Chapter 129: The Suspicions of the Heavenly Star Sages

"I possess a sword, to Slay Demons and Eliminate Devils—Sword, come!"

This simple yet incredibly overbearing phrase has become the most popular topic of conversation throughout Heavenly Star City and even the entire Chaotic Star Sea during this period.

Countless cultivators who use flying swords as their Dharma tools or Dharma treasures mention this phrase when conversing or engaging in combat with others.

In particular, flying sword Dharma tools and Dharma treasures controlled by the Luxian Juetian Sword are items that many high-level cultivators desire; their prices have soared, almost becoming treasures that everyone fights to obtain.

It is all because they think they might be able to research one or two things from them.

However, Yan Taibai is very clear that this is purely a waste of Spirit Stones and a futile effort.

But this has little to do with him; with the Poison Dragon Association annihilated, his most important task now is to demand his more than ten million Spirit Stones from the Four Great Merchant Alliances.

This is the most urgent matter, and he has already had the Miaoyin Sect Master Wang Heng personally go to the Four Great Merchant Alliances to demand the Spirit Stones.

The answer given by the Four Great Merchant Alliances is that there are too many Spirit Stones and they need to gather them together.

But Yan Taibai is very clear that this is just stalling for time.

Given the status and position of the Four Great Merchant Alliances in the Chaotic Star Sea, their daily flow of Spirit Stones is calculated in the tens of millions. What is a mere ten million plus Spirit Stones?

However, although these Spirit Stones are important, there is no rush.

Because he needs to receive guests; after the annihilation of the entire Poison Dragon Association and the Golden Core Stage cultivators who assisted the Four Great Merchant Alliances, coupled with the previous sword rain phenomenon, the Miaoyin Sect has directly become the most bustling place in all of Heavenly Star City.

Forces of all sizes have come to pay visits, offer congratulations, and even defect or join the Miaoyin Sect.

Especially the two Golden Core Stage cultivators previously invited by Wang Heng, who have become guest elders to repair the relationship between the two parties.

Although Wang Heng and Zhou Yuan have lingering grudges, compared to strengthening the Miaoyin Sect, what does this little matter count for?

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, a month has passed; the once bustling and crowded Miaoyin Sect has gradually become a bit quieter.

Although Yan Taibai rarely goes out to see guests, if the visitors are from first-rate forces or are disciples or subordinates of Nascent Soul cultivators, he will come out to meet them.

As for his own identity, he has not revealed a single bit.

This is an existence that can make more than half of the Chaotic Star Sea fearful.

How could he possibly let it leak out?

Although Yan Taibai refuses to say anything, no one dares to force him, so they can only be extremely polite and try to build a relationship; if it weren't for Ruyan, they would have even sent beautiful concubine disciples.

On this day, the Four Great Merchant Alliances, which had not been seen for a long time, finally arrived at the Miaoyin Sect.

The Four Great Merchant Alliances are naturally four separate houses; their relationships with each other are excellent, each has its own strengths, and they do not interfere with or encroach upon each other's businesses.

Coupled with their involvement with various forces in the Chaotic Star Sea, it would not be an exaggeration to say they are one family.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be only one place to place bets.

However, even so, a full four Golden Core Stage cultivators still came.

"Four fellow Daoists, have you brought enough Spirit Stones for this visit?"

In the guest hall of the Miaoyin Sect, as soon as Yan Taibai entered, he got straight to the point and asked the Golden Core Stage cultivators from the Four Great Merchant Alliances.

The Four Great Merchant Alliances of the Chaotic Star Sea are: Helian Chamber of Commerce, Taiyuan Chamber of Commerce, Hongyun Chamber of Commerce, and Wancai Chamber of Commerce.

Among them, except for the Golden Core Stage cultivator from the Hongyun Chamber of Commerce who is a beautiful, charming woman in red, the other three chambers of commerce sent middle-aged men.

It is just that their appearances and builds differ.

