Actions by the Hundred Beasts Sect and the Li Family; Encountering a Group at a Ruined Temple

Dozens of miles away, towering peaks rose majestically.

The Hundred Beasts Sect occupied this place, making it the site of the sect's mountain gate!

Deep within the sect's core!

A colossal creature seemed to sense something and awakened from its slumber!

A pair of beast eyes as large as lanterns lit up in the darkness!

Blood-red, savage, and violent!

The next moment!

A beastly roar tore through the clouds, shaking the entire mountain gate!

The Hundred Beasts Sect's upper echelon and disciples all woke with a start!

"It is Lord Winged Tiger's voice!"

"What happened?"

"From the sound of it, could it be that the old lord is enraged..."

The Hundred Beasts Sect Master led several elders and hurried over.

Winged Tiger, an Ancient Variant Species!

A trace of ancient Qiongqi blood flowed through its veins. It was the Hundred Beasts Sect's Sect Protecting Treasure Beast!

The one and only.

Its strength was comparable to an Opening Treasury Realm martial artist, and it was one of the sect's strongest foundations.

Before long!

A Sect Master's Order was issued, spreading throughout the sect and causing an enormous uproar!

The entire sect, elders and disciples alike, sprang into action!

There was only one objective—

To find Winged Tiger's offspring!

Winged Tiger had offspring, and it was its only son!

It was said that its Ancient Variant Species bloodline was even stronger!

Once it matured, its strength would become unimaginable!

Within the sect!

This was not much of a secret.

Now, the order they had received was to find Winged Tiger's only son!

Could something have happened to it?

Within twenty miles of this place, everything was Hundred Beasts Sect territory.

Who would dare run wild here?

Had they eaten a bear's heart and leopard's gall?

As it happened!

Rock Mountain City, Inner City, Li Family hall!

The hall was brightly lit, shadows of people flickering within!

"Are you certain?"

"That kid really is that strong?"

"Even the Liu Family Head at the sixth level of Qi and Blood was no match for him?"

"And in the end, he died by that kid's hand?"

"Yes, Sixth Elder!

I saw it with my own eyes. That kid was absurdly strong!

If I had not been quick-witted, I fear I would have been left there as well!"

If Jiang Yi had been here!

He would certainly have recognized the responding Li steward as the man who had slipped away earlier without a trace!

"Absurdly strong?

Is he really that exaggerated?

Could the kid you speak of be a Martial Dao Prodigy?

How about I go meet him myself?"

At that moment, a young man dressed in a golden robe and wearing a jade crown strolled in from outside!

His expression was arrogant, pride written across his brow!

He looked as though he held all things in the world beneath his notice.

"We pay respects to the Young Master!"

Upon seeing the newcomer, everyone present rose to their feet and cupped their hands in salute!

The young man in golden robes was named Li Guan!

The Li Family's Young Master!

One of Rock Mountain City's foremost Martial Dao Prodigies!

His cultivation!

Had already reached the seventh level of the Blood Qi Realm!

His strength was extraordinary; he had defeated a Li Family Elder at the eighth level of the Blood Qi Realm!

Even before someone at the Ninth level of Qi and Blood, it would be difficult to defeat him within a hundred exchanges!

"How could that kid possibly compare to you, Young Master?"

The Li steward bent at the waist, smiling obsequiously.

"Before you, he is nothing at all. How can the glow of a firefly contend with the brilliance of the sun and moon!

Why would you need to act personally?

Would that not be a complete waste of your precious cultivation time?"

Hearing this, Li Guan waved his hand.

"No matter!"

"Consider it a chance to loosen my limbs. If you find him, notify me and take me there!"

"This Young Master will be the one to kill him!"

"This..."

The Li steward hesitated, glancing from the corner of his eye at the Sixth Elder beside him!

The Li Family's Sixth Elder stroked his long beard and slowly nodded.

"Then we shall do as the Young Master says. Make arrangements at once and find that kid!"

"Yes, Sixth Elder. I will handle it immediately!"

The Li steward nodded and bowed, grinning fawningly as he hastily accepted the order.

"If the Young Master personally takes action, that would be an honor beyond measure for him!"

Night fell, moonlight flowing like water!

A group of roughly eight or nine figures appeared upon the main road.

They seemed to have come from afar and were hurrying in the direction of Rock Mountain City.

"Brother Qi, look!"

"There is a ruined temple over there!"

"How about we rest in that ruined temple for the night, then head to Rock Mountain City tomorrow morning?"

The white-robed figure at the front stopped upon hearing this!

He looked in the direction the speaker pointed!

Through the crumbling walls and broken eaves!

He could see!

A fire burning inside the temple, flickering uncertainly amid shifting light and shadow!

A figure appeared and disappeared within it!

A faint scent of roasting meat also drifted over.

"There is someone inside!"

The white-robed figure spoke. As though he had noticed something else, he let out a surprised sound.

"Hm?"

"The bloody scent of an Ancient Variant Species!"

Could the person inside have slain an Ancient Variant Species?

It seemed that person's strength was rather exceptional!

A hint of curiosity arose in the white-robed figure's heart!

He swept his gaze around!

The people traveling with him all revealed varying degrees of exhaustion.

These past few days!

They had scarcely rested, traveling day and night across several thousand miles!

They had truly been weather-beaten and travel-worn all the way!

After considering it for a moment, he nodded in agreement.

"...Very well. Let us go!"

When the group arrived outside the ruined temple and saw the enormous beast corpse cast aside nearby.

They all revealed astonished expressions!

"This is... a Black Tiger?"

"No, that is not right!"

"It even has wings. This should be an Ancient Variant Species, shouldn't it?"

"Even after death, the aura it left behind still carried intense savagery!"

"This Ancient Variant Species must have been quite strong in life!"

Instinctively!

Some of them turned their gazes toward the tall figure inside.

The answer was self-evident!

The white-robed figure entered the ruined temple first and looked at the young man seated beside the fire.

He cupped his hands in greeting.

"My surname is Qi, given name Zhengyi!

We are preparing to head to Rock Mountain City. Passing through here, we happened to see this ruined temple!

After traveling for many days, we thought to come in and rest here for the night!

If we have disturbed you, little brother!

Please accept my apologies!"

Jiang Yi had initially been somewhat excited, thinking these people had come looking for him!

Enemies delivered right to his door!

As he watched the heads swaying before him, a gleam shone deep in his eyes!

But once Qi Zhengyi spoke!

He realized he had become obsessed!

He had been mistaken!

So they were not enemies!

Then—

What a pity!

Jiang Yi extinguished the thoughts in his heart!

If others did not offend him, he would not offend them!

He considered himself no good man, but neither was he a devil who slaughtered the innocent and massacred all living beings.

He still had principles he would not cross!

Moreover!

The white-robed man before him seemed somewhat extraordinary!

Though Qi Zhengyi had not revealed the slightest martial aura!

Jiang Yi's sharp senses still made a trace of gravity rise in his heart.

"It is fine. Do as you please!"

Jiang Yi shook his head.

This ruined temple was not his to begin with. He was only resting here for a while.

They could do whatever they wished, so long as they did not disturb him.