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Chapter 60: 25, The Second Batch of Patrol Envoys



Above the Heavenly Barrier Path, the crowd gathered around watched Lin Yue and Baili Fengzhi in shock. In the area, the City Guard Army had blocked off the streets, and the remaining onlookers were essentially the prominent figures of Qingdu, who naturally recognized Lin Yue—after all, he had once been sought out personally by Baili Fengzhi, and they had paid close attention. This morning, upon learning that the madman who had imprisoned Xia Lie for three months was Lin Yue, they had thought he was already dead, but to their surprise, he had appeared again? The call of "Your Highness" that resounded through Qingdu earlier had been heard by the entire city, and combined with Baili Fengzhi's accompanying demeanor, it was quite evident. Many astute people immediately guessed the reason. "Could it be that Lin Yue... is the person of the Xiahong lineage who awakened last night?" "Just now, Xia Lie's son turned into Lin Yue right in front of Commander Baili." "Could it be that Lin Yue is the true prominent figure of the Xiahong lineage?" "Indeed... I have seen Lin Yue's dossier, he indeed has no father, but carried his mother's surname, raised by her from childhood." "Your Highness... Your Highness? Does it refer to a Princely Heir, or a Prince?" "No wonder the Qingdu Prefectural Governor and his family have fallen to such a state today, so it turns out Lin Yue is His Highness…" The whispering voices around the Heavenly Barrier Path all fell into Baili Fengzhi's ears. "Your Highness." After a moment of silence, Baili Fengzhi walked beside Lin Yue and spoke softly, "Your strategy has succeeded. Once the rumors spread, probably more and more people will take you for the real deal." Lin Yue glanced at her. He knew that the 'strategy' she was referring to was his true plot, not the excuses he had made up the night before. "We have only just begun." Lin Yue calmly said, "The real Patrol Envoy hasn't even been seen yet, but... your performance just now was commendable, you truly deserve praise." Baili Fengzhi was silent for a moment, then asked, "The real Patrol Envoy might arrive at any moment, how confident are you?" "Sixty percent, that's enough," Lin Yue said casually. "Only sixty percent?" Baili Fengzhi frowned at him. "It's high enough." Lin Yue glanced at her, "Along the way, there were many times I didn't even have fifty percent confidence, but didn't I also bet successfully? Even when you came to find Xia Lie, I thought my chances of surviving were less than ten percent, yet here I am, alive, am I not?" "Less than ten percent, and you still dare to bet?" Baili Fengzhi frowned. "What else can I do?" Lin Yue said with a calm look, "I just want to live, I can't possibly go and die, can I?" Baili Fengzhi fell into silence. As they talked, they had arrived in front of the carriage. After Lin Yue boarded the carriage, he said, "What concerns me now is not what's happening to me, but that Fake Patrol Envoy from just now." After Baili Fengzhi urged the coachman to continue driving, she then said, "Don't worry, Your Highness, that thief was gravely injured and should not dare to come back again." "I trust your strength." Lin Yue shook his head slightly and said, "But what was the purpose of that Fake Patrol Envoy's visit? I always feel it's a bit strange, he couldn't just have come all this way for nothing?" "After all, he was exposed by Your Highness, and Your Highness is a Prince, hardly anyone in the world would dare to kill," Baili Fengzhi said softly. "I don't think it's so simple," Lin Yue narrowed his eyes and asked, "That Heavenly Patrol Token and Imperial Decree he showed earlier, even you couldn't discern their authenticity, right?" Baili Fengzhi was silent for a bit, then nodded, "Indeed, I have no idea how he managed that; I've never heard of the Tantian Sect being able to forge even the Imperial Decree. It's inconceivable." "That's the point." Lin Yue said, "He could have fooled me too, if he only verified that I was the Prince, I would naturally follow him, so why go through the trouble?" "Indeed," Baili Fengzhi nodded slightly, saying, "What do you think that thief's intention was, Your Highness?" "I don't know," Lin Yue spoke faintly, "Perhaps the other party is not from the Tantian Sect at all; they may have intentionally left such obvious evidence to frame someone." Baili Fengzhi recalled the rumors she had heard about the Tantian Sect over the years and also fell silent. "Perhaps…" Lin Yue shook his head slightly, "I can't stay in Qingdu much longer." All of a sudden, he asked, "Do you have a storage treasure that can hold objects? I saw you just now suddenly take out a Short Spear with empty hands." "I do have a storage treasure," Baili Fengzhi nodded slightly and then pulled back her sleeve to reveal a section of her snow-white wrist, on which was a silver bracelet. She looked at the bracelet and said softly, "This is quite a serendipitous encounter." "You are, after all, a powerhouse who has broken through the Four Symbols Heaven Barrier, so storage treasures are quite rare?" Lin Yue frowned. Baili Fengzhi nodded slightly, "Indeed, they are very rare, many Cultivators who break through the Four Symbols Heaven Barrier do not necessarily possess a storage treasure." Lin Yue asked thoughtfully, "How big is the storage space?" "About six feet in length and width, five feet high," Baili Fengzhi said, "Do you want it, Your Highness?" "That small?" Lin Yue shook his head slightly, "No need." He had wanted to dig out that black jade coffin from his home and pack it up with Baili Fengzhi's storage treasure. But the coffin couldn't possibly be only six feet long; it likely wouldn't fit. Come to think of it, inside that cave where he obtained Blood Jade of All Living Beings and the Spirit Refining Blood Jade, the storage treasures might have been hidden on those two corpses, but at that time, he dared not touch the bodies. Perhaps he could take a look? Moreover… Lin Yue, recalling the attire of the Fake Patrol Envoy he saw earlier, suddenly asked, "Baili Fengzhi, the clothing of the Fake Patrol Envoy from just now, that white robe embroidered with gold silk cloud patterns, is that unique to a Patrol Envoy?"

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