When I woke up, I wanted to go home.

Chapter 167 Discovered

The group of people who usually ate with gusto were now sullenly eating the monster that Zhu Chongjiu had roasted.

Upon seeing this, Zhu Chongjiu chuckled and teased, "What are you all doing?"

Why are they all like this?

"Is my cooking so outdated that you can't stomach it?"

"Ninth Brother, what was that spying on us just now? Have we been discovered?" Xiao Huo thought it was his fault, so after Zhu Chongjiu finished teasing him, he asked first!

Seeing everyone's worried expressions, Zhu Chongjiu still smiled and said, "What are you all doing? So what if you found out?"

"He's just a Heavenly King; it's not like I haven't killed him before."

Hearing Zhu Chongjiu's nonchalant words, Xiao Jin and Xiao Mu's expressions gradually returned to normal, and they perked up.

Who can argue with that? We're just used to being cautious. Even the Ninth Brother of the Heavenly King has done it twice, so what else can we do?

Yes, Xiao Jin is right. If we can't fight, then what's the point? Our strength has increased a lot now. Although we can't beat a Heavenly King-level expert one-on-one, it will still take him a lot of effort to kill us.

With Xiao Jin and Xiao Mu livening things up, everyone quickly recovered from the previous dull atmosphere and started chatting and laughing again. Xiao Huo, still feeling a little guilty, lowered his head and said, "Ninth Brother repeatedly emphasized that we should keep a low profile and not expose ourselves, but I still couldn't help it. No matter what, it's still my fault!"

Little Fire, if you put it that way, then you're implicating your brother Mu. Didn't you only step in to stand up for me?

What "Brother Mu"? It's "Brother Mu"!

Okay, okay, Huo Ge, since you stood up for me, you're my brother.

After comforting Xiao Huo, Xiao Mu turned to Zhu Chongjiu and asked, "By the way, Ninth Brother, the thing that was spying on us from the void just now seems to be of the same kind and origin as us. Did you find anything?"

Zhu Chongjiu replied to Xiao Mu's question, "You're right. Based on my senses, that should also be a spirit of elemental law."

If I'm not mistaken, it should be a wind elemental spirit.

This wind elemental spirit must have just taken shape, and it seems to be an embodiment of the Heavenly Dao.

At this point, Zhu Chongjiu looked up at the thick clouds overhead.

Seeing Zhu Chongjiu's gaze fixed on the sky, Xiao Tu asked, "Brother Jiu, you said this world is quite strange. There is no sun, but there is a distinction between day and night."

The sky was covered with thick, heavy clouds, but not a single drop of rain fell; we had to rely on magical techniques to bring water.

Zhu Chongjiu glanced at Xiao Tu, whose head was full of questions, smiled, and then looked at everyone and said, "Who knows the questions Xiao Tu was asking just now?"

Could you please answer him for me?

Upon hearing Zhu Chongjiu's words, Xiaorou put down the roast chicken she hadn't finished eating, straightened her back, and said, "Let me do it."

For a superstar, the existence of day and night without the sun is a simple matter.

Even if we don't say that there are definitely some large formations that can do this, just this element alone is something that can be formed under many conditions.

This includes the wind!

At this point, Xiaorou raised her hand and pointed to the sky above her head.

Secondly, Xiao Tu asked why it wasn't raining with such thick clouds in the sky.

At first, I also had doubts, until just now when that little Heavenly Dao was spying on us, I also released my divine sense to take a look at it, as well as the sky above.

Those weren't clouds, they were wind.

So, if it's wind, how can it rain?

After saying that, Xiao Rou picked up the roast chicken that Xiao Jin was about to steal again and ate it in small bites.

Xiaorou is right, do you all understand now?

Oh, I see. I understand now, Ninth Brother. Thank you, Little Rou, for clearing things up for me.

Xiao Tu, what I'm trying to answer for you is answering everyone's questions.

