Chapter 17: Searching the Castle 2
Chapter 17: Searching the Castle (2)
The effectiveness of this Restrictive Origin Formation that focused on finding hidden mechanisms was shocking, except the results were anything but.
Su Chen had searched every corner of the castle. Apart from some foolish Sand Race individuals who had hidden a few Origin Stones behind a brick, he discovered nothing.
However, Su Chen didn’t grow frustrated. He continued to construct all kinds of Restrictive Origin Formations to probe the castle.
There was an Origin Formation that generated Origin Energy ripples and could sense any Origin Energy responses; another Origin Formation could exert gravitational forces to probe into the depths of the ground; yet another Origin Formation could scan and analyze the castle’s construction materials.
Regardless, all of these Restrictive Origin Formations were totally ineffective.
Su Chen couldn’t find a single point of suspicion.
The Origin Formations themselves were fine. Su Chen had already confirmed that for himself while using them, but it was just that this place really had no hidden secrets. Even if You Tianyang himself were here, he probably wouldn’t be able to discover even a single hair left behind by Kapius.
Su Chen’s failure threw the Zhu Clan’s entire plan of attack out of whack.
Everyone grew anxious, apprehensive, and frustrated because of this.
Even Zhu Xianyao was losing her patience. Every day that passed, her expression would grow a bit uglier.
"It’s already been seven days, but we have still discovered nothing! I think that we’re just wasting our time!" Ba Lieyuan yelled in frustration.
This eight-foot-tall, muscular man with a bald head just like An Siyuan’s was You Tianyang’s subordinate. Even though he was only in the Yang Opening Realm, his immense physical power gave him the ability to fight against Light Shaking Realm cultivators. Of course, the prerequisite to this was that the Light Shaking Realm cultivator didn’t use speed to dance around him.
Shi Mingfeng and Su Chen could confirm that You Tianyang’s brain was sharp in part because of this guy. According to conventional logic, if the master’s brain wasn’t that sharp, then at least one of his subordinates would need to be in order to make up for the master.
And since Ba Lieyuan was all brawn and no brain, it meant that You Tianyang was definitely not an idiot, although he did have very little courage. This was made clear by the ensuing interrogation.
It was also because of this that Su Chen was able to pretend to be You Tianyang up until now. Ba Lieyuan, who was closest to him, couldn’t even tell that anything was wrong. All he did was pace in the hallway in frustration day after day.
Zhu Baiyu said, "Getting frustrated won’t resolve the problem, Lieyuan. What kind of person was Kapius? It’s not really surprising that his secret stashes are hard to find."
"But those Spirit Race individuals didn’t seem to think so."
The few Spirit Race individuals that the Immortal Temple had captured were all going for West Laina Castle. Based on the preparations they had made, it seemed like their plans were all very simple, as if they had never even considered the possibility of not being able to find the stashes.
When he heard Zhu Xianyao say this, a flash of inspiration suddenly hit Su Chen. He blurted out, "Kapius is a member of the Spirit Race, so the secret stashes he left behind should have been specifically prepared for the Spirit Race. Could it be that these secret stashes can only be discovered and opened by Spirit Race individuals?"
Hopeful gazes appeared on everyone’s faces.
Zhu Xianyao said, "That’s right! These secret stashes are most likely aimed at other Spirit Race individuals, which is why all the tactics we normally use are all completely useless."