Hundred Refinement Peak.
Alkaid continued to use the Spirit Nurturing Art to activate the Dao melodies within the Dao Artifact materials, feeding them to the You Long Sword for refinement.
He glanced from the corner of his eye.
Just then, a sword light broke through the air.
Shortly after, intense energy fluctuations, including the melodies of the Great Dao of Destruction, emanated from the area west of the Southern Capital.
"Is this the third time Qi Sha has taken action today?"
Alkaid suddenly asked.
By his side, Tang Fenghua, who was responsible for relaying information and handling trivial matters, immediately responded, "The third time. This time, a prince from the Immortal Dynasty of the True Dragon clashed with a True Transmission of the Golden Crow Sect."
"Relations between the Immortal Dynasty of the True Dragon and the Golden Crow Sect have always been poor. It’s not surprising to hear of conflicts between a prince and a True Transmission, but..."
Alkaid paused slightly, "Qi Sha’s intervention proves that Hollow Void Level strength was involved. I remember warning everyone before entering the Southern Capital that all visitors are guests, and regardless of previous conflicts, no fighting is allowed within the bounds of the Southern Capital, right?"
"Yes, those who engage in fighting will be considered unwelcome and prohibited from entering the Southern Capital again! Should anyone cause significant destruction or injury, the powers from the Territory Lord’s Mansion will prosecute them without leniency."
As Tang Fenghua spoke, he hesitated slightly, "But in the previous few incidents, as soon as Hall Master Qi Sha arrived, both parties stopped fighting immediately, and after compensating for the damages caused, the matter of expelling them wasn’t really enforced..."
"Thus, it led to today’s successive disputes."
Alkaid stated plainly, "Send a message to Qi Sha to directly expel those who fought."
Tang Fenghua was taken aback, "This time, one party is from one of the Four Great Immortal Dynasties, the Immortal Dynasty of the True Dragon, and the other is from the Golden Crow Sect, which is among the Ten Great Immortal Paths. Expelling them might adversely affect our auction event..."
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"It seems you underestimate the influence of Dao Artifacts."
Alkaid accentuated his tone slightly, "It’s not that I am pleading for them to come and buy our Dao Artifacts, but rather, they must try their best to bid high prices for the Void Sword in our possession."
Tang Fenghua felt a chill in his heart.
"Go ahead."
Alkaid waved his hand.
He knew the reasons behind Tang Fenghua and others’ worries.
Ultimately, aside from him, the only notable figure the Nine Cauldrons Sect had was Li Hanqiu, the Hollow Void War Immortal.
And the Hollow Void War Immortal...
What did that count for in an event like this Dao Artifact auction, akin to a grand gathering of the entire Human Race?
With the auction yet to start and Void Refinement cultivators arriving in numbers that couldn’t be counted on one hand, and Hollow Void cultivators reaching double digits,
Faced with so many experts, their actions, lacking in confidence, naturally became hesitant and cautious.
At that moment, Wan Liugui’s figure hurriedly arrived.
"Sect Leader, something has happened."
He quickly produced a communication Jade Talisman, "The Liu Family from a border region sent a message just now. Today, unlike the previous days when they merely pillaged some materials and caused some minor casualties, a Hollow Void demon cultivator from the Yin Moon Sect directly performed a blood sacrifice on a small city in Mengzhou, sacrificing forty thousand cultivators!"
"A blood sacrifice of a city... They’re overreaching now."
Alkaid sighed.
He had intended to deal with the Yin Moon Sect after completing the Dao Artifact auction, but the people from the Yin Moon Sect realized during their previous probes that he wouldn’t engage in major actions until the auction was completed.
Especially since...
Zong Wenxian had taken all the battle halls that could have provided reinforcements to an extraterritorial battlefield.
This move, practically signaling to the Yin Moon Sect the recent shortage of personnel at the Heavenly Dao Sect and the inevitable delay in support, naturally made these probing demon cultivators act more recklessly.
With only half a month left until the auction, if he did not make a move next, the blood sacrifice of a city could happen again.
If mishandled, it could lead to the occupation of a province, or even several provinces.
And then losing territory...
Zong Wenxian would definitely make a move accordingly.
"Sect Leader, should we seek reinforcements from the sect? After all… this is an invasion by the Yin Moon Sect!"
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"The scale is too small, and due to some factors, even if the sect sends reinforcements, it would be ten days to half a month away, which is too late in terms of timing,"
Alkaid replied, "I got it, I’ll handle it."
"If there are any instructions, just give the word, Sect Leader. Though we’re only a few Hollow Void War Immortals, if we go all out, we might still pose a threat to those Hollow Void demon heads."
Wan Liugui stated solemnly.
"Don’t worry, it’s a minor matter."
He waved his hand, signaling Wan Liugui to leave.
After he left, Alkaid stretched out his hand, and a Talisman Record appeared in it.
As divine sense was infused into the Talisman Record, several towering mountain peaks within the Southern Capital simultaneously shone with light. These glows gathered briefly before shooting into the sky, forming a magnificent light screen.
Numerous streaks of light interconnected, eventually forming a large-scale defensive magic formation covering thirty thousand miles around the Southern Capital.
This was...
The activation of the Capital Dragon Slaying Formation.
This formation, every day it’s activated without sustaining any attacks and without amplifying any Dao Techniques, would cost hundreds of thousands of Pure Yang Great Pills, and with fifteen days until the auction, in other words, almost ten million Pure Yang Great Pills would be expended over half a month.
Many Hollow Void experts might not accumulate this wealth even over a century.
