After the fairy disappeared

Chapter 2561 Identity Speculation
With the cloud platform in his hand, he can control the entire Lingyun Palace and Eagle Beak Town.

As long as the safety of Lingyun Palace is ensured, more support from Lingxu Clan and the Heavenly Palace will arrive soon.

Xiao Ping bit her lip and suddenly said, "Your Majesty, the situation is urgent. I know that we still have weapons in our palace, such as... I heard that there is also a talisman. Can we use it to rescue Duan Heyun?"

Helu Tian interrupted, "It can only be used in the Lingyun Palace!"

“But…” Xiao Ping was about to reply when He Lutian continued, “How do you know they didn’t kidnap Duan Heyun with the intention of invading Lingyun Palace amidst the chaos?”

He paused, then raised his voice: "This is bad. The divine gaze upon Chief Xu has been severed!"

Xu Dutou was the deputy commander who escorted Duan Heyun. He also fell into the enemy's trap and was captured.

Xiao Ping's face changed color: "He was killed?"

"I'm afraid so."

Along with Duan Heyun and Alian, seven or eight guards also disappeared, meaning there were originally seven or eight antennas. But starting from here, five lines were broken within an hour!

This means that the other side is executing prisoners one by one!
When a person dies, the antenna naturally breaks.

Xiao Ping could no longer sit still and asked He Lutian directly, "Are Duan Heyun and Alian still alive?"

Helu Tian's answer was affirmative.

Now there are only four antennas left: Duan Heyun, Alian, Hu Xin, and a guard.

"The other party wants to get Duan Heyun to talk and obtain the information on the divine body; they won't kill him directly."

“A-Lian is a special experimental subject, and the other party may also want to study her.”

"Compared to Zhao Xu and the others, Hu Xin's cultivation is weaker, so he poses little threat, therefore..."

Before He Lutian could finish speaking, Xiao Ping shook her head and said, "Hu Xin isn't dead, most likely because he's a spy!"

Even the gods fell silent.

Xiao Ping had already harbored some doubts about Hu Xin, and now she regretted not sticking to her own opinion earlier.

At this moment, Wang Maoshi, another chief supervisor of Lingyun Palace, also arrived. Upon receiving news of Duan Heyun's abduction, he left Liuli Sea to immediately investigate the anomalies at Baiwan Mountain and Lian Valley. Upon returning and hearing Xiao Ping's words, he immediately said:

"Hu Xin is Deng Yanlong's confidant and has been with Lingyun Palace for quite some time. If he were a spy, why would he suddenly turn against us today?"

“Perhaps he has already gathered the key intelligence he wants, or perhaps someone has impersonated him?” Xiao Ping pondered. “Chief Supervisor Wang, shouldn’t we summon everyone he has been in contact with and interrogate them one by one?”

“I just came from Baiwanshan. They’re missing a supervisor there named Wang Xing.” Investigating suspicious persons is Wang’s job. “Previously, four large jars of sea-carts escaped from Jishan. Now that I think about it, it wasn’t without reason.”

He Lutian immediately said, "Because of this escape incident, Wang Xing went to Lian Valley to report to Hu Xin."

“This is interesting, because several managers in Baiwanshan said that the Haipanche escape incident caused a great uproar, but they never saw Wang Xing.” Supervisor Wang pieced together the clues, “The last time someone saw Wang Xing was at Warehouse No. 11 in Yingzui Town, where he went to sign for the An Ding Xiang (a type of incense).

“I need the tranquilizer,” Xiao Ping frowned. “Almost a day has passed since then.”

“Continue searching for Wang Xing.” He Lutian then asked Xiao Ping, “Is your Qi beast Tu Yuan, which has the ability to burrow underground, ready? I need to use it to transport manpower to chase after the enemy.”

"It'll take another hour," Xiao Ping sighed irritably. "Of all the giant Qi beasts, Tu Yuan has taken the longest to prepare!"

Of all the mythical beasts in Lingyun Palace's collection, only this one possesses the ability to quickly burrow underground.

Xiao Ping felt like she was sitting on pins and needles; she had never felt time pass so slowly, and every breath was torture.

Wang Maoshi pondered, "The location of Lingyun Palace is extremely confidential. Only three high-ranking officials could find out such a secret. Which one could it be: the Mu Kingdom, Lingshan, or Cangyan?"

Helu Tian paused for a moment before saying, "Several months ago, the old and new envoys of the Heavenly Palace were handed over to each other. Some accidents occurred during the process, and the secret may have been leaked at that time. We judge that the one who stole this secret was either the Mu Kingdom or Ling Mountain."

After the death of the mastermind Lao Duyun, Zeng Gu Zi, who had been eavesdropping in the secret chamber, was also executed. Her body was being transported back to her hometown when it was abducted by the Mu people. Although the Heavenly Palace had sent people to secretly follow them, the Mu leader managed to break through the encirclement, and Zeng Gu Zi's maid also disappeared.

The gods reasonably suspect that the secret passed down by word of mouth between the old and new chiefs of Duyun has already been leaked.

The other two were hearing this for the first time and didn't know how to respond. They couldn't very well say that their superiors in the Heavenly Palace were doing a terrible job and couldn't even keep a few small secrets, could they?

Wang Maoshi had no choice but to continue his deduction: "The enemy chose to make their move in Baisong City, which means firstly, they know Duan's whereabouts very well, and secondly, they probably think that they have no advantage in launching an attack inside Lingyun Palace. In other words, they have been inside Lingyun Palace and assessed the situation here."

He Lutian said in a muffled voice, "Yuntai."

“Yes, the existence of the Cloud Platform prevents them from acting arbitrarily,” Wang Maoshi continued his analysis. “There’s only one reason they kidnapped Master Duan: they’re after the Divine Descent Plan. If they’ve been inside the Spiritual Palace, they probably know what’s in the Million Mountains and the Glazed Sea. Those are all key to the Divine Descent Plan.”

The body of the Hidden God.

“To thwart the Divine Descent Plan, Duan Heyun and the Hidden God Lord are both key.” Xiao Ping glanced at the note in her hand again. “Witnesses mentioned that the outer side of the stone bridge they were standing on suddenly collapsed, but instead of breaking into pieces, it sank into the water as a whole, and the thatched hut under the bridge also collapsed; another person said that after the stone bridge collapsed, he seemed to see something reflecting light underwater, probably a smooth-surfaced object, and it was huge. But it disappeared underwater in just a moment. I think what they saw was probably the robbers.”

"This creature is enormous and yet it can hide in a bustling city; it must be adept at disguise," Wang Maoshi pondered. "After Master Duan and the others were abducted, the divine gaze was also blocked, indicating that they were hidden in a small world or some kind of small space. Keep in mind there were about ten of them, and they were blocked during a high-speed transfer..."

“The opponent possesses a mobile manned space, can use both water and earth escape techniques for disguise, and its surface even reflects light…” Xiao Ping murmured twice, her eyes brightening, “I just remembered an extremely rare demonic puppet that matches these descriptions!”

She is a great demon puppeteer, and her perspective on problems differs from others.

"The Toad!" she said, enunciating each word clearly. "Dong Rui, the puppeteer who killed Cao Wendao, once created such a puppet. It was the main tool used in the case of the Elixir of Immortality that brought down the Qingyang National Preceptor many years ago. Later, the Heavenly Palace basically concluded that Dong Rui had defected to the Nine Netherworlds and was currently working for Cang Yan, researching our Divine Descent experiment!"

(End of this chapter)