Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 885 - 353: Extreme Abyss Sprint · First Encounter [3]

But upon returning to the room for a moment, Zhou Yan felt increasingly uneasy, suspecting that something was off about Zhou Jin just now.

’Jin’Er has always feared me the most, but today not only did he show no fear, he was somewhat frivolous, which is not like him... Moreover, we met for so long and he didn’t even call me Third Uncle once.’

”Something’s wrong!”

Zhou Yan instinctively voiced his thoughts.

He hurried to the secret chamber on the second floor, first doing a thorough inspection inside and out, then continually forming hand seals, summoning gusts of eerie wind around him.

The eerie wind swept around the floor, eventually bringing some powder into his hand.

He rubbed the powder between his hands, and immediately felt a familiar aura.

”What?!”

As Zhou Yan sensed the aura in his hand, he instantly understood that the person who died was not Li Chang Geng at all!

It was his own nephew, Zhou Jin!

The person who did it had just swaggered away right under his nose.

Realizing this, Zhou Yan felt like his head was going to explode, ”Courting death!!!”

The furious Zhou Yan transformed into escape light, crashing through several doors beside him in succession, then quickly chased northward, but he did not forget to send a message to his acquaintance in the Black and White Divine Hall.

He reported that someone had committed murder in Lindong City and killed Zhou Jin.

Although Zhou Yan was furious, he remained rational. For Li Chang Geng to kill Zhou Jin silently under his watch.

What does that signify?

It signifies that his strength is definitely formidable!

If Zhou Yan rashly chased after him, not only might he fail to avenge himself, he might even get caught up in it, so he waited outside the North City Gate for a while. Once the Black and White Divine Hall people arrived, Zhou Yan approached them and explained the situation in detail.

The ones from the Black and White Divine Hall were an early-stage Core Formation team, led by an early-stage Core Formation cultivator, with four Fake Pill cultivators accompanying.

After Zhou Yan elaborated on the event, and swore on his life that it was true.

Black and White Divine Hall dispatched more personnel, and within moments, including Zhou Yan, a total of five Core Formation cultivators set off grandly towards the north.

The highest among them even had late-stage Core Formation cultivation!

Killing in the Four Border Cities was the number one taboo of the Black and White Divine Hall. If even those who entered the Four Border Cities couldn’t be protected by the Black and White Divine Hall, what credibility would the Black and White Divine Hall have in the future?

So for those who violated this prohibition.

They must be killed!

”...”

’The matter of me killing Zhou Jin surely won’t stay hidden for long. I’ll head a little further north, then I’ll turn east, and when the time is right, I’ll enter the city through the East City Gate, without anyone knowing, nobody will find out.’

Upon reaching the Northern Domain desert, Ji Yuan first stored away his Storage Bag from around his waist, then swapped for another Transformation Talisman.

But just as he was about to change direction and head east, he sensed several powerful auras approaching from behind.

With a sweep of his Divine Sense, his heart was startled.

The Black and White Divine Hall!

And they were led by a late-stage Core Formation, with Zhou Yan among them.

Could they have been exposed so quickly!

As Ji Yuan was still in shock, the distance between them was closing rapidly. Despite his strength, his cultivation was still at the early-stage Core Formation.

Without using Chasing Thunder, relying solely on the speed of escape light was slower.

”The Black and White Divine Hall is working, fellow Daoist in front, halt quickly!”

The voice arrived before the people did.

This was the dominance of the Black and White Divine Hall.

Feeling assured by the completely different aura and appearance on his body, Ji Yuan pulled over to the side and stopped, waiting for the Black and White Divine Hall group to arrive in front of him.

The late-stage Core Formation cultivator first turned his head to glance at Zhou Yan, who shook his head.

Only then did he ask assuredly, ”Did you see any other cultivators heading north?”

”Other cultivators?”

Ji Yuan pretended to recall for a moment before replying, ”I did see a fellow Daoist, but with early-stage Core Formation cultivation, moving at incredible speed, heading straight north...”

”Pursue!”

Before Ji Yuan could finish speaking, the man decisively headed north.

The others hurriedly followed.

Seeing this, Ji Yuan breathed a slight sigh of relief, but just when he thought he might escape the ordeal, he heard someone from the Zhou Family shout.

”Not good, that person can change aura and appearance!”

Upon this remark, the escaping lights that had already traveled far away stopped one after another.

”Damn it!”

Ji Yuan cursed in his heart, then softly called out, ”Chasing Thunder.”

”Swish—”

A stream of aura surged around him, immediately forming into a black cloud under his feet. As the distant escape lights began to turn back.

The Thunder Strike Sword appeared, the Purple Sky Divine Thunder striking down on Chasing Thunder Cloud.

With a soft ”bang.”

By the time those Core Formation cultivators arrived close, there was no trace of Ji Yuan left?

The place was empty, only arcs of electric light lingered, keeping them from approaching.

”Damn it, it was him, it must be him who killed my family’s Jin’Er!”

Zhou Yan was furious.

But those Core Formation cultivators of the Black and White Divine Hall glanced at each other, eyes filled with caution.

”...”

”This speed, it’s damn fast!”

It was Ji Yuan’s first time fully activating the Chasing Lightning Cloud, and he also realized that the Chasing Lightning Cloud stimulated by the Purple Sky Divine Thunder was even faster!

”With this treasure, combined with the Purple Sky Divine Thunder, I reckon none in the Core Formation realm could catch up to me!”

”As long as I don’t provoke a Nascent Soul monster, wouldn’t I be able to roam freely in the Jiyuan Continent?”

As he concluded, Ji Yuan recalled another matter.

Hua Yao Yue had mentioned the Three Immortal Islands, saying that if he encountered any problems, he could go there... Ji Yuan had previously inquired about the location of the Three Immortal Islands as well.