Ding Huan was startled. What did this mean?
However, he didn’t have time to think further as the Separation Spear had already taken the opportunity to pierce into Shi Jiantian’s brow.
"You’re just a Void God..."
Shi Jiantian’s breath was feeble, and his eyes were full of unwillingness. He hadn’t expected to be ambushed by a Void God.
Fortunately, he didn’t know that Ding Huan was far from reaching the Void God level, otherwise, he might have been even more devastated.
His Primordial Soul burst forth, intending to flee. Previously, Liu Yinyu was here, and his Primordial Soul had no chance to escape. Now that Liu Yinyu was gone, a mere Void God shouldn’t be able to stop his Primordial Soul.
However, just as his Primordial Soul had barely emerged, it was caught by Ding Huan’s Divine Will Ability, the Yellow Blossom Killing Wrap.
Shi Jiantian’s Primordial Soul emitted a piercing scream of agony. Hearing this scream, Liu Yinyu, who was already nearing the foot of the mountain, sped up even more.
After killing Shi Jiantian, Ding Huan sensed through his divine will that Liu Yinyu’s speed was increasing rapidly, and he finally understood what was happening.
It seemed this woman thought she was the oriole hiding behind the mantis catching the cicada.
Liu Yinyu must have definitely thought he was a crafty fellow who, after hiding here, chose to ambush Shi Jiantian upon seeing the treasure.
At the moment he killed Shi Jiantian, Liu Yinyu took the opportunity to flee.
Ding Huan wryly smiled; such was his reward for playing the hero.
The person he saved was running even faster than Shi Jiantian had.
Well, that was probably for the best; otherwise, if he had saved an Immortal who then decided to kill him to silence him, it would be he who needed to flee.
Interestingly, the name Liu Yinyu was quite similar to Liu Yinzhu. He wondered if there was any connection.
Ding Huan collected Shi Jiantian’s storage ring and then grabbed the Jade Box.
Previously, it was this Jade Box that made Shi Jiantian want to kill Liu Yinyu. Liu Yinyu only agreed to hand over the Jade Box when he was about to die, and even then, it was in a desperate attempt to fight Shi Jiantian to the death.
He just didn’t know what exactly was in the Jade Box.
The Jade Box had a divine will prohibition, so Ding Huan simply opened it directly.
When Ding Huan saw that there was only an Array Flag inside the Jade Box, he was somewhat baffled.
Just an Array Flag worthy of being stored in a Jade Box and sealed?
Ding Huan carelessly tossed the Array Flag and the Jade Box into his Star House.
At this moment, he had plenty of storage devices on his person, several of which were even larger than the Star House.
Besides the large space ring on his hand, he was also using the Star House.
After all, Shi Jiantian was an Immortal-level cultivator; the prohibition on his ring was a sixth-level prohibition.
Shi Jiantian was dead, and for Ding Huan, a sixth-level Array Master, opening the prohibition on Shi Jiantian’s ring took only half a day.
Seeing the massive space within the ring and the myriad of items inside, Ding Huan couldn’t help but feel moved.
The higher the cultivation, the richer one was. It was his first time seeing a top-grade Spirit Vein, an entire one at that.
Two high-grade Spirit Veins, over a billion high-grade Spirit Stones. Besides these, there were ten top-grade Spirit Stones.
It was not only Ding Huan’s first time seeing a top-grade Spirit Vein but also a top-grade Spirit Stone.
He didn’t know Shi Jiantian’s background to have so many valuable items.
In addition to these were piles of Spirit Grass, materials, Magical Treasures, Medicine Pills, and more.
There were two kinds of top-grade Spiritual Artifact Flying Treasures.
He had made it; Ding Huan couldn’t wait to remove the prohibition from Qi Long’s ring.
There were fewer items in Qi Long’s ring, but a high-grade Spirit Vein was still quite impressive.
As for Spirit Stones and Spiritual Medicines, they were far inferior to Shi Jiantian’s.
When Ding Huan took out a Star Sky Spiritual Vein from Qi Long’s ring, he clenched his fist in excitement.
Indeed, the items in Qi Long’s ring paled in comparison to those of the Immortal cultivator, Shi Jiantian.
Yet, even this single Star Sky Spiritual Vein made him wealthy.
He must quickly take this Star Sky Spiritual Vein to Hidden Sword Mountain for cultivation.
...
"Sect Master..." As soon as Ding Huan returned to the sect, he was greeted by a visibly anxious Liu Yinzhu.
Liu Yinzhu was standing at the entrance of the sect, seemingly still on guard.
"Sister Yin Zhu, what are you doing standing here?" Ding Huan asked, puzzled.
Seeing Ding Huan, Liu Yinzhu finally breathed a sigh of relief, speaking hurriedly:
"Sect Master, you didn’t see it, but not long ago, two powerful beings... I suspect their strength surpassed the True God Realm, perhaps they were Immortal experts, battled right outside our sect..."
Ding Huan thought to himself, what suspicion? They were indeed two Immortal experts.
"The residual effects of their attacks nearly tore apart our Sect’s Protecting Array. I’m worried they might enter our Blue Star Sect and destroy it."
As she spoke, Liu Yinzhu also calmed down a bit, realizing her concern was indeed unnecessary.
If they wanted to destroy the Blue Star Sect, her standing there was pointless.
Sometimes concern breeds confusion.
