96: Chapter 96 Turbulent Times

Hearing the voice of Eldest.

Zhao Yi was speechless; this reaction was far too fast.

His Spirit Stone Traverse Art preparation was insufficient.

But Zhao Yi was not panicked.

He traced different circles with his left and right hands, chanting, "Great Void is silent, formless and traceless..."

"Immovable Void Technique!"

Before Eldest could arrive, Zhao Yi vanished once again.

Spells could be used outside the mine, but the area was vast, making it even harder to find someone.

Although Eldest could sense Zhao Yi's location from ten thousand miles away, he could not pinpoint it as precisely as he could within the mine.

"Damn it!"

"Using this trick again?"

"Little thief, you know nothing of the power of a Mahayana Cultivator."

"Today, I will let you see it for yourself."

Eldest extended his hand, his palm directly covering the hundred-mile radius around Zhao Yi.

"Die!"

As his palm pressed down, every living thing within that hundred-mile radius—from beasts over ten meters tall to insects invisible to the naked eye—was reduced to nothingness, with not one escaping.

"Hmm?"

Sensing Zhao Yi's faint, flickering presence.

Eldest was dumbfounded.

He didn't die from that?

What was most frustrating was that this instantaneous slaughter had deepened the intensity of his Lightning Tribulation.

"Truly damn it all!"

Eldest was so angry his hands trembled; had the four years in the mine not left him agitated, he would never have slaughtered all the living creatures within this hundred-mile radius.

"Zhao Yi, is this all your fault?"

"Are you not coming out to meet your death?"

Zhao Yi...

His fingernails had already pierced his skin; were his cultivation not inferior to Eldest's, he would have loved to simply hoe Eldest to death.

"It seems my cultivation Breakthrough is still too slow."

After a dozen breaths, the figure of Bai Yucan finally arrived belatedly.

Behind Bai Yucan were the Anning Prefecture Cultivators: Zheng Qinghe, Ma Zhixing, and Lin Xingran.

"Senior, this..."

Bai Yucan was also a ruthless person, but compared to someone like Eldest who would slaughter a city at the drop of a hat, he was nothing.

"Where is Zhao Yi?"

"Shut up!"

Eldest glared at Bai Yucan and shouted.

"Prefect Zheng, there was a seismic shift here just now. I arrived a step too late, resulting in the slaughter of thousands of lives. It is my fault."

"I shall return now to ask Ninth Master for punishment."

Eldest spoke with high-sounding words, but in reality, it was only because the Great Yin Immortal Dynasty was powerful. If it had been the previous dynasty, when the Sects were strong, killing a few ants would have been nothing.

A Mahayana Cultivator was nearly a half-immortal; what did killing these ants matter?

Eldest left, leaving behind the stunned Bai Yucan and the grim-faced Zheng Qinghe and his two companions.

"Wait..."

"He's just leaving like that?"

"Zhao Yi isn't dead yet?"

Boom!

A bolt of lightning appeared out of thin air, striking Bai Yucan and turning him into a charred stick.

"What a fine Mahayana Cultivator."

Although Zheng Qinghe had been mentally prepared back at Anning Prefecture, when actually encountering a Cultivator who would slaughter a city at will, he still felt a tremor of fear.

Eight hundred years have passed; are these Sects unable to restrain themselves again?

"We must report this immediately."

Involving a Mahayana Cultivator, even if the three of them joined forces, they would only be throwing their lives away.

"I will make arrangements..."

"A seismic shift occurred in Daling Town; no living things within a hundred-mile radius survived."

Lin Xingran stepped forward and cupped his hands.

Zheng Qinghe...

He looked at Lin Xingran coldly. This was courting death; serving as an official for the Immortal Dynasty while siding with the Sects.

"In that case, Judicial Assistant Lin, report it as such."

"Associate Administrator Ma and I are feeling unwell, so we will not participate."

"Hmph!"

The three of them parted on bad terms.

"Sigh, what kind of mess is this?"

The charred stick that Bai Yucan had turned into also left the area.

A moment later, Zhao Yi revealed his figure from the Void Realm.

He looked at the devastated land, his face full of rage.

No one could have expected that just because he had buried a Mid-Grade Spirit Stone here on a whim, he would have caused the harm to the living things here.

