Chapter 124 - 123 Floating Yang True Person

Chapter 124: Chapter 123 Floating Yang True Person"This is an extremely incredible skill," the Sword Spirit exclaimed from the heart, "If one can master it, it’s like having a blessed land with you at all times, a spirit land you carry with you. It greatly reduces a cultivator’s dependence on spirit veins." "Such methods of crafting to nourish life and harness land to nourish Qi are probably not even possessed by the Great Sects during the Embracing the Void era, and even if they were, the cost would have been extremely high, requiring special naturally formed spirit lands to achieve." "Yet in the Tianyuan Realm, a cultivator who hasn’t even reached Foundation Establishment, in combination with a set of Spiritual Artifacts, can achieve this, pushing the cost down to such a level. This shows how much more advanced the practices of artifact cultivation and formation cultivation in Tianyuan Realm are!" At this point, the Sword Spirit felt some regret: "I should also know a little about the Art of Refinement. It’s a pity I’ve forgotten this part of my memories, but even so, I can see it’s extraordinary." "Is that so?" An Jing murmured, nodding thoughtfully upon hearing the Sword Spirit’s unreserved praise, "Does that mean the various cultivation arts and techniques of the Tianyuan Realm are better than those of the Embracing the Void realm?" "In terms of artifact refining, far beyond. Talismans and elixirs might be on par," the Sword Spirit replied objectively. "As for the rest, I do not know." "I see." An Jing nodded slightly, a smile appearing on his face: "Inter-world trade... it seems there is great potential." After completing his healing, he took out a piece of Jade Cutting Steel from his bag and began to absorb the Five Metals Fiend to recover his Spirit Qi. It wasn’t about waste or not, with a day’s journey yet before returning to the Embracing the Void realm, he had to recover to full strength as quickly as possible. Moreover, he still had unfinished business in Tianyuan Realm, in Xuanye City. Time was pressing, and he needed to race against the clock. Meanwhile. At the Mysterious Dark Market, three levels underground. In the pitch-black and silent fighting arena, only the gurgle of water from broken pipes could be heard. A number of Armored Guards dressed in full-coverage exoskeleton combat suits silently arrived at the site of the battle and subsequent death of the Fengdu Guards, the ghost cultivators, and Bo Yan. Shrouded in shadows, from a distance, they appeared merely as a blur. The sleek exoskeleton armor could shield one’s Spirit Qi from detection, making them indistinguishable from the common rats found in sewers, even to the senses of a Foundation Establishment cultivator. One who appeared to be the leader held a mirror-shaped Magic Artifact, meticulously scanning the remnants of the battle site. At the site of the Fengdu Guards’ demise, he scanned carefully for several minutes before finally lifting his head to nod at his teammates, signaling his findings; the others scanning different areas nodded back in response. ----- The death occurred over an hour ago, the battle lasted less than fifteen minutes. ----- Multiple assailants, detected foreign Spirit Qi ’Earth Flame,’ ’Nether Bone,’ and ’Geng Metal.’ ----- All Qi Refinement Nine Layers, Geng Metal slightly weaker, but judging by the purity of the Spirit Qi, likely also high-level Qi Refinement. They conversed with their Divine Senses, clearly possessing the strength of around Qi Refinement Seven Layers, and the leading captain confirmed the results: "The True Talisman has been taken, the target ’Earth Flame Spear Bo Yan’ and another unnamed cultivator using ’Geng Metal Qi’ have disappeared." "The two are highly likely to have escaped through the Black Market’s secret passages, surveillance team report the situation." A voice came through the communication: "Report to the captain! Twenty-two escapees from the Black Market have been captured, the targets have not been found, the targets may still be in the sewers, or they may have chosen another path to the surface area to escape!" "Received." The leader nodded slightly, he was about to track the scent with the Magic Artifact in hand. But before he could continue to operate the mirror-shaped Magic Artifact, a hand was placed on his shoulder. "Forget it, it’s no use." The voice that appeared without a sound undoubtedly startled the squad leader, but he quickly recovered, stood erect with his chest out, and respectfully saluted, "Subordinate welcomes the True Person!" And the entire squad also immediately knelt on one knee to pay their respects: "We welcome Floating Yang True Person!" The white-haired man with red eyes and golden pupils, who suddenly