Patrol Captain

"Martial law?"

“Yes, just now!” Gongsun Yang lowered his hand, raising his eyebrows. “The Fusi’s restrictions have been fully activated, and the Grand Preceptor has ordered the entire army to be on martial law.”

"General Qitian is still in seclusion, and the others in the Fusi are unaware of this. We will not receive any specific information in the short term."

"It seems the imperial court has made a new move, or perhaps they know something."

Chen Yuan looked thoughtful and paced to the side. "Last time, General Qi Tian said that the imperial court was preparing to destroy the passage. Last night, that passage collapsed, and now the Fusi is under martial law."

He flicked his sleeves, stood firm, put his hands behind his back, and said softly:

"Go and find out more!"

"By the way, tell the others not to take the lead in any trouble, and to always leave things to me."

Gongsun Yang's expression hardened, and he clasped his hands in a fist salute.

"Yes!"

As he spoke, his body immediately transformed into a wisp of cloud and disappeared into the sea of ​​clouds below.

Chen Yuan's view shifted from the sea of ​​clouds to the eaves above his head, and the clear sky was partially obscured by the eaves.

He sat up, supporting himself on the back of the chair, got down, and went to the pond.

The rocking chair behind him was still creaking and swaying. He raised his hand and flicked his sleeve towards the pond.

Instantly, the pale blue water surface shimmered, and a scene appeared in the water in a short while.

The scene depicted in the image was breathtaking!
It's from Yunding Mountain.

Inside, verdant mountains rose from the slopes, their multicolored rays creating vortexes above the clouds and forming a grand array, interspersed with the sounds of neighing horses and whistling.

Outside the magnificent city, the people cried out in alarm, their voices filled with fear and bewilderment.

Chen Yuan raised an eyebrow, wondering what Helian Shan was up to. After a while, he flicked his sleeve, shattering the scene in the water into shimmering waves. These waves then reassembled, but a layer of black mist shimmered within them, making them difficult to see clearly.

Chen Yuan opened his third eye between his eyebrows, shooting out a beam of light that struck the shimmering water.

The black mist in the scene was split open, and the scene instantly became clear, revealing a majestic and imposing city with a bloody aura and eerie white bones.

Chen Yuan's Heavenly Eye can ignore space and see through all directions, provided that there is a karmic bond between him and the object, in order to capture even a trace of the scene.

This is something he figured out on his own recently after calming down.

It's not as simple as the previous "Fayan" (法眼) explanation.

Just then, a red light shot through the air from below at lightning speed, becoming clearer and clearer in the scene as it slashed straight towards us.

Seeing this, Chen Yuan's pupils showed an eager look, and he suddenly stretched out his arm and plunged it into the water.

Then, a magical scene unfolded!

His hand did not shatter the image; instead, it appeared within the image, transforming into a gigantic hand that reached out to grab the red light.

The next second, the red light was slapped down by the giant hand, and both the towering hand and the red light dissipated.

At that moment, Chen Yuan felt a real pain in his hand, as if he had been suddenly stabbed by something. He quickly pulled his hand out of the water and saw that there was indeed a bloodstain. However, in the blink of an eye, it was completely healed due to the characteristics of his immortal body.

Chen Yuan's pupils flickered, and then his entire body tilted at a ninety-degree angle, level with the surface of the pond, within arm's reach.

Then, his entire face slowly disappeared into the shimmering light of the screen.

Once his face was submerged, he opened his eyes, but what he saw was not the view from the bottom of the pond.

Meanwhile, thousands of miles away, in the black sky above Youmen Pass, a gigantic face emerged from the dark clouds, emitting a rumbling sound, and within it opened a pair of golden eyes.

It was quite frightening, filled with a powerful and oppressive aura!
Below, in a pool of blood brimming with blood energy, a menacing blood shadow suddenly rushed up.

The city's immortal king, his black hair wildly flowing, his body bathed in blood, wielded a blood-stained blade as he ascended through the clouds. He looked up at the massive, dark face stretching for miles in the sky, his brow furrowing slightly, his tone cold and displeased.
"If you continue to attempt this challenge, your friendship with me will be of no use."

The giant face in the sky, which was Chen Yuan speaking, was...
"Please forgive me, senior. We are separated by a great distance. I just wanted to have a word with you and test my newly acquired supernatural powers."

He opened his mouth, his voice booming, but quickly, sensing something, he let out a surprised and doubtful "Eh?"

"Senior, are you injured?"

He then realized that the senior was still dressed in black, his aura fluctuating, and the blood hole in his chest was particularly gruesome, his aura fierce.

"Didn't you come here at the behest of the imperial court?"

The "black-clad" king narrowed his dark eyes, the blood-stained blade in his hand exuding a chilling aura, and his gaze gleamed with cold light.

