Volume 1 Chapter 544 The Lingering Stars
Seeing Hu Yaoyu and the others disappear on the streets of Linshi City under the escort of Wang Hongyu and Wang Yixian, two saint-level monks, Ren Tianxiang retracted his gaze and looked at Luosi, Ren Tianqing, and Mo Hua, who had been quietly contacting Xinglingluo on the side.
Without any warning, Ren Tianxiang bowed deeply to the three of them, and said at the same time: "I'm sorry for worrying you just now, but now I'm fine." β
Seeing Ren Tianxiang make such a move, the three of them were also a little surprised, they had never seen Ren Tianxiang make such a move.
Especially Ren Tianqing, she hurriedly ran to Ren Tianxiang's side and straightened his body.
She hugged Ren Tianxiang's arm, looked at Ren Tianxiang worriedly, and said, "Brother, it's okay." We all know you've been stressed out lately and need to let go of ...... Brother, it's not good to always hold your emotions in your heart, but you still have to vent it. β
Ren Tianxiang shook his head, as if he hadn't listened to Ren Tianqing's words at all, just shook his head perfunctorily and said, "I'm fine, don't worry." β
Then he took his eyes off Ren Tianqing and looked at Loes and Mohua.
Seeing Ren Tianxiang's appearance, Ren Tianqing didn't say anything, but just hugged Ren Tianxiang's arm more tightly, and leaned towards his body at the same time.
She knew that Ren Tianxiang didn't look at her because she was afraid that she would see his disguise, and he was obviously in a very wrong state now, but she still held on, not wanting them to continue to worry. And since Ren Tianxiang made such a move, Ren Tianqing couldn't say more, so he could only get closer to him and tell him that he had always been by his side.
Sighing secretly in his heart, Luo Si didn't wait for Ren Tianxiang to speak, so he spoke in advance: "Tianxiang, then where are we going next?"
"According to our plan, the next step is to go to Nanhai Province. As soon as he got down to business, Ren Tianxiang immediately returned to his serious appearance, "According to the news I got from the Divine Consciousness of the Greedy Wolf Star Monarch Beimu Cang, after the fall of the Wuqu Star Monarch Luo Cang, the location where the divine consciousness was kept was in the South China Sea Province of the Star Emperor Kingdom.
"According to his description, I found the current location from the map of Nanhai Province. As he spoke, Ren Tianxiang took out a map from his storage ring, and the top of the map was written in six big characters: "Map of Nanhai Province".
He pointed to the northern part of the province of Guihaixing, which almost always borders the northern province of Lingdong.
"This is it, Guiqingshan. β
"I've never heard of this place. Los shook his head, indicating that he didn't know the place.
Ren Tianqing and Mo Yan also shook their heads, both of them came from the future, and they didn't know as much about the geography of the Star Emperor Kingdom as Luos, and Luos didn't know this place, so they naturally didn't know either.
"It's normal that you don't know, after all, it's a bit off the beaten track to find a place. Ren Tianxiang put away the map, then turned around and walked towards the north of Linshi City, and said as he walked, "I also learned about the strange things here through the old man on the side of the Star Emperor's National Library, and finally confirmed that this place was with Bei Mu Cang's divine sense." β
Let Luo Si and the others walk on both sides of him, Ren Tianxiang talked about the things he was busy with when he was in Star City before.
"This Guiqing Mountain, it is said that it has existed as early as the time when the Dragon King Empire unified the continent, and at that time it was not called Guiqing Mountain, but Quluo Mountain. Why this mountain was called Quluo Mountain back then, because the age is too old to be examined, I and Bei Mucang's divine sense guessed that the word 'Quluo' may contain the meaning of 'Wuqu Fall'.
"Later, passers-by often disappeared here, so whether it was the Dragon King Empire at that time or the later Star Emperor Kingdom, they used this place as a blockade area and renamed it 'Guiqing Mountain', which means that this place will return to purity.
"Then I found rumors about this place, it is said that once you step into this place, you will be transported to the unknown place, and the definition of space is basically broken in this area.
"This should be the reason why my divine sense and Bei Mucang's divine sense can determine that this is the place where Luo Cang fell - Luo Cang's ability is the space element, and after the fall, there is still such a terrifying space element power, and there should be no one except Luo Cang. β
"I don't know where to be teleported?" Los looked at Ren Tianxiang and asked, "How do they know that they are teleported instead of dead after entering?"
"At this point, according to the records in the library, when the Star Emperor Kingdom had just taken the current Nanhai Province, there were many cases where soldiers disappeared here. Later, these missing soldiers were found in various places in the Southern Continent, but they no longer remembered how they got there, only that their last memory was that they entered Guiqing Mountain. β
"In other words, it is very likely that after the fall of Wuqu Xingjun, the spatial elements contained in the divine consciousness escaped, which led to such a thing?"
"That's probably true. Ren Tianxiang nodded and said, "Of course, at present, this place can only be said to be a suspected place of Luocang's fall, after all, the Star Emperor Kingdom is not like the Dragon King Empire, many things have not been inherited, and it is not as sure as the Greedy Wolf Mountain." β
"That'...... What if we guess wrong?"
