Fang Jian returned to the Zhengfa Hall of Taichu Palace and met the Thunder God Feng Lun. The main god of thunder was sitting there sipping tea. When he saw Fang Jian walk into the hall, he immediately put down his teacup and stood up to salute.
Fang Jian bowed in return, but did not take a seat in his own hall. Instead, he sat down on the sandalwood chair to the right of Feng Lun.
"You are such a busy man, but you seldom come to Taishi Xiandu." Fang Jian leaned on the sandalwood chair and smiled at Feng Lun.
Feng Lun said, "I'm ashamed. I'm not as busy as Master Hongqing. Master Hongqing is the one who truly has a myriad of affairs on his plate."
Fang Jian waved his hand and said, "No need to say nice things. Is there something important that has brought you here, Thunder God?"
Feng Lun shook his head and said, "It's not a big deal, but it's enough to give our Thunder Department a hard time."
"Oh?" Fang Jian smiled faintly and asked, "What's the matter?"
Feng Lun said, "It's like this. We recently discovered a magic vortex in the North Sea."
Fang Jian heard this and said, "Demon vortex? That is the passage to the Eighteen Demonic Heavens. However, this demon vortex can be easily destroyed if handled properly."
Feng Lun nodded and said, "Yes, the Heavenly Court ordered the demon clan's Qingxiao Treasure Realm to deal with this demon vortex, and the Qingxiao Treasure Realm also sent the demon god Jiuying to destroy the demon vortex. The demon vortex was successfully destroyed, but a golden body was discovered at the location where the demon vortex was destroyed."
The golden body mentioned here is not the leak-proof golden body, but the golden body of merit obtained by the immortals after they attain the fruit position.
This kind of golden body does not have much practical use, but it can ensure that after an immortal dies, his bones will never decay, and all his Taoist magic power will be preserved in the golden body.
When the immortal reincarnates and returns, as long as he finds the golden body, he can directly obtain the Taoism and magical powers of his previous life.
Fang Jian was calm upon hearing this. "Since it's a golden body, why not send it to the North Sea Divine Mansion or the North Sea Dragon Palace for safekeeping, and retrieve it after the owner of the golden body is reincarnated?"
Feng Lun shook his head and said, "It's not that simple. The problem lies with the owner of this golden body."
"What's so special about the owner of this golden body?" Fang Jian asked Feng Lun.
Feng Lun said, "She is Peng Ziqing, the younger sister of Purple Qi Star Official Peng Jiuyuan."
"Wait." Fang Jian suddenly called out to Feng Luan, "Ziqi Xingguan's sister? Does Fellow Daoist Peng Jiuyuan have a sister?"
Feng Lun nodded and said, "Yes, but she married Lu Tao, the son of the North Sea Xuanming Sea God, three thousand years ago."
Hearing Feng Lun's words, Fang Jian immediately understood the reason behind it. "You mean, the sister of Ziqi Xingguan who married Lu Tao, the son of Xuanming Sea God, three thousand years ago, and her golden body was found in the North Sea three thousand years later?"
"Yes." Feng Lun sighed, then looked at Fang Jian and said, "Speaking of which, this is also an old unsolved case. In fact, this Peng Ziqing disappeared 1,100 years ago. However, the North Sea Divine Palace did not disclose her disappearance at first. Fellow Daoist Peng Jiuyuan asked the North Sea Divine Palace countless times why his sister had not returned to Ziqi Star to see him for three hundred years. At that time, the North Sea Divine Palace only said that Peng Ziqing was in seclusion and could not return to Ziqi Star to visit. Later, as time dragged on, the North Sea Divine Palace could no longer withstand Fellow Daoist Peng Jiuyuan's urging, and finally told the truth: Peng Ziqing disappeared."
Fang Jian asked, "Didn't they search at that time?" ... Feng Lun said, "We did. At that time, Zhou Tianxingjun, Beihai Shenfu, and Beihai Dragon Palace searched the entire Northern Julu Continent. Zhou Tianxingjun even expanded his search to the entire Jambu World, but in the end, they found nothing."
"We'll never see him alive, and we'll never see his body dead." Feng Lun shook his head and said.
Fang Jian said: "So now we have the corpse, and it is at the location where the magic vortex appeared."
"Yes." Feng Lun nodded and said, "That's a guess. Peng Ziqing might have been killed by a foreign demon that invaded the Yama World. Because she was killed by a foreign demon, her burial place has been shrouded in demonic energy for a long time. This is why Zhou Tianxingjun can't detect her energy and location. Moreover, where there is demonic energy, it is easy for the 'demon vortex' of the Eighteen Demon Heavens to appear."
Fang Jian said, "If that's the case, what's the problem?"
Feng Lun said, "The problem lies with the Purple Qi Star Officer. He insists his sister didn't die at the hands of an alien demon, but rather there's a hidden cause. He's asking us from the Thunder Department to enter the North Sea Divine Palace to interrogate and question his sister's husband, Lu Tao."
"Alas." Feng Lun sighed, "It's not his fault. After all, he's been searching for his sister for over a thousand years, and this is the result he's waiting for. It's only natural that he's resentful of his sister's husband's family."
"But," Feng Lun said, "the North Sea Divine Palace is the Divine Palace of Xuanming, the North Sea God. Firstly, there is no solid evidence, and secondly, this incident happened over a thousand years ago. How can our Thunder Department enter the Divine Palace of a super-grade immortal official without authorization to search and interrogate him?"
After hearing this, Fang Jian asked again, "Did Ziqi Xingguan insist on doing this?"
"There's also Taiyin Star Lord." Feng Lun said, "Ziqi Star Official is one of the Zhou Tian Star Lords, and Taiyin Star Lord and Taiyang Star Lord are the leaders of the Zhou Tian Constellations, so Taiyin Star Lord is also putting pressure on us in this matter."
Feng Lun said to Fang Jian with a look of grievance, "Master Hongqing, a higher rank can crush someone to death."
Fang Jian smiled faintly and said, "Then go and investigate. With the authority of the Thunder Department, it is understandable to ask the North Sea God for cooperation."
"No," Feng Lun said, "The North Sea God rejected the review documents submitted by our Thunder Department and accused us of abusing our authority. He wants to go to the High Heaven Palace to impeach us. To be honest, we don't have any evidence to prove that Peng Ziqing's death is related to the North Sea Divine Palace. If we force our way in to conduct an investigation, the North Sea God can impeach our Thunder Department."
"So you found me?" Fang Jian asked.
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