After Duan Lingtian left the Mo Clan Estate with the little gold mouse, he left the Fair Sun County's County City and returned to the Imperial City.
As far as he was concerned, the matter of the Mo Clan was only a farce.
Three million taels of gold was nothing to him, who had tens of millions of taels of gold in his possession.
Since the Mo Clan's Eldest Young Master had offended him, he could only consider himself unlucky!
After returning to the Imperial City, Duan Lingtian didn't return home but instead went to the Duan Clan, as he had some unresolved questions in his heart.
After arriving at the Duan Clan Estate, Duan Lingtian went to look for the Patriarch, Duan Ru Huo.
"Patriarch, I heard Uncle Nie say that after my father went missing in the Swamp of Death all those years ago, the clan had once sent an expert into the Swamp of Death to look for him … I wonder what was the name of that expert?"
Duan Lingtian went straight to the point.
Although he didn't know why Duan Lingtian was suddenly interested in this, Duan Ru Huo still said, "That expert was an Ancestor of our Duan Clan, an existence at the Half-step Void Stage … He was called Duan You!"
Duan You!
Duan Lingtian's eyes imperceptibly constricted.
Looks like his guess wasn't wrong. The skeleton he saw in the underground palace's audience hall under the enormous pit in the Swamp of Death really belonged to that expert from the Duan Clan all those years ago.
The letter within the Spatial Ring of that skeleton was sufficient to prove his identity!
"Little Tian, why did you suddenly ask about this?"
Duan Ru Huo asked curiously.
"Just asking."
Duan Lingtian smiled, but didn't speak the truth.
It wasn't that he intentionally concealed it, but rather that he didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble for that Senior. After all, that Senior had already passed away for a long time.
Just let that senior sleep peacefully in that underground palace ….
After finding out what he wanted to know, Duan Lingtian's objective this time could be considered to have been accomplished, and he directly bid farewell to Duan Ru Huo and left.
After leaving the Duan Clan Estate, Duan Lingtian made a trip to Paladin Academy to see his teacher in the Paladin Academy's Star Mastermind Department, Sima Chang Feng!
He was also the Dean of Paladin Academy.
"You've returned for so long, you only remembered to see me now?"
Once they met, Sima Chang Feng couldn't help but laugh and scold him.
Duan Lingtian smiled awkwardly. "Recently, I've encountered a bottleneck in my cultivation and have been busy cultivating, so … hehe."
"Alright, I was just joking. I heard that one month ago, as soon as you returned, you made the members of the Sun Ascent Kingdom suffer a loss and flee in panic … Moreover, you used an extremely strange method. "
Sima Chang Feng glanced deeply at Duan Lingtian. "Also, the Junior Brother you brought back is actually a first level Nascent Soul martial artist. I'm very curious, as his Senior Brother, what realm has your cultivation reached? "
Seeing Sima Chang Feng's burning gaze, Duan Lingtian shook his head and smiled. He took a step forward, and his Yuan Power surged.
The next moment.
Whoosh!
In the sky above Duan Lingtian, 1,000 lifelike ancient mammoth silhouettes condensed into form, and they accumulated force while waiting to be deployed.
"Seventh level of the Nascent Soul Stage!"
Sima Chang Feng exclaimed with an astonished expression.
Although he was prepared since long ago and guessed that Duan Lingtian's current strength ought to be stronger than his Junior Brother, Sima Chang Feng never imagined no matter what.
Duan Lingtian had actually broken through to the seventh level of the Nascent Soul Stage!
A 23 year old seventh level Nascent Soul Stage martial artist, what sort of concept was this?
"Even in the entire Darkhan Dynasty, a 23 year old seventh level Nascent Soul Stage martial artist is probably extremely rare …"
Sima Chang Feng thought to himself.
When Sima Chang Feng was astonished, Duan Lingtian was using his Spiritual Force to size up Sima Chang Feng.
After not seeing him for a few years, this teacher of his had already broken through to the fourth level of the Void Prying Stage, and it was shocking.
