Chapter 250: 250. Chapter 247: Slaying a Human Immortal

250. Chapter 247: Slaying a Human Immortal

Ding Huan froze. What did that mean?

But he had no time to ponder—Farewell Spear surged forward and slammed into Shi Jiantian's third eye.

"You're merely a Primordial Spirit…"

Shi Jiantian's aura withered, his eyes filled with bitter resentment. He never imagined he'd be ambushed by a Primordial Spirit.

Good thing he didn't know Ding Huan was far from even reaching Primordial Spirit—otherwise he might have shattered completely.

His Primordial Spirit began to seep out, ready to flee. Earlier, Liu Yinyu had been here; his Primordial Spirit had had no chance to escape. Now that Liu Yinyu was gone, a Primordial Spirit should be unable to stop him.

Yet the instant his Primordial Spirit emerged, it was snatched up by Ding Huan's Divine Sense technique: Yellow Flower Kill.

Shi Jiantian's Primordial Spirit let out a piercing scream. Hearing it, Liu Yinyu, who had nearly reached the mountain's base, accelerated her escape.

After killing Shi Jiantian, Ding Huan's Divine Sense sensed Liu Yinyu's speed increasing rapidly—he finally understood what was going on.

So this woman thought she was the oriole behind the mantis and the cicada.

Liu Yinyu was certain he was a treacherous bastard who'd been lurking here all along, waiting to strike the moment the treasure appeared and ambush Shi Jiantian.

While he killed Shi Jiantian, Liu Yinyu seized the chance to flee.

Ding Huan chuckled bitterly. He'd played the good man.

The person he saved fled faster than Shi Jiantian.

Then again, it's better this way. If he'd saved a Human Immortal who later turned on him to silence him, it'd be him running for his life.

Liu Yinyu's name sounds similar to Liu Yinzhu—wonder if they're related.

Ding Huan collected Shi Jiantian's storage ring, then reached out and seized the jade box.

It was this jade box that had driven Shi Jiantian to pursue Liu Yinyu; only when facing death did she finally produce it—and even then, she'd intended to fight him to the death with it.

But what exactly was inside this jade box?

The jade box bore a Divine Sense seal, so Ding Huan simply smashed it open.

When Ding Huan saw that the jade box contained only a single array flag, he was stunned.

A single array flag—worth storing in a jade box and sealed with a restriction?

Ding Huan casually tossed the array flag and jade box into his Star House.

He had plenty of storage equipment now—several rings larger than his Star House.

Currently, besides the large-space ring on his hand, he was also using his Star House.

Shi Jiantian, being a Human Immortal, had a six-level seal on his ring.

With Shi Jiantian dead, for Ding Huan—a sixth-level Array Master—breaking the ring's seal took only half a day.

Seeing the vast space inside the ring and its contents, Ding Huan couldn't help but sigh.

Truly, the higher one's cultivation, the richer one becomes—he'd never seen a supreme-grade spiritual vein before, let alone a complete one.

Two upper-grade spiritual veins, over a hundred million upper-grade spiritual stones, and ten supreme-grade spiritual stones besides.

This was not only Ding Huan's first time seeing a supreme-grade spiritual vein, but also his first time seeing supreme-grade spiritual stones.

Shi Jiantian—who the hell was he, to have so many treasures?

Beyond these, herbs, materials, artifacts, pills—all piled up like mountains.

There were two types of supreme-grade spiritual artifacts for flight.

Ding Huan, ecstatic, immediately pulled out Elder Qi Long's ring and broke its seal.

Elder Qi Long's ring held far fewer items, but one upper-grade spiritual vein was still quite decent.

As for spiritual stones and herbs, they paled in comparison to Shi Jiantian's.

When Ding Huan pulled out a Starry Spiritual Vein from Elder Qi Long's ring, he clenched his fists in excitement.

Elder Qi Long's possessions were indeed vastly inferior to those of the Human Immortal Shi Jiantian.

But even this one Starry Spiritual Vein made him rich.

He must take this Starry Spiritual Vein to the Hidden Jianshan and cultivate as soon as possible.

……

"Master…" Ding Huan returned to the sect and saw Liu Yinzhu, face pale with anxiety.

Liu Yinzhu stood at the sect entrance, as if still on guard.

"Yinzhu, why are you standing here?" Ding Huan asked, puzzled.

Seeing Ding Huan, Liu Yinzhu finally exhaled in relief, speaking urgently:

"Master, you didn't see—just a while ago, two powerful figures… I suspect their strength exceeded True God Realm, possibly even Human Immortals—they fought right outside our sect!"

Ding Huan thought: What "suspect"? They were definitely two Human Immortals.

"Their battle's shockwaves nearly tore through our sect's protective array. I feared they'd enter Blue Star Sect and obliterate us."

As she spoke, Liu Yinzhu calmed slightly—this fear was utterly pointless.

If they wanted to destroy Blue Star Sect, her standing here meant nothing.

Sometimes, concern clouds judgment.

"Yinzhu, this matter is over. Don't worry. Focus on your cultivation—strive to reach Star Realm soon," Ding Huan reassured her.

