"Chu Yunxiao ambushed a Yuanying female cultivator from the Tuoba family?"
"This news is excellent. If it's exposed, the Tuoba family will definitely demand justice from the Tianchu Immortal Dynasty!"
"It will give the Tianchu Immortal Dynasty a hard time!"
Qin Wang's heart stirred as he looked at the second piece of information.
"Chen Kun's son is about to return home gloriously?"
Qin Wang smiled subtly as he read the fourth piece of information.
Now that he had reached the Foundation Establishment stage, he was no longer the weak teenager who had to worry about Taiyi Sword Sect's Chen Yi. He could now focus on silently improving his cultivation.
Who knows what the future holds!
"The key to the hieroglyphic silver scroll is with Murong Qianye of the Murong family."
"The fragment of the Barbarian God Shield and the bronze piece of the Spirit Concealing Breath Law are with the Sima family. For now, I am closer to the Murong family, so I'll go there first to get the key to the hieroglyphic silver scroll!"
Qin Wang pondered over the information from entries six, seven, and eight.
The fragment of the Barbarian God Shield enhances defense, and the hieroglyphic silver scroll contains body refining techniques that enhance physical strength and defense. Additionally, the Murong family was relatively closer.
Moreover, going to the Murong family did not conflict with exposing the Tianchu Immortal Dynasty's affairs.
Qin Wang opened the proficiency panel on the right.
[Qin Wang]
Lifespan: 21/305
Realm: Early Foundation Establishment (32,002/50,000)
Five Elements Solid Essence Technique: (Mastered) (3,876/4,000) Refines the spiritual energy of the five elements into essence, concentrates it into liquid, solidifies the foundation, and strengthens the root. Diligence compensates for inadequacies!
Sword Technique: Cross-World Sword Technique (Mastered) (3,929/4,000) Condenses sword qi with spiritual power, cuts off life force, incredibly sharp, lethal with one strike. Diligence compensates for inadequacies!
Qingyou Sword Formation: Small success (Fully refined), overpowering within the same stage.
First-Grade Formation Dao: (Proficient) (1,125/3,000) Understanding of Qimen Dunjia, Four Symbols, Five Elements, and Eight Trigrams. Diligence compensates for inadequacies!
"Just 18,000 more proficiency points to reach the mid-Foundation Establishment stage!"
After reviewing the panel, Qin Wang took out a Foundation Establishment pill, Condensing Law Pill, and swallowed it, continuing to grind his proficiency.
In the Southern Region, deep underground in the imperial city of the Tianchu Immortal Dynasty, a splendid palace stood. In the center, a circular platform ten zhang in diameter was engraved with profound formations, surrounded by spirit pools filled with spirit liquid, emitting misty spiritual energy.
A middle-aged man in a brocade robe, about forty years old, sat cross-legged in the center of the platform. His imposing presence and commanding aura indicated his high status.
"Grandson Chu Wuyá, greets the ancestor!"
At this moment, a middle-aged emperor in royal robes and a golden crown appeared at the palace door, bowing respectfully.
"Wuyá, have you found the culprit who killed Ping'er?"
Chu Yunxiao opened his eyes slowly and asked.
"Ancestor, we have not yet found any leads on the culprit."
Chu Wuyá replied respectfully.
"Still no leads on the culprit?"
Chu Yunxiao frowned deeply, displeased.
He couldn't understand how the Tianchu Immortal Dynasty couldn't locate a mere murderer. He suspected his descendants might be dragging their feet.
Finding the killer to avenge his grandson Chu Ping was one matter.
The most critical issue was that the culprit had destroyed one of his divine sense avatars!
Currently attempting to break through to the Divine Transformation stage, losing a divine sense avatar delayed his breakthrough by thirty years. At this stage, a delay of thirty years could mean significant changes and challenges in reaching the Divine Transformation stage.
The thought of a thirty-year delay in his breakthrough filled Chu Yunxiao with uncontrollable anger.
"Ancestor, we have identified two suspects, Qin Tiedan and Zhang Fujiang."
"On the surface, they appear to be at the tenth and twelfth levels of Qi Refining, but they managed to kill Chu Chucheng, a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, indicating their true strength is not at Qi Refining."
"Han Feng, along with Jin Wuyuan from the Spirit Beast Sect, tracked Qin Tiedan's scent to Huoyao Immortal City but lost the trail."
Chu Wuyá explained helplessly.