The Helian Chamber of Commerce sent a greasy, middle-aged Fatty; the Taiyuan Chamber of Commerce sent a middle-aged Confucian scholar with an elegant temperament; and the Wancai Chamber of Commerce sent a thin, tall middle-aged man who, like Qian Wanliang, has a shrewd and mercenary expression.

And the two of them are indeed both from the Wancai Chamber of Commerce, and even from the same clan.

Therefore, compared to the other three who are full of smiles, only he has a slightly cold expression.

"Fellow Daoist Yan is truly impatient!"

Qian San said with a slightly cold tone.

At this moment, Yan Taibai sat in the head seat of the hall, with Zhou Yuan and Wang Heng naturally on his left and right.

Seeing Yan Taibai sit down, Zhou Yuan stood up and personally poured a cup of Spirit Tea for Yan Taibai, handing it over.

After taking the Spirit Tea and taking a sip, Yan Taibai heard Qian San's words and said with a mocking, sarcastic tone.

"What, are the dignified Four Great Merchant Alliances planning to renege on the debt? Not going to pay?"

"Fellow Daoist Yan, you misunderstand. How could our Four Great Merchant Alliances renege on a debt? It is just a mere ten million Spirit Stones. Here are twenty-two million Spirit Stones; eleven million is the bet you won, and the other eleven million Spirit Stones are our Four Great Merchant Alliances' compensation for you."

The middle-aged Fatty, a Golden Core Stage cultivator from the Helian Chamber of Commerce, said with a smile, appearing extremely honest and sincere.

After speaking, he took out five bulging Storage Bags and placed them on the table.

Seeing this, the other three also took out five Storage Bags each; without exception, they were all bulging, with a faint aura of spiritual energy diffusing from them.

Seeing this, Zhou Yuan personally moved to take a silver Dharma tool tray from a Storage Bag, went down to collect the Storage Bags from the tables next to the four people one by one onto the tray, and finally stepped forward to place the tray on the table beside Yan Taibai.

A full twenty bulging Storage Bags were on the tray, and inside them were exactly the more than twenty million Spirit Stones that Yan Taibai wanted.

Not to mention Golden Core Stage cultivators, even Nascent Soul Stage cultivators would be tempted and would inevitably strike to seize them by force.

After Yan Taibai thanked Zhou Yuan, he picked up the Storage Bags and used his divine sense to invade them one by one to check.

After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, having checked all the Storage Bags, Yan Taibai then revealed a smile and said.

"Many thanks to the four fellow Daoists for coming to deliver them."

"Fellow Daoist Yan is too polite; this is what we should have done. However, there is one thing our alliance elders would like to ask Fellow Daoist Yan; I wonder if Fellow Daoist Yan could tell us?"

At this time, the beautiful woman in red from the Hongyun Chamber of Commerce took the opportunity to part her lips slightly and asked in a charming voice.

"Oh! I wonder what matter it is?"

Seeing this, Yan Taibai raised an eyebrow and said thoughtfully.

"May I ask if Fellow Daoist Yan comes from the legendary cultivation holy land—the Dajin Cultivation World?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of Miaoyin Sect Master Wang Heng and Zhou Yuan changed drastically; after exchanging a glance, they looked straight at Yan Taibai.

Regarding this legendary cultivation holy land, the Dajin Cultivation World, they had seen it mentioned in ancient books more than once; it is said that in the entire Dajin Cultivation World, Nascent Soul cultivators are everywhere, Golden Core cultivators are as common as dogs, and as for Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators, they are countless.

Spirit Stones, spiritual herbs, materials, medicinal pills, Dharma tools, Dharma treasures, ruins, treasures, and Demon Beasts are inexhaustible and countless.

Even those with the worst aptitude have hope of becoming Golden Core Stage cultivators.

Among them, the divine abilities and cultivation arts are far superior to those of the Chaotic Star Sea; in fact, most of the cultivation arts and divine abilities in the Chaotic Star Sea originate from the Dajin Cultivation World.

