Chapter 2122 - 2126: Seeking Vengeance in the Imperial City

Qin Tian returned to the Imperial City.

Although Mr. Shenyue did not speak much with him earlier, from Mr. Shenyue's words, he could still deduce some things.

First, Qin Tian could confirm that Mr. Shenyue was definitely not the Fourteenth Prince, but the organization led by Mr. Shenyue, Long Yin, surely had an extraordinary relationship with the Fourteenth Prince.

Secondly, Qin Tian could basically confirm that the secret operations previously undertaken by the Fourteenth Prince were likely in partnership with Long Yin. The Fourteenth Prince did not seem to want to vie for power against the Fourth Prince; otherwise, he wouldn't have let the Fourth Prince easily usurp the throne in the Imperial City.

Finally, Qin Tian believed what Mr. Shenyue said was true; the Fourteenth Prince seemed to bear no ill will towards him. This was the conclusion Qin Tian came to after careful reflection.

Given that, why did the Fourteenth Prince join Long Yin? Could it be for assassinating his father the Ice Emperor? That doesn't make sense.

After returning to the city, Qin Tian specially visited the residence of the Fourteenth Prince but, due to the prior disturbance caused by the Dragon Slayer Department, he found nothing there.

"Since he is my ally, I will leave him be for now and first see what exactly the Fourth Prince intends to do."

After roughly resolving matters concerning the Fourteenth Prince, Qin Tian decided to turn his attention and investigate the Fourth Prince, particularly his collaboration with the Great Yin Holy Sect.

This time, Qin Tian came with the intent to kill; he must eliminate the Dark Yin Holy Envoy Ming Feng!

Of course, concurrently, Qin Tian was maintaining contact with Xiao Zhuang's spies.

News from Xiao Zhuang indicated that over at the Demon Clan, with reinforcements, Demon Spirit City and Demon Cloud City were now gaining the upper hand and beginning to go on the offensive against the Demon Clan!

This brought Qin Tian unexpected delight, and in the Imperial City, he easily learned that the Dragon Clan and the War Gods were still in a stalemate.

Although the War God had received reinforcements from the Golden Armor Army, unexpectedly, Long Tianwu from the Dragon Clan had also sent a reinforcement of one hundred thousand soldiers.

The Dragon Clan found it difficult to swallow the War God's Black Hawk Army and Golden Armor Army in one go, and the War God did not wish to ignite a major conflict with the Dragon Clan at this critical juncture when the Fourth Prince is ascending the throne.

If stuck in the quagmire of war and domestic rebellion arises, the War God would be spread too thin.

Therefore, considering this, after many rounds of back-and-forth and evenly matched battles, both sides maintained their balance.

"Sanniang, I want you to spare no expense to help me locate traces of the Great Yin Holy Sect, especially the Dark Yin Holy Envoy Ming Feng—this person is very important to me, and I must know where he is."

After several days of investigation on the Great Yin Holy Sect yielded nothing, Qin Tian decided to enlist the help of Gongsun Sanniang.

After all, Gongsun Sanniang had many clanspeople, many of whom were beautiful women with intricate connections to the dignitaries of the Imperial City.

"The Dark Yin Holy Envoy Ming Feng... this person seems to be Emperor Xuan's honored guest, and even Emperor Xuan highly respects him... Young Master, be careful in seeking him out, it's said this person is extremely ruthless."

Gongsun Sanniang warned Qin Tian.

Qin Tian nodded: "Just help me investigate his whereabouts; I will handle the rest myself."

"Understood, Young Master. I will do my utmost to find out within these two days."

After being enlightened by Qin Tian, Gongsun Sanniang had undoubtedly become a staunch confidante of Qin Tian.

Over the years, Qin Tian found her consistently loyal and hence placed great expectations on her.

Sure enough, three days later, Gongsun Sanniang provided Qin Tian with accurate information on Ming Feng.

"Young Master, the Dark Yin Holy Envoy Ming Feng reportedly has two residences in the Imperial City—one is within the Royal Palace, in the hall formerly belonging to the Ninth Prince."

"The other residence is outside the Royal Palace, on General Street, the famous street in the Imperial City, where all our dynasty's generals reside. Currently, the residents are all cronies of the Fourth Prince."

Gongsun Sanniang looked at Qin Tian and said: "You probably cannot access the Royal Palace, but on General Street... Ming Feng resides on the southern street. When you go there, the place marked with the plaque 'White Mansion' is where the Dark Yin Holy Envoy Ming Feng lives—it was formerly the residence of First Grade General Bai, later confiscated by the Fourth Prince and gifted to Ming Feng."

"Good, I understand."

That night, Qin Tian found his way to General Street alone.

Previously, Qin Tian had a confrontation with the Dark Yin Holy Envoy Ming Feng using the identity "Iron-faced Dragon King," during which he felt that the opponent was at least a Flying Immortal Realm expert—not in the early stage, then the middle stage!

"Now that I'm in the middle stage of the Flying Immortal Realm, I wish to see what kind of strength he possesses!"

The front of the White Mansion was guarded by four guards with sentries and patrol soldiers around, yet these guards appeared as if nonexistent before Qin Tian.

Qin Tian donned the mask of the "Iron-faced Dragon King" and circled to the back of the White Mansion, transforming into a puff of smoke-like entity, easily evading the vigilance of more than ten patrol soldiers.

He searched through three buildings of the White Mansion and finally zeroed in on the study room of a bamboo building.

It was around ten o'clock at night, and a light was still shining in the study room.

"Master, your supper."

"Place it there and leave."

"Yes."

From the study came a dialogue between a master and a servant. Upon hearing the voice, Qin Tian instantly could confirm that the person in the study was Ming Feng!

Qin Tian collected himself and slowly moved closer.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Just as he approached the corridor outside the study, a gust of wind unexpectedly blew, and then the study door opened. The Dark Yin Holy Envoy Ming Feng directly appeared at the doorway, making direct eye contact with Qin Tian at the corridor!

The entire process transpired incredibly swiftly; indeed, only when Ming Feng dashed out of the study did Qin Tian realize what had happened!

"Heh, who would have thought, it's you!"

Ming Feng charged out, catching sight of Qin Tian, and coldly chuckled: "Iron-faced Dragon King, you're still lurking in the Imperial City? Now that the Imperial City has changed hands, what else can you do here? Heh, could it be that your Dragon Clan is looking to instigate trouble purposely?"

"I already recommended to Emperor Xuan for the Tianyuan Dynasty and the Dragon Clan to cease hostilities; heh, I admire Long Tianwu. I hope my little dragon girl can coexist peacefully with us."

"By the way, did you pass my greetings to Long Tianwu last time?"

Upon encountering Qin Tian, Ming Feng not only remained composed without alerting the guards within the courtyard but also took charge, interacting with Qin Tian willingly, as though he had long forgotten about killing Leng Yu!