In the past half a month, something big had happened in Qingfeng City. The three clan heads and the three sects' envoys had gone to explore the Wasteland, but only two of them had returned.
Now, the entire Qingfeng City had become chaotic. Without the three clan heads, the loose cultivators had become very difficult to manage. For a time, the cultivators on the streets had become alarmed and wary of each other.
In less than three days, cultivators from the three sects had arrived. Under Dugu Ao and Yan Zhaoxue's leadership, the three clans had reached an agreement to change the original situation. The three clans would each retain their original advantages and take out a portion to establish the City Lord's Mansion, which would be managed by the three new clan heads and the three sects' cultivators.
These things no longer had anything to do with Yi Tian. After recovering his original appearance, he went around the city looking for treasures and swept away all the valuable things on the market.
After the three sects had reached an agreement, Yi Tian found Dugu Ao and Yan Zhaoxue to discuss how to refine the Mind Pill.
Originally, when he met Yan Zhaoxue in the stone gambling, he thought she was a refiner. He didn't expect that she was just suffering from not having a suitable pill furnace and wanted to find some good materials to refine one. Who told this little girl to be arrogant and sometimes act in a fit of pique, so Yi Tian didn't dare to show his skills too much to avoid attracting jealousy.
Dugu Ao's treasure hunt this time also had a great harvest. The two corpse cores belonged to him. After his Demon Suppressing Blood Blade absorbed the baleful aura from the corpse cores, its power had increased.
This was something Yi Tian didn't expect. He had only helped refine a low rank five spirit tool on a whim. He didn't expect that in Dugu Ao's hands, it would be able to display its greatest effect.
A few days later, the three agreed to meet in a secret cave on the rocky slope outside Qingfeng City. This was originally the exit of the Zhang Clan's secret passage outside the city, but now no one knew about it.
After everyone had arrived, Yi Tian and Dugu Ao took out a bag of spirit stones as a reward for getting rid of Yan Zhaoxue's pill refining. Although the materials were all provided by Yan Zhaoxue, the reward she gave was not low. It was a full two hundred thousand spirit stones.
Fortunately, everyone was familiar with each other. This matter would be divided equally between the three families, and there would be no objections. Furthermore, as a cultivator of Jin Dan, Yi Tian did not use his power to oppress others. This made Yan Zhaoxue feel much better. At least, she would mutter from time to time, "Everyone is not at a disadvantage."
While she was refining pills in the cave, Yi Tian and Dugu Ao were finally able to sit down and chat. Years had passed since they parted. Back then, the two of them were still in the late stage of Foundation Establishment. But now, there was a huge gap between them. This made Dugu Ao's words sound very lonely.
Yi Tian was also well aware of this, but he didn't want to point it out. He could only pick some unimportant things to ask, "Brother Dugu, I don't know what the situation outside is like these years. I was in seclusion for a long time before I came out."
In fact, Dugu Ao had many questions in his heart. Ever since Yi Tian revealed his original appearance during the treasure hunt, he was happy. But when he looked at his cultivation, he was shocked. Now that he had the time to stop and talk with everyone, he replied, "After the chess game, I returned to the sect to cultivate in seclusion. It was to prepare for the Foundation Establishment Battle between the two sects. Unexpectedly, it was very effective. Many years ago, in the competition between the two sects, I defeated the head of the Immortal Sword Sect's Seven Absolute Swords, Xing Yuan."
Seeing his proud face, Yi Tian also cupped his hands and laughed, "Then I would like to congratulate Brother Dugu for becoming the first Foundation Establishment Cultivator in the Western Wasteland."
Who knew that Dugu Ao would reveal an ashamed face and embarrassedly replied, "That time, I was really lucky to win. At that time, the rules were changed. The two sects each sent out three disciples to fight in turns to determine the winner."
"That must be because your Heavenly Devil Sect's overall strength is stronger than your opponent's, that's why you can easily win."
"Twenty years ago, I heard that the second of the Seven Absolute Swords of the Immortal Sword Sect, Wei Xuan Bai, suddenly died for some unknown reason. This caused the Immortal Sword Sect to have no choice but to find another disciple to replace him. That's why my Heavenly Devil Sect had the upper hand in the competition between the two sects." After he finished speaking, Dugu Ao turned his head to look at Yi Tian, and asked, "When Brother Yi went into seclusion, it was around the same time as when Wei Xuan Bai disappeared, right?"
Being stared at by him, Yi Tian could only laugh bitterly and say, "I was present when Wei Xuan Bai died. Or rather, his death was indirectly related to me. I never thought that the incident that year would cause such a consequence."
Seeing that, Dugu Ao revealed a look of understanding and said, "Then I should thank Brother Yi for helping me solve this problem."
Yi Tian also blushed and said, "Actually, you should thank that Huo Chi Lian. In the end, Wei Xuan Bai died at his hands. I only helped him from the side."
Hearing that, Dugu Ao hurriedly shouted, "Could it be that he's the number one Foundation Establishment Refiner in the Heavenly Sword City? Could it be that he has some grudge with Wei Xuan Bai? "
At this moment, Yi Tian replied with a smile, "Back then, it was Brother Xiang Feiying who secretly followed Wei Xuan Bai after finding him. He just happened to bump into me and Huo Chi Lian making a deal. Actually, I was also forced to take action at that time."
"The Xiang brothers also died at your hands?"
"That's indeed the case. That's why I hid in the depths of the Western Wasteland all these years," Yi Tian replied helplessly.
Dugu Ao looked at Yi Tian and said, "Then you have to be careful. I heard that Xiang Tiancheng of the Xiang family has been asking people to look for the whereabouts of his nephew. I heard that he even asked people from the Central Continent's Heavenly Fate Sect to find the whereabouts of the murderer."