He also wanted to catch the culprit and had offered substantial rewards, but the trail had gone cold.
"Useless! You're all a bunch of useless people!"
"How can you fail to find one person?"
Chu Yunxiao's expression darkened, and his fierce aura spread out.
Chu Wuyá stood silently, bowing in submission.
"Spread the word, offer substantial rewards across the Southern Region to find the culprit. Capture them and they will receive my insights from breaking through to Yuanying and a chance for a Yuanying opportunity! Providing information will earn a Jindan opportunity!"
Chu Yunxiao's rage flared, his hair fluttering wildly.
Destroying his divine sense avatar had jeopardized his chances of reaching the Divine Transformation stage, a hatred that could not coexist under the same sky.
He did not believe that a substantial reward would fail to catch the culprit!
"Yes, Ancestor!"
Chu Wuyá bowed in agreement.
"Why did you come to see me?"
Chu Yunxiao asked.
"Ancestor, I came because recently, some unfavorable news about our Tianchu Immortal Dynasty has been spreading in the Southern Region."
"This matter is too troubling, so I came to seek your guidance."
Chu Wuyá's face showed deep concern.
"What news?"
Chu Yunxiao had a bad feeling.
Typically, Wuyá could handle matters independently without troubling him.
"Ancestor, please see for yourself."
Chu Wuyá took out a white jade slip and sent it flying to Chu Yunxiao.
Chu Yunxiao frowned, grabbed the jade slip, and sent his divine sense into it.
Information Contained in the Jade Slip:
- The Tianchu Immortal Dynasty's Chu Yunxiao acquired the inheritance and numerous treasures of the Tianxiao Patriarch three thousand years ago, including insights for the Divine Transformation stage, preparing for his breakthrough.
- Emperor Chu Wuyá of the Tianchu Immortal Dynasty secretly imprisoned the previous generation's Saint Child of the Fengyao Holy Land to force out the second half of the inheritance of Kunxu Scattered Person.
- The Tianchu Immortal Dynasty's ancestor successfully refined a Yuanying puppet; the original body was Tuoba Chunyan, a female cultivator from the Tuoba family who was ambushed by Chu Yunxiao during an exploration of the Tianxu Forbidden Area.
- Chu Wuyá of the Tianchu Immortal Dynasty killed the eighteenth generation Saintess of the Fengyao Holy Land, Lan Fenghuang. The inheritance she obtained from Kunxu Scattered Person, seven hundred years ago, fell into Chu Wuyá's hands. Lan Fenghuang's death triggered the conflict between Fengyao Holy Land and Kunlun Holy Land.
"Wuyá, who leaked this information?!"
Chu Yunxiao's face changed dramatically, turning extremely dark. His fierce aura swept through the underground palace, toppling tables and decorations.
The only person who knew about the Tianxiao Patriarch's inheritance was himself.
During the exploration of the Tianxu Forbidden Area, he did indeed ambush Tuoba Chunyan, turning her body into a puppet. No one else knew this.
Furthermore, Wuyá's killing of Lan Fenghuang to obtain the inheritance of Kunxu Scattered Person, and the imprisonment of the previous Saint Child, were highly confidential. How did this news become widespread?
"Ancestor, we do not yet know who leaked it. I have already dispatched people to investigate."
Chu Wuyá was deeply frustrated.
After killing Lan Fenghuang, he had obtained the Kunxu Scattered Person's inheritance, but he still lacked the second half. Therefore, he imprisoned the Fengyao Saint Child to force out the remaining part of the inheritance.
These matters were supposed to be highly confidential.
Whoever leaked them placed the Tianchu Immortal Dynasty in a precarious position!
Just the Tianxiao Patriarch's Divine Transformation insights alone were enough to attract the covetous eyes of many Yuanying cultivators in the Southern Region!
Which Yuanying cultivator wouldn't desire to ascend to the Divine Transformation stage?
If Yuanying cultivators from various sects, clans, and dynasties in the Southern Region came to demand, negotiate, or trade, would they give or not?
Denying it?
Those old foxes were not easy to deceive.
Moreover, the allure of Divine Transformation insights was enough to drive anyone mad!
If those Yuanying cultivators attacked, even with the ancestor being at the late Yuanying stage, he might not be able to withstand it!
"It seems someone is targeting our Tianchu Immortal Dynasty, trying to trip us up!"
Chu Yunxiao's expression was extremely grim, his gaze venomous like a snake's.