Chapter 1259: Secret Teleportation Array

Chapter 1259: Chapter 1259: Secret Teleportation Array

Regarding Feng Tianhe’s helpless yet slightly mocking remark, Pei Yan nonchalantly spread his hands and smiled as he said to the other, "Elder Feng, I am a person who values old ties, tonight anyone can call me a villain except your esteemed self."

Saying this, Pei Yan turned aside to let Feng Tianhe see the captives being escorted by the Divine Martial Guard behind him, and then continued, "See, not a single Mo Sect disciple here, and in this conflict, Mo Sect also suffered the least damage. Elder Feng, the blame you place on me makes me feel a bit wronged, that’s right! It was I who stirred up tonight’s troubles, but the cause lies within your Immortal Palace itself, and besides, if afterward your sects can strictly adhere to the Spirit Lord’s commands, such mishaps wouldn’t have occurred!"

"Alas!" Feng Tianhe also understood that the event of tonight, Pei Yan only incited the turmoil but the development to this extent was all due to the Spirit Lord’s secret instigation. If it hadn’t been for the Spirit Lord’s instigation, the Divine Martial Guard wouldn’t have entered the palace, and the conflict would have been confined to the villas of the mansions. As long as someone intervened to mediate or exert joint pressure, it wouldn’t have been difficult to resolve with a relatively peaceful outcome. Yet the Spirit Lord permitted Pei Yan’s actions, ultimately because the various sects’ movements displeased her, using an outsider to give her own a warning.

After sighing, Feng Tianhe actively made way for Pei Yan, casually pointing inside the villa to indicate powerlessly, "Pei Xiaoyou, although the Six Mansions of the Immortal Palace belong to different sects, they are essentially as closely linked as the branches of a tree, sharing both honor and loss. Given the situation now, I still advise you, with a great enemy ahead, do not exhaust our own strength any further. Quickly root out the traitor to give the Spirit Lord an explanation, and don’t make it too widespread!"

"Elder Feng’s earnest feelings, this junior understands. If things go smoothly, I also don’t wish to involve too many, but now I must conduct official business. I think Elder Feng has already communicated clearly with those in the sect, time is pressing, so this junior won’t be verbose! Forgive the offense." Pei Yan nodded after listening to Feng Tianhe’s words, then signaled to Shao An behind him and the Embroidered Robe Envoys who arrived upon hearing the news, who immediately understood and led their people straight into the Mo Sect Villa, while the people from the Investigation Department all stood outside the courtyard without moving an inch.

This issue still fundamentally remains an internal problem of the Immortal Palace; for one’s own people to stand might help, but if truly entering the villa to search, it still needs personnel from the Daoist Plane. If Pei Yan indiscreetly allowed the people from the Investigation Department to enter the villa and search, it would inevitably provide grounds to be framed as turning the tables, and then he would be on the defensive, so except for Pei Yan, the reinforcements he invited did not participate in the inspection action.

Searching and inspecting are evidently not the specialties of the Divine Martial Guard, most of the work was completed by the Embroidered Robe Envoys urgently dispatched under Xiang Zixiong’s command, while Pei Yan and Feng Tianhe stood quietly under the long corridor watching all of this unfold without speaking, yet the other elders of Mo Sect were not as composed, watching as two groups of people entered their villa causing chaos, demanding to question everyone, temporarily detaining anyone not a genuine disciple of Mo Sect until further investigation after the fact.

Watching helplessly as friends who came to visit the Mo Sect were taken away like prisoners, the elders of Mo Sect who stayed behind had eyes full of anger, glaring resentfully at Pei Yan and those present, yet dared to express nothing aloud due to Elder Feng’s strict order.

"Gently! Gently! Show some courtesy! They are only under suspicion! They’ve already cooperated with your search and agreed to be taken away, why use such force! They are distinguished guests of Mo Sect after all, can’t you be more courteous! Do you still need to be taught this! Fools!" Pei Yan noticed the accumulated anger in them through observing the mood, as these Divine Martial Guards had yet to shift from their previous overbearing stance aimed at Immortal Palace Disciples, being overly harsh with these visitors! Yet they didn’t consider that whether Immortal Palace Disciples could compare with these individuals? Guests at the Mo Sect Villa, if not the elders of other sects, were at least renowned Loose Cultivators. If he didn’t restrain them, after these events were spread, his notorious reputation would indeed be confirmed! With this in mind, Pei Yan hastily voiced his reprimand.

The Divine Martial Guard, chastised under, quickly behaved more sensibly, ceasing to shove these captives forcefully, restraining them gently and escorting them out of the Mo Sect Villa respectfully.

"Mr. Pei, the search is complete! Fourteen individuals found who are not Mo Sect members, all being loose cultivators and various sects’ elders, and even a sect leader. They came either to visit friends or on business with Mo Sect, the truth of which still requires your steward’s identification and our detailed questioning to determine. As of now, no suspicious individuals have been found," Xiang Zixiong approached Pei Yan as he bowed and reported the search results in full detail.

This result was entirely within Pei Yan’s expectations. After hearing this, Pei Yan did not immediately announce departure, but continued to ask, "Has the Space Transmission Array been checked?"

"Checked! After today’s incident, the Array recorded no outgoing transmissions, um... just..." saying this, Xiang Zixiong looked to Feng Tianhe, hesitant to speak further.

The main issue arises! Feng Tianhe inwardly sighed, for Pei Yan had mentioned earlier that he didn’t care about whether this night could truly capture the culprit, due to this reason. After the incident, the entire Immortal Palace was immediately locked down when Pei Yan reported this matter to the Spirit Lord, essentially meaning that the perpetrator could almost not leave under the Spirit Lord’s watch by using a Body Technique. The only solution would be the Space Transmission Array, and apart from the closely guarded public Teleportation Array of the Immortal Palace, the only secretive means of leaving would be the Arrays set at the villas for emergency returns to their sects.

If no one is found, one would then check who used the Teleportation Array during this period, as whoever used it could not escape suspicion of aiding an enemy’s escape! This is also why Feng Tianhe hurried back to Mo Sect after Pei Yan’s hint; he worried that someone inside might foolishly let their friend slip away, bringing catastrophe upon Mo Sect.

And the hesitation in Xiang Zixiong’s words, Feng Tianhe understood its meaning as well, that besides the conspicuous Teleportation Array at each mansion, there actually existed secret Teleportation Arrays set up privately for emergencies, a secret known yet unspoken about within the Immortal Palace.

"Junior Brother Lu, lead them to the sect’s Secret Teleportation Array location, let them verify thoroughly!" Feng Tianhe had long anticipated such an occurrence, neither resisting nor rejecting, motioning with a wave.

"Senior Brother Feng, that is a sect secret! You..." Elder Lu exclaimed in shock upon hearing this.

"Fool! Before the Spirit Lord, what secrets do we have that cannot be shared! Lead the Embroidered Robe Envoys to examine thoroughly, if they’re still not satisfied after checking, then open all the secret rooms and mechanisms, let these officials have clarity, the innocent are innocent, the guilty are guilty! If we didn’t do it, what do we fear from scrutiny?" Feng Tianhe harshly rebuked before his junior brother could finish.