Duan Lingtian could clearly feel the change in Liu Feng Gu's attitude toward him.
Even the way Liu Feng Gu addressed him had changed.
It was not difficult for Duan Ling Tian to guess the reason for such a change.
It must be because his current strength was on par with a Great Overarching Golden Celestial now.
In Liu Feng Gu's eyes, Duan Lingtian was no different from a Great Overarching Golden Celestial.
"Duan Lingtian, why are you in such a hurry to go back? It's rare for you to come back, aren't you going to stay for a few more days? "
Qin Yu asked Duan Lingtian curiously after they left Bloody Specter City. He felt Duan Lingtian was in too much of a hurry.
"The Martial Competition of the 16 Counties will be held in King Qin's Mansion in a year's time … In the following year, I'd like to spend more time cultivating."
Duan Lingtian did not mention the Celestial Fire to Qin Yu. He simply made up an excuse and said he was in a hurry to return to the County City of Nine Specters County to cultivate.
"Martial Competition of the 16 Counties?"
Qin Yu was stunned when he heard Duan Lingtian's words. Then, he smiled wryly and said, "I almost forgot about it if you didn't mention it.
However, with your current strength, who's going to be a match for you in the Martial Competition of the 16 Counties? After all, one of the conditions to participate in the Martial Competition of the 16 Counties is that the participants can't be more than 100 years old!
Let alone the entire King Qin's Mansion, I don't think anyone under the age of 100 is a match for you in the entire Cloudy Rock Celestial Kingdom, right? "
Qin Yu said.
He had witnessed Duan Lingtian's strength with his own eyes.
Perhaps, Duan Lingtian's cultivation base had not reached the level of a Great Overarching Golden Celestial, but his strength was on par with an ordinary Great Overarching Golden Celestial.
Even Zhou Tong, the First Revered Elder of the County Governor's mansion, who was a yellow-rank Great Overarching Golden Celestial, had died in Duan Lingtian's hands.
In addition, Duan Lingtian also had a soul defense high-grade immortal artifact, which allowed him to be unafraid of the soul attack of a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal.
Because of this, it also meant that Duan Lingtian had a strength that was not weaker than a Golden Immortal, and it was enough to crush almost all the existences at the Golden Immortal level!
Even in the entire Cloudy Rock Celestial Kingdom, they had never heard of such a thing before.
Who could break through to the Great Overarching Golden Celestial Stage before the age of 100?
"Nothing is absolute."
After hearing Qin Yu's words, Duan Lingtian realized the flaw in his excuse and quickly tried to remedy it. "As the saying goes, 'There is always someone better than you' … Until the end, who can be sure that there won't be someone who is better than me in the Martial Competition of the 16 Counties?"
Once Duan Lingtian said those words, Qin Yu immediately grew silent.
Even so, he still felt that it was unlikely for such a person to exist.
However, just as Duan Lingtian had said, he did not dare to be 100% certain until the end.
There would not be anyone stronger than Duan Lingtian in the Martial Competition of the 16 Counties.
They did not speak for the rest of the journey.
Duan Lingtian and Qin Yu successfully returned to the County City of Nine Specters County after dealing with the two groups of people who tried to stop them.
On the other hand, those two groups of ignorant people had become dead souls under Duan Ling Tian's sword.
"Qin Yu, I still have some matters to attend to … You can return to the County Governor's Mansion first."
After returning to the County City, Duan Lingtian bid farewell to Qin Yu. Before Qin Yu could react, Duan Lingtian had already disappeared from Qin Yu's sight.
Although Qin Yu did not know why Duan Lingtian left, he could tell that Duan Lingtian did not want him to follow him.
Therefore, he tactfully returned to the County Governor's Mansion alone to cultivate in the stone chamber in the Latent Dragon Abyss.
"Now that Zhou Fei is dead … his cultivation stone room is mine."
After returning to the County Governor's Mansion, Qin Yu's eyes lit up when he thought about this.
In the Latent Dragon Abyss, Zhou Fei's stone chamber was second only to Duan Lingtian's.
"I heard that Revered Elder Zhou Tong died not long after Zhou Fei died … Is this true? Isn't Revered Elder Zhou Tong a Great Overarching Golden Celestial? "
Qin Yu heard a surprised voice on his way back to the Latent Dragon Abyss after he entered the County Governor's Mansion.
He turned around and saw three guards from the County Governor's Mansion whispering to each other as they walked side by side.
'It seems like the County Governor's Mansion already knows about Zhou Fei and Zhou Tong's deaths … However, this is normal. After all, they must have stored Soul Pearls in the County Governor's Mansion. The County Governor must have Zhou Tong's Soul Pearl as well. If Zhou Tong's Soul Pearl breaks, the County Governor will know immediately. '
Qin Yu thought to himself.
"Revered Elder Zhou Tong has died? Who did you hear this from? "
"It seems like Revered Elder Zhou Tong has died … The two elders from the County Governor's Mansion accidentally leaked the news when they were talking."
"If Revered Elder Zhou Tong has really died, it means the person who killed him must be a Great Overarching Golden Celestial … There are only two Great Overarching Golden Celestials in the Nine Specters County. Apart from Revered Elder Zhou Tong, there's only Lord County Governor."
