Supreme Emptiness

Chapter 2255 -2299: Soul Search

An expert in the Three Calamities Realm looked around. With a hook of his finger, the sky full of broken swords gathered towards him.

He narrowed his eyes slightly. “It seems the opponent is a Sword Dao master who specializes in Sword Arrays.”

A Sword Array?

The Feng Clan Members fell into deep thought.

There were very few people in Nanqian who were adept at using Sword Arrays…

Wait!

One of the Feng Clan Members’ eyes sharpened as he said, “I remember now! That Jiang Fan knows how to use Sword Arrays!”

“It must be him!”

Inside the Forbidden Saint Palace of the Nanqian Imperial Palace.

Qing Jiu was sitting cross-legged, studying the Commander’s Seal in her hand. A hint of enlightenment gradually surfaced in her eyes.

“I see…”

Faintly, Qing Jiu had caught the Cause and Effect connecting her to the Commander’s Seal.

Just as she was about to study it further, a strange BANG echoed through the air.

It turned out to be Liang Feiyan, who had nothing better to do. While strolling around the palace, he had accidentally been bounced back by an Array, causing the loud noise.

Qing Jiu’s comprehension was forcibly interrupted.

She raised an eyebrow, frowning slightly.

“What a complete killjoy!” she thought.

The Big Black Dog had also been deep in thought. It could sense that a storm was brewing in Nanqian and was gradually getting an idea of exactly where the changes were happening. However, its train of thought was abruptly broken by the commotion Liang Feiyan caused.

“You piece of trash, can you keep it down?” the Big Black Dog snapped fiercely.

Liang Feiyan clicked his tongue.

Right at that moment, the black Array above them suddenly rippled. Surging with Void Flow Power, Jiang Fan quietly slipped back inside.

Seeing Jiang Fan’s relaxed expression, Qing Jiu knew he had succeeded. “When do we leave this place?” she asked.

Jiang Fan pondered for a moment. “Let’s not act rashly just yet. There was a slight hiccup in this operation.”

The Bone Struggle Sage’s sudden interference had put him at risk of exposing his identity. Rather than going out right now, it was better to stay in the Forbidden Saint Palace.

Qing Jiu did not mind either way. The Prime Minister had no intention of taking their lives for the time being, so there was no need to rush their departure.

“Did you catch Feng Lingxiao’s soul?” she asked.

Jiang Fan nodded and took out the Hell Soul Bell, looking at Feng Lingxiao, who was under the Sealing of the red chains. Without another word, he directly activated the Hell Soul Bell to torture him.

Even a Two Calamities Realm existence like the Big Black Dog had been completely brought to heel by the Hell Soul Bell, let alone Feng Lingxiao. In no time at all, he was in excruciating, agonizing pain.

“Where did Inferior Sage Qingtian take the people from our Central Earth?” Jiang Fan asked. “Tell me, and I can give you a quick end!”

Despite being in absolute agony, Feng Lingxiao gritted his teeth and sneered, “Then you might as well keep torturing me!”

He knew very well that as long as he kept his mouth shut, he would stay alive. When his clansmen came to rescue him, he would still have a glimmer of hope. If he confessed now, everything would be lost.

Jiang Fan frowned. This guy was quite a tough nut to crack.

He glanced at the Array overhead, his frown deepening slightly. God knew when the Prime Minister would start suspecting him. He could not afford to waste too much time on an interrogation. Otherwise, if the Prime Minister suddenly descended and caught him in the act, it would be impossible to explain himself.

Feng Lingxiao’s eyes shifted. “Jiang Fan, let me go, and there will still be room for negotiation between us.

“I swear to the heavens that our feud will be wiped clean. We will never seek revenge.

“In addition, I can reveal everything about your companions and Nanqian’s strategic deployments.”

Nanqian’s strategic deployments?

A gleam of intelligence flashed in Qing Jiu’s eyes. With Nanqian on the verge of launching a massive war, which world they would attack first was undoubtedly the greatest concern for the many worlds in the Southern Heavenly World. They had failed to find the Saint’s remains on this trip, but if they could pry out such highly classified intelligence, it would make the journey worthwhile.

Her beautiful eyes glinted as she paced over to the Hell Soul Bell. “Let me do it,” she said.

“You?” Jiang Fan looked surprised.

Come to think of it, back on the Third Layer of the Sumeru Divine Prison, she had also used some strange Pupil Skill to pry into some of the Daqian Crown Prince’s residual memories. This technique was somewhat similar to Red Sleeves’ hidden Talent…

Moreover, whether it was her temperament, intelligence, or the tacit understanding they shared when cooperating, Qing Jiu was strikingly similar to Red Sleeves.

An absurd thought sprouted in his mind. “Could it be that Qing Jiu is actually Red Sleeves?” he wondered.

However, upon careful sensing, he could not find any traces of disguise on her.

“Am I overthinking this?” Jiang Fan muttered inwardly.

“How about it?” Qing Jiu asked. “We can just share whatever intelligence we extract.”

It wasn’t that Jiang Fan absolutely needed Qing Jiu’s help. At worst, he could just bring out the ghostly infant. It could even pry into the inner thoughts of a Three Calamities Realm expert; Feng Lingxiao wouldn’t be able to resist it. However, that still required specific conversational tactics to guide Feng Lingxiao, which would waste precious time.

“Alright, you do it,” Jiang Fan nodded.

Knowing time was of the essence, Qing Jiu dared not delay. A wondrous light surged in her eyes and fell upon Feng Lingxiao.

Feng Lingxiao immediately felt a sense of unease. He struggled frantically, yelling, “Wait!

“Jiang Fan, always leave a way out so we can meet on good terms later!

“What good does killing me do for you? Let me live, and I’ll give you unimaginable rewards!”

Jiang Fan shook Feng Lingxiao’s Space Storage Device. “No need. Once I extract the Spell, I’ll take them myself.”

As his voice fell, memory scenes flooded out of Feng Lingxiao’s body, projecting in mid-air. There was a vast amount of memories. Jiang Fan hastily swept his gaze over them and caught a few crucial scenes.

One was regarding this Space Storage Device. Judging from the lip movements in the scene, the Spell was “Ride the wind forward.”

It certainly fit his arrogant confidence.

Next, he saw scenes of Inferior Sage Qingtian. Just as he suspected, Inferior Sage Qingtian had taken them away!

Besides that, there were several other memory scenes involving Inferior Sage Qingtian. One of them clearly showed Inferior Sage Qingtian conversing with Feng Lingxiao. The two were standing in an incredibly massive military camp.

Countless Nanqian soldiers were drilling, and endless piles of strategic supplies covered the ground. In the distance, warship after warship continuously transported resources out of the Void.

Within the camp, there were also vast numbers of captives brought in through various channels. Some were bought from the Dead Sound Pirates, just like Du Xiyuan. Some were captured from other minor worlds that had been defeated. And some were easy prey who had basically walked right into the trap—travelers from nearby worlds who had journeyed into Nanqian, for example.

Thus, it went without saying where Ren Guhong and Wang Chongling were.

Jiang Fan’s pupils contracted. “This is the Nanqian Military Camp?”

He immediately felt the situation become thorny. Trying to rescue people from the Nanqian Military Camp was no easier than Jian Sankuang and the others rescuing someone from deep within an Array!

The problem was, Jian Sankuang’s group had three people and reinforcements outside. Jiang Fan was all alone! Rescuing them would be as difficult as ascending to the heavens!

Meanwhile, Qing Jiu rapidly scanned the memory scenes, searching for anything resembling Nanqian’s strategic plans.

Just then, an image of a map flashed by.

It depicted a military map!