Chapter 820

"Didn't Jiang Yiyu's cultivation suffer damage? How was she revived?" Ding Huan continued to ask.

Yan Chongjin shook his head: "Jiang Yiyu's cultivation wasn't damaged at all—rumor has it she even attained the Eternal Sage Realm. As for how she was revived, I've heard nothing about that."

After speaking for a while, Yan Chongjin felt Ding Huan wasn't as cold and aloof as Du Xing, and his tone grew considerably more casual.

"Chang Yiding is the Young Dao Master of Changxing Dao Court and Jiang Yiyu's Dao Companion—so why didn't Jiang Yiyu ask Chang Yiding to help establish a sect, and instead go looking for Bai Yue?"

In Ding Huan's mind, Chang Yiding was the Young Dao Master; helping Jiang Yiyu seize the Divine Maiden Holy Gate's territory should've been child's play.

He didn't even need to act himself—just tell his subordinates.

Yan Chongjin shook his head: "The Divine Maiden Holy Gate's territory isn't under Changxing Dao Court—it's in Ji Ji Yuan Dao Court. The Dao Lord of Ji Ji Yuan Dao Court, Zuo Qiong, has a terrible relationship with Changxing Dao Court's Dao Ancestor, Chang Yun."

Whether Chang Yiding helped Jiang Yiyu himself or sent someone to help her, it would count as provocation—an interference in Ji Ji Yuan Dao Court's sect affairs.

Of course, I heard Jiang Yiyu is extremely proud; she probably wants to establish her sect through her own strength."

"Also, during that time, Chang Yiding was in seclusion."

"Shouldn't Chang Yun, the Dao Lord of Changxing Dao Court, be extremely powerful?" Ding Huan didn't fully believe what Yan Chongjin had said.

After all, much of what Yan Chongjin said was hearsay.

"After his battle with Guan Huan back then, he entered seclusion to cultivate. I heard he's about to step into the Fourth Step of the Dao..."

Yan Chongjin's voice was extremely cautious.

Ding Huan didn't press further—he'd been here long enough.

He knew that in this place, the Fourth Step of the Dao was virtually nonexistent.

If the Gray Zhi mentioned by Meng Chuan's mouth hadn't dropped in cultivation, he absolutely couldn't be in Xiao Tian Xu.

If he were here, his cultivation must have fallen.

"Yan Daofriend, I heard there's an auction in Tianyuan Dao City soon, and the Seven-Leaf Reincarnation Grass will be auctioned?"

When Yan Chongjin heard "Seven-Leaf Reincarnation Grass," a flicker of envy passed through his eyes.

But this item was something he could only dream of—he'd never get his hands on it.

"Yes, this auction is jointly hosted by the Three Great Trading Guilds. The Seven-Leaf Reincarnation Grass is indeed there—the auction will take place in half a year."

Yan Chongjin answered Ding Huan's question with clear envy.

The Seven-Leaf Reincarnation Grass was out of reach for him, but for this Ding Xiaotu before him,

there was still a chance to obtain it.

"Thank you for your answer, Yan Daofriend," Ding Huan stood, bowed, and took his leave.

As soon as Ding Huan stepped out of the Daelun Trading Guild's cave-rental zone, he felt a divine sense land on him.

He swept his own divine sense over—it was an ordinary Divine King.

That Divine King's divine sense scanned him once, then withdrew.

Ding Huan sneered inwardly—this must be the person Qu Clan sent to spy on him.

Otherwise, how would an ordinary Divine King dare sweep his divine sense around here at will?

So the moment the Divine King's divine sense retracted, Ding Huan's own divine sense slammed into it without hesitation.

The Divine King spat a jet of blood, turned pale, and collapsed to the ground, never daring to look this way again.

Although Ding Huan's action followed the norm among most cultivators—punishing a low-level cultivator who probed him with divine sense on the spot—

few actually did it.

After all, this was Tianyuan Dao City.

Any Divine King who dared sweep his divine sense here must have some backing.

