Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

~sigh~

Seeing that the discussion was not really helping much, Shirong couldn't help but sigh.

"I see and we have no information on what beast caused the fire either?" Shirong questioned.

"No young master. And we can't enter to check it either. Just getting within a hundred meters of the Dread Coil Marsh is enough to kill most Qi refining realm, cultivators. The core condensation realm cultivators can get close, but can't enter it.

Nascent soul realm cultivators may try to fly over it, but the flames are far more dangerous to try that. We don't dare to attempt that as it would only result in more deaths." The King answered.

With that said, Shirong knew that there was little he could do here now..

"I'll go and take a look myself. See how it really is," Shirong stated.

"I'll send some people with you, to guide young master there. The area is very dangerous." The king offered, not knowing that Shirong had actually gone to the Dread Coil Marsh before.

"Oh also… do you know where administrator Yu Guowei is? I was unable to find him and the clerk in his office said he would be here." Shirong asked, remembering what he was here for originally.

"Yu Guowei?" The King furrowed his brows.

He looked towards his advisers and asked them about him.

"Umm… I believe administrator Yu Guowei was helping the scholars in verifying the identity of the beast. He headed to the Dread Coil Marsh a day ago as well." One of the advisers informed.

"I see… well, that just makes it easier. I'll leave for the marsh now," Shirong said.

"Alright, Young master Shirong." The king said before towards his people. "General Jian, and General Han shall accompany you, Young master Shirong." 

The two generals that were called out stepped up and kneeled in front. 

"We are at your service, Young master Shirong." They said respectfully.

Shirong nodded his head and spoke, "let's leave now. Best not waste any time."

The generals stood up and followed Shirong out of the palace. The three of them directly flew out of the city and headed to the west. It took them about a day to reach the border of the Dread Coil marsh and when they did, they could see the changes.

The sky was shaded orange and there was a heatwave radiating from the Marsh. Shirong looked at the flames burning in the distance. They were over a hundred meters tall and were still blazing at a good potential.

No sign of the marsh could be seen behind it and, with the size of the marsh, it looked like a long wall of fire spread across the entire kingdom. It was a terrifying scene and would be hard for the weak hearted to observe.

Though seeing this, Shirong just furrowed his brows.

'There is no aura of the Immortal Crystal Armament within the flames.' Shirong discovered.

He had thought that it might be the confirmation he needed to see if the fire was indeed caused by the immortal crystal armament. If there was an aura within it, that would be the confirmation that it happened for sure.

But even if there was no aura in the flames, there was still a chance it was caused by the immortal crystal armament. The only problem was that Shirong didn't know what king do an ability it really was.

"There's the outpost, Young master." General Jiao pointed after either traveled a little further.

Shirong could see a group of buildings that were surrounded by a moat. The moat looked like it was made recently, as the soil around it looked to be freshly dug.

"They made a moat?" Shirong asked.

"Yes, we feared that the fire may still continue to spread, thus we made it as a safety feature. Though we know if the fire is really that strong, the moat might not even last for a minute before evaporating.

Thus, it is mostly there for a false sense of safety for the people here.

"Let's land there then," Shirong said before heading there.

Once they were there, a few people appeared around him to check on them.

"General Jian! General Han!" The people recognized them.

"What are you here for? Did his majesty order something of us?" the person who was in charge of the outpost asked.

"We are here to accompany Young Master Shirong of the Ji clan." General Han replied.

"The Ji clan!" Hearing the name, everyone was shocked, but they all forcibly suppressed their shock as was the discipline.

"What is it that Young master Shirong desires?" The person in-charge questioned.

"Where is Yu Guowei?" Shirong asked.

"Administrator Yu Guowei? He's in my office, please come with me." The man replied.

"No need, I'm here!" Just as the in-charge said that the voice of Yu Guowei could be heard.

The man appeared to be a bit anxious and was sweating as well. 

"Greetings Young Master Shirong." Yu Guowei cupped his hands.

"Let's talk in private," Shirong stated with a straight face.

"Of course, follow me, young master." The man said before taking him to the office. He then locked the door and looked at Shirong.

"I've been looking for you, Young master! I'm so relieved you are fine." Yu Guowei said.

"Huh? What?" Shirong asked.

"After the fire started in the Dread Coil Marsh you didn't return, thus I was worried if you were fine or not. I was deliberating on whether to inform the clan or not, but decided not to for the time being.

I waited a month, but you didn't appear, thus I went to check myself first. If I hadn't found you here today, I would have gone to inform the clan that you have gone missing young master." Yu Guowei explained.

Shirong finally understood and nodded his head. It was understandable that Yu Guowei needed to follow his duties. He was appointed by the Ji clan and if their heir disappeared like this near his position, the blame might fall on him.