Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The White Fox Race’s Thearch arrived quickly. Jiang Yi and the others were astonished as this Thearch was actually an outstanding and good-looking young woman, who was only over 20 years of age. When thinking about the fact that the Demon Empress had been alive for over 2000 years and was still an alluring woman and seeing all the Heaven Monarchs in this city were all great-looking, Jiang Yi and Jiang Xiaonu understood everything. It seemed like the Heaven Fox Race were innately young-looking.
“This one is named Tuoba Qin. Greetings to Lord Black Deity, Princess Qianqian, this Young Master, and this Young Lady!”
The White Fox Race’s Thearch smiled. She had a strength that Jiang Yi couldn’t measure, and she actually recognized Black Deity and Qianqian. Black Deity took a few glances at her and nodded while saying, “I have seen you. When the Great Sovereign returned, you went to the Xuanwu Palace before, right?”
“Lord Black Deity’s memory is great!”
Tuoba Qin nodded while Qianqian had also remembered. She nodded and said, “En, I have an impression as well. It seems like another individual went with you, right?”
Tuoba Qin replied, “Yes, Princess Qianqian. The Blue Fox Race’s Thearch had also gone.”
“Alright, enough of the nonsense. Start looking for the person!” Black Deity spoke with a little frustration.
The White Fox Race’s Thearch beckoned her hand and ordered a middle-aged lady and Tuoba Lin behind her. “Send the message for the whole race to search. Aunt Hong and Tuoba Lin, you two will be fully responsible for this matter. You have to find her in the shortest time possible!”
“Understood!”
The middle-aged woman and Tuoba Lin backed off quickly while hundreds of White Fox Race’s Clan Head and elders were all waiting for the orders. With a single order, all of them scattered out and activated the message secret array. All members of the White Fox Race were mobilized just to look for the Demon Empress.
The information regarding the Demon Empress was pitifully little. Jiang Yi had already told of everything he knew, but it still wasn’t enough. The White Fox Race had hundreds of clans, and every clan had thousands of lineages—while every lineage even had their own branch lineage. If the White Fox Race’s Thearch wasn’t here and if Jiang Yi had to investigate slowly by themselves, they might spend more than five years and still wouldn’t be able to find anything.
Tuoba Qin then accompanied Black Deity and Qianqian to mingle. Jiang Yi knew that there was no meaning to be anxious and could do nothing but sit quietly. However, the search was going rather quickly as there were reports that came constantly after four hours. The nearby lineages were all searched, and there was no information regarding the Demon Empress.
“Oh, right!”
After Jiang Yi listened to the reports from the several lineages, he suddenly smacked his head and said, “I can paint the portrait of the Demon Empress. Thearch Qin, you can use the portraits and ask around with it!”
“That sounds good!”
Tuoba Qin heard this and was immediately delighted. The demon races would normally remain in their same forms after transforming. They might all look similar, but there would be slight differences when carefully looked at. It would make things much easier with a portrait.
Jiang Yi’s spatial ring had the paper and brush, which he took out quickly and started to paint the Demon Empress’ portrait according to his memory.
His painting skills were extraordinary and even one notch superior to Feng Luan. In just a few strokes, a beautiful woman was painted on the paper. Jiang Yi didn’t overdraw as he simply painted the face. Qianqian’s eyes were glittering as she was in awe of Jiang Yi’s painting skills. After all, she did bid down Jiang Yi’s ‘Passion’ back then.
One piece, two pieces… 100 pieces!
Jiang Yi’s painting speed was extremely fast, and he painted one hundred portraits in just two hours. Tuoba Qin asked her men to quickly disseminate it, passing it around to the entire White Fox Race. After everyone memorized it, they would then look for the Demon Empress’ information.
Jiang Yi didn’t stop as he continued to paint and for the entire day, stopping only when he painted one thousand of the same portraits. Qianqian, Black Deity, and the others were sighing in admiration as every painting was almost the same; and the features of the Demon Empress were painted very clearly. Even the slight smile at the corner of the mouth was depicted clearly.
“Report…”
Reports came back constantly on this day as every clan and lineage had completed their search. Jiang Yi and the others were disappointed as there wasn’t any information regarding the Demon Empress.
“Report!”
Half a day later, an elder walked in hastily and spoke in a serious voice, “We have news. Elder Long just sent a message saying there was a clansman that had seen the Demon Empress before and had also found her lineage. However, her lineage had been eradicated by another lineage, and they had yet to find the Demon Empress.”
