Chapter 185: The Fall of Yu State, the Fifth Layer of the Traces of Ti Lan Mountain!

Jiang Feng looked at the few people, and a trace of relieved smile appeared on his face.

Fang Xu and Liu Xin were both disciples of the Ascendant Immortal Association who had come out of the Yu State branch, but now they had become the pillars of the Ascendant Immortal Association.

They could even replace him to save the Ascendant Immortal Association at this moment.

"Then let's do as you said." Jiang Feng spoke.

After confirming the plan to deal with the top experts of Yu State, the remaining matters became much simpler.

Because now, in Yu State, aside from Li Cangwu and a few people of the Minghun Dao, the other experts were hardly any.

With the many stewards and disciples of the Ascendant Immortal Association present, it could be easily resolved.

"Senior Brother Jiang, there is still one matter that needs to be confirmed in advance." Fang Xu suddenly spoke.

Jiang Feng seemed to know what he wanted to say, and directly smiled and spoke: "The Ascendant Immortal Association is still the original Ascendant Immortal Association, and will not covet the throne of Yu State."

"The candidate for the next Yu Emperor has already been discussed by me and the various elders beforehand."

Li Cangwu is the Yu Emperor of Yu State; if he were killed, the entire Yu State would instantly fall into chaos.

Fang Xu's original intention was to confirm the subsequent matters.

After all, Yu State occupies the land of seven provinces and possesses hundreds of millions of commoners; without a virtuous emperor to govern, for the commoners of the entire Yu State, it would be a disaster.

Since Jiang Feng and them had already considered this matter well, there was no need to worry.

After all, I should rarely return here in the future.

……

The next day, as the morning sun rose, the figures of Fang Xu and others appeared in the sky above the royal city of Zhongzhou.

The Great Yu army responsible for guarding the royal city did not launch an attack against them.

Because all the soldiers understood that the main combatants of this battle were not them.

Inside the royal city, two figures slowly flew out, arriving at the same height as Fang Xu and others, standing with hands behind their backs in the void.

"Junior members of the Ascendant Immortal Association, your immortal islands have been destroyed, why persist in stubborn resistance?"

One of them, wearing a black-and-white dual-colored long robe, with a gaunt appearance, the tall old man looked at Jiang Feng and others and sneered.

"Jiang Feng, I consider you all talents; killing you would be a pity. Now the Ascendant Immortal Association exists in name only, and I give you an opportunity."

"Join my Minghun Dao, and you will still be the head of the Yu State branch, and also the nominal master of this Yu State."

Another one-eyed, short and fat old man also spoke up.

Although in yesterday's great battle, Jiang Feng and Fang Xu and the other two had slain four Yuanwu Realm experts of the Minghun Dao, but up to now, these two elders of the Minghun Dao still did not take them seriously.

After all, to them, these people before them were only Jiang Feng and Bai Shan who were somewhat noteworthy.

But now, one of them has a damaged soul, and the other inherently possesses a hidden illness; being able to exert half of their strength would already be not bad.

As for Fang Xu and the other three, perhaps during the Immortal Island battle, they did not notice the performance of Fang Xu and the others, and simply did not take them to heart.

Jiang Feng gave a light smile: "The two elders are joking."

"The immortal islands of my Ascendant Immortal Association have merely departed, not been sunk; how could there be talk of the Ascendant Immortal Association existing in name only?"

"Moreover..."

"Jiang Feng, stop wasting words with them; fight first and talk later!"

Kong Jie is a hot-tempered person; the two elders of the Minghun Dao looked down on the Ascendant Immortal Association in their presence, and she had long been filled with rage.

Before Jiang Feng could finish speaking, she directly rushed forward!

Her target was clearly that short and fat elder of the Minghun Dao!

Seeing Kong Jie make a move, Fang Xu and the other two also did not hesitate any longer, and directly joined forces to rush toward that tall and thin elder of the Minghun Dao.

The great battle instantly erupted!

Seeing that Jiang Feng and Bai Shan did not make a move, but Fang Xu and the other four directly rushed forward, the two elders of the Minghun Dao instantly revealed killing intent in their eyes!

"Bold!"

"A group of immature brats, dare to act against us!"

"I don't know whether to praise you for your courage or say you are foolish..."

The two spoke coldly, each waving their hand and striking out a grayish misty silk ribbon toward the rushing Fang Xu and others!

This is one of the attack methods of the Minghun Dao.

The grayish misty silk ribbon is somewhat similar to the Yunbo Jin of the Lü family of Qingzhou, but its power is far greater than that of Yunbo Jin!

Because this grayish misty silk ribbon mainly attacks the soul.

Its name is Hun Shang!

After the Hun Shang is unleashed, the energy ribbon will surge like water waves, wave after wave toward the target!

Since its main target is the soul, ordinary defenses cannot resist it.

And once struck by the Hun Shang, this strange energy can cause continuous scouring of the soul.

Jiang Feng was originally injured in his soul by this very move.

It can be seen that although the two were angry that Fang Xu and the other three juniors dared to act against them, they held no contempt in their hands, and immediately unleashed a killing move.

Seeing the attack unleashed by the two, Fang Xu instantly felt its subtlety.

"Let me handle it!"

As the words fell, vast amounts of Xuan water surged from within his body, covering the sky and earth as it rushed toward that grayish misty energy ribbon!

In an instant, the grayish energy ribbon was submerged by the Xuan water!

Moreover, the Xuan water then surrounded the two elders of the Minghun Dao, greatly restricting their soul attack methods.

Because, in a certain sense, this endless Xuan water is Fang Xu's soul power.

