Chapter 470: with translation of chapter title

Eastern Border Cultivation Realm, one of the several largest immortal cities in the Eastern Border Realm, Taixuan City!

Several years ago, the human cultivators fought the sea clan in the Yuan and Wu kingdoms, ultimately ending in a great victory for the human cultivators.

Not only did they defeat the sea clan, slaughter countless sea clan cultivators, reclaim the Yuan, Li and other eastern coastal nations, but they also drove the sea clan back into the depths of the Endless Sea in one fell swoop, seizing all those islands on the Endless Sea.

Such a vast territory, such enormous victory and merit, naturally cannot be divided so easily.

Not only the reclaimed lands, but also the various large and small forces that had colluded with the sea clan and were settled accounts after the fact; their mountain gates and storehouses are also benefits to be distributed.

Such a huge cake naturally requires convening an alliance meeting to divide it, and it also bears the name "celebrating the great victory."

And as Yunhe, who single-handedly opposed two late Fourth Stage sea clan cultivators before and after in this battle, he is naturally among those invited to this meeting.

Of course, the invitees are certainly not limited to just Yunhe.

In fact, such a great benefit caused even those Yuan Ying Cultivators who originally could not avoid any invitation to smell blood like sharks, swarming toward Taixuan City; the number of Yuan Ying Cultivators gathered is even greater than that of the Yuan Ying Cultivators when the human race cultivators' alliance was first integrated.

This fully displays the cultivators' trait of pursuing profit and avoiding harm.

In this battle's great victory, what was obtained is not merely material objects; there are also some sea clan cultivators.

"I have heard that although the sea clan female cultivators cultivate different techniques from us human cultivators, if we use the dual cultivation secret art, it would be greatly beneficial to us!"

His words immediately drew echoes from many like-minded cultivators, each showing a knowing smile.

Why?

Finally, a reacting loose cultivator slapped his palm and suddenly said:

"Wandu Sect, Fragrance Listening Pavilion, the Four Great Merchant Alliances—now I understand!"

It is rumored that the Five Elements Sword Ancestor not only possesses profound Cultivation Base and great strength, but also has a fondness for women; under him are the three major female cultivator sects: Fragrance Listening Pavilion, Baihua Valley, and Ice Immortal Pavilion.

After the cultivators were suddenly startled, they looked toward the source of the sound.

Back when at the Ice Immortal Pavilion, the Beast Sect's sect master Wang Hailin once tried to make things difficult for the Five Elements Sword Ancestor's sea clan maid, falsely accusing her of secretly colluding with the sea clan; ultimately the Sword Ancestor himself suppressed her with absolute power, even suppressing the Beast Sect's inherited Fourth Level spirit beast, the Vast Sea Spirit Tortoise, and the Beast Sect was thus struck from the records.

What does this indicate?

It indicates that the Five Elements Sword Ancestor himself may well be quite fond of sea clan female cultivators!

After all, previously even seeing a single Yuan Ying Cultivator was rare after decades or even centuries, but now within Taixuan City there are already dozens of them.

At this very moment.

Now inside Taixuan City, even Golden Core cultivators appear especially law-abiding, daring not to overstep in the slightest.

Five Elements Sword Ancestor? Sea clan maid? Beast Sect.

The people present are not fools; upon hearing this, they all reacted.

But these people don't realize they were merely privately discussing a few sea clan maids about to be auctioned; how could they offend the young sect master of the Wandu Sect?

"These few sea clan maids—are they things you dare to lay hands on?"

Soon, a well-informed person recognized the newcomer's identity.

Thus, these sea clan maids are indeed not something these petty loose cultivators can lay hands on.

"It's the young sect master of the Wandu Sect!"

"Who is it?!"

"It's not."

"I heard there are many sea clan maids at this auction."

This is absolutely a great attraction for those cultivators with special fetishes.

"May I ask, fellow Daoist, could you clarify our doubts?"

And with so many cultivators gathered, auctions and exchange gatherings are naturally indispensable.

However, we see several cultivators dressed in neat uniforms, obviously from the same sect, and the leader moreover possesses Late Jie Dan Stage Cultivation Base.

The Wandu Sect is not considered a major sect in present-day Taixuan City; its sect master Wandu True Lord merely has early Yuan Ying Cultivation Base.

Those captured sea clan cultivators, especially some female cultivators, obviously will not have a good outcome.

At this moment, the loose cultivators notice that the participants in this auction, especially those with deep backgrounds, seem to largely agree with the Wandu Sect young sect master's words.

That loose cultivator's eyes darted, but facing the doubts of many cultivators, he hesitated a moment and then said:

No, to many human cultivators, these sea clan cultivators are actually not much different from objects.

After all, furnaces are not uncommon among human cultivators, let alone being of another race.

"Especially for cultivators who practice water-attribute techniques."

However, at this moment, a cold snort imbued with mana and divine sense swept over those few cultivators without hesitation, causing their expressions to tighten involuntarily.

