Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up in excitement.
To be able to fit even the golden page on such a large island, as expected of a product of the Library of Heaven's Path.
Putting away the golden page, Zhang Xuan swiftly returned to the Marshlands of the Northern Meadows.
Even though the trip to the Marshlands of the Northern Meadows had been a dangerous one, it had been a fruitful one as well. Putting aside the fact that Vicious would surely grow stronger after fusing with the golden page, just the hundred Leaving Aperture realm intermediate stage puppets would be a formidable fighting force.
If he were to tame them and release them, even a Saint 6-dan primary stage cultivator would be pummeled into a pulp.
More importantly, these puppets were different from the Otherworldly Demon puppets he had tamed previously. As celestial works, they did not carry the aura of the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe. Even in the Mingshi Tang Headquarters, he would be able to use them freely.
"Zhang Shi, where is the island?"
Returning to the group, Wu Shi and the others looked at Zhang Xuan doubtfully.
"This matter involves a lot of people, so I think it would be best for you not to ask about it," Zhang Xuan said with a shake of his head.
It was only a matter of time before his lies were exposed. Rather than that, he might as well not speak of it at all.
"Yes!" The crowd nodded.
As curious as they were, they knew that Zhang Xuan was a Celestial Master Teacher, so they suppressed their curiosity.
"Zhang Shi, should we report this matter to the Mingshi Tang headquarters?"
While the crowd was leaving, Wu shi couldn't help but turn to look at Zhang Xuan.
It was fortunate that none of them had sustained any serious injuries after a night of trepidation.
"Forget it."
Zhang Xuan shook his head.
If Vicious was implicated, the golden page would surely be implicated as well.
"This …" Wu Shi hesitated for a moment before saying, "If we don't report it, we won't be able to explain the deaths of Pavilion Master Gou and Vice Pavilion Master Tian."
The Qingyuan Empire Mingshi Tang Headquarters had lost two of their pavilion masters and Seven Star master teachers. If they were to end the matter so weakly, the headquarters would surely send someone to investigate the matter, and that would be even more troublesome.
"Is that so?"
Zhang Xuan rubbed his glabella in distress.
According to his thoughts, it would be best if he took away the benefits in a low-key manner, and everyone pretended not to know … However, with so many things happening, it would be difficult to keep a low profile.
"If you take the initiative to report it to us, we will be able to decide what you want to hide. This will save us a lot of trouble …"
Wu Shi knew what he was worried about.
Despite his young age, Zhang Shi possessed an extremely composed personality. The fact that he was able to conceal the matter of the acknowledgement of a Celestial Master Teacher until now was truly a role model.
Such a low-key person naturally did not want to cause a commotion!
However, if the matter was too big, they had to report it. If they reported it in advance, they could filter the news to a certain extent, which was beneficial to them.
"En!" After a moment of contemplation, Zhang Xuan flicked his wrist and took out two corpses. "These are the corpses of the Qingtian Emperor. Report this to the headquarters and tell them that he was the culprit behind all of this, and he has already been executed!"
"The corpse of the Qingtian Emperor?"
Wu Shi was surprised.
Wasn't he already dead? Why did another one pop up?
Seeing that Wu Shi was perplexed, Zhang Xuan quickly explained the situation to him, and it was only then that Wu Shi came to a realization.
As expected of an Emperor who had lived for innumerable years! To be able to conjure up one clone after another, it was as if an unkillable cockroach!
If not for the young man before him, they would have long been dead by now.
"Killing the Emperor and the Ten Great Kings of the Qingtian Lineage is a huge merit. I'll report this matter to the headquarters right now and await their verdict …"
Wu Shi understood Zhang Xuan's concerns, so he decided not to bring up the matter of the island being turned into human heads anymore.
"Un!" Seeing that Zhang Xuan had understood his intentions, Zhang Xuan nodded.
As long as it was something related to Vicious, it was fine.
So what if the Qingtian Emperor was dead? It wasn't a big deal at all.
