CHAPTER 2451  A TREASURE IN THE EMPIRE AND SECRETS

Lin Mu had sensed the formations on both the token and the letter, quickly realizing similarities between them. ~SHUA~

Upon touching the letter with the token, a formation glowed on its surface. The runes on it twisted and turned, as if a lock's chamber was being turned. A couple of seconds later, the formation seemingly 'opened' up, the runes disappearing and leaving the letter bare.

"That was rather simple." Crown Prince Feng Shun said, seeing it all. "We were lucky this time." Lin Mu replied. "Whose belt was this?" he asked.

"One of the suspects standing in the third row in the back." Commander Dui answered.

"Hmm… Their cultivation base was barely at the Second Tribulation Stage of the Immortal Realm." Lin Mu noted before flipping open the letter's flap and unfolding the letter. "Let's see what's in this first." He began to read.

The contents of the letters were actually very short, with there being only a few lines in it.

'The location of the treasure has been confirmed to be within the Dao Wind Empire. Find the box in accordance with the clues left in the sealed scroll and deliver them to the outpost as soon as possible. The outpost will be shifted every fifteen days according to the set protocol. Maintain secrecy and destroy all tracks.' Lin Mu furrowed his brows upon reading it and looked at the scroll he had taken out from the Sword tassel. "Looks like its talking about this scroll." Lin Mu spoke, while Crown Prince Feng Shun read the letter as well. "A treasure in the Dao Wind Empire… what could it be?" Commander Dui wondered.

"Whatever it is, we cannot let it reach Yao Changying's hands." Crown Prince Feng Shun stated. "If she wants something, its likely meant to be used against us or for her benefits." He added.

"Indeed." Lin Mu agreed. "We should find this before they do." "Since we have the scroll, would they even be able to find it?" Commander Dui asked.

"We have no idea if this is the only scroll. There is always a chance they have asked this task for others too." Lin Mu replied. "Since it is a treasure hunt, the clues might not be straightforward and could even be encrypted." He added.

"Hmm, Daoist Lin Mu is correct. We should prioritize this. Perhaps we might even find out more about Yao Changying's operations though this all." Crown Prince Feng Shun stated.

Hearing that though, made Lin Mu hold his chin in thought. He went silent for a couple of minutes while the others watched. "What's Daoist Chu doing right now?" Lin Mu inquired, thinking of something.

"He should be back at his residence or at the palace, probably." Crown Prince Feng Shun replied. "Why?" he asked.

"Ask him to go out to the city and look for Immortal tools like these. He needs to check for arrays that don't seem to make total sense." Lin Mu replied. "I think they might be using the market to smuggle items or pass on messages." He explained.

"You think there might be more people in the city?" Crown Prince Feng Shun questioned.

"Not just might. There's definitely more people." Lin Mu said looking at the other items that were rather mundane. "They probably can't use normal Jade Communication slips, so they might be even transmitting information in a manual method like this." "Hmm, we do have transmission interception set up all along the borders of the empire. So any long distance communication going past the borders and over the ocean will be caught by us. We actually managed to catch a few of their members like this early on in the past." Crown Prince Feng Shun explained. "Though, I'll ask Daoist Chu to take a look. This manual method might really be the best way to do this." He agreed.

Since the teleportation arrays were not working anymore, the only method to transport goods would be the old way over the ocean. But this also meant that anything that passed through the ports would be checked thoroughly and even the personal belongings of cultivators going were inspected.

Thus, it was obvious why such secrecy was added to prevent any kinds of intel being communicated to the Black Ying Empire. Of course, it had not been a 100% success as there were still Black Ying Empire members active in the empire, but it had certainly limited it.

"Let's see what's in the Scroll too." Lin Mu said as he inspected it throughly.

He knew he had to be very careful with it as there was always a chance it might get destroyed if the wrong method was used to open it. If that happened, they would have lost a really good lead to Yao Changying and her operations.

It didn't take much for Lin Mu to sense the Sealing Array that was inscribed on the silver band. The band was made out of silk and was so throughly inscribed with silver ink that it totally looked like it was just dyed silver. Only upon finely checking it with immortal sense would one be able to tell the real truth behind it.

'The letter mentioned no method of opening the seal, so it should either be known by the Second Lieutenant or the token is also the key.' Lin Mu hoped that it was the latter since that would make things a lot easier.

He didn't sense any problematic formations that could destroy it at the lightest mis-touch, so he was more relieved.

'They probably don't want it to be destroyed too easily either as it's very valuable information.' Lin Mu reckoned.

But upon touching the silver band with the token, nothing happened. Belongs to © n0velDrama.Org.

~Sigh~

"Guess we won't be lucky every time." Lin Mu let out a sign. "I'll just have to do this manually." "I'll go 'ask' the Second Lieutenant what the method of opening this is." Commander Dui stated as a stern expression appeared on his face.

"Very well." Lin Mu nodded his head as he continued to analyze it.