Chapter 1754: 1611: Heavenly Palace Imperial Guards

Chapter 1754: Chapter 1611: Heavenly Palace Imperial Guards

The Heavenly Palace was bound by strict discipline and a closed environment; theft was almost impossible to occur. Moreover, the Goddess Tower itself was protected by a powerful barrier, making it impossible for anyone with malicious intentions to infiltrate this place.

It could be said that the number of people permitted to enter the Goddess Tower was already very small. Items like Divine Dew stored in the Goddess Tower were undoubtedly secure.

Furthermore, everyone in the Heavenly Palace knew that the Divine Dew was kept in the Human Mother’s room. No one in the Heavenly Palace would dare to enter the Human Mother’s room without permission—it would be tantamount to handing over their life directly.

However, the Divine Dew had disappeared!

Qin Ji’s face was extremely grim. There were only a handful of people in the Heavenly Palace who could enter the Goddess Tower without his knowledge, and these individuals would never take the Divine Dew without permission.

Yet, what puzzled Qin Ji even more was that if it wasn’t someone from within the Heavenly Palace—someone intimately familiar with everything about the Goddess Tower—how could they possibly know the Divine Dew was stored in the Human Mother’s room? Moreover, how could they know that when the Human Mother meditated, she would shut down her senses?

The Goddess Tower was protected by barriers, and the Human Mother’s room had its own restrictions. Unless this individual possessed extraordinary power, there was absolutely no way they could take the Divine Dew in such a heavily guarded tower!

“Summon everyone! Seal off all exits of the Totem Temple. Anyone leaving the temple must undergo inspection!” Qin Ji roared in fury, issuing orders.

Although theft wasn’t unheard of in the Heavenly Palace—given the numerous treasures scattered throughout—but items on the level of Divine Dew were often placed in the most conspicuous locations, where no one would dare to take them!

At this moment, anger surged within Qin Ji’s heart. Breaking into the Goddess Tower and taking the Divine Dew from the Human Mother’s room was an unforgivable crime!!

…

Following Qin Ji’s orders, a barrier appeared in the white Totem Temple’s sky almost immediately, enveloping the entire temple. The Totem Temple was now under lockdown, with only a few exits remaining open, making it impossible for anyone to leave unnoticed.

Beneath the barrier, majestic dragons flapped their powerful flesh wings, soaring above the towering jade buildings. Imperial Guards dressed in white armor scanned the vast expanse of the Totem Temple with their Soul Sense, searching for any suspicious individuals.

On the ground, teams of Imperial Guards riding black armored beasts sped swiftly across the smooth, jade-white pathways, guarding key roads within the temple. In the shortest time possible, they had confined the thief to a limited area.

Totem Believer Women, elegantly dressed in long gowns and roaming the palace grounds, looked puzzled upon witnessing such a large-scale mobilization of the Imperial Guards.

“What’s happening?” asked one Totem Believer Woman, her gown adorned with a butterfly bow, as she stopped a captain of the Imperial Guards.

“It’s Qin Ji’s orders: the Totem Temple is under lockdown,” the captain replied respectfully.

“If it’s just a petty thief stealing some ordinary immortal objects, there’s no need to cause such a commotion. Disrupting the temple’s daily order will bring greater losses for everyone,” the mature and graceful Totem Believer Woman remarked.

“Commander Qin Ji seems truly angered—it likely isn’t a common item that was stolen…” the captain explained.

“Where is Qin Ji now?” the Totem Believer Woman asked.

“At the Goddess Pavilion,” the captain replied.

The Totem Believer Woman nodded, then led a group of female disciples toward the Goddess Pavilion.

“What exactly was stolen?” a sixteen or seventeen-year-old Totem Believer Woman asked curiously.

“Could it be an Undying Soul Crystal of Seventh Level or higher?”

“Every time something happens, rumors spring up that are completely baseless—like someone dying and then claiming it was a theft. When an important item is stolen, they say it’s about reorganizing temple order…” commented an older Totem Believer Woman from the Totem Temple.

“If Commander Qin Ji is at the Goddess Tower, then the incident clearly happened there—it must be something major.”

The woman leading in the front glanced back at the chattering disciples.

The disciples immediately shut their mouths, adopting the practice-honed composure of ignoring outside affairs. Yet, from the flicker in their eyes, it was clear they remained immensely curious about the matter at hand.

It wasn’t entirely their fault—the life in the Heavenly Palace was often as tranquil as a frozen lake. When sudden ripples emerged, they were bound to capture everyone’s attention…

Arriving at the Goddess Tower, the Totem Believer Woman headed toward the Heavenly Guard Tower.

On the Heavenly Guard Tower, Qin Ji stood alone at a high vantage point, his cold and proud gaze overlooking the Totem Temple.

Above him, his Starry Sky Flood Dragon soared even higher, its colossal form seemingly capable of encompassing all the buildings and palaces below.

“Qin Ji,” the woman arrived in front of him.

“Mrs. He,” Qin Ji greeted briefly.

“What happened?” Mrs. He asked.

“The Divine Dew has been stolen,” Qin Ji replied bluntly.

“Divine Dew? Isn’t it kept in the Wheel Palace?” Mrs. He questioned.

“The goddess is cultivating and performing arrays,” Qin Ji explained.

Although Mrs. He didn’t reside in the Goddess Tower, as one of the authoritative Totem Believer Women, she knew that when the Totem Goddess cultivated and performed arrays, Divine Dew would be brought from the Wheel Palace to her for relaxation and nourishment after exhausting herself. This wasn’t exactly a well-kept secret.

