Baili Fengzhi furrowed his brows, his tone indifferent, "You may leave now, but remember, you must not depart Qingdu this month."
Lin Yue was taken aback for a moment, but still bowed his hands and said, "Yes, this commoner takes his leave."
After Lin Yue's silhouette had vanished at the end of the dark and gloomy corridor of the Prison, Vice Commander Chu suddenly spoke out, "My lord, didn't you say before that there wasn't much suspicion on Lin Yue and that there was no need to send anyone to track him if he left the city? Why then did you just now..."
"Today is the Double Ninth Festival, and none of those suspected on the list who left the city for outings have been discovered by those I sent to track them."
Baili Fengzhi spoke placidly, "This Qingdu, clearly connected to Xia Lie's disappearance, has yet not yielded a single tangible clue. Don't you find that very strange?"
"Indeed, that is strange," Vice Commander Chu said, puzzled, "But Lin Yue..."
"Is merely a hunch of my Spiritual Sense."
Baili Fengzhi narrowed his Phoenix Eyes slightly, looking down the road where Lin Yue had departed, and slowly said, "He hasn't seen old Daoist Tu for quite a while, and today, upon meeting, he had an unusually large amount of dialogue. He also insisted that it was the Daoist who killed Xia Lie, which felt peculiar to me."
"With your Martial Arts and Divine Skills, my lord, your Spiritual Sense should not be far off," Vice Commander Chu said with a frown, "Perhaps Lin Yue is hiding something. However, from the way he acts towards his wife, it doesn't seem feigned."
"Have someone keep an eye on him," Baili Fengzhi ordered.
"Is there no need for an investigation?" asked Vice Commander Chu, still puzzled.
"There is no need."
Baili Fengzhi spoke softly, "Calculate the time, it isn't long before Xia Lie comes of age."
...
That night.
Lin Yue sat quietly in the courtyard, his face expressionless as he pondered the details of the plan ahead.
If he failed, it was very likely he would die.
If he succeeded, it would truly be a great turnaround, and he could solve many problems he had never considered before, such as the issue of Daoist Tu not having long to live...
However, no matter the outcome, Daoist Tu would no longer be implicated and could at least live well for the next few years.
His only concern was that Daoist Tu would be unable to restrain himself from taking action, because he knew, that prison could not confine Daoist Tu.
What trapped the old man was his own oath.
"Clang!"
Just at that moment, a sound as if striking a great bell suddenly exploded in Lin Yue's mind!
In an instant, everything in front of him seemed to come to a complete halt.
All was silent, save for the lofty and mighty tolling of the bell echoing endlessly in his mind.
"Clang!"
Another high and clear bell rang out, followed by a faint, ethereal voice that quietly emerged, whispering in his mind.
"Do you know? The awakening of Innate Divine Power is not completely an unknown gift from the heavens. It is intimately related to a person's soul, Bloodline, foundation, talent, and so on. Like Xia Lie, his origin from the Bloodline's foundation is vitality, so once his Innate Divine Power awakens, it is bound to be related to life restoration."
Then, the voice gradually faded into nothingness.
"Xia Lie's Innate Divine Power is related to life restoration?"
Lin Yue silently processed this Second Ring Level secret with a hint of a smile on his lips, feeling more confident about the plan ahead.
...
Sunrise and moonset.
Time flowed ceaselessly.
The night of the tenth day of the ninth month was destined to be no ordinary night.
"Rumble——!"
Above Qingdu, the night sky suddenly burst into a tremendous roar.
Accompanied by rumbling thunder, the Heavenly Dome above suddenly revealed serpentine bolts of lightning, meandering across the night sky, wantonly stirring the obscurity of the heavens, while myriad rainbow hues streaked across the firmament, forming bridges that stretched to the horizon, quietly scattering countless pearls of light that seemed to be made of gold and jade.
Such a magnificent and grand phenomenon stretched across the Heavenly Dome.
Countless people at this moment raised their heads to look up at the night sky, wordlessly astonished by the scene.
"Thunder accompanied by a rainbow bridge, with beads of light scattered among the Human World... I have seen descriptions of such scenes in the ancient texts..."
"...It's a Xiahong!"
"It's the bloodline awakening phenomenon of the Xiahong family!"
"Such a grand spectacle indicates that it's not just any common child of noble Xiahong lineage!"
At this moment, excited and astonished voices resounded throughout Qingdu City.
"Here it comes! Is it really in Qingdu?"
Baili Fengzhi leaned on the railing atop the tallest Observatory Tower of the City Lord Mansion, squinting her eyes as she searched for the source of the extraordinary phenomenon.
Suddenly, her beautiful eyes turned ice-cold: "It's at Lin Yue's home!"