Chapter 969 - 121: Four Pieces of Divine Beast Emperor Jade

Chapter 969: Chapter 121: Four Pieces of Divine Beast Emperor Jade

Cunning as the fox has three caves, both the Emperor Hong City Lord and his wife are sly, each having built secret passages in their rooms.

Yuan Bupo earlier noticed that the City Lord’s Wife was also missing, and believed it was more important to capture Lady Qing and Xuan Meimei first, choosing to pursue them instead, thus missing the best time for pursuit.

"No matter, we just need someone to send word to Xuan Sitian," Yun Sheng didn’t mind, saving her the trouble of finding someone to inform him.

Xuan Sitian should have already received the news by now.

Dihong City erupted into chaos, the City Lord’s Wife was startled awake at midnight, frightened enough to escape through a secret passage, rushing towards the direction of Great Zhou.

The City Lord’s Wife, day and night, focused only on telling Xuan Sitian as soon as possible about the fall of Dihong City.

When she reached the camp where the Emperor Hong City Lord was stationed, he saw his wife, covered in dust, looking like a refugee, and immediately flew into a rage.

"What, Dihong City has fallen, why are you the only one who escaped, where are Meimei and Lady Qing?" The Emperor Hong City Lord, upon hearing this, felt something was amiss.

Lady Qing and Xuan Meimei had Li Shao protecting them, yet couldn’t escape, but the City Lord’s Wife, merely a woman and child, managed to flee?

Seeing him inquire only about the whereabouts of Lady Qing and Xuan Meimei, the City Lord’s Wife felt even more wronged.

"In your heart, there’s only that cheap maid, Lady Qing. I rushed out, nearly lost my life, and you don’t even care about me. I’m your first wife. Without me, you wouldn’t have the City Lord’s seat, heartless creature," the City Lord’s Wife cried.

"You’re perfectly fine, what’s there to cry about, like you’re mourning for the dead, I’m not dead yet," Since Xuan Wuji’s death, relations between the Emperor Hong City Lord and the City Lord’s Wife soured, and they hadn’t shared a bed for days.

Were it not for Xuan Sitian holding leverage over the City Lord’s Wife, he’d have long sent this old hag packing.

"Those two must have been caught by Yuan Bupo. It’s all because of your good son-in-law Li Shao. Causing trouble for the Yuan Family for no good reason, now this mess. The Yuan Family couldn’t stand it and took action," the City Lord’s Wife had no understanding of the City Lord’s thoughts.

"Li Shao is short-sighted, impatient, not someone who can be nurtured. If he stood by and waited until this City Lord takes over Great Zhou, he could become the Prince Consort, having all of Great Zhou, let alone Dihong City. Listen, you must stay at the camp, and don’t go anywhere for the next few days," the Emperor Hong City Lord snorted coldly.

In essence, Xuan Sitian does not intend to return.

Xuan Sitian cannot go back; although Dihong City is the ancestral foundation, compared to the grand lands of Great Zhou, Dihong City is insignificant.

Over the years, whether it’s the affair of Blood Hand Ditch or the Purple Gold Mine, Xuan Sitian, driven by ambition, took them as steps to expand outward.

Unfortunately, Blood Hand Ditch was massacred, and the Purple Gold Mine vanished.

Xuan Sitian finally seized the opportunity of the Great Zhou rebellion, absolutely unwilling to give it up.

Currently, both armies are stalemated; Yun Bahe, with veteran battlefield experience, stands undefeated.

Should he return to Dihong City now, once Yun Bahe notices, his days of hard-earned efforts would be ruined.

Upon hearing Xuan Sitian was not returning, the City Lord’s Wife cried more fiercely, clinging to Xuan Sitian like a shrew, unwilling to let go.

"City Lord, you can’t be serious, the City Lord Mansion has fallen into those people’s hands, and... and I still have the White Tiger Imperial Jade left in the city."

"White Tiger Imperial Jade? You said you left the Imperial Jade at the mansion!" Upon hearing that the City Lord’s Wife left the most important thing in the City Lord Mansion, Xuan Sitian’s face turned red with anger, more so than hearing about Dihong City’s fall.

"I—I was in a rush, the Imperial Jade fell into the secret passage. Rest assured, only I know the passage’s location, others could never discover the Imperial Jade’s whereabouts," the City Lord’s Wife, frightened by Xuan Sitian’s fierce demeanor, halted her sobbing.

The world knows Dihong City stands by thanks to the Emperor’s Song.

Yet few know the source of the Emperor’s Song was the Emperor’s Tomb in Dihong City.

The Emperor Dihong’s Tomb was heard to be an unknown, barren tomb.

Because the first generation of the Emperor Hong City Lord couple accidentally found the tomb, discovering the Emperor’s Song inside, they built a city beside the Emperor’s Tomb. In time, generations flourished and multiplied, leading to the creation of Dihong City.

Rumor has it, because of the presence of the Emperor’s Song, the Emperor’s Tomb is filled with traps and unknown dangers.

To protect future generations of Dihong City, the Emperor Hong couple crafted four Divine Beast Imperial Jades; only those with possession can enter the Emperor’s Tomb.

Those four Divine Beast Emperor Jades are the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Xuanwu Divine Beast Emperor Jades.

There’s also a legend that should all four jades be united, ancient treasures inside the Emperor’s tomb can be found.

But this is merely legend, because after the Emperor Hong City Lord couple passed, generations later, the Imperial Jades were handed to different people.

Only those possessing one Divine Beast Emperor Jade can enter the Emperor’s Tomb. Yet, should one wish to enter the core area of the Emperor’s Tomb to access the final Chapters of the Emperor’s Song, they must have all four Divine Beast Emperor Jades.

These four Imperial Jades, after many years, were passed to four of Dihong City’s most powerful and ancient families.

They are the Xuan, Yuan Familes, the City Lord’s Wife’s family, and the Elder Council.

Back then, Emperor Hong City Lord Xuan Sitian wished to obtain the White Tiger Divine Emperor Jade from the City Lord’s Wife’s family, thus forsaking Lady Qing and marrying the City Lord’s Wife he did not love.

Yet, while the City Lord’s Wife was ignorant, she was no fool; she knew Xuan Sitian’s ambitions and never handed over the White Tiger Emperor Jade.

Only for that piece of jade did Xuan Sitian not make a move against the City Lord’s Wife.

Previously, the Great Elder, trying to save Young City Lord Xuan Wuji, was forced to use the Vermilion Bird Emperor Jade, only to discover the Vermilion Bird Emperor Jade thereafter vanished.

So now Dihong City has only three Emperor Jades, with one remaining in the hands of the Yuan Family.

If the Yuan Family obtained the White Tiger Emperor Jade, even if he reclaimed Dihong City, the Elder Council would no longer support the Xuan Family.

"Though the passage is secretive, until the White Tiger Emperor Jade is found, I won’t be at ease. I don’t care, you must return with me," the City Lord’s Wife clung to Xuan Sitian.

Xuan Sitian was about to scold her when he suddenly relaxed his expression and softly said, "Wife, don’t worry, I’ll go back with you first thing tomorrow. Tell me, where is the passage?"

The City Lord’s Wife believed him, revealing the passage’s location.

"Wife, rest assured, I shall retrieve that jade," Xuan Sitian said, and then strangled the City Lord’s Wife.

The latter’s eyes rolled back, dying with unavenged wrongs. She never anticipated Xuan Sitian’s cold-blooded ruthlessness to be this deep.