"To keep the Guardian from harming us, it had to be done. It seemed Wang Buwu was also a man of great Fortune. Gui Changsheng had guided him, letting him speak up at the critical moment. Otherwise, things would have become troublesome," Shen Xiaoyi said.
Li Qingxian kept shifting the lights and shadows. "From the projected paths and images of the various teams, we can determine that the Guardian likely obtained a treasure in the Outer City, and likely another in the Inner City. He has at least one treasure in hand now, perhaps as many as three. All his teammates died, yet he entered the Imperial City alone—and he entered the red-walled Imperial Palace on our side. After the other teams entered, they all left behind more or less some fate aura. His fate aura, however, quickly vanished. That also proves he possesses powerful Fate Arts cultivation. So..."
The two met each other's gaze, and Shen Xiaoyi continued, "So he likely infiltrated the Imperial Palace to set up a configuration for the Son of Man."
"Right. If you were an elder of the Heaven's Mandate Sect, and you had sent a Guardian to protect the Son of Man, what would you have the Guardian do in the Imperial Palace?" Li Qingxian asked.
After a moment's thought, Shen Xiaoyi said, "Naturally, establish a Grand Momentum Configuration. Just as you chose to seize the Remnant Tower and establish a Fate Mountain, this is the most orthodox royal path of Fate Arts; everything else ranks beneath it. But a mere Seventh Rank Fate Arts Master cannot establish a configuration, unless..."
"Activate an existing configuration." The two spoke in unison.
"I learned some knowledge of Momentum Configurations through the Mountain Fate Sect, but I have cultivated for too short a time and learned