Yuan Force Fluctuations

As soon as the pill entered his mouth, that refreshing feeling returned.

At the same time, the system's text appeared before his eyes.

[Host made the correct choice. System task complete. Reward: one pair of High-grade Acquired Spiritual Treasure Wind Fire Wheels!]

Wind Fire Wheels...

Di Xin swallowed and looked inside the system's storage space.

This treasure was famous far and wide, so Di Xin's expectations were high.

In an instant, two pitch-black rings appeared out of thin air in the system's storage space. About the diameter of volleyballs, they lay quietly beside Sky-Howling Dog.

What?

These were the Wind Fire Wheels?

System, you called these things the Wind Fire Wheels?

Where was the wind?

And the fire?

Di Xin was utterly dumbfounded by the two black wheels. If he hadn't been certain the system wouldn't lie to him, he would have taken them for a pair of iron rings at first glance.

He had no idea how to use them. In TV shows and movies, the Wind Fire Wheels were always wreathed in flames, blazing with light and lightning as they sped along.

But if they were on fire, wouldn't they burn his feet?

Di Xin had plenty of questions, but he couldn't dwell on them for long. He began to feel the pill's energy spreading throughout his body, sensing violent changes in both his yuan force and his entire being.

By now, True Person Taiyi might have discovered that the Wind Fire Wheels were missing. This friend of Grand Tutor Wen's might be coming from afar again.

But Di Xin couldn't concern himself with that anymore. What was coming would come.

It was only a matter of when.

There were things you could hide from everyone for a time, and people you could deceive for all time, but you could never deceive everyone forever.

So Di Xin had to seize this rare opportunity and raise his cultivation as much as possible.

When the energy from the first pill was nearly exhausted, he resolutely took out another pill, one that was worth ten years of cultivation, and swallowed it.

Then came a third Spirit Pill worth ten years of cultivation...

Over Chaoge, beneath the night sky.

A figure streaked through the dense darkness like a shooting star and hovered above Chaoge.

He wore white robes and had white hair and a white beard. He looked like an immortal, but his expression was grim, his face dark with gloom as his keen gaze swept across the countless buildings and courtyards below.

A moment later, a dark figure rose from Chaoge and quickly arrived before the white-bearded elder. "Master, what brings you here in person? There hasn't been any new progress on this end. If I receive any news, I'll report it to you right away."

The elder looked at his young disciple. His chest rose and fell a few times, and he opened his mouth, but for a moment, no words came out.

That was right—he had his reasons for keeping quiet!

The white-bearded elder was none other than a returning visitor to Chaoge... True Person Taiyi.

The saying "sitting at home, disaster falls from the sky" seemed made for him.

After losing the Wind Fire Wheels, he had followed their traces back to Chaoge.

But that was as far as he could get.

The Wind Fire Wheels had ended up somewhere in Chaoge, but he couldn't pinpoint their exact location, so he summoned his disciple Golden Cloud Boy, who had arrived in Chaoge ahead of him.

Golden Cloud Boy didn't know the full story. He thought True Person Taiyi had come solely because of the Universe Ring, and his words put True Person Taiyi in an awkward position.

After what had happened the first time, he'd now lost a pair of Wind Fire Wheels that could carry him at supernatural speed.

"You may go about your business. I still have someone to meet."

True Person Taiyi didn't answer directly, merely nodding slightly.

Golden Cloud Boy didn't suspect anything. He bowed deeply to True Person Taiyi, then vanished into the night with a flash.

The next moment, True Person Taiyi flashed away, flying straight toward the Royal Palace.

"Uncle-Master Taiyi... This disciple pays his respects!"

As he was nearing the Royal Palace, Wen Zhong suddenly appeared and greeted True Person Taiyi.

For the past two days, Wen Zhong had often watched over the palace grounds in silence under cover of night, protecting the palace. Even in the dark, spotting True Person Taiyi was easy.

In fact, he had sensed True Person Taiyi's arrival in Chaoge. But as long as the man didn't head toward the Royal Palace, Wen Zhong hadn't planned to show himself.

After all, his relationship with True Person Taiyi wasn't exactly harmonious.

"Wen Zhong, I sensed a fluctuation of yuan force within the Royal Palace and suspect there may be a Daoist Sect cultivator hiding there. I've come to investigate."

Though he had greeted Wen Zhong, True Person Taiyi knew full well that Wen Zhong had come to stop him.

"Oh? There's a fluctuation of yuan force in the palace?"

Wen Zhong was genuinely surprised. He had been keeping his attention on the area outside the palace and hadn't paid much heed to what was happening within.

After all, constantly keeping one's Divine Sense extended drained it too quickly, and it took time to recover to its peak. Unless absolutely necessary, nobody would waste their Divine Sense that way.

"Indeed. It should be in that direction."

Reading Wen Zhong's reaction, True Person Taiyi realized he really didn't know. He pointed, and a white beam shot from his fingertip, cutting through the night sky before landing on a majestic building below.

"The Ancestral Temple? Uncle-Master Taiyi, you sensed a fluctuation of yuan force coming from the Ancestral Temple? Are you sure your senses aren't mistaken?"

Seeing where the beam had landed, Wen Zhong's eyes flashed with surprise. That place was far too sensitive: Great King Di Xin was inside.

"Hmph. You don't believe me?"

True Person Taiyi snorted. "I'm going to take a look. I won't let anyone with even the slightest suspicion off the hook."

Even now, True Person Taiyi still couldn't bring himself to admit that the Wind Fire Wheels were missing too.

"That shouldn't be possible. The Great King is the only one in the Ancestral Temple," Wen Zhong murmured. He simply couldn't believe there could be a fluctuation of yuan force coming from there.

True Person Taiyi's expression darkened. "Whoever it is, even if it's Di Xin, I have to take a look."

As the two were speaking, two streaks of light came to a stop beside them. It was Zhao Gongming and Lady Qiongxiao.

"Fellow Daoist Wen, I sensed it too. There is indeed yuan force coming from within the Ancestral Temple," Lady Qiongxiao said, confirming True Person Taiyi's words.

Wen Zhong knew that if the two of them said so, it had to be true. Lady Qiongxiao belonged to his Interception Sect and was one of their own, while True Person Taiyi belonged to the Chan Sect.

But to them, Di Xin was an outsider. He had no connection with Zhao Gongming or Lady Qiongxiao. Even though he was their Great King, the fact that they had lost so many precious treasures made that slight connection easy to disregard.

There really was a fluctuation of yuan force in the Ancestral Temple?

Wen Zhong was full of doubts. It seemed utterly impossible.

Suddenly, he looked as if he'd just remembered something. He said to the three of them, "I think I understand. Perhaps that fluctuation of yuan force really did come from the Great King. Fellow Daoist Zhao, I gave the Spirit Pill you gave me to the Great King. Perhaps after taking it, he's begun to produce yuan force."