However, information regarding the state of the Dajin Cultivation World over the past ten thousand years exists only in ancient records.

No one has ever been there, nor has anyone from the Dajin Cultivation World ever come to the Chaotic Star Sea.

Therefore, when they finished listening to the words of the woman in red from the Hongyun Chamber of Commerce, the most shocked were Zhou Yuan and Wang Heng.

"To think you actually know of Dajin; this is truly unexpected!"

Hearing the words of the woman in red from the Hongyun Chamber of Commerce, Yan Taibai said with a slightly surprised expression.

"The name of this sacred land of cultivation has always been recorded in various ancient texts. It is said that in the ancient era, the Star Sea also had many transmission arrays to the Dajin sacred land of cultivation. It is just that with the passage of time, these transmission arrays have all vanished. Only now, upon meeting you, fellow Daoist, do I realize that this Dajin sacred land of cultivation does not exist solely in ancient legends."

"Only this sacred land of cultivation could possess such powerful divine abilities and means."

The woman in red from the Hongyun Chamber of Commerce sighed.

Her beautiful face was full of anticipation, clearly filled with yearning for the Dajin sacred land of cultivation she spoke of.

However, Yan Taibai shook his head and said.

"Yan'er, my martial uncle, and I did not arrive via a transmission array."

As soon as these words were spoken, the look of anticipation on the face of the woman in red from the Hongyun Chamber of Commerce faded by more than half, and the others also looked at Yan Taibai with shocked expressions.

After all, besides a transmission array, they could not believe that Yan Taibai and the martial uncle he mentioned had crossed the vast, endless Demon Beast sea to get here.

How could that be possible? Unless it were the legendary Spirit Severing Stage cultivators, it would only be slightly possible.

But the person mentioned was clearly a martial uncle, not a grandmaster, so naturally, it could only be a Nascent Soul cultivator. At most, a Great Cultivator of Nascent Soul Late Stage.

In this realm, the human race in the Chaotic Star Sea has as many as four, and as for the Demon Beast race in the Outer Star Sea, there are not a few either.

"Then how did you arrive, fellow Daoist Yan? Could it be that you crossed the entire Demon Beast sea?"

The woman in red voiced a possibility that no one would believe.

"That is not the case. Surely you fellow Daoists have heard of the Ghost Mist?"

Yan Taibai shook his head again and continued.

"The Ghost Mist among the three great natural disasters of the Star Sea? What do you mean by that, fellow Daoist?"

The Golden Core Stage cultivator from the Helian Chamber of Commerce asked in shock.

And the others were the same.

"It seems you fellow Daoists are not clear about what happens after being sucked in by the Ghost Mist."

Seeing this, Yan Taibai's expression became much more solemn, revealing a look of unwillingness to recall, and then he fabricated a story about the Yinming Land.

It was three parts false and seven parts true, making the people in the hall look surprised and incredulous, while at the same time, they mostly believed Yan Taibai's words in their hearts.

Of course, they believed at most seven or eight parts; they could be certain that Yan Taibai still had other things he had not said.

But things had reached this point, and it was no longer important; knowing Yan Taibai's background was enough.

It was not considered a wasted trip without any gains.

However, this also made them quite disappointed.

After all, they had originally thought they could learn about the transmission array to the Dajin Cultivation World, this sacred land of cultivation. But now it seemed that was impossible.

Although Yan Taibai might have been fabricating it, since the other party had said so, how could they continue to force the issue?

Most importantly, they did not have the strength to do so!

After all, the matter with the Poison Dragon Association had not yet passed; who would dare to provoke Yan Taibai?

Especially since no one knew the true realm of the Nascent Soul cultivator behind Yan Taibai, they were even more afraid to provoke him.

"So that is how it is. It seems the three of you, fellow Daoist Yan, are truly very lucky to have been able to escape from the Yinming Land."

