At dawn, as the world awoke and the first ray of sunlight shone onto the land. A large wagon pulled by five large horses dashed out of Raining Valley Town, continuing its journey on the road towards the Crimson Sky Kingdomâs Imperial City after a nightâŚ
Splash!
In the carriage, as Duan Ling Tian weighed the stack of silver in his hand, a brilliant smile appeared on his face. "I never expected money to come so easily!"
Currently, the silver in his possession had already passed the threshold of 10,000,000!
"Tian, whereâd you get all this silver?" Li Rou frowned with a questioning expression. She only saw Xiong Quan pass all of this silver to Duan Ling Tian but didnât know what had happened nor where the silver came fromâŚ
"Aunt Rou, itâs surely from him blackmailing that Raining Valley Townâs Tian Clan." Li Fei covered her mouth as she lightly laughed.
Although she didnât see exactly what happened last night, when Xiong Quan passed the silver over to Duan Ling Tian and mentioned the Tian Clan, it wasnât difficult for her to link everything together.
When Li Rou found out about the entire sequence of events, she couldnât help but shake her head and laugh. "That Tian Guang really went for wool but came home shorn⌠but Tian, who exactly is that Xiong Quan, and why would he acknowledge you as his liege?"
Seeing that Xiong Quan was able to terrorize the entire Tian Clan, Li Rou realized that Xiong Quan was no ordinary person.
Duan Ling Tianâs brows slightly knit as he slowly explained, "Mom, he was captured by others as a slave and I coincidentally saved him, so he acknowledged me as his liege."
"He could still get caught as a slave even with his strength?" Li Rou was puzzled and at the same time came to an understanding as to why Xiong Quan wore a mask; it turned out to be a means to cover his slaveâs brand.
"He was poisoned earlier and only had the strength at the ninth level of the Body Tempering Stage. I saved him and then helped him cure the poison. Hmm, he currently has recovered his strength to the Nascent Soul Stage." Duan Ling Tian lied on Ke Erâs jade thighs and ate the grapes Ke Er fed him while speaking unclearly.
"Nascent Soul Stage?!" At this moment, it wasnât only Li Rou, even Li Fei was dumbstruckâŚ. Although Li Fei was aware that Xiong Quanâs strength was formidable, she never expected him to be so strongâŚ
Nascent Soul Stage!
Such a cultivation was already not one bit inferior to the Supreme Elders of the three great clans of Aurora City, and it caused her to be deeply shockedâŚ
Only Ke Er wasnât really surprised and maintained calm as she removed the skin off the grapes and set them inside Duan Ling Tianâs mouth one by one.
In her heart, there wasnât anything that the Young Master she adored wasnât capable of.
"No wonder you dealt with the matter of the Fresh Breeze Town Fang Family so easily." Li Rou finally understood, and the questions in her heart were finally answered.
"I really never imagined that Xiong Quan was a Nascent Soul Stage powerhouse." Li Fei only came back to her senses a long time later.
"Isnât it only a Nascent Soul martial artist? Do u need to be so surprised?" Duan Ling Tian glanced at Li Fei before slowly saying, "Little Fei, as long as you seriously cultivate the Galactic Star Technique, it wonât be difficult for you to step into the Nascent Soul Stage within five years."
Only now did Li Fei recall that the Galactic Star Technique that she cultivated was a top cultivation technique that could be cultivated all the way to the Martial Emperor StageâŚ. Adding onto that the high purity medicinal pills that Duan Ling Tian refined, her cultivation would rise at an extremely quick pace!
"Tian, can we rely on that Xiong Quan?" Compared to Li Fei, Li Rou thought over things more thoroughly, and her beautiful face was serious and slightly worried.
As far as she was concerned, having a powerhouse at your side was no different than a double edged blade.
"Mom, donât worry, Iâve taken that into account." Duan Ling Tian lightly smiled. He naturally knew what his mother was worried about, and it was nothing other than worrying that Xiong Quan would go against himâŚ
Unfortunately, however, Xiong Quanâs life was currently within his grasp, and in the entire world, only he was capable of curing the poison that he gave Xiong Quan. That poison was a special formula unique to the Rebirth Martial Emperor, who was a Royal Grade Alchemist at the time!
When Duan Ling Tianâs group left, the entire Tian Clanâs atmosphere was extremely depressedâŚ. Their Patriarch had died!
"Father!" When Tian Guang awoke and noticed that his little bro was gone, he already took a heavy blow. Now hearing that his faster had been killed caused his to emit a cry full of grief, and it was so hard on him to take the two blows so suddenly that he blacked out again. He understood that with his father dead, it would also mean that the status of the Tian Clan would suffer a great decline!
After a few days, Tian Guang, who had just recovered with great difficulty, was carried off to the Punishment Hall by a few Tian Clan disciples and was beaten 100 planks as punishment in front of everyone in the Tian Clan.
As he blacked out from pain, he heard the voice of the Grand Elder. "Tian Guang brought calamity unto our Tian Clan. Abiding by the orders of the two Guardian Elders, he was given a special punishment here! In the future, if anyone makes this same mistake, they will receive the death punishment as stated in the laws of the ClanâŚ"
When he awoke once again, Tian Guang was extremely dispirited and his eyes flickered full of regret!
Never had he imagined that one decision from that night would cause him to fall into such a state. If the heavens were to give him another chance to redo that night, even if he had to abandon his pride and kowtow 10 times to that violet-clothed youth, he would still want to plead for forgiveness from the violet-clothed youth.
Now he didnât have anything left, let alone pride.