Chen Yuan realized that something had happened that caused a misunderstanding and made his senior wary. "After bidding farewell to you last time, I, Chen, resigned from my official post and returned to my hometown, a small county in Shu. However, last night I sensed a spatial tremor. When I used my pupil technique to observe the Ten Thousand Mountains, my technique was broken by a dazzling white light from heaven and earth."

"I'm only now trying to ask a senior for advice."

"No malicious intent!"

As these words fell, the king's dark eyes stared for a long time before his black robes gradually faded to white, transforming him into the white-robed king Luo Cheng that Chen Yuan was familiar with.

Luo Cheng, now dressed in white, regained most of his rationality and wondered to himself, "This kid isn't descending as a primordial spirit, but rather a projection from the void. I can't sense any other aura, and I can't even find any trace of his presence in the void."

It is unknown how this was achieved.

He didn't know what kind of supernatural power this kid cultivated, which made him increasingly unable to see through him, and thus he was wary of him.

Not long ago, the other party was still a junior who needed his help!

He sheathed the blood-stained knife in his hand, his face pale and eerily white.

"I did not receive any news that you had resigned from your post."

"I thought you were trying to cause me trouble because of what happened last night, standing up for the court!" The king then added quietly.
"Who told you to make such a menacing entrance!"

Chen Yuan: "."

"This was indeed Chen's fault."

He asked curiously, "Senior, could you tell me what happened last night? Did the imperial court send people to destroy that interdimensional passage?"

The white-robed king's dark eyes flickered. "You know?"

Chen Yuan thought to himself, "As expected," and nodded. "I heard this rumor when I resigned from my post half a month ago."

"But no further news has come out, probably because it involves secrets."

"That's right, those people caused quite a commotion, so I went to investigate." The white-robed king's voice was cold.

"And then the senior fought with them?" Chen Yuan interjected.

"Of course, that is the way I will return. How can I let them have their way?"

Seeing that the man's clothes were turning black and he exuded a menacing aura, Chen Yuan knew that this man had a deep grudge against the current court and that he was not qualified to judge him. So he changed the subject.
“There must be others, right? I know some old guys who are comparable to Martial Saints, but have no hope of ascending. They also want to use this passage to ascend and don’t want to see it destroyed.” “It seems you know quite a bit.” The white-robed king was somewhat surprised. “Some people are secretly trying to stop us, including several kings. Most importantly, there are celestial beings in the sky who are watching us at all times. They cannot allow the Great Qian Dynasty to destroy the passage.”

"Thus, a great battle at the level of Martial Saints and Celestial Beings broke out in the Hundred Thousand Mountains!"

"The scene was truly horrific!"

"Among them, there was even a being from the Upper Realm comparable to a Celestial Being who perished!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Yuan was startled, but somewhat uncertain, as he had experienced firsthand how difficult it was to kill a Celestial Being.

"Is it death and reincarnation, or..."

"Dead, beaten to the point of being utterly destroyed, beyond any hope of survival."

"Who dares to challenge the Celestials?" Chen Yuan's curiosity was aroused, and his golden eyes burned brightly, like two great suns shining brightly in the yin energy.

"I don't know. He was sent by your court. However, this person's supernatural abilities are truly heaven-defying. He has actually cultivated the legendary Lesser Six Paths and can perform the Six Paths of Reincarnation."

When the white-robed king spoke of this person, a rare look of apprehension appeared on his face.
"This supernatural power can kill celestial beings, seize their reincarnation disk, and cause them to fall into one's own minor six realms, thus obliterating them."

"Almost unbelievable!"

Upon hearing the familiar phrase "Six Paths of Reincarnation," Chen Yuan was startled, recalling the patrolling angel he had killed when he first advanced to the Dragon-Tiger realm. The secret realm the angel used was the Purgatory Path of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

When the opponent launched a counterattack in his dying moments, he was even able to draw upon the power of the other five paths to unleash great supernatural abilities.

There are six Imperial Guardians in the court, which corresponds to the Six Paths. Then, the power of the Six Paths collected by the Imperial Guardians is used to help someone cultivate their own Lesser Six Paths.
He was greatly shocked by what he had guessed; it seemed that the imperial court was a very complex place.

"How many people from the imperial court came?" Chen Yuan continued to ask.

"Two people!"

"Two people?" Chen Yuan was taken aback. He checked repeatedly. According to Senior Luo, an unprecedented chaotic battle took place last night. There were celestial beings from the upper realm, as well as several monarchs and some old guys who intervened. How come there were only two people from the imperial court?

The white-robed monarch put his hands behind his back and said, "One is the one mentioned above, and the other carries the imperial edict of your Great Qian Emperor. He speaks with the authority of Heaven and uses the national fortune of Great Qian to suppress the heavens and the earth. He is invincible and neither of them is easy to mess with."