Zhao Yi felt a sense of, "I did not kill Bo Ren, yet Bo Ren died because of me."

"Rest assured."

"I will avenge you."

Zhao Yi molded dirt into incense, stood in silence for a moment, and then vanished.

Over the next two months,

Zhao Yi's figure appeared in Mount Heng, the Great Yin Immortal Capital, and several prefectural cities ten thousand miles away from Anning Prefecture.

It's just the Return Trip Art; visiting a few more cities isn't shameful.

Jishan Spirit Stone Mine.

Seeing Zhao Yi, the on-duty Third almost rubbed his eyes blind.

Eldest was clearly hunting Zhao Yi, yet Zhao Yi had actually returned to the Jishan Spirit Stone Mine. What was this?

A provocation?

Zhao Yi couldn't be bothered with nonsense and directly took out his official seal.

"mining commissioner."

Third lowered his head, bowed, and stepped aside from the mine entrance.

Once Zhao Yi entered the mine, he headed straight for the Chaotian Spirit Realm.

"Senior Brother, Zhao Yi has entered the Jishan Spirit Stone Mine."

But it was one step too late; Eldest had already been recalled to the Sect by the Wuxiang Sect.

Thus, of the nine people under Li Yingtang, both Eldest and Second had returned to the Sect. Especially with the departure of Eldest, the Mahayana Cultivator, Li Yingtang had directly lost his backbone.

"What a formidable tactic; Fourth Brother is indeed Fourth Brother, instantly seizing my weak point."

Li Yingtang, having just come out of seclusion, said with a grin.

"But he forgot that behind the Chaotian Spirit Realm are the Five Sects and Nine Sects, not just the Wuxiang Sect."

"Someone, go send a message to their Sects,"

"Ask which Mahayana half-immortals are free recently? Invite them to come and preside over Anning Prefecture."

"Tell all the Sects that if something happens to the Chaotian Spirit Realm, then who knows whose the Spirit Stones in Anning Prefecture will belong to?"

Third's expression was unreadable; it was unknown what he was thinking.

After Li Yingtang finished making arrangements, he asked, "Then Zhao Yi..."

Li Yingtang tapped his fingers, did not answer directly, and asked in return,

"Has Bai Miyao fallen?"

The surrounding guards and maids all lowered their heads, none daring to answer.

"Good..."

"What a formidable Death Cultivator."

"Truly unscrupulous."

"Let him be. Once the Five Sects and Nine Sects send people over, we will deal with him then."

"One Mahayana Cultivator, he can run,"

"But what about eight or ten?"

"The thing I lack the least right now is time."

"Just keep an eye on him; do not be reckless."

"Yes."

Third bowed and exited the Chaotian Spirit Realm.

Returning to the Jishan Spirit Stone Mine, he immediately took out his communication jade stone.

"Revered Master, Zhao Yi just entered the Jishan Spirit Stone Mine."

"When will you be coming?"

At the same time, Sixth, who was at the foot of Jishan, also received the news.

"Impressive."

"To actually be able to escape from Eldest's hands."

"And now he's entered the Spirit Stone Mine again? Wonderful."

He took out a jade sword and began to carve characters using a Spell; a moment later, he formed a seal and cast the Spell.

"Go!"

Swish!

The jade sword broke through the air and disappeared into the distance.

"I hope Junior Martial Uncle Dong has time to come."

"A freak who can dig up hundreds of thousands of Spirit Stones in one mine visit, and who is not under the surveillance of the Immortal Dynasty—does he not know how tempting he is?"

Lingran Realm.

A flying boat landed there, and Bai Yucan led the few remaining dregs of the Anning Prefecture Bai family, bowing and saying, "Fifth Uncle."

"Hmm."

"All of you, rise."

"What happened?"

"If every branch of the Bai family were like the one in Anning Prefecture, then the Bai family should perish."

Bai Dashi, who had not yet disembarked from the flying boat, began to reprimand Bai Yucan.

Bai Yucan...

He suddenly felt wronged; heaven is my witness, how long has he even been in Anning Prefecture?

The state of the Anning Prefecture Bai family was entirely Bai Yucheng's responsibility.

Yes, it was all Bai Yucheng's responsibility.

Having found the person responsible, Bai Yucan's heart relaxed, and he began to rattle on, starting from the Bai family in Pingcheng County.