Chapter 211: A Clan’s Ruination (1/2)

fortunately, qing han wasn’t seriously hurt by the newly restless poison. empress myrtlestar managed to cleanse it in time. wu tulong was quick to arrive after receiving the message, followed by mo qitian, dongfang hao, and zi chen. they gathered around with lu yun, qing han, and lu shenhou.

lu shenhou’s findings stunned all of them.

“the path of cultivation was severed before the ancient times?” wu tulong asked, his sharpy-slanted eyebrows deeply furrowed.

“that’s right.” lu shenhou nodded. “from the clues i found in the tomb, there were four cultivator realms instead of three, back when the owner of the tomb was alive. there should be another after the spirit realm!”

“the answer lies in the tomb, awaiting our discovery,” mo qitian said with confidence. “if there’s another realm, the seven of us should be able to figure it out.”

seven. he’d included qing han as well.

someone at his level could easily sense the real strength of other cultivators. to his shock, both lu shenhou and qing han possessed the power to rival the youth sovereigns.

strange. qing han was a decent enough cultivator when we last met, but he wasn’t at our level.

the development took the other three youth sovereigns by surprise as well.

they weren’t from nephrite major, but they were all familiar with qing han. after all, this was the bearer of the infamous accursed spirit root! more importantly, they’d heard about the arranged marriage between the qing clan and house donglin. prior to qing han’s birth, all signs showed that the child would be a girl. that the world welcomed a boy instead took everyone greatly aback.

frankly, with empress myrtlestar as his personal teacher, it was no surprise that qing han could quickly reach their level.

“when do we enter the tomb?” dongfang hao asked calmly, his gaze sweeping over the other six men. eagerness to battle flashed through his eyes when he looked at lu yun.

back in dusk province, he’d fought lu yun for three days and three nights before just barely losing out to the young governor. he’d been studiously cultivating since then, hoping to defeat lu yun one day.

“there will be a treasure auction at the panorama pavilion in three days,” said lu yun. “i need an utmost treasure being sold then to refine something.”

“the auction in three days… are you after their supreme material, the ten orientations stone?” lu shenhou paused bemusedly.

being a rare natural material that exceeded ninth-rank immortal grade, the emergence of the ten orientations stone would attract all master refiners in nephrite major, perhaps even the entire world. in addition, nephrite’s new celestial emperor was soon to be crowned. all major immortal factions would pay a visit to witness the ceremony.

thus, this was the perfect time for the panorama pavilion to hold an auction, one of the biggest merchant guilds in the world. with a vast audience gathered in the major, the material would fetch its highest possible price point.

“but zhao shenguang will be crowned in a few days,” lu shenhou said hesitantly. “are we entering the tomb after his coronation?”

“who cares about him taking the throne? it’s fine even if we don’t attend the ceremony.” qing han shrugged. “once we buy the ten orientations stone and lu yun refines his treasure, we’ll be on our way.”

zhao shenguang was nothing but chen xiao and qing buyi’s sidekick, so qing han didn’t take him seriously at all. the disguised girl had also figured out why zhao shenguang was the new celestial emperor instead of zhao changkong. the former crown prince had plotted with the qing dao immortal to kill lu yun, almost getting qing han during the process as well. that roused chen xiao and qing buyi’s ire, which meant they’d dragged zhao changkong off the throne before he could be properly seated.

lu yun was the only one to show hesitation. he was the dusk governor, after all. not attending the coronation might give people another excuse to attack him. a cultivation realm beyond spirit realm though… screw it all!

wu tulong and the other three youth sovereigns agreed without reservations. they weren’t cultivators from nephrite major, so the major’s new celestial emperor had nothing to do with them.

as for the ten orientations stone, it was the main ingredient of a feng shui luopan!

lu yun had known nothing about treasure refinement to begin with. with the addition of huangqing to his envoy ranks, he became a foremost expert in the field. after some analysis and deduction, he realized that the luopans of his sect back on earth had been made of ten orientations stone, which meant the material also existed on earth!

……

“do you want to meet qing yu?” qing han suddenly asked when everyone had left.

“what?” lu yun was both stunned and pleasantly surprised.

“i said, do you want to meet qing yu?”

“i do!” lu yun blurted out. “where is she? with the qing clan?”

qing han shook his head. “no, she’s in the chen clan.”