Xuan water is everywhere, and the soul is everywhere.

The main attack methods of the Minghun Dao are mostly directed at the soul.

But these techniques used against the Xuan Shui Soul clearly had little effect.

The two's strength was weakened by the Xuan Shui, which gave Kong Jie, Liu Xin, and Chang Long an opportunity.

Among the three, Kong Jie had the greatest strength; even without erupting her Xuan Yang Sacred Body, she possessed the strength of mid-Yuan Wu.

Once the Xuan Yang Sacred Body fully erupted, her strength approached the peak of late Yuan Wu.

However, at that time she would lose her rationality due to the Sacred Body, and her strength did not increase significantly.

Fortunately, with Fang Xu's help, her control over the Xuan Yang Sacred Body had improved considerably, and she could now control part of its power.

Liu Xin, though his cultivation was only at the peak of Wu Zun, had mastered the power of the fast-slow laws, and his strange axe could easily slay some early Yuan Wu experts.

After all, laws are something only experts of the Xiang Xiang realm have a chance to encounter.

Liu Xin and Fang Xu being able to comprehend the power of laws in the Wu Zun realm absolutely indicates they have potential comparable to the holy sons and daughters of top sects.

As for Chang Long, he is of the dragon race!

Although not pure-blooded, his divine dragon bloodline is extremely strong.

After all, he possesses a bloodline inheritance.

Furthermore, with Fang Xu helping him analyze the ability to control lightning from his bloodline inheritance, his strength is not much inferior to Liu Xin's.

Originally, the agreed strategy was for Fang Xu, Liu Xin, and Chang Long to gang up on one opponent, while Kong Jie held off the other herself.

But now, Fang Xu himself is responsible for weakening the two opponents' attack methods, so Liu Xin and Chang Long can only go forward to engage.

The shift in strategy gave Kong Jie's side a great advantage.

Originally, her main purpose was to hold off a Ming Hun Dao elder first, wait for Fang Xu and the others to deal with another, then come to help her.

Now, because of the Xuan Shui Soul's presence, she suddenly realized she could unleash the Xuan Yang Sacred Body without hesitation!

With Xuan Shui Souls everywhere around her, when she unleashed the Xuan Yang Sacred Body, it was not only not suppressed, but she could also use the power of Xuan Shui to keep herself constantly clear-minded.

Boom!

A great sun slowly rose behind Kong Jie!

The terrifying heat, even hundreds of zhang above the ground, still turned the Yu Guo imperial palace below into a sea of fire!

Countless palace maids, eunuchs, and imperial guards scrambled to flee outward.

Opposite Kong Jie, the short and plump Ming Hun Dao elder had not yet awakened from the strangeness of the Xuan Shui Soul, and suddenly felt the violent aura erupting from her body; his whole person instantly became flustered!

"Sacred Body!"

"Fully formed Sacred Body!"

With a solemn expression, he immediately flung out a strange sickle!

This sickle appeared to be entirely composed of grayish mist, its substance hidden within the eerie mist, appearing and disappearing intermittently.

Facing Kong Jie walking slowly toward him, he directly swung the sickle in his hand.

Whoosh!

A strange blade flashed by in an instant!

The next moment, Kong Jie's body trembled slightly, her brows furrowed, and a hint of pain appeared on her face.

Seeing this, Fang Xu vaguely sensed that the short and plump elder's sickle should be a soul weapon.

He had seen this before during the Immortal Island War.

It seemed to be a weapon specially forged by the Ming Hun Dao to attack others' souls.

Thinking this, he immediately controlled the Xuan Shui Soul to form a giant palm and smashed it down onto the gray mist sickle in the elder's hand!

Having witnessed the Xuan Shui Soul shatter his soul-withering secret technique, the short and plump old man knew this strange Xuan Shui was no ordinary thing!

He immediately raised his sickle and slashed at the Xuan Shui giant hand!

But just as the sickle swung, the Xuan Shui giant hand before his eyes instantly dissipated, turning into a large amount of black liquid that scattered downward!

The short and plump elder's strike missed!

Kong Jie seized this opportunity; a fiery phantom slowly emerged behind her, and she flashed forward to charge at the short and plump old man!

"Old thing, don't you like attacking souls?"

Kong Jie, with her Yang God emerging from its orifice, let out an angry shout and directly extended a fiery large hand to slap at the short and plump elder!

The speed of soul attacks is extremely fast!

When using a soul attack, unless one similarly uses a soul to block, relying solely on physical reaction makes it very difficult to block such an attack!

The short and plump elder never expected Kong Jie, after fully erupting her Sacred Body, to actually reach the state of Yang God emergence!

Moreover, he never expected Kong Jie's Yang God to be so powerful!

Facing the palm already upon his forehead, the short and plump elder immediately flashed his body to try to dodge!

But his dodge was merely his soul evading the strike, while his physical body remained in place!

This is an extremely strange phenomenon.

To outsiders, facing Kong Jie's strike, a grayish misty shadow instantly detached from the upper half of the short and plump elder's body!

Meanwhile, his physical body took Kong Jie's palm blow head-on!

Boom!

If it were an ordinary Yuan Wu cultivator who took Kong Jie's palm head-on, perhaps he could still preserve his physical body.

But disciples of the Ming Hun Dao have always focused all their energy on cultivating their souls, so their physical bodies are not particularly strong.

Struck by Kong Jie's palm, the short and plump elder's physical body instantly shattered his skull, and large amounts of blood flowed down from his forehead.

After taking this blow, the short and plump elder hurriedly tried to pull his soul back into his body, then flee with his body to avoid Kong Jie's next attack.

