Great Treasure?

Myriad Phenomena Pill Shop.

Zi Xun'er sat reclining on the balcony of the pavilion, gazing at the bustling crowds below with a distant look in her eyes, lost in thought.

"Miss." A hoarse voice sounded.

Only then did clarity return to Zi Xun'er's eyes. Her willow-leaf brows lifted as she said, "Is there news?"

"We have confirmed the Dao Mansion's approximate location. It should lie within the Land of Beast Burial, three hundred miles north of Tianwu Main City." Elder Ge stood beside Zi Xun'er and spoke slowly.

"More than a month—neither long nor short. Set everything up in the Land of Beast Burial. Once the Dao Mansion emerges, we must seize the Lightning Fire." Zi Xun'er's beautiful eyes narrowed slightly.

"When the Lightning Fire appears, heaven and earth will surely show strange signs. The major sects of the east will likely notice. Trying to snatch food from a tiger's jaws with only the people we brought this time will be difficult, far too difficult. Even if the other sects do not know of the Lightning Fire, the Tianlong Ancient Sect will certainly suspect something. After all, they took away that Ape Demon's corpse and will sense the lightning aura."

"So the people from home should be arriving soon, right? Elder Ge, have someone deliver the news to the Guiyuan Sect. Tell them that Ancestor Tianyuan of the Guiyuan Sect has been found. Once they learn of it, the Guiyuan Sect will surely pour out in full force." Zi Xun'er said slowly.

Elder Ge's aged face beneath his black robe froze slightly. He looked up at Zi Xun'er and said worriedly, "Miss... this... if the Guiyuan Sect joins in, matters will become even more chaotic and harder to control."

"Only chaos brings more hope. The Tianlong Ancient Sect's foundations run too deep. If they discover the Lightning Fire, they may also pour out in full force. And with the ancestor still in secluded cultivation, the Zi Family's people alone will find it difficult to withstand the old monsters of the Tianlong Ancient Sect on their own territory! Success or failure hinges on this one move. We must obtain the Lightning Fire. Even if we cannot, we absolutely cannot let the Tianlong Ancient Sect have it." A fierce glint flashed in Zi Xun'er's eyes as she spoke coldly.

Elder Ge looked deeply at Zi Xun'er.

"Besides... Tong Yunfei should be arriving soon as well, shouldn't he?" The corners of Zi Xun'er's lips curled upward, revealing a smile as she said lightly.

"What the hell? The Land of Beast Burial is so huge. How long are we supposed to keep searching? Li Tianji, divine it for me!"

Deep within the Land of Beast Burial, Xiong Tatian spoke with a face full of impatience. As he spoke, he smashed a towering tree beside him with one punch, breaking it cleanly at the waist.

A trace of irritation showed on Li Tianji's stern face. Xiong Tatian was like a child, needing someone to soothe the restlessness in his heart at every moment. Had Li Tianji not known that Xiong Tatian was like this because his intelligence had yet to fully awaken, he would truly have wanted to leave. With his heart already unsettled, Li Tianji glanced at Qin Yu, as though telling him to go talk to Xiong Tatian.

Meanwhile, Qin Yu was slowly practicing sets of moves nearby. Over the past two months, he had been studying a combat skill called the Heaven-Shattering Fist.

Back then, the Tian Qi Sect had been a top-tier great sect in the Immortal Martial World. Its stored combat skills and Dao arts were all of relatively high grade, and most required sufficient spiritual energy to support them. Thus, at his current cultivation, there were not many combat skills suitable for him. After searching high and low, Qin Yu had found only one beginner combat skill that suited him.

Heaven-Shattering Fist!

The Heaven-Shattering Fist emphasized unleashing several punches in succession within the shortest possible time. What it demanded was ultimate speed: pouring out all one's strength. The more punches one could throw in the shortest time, the greater its power.

It could be used in tandem with Myriad Force. If he could stack his strength while throwing several punches—or even more—in the shortest span of time, its power was easy to imagine.

Over these past two months, Qin Yu's cultivation had also entered the Eighth Level of the Martial Realm. As he drank more and more fierce beast blood, his lean body had become sturdier, and every aspect of his physique had improved.

