Special Expert of Beauty CEO-Chapter 1577 - 1581: Forces Converge

Facing the silent palace, Luoluo slowly approached, activating the Holy Heart, her blue gaze sweeping gently over the palace...

The mysterious palace had hundreds of doors, each archway wide open.

Luoluo watched, bringing Bai Lan to a large door on the side, hesitated for a moment, then said, "Here it is," and walked in. Bai Lan followed nervously.

Shortly after they entered the palace, the Ninth Prince and others descended to the north side of the mysterious palace.

His two thousand armored troops awaited halfway up the mountain. At this moment, he only brought the Second Prince, Su Xinlie, Duan Xiaodao, and several Sect Leaders from the Cultivation Immortality Sects— all were experts from the Imperial City.

As soon as the Ninth Prince and the Second Prince stepped out of their carriage, Su Xinlie approached immediately, and whispered to them, "Your Highnesses, the Crown Prince has arrived too!"

The Ninth Prince frowned and looked into the distance, indeed seeing the Crown Prince's mount descending from the sky, flanked by a dozen confidants, Bai Ji, and Jin Ji, landing hundreds of meters away from the Ninth Prince and his group.

"Old Ninth, what should we do? He has seen us. According to etiquette, we must go and pay our respects," the Second Prince whispered to the Ninth Prince.

The Ninth Prince snorted coldly, saying, "It's just paying respects, isn't it? Doesn't matter, let's go. Let him be arrogant, I want to see how long he can remain unchecked!"

The Ninth Prince led his men with large strides to the front of the Crown Prince's mount, smiling respectfully, "Greetings, Royal Brother! Haha, I didn't expect to see you here, what a coincidence!"

The Ninth Prince's salute was largely symbolic, and before the Crown Prince could reply, his bowed body had already straightened.

Whereas the Second Prince and others behaved very formally until the Crown Prince spoke, only then did they straighten up.

"Old Ninth, you say it's a coincidence, it really is. Why did you come to the East State Mountain Range?"

The Crown Prince asked calmly.

The Ninth Prince laughed heartily, "Royal Brother, aren't you asking knowingly? Why are you here yourself? Hahaha... Such a good fortune, does Royal Brother plan to keep it from me and have it all to yourself?"

Throughout, he called the Crown Prince "Royal Brother," implying he did not acknowledge the latter's position as Crown Prince.

However, the Crown Prince didn't seem to mind, remaining composed, "Oh? You actually know why I came here? Old Ninth, your information is quite astute."

"It goes both ways. Strange treasures falling from the sky, Royal Brother ought to know how to share."

With that, the Ninth Prince gently folded his hands, "Royal Brother, take your time, I shall take my people and leave first."

The Ninth Prince led his men directly towards the mysterious palace.

The Crown Prince's face darkened with malice, with a wave of his hand, he too led his men toward the mysterious palace.

Bai Ji whispered, "Your Highness, what if the Second and Ninth Princes compete with us for the treasure, what then?"

The Crown Prince replied, "It depends on the situation. If it comes to blows, then strike hard! As the Crown Prince, would I fear those two princes?"

The Ninth Prince and the Crown Prince arrived in succession before the mysterious palace, looking at the hundreds of doors, instantly bewildered.

Hundreds of doors, each leading to different places, which door should they enter?

Both sides refrained from acting rashly.

"Descend! There are people ahead, we'll descend and walk up the mountain."

From afar, Long Tianwu on the Phoenix Mount saw the Crown Prince and Ninth Prince's distant presence, immediately ordered everyone to descend to avoid being discovered by the people of East State.

"It seems the Tianyuan Dynasty's people have noticed too. As far as my sight reaches, there are at least dozens of people over there, and I fear their cultivation is not low," said the master of Heaven's Secrets.

Long Tianwu whispered, "Now it's nighttime, if we wait until daylight, there will be more people by then, it will be even more troublesome."

"Adviser, order everyone to change appearance, disguise as immortality cultivators from East State, have a uniform story. If asked, say we're disciples from the Cloud Sea Sect in East State, come to the East State Mountain Range to train, curious to investigate the heavenly phenomenon."

Long Tianwu's orders were passed down, going so far as to give those people a roster, which served as a shady list for the Cloud Sea Sect, matching everyone to a name.

This Cloud Sea Sect was actually a real Cultivation Immortality Sect on the East Sea Coast— it was incidentally wiped out during the Dragon Clan's invasion.

Meticulous in thought, Long Tianwu's arrangement was nearly flawless.

The master of Heaven's Secrets also disguised himself as an old man, taking on the role of a Cloud Sea Sect Elder.

While Long Tianwu did not disguise himself, because few in the world had seen his true face.

However, to be cautious, Long Tianwu still wore a cyan veil, posing as a Sect Elder from Cloud Sea.

As Long Tianwu and his men slowly approached the mountain peak, they unexpectedly encountered a group of immortality cultivators.

These cultivators were genuinely training in the East State Mountain Range, discovering the unusual occurrence, they came to see.

They did not perceive Long Tianwu's group's anomaly, genuinely believing them to be people of the Cloud Sea Sect, thus joined to climb the mountain together.

"Boss, there are people ahead."

Qin Tian and his team, still ten kilometers from the mountain peak, encountered Long Tianwu's two groups.

At this moment, both parties discovered each other, instantly becoming vigilant.

After all, in the East State Mountain Range, killing and plundering were quite common.

"At no time should our identities be exposed; just say we're disciples of the Qilin Mountain Sect, out for training, curious to come up the mountain for a look."

Qin Tian hesitated for a moment, speaking to Zhao Lanjin and Xiao Zhuang.

The three disguised their identities, and by then, Long Tianwu's two groups had approached.

"Friends ahead, who are you?" asked one man, who was Elder Du Changfeng of the Horizontal Sword Sect of East State.

Qin Tian responded loudly, "We are disciples of the Qilin Mountain Sect, may I ask who you are?"

Du Changfeng replied, "We are Elders and disciples from the Horizontal Sword Sect and the Cloud Sea Sect. Haha, friends, it seems we were all startled by tonight's big commotion, coming up to see for ourselves. Why don't we climb together?"

Qin Tian's team exchanged glances, Qin Tian nodding, "Alright!"

"Remember, I am Qin Dayi, you can choose your own names."

As they walked gradually, Qin Tian thought his name might be known in East State, so he split 'Tian' into two characters to make a pseudonym.

"I'm Zhao Jin."

"I'm Xiao Zhuang."

Zhao Lanjin and the other two promptly chose fake names.

As the three groups moved inside meeting up, their numbers were many, they didn't introduce themselves one by one.

Du Changfeng, Qin Dayi, Su Yan (an intimate of Long Tianwu), the three only briefly introduced themselves, then said no more, mounting the hill together.

When the three groups reached the top and saw the mysterious palace, the Crown Prince and Ninth Prince's groups had already entered the palace.

However, they had left some subordinates guarding outside the palace. Upon seeing Qin Tian's group arrive, they immediately shouted in unison:

"This area is occupied; unauthorized personnel are not allowed near! Quickly descend the mountain!"