Five Hundred Years Flew By

Ten years later.

Earth Immortal Realm, Heavenly Brahma City.

Inside the cave abode.

Fang Xi was somewhat surprised. "I've waited ten years. Why hasn't that Jade Family Old Ancestor come knocking yet?"

He was rather looking forward to the wealth of a Body Integration Cultivator.

But after ten years, Yu Shusheng's death had long since spread far and wide. The Jade Family had made no move at all, and even the Cold Spring Merchant Association was shrinking back, looking as though it was preparing to flee. Fang Xi found it utterly baffling.

He had been planning to secretly ambush the Jade Family Old Ancestor and eliminate the future trouble as soon as the latter came to investigate.

But what was this business of the Jade Family admitting defeat and fleeing outright?

After pondering for a while, Fang Xi could think of only a few possibilities.

First, the Jade Family Old Ancestor had been held up by some other important matter and simply could not leave the Sword Domain.

Second, the Jade Family Old Ancestor had already died of old age, leaving the Jade Family as nothing more than an empty shell.

"But that doesn't make sense either... The Jade Family lost a Void Returning Cultivator. Shouldn't they at least send another Void Returning Cultivator to investigate?"

"To do nothing at all and admit defeat outright, there must be someone of high standing giving the orders. Without Integrated Body Cultivation, there's no way to suppress the Jade Family's Void Returning Cultivators below..."

"Then the third possibility is the most likely."

Fang Xi rubbed his chin.

The third possibility was that the Jade Family Old Ancestor had cultivated Divination Technique as a secondary path, or possessed some divine ability or treasure capable of predicting fortune and disaster. He had divined a "greatly