In the silent Grotto Heaven, with the end of the treasure competition, Xia Yan and the Artifact Refining Female Cultivator who abandoned the contest were instantly teleported out...
Lin Jing, on this side, was a bit slower, as an hourglass-like magic treasure slowly emerged beside him.
"I’ll call you the Hourglass of Time." Placing the hourglass into his storage bag, Lin Jing took a deep breath, feeling a bit of a headache.
The treasure was acquired... but now he also had to shoulder the consequences of obtaining it.
After taking the heaven treasure, Lin Jing was eventually teleported out of the Grotto Heaven.
West of the Ancient Country, Martial Emperor City.
One of the eight great families, the Feng Family.
Many elders gathered around a towering pillar of light.
"Who could have expected that this illegitimate daughter, Feng Ya, could be chosen by the Grotto Heaven? Why did no one notice her potential before?"
"What’s the use if it’s the Heaven Treasure Grotto Heaven? We just received quick news that Lei Zhen from the Lei Family was also drawn into the Grotto Heaven at the same time. According to ancient records about the Heaven Treasure Grotto Heaven, if this illegitimate daughter is decisive, she may save her life. But if she forcibly vies for the Grotto Heaven’s fortune, she might perish."
"In any case, being chosen by the Grotto Heaven proves her fate. As long as she comes out alive, the family should cultivate her with full effort! Even if she no longer wishes to pursue Artifact Refining, let her be!" An elder snorted coldly.
The other elders remained silent.
In the Feng Clan, there are family rules and traditions. The core Sword Dao inheritance of the family can only be cultivated by the direct lineage, while the collateral line must follow family regulations to cultivate the Artifact Refining and Swordsmithing Dao to support the direct lineage.
These family rules have always caused dissatisfaction among the collateral descendants, but they are powerless against the might of the direct descendants.
Until one collateral family, whose daughter exhibited considerable talent in the Sword Dao, was still only allowed to study Artifact Refining and could not learn the family’s Sword Dao inheritance, expressed discontent and withdrew from the clan.
If that were all, it wouldn’t have been enough to move the Feng Clan. What really shocked the Feng Clan was that this collateral descendant, after being taken to the Ancient Country by her parents, showed even more brilliant Sword Dao talent, and was even accepted as a direct disciple by the Void Profound Sword Cultivator of the first Sword Sect of the Ancient Country, Celestial Sword Sect, recognized as having the potential for Void Profound.
Subsequently, she indeed lived up to expectations and became a well-known Golden Core prodigy in the Ancient Country. Only then did the Feng Clan realize what a talented descendant they had missed.
To bring this descendant back into the family, the Wind Race even rewrote the family rules, allowing talented collateral descendants to cultivate the family’s core inheritance.
And that illegitimate woman was actually the head senior sister of Celestial Sword Sect, Ling Yue Sword Immortal.
Now there was another talented illegitimate daughter. Although her talent might not compare to Ling Yue Sword Immortal, the Feng Clan definitely wanted to fully explore her potential and not miss out on talent again.
Suddenly, the Grotto Heaven dissipated.
With her heart shaking, Feng Ya, the illegitimate daughter of the Feng family, walked out from the Grotto Heaven, completely unaware of the high-ranking and powerful elders surrounding her.
"She came out!" The elders, seeing Feng Ya return alive, couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief, fearing she might have died in the Grotto Heaven.
"Feng Ya!" An elder called out, and Feng Ya, coming back to her senses, looked towards the elders.
"It seems you gave up the competition for the heaven treasure... a wise choice. With your strength, you are not yet a match for Lei Zhen, but the family will do everything to cultivate you going forward. So, did Lei Zhen from the Lei family ultimately take the heaven treasure?" An elder inquired.
"Lei Zhen?" Feng Ya was startled.
Before she could answer, suddenly, outside the Feng Family, thunder clapped, angered lightning roared, rumbling continuously.
A golden-haired man with Divinity Transformation Cultivation descended upon the Feng Clan’s collateral grounds, looking at the various elders of the Feng family and at Feng Ya, who had just returned from the Grotto Heaven.
"Lei Qianren, what are you doing here!!" The numerous elders looked at the man, their auras revealing, and questioned him.
"My son is dead! Died in the Grotto Heaven!" The man named Lei Qianren had a terrifying expression.
