The moment the words fell.
Whoosh—!
A powerful aura shot into the sky from within the city!
An elderly man with a towering build, wielding an ancient wooden staff, strode through the air toward them!
Jiang Yun swept the area with his divine sense.
"Late Taiyi Golden Immortal!"
"Good heavens... Mount Buzhou truly hid crouching tigers and hidden dragons!"
The moment the Six-Armed Clan elder appeared, his gaze locked onto the Baleful Qilin beneath Jiang Yun, his expression turning incomparably grave!
"Peak Taiyi Golden Immortal!"
But when his eyes shifted from the Baleful Qilin to Jiang Yun, who was riding on its back...
He froze completely!
"Peak... Mysterious Immortal?"
A little Daoist at Peak Mysterious Immortal was riding a terrifying beast at Peak Taiyi Golden Immortal?!
Th-this... what was going on?!
The elder's mind went blank, but he immediately drew a sharp breath!
Hiss—!
"This immortal must be an unparalleled expert pretending to be weak!"
"Or perhaps a direct disciple of some mighty lineage?!"
Whichever it was, neither was someone his tiny Six-Armed Clan could afford to offend!
The elder did not dare show the slightest neglect. He hurriedly bowed, lowering his posture to the utmost.
"This old man is the Six-Armed Clan's Great Elder, Cang Feng. Greetings, Immortal Elder! I did not know of your arrival and failed to welcome you from afar!"
"Grandpa!" A Yun hurriedly flew over. "It was this Immortal Elder who saved us from the Baleful Qilin!"
"What?!"
"So it was our benefactor! This old man has been disrespectful! Truly disrespectful!"
"Immortal Elder, please, come inside!"
"Men! At once, prepare the clan's finest banquet to entertain Immortal Elder!"
Jiang Yun remained calm.
"Sorry for the trouble."
Following Cang Feng, he entered the center of the Six-Armed Clan's settlement, where an ancient stone hall stood, built entirely from massive boulders.
The style within the stone hall was rugged and unrestrained.
Before long, the banquet was laid out.
Roasted flesh from exotic beasts sizzled with fat and gave off an enticing fragrance, accompanied by many spirit fruits shrouded in spiritual mist.
Everything carried the atmosphere of a savage, ancient age.
A Duo stood beside Jiang Yun, personally pouring him spirit wine, her bright eyes filled with admiration and curiosity.
"Immortal Elder, please!"
Cang Feng raised his cup.
Jiang Yun nodded slightly, drank the spirit wine, then went straight to the point.
"Elder, I have observed that your clansmen possess robust physiques, vigorous blood and qi, and physical bodies far stronger than ordinary living beings. Could it be that you bear the Ancient Witch Race Bloodline?"
"Immortal Elder has sharp eyes! You saw through our clan's origins at a glance!"
"To be honest with Immortal Elder, the ancestors of our Six-Armed Clan were born of mixed blood between the Human Race and the Witch Race during the later period of the Ancient Witch-Demon Calamity. We possess the Witch-Human Bloodline!"
Cang Feng's eyes were filled with recollection and dread.
"The Witch-Demon Final Battle shattered heaven and earth, leaving the Primordial World in ruins! Our ancestors were fortunate enough to survive."
"The Human Race regarded us as aberrations, while the Witch Race had long since withdrawn from the world."
"More hateful still, countless wicked cultivators in the Primordial World covet our Witch-Human flesh and blood. They wish to capture us to refine pills and treasures!"
"Helpless, our ancestors could only lead the clan to eke out an existence in this perilous land of Mount Buzhou."
Jiang Yun nodded in understanding.
So that was it.
That explained why a clan with such powerful bloodlines had hidden away in such a dangerous place.
"Are there many alien clans like yours within Mount Buzhou?" Jiang Yun asked curiously.
Cang Feng gave a bitter smile.
"Many? There are far more than merely many!"
"Immortal Elder may not know this, but though Mount Buzhou is a broken mountain, the area around its foothills alone spans billions of li! After breeding and multiplying for so long, there are likely tens of thousands of large and small alien clans!"
"Now that the Human Race is flourishing and has become the Protagonist of Heaven and Earth, most alien clans like ours have secluded themselves from the world."
At that point, Cang Feng changed the subject.
He gave Jiang Yun a deep bow!
"Immortal Elder! Had you not acted today, my granddaughter A Duo would likely already have... Immortal Elder, you have bestowed a life-saving grace upon my Six-Armed Clan, a grace equal to remaking us!"
Cang Feng's expression was incomparably solemn. Gritting his teeth, he flipped his hand and took out a treasure from his robes!
Buzz—!
In an instant, treasure light overflowed as the sound of the Great Dao rumbled!
It was a simple bronze bell no larger than a palm!
Earth, wind, water, and fire were engraved upon the bell, along with phantoms of the Four Symbols Divine Beasts. An immensely powerful innate Dao aura circulated endlessly around it!
"Upper-grade Xiantian Spiritual Treasure!!"
Jiang Yun's eyes narrowed slightly!
He had never expected this small Six-Armed Clan to possess such a foundation!
"Immortal Elder!" Cang Feng respectfully presented the bronze bell with both hands.
"This treasure was obtained by chance by my clan's ancestors. It is called the 'Four Symbols Bell,' an Upper-grade Xiantian Spiritual Treasure!"
"Today, this old man offers this treasure to Immortal Elder in repayment for your life-saving grace!"
Inside the stone hall.
A Duo was equally stunned. She had never expected her grandfather to take out the clan's treasured artifact!
Yet Jiang Yun merely gazed quietly at the bronze bell without reaching out to accept it.
An Upper-grade Xiantian Spiritual Treasure possessed unmatched might. Even within a Saint's lineage, it would be enough to make direct disciples green with envy.
But the Karma contained within it was equally terrifying!
"Elder, this gift is too valuable."
Jiang Yun slowly shook his head, his voice calm.
"This poor Daoist saved A Duo only in passing. A mere life-saving grace is nowhere near worth an Upper-grade Xiantian Spiritual Treasure."
"Elder has traveled outside before. You should know what this treasure signifies in the Primordial World."
"One should not accept rewards without merit. This poor Daoist cannot accept this treasure."
"If Elder has any request, you may as well state it plainly!"
Cang Feng let out a long sigh upon hearing this.
"This old man knew he could not hide it from Immortal Elder."
As he spoke, he actually stepped back, straightened his robes, and prepared to kneel before Jiang Yun!
"Elder, what are you doing?!"
Jiang Yun flashed aside, avoiding the bow. At the same time, his mana surged forth and firmly held Cang Feng up!
"To be honest with Immortal Elder, a great calamity has befallen my Six-Armed Clan!"
"Ten thousand li north of our clan lies an alien clan known as the Three-Eyed Clan!"
"The Three-Eyed Clan possesses an innate divine ability. The third eye in their foreheads can release Spell-Breaking Divine Light, which specifically counters our divine abilities and spells!"
"Over the years, the Three-Eyed Clan has continuously oppressed us and devoured our territory! They even laid an ambush and killed the other two Taiyi Golden Immortals of our clan—A Duo's parents!"
"Now that our clan's high-level combat strength has been nearly wiped out, we are on the verge of being exterminated by the Three-Eyed Clan!"
Cang Feng's voice was filled with despair.
"This old man does not ask Immortal Elder to make the Six-Armed Clan soar to greatness or flourish and grow."
"I only ask that, for the sake of this treasure and within your capabilities, Immortal Elder protect the Six-Armed Clan and leave us a sliver of bloodline to carry on!"
Having said that, Cang Feng prepared to bow again!
Jiang Yun understood at once.
So that was it.
This was the true reason Cang Feng had been willing to bring out an Upper-grade Xiantian Spiritual Treasure!
"What is your clan's current strength?" Jiang Yun asked calmly.
Cang Feng hurriedly replied, "In answer to Immortal Elder, our clan currently has over a hundred thousand members! Excluding the elderly and young, we have around fifty thousand able-bodied warriors, the weakest of whom are Heavenly Immortals!"
"Among them are three thousand Mysterious Immortals and over a hundred Golden Immortals!"
"We originally had three Taiyi Golden Immortals, but now... only this old man remains."
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