My Wife is Unbeatable in the Whole World, Touch Me If You Dare!-Chapter 643 - 390: Opportunity of the Semi-Saint_2

Li Nuo accepted the paper and said, "You can go about your business."

After the government official left with a mind full of doubts, Li Nuo retrieved nine Copper Coins from his pocket and gently tossed them onto the table.

The results left him somewhat puzzled.

He couldn’t calculate anything.

The missing person was just an ordinary individual, while he had already reached the Yin Yang School level. As long as the person was within a hundred miles of Chang’an, even if he couldn’t calculate the exact location, he could at least determine the general direction.

Even if the person was dead, Li Nuo could still deduce where the body was buried.

But the divination yielded no results.

Li Nuo counted on his fingers, yet there was still no sign.

The biggest possibility was that the person was beyond a hundred miles from him; Li Nuo’s cultivation was too shallow to sense anything at such a distance.

However, if he couldn’t figure it out, someone else could.

Li Nuo took the paper with the birth information back home and handed it to Dongfang Xuan.

After glancing at it, Dongfang Xuan moved his fingers slightly and said, "This person is still alive, about three thousand miles southwest of Chang’an, but he seems not far from death..."

Three thousand miles away from Chang’an, no wonder Li Nuo couldn’t deduce it.

However, assuming the distance was correct, three thousand miles southwest of Chang’an was already beyond Daxia’s territory.

Li Nuo found a continental map in his study, pinpointing the location: three thousand miles southwest of Chang’an was Yue Country.

Yue Country was a small state bordering Daxia, Wei Country, and Chu Country. Although some small countries were essential pathways for trade with the great powers, Yue Country, located at the intersection of the three nations, was mountainous and difficult to traverse. It was highly unlikely for Daxia citizens to appear there.

Li Nuo asked, "Can you determine where exactly in Yue Country he is?"

Yue Country had a delegation in Daxia, so if they could pinpoint his exact location, they could negotiate through Honglu Si and have Yue Country assist in the search.

For Daxia’s request, Yue Country would be unlikely to oppose it.

The main reason was that they didn’t have the strength to oppose.

Dongfang Xuan sneered, saying, "Remove the words ’can you’; old man here is a Semi-Saint of the Yin Yang School. What difficulty is there in calculating an ordinary person’s location? Yue Country, that little place, old man can pinpoint which state and county he’s in at a mere flick of a finger..."

Saying this, he began to slowly calculate.

At a certain moment, his expression changed slightly, and his movements quickened.

Subsequently, his movements became faster, and his brows furrowed deeper.

Li Nuo sensed something was wrong and asked, "What’s the matter? Unable to figure it out?"

Dongfang Xuan’s expression was somewhat unsettled, and he said, "Don’t rush, old man is still calculating..."

His finger movements were already creating afterimages.

Given Li Nuo’s understanding of the Yin Yang School’s levels, this was not normal.

Dongfang Xuan knitted his brows, saying, "Something’s off. It’s not that I can’t calculate it; someone is obscuring the heavens’ secrets. Either someone from the Yin Yang School is involved, or there’s a Sixth Realm participant..."

At this moment, Phoenix walked in and asked, "What happened?"

After hearing Li Nuo’s explanation, she shook her head slightly and said, "If it’s Yue Country, it’s going to be very difficult for him to come back..."

Li Nuo looked at Phoenix, who continued, "Yue Country is situated between the three nations of Xia, Wei, and Chu. The court used to have absolute control over the country, but after being divided by the School of Cross and Vertical, two other forces emerged, creating a tripartite balance. The court of Yue Country is supported by Wei, while the other two forces have shadows of Xia and Chu behind them. Each occupies one corner, and they keep each other in check, unable to do anything to each other..."

"The largest human trafficking organization on the continent is in Yue Country. According to the intelligence we’ve gathered, they are very likely supported by the Yue Country Imperial Family. These people specialize in kidnapping and deceiving Daxia citizens, extorting large amounts of money from their families before selling them to merchants from Wei and Chu..."

Dongfang Xuan looked at Li Nuo and asked, "Does your court do nothing about this?"

Li Nuo, though unaware of these matters, had served as the Honglu Si Prime Minister and knew why the court couldn’t intervene.

However small Yue Country was, it was still a country.

Even if Daxia could crush Yue Country countless times in the blink of an eye, sending troops openly wasn’t feasible. Yue Country bordered both Wei and Chu; if Daxia sent troops, how would the other two nations, more powerful than Daxia, perceive this?

