Chapter 291 Death Has Been Chasing Me
The disappearance of Bai Jun and his descendants caused great unrest in the entire Eternal Empire at the time, and even almost led to a war, because the other two Blood Kings clearly had the motive and ability to commit the crime.

Although the whole incident ended in nothing, the balance of the three forces was completely broken with the disappearance of a blood king.

During this period, the other two blood kings gradually became reclusive and rarely appeared in public.

Without the suppression of the three blood kings, the conflicts between the various forces became increasingly irreconcilable.

When Ning Qing left the Eternal Empire, many armed conflicts had already broken out between the three major forces.

Any discerning person can see that if this continues, there will be an irreversible outcome, and the shadow of civil war hangs over everyone's heart.

The reason why Ning Qing traveled thousands of miles to the human society to find Shen Cheng was because he hoped that he could prevent the outbreak of civil war.

Shen Cheng was originally worried about how he would face the three Blood Kings after going to the Eternal Empire. After all, as a powerful outsider, he would definitely be viewed with caution and rejected.

I didn't expect that I worried too much. One of the three blood kings disappeared and two of them lived in seclusion.

And something must have gone wrong with those two people in seclusion.

In addition to these three forces, the Eternal Empire also has a relatively detached and neutral force, which is the Palace of Astrology.

The Eternal Empire highly respects divination, and fortune tellers have held a relatively high status since ancient times. When the Eternal Emperor was still alive, the most accurate fortune teller would be awarded the title of prophet.

The first prophet founded an organization called the House of Astrology where fortune tellers could communicate and learn from each other.

Over the years, the Astrology Palace has developed into a neutral force with a transcendent status. The three autonomous territories led by the three blood kings all maintain sufficient respect for the Astrology Palace.

Ji Chan is the most talented fortune teller in the Astrology Palace in the past hundred years. At a young age, he was awarded the title of prophet and became the master of the palace.

During the era of Three Kings' Division, the three blood kings were frequent visitors of Ji Chan, and they often asked her for help in divination on some important matters.

Ning Qing is now going to take everyone to the Astrology Palace to meet Ji Chan.

How to stop the civil war that is about to break out in the Eternal Empire? I believe that Ji Chan, as a prophet, can provide a clear path.

However, Shen Cheng was not concerned about preventing the civil war. Although he believed in his heart that he was the reincarnation of the Eternal Emperor, he did not consider himself a member of the Eternal Empire.

The reason he came to the Eternal Empire this time was, firstly, to meet Du Tianming, and secondly, to find more eternal blood to lift his own blood curse.

He now has about 90% source blood, 5% eternal blood and 5% dragon blood in his body. It will be a long and arduous journey to completely replace all the source blood.

The fire in the body became more and more intense, and Xiao Qingque's hands alone could no longer stop it.

Shen Cheng gave her a look, then stood up and walked to the back of the plane.

Xiao Qingque let out a long sigh, feeling like a human-shaped Fiji cup, being poked around by Shen Cheng every day.

Dejected at being forced to work overtime, she stood up and followed Shen Cheng away.

Although the remaining four people in the cabin did not react to this scene, they all knew what was going on.

Even Yan Qiuli knew the relationship between Shen Cheng and Xiao Qingque very well.

She felt that Sister Qingque was just taking advantage of her age. If she were in her twenties, she would definitely not let her eat alone all the time.

At the back of the plane, Shen Cheng blocked out all sounds. Although this made things more obvious, it at least proved that he still had some dignity.

Xiao Qingque was lying on the window with her butt raised up. Shen Cheng came over and stood behind her, hugging her with both hands.

The two of them admired the view outside the window and played the game of pushing and shoving together.

The scenery outside the window, after passing through a large area of ​​uninhabited land, gradually began to show many artificial buildings and some armed outposts.

This means that they have entered the borders of the Eternal Empire.

Fortunately, the plane was flying at an altitude of 10,000 meters in broad daylight, otherwise it would have been very likely to be discovered and intercepted.

More and more buildings appeared on the ground, and soon some roads and towns appeared.

The architecture of the Eternal Empire is significantly different from that of humans. Since they rarely move during the day, they do not need to consider the issue of lighting. Many buildings are stacked together like building blocks.

After a large number of small and medium-sized towns, a city appeared in Shen Cheng's sight.

