As Zhang Yuanqing stepped through the doors of the Golden Summit Hall, he held his palm upward and ignited a golden blaze, barely dispelling the shroud of black smoke and illuminating the hall's interior.
The layout of this hall was no different from Yaoguang Hall or Righteousness Hall—simple and unadorned, yet carrying a measure of solemnity.
A statue of an elderly man wielding a sword stood atop the pedestal. His long sleeves billowed, and he possessed the immortal bearing of a legendary sword immortal. Unfortunately, there was no crown on his head.
Zhang Yuanqing touched the statue but received no item information.
Even under the illumination of Solar Power, there was still no item information. That confirmed it was indeed an ordinary object.
He immediately circled the hall once, but found nothing.
He promptly left and headed for the residential quarters.
With Fu Qingyang and the others helping, they quickly searched the quarters, but failed to find the White Emperor Crown.
Fu Qingyang sorted through all the plotlines in the Southern Garden and said:
"There's no hidden plot."
Some items were concealed within "hidden plots" and could only be obtained by triggering hidden missions. For example, Zhang Yuanqing had obtained the Yin-Yang Robe in Yin-Yang Town by completing a hidden plot.
Xiahou Aotian analyzed, "There are two possibilities. First, the White Emperor Crown isn't in Shu Mountain. After all, the Bad Commander was a figure from the Tang dynasty. A thousand years have passed, so the White Emperor Crown may have changed hands long ago. Second, the White Emperor Crown is on the main peak, not in the Southern Garden.
"The Bad Commander said that the White Emperor Crown was Shu Mountain's sect-treasuring artifact. If it's a sect-treasuring artifact, it must be kept on the main peak."
Upon hearing this,