Stirring the Winds and Clouds

Even if Fa Chen's "Universal Salvation Buddhist Chant" is highly effective, there are still people who are unaffected.

For example, Tan Xu was not only unaffected, but also noticed Fa Chen's subtle actions.

Because he came from the South Sea Tan Family and was a neighbor of the Jinxiang Sect, the two sides had been fighting for thousands of years over various resources such as population, river resources, and mineral resources, so he was naturally very familiar with the Jinxiang Sect's methods.

He instantly realized that the monk was up to no good, so he took a few steps back, not only leaving the venue of the Elite Gathering, but also returning directly to his residence, packing his things, and leaving the training ground.

He's been here for a full year, and his departure was only a matter of the last couple of days; it was just a coincidence.

"Tan Xu!" He had barely appeared in the Lineage when an annoying voice rang out beside him. "You really did hide in the Taiyi Trial Grounds for a year, huh? Come here and let me see how much you've improved in the past year!"

This is his cousin, Tan Ming.

Every family has its own problems. The Tan family is large and prosperous, but it also has many descendants. Since it cannot expand outwards, it can only compete internally.

Therefore, the relationship between Tan Xu and his Lineage members of the same generation was not one of enmity, but rather one that was worse than enmity.

"Hmph!" Tan Xu ignored the man and quickened his pace to leave.

"Hey, don't go!" Tan Ming immediately chased after him. "I've been guarding this place every day just to mock you!"

Tan Xu said coldly, "I need to see the patriarch; I have important matters to report. Are you sure you want to stop me?"

Tan Ming grinned and scoffed, "What a joke! You're just participating in a trial, what big deal could it be? It can't be that you've found that Supreme Dao Arts, can it?"

Tan Xu couldn't help but watch him silently.

Tan Ming's smile froze instantly, "You, you're joking, right!"

"I didn't know, that's why I had to report it to the Lineage!" Tan Xu patted Tan Ming on the shoulder. "Get ready, you might be going to the battlefield too!"

Tan Ming's face immediately darkened. After standing there for a long time, he turned around and ran back to his residence.

Tan Xu had already arrived at the main hall of the Tan family and met Tan Zheng, the head of the Tan family.

"Not bad, your demeanor has become much more composed. It seems this trial was quite effective!" Tan Zheng looked at the next generation of the Lineage with satisfaction, taking a sip of tea as he spoke. "The steward said you have something important to report?"

"Yes!" Although he knew no one would eavesdrop in the main hall, Tan Xu still subconsciously lowered his voice. "This outer sect trial is a bit unusual. The Tianyi Sect sent Xue Xian with eight disciples at the Body Refinement Realm. In addition, a lineage of Saint Child from the Myriad Saints Alliance has also participated!"

"What's so important about that?" Tan Zheng said dismissively.

Young people are just young people after all; they haven't seen much of the world.

"What if those eight disciples at the Body Refinement Realm were carrying six Spirit Artifacts, but four of them were killed by the Saint Child of the Myriad Saints Alliance?"

"Hmm?" Tan Zheng paused. "Six Spirit Artifact? Are you sure?"

"Confirmed!" Tan Xu nodded emphatically. "Everyone in Abundant City knows about this!"

"Six Spirit Artifact leading the way, the Saint Child of the Myriad Saints Alliance!" Tan Zheng frowned. If this lineup were two hundred years ago, it would have been considered commonplace.

However, the secret of the Purple Heart Stone has remained unsolved for the past two hundred years, greatly diminishing the significance of the Trial Grounds. It has been a long time since we have seen a Trial Grounds team of this size!

Moreover, that's Xue Xian!

Although she was only at the Body Refinement Realm, she was already well-known, and the Tan family had all heard of her.

With such a person leading a team, and such a strong subordinate, is it really true that they're just showing off?

Will Tan Zheng believe it?

"Chieftain, shouldn't we do something?" Tan Xu asked.

