Chapter 93: Sufficient Preparations, Heading to Black Water City

After collecting the mission.

Wang Jianqiang bought some artifact-refining materials, and only then did he leave the Internal Affairs Hall with the two women.

"I will go back to make some preparations first; we shall set off in three days."

Wang Jianqiang greeted the two women and returned to his residence, and the two women also went back to make their own preparations.

Going out to execute a mission is different from the infighting within the sect.

Inside the sect, there are all sorts of rules and constraints.

Those in the privileged class might be able to secretly violate them, utilize loopholes in the rules in broad daylight, or even twist the rules.

But they cannot blatantly break the rules.

By utilizing these rules, he can face Yan Biao of the Golden Core Stage head-on, and he does not even fear Si Tianyong of the Nascent Soul Stage.

But it is different once one reaches the outside world.

There, there are no rules whatsoever to utilize; it is entirely the law of the jungle, and the only thing one can rely on is one's own strength.

Even though their mission target is only three Foundation Establishment mid-stage demonic cultivators, which seems easy, he still dares not be the slightest bit lax.

Before going out to execute the mission, he must raise his combat power to the limit as much as possible.

First, the Spirit Recovery Pill for restoring Spiritual Power and the Earth Yellow Pill for treating injuries are two types of pills that are indispensable.

Besides that, the more Spirit Tools, the better.

The only Spirit Tool he currently has on him is that Copper Mirror that Ye Qingxue snatched from Ye Lingyun.

Although the Copper Mirror is a high-grade Spirit Tool, it possesses both offense and defense, and it can also perceive everything within ten miles.

But in terms of attack intensity alone, it is actually not outstanding among high-grade Spirit Tools.

He does, however, have an Artifact Diagram for a high-grade Spirit Tool with extremely strong attack power.

It is precisely the Dragon Chant Ancient Bell Blueprint.

As long as the Dragon Chant Ancient Bell is refined, with two Spirit Tools—one for offense and one for defense—his strength will certainly be able to reach a higher level.

Thinking of this, Wang Jianqiang's consciousness entered his mind.

His Artifact Dao cultivation is currently still at the First-tier High Grade, and with a thought from him.

After consuming 700 Cultivation Points, his Artifact Dao cultivation instantly rose to the Second Tier High Grade.

Afterwards, he took out the Dragon Chant Ancient Bell Blueprint.

He spent Cultivation Points to optimize and upgrade it into a Perfect Artifact Diagram.

Then he took out the artifact-refining materials bought from the Internal Affairs Hall, refined six items in one go, and then took out some Medicinal Herbs to begin refining Perfect Earth Yellow Pills and Perfect Spirit Recovery Pills.

Time flew by while Wang Jianqiang was busy.

Three days later, early morning.

Wang Jianqiang had just woken up from meditation when the Restriction outside the courtyard suddenly transmitted a disturbance.

He stood up and walked toward the outside of the courtyard.

"Senior Brother Wang, are we setting off now?"

Mu Lingxi and Wang Yu Yao immediately greeted him when they saw Wang Jianqiang walk out.

Wang Jianqiang pondered for a moment and sent a sound transmission to Mu Lingxi.

Mu Lingxi's expression flickered; she nodded and left quickly.

"Senior Brother, Junior Sister Mu, she...?" Seeing Mu Lingxi suddenly leave, Wang Yu Yao's expression was somewhat puzzled.

"Just making some necessary precautions." Wang Jianqiang smiled, tapped his finger lightly on a Sound Transmission Talisman, and then said, "Let's go, we will wait for her outside the sect first."

After speaking, he flew toward the outside of the sect first.

Seeing this, Wang Yu Yao immediately followed.

After arriving outside the sect, the two did not wait long before Mu Lingxi caught up.

Afterwards, the three of them flew toward Black Water City together.

Not long after the three of them flew away.

A figure suddenly flashed out from the place where the three had previously stayed, without any warning.

Looking in the direction the three had left, murderous intent appeared in their eyes.

"Little beast, your death day has arrived."

Amidst a low voice filled with murderous intent, they took a step forward and instantly merged into the space.

However, at the very moment they merged into the space and were about to perform Instant Movement.

The space in this world suddenly trembled.

The next moment, they were squeezed out by the vibrating space.

Their expression turned gloomy; they looked up, and two figures immediately came into view.

"Shangguan Yurou, Mu Yutong, you two are truly like lingering ghosts!"

"Si Tianyong, with the two of us here, you had best not harbor any crooked thoughts."

