Something Big Has Happened

"Since there's nothing else, I'll be leaving first!" Yang Zhengshan figured the Green Ox Demon King needed time to refine the medicinal effects of the Myriad Wood Evergreen Pill after swallowing it.

"Venerable, wait!"

The Green Ox hurriedly called him back, then took out a large pile of Planting Balls. "These are all for you, Venerable. Hehe, please help this old ox refine two more Myriad Wood Evergreen Pills!"

Yang Zhengshan was taken aback and swept his Spiritual Sense over the Planting Balls on the ground.

Good heavens!

There were so many Spirit Medicines.

"You old ox are truly rich enough to drip oil!"

"Hehe, whatever Spirit Medicine Venerable needs, you can come to me anytime. Even if I don't have it right now, I can grow it for you!" the Green Ox said proudly.

He had the capital to be proud.

The Third-tier Spiritual Medicines that others sought desperately were as common as Chinese Cabbage in his hands.

Calling them Chinese Cabbage was a little exaggerated, but he truly had no shortage of Third-tier Spiritual Medicines.

As his cultivation and divine abilities improved, his efficiency in growing Third-tier Spiritual Medicines rose higher and higher. Many Third-tier Spiritual Medicines that needed a thousand years to mature could be cultivated by him in just a few decades, and he could grow many Spirit Medicines simultaneously.

A single Planting Ball could cultivate one Third-tier Spiritual Medicine, and he had tens of thousands of Planting Balls.

Aside from himself, no one knew how many Spirit Medicines he possessed, and no one could imagine the sheer number of Spirit Medicines he had.

Without exaggeration, the Green Ox Demon King was the richest person in the White Jade Capital—bar none. Even Yang Zhengshan could not compare.

"Fine. I'll refine them for you once I have the time!" Yang Zhengshan happily accepted the Green Ox's Spirit Medicines.

These Spirit Medicines were enough to refine the Myriad Wood Evergreen Pill ten times, while the Green Ox only wanted two pills. The rest counted as Yang Zhengshan's payment.

It seemed that the Green Ox was getting the short end of the stick, but that was not actually the case.

It was nearly impossible for the Green Ox to find an alchemist capable of refining the Myriad Wood Evergreen Pill. Without Yang Zhengshan, these Spirit Medicines were merely Spirit Medicines; with Yang Zhengshan, they became Myriad Wood Evergreen Pills.

After leaving the Green Ox Palace, Yang Zhengshan found Yu Qingyi and gave her the other Myriad Wood Evergreen Pill.

"This is the Myriad Wood Evergreen Pill?" Yu Qingyi examined the pill in the porcelain bottle with a curious expression.

"That's right." Yang Zhengshan nodded.

"Can I use it now?" Yu Qingyi asked thoughtfully.

Yang Zhengshan hesitated for a moment. "You'd better not."

He understood what Yu Qingyi meant. The greatest effect of the Myriad Wood Evergreen Pill was Wood Spirit Reincarnation. Taking it before death could not only grant one a new life but also bestow a Wood Spirit Body—a body with an extreme affinity for the Wood Attribute.

If Yu Qingyi underwent Wood Spirit Reincarnation, she would gain a Spirit Aperture and become a Genius Immortal Cultivator. Perhaps she could become a Foundation Establishment Cultivator in a dozen years, and reach Foundation Establishment Peak Stage several decades later.

However, Wood Spirit Reincarnation also had its limitations. First, the so-called Wood Spirit Body was not powerful enough to defy the heavens and make Yu Qingyi a Golden Core cultivator. Once she reached Foundation Establishment Peak Stage, she would still have to form her core and undergo tribulation step by step.

Second, although Wood Spirit Reincarnation could give her a new body, it could not change the limit of her Lifespan.

No matter how much Lifespan she had before, she would still have the same amount after reincarnation.

That was because the Lifespan limit concerned not only the body but also the soul.

Therefore, having Yu Qingyi use the Myriad Wood Evergreen Pill to undergo Wood Spirit Reincarnation now would be inferior to waiting until her Core Formation and using the Myriad Wood Evergreen Pill as a final safeguard.

If Core Formation succeeded, all would be well. If it failed, she could still obtain a Wood Spirit Body and switch to the Immortal Dao.

Of course, this required Yang Zhengshan to refine the Nine Tripod Divine Pill as soon as possible.

Yu Qingyi was a Divine Soul Realm Martial Artist with a five-hundred-year Lifespan, and she was already two hundred and forty years old. To ensure that she would have enough time to raise her cultivation to Foundation Establishment Peak Stage after Wood Spirit Reincarnation, Yang Zhengshan had to refine the Nine Tripod Divine Pill within a hundred years.

The same was true for Yang Mingcheng, Yang Mingzhi, Yang Minghao, and the others.

Therefore, the task Yang Zhengshan faced next was an extremely heavy one.

"Keep it for now and use it when you form your core," Yang Zhengshan told Yu Qingyi.

Yu Qingyi carefully put away the Myriad Wood Evergreen Pill. "All right!"

