Tianyan Mountain Range.
The many martial artists who had gathered because of the Ancient Tomb Mansion, particularly Lin Langtian, Qin Shi, and Wang Yan, stared silently at the stone gate before them, which had already been broken open.
"What's going on? Wasn't this place supposed to be impossible to break into, even for an ordinary Nirvana Realm expert?"
Seeing the opportunity he had prepared so carefully for vanish just like that, Wang Yan seethed with anger. Golden Origin Energy surged around him, taking the form of a golden Origin Energy spear dozens of zhang long that shot toward the distant woods.
The sharp spear tore through the woods, plowing a path thousands of meters long and leaving the people around him secretly alarmed.
"This should have been broken open only a day or two ago."
Lin Langtian looked at the surroundings and the lingering fluctuations, unable to resist asking the old grandpa in his heart.
Master Mu.
He was the one Lin Langtian relied on to become a heavenly genius of the Lin Family, someone he had been fortunate enough to encounter after falling off a cliff.
"Forget it. The Nirvana Qi left behind is too terrifying. It took at least Seven Yuan Nirvana to break this open. Why would someone like that come to a little place like this?"
Master Mu's words left even Lin Langtian stunned. Seven Yuan Nirvana?
He was confident that, with his talent and Master Mu's help, reaching the Nirvana Realm would surely be no problem.
But Seven Yuan Nirvana belonged to someone whose power reached the heavens.
Yet such a person had appeared in this little place.
Just then, a clear, melodious voice rang out, and everyone's faces showed a trace of enchantment.
"There's no need to worry. Just go straight in. Knowing that fellow, he would look down on the things inside."
A streak of green light swept over from the distant sky, finally taking the form of a green lotus.
Atop the lotus stood a figure with graceful curves. Though a thin veil covered her face, her eyes were bright and lively.
The woman wore a plain, light-colored dress. Her brows were like emerald feathers, her skin like white snow, and her waist as slender as a roll of white silk.
"Greetings, Fairy Ling."
A flash of heat passed through Lin Langtian's eyes when he saw who had arrived, but he quickly suppressed it. He did harbor some fanciful desires for Ling Qingzhu, but they were nothing more than fantasies.
Her status was beyond his reach for now. Only if he took first place in one fell swoop at the grand gathering several years from now might he have a chance to win her affection.
Qin Shi also seemed to know who she was. "Fairy Ling!"
Wang Yan, on the other hand, looked around. He knew only that she was connected to the Huangfu Family and knew little about her exact identity. The heat in his eyes was almost impossible to conceal.
Hearing Ling Qingzhu's words, he could not help saying coldly, "Do you know the person who broke the seal here?"
"This place has long been surrounded by our Four Great Clans. If the person you know is smart..."
Before Wang Yan could finish, Lin Langtian hurriedly distanced himself from him. "Since it's someone Fairy Ling knows, let's leave it at that."
Seven Yuan Nirvana.
If he wanted to, he could destroy the entire Great Yan Dynasty at any moment. Was Wang Yan brain-dead?
But Lin Langtian could not suppress his curiosity and asked, "Could it be someone from your sect, Fairy?"
"No, he's from the Dao Sect."
At Ling Qingzhu's words, everyone else looked puzzled, but Lin Langtian's expression jolted.
The most mysterious of the Eight Great Sects, the Dao Sect?
In the distance, Lin Dong listened to Little Marten's explanation of the Dao Sect, repeatedly drawing sharp breaths. Someone from the Dao Sect.
Qin Shi was stunned too. As they saw it, Ling Qingzhu's presence here was understandable; after all, she had some connection to the Huangfu Family.
But someone from the Dao Sect...
It was like a phoenix in the heavens coveting a partridge's food. What resources did the Dao Sect not have?
Yet someone from there had come to their little place.
"It's all right. You were probably caught up in this because of me."
