Goddess Atlas, Starting from the Queen

Chapter 114 Trying to confirm whether the Carefree King is possessed by an evil spirit.

in the afternoon.

The scorching sun baked the earth, and the sky was cloudless except for the blazing sun. Mu Yongfeng stood outside one of the pavilions of the Star-Gazing Tower, sweat pouring down his face.

At this moment, he asked the maid who came out of the pavilion, "Is the Supervisor still in seclusion?"

The maid replied, "She is still in seclusion."

Upon hearing this, Mu Yongfeng decided to return. The supervisor did not like to be disturbed during his seclusion, and even the most important matters had to wait until he finished his seclusion.

However, as soon as Mu Yongfeng turned around, he heard a deep voice coming from the pavilion. Although the voice was very soft, it was very clear, as if it were directly transmitted to a person's ears.

"Come up!"

Upon hearing the voice of the supervisor, Mu Yongfeng immediately walked up to the pavilion.

Soon Mu Yongfeng arrived at the third floor of the pavilion. At this moment, an old man with white hair was sitting cross-legged in the pavilion. The old man was wearing a white Taoist robe and looked like a Taoist immortal.

Mu Yongfeng then bowed and said, "Greetings, Supervisor!"

Sikong Cheng kept his eyes closed and asked calmly, "What is it?"

Mu Yongfeng said, "A strange black aura has appeared in Lu Xianren's tomb. If we want to clear the black aura, we may need to enter the tomb."

Upon hearing this, Sikong Cheng opened his eyes and looked at Mu Yongfeng, asking, "Black energy?"

Mu Yongfeng continued, "After Commander Mu's investigation, the black aura may not be caused by evil spirits, so I intend to hand this matter over to the Qingyun Guard."

Sikong Cheng didn't say anything immediately; he fell into deep thought, as if he was pondering something.

After a while, Sikong Cheng finally spoke up: "Since it is related to the tomb of Immortal Lu, then we, the Star Gazing Tower, cannot stand idly by."

Upon hearing this, Mu Yongfeng was slightly taken aback.

Although the Star Gazing Tower was founded by the old Prince Xiaoyao, it severed ties with the Prince Xiaoyao's Mansion after his death. Even when the Prince Xiaoyao's Mansion encountered changes, the supervisor remained unmoved.

The fact that the Imperial Censor is now helping the Prince Xiaoyao's Mansion is something Mu Yongfeng finds hard to understand.

Since it was determined from the beginning that this matter had nothing to do with evil spirits, the Star Gazing Tower could have simply handed the matter over to the Azure Cloud Guard and stayed out of it.

Sikong Cheng continued, "If there's nothing else, then let's leave it at that."

Mu Yongfeng snapped out of his daze and bowed again, saying, "This humble official takes his leave!"

After speaking, Mu Yongfeng turned and left the pavilion. After Mu Yongfeng left, Sikong Cheng muttered to himself, "Black aura? It should be some kind of Yin energy. Could it be a zombie turning into a monster?"

Sikong Cheng didn't take it too seriously. In his eyes, it was just a trivial matter. He didn't even ask Mu Yongfeng about the characteristics of the black aura.

At this moment, Sikong Cheng looked towards the direction of the palace and continued to mutter to himself, "Wanting to take that step even at the cost of his own throne, the temptation of immortality is truly immense."

Sikong Cheng seemed to see the demise of the previous dynasty. The reason the previous dynasty perished was because the emperor pursued immortality, disregarding the lives of the people and allowing factional strife in the court, which ultimately led to widespread suffering. Emperor Taizu eventually rose up in rebellion and, with the help of the old Xiaoyao King, finally established the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The Great Zhou Dynasty had only lasted a few generations, and yet another emperor had already begun cultivating immortality.

Sikong Cheng glanced at the direction of the palace, then quickly looked away, closed his eyes, and continued meditating.