Unlike human cities, the design of vampire cities is very peculiar. All the streets are like glass tubes. These tubes turn black during the day to block the sunlight for the vampires who come out during the day. At night, they become transparent to facilitate lighting.

The area the plane is now entering belongs to Bai Jun's territory, named Bai Ye Territory, but now more and more people call it Bai Ye Kingdom.

On the surface, the Eternal Empire still maintains its unity, but privately, more and more people are entering the Three Kingdoms era, and no one dares to take the lead in establishing an independent country.

Bai Jun is the Blood King who disappeared more than 20 years ago. Now the entire White Night Kingdom is managed by his servants and subordinates.

The plane was flying very fast. In less than half a day, it crossed the White Night Kingdom and arrived at the sphere of influence of the Astrology Palace.

The territory belonging to the Astrology Palace is much smaller, probably only the size of an ordinary city, with a diameter of no more than two hundred kilometers.

After the plane entered the territory, it soon arrived above the Astrology Palace.

The Astrology Palace, as the name suggests, is a huge palace.

This palace was built on a low mountain. From the foot of the mountain to the top, it belongs to the palace, with countless exquisite and beautiful palaces located in it.

When the plane arrived here, it was just nightfall. Countless lights of different colors were lit up in the Astrological Palace. From a distance, it looked like a beautiful colorful painting.

If this were in the federal government, it would at least be a national attraction, the kind where one would have to queue up and buy tickets to enter and visit.

When Ning Qing was about to introduce the origin of this Astrology Palace to Shen Cheng and others, his face suddenly changed and he said to Shen Cheng anxiously: "Sir, please land the plane immediately."

She had always called Shen Cheng "Master" before, and only changed the term to "Sir" at Shen Cheng's request.

It was the first time that Shen Cheng saw Ning Qing with such an anxious expression.

While controlling the plane to land in a square inside the Astrology Palace, he asked, "What happened?"

Ning Qing stood by the window, staring at the flag flying in the Astrology Palace through the window: "The Astrology Palace has raised a black flag, which is a symbol of the death of an important person."

Her extremely solemn tone gave everyone a sense of impending storm.

Ning Qing bit her lower lip and stopped talking. There were only two important figures in the Astrology Palace who were qualified to raise the black flag.

One of them is the great fortune teller Leng Li, and the other is the prophet Ji Chan.

Leng Li was the previous Palace Master. After passing the position of Palace Master to Ji Chan decades ago, she has been committed to improving the divination technique and no longer manages any affairs, so the probability of something happening to her is very low.

As for the prophet Ji Chan, because she had exhausted all her strength in the previous divination about the resurrection of the Eternal Emperor, her body became extremely weak, even weaker than an ordinary vampire, so the probability of something happening to her was the highest.

"Where is your plane from? Leave immediately." When the plane approached the sky above the Astrological Palace, it was finally discovered and a stern warning followed.

However, Shen Cheng ignored it and forced the plane to land on a square inside the Astrology Palace.

As soon as the plane landed, a large number of vampire soldiers appeared in the square and surrounded the entire plane.

"Everyone inside, listen."

A vampire officer shouted with full energy: "You have trespassed into the Astrology Palace without permission, which is a serious violation of the Astrology Palace's control laws. Come out and surrender immediately, otherwise we will not rule out the use of compulsory measures..."

Before he could finish his words of persuasion to surrender, the cabin door suddenly opened and Ning Qing appeared at the door.

When the vampire officer saw Ning Qing's appearance clearly, his face suddenly changed and he quickly knelt on one knee on the ground.

"Master Ning Qing is back. We didn't know this was your plane. Please forgive us."

Seeing this, the other vampires surrounding the plane also knelt on the ground. In a blink of an eye, the entire square was filled with kneeling vampires.

Before Shen Cheng came here, he knew that the Eternal Empire was a country with a very serious concept of class. Only after seeing it with his own eyes did he understand how serious the concept of class had become. It was already at the level of a feudal system.

However, in his eyes, this scene was very much like "the three-year period has arrived, the Dragon King has returned", which was indeed a bit difficult to hold back, and Shen Cheng had to suppress the upturned corners of his mouth with great difficulty.

Ning Qing is Ji Chan's chief maid and holds a very high status in the Astrology Palace, so this group of vampire soldiers, including the officers among the soldiers, must kneel and salute when they see her.

This concept of hierarchy permeates every corner of the Eternal Empire.

Ning Qing walked off the plane with a serious face, and Shen Cheng and Yan Qiuli followed behind her.