Mu Yutong looked coldly at Si Tianyong, "If we catch you in the act and make a scene, you will be unable to bear the consequences."

Shangguan Yurou stared at Si Tianyong and continued, "That's right, don't think you can do whatever you want. Sect rules are the foundation of establishing a sect; without rules, there is no order, and one cannot even form a sect."

"Although you are high-level sect personnel, if we spread the news of you slaughtering fellow sect disciples throughout the sect, even the Ancestor coming out of seclusion won't be able to protect you!"

Hearing the words of the two, Si Tianyong's expression turned ugly.

He had considered his actions to be hidden enough, but he had not expected to still be targeted by these two women.

The two were right.

Although he belongs to the privileged class of the Hehuan Sect, even the privileged class only has the ability to toy with the rules.

He could utilize the rules, and to a certain extent, define the rules from his own perspective, but he could not break them.

Otherwise, the entire sect would fall apart.

This consequence was something not only he could not bear, but even the Ancestor could not bear.

Thinking of this, although he was unwilling, he had no choice but to give up.

He glared fiercely at Shangguan Yurou and Mu Yutong, let out a cold snort, and shot off toward the interior of the sect.

Shangguan Yurou and Mu Yutong smiled at each other.

They did not leave, but remained where they were, continuing to stand guard outside the sect.

To prevent Si Tianyong from making a surprise return.

Si Tianyong sensed their actions and completely extinguished the thought of going to kill Wang Jianqiang himself.

His gaze flickered for a moment, and then his heart stirred.

"Black Water City seems to be led by the Su Family and the Ye Family, these two great families!"

"The Ye Family... Ye Lingyun seems to be a person from the Black Water City Ye Family."

After the conflict with Wang Jianqiang, he had people collect information on Wang Jianqiang.

It seems Ye Lingyun had a fierce conflict with Wang Jianqiang during the Outer Sect Competition!

Thinking of this, he shot off toward a canyon within the sect.

Blazing Valley is a famous place of punishment within the Hehuan Sect.

Inside the canyon, flames were raging.

Once a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator is locked in here, the probability of survival is extremely low.

Therefore, those locked in here are often Disciples who have committed grave sins.

Ye Lingyun had been locked here after returning from the Cold Pool Secret Realm.

When he first returned to the sect, he was sentenced to be locked here for ten years.

Now he had already been here for nearly four years.

For this duration, even an ordinary Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivator would face a nine-out-of-ten chance of death.

Yet Ye Lingyun not only survived, but with astonishing luck, he found an ancient cave dwelling in the canyon and obtained a powerful cultivation technique and a large quantity of Ancient Pill.

His cultivation had now broken through to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.

On this day, Ye Lingyun was following the patterns he had figured out, struggling to dodge fireballs that descended like meteorites.

A voice transmission suddenly appeared in his mind, "Ye Lingyun, this seat is the Great Hall Master of the Punishment Hall, Si Tianyong. Do you want to leave Blazing Valley?"

Half a day later.

Because Ye Lingyun contributed a large quantity of Ancient Pill to the sect, with the Great Hall Master of the Punishment Hall personally standing as guarantor, his sentence was shortened, and he was released.

He first went to the Punishment Hall, and then flew away from the sect, shooting off in the direction of Black Water City.

During the flight, he took a Jade Bottle from his bosom.

Inside the Jade Bottle was a treasure called Jade Soul Treasure Liquid, which could nourish and repair the Soul.

He opened the bottle stopper and dripped the liquid from the bottle onto a ring.

A faint Spirit Light flashed across the ring.

The treasure liquid was instantly absorbed.

Seeing this scene, Ye Lingyun's expression turned joyful, and he whispered softly, "Master, you have slept for long enough; you can finally wake up."

Half an hour later.

A pleasant female voice suddenly came into the mind of Ye Lingyun, who had been paying attention to the ring, "Lingyun."

"Master, you are awake?" Ye Lingyun's expression turned joyful.

"Mm." The female voice continued, "My Soul has been repaired quite a bit, even stronger than before. You seem to have obtained quite an opportunity."

Ye Lingyun gave a bitter smile.

He recounted the story of being locked in Blazing Valley and facing a nine-out-of-ten chance of death, and later reaching an agreement with Si Tianyong to be released.

Hearing Ye Lingyun's words, the female voice sighed.

"I didn't expect your experiences during this time to be so arduous."

"You have suffered."

"Rest assured, your agreement with that Si Tianyong is nothing. With me here, I will certainly be able to help you kill that Wang Jianqiang."