The half-day time that Princess Lan Xue mentioned refers to the speed of walking with her subordinates. If Ye Qing goes there alone, he saves at least half of the time.
The location provided by Princess Blue Snow is a hidden valley. From the outside, it looks like an ordinary high mountain, and there is a large river around the mountain.
The place where the Holy Fire Emperor is located is in the middle of this mountain, and it needs to pass through a secret passage at the bottom of the river. Because this mountain is protected by an ancient formation, the strength of the demigod level cannot be broken. There are also a large number of mechanisms in the secret passage at the bottom of the river, and people below the Martial Saint will die.
Under such strict protection, the whereabouts of the Holy Fire Emperor were still investigated by King Zhenbei, which shows a very serious problem. That is, there may be traitors, and the place where the Holy Fire Emperor is located is absolutely confidential. Princess Lan Xue never talked to her subordinates, and only a few core figures on the prince's side know it.
However, it is not the time to investigate whether there are really traitors. The most important thing now is to protect the safety of the Holy Fire Emperor. Princess Lan Xue told Ye Qing that the Holy Fire Emperor's injuries have been healed, but his cultivation has not recovered to its peak state. As long as this retreat can be successfully completed, the Holy Fire Emperor's cultivation will return to the original demigod realm, and even have the chance to hit the god-level realm.
Ye Qing did not meet the people of Zhenbei King along the way, nor did he meet the people of the eldest prince. Ye Qing guessed that the people of the eldest prince had arrived, and the people of Zhenbei King were likely to be dispatched. This time it was probably a conspiracy.
The place where the Holy Fire Emperor is located is so secret and has so many defensive means. Although the King of Zhenbei is good, there are no more than five martial saints under his command. It is difficult to threaten the Holy Fire Emperor.
Ye Qing had already arrived by the river, and it should be said that it was a lake. This lake is thousands of miles in a radius and completely surrounded the mountains beside it. The mountains looked very blurry, and Ye Qing knew that it was because of the formation. If he went rashly, he would definitely go but not return.
The soul power was quickly exploring the bottom of the river. Not long after, Ye Qing discovered a hidden hole. Originally, Ye Qing could not find the hole, but there were some fluctuations in the hole. It should have been someone who had entered it.
After checking around, no one followed him. Ye Qing rushed into the river and headed towards the entrance of the cave.
The river water was blocked by the golden light on Ye Qing's body. The river water where Ye Qing walked was automatically separated to both sides, which looked very spectacular.
The entrance of the cave was not big, and it could only allow one person to pass through. Ye Qing glanced with the power of his soul and found that there was no one guarding the cave, but there were many places emitting obscure energy fluctuations. These should be the mechanisms in the cave, but Ye Qing didn't know how to avoid these mechanisms. He could only walk in carefully.
There is no water in the cave, and it is a dry path. There are night pearls for lighting on both sides of the cave wall, which are of various colors and look extremely beautiful.
Every time Ye Qing approaches the mechanism, he will step over to perform a flash step, so that he will not mobilize the mechanism nor damage these mechanisms.
There were more than ten people inside the abdomen of the mountain. It was an existence similar to a small palace. A majestic man was sitting on the chair at the top and was slowly regulating his body. Below him was a group of people, and the leader was the eldest prince that Ye Qing had seen. Behind the eldest prince were three powerful martial saints, one of whom was the ruthless blood. The last ten were all masters of the Wu Zun level nine, and they looked more like the dead soldiers under the eldest prince.
The group of people stood there like puppets without saying a word. But their eyes were cold. As long as the eldest prince gave the order, he would definitely dare to go anywhere.
"Father, the King of Zhenbei seems to have discovered this place and is sending people here. We must prepare early."
The eldest prince looked a little anxious, and seemed to be a little afraid of the King of Zhenbei.
The man in the seat slowly opened his eyes, still looking cold.
"It's a matter of time before he discovers it, so don't panic. My strength has recovered most of it, and even if the King of Zhenbei comes in person, he will not be able to gain the advantage. However, the impact on the divine level will be delayed."
Hearing the words of the Holy Fire Emperor, the eldest prince was obviously relieved.
"Father, my son thinks this is a bit strange. I doubt..."
Before the eldest prince finished his words, he was interrupted by the Holy Fire Emperor. "No need to say more, I know what I know."
Suddenly, the Holy Fire Emperor looked up at the glowing wall next to him.
"Someone actually broke in and was able to avoid those mechanisms with clever body skills."
The eldest prince looked back and found a man walking on the glowing wall on the glowing wall, sometimes stopping and sometimes moving forward quickly.
"Father, this person is Lan Xue's friend. It should be that Lan Xue asked him to come to protect his father after receiving my notice."
The Holy Fire Emperor glanced at the prince and then thought for a moment.
"Interesting, this little guy is not simple! If he is really a friend of Sanyatou, he is a good assistant. Being able to come here means that he has gained the trust of Sanyatou, and he should be a trustworthy person."
The Holy Fire Emperor raised his right hand and a true energy force hit a raised wall. The entire underground palace suddenly trembled slightly, and then calmed down.
Ye Qing in the secret passage was observing the hidden mechanisms with all his attention, taking every step very carefully.
Suddenly, the secret passage trembled slightly. Then it became quiet, and even the energy fluctuations disappeared without a trace.
"It seems that they have discovered me and closed down the authorities. So the people from Zhenbeiwang have not come yet."
Ye Qing thought to himself, and then he quickly moved forward.
Soon, Ye Qing came to a stone door. When he approached the stone door, the two stone doors automatically opened.
Ye Qing smiled slightly, then took a step in.
There were not many people in the hall, with only fifteen people in total. One of the middle-aged people with the strongest aura sat on a stone chair at the highest point, and a momentum that ruled the world naturally emanated from their bodies. This momentum was not deliberately pretended, but was formed in that seat for a long time. Even if others wanted to pretend, they could not pretend.
Others were the eldest prince and his subordinates, one of the old men was Xueshou Wuqing. He smiled slightly when he saw Ye Qing coming in. There were two old men with strong aura beside Xueshou Wuqing, who should be the other two martial saints under the eldest prince.
The last row stood were all the Ninth-level Wu Zun masters. These people had a solemn aura on them. Ye Qing seemed to have seen a handful of human-shaped weapons when he saw them.
Ye Qing walked to the middle and bowed to the middle-aged man on the seat.
"Ye Qing has seen the Emperor!"
The neither humble nor arrogant expression made the Holy Fire Emperor nod slightly.
"I have already known the purpose of Young Master Ye coming. Thank you for your kindness."
The Holy Fire Emperor said very politely.
"I'm icing on the cake. With the strength of the emperor, the King of Zhenbei will definitely not get any advantage."