Ling Lanyin hesitated, with confusion beaming out of her beautiful eyes. It was obvious that she was not as determined as a moment ago when she thought of the dark cloud that loomed over her family and her sect.
Ling Shoujing coughed and said, "My son, although this Master Spiritual Vulture is extremely vicious and brutal, thankfully, he has not committed any heinous crimes in the central plateaus. He is a barbarian from the uncivilized land after all. It is perfectly normal for him to practice some seemingly terrifying arts of witchcraft!"
"The court is in dire need of manpower, and the Cultivators of the Great Qian Dynasty have even more ferocious enemies to deal with. As long as he is willing to work for the court, I don't think that the Cultivators will care too much about his past!
"In the meantime, if my daughter can educate him with the etiquette of the central plateaus and the righteous rules of the Cultivators and make him abandon evil and embrace good, it will be a great contribution!"
Ling Lanyin smiled bitterly, her heart in a mess. Her lips trembling for a long time, she took a long breath and said, "This — this — this is too different from what I thought before I left the mountain!"
"It is indeed different!"
Ling Shoujing also felt that what he said just now was rather shameless. He was even trying to push his daughter into a pit of fire.
However, in the middle of the swirl, even he, a Core Formation Stage Cultivator, could only go with the flow. One moment of carelessness, and his entire family would be blown apart. What could he do except to struggle without caring about anything?
"My daughter, you will understand it later."
The Appeasing Ambassador of the Fifth Prefecture of the Southland of Sorcerers said gloomily, "Everybody says that Cultivation is as difficult as climbing to the sky. But they do not know that struggling for survival in the mortal world and retreating in one piece in the end is a hundred times more difficult than flying on a sword!"
While the father and the daughter were sighing and scheming in secret, a servant came in and reported that the two subordinates who went to meet Master Spiritual Vulture had returned.
"Yuanwu, what did Master Spiritual Vulture say? When can he meet us?"
Due to the urgency of the situation, Ling Shoujing had no time to pretend to be the Appeasing Ambassador. He even degraded himself by using the word 'reception'.
'Prime Martial' was a rather tough young man who was about to enter the Building Foundation Stage. But at this moment, he was like a frosted eggplant as he said in embarrassment, "Master, I was pushed out by a group of barbarian Cultivators before I met Master Spiritual Vulture. It is said that Master Spiritual Vulture met Han Yuantai first and would not have time to meet us until he decided what to do with Han Yuantai!"
"What?!"
As if struck by lightning, Ling Shoujing and Ling Lanyin looked at each other, only to discover that each other was pale and sweaty.
Master Spiritual Vulture really did not kill the people of Ghost Qin. He even met the people of Ghost Qin first and then the people of the Great Qian Dynasty. This, this, this —
For a moment, Master Spiritual Vulture was even more mysterious and unpredictable in their minds!
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In the center of the Fire Rude Clan's stronghold, there was a large mansion in the style of the Central Plains.
The place used to be the residence of the leader of the Fire Rude Clan. It had high walls, deep courtyards, and green bricks all over the ground. There was even a pond in the backyard where willows and bamboos were planted. Lotus flowers and shrimps were all over the pond.
To maintain such a peaceful and elegant house in the Southland of Sorcerers, it must have cost a lot. It was not hard to tell how powerful the Fire Rude Clan was in the Southland of Sorcerers.
At this moment, the house naturally became the temporary residence of Master Spiritual Vulture, the new 'best expert of the Southland of Sorcerers'.
However, it was not Master Spiritual Vulture who was kneeling next to the willows in the backyard but Han Yuantai, the Lord of Behemoth Eagle, who did not seem to fit in with the place at all.
There was blood all over his body. A few claw marks that Master Spiritual Vulture had dug out were still on his forehead. Dense wounds of venomous needles were all over his face. His nose was bruised and his face was swollen.
The strange Bone Vulture shackles on his body hadn't been removed, either. Instead, they had sunk deeper and deeper. Not only was he unable to circulate the slightest bit of spiritual energy, he was almost reduced to a cripple. Even breathing heavily had become an unbearable pain.
The hero of the north, however, was rather calm and at ease. There was even a hint of interest on his face. Kneeling next to the pond, he was not looking at the flowers but studying the shackle on his body.
What a piece of delicate magical equipment. It is even more delicate than the 'Meridian Heart Piercing Shackle' used in the prison in the Divine Capital. All the acupoints and critical nerves on my body have been locked. I can't get rid of them however hard I try!
I'm afraid that even the deities of the Great Qian Dynasty would be begging for mercy if they were hit by the barriers of this magical equipment!
There are also the unpredictable venomous needles and the sharp blades of mica that are ten times thinner than the venomous needles!
"One by one, one by one, they are all the most vicious magical equipment that can end one's lineage!"
Come to think of it, Master Spiritual Vulture's spiritual energy is not much denser than mine. But despite all the marvelous weapons that he has, he has been hiding deep inside the pits of venomous fire, waiting for an opportunity to launch a thunderous attack at the most appropriate moment!
His determination is a hundred times more dreadful than the venomous needles, blades, and shackles!
The purpose of our trip to the south is to recruit heroes in the world. If such an extraordinary person can be employed by Cloud Qin, we will certainly be able to build a great empire!
While Han Yuantai was thinking to himself, he suddenly felt that the lotus in the pond was shivering. His heart seemed to be stung by needles, too.
When he raised his head, Master Spiritual Vulture, who had black hair, a green robe, a young face, and a pair of deep eyes, had appeared right in front of him without a sound!
