Chapter 61: Trouble in Sound Valley

"This time, it is still that matter regarding my Sound Valley..." Immediately, Tianyin Laoren began to recount the details.

As it turned out, Sound Valley was once again showing signs of splitting; in fact, it was no longer just signs, but an established fact.

Xiao Han was somewhat surprised by this; according to Tianyin Laoren, hadn't Sound Valley already brought such unfavorable tendencies under control back then?

Moreover, with Tianyin Laoren sitting in Sound Valley to hold the fort, how could it possibly fall into a crisis of division?

Even if it meant adopting bloody suppression to forcibly unify the different voices in Sound Valley, that would still be far better than splitting the family.

"What is going on?"

Xiao Han's tone was not very good; this matter was quite significant!

"Didn't Sound Valley recover some time ago?

Besides, with a Half-Saint powerhouse like you around, who else has the qualifications to split Sound Valley?

Could it be... that you went into seclusion again?"

Speaking to the end, Xiao Han even gave Tianyin Laoren a strange look; could this old fellow have really forgotten the pain once the wound had healed?

"Sigh!" Tianyin Laoren let out a long sigh immediately, "This is also the reason why I came to find you."

"This time, the split in Sound Valley is entirely caused by external forces, or perhaps I should say that someone inside my Sound Valley is colluding with the outside world..."

Xiao Han finally began to grow serious; as the most mysterious of the Three Valleys, what outsiders feared most about Sound Valley was not the strange methods and overwhelming combat power of its cultivators.

It was the unfathomable hidden strength of Sound Valley.

Although everyone knew that the Valley Master of Sound Valley was Tianyin Laoren, an Advanced Half-Saint, no one had ever truly figured out whether Sound Valley had any reclusive old monsters.

It was for this reason that many factions were deeply wary of them.

Sound Valley was well aware of this and had always kept it hidden very well, but now that a traitor had suddenly appeared in Sound Valley, it was clearly no longer possible to keep it hidden.

Once the strength of Sound Valley was placed in the open, the mysterious veil of Sound Valley would be completely lifted, and it would lose its greatest protective umbrella for nothing.

Moreover, to actually dare to interfere in the internal affairs of Sound Valley—this level of strength and audacity was not something an ordinary faction could possess!

"Soul Hall?"

Xiao Han suddenly asked.

"As expected, your mind is still as sharp as ever!"

Tianyin Laoren was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said with a smile; the implication was naturally that he agreed with Xiao Han's assessment.

"There is nothing worth bragging about."

Regarding Tianyin Laoren's praise, Xiao Han seemed somewhat indifferent.

"In this territory of the Central Plains, the only ones with such strength and the leisure to split your Sound Valley are those rats from the Soul Hall."

"Besides, if it weren't to oppose the Soul Hall, why would you, old man, be so polite to me?"

By the end of his words, the smile on Xiao Han's face could hardly be contained, which even left Tianyin Laoren bewildered: are you happy to encounter the Soul Hall?

Are we talking about the same organization?

But what Tianyin Laoren did not know was that Xiao Han was currently fretting over not having a reason to have a go at the Soul Hall.

Xiao Han had always been very unhappy about the fact that Guyou Shengzhe and Tianming Laoyao had come to cause trouble during his and Yi Huang's grand wedding, and that the bastard Hun Miesheng had personally stepped in to save them.

Moreover, he was also thinking about how to investigate intelligence on the Soul Hall; although the intelligence capabilities of Langya Pavilion were extremely powerful and had even located quite a few branch halls,

that was merely small-scale trouble. Facing those fellows from the Soul Hall who hid in the shadows, he still lacked the strength to do more.

A pool of stagnant water would naturally never make the Soul Hall expose their strength; one had to make the other side move before it would give Langya Pavilion an opportunity to exploit.

And now that such a great opportunity was placed right before his eyes, how could Xiao Han not be excited?

Helping an ally was a matter of course; who in the entire Central Plains would dare to talk nonsense about that?

Furthermore, since the Soul Hall had sent someone to interfere in Sound Valley's affairs, the person in charge would definitely not be weak—at the very least, they would be a Half-Saint or even a Saint powerhouse.

Otherwise, if they were really caught red-handed by Tianyin Laoren, they would at least have a chance to escape or even counterattack.