Outside Wanbao Immortal City, Ming Gu, Shangguan Jie, and Yi Shang'an were still waiting.

They had already been waiting outside the city for more than four months, but they were not anxious at all. To Golden Core cultivators, four months was nothing. They simply sat in the clouds, concealed their auras, and took a nap. Four months passed in the blink of an eye.

Of course, they were not truly napping. They kept watch over the people and Flying Boats Entering and Exiting Wanbao Immortal City, carefully determining whether any of them belonged to the Yang Family Fleet they were searching for.

However, something happened today. They had not been discovered, nor had they encountered any trouble. Instead, they received a Communication Talisman.

A gray-white streak of light shot over from the Sky Vault and stopped before Ming Gu in the blink of an eye.

Ming Gu looked at the Communication Talisman wrapped in the streak of light with surprise, her brows drawing together slightly.

This was not an ordinary Communication Talisman but a Soul Chasing Communication Talisman. It sent messages through the Soul Positioning Method, and its communication range could reach tens of thousands of li. It could also precisely locate anyone whose soul aura had been left behind beforehand.

Aside from being unable to transmit messages through the Great Void, it had practically no flaws.

Such Communication Talismans were extremely scarce. Even within the Wuchang Ghost Sect, they were still exceedingly rare.

Unless it was an emergency, the Wuchang Ghost Sect would not use such a Communication Talisman.

"What happened?" Yi Shang'an looked at the Communication Talisman hovering before Ming Gu and asked, surprised and doubtful.

Ming Gu shook her head and reached out to catch the Communication Talisman. As a stream of information entered her Sea of Consciousness, her expression suddenly became incomparably solemn.

"What's wrong?" Shangguan Jie noticed the change in her expression and asked as well.

Ming Gu took a deep breath, her eyes filled with shock. "Tianxian Dao has made its move. Two hours ago, three Dao Envoys of Tianxian Dao Broke Through the Land of Destiny of Tianji Pavilion!"

The moment these words were spoken, Shangguan Jie and Yi Shang'an both widened their eyes, their faces filled with horror.

The Land of Destiny was Tianji Pavilion's core Grotto-Heaven. Outsiders did not know how many Grotto-Heavens Tianji Pavilion had, but the Land of Destiny was unquestionably its most important and central Grotto-Heaven.

The Land of Destiny was where destiny converged, and Tianji Pavilion's most important inheritance, the Altar of Destiny, was located within it.

It was said that the Altar of Destiny was a Spirit Treasure that could glimpse the will of Heaven above and investigate one's fate below. It was the core inheritance of all Tianji Pavilion's traditions.

If Tianxian Dao had truly Broke Through the Land of Destiny, Tianji Pavilion might lose the Altar of Destiny. Without the Altar of Destiny, Tianji Pavilion would no longer be Tianji Pavilion.

"How is that possible?" Shangguan Jie found it hard to believe.

"Tianji Pavilion is best at deduction. Could they really have failed to deduce such a great tribulation?" Yi Shang'an also found it inconceivable.

"Heh, they only know how to calculate other people's fortunes, not their own!" Ming Gu sneered.

Tianji Pavilion excelled in the art of deduction, but it also had a major problem: its deductions could target others, yet never itself.

That was why the thing they liked doing most was seizing other people's opportunities.

After the three recovered from their shock, Shangguan Jie asked again, "Did the sect send a message with some mission?"

Ming Gu nodded helplessly. "That's right. The Hall Master ordered us to immediately return to Wuchang Land. Tianxian Dao's move will inevitably affect the entire situation in the Myriad Flower Domain, so we have to go back and discuss how to respond to the changes in the situation!"

"What about this place? Are we not continuing to search for the Yang Family?" Shangguan Jie asked.

"The Yang Family is merely a trivial enemy. If nothing had happened, we could have played with them, but now that something major has happened, how could we waste time on a mere Yang Family?" Ming Gu's tone was filled with disdain for the Yang Family.

"If we had known this would happen, why waste time here?" Yi Shang'an gently shook his head.

In truth, they had approached this mission with a relaxed attitude. None of them had taken the Yang Family seriously. The reason they had waited here so patiently was that they regarded it as a way to unwind.

Although the Wuchang Ghost Sect and the Wanhua Demon Court were fighting fiercely now, the interior of the Wuchang Ghost Sect was actually quite relaxed. In particular, Soul Hooking Hall had nothing to do with the battle against the Wanhua Demon Court. That was the business of Soul Refining Hall and Soul Controlling Hall.

"Let's go. The Hall Master is still waiting for us to return." Ming Gu spoke, then entered the Great Void first and left.

Yi Shang'an and Shangguan Jie Immediately Followed By.

Not long after they left, three figures emerged from the clouds in the distance.

These three were naturally not Ming Gu, Yi Shang'an, and Shangguan Jie, who had just departed, but Yang Zhengshan, Xuan Zhen, and Lin Xiqiu.

"Did you find anything?" Yang Zhengshan asked with a frown.

"No." Golden light flashed in Xuan Zhen's eyes as he continuously swept his gaze across the surroundings.