At this moment, Qin Yu could throw five punches in a single breath!

"Unfortunately, I can only stack my strength after using Mad Demon Transformation. Otherwise, under normal circumstances, the Heaven-Shattering Fist combined with Myriad Force would be enough to kill Cui Shuo!" Qin Yu muttered to himself. Seemingly noticing Li Tianji's gaze, he looked at the furious Xiong Tatian and could only laugh bitterly inwardly.

After spending these past months together, Qin Yu had truly been convinced by Xiong Tatian. The man was a ticking time bomb, liable to fly into a rage at any moment. He had no idea how many times Xiong Tatian had repeated these words already; he complained almost every other day.

After pondering for a moment, Qin Yu looked at Li Tianji and said, "Li Tianji, why not divine it and see whether you can determine the exact location of the Ancestor Ape Blood? There are far too many Fierce Beasts gathered in this Land of Beast Burial forest. We can't go on searching like this." Qin Yu wanted to take the chance to confirm whether Li Tianji truly knew divination, and he also wanted to see the process for himself.

Li Tianji frowned. He glanced at Xiong Tatian, who was glaring at him, and hesitation crossed his stern face before he said, "I can divine it, but I cannot guarantee that the location I derive will be correct."

"Just divine it first!" Xiong Tatian said impatiently.

Li Tianji hesitated for a while, then took out that piece of white cloth. After glancing at Qin Yu, he closed his eyes and began muttering under his breath.

Before long, densely packed patterns floated across the white cloth—the very ones Qin Yu had seen before. In the end, Qin Yu heard Li Tianji muttering something. He seemed to be deliberately lowering his voice, so Qin Yu could only vaguely make out a few words, leaving him even more puzzled.

"Open!" Li Tianji suddenly shouted in a low voice. His eyes snapped open, and his strange pupils spread as a faint glow bloomed from them, like two beams of light shrouding the silk white cloth.

Qin Yu and Xiong Tatian sat nearby, staring curiously at the white cloth before looking back at Li Tianji, their faces filled with suspicion and astonishment. Nothing had appeared on the cloth.

Just as the two were staring in wonder, Li Tianji suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. The flush on his face swiftly faded, leaving his whole body incomparably weak. Slowly raising his head, he looked toward the front left, shock flashing through his eyes.

"Li Tianji, did you divine anything or not?" Seeing Li Tianji's condition, Xiong Tatian hurriedly pressed him.

"Here... a great treasure will emerge!" Li Tianji said in a deep voice.

"A great treasure?" Xiong Tatian and Qin Yu looked at each other, both staring blankly. Light gleamed in Xiong Tatian's eyes, and he even forgot about the Ancestor Ape Blood. Delighted, he said, "What treasure? Li Tianji, tell us quickly."

"I'm not completely certain, but I suspect that a Dao Mansion may emerge, and... it will happen in about a month!" Li Tianji said, his voice trembling with shock.

"Young friend, may I ask in which direction this Dao Mansion lies?" Just as Xiong Tatian and Qin Yu were reeling in shock, an abrupt hoarse voice rang out.

The newcomer was an elderly man in black. His complexion was rosy, and his white brows on either side hung all the way to his lips. He looked especially kind, while his slightly narrowed eyes brimmed with amusement, making him appear like an irreverent old rascal.

All three were startled. Looking at the black-robed old man who had appeared so strangely beside them, each wore a different expression. Xiong Tatian was furious, Qin Yu was astonished, while Li Tianji was inwardly horrified.

Qin Yu stared at the black-robed old man, his heart faintly shaken. He had seen no shortage of powerful experts in the past. Although many experts could conceal their auras once their cultivation reached a certain level, Qin Yu had long cultivated a pair of fiery eyes at the Tian Qi Sect, capable of judging a person's cultivation through aura alone and the changes in heaven and earth.

Thus, the instant the black-robed old man appeared, Qin Yu instinctively tried to assess him. Yet the result made the veins on Qin Yu's forehead throb violently.

This was an expert of the Dao Realm!

"Who the hell are you? Do you know you scared the hell out of us?" Xiong Tatian did not think that much. His face filled with fury as he glared at the black-robed old man, rolling up his sleeves as though ready to fight.