So he was Xuanyuan Zi Guang!
No wonder he was so strong.
Helian Xun Xue hurriedly ducked behind Ling Han before poking out her beautiful face and sticking out her tongue at Xuanyuan Zi Guang. She only felt that this person was baffling and detestable.
Meanwhile, Ling Han shot a pitying look at Xuanyuan Zi Guang. This guy had too favourable an opinion about himself, yet had completely no idea that this adorable woman was actually in the Heaven Tier. Though she was currently amnesiac, one day, her memory would definitely return, and by then, he’d be dead meat.
When Xuanyuan Zi Guang saw this, his gaze directed at Ling Han unconsciously became filled with a powerful killing intent. The woman that he fancied actually was so intimate with another man? He could not tolerate this and definitely had to kill the man in question. If not, the knot in his heart would never be erased.
“Once you leave here, you will be a dead man,” he said, pointing at Ling Han.
Ling Han smiled faintly, and said, “All right. Then you can just spend the rest of your life waiting here for me!”
Xuanyuan Zi Guang was rendered speechless; he had not thought that Ling Han would be so shameless. He gave a humph, then said, “I will wait for you!”
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Xuanyuan Zi Guang turned around to leave, but before he had taken more than a few steps, he heard Ling Han mumble softly, “Idiot”. He then could not help but turn back round, his gaze icy, and snapped, “What did you say?”
“Oh, I said you were an idiot. I didn’t think that you actually know yourself so well, and knew that I was calling you,” Ling Han replied, smiling.
Instantly, Xuanyuan Zi Guang was enraged, his killing intent boiling and rising above his head, transforming into tongues of flames. Images of real dragons and real phoenixes, Byakko and Genbu appeared, indicating the terrifying ability that this young man possessed.
He really was very powerful. Perhaps he might not be inferior even to the Sword Emperor and the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Maiden years ago.
“Once you leave this place, I will definitely behead you!” he declared coldly, his tone filled with determination.
“Then you just have to wait patiently, idiot. Wait for my mood to improve, and that will be when I will take your life,” Ling Han said lazily. As someone who had once been an elite cultivator of the Heaven Tier in his last life, no matter how powerful this generation of youths were, it was still impossible for him to look upon them seriously as true opponents.
In his eyes, the people that he needed to surpass were the Sword Emperor, the Setting Sun Saber Emperor, and others who had already entered into the realm of immortals—if they really had entered it, that was.
Xuanyuan Zi Guang did not continue to argue with Ling Han as that was completely meaningless and merely a waste of time. With a humph and a flourish of his robes, he left.
This time, Ling Han did not mutter anything else.
He was wondering if he should pick something like Xuanyuan Zi Guang’s hair and throw it into the Vial of Curses to curse him. However, once one had reached the Flower Blossom Tier, they had already left behind their mortal coil and would no longer have any hair fall. They could also freely control the growth of their fingernails. Only demonic beasts would continue to grow as the path they took was one of physical cultivation.
Therefore, it was quite a difficult feat to get physical tissue from a Flower Blossom Tier cultivator.
Forget it. Xuanyuan Zi Guang was only in the ninth layer of the Flower Blossom Tier; killing him would not be anything too difficult to accomplish once Ling Han raised his cultivation by a few more levels.
“Let’s go and get your accommodations arranged,” Ying Hong said, a hint of a smile in her expression. She was obviously very pleased to see a conflict arise between Ling Han and Xuanyuan Zi Guang. That way, the chance of Ling Han putting his full effort into assisting her would be even higher.
“Is it really appropriate for you to take so much delight in the misfortune of others?” Ling Han teased.
“I want to, and what can you do about it?” Ying Hong stuck out her breasts.
“How vulgar!” Ling Han said disdainfully.
The five of them entered into the Spirit Treasures Pavilion as Ying Hong showed proof of her identity. Afterwards, they were then invited into the massive building complex behind the Great Hall. However, the north region had the weakest martial arts level, and as a result, the north region branch of Spirit Treasures Pavilion naturally had the lowest status here. In this place, Ying Hong’s aura was obviously weaker.
“Heng, wait until I get the first place in this tournament! We’ll see what else you all have to say!” She fumed.
“Big Brother Han, that Xuanyuan Zi Guang indeed has extraordinary power. You definitely must not be careless,” Zhu Xuan Er said softly to Ling Han.
Ling Han nodded and said, “Don’t worry. I will not fear anyone, but I will not underestimate any genius, either. Honestly speaking, his current power is indeed above mine, but if he wants to kill me, that would still be a fantasy.”
He was absolutely certain of this fact; he had too many trump cards up his sleeve.
“Oh, right, let me ask you something,” Ling Han asked Ying Hong. “Do you know of the Boundless Mountain?”
“What mountain?” Ying Hong asked blankly.
“Boundless Mountain!”
“Tsk, I only lived in the middle state for a few years. Moreover, the middle state is such a big place, so how could I know where the Boundless Mountain is. Just hold on, I’ll find someone and ask around for you.” Ying Hong bustled away, but after a while, she again bustled back and said, “You damn brat, are you playing around with me? I’ve asked a great many people, but none has ever heard of such a mountain.”
