Cultivating with Bragging System-Chapter 656 - 303: The Yi Clan? Coming to Collect Some Interest!_1
Having entered the Savage Wilderness Forbidden Zone, to say it was a life-and-death struggle would be an understatement.
The powerful warriors of the Yi Clan did not continue their pursuit. However, not having personally captured those from Sanqing still festered as a raw irritation within their hearts. Moreover, being repeatedly made a fool of compounded the sense that the Yi Clan had completely lost face, unable to lift their heads high in front of the other Ancient Clans.
It was at this time that another event occurred, sending the Yi Clan into such a fury that the word ’disgrace’ seemed etched on their foreheads—the Yi Ancestral Grounds were attacked at night, and the divine artifact, the Great Sun Heavenly Bow, was stolen.
The Great Sun Heavenly Bow was a legendary divine artifact of the Yi Clan. Its rank was exceedingly high, second only to their ultimate clan treasure, the Sunshooting Bow. It had always been kept as a sacred offering within the forbidden area of the Yi Ancestral Grounds, yet it vanished without a trace.
Despite the Yi Ancestral Grounds being filled with powerful experts, not a single one noticed how it was lost. Initially, they wanted to keep the news hidden and secretly recover the treasure. But after just two days, a message spread throughout the Nine Heavens. Zhuo Canglang, borrowing the Jade Fan from the Yu Family, had sent a message to the Yi Clan: "You accused us of stealing your treasure, so we stole your treasure!"
As soon as the news broke, the entire Yaoguang Domain was instantly abuzz. No one expected that under such circumstances, Zhuo Canglang and his group would still dare to brazenly provoke the Yi Clan. What was even more puzzling was how exactly Zhuo Canglang’s group had managed to steal the treasure from the heavily guarded Yi Ancestral Grounds. This was fundamentally an impossible feat.
After all, even if the Yi Clan had weakened over the years, its foundation was still beyond comparison to that of ordinary forces. A Quasi-Emperor Supreme was certainly stationed in their ancestral grounds. No one knew how they did it, and the incident turned into an unsolved mystery.
The Yi Clan was thunderously furious. It was said that the Quasi-Emperor Supreme personally stepped in, demanding that the Yu Family and other forces hand over the people from Sanqing, only to be told that Zhuo Canglang and his group had already left the Yaoguang Domain. The Yi Clan felt like they had thrown a punch into a bale of cotton; it was utterly vexing.
***
In just a few short decades, the Yi Clan, an Ancient Clan with a long and storied history, had its dignity swept away, humiliated back and forth by a group from the Lower Realm. In the Yaoguang Domain, their story became common gossip. The Yi Clan harbored extreme resentment toward Sanqing, but there was nothing they could do. They could only continue to blockade the passage between the two realms, hoping to catch a few stragglers to vent their anger on.
The major families also knew that the Yi Clan was currently incensed and no longer interfered, simply letting them be. After all, a certain facade of respect had to be maintained.
"I don’t know how Junior Sister Ji and the others are doing now..." Wang Xiu let out a deep breath, a solemn look in his eyes.
Li Xuanqi’s injuries had been very severe. For someone at his Emergence Stage cultivation level, summoning an unknown Beast Emperor to contend with Earth Immortal experts must have come at an absolutely grievous cost. He might have even perished, if not for some other serendipitous encounter. As for Ji Zidian and the others, with their weak cultivation realms, one could hardly imagine their plight after entering such a dangerous place.
As for the Yi Clan...
Although I can’t make them pay the true price now, there’s no harm in collecting some interest in advance!
A cold glint flashed through Wang Xiu’s eyes. His figure then flickered and vanished into the dense forest.
***
On the outskirts of the Savage Wilderness forest stood Ye City. It was the city closest to the wilderness, with a population of around three hundred million. Being near the passage to the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, it served as a gateway. Thus, almost all major forces in the Yaoguang Domain had bases and informants here, and the Yi Clan was no exception.
Over the years, they had continuously renovated their stronghold in Ye City, turning it from a once-unremarkable courtyard into a small palace complex. The number of experts stationed there far surpassed that of other forces.
People came and went on the streets. The calls of peddlers and hawkers rose and fell, the air thick with the smell of life, just like any other corner of the mortal world.
Wang Xiu sat at a bun shop opposite the Yi Clan stronghold. He ordered two baskets of buns and leisurely ate while drinking tea. His Divine Sense, however, quietly spread out, encompassing the entire Yi Clan stronghold.
Two early-stage Saint Manifestation, one mid-stage, and nine at the Emergence Stage... it matches the intelligence reports exactly.
Wang Xiu pondered. He had gleaned information about this stronghold from the memories of a Yi Clan expert whose Divine Soul he had read, and he was just here to verify it.
After confirming the situation, he stood up and slowly made his way into a narrow alley nearby. An invisible ripple spread around him, and he vanished without a trace.
He was hidden within the void, silently infiltrating the Yi Clan stronghold. His Divine Sense clearly detected sweeps of other Divine Senses in the surrounding space. The defenses here were extremely strict, with many powerful beings present, yet not a single one could detect Wang Xiu’s location.
His figure flashed, and he appeared outside the central hall. With a wave of his sleeve, he cast the Great Void Concealment Spell. An invisible barrier spread out, covering an area of several hundred yards and isolating this stretch of heaven and earth. Then, he revealed his form and, with his hands behind his back, walked toward the great hall.
"Who are you? How did you get in?" The guards at the entrance, upon seeing a figure suddenly appear, instantly narrowed their pupils and went on full alert, their auras surging.
Wang Xiu’s expression was indifferent as he said, "Yi Shan, Yi Mie, get out here!"
His voice was calm, yet it struck like a thunderclap on a clear day. The two people Wang Xiu had named were both early-stage Saint Manifestation powerhouses who had been the main force in the pursuit of Li Xuanqi and his group.
"How audacious! To dare call our Elders by name, do you have enough lives to forfeit?"
Figures flickered and emerged from the void, all exuding formidable auras as they swarmed toward Wang Xiu to kill him.
Wang Xiu’s face was expressionless.
With a lift of his hand, a myriad of runes surged forth. A gigantic palm print descended from the sky, tearing through the void. A horrifying aura spread out, instantly grinding everything in the vicinity to dust. All the onrushing experts were torn asunder, their bodies ripped apart and their Divine Souls annihilated. Their deaths were tragic.
Great Yin Yang Demon Ruo Seal!
Wang Xiu’s first move was a killing blow, holding nothing back.
"Presumptuous!"
Inside the great hall, a middle-aged man walked out slowly. His presence was as deep and steady as a mountain. He frowned at the surrounded Wang Xiu and said coldly, "Do you know what this place is? Is it a place where you can—Ugh!"
He had not even finished his threat when a bone-chilling cold surged through his heart, an unspeakable sense of crisis welling up within him. An icy hand had already grasped his throat. The young man had appeared before him at some unknown moment.
He, a peak Emergence Stage expert only half a step from the Saint Realm, hadn’t sensed the youth’s approach at all. The young man’s strength was truly terrifying. The man was shocked to his core, his pupils contracting as he stared at Wang Xiu. "Who... who exactly are you?"
BOOM!
Wang Xiu swung his hand.
Terrifying mana surged into the man, instantly tearing him to ash.
He turned to face the deepest part of the hall and lightly dusted his clothes. His voice was cold, devoid of any emotion. "I’m just a creditor. You owe me a debt, and I’ve come to collect some interest!"
As soon as his words fell, a tremendously powerful aura, one that could blot out the sky and eclipse the sun, burst forth from deep within the great hall.
