Chapter 716: Broken Peak

After entering the core area.

The two of them walked straight to the foot of a mountain.

At the foot of this mountain, a wide square had been cleared.

On the square, nearly a hundred figures were standing.

The cultivation of these people was almost all above the Seventh-Order Will Stage, and among them, the person standing at the very front who appeared to be the leader had even reached the Ninth-Order Will Stage.

Seeing these people, Wang Jianqiang immediately understood.

These people were the Core Disciples of the Beast Taming Sect.

At this moment.

He could not help but recall the first Battle of Wenxian City back then.

At that time.

In order to deal with the attacks from the Out-of-Boundary Cultivators and the Beast Tide, the high-level officials of the Great Wilderness Immortal Palace had exhausted all their efforts just to barely scrape together seventy or eighty cultivators above the Seventh-Order Will Stage.

Yet Outside the Realm.

The Beast Taming Sect alone had nearly a hundred cultivators above the Seventh-Order Will Stage.

The gap between the Immortal Abandoned Land and Outside the Realm could be seen from this.

If not for the various major forces Outside the Realm harboring their own ulterior motives, Wenxian City would likely have been unable to hold out even with its dual City Protection Array.

While Wang Jianqiang's thoughts were flashing, the two had already arrived in the square and stood still behind the crowd.

Regarding the arrival of the two, the many Core Disciples in the square only glanced at them indifferently before withdrawing their gazes.

Core Disciples represented top-tier talent.

Those who could rank in the top ten within the Inner Sect were not necessarily able to become Core Disciples.

Even the number one in the Inner Sect was no exception.

But those who could become Core Disciples were definitely top-tier existences who had once called the wind and summoned the rain within the Inner Sect.

Therefore.

To them.

The so-called top ten of the Inner Sect counted for nothing.

Only by becoming a Core Disciple could one receive their attention.

Among the many Core Disciples, there were only two.

After seeing the two of them, they revealed friendly smiles.

No.

To be precise, they only revealed smiles toward Wang Jianqiang.

Sensing those two gazes landing on him, Wang Jianqiang looked over subconsciously.

He immediately saw two familiar faces.

Wan Guiyuan.

Yang Yuntian.

Now, Yang Yuntian had already become a Core Disciple and was standing shoulder to shoulder with Wan Guiyuan among the many Core Disciples.

Seeing the two smiling at him, Wang Jianqiang seemed somewhat excited, his face flushed red, and he also smiled back at them.

Noticing this scene.

Zhou Yun was startled and could not help but look at Wang Jianqiang, "Wang Daniu, it seems you have a very good relationship with Senior Brother Yang and Senior Brother Wan?"

Wang Jianqiang was stunned, then immediately reacted.

Back at the Maple City Pill Gathering, Yang Yuntian and Wan Guiyuan had been humiliated by Kong Yu, Qin Chen, and Xiao Che.

Naturally, the two of them did not want this matter to spread.

As for the other Beast Taming Sect disciples who attended the Pill Gathering, in order not to offend these two Core Disciples, they certainly would not dare to spread the matter easily.

As for Kong Yu, Qin Chen, and Xiao Che, after losing to Zhou Qingyu, they had kowtowed to the Beast Taming Sect disciples and lost all face.

They would be even less likely to take the initiative to spread it.

With various reasons layered together.

It resulted in everything that happened at the Pill Gathering possibly circulating within a limited circle, but it would never be publicized.

If Zhou Qingyu had not taken the initiative to mention this matter to Zhou Yun, it was normal for Zhou Yun not to know.

Thinking of this.

Wang Jianqiang scratched his head and gave a simple, honest smile, "Eldest Young Miss, I just basked in some of Third Miss's light."

Zhou Yun was stunned, "What do you mean?"

Wang Jianqiang thought for a moment and leaned toward Zhou Yun's ear.

"What are you doing?"

Zhou Yun hurriedly took a step back and looked at Wang Jianqiang angrily.

Wang Jianqiang revealed an innocent expression, "Eldest Young Miss, this matter is relatively private and not easy to spread; I was afraid of being overheard by others, so I just..."

Zhou Yun frowned, looked around, and said indifferently, "In that case, let's talk about it later."

Wang Jianqiang felt secretly regretful.

He nodded respectfully.

While the two were speaking.

Several more figures arrived from the direction of the Inner Sect.

Not long after.

A middle-aged man flashed out from the air.

Void Refinement Perfection Stage!

Seeing that figure in the sky, Wang Jianqiang's heart skipped a beat, and he secretly restrained his aura.

The treasure for concealing one's aura that Xiaobai had given him could only deceive Cultivators up to the Void Refinement Stage.

Void Refinement Perfection Stage was already the limit that the treasure could mask.

Encountering a Cultivator of this level made it easy to reveal flaws; he had to be careful and must not show any signs of trouble.

The middle-aged man's gaze swept across the crowd in the Square, and he waved his palm.

A Beast Taming Ring flashed into view.

A light flashed on the Beast Taming Ring, and a giant roc appeared in the sky.

It blotted out the sky and covered the sun.

"A Void Refinement Late Stage demonic beast!"

Wang Jianqiang looked at the giant figure in the sky, his eyes flashing.

At the same time.

The middle-aged man put away the Beast Taming Ring and slowly landed on the roc's broad back; immediately after, his voice reached everyone's ears.

"Everyone, come up."

Hearing his voice, the Ninth-Order Will Stage young man at the very front of the crowd was the first to leap up.

He landed on the roc.

Immediately after.

Figure after figure leaped toward the roc's back.

"Let's go."

Zhou Yun looked at Wang Jianqiang, and with her Spiritual Power, she swept up Wang Jianqiang and leaped, landing on the roc's back.

After everyone had arrived on the roc's back.

The middle-aged man lifted his foot and tapped lightly on the roc.

The roc understood.

Its giant wings flapped once.

It instantly sped away.

The speed of a Void Refinement Stage demonic beast was terrifyingly extreme.

If not for the roc actively releasing its power to help everyone block the gale-force winds during flight.

The gale-force winds alone would have been enough to easily tear apart every Disciple present.

One day later.

A high mountain was visible in the distance.

Although this mountain peak was over ten thousand zhang high and stood out prominently among the rolling mountain range, like a crane in a flock of chickens.

It was, however, only a broken peak.

It looked as if it had been severed at the waist, with a flat and smooth cross-section that formed a massive square with a diameter of over thirty li.

After approaching this broken peak, the roc slowed down.

It descended toward the massive square at the top of the broken peak.

A moment later.

The roc landed.

Led by the middle-aged man, the group leaped down from the roc's back.

The middle-aged man waved his palm.

The Beast Taming Ring emerged, took in the roc, and then landed in the middle-aged man's hand, where it was put away.

Just as the middle-aged man put away the Beast Taming Ring, a cold voice suddenly came.

"Heh, Wen Yuan, your Beast Taming Sect's airs are as grand as ever; every time our four major forces act together, your Beast Taming Sect is always the last to arrive. Do you really think your Beast Taming Sect is the boss of this eastern region of Youzhou?"

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man looked toward the direction the voice came from.

In that direction, there were hundreds of figures.

These hundreds of figures were divided into three teams.

They were precisely the people from the other three of the four top forces in the eastern region of Youzhou...

The Sacred Palace, the Jade Cauldron Sect, and the Tianlang Hall.