Ling Han frowned. After ten thousand years, it was natural that there would be a change in the names of places, but here was the problem. The middle state was such a huge place, so how could he possibly travel to check every single mountain?
“Hey, I’m talking to you. Are you playing around with me?” Ying Hong asked fiercely.
“Take care of how you speak. Otherwise, no one would dare to marry you!” Ling Han warned.
“Pei, I have huge breasts, so if I wanted to marry, it’d be a piece of cake!” Ying Hong snorted. “You all just stay here for the moment. Oh, and it’d be best to try to avoid conflict with Xuanyuan Zi Guang. Ai, the south region actually hired such a monster; looks like we won’t be able to get many marks for the martial arts competition.”
Ling Han laughed, and said, “I have a way.”
“What way?”
“You think of a way to get hold of Xuanyuan Zi Guang’s hair, and I’ll make a voodoo doll to curse him. I guarantee his ability would decline greatly, and he would be no match for Xuan Er,” Ling Han suggested with a smile.
“Tsk!” Ying Hong rolled her eyes. This brat was playing with her again. “I’m leaving; you guys can rest for a while. However, take it easy. After all, there is only a month left until the tournament, so don’t ruin your bodies.”
“Get lost!”
After Ying Hong left, the three girls found their respective rooms and deposited their baggage first—though they didn’t reall have much baggage. After all, they had the Black Tower, and everybody had a Spatial Ring too.
Meanwhile, Ling Han sat down and continued to ponder the matter of the Boundless Mountain.
In his last life, he had heard of the Boundless Mountain, but had never been there before. He only knew that such a place existed in the middle state. Since that was the case, he could first find out where it was roughly located before slowly searching for the exact location.
In the past, that was like fishing a needle from the sea, and now, it was like fishing a needle from a lake. Though it was still a very slow process, it was still better wandering aimlessly all over the entire middle state.
The guest rooms
of the Spirit Treasures Pavilion were still of very high quality. Though there was a map of the middle state in every room, it was not very detailed. Furthermore, only some bigger areas were marked, and great many small cities and mountain ranges didn’t even have their names written.
Ling Han tried his best to remember and compare, and finally tapped strongly on the map. “It’s here, Flying Blossom County!”
The middle state was really too big, so it was divided again into thirty-six different counties. Flying Blossom County was one of them. However, even if the area had shrunk thirty-six times of the initial area, Flying Blossom County was still incredibly huge. At least, it was even bigger than the whole north region.
If he wanted to find a specific mountain in this place, it would be difficult!
‘Hopefully there aren’t that many mountains in Flying Blossom County,’ Ling Han thought.
It was not possible to make a close comparison on such a map, so Ling Han called over a servant and commanded him to buy a map of the Flying Blossom County. It was claimed that anything could be bought in the Spirit Treasures Pavilion. As a result, even if he did not step out of here, he could still practically buy whatever he wanted.
As long as he had the money for it.
Soon enough, the servant returned. He said that there were a total of three grades of maps. Ordinary maps could be bought with mere money, the prices of mid-grade maps were in Single Star Origin Crystals, whereas high-grade maps had to be bought with Double Star Origin Crystals; the price of the last grade was as high as ten Origin Crystals.
Ling Han internally mocked the Spirit Treasures Pavilion for being ruthless, but still handed over ten Double Star Origin Crystals to the servant and told him to buy a high-grade map and return with it swiftly.
After another while, the map was delivered into Ling Han’s hands.
Since a map could be sold for ten Origin Crystals, what more when they were Double Star Origin Crystals, it naturally had features worth such an exorbitant price. Firstly, the material that the map was drawn on was very valuable. It was drawn on the shell of a Clear Dragon Scaled Tortoise, and had used a completely intact shell.
The Clear Dragon Scaled Tortoise was not some high grade Demonic Beast, but its shell had a special ability—it could shrink or enlarge by will. It could stretch out to a hundred meters at maximum, and it could shrink to a size as small as that of one’s palm.
Because of this, the Clear Dragon Scaled Tortoise had been greatly hunted, and by now, there were pitifully few left of this kind of Demonic Beast.
Ling Han walked into the courtyard. With a wave of his hand, the tiny tortoise shell in his hand immediately enlarged, showing clearly all the mountains, plains, and rivers in detail.
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At the most critical moment, the Zi Xue Xian left behind a message and claimed that all the secrets have been left at the Clear Harmony Palace Hall at the Boundless Mountain. He was very curious what she meant when she said that everything in the last few eons had been a lie.
It was definitely not a moment of madness. Something that could make an ultimate elite cultivator of the Shattering Void Tier willing to stand against her own clansmen, and even sacrifice herself merely to let the secret be known… the implications of this matter could possibly be terrifyingly colossal.
Since they had come to the middle state, the search for the secret that the Zi Xue Xian had left behind was naturally a matter of vital importance.
The tortoise shell had enlarged to an area of about a hundred metres and weighed a few thousand kilograms, but Ling Han’s physical strength was really too tremendous. He could easily carry it single-handedly, without any need to use Origin Power at all. Looking at the map, he tried his best to compare it with what he remembered and ruled out those mountains and plains that were definitely different.