Then he remembered Liu Yinyu and asked casually:

"Yinzhu, do you have a sister?"

Liu Yinzhu blinked, then shook her head:

"No, I've always been alone. Why?"

"Nothing, just curious. By the way, I'll be leaving the sect for a while. If anything happens, send me a message."

"For small matters, make decisions yourself—you don't need to wait for me to return."

Ding Huan finished speaking and pulled out a communication bead.

He had never been very accustomed to using communication beads; now he felt that without one, it was truly inconvenient.

"Is this a Level Seven communication bead?" Liu Liu Yinzhu asked in surprise the moment she received the bead from Ding Huan.

Communication beads are graded; ordinary ones cannot receive messages beyond a certain range.

This depends on the cultivator's realm who forged the bead—Level Seven communication beads are typically possessed only by experts from the Ascension Realm.

In the Dao cultivation world, as long as it's not a special location, messages can generally be received.

That's precisely why Liu Liu Yinzhu was astonished at Ding Huan producing a Level Seven communication bead.

"Oh, a friend gave it to me," Ding Huan said casually.

This communication bead was one he had looted from the immortal cultivator Shi Jiantian—he had taken twelve in total.

As for lower-grade beads, he had dozens on him; Ding Huan himself didn't even care for them.

……

When Liu Liu Yinzhu returned safely to her cultivation, Ding Huan reconfigured the sect's protective array.

He had not yet reached the level of a Level Seven Array Master, but his array knowledge was now infinitely close to it.

After reinforcing the sect's defensive and trapping arrays, Ding Huan installed a teleportation array within the sect.

This teleportation array led to Zangjian Mountain; once he arrived there, he would set up the other end of the array on Zangjian Mountain.

That way, he could return to the sect at any time.

Moreover, in the future, sect disciples wishing to train on Zangjian Mountain could teleport there directly.

Before heading to Zangjian Mountain, Ding Huan returned once more to Zi Yuan Zhongshan.

When Shi Jiantian and Liu Liu Yinyu arrived at Zi Yuan Zhongshan, they had nearly slaughtered everyone training inside.

Ding Huan found it convenient—he didn't have to worry about anyone emerging from within.

His spiritual sense swept into Zi Yuan Zhongshan and found the few remaining cultivators had long since fled.

He began setting up the protective array.

One by one, array flags were thrown down; finally, Shi Jiantian's pair of meteor hammers were placed by Ding Huan as the array's core within Zi Yuan Zhongshan.

To strengthen Zi Yuan Zhongshan's defensive and trapping arrays, he specifically implanted a mid-grade spiritual vein.

Two days later, Ding Huan sealed the protective array.

As the sound of spatial compression echoed, Zi Yuan Zhongshan's protective array activated—Zi Yuan Zhongshan vanished from sight, replaced by a hazy mist.

This mist contained Ding Huan's top-tier Level Six trapping array; even a Void Soul cultivator unfamiliar with arrays could not easily escape.

As Ding Huan departed confidently for Zangjian Mountain, the central building of Zi Yuan City—Zi Yuan Zhonglou—was filled with a grave atmosphere.

Zi Yuan City was jointly established by Zhen Yun Dao City, Yanyue Sect, Jiuyin Gate, the Dao Cultivation Guild, and Wudan Dao Men; Zi Yuan Zhonglou stood at its heart.

Not only was the Zi Yuan City governor's mansion located here, but also the city's mission hall, merchant pavilions, and council chamber.

In the spacious, grand council chamber of Zi Yuan Zhonglou, only four people sat.

Leading them was a middle-aged man, short in stature and appearing extremely amiable; yet those who knew him understood he was the very opposite of amiable.

His name was Lu Yuan, the first chairman of the Dao Cultivation Guild, a man who slaughtered without number.

The number of people he had killed was beyond counting. It was said that after entering the Void Soul Realm, he had begun to restrain himself.

Before reaching the Void Soul Realm, he had once killed you and all your companions over a single glance.

Besides Lu Yuan, the other three were Qiu Qiu Kujin, deputy governor of Zhen Yun Dao City; He Quan, sect master of Yanyue Sect; and Wu Changgong of Wudan Dao Men.

Wu Changgong's cultivation was at the early Nascent Soul stage, but his alchemy skill was extraordinarily impressive—he was openly recognized as the top alchemist in the Dao cultivation world, capable of refining Level Six spiritual pills.

Ordinarily, Wu Changgong would have no interest in common items; his reason for joining the division of Zi Yuan Zhongshan's spoils was that within Zi Yuan Zhongshan grew a unique substance called Zi Yuan Zhong Mushroom.

This substance was priceless and could not be found anywhere else.

Wu Changgong's sole purpose for being here was the Zi Yuan Zhong Mushroom.

As for Qiu Qiu Kujin, he looked like a barrel, his eyes nearly invisible—a massive ball of flesh.

The one originally meant to attend this meeting was Mo Zheng, governor of Zhen Yun Dao City; but recently, with the Ascension Realm's Kai Tian Battlefield opening, Mo Zheng had had no time to come.

As for Yanyue Sect, after Yi Wandao's death, He Quan was merely a figurehead.

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