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Huangfu Taotian returned one hour later and had obtained some information. Information like Lu Lin and Lu Yu had entered the Lei Clan and had yet to return, or information like Young Lady Qianqian was residing in Situ Yinian’s Situ Small Construct. However, the Lu and Lei Clans didn’t really have any special responses.
Jiang Yi was a little disappointed as Huangfu didn’t obtain a lot of information on Big Sister Bell. He was only able to find out that she had once married a young master from the Lu Clan. However, just as she was married and was on the way to the Lu Clan, the young master got killed by bandits when venturing outside. Then, Nangong Yunyi ordered for Big Sister Bell to carry on the marriage and turned in a widow.
What did Big Sister Bell encounter in White Tiger City? Why would she go to Sky Thunder City, and why did she return to Gods Bestow City? What difficulties did she have? Huangfu Taotian wasn’t able to find any information as it was the Nangong Clan’s affairs. Seeing that Nangong Yunyi was such an old-fashioned person and that the clan rules were strict, they definitely wouldn’t allow such information to be divulged.
Jiang Yi didn’t want to think anymore. After the city had quiet down and after all the commotion was over, he would visit the Nangong Clan.
On the next day, Huangfu Taotian took some celestial stones out and brought a team of martial artists back in six hours. These martial artists were slaves bought from the black market and had various levels of strength. The strongest among them was a low-stage Heaven Monarch while the weakest was at the fifth stage of the Vajra Realm. There was a total of ten individuals while he also brought back a grand carriage. Qian Wanguan boarded the carriage proudly and moved to the new residence while guarded by Jiang Yi and Huangfu Taotian.
The new residence was in the eastern part of the city, and it was the courtyard of the largest size. Huangfu Taotian had bought plenty of new furniture and already got people to renovate and decorate the place. On the doors of was a board that wrote… Yi Residence!
The huge residence had an inner courtyard and an outer courtyard. Jiang Yi and his group were staying in the inner courtyard while the slave guards were staying in the outer courtyard. All these guards were soul slaves, and their soul seals had been taken by Huangfu Taotian. There wasn’t a need to fear for their information getting divulged. Of course, the inner and outer courtyards both have their own restrictions, making it even safer for Jiang Yi and his group to stay in the inner courtyard.
Everything was developing in a positive direction. On the third day, Jiang Yi felt even more at ease when Qian Wanguan visited Situ Ao while being accompanied by Huangfu Taotian and five guards. Situ Ao and Situ Yixiao had personally welcomed Qian Wanguan while Situ Yinian had also come along to have a meal with Qian Wanguan. However, that Young Lady Qianqian didn’t appear.
Situ Ao didn’t put on an obvious display to recruit him, but it was obvious that he wanted to build good relationships. He had also hinted Qian Wanguan that the Lei and Lu Clans wouldn’t behave recklessly, and as long as they didn’t exit the city, it would be very safe.
On the fourth day, Qian Wanguan and Huangfu Taotian visited the Lei Clan. Lei Tingwei didn’t make an appearance, and it was the same for Lei Qiyan. An elder of the Lei Clan had received the duo with a neutral attitude, but there wasn’t any intention to target them. It was hard to see their intention.
One month later, Qian Wanguan paid a visit to the Nangong Clan, Huangfu Clan, and the rest of the 13 Clans. Nangong Yunyi didn’t make an appearance, and it was a young master of the Nangong Clan that received him.
At the Huangfu Clan, Huangfu Taotian didn’t enter; neither did Huangfu Qi appear. It was the Huangfu Clan’s no.1 young lady, Huangfu Yun, that received Qian Wanguan. Her attitude was rather good, which made Qian Wanguan felt rather pleasurable in his heart.
The rest of the clans treated Qian Wanguan with rather good attitudes, with the obvious exception of the Lu Clan. Qian Wanguan had impersonated Master ‘Yi Piaopiao’ who was the only Art Emperor of the Gods Bestow Tribe. He might only be at the peak stage of the Vajra Realm now, but no one knew that he had refined the soul spirit dao pattern shards. He was still young, and he would be able to cultivate to a higher realm. If he was able to engrave some mid-grade dao patterns or even… high-grade dao patterns into the Heaven Paintings, then his Heaven Paintings would be priceless treasures.
The 13 Clans wanted to build good relationships with Qian Wanguan so that they would be able to possess a high-standard Heaven Painting in the future. It would allow their clan to have one more Mystic Realm, where their future descendants would benefit from greatly.
Jiang Yi had gone into seclusion!