As he finished speaking, several Feng Clan elders were shocked beyond belief. This Lei Qianren was Lei Zhen’s father. They knew well of Lei Zhen’s strength and talent, and he even had several medium-grade magic treasures in his possession, yet he... died in the Heaven Treasure Grotto?
"It seems your Feng Clan’s descendant gave up the Grotto Heaven’s opportunity to save their life... I ask you, do you know who killed my son?" His tone gradually became calmer, but within that calm was a chilling emotion.
The Feng Clan elders were silent and said, "Condolences."
"Feng Ya, quickly explain the events of the Grotto Heaven!" Since it wasn’t their Feng family descendant who killed Lei Zhen, the Feng family elders promptly had Feng Ya thoroughly narrate the events inside the Grotto Heaven, not wanting to provoke this grief-stricken ominous star unnecessarily, holding back laughter, thinking it’s good that he died... Tʜe source of this ᴄontent ɪs N()velFire.net
"It was... an Alchemist from Qingzhou..."
"I don’t know his background, only that his power was terrifying beyond measure, proficient in fire magic, using a white dragon-shaped beast flame, only at Foundation Establishment mid-stage cultivation, yet instantly... instantly overwhelmed three at Foundation Establishment Peak comparable to Golden Core combat power..."
"Qingzhou, Alchemist!!! You, draw his portrait!" The Thunder Race divinity gritted his teeth, tossing out a scroll.
Meanwhile, the Feng family elders were even more shocked by what they heard, what Foundation Establishment mid-stage, could instantly kill Lei Zhen, and still an Alchemist? Is there really such an Alchemist??
Qingzhou, Cyan Nether Dao, Supreme Profound Sect.
An old man in the divinity transformation looked at his granddaughter’s beheaded body, tears streaming down.
"No matter who it is, whoever they may be, they will pay the price!!"
"The killer... is also in Qingzhou, fine, fine!"
A flying boat heading towards the Path to Heaven.
Xia Yan was also being watched by a group of powerful individuals and the Jiegeng Alchemist, recounting the events that occurred in the Grotto Heaven.
Upon hearing that the Nameless Alchemist had also entered the Grotto Heaven and showed enough power to suppress several ordinary Golden Cores, the Jiegeng Alchemist showed a surprised expression.
"Return to Celestial Cyan City." She immediately ordered.
Besides this, outside Qingzhou, in the East Sea...
In Celestial Cyan City, Lin Jing had also returned outside. At this time, outside the Nameless Pill Pavilion, even the entire commercial street, there were no idle people, all cleared by the Cyan Nether Pavilion, with Venerable Ling Quan smiling merrily as he looked at the returning Lin Jing, saying:
"Good boy, it’s good you’re not dead, but did you give up the competition for the heaven treasure, or did you achieve the final victory?"
"Seeing your clothes are spotless, you probably gave up, right? A wise choice, given your cultivation, it was indeed too forceful."
"I was worried, little rascal, if you died, no one would repay my owed pills."
"Come, tell this old man what the situation inside the Grotto Heaven was, I’m quite curious about what happened inside the Grotto Heaven."
Before he could fabricate a story, Venerable Ling Quan suddenly took out a compass, where a figure appeared.
"Venerable Sir, Venerable Bai Xuan of the Supreme Profound Sect’s granddaughter died in the Grotto Heaven. He claims the one who killed his granddaughter Bai Luo is located roughly in the direction of the Cyan Nether Dao, as her storage bag contained a soul blood locator!"
"Venerable Bai Xuan commissioned the Cyan Nether Trade Association, if they find someone who came out from the Grotto Heaven, they must help keep them, the Supreme Profound Sect will surely reward heavily."
Venerable Ling Quan’s expression changed, his smile gradually faded, and he looked at Lin Jing.
Lin Jing, after a moment of surprise, then begrudgingly took out a storage bag, from which he retrieved a drop of soul blood.
Then extended his hand, directly crushing it.
"Venerable Ling Quan, this matter is unrelated to you, you don’t want your pill debtor to be beaten to death either..." Lin Jing laughed, "Let’s consider this unseen..."
At this moment, Lin Jing remained relatively calm. Though he didn’t expect that green-skirted maiden to also have a soul blood locator, the situation wasn’t too bad. Venerable Ling Quan couldn’t see through his Illusion Technique, so even if he wanted to restrain Lin Jing, there was nothing he could do, for Lin Jing just needed to temporarily evade by hiding in the "Hourglass of Time" and then find an opportunity to invisibly escape, still able to slip away without a trace...