Chapter 741: Parties Meet Up (1/2)

Xing Beichen touched his nose and jumped onto his air-transportation spiritual tool without taking Yin Yanan’s words to heart.

The shape of his air-transportation spiritual tool was rather unique. It looked as if it had been formed by many swords without hilts.

‘Broken Sword’ was its name, and its speed was noticeably lower than the Flame Bird’s.

Xing Beichen sat in the lotus position on his Broken Sword as he followed the Flame Bird, which Qiao Yunxi intentionally slowed down for him, from about ten meters away.

“According to that Stoneman, the Demons and the Stonemen aren’t the only ones that have come to this region. The Phantasms have come too.” Face grim, Qiao Yunxi shot Nie Tian a glance. She seemed to want to say something, but gave up on it on second thought.

“What is it?” Nie Tian asked.

“The Phantasms seem to be looking for that Phantasm soul,” Qiao Yunxi said. “They’ve spread word that once any outsider race discovers anything about that Phantasm soul, they should inform them at the first possible moment.”

“The Phantasm soul?” Nie Tian said with a cold snort. “It’s already gone.”

“That Phantasm soul seems to belong to a ninth grade grand patriarch of the Phantasms,” Qiao Yunxi said.

Nie Tian’s expression flickered. “A ninth grade Phantasm!?”

A complicated look appeared in Qiao Yunxi’s eyes as she said, “That’s right. Ninth grade Phantasms are called grand patriarchs. Even if it’s only a soul now and has lost most of its soul power, it’s still the soul of a grand patriarch. Every grand patriarch of the Phantasms enjoys a lofty position. Only the most ancient and powerful clans have ninth grade grand patriarchs.

“If a grand patriarch decides to take the Domain of Heaven’s Boundaries, the eight major powers would have to avoid fighting and take the initiative to back out from the Domain of Heaven’s Boundaries.”

Shaken by her words, Nie Tian said inwardly, “It’s hard to believe that Phantasm soul was actually so powerful. If that’s the case, the Spirit Pearl will probably become very powerful once the Phantasm soul truly merges with it and becomes its soul.”

Qiao Yunxi couldn’t help but ask, “How in the world did you get rid of that Phantasm soul?”

Yin Yanan also looked over at Nie Tian with a curious expression.

She had believed that Nie Tian would die beyond the shadow of a doubt soon after parting ways with them. Who would have thought he had actually taken care of the Phantasm soul without any help?

This had been a major puzzle that she couldn’t get over.

“Even grand patriarchs aren’t invincible,” Nie Tian said with a meaningful tone.

Seeing that he didn’t want to give a straight answer, the girls were rather disgruntled, yet since there was nothing they could do, they fell silent.

Nie Tian was rather happy now that they had stopped asking questions. He took out spirit stones and resumed cultivating his spiritual core with them.

Time passed bit by bit...

The four of them traveled cautiously as they scanned their surroundings with their soul awareness all the time, fearing that they would run into powerful outsiders.

They had become very alert since they had learned that the Demons and the Stonemen weren’t the only outsider forces that had come to this region.

They prepared themselves for engagement with bands of outsiders at any moment.

However, their trip went surprisingly smoothly, and they didn’t encounter any outsiders.

Two weeks passed...

As the Flame Bird flew to a ring-shaped floating meteor, the tips of Qiao Yunxi’s eyebrows rose. Overjoyed, she exclaimed, “I can sense another divine flame seal over there!”

The Flame Bird dashed over, and she jumped off, holding a special tool. Her garments fluttered lightly as she flew to the floating meteor, wreathed in a crimson aura.

In a corner of the meteor that was covered in rubble, as she formed a hand seal, a streak of crimson light shot out from the depths of the ground.

The glorious light came to a stop before her, and it turned out to be a magical seal that looked like a ball of fire. She made a grabbing motion, and it flew into her palm.

Then, she merged her soul awareness with it to receive the information within it.

After a short while, her eyes lit up as she flew back to the Flame Bird and said, “I know where to go now!”

In high spirits, Yin Yanan asked, “How long will it take us to get to Senior Yue’s location?”

Xing Beichen also flew closer on his Broken Sword and listened attentively.

“Considering our speed, it’ll take about a month or so for us to meet up with the grand elder,” Qiao Yunxi answered. Then, she fixed Nie Tian with a strange look. “The grand elder and the others seem to have come to a major discovery. According to the message I received from the divine flame seal, they want me to take you to them as soon as possible.”

Yin Yanan was taken aback. “Him?!”

“Our grand elder invited him here,” Qiao Yunxi said. “I suppose he needs him to help them with something.”

Nie Tian pondered briefly before realizing that Yue Yanxi’s discovery must have something to do with the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace.