You don't want your secret to be revealed by others, right?

Chapter 110 - 45?Thirteen Flames

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"However, Your Highness still needs to wait."

Baili Fengzhi said, "There are often Elders and disciples in the Red Maple Lake Forbidden Land comprehending that incomplete stele. Your Highness should wait until I have the Sect Leader lock down the Forbidden Land before you go in."

"All right." Lin Yue nodded slightly.

"Please wait, Your Highness, I will be right back."

Saying this, Baili Fengzhi gracefully turned around and quickly disappeared into the misty rain.

A gentle breeze wafted around Lin Yue, dispersing the falling raindrops, as he casually strolled into the neighboring courtyard. There, he found Old Daoist Tu drunk and asleep, thus began to leisurely wander around the residence.

The residence, transformed by the Sword Seeking Boat, was quite vast, with its flowers, trees, small bridges, and flowing water arranged with elegance.

According to Xiao Yu’s Master, this transformed residence was not entirely an illusion. The flowers, water, and such were all real, merely cultivated inside the Sword Seeking Boat.

"Greetings, Young Master."

"Does Young Master have any instructions?"

Within the residence, from time to time, Lin Yue would encounter fifth-generation disciples of the Tantian Sect, serving as maids and servants. Most of them hadn’t yet broken through the Heavenly Barrier and were still in the menial labor stage.

Although they did not know Lin Yue was the Sect Leader, nor even a Prince, they understood his high status and naturally treated him with respect.

Lin Yue wandered for a while and found some places unexpectedly shrouded in a Mysterious Formation, which he couldn’t enter.

Perhaps these were the secret places of the Tantian Sect.

Suddenly—

"Clang!"

"Clang!"

Two consecutive sounds, like the striking of a great bell, suddenly reverberated in Lin Yue’s mind!

At the same time, everything before his eyes seemed to freeze in an instant. All sounds ceased, leaving only the grand and sonorous bell echoes rolling in his mind.

Lin Yue carefully listened.

Then, a phantom and ethereal whisper echoed in his mind, softly telling him—

"Did you know? The West Garden of the residence transformed by the Sword Seeking Boat is set with an Illusion Array. Only Gu Jingrong, stepping on Seven Stars, holding his breath with eyes closed, can enter. Hidden inside the West Garden is a concealed person of the Tantian Sect."

With that, the voice faded away without a trace, and everything returned to normal.

"Hiding someone again?"

Lin Yue raised his brow slightly.

However, he didn’t mind. How could such a once-powerful sect not have secrets and hidden cards?

Even though he was nominally the Sect Leader of the Tantian Sect, he didn’t know much about it.

Besides, he was busy with cultivation and had no time to bother with these matters.

As long as their objectives and interests aligned, that was enough.

"It seems my current Innate Divine Power has indeed strengthened..."

Lin Yue nodded to himself.

The most powerful aspect of the Innate Divine Power was its ability to grow with the level of life.

After breaking through the Five Elements Heavenly Barrier, the recovery power of his Nine Death Selfless Divine Ability had noticeably increased.

The secret-listening Innate Divine Power also underwent changes.

The time interval remained unchanged, still receiving one secret every one or two days.

But in the past, among the more than two hundred secrets he received a year, the vast majority were First Ring Level secrets, only a dozen or so were above Second Ring Level, and there were only six times of Second Ring Level secrets.

Now, things were different.

In the month following the break through the Five Elements Heavenly Barrier, for over thirty days, he had received twenty-three secrets, among which a full five times were Second Ring Level, and there was even one Third Ring Level!

After enhancing his Divine Skills, the probability of receiving Second Ring Level secrets had significantly increased.

Although the five Second Ring Level secrets weren’t very useful, merely involved secrets places of the Tantian Sect, the burial location of a treasure at Red Maple Lake, and the talented son of the Red Maple Lake Law Enforcement Elder was actually a dog of the Supreme Elder of the Nanyun Sect...

But the Third Ring Level secret received this month might have some use, as it was related to that incomplete stele in the Red Maple Lake Forbidden Land.

"Your Highness."

At this moment, Baili Fengzhi, clad in red robes, hurried over, "The Sect Leader of Red Maple Lake has ordered the Forbidden Land to be sealed off and cleared of all people. Your Highness can go now."

"Very well." Lin Yue nodded slightly, "But I must first make a trip to Fengbie Lake. I need to find something there."

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Liangzhou City was located in the northwest of Great Yong, always known for its Clear River Daoist Temple on Mount Lishan and the Nanyun Sect.

Both were top-tier sects in Liangzhou, one a Daoist palace and temple, the other a Martial Cultivation Sect, how could they be little-known?

But when it came to scenery, Fengbie Lake in late autumn was equally famous as White Egret Spring of the Clear River Daoist Temple and Stone Forest Cloud Sea of the Nanyun Sect.

Fengbie Lake, also called Red Maple Lake, was named for its scenery. There were Martial Cultivation Sects stationed on the nearby mountains, making the lake naturally famous.

At the moment, it was deep autumn, and the maple forest by Fengbie Lake had long been dyed with vermilion, layers of trees aflame, red leaves covering the ground, reflecting the chill lake water.

In the midst of a misty drizzle, the scenery of Fengbie Lake was intoxicating, as always attracting many scholars from Liangzhou City. By the lakeside, one could see scholars wearing square scarves and silk robes, strolling and appreciating the scenery, crowding together, enthusiastically composing poetry.

Suddenly—

"Gentlemen, look over there."

"Someone’s taking a boat ride?"

"Though the boatman wears a bamboo hat and veil, her figure is graceful and tall, surely a beautiful lady."

"The man looks quite ordinary, not as refined as we are."

"Misty rain, a beauty rowing, it’s quite a poetic scene. Gentlemen, how about composing a poem for it?"

"Let me start..."

A group of gossiping scholars glanced at the leaf-like boat on the lake, casually discussing and chatting.

On the lake, the small canoe slowly moved forward.

A tall and slender woman, wearing a bamboo hat and veil, stood at one end of the lone boat, gently rowing.

While at the other end of the lone boat, sat a scarred face man in his thirties.

The lake waters rippled as the boat glided along.

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