Chapter 154

Not only were the dangers encountered along the way far fewer, he also frequently stumbled upon various fortuitous encounters by chance.

What was more, not long ago, while resting for the night in a deep mountain, he happened to discover the tomb of a Sun Wheel realm Blade Marquis.

He was fortunate enough to obtain his legacy, gaining an earth-grade supreme-quality treasured blade, an earth-grade supreme-quality cultivation method, and an earth-grade supreme-quality blade art!

He also obtained the spatial ring the other party had left behind.

Drawing on the large quantity of spirit stones and all manner of resources within, Jiang Daoyun felt as though his cultivation speed was simply so fast it was beyond belief.

In a short span of time he broke through several realms in succession, ultimately reaching the first level of the Primordial Sea realm!

Apart from his cultivation base, Jiang Daoyun also inadvertently came to learn news about the Dark Verdant Grass.

The Dark Verdant Grass is an earth-grade low-quality spiritual herb; once consumed, it has the effect of clearing the orifices of a cultivator.

The higher the realm of the one who takes it, the weaker the effect, but for his own son who had lost his cultivation base, it was an absolute treasure!

Such a precious thing had actually chanced upon him — he absolutely could not let it slip!

Jiang Daoyun's heart burned with excitement.

After so many years away, he had finally glimpsed hope of curing the strange ailment afflicting Jiang Yan.

Amid his joy, the moment he thought of where he presently was, he could not help but feel a pang of gloom.

After numerous narrow escapes from death and a long period of wandering and displacement.

He had now traveled far from Tiandou Prefecture, setting foot within the bounds of Shanhai Prefecture.

Yet the Great Qin Dynasty encompassed a total of thirty-six prefectures.

The prefectures were separated by vast distances.

Even with his Primordial Sea realm cultivation base, he could not, while bringing two children with him, return to Tiandou Prefecture in a short span of time.

"I wonder how the family has changed after all these years......"

A look of reminiscence crossed Jiang Daoyun's face.

He had already resolved that once he successfully plucked the Dark Verdant Grass, he would spare no effort to bring Jiang Hao and Jiang Yi back to Xuancheng and return to the clan.

Thinking of this, a smile quietly crept onto the corners of his mouth.

Presumably, by then, under his leadership the clan would surely create unprecedented glory!

And he himself was destined to surpass the distant ancestors, leading the Xuancheng Jiang clan to surpass the Wudan City main branch!

He possessed absolute confidence in this, never once harboring the slightest doubt.

Because before he left, the main branch didn't even have a single Purple Mansion realm cultivator!

Yet he was now already a powerful Primordial Sea realm cultivator!

Several days later.

Three men dressed in splendid robes walked into Wudan City.

They looked around, surveying the filthy, disorderly streets, their faces full of disgust.

"Such a godforsaken backwater — if the clan hadn't given the order, you couldn't have dragged me here even by force."

"Ain't that the truth? If the Old Ancestor weren't still pining for that woman, how could we possibly have come here?"

"Sigh, our Old Ancestor is such a heaven-shaking, earth-moving figure — why has he always been unable to forget that shameless, despicable woman? He even remained unmarried his whole life......."

The group buzzed with discussion, all finding it hard to comprehend.

They were precisely envoys from the Tang clan of Tiandou Prefecture.

Because not long ago, when a grand banquet had been held to celebrate the Old Ancestor's three-hundredth birthday.

The Old Ancestor had hinted at the banquet that he would soon travel to the Tang clan of Wudan City, to visit that woman's grave.

So as soon as the banquet ended, the clan's Elders immediately arranged for the three of them to head to the Tang clan of Wudan City ahead of time, intending to instruct the other side to make preparations in advance, lest any oversight occur and displease the Old Ancestor.

And once they incurred the displeasure of the Old Ancestor — that towering white-jade pillar supporting the clan — every member of the Tang clan would have to suffer along with them!

Precisely for this reason, the three of them had rushed over without a moment's delay, not daring to waste the slightest time!

At this moment, recalling the task the Elder had assigned, they exchanged glances, yet none of them knew the exact location of the Tang clan or any relevant intelligence.

With no alternative, they could only follow the directions of patrolling soldiers and set out for the City Lord's Residence, which had the most complete intelligence records.

Not long after.

City Lord's Residence, courtyard.

Ding Xuan was lounging with utter leisure on a rattan chair.

His expression was relaxed, his eyes slightly closed, a smile on his lips, as he listened attentively to a little tune, basking contentedly in the warm sunshine.

Ever since the Jiang clan had relocated to Cangwu Mountain.

Having lost the great mountain that had pressed down on his head, Ding Xuan finally felt his whole body relax, and his little days were lived in utter comfort.

It could be said that as long as he didn't foolishly go provoke those elders left behind at the Jiang clan's ancestral residence.

He could act without scruple in Wudan City, becoming the sole master of this city!

Yet today, this comfort of his was destined to be broken after all.

He only heard a low voice suddenly ring out: "Heh heh, City Lord Ding certainly lives quite the leisurely life."

Hearing the disturbance, Ding Xuan frowned slightly, leisurely opened his eyes, and looked toward the source of the voice.

Gazing at the three men of extraordinary bearing before him, he instinctively felt something was amiss: "Who are you?"

"We are people of the Tang clan of Tiandou. This time we wish to visit the branch clan in this place, and we ask City Lord Ding to do us a favor by providing us three brothers with some intelligence regarding the branch clan here........"

As the words fell, Ding Xuan's eyes went wide, and the expression on his face instantly froze.

Sure enough, what was bound to come had come after all.....

Ding Xuan silently lowered his head and sighed inwardly.

Immediately after, he looked toward the three men of the Tang clan.

Considering that the matter of the Tang clan's annihilation within the city had long since spread throughout the entire city, this matter absolutely could not be concealed.

To avoid being caught in a lie and thereby offending the Tang family of Tiandu, Ding Xuan said carefully, "The Tang family is gone…"

The moment those words left his mouth, the three Tang family members were first stunned, then immediately reacted, bursting into furious anger: "Hm? City Lord Ding, what do you mean by that?!"

Ding Xuan wiped the sweat from his brow, his heart uneasy as he said, "The entire Tang family was wiped out by the Jiang family three months ago. You… you're too late."

Upon receiving this definite news, the expressions of the three Tang family members suddenly turned grim.

No one could have imagined that such an ordinary, trivial matter as visiting the Tang family branch in Wudan City would trigger such an earth-shattering turn of events.

Immediately after, they could not help feeling a trace of fear.

At this critical juncture, with the Old Ancestor set to arrive in Wudan City in a few days, something like this had suddenly happened.

One could well imagine what terrible wrath the Old Ancestor would unleash once he learned that the Tang family branch in Wudan City was gone.

And they themselves would likely suffer a disaster brought on by no fault of their own.

Thinking of this, a look of utter gloom clouded everyone's eyes.

The leader let out an angry roar: "How dare they annihilate a branch of our Tiandu Tang family — this Jiang family truly doesn't know whether to live or die!"

Then he immediately turned to look at City Lord Ding, cupped his fist in greeting, and said: "May I dare to ask, City Lord Ding, what exactly is the background of this Jiang family? How could they be so brazen and reckless!"

As his words fell, a powerful aura belonging to the Purple Mansion realm surged forth, radiating an intensely murderous intent!