Because even if his soul is already strong enough, this physical body as a vessel cannot be abandoned.

Leaving the physical body, if he cannot find another vessel to nurture his soul in a short time, his soul power will quickly dissipate.

"Want to go back?"

Fang Xu saw this and immediately controlled the omnipresent soul of the Black Water, transforming it into several ropes that directly bound the short, fat old man's soul!

"Kid, you're courting death!"

The short, fat old man's soul was bound, and he immediately let out a roar of anger!

His soul power was much stronger than Fang Xu's, and because the Black Water soul was too dispersed, it could not completely bind him at all.

The overwhelming soul power erupted violently, directly snapping the ropes formed from the Black Water!

But just as his soul wanted to return to his body, a wheel of intense, burning sun directly slammed into him!

The terrifying heat hadn't even approached yet when it directly scorched and melted the clothes on his physical body!

The physical body, bereft of its soul, was like a corpse with no reaction, and was directly burned to ashes by that terrifying great sun!

At this moment, the short, fat old man's soul could only frantically dodge this wheel of great sun, then flee downward toward the imperial city!

He now needed to leave the battlefield and quickly find a physical body to temporarily hide within.

Only in this way would he have a chance to survive.

In the sky, Jiang Feng saw this scene and directly turned to look at Bai Shan: "Do you want to make a move?"

Bai Shan's eyes flashed with a hint of something unusual, and then her body transformed into a stream of light, rushing straight toward the short, fat old man's soul!

Oh!

A somewhat clear and melodious dragon's cry rang out!

Bai Shan transformed into a silver giant dragon and swallowed the short, fat old man's soul in one gulp!

On the other side, Chang Long, who was battling the tall, thin old man, heard this dragon's cry, glanced curiously at Bai Shan, but ultimately dared not be careless due to the tall, thin old man's attack.

Kong Jie, who had come chasing, saw that the short, fat old man's soul had already been swallowed by Bai Shan, and also glanced at Bai Shan in surprise, then turned and rushed toward another battlefield in the sky.

Chang Long and Liu Xin, with the help of the Black Water soul, could barely contend with the tall, thin old man, but in the short term had no way to defeat him.

After Kong Jie joined, the tall, thin old man already felt fear in his heart.

He had just personally witnessed how his fellow sect member had miserably died at Kong Jie's hands.

Before Kong Jie could approach, the tall, thin old man directly waved his hand and unleashed a soul-withering whip, then his body transformed into a gray stream of light, fleeing downward toward the imperial city.

The four people in the sky pursued relentlessly.

After the tall, thin old man landed in the imperial city, he looked at the scattered servant girls, eunuchs, and the imperial city guards, his eyes flashing with ferocity, and his soul aura instantly surged!

A terrifying soul-withering whip appeared as a ring, sweeping horizontally outward!

Those struck by the soul-withering whip had their souls directly torn apart!

Hu!

The tall, thin old man opened his mouth and inhaled fiercely!

The terrifying suction sucked the shattered souls of these people into his own body!

After absorbing a large amount of soul power, the tall, thin old man's body instantly swelled!

Immediately after, a huge phantom appeared behind him!

This phantom was entirely composed of countless wronged souls spliced together, the giant soul body covered all over with faces that were assessing, ferocious, and wailing!

These faces tore at each other, devoured, struggled, and roared, trying to break free, but were all tightly bound by a strange force!

The four pursuers who arrived saw this scene, and all felt their scalps go numb!

"What the hell is this?!" Chang Long spoke up.

Liu Xin shook her head: "It should be some kind of evil technique."

"Is this a dharma phase?" Fang Xu frowned and said.

Kong Jie's burning figure descended: "Whether it's a dharma phase or not, blast him to pieces!"

Her body transformed into a ball of fire, and Kong Jie directly rushed upward!

Ah!

Roar!

Seeing Kong Jie rush over, the endless wronged soul phantom behind the tall, thin old man all screamed miserably, howled, and charged toward Kong Jie!

For a time, a vast number of wronged souls carrying the utmost yin-evil filthy resentment continuously scoured Kong Jie's Black Yang flames!

Like a surging tide of bees, it actually prevented Kong Jie from advancing even a step in a short time.

She wanted to summon her sacred body's dharma phase of the great sun, but the yin-cold energy carried by these wronged souls had already invaded her body, making the operation of her sacred body somewhat difficult.

"Quickly help Kong Shijie!"

Seeing this, Fang Xu instantly had a giant sword appear in his hand!

The giant sword was wrapped in raging Divine Flame fire!

With a wave of his hand, the sword light formed from the Divine Flame fire directly slashed toward the tall, thin old man's body!

Ah!!!

At this moment, countless wronged souls again roared and charged toward the sword light Fang Xu had slashed out!

After these wronged souls' skulls were shattered by the sword light in many places, some actually took the opportunity to cling to the sword light, gnawing bit by bit at the sword light carrying the Divine Flame fire until it was completely consumed!

Fang Xu's brows furrowed tightly!

These things are really evil enough!

The Divine Flame fire specializes in burning souls, yet at this moment it was actually devoured by these strange things!

"Let me try."

At this moment, a white-skinned figure appeared behind Fang Xu.

It was Bai Shan.

She walked over slowly, looked at the dense evil dharma phase formed by the endless wronged souls behind the tall, thin old man, and slowly extended her finger.

A white stream of light accompanied her fingertip as it pointed out, directly flying to the top of the tall, thin old man's head!

Bang!

White light exploded, and a strange vortex appeared!

Like a whale swallowing, the dense vengeful spirits behind the tall, thin old man were quickly sucked into the vortex!

