Serpent Ancestor

Hei Huang staggered back a few steps after being yelled at.

Xu Hei said, ”You mentioned before that this beast is a great tonic and you wanted to eat it?”

”Spit, spit, spit! Who said that! I didn’t, don’t accuse me!” Hei Huang’s eyes widened, vehemently denying it.

Upon hearing this, Tun Tun aimed at Hei Huang and let out another roar from the abyss.

Hei Huang was so shaken that he felt dizzy and fell off the Star Compass.

Xu Hei, however, secretly noticed that this beast was not only adept at space escape techniques but also skilled in divine sense attacks. Truly remarkable!

No wonder two waves of people from the Flying Spirit Platform failed to capture it!

”Tun Tun, you’ve worked hard these days. It’s time to go back!”

The Green Emperor gently stroked Tun Tun’s forehead, took out a green leaf, and fed it to her.

Tun Tun excitedly swallowed the leaf, letting out a long cry filled with nostalgia and reluctance. Then, with the Green Emperor’s comforting words, she turned and slipped into a spatial rift, disappearing from sight.

Xu Hei first sensed Tun Tun when he discovered Xu Bai deep underground. It turned out that Tun Tun had been guarding nearby all along.

”What kind of race is the Void Beast?” Xu Hei pondered internally.

This place is not safe to linger.

With so many deaths at the Flying Spirit Platform, they certainly won’t let it go, but they can’t blame us; it was all the work of the Void Beast.

The three of them rode the Star Compass, speeding towards the distant desert, and soon disappeared into the vast yellow sand.

At the same time, the City Lord of Tiandou City also returned to the City Lord’s mansion.

Tian Yidou did not fight to the death with the Void Beast but chose to retreat, which was one of the reasons for Lie Feng’s demise.

He only collaborated with Lie Feng for the Life and Death Pill, not because he wanted to get involved in this mess.

”Yusheng, proceed as planned. Today’s events never happened!” Tian Yidou ordered.

”Yes!” Yusheng respectfully clasped his fists.

…………

Spirit Realm, Human Race, Xifeng Prefecture.

This prefecture is the territory of the Ancient Jiang Clan. In Xifeng Prefecture, the Jiang family’s status is akin to that of an emperor, with a transcendent position and legends everywhere.

At this moment, in the forbidden area of the Jiang family, beneath Fengming Mountain.

Two phantom shadows were receiving jade slips flying in from various places, examining them one by one.

”In thirty years, a total of 127 ascenders from the mortal realm have been investigated and all targets have been ruled out.”

”For this, six Flying Spirit Platform spies have been sacrificed.”

”The Flying Spirit Platform already has opinions about our Jiang family, Old Seven, are you really sure it’s the third on the list of heavenly treasures?”

One of the phantom shadows questioned.

The Seventh Ancestor, expressionless, took the last jade slip, scanned it, and said, ”Opinions? They are just greedy, wanting us to reveal the truth.”

”For this divine item, even if it takes thirty years, three hundred years, three thousand years, thirty thousand years, I must find it!”

”However, although we are not afraid of the Flying Spirit Platform, we do need to be more discreet.”

The matter of Xu Hei having the Demon God Cauldron is currently only known to the high levels of the Jiang family.

The Jiang family has not issued a wanted order nor openly pursued, only dispatching Flying Spirit Platform spies to investigate, fearing that a third party might notice.

Despite this, the Flying Spirit Platform has begun to suspect what exactly the Jiang family is pursuing.

”Discreet? This matter is simple, I have a plan that can make those ascenders from the mortal realm come to us voluntarily,” the other shadow said with a smile.

”Oh? Let’s hear it,” the Seventh Ancestor’s eyes flickered.

…………

Beyond the Golden Sand Desert lies an endless expanse of grassland, followed by a series of continuous mountains and rivers.

The Star Compass flew for a full month before reaching a resource-rich area. As far as the eye could see, cities were scattered like stars, sects were numerous, and experts were as common as clouds.

Flying boats and caravans were frequently seen coming and going, and high-level cultivators were everywhere.

This place is the core territory of the Human Race, Nanhang Prefecture.

”Among the hundred clans of the Spirit Realm, the Human Race’s land area is vast, ranking in the top three, with a total of seven regions, four seas, and nineteen prefectures.”

”And Nanhang Prefecture is one of the larger prefectures,” the Green Emperor explained to Xu Hei and the others while sitting on the Star Compass.

The seven regions, four seas, and nineteen prefectures together form the territory of the Human Race. The area of any one prefecture is much larger than the Seven Stars of Xu Hei’s former mortal realm!

”However, there are currently only six regions. You should know what happened to the lost seventh region, the Northern Cold Region,” the Green Emperor said.

Xu Hei certainly knew about the Northern Cold Region, which was erased by the Canglan Immortal Lord after a demon disaster.

The Nanhang Prefecture they arrived at is considered the center of the southern part of the Human Race.

Here, even a powerful family like the Jiang family cannot extend their reach so far!

In Nanhang Prefecture, traveling anywhere is very convenient because there are cross-realm teleportation arrays. As long as you pay enough Spirit Stones, you can even cross half of the Human Race’s territory.

However, such high-level teleportation arrays consume a lot, and only cultivators at the Integration stage can afford it.

Most Divine Transformation and Void Shattering Stage cultivators travel on Void Ships, which cost less than a tenth of the teleportation array, though they are slower.

”Finally here!” Hei Huang exclaimed with excitement.

It’s worth mentioning that during the month-long journey, the Star Compass was piloted alternately by the Green Emperor and Xu Hei, with Hei Huang excluded, which is how they arrived smoothly.

Moments later, the Star Compass stopped in front of a magnificent city.

This city, named Nanhang City, is the center of Nanhang Prefecture, much larger than Tiandou City, stretching beyond the horizon.

Even outside Nanhang City, several floating buildings like the City Lord’s mansion in Tiandou City could be seen.

Xu Hei took a deep breath, feeling like a country bumpkin entering the city, genuinely awed by everything he saw.

The flying buildings in the sky, the groups of cultivators teleporting by, the enormous immortal boats—all were astonishing to Xu Hei.

”Once inside Nanhang City, we’ll be completely safe. Killing is forbidden here, and even divine sense fluctuations are isolated from the outside world. Even if the Jiang family comes, they can’t make a move,” the Green Emperor said.

Xu Hei and Hei Huang hurried to the gates of Nanhang City.

The guard at the gate said, ”Each person must pay a thousand Spirit Stones to enter the city.”

The entry fee of a thousand Spirit Stones immediately filtered out most people.

Those who can enter the city are either at the Elemental Infant stage or have significant backgrounds.

”A thousand Spirit Stones...” Xu Hei’s eyes widened as he looked at Hei Huang and whispered, ”Do you still have any of the Spirit Stones we split before?”

”I have nothing!”

Hei Huang cursed and looked at the green-clad woman behind them.

Xu Hei wished he could bury his head in shame. Damn it, they couldn’t even come up with a thousand Spirit Stones, even though they had split a hundred thousand before. Never seen such a poor Void Shattering Stage.

The Green Emperor’s expression remained indifferent, but Xu Hei could clearly feel her disdain.

The Green Emperor took out three thousand Spirit Stones and handed them to the guard.

”Proceed!” The guard handed out three tokens to them, allowing them to enter the city.

The first thing they did upon entering the city was to find an inn with a cave dwelling to divide their spoils.

Outside, they dared not open their storage rings, fearing the Jiang family would lock onto their location. But now that they were in Nanhang City, even if the Jiang family found out, what could they do?