He entered the Thearch Palace and left everything for Feng Luan, Huangfu Taotian, and Qian Wanguan to handle while he fully concentrated on cultivating his essence force. At the same time, he would think of ways to fuse the high-grade dao pattern and comprehend the Heaven-Extinguishing Inferno.
As Qian Wanguan moved around with high-profile and built great relationships with the various clans in the city, Lu Lin and Lu Qiyan were silently gritting their teeth. Lei Tingwei had given the order personally that they must not act in public. If they were able to trick Qian Wanguan and the others out of the city, then they could act as they pleased. If they were to act recklessly in the city, they would be punished with the clan rules.
Trick them out of the city?
Lu Lin and Lei Qiyan didn’t have such capabilities. They had no choice but to wait for the opportunity to arrive.
One month later, Lu Li and the rest of the Clan Heads went back respectively while Lu Lin and Lu Yu stayed behind. If they didn’t take this revenge, their hearts would have this trauma and would affect their cultivation. Lu Li actually didn’t say anything and simply got Elder Rong to stay behind and look after the duo.
On the next day, Young Lady Qianqian had also departed back to the Endless Deep Sea. The Clan Heads of the four major clans all appeared to send her off while the city had thoroughly regained its serenity.
During this period of time, Jiang Yi never emerged from his seclusion, not even during the God’s Sob. Since Huangfu Taotian had already bought a huge quantity of God’s Sob Elixirs, the others wouldn’t be affected as well.
Jiang Xiaonu had also entered the Thearch Palace to cultivate while Feng Luan and Qing Yu stayed outside to raise some small beasts, do some embroidery, and draw some paintings. The days passed by very peacefully. Qian Wanguan was the most carefree as he would occasionally bring a group of guards to stroll in the city. He would be a guest at one place and attend a banquet at another place. He was extremely welcomed everywhere.
Huangfu Taotian was also in seclusion, but he was seated in the outer courtyard. With him overseeing this residence, it would be very safe; and no one would dare to act recklessly. If anyone dared to barge into the residence, he would probably kill them with a single blade!
With this guardian deity here, Jiang Yi was very at ease and remained in seclusion. In one of the nights two months later, there was a transformation!
Tsk-Tsk!
There were sparse stars tonight, and there were no clouds nearby. During midnight, there was a violent gale as heaven and earth energy frenziedly gathered in the skies above the city. Beyond the Nine Heavens, a star lit up and shot down a divine ray of light which entered a residence in the Gods Bestow City.
“Wow!”
The whole city was alerted. The power of the Nine Heaven Star? This was something that had never been witnessed for more than two years. The previous time was when Huangfu Taotian exited from his seclusion.
Jiang Yi and the others didn’t know that one had to comprehend something equivalent to a five-star high-grade dao pattern or a special dao pattern in order to obtain the power of the Nine Heaven Stars. In general situations, no one would be able to make contact with the laws of heaven and earth and be bestowed with the power of the Nine Heaven Stars.
“If anyone dares to extend their divine senses in, then don’t blame me for being ruthless!”
When Huangfu Taotian felt numerous powerful divine senses scouting in, he was instantly enraged as the burst towards the sky over the courtyard. His body was radiating with thunder light while his long and narrow battle saber appeared which was coiled with thunder and lightning. If he was to cleave at those divine senses, he would definitely be able to eradicate their divine senses.
All those divine senses withdrew. Many experts were bewildered. Could Huangfu Taotian have fused another high-grade dao pattern above the five-star rank? Or could it be that Master Yi Piaopiao? The power of the stars was too precious and had mystical uses. One would be able to use the power of the stars to make heaven and earth closer with you.
“He is indeed a genius!”
Huangfu Taotian naturally knew that the power of the stars had entered the Thearch Palace, and it was obviously Jiang Yi that made contact with the laws of heaven and earth, which affected the Nine Heaven Stars to bestow the power of the stars.
Jiang Yi was completely unaware of the situation outside. He had been in seclusion for two months, and his fourth star sphere finally transformed. His cultivation realm had reached the peak stage of the Vajra Realm. When his next star sphere transformed, he would become a true Heaven Monarch.
“This essence force cultivation speed is too fast. I reckon that I will only need half a year to transform the fifth star sphere. If I could cultivate here for a few years, I would be able to constantly transform my star spheres. When all nine star spheres have transformed, what will be my cultivation realm? If I didn’t rely on dao patterns and just rely on my vast essence force, how strong would I be?”
Jiang Yi didn’t dare to imagine, but he was filled with hope for the future.