The birthmark on the brutal man's face had constricted into a tiny green spot at the center of his eyebrow again, making his face look rather 'handsome'.
However, in the eyes of Han Yuantai, who had experienced his methods in person, the 'handsome' look turned into a different kind of horror!
Holding back the fear in his heart, Han Yuantai suddenly burst into laughter. "Master, you are finally here!"
Li Yao was emotionless.
But he added 0.5 points to Ghost Qin's side in his heart.
He had intentionally left Ghost Qin and the Great Qian Dynasty alone for two hours while observing their reactions in secret.
The Ghost Qin Knights and Han Baling's right-hand man were both rather calm. Even if they were faking it, they seemed to be made of iron on the surface and did not have many loopholes.
On the Great Qian Dynasty's side, however, they were sighing and panicking. Even the father and daughter of the Ling family were not behaving well.
Han Yuantai, on the other hand, was apparently uneasy when he saw Li Yao, but he was still able to laugh aloud without changing his expression. He was more or less a hero himself.
Li Yao's eyes glanced at the shackle on Han Yuantai's body.
The shackle was a new one that he had built with ancient refining techniques based on the mechanism of the Venomous Scorpion Bone Biting Shackle. It was named 'Spiritual Vulture's Meridian Cutting Shackle'. It was a collection of the essence of refining in the Yuanying level of the Hundred Smelting Clan and tailor-made for him for the Sector.
Despite the shackle on his back, Han Yuantai was still as handsome and cheerful as before. Li Yao vaguely had a good impression of him.
Li Yao rolled his eyes and said emotionlessly, "Fellow Cultivator Han, you seem to be very happy to see me. What? Are you not afraid that I'm here to kill you?"
"You must be kidding, Master Spiritual Vulture. If you wanted to kill me, you would've done it in the morning. Why would you wait until now?"
Han Yuantai put on a brilliant smile from the bloodstains on his face and said confidently, "Master Spiritual Vulture, you are an expert whose name has been known in the Southland of Sorcerers since a hundred years ago. However, the ignorant people often consider you to be a cruel, murderous, and temperamental man. They can't be more wrong!"
"Is that so?"
Li Yao eyed Han Yuantai up and down and chuckled creepily. "Am I wrong? Back then, I killed quite a number of people in one breath! "
"Of course not!"
Han Yuantai said solemnly. "Those that you killed years ago were all people who were deeply related to your old enemies. If those people were not eliminated, it was possible that they would raise new troubles in the future. This is the principle of eliminating the source of trouble, which is different from slaughtering the innocent!
"Master, after you killed all those people, you stopped immediately. You also intimidated the entire Cultivators in the Southland of Sorcerers, indicating your boundaries and your methods of revenge. As a result, you and I lived in peace for decades and minded our own business.
"During the decades, as long as other people did not offend your interests, Master, you never went on a killing spree, either!
"It is obvious that you are a man of great wisdom and propriety, Master. You are definitely not a temperamental, bloodthirsty bandit that other people claim you to be!
"What happened this morning is also clear proof. Even though esteemed one used extremely cruel methods to kill Venerable Black Moon, this was because you all had old grudges. Meanwhile, towards our Yunqin guests, even though esteemed one's actions seemed extremely heavy, he didn't truly kill a single one!"
"It is obvious that everything is under your control, Master, and what you are after is definitely not as simple as revenge!"
"Hehe!"
Li Yao sniffed, somewhat in displeasure. Two streaks of green brilliance suddenly beamed out of his dark eyes and circled around Han Yuantai's neck like sharp blades.
It was like an old monster whose mind had been seen through and whose killing intent was rising.
Being glanced at by Li Yao, Han Yuantai felt that there were thorns in his back, and he almost grunted.
He knew that he could not admit defeat in front of such an old monster, and he had to raise the guy's interest with a surprise attack.
Therefore, he gritted his teeth and laughed dryly. "I almost forgot that I have to congratulate you on behalf of my brother Han Baling, the regent of Cloud Qin! I believe that you must've had incredible encounters during the decades of your disappearance, Master. After decades of hard work, you have finally soared into the sky today and joined the ranks of the unparalleled experts in the world!
"With your shocking Cultivation, Master, a mere Master Black Moon is not worth mentioning at all. Even if you march to the central plateaus right now and compete with the heroes of the world in the sky of the royal palace in the capital city, it will be more than enough for you!"
Li Yao did not even raise his eyes. He sneered and said, "Of course. Master Black Moon was merely in the beginning level of Yuanying. It's true that I didn't think much of him! Go to the royal palace in the capital city and see what the emperor's throne looks like. Or maybe go to the Dark Cloud Prairies and see how fierce Han Baling's wife is. That's what I want to do most right now. Haha. Hahahaha! "
Fury beamed out of Han Yuantai's eyes. Holding the shackle, he stood straight and said, "Master, your expertise is unparalleled. You may be one of the top twenty experts in the world. However, everybody has their limits. If you want to fight against a country, a family, and even the destiny of the world on your own, you are just asking to be killed!"
Li Yao narrowed his eyes and sniffed. Green brilliance dashed out of his nose, blowing Han Yuantai away and making him fall to the ground heavily.
"You are truly not scared of death, are you?"
Han Yuantai struggled to his feet from the mud. Spitting out half of his broken teeth, he burst into laughter. "I will not regret it even if I have to die for the cause of Cloud Qin!"
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