"If you guess wrong, you guess wrong, and it just so happens that we will hurry back to Star City, so as not to miss Ling'er's coming-of-age ceremony. Ren Tianxiang shrugged, but he looked very open.
At this time, they had already walked to the north gate of Linshi City, and Ren Tianqing took the initiative to share Ren Tianxiang's work and took out the horses they had deposited in the nearby horse house a month ago.
And at this moment, a carriage stopped in front of them.
The man inside the carriage lifted the curtain from the window, revealing the face of a middle-aged man with these slight wrinkles.
His gaze locked on Ren Tianxiang for the first time, he smiled at Ren Tianxiang, and then asked in a low voice: "Dare to ask Your Excellency is Lord Ren Tianxiang, right?"
"Well, I'm Ren Tianxiang. Ren Tianxiang looked at this person, looked at his carriage, and had some guesses about the identity of this person, but he didn't point it out directly, but asked, "Dare to ask Your Excellency?"
"I am Shao Jianbai, the former official of the State Department of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and this time I was appointed by the Prime Minister's Mansion to take over all the matters of the Linshicheng City Lord's Mansion. β
This official named Shao Jianbai has a good attitude towards Ren Tianxiang, and he has probably heard of Ren Tianxiang's name in the imperial court.
"It turned out to be the new Lord of Linshi City. Ren Tianxiang arched his hand towards Shao Jianbai and said, "I didn't expect City Lord Shao to come over so quickly...... Zou Chang was just taken away by the commissioner of the Criminal Prison Department. β
"Haha, Lord Ren laughed, Shao is only a ghost-level monk, and he is not so fast. Shao Jianbai saw Ren Tianxiang laughing, and he also smiled, "It's just that Shao Mou had already received His Majesty's order a few days ago, asking Shao Mou to leave immediately." Presumably, His Majesty already knew the progress of Lord Ren's investigation, so he arranged it like this. β
"......" Ren Tianxiang didn't speak, and his mind that had just been diverted by the next task became gloomy again.
Xingheng had let this official named Shao Jianbai set off from Star City in advance, but he was still unwilling to tell himself in advance that the winding mountain road would collapse.
"Okay, you can hurry to the City Lord's Mansion in Linshi City to take up your post. Ren Tianxiang waved his hand, and he was not ready to say anything more to Shao Jianbai, turned around and rode the horse led by Ren Tianqing, ready to leave.
"Okay, then Shao won't bother the adults, I wish you a smooth journey......"
What Shao Jianbai said afterwards, Ren Tianxiang didn't hear it clearly, he just walked towards the outside of Linshi City by himself.
The guards in Linshi City did not check their identities on the way, Ren Tianxiang was already a familiar face in Linshi City these days, and they naturally knew this minister appointed by the emperor himself.
At this time, Luo followed behind Ren Tianxiang and quietly gave Ren Tianqing a look, and the latter nodded knowingly, and then used his communication bracelet to send a message to Xing Lingluo.
Soon, Ren Tianxiang's communication bracelet made a ticking sound, and he opened the communication bracelet to take a look and found that it was Xinglingluo.
After connecting the communication, Xinglingluo's pretty face appeared on the holographic screen.
Seeing Ren Tianxiang, Xing Lingluo laughed and asked, "Tianxiang, I heard that your task has been completed?"
"Well, it's done. Ren Tianxiang nodded, and a smile barely squeezed out of the corner of his mouth.
"Hmm...... I heard Qing'er say that your mood doesn't seem to be quite right......" After hesitating for a moment, Xing Lingluo still decided to get straight to the point, and was not ready to go around with Ren Tianxiang.
β...... I didn't expect Qing'er to tell you about it. While speaking, Ren Tianxiang glanced back at Ren Tianqing, and the warning in his eyes was very strong, "Yes, it is true that my emotions are a little wrong because of some things." β
Since Ren Tianqing had already told Xing Lingluo, Ren Tianxiang didn't hide anything from Xing Lingluo, and immediately told Xing Lingluo all the reasons for his gloom.
After quietly listening to Ren Tianxiang's account of his feelings, Xing Lingluo pursed his lips and said slowly: "Tianxiang, you have such thoughts...... Actually, I'm quite happy, at least it proves that the person I love is not the kind of person who is cold by nature. But this matter, his father was also forced to do it......
"Do you know, my father asked you to deal with this matter, in fact, he wanted to pave the way for your future career. What Yang Ying reminded you about before, except for our team members and Father Emperor, only Hu Yaoyu and Yang Ying know about itβdo you know what this means?"
"It means that this whole thing is my credit and has nothing to do with Your Majesty. Ren Tianxiang was actually very clear about Xingheng's thoughts, so when Xing Lingluo asked him, he said it almost without thinking.
"Yes, because this is your merit, my father can't tell you about the collapse of the winding mountain road, otherwise it will be counted on my father's head. β
"I understand, but...... But if my career is to exchange so many people's lives...... I don't want to go to this court. β
Ren Tianxiang had a straight face when he spoke, looking very serious, and Xing Lingluo looked at his appearance and smiled slightly.
"Then in this case, Tianxiang, we won't go to the court in the future, anyway, if I don't want to enter politics, no one will force me. And Tianxiang, you have such a mind...... can't be a big official who can influence the direction of the Star Empire. β
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