At this moment, Heaven Martial City, Treasure House.
Treasure House was a pagoda-shaped building with twenty-two floors. Usually, only the first twenty floors were open to the public. As for the twenty-first and twenty-second floors, they were used to receive important guests.
On the twenty-first floor of Treasure House, in a large hall, there were all sorts of rare treasures.
These rare treasures were transported from all over the Tian Yuan world and placed in Treasure House. Some of them were for sale, while others were gifts from various large factions to the Martial Alliance.
A few years ago, although the Martial Alliance was a large faction, it did not have the ability to make the various large factions of the Tian Yuan world come to offer gifts.
But now, with the Longevity Extending Pills in hand, the various large factions were scrambling to express their goodwill to the Martial Alliance.
And slowly, people began to realize that the Martial Alliance was actually hiding a lot of its strength.
A typical alliance organization, such as the Six Swords Alliance, was formed by six factions that used swords. The Six Swords Alliance's main combat strength was actually reflected in these six factions. The Six Swords Alliance itself did not have much combat strength.
However, the Martial Alliance was different. In the past few years, especially with the Martial Alliance's large-scale operations, such as the Martial Tournament and the exploration of mystic realms, people began to realize that the Martial Alliance's heritage was far more terrifying than they imagined.
The Martial Alliance seemed to be secretly nurturing a faction.
It was unknown how many people there were in this faction, or what cultivation realm they were at or what their standard of strength was.
Such a faction was filled with mystery.
In the beginning, people did not know anything about them. They only knew that they used the Blood Moon as their symbol.
Later on, the entire Martial Alliance used the Blood Moon as their symbol. Furthermore, the Martial Alliance opened its doors and began accepting disciples from various large sects to enter the Martial Alliance for cultivation.
As such, the Heavenly Dao Union was born.
As such, the Martial Alliance had slowly evolved into a sect.
However, it was different from traditional sects.
Typically, when a sect accepted a person as a disciple, they would not allow that person to betray the sect and join other factions. If not, it would be a serious crime, and they might even have their cultivation crippled.
However, the Martial Alliance did not mind. Disciples from their sects could freely join other sects.
Such relaxed conditions tempted the elites of various large factions.
They could retain their original sect's foundation and enter the Martial Alliance, becoming a member of the Heavenly Dao Union.
In the Heavenly Law Union, as long as you had talent, it didn't matter if you were a chivalrous person, a proud son of heaven, or a great bandit.
They could use their own strength to obtain cultivation resources from the Martial Alliance.
And the cultivation resources that the Martial Alliance possessed were superior to any family clan in the Tian Yuan world!
Under such circumstances, who wouldn't want to join the Heavenly Law Union?
This was a good thing with hundreds of benefits and no harm. Of course, although it was a good thing, the requirements of the Heavenly Law Union were too harsh. Many geniuses that were carefully nurtured by the large family clans were rejected when they tried to enter the Heavenly Law Union.
In the main hall of Treasure House, a middle-aged scholar was surrounded by more than ten people. He was admiring the treasures sent by the various large factions of the Tian Yuan world.
But judging from his calm expression, there was probably nothing that could catch his eye.
On the long table not far from him, there was a pill box.
This seemingly unremarkable pill box caused many people's eyes to burn with greed. This was because inside this pill box was a treasure that even the Ancestors of the great powers were jealous of, the Prolonging Life Pill!
A Prolonging Life Pill was something that many people would pay astronomical prices to purchase in the market, but they could not buy it. This item was only for their own use, so no one would sell it.
In order to obtain the Prolonging Life Pill, the various large factions had racked their brains.
And at this moment, the people following the middle-aged scholar were the leaders of the various large factions that were sent to Heaven Martial City.
One of them was the Li Fire Sect's Elder, Gongsun Ding.
Beside Gongsun Ding were two genius disciples of the Li Fire Sect. One of them was Gongsun Zhi, and the other was Gongsun Yang.
Two months ago, Gongsun Yang had been severely injured by a mysterious person in the Lin family. There was an uproar in the outside world, and there were even rumors that the two Elders of the Li Fire Sect had joined forces with the Shen Tu family clan's Elders to attack this person. However, the other party had left easily, and they had suffered quite a bit.
For this, the Li Fire Sect naturally denied it completely.
Originally, this rumor did not sound believable. Later on, when people saw the rumored crippled Gongsun Yang appear in front of them in perfect condition, these rumors naturally died down.
No one knew how many treasures the Li Fire Sect had expended to treat Gongsun Yang's injuries. And even so, Gongsun Yang had not truly recovered.
Although he looked fine on the surface, he had some internal injuries that had yet to fully recover.
He had followed his family clan's Elder to meet the middle-aged scholar so that he could obtain the middle-aged scholar's recognition, allowing him to enter the Heavenly Dao Union.
A spot in the Heavenly Dao Union was something that many elites coveted. They were willing to risk their lives to obtain it.
At this moment, the middle-aged scholar had arrived in front of the treasure the Li Fire Sect had given him. And Elder Gongsun Ding had intentionally allowed Gongsun Yang to introduce the treasure, so that Gongsun Yang could leave an impression on the middle-aged scholar.
It was a rare opportunity, so Gongsun Yang introduced it eloquently. In between his words, he was flaunting his knowledge of all sorts of treasures in the world.
If the middle-aged scholar occasionally asked a few questions, Gongsun Yang would act like he had been injected with adrenaline, introducing it in great detail.
For this, he had prepared for many days. His understanding of all sorts of treasures was extremely detailed.