"We definitely need to do something!" Tan Zheng nodded, then patted Tan Xu on the shoulder. "You did very well, you've worked hard during the trial, go down now!"

"Yes!" Tan Xu nodded excitedly, then left the main hall.

If Lineage is to ensure its continuity, it cannot fail to reward those who have made contributions. Even if someone cannot participate in subsequent missions, their merits have already been established and cannot be taken away by anyone.

Tan Zheng tapped the table and suddenly asked in a low voice, "How much of this kind of thing do you think is true and how much is false?"

"One part truth, nine parts falsehood!" A dark figure emerged behind Tan Zheng: "This kind of news has appeared many times in the past four hundred years!"

"Yes, but..." Tan Zheng shook his head.

Even if it's only a sliver of truth, you should still give it a try!

This concerns Supreme Dao Arts; it's better to believe it exists than to believe it doesn't!

He would rather have incorrect intelligence and make a wasted trip than miss a great fortuitous opportunity for his Lineage's rise to power because of a momentary lapse in judgment.

In this kind of situation, there's no such thing as crying wolf; if the wolf cries a thousand times, you have to believe it a thousand times.

"Contact the Man Family, the Yuan family, and the Mu Family Patriarch!" Tan Zheng said. "This kind of thing can't be kept secret. If the information leaks, the Tan family alone won't be able to handle it. They have to get involved too!"

"Yes!"

On the other hand, just as Tan Zheng said, intelligence cannot be concealed.

Among the hundreds of trainees in Abundant City, some have completed their trials, while others have collected all ten Purple Heart Stones.

Not all sects possess such outstanding secrecy capabilities as the Taiheng and Tan families.

If just one company leaks it, the whole world will know!

Taiheng

Tianyi

Myriad Saints Alliance

Demon Alliance

Diluo Temple

Yiyuan Pill Cauldron Sect

Medicine King Valley

Li Han Palace

Taiyin Sect

Sun Sect

Three Ring Island

The Four Great Families

From east to west and from south to north, within half a day, everyone's attention turned to Jiang Yun Northern Foothills, at the Taiyi Outer Disciple training ground.

All the sects believed that the fact that the Myriad Saints Alliance and Tianyi Sect had sent such a strong team meant they must have discovered something.

Even the parties involved in this incident, Tianyi Sect and Myriad Saints Alliance, were completely baffled.

"Your lineage sent someone to participate in the outer sect trial, and it was even the Saint Child?" At the Soul Chasing Lineage's headquarters, many branches of the Myriad Saints Alliance came to inquire.

"We did send people, but where is our Soul Chasing Lineage's Saint Child?" The leader of the Soul Chasing Lineage was completely bewildered.

"That guy from Xuantian Sect uses the <Life-Stealing Soul-Chasing Spear>, which Jinxiang Sect's Fachen described as having attained the true essence of soul-chasing. Isn't he your lineage's holy son?"

The sect leader shook his head; one of his disciples had just begun learning the Soul Chasing Spear, and the other hadn't even mastered it yet!

Could it be that there's another fortuitous opportunity after entering the trial grounds?

As for the fact that their disciples aren't called Xuantian Sect, perhaps they acquired aliases after entering the trial grounds?

The monitoring authority of the Great Tai Array is in the hands of the Taiheng Sect and the Tianyi Sect. Even the leader of the Soul Chasing Lineage is unaware that his disciple has died.

He never doubted whether the Xuantian Sect was one of his own; the only question was, why was there only one?

Two people from their lineage clearly went in!

"Does the Xuantian Sect possess the secret of the Purple Heart Stone?" someone else asked.

The pulse diagnosis expert continued to shake his head, "I don't know?"

"That's your disciple, you should know him best, why don't you analyze it?"

"Perhaps?" the sect leader said. "With his strength, it's impossible for him to kill Tianyi Sect disciple who possesses Spirit Artifact. Maybe he really did have some kind of fortuitous encounter."

Upon hearing this, the other people who came to inquire about the matter nodded repeatedly. It was confirmed; the secret of the Purple Heart Stone had indeed been solved!