"No!"

"Who are you!?"

The tall, thin old man looked at Bai Shan in terror, straining to use his power to stop those vengeful spirits from being sucked away.

But everything he did was in vain.

As a large number of vengeful spirits were sucked away, the aura on the tall, thin old man's body also rapidly declined.

The evil dharma form formed from countless vengeful spirits contained all of his spiritual power.

As the dharma form was sucked away, his spiritual essence was also being stripped away bit by bit.

Finally, the tall, thin old man died.

Regarding Bai Shan's displayed ability, Fang Xu and the four others were somewhat puzzled.

They didn't expect Bai Shan to be this strong.

It seemed... if the four of us hadn't appeared, Bai Shan and Jiang Feng could have dealt with these two elders of the Ming Hun Dao on their own.

On Bai Shan's side, after the vortex disappeared, countless gray auras flashed past Fang Xu behind her, and her face even showed a hint of enjoyment that no one noticed.

This hint of enjoyment was suppressed by her, her gaze noticing the confusion of Fang Xu and the others, Bai Shan said lightly: "My dragon soul had a hidden injury before; after absorbing that person's spiritual power just now, my body has somewhat recovered."

Fang Xu glanced at the long dragon, then grabbed Kong Jie, who wanted to speak and ask: "Now only Li Cangwu remains; let's go in and take a look."

The battle outside was so fierce, Li Cangwu didn't even show himself; Fang Xu guessed that at this moment, Li Cangwu should be at a critical stage of some cultivation.

In the dark, he also felt a sense of crisis.

It seemed that once Li Cangwu completely finished his cultivation, his own life would face tremendous threat.

The four walked slowly toward the inside of the palace, Bai Shan and Jiang Feng also following behind.

Along the way, everywhere were the corpses of dead palace maids and eunuchs, as well as the imperial city guards.

These people numbered over a hundred thousand!

Most of them were killed by the soul calamity just now, and their souls were also sucked away by the vortex summoned by Bai Shan.

Besides this, the originally magnificent Yu Guo imperial palace at this moment was also affected by the battle just now!

Everywhere were broken walls and ruins, a mess.

Fang Xu was just about to release his spiritual power to search for Li Cangwu's position.

Bai Shan suddenly pointed in a direction and said: "He should be over there."

Speaking, without waiting for the others to ask, she walked straight over.

Fang Xu and the others exchanged glances, all looking toward Jiang Feng.

But at this moment, Jiang Feng also slightly shook his head, seeming not to know how Bai Shan discovered Li Cangwu's position.

Following Bai Shan, the group quickly arrived at the rear of the palace.

"Is this the location of the Qin Tian Jian?" Looking around at the statues and instruments used for divination and stargazing, Fang Xu spoke.

Bai Shan ignored him, walking straight toward the hall of the Qin Tian Jian.

Bang!

The tightly closed door was kicked open by her foot, and she then strode straight to a huge jade statue.

This statue is Li Cangwu's.

The group came before the statue and found that at this moment, the statue's surface was covered with large amounts of gray resentment swirling!

The number of these resentments was extremely terrifying, having already dyed the entire white jade statue gray!

Boom!

Bai Shan slapped the statue in front of her to pieces, then waved her hand and shot out a light-shadow, actually directly purifying all these surging resentments!

This scene left Fang Xu and the others stunned again!

Does the dragon clan still have this kind of ability?

At this moment, the long dragon's gaze toward Bai Shan again carried a hint of doubt.

He looked at Fang Xu.

Fang Xu, however, slightly shook his head, signaling him not to speak yet.

The statue shattered, and a passage appeared before everyone.

Bai Shan took the lead and stepped into it.

Fang Xu and the others hadn't even had time to go down when they heard Li Cangwu's angry roar from inside the passage!

"Who exactly are you!?"

Boom!

But following closely was a terrifying explosion!

【Your friend Li Cangwu has died; as a friend, you can randomly obtain one of Li Cangwu's three inheritances.】

Inheritance One: 【Special Inheritance · Yu Guo Throne】Inheritance risk unknown.

Inheritance Two: 【Yellow Inheritance · Power Attribute 200 Points】Inheritance risk relatively high, subject to interference, specific risk unknown.

Inheritance Three: 【Purple Inheritance · Yu Guo National Treasury】Inheritance risk relatively low.

Hmm?

Looking at the virtual panel popping up before him, Fang Xu felt quite puzzled.

This kind of friend inheritance is something he's seeing for the first time.

A special inheritance alone would have been fine.

The key point is that the second inheritance only shows a strength attribute of 200 points, so why does it display a high inheritance risk and also show interference?

What is interfering with my system?

He was thinking, or perhaps Bai Shan had already walked out of the passage.

At the moment she walked out of the passage, she struck again at the passage, and the terrifying force directly shattered it, with a large amount of rubble sealing the passage completely.

"Li Cangwu is dead."

Last night, all of this, she directly turned around and left the palace.

In the main hall of the Imperial Observatory, Fang Xu and the others looked at each other in silence.

Jiang Feng also exchanged a glance with them, then followed Bai Shan's silhouette as he walked out.

"This woman is really strange." After a long while, Kong Jie spoke up.

Liu Xin also nodded: "The first time I saw her, I felt something was off, but I can't say exactly where the strangeness lies."

Fang Xu turned to look at the Long Dragon: "As a member of the dragon clan, tell me your opinion."

Facing the gazes of the three, the Long Dragon pondered for a long time, then shook his head and said: "I feel she is not of the dragon clan..."

As soon as he said that, Liu Xin and Kong Jie both showed a hint of surprise in their eyes, while only Fang Xu's face remained calm.