Chen Yuan thought to himself that the imperial court's foundation was truly profound, with such an unparalleled expert. Even Senior Luo, who was a celestial being in his previous life, had uttered such a sigh.

"And what was the final result?"

"There are no winners in this struggle!" The white-robed king shook his head, his words somewhat gloomy. "The interdimensional passage wasn't destroyed, but it was breached in several places, making it even more difficult to pass through. However, if the imperial court wants to destroy it again in the future, it will be very difficult."

Chen Yuan understood what the other party meant, but this was good news for him.

With the imperial court supported by beings capable of slaying celestial beings, the crisis of celestial beings descending to the mortal realm was alleviated, creating a delicate balance.

He can then gradually retreat to the back of the group and continue to develop.

"What a pity! It's a real shame I didn't get to witness the fierce battle between the various deities yesterday."

He made a feigned sigh, but he was actually in a good mood.

After a short while, in the courtyard, Chen Yuan jumped out of the water and landed on the shore. The scene in the water disappeared, and the area quickly returned to calm.

Through that conversation, he learned the full story of last night's events from the white-robed king.

Many top experts gathered at that interface passage and fought so fiercely that the heavens and earth trembled. No wonder the spatial fluctuations could be felt even from tens of thousands of miles away.

What surprised him most was that the two powerful figures sent by the imperial court dared to challenge the celestial beings and even killed one of them.

Even from the few words spoken by the white-robed monarch, he could sense the formidable strength of these two powerful figures from the imperial court, who had even used the term "invincible."

It seems the imperial court is full of hidden talents, no joke.

There is always another mountain higher than the one you climb.

As for the martial law imposed by the governor, he guessed it was due to the impact of the battle between the two men last night. He estimated that the matter would gradually spread and had not yet taken hold.

"Who are those two formidable figures?"

He had some doubts, but he wasn't sure.

"Never mind," he shook his head, "we'll find out when the time comes."

He glanced at the sky, shook his head, and walked into the inner room. Inside, the little one was asleep in the cradle, with An Ge by his side. Without his mother's company, the little one would usually wake up after less than half an hour.

Chen Yuan walked silently, and just as he stepped into the inner room, he heard a "thump thump thump" sound.

A knock on the door of the small courtyard!

Chen Yuan stopped in his tracks, the smile in his eyes gradually faded and disappeared. Then, with a flick of his sleeve, the inner room became pitch black, as if all the light had been absorbed, and the whole house was plunged into darkness.

He didn't notice anyone approaching his yard.

But someone knocked on the door of his courtyard.

That only proves one thing.

The newcomer's cultivation level was no weaker than his.

Chen Yuan turned around, his eyes flashing with golden light, and looked at the courtyard gate not far away, then raised an eyebrow.

So it was this person!
The knocking on the door was steady and orderly. The next second, Chen Yuan appeared behind the door, pulled the bolt, and opened the door.

At the doorway, an elderly man with white hair and beard, dressed in a yellow mandarin jacket, was smiling at him.

Chen Yuan had seen this old man at the Divine Capital Martial Temple.

It was that old temple keeper from the Martial Temple!
But now, the old temple keeper's hunched back is gone, and his messy beard and hair are neatly groomed, giving him an air of quiet authority.

"What brings you, Temple Master, to my humble rural home? I am truly sorry for failing to greet you properly!"

The sharp glint in Chen Yuan's eyes vanished. He stood at the doorway and clasped his hands in a fist salute.

At this moment, the setting sun dyed the sky orange-red, and the afterglow spread over the rooftops with their green tiles and white walls. The stone-paved road at the alley entrance was shimmering with golden light, and the peddler carrying his empty load hurried home, his shadow treading on the ground, his wooden clogs making a soft "tap-tap" sound.

The aroma of food wafted through the alley, and white smoke billowed from every chimney. A woman leaned against her doorframe, calling to her child; her voice, shrouded in twilight, startled the sparrows under the eaves. At the old man's tofu stall, the bell jingled and tinkled against the empty wooden bucket.

Sunlight swept across the eaves, and the smoke from the chimneys gradually spread into a pale blue mist, enveloping the entire alley. A dim, yellow light shone through the windowpanes, mingling with the aroma of cooking smoke, swaying in the evening breeze.

The old temple keeper spoke.
"Knowing that General Chen has resigned and returned to his hometown, I have come here specifically to pay him a visit."

"However, when I arrived, I saw that the secrets of heaven in this county town were obscured. It seems that General Chen does not want to be found by others!"

"Aren't you going to invite this old man in?"

The other person chuckled.

"I wouldn't dare!"

Chen Yuan stepped aside, gestured for them to come in, and said, "Please!" (End of Chapter)