Chapter 3764: The Person Behind it All

Jian Chen smiled and said, “Once it’s done, hopefully the city lord doesn’t forget his end of the deal.”

“Hahaha, how can you say that, fellow? You’re even capable of resolving such a great problem for me, so why would I want to offend someone like you over a mere spot?” Immortal Exalt Tan Yu smiled. He could already guess that this mysterious person before his eyes who completely concealed his presence and cultivation probably possessed an extraordinary background.

“Good. However, when the time comes, I’ll need your assistance,” said Jian Chen.

When he heard that, Immortal Exalt Tan Yu’s smile receded slowly. He said seriously, “What do you need me to do?”

“It’s simple. I need you to draw these people several million kilometres away into the wilderness before setting up an obscuring formation there,” said Jian Chen.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

“Setting up an obscuring formation?” Immortal Exalt Tan Yu was taken aback. The situation seemed to be slightly different from how he imagined it to be. His eyes flickered before he said, “Please forgive me for asking, but how exactly do you plan on resolving the problems that our Immortal Rising City is currently facing?”

“You’re an experienced person, so why feign ignorance?” Jian Chen said.

Immortal Exalt Tan Yu’s eyes narrowed slightly. He immediately understood what Jian Chen meant. His heart rippled.

Shortly afterwards, the way he looked at Jian Chen changed slightly. He said solemnly, “Fellow, you must have noticed that I’m extremely heavily injured. When the time comes, I’m afraid that I won’t be of much use.”

“I don’t need too much of your assistance. I only need you to set up an obscuring formation to cover me slightly. Oh right, apart from the people outside the formation, are there any other organisations that are participating in this?” Jian Chen asked.

Immortal Exalt Tan Yu’s eyes flickered slightly. He hesitated before saying in the end, “The high quality god artifact powered by the experts of the Void-perceiving sect is called the Energy-devouring Furnace. It comes from the Daoist Sect of Heavenly Embodiment.”

“And I just received the news that the holy maiden of the Void-perceiving sect has already been married off to a disciple of extraordinary status from the Daoist Sect of Heavenly Embodiment. It’s extremely likely for him to be a direct descendant of the Transcension Ancestor.”

When he heard the Daoist Sect of Heavenly Embodiment, Jian Chen furrowed his brows slightly. Among all the peak organsations on the Hall Brilliance Heaven, they ranked second.

After a moment of thought, Jian Chen looked at Immortal Exalt Tan Yu in interest. “What’s the cultivation of the Transcension Ancestor?”

“A Fifth Heavenly Layer Immortal Exalt. He grasps the Way of Fire.” Immortal Exalt Tan Yu immediately became stern.

To a Second Heavenly Layer Immortal Exalt like him, a Fifth Heavenly Layer Immortal Exalt truly appeared daunting.

At this moment, Jian Chen’s heart skipped a beat. He immediately sent a wisp of the senses of his soul into the Primeval Divine Hall and heard the Thousand Soul Demon Exalt’s strange laughter. “Hehehehe, sect master, I’ve found the information that you want by searching his soul. The person behind this Immortal Emperor is the Transcension Ancestor of the Daoist Sect of Heavenly Embodiment.”

“The Transcension Ancestor puts on a righteous appearance of great morality. He acts like he is an orthodox immortal, but in reality, he delves into matters that only people of the demonic path like me deal in.”

Jian Chen frowned slightly and said, “Tell me in detail.”

“In the Tiger Roar clan, the remains of all of the female cultivators who had their essence harvested and drained would be collected. Through a special method, the remains were refined into nutrients. The Transcension Ancestor would send people every once in a while to come and collect these nutrients,” said the Thousand Soul Demon Exalt.

“Nutrients?” Jian Chen subconsciously thought of the mounds of ash from incinerating the corpses of countless female cultivators.

“Don’t tell me the ash is the nutrients that he speaks of?” Jian Chen thought to himself.

The Thousand Soul Demon Exalt continued, “I’ve learnt from the memories of this Immortal Emperor from the Tiger Roar clan that he doesn’t know what the Transcension Ancestor is doing with these nutrients, but I still am a practitioner of the demonic path. If I were to guess, I’d be certain that he’s using it to nourish a powerful demonic god artifact.”

“These demonic god artifacts usually possess some kind of special ability that can overwhelm experts of the Immortals’ World.”

“Apart from the nutrients, the Transcension Ancestor also makes the Tiger Roar clan collect the souls of cultivators for them. The female cultivators imprisoned in the Tiger Roar clan would have their souls absorbed by a Soul-absorbing jade once they perished.”

“Tsktsktsk, Soul-absorbing jade is quite a rare treasure. They’re extremely precious in the Demons’ World. Even during my prime, I only had a few of them. They’re truly priceless. The Transcension Ancestor of the Daoist Sect of Heavenly Embodiment is actually bold enough to give such a precious piece of Soul-absorbing jade to the Tiger Roar clan. Isn’t he worried that it’ll be stolen?”

