Chapter 428: The Great Five Elements Art Has Always Been Simple and Brutal (Bonus chapter for Master Nuan Yang 1314!)

The northern lands are a chaotic place.

Fang Yu, wielding Lei Ting, swept clean all bandits within a five-hundred-li radius.

It's so chaotic here that no matter how many times his Lei Ting strikes, it never hits a good person.

Without a sound, Fang Yu directly acquired nearly a thousand jin of Xu Yuan Qi—a fortune even for the Yudemen Sects of the north.

Nearly a thousand jin of Xu Yuan Qi is enough to propel a Divine Bridge Realm cultivator to the third or fourth level of the Palace Secret Realm.

Meanwhile, Ye Fan and Zhang Kuang chatted idly; he was deeply intrigued by the identity of a Xu Yuan Qi seeker.

"Zhang Kuang's ancestors were Source Heaven Masters, capable of immobilizing peerless divine sources so they couldn't escape."

A young boy spoke with great pride.

"What's a Source Heaven Master? And divine sources that can run away? Do sources become sentient when they reach the divine level?"

Ye Fan was stunned.

"It's not that the divine source has life—it's the sealed creature within that still lives."

Zhang Kuang shook his head. "Those creatures are immensely powerful. No one knows why they're sealed inside divine sources—they remain hidden, but once they emerge, even today's strongest cultivators may not be their match. My ancestors once saw a man step out of a peerless divine source, let out a single roar, and collapse an entire range of mountains."

"Collapsing a mountain range isn't much, but the beings sealed within divine sources might indeed be giants."

Fang Yu spoke.

He knew divine sources could seal the lifeforce of ancient beings, waiting for the right moment—so truly great things could be cut from them.

"That immortal just now melted a mountain with a casual motion—he must be a great figure."

Zhang Kuang recalled the scene they'd witnessed earlier: a hundred-zhang peak rising straight up and melting away—truly terrifying.

"Do you know what a Source Heaven Master is, Fang Brother?"

Ye Fan was curious.

Fang Brother is the Holy Son of Tai Xuan Men—could he also know of northern lands matters?

"Source Heaven Master is a title given to those who reach a certain realm in Source Art, able to harness the power of heaven and earth with a mere gesture. But I've never seen a true Source Heaven Master—only heard of them."

"In the northern lands, there's a sacred land called Yaochi. They once invited Zhang Kuang's ancestors as honored guests."

A young boy interjected.

"What?!"

At these words, Ye Fan and Pang Bo immediately understood the power of a Source Heaven Master.

Yaochi Sacred Land was one of the famed holy places of heaven and earth—not inferior to Yaoguang Sacred Land, the ancient Ji Clan, or the Jiang Clan. Legend said a female Holy Emperor had left her lineage there, and for countless ages, it had remained aloof and serene, enjoying eternal peace.

Amidst the chaos of heaven and earth, Yaochi Sacred Land had always remained tranquil.

That Zhang Kuang's ancestors had been invited to feast at Yaochi Sacred Land proved that Source Heaven Masters had reached a transcendent, godlike level.

"Pity that a thousand years ago, the Source Heaven Book was lost, and many secret methods of seeking Xu Yuan Qi vanished—otherwise, I wouldn't be reduced to this state."

Zhang Kuang was deeply regretful.

"Actually, cultivating the Five Elements to a certain realm also allows one to seek Xu Yuan Qi."

As Fang Yu conversed with these people and returned toward the Zhang family village, he saw a mountain not far off.

Though he didn't know the methods of Xu Yuan Qi seeking, he cultivated the Great Five Elements Art—every bit of Five Element Qi in heaven and earth was his eye, so everything within that mountain was perfectly clear to him.

A Five Emperor Canopy rose from Fang Yu's head and settled upon the mountain; its five-colored divine light shone down, turning even the hardest soil into mud, from which three jin of Xu Yuan Qi flew out—of excellent quality.

When the five-colored divine light ceased shining, the mud on the mountain hardened again into solid stone.

Three jin of Xu Yuan Qi were now in his possession.

Zhang Kuang and all the young people were stunned—they had seen this method of Xu Yuan Qi seeking only once before. This way of seeking Xu Yuan Qi was too simple, too brutal, too overwhelmingly powerful—they had no words left.

If it were them, they'd have to carefully examine every mountain and stream, then dig by hand—sometimes they'd find mountains hiding Xu Yuan Qi, but their strength was insufficient, and they'd miss them.

Now, seeing how an immortal sought Xu Yuan Qi truly opened their eyes.

"This is truly…"

Ye Fan was also utterly stunned.