Subsequently, Duan Lingtian chatted with Sima Chang Feng for a while before bidding his farewells and leaving.
When he left, he went to see the Vice Dean, Zhan Hong.
Zhan Hong had helped him many times all those years ago, and he'd always remembered it in his heart.
Azure Forest Imperial Kingdom, the branch sect of the Azure Forest Tri-Sect, the Snow Moon Sect.
The Snow Moon Sect was one of the five great sects of the Azure Forest Imperial Kingdom in the past.
Yet now, along with the Mountain Split Sect and Seven Star Sword Sect being annihilated successively, only three of the five great sects remained, and they'd merged together.
The Snow Moon Sect had completely vanished in the annals of history.
Whoosh!
A graceful figure was like an exceedingly swift bolt of lightning that flashed into the sect.
This caused the disciples that guarded the sect to be dumbstruck.
"Isn't that Senior Sister Liu Yue?"
One of them recognized the owner of that graceful figure.
The personal disciple of one of the three great Sect Leaders of the Azure Forest Tri-Sect, Sect Leader Xue Rui.
Xue Rui was the former Sect Leader of the Snow Moon Sect.
"Senior Sister Liu Yue is so anxious, looks like she's encountered an urgent matter."
Another person couldn't help but guess.
As the former Snow Moon Sect's residence, it was covered in snow all year round, and it seemed to be covered in a layer of beautiful silver.
"Master!"
In the depths of the snowy mountain, an anxious voice broke the silence.
Before a palace that was enveloped in snow, a young woman around the age of 30 stood there, and when she spoke, her breath condensed into ice and fell down.
"Come in."
A voice sounded out from within the palace.
The young woman walked into the Audience Hall of the palace and looked at the nearby middle aged man before bowing respectfully. "Master!"
The middle aged man wore a silk headdress and held a feather fan in his hand, and he had an elegant bearing and extraordinary bearing.
"Yue, what's the matter that's so hurried?"
The middle aged man that was dressed like a scholar, the former Sect Leader of the Snow Moon Sect, Xue Rui, had a bewildered expression as he looked at his personal disciple.
"Master, there's news of Duan Lingtian!"
Liu Yue's face flushed red as she spoke excitedly.
"What?!"
Xue Rui's pupils constricted when he heard this. "Where is he now?"
As Xue Rui finished speaking, his tone had slight coldness.
Since the battle at the Seven Star Sword Sect the other day, Duan Lingtian had fled, and their Azure Forest Tri-Sect had exhausted all their efforts to search for the whereabouts of Duan Lingtian, yet they came up empty handed.
Duan Lingtian, the monstrous genius of the Seven Star Sword Sect, had suppressed the Zither Young Master that was ranked third among the five great young masters at the mere age of 23.
They could imagine that once this Duan Lingtian matured in the future, he would surely become a great calamity for their Azure Forest Tri-Sect!
So no matter what, they had to drag out this Duan Lingtian and eliminate him by the roots before he matured.
Otherwise, the Azure Forest Tri-Sect would never have a day of peace!
But during this period of time, even though they'd exhausted a great deal of effort in searching for the whereabouts of Duan Lingtian, they'd always been unable to find any clues related to Duan Lingtian.
This caused them to be impatient!
Yet now, there was finally news of Duan Lingtian?
"Master, Duan Lingtian is currently within the Imperial City of a small kingdom under our Azure Forest Kingdom, the Crimson Sky Kingdom!"
Liu Yue spoke with slight excitement.
After all, after the battle at the Seven Star Sword Sect, the three great Sect Leaders of the Azure Forest Tri-Sect had jointly announced:
No matter who it was, once a disciple of the Azure Forest Tri-Sect found the whereabouts of Duan Lingtian and killed Duan Lingtian, the disciple would be able to obtain a grade five spirit weapon!
In the Azure Forest Imperial Kingdom, grade five spirit weapons had always been the exclusive right of the leaders of the few great powers that stood at the peak.