It can enable an ordinary disciple of the Soul Chasing Lineage to leap to the level of Saint Child in combat power, and even kill a disciple of the Tianyi Sect who possesses Spirit Artifact.

Even if the secret of this Purple Heart Stone isn't Supreme Dao Arts, it's not far off!

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On the other hand, Tianyi Sect is certain that Xue Xian absolutely does not possess the secret of the Purple Heart Stone!

"So, what's the situation now?" Tai Su Yi was dressed in blue brocade, with a long, narrow face; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call her a horse-faced woman.

But he wasn't unattractive; on the contrary, he was very handsome and dashing, looking like a wanderer with an indescribable charm.

What's most captivating are his bright eyes, sparkling like stars, drawing all who look into them.

He was twirling a square box in his hand. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a mobile phone that Yang Ning had invented less than three months ago!

A dozen elders and disciples in charge of outer sect affairs and trials sat in Tai Su Yi. The atmosphere of the conversation was slightly serious, but it did not have the strict hierarchical division that Tai Heng had.

"The Myriad Saints Alliance dispatched its Saint Child, who killed Xue Xian's four protectors. Not only were their Spirit Artifact taken, but all of Xue Xian's Purple Heart Stone were also stolen!" one person said. "It's clear that he came for the Purple Heart Stone!"

"Is Xue Xian still alive?" Tai Su Yi asked.

"Alive!" the man replied. "Xue Xian's true soul is intact; she is not only alive, but also unharmed!"

"As long as they're alive, that's enough!" Tai Su Yi nodded. "As for this Purple Heart Stone, what do you think?"

"Xue Xian definitely doesn't know the secret of the Purple Heart Stone. She brought it into the trial grounds just to achieve an unprecedented result and become famous in the world!" said a female cultivator who had cultivated the <Ice Soul Profound Light>.

Her name was Xin Huafu, and she was the master Xue Xian had chosen. "But this Xuantian Sect is another matter; perhaps they really do possess the secret of the Purple Heart Stone!"

"Is it possible that the Xuantian Sect thinks the same way?" someone asked from the side.

Xin Huafu shook her head. "Absolutely impossible. Xue Xian's fame will only make things easier for him within the Tianyi Sect, but fame within the Xuantian Sect will only make his situation within the Myriad Saints Alliance more difficult! After all, the Soul Chasing Lineage isn't the top lineage of the Wansheng!"

"That makes sense!" The others nodded in agreement. The Myriad Saints Alliance has thousands of branches, with varying strengths. Weak branches want to become stronger, while strong branches want to maintain their position, making the competition between them extremely fierce.

The Xuantian Sect's idea of gaining fame and promoting the Soul Chasing Lineage is not wrong, but you shouldn't have made such a name for yourself at the Body Refinement Realm!

After all, it's far too easy for Qi Refining cultivator to silently kill a Body Refinement Realm cultivator!

Unless the Xuantian Sect is just a bunch of reckless fools who could never have thought of something so profound.

Even if the probability is 90%, there's still a 10% chance he's a smart person!

Why would a smart person do this?

Because he obtained the secret of the Purple Heart Stone, he had no choice but to oppose Xue Xian!

This brings us back to Tan Zheng's line of thinking: better to believe it exists than not to believe it doesn't!

The Tianyi Sect Supreme Dao Arts, but who would complain about having too many Supreme Dao Arts?

Moreover, even if it's just to prevent the Myriad Saints Alliance from obtaining this Supreme Dao Arts, the Tianyi Sect should still take action!

"Mobilize the outer sect elites into the Heavenly Eternity Formation!" Tai Su Yi said calmly, "Protect Xue Xian, and at the same time, uncover the secrets of the Xuantian Sect!"

"Yes!" one person replied.

"Furthermore!" Tai Su Yi added, "This incident may affect all sects interested in the secrets of the Purple Heart Stone. Warn these disciples, this is a golden opportunity for them to make a name for themselves!"

"Yes!"