Chapter 346: News Spreads (1/2)
Chapter 346: News Spreads
After returning to the Void Illusion Mountain Range, Nie Tian discovered that even though Qi warriors from different parts of the Realm of Split Void were still searching for the Flame Dragon Armor, their enthusiasm had faded considerably.
The Blood Skull, Wild Fire, Dark Moon, and numerous Hunters, as well as the individual explorers, had failed to discover any sign of the Spirit Channeling grade treasure.
As time passed, many people decided not to waste any more of their time.
Even the Blood Skull, who had very high hopes in their operation, retreated from the Wild Fire’s territory.
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After marching back to the Void Illusion Mountain Range, Li Langfeng came to a stop. He turned to the others and said, “It’s about time we part ways.”
After marching without any disruption for about a dozen days, everyone’s injuries had recovered to certain degree.
Through circulating his wood power and consuming large amounts of spirit beast meat, Nie Tian had already healed most of the heavy injuries he had sustained from his battle against Ning Yang.
Not only that, but his spiritual sea was also once again brimming with the power of various attributes.
By contrast, it seemed that Li Langfeng hadn’t recovered from his battle against the Phantasm yet, and he still needed time to recover to his peak state.
However, Nie Tian, Pei Qiqi, and Xue Long were all guest elders of the Blood Skull, while Li Langfeng was a guest elder of the Dark Moon.
The three of them planned to return to Shatter City as soon as possible, so it wouldn’t be a good choice for him to follow along.
“What exactly is the deal that you made with the Spirit Condor?” Nie Tian’s question seemed a bit out of the blue.
He knew that the only reason why Li Langfeng had agreed to help him snatch the third fragmentary star mark from Ning Yang was the deal he had made with the Spirit Condor, according to which, he would spend some time helping Li Langfeng absorb toxic Qi more efficiently with his spiritual energy ball technique.
“What deal?” Pei Qiqi was confused.
Of the four of them, Pei Qiqi was the only one who didn’t know that the Spirit Condor was the reason why Li Langfeng and Xue Long had agreed to help Nie Tian.
Ignoring Pei Qiqi’s question, Li Langfeng looked at Nie Tian and said, “According to the deal I made with the Spirit Condor, you’ll spend three months helping me cultivate after I help you finish your mission. But, I’ve already entered the Worldly realm, and I’m not in a hurry to accumulate strength. Right now, I need to stabilize my cultivation base, mull over the difference between the Worldly realm and the Greater Heaven stage, and temper my soul power skills.”
After a moment of pondering, Nie Tian said, “How about this: you can come and find me when you need my help in the future.”
Li Langfeng fell silent for a moment before saying, “I think you’d better return to the Realm of Flame Heaven as soon as you can.”
“He’s right,” Xue Long said with a serious expression. “Now that you’ve collected all three fragmentary star marks, according to you, you’ll be able to seal the three spatial rifts in the Realm of Flame Heaven, the Realm of Mystic Heaven, and the Realm of a Thousand Devastations, so you should get started as soon as possible. As we speak, those three major spatial rifts are leaking endless demon Qi into our world. We don’t know when Demons will invade again.
“The sooner you close those spatial rifts, the better it will be for the Domain of the Falling Stars. After all, Demons are outsiders. They will always be the biggest threat to us.
“Especially now that Phantasms have come to the Realm of Split Void.
“I suspect that those Phantasms have something to do with the Demons’ invasion! For some reason, I have a feeling that the arrival of those Phantasms will trigger a series of great changes!”
After hearing Xue Long’s analysis, Nie Tian fell silent. After a long time, he nodded and said, “Indeed, I’ve got to return to the Realm of Flame Heaven as soon as I can. However, I’ll come back to the Realm of Split Void for sure.”
“Why would you?” Li Langfeng seemed very surprised.
Nie Tian didn’t answer his question.
He had a hunch that there must be a deep connection between the forbidden region, which constantly attracted meteors to fall from the sky, and the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace.
Before, he had probed into the earth in that forbidden region and learned that secrets were hiding in the depths of the earth.
He also believed that only he, the man who had received the legacies of the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace, would be able to uncover those secrets.
However, his current cultivation base was still too low. Since he hadn’t transcended his psychic power into soul power, he didn’t have the ability to uncover the underground secret yet.
As his cultivation base improved, and his mastery of the Fragmentary Star Incantation progressed, he would eventually return to that region and get to the bottom of it.
Li Langfeng nodded, and didn’t seemed to be displeased by Nie Tian’s non-reply. “I see. You have your reasons. Anyhow, I’ve got to thank you for consuming your own strength to help me advance into the Worldly realm within such a short time. If you ever run into trouble, or need to kill someone, hit me up.
“It doesn’t matter if it’s in the Realm of Split Void or other realms, I’ll do it to return the favor.”
“Many thanks.” Nie Tian clasped his hands to express his gratitude formally. Then, he said, “When you need me to help you absorb toxic Qi to accumulate strength in the future, you’re welcome to come find me, if I’m in the Realm of Split Void.”