appeared among the team, wearing a silver robe and with a slender figure and youthful appearance, was indeed Chen Jingguang, one of the four Purple Mansion True Persons under the banner of the Expedition Ritual Office of the Luo Fu’s Xuanye City. He was born in the headquarter of Luofu Mountain, a person from Dongtian Cloud City. Although his ancestors did not include a Golden Core Dao Embryo True Person or a True Lord, he was a genuine descendant of the Luofu clan. Having lived in the secular world for a hundred years, he had accomplished a great deal. He had a prestigious name in the elite-gathered Xuanye City and was beloved for treating his juniors with respect and his seniors with generosity. The True Person who had confronted the Purple Mansion of the Mysterious Dark Palace was none other than him, and his presence here meant that he had gained the upper hand in the recent battle. "Dispense with the formalities, all rise," he said. However, even though he had obtained the right to search the Black Market, Floating Yang True Person did not show a hint of joy. This Purple Mansion, who appeared young but had already turned white with age, sighed, "What a pity, I was delayed for too long, the thief also used talismans to sweep clean their traces, the Qi has dissipated, I can’t catch up." "Fang Xizhen from the Mysterious Dark Palace is not weaker than me. Were we to clash head-on, I wouldn’t have the advantage," he continued. "But he always remained elusive, merely trying to stall for time until their people had fully dispersed before he withdrew..." Floating Yang True Person complained to himself, while the others didn’t dare even raise their heads. Fang Xizhen, the person Floating Yang True Person had previously confronted, was the Mysterious Dark Palace’s Purple Mansion known as Pure Water True Person. He gained fame early in life, achieved the Mysterious Cavern Forging Seed at fifty, restored his life essence, and mastered the fundamental Divine Skill ’Xuan Xiao Yin Ni’, thus attaining the status of a Purple Mansion. His residence should be in Qingyu City. His visit to Xuanye City was only meant to aid a member of his sect to escape; he was not inclined to engage in a true battle with Floating Yang True Person. After voicing his complaints, Floating Yang True Person glanced at the bodies of the Fengdu Guards and shook his head, "Too careless, I wanted to catch them alive, but in the end, I was slain by someone in a desperate situation." "Though, that Geng Metal cultivator following Bo Yan was too greedy for wealth, daring to take the Spirit Stone furnace from the Sky Surveillance Bureau— didn’t he know that the Spirit Stones in the Spirit Stone furnace naturally carry Spirit Messages, and that as soon as it’s activated, it will reveal his coordinates?" With a wave of his hand, Floating Yang True Person turned and left in a beam of light, his voice full of conviction: "You all clean up the remnants of the Black Market here first, then set up a detection array. Thoroughly scan the movements of the Spirit Qi in the southwest of Xuanye City." "Within three days, the Ritual Tracks will be set, calling forth the Secret Technique of Summoning Spirits. Even if those two shameless vermin hide to the ends of the earth, we will be able to grasp their tails." The crowd responded in unison. Even though some of the quick-witted were puzzled as to why the Golden Core True Lord stationed in Xuanye City from Luofu’s headquarters did not take action, they did not dare to ask nor think about it... as the more they thought about it, the bigger the issue became, such as how the True Talisman was lost in the first place was indeed not a matter to be discussed with outsiders. Therefore, it was better not to think about anything and simply be a tool to complete the orders from above—this was the case for the majority of large conglomerate employees. Soon, what was once the thriving Mysterious Dark Market fell into complete silence with the sounds of gunfire cleaning up the area. Three days are neither long nor short. Dusk falls. An Jing arrives on the third and a half days within Tianyuan. An Jing’s last period of time in the Tianyuan Realm. Xuanye City, Weihai District. The streets at night are deserted, desolate, and dim, resembling the Netherworld. The imposing high-rise buildings cast deep shadows everywhere, and a shadow dashes through them swiftly. There is no valuable information in Nian Qin’s wristwatch-type personal terminal; the Silk Talisman in the wristband had naturally disappeared. To avoid tracking exposure, An Jing, who had fully restored his Spirit Qi, naturally crumbled it to dust. But before reducing it to dust, he confirmed several pieces of information. One of which was the location of Nian Qin’s ’home’.