Central Plains, Heavenly Secret Tower Headquarters.
After spending a few days in the Jia Ma Empire, Xiao Tian Ce returned directly to the Central Plains.
He had received a message from Heavenly Net: the Yan Clan's Tou She Ancient God Jade had disappeared.
Yes, disappeared. Even the Yan Clan's clan leader had no idea when the Tou She Ancient God Jade they had guarded for countless years had vanished.
"So there's no trace whatsoever of the Tou She Ancient God Jade the Yan Clan was guarding?" Xiao Tian Ce asked gravely, looking at the dejected Heavenly Net before him.
"Yes. They don't even know when it disappeared, let alone where it went afterward," Heavenly Net replied glumly.
Over the past year, he had racked his brains to infiltrate the Yan Clan. Just as he finally prepared to gain access to their Tou She Ancient God Jade, it vanished without a trace.
Moreover, neither the Yan Clan's clan leader nor the elders responsible for guarding the jade knew when it had disappeared. That was exceedingly strange.
As Heavenly Net recounted the details, Xiao Tian Ce was equally lost in a fog. There were several possible explanations for the disappearance of the Yan Clan's Tou She Ancient God Jade.
First, after learning that the Xiao Clan had taken the Stone Clan's and Spirit Clan's Tou She Ancient God Jade, the Yan Clan might have hidden theirs to avoid a direct confrontation with the Xiao Clan, publicly claiming that it had disappeared at some unknown time.
That would spare them a future clash with the Xiao Clan. After all, the Xiao Clan was far too powerful for the Yan Clan to resist alone.
Second, spies planted by the Hun Clan might have stolen it. Although that differed from the original story, with even