"If we could bid one back, even if only Second Stage, hehe."

And among the various powers and sects participating in this auction, there is no shortage of those who intend to purchase these sea clan maids and present them to the Five Elements Sword Ancestor to curry favor—at least hoping to establish a connection with him.

"This is inside Taixuan City! Even Golden Core cultivators cannot recklessly unleash spells—who dares to do so?"

After the Wandu Sect young sect master said that with contempt, he offered no further explanation, merely following the attendant's lead into the venue.

"I have heard that the Five Elements Sword Ancestor himself has a sea clan maid, and he even severed the Beast Sect's—cough—over this; I have said my piece, please understand yourselves."

For a moment, lewd laughter spread from a corner.

At the entrance of Taixuan City's largest auction house, a large number of cultivators have already gathered, entering the venue in order under the attendants' arrangement.

Consequently, present-day Taixuan City has become extremely prosperous and lively, with major powers and merchant guilds arriving—this is a gathering that occurs only once in several hundred years.

"Hmph!"

In the bustling crowd, private exchanges are naturally inevitable; a cultivator with a somewhat sharp‑mouth, monkey‑cheeked appearance, wearing an expression all men understand, lowered his voice and laughed.

But for those who are merely loose cultivators, or small clan cultivators, the Wandu Sect already possesses sufficient deterrent power.

Just thinking of this, the loose cultivators who had been discussing the sea clan maids broke out in cold sweat.

The Wandu Sect young sect master was not bullying them just now; he was actually saving them!

Although it's uncertain whether the Five Elements Sword Ancestor truly favors sea clan maids as attendants, even if there is only a one‑in‑ten‑thousand chance, should they dare to speak insolently or act out of line, they likely wouldn't need the Sword Ancestor to speak—someone would rush forward to destroy them.

The loose cultivators who

Five Elements Sword Ancestor, ah, but is of the same fame as the multitude of late-stage Yuan Ying great cultivators such as the Formless Sword Lord and the Yellow Spring Old Ancestor!

Suddenly.

Just as several people were wiping sweat, they suddenly felt the surrounding air turn icy.

A six-cornered ice crystal slowly drifted down from the sky, causing the crowd outside the auction house to stare in astonishment.

"Snow?"

Taixuan City is in the heart of the Eastern Realm, and it's not winter now—why would snow suddenly appear?

At this moment.

Suddenly someone cried out, "Heavens, the heavens! A flood dragon, a flood dragon!"

Everyone instinctively looked up.

Only to see.

Originally, the sky above Taixuan City was bright and sunny, but suddenly a snow-white path appeared, accompanied by countless ice crystals and snowflakes drifting down, which, under the sunlight, refracted into a myriad of colors.

Upon that snow-white long path, a snow-white, extraordinarily handsome flood dragon flew past at great speed.

This is actually a Fourth Level ice flood dragon!

Moreover, ropes were actually tied onto the body of this Fourth Level ice flood dragon!

Behind the ice flood dragon, a carriage faintly glowing with purple light closely followed.

"Ao!!"

The flood dragon let out a long roar, rolling dragon might accompanying the flying snow as it pulled the carriage toward the center of Taixuan City.

"That, that is the Han Yin flood dragon! The purple-pattern wind carriage! It is the Five Elements Sword Ancestor's carriage!"

It is actually the Five Elements Sword Ancestor!

Truly worthy of being the Five Elements Sword Ancestor.

A Fourth Level flood dragon pulling a carriage—such grandeur, I doubt many in the Eastern Realm's cultivation world could surpass it.

The cultivators awed by the dragon's might not only did not think that even Yuan Ying cultivators should not be overly presumptuous in Taixuan City, but instead felt that only such an aura befits the present Five Elements Sword Ancestor.

Rules are set for those lacking strength.

"Ning Shuang, don't be mischievous."

As everyone saw, that early Fourth Level snow-white ice flood dragon is none other than the Han Yin flood dragon that recently broke through to Fourth Level and survived the transformation tribulation, and the "Five Elements Sword Ancestor" Yunhe spoken of by everyone.

Yunhe, who was meditating inside the carriage, opened his eyes, his divine sense sweeping over the situation, and couldn't help but shake his head and laugh, scolding.

Meanwhile, the fearsome ice flood dragon in others' eyes blinked its eyes in a rather humanlike manner, speaking with a touch of playfulness:

"Oh, I understand, master."

The Han Yin flood dragon, too, because it had just broken through to Fourth Level, sensing the auras of many Yuan Ying cultivators within Taixuan City, instinctively could not restrain its beastly instincts.

However, this is no great harm; cultivators of Yuan Ying realm should have long sensed their arrival.

The Han Yin flood dragon pulled the carriage flying toward the city center.

At this moment, many cultivators have already gathered here.

The carriage halted just before landing.

Yunhe flicked his sleeve, flashed out, and stored the purple-pattern wind carriage into his storage bag.