The fact that Shen Cheng is the resurrected Eternal Emperor must not be exposed. Otherwise, once the two reclusive Blood Kings get to know the news, they will probably jump out immediately even if they are in the coffin and take his life.

So Shen Cheng’s current identity is a distinguished guest who Ning Qing invited back from afar.

The reason why Yan Qiuli was brought along was because as a fortune teller, she was extremely curious about the Astrology Palace, the holy land of divination, so she begged Shen Cheng to bring her out to see it.

Tian Xuanxing and Bai Qiu Ning were not willing to get involved in any trouble, so they continued to stay on the plane.

Xiao Qingque also stayed on the plane on the grounds of protecting them. She could tell from Ning Qing's reaction that something major might have happened in the Astrology Palace.

Xiao Qingque, who had nearly lost his life in the Life Court headquarters not long ago, no longer wanted to take any risks and just wanted to hide away and play safe.

Ning Qing quickly came to the officer kneeling on the ground, stared down at him, and asked in a deep voice: "I saw the black flag was raised. Which master in the Astrology Palace passed away?"

The officer replied in a sad tone, “The Prophet has passed away.”

Ning Qing almost couldn't stand, her mind went blank. The thing she was most worried about finally happened.

Shen Cheng asked from the side: "Are you okay?"

Ning Qing blinked and came back to her senses.

"I am fine."

She answered quietly, then grabbed the officer by the collar and lifted him off the ground.

"Why did the prophet die suddenly? What was the reason?"

The officer didn't dare to look at Ning Qing's eyes that were so sharp that they were about to pierce his head, and replied in a low voice: "He was assassinated."

Ning Qing's serious expression turned cold and iron-green, and a huge sense of oppression emanated from her body, spreading throughout the square in an instant.

Ning Qing is the ace, and the strongest among the aces, almost the same level as Zhao Nanxing.

The terrifying aura emanating from her body at this moment was like the pressure from the deep sea, making it impossible for the group of vampire soldiers in the square to breathe and causing them great pain.

The officer held in Ning Qing's hand turned pale and almost fainted from fright.

Shen Cheng has known Ning Qing for more than a month. She usually looks serious and capable, and rarely shows any emotional fluctuations. Today is the first time he has seen her so angry.

But this is understandable, because Shen Cheng himself was extremely surprised by the news.

Ji Chan, the prophet who calculated that he was the reincarnation of the Eternal Emperor, was assassinated.

Wait a minute, why does this scene look familiar?

Shen Cheng recalled that when he went to the Red Banquet headquarters in the federal capital, he encountered a secret room murder scene on the first night.

Now it’s my first day at the Astrology Palace, and I’m faced with an assassination. Why is the Grim Reaper chasing me all the time?

"Who is the murderer?"

Ning Qing asked word by word, her tone so cold that one would suspect she was going to start a killing spree in the next second.

The officer replied in a trembling voice: "I don't know. The assassination happened yesterday and we haven't caught the murderer yet."

Ning Qing did not continue to embarrass the poor officer. He threw him away and strode into the Astrology Palace.

Shen Cheng grabbed Yan Qiuli's hand and followed.

Ning Qing was moving very fast, and many soldiers along the way knelt down and saluted when they saw her.

However, Shen Cheng noticed that the entire Astrology Palace should be under martial law at this moment. No ordinary people could be seen, only a large number of soldiers scattered everywhere on martial law.

Ning Qing was running so fast that he disappeared in a blink of an eye. Shen Cheng could only hold Yan Qiuli and catch up quickly.

In a blink of an eye, the three of them arrived at the main hall of the Astrology Palace. As soon as they entered the door, they saw two groups of people confronting each other.

The leader on the left was a beautiful woman with short hair. Her eyes and eyebrows revealed a sharp look, and there was a hint of anger on her pretty face.

The leader on the right is a handsome man with long hair and an outstanding temperament.

Each side had a group of people behind them, occupying both sides of the main hall, glaring at each other.

When Shen Cheng and the other two came in from outside, this group of people were still cursing at each other with foul language.

Only when they saw Ning Qing did they subconsciously shut up. The main hall went from being noisy to being so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Shen Cheng keenly noticed that when Ning Qing appeared, both the woman with short hair and the man with an honest face frowned in an instant.

It seems that neither of them welcomes the return of Ning Qing, the chief maid.

(End of this chapter)