Divine War Pill Emperor

Jiang Chen had essentially settled all matters at the manor.

Then, with everyone there to see him off, he departed.

”Sir, are we going to the Third Prince’s Hall now?”

Xiao Jun followed behind Jiang Chen, like a servant.

Still, he ventured to ask.

”That’s right.”

Jiang Chen nodded and headed straight for the Third Prince’s Hall in the Royal Palace.

The Third Prince had originally planned to welcome him personally, but since Jiang Chen had already been delayed for several days, he decided to go on his own.

Gambling City was massive, at least as large as five Hanwu Cities combined.

The Fire Sparrow King’s Palace was in the north, occupying a vast area.

Jiang Chen and Xiao Jun walked north along the main street for about half an hour before arriving in front of the Royal Palace.

They stood there, gazing at the Royal Palace.

A continuous stretch of magnificent buildings unfolded before them, looking like palaces truly forged from gold and silver.

This was the seat of the Fire Sparrow Kingdom’s Royal Palace.

A towering gatehouse separated the Royal Palace from the rest of the city.

At that moment, the gatehouse was packed with a dense formation of Royal Palace Guards.

Carved over the central gate of the tower were two large words:

Royal Palace!

In front of the Royal Palace was an extremely conspicuous Firebird symbol, representing the Fire Sparrow Kingdom.

As Jiang Chen looked at the Firebird symbol, the fiery-red Vermilion Bird inside him opened its eyes.

Through Jiang Chen’s eyes, it shot the Firebird symbol a look of utter contempt.

Meanwhile, deep within the royal compound, in a magnificent hall—the most important place in the palace—was the Fire Sparrow Hall.

Inside the Fire Sparrow Hall, there was an altar. Behind it stood a strange, massive sculpture resembling a tree.

The sculpted tree was painted blood-red.

Perched on the blood-red tree was an enormous, fiery-red bird—the Guardian Beast of the Fire Sparrow Kingdom, the Fire Sparrow.

This Fire Sparrow received the worship and incense of countless people.

Even Sovereign Wen, the ruler of the Fire Sparrow Kingdom, had to kneel and bow before the Fire Sparrow.

If one didn’t look closely, they would surely assume that the Fire Sparrow was also a statue.

Then, unexpectedly, the statue-like Fire Sparrow blinked and scratched the feathers on its head with a claw.

The next moment, a divine light flashed in its eyes.

Seemingly sensing something, it suddenly raised its head, craned its neck, and peered outside.

”SCREECH...”

Suddenly, the Fire Sparrow’s feathers all stood on end, and it trembled as if facing a great enemy.

At the same time, its eyes filled with terror.

Instantly, a series of rumbles echoed through the hall, and the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi fell into chaos.

The Fire Sparrow’s unusual behavior immediately alerted the guards on patrol.

”What’s happening?”

”Our Guardian Beast is acting up.”

”Quick, report this to the Sovereign!”

Immediately, someone reported the anomaly to the Sovereign.

Inside the Sovereign’s Hall within the Fire Sparrow King’s Palace.

A man wearing a brocade robe embroidered with a red Firebird symbol sat on the sovereign’s throne.

He was none other than the Sovereign of the Fire Sparrow Kingdom, Lord Wen.

He was also the true ruler of the Fire Sparrow Kingdom today.

Suddenly, a guard rushed in.

”Reporting, Sovereign! There’s a disturbance in the Guardian Beast’s hall. We ask you to investigate.”

’What?’

Lord Wen’s expression changed.

The Fire Sparrow, as their kingdom’s Guardian Beast, had remained peaceful for countless years. For it to suddenly act up now was highly unusual.

This gave him a bad feeling.

He rose in an instant and glanced at a monk in a kasaya robe sitting in a subordinate seat.

He said, ”Master Yuan Hui, this matter is unusual. Please accompany me to take a look.”

Master Yuan Hui nodded, holding a Golden Light Zen Staff. ”Very well.”

With just that one word, the two of them flickered and vanished from the hall.

When they reappeared, they were already at the Fire Sparrow Hall.

SWOOSH! SWOOSH!

The two figures that landed were none other than Lord Wen and Master Yuan Hui.

”Hm?”

”It really is the Guardian Beast. There’s a disturbance.”

Even from outside, the two could feel that the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi inside the Fire Sparrow Hall was in extreme turmoil.

Without another word, Lord Wen and Master Yuan Hui rushed into the Fire Sparrow Hall.

”SCREECH...”

Upon entering the Fire Sparrow Hall, the two were horrified to see the Guardian Beast, which possessed Martial Emperor Cultivation, acting as if it were facing a great enemy. Its wings were spread, poised for flight.

Lord Wen’s face paled. He immediately bowed and asked, ”Lord Guardian Beast, may I ask what has happened?”

But the Fire Sparrow paid Lord Wen no mind.

Its gaze burned as it stared outside, as if terrified by something imperceptible.

This left Lord Wen and Master Yuan Hui even more bewildered.

Lord Wen asked again, ”Has someone offended you, My Lord? Please tell me, and I will execute them at once.”

However, he still received no response from the Fire Sparrow.

’Lord Wen was secretly furious. The Fire Sparrow had never been this tense. Yes, they could feel its anxiety.’

”Sovereign, some sort of anomaly must have appeared in our Fire Sparrow Kingdom. The Lord Guardian Beast is giving us a warning.”

Master Yuan Hui said, though it was only a guess; he had no idea what the Fire Sparrow was actually doing.

While the two were still puzzled, the Fire Sparrow suddenly folded its wings, froze in place, stopped screeching, and finally, slowly smoothed its feathers.

Then it closed its eyes, as if nothing had happened at all.

”Er...”

Lord Wen and Master Yuan Hui were both astonished.

But since the Fire Sparrow had acted so strangely, something must be about to happen that threatened either the Fire Sparrow itself or their entire Fire Sparrow Kingdom.

Still confused, the two left the Fire Sparrow Hall.

Master Yuan Hui mused for a moment before saying, ”Since the Lord Guardian Beast said nothing, it probably isn’t a threat from another nation.”

”However, some evil entity must have entered our Fire Sparrow Kingdom.”

Lord Wen deeply agreed. ”It seems we must strengthen our defenses, especially within Gambling City. We must conduct stricter investigations and absolutely not allow any evil thing to enter.”

The two left, completely clueless. The Fire Sparrow had no intention of acknowledging them, and they didn’t dare say anything more.

After all, the Fire Sparrow was the supreme being of their Fire Sparrow Kingdom. Even he, the Sovereign, could not command the Guardian Beast.

The Fire Sparrow would only act when the Fire Sparrow Kingdom faced a life-or-death crisis.

Jiang Chen walked toward the Royal Palace gate with his hands behind his back.

Behind him, Xiao Jun hurried to keep up.

”Halt!”

The two had just come within ten meters of the Royal Palace gate when a guard protecting it suddenly shouted, stopping them in their tracks.

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH...

In an instant, dozens of Royal Palace Guards in Firebird Armor appeared before them, completely surrounding them.

The one leading them was actually an expert at the Martial King Second Layer Heaven.

He barked, ”Unauthorized personnel, do not approach the Royal Palace grounds.”

Jiang Chen was secretly impressed. The quality of the Fire Sparrow Kingdom’s guards was indeed high; they were all at least experts with Martial Master Cultivation.

He then took out an invitation and handed it to the guard.

”I was invited by the Third Prince.”

The guard looked at it and saw that it was indeed the Third Prince’s exclusive seal.

He nodded and said, ”Please wait. We will inform the Third Prince.”