After the woman in red from the Hongyun Chamber of Commerce regained her composure, she sighed.

"One can only say that it was not our time to die."

Yan Taibai nodded in agreement, deeply convinced.

"Alright, now that you fellow Daoists know my background and identity, I will not see you out."

After finishing his sigh, Yan Taibai directly issued an order to leave.

"Very well, then we shall take our leave first. This matter still needs to be reported to the elders; I hope fellow Daoist Yan will not take offense."

The woman in red from the Hongyun Chamber of Commerce stood up, bowed, and said with a hint of apology on her beautiful face.

"Not at all, feel free to speak. This is not something shameful."

Yan Taibai's expression did not change, and he nodded in agreement.

In any case, he did indeed need an identity now, and the Dajin Cultivation World was quite good.

This identity was enough for him to be like a fish in water in the Chaotic Star Sea.

As for whether others believed it or not, that was not his concern.

In short, the identity had already been given out.

Subsequently, the Golden Core cultivators of the other three major merchant alliances also stood up one after another to bid farewell and leave.

Unlike Yan Taibai, Wang Heng and Zhou Yuan naturally had to stand up and see them off personally.

To tell the truth, the matter with the Poison Dragon Association had already offended the Four Great Merchant Alliances, and they did not want to offend them again.

Once the Four Great Merchant Alliances were thoroughly offended, there would be almost no place for them to stand in the Chaotic Star Sea.

Most of the shops in the markets on the islands would no longer sell them things, and the same went for the Six-Linked Hall.

In this way, one could imagine just how difficult it would be.

Not long after, in a dim underground cave on the Holy Mountain of Heavenly Star City, a faint figure sitting cross-legged there suddenly moved, then grabbed at the void in front of him with one hand, and a fireball appeared in the person's hand.

The figure silently scanned the information in the fireball with divine sense for a moment, flipped their hand, and the firelight vanished instantly.

"How is it? Have you found out clearly? To be able to trigger the abnormality of the Dharma Treasure in your body, this divine ability is truly extraordinary. I am afraid that even if you and I successfully cultivate the Yuan Magnetic Divine Light, reaching this step will not be an easy task."

At this moment, from another corner of the cavern, a woman's voice drifted over; the voice was melodious and pleasant, as if a young woman were speaking.

"It is just as you guessed, they are indeed a fellow Daoist from the Dajin Cultivation World. However, you and I have both been to the Dajin Cultivation World, and this so-called holy land of cultivation is not as magnificent as the legends say. Although it is far superior to the Star Sea, such heaven-defying divine abilities, just as you said, even if one successfully cultivates the Yuan Magnetic Divine Light, might not be achievable. Let alone relying solely on a single flying sword. Could it be a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure like the Void Heaven Cauldron?"

Ling Xiaofeng voiced his own speculation.

"A Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure, that is indeed a possibility. If it is a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure combined with the realm of a Great Cultivator of Nascent Soul Late Stage, as well as one's own powerful sword intent, achieving this step is not an impossible thing."

"But even in the Dajin Cultivation World, the Great Cultivators of Nascent Soul Late Stage from the Ten Great Sects of both the righteous and demonic paths cannot simply take their sect's Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure at will, let alone the fact that most of them are merely replicas of Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures."

Wen Qing continued to speculate.

The matter involving the Poison Dragon Association and the Miaoyin Sect had directly alarmed the two of them.

In reality, it should have been the commotion caused by the Luxian Juetian Sword that made an ancient sword within Ling Xiaofeng's body also throb, though it was easily suppressed by him.

This is also the approach taken by most high-level cultivators or those at a distance.

Only a very small number of cultivators who wanted to see where the flying sword had gone did not suppress it and let it leave.

It was borrowed by Yan Taibai.

"It is possible that it is only a replica of a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure."

Ling Xiaofeng nodded and said.

(End of this chapter)