Hearing that, Yi Tian took out Xiang Tiancheng and Xiang Xing's identity nameplates from his storage bag with a disdainful expression and shook them.
Immediately, Dugu Ao's eyes widened as he asked with a look of disbelief, "Where did you get this? Could it be?"
"Yes, the two of them have already disappeared from the face of the earth. Xiang Tiancheng was killed by me over two years ago."
Hearing Yi Tian's casual tone, Dugu Ao could no longer sit still. He grabbed the two identity nameplates and carefully examined them. After a long time, he returned them and sighed, "Did you know that Xiang Feiying was a mid Jin Dan cultivator of the fifth rank? Even someone like that was killed by you. I wonder if brother Yi can tell you what rank your Jin Dan was?"
Yi Tian didn't know how to answer this question, but when he saw Dugu Ao's sincere expression, he could only give a vague answer. "There was an accident when I was forming my Gold Core. In the end, my Gold Core reached the Eighth Stage. I was able to kill them all by relying on the might of the formation and waiting for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack." He didn't know how much Dugu Ao would believe.
After thinking for a while, Dugu Ao revealed a look of suspicion, but then he smiled and said, "Everyone has their own secrets. I shouldn't mention this matter, and I shouldn't ask about it. On the other hand, brother Yi's strength has truly shocked me. From your body, I can feel that you don't seem to be any weaker than my senior brother. "
Seeing that this matter had gone a bit too far, Yi Tian only smiled and silently nodded in response.
Suddenly, Dugu Ao shouted, "Brother Yi, if that's the case, it's best if you don't return to the Immortal Sword Sect. After you kill all the men of the Xiang Clan, you must be careful of the remaining Jin Dan cultivator, Xiang Bao 'er."
"What do you mean?" Yi Tian asked, puzzled.
Dugu Ao replied earnestly, "That Xiang Bao 'er is the concubine of the Immortal Sword Sect's Yuanying cultivator, Ten Thousand Blades Mountain. If you kill her mother's clan, how could she let it go? What I'm most afraid of is that she'll find Ten Thousand Blades Mountain to take action. If that happens, you'll have nowhere to hide."
"They still haven't found out who did it. Look at how anxious you are." Yi Tian said with a calm face.
"You don't know, but the direct disciples of the Central Region's Heavenly Fate Sect are about to arrive in the Western Wasteland. When the time comes, Xiang Bao 'er will have to spend 50 years of her lifespan to ask someone to forcefully predict your whereabouts. That will be troublesome."
This time, Yi Tian was stunned. He never thought that there would be such a move. Doesn't that mean that no matter where he hid, as long as the Heavenly Fate Sect's people came, they could easily find him?
Yi Tian became uneasy. He stood up and began to walk back and forth in the cave. His face gradually revealed a worried expression. After a moment, he turned to Dugu Ao and asked, "Do you know the exact time and location of the people from the Central Region's Heavenly Fate Sect?"
"The time seems to be more than 10 years later. I heard that they will be staying at the Temple of Rain, which is jointly managed by the three sects of the Western Wasteland." Dugu Ao replied.
Yi Tian replied, "The people from the Heavenly Fate Sect won't be coming for some trivial matter, right? Something big should be happening."
Dugu Ao nodded and said, "Indeed, they have been entrusted by the three sects to predict the fate of the sects. When the time comes, they will also calculate the various rankings in the Western Wasteland. "
"Do you know what the rankings are?"
Seeing Yi Tian's confused expression, Dugu Ao signaled for him to calm down and sit down to slowly explain. Soon after, he explained the matter of the people from the Heavenly Fate Sect.
It turned out that the three great sects of the Western Wasteland, in order to maintain long-term peace, would invite the disciples of the Heavenly Fate Sect to visit once every 100 years. They would separately calculate the techniques of fate and overall strength of each sect.
The people from the Heavenly Fate Sect were also afraid of trouble, so they simply set up the Heaven, Earth, and Mortal Rankings. Only the top 10 of each ranking were taken, covering the cultivation, equipment, and pill dao of the Western Wasteland. The Heaven Rankings were filled with Yuanying cultivators, the Earth Rankings were filled with Jin Dan cultivators, and the Mortal Rankings were filled with Foundation Establishment cultivators.
If there were people or things that did not belong to the sects, they would be investigated by the three sects until they were taken into the sects. This also allowed the competition between the three sects to be in a state of balance.
After pondering over these words, Yi Tian thought that the spirit tools he refined might appear in the Earth Rankings. The most likely would be the Equipment Rankings.
Thinking about it, all these years, he had only refined a Demon Suppressing Blood Blade. Other than that, he did not have any other shocking works that he could take out.
Regarding this, Yi Tian could finally breathe a sigh of relief. As long as he did not rashly make a move, he would not be found.
After the two of them talked for a long time, they suddenly smelled a delicate fragrance coming from the depths of the cave. It should be the Mind Pill that had been refined. When they walked into the cave, they saw Yan Zhaoxue sitting cross-legged to recover her spiritual power.
In front of her was a white pill furnace, and the fragrance was coming from within the furnace.
Seeing the two of them walk over, Yan Zhaoxue opened the lid. When the smoke from the furnace dispersed, they saw seven pills surrounding it. There were actually three broken pills around it. It turned out that this little girl's ambition was not small. She wanted to refine a full set of pills in one go, but in the end, there was still a gap between her ideals and reality.
After talking with her, Yi Tian found out that she was a Level 5 Pill Refiner. However, her pill fire was too powerful, and had already burned countless pill furnaces. At this moment, Yi Tian finally understood why she went to Stone Gambling to look for materials. However, this was also good, as long as there was a need, there would be a need.
Yi Tian had always been afraid of owing someone a favor and not being able to return it. Now, there was a chance.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