He had long realized that Bai Shan did not resemble a dragon clan member.

Even when Bai Shan, during her previous attack on the short, fat old man's soul, transformed into a silver giant dragon, he still believed Bai Shan was not of the dragon clan.

Because, at the beginning, by relying on the Long Dragon's bloodline inheritance, he had gained insight into the dragon clan's development and obtained the ability to teach scaled-armor demon beasts.

But when facing Bai Shan, he actually could not discern what kind of law power she excelled at in her bloodline inheritance.

This is very suspicious.

Moreover, on Bai Shan's body, Fang Xu also felt a kind of aloofness that keeps people at a distance.

This aloofness is not ordinary; it is more like the divine aura emitted when Gu Qiu and Hun Yu communicated in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains of the Central Continent.

"Putting it that way, does that woman have a problem?"

"We need to inform Jiang Feng as soon as possible."

Kong Jie thought for a moment, then spoke up.

Fang Xu shook his head: "Do you think Senior Brother Jiang hasn't noticed?"

Kong Jie was puzzled: "If he has noticed, why does he still keep this woman by his side?"

"Perhaps Senior Brother Jiang has a plan," Liu Xin said.

Kong Jie was utterly confused.

In her view, she is an enemy, and if she can be dealt with by force, that is the simplest solution.

Playing all kinds of yin and yang schemes, sharpening one's mind like that—too exhausting, too troublesome.

"Forget it, that guy Jiang Feng has too many thoughts; I'm too lazy to bother."

Kong Jie, feeling somewhat irritated, walked out of the Imperial Observatory.

"Big Brother Fang Xu, what should we do now?" Long Dragon asked.

Fang Xu looked around: "You go back first; I'll check if there's anything else good here."

Long Dragon and Liu Xin also had no doubts, and directly left the palace.

After everyone had left, Fang Xu then clicked the inheritance button.

Li Cangwu's three inheritances rolled before him.

Subsequently, the screen gradually froze on Inheritance Three.

【Congratulations on obtaining Inheritance Three!】

【The treasury of the Yu State is located in the southwest corner of the palace; it is recommended to greet Jiang Feng in advance.】

The system gave the prompt.

Fang Xu did not bother with these, as he had never intended to keep it for himself.

This matter certainly requires consulting Jiang Feng's opinion.

But he now feels an urge in his heart.

Looking at the passage entrance buried under rubble, he very much wants to go down and see Li Cangwu's corpse.

As he slowly walked to the rubble and was about to act, a sudden feeling of extreme danger flashed in his mind from nowhere!

This is the heavenly response after practicing the Qi-Praying Technique!

It seems that as long as I open this burial site of Li Cangwu, I will immediately suffer a merciful slaughter!

What is going on?

Fang Xu hesitated for a long time, but ultimately still did not choose to force his way.

After leaving the Imperial Observatory, he came to the State Preceptor's Mansion of Ju Yuan, and according to the instructions, found the mysterious sea map hidden by Ju Yuan, and also obtained several top-grade spirit crystal marrow and some materials along the way.

After storing these items in his Cosmos Bag, Fang Xu glanced at the arrow beside the virtual panel, then slowly walked to the Grand General's Mansion.

After Zhao Wují was slain, his corpse was carried back to the Grand General's Mansion.

The great battle in the city frightened the soldiers and servants of the Grand General's Mansion into fleeing; now, in the vast mansion, only Zhao Wují's corpse lies inside a huge coffin.

Fang Xu approached and found that at this moment, Zhao Wují's head and neck connection had a fine bloodstain, clearly indicating he had been beheaded by a single sword.

Zhao Wují can also be considered a generation's hegemon.

He spent his life in military service, loyal to the Yu State royal family.

Fang Xu slowly extended his hand and touched Zhao Wují's body.

A stream of cool energy instantly surged into his body!

100 points of spiritual attribute, directly letting him experience the sensation of flying heavenward again!

His soul became clear and bright, like an invisible feather duster, sweeping away the dust that had settled on his soul; many things became clear once again.

Having accepted this inheritance, Fang Xu originally planned to leave the Grand General's residence, but suddenly recalled that meteorite from beyond the heavens.

The system had hinted that the meteorite should still be in Zhao Wujì's hands.

It was just that when inheriting the estate, he hadn't obtained it by chance.

Not obtaining it by chance doesn't mean he couldn't acquire it.

Back then, wasn't Wang Ergou's hundred taels of silver also found by him through wit?

Fang Xu began searching through the Grand General's residence.

During the search, he also found many fine treasures Zhao Wujì had collected.

But these things, Fang Xu no longer cared for.

After all, compared to other places in the Tai Xuan Realm, this land of Yu State was still too poor; many things, after his horizons broadened, he no longer considered precious.

Even so, he still swept clean Zhao Wujì's collection.

Even mosquito legs are meat; he now urgently lacks resources.

After nearly sweeping the entire General's residence clean, Fang Xu still couldn't find the whereabouts of that meteorite.

"Strange, that thing was Zhao Wujì's key to breaking into the Elemental Martial Realm; logically, such a precious item, he should definitely be guarding it personally..."

Standing in the courtyard, Fang Xu murmured.

But he was certain he had searched every corner of the Grand General's residence, including hidden chambers, yet still found no trace of that meteorite.

Feeling somewhat disappointed, Fang Xu left the Grand General.

Huayang Mountain.

After returning, the Ascension Society disciple guarding the gate immediately informed him that Elder Jiang Feng wanted him to go to the rear mountain bamboo grove, saying there were important matters to discuss.

