You don't want your secret to be revealed by others, right?-Chapter 385 - 16, Vitality Divine Light_2

"But the moment His Highness stepped out, the Array sealed off the exit. With such a grand deployment, there must be a scheme behind this." Baili Fengzhi frowned and said, "Shall we break the Array?"

"The Long Night Meteor Array, even if it's just that Ascetic presiding over it, would take me some time to break through," Duke Heng slightly shook his head and transmitted, "I will go inquire about the situation."

Baili Fengzhi was silent for a moment before transmitting, "Lord Qi, I will return to my mansion right now to ask an elder for help."

Without further words, she immediately turned and transformed into a streak of fiery red light, flying towards Di Hong City.

Duke Heng took a step forward and appeared above the Long Night Meteor Array, where the dreadful aura of a Saint-class mighty person fiercely burst forth, along with his aged voice thunderously spreading out:

"People of Prince Cheng Mansion, why set up an Array to seal off the exit to Beiyuan Mountain? Withdraw the Array immediately!"

It was only then that the surrounding Great Cultivators noticed the presence of Duke Heng, their spirits visibly lifted.

"How did Duke Heng come here?"

"Lord Qi?"

"At this station, it's just about receiving people or grabbing treasures; surely it wouldn't warrant an intervention from a significant figure like Duke Heng?"

"Isn't Duke Heng's family allied through marriage with the Seventeenth Prince? With Duke Heng personally arriving, could it be..."

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"Is it because of the Seventeenth Prince? Or someone else?"

The surrounding Great Cultivators couldn't help but engage in Divine Thought Transmission amongst themselves.

Meanwhile, inside the Long Night Meteor Array, a detached voice responded:

"Unexpectedly, Duke Heng has come in person. I apologize. The Qingtian Bureau is cooperating with Prince Cheng Mansion to capture a feloneous Cultivator, solely to retrieve the Treasure. This case was already established a year ago. Please, Duke Heng, wait for a moment."

Duke Heng's gaze turned icy as he said in a low voice, "Capturing a feloneous Cultivator? Your Qingtian Bureau and Prince Cheng Mansion really have endless feloneous Cultivators to catch, huh? Withdraw the Array immediately!"

Several Great Cultivators flew over, with the leader shouting angrily, "I am the Housekeeper of the Seventh Princess Mansion. The Seventh Princess has already left the North Garden and must be within the Array. How dare you set up an Array to imprison Her Highness the Seventh Princess? Withdraw the Array immediately and seek pardon!"

But this time, there was no response from within the Array.

"Boom!"

Duke Heng did not hesitate. His walking stick suddenly pointed at the Long Night Meteor Array, as the space around it twisted, descending with a fearsome might. However, the Array Barrier only rippled with starlight and deflected the attack.

The surrounding Great Cultivators were immediately startled. Was this Array so powerful?

"Hmm?" Duke Heng narrowed his eyes slightly.

He didn't want to waste words and intended to break the Array directly. Although the Long Night Meteor Array was somewhat mysterious, if it was just the Ascetic presiding over the Array, he should have been able to break through with his full-strength attack after some time.

But his attack had barely managed to shake the Array?

This meant... the person presiding over the Array might be no weaker than him!

Such an existence, within the entire Prince Cheng Mansion, there was only one!

"The Twelfth Prince is here too?" Duke Heng's face was ice-cold, growing more anxious in his heart.

...

Inside the Long Night Meteor Array.

The Seventh Princess frowned as she looked at the starry sky formed by the Array and then towards the group of Great Cultivators opposite her, speaking slowly, "Ascetic, what is the meaning of this?"

The Ascetic, with his dark skin and shabby monk's robe, stood opposite to her, followed by nine Great Cultivators, including a high-ranking official from the Qingtian Bureau and Guest Elders from Prince Cheng Mansion. These ten people's auras faintly connected with the Array, clearly becoming its foundation.

"Master Yuan Yu, bring people over," the Ascetic said as he looked towards Xiahong Yuan Yu.

Xiahong Yuan Yu was also perplexed, shocked that the Ascetic dared to trap the Seventh Princess with an Array and was just awakening to the situation when he quickly led his people to the Ascetic's side.

Suddenly—

"Hmm?"

The Ascetic slightly furrowed his brow. Although the Array isolated the outside world, as one of the main Array foundations, he naturally sensed the situation outside.

He immediately transmitted his Divine Thought to the hidden Array core:

"Your Highness, Duke Heng has also arrived. Alone, I fear I might not hold off Duke Heng for long."

A gentle voice resounded in the Ascetic's mind through Divine Thought Transmission, "No worries, I will personally take charge. Even Duke Heng will take who knows how long to break the Array."

"But how did Duke Heng end up here?" the Ascetic couldn't help but transmit, "It's quite strange."

"Perhaps last year on this day, the one who killed Yuan Yu and the others was the Seventeenth Prince. Perhaps he entered a bit later, so he will come out a bit later as well."

That gentle voice continued, "It doesn't matter. Don't worry about my seventeenth brother; a mere Four Symbols Practitioner is not to be feared. Today, we must obtain the Phoenix Crown no matter what. Begin."

"Understood."

The exchange of thoughts occurred in an instant.

The Ascetic gathered his thoughts and looked towards the Seventh Princess.

"Your Highness the Seventh Princess, forgive the offense this time. In the future, I will naturally come to accept punishment."

The Ascetic pressed his palms together and smiled, "However, before that, there are two things I need to inform Your Highness."

The Seventh Princess's brow furrowed tightly.

"First, the feloneous Cultivator who stole the Treasure from Prince Cheng Mansion refused to surrender and has been killed by us on the spot."

As soon as he finished speaking, a beam of starlight suddenly descended behind the Seventh Princess, instantly surrounding the panic-stricken innocent Cultivator behind her with the starlight trembling, immediately turning him into dust.

Caught off guard, the Seventh Princess only managed to protect herself and did not have the time to intervene to save the Cultivator, only to find that he had already turned to dust.

She understood and took a deep breath, slowly saying, "Murder to silence?"