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After a brief meeting and some idle chatter with the Emperor of the Sky Serpent Empire, Xiao Lin was arranged to stay in a luxurious building near the imperial palace.
"This is ten out of twelve points of abnormal!"
This was the first thought that rose in Xiao Lin's mind after settling into his lodgings.
Setting aside the matter of why Emperor Tian She was hiding his cultivation, the mere fact that he had dismissed Xiao Lin from the palace after such a brief meeting seemed suspicious no matter how one looked at it.
One must know that when the Sky Serpent Imperial Family originally invited the people of Jia Nan Academy to participate in the Founding Ceremony, it was equivalent to wanting to reach a deal with them.
However, the meeting just now was clearly the best opportunity to discuss this matter, yet the other party hadn't even mentioned a single word about it!
If this was normal, then there truly were ghosts in the world!
To put it simply, it felt as if the matter mentioned by First Elder Su Qian didn't exist at all. This left Xiao Lin wondering exactly what kind of scheme the Sky Serpent Imperial Family was cooking up.
However, after pondering for a long time, Xiao Lin still didn't have the slightest clue.
"Forget it. Soldiers will be blocked by generals, and water will be covered by earth. It was originally the Sky Serpent Imperial Family who sought help from my Jia Nan Academy. Since they aren't mentioning it now, why should I bother worrying about it?"
Since he couldn't figure it out, Xiao Lin chose to just "lie flat" and relax.
After all, for Xiao Lin, he possessed the ability to break all laws with pure strength. If the Sky Serpent Imperial Family truly harbored any malicious intentions and tried to use them against him, he wouldn't mind flipping the table.
Because he had the strength!
An Eight-Star Dou Zong, plus an Early-stage Heaven Realm soul, and a Rank 4 Spiritual Array Master—let alone facing a mere Nine-Star Dou Zong, even if some low-level Dou Zun came, Xiao Lin was confident he could turn their bones to ash!
Since that was the case, what did he have to worry about?
If anything, he hoped the Sky Serpent Imperial Family wouldn't be so blind as to provoke him. Otherwise, Xiao Lin would show them exactly how the word "cruel" was written!
Thus, Xiao Lin stopped thinking about the Imperial Family's affairs and instead began to stroll leisurely through the capital of the Sky Serpent Empire.
As the number one city in the entire Northwestern Continent, the capital of the Sky Serpent Empire indeed had many commendable points. Its level of prosperity was naturally far beyond what other countries could compare to.
Especially during these few days as the Sky Serpent Empire prepared to hold its Founding Ceremony, the population had exploded. People from all directions were either coming to watch the excitement or to offer congratulations.
In fact, during his few days of wandering, Xiao Lin had already seen several Dou Zong experts arrive. It was no exaggeration to say that on the day the ceremony began, there would definitely be more than 20 Dou Zong experts present in this city!
After all, the Sky Serpent Imperial Family already had four Dou Zong experts, and the Sky Serpent Mansion, whose strength surpassed the Imperial Family, would only have more. Add to that other sects within the Sky Serpent Empire that might possess their own Dou Zong experts.
With a rough calculation like this, the Sky Serpent Empire itself might already possess more than 10 Dou Zong experts. This kind of strength was already enough to form a crushing dominance over the surrounding empires.
Moreover, it was still uncertain whether there were any Dou Zun experts hidden above the Dou Zong level within the Sky Serpent Empire... Xiao Lin could already imagine that the day the ceremony started would definitely be a grand feast!
Of course, that was a matter for a few days later.
Actually, Xiao Lin had originally thought the Imperial Family would have business to trade with Jia Nan Academy, so he had arrived a few days early. That was why he had the time to wander around the capital after being settled near the palace.
He was among the earliest batch of guests to arrive.
Furthermore, what made Xiao Lin truly feel admiration for the Sky Serpent Empire wasn't how many Dou Zong experts they had, or whether there was a hidden Dou Zun, but something else entirely!
That was the fact that within the capital of the Sky Serpent Empire, there actually existed a Spatial Wormhole.
Yes, a Spatial Wormhole!
While wandering the capital, Xiao Lin had discovered a massive black stone plaza. The plaza was extremely broad and constructed entirely out of a type of black stone that gave off a cold and sturdy feeling.
Dozens of guards were stationed around the black stone plaza, and the two elderly men leading them were actually experts of the Dou Zong realm!
At the same time, on a towering stone platform within the plaza, an extremely dense spatial power was faintly permeating outward. Above it, a pitch-black hollow nearly ten zhang in size was slowly rotating.
The spatial power Xiao Lin felt was being emitted from there. With just one look, Xiao Lin was certain that this was a Spatial Wormhole that only a true Dou Zun expert could open!
Despite Xiao Lin's current combat power being roughly comparable to a mid-level Dou Zun, his actual Dou Qi cultivation was, after all, only at the Eight-Star Dou Zong level. He was currently unable to open such a spatial hollow.
That was a unique symbol belonging to a Dou Zun expert!
The moment he saw the Spatial Wormhole in the capital, Xiao Lin was certain in his heart. Regardless of whether the Sky Serpent Empire currently had a hidden Dou Zun, they must have possessed one in the past!
This Spatial Wormhole in the capital was iron-clad proof!
"Spatial Wormhole, Dou Zun... these two terms don't seem that far away from me anymore!"
At the sight of this wormhole, Xiao Lin's heart also grew fervent.
Feeling the threads of spatial power drifting over, Xiao Lin truly wished he could break through to the Dou Zun realm immediately. But he also knew that he still had a way to go before reaching that stage.
After arriving at the black stone plaza, the anomaly in Xiao Lin's behavior naturally caught the attention of the two Dou Zong experts guarding the Spatial Wormhole.
After all, Xiao Lin's gaze was far too blatant.
If those two Dou Zong couldn't notice his abnormality, they would truly be blind. Once those two Dou Zong realized they couldn't see through Xiao Lin's realm, the hair on their bodies stood on end.
One must realize that it was currently the period of the Founding Ceremony, and Dou Zong experts from all directions were arriving. The two of them naturally knew how important the Spatial Wormhole was to their Sky Serpent Empire.
To put it bluntly, if someone were to destroy this Spatial Wormhole, the resulting explosion would likely erase nearly half of the capital.
Now, with a Dou Zong expert whose strength was clearly above theirs staring nakedly at the Spatial Wormhole with such an abnormal expression, how could these two Sky Serpent Empire guards not feel their hearts jumping in fear?
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