Chapter 927: Moving Forward (1/2)

Nie Tian hadn’t expected that he would come under so much pressure after becoming the seventh Son of the Stars.

Before, he had been all alone. He hadn’t had so many worries or scruples.

Now all of a sudden, powerful sects like the Divine Seal Sect, the Divine Flame Sect, the Beast-controlling Sect, and the Bliss Mountain Sect had chosen to attach themselves to him, and the Domain of the Falling Stars, the Domain of Heaven’s Boundaries, and the Domain of Heaven Python had been put under his name. He suddenly felt unprecedented pressure on his shoulders.

Not just that, but someone had been undermining him and trying to prevent him from growing as a Son of the Stars and building up his prestige.

“No matter what, you’ve got to make a trip to the Domain of Endless Snow,” Jing Feiyang said with a solemn tone. “No matter how impudent they are, since you’re a Son of the Stars, they wouldn’t dare to make any moves against you. You’d better go have a talk with Patriarch Snowy Peak of the Heavenly Ice Sect, and try your best to bring Fan Kai and the others back alive. If you don’t go, people will assume that you’re afraid of the Heavenly Ice Sect, and that you don’t care about the lives of your subordinates. If this happens, those clans and sects in the Domain of Heaven’s Boundaries will distance themselves from you even more.”

Nie Tian pondered the matter, and soon made his decision. “I’ll go to the Domain of Endless Snow.”

After Xing Lifeng’s death, people from the Void Spirit Society had been focused on searching for Zhao Shanling and Pei Qiqi. Therefore, they hadn’t approached him yet.

In fact, it was good news that even the powerful experts from the Void Spirit Society couldn’t track the two of them down.

From the look of it, they would be safe for the time being.

“I’ll go to the Domain of Endless Snow with you,” Jing Feiyang said, looking as if he already had a plan in mind. “But I’ll hide myself the whole trip. I believe I’ll be able to learn the truth by doing this.”

With a surprised expression, Nie Tian asked, “What truth?”

Jing Feiyang’s eyes shone with the light of wisdom as he said, “I suspect that someone will ambush you on your way to the Domain of Endless Snow. If someone is really bent on undermining you, he might arrange for rogue cultivators or Hunters with unknown origins to ambush you. Those who have established their names or have outstanding power will most likely be apprehensive about your status, and refuse to do such a reckless thing.

“However, Hunters drift about in the starry river without a set residence. They can be easily manipulated to make such a move.

“It’s not a rare thing that they rob the ancient starships that travel among different domains.”

Nie Tian’s expression flickered slightly upon hearing this.

Afterwards, Jing Feiyang made secret arrangements for everything for this trip.

Duan Shihu said that he would escort Nie Tian to the Domain of Endless Snow, and Jing Rou after him.

Jing Feiyang then secretly arranged for his wife to take over the Divine Seal Sect while he was away. Without bringing a single Void domain expert, he left for the Domain of Endless Snow with Nie Tian, Duan Shihu, and Jing Rou, on their private ancient starship.

As they did, Jing Feiyang hid within the ancient starship, while spreading word that he was in secluded cultivation.

The ancient starship headed towards the Domain of Endless Snow at full speed.

As Jing Feiyang had instructed, the Divine Seal Sect spread word of this trip Nie Tian was making.

Jing Rou, who seemed to have inherited her father’s sharp mind, chimed in. “Normally speaking, even if the Golden Vast Sect and the Thousandsword Mountain Sect had opinions about you, they wouldn’t make any moves against you. They’re too big targets. If they do, they’ll easily get exposed. They’re not as stupid as to make you their enemy, no matter how discontent they are with you.

“However, some rogue cultivators may also hold you and your friends accountable for the recent outsider invasion.

“As you know, many of our realms fell. The outsiders slaughtered countless people, perhaps including their friends and family. It’s already widespread news that Pei Qiqi and Zhao Shanling from the Domain of the Falling Stars were the direct cause of the calamity in our domain. If they can’t find Zhao Shanling or Pei Qiqi, they may very well seek ways to vent their anger on you.

“Aside from them, the people who have been undermining you might have made deals with Hunters who wander in the starry river to ambush you.

“I’m afraid this trip won’t be a safe one.”

Jing Rou and Duan Shihu went on and analyzed the situation for Nie Tian, while Jing Feiyang hid his aura completely under the deck.

Even Nie Tian couldn’t capture a shred of his aura with the help of his bloodline power.

The ancient starship, which every major force from the Domain of Heaven Python knew belonged to Duan Shihu and Jing Rou, traveled through the silent starry river.

Both overtly and covertly, many forces and rogue cultivators paid close attention to it.

The trip turned out to be rather smooth.

After all, their ancient starship had the Divine Seal Sect’s sigil on it. Those who harbored evil ideas had to take the Divine Seal Sect’s strength and Nie Tian’s status as a Son of the Stars into consideration, and thus didn’t dare to make any rash moves.

During this time, Nie Tian took the opportunity to practice the True Flame Incantation with the Heavenflame Crystal he had obtained from the Divine Seal Sect.

The first flame incantation his flame power sub-soul had learned on its own was the True Flame Incantation.