"You sure know quite a bit." The middle-aged scholar evaluated lightly. This made Gongsun Yang feel like he had received a great reward. He was immediately overjoyed, but he still used a humble tone to say, "Lord Envoy, you flatter me. This junior's knowledge is still rather limited. If it's possible, I hope Lord can give me a pointer or two."
Gongsun Yang's words were a subtle hint that the middle-aged scholar would give him a chance to enter the Heavenly Dao Union. And only by entering the Heavenly Dao Union would he be able to receive the middle-aged scholar's advice.
The middle-aged scholar only chuckled in response, and did not say a word. However, a sneer came from beside the middle-aged scholar.
This sneer clearly had a hint of mockery towards Gongsun Yang, who was a toad lusting after a swan's flesh.
Oh?
Gongsun Yang stared. At such an occasion, with so many important figures present, everyone was amiable and complimenting each other. Yet, someone had let out such a sneer. This was extremely presumptuous!
He gritted his teeth and looked over, only to see a handsome youth sneer.
This youth looked to be seventeen or eighteen years old. Although he was young, no one dared to belittle him. This was because this youth was a member of the Heavenly Dao Union. Furthermore, he was highly regarded in the Heavenly Dao Union.
This youth had reached a certain level of arrogance. To laugh and mock in such an occasion, he clearly did not think anything of Gongsun Yang.
However, even if Gongsun Yang was infuriated, he did not dare say a word.
Who asked his status to be inferior to others!?
Gongsun Yang was a proud son of Heaven in the Heavenly Dao Union. He was young and had a limitless future. As for him, he was still racking his brains to enter the Heavenly Dao Union. The gap between them was obvious.
The middle-aged scholar did not blame the handsome youth for his rudeness. It was as though he did not hear it as he continued looking at the next treasure.
"This darn kid, he actually looks down on me!"
Gongsun Yang clenched his fists and could only suppress his humiliation.
Just as the middle-aged scholar was about to look at the next treasure presented by the faction, Gongsun Yang's expression suddenly changed!
Beside Gongsun Yang, Gongsun Ding's expression also sank.
Just now, they had received news from their voice transmission tokens, making them feel incredulous.
The news was from the Li Fire Sect's administrator. It said that the Man-ranked store that their Li Fire Sect had set up in Heaven Martial City had been smashed by someone!
And the store's person-in-charge, manager and guards had all been maimed. No one had been spared!
How could such a thing happen?
Gongsun Ding found it unbelievable. Who could have eaten such a bear's heart and leopard's gall!?
The middle-aged scholar sensed the minute changes between him and Gongsun Yang. He looked calm and composed, but he could clearly see the thoughts and emotional changes of everyone around him.
He glanced lightly at Gongsun Ding and said, "What happened?"
"This …" Gongsun Ding frowned. His Li Fire Sect's store had been smashed in front of the Martial Alliance's ambassador. It was not something to be proud of.
"Just a small matter. Someone is causing trouble in my Li Fire Sect's store."
"Causing trouble?" The middle-aged scholar chuckled. If it was just some ordinary trouble, it would not have caused Gongsun Ding's expression to change.
However, he did not say it out loud. Instead, a thin man beside the middle-aged scholar had his expression turn gloomy.
He was the steward of Heaven Martial City, and he was also the "Lord Zhang" that the long-faced man had previously mentioned.
This "Lord Zhang" was in charge of Heaven Martial City's security. Now that the Martial Alliance's ambassador had come, and the Heaven Martial City that he was in charge of had a rather serious security incident, he naturally felt embarrassed.
After a Yuan Qi transmission with Gongsun Ding, he had already learned of what had happened.
It was preposterous for a large family clan's store to be smashed during the High Ambassador's visit.
Gongsun Ding said, "With the High Ambassador here, it's best to quickly resolve this matter. I'll get Gongsun Zhi and Gongsun Yang to handle this matter!"
"If that's the case, take my token and lead a law-enforcement team to execute the culprit on the spot."
The man surnamed Zhang transmitted his voice and handed the token to Gongsun Ding without leaving a trace.
"Quickly go and settle this matter." Gongsun Ding transmitted his voice.
Gongsun Yang took the token in his hand. He was already infuriated by the handsome youth's mockery, and now, someone had made their Li Fire Sect lose so much face.
The ins and outs of this matter would definitely reach the middle-aged scholar's ears very quickly.
As for the handsome youth, he was clearly the same as the middle-aged scholar. He had already guessed something, and was looking at them with interest, as though he was watching a joke.
Gongsun Yang's anger burned even more.
He had to immediately kill the culprit, and hang that person's corpse up as an example to the public! He wanted to let people know what the outcome was for offending the Li Fire Sect. He also wanted to let the handsome youth know that he, Gongsun Yang, was not someone to be trifled with.
At this moment, the middle-aged scholar looked at the gift and asked lightly without raising his head, "You have been discussing for so long. Why? Is it very troublesome?"
The handsome young man's lips curled into a cold smile.
"Replying to Lord Ambassador, it's just some blind fools. It will be quickly settled. Lord Ambassador, please do not worry. This junior will be back soon. "Gongsun Yang's words were said in an imposing manner, making Gongsun Ding rather satisfied.
Amongst the large factions that had decided to attach themselves to the Martial Alliance, the Li Fire Sect might be strong, but there was nothing special about it.
Gongsun Ding even thought that if this matter were to blow up, it might not be a bad thing.
For example, it was very possible that the troublemaker had a faction backing him, or he would not have dared to be so arrogant.
If that was the case, he could directly cripple that faction. That would reflect the Li Fire Sect's power.
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