My Silly, Sweet Wife

Chapter 1383 - 1314: The Magician’s Backlash

As daylight broke and the first ray of sunlight shone on Ye Guichen, he felt his spiritual state undergo a monumental transformation.

He opened his eyes, gazing at the coiled dragon statue. Previously, Ye Guichen’s view of the statue was somewhat blurry, but now he could see its scale armor clearly, even its eyelashes seemed distinct.

"Sky Covering Technique? Truly amazing!"

Ye Guichen attempted to immerse his mind into Jiuyou Tower, arriving directly outside the iron cage where the dragon spirit was imprisoned.

Then, he waved his hand.

A hazy aura enveloped the dragon spirit.

Initially extremely agitated, the dragon spirit surprisingly became dormant after being covered by the mist, laying down obediently as if tamed.

"Roar!" A low growl emitted from the dragon spirit’s mouth.

Ye Guichen disabled the iron cage.

The dragon spirit did not flee but approached Ye Guichen warily.

Ye Guichen smiled and directly released the dragon spirit.

Additionally, he released three remnant souls.

Usually, whenever a soul appeared, it would be targeted by the coiled dragon statue.

Yet now, that oppressive sensation had vanished.

It seemed as though the dragon spirit couldn’t see the remnant souls Ye Guichen had released.

This is the terror of the Sky Covering Technique!

Seeing that the Sky Covering Technique truly worked, Ye Guichen released all the remnant souls to search for Qin Muge throughout Dragon City.

Then, he commanded the dragon spirit to immerse directly into the coiled dragon statue.

Initially, Ye Guichen thought the coiled dragon statue would resist.

Yet upon entry, Ye Guichen felt as if he had become the coiled dragon instantly.

His sight merged with that of the coiled dragon.

In Ye Guichen’s mind, a vision of the entire Dragon City surfaced.

He could see with the naked eye, streams of purple qi rising.

Among them, the richest appeared to be Qin Cangqiong’s residence.

The other varying purple qi, albeit different, seemed to be from members of the royal family.

His gaze glanced towards the southeast corner, where there was an elusive dark qi.

The dark qi spiraled out, drifting silently into the air, gradually nibbling at the purple qi.

"Could it be a problem there?"

Ye Guichen withdrew the dragon spirit, seeing dawn break in the east, and more patrol soldiers around.

"Who goes there!"

Finally, someone noticed Ye Guichen.

Ye Guichen did not respond, swiftly disappearing.

Soon, Ye Guichen returned to his residence.

The Four-eyed Dragon Scale Wolf seemed impatiently awaiting, pouncing in front of Ye Guichen like a pet dog, wagging its tail in a pleasing manner.

Fearing unnecessary chaos, Ye Guichen had left the dragon scale wolf behind at the inn.

Judging by its appearance, it seemed nearly driven mad.

"All right, I’ll take you out next time." Ye Guichen took a demon core from his storage ring, tossing it into the dragon scale wolf’s mouth.

Now, since he could shield the perception of the coiled dragon statue, taking the dragon scale wolf out should be no issue.

Meanwhile.

The entire Imperial City was on high alert.

To an ordinary person, it might have been a calm night.

Yet in the Imperial City, many things had occurred.

Qin Muge’s disappearance and numerous casualties in the Heavenly Patrol.

Overnight, Dragon City seemed imbued with a murderous aura.

News of Ye Guichen’s escape from the Heavenly Patrol spread quickly.

Enraged, Zhu Ming ordered a city-wide search for Ye Guichen and told Yang Huai’an and others that if they failed to capture Ye Guichen within three days, he would charge them and imprison them all.

In the court.

Qin Cangqiong’s face was gloomy, coldly staring at the ministers below.

"Another day gone and you all still have no progress, with so many casualties. What, are you all planning to quit?"

Qin Cangqiong’s imposing presence weighed heavily, almost suffocating those below him.

"Zhu Ming, explain what happened last night!" Qin Cangqiong’s eyes fell on Zhu Ming.

Zhu Ming knew he couldn’t avoid it, hurriedly stepped forward: "Your Majesty, we have a lead. That fellow named Ye Guichen is likely related to the Demon Clan. He initially tried to infiltrate the Heavenly Patrol, but I exposed him. Now he’s escaped, and I’ve ordered a city-wide search!"

"Ye Guichen?" Qin Cangqiong frowned, feeling the name familiar, but couldn’t recall where he heard it, waving his hand: "And what of Qin Muge?"

"This..." Hearing mention of Qin Muge, everyone lowered their heads.

Qin Cangqiong snorted coldly: "A bunch of useless fools. A dignified prince abducted right under your noses, now presumed dead or alive, and you still dare linger here! So, if I rely on you, I could be killed tomorrow!"

Everyone was terrified, bowing fervently.

"Calm your anger, your Majesty!"

"We are thoroughly investigating, and whoever is behind it will soon be revealed."

"Indeed, indeed, Dragon City is our realm, the worst-case scenario is the Second Prince was taken by the Demon Clan. But perhaps the Second Prince is merely playing around, momentarily forgetting to return."

"Yes, yes, please take care of your health, your Majesty!"

All ministers secretly wiped cold sweat from their brows.

Qin Cangqiong wouldn’t listen to their nonsense?

His gaze turned to an elder at the highest seat: "State Preceptor, what do you have to say?"

The State Preceptor slowly lifted his head, his eyeless gaze fixed on Qin Cangqiong: "Your Majesty, after a night’s calculation, Daqian’s national fortune shows no sign of decline. It’s now largely determined that someone has shielded the divine sense of the coiled dragon statue, mingling with the Demon Clan, aiming to devour our Daqian’s luck."

"What do you mean? Could there be a magician involved?" Qin Cangqiong’s expression shifted slightly.

In this world, cultivators are plenty, no matter how powerful, they’re only capable of fighting and killing.

But magicians are different.

They can kill silently and leave no trace.

This is troublesome.

However, magicians are as rare as phoenix feathers, each exceedingly precious.

And each magician, for defying the heavens, often faces divine punishment.

Take the State Preceptor, for instance, who is a magician but lost his eyesight during a breakthrough due to pursuing magical arts.

Thus, gains are coupled with losses.

Nonetheless, even so, the State Preceptor is the sole magician of the entire Daqian Dynasty, highly valued by Qin Cangqiong.

Qin Cangqiong hadn’t expected that besides demons, magicians were involved.

The State Preceptor nodded lightly: "Your Majesty, the opponent’s cultivation is similar to mine. I’ll figure out a way to remove the spell shielding the coiled dragon statue. Once it’s no longer concealed, the individual will have nowhere to hide."

"I leave it to you, State Preceptor." Qin Cangqiong nodded slightly, his gaze gentle. Yet, when sweeping across others, it turned stern: "And you, hurry it up, you must expose those demons!"