Fang Xu directly rushed to the rear mountain bamboo grove.

There, he unexpectedly encountered an acquaintance.

Lu Zhiyuan!

"Master?"

Fang Xu, somewhat surprised, clasped his hands.

Lu Zhiyuan chuckled and nodded: "I heard Elder Jiang say you've returned."

Fang Xu gave a faint smile in reply, then clasped his hands toward Jiang Feng before sitting down to the side.

"Fang Xu, I have several things to tell you."

Jiang Feng spoke: "First, your master Lu Zhiyuan is the new Yu Emperor selected by me and the other elders."

Hearing this, Fang Xu's brow furrowed imperceptibly.

He had thought Jiang Feng and the other elders would choose one of Li Cangwu's many sons to be Yu Emperor.

Never did he expect they would support Lu Zhiyuan!

But this doesn't matter now.

Back then, Yu State destroyed Mu Yun State, slaughtering millions of its commoners; now letting Lu Zhiyuan become Yu Emperor can also be seen as indirectly avenging Mu Yun State's commoners.

This can also prevent the remnants of Mu Yun State, who harbor restoration ambitions, from causing trouble again.

"Congratulations, Master." Thinking this, Fang Xu smiled and clasped his hands toward Lu Zhiyuan.

Lu Zhiyuan quickly glared at him: "You brat, you're even mocking your master now?"

Though he said so, Fang Xu could clearly feel Lu Zhiyuan's joy.

Obviously, he also gladly accepts being this Yu Emperor.

"Senior Brother Jiang, is there anything else?"

Fang Xu spoke.

Jiang Feng nodded: "There's one more thing; I want to hear your opinion."

"As you brought the news, the Immortal Isle has already vanished."

"The Yu State branch of the Ascension Society currently resembles rootless duckweed; I want to make the Yu State Ascension Society the state religion of Yu State."

"After Li Cangwu's incident, the Yu State branch's disciples suffered heavy losses and need a large influx of fresh blood..."

Before Jiang Feng finished speaking, Fang Xu had already lost the desire to listen further.

"Senior Brother Jiang, you're the head of the Yu State branch; these matters are naturally yours to decide." Fang Xu smiled.

Jiang Feng nodded: "Then it's settled; I'll decide this matter first."

"Senior Brother Jiang, I also have something to tell you." Fang Xu hesitated, then smiled and said: "You know, after the Immortal Isle vanished, I and Kong Shijie fled to the Central Continent."

"Having lost the Immortal Isle's supply, our cultivation resources..."

"I'll have people send you some resources later; though not as good as the Immortal Isle's, they should be usable."

Jiang Feng spoke.

Fang Xu was slightly startled, then shook his head: "Senior Brother Jiang, don't misunderstand; I don't intend to stay in Yu State."

"You're leaving?"

"Going to the Central Continent?"

Jiang Feng hurriedly asked.

Fang Xu nodded.

Having seen everything in the Central Continent, he fundamentally has no intention of continuing to stay in Yu State.

"Senior Brother, I want the things from Yu State's national treasury."

Fang Xu stated bluntly.

Jiang Feng hesitated: "Alright, the items are currently being inventoried by people; you can go pick them out yourself later."

Fang Xu nodded: "Also, I plan to go to the Ti Lan Shan ruins in a couple of days; at that time, I might need to bring Yun Wan and the others along."

Jiang Feng laughed: "Junior Brother Fang, you're wrong about that. I didn't put Yun Wan and the others under house arrest; these matters don't need my approval."

Fang Xu scratched his head and smiled: "Alright, Senior Brother, any other arrangements?"

Jiang Feng stood up: "Not for now. If you have things to do, go ahead. I need to discuss the affairs of Yu State with your master."

Leaving the bamboo grove behind the back mountain, Fang Xu's face showed a solemn expression.

He had already decided: this time leaving Yu State, he would definitely take Yun Wan, Chu Mu, and a few others close to him.

This Yu State, this Ascension Immortal Assembly, had already become unfamiliar.

Returning to his residence, Fang Xu directly sought out Yun Wan and asked her to summon Chu Mu, Huang Qingzhou, and even Long Long, who all came over.

Seeing them, Fang Xu didn't say much, only asking if they wanted to go with him to the Central Continent.

After hearing this, they gave Fang Xu an answer that surprised him.

Besides Yun Wan and Chu Mu, Huang Qingzhou, Long Long, and others politely declined Fang Xu's invitation, saying they would stay here.

Fang Xu didn't insist.

After leaving his residence, he went to find Chu Ren Di.

"Master."

After paying respects to Chu Ren Di, Fang Xu directly said: "Does Master know about Senior Brother Jiang's decisions?"

Chu Ren Di glanced at him and smiled: "Whatever the master should know, the master knows."

That remark made Fang Xu feel somewhat surprised.

"Is there anything Master doesn't know?"

Chu Ren Di smiled and said nothing.

"Fang Xu, some things are better left unexplored." After a long while, he uttered a strange remark.

Fang Xu pondered for a moment and nodded: "Disciple understands."

"Master, disciple plans to go to the Central Continent after a while..."

"The master will go with you." Chu Ren Di directly said: "Don't ask about the specifics for now; I'll tell you when the time comes."

After saying that, Chu Ren Di stood up directly: "Finish whatever you want to handle quickly; if there's nothing, don't waste the master's time here."

Fang Xu was thus driven out with a face full of doubt.

Chu Ren Di's strange behavior made him realize that before they returned, some changes must have occurred in the Yu State branch of the Ascension Immortal Assembly.

The next morning.