The green lotus beneath Ling Qingzhu drifted forward. When she saw a five-colored mark carved into the stone gate, she gritted her silver teeth beneath her veil.
The Five Emperor Great Demon Seal. It really was that fellow.
Only that fellow had the habit of leaving a mark on his belongings. Ling Qingzhu instinctively covered her wrist.
"The Dao Sect? Heh, even a heavenly genius of the Dao Sect has to compete with us for opportunities? Looks like this heavenly genius can't amount to much in the Dao Sect."
Wang Yan sneered.
The next moment, a sudden change occurred!
Before everyone's eyes,
Wang Yan's entire body exploded with a bang, blood mist spreading through the air. A sneer still hung on his face at the moment of his death.
The sudden change startled everyone present. Even Lin Langtian and Qin Shi retreated several steps, Origin Energy barriers instantly appearing around them.
They thought there might be another trap here. Could it have been left by the master of the Ancient Tomb Mansion?
None of them had even noticed how Wang Yan died. Ling Qingzhu, however, drifted backward, and just then, a calm voice rang out.
"Is the young sect master someone the likes of you can insult? His coming here is an honor for your Great Yan Dynasty!"
"Also, there is no need for the Wang Family to exist anymore.
I hope the three of your families think this through carefully. If I hear that the Wang Family still exists, then there will be no need for the Great Yan Dynasty to exist either."
Ling Qingzhu said with a hint of respect, "May I ask which senior of the Dao Sect you are?"
"Little girl, you're not yet qualified to know. Normally, I wouldn't lift a hand, but this man's mouth was too foul."
"The young sect master said he has taken the Nirvana Heart you wanted. If you want it, you can find him in Yan City!"
Ling Qingzhu's gaze sharpened. She had come here for the Nirvana Heart, having obtained a little information from the ancient records of the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace.
This part of the Great Yan Dynasty had once been the center of an ancient sect, and a great battle had taken place here.
Many Nirvana experts had fallen, and a Nirvana Heart was very likely to be found here. A Nirvana Heart could help her quickly cross from the Creation Realm into the Nirvana Realm.
She had planned to take it and then suppress that fellow, but she had not expected him to make his move so quickly!
He must have been watching her all along.
Lin Langtian could not help asking in his heart, but Master Mu, who had always answered his questions, remained silent this time.
Meanwhile, Lin Dong swallowed as he listened to Little Marten. Death... Death Profound Realm?
The one who had just acted was in the Death Profound Realm?
Wang Yan could be said to have gained some face this time, having actually prompted a Death Profound Realm expert to act personally. Was the young sect master this person spoke of the one who had broken open the Ancient Tomb Mansion?
Even Little Marten was puzzled. What was so special about the Ancient Tomb Mansion that it had attracted such an exceptionally powerful figure?
"I understand."
Ling Qingzhu nodded and was about to leave when Lin Langtian could not help asking, "Fairy Ling, can you tell us who he is?"
"At least let the Wang Family know why it died."
Ling Qingzhu fell silent for a moment, then said, "Fang Yi, the current young sect master of the Dao Sect. At Three Yuan Nirvana, he fought someone at Eight Yuan Nirvana."
"Of course, he has another name: Five Emperor Great Demon Venerable."
"If you can take first place in the Hundred Dynasties War, perhaps you'll get to see him in action."
Everyone present mulled over the name.
But since he was the young sect master of the Dao Sect, they did not dare say much.
"Sorry to trouble you, Brother Langtian, but please tell Jing'er to have the Huangfu Family cooperate with the Mo Family. Otherwise, if Fang Yi acts personally, it won't be as simple as destroying the Wang Family alone."
Lin Langtian repeatedly cupped his fists. "Understood!"
With that,
Ling Qingzhu turned into a streak of green light and headed for Yan City. She wanted to see just what that fellow was up to. With his cultivation,
he had long since had no need for a Nirvana Heart, yet he still insisted on competing with her for it.