81: Bronze fragments

As various forces poured into the South Heaven Gate, they were quickly teleported to several transmission halls within the Profound Yellow Palace.

As soon as they emerged, they encountered members of the Xu Family responsible for reception, who then led them to a lake about thirty-six li in circumference.

Though called a lake, the entire body of water was already equivalent to a spiritual lake. Beneath it, a Low Grade Origin Crystal ore vein and ten top-grade Origin Stone mines were buried, causing Heaven And Earth Origin Qi to swirl within. Mortals only needed to Cultivate there for a few months to achieve the King Realm.

Outside the lake, many pavilions stood, and above the lake, arranged according to the Bagua, many pavilions floated. At the very center was a lake island about three li in size.

Of course, most forces could only stay on the periphery. Only Venerable-level forces could enter the lake pavilions. As for the lake island, perhaps only top-tier forces, first-rate Venerable-level forces, and the various Venerable Old Ancestors could set foot on it.

"Xuangu Domain, top-tier force Xue Family, presents one piece of deep-sea marrow silver, a thousand jin of star-cold iron, ten Venerable-grade Heaven And Earth Treasure, and one hundred million Low Grade Origin Crystals!"

"Xuangu Domain, top-tier force Wind Thunder Pavilion, presents one piece of thunder-Qilin divine iron, one wind-thunder bead, ten Venerable-grade Heaven And Earth Treasure, and three hundred million Low Grade Origin Crystals."

"Xuangu Domain, top-tier force Chen Family..."

"Xuan Sheng Domain, top-tier force Tianxuan Sect..."

"Tianmang Domain, top-tier force Sima Family..."

Before the venue, Xu Family deacons loudly announced the astonishing gifts presented by the entering forces.

Whenever this happened, those major forces would enter the venue after presenting their gifts, their actions flowing smoothly, completely unconcerned with the outcome.

But the lesser forces were different; they would listen carefully to the Xu Family deacon's announcements, wanting to see if their gifts could surpass those of their rival forces.

And when their gifts did surpass their opponents', they would strut in front of their rival forces, heads held high like victorious roosters.

Though childish, seeing their rival forces frustrated brought them great joy.

The two Elders responsible for welcoming guests on the side maintained calm expressions, but inwardly, they were secretly pleased.

Although these items were not precious to the Xu Family, these gifts represented the Xu Family's power; otherwise, why would these forces present such valuable treasures?

"When I was young, I vowed to make the Xu Family a Silver-tier force, to become the number one force in Qingfeng City. More than sixty years have passed in a flash, and I witnessed the Xu Family's destruction."

"Fortunately, Heaven took pity on my Xu Family, allowing the Young Lord to be born into the Xu Family. The current Xu Family has become the undisputed overlord of the Profound Ancient Thirty-Six Domains. Seeing this, even if I were to go to Yellow Springs now, I could still smile as I meet my brothers."

Inside a grand hall on the lake island, a massive projection displayed scenes from various parts of the Profound Yellow Palace.

Xu Ming looked at the tens of thousands of Martial Artist, his expression excited.

"Third Uncle, you mustn't speak like that. The Family still needs you. Just as the Young Lord said, when the Xu Family dominates the Land of Thousand Domains, that will be the time for us to step out of the Land of Thousand Domains. Don't you want to see the beautiful scenery of the outside world?" Xu Liang chuckled.

"You make it sound like this Old man is about to die!"

Xu Ming glared at Xu Liang, who merely smiled.

"But then again, since we've already arrived in the Xuangu Domain, why haven't we seen the force that destroyed my Xu Family back then? Could it be that person came from the territory of the other Twelve Sects?"

Xu Ming looked at the projection, a look of confusion in his eyes.

This invitation to various forces to the Xu Family, besides holding the Immortal Assembly, was also for the purpose of finding the Martial Artist who destroyed the Xu Family back then.

Because to go to the Ming Domain, besides Venerable-level forces, only King-level powerhouses could do so, which was the reason for gathering King-level and above forces from the Thirty-Six Domains to participate.

However, so far, they had not seen that person or the force behind him appear.

At the mention of this, a murderous intent appeared in Xu Liang's eyes. The hatred for killing his father and brother was irreconcilable. No matter who that person was or how strong his background, he would cut him down.