"Tian Guang, the Grand Elder requested your presence in the Audience Hall." Just at this moment, a voice sounded from outside and caused Tian Guanâs face to turn pale.
After arriving at the Audience Hall, Tian Guang directly knelt before the Grand Elder and held onto the Grand Elderâs legs and he cried. "Grand Elder, I know my mistakes, I really know my mistakes⌠Donât punish me, donât punish me anymoreâŚplease, please!"
The Tian Clanâs Grand Elder frowned and his expression was slightly unsightly as he looked over to the three people nearby. He said, in embarrassment, "Three respected guests, excuse this scene!"
Subsequently, his face sank as he kicked Tian Guang away. "Tian Guang, I didnât bring you here today to punish you! Besides the two Guardian Elders, only you are familiar of the appearance of the violet-clothed youth from the other day. Now, describe in detail the appearance of that violet-clothed youth to the three respected guests."
When Tian Guang heard that he wasnât brought here to be punished, he finally caught his breath, and only now did he notice that there were three more people inside the Audience HallâŚ. An elderly old man, a middle-aged man, and a young man around the age of 20.
"You all⌠Whatâs the relationship between you all and that violet-clothed youth?" Tian Guang asked, in a slightly nervous manner. He was really scared that these people were related to that violet-clothed youth; he thought that they were here to take action for the violet-clothed youth. If that was the case, then he would really be misfortunate to the utmost extent!
"Heâs an irreconcilable enemy of ours, and the reason weâre here is precisely because weâre chasing after him with the objective of killing him!" The 20-year-old young man said, with a voice filled with ruthlessness and hatred.
Hearing what he said caused Tian Guangâs eyes to shine, following which he seemed to recall something and his eyes dimmed back down. "Itâs of no use, thereâs an Origin Core martial artist protecting him; even my father, the Patriarch, died in his handâŚ"
"Origin Core Stage?" The young man laughed in disdain. "Itâs only an Origin Core martial artist, whatâs there to be feared?! This person beside me is our Yu Clanâs Grand Elder, an existence at the Nascent Soul Stage. A mere Origin Core martial artist would die with just a flip of the hand of the Grand Elder!"
"Nascent Soul Stage?" Tian Guang was shocked.
The Tian Clan Grand Elderâs pupils constricted, and he only reacted after a short moment. "Yu Clan? Nascent Soul Stage? You all⌠You all wouldnât be from Swallow Mountain Countyâs County Cityâs Yu Clan, right?"
Tian Guangâs gaze shone once more, like a starry sky in the night sky, as he looked at the young man as if looking at the last life-saving straw he could clutch on to!
"Yes, weâre from the Yu Clan. This is our Yu Clanâs Grand Elder, and this is my father, the Yu Clanâs Second Elder." The young man haughtily raised his head as he enjoyed the gazes full of reverence from the two Tian Clan members.
"So itâs the Yu Clanâs Grand Elder, Second Elder, and Young Master. Please forgive this Tian Lin for not entertaining you properly⌠Tian Guang, hurry and get the kitchen to prepare a grand banquet. I want to properly entertain our guests!" The Tian Clan Grand Elder Tian Lin looked at Tian Guang as he ordered.
"Yes, yes!" As Tian Guang hurriedly stood up, his eyes flickered brightly in agitationâŚ
"Father, someone will take revenge for you really soon! So what if thereâs an Origin Core martial artist beside that little bastard? A Nascent Soul Stage powerhouse has moved out of the Yu Clan to kill him, and moreover, itâs the Yu Clanâs Grand Elder! That little bastard will undoubtedly die! And you can rest peacefully in heavenâŚ"
"Wait." Just at this moment, the Yu Clanâs Grand Elder, Yu Hui, stopped Tian Guang and indifferently said, "The reason I came to your Tian Clan isnât to eat. Now, describe the appearance of that violet-clothed youth right now."
Tian Guang didnât dare hesitate as he hurriedly nodded and recalled the scenes of the violet clothed youth from that night. He described the violet clothed youthâs appearance to the Yu Clanâs group of threeâŚ
"Grand Elder, itâs him!" The young man, the Yu Clanâs Yu Xiang, had an excited expression.
"As long as itâs him⌠So if thatâs the case, he left here seven days ago." Yu Hui nodded. "Then letâs leave now."
"Grand Elder." Tian Lin took a step forward as he respectfully said, "The three of you have travelled so far and should probably be hungry by now. Why donât you stay at my Tian Clan and have some food? Itâs our Tian Clanâs honor that you have arrived here. I hope that you will give me the opportunity to provide you with the hospitality of the Tian Clan."
Yu Hui didnât agree directly but instead looked at Second Elder Yu Li and Yu Xiang. "What do you two think?"
"Grand Elder, since that Duan Ling Tian has already left seven days ago, we arenât really in a rush. Letâs have a meal before we leave," Yu Xiang suggested.
"Exactly, weâre travelling by Ferghana Horse, so we can surely catch up to him within two days even if we eat this meal." Yu Li nodded as his eyes flickered with a cold light.
Yu Hui nodded before looking at Tian Lin. "Then Iâll trouble the Tian Grand Elder."
"Not a problem, not a problem at all." Tian Linâs burst into smiles. These past few days had been rough to the Tian Clan after the death of the Patriarch and then being robbed of 1,000,000 silver. The other two clans of Raining Valley Town had already become restless in these past few days, obviously thinking about taking over the entire Tian Clan.
As far as he was concerned, as long as the Tian Clan were to strike up a relationship with the County City Yu Clan, he would surely be able to ensure its safety.
"Iâll go instruct the kitchen right away," Tian Guang said with an excited voice as he dashed out of the Audience Hall.