Apocalypse: My Tattoos are Ten Yama Kings

Chapter 465 - 459: A Favor from the Peacock Great Ming King

When he heard the words "resort to underhanded tactics," it wasn’t just the Peacock Great Ming King who became tense; Lin Yuan’s expression turned grim as well.

Though Peacock Great Ming King is Kong Mengmeng’s father, Lin Yuan is also her "daddy"!

Lin Yuan and Kong Mengmeng have already formed a bond, so naturally, they are also deeply concerned about her.

As events have progressed to this point, Peacock Great Ming King knows that this matter is unrelated to Elder Bai and Lin Yuan’s party.

Having lost his daughter and yet having misplaced blame, Peacock Great Ming King’s fury knows no bounds.

"Who!"

"Just who is targeting me!"

"If anyone dares to hurt even a single hair on my daughter’s head, I’ll dedicate the rest of my life to making them pay—through heaven and hell!" Peacock Great Ming King’s anger almost becomes palpable.

Elder Bai and his group are basically cleared of suspicion; ideally, they could disregard this matter.

However, Elder Bai wants to curry favor with Peacock Great Ming King.

If he helps Peacock Great Ming King find traces of Kong Mengmeng, this favor will surely be owed.

A favor from Peacock Great Ming King is very useful; it could have unimaginable effects at critical moments.

Thinking of this, Elder Bai spoke up, "Fellow Daoist Kong Xuan..."

Before Elder Bai could finish, Peacock Great Ming King quickly interrupted, "In this matter, it’s my fault for accusing the wrong people."

"I’m in a hurry to find my daughter, so today is not the time for conversation. Once I’ve found her, I’ll prepare a generous gift as an apology."

Although Peacock Great Ming King is strong, he must still remain reasonable when facing Elder Bai’s group.

You can’t just beat up Li Si because Zhang San stole something from your house, then refuse to apologize after finding out you hit the wrong person.

If you act like this, the Li Family might join forces to trouble you.

The concept of face is mutually given.

After saying these words, Peacock Great Ming King turned and was about to leave.

Time is tight; he urgently needs to find his daughter. Every minute of delay adds to Kong Mengmeng’s danger.

"Wait!" Elder Bai called out to the Peacock Great Ming King, smiling, "It was all a misunderstanding, don’t dwell on it, Great Ming King."

"Great Ming King, you haven’t entirely accused the wrong people. You might have forgotten, I’m skilled in divination."

"Instead of searching aimlessly, why not let me divine for you? Perhaps we can find some clues."

Upon Elder Bai’s offer, the Peacock Great Ming King’s figure halted, and he stopped in his tracks.

The Peacock Great Ming King is aware that Elder Bai is adept in divination.

Yet, he hadn’t expected Elder Bai to be willing to help him.

After all, they are somewhat opposing parties, and he had just rudely barged in.

"Old Bai, why are you helping him?" Golden-Winged Roc said unhappily.

Golden-Winged Roc had just been beaten up by Peacock Great Ming King and naturally didn’t want Elder Bai to assist him.

As soon as Golden-Winged Roc finished speaking, two angry gazes were directed at him.

One gaze belonging to the Peacock Great Ming King.

If Elder Bai assists with divination, it will save a lot of time; he has already agreed, and if Golden-Winged Roc messes it up, things will go wrong.

The second gaze was from Lin Yuan.

Considering Kong Mengmeng’s special connection to Lin Yuan, he couldn’t stand by and see her in danger.

Peacock Great Ming King, despite not fearing Golden-Winged Roc, couldn’t do much since his allies were present and he couldn’t act against them.

Seeing Lin Yuan’s gaze, Golden-Winged Roc awkwardly chuckled and said, "Fine, let’s help then!"

"Though the father isn’t reasonable, the daughter’s good character is a form of saving grace, let’s treat it as helping out the young lad."

While Elder Bai and his group can treat this as helping Lin Yuan, the Peacock Great Ming King won’t see it that way.

He is exceedingly proud, and such a gesture is beneath him.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Bai, for your assistance. Whether or not we succeed today, I owe you a favor." Peacock Great Ming King said solemnly.

Peacock Great Ming King has stated his gratitude, so Elder Bai naturally doesn’t waste time and immediately retrieves his turtle shell.

Within the turtle shell remains the water of a half-shell.

The turtle shell is Elder Bai’s essence; the water inside is extremely precious, with each drop being painstakingly refined by him.

Elder Bai used his divination methods and soon images began to appear on the water’s surface.

In the images, Kong Mengmeng was shown browsing books in the Library Pavilion.

The entire Library Pavilion was made chaotic by Kong Mengmeng’s search, yet she still couldn’t find a way to break the Dojo Array.

Just as Kong Mengmeng was about to give up, she discovered a book with a pitch-black cover on a shelf in a corner of the Library Pavilion.

The pitch-black cover bore no script, leaving them unaware of what kind of book it was.

Peacock Great Ming King said grimly, "This book is not from my Library Pavilion."

Having attained the realm of Peacock Great Ming King, photographic memory is a fundamental skill.

The books in the Library Pavilion were personally collected by Peacock Great Ming King, so he’s exceptionally familiar with their contents.

Peacock Great Ming King is confident this book is not one from his Library Pavilion.

If it’s not his, yet it appeared in his Library Pavilion...

It seems Kong Mengmeng’s disappearance might be related to this book.

Just then, the water surface in the turtle shell began to ripple, and the images became increasingly distorted.

Peacock Great Ming King turned to Elder Bai to inquire, "Fellow Daoist Bai, what’s happening?"

Looking at the constantly rippling water, Elder Bai said gravely, "Someone is casting spells to prevent us from uncovering the truth; it appears to be a Tier Two Peak Powerhouse well-versed in divination."

Upon hearing this, Peacock Great Ming King’s fury finally burst as he roared, "Such audacity! Who dares to challenge me continuously!"

"Not only did they orchestrate my daughter’s kidnapping, but they even seek to prevent me from finding her."

"This is an outrage beyond measure, utterly intolerable!"

Peacock Great Ming King was truly furious; it had been years since he’d been treated like this.

Elder Bai quickly consoled, "Fellow Daoist Kong Xuan, no rush. I have other methods."

"Ah!"

"Considering the circumstances, it seems I’ll have to use the Luotian Grand Trigram!"

After sighing, Elder Bai discreetly signaled to the Qingqiu Mountain Grand Elder.

The Qingqiu Mountain Grand Elder understood and promptly stepped up to dissuade, "Elder Bai, that’s not an option!"

"Using the Luotian Grand Trigram will consume at least a thousand years of your life; even with your longevity, it’s an unsustainable drain."

Elder Bai waved him off, saying, "Don’t bother trying to dissuade me. Today’s events assist both Fellow Daoist Kong Xuan and that fellow Lin Yuan; I cannot stand idly by."

"This old body has lived long enough; a thousand years of life is of little concern."