“En?”
Jiang Yi’s eyes flashed with cold light while Black Deity also took a cold glance at Tuoba Qin. The latter quickly got up and said, “Come. Let’s go to Long City and get Duolong to capture the lineage that eradicated the Demon Empress’ lineage. We will interrogate them for all the useful information. If there isn’t a complete set of information, get Duolong to go receive punishment by the clan laws.”
Tuoba Qin had already spoken in this manner. Hence, it wouldn’t be nice for Black Deity to get infuriated. Everyone soared into the sky outside the city. Under Tuoba Qin’s lead, they flew straight for Long City.
Tuoba Qin only brought along ten elders this time while Jiang Yi had placed Jiang Xiaonu into the Thearch Palace as he was carried by Black Deity. Qianqian didn’t get carried this time as her green boots flourished with radiance, causing her speed to drastically increase and allowing her to fly at the same speed as the White Fox Race’s peak-stage Heaven Monarch elders.
Tuoba Qin should also be at the Demon Sovereign Realm as she was very fast and obviously not going all-out yet. Otherwise, the ten elders behind her wouldn’t have been able to keep up.
In fact, Jiang Yi’s speed could be even faster, so fast that Black Deity and Tuoba Qin could only sigh with inferiority. That was to use the Heaven Evasion. However, he was the only person who could use the Heaven Evasion, and he couldn’t bring anyone along with him… unless Black Deity, Qianqian, Tuoba Qin, and the others were willing to enter the Thearch Palace. Would Black Deity willingly enter the Thearch Palace? Obviously not. Thus, Jiang Yi didn’t mention it and allowed Black Deity to carry him and fly.
Long City was a certain distance away from here, and everyone flew for about eight hours before arriving. They had witnessed plenty of smaller cities along the way, and many small tribes which were all filled with wooden houses. Some little foxes looked towards the sky curiously. When they saw Tuoba Qin and the others in the sky, they immediately knelt down sincerely and kowtowed with very humane manners.
Long City was a small city, and there were less than 300 Heaven Monarchs inside. There were also plenty of four-tailed spirit foxes who had yet to change into human-forms. The Clan Head of this lineage, Tuoba Duolong was already waiting with a group of Heaven Monarchs. When they saw Jiang Yi and the others, they immediately knelt on one knee and greeted.
“All rise!”
Tuoba Qin immediately interrupted their greetings and spoke in a deep voice, “Have you found the Demon Empress?”
Duolong shook his head with agony and said, “My Lords are looking for a person called Tuoba Ning, and she is a member of my clan’s lineage. That lineage had been eradicated by another lineage more than 3000 years ago. Back then, Tuoba Ning was still a Demon King had been pursued before she was fortunate enough to escape out of the continent. Five years ago, Tuoba Ning had returned for revenge and had also evolved into a Demon Thearch. After she killed a few hundred members of that lineage, she had escaped after getting severely injured. Right now, it is still unknown if she had survived; and no other members had seen her for the past five years.”
“Is this information accurate?”
Jiang Yi’s expression turned immense. It seemed as though the Demon Empress didn’t have much lifespan left as she was urgently wanted to return for revenge. She was surely not going to hide for five years, and even if her strength wasn’t competent enough, she would fight as a guerilla and slowly kill her enemies. There was only one explanation… she might have fallen after she was severely injured!
“En!”
Duolong nodded and pointed at the north of the city. “My Lord, the members of the lineage that eradicated Tuoba Ning’s lineage had all been seized. If you do not believe it, you can go interrogate them.”
“What is there to interrogate? Kill them immediately!” Black Deity beckoned his hand and spoke coldly.
“No!”
Jiang Yi shook his hand and asked Tuoba Qin, “Thearch, is there any way to find Tuoba Ning? If there is, can she personally kill all these people?”
“No problem!”
A small lineage wasn’t anything to Tuoba Qin as the White Fox Race had a huge population, and the Heaven Fox Continent was a very cruel place. In order to strive for the paradises and places for cultivation, eradication of entire clans were happening frequently.
Of course, if Black Deity and Princess Qianqian weren’t here today and if Jiang Yi wanted to kill the White Fox Race’s people, she would have used a single palm to slam Jiang Yi to death.
She muttered for a moment and said, “With things as the current state, I have to activate the ancestor’s array and use Tuoba Ning’s daughter’s blood to search for her. Will the esteemed guests follow me to the imperial city. I will personally activate the formation array. It will be up to Heavens to see if she is still alive.”