909: Chapter 898: Akahogaya!

Qin Yan reached out with a beckoning gesture, drawing all the floating Profound Truth fragments in the Void Realm into his hand, and casually sealed them within his body.

Then, his figure slowly descended and arrived by Huang Jiuli's side.

"Here, this is the extra one-ten-thousandth of the sword Dao Profundity from this time."

He casually handed over the sword Dao Profundity he had obtained after slaying those local experts earlier.

Looking at the incomparably precious sword Dao Profundity before her, Huang Jiuli finally recovered from the shock brought by the unilateral slaughter just moments ago.

She reached out to take this Profound Truth and integrated it into her body, then raised her head. Her Phoenix eyes were filled with a complex expression, and in the end, a myriad of words melted into a single sentence: "Qin Yan, you pervert."

Although she had a premonition that Qin Yan would be very strong, she truly never expected him to be strong to this extent.

His spirit weapon had somehow advanced by a major tier, and its increase in power could be called terrifying.

That Five Elements Block had also obviously grown stronger.

And those eighty-one spear images, every single one of them was enough to instantly kill a Grandmaster Peak.

The most crucial thing was that when Qin Yan wiped out these hundreds of Grandmaster experts, he had not summoned his golden body from beginning to end.

If this fellow were to activate his golden body, just how terrifying would his strength become?

Hearing this, Qin Yan only chuckled softly and noncommittally shook his head.

To be honest, after losing the blessing of the Mirror Lake Formation Diagram, that group of Grandmaster Peak Martial Artists just now was vulnerable to the extreme.

His Five Elements Yin-Yang Spear Formation hadn't even had time to arrange and combine according to the Formation's trajectory; merely the eighty-one spear images were fighting their own battles and flying chaotically all over the sky.

Yet they completely wiped out that group of Eastern Region coalition forces in one net.

If they were truly formed into a complete spear Formation, the power would at least double once again.

"Jiuli, let's go." Qin Yan said.

Huang Jiuli was slightly stunned, but quickly reacted: "To the top-tier forces?"

"Smart." Qin Yan gave her an appreciative look.

Although the grand show at Vajra Temple was exciting, after all, it was merely an appetizer.

The true heavyweights of the Eastern Region—Chihuang Valley and Penglai Island—had not shown their faces in this encirclement from beginning to end.

Since they did not come to find him, he would simply pay a personal visit.

Afterwards, the two transformed into two streaks of light that soared into the sky, swiftly dashing towards the direction where Chihuang Valley was located.

Along the way, Qin Yan was also unhurriedly taking stock of the harvest from this battle.

First were the various Profound Truth fragments looted from the bodies of the slain Grandmaster experts.

Palm Dao Profundity, hammer Dao profundity, fist Dao profundity, whip Dao profundity—the varieties were so complex and dazzling that they made one's head spin.

Qin Yan carefully sorted through all these scattered Profound Truth fragments and was pleasantly surprised to find that he could piece together a complete two-ten-thousandths of the Five Elements Profundity from them.

Without any hesitation, he immediately sent this Five Elements Profundity into the Yin-Yang Fish Dao Diagram within his body.

The Dao Diagram slowly rotated, and the Yin-Yang Qi gently enveloped that Five Elements Profundity, beginning to refine and transform it bit by bit into Yin-Yang Profound Truth.

Once this Five Elements Profundity was completely transformed into Yin-Yang Profound Truth, the total amount of Yin-Yang Profound Truth accumulated within his body could take another small step forward.

Although it was still negligible, accumulating little by little would eventually trigger a qualitative change from quantitative change one day.

Next were some conventional Cultivation resources.

However, for some unknown reason, the resources on these Grandmaster experts were rather barren, and even grade-seven Spirit Medicine and spirit materials were pitifully scarce.

It was Huang Jiuli on the side who resolved this puzzle for him.

"Back then, after the experts of the Taixuan Holy Land stepped into this Small World, quite a few higher-ups among these forces chose to submit and were incorporated and taken away by the Holy Land."

"And before those people left, they also brought the foundation and resources accumulated by their respective Sects for who knows how many years along to the Holy Land."

Huang Jiuli explained.

Hearing this, Qin Yan suddenly understood.

Those who could be taken away were all the local experts who had chosen to submit to the Taixuan Holy Land back then.

As for those who refused to submit, they had long since been executed on the spot by the experts of the Holy Land.

And people who would choose to submit naturally wouldn't have a very deep sense of identity towards their own Sect.

Casually emptying out the Sect's treasury upon leaving was also human nature.

"Jiuli, aren't those people who chose to submit just fence-sitters? Does the Holy Land dare to use them with peace of mind?"

Qin Yan asked the doubt in his heart.

Huang Jiuli nodded and said: "Every super-force has its own set of schemes for governing surrendered personnel."

"Take our Phoenix Divine Mountain for example. We make those surrendered personnel first integrate into the various branch veins of the Divine Mountain, slowly edifying them through daily interaction and Cultivation."

"When the timing is ripe, we will take them to the Nirvana Pool for the final screening."

"The Nirvana Pool is a supreme treasure left behind by the ancestors of the Phoenix clan, capable of accurately identifying anyone harboring malice towards our clan."

"Once it is discovered that these surrendered personnel still have illicit thoughts in their hearts, they will be burned to ashes on the spot."

"Of course, it's not just surrendered personnel; any foreign Prodigies and Martial Artists who want to marry into or take a wife from our Phoenix Divine Mountain's clansmen must also pass the examination of the Nirvana Pool first."

When Huang Jiuli said this, her Phoenix eyes involuntarily glanced at Qin Yan, and a trace of imperceptible blush quietly appeared at the base of her ears.

Qin Yan didn't notice this detail, only sighing inwardly.

As expected, every super-force that had passed down its Legacy for who knows how many tens of thousands of years had its own set of iron-blooded methods.

...

Time slowly passed amidst their conversation and flight, and soon it reached October 15th.

On this day, above the vast sky of the Eastern Region, the sky above Chihuang Valley welcomed two young figures.

Chihuang Valley was nestled within a series of rolling, crimson-red mountain ranges.

Overlooking the entire mountain range from high altitude, it looked like the enormous wings of two giant Phoenixes about to spread their wings, gently embracing the valley within.

The air was permeated with a rich and pure fire-attribute Spiritual Qi, and every breath felt like inhaling a cluster of warm flames into the lungs.

For Martial Artists who Cultivated fire-attribute Cultivation Techniques, this place was simply a dream Cultivation Holy Land.

Huang Jiuli took a deep breath of the air above Chihuang Valley, and a relaxed and comfortable expression involuntarily surfaced on her exquisite and heroic face.

The aura here completely suited her taste; ever since she left Phoenix Divine Mountain and traveled far to Taixuan Holy Land to study, she had never felt a flame environment so suitable for her again.

"Chihuang Valley, it seems it really is related to the Phoenix clan."

Huang Jiuli murmured, looking at the terrain below that resembled a giant fire Phoenix spreading its wings.