"Kill him." Wen Ping showed a trace of annoyance and directly ordered the Evil Spirit Knight.
Hehâ
The Evil Spirit Knight let out a chilling laugh, just about to devour Han Zhiyuâs soul, when Li He spoke up, "Spare my second uncle, I can tell you more things, anything you want to know."
Ah~
A scream resounded.
Li Heâs words came too late. After a scream, Han Zhiyuâs eyes turned charcoal black.
The Evil Spirit Knight let go, and the person moved no more.
Seeing this, Li He jumped up in rage, but was kicked away by the Evil Spirit Knight.
After listening to Li He finish his story, Wen Ping stood up, not even sparing a look at Li He, who had been sentenced to death, and turned to walk toward the top of Yunlan Mountain. Now, he finally understood why the people from Extreme Realm Mountain sent a Profound Realm cultivator to their doorstep.
It turned out that the Wooden Flowing Sand he took that day was actually meant for making the Vortex Map.
If thatâs true, then this matter will surely be without an end.
As for the Vortex Map, his father had once mentioned it to him; it was a slab-like object with brightly colored vortices on both the front and back. It was only as big as a palm, but it was extremely valuable.
At the same time, it was something even the Profound Realm couldnât obtainâat least not the Lower Profound Realm.
If one day the Hundred Sects Alliance suddenly auctioned a Vortex Map, and you had only 100,000 Gold Coins, you wouldnât even qualify to bid.
500,000 gold was just its starting price!
The finalæäș€ price would definitely exceed a million Gold Coins. If a million gold doesnât seem intuitive enough, to shock you, selling a Two-star Influence would value around a million gold.
That was his fatherâs words, also a standard version circulated by those who knew about it.
However, what he heard from his mother was entirely different because she had personally witnessed a Vortex Map auctionâright at East Lake!
According to his motherâs recollection, a total of 12 Two-star Influences participated in that auction, along with 3 Three-star Influences. At that time, Immortal Sect was already a 2-star Sect but didnât even qualify for an invitation.
At that auction, there were as many as a hundred Profound Realm cultivators, and even an Upper Profound Realm powerhouse appeared!
An Upper Profound Realm character could shake East Lake with just a stomp.
But ultimately, the Vortex Map was not taken by him. All the forces present did not care about the Upper Profound Realmâs revenge. In other words, the temptation of the Vortex Map outweighed the fear of the Upper Profound Realm.
And the currency used in that auction was not gold coins, but White Crystalsâwhich circulate above the Profound Realmâa thumb-sized milky white crystal stone worth ten thousand gold coins each.
In the end, itsæäș€ price was three hundred White Crystals, which is three million gold coins, far exceeding the total value of a Two-star Influence.
As for which force bought the Vortex Map, few knew, but the only known fact was that a mutated Meridian Gate Profound Realm appeared in East Lake from that day on! With the strength of the Middle Profound Realm, it overpowered most of East Lakeâs forces and could even contend with a Two-star Influenceâs Upper Profound Realm ancestor.
Recollecting his thoughts, Wen Ping smiled, "The Young Master of Extreme Realm Mountain harbored great ambitions, wanting to create a Vortex Map himself. If he succeeded, East Lake would have one more invincible powerhouse in the future. Unfortunately, the Wooden Flowing Sand had already been consumed by me."
Thinking of this and the Vortex Map again, Wen Ping felt the urge to climb the stairsâhis own Thousand Layers could grant him an Anomalous Vein.
...
At the foot of the mountain, Leng Baiâs face immediately froze as he watched the Meridian Qi light stream disappear from the mountainâs peak, as if a great enemy was approaching, hurriedly rushing out of the houseâcould he have misread it?
The Meridian Qi has emerged!
Subsequently, Leng Bai hastened towards the City Lordâs Mansion.
Bam!
The gate of the City Lordâs Mansion was pushed open by Leng Bai.
Leng Bai continued to push aside the guards surrounding the City Lordâs Mansion, striding towards the still-lit study.
Bam!
Another forceful door push.
Ignoring Huan Chengâs glaring eyes, Leng Bai knelt on one knee, "My lord, a Profound Battle has erupted on Yunlan Mountain!"
Slap!
The book in Huan Chengâs hand fell onto the desk as he stood up abruptly, his eyes filled with horror.
A Profound Battle, this was no trivial matter.
Could it be that the Hundred Sects Allianceâs Mo Yue had attacked the Immortal Sect?
Huan Cheng immediately donned the armor on the wooden rack beside him and took the long knife from the blade rack, saying, "Assemble the Divine Strategy Camp!"
"Yes!"
Leng Bai exited immediately, heading straight to the Divine Strategy Campâs camp outside the city.
The people of Divine Strategy Camp had just returned, planning to take a bath and sleep, when they heard the assembly drum sound. They quickly ran out of the bath, put on their armor again, mounted their warhorses, and assembled below the city wall.
Thirty Divine Strategy Camp warriors, following the pace of Huan Chengâs Half-Faced Golden Armor, charged straight towards Yunlan Mountain.
Mighty and grand, like waves crashing against the shore!
Wherever the sound of hooves passed, every house was re-illuminated!
Upon reaching the foot of Yunlan Mountain, Huan Chengâs gaze fell on the three corpses at the mountainâs base.
His expression changed immediately, and he dismounted quickly.
The torch instantly lit up the foot of Yunlan Mountain, also illuminating the corpses of Han Zhiyu and the other two.
Huan Cheng approached, but before he could distinctly see the faces of the three, Leng Bai exclaimed, "My lord, itâs the three from Extreme Realm Mountain we encountered on the stone steps earlier, hadnât they left?"
Huan Cheng crouched slowly, pausing before Han Zhiyuâs corpse for a moment, "They probably never left. The battle that happened just now on Yunlan Mountain likely involved those three."
"My lord, letâs go up the mountain."
"Hmm." Huan Cheng nodded.
However, at this moment, a middle-aged man in golden armor from the Divine Strategy Camp crouched in front of Han Zhiyu, his gaze fixed on Han Zhiyu, and uttered a startling remark, "City Lord, this is a Profound Realm from Extreme Realm Mountain!"
Profound Realm?
This statement left everyone in disbelief and suspicion.
Upon hearing this, Leng Bai immediately retreated and also knelt in front of Han Zhiyuâs corpse.
"My lord, does this mean that this person is a Profound Realm?" Leng Bai looked surprised, staring blankly at the leader of the Divine Strategy CampâMurong Xi, who was at the Body Refining Thirteenth Layerâsomewhat disbelieving this fact.
Not just him, even Huan Cheng behind him found it hard to believe.
Murong Xi continued to explain, "Recently, I saw him together with the Sect Leader of Kao Shan Sect, and the Sect Leader always addressed him as senior. For a Body Refining Thirteenth Layer invincible cultivator to call someone senior, it could only be a Profound Realm."
"This..."
Huan Cheng was momentarily speechless.
The original plan to ascend the mountain was immediately abandoned, turning back and taking a closer look at Han Zhiyu.
Since Murong Xi said this, it must be true.
However, what baffled him was how the Immortal Sect could have thećźć to kill a Profound Realm expert. Could it be that the things left by his brother had reached the level of killing a Profound Realm?
But his brother himself was only at the Lower Profound Realm.