After receiving the news, you did not tell your wife about it, worried that she would be troubled by it. You apologized to her repeatedly, saying that you had important matters to handle. Jiang Wen was very understanding of this.
Before long, you arrived at the location mentioned in the transmission—the discussion hall of the Ye Family Ancestral Land. At a glance, you spotted Ye Chen, covered in blood and lying on a bed. Your other two children and several Ye Family elders were gathered around him; due to their proximity, they had arrived first.
Your face darkened when you saw the scene. "What exactly happened? Wasn't Chen'er playing in Sui State? Why was he so badly injured? Who did this?"
Hearing your words, a Ye Family clansman stepped forward to report, "Reporting to Ancestor, Elder Ye Chen returned to the Ye Family Ancestral Land already gravely injured. He did not say anything else, and shortly after arriving, he collapsed. We only had time to have the people from the Pill Hall quickly deliver a Heaven Grade healing pill for the elder to take. The details of what happened will likely have to be learned from the elder himself. However, we have already arranged for clansmen to investigate in Sui State. There should be news soon."
Although the clansman told you that news would arrive soon, you simply could not wait. You immediately took out the Heavenly Mechanism Chessboard and began a deduction. Since this matter involved the Grand Elder of the Flowing Sand Sect, and that Grand Elder was the Flowing Sand Sect's only Half-Saint Grade Great Power.
Though the Heavenly Mechanism Chessboard's deductive abilities were powerful, deducing a Half-Saint Grade expert still required some time. You had no desire to wait any longer. After forcibly carrying out the deduction at the cost of five years of Lifespan, you learned the entire course of events, and your expression instantly darkened.
"Luo Cheng of the Flowing Sand Sect!"
Ever since you broke through to the Infant God Realm, you had rarely fought enemies. Most of the time, you merely practiced with the aid of treasures, much less during the years since you broke through to the Half-Saint Realm.
Yet now, someone actually dared to brazenly snatch a treasure from your child's hands. It was clear that he did not regard you as worthy of notice. You had seen the final scene clearly in the deduction: the Flowing Sand Sect's Grand Elder was Luo Cheng, someone you had dealt with before.
In the deduced scene, Luo Cheng had clearly recognized Ye Chen's identity, yet he still did not stop and proceeded to rob him. The reason he made this choice was because he believed that Ye Feng had not broken through to the Half-Saint Realm as long ago as he had, and thus instinctively assumed that Ye Feng would not dare battle someone with foundations as deep as his.
At the same time, Luo Cheng knew that you certainly had methods to uncover the cause of everything. Thus, he had not killed Ye Chen on the spot, unwilling to forge a mortal enmity with you. What he did not know was that the instant he seized your son's treasure, his name had been carved onto your kill-on-sight list.
After seeing your expression turn even darker once you finished using the Heavenly Mechanism Chessboard, Ye Ping'an stepped forward and asked, "Father, did you find out who injured Brother Chen? Which faction was it? Do you want me to lead people over and deal with them?"
Hearing Ye Ping'an's calm words, though he was suppressing his fury, you briefly explained what had happened before stepping forward to examine Ye Chen's injuries.
A moment later, after checking Ye Chen's injuries and sensing that his body was gradually recovering, you felt somewhat relieved. You said to Ye Ping'an, "Ping'an, keep the clansmen under control. Do not let them do anything unnecessary. I will handle this matter. Chen'er will not suffer this loss for nothing. Someone will have to pay the price for this."
Very soon, you left the room. Your steps were light, and in the blink of an eye, you rose into the air, unleashing the Dragon-type Martial Skill Soaring Cloud Riding Mist as you flew toward Sui State. Before long, you crossed the borders of Jiang State and arrived in Sui State.
You took out the Heavenly Mechanism Chessboard. It emitted a gentle glow, and in the blink of an eye, you deduced the locations of the four Spirit Condensation Realm Martial Artists.
Other than the married pair, the four were all in different places. They still had no idea that catastrophe was bearing down upon them, and were celebrating with relatives and friends in taverns. Strangely enough, after doing such a thing, their choices had been remarkably similar.
Since the pair of Spirit Condensation Realm Martial Artists were together, you decided to capture them first.
Before long, you arrived at the prefectural city of Jingzhou in Sui State. The strongest person in the entire prefectural city whom you detected was the Prefect of the City Lord's Mansion, whose cultivation was at the Mid Infant God Realm. Even after you flew into Jingzhou, he failed to detect your aura.
On the seventh floor of Wind Moon Tower, the largest tavern in Jingzhou Prefecture of Sui State, two people had reserved the entire floor. They were currently boasting to several friends about their gains in the Inheritance Secret Realm. Whenever the conversation reached an exciting point, they would even slap the table and rise to their feet. The whole floor was abuzz with excitement. Near the tables, six women were pouring wine for everyone, while three more women danced seductively before the drinking table. Their proud figures stirred the fire of desire in the drinkers' hearts. Even the women pouring wine had to admit that watching them dance was truly a pleasure.
For Wind Moon Tower to stand in Jingzhou Prefecture, it naturally had formidable figures backing it. The seventh floor was its most distinguished level, and spending there was extraordinarily expensive. Ordinary people had no qualifications to come here, much less reserve it. Yet these honored guests had even ordered nine first-rank Qingguanren from Wind Moon Tower at once.
On the first floor of Wind Moon Tower, many drinkers were discussing what great figure had reserved the entire top floor. With such extravagant spending, could it be the son of one of the Prefecture's top factions?
Feng Xing was currently brimming with pride. Holding his wife in his arms, he told those around him of his heroic exploits in the Secret Realm. The reward offered by the Flowing Sand Sect this time was indeed generous, somewhat beyond their expectations.
Being able to enter the Inheritance Secret Realm with his wife had already made him quite happy. In the end, they had even encountered Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, and the person who obtained it was someone they did not know at all. This ruled out the possibility that he was a disciple of some major Sui State faction. Furthermore, from the moment that person entered the Secret Realm until the very end, he had never taken out any powerful Treasure Artifact. He did not look like someone from a major faction in another state either. If he truly had powerful elders behind him, they certainly would not have dared rob him.
When a Rogue Cultivator like that obtained a colossal treasure, Feng Xing naturally would not let it go. From the beginning, he had not intended to keep the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi for himself after taking it. He saw things clearly: neither he nor his wife possessed the talent to break through to the Infant God Realm, much less could they hope to reach the Half-Saint Realm. That was something from an entirely different world from theirs. He only intended to seize the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi and exchange it for other Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
Although there had been more than ten people present at the time, if he and his wife joined forces, even that late Spirit Condensation Realm martial artist would not have been their match. Of this, he was utterly convinced.
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