"By the way, Third Uncle, what exactly was that exotic treasure?"

When that incident happened, Xu Liang was not in Xu City, so he was not clear about the details. Afterwards, when the Xu Family was rebuilt, everyone was either Cultivating or handling Family affairs, so it was delayed.

"It was a bronze fragment!" Xu Ming's eyes showed a hint of nostalgia.

"Bronze fragment?"

"Precisely!" Xu Ming nodded. "Speaking of which, I was also a witness to this exotic treasure. When we first discovered it, it was in an underground river in the Xuan Ling Mountain Range. At that time, the Family Head and I encountered a battle of great demons when we entered the mountain range and had to hide in a cave."

"Not long after, the cave was affected and collapsed, causing the two of us to fall into an underground dark river. There, we found the fragment. When this fragment appeared, it transformed into a phantom of a bronze cauldron and suppressed two great demons."

"But for some reason, it didn't kill the two of us. At that time, we felt it was a great treasure, but who would have thought it was a death warrant."

When he spoke of this, Xu Ming's eyes were filled with regret.

Seeing his Third Uncle's appearance, Xu Liang didn't know how to comfort him for a moment. He thought of his brother; perhaps he, too, was full of regret!

"However, thinking about that bronze fragment now, it was definitely not an ordinary item, because even with my current cultivation, recalling the Qi on that bronze fragment back then, I still feel a sense of dread!" Xu Ming continued.

Xu Liang's eyes widened upon hearing this, never expecting the bronze fragment to be so extraordinary.

Thus, the appearance of that person back then was by no means an accident... This Xuanhuang Immortal Assembly was the grandest event in the Profound Ancient Thirty-Six Domains in nearly ten thousand years. Even when Ye Xunzheng succeeded the position of Divine Lord, it was not as lively as it was today.

There were two reasons for this outcome: first, fear of the Xu Family's powerful strength.

The Mystic Ancient Divine Hall's power ranked sixth among the Thirteen Sects. Although the top five forces all had the ability to annihilate the Mystic Ancient Divine Hall, the cost for the Xu Family to annihilate them was too small, with only some King Realm Martial Artist losses.

The second reason was for this trade fair. After all, the Profound Ancient Thirty-Six Domains was vast, and many people held unneeded treasures. Because they were precious, they were reluctant to sell them, so they wanted to use this trade fair to exchange the treasures they held for the ones they needed.

Therefore, this Immortal Assembly gathered the top figures of various forces from the Thirty-Six Domains, and many eccentric experts from among the Loose Cultivator also came.

"Is this the Xu Family's foundation?"

Along the way, Tianhai's brows had been furrowed.

They had always resented the Mystic Ancient Divine Hall's seizure of the Canghai Domain back then. When they heard that the Mystic Ancient Divine Hall had been destroyed, their first thought was to send troops to retake the Canghai Domain.

But when they heard that the Xu Family possessed a horned Dragon, their plan was forcibly halted.

Along this path, he had seen thirteen Xu Family Venerables. Although most were in the Early Stage of Sealed Venerable, five were in the Late Stage of Sealed Venerable, and he even saw one Profound Venerable.

To have a Profound Venerable guard the gate, although it couldn't be ruled out that the Xu Family did this for Face, compared to his own Tiangang Sect, who would dare to let a Profound Venerable Old Ancestor guard the gate?

But the Xu Family did it, and the other party looked so natural. It was said that in that battle, the other party dared to fight against a Divine Lord as a Venerable, and although he was knocked down in two moves, no one laughed at him.

Because that was a Divine Lord; even his own Old Ancestor was no match for him.

And now it seemed that although the other party suffered a crushing defeat in that battle, he took the opportunity to Breakthrough to Profound Venerable, clearly also an existence with great perseverance.

He now knew that the Xu Family possessed at least two Profound Venerables, one of whom was suspected to be a horned Dragon with a powerful Bloodline, an existence considered invincible among Profound Venerables.

His purpose in coming was also to verify the existence of this horned Dragon, but he didn't expect to not see the Dragon. The power displayed by the Xu Family alone was equivalent to their Tiangang Sect.

This was also why his brows had been furrowed all along.