This path was chosen by the emperor. If something really happens to the Great Zhou Dynasty, it has nothing to do with him, the supervisor of the Star Gazing Tower. In any case, he had already warned the Zhou emperor when that woman from the Tianxuan Sect entered the palace.

...After leaving the supervisor's pavilion, Mu Yongfeng returned to his office in the Zhenling Guard.

He sat in his chair, looking at the mountain of evil spirit cases piled up on his desk, feeling a bit of a headache.

With the increasing number of evil spirit incidents and now the troublesome matter of the Carefree Prince's Mansion, he, as the Spirit Suppressor, is already quite overwhelmed.

The old Prince Xiaoyao is no ordinary man, and his application submitted last night will most likely be rejected by the court. Without the court's approval, it will be impossible to find the list of craftsmen who built the mausoleum from the Imperial Clan Court. It will probably not be easy to get rid of the black aura surrounding the old Prince Xiaoyao's mausoleum.

Mu Yongfeng raised his hand and rubbed his temples. Just then, a Zhenling Guard entered the office.

"My lord, the imperial court has approved it."

Before Mu Yongfeng could react, he asked absentmindedly, "What's been approved?"

The guard said, "The imperial court has approved our entry into Lu Xianren's tomb, and the court also plans to have the Imperial Preceptor perform a ritual to communicate with Lu Xianren."

At this point, the Zhenling Guard handed a document to Mu Yongfeng, "This is a document from the Tian Shu Palace!"

Upon hearing this, Mu Yongfeng suddenly came to his senses. He quickly took the document from his subordinate's hand and saw that it was stamped with the seal of the Tian Shu Palace and the imperial seal. Mu Yongfeng even doubted whether he had seen it wrong.

The imperial court agreed so easily? That's the tomb of the old Prince Xiaoyao.

Mu Yongfeng didn't think too much about it. As long as he agreed, that was fine. What the court thought was none of his business. The Tian Shu Palace and the Empress had both stamped their seals, so let's get started.

Thinking of this, Mu Yongfeng said, "Tell this to Commander Mu. Also, immediately send someone to the Imperial Clan Court with this document to retrieve the list of craftsmen who built Lu Xianren's tomb."

"Yes, my lord."

That evening, at the Mu residence.

Mu Yongfeng sat at his desk in his study, while Mu Yunyan stood in front of him and said, "Father, why did the imperial court agree so easily?"

Mu Yongfeng said, "This is not something we should be considering. Since the application has been approved, we will just follow the procedures."

Mu Yunyan then asked, "What did the supervisor say?"

Mu Yongfeng said, "I originally wanted to hand this matter over to the Qingyun Guard, but the Supervisor's idea is for us to handle it ourselves."

Mu Yunyan said, "So, do you want to handle this matter personally?"

Mu Yongfeng said, "I still have to deal with the evil spirits that wiped out villages around the capital. I'm too busy to handle it all. Since this matter has nothing to do with evil spirits and is relatively safe, I'll leave it to you to handle."

Although dealing with the black energy requires entering the tomb of the old carefree king, there are only some traps inside. Now they have obtained the list of craftsmen from the Imperial Clan Court. As long as they find those craftsmen to lead the way, even without a map, they can avoid some of the traps.

Compared to those ruthless evil spirits, dealing with this matter is the safest option, so Mu Yongfeng plans to entrust it to Mu Yunyan.

Mu Yunyan said, "Okay."

Mu Yongfeng suddenly thought of something and said, "Right, let's find a way to confirm whether the Carefree King is possessed by an evil spirit."

Hearing this, Mu Yunyan was stunned for a moment. "Father, why do you think that?"

Mu Yongfeng said, "So many renowned doctors from the martial arts world, and even the imperial physicians, said that the Prince of Xiaoyao didn't have much time left, but he recovered in such a short time. This is too suspicious."

Mu Yunyan said, "When I visited the Prince of Xiaoyao's mansion last time, I didn't sense any evil aura from him."

(End of this chapter)