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Chapter 5061: 5.0813 Distinct Styles

Mo Lian paused, then quickly asked, "Could it be that the Duo Luo Kingdom has already poisoned the city after infiltrating it?"

"It smells like a peculiar pollen," Qiao Mu said, looking up at the hazy sky, her eyes slightly narrowed.

Mo Lian summoned someone with a communication talisman. A moment later, a young man in black flickered before them, bowing discreetly and without a trace.

"Go quietly bring the commanding general of the East City Gate. I have questions for him."

"Yes."

"Qiao Qiao, there's a small tea house nearby. Let's go up and wait."

Everyone calmly went to the tea house. A short while later, the personal hidden guard brought a middle-aged general upstairs.

The man was sweating profusely, his face tense. Upon seeing Mo Lian, he quickly stepped forward to salute.

"Have you noticed anything unusual in the city these past two days?"

The middle-aged general from District C quickly shook his head, but then, as if remembering something, he hastily added, "Today, before dawn, a large black bird appeared over the city, but it soon flew away."

"At the time, we dispatched archers to shoot it from afar, but unfortunately, the distance was too great, and we couldn't hit it. The black bird flew too high, piercing through the clouds. Unless one is a high-level cultivator, it's impossible to shoot it down."

"That archer only hit its tail feathers, bringing down two black feathers; there was nothing else unusual."

Crown Prince Mo exchanged a solemn glance with Qiao Mu.

"It doesn't seem like Tianyun's style," Qiao Mu said, frowning slightly.

"Tianyun's previous few actions always targeted remote small villages or uninhabited areas."

"Their biggest operation was attacking Yancheng in Cangzhou. But even that ultimately ended in failure."

Qiao Mu continued to analyze, "Although their current frequency of actions has increased significantly, it's not enough for them to directly attack the Divine Land's Imperial Capital right off the bat."

"Qin Xuan and the others aren't that foolish, are they? How could they rashly attack Dragon Flame City before making thorough preparations?"

Mo Lian nodded. "I also think this matter is a bit strange. It's quite different from Tianyun's usual methods and style."

"Tianyun took down the Jiawei City fortress before because that place was originally a lawless zone."

"Their subsequent move on Underworld River is also easy to understand. The Underworld River sea area is vast and rich in resources. If they could take the entire Underworld River and use it as a base, it would provide them with many convenient resources for their subsequent actions."

Qiao Mu and Mo Lian exchanged glances again.

"This matter is not led by Tianyun."

"Tianyun would actually cooperate with a small country like Duo Luo Kingdom? What's in it for them, unless they can gain considerable benefits from Duo Luo Kingdom."

What kind of benefits could make Tianyun willing to help out with such an unreliable task?

"Does your Mo clan have an old grudge with that Duo Luo Kingdom?" Qiao Mu asked curiously.

Mo Lian shook his head. "What old grudge? Before this, I had never even heard of such a small grassland kingdom."

If they hadn't foolishly started that "Lili'er project" and jumped around in front of His Highness the Crown Prince, honestly, the Crown Prince wouldn't even know what they were.

"Is that so?" Qiao Mu looked at the Crown Prince suspiciously. "But I always feel that this Duo Luo Kingdom seems to be targeting your Mo clan."

"That Lili'er project, although it irritates me quite a bit, seems to have been specifically aimed at you."