He could make use of this corpse to explain the bizarre happenings in the Qingyuan Empire.
"Let's report this matter to our Mingshi Tang. We can request for a video recording so that the news can be more accurate!"
Ji Tianxiong interjected.
"That would be for the best!"
Wu Shi's eyes lit up. He quickly turned to Zhang Xuan to seek the latter's opinion.
Mingshi Tang had an artifact that allowed them to send a video recording directly to the headquarters. Considering how important the Qingtian Emperor's corpse was, it went without saying that they would have to send a video recording directly to the headquarters.
"Wu Shi, why don't you head over to Ji shi's place to explain the matter to the headquarters? I still have some matters to attend to, so I'll be returning to Qingyuan City first."
Zhang Xuan hesitated for a moment before saying.
Even though Vicious had said that he would use Liu Yang as a hostage, he had been feigning calmness. In truth, he had been wanting to head back to see what was going on.
While Liu Yang did not have any outstanding personality traits, he was still his student from Tianxuan Kingdom. It had been a year since he had last seen Liu Yang, and he had already developed a deep bond with Liu Yang.
Knowing what Zhang Xuan was worried about, Wu Shi nodded. "This … Alright then."
After the discussion was over, it was already noon when the group finally emerged from the marshland. Riding on an aerial saint beast, they arrived at the airspace above Northern Meadows City. Wu shi and the others descended from the aerial saint beast while Zhang Xuan continued his journey to Qingyuan City.
After the group left, Zhang Xuan immediately entered the Myriad Anthive Nest without any hesitation.
"I'll kill you!"
As soon as he entered, he heard a furious roar.
Peng peng peng peng!
Following which, the sound of someone being pummeled could be heard. Zhang Xuan's clone was furiously pummeling the Qingtian Emperor's soul on the altar, not giving the latter any chance to recover at all.
At this moment, the Qingtian Emperor's soul was so thin that it looked as if it would dissipate at any moment. However, his face was still filled with savagery, as if he wanted nothing more than to tear the clone and Zhang Xuan apart.
"Alright, that's enough. Be good and don't move. Allow me to search your soul," Zhang Xuan consoled as he placed his palm on the Qingtian Emperor's head. With a thought, his massive soul flew out from his glabella.
Tzzzzz!
Before the horrified eyes of the Qingtian Emperor, a thin thread seeped into the latter's consciousness.
Two hours later, Zhang Xuan's soul returned to his body. Rubbing his glabella, he exhaled a mouthful of turbid air.
At this moment, the Qingtian Emperor's consciousness was already on the verge of dissipating.
"Vicious has already fallen asleep. You should assimilate this fellow and devour him."
Zhang Xuan waved his hand.
Before they could leave the marsh, Vicious had already fallen into a deep slumber, making it impossible for Zhang Xuan to ask any questions.
Since the other party was in a deep slumber, there was no point in keeping the Qingtian Emperor's Primordial Spirit. Thus, he might as well let his clone devour it.
"Alright!"
Zhang Xuan's clone said excitedly as he dragged the lifeless Qingtian Emperor back to his room. Not too long later, a scream of agony sounded from within.
Shaking his head, Zhang Xuan began browsing through the memories that he had just obtained from the Soul Search.
The matter regarding Vicious was similar to what he had said to him.
The reason why the Qingtian Emperor had pledged his loyalty to Vicious was because he wanted to obtain the latter's heritage and grow stronger. On the other hand, the reason why Vicious wanted to take him in as his disciple was so that he could use the latter's strength to search for other parts of his body to recover.
In any case, both of them had their own motives.
Vicious has only imparted the first five dans of the Heaven's Path Soul Art to him …
Through the Soul Search, Zhang Xuan found the soul oracles that Vicious had imparted to the Qingtian Emperor, but they were only at Saint 1-dan to 5-dan.
It's indeed not that easy to convert a soul into a Primordial Spirit …
Seeing that Zhang Xuan had finished studying the Heaven's Path Divine Art, he sighed deeply.
