Divine Throne of Primordial Blood - Volume 4 - Chapter 8

Chapter 8

Chapter 8: Infiltration

After journeying for twelve days, the party finally arrived at Castle Garrison .

West Laina Castle was located there, which was where the name ‘Castle Garrison’ came from .

The castle itself was located atop a small mountain outside the city . Because it was the leader’s castle, outsiders were not allowed entrance easily . Every day, people from within the castle came out to buy things .

The entire Castle Garrison was built for the sake of serving those within the castle .

Even though this territory belonged to the Sand Race, many humans also lived here . Quite a few traveling merchants wandered back and forth, hawking their wares; as a result, Su Chen and the others didn’t seem out of place .

Su Chen had also left the wildebeest behind a long time ago, exchanging it for a Camel Wolf so that they didn’t run into any needless trouble the rest of the way there .

After arriving, everyone spent their day resting in the garrison .

When nightfall drew close, they sprang into action .

They dodged the patrolling Sand Race members and quickly arrived at the base of the mountain .

“The rest is up to you,” Shi Mingfeng said to He Xu .

“Don’t worry . ” He Xu laughed delightedly and began to slink up the mountain . At the same time, a mirror appeared in Shi Mingfeng’s hand, and reflected on that mirror’s surface was He Xu’s face .

He Xu very quickly reached the outer walls of the castles . He tossed a few stones at the walls, and a few yellow ripples appeared across the surfaces of the walls .

Those were the castle’s defensive barriers .

But He Xu didn’t grow agitated . He pulled out a silver disk from his Origin Ring and placed it onto the barrier . Sharp spikes began to appear on the surface of the disk, penetrating the barrier . Next, the disk began to expand via the aid of a steel bar pushing it wider and wider, eventually creating a hole about the size of a washbasin in the barrier .

An instant later, He Xu’s figure elongated until he was about as skinny as the hole, allowing him to pass through it .

This was one of the Thousand Illusion Beasts’ abilities . Not only could he change his appearance, but he could also alter his body’s shape .

After passing through the protective barrier, He Xu began to scale the castle walls .

Once he reached the top of the walls, however, he didn’t come down . Instead, he pulled out a special crystal and aimed it at the ground .

Wherever the crystal was aimed, it was possible to see traces of blue light dancing across the ground .

Shi Mingfeng pointed at the blue light and said to Su Chen, “That is the Blue Sentinel Light . It can’t be seen by physical eyes, and anything touching it will trigger an alarm . If the magic barrier is the first hurdle, then these blue lights are the second . A lot of people will fail at this stage, but of course it’s useless to us . ”

As he spoke, Shi Mingfeng seemed to grow a bit giddy .

Su Chen really wanted to tell him that he had seen the blue light since a long time ago; that hidden blue light couldn’t escape his microscopic eye . However, in the end all he said was, “So that’s how it is . My eyes have truly been broadened . I never expected that I could learn so much from a simple infiltration mission . ”

“Of course . We’re professionals after all,” Night Demon said proudly from the side .

……

Su Chen was speechless .

At this moment, He Xu began to descend . He aimed the crystal right in front of him, carefully avoiding the Blue Sentinel Light .

After avoiding the Blue Sentinel Light, He Xu didn’t continue to advance as before . Instead, he lay on the ground and turned into a lizard, slowly crawling across the ground .

Shi Mingfeng explained, “The castle has detection-type Origin Formations beneath that can detect footsteps from people walking over them . This kind of formation is hard to deal with because it’s below ground, which is why He Xu turned into a lizard . The Sand Race likes lizards a lot, and there are quite a few being bred within the castle . They’re also used as sentinels, so even if the Sand Race discovers a lizard passing through the Origin Formation, they won’t pay it any attention . ”

As he spoke, He Xu had just finished passing through the spacious courtyard . Indeed, a few lizards waggled their heads and walked over . Even though they weren’t familiar with the lizard that He Xu had transformed into, they didn’t cry out in alarm . They just took a mental picture of him and licked him a few times before leaving .

After walking past the open courtyard, He Xu finally reached a building .

He turned into a human and wiped the saliva off of his face . “Damn, these guys have so much saliva and it smells so bad . ”

“They’ve taken a liking to you,” one of the Immortal Temple’s underlings laughed .

Each of them had brought a special transmission Origin Tool . As long as they didn’t exceed a certain range, they could converse with one another . It was incredibly useful .

“That was a male one,” He Xu replied unhappily .

“That makes sense, you only attract members of the same sex anyways,” someone else added .

Everyone burst into laughter .

He Xu helplessly shook his head . Upon seeing that no one was to his left or right, he used a lock picking technique to open the door in front of him . It had to be said that the Immortal Temple was very proficient in performing this kind of criminal activity .

As he opened the door and walked in, He Xu transformed into the image of a Sand Race servant .

He glanced around and saw no one, then walked in .

Shi Mingfeng said, “You’re in a hallway right now . Open the door to your left, go through that long hallway, and you’ll have reached the main hall . You need to find the servant responsible for giving Culler his food . Any longer and Culler will start eating . ”

“I’m looking for him right now,” He Xu replied .

He opened the door, walked through the long hallway, and arrived at the main hall .

As soon as he opened the door to the main hall, he felt a wave of dizziness wash over him .

Sand Race individuals were gathered everywhere there, talking and laughing with one another .

He Xu hurriedly returned to the hallway . “Dammit, they’re holding a banquet in there . ”

“Leave, now!” Shi Mingfeng barked .

If they were holding a banquet, the previous rhythm they had settled upon was no longer reliable . A lot of people who weren’t originally part of the plan had suddenly appeared .

Making a move now would be too risky, so Shi Mingfeng immediately ordered him to retreat .

Unfortunately, he was still too late .

He Xu was just about to leave when a Sand Race official approached him .

He saw He Xu and barked, “Hey, you, come over here!”

He Xu glanced around . There was no one else there besides him .

The Sand Race official yelled, “I’m talking to you! Don’t slack off! Go and carry this food over there .

As he spoke, he picked up a large platter of food and handed it over to He Xu, then gestured at He Xu to follow him .

He Xu could only steel himself and follow closely behind .

When Shi Mingfeng saw this, he smacked his thigh and yelled, “Damn! We’re in trouble . ”

A spanner had been thrown into the works . It wouldn’t be easy for He Xu to get back out .

But since this was the case, they could only adapt to the situation .

At this moment, He Xu had entered the main hall with the other Sand Race official .

The castle’s main hall was very luxurious . Sounds of elegant music hung in the air while brilliant light reflected off of the dangling crystal chandeliers . Under this festive atmosphere, some of the Sand Race guests danced while others chatted pleasantly .

He Xu followed the Sand Race official all the way up the stairs . After reaching the top, they entered a small room . A few Sand Race individuals were sitting there, conversing with one another .

“You’ve got to be kidding me! Pall’s here!” Shi Mingfeng suddenly yelled .

A massive Sand Race individual was sitting within the small room .

It was hard to imagine how a Sand Race individual could be that fat . He looked like a massive whale, and he alone sat on a bench that could easily sit three people .

In front of him were two Sand Race dancers putting on a show for him .

A few people were sitting beside him . One of them was a Sand Race individual, while the other two were humans .

When he saw one of the two humans, Su Chen’s heart suddenly jumped .

That was because he recognized that person .