173: Arrival in the Central Plains

He told Great Dragon Ao to stop the enemy from self-destructing, but the guy just went ahead and smashed the other person's Divine Soul to pieces with a single club strike, solving the problem at its source.

But the problem was, that wasn't what Mo Tianxiao meant.

Mo Tianxiao looked somewhat helpless; he had been thinking of refining the Saint-level Assassin's Divine Soul to extract information about the Blood God Palace Headquarters.

Now it seemed the plan still had to proceed.

With a wave of his hand, a dense swarm of Yin Souls roared out from the human emperor banner, completely devouring the energy erupting from the Saint-level Assassin's Divine Soul.

Although the Saint Realm Divine Soul had been shattered, its energy could still be used to enhance the strength of the various Yin Souls within the human emperor banner.

Witnessing Mo Tianxiao's methods, Great Dragon Ao looked curious; he hadn't expected his big brother to be raising so many Yin Souls, and their strength wasn't weak either.

Huang Xiaoyao, on the other hand, had seen Mo Tianxiao's human emperor banner before and remained calm.

Yun Sangyi, however, felt a slight chill; with so many Souls, just how many people had this guy killed?

Not only did he kill them, but he also refined their Souls, preventing them from ever being reincarnated. This was even more ruthless than an assassin; no wonder he could become the Young Sect Master of the Demonic Sect.

He's not a good person!

"Big brother, don't blame me for being heavy-handed. There was a Restriction in that assassin's Divine Soul. I'm afraid before your treasure could refine it, it would have triggered the Restriction, causing the Divine Soul to self-destruct passively."

Great Dragon Ao explained the reason why he had killed the Saint-level Assassin with a single strike.

"I see. I don't mean to blame you; I just feel it's a bit of a pity."

A Saint Realm Divine Soul gone just like that was naturally a pity.

However, he had more or less figured out one thing: it seemed the internal assassins of the Blood God Palace all had Restrictions in their Divine Souls specifically to prevent Soul-searching and similar methods.

Whereas external assassins like Yun Sangyi didn't have such limitations.

Of course, this also indicated that external assassins knew nothing of the Blood God Palace's core secrets.

"We actually killed a Saint-level Assassin. If they knew they lost a Saint-level Assassin just because they took a mission to assassinate you, their hearts would probably turn green with regret, wouldn't they?"

Yun Sangyi remarked with some emotion.

This was a Saint Realm Expert, an irreplaceable pillar for any power.

"It's all thanks to big brother's methods and the Blood God Palace's Blood Concealment Art. Otherwise, a Saint Realm Cultivator wouldn't be so easy to take down."

Being a Saint Realm Cultivator himself, Great Dragon Ao naturally knew how powerful they were.

If the Saint-level Assassin's Blood Concealment Art hadn't failed, they might not have been able to kill him; moreover, several of them might have been killed in a counter-attack instead.

After all, only those who had studied the Blood Concealment Art knew just how perverse it was.

At the same cultivation base, unless one had a special Ocular Technique, there was simply no way to deal with it.

"By the way, there's also this dagger. It seems pretty good. Big brother, do you want it?"

Great Dragon Ao took out the assassin's scimitar-like dagger. It still gleamed with a cold light and was incredibly sharp; it had almost cut off Yun Sangyi's head earlier.

Mo Tianxiao glanced at it and discovered it was actually a quasi-saint artifact. Thinking about it, it made sense; he was a Saint-level Assassin after all. Even for the weakest Early Stage Saint-level, owning a quasi-saint artifact was quite normal.

"Keep it for yourself. Just remember not to let the Blood God Palace's assassins see any flaws."

After a brief cleanup of their spoils, Mo Tianxiao's group of four continued their journey toward the Central Divine Land.

It was just one Saint-level Assassin. From the moment the Blood God Palace dared to take the mission to assassinate him, they were destined to pay a heavy price.

A Saint-level Assassin was just the beginning.

Upon entering the Central Divine Land, the group felt the atmosphere change; it seemed much more bustling here than in other regions.

Because the Supreme Dao Sect, which claimed to be the leader of the Righteous Path, was stationed in the Central Divine Land, most of the powers, families, and Sects in the Xuanhuang World that considered themselves part of the Righteous Path gathered here.

The Central Divine Land was also the region with the largest population of Mortals.

Although he didn't know just how righteous the Supreme Dao Sect truly was, judging solely by the number of Mortals, Mo Tianxiao quite admired them.

At least on the surface, the Central Divine Land looked peaceful, and the Mortals living here didn't show signs of living in fear.

"Brother... Sister Nan, what's that? It looks like it might be delicious."

Huang Xiaoyao looked at the candied haws being sold on the street, her bright eyes instantly drawn to them.

Mo Tianxiao looked at the crystal-clear candied haws, then at Huang Xiaoyao's longing expression.

"..."

After a while, each of the four, including Mo Tianxiao, was holding a stick of candied haws as they strolled through the bustling Mortal town.

Yun Sangyi nibbled on her candied haws, occasionally glancing at Mo Tianxiao's sexy little lips glistening with sugar.

"Stop looking, I'm not gay."

Mo Tianxiao felt that Yun Sangyi's orientation was somewhat problematic. He thought about letting her sit at the same table as Su Muyao, but she didn't seem to be entirely in that situation either. Could this girl be bi... "What are you talking about?"

Yun Sangyi didn't understand what Mo Tianxiao was saying; she simply thought Mo Tianxiao's appearance as a young girl was very cute.

"By the way, where are we going next? Straight to a Blood God Palace branch?"

Two Sacred Artifacts! To be honest, she was still looking forward to it, wondering what kind of Sacred Artifacts the Blood God Palace would give her.

Yun Sangyi was fantasizing about whether she might also come to own a Sacred Artifact.

But Mo Tianxiao gave her a cold glance, as if guessing what she was thinking.

"Seriously? Do you really think they'll just give you two Sacred Artifacts for nothing? Don't you know your own strength?"

From the attitude of that Saint-level Assassin they killed at the Eastern Region's Blood God Palace branch, it was clear that rewards and such were simply impossible to give to an external assassin.

If you took a Sacred Artifact and immediately left the Blood God Palace, wouldn't the Blood God Palace lose out big time? Even if they were to give one, it would be to one of their own.

He hadn't expected that Yun Sangyi, after all those years of training outside and assassinating so many people, would have a mind simpler than imagined.

"Let's find an inn to rest for a bit. We've been traveling for so long; there's no need to rush."

They randomly found the most luxurious inn in the area and booked a few rooms. Since it was Huang Xiaoyao's first time in the human world and she was curious about everything around her, she dragged Mo Tianxiao along to go shopping.

And since Yun Sangyi had nothing to do, she also strongly requested to come along.

As for Great Dragon Ao, in order not to disturb his big brother's shopping trip with the two who could potentially become his sisters-in-law, he wandered around the town by himself.

Didn't that old fellow say the human world was sinister and crafty? He felt it was quite nice; everywhere he looked, people were living in harmony.

Noticing a small stall selling masks, Great Dragon Ao walked up with interest, picked up an Azure Dragon mask, and asked the owner, "How much for this?"

The shopkeeper glanced at the burly Great Dragon Ao and held up one finger.

Seeing this, Great Dragon Ao tossed out a hundred Spirit Stones from his spatial ring. "Only a hundred? That's quite cheap."

"Huh?"

Seeing a hundred glittering Spirit Stones placed before him, the shopkeeper instantly sprang up from his chair.

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