On another night, three figures quietly left the Divine Realm Empire's Diplomatic Mission.
Long Yue disguised himself and set off for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Qilin Douluo Tong Yu and Joander.
Joander took out a map produced on the Douluo Continent and pointed out their destination. "Sunset Forest is near Heaven Dou City. According to the Tang Sect's records, that treasured site is inside Sunset Forest."
"Come to think of it, why are you tagging along?" Long Yue asked curiously. "Are you taking an immortal herb from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well too?"
"I would never dare appropriate one," Joander said formally. "I am merely responsible for registering the immortal herbs and bringing back those His Majesty requires."
Joander truly was the emperor's trusted confidant, entrusted with even a matter like this.
"The emperor doesn't trust... Ah, I thought my senior brother would be in charge of guarding and registering them." Long Yue egged him on toward a crime. "But heaven is high and the emperor is far away. No one would know if you took one."
"Don't get me into trouble."
Joander's gaze remained calm. "Let me make this clear first. His Majesty requires the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Historical records state that Ancestor Dai Mubai and Ancestor Huo Yuhao consumed them."
In other words, those two immortal herbs were off-limits.
Long Yue gave an unenthusiastic "Oh," but a deeply disrespectful thought arose in his mind:
Emperor Dai Tianling is already in his fifties. Even if he's a Titled Douluo, he's reached his limit. What potential does he have left? Yet he still wants to eat immortal herbs-and two of them at that!
What a waste!
*Luckily, I've gotten