"Sister Yin Zhu, this matter is already in the past, don’t worry about it. Hurry up and cultivate, striving to step into the Star Realm as soon as possible," Ding Huan comforted Liu Yinzhu.
Then he remembered someone named Liu Yinyu and casually asked,
"Sister Yin Zhu, do you have any sisters?"
Liu Yinzhu was startled, then shook her head:
"No, I’ve always been alone. Why?"
"Nothing much, just asking. By the way, I need to leave the Sect for a while, send me messages if anything happens.
For minor matters, you can decide on your own, no need to wait for my return."
After speaking, Ding Huan took out a Communication Bead.
He had never been very accustomed to using Communication Beads. Now, he felt that without a Communication Bead, it indeed would be inconvenient.
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"Is this a seventh-grade Communication Bead?" Liu Yinzhu asked in surprise as soon as she received the Communication Bead from Ding Huan.
Communication Beads also have grades, ordinary Communication Beads cannot receive messages beyond a certain range.
This relates to the cultivation of the person who made the Communication Bead, and seventh-grade Communication Beads are generally owned by powerhouses in the Ascension Realm.
In the Taoist Realm, except for special places, one could basically receive messages everywhere.
It was precisely because of this that Liu Yinzhu felt surprised when Ding Huan produced a seventh-grade Communication Bead.
"Oh, a friend gave it," Ding Huan said offhandedly.
This Communication Bead was something he had plundered from the Immortal Cultivator, Shi Jiantian, totaling twelve beads.
As for the low-grade Communication Beads, he had a pile of them, which Ding Huan himself didn’t care much for.
…
When Liu Yinzhu returned to cultivate in peace, Ding Huan once again rearranged the Sect’s Protecting Array.
He was not yet at the level of a seventh-grade Array King, but his current mastery of Array Dao was infinitely close.
After reinforcing the Sect’s defensive formation and Killing Trap Array, Ding Huan set up a Teleportation Array within the Sect.
This Teleportation Array led directly to Hidden Sword Mountain, and once he arrived there, he would set up another on that end.
This way, he could return to the Sect at any time.
Furthermore, in the future, if the Sect Disciples needed to go to Hidden Sword Mountain for trials, they could be directly transported there.
Before heading to Hidden Sword Mountain, Ding Huan made another trip back to Purple Garden Mountain.
Shi Jiantian and Liu Yinyu had almost killed everyone who was cultivating in Purple Garden Mountain along the way.
For Ding Huan, this was convenient, sparing him the trouble of getting those cultivating there to leave.
He scanned the Purple Garden Mountain with his Divine Will and found that the few remaining cultivators had already fled long ago.
He began to set up the Protecting Array.
One by one, Array Flags were thrown down by Ding Huan, and finally, Shi Jiantian’s pair of Meteor Hammers was used as the Array Core in Purple Garden Mountain.
To strengthen the defensive and Killing Trap Arrays of Purple Garden Mountain, he even specifically implanted a mid-grade Spirit Vein.
Two days later, Ding Huan closed the Protecting Array.
With the sound of spatial compression emanating, the Protecting Array around Purple Garden Mountain activated, and Purple Garden Mountain disappeared from view, replaced by a dense mist.
Within this mist, there was a top-tier sixth-grade Killing Trap Array set up by Ding Huan. Even Void God Realm cultivators, if unfamiliar with arrays, could not easily escape.
When Ding Huan left for Hidden Sword Mountain with peace of mind, the most central building of Purple Garden City, Purple Garden Tower, had a tense atmosphere.
Purple Garden City was jointly established by True Essence Tao City, Yanyue Sect, Nine Sounds Sect, Cultivation Commerce, and Five Alchemy Dao Gates, with Purple Garden Tower at the very center of the city.
Not only was the City Lord Mansion of Purple Garden City located here, but also the city’s Task Hall, Trading Building, and Council Hall.
In the spacious and grand Council Hall of Purple Garden Tower, only four people were seated.
At the head was a middle-aged man, not tall and seemingly very kind. However, those who knew him understood that he was anything but kind.
This man, Lu Yuan, was the head of the Cultivation Commerce, notorious for his ruthlessness.
The number of people who had died by his hand was simply uncountable. It was said that after stepping into the Void God Realm, he began to restrain himself a bit.
Before the Void God Realm, he could kill you and all your companions just because of one glance.
Besides Lu Yuan, the other three were the Deputy City Lord of True Essence Tao City, Qiu Kujin, the Sect Master of Yanyue Sect, He Quan, and Wu Changgong from the Five Alchemy Dao Gates.
Wu Changgong was in the early stages of the Primordial Soul, but his proficiency in Alchemy Dao was extremely remarkable. He was also the publicly acknowledged top Pill Master in the Taoist Realm, capable of concocting sixth-grade Spirit Pills.
Ordinarily, Wu Changgong wouldn’t be interested in ordinary items, but he agreed to join the division of interests in Purple Garden Mountain because there was a unique item there called Purple Garden Mushroom.
This item was invaluable and unobtainable elsewhere.
Wu Changgong’s sole purpose here was for the Purple Garden Mushroom.
As for Qiu Kujin, he looked like a barrel, his eyes barely visible, just a big ball of flesh.
Originally, the meeting was to be attended by Mo Zheng, the City Lord of True Essence Tao City, but with the recent activation of the Heaven-Splitting Battlefield in the Ascension Realm, Mo Zheng hadn’t had time to come.
As for Yanyue Sect, after Yi Wandao’s death, He Quan was just a minor figure.
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