A Primordial Spirit was formed from the accumulation of one's soul into one's Origin Core, forming a Nascent Soul. It was a combination of one's zhenqi and one's soul. As such, even if one were to leave one's body, it would still possess the power of one's zhenqi.
Soul oracles, on the other hand, focused purely on cultivating one's soul. Through the tempering of one's soul through various secret arts, one would be able to wield fighting prowess comparable to one's physical body.
Due to the infusion of one's zhenqi into one's soul, one's soul carried a sense of righteousness and righteousness. On the other hand, one's soul was incomparably cold and fearful of sunlight and lightning.
This was due to the fact that one's soul didn't have a skeleton, making it extremely difficult to convert it into a Primordial Spirit.
The Leaving Aperture Ordeal was the greatest obstacle.
As such, even though the soul oracles possessed great benefits, most of them would find it hard to advance any further after reaching the Leaving Aperture Ordeal.
Of ten thousand people, less than one would be able to overcome the lightning tribulation.
The fact that the Qingtian Emperor was able to cultivate all the way to Leaving Aperture realm advanced stage showed that he was a genius among geniuses.
However, the Heaven's Path Soul Art that I cultivate is of the yang attribute. After fusing with my Embryonic Soul, I should be able to overcome this problem!
From the very start, Zhang Xuan had been cultivating the Heaven's Path Soul Art, so he didn't possess the yin attribute. On top of that, he had tempered his soul with the lightning tribulation as well. Even though he was only at the Embryonic Soul realm, his soul had already achieved the same result as his Primordial Spirit.
This was a problem that soul oracles often faced, but to Zhang Xuan, it wasn't a problem at all.
I have compiled the Heaven's Path Soul Art from the Terpsichore Guild, Spirit Awakener Guild, and the other guilds, and I have the Heaven's Path Soul Art from Saint 1-dan to Saint 4-dan. I can cultivate the first two dans directly, but for the latter two, I'll have to find concentrated high-tier spirit stones!
Zhang Xuan swiftly compiled the Heaven's Path Soul Art from the books he had learned in the Qingyuan Conferred Empire, and it didn't take him long to compile the first 4-dan Heaven's Path Soul Art.
The first two dans could be cultivated with ordinary high-tier spirit stones, so it took him less than four hours to finish cultivating them.
However, the last two required concentrated high-tier spirit stones, and he didn't even have a single one on hand at the moment. Thus, he could only wait until he reached the Qingyuan Conferred Empire.
He had already wasted more than ten days on this trip, so it should be about time for the rewards from the Combat Master Hall to arrive.
After dealing with the Qingtian Emperor's Primordial Spirit, Zhang Xuan released the puppets he had taken away.
He had the inner demons leave one after another before using his Impartation of Heaven's Will to tame them. In less than three days, those fellows had all submitted to him, becoming his loyal subordinates.
There was still some time before he arrived at Qingyuan City, so Zhang Xuan wasn't in a rush. He began browsing through the Qingtian Emperor's storage ring.
There were quite a few treasures inside, but there weren't any concentrated high-tier spirit stones.
It seemed like the Qingtian Emperor was a Leaving Aperture realm expert. Even if he had some concentrated high-tier spirit stones, he would have kept them for himself.
Shaking his head helplessly, Zhang Xuan could only make use of the remaining time to study and cultivate, not wasting a single second.
…
While Zhang Xuan was in a rush to return to the Qingyuan Conferred Empire, Wu Shi and the others had also arrived at the Mingshi Tang Residence in the Northern Meadows City. After a series of formalities, Ji Tianxiong tapped his palm lightly, and a powerful aura burst forth. Following which, the silhouette of an elder slowly materialized before him.
Empire Alliance Head Mingshi Tang Residence, 8-star Master Teacher He Xuan!
"What happened? Why would you need to communicate with me through an image?"
The voice carried with it a strong sense of oppression.
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