"Chi Yu."
Alkaid’s divine sense quickly located this Hollow Void.
"Sect Leader? I am here."
The individual from the Chi Family at the Hollow Void Level expressed some surprise, "Has the Capital Dragon Slaying Formation been activated so early?"
"Yes, pay attention to the operation of the formation. I need to go out for a while, and during this period, if anyone dares to be presumptuous, do not hold back in suppressing them, whether they are at Hollow Void or Refining Void,"
Alkaid said.
"Yes."
Chi Yu agreed, adding, "With your words, I am relieved."
"Hmm."
With a hum, Alkaid’s figure flashed, appearing directly in the loft where Hanqiu was.
At that moment, Hanqiu was with Li Qingshan and others, logging the list of visiting guests. Seeing Alkaid, he was slightly taken aback and quickly stood up, "Alkaid, what brings you here?"
"Lend me the Void Disk for a while. I need to go out, and also, let no one know I’ve left."
He slightly estimated the time, "If fast, three to five days, if slow, then ten days, I will return."
"You want to leave at this time, Supreme Elder? Many guests from the Void Refinement Realm have already arrived..."
Li Qingshan hesitated.
But before he could finish, Hanqiu had already taken out the Void Disk, without saying much, just earnestly instructed, "Be extremely careful!"
"Just handling a small matter, there will be no danger,"
Alkaid replied with a slight smile.
Hanqiu did not inquire further, and Li Qingshan also stopped.
Without any unnecessary talk.
Both of them were well aware that Alkaid was now far beyond their levels, and they couldn’t help him with anything.
All they needed to do was to help Alkaid manage any big or small matters as best as they could, whatever he needed to do...
They didn’t need to ask.
Asking would be pointless.
They couldn’t help anyway.
...
Compared to the Two Realms Ruler, the Void Disk was better at long-distance flying.
When Alkaid held the Two Realms Ruler, a single Void Blink could cover thirty thousand li, but this mode of travel could at most blink a few dozen times before it would cause instability in his Cave Heaven, akin to "True Qi" exhaustion.
But if using the Void Disk to travel...
The speed was slower, but it significantly reduced the load on the Cave Heaven.
"Unfortunately, the current progress in the Shattered Void does not include a record of the Supreme Human Emperor Dao Technique, and although my Cave Heaven has been transformed by the Void Heart, because there are no cultivators living within it, there is no substantial boost to my power..."
While Alkaid pondered, he performed a silent Void Blink and left the Southern Capital.
Even though there were no more than a handful of Refining Void individuals in the Southern Capital at that time, no one detected the trace of his use of Void Blink, nor did they know he had left the Southern Capital.
After leaving the Southern Capital, he blinked several times, distancing himself by over a hundred thousand li, then summoned the Void Disk and rushed on his way.
The destination...
Shockingly, it was the Mengzhou frontier where a blood sacrifice had occurred.
Using the Void Disk, a Dao Artifact exceptionally adept at Void Shuttle and flying, it only took him one day to appear within Mengzhou.
Once in Mengzhou, he put away the Void Disk and maintained a low-intensity Void Blink, beginning his search for Demon Cultivators.
Every time he blinked to a location, the True Spirit’s Light operated, and circles of formless ripples quickly pulled out the Demon Cultivators hiding in this city.
There were Demon Cultivators among the Human Race, but Demon Cultivators are not exclusively from the Human Race.
Any practitioner who refines their spiritual heart and elevates their realm through the seven emotions and six desires of sentient beings is called a Demon Cultivator.
The Yin Moon Sect’s Demon Cultivators mainly provoke the dark emotions within the spirits of intelligent beings, then feed on this to cultivate their Divine Skills and Dao Techniques, which, in turn, enhance themselves and raise their cultivation realm, achieving rapid cultivation.
The advantage of this system is that with sufficient dark emotions, their Divine Skills and Dao Techniques improve quickly, along with their realms.
The downside is that by relying on external forces, they first train in Divine Skills and Dao Techniques before elevating their cultivation realm, which generally results in weaker combat capabilities.
Especially at the step of integrating the Dao, the Heart Demon Tribulation could shatter ninety-nine point ninety-nine percent of Refining Void souls.
Therefore, despite the faster progression of the Demon Cultivators, they only possess six Dao Lord inheritances and are not as formidable as the Ten Great Immortal Paths in their heyday.
"Demon Cultivators... indeed not few."
As Alkaid’s True Spirit’s Light scanned, it sensed a large number of beings with dark fluctuations.
He killed all these beings considered as Demon Cultivators, and while there might be one wrongful killing, even the survivor who may not be a Demon Cultivator probably isn’t a good person either.
Therefore, Alkaid showed no mercy and with a gesture of his empty hand, tens of sword lights tore through the sky with invisible Void ripples, swiftly killing all the beings in this city whose souls exhibited dark fluctuations.
After executing dozens of cultivators in this city, he didn’t hesitate, compared another city in the Southern Region on the map, blinked, and continued his search.
In the blink of an eye, he had searched six cities.
In the process, the number of Demon Cultivators who died by his hands also exceeded three hundred.
If the Yin Moon Sect cared even a little about their disciples, they should realize that a powerful being had arrived in Mengzhou, prompting them to react.
Either by withdrawing these Demon Cultivators or by deploying Hollow Void individuals for an ambush...
"Hmm!? Hollow Void!?"
Pondering, Alkaid suddenly halted as he blinked to the seventh city.
In this city, there was unmistakably the presence of a Hollow Void Demon Cultivator.