Cui Jiuyang crouched on the ground, running his fingers over the charred pit as he pondered, his doubts a tangled mess.
Suddenly, his dantian flared with heat. A powerful surge of spiritual power came from the military camp to the east-like a pebble dropped into a still lake, sending ripples spreading outward-and an inexplicable tremor stirred in his heart.
Even the Dragon-Transformation Wall in his dantian quivered. Light flowed across its surface, releasing several wisps of golden dragon qi that wound through his meridians like little snakes, carrying scorching power.
"Fuck!" Cui Jiuyang sprang to his feet. "Those bastards from the Directorate of Astronomy started the Dragon-Making Ritual early!!!"
Chapter 196: The cliff
Cui Jiuyang turned and headed out of the cave.
His steps were hurried, an ominous premonition washing over him like a rising tide.
Bai Susu had been captured so suddenly and cleanly that it hardly seemed a spur-of-the-moment decision. It seemed more like a trap planned long in advance.
The moment he left the military camp to rush to her aid, they had begun the ritual to create a false dragon.
Could there really be such a coincidence?
Cui Jiuyang knitted his brows, suspicions forming in his mind.
Had my movements in the military camp been exposed long ago?
A thought suddenly flashed through his mind.
Could they have discovered that the Jade-Illuminated Cold they captured was a substitute, then sent people searching everywhere outside for Susu, gathered their forces, and taken her in a single strike?
Their aim was to keep him from rescuing her quickly while luring him out of the military camp, giving them ample time to arrange the ritual to create a false dragon.
This... this was clearly the Queue Army's ploy to lure the tiger away from the mountain!
His thoughts raced,