"That person is definitely not from the Nine Specters County. I just don't know why he killed Revered Elder Zhou Tong. "
…
The three guards from the County Governor's Mansion whispered to each other as they walked. Their voices gradually became softer as they walked further away from Qin Yu.
"Not from the Nine Specters County?"
Qin Yu smiled faintly.
If the three guards were to find out that Revered Elder Zhou Tong had died in the hands of Duan Lingtian, their jaws would probably drop to the ground.
In the main hall of the County Governor's Mansion.
"Lord County Governor, have you found out who killed Revered Elder Zhou Tong?"
Zheng Qiu asked in a hushed voice as he looked at Tian Ji Yu, the County Governor of the Nine Specters County.
The other elders standing next to Zheng Qiu turned to look at Tian Ji Yu. They wanted to know if the County Governor of the Nine Specters County had found out who killed their number one Revered Elder Zhou Tong.
"No." Tian Ji Yu shook his head.
Tian Jiyu shook his head with a dark expression on his face. "The person who killed Revered Elder Zhou Tong is clearly much stronger than him. Otherwise, he wouldn't have failed to send a Communication Celestial Talisman back.
The only thing we're certain of is that Revered Elder Zhou Tong was killed not long after Zhou Fei's death. Even if they weren't killed by the same person, they must've been killed by the same group of people. Otherwise, it wouldn't be so coincidental. "
Tian Ji Yu continued to speak.
Zheng Qiu and the other elders nodded in agreement upon hearing Tian Ji Yu's words.
Indeed, it was impossible for it to be so coincidental.
Zhou Tong's foster son had died not long ago, and his foster father had died as well.
Their deaths must be closely related to each other.
"Lord County Governor!"
At this moment, one of the elders looked at Tian Ji Yu and said, "We don't know when Revered Elder Zhou Tong left the County Governor's Mansion. However, I did find out that when Zhou Fei left the County Governor's Mansion, there were two people in the Latent Dragon Abyss who had left the County Governor's Mansion before him."
"Who?"
Tian Ji Yu asked in a deep voice.
"Duan Lingtian and Qin Yu."
The Inner House Elder continued.
Tian Ji Yu laughed when he heard the elder's words. "What? Are you trying to say that Revered Elder Zhou Tong and Revered Elder Zhou Fei's deaths have something to do with them? "
"I'm not sure about that. I just think it's a coincidence. Coincidentally, Zhou Fei and Duan Lingtian had a feud. "
The elder continued to speak.
"Zhou Fei hated Duan Lingtian, but Elder Zhou Tong had already made up his mind to groom Duan Lingtian one and a half years ago so that Duan Lingtian would shine in the Martial Competition of the 16 Counties that will be held in King Qin's Mansion a year later. Even if Zhou Fei hated Duan Lingtian, he didn't have the strength or the courage to provoke Duan Lingtian."
Tian Ji Yu said nonchalantly.
"As for Qin Yu, although he came from Bloody Specter City with Duan Lingtian, there's no enmity between him and Zhou Fei. Moreover, with his strength, it's impossible for him to kill Zhou Fei. "
Tian Ji Yu continued to speak.
"However, other than the two of them, I really don't know how to investigate this matter."
The Inner Mansion Elder smiled wryly. As he reached the end of his sentence, his eyes flashed and he carefully asked, "Lord Prefectural Governor … Should we investigate them?"
"It's useless to investigate them. There's no need for that!"
Tian Ji Yu said as he shook his head.
Naturally, the reason Tian Ji Yu made such a decision was because Duan Lingtian was Duan Lingtian's only hope.
Duan Ling Tian was his hope of obtaining the mediocre Celestial Pill, the Great Overarching Pill. He did not want to disturb Duan Ling Tian because of this matter.
Otherwise, even if he did not suspect Duan Lingtian had anything to do with Zhou Fei and Zhou Tong's deaths, he would still investigate Duan Lingtian.
Duan Ling Tian was unaware that he had brushed past the County Governor's estate's investigation into Zhou Fei and Zhou Tong's deaths.
Naturally, even if he knew, he would not care.
In his opinion, even if the County Governor's estate investigated him, they would not be able to find anything.
Since the Silverwyrm Army in Bloody Specter City was almost annihilated by Zhou Tong, the only people who could confirm his identity were Liu Feng Gu, the City Governor of Bloody Specter City, Elder Hong, the leader of the Golden Serpent Guards, and Qin Yu.
He believed the three of them would not betray him.
Moreover, even if the three of them betrayed him, they would not be able to provide any evidence to prove he was capable of killing Zhou Tong.
Taking 10,000 steps back …
Even if Tian Ji Yu, the County Governor of Nine Specters County, could confirm he was the one who killed Zhou Tong, Tian Ji Yu would not make things difficult for him before the Martial Competition of the 16 Counties in King Qin's Mansion ended.
As for whether Tian Ji Yu would still be able to make things difficult for him after the Martial Competition of the 16 Counties ended, that was another matter.
…
In the opposite direction of Nine Specters County's Bloody Specter City, there was a vast mountain range about 100,000 miles away from the Bloody Specter City.
Standing in the air above the mountain range, one could only see towering mountains and precipitous ridges.
'If City Governor Liu didn't tell me the exact location of the Celestial Fire, even if I knew it was here, with my current Divine Consciousness, I wouldn't be able to find it even if I searched for dozens or hundreds of years,' Duan Lingtian thought to himself.
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