The Divine King, wounded by Ding Huan's divine sense, didn't dare complain.

He didn't even dare report it—his only purpose here

was to watch Ding Huan.

After all, a low-level cultivator probing a powerful one with divine sense was already a taboo.

He naturally didn't know that the man he'd just seen was the very person Qu He was searching for.

Even Qu He himself hadn't expected that Ding Huan, who walked boldly into Tianyuan Dao City and casually rented a cave here, would have changed his appearance.

If he'd changed his appearance, he must be acting cautiously—who would dare punish a Qu Clan Divine King?

Yet Ding Huan did both—changed his appearance and punished the Divine King—and it raised no suspicion at all.

After giving the Divine King a minor lesson, Ding Huan went directly to the auction ticket counter and casually bought a standard seat ticket for the main auction hall.

The auction was still about half a year away; Ding Huan decided to first seek out Bai Yue.

As he stepped out of Tianyuan Dao City again, his gaze fell upon Guan Huan, nailed outside the city.

Compared to over a hundred years ago, Guan Huan's aura had grown even weaker.

After hearing Yan Chongjin's words, he strongly suspected Jiang Yiyu.

Bai Yue was an Eternal Realm cultivator; when he escaped, he had ample time—how could he possibly fail to kill Jiang Yiyu, an Eighth-Transmutation Saint?

Rain?

That story was full of holes—who'd believe it?

Worse still, after being revived, Jiang Yiyu attained the Eternal Sage Realm—that was even more absurd.

This pointed to two things.

First, Jiang Yiyu wasn't a remnant soul reborn—she was revived without any loss of cultivation.

Second, not only did her cultivation not drop, it surged dramatically.

An Eighth-Transmutation Saint ascending to the Eternal Realm would take at least tens of thousands of years in Xiao Tian Xu's resources.

Not everyone was like him, using the Great Cosmos Art to comprehend the myriad laws of heaven and earth—where cultivation progress wasn't bound by time if resources and insight kept pace.

Yet Jiang Yiyu ascended from Eighth-Transmutation Saint to Eternal Realm in a short time—could she also be practicing the Great Cosmos Art?

Within this, there was no problem—estimated not many people would believe it?

Looking at Guan Huan, still nailed to the city gate, Ding Huan suddenly felt an impulse rise in his heart: could he rescue Guan Huan?

It wasn't merely because he had a good impression of Guan Huan, nor because Jiang Yiyu had issues that he wanted to rescue Guan Huan.

Although he sympathized with Guan Huan, he had no real connection with Guan Huan, nor any intersection.

Rather, rescuing Guan Huan brought far too many benefits.

The Dao Lord Chang Yun of Changxing Dao Court was the number one person of Xiao Tianxu, yet this Chang Yun actually couldn't beat Guan Huan.

One could see how strong Guan Huan's strength was.

If he rescued Guan Huan, then even if he hadn't stepped into the Immortal Realm, he could join hands with Guan Huan to take down the Qu Clan Dao Court.

He had saved Guan Huan, so asking Guan Huan to lend a fist was not excessive, right?

Besides, what Guan Huan cultivated was the Mortal Dao.

This kind of great Dao, Ding Huan had never come into contact with, but he had heard of it.

Back then, Elder Yi Shang had said that the meteor cultivator she liked cultivated the Mortal Dao; at that time, he had already paid attention to the Mortal Dao.

He cultivated the Great Cosmos Art, not only craving the laws of all things, but equally craving the laws of billions of heavens and earth.

The Mortal Dao was naturally also one of the great Daos of heaven and earth.

Saving Guan Huan could perfect his own Law Star River.

Although Tianyuan Dao City had Immortal Realm experts, they wouldn't be that strong.

The Immortal Realm cultivator from the Qu family he had seen back then was estimated to be only a Dao-Creation cultivator.

And he, a Seven-Turn Saint, wanting to rescue Guan Huan was absolutely feasible.

Guan Huan was nailed outside Tianyuan Dao City; on the surface, it looked like only a few formation flags were at work.