Fang Xu, who rose early, directly led Liu Xin and others toward the direction of Ti Lan Mountain.

He had made up his mind: this time, he would directly break through the seven-layer ruins and take all that Yan Shen left behind.

And the Death Sand Sea!

What lies hidden beneath that land is what his grandfather searched for decades; he also intends to take this opportunity to see it—perhaps a great fortune awaits him.

On the Cloud-Stepping Steed, Yun Wan saw Fang Xu's troubled expression and asked with concern: "What's wrong?"

Fang Xu shook his head: "I don't know; maybe I'm overthinking."

"When leaving this land this time, will you feel reluctant?"

Yun Wan, after hearing that, tilted her head and thought: "The Yun clan is gone; the person I'm closest to now is you. Wherever you are, even the ends of the earth—what does it matter?"

Fang Xu's heart trembled slightly; he smiled at Yun Wan: "That's good."

……

Ti Lan Mountain Ruins.

Perhaps affected by the war between the Ascension Immortal Assembly and Yu State, many martial artists now have no mood to come explore the ruins.

The number of martial artists before the ruins' gate has greatly decreased.

Chang Long, Liu Xin, and Kong Jie are all visiting the Ti Lan Mountain Ruins for the first time; their eyes show more curiosity.

"This ruins is extraordinary." Kong Jie observed for a moment and said: "It seems like a secret realm."

Fang Xu nodded upon hearing that.

In the past, he didn't understand these things.

But after chatting with Xuan Ji for so long at the Dark God Temple's stronghold, he gradually realized that the Ti Lan Mountain Ruins are absolutely not as simple as he previously thought.

This ruins is obviously where Yan Shen, using profound methods, fused the secret realm with Ti Lan Mountain.

The entire ruins is divided into seven layers; each layer is an independent secret realm.

"Let's go in."

Fang Xu said.

Their party totals six people; besides Yun Wan and himself, the others have never been here before. After following Fang Xu into the secret realm, they immediately assumed defensive postures.

Yun Wan, seeing this, smiled: "The first few layers have no danger."

After hearing that, they lowered their guard.

The six quickly passed through the first layer and appeared in the second.

At this moment, Fang Xu suddenly recalled the Ren Xiong clan.

The last time he came to the ruins, he had given Duan Jiao and them some Immortal Nectar of Creation, hoping to give Duan Jiao and his clan spiritual intelligence and transform them into demons.

But when he left afterward, he never came back to check.

"Let's go, bring you to meet old friends." Fang Xu said.

At this moment, Kong Jie was still complaining about the ruins' suppressive restrictions; hearing Fang Xu's words, she became very curious: "Are there still natives in this secret realm?"

Fang Xu nodded: "Not only are there, but there are many."

As well as the Ren Xiong of the second layer, the Crimson Flame Winged Serpent of the third layer, the Demonic Sound Merfolk and the Radiant Light Giant Crocodile of the fourth layer—all count as natives of the ruins.

However, besides the Ren Xiong, the other natives are not very friendly toward him as the inheritor of Yan Shen's legacy.

After leading the group in searching the second layer of the ruins for a while, Fang Xu finally found an ordinary human xiang.

At that moment, the human xiang also saw Fang Xu, immediately grinning widely and running toward him using both hands and feet.

Seeing this, Kong Jie immediately slapped forward with a palm!

Bang!

Fang Xu dodged and blocked her attack!

"What's wrong?" Kong Jie asked, puzzled.

Fang Xu explained: "This is my friend."

"If it weren't for them back then, I might have died in this ruin."

As he spoke, he approached the ordinary human xiang and said: "Where is the broken horn?"

The human xiang pointed with its finger behind it, then led Fang Xu and the others to the gathering place of the human xiang tribe.

"Master!"

Upon seeing Fang Xu, a deep and resonant voice suddenly rang out!

Covered in scales from head to toe, a massive figure with a single horn on its head stepped out from among the human xiang.

"Broken Horn?"

Looking at Broken Horn, now having grown noticeably larger, Fang Xu felt somewhat surprised.

For at this moment, Broken Horn's body actually emanated the aura of a Martial Sovereign at its peak!

You must know that back then, it was only at the initial stage of Martial Sovereign, and even until my last departure, Broken Horn's strength could barely reach the fifth stage of Martial Sovereign.

Only a few years have passed, yet Broken Horn's strength has increased so much!

Moreover, Fang Xu noticed several human xiang behind Broken Horn, and found that their auras had also increased significantly.

"Broken Horn, what is your strength?" Fang Xu asked.

Broken Horn chuckled hehe: "It is..."

He was about to speak, but his gaze fell upon Kong Jie and the others, he hesitated for a moment and said: "It is the grace of that exalted one."

That exalted one?

Fang Xu pondered briefly, then understood that the exalted one Broken Horn referred to should be the Yan God.

At this moment, he suddenly understood.

The few times before, when that mysterious powerful figure flew out from deep within the Ti Lan Mountain, it was absolutely the true form of the Yan God!

And perhaps he is now in the final layer of this ruin!

"He... is in this ruin?" Fang Xu asked cautiously.

Broken Horn shook his head: "I don't know."

"But the exalted one said, you will return to find us."

"The exalted one severed our connection with the ruin, and told me to tell you: when you leave, take us with you."

Fang Xu was somewhat startled.

The Yan God actually calculated that I would return.

"Master, I will take you down to the lower layers." Broken Horn said.

"Do you know the way?" Fang Xu asked.

"The exalted one told me everything."

"However, the exalted one said, the dangers of the lower layers must be dealt with by yourself, for they have all rebelled."

