After the fairy disappeared

Chapter 2592 Investigating the Leakage Incident
Is it because he mismanages, doesn't value it enough, or has limited ability?

The doubts of the gods would eventually turn into Lu Yongyan's worries, urging him to be more vigilant and investigate more thoroughly.

"Lingyun Palace has moved to a new location. The process went very smoothly, and the location remains confidential," Lu Yongyan said in a low voice. "All 45,712 unrelated individuals who knew about the situation have been dealt with."

Those who were not directly involved but had inside information included the craftsmen who built the new experimental field for Lingyun Palace, the transport fleet, the local officials in charge, and so on.

Given the characteristics of the fragments of the Hidden God, the relocation of the Spiritual Palace was a massive, complex, and meticulous project. Anyone who could follow through from beginning to end would exclaim, "Incredible!"

Even within the Heavenly Palace, it is believed that this massive project is far more difficult than any of the Heavenly Palace's previous operations in the past century.

The Holy Venerable Lingxu clearly knew the difficulty of this matter, and his voice softened: "You did a good job. I knew I hadn't misjudged you."

Lu Yongyan's ability to manage such a massive project after taking over the position of chief instigator demonstrates that His chosen candidate is indeed capable.

"Thank you for your kind words, Your Majesty!" Lu Yongyan immediately bowed in gratitude and continued, "In addition, Lingyun Palace also reported that before leaving Yanxia Bay, they used the discarded samples stored in the palace to activate 700,000 civilians in Baisong City, which took about three months in total."

If anyone understood the meaning of the word "activation," they would shudder.

The Holy Venerable Lingxu was always concerned about the progress of the experiment and was also very clear about what the Lingyun Palace was doing:
"result?"

"Among them, seventy-two cases are from the thirtieth and thirty-third generations of this large-scale experiment. The composition of the blood samples is quite similar to that of the Divine Child of Jindu! The blood of the Divine Child of Jindu has a stronger neutralizing and catalytic effect, and the divine bodies created are more stable." Lu Yongyan said solemnly, "According to Xiao Ping's accurate report, the body fragments of the Hidden God Lord can be further divided into smaller individuals. Therefore, the divine blood used to catalyze the new embryos can be continuously provided by the blood of these seventy-two people, without having to frequently labor the Divine Child of Jindu."

"This is indeed good news. This experiment should have been done a long time ago."

“Yes.” Lu Yongyan added, “Duan Heyun used to be in charge of the experimental direction, and he always opposed this experiment.”

"Any news about him?"

"We searched extensively, but there was no trace of him. The Nine Nether Emperor has hidden him very well, or perhaps he has already been executed."

Lingxu Saint Venerable replied, "No. Duan Heyun possesses the latest secrets of the Divine Body Research. Jiuyou will not kill him until he has revealed all of these secrets."

Duan Heyun's knowledge is not something Cang Yan can exhaust in a short period of time.

"Yes, I will intensify my efforts and search for every clue."

Lu Yongyan was very sincere, but deep down he knew that Duan Heyun was probably lost forever, no matter how much effort the Heavenly Palace put in. Putting aside everything else, the Earth Mother under Jiuyou's command was extremely secretive, and the secret realm on its back could shield it from most supernatural powers. If Jiuyou simply threw Duan Heyun onto its back, even the gods wouldn't be able to find him.

The world is so big, why can't Jiuyou just put Duan Heyun in any corner?

“Your Majesty, there is one more matter to report.” Lu Yongyan hesitated for a moment, which was uncommon, before continuing to report, “Regarding the leak of the location of Lingyun Palace, the Heavenly Palace has interrogated more than 7,000 people. Some of them had transported supplies to Yanxia Bay. Based on what we have learned from the interrogation so far, they do not know what is in Yanxia Bay, and they have never heard of Lingyun Palace, the body of a god, or any related names.”

“There is another group of people who went to support the Million Mountain of Lingyun Palace. After they entered the Million Mountain, they never left.” He said softly, “Helu Tianzun’s cloud platform controls the small world and can isolate communication between the inside and outside. We don’t think that others can have the ability to penetrate the small world like the Nine Nether Emperor.”

Originally, there were very few idle people working at Lingyun Palace, but after the failure to seize "Yangguan Road," Lingyun Palace had to change its approach, using the most rudimentary method of dismembering the body of the Hidden God Lord to prevent its newly formed consciousness from rioting. This massive project required a huge number of people, so the Heavenly Palace had to send tens of thousands of laborers to Yanxia Bay.

This is something we can't help.

Both the Heavenly God and Lu Yongyan suspected that it was mostly because they were too many people and their loose tongues that they revealed the original secret location of the Spiritual Palace, which attracted the evil star Jiu You.

In response, the Holy Venerable Lingxu's requirement was only two words:
"retrial."

The work at Lingyun Palace must continue, and managing those sea-carts still requires a massive amount of manpower. If the loopholes in the management of Lingyun Palace are not identified, and if the hidden God Lord's position cannot be prevented from being leaked, the plan to descend into divine form will inevitably suffer further setbacks.

After all, how can you guard against thieves for a thousand days if you're a thief for a thousand days?
Lu Yongyan hung his hands at his sides and bowed his head, saying:

"There's another matter: After the former mastermind returned to the embrace of the gods, his personal maid, Zeng Gu Zi, also passed away with him. The former mastermind left a will, instructing the successor mastermind to send Zeng Gu Zi's remains back to her hometown. So the Heavenly Palace entrusted the funeral arrangements to her most capable maid, Tong Yi Yi. However, during my handover with the former mastermind, one of my attendants was infected with eye mites, indicating that external forces coveted her. I used this funeral procession as bait to have Ye Zhao lead his men to follow. Sure enough, two days after the procession descended the mountain, it was ambushed and killed by Mu Ren Xin Song. Ye Zhao attacked, and Xin Song and his two companions escaped."

Lingxu Saint Venerable remained silent for a few moments, as if recalling this matter:
“I remember you reported that you couldn’t find Tong Yiyi afterwards.”

Zeng Gu Zi was silenced because she overheard the secrets of Lingyun Palace. The prisoners from Mu State also confessed that Xin Song ambushed and killed the funeral procession in order to extract more secrets.

The existence of Lingyun Palace is a top secret of the Heavenly Palace, usually kept silently in the mind of the Du Yun Master without any written record. Only during rare opportunities like the handover between the old and new Du Yun Masters is there a slight possibility that this news might leak out.

The Heavenly Palace had done everything in its power to defend itself, yet it still couldn't prevent the secret from being leaked.

"Yes, she escaped using the technique of burrowing underground, and there has been no news of her since."

This is the suspicious point: Where did Tong Yiyi go? Did she escape on her own, or did she fall into the hands of the Mou people again?
Although there was no one else in the temple, Lu Yongyan subconsciously lowered his voice, "I just received reliable information that in Tuo County, only fifteen miles from where the funeral procession was ambushed, an inn was cleared out that night, and all guests were evicted except for one female guest. The innkeeper was under some kind of supernatural power. A group of more than thirty people came, and the leader patted him on the shoulder, and he obeyed them in everything. He did whatever they told him to do, without having the slightest thought of resistance."

"The group didn't leave until the early morning of the next day, and the female guest who had stayed at the hotel also disappeared."

(End of this chapter)