793: The discovery of the old man Tianji

In an unknown mountain valley.

The clamor was rampant; even though the cultivators present kept their voices low, the sheer number of people gathered created a noisy atmosphere throughout the valley.

Wang Chen and Bai Yuliang entered the valley and immediately heard the discussions of those around them.

"Bai Shengzi, after the Chu Royal Family sealed Green Field Town, did anyone else leave besides us?"

Wang Chen raised an eyebrow, looking at the resentful cultivators around him.

If he remembered correctly, after the Chu Royal Family entered Green Field Town, the Godshock Army directly sealed off the entrances to Green Field Town and the Demon Beast Forest.

Most of the cultivators who remained in Green Field Town chose to leave under the pressure of the Chu Royal Family; the rest stayed obediently in Green Field Town, not daring to enter the Demon Beast Forest and stir up trouble again.

In this situation, those who knew about the Chu Royal Family's news must have entered the Demon Beast Forest with them in the same group.

"Replying to Senior, when we left Green Field Town, Junior did not find anyone else who had entered the Demon Beast Forest, and besides us, all those who wanted to enter the Demon Beast Forest were intercepted by the Godshock Army soldiers."

Bai Yuliang thought for a moment, then said decisively.

"It seems that someone is deliberately inciting the dissatisfaction of the cultivators here."

Wang Chen nodded, his eyes playfully scanning the surrounding crowd. Soon, he locked onto an old man who was surrounded by people, gesturing animatedly.

This old man had white hair and beard, a tall stature, and an aura of around the Seventh-Order.

He seemed no different from the surrounding cultivators.

However, when Wang Chen's gaze fell upon him, he subtly felt a sense of disharmony.

The aura on the other party gave him a hazy feeling, like looking at the moon in water.

Moreover, from the discussions of the people around, it was clear that this old man was the one who had spread the news about the Chu Royal Family.

"Interesting, this old gentleman is probably also a Ninth-Order expert."

Wang Chen pondered, the corners of his mouth curving upwards involuntarily.

Including this person, among the experts currently contending for the four spirits divine fruit, there were already two Ninth-Order on the surface, and an unknown number of hidden forces lurking in the shadows.

"Let's go, we'll find a place to wait first."

"When the four spirits divine fruit appears, the commotion will surely be immense and impossible to conceal."

Withdrawing his gaze from the old man, Wang Chen turned and led Bai Yuliang to an open space in the valley to wait.

And at this moment.

"Hmm?"

Tianji Old Man, who was currently engaging in lively discussions with those around him and mocking the Chu Royal Family, suddenly had a look of surprise flash in his eyes. He looked up and scanned his surroundings.

After finding nothing, a cold glint flashed in Tianji Old Man's eyes.

Just now, he suddenly felt a prying gaze, but his search yielded no source for that gaze.

"Hiss, could it be that I, this old man, have been discovered?"

"Which fellow Daoist has disguised their appearance and mingled into this valley? A dignified True Lord, yet he's as shameless as Chu Kunlun!"

Tianji Old Man thought calmly, his face involuntarily darkening.

He suddenly realized that the situation he had created by leaking the news of the four spirits divine fruit's appearance was somewhat beyond his control.

First, there was the Chu Royal Family, who arrived here with a large number of people, and now there was an unknown Ninth-Order True Lord.

And these were only the ones on the surface; how many other powerful individuals were lurking in the shadows remained unknown!

"Things have become a bit tricky. Who exactly is that person from another realm?"

Tianji Old Man withdrew his gaze and began to deduce with his fingers, but what he deduced was still shrouded in a mist, making it impossible to see clearly.

He could only know now that the person from another realm was in this valley, one of the cultivators gathered here.

"Grandpa?"

Just then, Tianji Old Man suddenly felt his sleeve being tugged. He looked down and saw his granddaughter, Ling'er, looking at him with a frown.

"What's wrong, Ling'er?"

Patting his granddaughter's head, Tianji Old Man asked kindly.

"Grandpa, I just saw the Saint of Xuantian Holy Land."

Ling'er looked up, saying with a puzzled tone:

"But the one beside him wasn't Elder Xu Yun, the outer Elder assigned to him by Xuantian Holy Land as his Dao Protector, but a very handsome older brother."

"Oh?"

Tianji Old Man stroked his beard, his gaze sweeping across the surrounding crowd. Soon, he saw Bai Yuliang, and beside him, a youth as handsome as jade.

Upon seeing this youth, a strange look flashed in Tianji Old Man's eyes.

"Strength approaching Sixth-Order Peak?"

"When did Xuantian Holy Land produce such an outstanding Prodigy? He's even stronger than Bai Yuliang?"

"Could it be that this is the true Saint of Xuantian Holy Land, and Bai Yuliang is just a decoy?"

Tianji Old Man pondered, subconsciously beginning to deduce the youth's origin with his fingers.

Then, as soon as he made a move, a primordial stone tablet, as tall as the heavens, carrying a vast aura that suppressed everything, crashed into his mind.

Two ancient characters, seemingly containing the truths of heaven and earth, were carved on the stone tablet. The moment they appeared, they shattered Tianji Old Man's mind.

With just a fleeting glance, Tianji Old Man felt his mind being torn into pieces, unable to continue his deduction.

"Dragon?"

A trickle of blood escaped Tianji Old Man's lips as he recalled what he had seen in that fleeting glance, and a tempest raged in his heart.

That supreme and vast power was simply something that could not appear in the Netherworld. Even the Great Emperor experts who were once supreme in the Netherworld would probably be like a firefly compared to the bright moon when compared to that power.

"The person from another realm, it's him?!"

"What kind of world does he come from? I merely tried to deduce his origin, and I was severely injured!"

Tianji Old Man swallowed the blood in his mouth, while calming the damage caused by the backlash of his Cultivation Technique, he thought in horror.

It wasn't the first time he had encountered someone from another realm, but this was the first time that merely deducing their origin had caused a backlash from his Cultivation Technique.

The previous people from other realms he had encountered, even if he couldn't fully ascertain their origins, he could at least glean some information.

But this one, apart from a vague 'Dragon' character seen in a fleeting glance, there was nothing else.

"Could it be that this person comes from a world far more powerful than my Netherworld?"

"Then, is his arrival truly a good thing for the Netherworld?"

At this moment, Tianji Old Man felt somewhat lost, his tall body instantly becoming much more hunched.

"Grandpa, what's wrong?"

Noticing Tianji Old Man's abnormality, Ling'er gripped his arm anxiously.

"I'm fine, Ling'er. You need to pay attention, the person beside Bai Yuliang, the Saint of Xuantian Holy Land, is the one we are looking for."