Night, few stars under the bright moon.
Qin Ming left Qingyang Market, riding the Spiritual Light Shuttle to a place.
About an hour later.
He arrived at the base of a cliff and then extended his Divine Thought to carefully search around.
A moment later.
Qin Ming discovered a slight mark on a nearby rock wall.
"This should be the place."
He extended his fist and punched towards the stone wall.
Bam!
A two-zhang high entrance appeared in front of Qin Ming.
This place was the ’feng shui treasure spot’ that Fengg Yuan mentioned just before he left.
Honestly, if he hadn’t told me, it would be impossible for an ordinary person to find this place.
According to Fengg Yuan’s final description, this cave was accidentally discovered a long time ago by him and his brother while hunting Demon Beasts.
Qin Ming cautiously swept his Divine Thought through the cave and found nothing unusual, so he stepped inside.
He walked hundreds of zhang along the path and finally reached the innermost part of the cave. There, he found a skeleton sitting on a stone slab.
Qin Ming walked over and examined it carefully, then sighed deeply, "Ah! Fellow Daoist Fengg..."
The owner of the remains was undoubtedly Fengg Yuan.
Beside the corpse lay a Dragon-shaped Token and a yellow map.
Qin Ming reached out and lightly grasped them, and the two items fell into his hands.
He toyed with the token for a while and discovered that upon injecting mana, it could activate a golden light curtain accompanied by a dragon’s roar.
After that.
He opened the map and studied it carefully.
Upon closer inspection, Qin Ming instantly felt as if he had seen this map’s material somewhere before.
Suddenly!
A sparkle flashed in his mind, and he remembered!
Qin Ming tapped his storage pouch and took out the beast hide that recorded the Hundred Treasures Glaze Scripture.
In comparison.
He was astonished to find that it was exactly the same as the map’s material!
At this moment.
The two pieces of beast hide overlapped, and a series of red dotted lines gradually lit up, eventually pointing to a location within the Ancient Ruins.
It clearly marked a safe and fast route.
"This ruin actually has two entrances!"
"If that’s the case, when the ruin opens, perhaps I could quietly slip in and take a look."
Qin Ming originally didn’t want to get involved with the ruin’s matters, but as it related to his main Body Refining Technique, he wavered.
And the beast hide indicated that this map was unique, meaning only he knew of this secret passage.
Qin Ming put away the two items.
He spoke to Fengg Yuan’s remains, "Fellow Daoist Fengg, I will definitely fulfill my promise to you."
"I’ve already killed two core disciples of the Spirit Feather Sect, so taking these two items isn’t for nothing."
"Rest in peace."
With that said.
Qin Ming stepped out of the cave, casting a spell to seal the entrance again.
...
An hour later.
Qin Ming returned to the vicinity of Qingyang Market.
He looked forward, a smile appearing on his lips.
At this moment, resting quietly in his Sea of Consciousness was a green [Dark Illusion] entry leaf.
It was recently refreshed from several black fruits that reappeared on the Black Vine, which he ripened.
After using this [Dark Illusion] entry, it can consume the Essence of Plants to create an illusion, transforming into the appearance of any object with the ability to move, lasting about the time of burning an incense stick.
Qin Ming tapped the entry leaf with his mind.
In an instant.
Dots of green light appeared in the air beside him, flickering like fireflies.
Qin Ming knew this was the Essence of Plants, and immediately he imagined the appearance of Spirit Feather Sect’s Elder Gue in his mind.
Right after.
The Essence of Plants before him transformed into the likeness of Elder Gue.
Lifelike, almost indistinguishable from reality.
However, this illusion lacked spirit and seemed a bit stiff.
But for Qin Ming now, it was good enough.
Qin Ming injected a bit of mana into ’Elder Gue,’ and gave it an order.
Then handed the Dragon-shaped Token to ’Elder Gue,’ instructing, "Go."
The Elder Gue transformed by the [Dark Illusion] nodded woodenly, took the Dragon-shaped Token, and flew toward Qingyang Market.