What happened internally in Yue Country could only be navigated through diplomatic means by Daxia.

Though frustrating, this was a rule the continent’s nations had tacitly accepted for three hundred years.

Dongfang Xuan thought of something and furrowed his brows, asking, "Does Yue Country have someone in the Sixth Realm?"

Phoenix said, "While Yue Country doesn’t have a Sixth Realm, Wei does. The Yue Country Imperial Family is supported by Wei, and our influence in Wei is limited. We’ve only managed to find out that the human trafficking issue in Yue Country is very likely related to the Ximen Family of Wei..."

Dongfang Xuan, upon hearing this, squinted his eyes slightly and muttered, "The Ximen Family, no wonder..."

Li Nuo asked, "Is it the Ximen Family from the Yin Yang School?"

Dongfang Xuan nodded and said, "Exactly them."

The Yin Yang Technique Li Nuo learned was passed down from the Dongfang Family, and Dongfang Xuan had mentioned the Ximen Family to him more than once. Dongfang and Ximen were not just opposing surnames but also family feuds.

However, the Dongfang Family was no longer at its peak.

The Ximen Family, on the other hand, was thriving.

The Dongfang Family, passed down to the present, was left with only Dongfang Xuan and his granddaughter Dongfang Qing. The Ximen Family not only prospered in numbers but had two Yin Yang School Semi-Saints in the Sixth Realm, with countless descendants, making them the foremost Yin Yang Family of the time.

Dongfang Xuan seemed to realize something and frowned, saying, "Could it be, they’re still practicing that sinister cultivation technique?"

Li Nuo asked, "What cultivation technique?" freewebnøvel_com

Dongfang Xuan exhaled and said, "One that takes human lives as a game to enhance one’s own cultivation. In the early years, the Ximen Family was ostracized by all Yin Yang Families. Who would have thought, now that the families have fallen, lesser individuals have gained power..."

Temporarily setting aside the enmity between the Dongfang Family and the Ximen Family.

As an Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Justice, having uncovered clues to the case, Li Nuo had to address it.

He first reached out to the family of the missing person and drew his portrait based on their descriptions.

With his painting abilities, Li Nuo could create portraits perfectly identical to the individual.

While having the Court Painter replicate these portraits, Li Nuo issued a command from the Secretariat, instructing Honglu Si officials to negotiate with the Yue Country envoy to see if they could officially secure his return.

Four Directions Hall.

Inside the Embassy of Wei Country.

Despite the tenuous relations between Daxia and Wei Country, the embassy within the Four Directions Hall remained one of the largest and best.

A Yue Country envoy handed the Honglu Si document to the Wei Country envoy, bowed low, and humbly asked, "Sir, Honglu Si has asked us to help find a person. What do you suggest we reply?"

The Wei Country envoy glanced at the document and tossed it aside, saying, "Yue Country isn’t a subject of Xia Country. Why should you follow the whims of a minor Honglu Si? Where’s your Yue Country court’s dignity?"

The Yue Country envoy nodded and said, "I understand, sir..."

If it had been two years ago, they wouldn’t have dared refuse the demands of Daxia Honglu Si.

In the eyes of the Five Great Dynasties, small countries like theirs were mere ants.

But times had changed; everyone knew that war between Wei and Xia was imminent. Xia’s national power was no match for Wei’s. Once the inevitable defeat occurred, Xia would soon face destruction, and Yue Country would have no need to save face for Xia’s court.

...

Ningxin Garden.

Li Nuo returned from the Secretariat, holding the reply from the Yue Country embassy in his hand.

Yue Country’s delegation had politely refused the Honglu Si’s request to search for the person. Their reasoning was that though Yue Country was small, it still had a population of over ten million. To find one person among ten million was akin to searching for a needle in a haystack, requiring an immense expenditure of manpower and resources. Yue Country, with its weak national strength, regretted being unable to comply...

The case itself was connected to the Yue Country court.

Finding the person would have been a simple task for them.

The refusal was simply because Daxia was no longer the Daxia of the past. With the threat of Wei looming, they could not afford to spare attention, let alone act against Yue Country.

Daxia’s court indeed held no authority over Yue Country...

In that case, bypass the court.

Li Nuo looked at Phoenix and asked, "Regarding Yue Country’s situation, there might be a Sixth Realm Semi-Saint involved... How credible is this intelligence?"

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