The degree of its preciousness was obvious.
Whereas for the sake of searching for Duan Lingtian's whereabouts, the reward offered by the Azure Forest Tri-Sect was precisely the two grade five spirit weapons of the Seven Star Sword Sect and Mountain Split Sect that had already been annihilated.
Once Duan Lingtian was killed, the person that provided the whereabouts of Duan Lingtian could choose any one of the grade five spirit weapons.
At this moment, Liu Yue seemed to have seen a grade five spirit weapon beckoning to her.
"Crimson Sky Kingdom?"
Xue Rui was first stunned, then came to a sudden understanding. "No wonder we were unable to find any clues related to Duan Lingtian even after mobilizing all the disciples of the Azure Forest Tri-Sect. So it turns out that he went to the Crimson Sky Kingdom."
"Is the information accurate?"
Xue Rui had a serious expression as he asked Liu Yue.
"Don't worry Master, the information is surely accurate. For the sake of verifying it, I even personally made a trip to the Crimson Sky Kingdom … Master, perhaps you still don't know, but Duan Lingtian rose to fame in the Crimson Sky Kingdom a few years ago, and he's even publicly acknowledged as the number one genius of the Crimson Sky Kingdom! "
Liu Yue said slowly, "According to the information I personally found out, Duan Lingtian had once appeared in the Imperial Palace of the Crimson Sky Kingdom two months ago … Moreover, he has many friends and relatives in the Crimson Sky Kingdom's Imperial City."
When she spoke up to here, Liu Yue paused for a moment before continuing. "If it's necessary, we're entirely capable of using those people to force Duan Lingtian to show himself!"
"Yue, you're very good, you didn't disappoint Master."
Xue Rui's face revealed a gratified smile. "I'll go look for Sect Leader Long and Sect Leader Lu right away and tell them of this good news!"
"Once Duan Lingtian is killed, Yue, you'll obtain a grade five spirit weapon!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xue Rui soared into the sky and left directly.
Only leaving behind Liu Yue who stood on the spot with an excited expression.
Crimson Sky Kingdom, Imperial City.
"Unknowingly, I've already returned for two months …"
In the spacious rear courtyard of the courtyard house, Duan Lingtian sat within the pergola as he teased the little gold mouse on the table.
"Squeak squeak ~"
The little gold mouse looked at Duan Lingtian and cried out, then said via voice transmission, "Big Brother Ling Tian, do you miss Big Sister Kerr and Big Sister Li Fei?"
Duan Lingtian nodded. "Kerr and Little Fei haven't returned until now … I wonder where they went."
Before the little gold mouse could reply.
"Young Master!"
A voice sounded out into the rear courtyard.
Duan Lingtian was able to discern that this was Jingru's voice.
"Jingru, what's wrong?"
Duan Lingtian brought the little gold mouse along and left the rear courtyard to arrive at the front courtyard.
"Young Master, there's a member of the Duan Clan outside looking for you."
Jingru said to Duan Lingtian.
"A member of the Duan Clan?"
Duan Lingtian walked out of the courtyard house and noticed that there was already a carriage waiting there.
"Little Tian."
In next to no time, the curtain of the carriage was pulled open and a middle aged man stuck his head out. "I'll take you to see someone."
Duan Lingtian recognized the person, the Duan Clan's Fourth Master, Duan Ru Hong!
Duan Lingtian carried his bewilderment as he boarded the carriage. "See who?"
"You'll know when we arrive at the clan."
Duan Ru Hong kept Chen Xi in suspense.
Duan Lingtian carried his bewilderment as he arrived at the Duan Clan Estate with Duan Ru Hong and headed towards the Duan Clan Audience Hall.
They hadn't even entered the Audience Hall when Duan Lingtian heard a voice that sounded out from within.
"Third Brother, all this isn't your fault. Besides that, your son is extremely promising. Now that you've returned, you can properly enjoy your life. "
Duan Lingtian was able to discern that this was the voice of the Patriarch, Duan Ru Huo.
Third Brother?
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