Heaven Rank Dharma Treasure

"Greetings, Senior Brother."

When Jiang Beiran arrived at an inn, he had only just stepped into the private room when he heard Gu Qinghuan's voice.

"Sit." Jiang Beiran pressed a hand toward Gu Qinghuan, then sat down at the round table and asked, "How did the investigation go?"

"Reporting to Senior Brother, Qinghuan is incompetent. I could only roughly determine the location where Qi Kingdom's higher-ups disappeared. I couldn't find the slightest clue beyond that."

"No need to belittle yourself. This was a headless case to begin with. It's normal that you couldn't find anything. Take me to the location you found."

"Yes." Gu Qinghuan cupped his hands respectfully.

Jiang Beiran was actually rather unfamiliar with Qi Kingdom. The reason he cared so much about it was, first, because his next step was to integrate all combat forces across the entire Profound Dragon Continent to face "enemies from the heavens" like the Gu Tribe.

Second, while Qi Kingdom had little to do with him, the two women of the Lin Family had deep ties with him. The three of them had spent more than a year together in that underground cave; to say there were no feelings between them would be a lie.

In addition, Xiao Qi, whom he was very fond of, was now also missing, his life or death unknown. But judging by his protagonist's fate, he probably wouldn't lose his life in such a small little world-ending disaster.

Following Gu Qinghuan to an empty city with a resplendent architectural style, Jiang Beiran was observing the surroundings when Gu Qinghuan introduced it. "This is Shangqiao, the capital of Qi Kingdom. All signs indicate that Qi Kingdom's higher-ups should have gathered here at the end."

After listening, Jiang Beiran nodded, then crouched down and reached out with his right