But Ding Huan clearly understood in his heart that what truly locked Guan Huan was those—

One after another, great Dao lines.

These Dao lines could almost be unraveled by no one, except by the person who nailed Guan Huan coming to release them personally.

Taking a step back—even if someone could figure out these Dao lines, it would take at least a thousand years.

Who would allow someone to study beside Guan Huan for a thousand years?

Yet Ding Huan could easily unravel these Dao lines; in his eyes, any existence related to great Dao laws was not a problem.

Besides, there were several teleportation spaces around Guan Huan.

The moment one approached where Guan Huan was, one would instantly be teleported away.

As for these teleportation spaces, Ding Huan cared even less.

In the Great Dream Desert, what kind of teleportation space hadn't he seen?

Besides, even if he hadn't seen teleportation spaces, his great Dao consciousness sea had long since formed a Space Law Star River.

Space laws, that's all.

This kind of teleportation space, in his eyes, was nothing.

With a single thought, Ding Huan had already constructed a Zhou Zhou Zhou Tian with these Dao lines.

When he slowly walked out of the city, Ding Huan had long since gained a thorough understanding of the constituent laws of these great Dao lines.

Saving Guan Huan was simple, but he had to change his appearance first.

Also, Guan Huan had been crippled; after he saved Guan Huan, he needed to let Guan Huan recover.

Once Guan Huan recovered, he would take Guan Huan to the Qu Clan Dao Court and wipe out the Qu Clan.

Did they think he, Ding Huan, had no temper?

The Qu Clan was like a bone-burrowing maggot, still daring to stake out outside his cultivation cave abode.

Ding Huan didn't even need to investigate; for a Divine King to dare stake out outside the cave abode rental area of the Great Wheel Commerce Guild, there was absolutely a powerhouse behind it.

Nine times out of ten, it was that tall, thin fellow of the Qu Clan he had seen before; that should be a Dao-Creation Realm cultivator.

This was bullying people until it became a habit, so they felt that he, Ding Huan, could be bullied the same way?

Although for cultivators, day and night actually made no difference.

Ding Huan still chose the night.

With his current cultivation, in Tianyuan Dao City where there were only Dao-Creation Saints, he had no intention of making any preparations.

He didn't even set up a teleportation array.

After examining Bai Yue's Dao-rhyme crystal orb, Ding Huan very decisively changed his appearance to look like Bai Yue, then with a single Heart Escape, easily concealed himself at Guan Huan's side.

Those teleportation spaces, before Ding Huan, seemed to have vanished.

Ding Huan concealed himself beside Guan Huan; no matter how many more people entered and exited Tianyuan Dao City, no one noticed.

Ding Huan himself was very clear: he still couldn't touch the Dao lines right now.

The moment he touched the Dao lines, that Chang Yun would sense it immediately.

So the people of Tianyuan Dao City were not what he needed to care about; the Dao Lord Chang Yun of Changxing Dao Court was what he needed to care about.

Originally, Ding Huan had thought of a method.

It was to use his own Great Cosmos Art Zhou Tian to sever the Dao lines locking Guan Huan while simultaneously constructing a fake Dao line so Chang Yun wouldn't know.

Soon Ding Huan realized this wouldn't work—the gap between his cultivation and Chang Yun's was too great.

He also didn't understand Chang Yun's great Dao art.

Since that was the case, then cut through the chaos with a swift blade—sever the Dao lines in the most brute-force manner, then take Guan Huan and leave.

Severing these Dao lines was quite particular; one slip and Guan Huan's soul would be annihilated.

Ding Huan had to sever at the Dao-collapse point of the Dao lines—this was the hardest step.

Of course, for Ding Huan, this was also the easiest step.

Not only that, but one must also use the same Great Dao law methods as the Dao lines to sever them—this is the second difficulty.

Ding Huan counted, and on Guan Huan's body there were a total of one thousand seven hundred Great Dao lines. These Dao lines had to be severed simultaneously, otherwise Guan Huan would surely perish.