The Endless Promise

81. Cloaks And Veils

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Meanwhile, at the Starry Pavilion, Tai Yue bit his nails apprehensively.

Unlike the Fate Disciples and Vice who could peer into the Fate Mirror, only the Night Immortal could read the stars.

But Tai Yue was powerful enough to sense something wrong from the Starry Ledge, where Yin Xing often read the stars...

This often meant that an event not written in the stars was suddenly appearing there as it was occurring, and that could only mean immortals were changing fate in some way!

Unfortunately, Tai Yue could also roughly sense what region it was coming from, and that stopped him in his tracks.

'What do I do?!' He wondered.

Yin Xing had been gone for months, but before leaving, he specifically instructed Tai Yue through telepathy, warning him to never do or say anything that would draw attention to the Yueyan region, specifically Yue City.

It didn't take Tai Yue much to guess what, or rather who his master was trying to protect... It was certainly Yin Xiaolong!

But Tai Yue wondered what to do right now...

Keep this hidden?!

"But countless mortal lives could be in danger?!" He worried aloud, then nearly jumped when...

"Alert the sky Emperor at once!" His master's voice ordered behind him. "At all times, we can't let our own selfish motives cause the death of innocents!"

But Tai Yue shook his head.

"You're merely a clone, what do you know?"

"Idiot! Have you become a *sea sponge?! Do my clones offer you advice?! I'm obviously speaking through the clone!"

(*The dumbest sea creature I could think of!)

Tai Yue nearly tripped. "Ma- Master?!"

"Something is preventing me from entering Sky Realm, which means Fate Immortal is likely trapped here as well! Send a warning to the Sky Emperor, but merely tell him there is an interfering calamity, and we can't find the Fate Immortal!"

"Y- Yes Master!" Tai Yue bowed to the clone, but Yin Xing had already vanished from within, heading for Yue City.

The news would draw the Sky Emperor's attention to Fate Hall and whatever might be wrong there, and that should buy Yin Xing enough time to reach Bailong, take him away from Yue City, and hopefully hide their trail...!

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Back at Yueyan Mountain, a pair of eyes watched the events within Yue City from atop a high cliff, and a dark cloak hid a pleased smirk.

'Hmph. Yin Xiaolong, once again, you can only blame your own excellence...'

She had suspected Yin Xiaolong was hidden somewhere in Yue City from the Divine Cub's birth.

It was rare for a mortal to know anything about a Divine tiger, much less how to birth one and even prepare for the many monsters drawn to the tiger's divine aura.

This had reminded the cloaked woman of her eye-eater's death in the same region, and was soon followed by the sudden appearance of powerful pills in the same region!

By the time the Dragon Pearl flared on Luoyin's wedding day, the cloaked woman's eyes were already on Yue City, and though she lost the pearl's trail, it wasn't long before she sensed faint traces of a Shadow Tiger's golden bell technique.