Zhu Mo did not leave the Southern Sky Hunting Garden. Instead, he returned to his residence. After activating the room's formation, he opened a hidden door, revealing a stone chamber behind it.
The stone chamber was not large, measuring roughly thirty square meters. Its surrounding walls were carved with dense, weathered, and complicated runes.
Zhu Mo cupped his hands in salute, then took out the token of the Zhao Xing Office's commander and walked to the center of the stone chamber, pressing it into a recessed slot.
As his spiritual power poured in, the dim runes in the stone chamber were suddenly filled with golden light. One rune after another radiated dazzling screens of light.
Amid the flickering radiance of the runes, two men appeared inside the stone chamber. They were none other than Emperor Chu and Prince Chen.
After Prince Chen's figure emerged, he cupped his hands toward Emperor Chu. "Father."
Emperor Chu nodded and looked at Zhu Mo. "Zhu Mo, why have you activated the formation?"
Zhu Mo cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, Prince Chen, Wolf Marquis came to report just now, saying that he saw a black shadow enter the main peak."
He slowly relayed to Emperor Chu and Prince Chen what he had learned from Lin Bai. "According to Wolf Marquis, this person seems to know all the formations within the Southern Sky Seventy-Two Peaks like the back of his hand. He traveled through them without alarming a single formation. Even when entering the main peak, he did not trigger its formation!"
Upon hearing this, Emperor Chu's gaze grew restrained, while Prince Chen's expression changed drastically.
Prince Chen said, "How is that possible? If some ill-intentioned person had infiltrated the Southern Sky Hunting Garden, that would be understandable. Such things have happened before."
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