead, no one knowing what he was thinking. Had Immortal Qing Feng truly left?

He had not.

To be exact, his body left, but his Divine Sense did not. What he told Prince Xiao Yao had been only a guess. In truth, he leaned toward another: Yu Zhi Yi had sent everyone away early and staged the illusion that she had left the city to lull him. When he grew angry, believed she was gone, and chased after her, she would appear at the emperor’s bedside without a sound.

He waited a full hour. Nothing moved.

At last, even the ever-composed Immortal Qing Feng felt unsettled. Had he guessed wrong? Had she really given up the emperor and left? A late-stage Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator who truly wished to hide her tracks would be hard to find even for a Golden Core Realm master. And again, she was a disciple of the Heavenly Secret Sect. They had too many methods.

In the end, he could not hold back his impatience and went after her.