After speaking, Broken Horn gave a few orders to the human xiang behind him, then led Fang Xu deeper into the ruin.

The third layer still had the Crimson Flame Winged Serpent as before.

However, Fang Xu and the others now nearly all possess the strength of the Elemental Martial Realm, let alone ordinary Crimson Flame Winged Serpents—even if the Serpent King himself came, they would not fear.

Passing through the third layer, they arrived at the fourth layer.

At this moment, the countless Soundwave Merfolk dared not swarm forward.

"This thing is strange—it looks like a spiritual body, yet it is a kind of life..."

Gazing at the Soundwave Merfolk from afar, Kong Jie curiously said.

Fang Xu also did not understand the true state of the Soundwave Merfolk, and followed Broken Horn quickly to the entrance of the fifth layer.

The fifth layer is a place he has never set foot in before.

"Broken Horn, what tribe lives in the fifth layer of the ruin?" After the group appeared in the fifth layer, facing the lush and dense forest before them, Fang Xu asked.

Broken Horn shook his head: "The exalted one did not say."

Fang Xu nodded, then looked toward Chu Mu and Yun Wan in the crowd: "You two be careful, stay close to me and don't wander far."

The group of six, aside from Yun Wan and Chu Mu, the others are all quite strong—just protect these two well.

The two nodded and tightly followed behind Fang Xu.

"Brother Fang Xu, there are so many medicinal herbs here!"

Carefully weaving through the forest, Chu Mu couldn't help but say.

This is because she has already discovered too many medicinal herbs in the surrounding forest!

Among these medicinal herbs, even the most ordinary varieties, having grown for countless years, are all considered top-grade.

"If you see them, go ahead and pick them."

Fang Xu looked around, saw no danger, and immediately decided to let Chu Mu gather medicinal herbs.

His purpose in coming to the ruin this time was mainly to scavenge resources, and these medicinal herbs are a kind of resource—naturally, he cannot let them go.

"I'll go scout ahead." Kong Jie clearly had no interest in medicinal herbs; she wanted more to explore the mysterious fifth layer.

"Junior sister, be careful." Fang Xu instructed.

Kong Jie nodded, and with a few leaps, her figure disappeared into the forest.

At this time, the remaining few people, under Chu Mu's guidance, helped dig out all the medicinal herbs that had been mentioned around them.

Soon, more than half an hour passed, and just as everyone was carefully digging up the medicinal herbs, a strong battle aura suddenly erupted from the forest ahead.

"Let's go take a look!"

Fang Xu quickly pulled Yun Wan and Chu Mu, rushing toward the direction from which the battle aura came.

When the few people arrived, they saw Kong Jie currently fighting a huge ancient tree with a human face!

Although the ancient tree could not move, the dense branches on its body were extremely flexible; each strike that lashed out could cause spatial tremors, and just by looking, one could guess how terrifying its attack was!

Kong Jie dodged the ancient tree's attacks while releasing her Xuan Yang flames, preparing to properly teach this tree demon a lesson!

The moment the flames appeared, the plants around everyone moved!

It seemed they greatly disliked fire; upon seeing Kong Jie ignite flames on her body, these plants went mad and surged forward!

Kong Jie was frightened by this scene and quickly retracted her flames.

The surrounding plants indeed stopped moving.

It seemed that as long as no fire was released, they did not intend to intervene in the battle between the ancient tree and Kong Jie.

Fang Xu observed everything around him and suddenly recalled that when he was on the fourth layer, he had also encountered plant-type demon beasts.

He immediately summoned the small tree from his aperture space.

Having not paid attention to the small tree's condition for a long time, when it was summoned, Fang Xu noticed that the tip of the small tree had already sprouted three tender branches, each bearing four or five tender leaves!

At the moment the small tree appeared, all its roots instantly grew wildly, directly embedding into the ground beneath everyone's feet!

Following this, as the branches at the tip of the small tree swayed, the surrounding plants once again began to move!

However, this time they surged toward the tree demon in a frenzied manner to attack it!

Countless vines, like flexible poisonous snakes, wrapped around the trunk of the giant tree!

The weeds on the ground also erupted with strands of vigorous energy, slashing at the tree demon's trunk!

Faced with the proactive assault of the plants, the tree demon quickly became covered in wounds!

But these were not yet the most fatal.

Just as the tree demon was thinking about how to counterattack, it suddenly sensed that its roots seemed to have been pierced by something!

Following this, a large amount of its life essence was rapidly being drained away!

The tree demon panicked, countless branches flailing wildly, trying to break free from the control of the surrounding vines.

But all this seemed futile.

Ultimately, under the gaze of Fang Xu and the others, this ancient tree demon, which had already reached the level of a great demon, was rapidly drained dry!

Countless leaves fell from the tree canopy.

After dealing with this tree demon, Fang Xu sensed a message from the small tree.

On this layer, apart from this tree demon, the other plant-type demon beasts had brought themselves under control.

And the main resource of this layer seemed to be medicinal herbs.

Under the guidance of the small tree, Chu Mu finally found a medicinal herb garden dedicated to planting herbs.

It seemed the medicinal herbs in the outer area were seeds scattered from this herb garden.

"We've struck it rich!"

Looking at the garden full of top-grade medicinal herbs, Chu Mu was so excited that she shouted loudly.

Everyone wanted to go help, but Chu Mu stopped them.

In her words, these medicinal herbs were top-grade; even if anyone accidentally damaged one stalk, it would be a huge loss.

Only by her personally handling them could she feel at ease.

Thus, the five people simply stood quietly aside, watching her bustle about in the herb garden like a little girl picking mushrooms.

(End of Chapter)