“Was the Divine Dew not kept in the Human Mother’s room?” Mrs. He furrowed her brows slightly.

“It was. When I entered, the barrier of the Human Mother’s room had already been unlocked…” Qin Ji said.

“The Human Mother didn’t notice?”

“She shuts down her senses. Even if someone opened the barrier and entered her room, as long as they didn’t disturb the restraining veil, she wouldn’t notice. The Human Mother likely sensed something but chose not to awaken, perhaps to avoid disrupting her cultivation,” Qin Ji explained.

“How could someone infiltrate the Goddess Tower and directly access the Human Mother’s room?” Mrs. He questioned sharply.

Qin Ji shook his head. “This only proves that the perpetrator knows the Goddess Pavilion thoroughly. They know that when the goddess performs arrays, the Divine Dew is stored in the Human Mother’s room to benefit from her ethereal aura for nourishment, and they not only know the barrier’s spell but also understand that the Human Mother spends most of her time in sensory isolation during meditation.”

The theft of Divine Dew was simply absurd.

Not to mention the stringent security measures of the Totem Temple that forbade ordinary people from breaking in, the formidable protection and restrictions in the Goddess Tower alone were sufficient to prevent anyone below Undying Level from entering.

Even if someone miraculously managed to infiltrate the Goddess Tower, the Divine Dew was placed directly in the Human Mother’s room.

Who in the whole Heavenly Palace wouldn’t know how powerful the Human Mother was? To steal something from her room—was there anyone in this world who could achieve such a feat?

“Do you suspect someone from within the Goddess Tower?” Mrs. He asked.

“Yes, that’s the current suspicion,” Qin Ji replied.

“Impossible. The people within the Goddess Tower have no reason to steal the Divine Dew—they themselves benefit from its nourishment just like the goddess,” Mrs. He stated seriously.

Only a few people resided in the Goddess Tower: the goddess, the Human Mother, the Spirit Girl, and the Dragon Girl. The rest were their attendants.

The attendants were young girls with weak Soul Sense. While they might understand the barrier spells of each room, they wouldn’t dare to touch something like the Divine Dew even if given a thousand chances.

As for those with access to the Goddess Tower, only high-level Believer Women like Mrs. He had clearance. But even they wouldn’t necessarily understand the barrier spells…

“Then it must be some collaboration between a female attendant and certain high-level Believer Women,” Qin Ji concluded.

“Hmph, why are you excluding the Imperial Guards from suspicion?” Mrs. He scoffed coldly.

High-level Believer Women were precisely individuals like Mrs. He and her peers. They were second only to the residents of the Goddess Tower in terms of authority and were privy to secrets such as the cultivation habits of the Human Mother and the Totem Goddess. Only such individuals could freely traverse the Totem Temple.

“If it’s my subordinates, I’ll crush them into dust! Please gather the Believer Women residing in the vicinity of the Goddess Tower and interrogate them. I’ve already restricted the Imperial Guards’ movements and will question them one by one,” Qin Ji responded.

Mrs. He nodded, choosing not to continue arguing with Qin Ji. After all, with the Divine Dew missing, once the Totem Goddess completed her arrays and found Divine Dew absent for her recovery, she would certainly hold everyone accountable—whether they were Imperial Guards or Believer Women. The priority was to recover the Divine Dew.

…

In the side chamber of a palace courtyard, Chu Mu stood by the window, his eyes fixed through the crack in its frame, watching the outside.

Above the white eaves and towering palace walls, massive dragon shadows flew back and forth. Urgent footsteps echoed from the white jade stone pathways in the distance, and he couldn’t shake the feeling that they were encircling this chamber.

In the chamber, a Believer Woman who had been rendered unconscious by Yu Suo was still wearing a semi-transparent silk nightgown, lying in a deep slumber, entirely unaware that a man was skulking in her room.

Chu Mu naturally had no time to appreciate the sight of this woman. His eyes remained fixed on the scene outside, searching for an opportune moment to leave.

This location was merely a few palace courtyards away from the Goddess Tower. Although the palaces were interconnected—courtyards linked with halls, corridors, walkways, and wooden bridges—the Imperial Guards outside were plentiful. If they conducted a thorough inspection of each room, it was inevitable they would find this place.

“Leave this room first. Don’t let them discover the existence of a secret passage here,” Yu Suo’s Mental Sound transmitted to him.

“If I could leave, do you think I’d stay here?” Chu Mu snapped irritably.

Powerful dragons dominated the sky, each possessing significant power. If Chu Mu caused any spatial fluctuations, it would undoubtedly draw their attention. He was merely waiting for a gap during their patrol.

“Quickly escape from the area surrounding the Goddess Tower. Head to the Tower of Ten Thousand Floors within the Totem Temple—there, the crowd will be more mixed. If you use spatial forces or dark forces, it will be harder for the patrolling Imperial Guards to detect you. But beware of strong individuals like Qin Ji; they can sense even faint traces of Divine Dew’s residual aura.”

“Pray for me that I don’t run into someone too powerful,” Chu Mu replied.

“Mm.”

“…” She merely responded with “Mm,” causing Chu Mu to want to set fire to her Flower Pistil directly.

(Chapter Two delivered~~~~~~~) (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, we welcome you to Qidian () to cast recommendation votes, monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m. to read.)

If you find any errors ( Ads popup, ads redirect, broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible.