Overwhelming Suppression

After hearing everyone's suggestions, Yang Wenqing asked, "Has he cultivated a Primordial Spirit?"

Canglan replied, "No. If he had, I doubt he'd have stopped at writing an article. He would've come straight to our door!"

Artifact Cultivators generally could not cultivate a Primordial Spirit until they reached the peak of the Third Realm, and very few succeeded even then. Their Artifact Formations contained too many Divine Souls of the Demon Race, making it difficult for their own souls to absorb spiritual energy. Every cultivation session also came with countless maddened whispers.

Only Artifact Cultivators with truly extraordinary perseverance had a chance of cultivating a Primordial Spirit. That was merely the first requirement for advancing to the Fourth Realm; beyond it lay an ascension that fewer than one in ten thousand achieved. But once they succeeded, most orthodox Fourth Realm cultivators of the Heavenly Gate and Mystic schools were no match for them.

Yang Wenqing asked again, "What's the background of the Third Realm cultivator backing him up?"

Luo Zhan answered at once, "All we know is that she goes by Jade Pipa. She was famous in the Forest Sea Kingdom on the central Subcontinent, and her pipa playing was very popular. Then, out of nowhere, word spread that she'd betrayed her country. I never expected to run into her here."

Yang Wenqing smiled. "She's a fool through and through. Why would she think to back Yan Wuxiu? The Forest Sea Kingdom trades extensively with Wanxuan. Since she's an enemy of our friend, we should be able to fetch a fine price for bringing her to justice!"

Just then, Luo Zhan, head of the Intelligence Office, came over and handed him Yan Wuxiu's detailed file. Yang Wenqing's eyebrows rose as he read it. Sensing the shift in his mood, Lan Ying