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"Brother, look, Official Wei he..."

In the scene, Wei Gongcheng’s face, previously twisted with ferocity, calmed down, and the pitch-black color in his eyes gradually returned to normal. Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, it seemed he was actually... slowly returning to normal.

"Should we go check on him?" Shen Shiyi suddenly became anxious.

"No rush...." Shen Laosan shook his head. By going now, wouldn’t that equal telling the other party that they were under surveillance?

Although the other party might have guessed as much, some things shouldn’t be too blatant, or it wouldn’t look good.

It was almost a quarter of an hour before subordinates hurriedly reported, "Sir, Official Wei has woken up!"

"Good... we’ll go right away!"

The Shen Family members, containing their impatience, hurriedly rushed over, led by their subordinates, they made their way to the hall.

At this time, Wei Gongcheng was seated on the right side of the hall, in his usual modest position. In fact, among the Hell Rulers, his status was the highest, but he always chose a conservative seat, giving ample respect to the Shen family.

"Gongcheng, how are you feeling?" Shen San stepped forward with concern.

His relationship with Wei Gongcheng had always been good, and besides that lethargic Shen Laoqi, he had the best relationship with him amongst the Shen family members.

"I’ve recovered a bit..." Wei Gongcheng said with a wry smile, appearing quite weak in spirit.

"Official Wei, what about His Majesty? What on earth happened on West Island?" Shen Shiyi, unable to contain his impatience, asked directly.

"His Majesty...." Wei Gongcheng shook his head in frustration: "I don’t know...."

"You don’t know?" Everyone was stunned.

"At that time, we went to West Island because His Majesty felt that there was something wrong with those golden-haired, blue-eyed barbarians. Indeed, we found a problem; the Hell on the island was sealed."

"Hell was sealed?" The Shen family members all inhaled sharply.

They were the Hell Rulers themselves and knew exactly how much energy was required to seal a Hell!

Based on current mathematical calculations, even if all the magicians in the world were to be called upon, it wouldn’t be possible to seal a place. So, who could it be that was capable of such a feat?

"What happened afterward?" Shen Laosan pressed on with his questioning.

"His Majesty decided to take a risk and visit the sealed Hell to see what was going on, while I was told to wait outside. If His Majesty didn’t return within a day, I was to immediately return to Lyuzhou and mobilize the Shadow Soldiers to activate the Great Formation and first secure Jiangnan!"

"His Majesty went to Hell?" Shen San’s expression darkened, and the expressions of the others were extremely grave. It looked like His Majesty had likely been trapped.

"And you? Why did you end up like that?" Shen Shiyi asked.

"I don’t know either..." Wei Gongcheng said with a confused shake of his head: "I was waiting outside for His Majesty, and I didn’t even know when I fell unconscious. In a moment of distraction, I lost control of my body. It felt like something had invaded me..."

"So how do you feel now?"

"Not very well..." Wei Gongcheng shook his head: "That thing... is still inside my body."

"What?"

Shen San quickly looked towards the woman who had not spoken beside him and asked, "Senior Shen, what exactly is happening to Official Wei?"

As she was addressed as senior by the others, a complex look flashed through the woman’s eyes. These descendants of the Shen family... they really resembled ’that person’. Could it be considered a reversal of their bloodline?

"He’s been invaded by an Ancient Worm, if not dealt with promptly, he might be completely devoured..."

"Ancient Worm?" Everyone’s pupils shrank upon hearing this.

If you were to ask about a demon that left a deep impression on them, it would be the Ancient Worm, especially for the Shen family, who had the deepest connection with the creature.

Although with their current power, any of them could have easily slain the Ancient Worm from before, the fear it instilled in them was difficult to remove in a short time.

"How is that possible, with Official Wei’s current cultivation level..."

"This Ancient Worm is different..." the woman shook her head: "It’s a complete entity."

"A complete entity?"

"Hasn’t anyone told you that the Ancient Worm of the past was just an experimental body?"

"But the experimental site at the Dragon Palace has been destroyed, and I haven’t heard.

.. that there was a second Ancient Worm inside!

" Shen San was certain about this. Ziyue deeply detested such biological weapons as the Ancient Worm and was utterly disinclined to offer any discipline related to it, obliterating it completely!

"That stuff there..." the woman laughed: "It was just an inferior experimental site, filled with a bunch of failed experiments used to replenish the essence blood reserves. How could any of those compare with this one? This is genuine merchandise from the Buddha Kingdom!"

Buddha Kingdom!

Shen Laosan’s heart chilled, thinking to himself: So it was this power that had taken action?

At the Dragon Palace Academy, aside from learning about the Dragon Palace’s heritage, students also study the analysis of the inscriptions once belonging to the Dragon Palace, some of which are ancient techniques, and some... are pieces of history.

There are many records about the Buddha Kingdom among the inscriptions of the Dragon Palace. It was almost certain that the Dragon Palace of the past was under the control of the Buddha Kingdom.

The Buddha Kingdom... a terrifying force that towered over the Dragon Palace!

"Were those who attacked our master from the Buddha Kingdom?" Shen Laoqi frowned and asked.

"I don’t know about that..." the woman shook her head: "However, the method used to seal the Hell Ruler resembles the handiwork of the Buddha Kingdom.

Before your master initiated the Divine Path Sect, the biggest investor in the Yin Yang Reincarnation was the Buddha Kingdom.

They even nurtured a Future Buddha especially intent on controlling the cycle of life and death. "

Shen Shiyi and others were muddled by what they heard, while Shen San, after a moment of thought, said: "If the senior knows who the other party is, is there a way to rescue our Family Head?"

"It’s hard to say...." the woman shook her head again: "We must first overcome the immediate crisis. Although the Western Sea Dragon King is of King Level, currently there’s no one in Jiangnan who can match it; you should know clearly what to do."

The Shen family members all nodded in agreement, but only Shen Laosan paused for a moment as he glanced at her.

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The method to resist a King Level is simple - activate the Bai Yu stored in Jiangnan, and start the Flaming Sun Array near Lyuzhou.

There are over a hundred Heavenly Court Magicians in Lyuzhou, and almost all the magician students who safely returned from Yun City stayed there.

By activating the Flaming Sun Array, for at least a hundred days, the Western Sea Dragon King will be unable to invade using any means.

What’s left, as per the other party’s words, is to wait for an opportunity.

This approach seems stable without much issue. The Flaming Sun Array will be activated, then waiting for news from the North - if the King Level Giant Python continues to lay siege without breaking through, those two people from the Siao Family should be arriving soon.

According to Ziyue, even if King Xiang were to be resurrected, Emperor Siao could fight a battle with him!

Under the current circumstances, this seems to be the most prudent course of action, yet Shen San felt an inexplicable panic in his heart.

"Third brother, what are you going to do?"

Upon seeing Shen Laosan drag him all the way to the interior of the academy, Shen Shiyi showed a puzzled face.

"Among the Hell Ruler’s subordinates, you are the youngest and most impulsive, which makes you least likely to attract attention, thus more convenient for taking action. Now, I want you to do something."

"What?" Shen Shiyi was startled.

"You go to West Island and find our master!"

"Ah?" Shen Shiyi startled: "But didn’t Official Wei say that our master, he..."

"What Wei Gongcheng said might not be true!"

"Third brother..." Shen Shiyi’s expression suddenly turned to one of horror: "What are you talking about?"

Wei Gongcheng, in his eyes, had always been among those most loyal to Chen Qing. In terms of loyalty, the Shen family couldn’t even come close!

"Wei Gongcheng... might have betrayed us!"

Shen Shiyi: "......"