“There’s still as many as 21 places.” Ling Han shook his head. He could only rule out so many, and there were still twenty-one mountain ranges that fitted the description he remembered from years ago. After all, he had never been there, and it was already quite a feat for him to be able to narrow down the scope to this extent.
‘Should we go now or wait until after the tournament?’ Ling Han pondered. ‘The search for the Clear Harmony Palace Hall will definitely not take just one or two days. Since I have already agreed to help out in the tournament, then I naturally cannot break my word. All right, then we’ll just go after the tournament is over.
‘But do we really need to stay at the Spirit Treasures Pavilion for this whole month?
‘Oh, right. Ying Hong said that recently, there have been a great many who came out of the ancient historical sites, and it is highly possible that they possess some treasures that they themselves cannot use. They will then put it up for auction. So let’s just go and check when the auction will begin.’
It was really a coincidence that there happened to be an auction this very night. Furthermore, it was the large-scale auction that would take place once every month. And after another month, the super auction that took place once a year would be held. This would a very grand event with a great many treasures on auction. According to rumors, even elite cultivators of the Deity Transformation and the Heaven Tier would appear sometimes.
However, only those with invitations could participate in the large-scale monthly auction. Thus, Ling Han sought out Ying Hong, and asked her to help him obtain an invitation. In his opinion, though Ying Hong’s status in the Spirit Treasures Pavilion in the middle state was not too high, it would not be a problem for her to get him an invitation.
However, the result was surprising.
Ying Hong actually returned empty-handed.
“I really am about to die of fury!” The moment Ying Hong entered, her expression was filled with rage. “That b****, Ying Qi, actually dared to stop me. She didn’t give me an invitation when I asked, but instead tried as much as possible to change the subject.”
Ling Han frowned, and asked, “You couldn’t get it?”
Ying Hong sat at one side and said helplessly in displeasure, “I was stopped by that b****. She wouldn’t give me one.”
“She has an enmity with you?” Ling Han asked.
“You can say that.” Ying Hong thought for a moment. “She’s just jealous my breasts are larger than hers!”
“Hoho.” Naturally, Ling Han did not believe her.
“She is my Third Uncle’s daughter, and my Third Uncle… does not have a good relationship with my father.” She told the truth.
Ling Han gave an ‘oh’; so it was a family feud.
“I’ll think of something else, and help you get an invitation,” Ying Hong continued.
Ling Han shook his head, and said, “I’ll just use my own way, then.”
“You? What can you do now?” Ying Hong was disbelieving.
Ling Han grinned and said, “Don’t forget my real identity.”
Ying Hong was astonished, and asked, “No way, are you sure you want to take such a risk?”
“This is not called taking a risk, but rather decreasing the risk,” Ling Han said with a grin. He decided to appear with his original identity; was a Heaven Grade alchemist still unqualified to participate in the auction? And no matter what precious item he managed to buy at the auction, everyone would turn their focus on Ling Han instead of “Han Lin”.
Because the moment the auction concluded, Ling Han would disappear, and in his place, Han Lin would appear. Tsk, safe!
Now that he had made his decision, Ling Han relaxed. At dinner, he drew out the various food ingredients in the Black Tower to share with the others, and everyone naturally feasted to their heart’s content. That was especially the case for Helian Xun Xue and Ying Hong. Neither of them had eaten such delicacies too often, so both fought over food without any care for their image as genteel ladies.
Moreover, they were no refined ladies in the first place. One had lost her memory
, and the other frequently spoke about sleeping with her, so what reservations did they have?
“If you let me eat these every day, it’d be fine even if I have to throw myself at you,” the shameless woman said.
Ling Han naturally pretended he had heard nothing. He left the Spirit Treasures Pavilion and quietly removed the disguise he had on his face, regaining his original appearance. Then, he strode towards the Spirit Treasures Pavilion.
“This customer, our Pavilion is not open to the public tonight, and will only receive special guests.” He had just stepped onto the staircase when he was hailed down.
Ling Han declared his identity directly, and said, “I am Ling Han, a Heaven Grade alchemist. Can I be considered a special guest?”
“What?!” That person was obviously shocked by the words ‘Heaven Grade alchemist’, and after slight hesitation, said quickly, “Please wait for a moment, honourable customer. Please allow me to immediately report to my superior.”
In a rush, he raced up the stairs. There was naturally another supervisor there to maintain order.
At this point, the auction was about to begin, and a great many people passed him by. There were middle-aged people who walked with the gait of a soldier, there were also elderly people who had unfathomable depths, as well as young people with soaring vigor who carried themselves loftily.
Naturally, they all had invitations, and were allowed in easily.
Some of them saw Ling Han waiting at the foot of the staircase, and instantly looked disdainful. He wanted to go in without an invitation? Where had this beggar come from?
“Hey, brat. How about if you kneel down and call me Lord, and I’ll bring you in for a look around?” There would always be someone who had cheap mouth and would not take the fact that Ling Han was a Flower Blossom Tier cultivator into consideration. In the middle state, the Flower Blossom Tier cultivators could not really be considered as all that powerful.
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