When the head of the Huang family saw his elders arrive, he knew something was wrong!
He immediately abandoned the Poison King who was fighting them, turned around and flew towards his own elders, asking, "Why are you here? What happened?"
The Huang family elder hurriedly said, "Patriarch, something terrible has happened! The Earth Spirit Heart in our secret chamber has been stolen!"
What!!
The head of the Huang family suddenly felt dizzy.
The Heart of the Earth has been stolen. What does this mean?
A whole life was lost!
Moreover, the Earth Spirit Heart not only has the effect of bringing people back to life, but also has a very strong vitality. Relying on this vitality, they can maintain the operation of their family's top-level formations. Once the Earth Spirit Heart is gone, the consumption for running some large formations in a year would be an astronomical figure!
The Huang family head grabbed the elder by the collar and roared, "What are you doing?! Where is the protective formation? Where is the defensive formation? You just let him escape like that?!"
The Huang family elder lamented, "Patriarch, it was too late when we arrived. That person was incredibly fast; even we couldn't stop him in the slightest. He must be a Saint Realm expert!"
Enter the sacred realm!
The Huang family head loosened his grip, and he roughly understood what the Poison King had meant earlier.
To put it bluntly, the Poison King's position is in the open, while the other person who has reached the Saint Realm is in the shadows. Throughout the entire capital, everyone believes that besides the four great families and the Emperor's own powerful figures who have reached the Saint Realm, and now with the Poison King added to the mix, who else could it be?
Nobody knows!
Everyone thought that coming to the Duan family this time was absolutely safe, but no one expected that all three pillars of the family would come out and launch a surprise attack from behind. This must have been planned in advance!
The Huang family head no longer cared about the Poison King and turned to leave with his elders.
The other two families also heard the news. They were quite far from the Duan family. If the Poison King really colluded with someone, would their family's Earth Spirit Heart still be intact?
We have to go back and check!
As they left, they glared fiercely at the Poison King: "Poison King! If the Earth Spirit Heart of my family is stolen, you will suffer the same fate!"
Having said that, they turned and left.
Only Duan Hentian and the Duan family patriarch remained. They had watched a good show. The Poison King was exhausted, while their strength remained intact. Even if the Poison King wanted to attack again, they could withstand it all.
But they also realized it.
The person who orchestrated this whole charade for the Poison King is definitely the same person who told them to hold him back! Such a person, capable of making the Poison King willingly come out and meet them, is no ordinary individual. It seems the capital city in the future will not be as simple as they imagine.
Duan Hentian looked at the Poison King, cupped his hands, and said, "I never thought that the Poison King would one day be doing someone else's favor. I wonder who this person is who could persuade the Poison King to do this?"
The Poison King sneered.
Although he was exhausted, he still had most of the evil spirits and poison pills in his hand. He said calmly, "You'd better not ask too many questions. That person's strength is far more than you imagine. Just keep your mouth shut."
After saying that, the Poison King swaggered away from the place.
Even Duan Hentian and the Duan family patriarch dared not take a single step forward! The Poison King's current strength was far beyond their reach. Although they were both at the Saint Realm, the Poison King's poisonous true energy was extremely difficult to deal with, and they had no idea where he got so many top-grade poison pills.
However, Duan Hentian has now made some progress.
The Duan family patriarch stroked his long white beard and said, "I never expected that such a powerful figure would appear in the world in just a hundred years. Alas, it seems that before long, even the legendary Realm Daoist will probably be restless."
Duan Hentian asked in surprise, "What? Senior, what do you mean by this?"
The Duan family patriarch smiled and shook his head, saying, "Hentian, you should keep your mind focused on preserving the Duan family's assets for at least the next three years. Don't be greedy for anything else."
Having said that, the Duan family patriarch turned around and returned to the Duan family's territory with his hands behind his back.
Duan Hentian was left alone in the air, gazing at the gradually dissipating dark clouds, lost in thought.
On the other side.
Apart from the Duan family, the Earth Spirit Hearts of the other three major families were all stolen without exception.
Without the presence of a Saint Realm expert, no one noticed that the Earth Spirit Heart had been stolen. After all, the rumored Saint Realm expert seemed to know the location where they hid the Earth Spirit Heart perfectly. He appeared and disappeared without a trace, and his target was extremely precise. He directly stole their Earth Spirit Heart, and those Xuanzhen Realm elders didn't even have time to react. By the time they realized what had happened, it was too late.
The three great families have shifted almost all their hatred to the Myriad Gu Sect, since this plan must have been the work of the Myriad Gu Sect and another Saint Realm expert!
The theft of the Earth Spirit Heart was a particularly devastating blow to these aristocratic families!
So they convened a council to launch a campaign against the Myriad Gu Sect, but to their surprise, Duan Hentian refused the campaign.
The reason given was that the Duan family suffered severe losses in this battle, with two elders alone being killed.
Without the Duan family's involvement, the three great families lost their confidence.
The Poison King alone was enough to cause them trouble, not to mention that there was an unknown Saint Realm expert behind the Poison King. The enemy was in the dark, while they were in the light, so the conquest plan was put on hold for the time being.
...
Wanjie Mountain.
Lin Qingchi.
High atop a mountain peak tens of thousands of feet high, lies a secluded place rarely visited by people. Those who have stumbled upon it call it a land of gods. Some say that gods reside on Mount Wanjie, but this is merely a joke.
Today, by the Linqing Pond in Wanjie Mountain, an old man wearing a straw hat is fishing with his strong arms gripping a bamboo pole.
A short while later, a man led a wandering monk and appeared behind him.
At this moment, the old man said with a kind smile, "Hehe... What wind blew this man from Cangzhou here today?"
The traveling monk behind the man cupped his hands and smiled, "This junior greets Elder Ying. Elder Bei and I have come to discuss a matter concerning someone."
Elder Ying did not turn around, remaining focused on the commotion in Linqing Pond: "Oh? What do you, a mere mortal from the lower realm, need to report to me?"
The traveling monk laughed and said, "This person has defeated the current Demon Lord."
Upon hearing this news, Old Ying's strong and powerful hands seemed to tremble slightly.
The current Demon Lord is a peerless genius who appears only once in a thousand years. In just three hundred years, he has few rivals in this world. Even the Daoist Bei Lao of Cangzhou Realm lost half a move to him. If it weren't for Elder Ying, who is currently fishing here, stepping in, he would have had a hard time defeating that madman Li Zhong.
Furthermore, Elder Ying was certain that if Li Chong cultivated for another two hundred years, even he would find it difficult to be his match.
But now, someone has actually defeated Li Zhong in the lower realm. Doesn't that mean...?
Are people from the lower realms able to defeat the realm guardians who protect the order of the lower realms?
"Hehe, that's quite interesting."
Old Ying spoke naturally: "Come on, tell me about the people in the lower realm, what's different about them."
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