Watching ’Elder Gue’ leave, Qin Ming said playfully, "Elder Gue, let you lead the band."
He then descended on a mountain peak, quietly watching Qingyang Market from afar.
Tonight, no sleep is destined.
...
’Elder Gue’ quickly landed in front of Qingyang Market’s archway.
The Spirit Feather Sect guards, seeing it was Elder Gue, hurriedly bowed and saluted, allowing entry.
’Elder Gue’ nodded, and then entered Qingyang Market.
One of the guards scratched the back of his head, perplexed, and said, "Why does Elder Gue seem a bit strange today?"
"What’s strange?" the other guard asked.
"I can’t quite say."
After entering the market, ’Elder Gue’ turned from the main road into an alley and took out the Dragon-shaped Token.
At this time, the Dragon-shaped Token seemed to sense the presence of other tokens within the market, mutually attracting each other.
It started buzzing and soon began to tremble.
’Elder Gue’ hesitated no longer, leaping into the air, tossing the Dragon-shaped Token upward toward the center of the market.
Roar!
In an instant, a dragon’s roar resounded throughout Qingyang Market.
In the sky above the market’s center, a golden light curtain manifested a giant dragon’s apparition.
It seemed to be summoning the other tokens.
Having done all this, ’Elder Gue’ fell back into the alley and dispersed into scattered points of light.
"Look!"
"It’s the last Dragon Token!"
"It’s finally appeared!"
"No one fight with me!"
In Qingyang Market, at this moment, countless figures leapt toward the Dragon-shaped Token in the sky.
A riot was imminent!
All the cultivators from various sects and factions were instantly red-eyed.
The prior tacit standoff among them suddenly collapsed.
This sudden appearance of the last Dragon-shaped Token.
Was like a fuse, thoroughly igniting the long-standing tension between the various forces.
"Brothers! What are you all waiting for?"
"Our chance is here! Zero Spirit Stones purchase! The path to Foundation Establishment is right before us!"
While those sects and families competed for the token, the Tribulation Cultivators amid the crowd also dropped their disguises, beginning to burn, kill, and rob within the market.
Rumble!
The Tier Two ’Water Curtain Cyan Array’ of the Spirit Feather Sect was fully activated!
A cyan light curtain, like a dome, enveloped the entire Qingyang Market.
From above, powerful magic spells were fired, bombarding the rioting cultivators below, starting to forcefully suppress the uprising.
Rumble!
Crackle!
A louder spell explosion boomed from the direction of Spirit Feather Sect’s Mingzhen Tower.
Amidst it also came the sound of clashing Magical Artifacts.
In a flash, another huge crash echoed, and the entire nine-story Mingzhen Tower collapsed into ruins.
Qin Ming, watching from afar, was dumbfounded, his scalp tingling!
Out of the ruins, several escape lights shot out.
At the forefront was the Foundation Establishment Elder of the Spirit Feather Sect, Zheng Qingran.
He was on duty guarding Qingyang Market, unexpectedly encountering such a world-shaking upheaval just a few days in.
"Hundred Flowers Fairy, Linghu Qing, what do you mean?"
"Are you declaring war on us, the Spirit Feather Sect?"
Elder Zheng Qingran’s face showed anger, blood streaming from his chest, evidently wounded in the previous clash.
The Hundred Flowers Saintess from Hundred Flowers Sect, wearing a thin pink veil, smiled like a blooming flower, amplifying her voice with mana to echo throughout the market: "Listen carefully, all forces!"
"Golden Cloud Valley and Spirit Feather Sect have sinister ambitions, the Upper Sect commands, unite to strike them down!"
"Golden Cloud Valley has just been eradicated by the Upper Sect, now only Spirit Feather Sect remains!"
Inside the market.
In an Artifact Refining Shop, an elder with graying hair looked at the sudden massive change outside the window, his face bewildered:
"This... is the dawn of a new era."