Seeing the children happily playing together, Zhu Chongjiu smiled kindly. At the same time, he was inwardly marveling at how a world controlled by a Heavenly King-level expert could not compare to the shattered Azure God Realm, regardless of the difference in the Heavenly Dao or the maturity of the elemental laws.

Moreover, the strongest beings in the Azure God Realm are only at the Heavenly Official Realm, yet they have never been disturbed or occupied. It seems that the Azure God Realm is not simple at all.

You mean it was a group of six with two pets, and among them was a spirit of fire elemental law, whose identity was unknown to the others?

After hearing the middle-aged man's words, Xiao Fengtuan nodded humanely.

After a moment of contemplation, the middle-aged man dismissed the little windball, instructing it to continue monitoring the group.

Then, the middle-aged man called over a henchman and said to him, "Go to the entrance of the world immediately, find out the origins of the people here, and then come back and report to me immediately."

The subordinate agreed and then vanished into the hall like a gust of wind.

Before long, the subordinate reappeared in front of the middle-aged man, knelt down, and said with his hands clasped, "Reporting to the Immortal King, there is no information about any people at the entrance to the world."

According to my investigation, it was officials in charge of the world's entrance and exit checkpoints who accepted bribes and secretly released him into the Qingfeng World.

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man, who was also the master of this world, Feng Xianwang, said angrily, "These people really need to be properly disciplined now."

It's one thing to tamper with some goods and embezzle a little, but to dare let a bunch of people of unknown origin in like this in is unacceptable.

At this point, Feng Xianwang waved his hand and ordered, "Remove the immortal spirits of the key personnel and send them to mine in the Obsidian World. Confiscate all their property."

At the same time, all officials in charge of the passes should be thoroughly investigated, and those who seriously violated the law or neglected their duties should be punished in the same way.

In the milder cases, their immortal status is revoked, all their property is confiscated, and they are demoted to commoner immortals.

Furthermore, find out how they obtained access to the officials at the entrances and exits.

This has been confirmed by my subordinates. They arrived here via a human merchant ship and bribed the officials at the pass through the manager of that human merchant ship before entering the Qingfeng World.

Oh, a human merchant ship? Which faction does that human merchant ship belong to? Where is it now? Can we capture it and ask them?

In response to Feng Xianwang's three questions, the subordinate replied one by one: "The merchant ship belongs to Empress Huang Ting. It has been more than a few months since this group entered our Qingfeng World, and now the merchant ship has disappeared without a trace."

Even if we were to locate the merchant ship, it would be too far from our sphere of influence to pursue and interrogate it effectively.

After listening to his subordinate's report, Feng Xianwang grunted in response and then, without asking any further questions, instructed him to carry out the important task of combating corruption and eliminating bribes.

I should just forget about Empress Huang Ting's businesses. That crazy woman has been in a bad mood lately, and if I offend her, she might just kill me with a single sword strike.

He Guangxiandi killed a mere Immortal Lord under his command without hesitation, so what chance does a lowly Immortal King like me have?

At that point, no big shot will stand up for me.

Could these people also be human, and be Empress Huang Ting's people?

Let Xiao Qingfeng observe them first. If necessary, we should meet with them. If they are not human, it will be fine. But if they are human, then things will be difficult.

Seeing that even Xiao Rou, who was usually the gentlest eater, had finished the roast chicken, Zhu Chongjiu laughed and said, "Brothers, let's keep going."

Where are you going, Ninth Brother?

Of course we should go see what the Celestial King's palace looks like! Otherwise, people will say we're ignorant.

Ninth Brother is half right. He said we were ignorant, but he mainly said we were cowardly. After being discovered, we slunk away. How could we live up to my future title of God of Fire?

That's true. Right now, only Xiao Huo's identity has been exposed, and even then, it's only as the Fire Elemental Spirit. He can't tell the identities of the others.

Even if they figure it out, so what? Just do it!

Xiao Mu, stop bragging. Have you forgotten that those chicks just roasted all your feathers off?

Xiao Tu, stand there, I'm going to fight you to the death!