Xiao Han had always been very covetous of such Soul Hall powerhouses, yet he felt extremely helpless.

Those were all walking intelligence databases! Although they were very tempting, those powerhouses of the Soul Hall also knew that they were essentially prime targets.

They basically never left their doors, and Xiao Han could not possibly send Langya Pavilion Disciples to deliberately track and investigate them; "all are ants below the Saint Realm" was not just a casual saying.

Even though the Ice Venerable of the past was peerlessly powerful, he still could not achieve the life-long accomplishment of defeating a Half-Saint; at most, he could barely save his own life.

If ordinary Disciples or Venerable Elders of Langya Pavilion ran into one, it would definitely be a dead end. To avoid unnecessary losses, Xiao Han had never done so.

But this time, it seemed the Soul Hall had delivered themselves to his doorstep, so I, old Xiao, will not be polite!

An existence of this level was definitely high-ranking within the Soul Hall; if he caught one and performed a soul search or something...

If... just by some accidental chance, he actually found the locations of all the Soul Hall branch halls, then at that time...

Hehehe...

Xiao Han could hardly contain his drool.

That lecherous expression made Tianyin Laoren feel panicked; could this kid be plotting to loot a burning house?

But he immediately overturned his own thought; not to mention that with this kid's character, it was impossible for him to do such a thing, even if he wanted to, what benefit would there be to take?

Harming others without benefiting oneself—what would be the point of that?

Then he heard Xiao Han say with eyes shining:

"What is the identity of the person from the Soul Hall this time?"

For some reason, Tianyin Laoren seemed to see the look of a hunter encountering prey in Xiao Han's eyes.

However, he still answered: "A Heavenly Venerable of the Soul Hall."

Being a top-tier faction in the Central Plains, Sound Valley was still able to obtain intelligence on the powerhouses behind the Soul Hall; otherwise, where would they put the face of Sound Valley?

Although the way of obtaining this intelligence was not something that could be easily spoken of, as long as I am not embarrassed, the ones who are embarrassed are others.

However, the strength of a Heavenly Venerable was still very intimidating; it was precisely this title that had made Tianyin Laoren very worried at the time.

Xiao Han understood a thing or two about the head of the Soul Hall Heavenly Venerates; was that person just a Heavenly Venerable? He was clearly a Saint. Moreover, he was an old senior to them.

When Xiao Han was still wearing split-crotch pants, that person was already a mighty Dou Sheng.

As for their Sound Valley, with its meager strength, apart from him, they could at most scrape together two junior Half-Saints.

Three Half-Saints trying to arm-wrestle an old monster who had been a Dou Sheng for who knows how many years—did they really think everyone was an Ice Saint?

"Great Heavenly Venerable?"

Xiao Han suddenly straightened his body.

"Why would he come? Shouldn't he be guarding the Human Hall of the Soul Hall's Heavenly Gang Hall?"

Xiao Han pondered silently in his heart.

He had originally thought the Soul Hall would send some unfamiliar Saint Realm experts; after all, he was not clear on the number of experts they possessed.

But he had a deep impression of this Great Heavenly Venerable. Such a veteran figure, a Two-Star Dou Sheng, was actually sent out to do a small thing like splitting Sound Valley—had Hun Miesheng lost his mind?

Hmm...

In Xiao Han's view, splitting Sound Valley was indeed a small matter. With the existence of a Two-Star Dou Sheng, even if it were just the Great Heavenly Venerable alone, it would be enough to annihilate the entire Sound Valley; why go to such great lengths?

"Did the Great Heavenly Venerable enter the fray personally?" Xiao Han asked with a frown.

"No. Besides, if the Great Heavenly Venerable had entered the fray personally, how could I possibly have survived to come here?"

Tianyin Laoren was quite self-aware, knowing clearly that with his own strength and that of Sound Valley, they were just a dish before the Soul Hall's Great Heavenly Venerable.

Moreover, he had the same confusion as Xiao Han: why didn't the Great Heavenly Venerable just strike directly?

As long as they killed off all these old fellows, wouldn't Sound Valley be at the mercy of the Soul Hall to be molded however they pleased?

Simple, effortless, and satisfying!

Yet, not only did they not stop him from seeking help from Langya Pavilion, they even seemed to be deliberately indulging him.

Was this a feint to the east to attack in the west, besieging a point to strike reinforcements, or killing two birds with one stone?