Yang Zhengshan's eyes were divided into black and white. His black eye was pitch-black, while his white eye was blindingly white.

These were the Life and Death Eyes. One eye governed life, while the other governed death. Whether living or dead, it was difficult to escape his observation.

Yet he had not discovered anything unusual again. There were neither Golden Core cultivators nor any particularly notable figures.

"Strange. Qingyu just said those three were here. How did they disappear in such a short time?" Lin Xiqiu also scanned the surroundings, but unfortunately found nothing.

They had actually arrived long ago, but had first gone to Wanbao Immortal City and found Yang Qingyu, asking her to sense the auras of the three Golden Core cultivators.

Just two moments ago, Yang Qingyu had still told them that the three Golden Core cultivators were nearby. Yet after they observed the area in the Great Void for a while and then emerged to investigate, they had found nothing.

"Could Qingyu's senses have been mistaken?" Xuan Zhen somewhat doubted Yang Qingyu's ability to sense them.

"That shouldn't be the case." Lin Xiqiu defended her.

Yang Zhengshan looked around, his gaze locking onto a patch of clouds. "Qingyu's senses were not wrong. Those three just left."

As he spoke, he arrived at the spot where Ming Gu and the other two had stayed.

"A trace of aura remains. It seems they didn't leave long ago!"

Golden light blazed in Xuan Zhen's eyes as he also found a faint trace. "Strange. Could they have known we were coming and left because of that?"

Yang Zhengshan flashed into the Great Void, but the aura there dissipated even faster. By now, not the slightest remnant could be found.

He returned to the real world. "Judging from the lingering aura, they should indeed be from the Wuchang Ghost Sect!"

"However, they probably didn't know we were coming. Something else may have happened that forced them to leave!"

The aura of the Wuchang Ghost Sect was highly distinctive, filled with Yin Sha Qi and Xue Sha Qi. If only one person carried such an aura, they might not be from the Wuchang Ghost Sect, but if all three Golden Core cultivators carried Yin Sha Qi, they were certainly members of the Wuchang Ghost Sect.

"The Wuchang Ghost Sect really is like a haunting ghost." Lin Xiqiu's expression was somewhat ugly. He had a Deep-seated Hatred with the Wuchang Ghost Sect. Although they had caused the Wuchang Ghost Sect considerable destruction and Casualties over the years, the Wuchang Ghost Sect remained extremely powerful.

He had been planning to cause trouble for the Wuchang Ghost Sect, but unexpectedly, the Wuchang Ghost Sect had taken the initiative to come looking for them again.

Yang Zhengshan calmly glanced around and said, "We'll destroy the Wuchang Ghost Sect sooner or later!"

In the past, he had not been qualified to say such a thing, but now he was.

Being Half-step Entering Dao was his greatest source of confidence.

Although he still could not compare with those veteran experts, he now had the confidence to challenge them.

Lin Xiqiu looked at Yang Zhengshan in surprise, and Xuan Zhen was likewise astonished. "It seems you gained a great deal from this seclusion!"

They did not know Yang Zhengshan's strength. They did not even know what level his cultivation had reached. They only knew that Yang Zhengshan should be very strong, but they had no idea exactly how strong.

Although they knew that Yang Zhengshan had captured the Yellow Springs Old Ancestor, they did not know the details of their battle, and thus had no understanding of Yang Zhengshan's precise strength.

Yang Zhengshan did not explain. "Let's go. We'll talk after we return!"

They then returned together to Wanbao Immortal City. However, by the time they arrived, Wanbao Immortal City had already exploded into chaos.

The news that Tianxian Dao had attacked Tianji Pavilion swept across the entire Wanhua Central Region like a hurricane, while also shaking Wanbao Immortal City to its foundations.

Countless people discussed the matter in the streets and alleys, in teahouses and taverns. Countless others hurried about with solemn expressions, while countless more were tense and panicked.

That was Tianxian Dao!

The true hegemon of the Myriad Flower Domain.

Now that even Tianxian Dao had entered the fray, who could avoid the upheaval that was about to arrive?

Anyone with even a little sense understood that the Myriad Flower Domain would soon be plunged into violent turmoil, and countless people would lose their lives in the upheaval.

Even Golden Core cultivators could not guarantee that they would safely survive this turmoil, much less Foundation Establishment Cultivators and Qi Refining Stage Cultivators.

Yang Zhengshan learned the news from Li Jianning. They had just returned from outside the city when Li Jianning hurried back to the Yang Family residence.

"Master, Master, something big has happened!" Li Jianning shouted noisily.

"What big thing?"

"People are saying Tianxian Dao destroyed Tianji Pavilion!"

"What!" Yang Zhengshan stared at Li Jianning as though she were spouting nonsense.

"It's true. Many people outside are talking about it, and the atmosphere throughout Wanbao Immortal City has become much tenser!" Li Jianning said firmly.

Yang Zhengshan furrowed his brows and spread his Spiritual Sense, discreetly sweeping over the surrounding streets. Just as Li Jianning had said, everyone in Wanbao Immortal City was discussing the matter.