âI really canât hide anything from you,â Nanyun Tong smiled bitterly. He sighed gently and said slowly, âBing Lou, Iâve really come across quite a large problem in the Dongâan province this time.â
As Bing Lou listened to Nayun Tong, he waved his hand gently. Ice moved and immediately condensed into two cups. He took out some precious liquor from his Space Ring and poured it into the two ice cups and gestured for Nanyun Tong to drink.
Nanyun Tong lifted up the cup with both hands. After clinking it with Bing Louâs cup, he downed the whole thing and said slowly, âA small high grade divine crystal mine has appeared in our Dongâan province. Even though itâs only a small mine, it holds great importance to our entire province. It also relates to the future of our Nanyun clan.â
âItâs just that an Overgod from another divine kingdom has taken over the mine. With the current strength of the province, no one can threaten an Overgod, so I purposefully came to visit you to see if you could resolve the matter.â
Bing Lou glanced at Nanyun Tong deeply and smiled gently, âSince youâve come to me for a matter like that, it looks like your Nanyun clan takes quite a large portion of the divine crystals. If you donât get the mine back, your Nanyun clan will be the one that suffers the greatest losses.â
Nanyun Tong smiled awkwardly, âYouâre joking, brother Bing Lou. Right now, my Nanyun clan, the Huo family, and the Dong family take twenty-five percent of all the divine crystals mined. The other seventy-five percent is split among the other clans.â Nanyun Tong paused there. Then he smiled deeply and continued, âItâs just that quite a few Gods of the other clans in our provincial city have entered Godking Duanmuâs dwelling, but only a few have emerged. Aside from the God that our Nanyun clan lost a few years ago, we havenât lost anyone else.â
Nanyun Tong had asked for Bing Lou to take back the mine for the Dongâan province because he had already expected that the powerful clans would suffer heavy losses with the opening of Godking Duanmuâs dwelling. Many of them would even lose the right to remain in the provincial city, so how the divine crystals would be split would definitely be redecided. At that time, his Nanyun clan could borrow Bing Lou to claim the largest share.
Bing Lou nodded and said with ease, âAlright, Iâll help you. Nanyun Tong, I hope you can become an Overgod soon.â
Nanyun Tong immediately beamed with joy when he heard Bing Louâs reply. He seemed to think of something and added, âOh right, the Overgod who took over the mine seems to have comprehended the Laws of the Sword.â
âAn Overgod who has comprehended the Laws of the Sword?â
Nanyun Tong would have been better off if he had not mentioned that. Bing Louâs eyes immediately narrowed when he heard these words.
As an Overgod, Bing Lou naturally had information that a God like Nanyun Tong could not get his hands on. Someone like Nanyun Tong would have only heard about a few Overgods in the Divine Kingdom of Pingtian, while Bing Lou would know much more than the Overgods in the entire divine kingdom. He would basically know all the Overgods in the neighbouring divine kingdoms as well.
He also knew that aside from Ling Hougong and Jian Chen who he had worked with in Godking Duanmuâs dwelling, there were no other Overgods who comprehended the Laws of the Sword.
âNanyun Tong, do you know what the Overgod looks like?â Bing Lou stared at Nanyun Tong in interest. His leisurely appearance had vanished, and a smear of sternness appeared.
Bing Louâs change stunned Nanyun Tong. He suddenly had an extremely ill omen. However, he still did not hesitate. Through his fantastic memory, he drew the person drawn by Bai Ziqi again.
To no surprise, his drawing depicted Jian Chen.
When Bing Lou saw that it was actually Jian Chen, his face immediately changed. He gently placed down the ice cup in his hands and sighed softly.
âBrother Bing Lou, do you know this person?â Nanyun Tong could not help but ask.
Bing Lou responded after a while of silence, âI do know this person. He was one of the people who entered the dwelling first with Godking Duanmuâs jade. Heâs extremely powerful. Two early Overgods died at his hands in the dwelling.â
Nanyun Tong revealed a rather ugly expression. He murmured, âHe was actually one of the people to enter the dwelling first? Was he the one who killed the Gods from my Nanyun clan and the Huo family several years ago?â
Bing Lou stared at Nanyun Tong sternly and said, âNanyun Tong, considering that we once roamed the world together, I have to warn you to not offend this person. He is far more complicated than he seems. Not only is he extremely powerful, but thereâs also a supreme expert behind him as well.â Bing Lou could not help but think of fairy Hao Yue when he mentioned the supreme expert. Even when she was just a fragile soul, she was able to make it through the power of laws from Godking Duanmu who already had a foot planted in the Primordial realm. That explained everything.
It explained that fairy Hao Yue was extremely powerful in her past life, and her comprehension of laws had surpassed Godking Duanmuâs.
However, Bing Lou did not know that the young man with a fan who saved Jian Chen in the end came from an extremely great background as well. He actually possessed a Godking as a personal guard.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Nanyun Tongâs face immediately changed when he heard Bing Louâs serious warning.
âDonât look into the death of your God anymore, and itâs best if the clans in the Dongâan province stop fantasizing about the high grade divine crystal mine. What he lacks the most right now is cultivation resources like divine crystals,â continued Bing Lou. He was afraid that Nanyun Tong would offend Jian Chen.
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Several days later, Nanyun Tong returned to the Dongâan province. He did not tell everyone about his conversation with Bing Lou, nor did he give any detailed explanation. He directly announced that his Nanyun clan would give up on the mine in the Dark Cloud Mountains and would no longer take part in the matter.
The departure of the Nanyun clan immediately caused quite a large disturbance in the provincial city. Although the Nanyun clan did not give any proper explanation, the other powerful clans in the provincial city were not stupid either. They could tell that they could not afford to provoke the Overgod who had taken over the mine from the Nanyun clanâs actions.
The Huo family and the Dong family maintained their silence over the matter of the mountain range after the Nanyun clan announced that they were backing out.
Even the three most powerful clans in the Dongâan province were unwilling to touch the Dark Cloud Mountains anymore, so the other clans in the provincial city naturally understood that they probably would not be able to get the mine back. Even though they all felt despaired, there was nothing they could do about it.
âIt has been three months. Those clans in the provincial city still havenât moved,â the black-clothed Shen Jian murmured as he sat on the peak of a mountain, gazing towards the provincial city.
Now, it had already been three months since Jian Chen stared cultivating. Shen Jian had always been waiting for the clans during that period of time, but it was evident that not a single soul from the provincial city had come.
Many of the divine crystals deep underground had been reduced to regular stone after losing all their origin energy during Jian Chenâs three months of cultivation.