Star Moon Sect
"Sect Master Yu!" An elder ran into the Elder Hall while shouting. "This... this is really a serious matter, Sect Master Yu."
Yu Yunzhi, who was conversing with some elders, turned to him, and she asked by raising her eyebrows. "What happened, Elder Ling? Why are you in such a hurry?"
Elder Ling handed the two bleaked life jades in his hands to her as he explained. "These two are Elder Feng and Elder Qin's life jades; suddenly both of them became so bleak like this, it seems that something happened to them."
"What!?" Yu Yunzhi and the others were shocked to hear that. Yu Yunzhi then grabbed the two jades. "Then what about Elder Situ's life jade?"
"Sect Master Yu, there is no problem with her life jade; only these two life jades have become like this."
"What do you think happened to them, Yunzhi?" Liu Tao asked.
"I'm not sure, but we should catch up with them now." Yu Yunzhi replied with a shake of her head, then she turned to Elder Ling. "Elder Ling, call some other elders to meet us in front of the sect, and we will go to the ancient ruin to save them."
Elder Ling nodded and hurried out of the Elder Hall to carry out Yu Yunzhi's orders.
"Hopefully nothing happens to them." Yu Yunzhi suddenly remembered something. "Damn it! I remember Xia Tian going with them there, and we don't know his current state because he doesn't have the life jade yet."
Yu Yunzhi was so worried that something would happen to Xia Tian. In fact, she was worried about him for two reasons. First, she had started to fall for him. Second, only he can satisfy her lust. Ever since she had dual cultivated with him, she has no longer dual cultivated with Liu Tao, and she has even avoided him whenever he wanted to dual cultivate with her.
"Xia Tian also went with them?" Yu Yunzhi nodded, but Liu Tao and the others were confused as to why they had a disciple along with them.
After that, Yu Yunzhi, Liu Tao, and several elders in the Elder Hall rushed out of the sect. After a few other elders gathered, they immediately left using the sect's flying artifact.
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Vermilion Imperial Sect
"Why is your face so pale, Sect Master Ding?" Meng Yao asked, and Duan Yong and a few other people also looked at her in confusion.
Ding Yuan took a deep breath, and then explained to them. "Ling Xin sent me a sound transmission; he had already left the ancient ruin, but he was seriously injured, and he also lost his right eye."
"What!?
"How did that happen, Ding Yuan?" Duan Yong asked in shock. "Shouldn't those living skeletons be able to hurt him?"
Ding Yuan shook his head at him. "You remember some of the cultivators that disappeared in the ancient ruins back then, right?"
"I certainly remember that." Duan Yong replied with a nod. "Back then, some of them claimed to have encountered powerful cultivators and beasts hiding there; some even died there, including my father."
"Then what about Gao Lan, Sect Master Ding?"
Hearing that, Ding Yuan sighed heavily. "Gao Lan was controlled by the cultivator hiding there, so I don't know her fate now."
Duan Yong, Meng Yao, and the people in the room fell silent upon hearing that.
Ding Yuan then stood up and walked out, as he said. "Duan Yong, Meng Yao, we are going to the ancient ruins right now."
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A forest
A woman was fighting various beasts in the Heaven Origin Realm, even though she was fighting many beasts at once, she looked relaxed and kept moving like a person who was dancing with her sword.
However, she suddenly raised her eyebrows and flew into the air instantly; then dozens of swords made of energy appeared and circled above her head. "Yuntian Sword Formation!"
After the woman said that, dozens of swords made of energy flew toward the beasts under her and pierced their bodies in an instant; even the beasts didn't have a chance to avoid them.
*Stab... Stab...*
One by one, the beasts fell to the ground, and their blood soaked the ground around them.
The woman landed on a big tree branch and listened to the sound transmission coming at her, and her expression became extremely ugly. "How is this possible? How could Yang Yao die? What exactly happened inside the ancient ruin? Moreover, Mei Yin and Yunxi's life jades have also become bleak, which means they are in danger."
The woman was none other than Mei Yun, and after she finished listening to the sound transmission, she immediately took out her flying artifact and headed toward the ancient ruin.
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The device room
"Fuck! I still can't figure out the combination; the language of the Dark Race is more complicated than the immortal language." Xia Tian cursed to himself as he kept trying to crack the device, startling Fan Quexian.
Fan Quexian opened her eyes and asked weakly as her condition continued to decline. "Why are you cursing, Tian? Haven't you solved it yet?"
"Sigh, I still haven't succeeded, Quexian." Xia Tian replied as he caressed her bare back. "You have to hold on; I will definitely take you out of this place."
"En." Fan Quexian nodded weakly.
However, they suddenly heard a click of the device followed by a loud mechanical sound, and Xia Tian shouted joyfully. "Finally! I managed to crack it!"
"Congratulations, Tian."
"En." Xia Tian nodded to her with a smile. 'Anyway, how long have we been here, Alice?'
[It's another day outside, Master.]
'Shit! I'm afraid they've been sucked dry by Hei Jian by now.' Xia Tian became more and more restless.
[Master, you don't need to worry; now flow your darkness energy into the device first and control it completely; then you will become the new owner of this place.]
Xia Tian immediately did what Alice said, and a few minutes later, the device was completely under Xia Tian's control.
[Hehe, it's a good thing you have darkness energy, or else you won't be able to take over this place.]
"Heh, a low level of darkness energy alone is impossible to do this, but fortunately, my darkness energy has reached the peak level thanks to Little Qi."
[So what next? Are you going to kill Estella?]
"Kill her? With my current cultivation, I can't kill her, because killing the Dark Race requires a lot of energy; even Ruxue won't be able to do it, but I have other plans for that damn woman." Xia Tian said as he smirked evilly.
[....] Alice shuddered at Xia Tian's smirk, and she muttered to herself. 'Somehow I feel sorry for Estella because bad luck will befall her.'
Xia Tian then activated the device, and a notification immediately appeared in his mind, shocking him.
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[Mission: Obtain a Fortress]
[Rank: Hidden]
[Time Limit: -]
[Rewards: Hidden Gift Pack [2] x1]
[Status: Done]
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'Oh!? I didn't expect that this would trigger a hidden mission.' Xia Tian muttered with a smile, but he couldn't care about that for now because he was extremely worried about Feng Xian'er and Murong Mengxin, who were in Estella's hands.
"What happened to this place, Tian?" Fan Quexian asked as soon as the ancient ruin shook violently after Xia Tian did that.
"Relax, I am the owner of this place now, and I will send you into my space, so Yue can take care of you."
"All right."
After that, Xia Tian sent Fan Quexian into the Ancient Sacred Realm, and he also instructed Yue to stabilize her state.
[Master, since you are now the new owner of this place, you can freely control the entire area of this place, and you can move to Estella's location easily.]
"Good!" Xia Tian nodded and disappeared from the scene instantly.
- To Be Continued -
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My other novels
1. Primordial 'Dual Cultivator' Dragon With System: To begin with, Ling Yun's character was still too gentle and naive, when compared to Xia Tian, but he would change with time.
2. Otherworldly-Cultivator : There is no doubt about Chen Li's character, he adapts quickly, smart, gentle towards those closest to him, and sometimes wise. But he is also psychotic, vile, ruthless, and violent towards his enemies.
3. Zhang Fei-The Abandoned Son: I have started rewriting this novel, and the story will be a lot different from the original novel.
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