478: Chapter 478 Starry Night Chapter 20

"Hmph, what have you come here for?"

"Hehe, President An, one should only eat as much as their stomach can handle. We come to you now with a conciliatory attitude; if we hadn't come, things might not be so easy to resolve later on."

An Yueshan's expression darkened. He knew what they were implying. After multiple probes, they had confirmed the fact that Ning Yuan was not present.

"Hmph, don't forget that we also have a Level Five Talent User. What, have you forgotten the corpse that was burned into an empty shell right here, in front of all of you, three years ago!"

The room fell silent for a moment.

But it was quickly broken by an old man.

"President An, let's speak plainly. You know better than us whether that existence is still here. If he were here, we would naturally turn and leave, but if he is not, it would be best not to meddle with things you cannot hold onto."

"These things were originally the property of our An family!"

"President An, that's ancient history from seventy years ago. If we're really going by that logic, if we trace it back a few hundred years more, whose would these things be then?"

An Chi glared angrily, "Don't go too far!"

"Heh, the President's younger brother is quite naive, isn't he? Though he's not exactly young anymore. It seems the An family's way of training people is truly lackluster."

"You!"

An Yueshan raised his hand, stopping An Chi.

"Fine, I agree."

"President An is indeed a smart man. That's more like it. No one will lose a single soldier, and we can resolve the issue peacefully. Your An family can also continue to stay in the Inner City, so you don't have to leave again shortly after just returning."

"Hahahaha!"

An Yueshan clenched his fists, but he knew these were things he had to give up.

"Old thing, you're laughing quite happily. It seems the burning three years ago wasn't enough, is that right?"

A silver-haired young man stepped into the living room. His voice wasn't loud, but it seemed to ring inside everyone's mind.

The four people's expressions changed immediately. Among them, a few who were not Talent Users and had weak mental fortitude began bleeding from their seven orifices on the spot.

"Brother Ning, you've returned!" An Yueshan said, pleasantly surprised.

Ning Yuan nodded. Following that, the four people collapsed without warning, hitting the floor and turning into heaps of charred shells.

"I've come this time to say goodbye."

With that one sentence, the excitement in An Yueshan was instantly extinguished.

"Brother Ning, but, but is there something about the Dawn Society that you find unsatisfactory?"

"No, it's just for personal reasons. However, before I leave, I will leave some things behind."

A magic book appeared in his hand—a fire and wind magic book, but modified by him to be compatible with this world.

To cultivate better and isolate contamination, one needs to condense a crystal.

"This thing can allow you to disguise yourselves as Talent Users. Although there is an essential difference between this and being a Talent User, at least it won't be noticeable from the outside. You, An Chi, and An Ling have all consumed azure fruit and awakened mental power; plus, your bodies contain some of the old bloodline, so cultivation shouldn't be too difficult."

"Consider these things as repayment for what happened back then. I believe that with President An's ability, you will be able to use the corpses of these four people to maintain deterrence for a few more years. After a few years, you won't have to worry about anything else."

"Goodbye."

Ning Yuan's body turned into flames and vanished.

"Brother Ning."

An Yueshan felt that powerful aura. level six, absolutely a level six Talent User. Thinking of this, a bitter smile appeared on his lips; such an existence was certainly not something their small Dawn Society could accommodate.

Looking at the magic book in his hand, he was also curious. What exactly was this thing that could actually allow them to disguise themselves as Talent Users?

As he flipped through it, An Yueshan became more and more shocked. Finally, having read only a few pages, he slammed it shut!

"Brother An, what's wrong? What exactly did Brother Ning give us?" An Chi asked, also curious.

"Regarding today's events, except for the fact that these four were killed by Elder Ning, do not speak a word about anything else! Once this book is leaked, our An family will be completely wiped out!"

Word that the four had died at the Dawn Society gradually leaked out.

And the forces behind those four people were each sent a bag of charred human skin shells.

The greedy gazes that had originally been fixed on the Dawn Society suddenly all vanished.

Time passed, and twenty years had already gone by since Ning Yuan left the Xingyao Safe Zone.

In the north, within that peach forest that had once been rumored to exist in the Xingyao Safe Zone, Ning Yuan sat inside a small wooden hut.

The time around him seemed to have frozen at this moment.

And it was still constantly expanding!

In the end, the hundred-mile peach forest seemed to have fallen into stillness.

And this eerie situation lasted for a full three years!

Three years later, Ning Yuan woke up.

He had completely broken through to become a Heavenly King.

With his S-rank Time Talent, he broke through to level seven Heavenly King.

"It seems my lifespan is not as short as they said."

A gleam flashed through Ning Yuan's eyes. Perhaps it was because of the Magic Source, perhaps because of the artifact, or perhaps because of his Time Talent; in any case, he could clearly feel that his own life seemed to be locked, flowing extremely slowly.

Since his lifespan was longer, perhaps he would also have the chance to glimpse an even higher realm.

However, before that, he needed more resources.

"The Magic Source can carry the origin, and with the help of an artifact, one can strip away the origin. Those original clans must also have shelter items remaining within their families."

Thinking of this, Ning Yuan did not hesitate and returned to the Xingyao Safe Zone.

The journey that had previously taken seven or eight years to complete with the help of an artifact, the God King Seal...

Now only took him one year to return to Xingyao on his own.

Relying on his Time Talent, he began to infiltrate those families, starting with the Sixth-Level Extraordinary Families.

Some of these families possessed a Shelter, while others did not.

However, as long as he discovered a shelter item, without exception, the origin was stripped away from all of them.

As for whether this would cause the family's heritage to be severed, that was not his concern.

Three months, in just three months, his Time Talent had doubled in strength by devouring other origins.

But it was not enough, far from enough.

Ning Yuan set his sights on those original clans.

These families, which had been passed down from tens of thousands of years ago to today, were all families with a Heavenly King presiding over them.

For tens of thousands of years, they had never been interrupted.

The shelter items they possessed must also be even more extraordinary.

The first family: the Niu family.

Relying on his Time Talent, it was as if the people around him could not see him at all.

In reality, he was walking one second into the future.

Unfortunately, this world was too powerful; even though he had reached the Heavenly King level, he could not travel too far.

Fortunately, a time distance of one second was already enough.

"Found it!"

It was a gemstone necklace, emitting a faint white light.

He touched the origin within it—S-rank attribute, Gemstone.

It could nurture a special kind of gemstone. The longer the nurturing time, the more powerful the gemstone, and the gemstone could fuse with a person, transforming into that person's Talent.

Nurturing it for thirty years would result in an A-rank gemstone; nurturing it for one hundred years would result in an S-rank gemstone!

"Good, it truly lives up to its reputation as an S-rank Shelter." Ning Yuan's heart stirred. He wondered if he could first nurture a Fire Gemstone to elevate his own fire-attribute Talent to S-rank.

"Who!"

The surrounding space seemed to solidify in an instant.

Ning Yuan's expression changed. As expected of a Heavenly King, they had actually discovered him.

But the next second, fighting spirit ignited in his eyes.

The long spear in his hand unsheathed, thrusting towards the water tilting in the sky.