“Soul-absorbing jade? But I didn’t find anything like that in the Tiger Roar clan,” Jian Chen said sternly.

“Hehehehe, you don’t know, but the Soul-absorbing jade was already filled with the souls of immortals. The Transcension Ancestor had sent people to collect it a decade ago, which is quite a pity,” said the Thousand Soul Demon Exalt.

Suddenly, he seemed to think of something, and the demonic flames in his eyes leapt about. “On the Hall Brilliance Heaven, there are quite a few more of these organisations like the Tiger Roar clan that serve the Transcension Ancestor. They all commit the same deeds as the Tiger Roar clan. I just wonder if these organisations still have Soul-absorbing jades.”

When he reached there, the Thousand Soul Demon Exalt gritted his teeth and said, “Sect master, why don’t we find the time to uproot these organisations as well? That’ll stop their evil deeds and prevent them from harming any more innocent female cultivators.”

“You’re probably interested in the Soul-absorbing jades.” Jian Chen glanced at the Thousand Soul Demon Exalt.

With his thoughts read, the Thousand Soul Demon Exalt did not feel awkward at all. He snickered. “That’s right. I want the Soul-absorbing jades, while the sect master wants to enforce justice and punish evil.”

The wisp of the senses of Jian Chen’s soul left the Primeval Divine Hall. Seeing how Jian Chen had not spoken for all this time, the city lord of the Immortal Rising City, Immortal Exalt Tan Yu, could not help but become slightly uneasy. “Don’t tell me you’re worried about the Daoist Sect of Heavenly Embodiment? If that really is the case, you don’t have to worry at all. Although the holy maiden of the Void-perceiving sect has been married off to the Daoist Sect of Heavenly Embodiment, there’s no reason for the Daoist Sect of Heavenly Embodiment to proactively make an enemy out of us over a single holy maiden.”

“As a result, we only have to go after the Void-perceiving sect and the Wukun Master of the Sword Sect of Mount Kun. We’ll be fine if we don’t proactively provoke the Daoist Sect of Heavenly Embodiment.”

Immortal Exalt Tan Yu truly dreaded the Daoist Sect of Heavenly Embodiment from the bottom of his heart.

Jian Chen gathered his thoughts and smiled. “You’re overthinking things, city lord. Since I agreed to resolve this problem for you, it won’t change anything even with the Daoist Sect of Heavenly Embodiment’s participation.”

“Once I go back, I still need to make some preparations. We’ll do it in half a months’ time. I’ll be taking my leave for today.”

Jian Chen turned around and left the city lord’s estate.

Following his departure, the two vice city lords, Qiu Wanqian and He Luo, appeared silently in the hall.

“City lord, do you really trust this person? If this person really is powerful enough that he doesn’t fear the Void-perceiving Ancestor and the Wukun Master, wouldn’t it be as easy as taking candy from a baby if he tries to take your Skyscraping Sword Scripture?” Qiu Wanqian clasped his fist. Worry filled his eyes.

“Brother Wanqian is completely correct. I also have the same qualms. After all, under normal circumstances, everyone would use the most efficient method to achieve the greatest results. Right now, the most efficient method is to directly take the Skyscraping Sword Scripture from you. Instead, he is going to such great lengths and taking on the risk of offending the Daoist Sect of Heavenly Embodiment to make an enemy out of the Void-perceiving Ancestor and the Wukun Master.” He Luo also stated his worries.

“In my opinion, it’s extremely likely for this person to be with the Void-perceiving Ancestor. As for his intentions, they’re probably to lure the city lord out of the Immortal Rising City. After all, there are still people from many other organisations located in the Immortal Rising City. They would be worried about unintentionally hurting these people after they force open the formation. In particular, when it comes to a super organisation like the Merchant Union of Star Brilliance, even the Daoist Sect of Heavenly Embodiment won’t be able to come out unscathed if they offend them.” Qiu Wanqian analysed the situation.

Immortal Exalt Tan Yu sat on the city lord’s throne and listened to their analyses quietly. He remained silent for a very long time before finally replying secretly, “In other words, you’re saying that Yang Yutian is not reliable?”

“City lord, we have to be cautious around him unless he leaves the formation alone to face the Void-perceiving Ancestor and the Wukun Master,” Qiu Wanqian said with many concerns.

He Luo’s eyes shone as he said, “City lord, why don’t I personally probe him out?”

“You must not!” Immortal Exalt Tan Yu immediately spoke up in objection. “If fellow Yang Yutian isn’t like what you imagined and is really capable of resolving this problem for us, wouldn’t we be making a fool out of ourselves by rashly probing him out?”

“We won’t discuss this any further. Even the Daoist Sect of Heavenly Embodiment has entered the fray. We have nowhere to go. If that’s the case, why not take a gamble?” Immortal Exalt Tan Yu said with determination.