At the same time, the Han Yin flood dragon's massive draconic form, after a brief blur, turned into an eight- or nine-year-old girl wearing a white dress with a faint scale sheen, toddling behind Yunhe as they descended.

"Hahaha, truly Fellow Daoist Yun, though your entourage is modest, your aura is unmatched. Compared to you, I am truly far inferior, far indeed."

I don't know if it's coincidence, but as Yunhe landed outside the hall, the King of Jinling from the Qing Kingdom happened to arrive at the gate, and upon seeing Yunhe he immediately went forward to greet him.

"Fellow Daoist Fang is joking; Ning Shuang's breakthrough was merely a fortunate opportunity." Yunhe smiled and clasped his hands.

His impression of the Qing Kingdom and the King of Jinling is not bad.

"Ning Shuang?" The King of Jinling, clad in golden armor, gazed upon the Han Yin flood dragon now in human form and said with a hint of envy: "Flood dragons are exceedingly rare spirit beasts; Fellow Daoist Yun's Han Yin flood dragon is so young yet possesses considerable cultivation, its potential extraordinary—it will surely achieve great things in the future."

Those words are indeed true.

Judging by the Han Yin flood dragon's age among flood dragons, it is indeed very young; moreover, before meeting Yunhe it had basically resided in the deep cold abyss, its mind relatively simple, so after transformation it took the form of an eight- or nine-year-old girl, which once left her somewhat dissatisfied.

Thus, facing the King of Jinling's words, the Han Yin flood dragon snorted disdainfully and muttered: "You're the young one, your whole family is young!"

Naturally the King of Jinling heard this; he didn't mind, merely felt a bit surprised that the Han Yin flood dragon, which had just broken through to early Fourth Level, gave him a faint sense of danger.

Yunhe gave the Han Yin flood dragon a sideways glance; the little one realized it shouldn't speak that way, stuck out its tongue, and then obediently stayed by Yunhe's side, saying nothing more.

"This time, I wonder if Fellow Daoist Qing Emperor has also come?" Yunhe laughed and changed the subject.

The Qing Emperor is the late-stage Yuan Ying cultivator of the Qing Kingdom, said to be quite advanced in age and rarely leaves the Qing capital.

Even within the Qing capital, most of his time is spent in seclusion.

As expected, the King of Jinling shook his head: "My ancestor is still in seclusion."

To the Qing Kingdom, the Qing Emperor is its pillar; should he pass away, the whole kingdom would likely undergo great upheaval.

Therefore, both the Qing Kingdom and the King of Jinling have shown a rather friendly attitude toward Yunhe, whose strength is gradually becoming evident.

At the same time, the King of Jinling has often secretly felt fortunate that when he first met Yunhe, Yunhe had done nothing bad, and even leveraged his connection with Fang Qiuyu to establish a certain link with Yunhe, the Five Elements Sword Ancestor.

What he now needs to do is to make this connection even closer.

Thus, rather than saying he happened to meet Yunhe here by chance, it is more accurate to say he deliberately waited for Yunhe.

At this moment.

A purple stream of light shot from a corner of Taixuan City.

In the blink of an eye, the stream of light landed outside the hall.

From it emerged none other than the Purple-Clothed True Lord Fifth Purple Clothes of the Formless Sword Sect.

She still wore a purple gauze dress, her face veiled, but from her expression and brows she seemed somewhat solemn.

Upon seeing the Fifth Purple-robed, Yunhe's smile faded a bit, and he cupped his hands toward the King of Jinling beside him, saying, "Sorry, Fellow Daoist Fang, I need to have a few words with Fellow Daoist Purple-robed."

Hearing this, the King of Jinling laughed heartily, obviously also understanding what the two wanted to say, and after hastily returning the salute, he said:

"This is natural, this is natural; then I'll go in first to wait for Fellow Daoist."

After saying that, he again bowed to the Fifth Purple-robed and Han Yin Jiao, then strode into the main hall.

After he walked away, Yunhe and the Fifth Purple-robed tacitly moved to the side.

As Yunhe's gaze focused and his sleeves flicked, a layer of restriction immediately enveloped the two.

Having done that, Yunhe then asked in a low voice, "Is what Brother Ji said true?"

The Fifth Purple-robed's eyes dimmed slightly, but quickly recovered, and he nodded, saying:

"Indeed. His ancestor has gone missing."

The Formless Sword Sect's ancestor, the Formless Sword Lord, has gone missing!

If it weren't for hearing this from Ji Liuyun's mouth, Yunhe might not have come to attend this so-called "Celebration of the Great Victory" gathering.

After all, although his injury no longer had much effect, it had not yet healed and still posed a hidden danger.

Furthermore, this gathering was merely for dividing the spoils; the things and share he needed would not be diminished even if he did not attend.

But the Formless Sword Lord's disappearance has a huge impact on the entire Human Cultivator Alliance, especially for the Instrument Alliance!

(End of chapter)