That night, while the Blood Goose Continent not ready, Guo Ziyan escaped with Guo Miao and learned the whole story along the way. When he heard that his daughter had been bullied in Blood Goose Continent, Guo Ziyan was furious and swore to take revenge for his daughter.
However, he also knew that his strength was insufficient, so he wanted to quickly return to find Yang Kai.
Unfortunately, before he could reach the Star City, he was chased by Gu Zhixin.
If it was just two pieces of Fourth Grade Resources, the enmity between them wouldn’t be impossible to resolve. At worst, Blood Goose Continent would just have to compensate them with some wealth. Now that Yun Xinghua had broken through to Fourth Order, the demand for cultivation resources wasn’t too high. Although Blood Goose Continent was only a Third Class force, they should still be able to compensate them with some money.
In order to destroy Guo Miao’s hopes, Gu Zhixin had forced her to refine a Second Grade resource and condense a Second Grade force!
This completely cut off Guo Miao’s future hope.
How could such deep hatred be easily resolved?
Blood Goose Continent should also be aware of this, so after discovering that Guo Ziyan had escaped with Guo Miao, they immediately sent people to chase after them and cut the weeds and eliminate the roots to prevent future troubles!
Although Guo Ziyan had advanced to the Third Order Open Heavven Stage after refining a Low Rank World Fruit, how could he be a match for six Open Heaven Stage masters at once? Not to mention, he still had to protect Guo Miao’s safety. After a fierce battle, he was outnumbered and seriously injured.
Knowing that the odds were against them today, if they wanted to escape, they could only take the risk their lives. Although he had managed to kill two Second Order Open Heaven Stage masters, in the end, they were still unable to escape from their enemies. At this critical moment, Yang Kai and the others had come forward to meet them, so there was no need to explain what happened next.
“Blood Goose Continent, very good!” Yang Kai sneered lightly. When he had heard that Yun Xinghua had been suppressed in the Star City Inn and had been forced to reach the Third Order Open Heaven Stage, he had felt some sympathy for this person. Thinking about his future encounters, he even felt like they were connected by fate.
But now, how could this fellow be worthy of any sympathy?
Even though Yun Xinghua was unaware that Gu Zhixin had forcibly seized Guo Miao’s two Fourth Grade resources, how could Yun Xinghua not know that Gu Zhixin had brought people to hunt down Guo Ziyan and his daughter?
Yue He turned to look at him, “Young Master, what are your plans?”
It wasn’t just her, Lang Qingshan, Cunning Face, and the others also turned their attention to him. They had followed Guo Ziyan for a much longer time than they had followed Yang Kai. When they were on the Scarlet Star, they were Guo Ziyan’s subordinates, and he had taken great care of them on a daily basis, often saving them from danger. Now that they saw their Great Commander being beaten up and the Great Commander’s daughter being bullied like this, they naturally shared the same hatred, their eyes burning with anger.
“Since he dares to touch my people, naturally I can’t just let him off like this. Let’s go to Blood Goose Continent, this King wants to seek justice from Yun Xinghua. I want to see if he has eaten a bear’s heart or a leopard’s gall, or if he has grown three heads and six arms!”
Lang Qingshan and the others’s expressions changed as they immediately received their orders and left.
Guo Miao was stunned for a moment before saying gratefully and worriedly, “Sir, Blood Goose Continent's strength is not weak after all, we only have so few people…”
Yang Kai smiled and said, “The one beside you is a Sixth Order Open Heaven Stage master, what does a mere Blood Goose Continent count for?”
Guo Miao looked towards Yue He and covered her mouth in surprise. Although she had also noticed that Yue He is an Open Heaven Stage cultivator and was definitely a Mid Rank Open Heaven cultivator, otherwise she would not have been able to kill so many people from Blood Goose Continent so easily, but she had not expected her to be a Sixth Order!
The Lotus Fall tore through the void and rapidly flew towards Blood Goose Continent.
At the same time, within Blood Goose Continent, the sound of a bell suddenly rang through the sky, startling countless Blood Goose Continent disciples and causing them to look up towards the central hall.
A Blood Goose Continent disciple was counting the bell’s sound with a solemn look on his face. When the bell finally stopped ringing, he said with a pale face, “Nine chimes, this is the Death Knell. An Elder has passed away, which Elder?”
A disciple beside him said, “None of our four Elders from Blood Goose Continent have reached the end of their lifespans. Did they encounter some kind of accident?”
The third person said, “I saw Elder Gu lead a group of people out earlier, but I don’t know what they were doing. They were so aggressive and murderous, could it be that Elder Gu was killed?”
As they spoke, several figures flew out from various parts of Blood Goose Continent and rushed towards the main hall. They were all Open Heaven Stage cultivators from Blood Goose Continent. There weren’t many of them, but there were more than twenty of them, and among these twenty plus people, besides the three Third Order Open Heaven Stage masters, the rest were First Order and Second Order Open Heaven Stage cultivators who held various positions in Blood Goose Continent. When they heard the bell chime, all of them gathered towards the central hall.
Inside the central hall, a number of figures rushed in. Sitting on the main seat was a middle-aged man with a dignified appearance. This man’s hair was jet black and his temples were gray, as if he had experienced many hardships.
This middle-aged man was the head of Blood Goose Continent, Yun Xinghua.
A burly Third Order Open Heaven Stage stepped into the hall and looked around. Seeing everyone’s gloomy expressions, he frowned and cupped his fists, “Chief, whose Death Knell is it?”
Yun Xinghua said solemnly, “It’s Gu Zhixin, Elder Gu!”
The Third Order Open Heaven Stage cultivator stared at him and asked in surprise, “How could that be? Yesterday, I was drinking and chatting happily with Elder Gu, but he was still fine, and didn’t he go to receive the Great Commander from Scarlet Star? Could this matter be related to Guo Ziyan?”
Yun Xinghua nodded solemnly, “It should be correct.”
The Third Order Open Heaven Stage was enraged, “That Guo fellow is too bold, daring to attack Elder Gu in my Blood Goose Continent! Where is he? I’ll go and wring his head right now!”
A man who looked like a frail scholar said, “That Guo Ziyan left quietly last night and wasn’t in Blood Goose Continent.”
The burly man frowned, “Left? What do you mean?”
Yun Xinghua said, “Speaking of which, it was my fault. Ah, Elder Gu also died because of me, this king has let him down.”
The burly man asked in confusion, “Chief, what’s going on?”
It wasn’t just the burly man who was puzzled, many people in the hall felt like they had fallen into the clouds.
Yun Xinghua said, “Didn’t this king go into seclusion to break through before? Consuming a large amount of Blood Goose Continent’s cultivation resources, my Blood Goose Continent’s foundation is quite shallow, so it can’t withstand such torture. This king even made a miscalculation, and at the critical moment of my seclusion, I suddenly discovered that the resources I needed were actually insufficient, so I could send a message to Elder Gu Zhixin to ask him to help me think of a way. If the supply of resources is not available, it’s very likely that all my previous efforts will be in vain.”
Inside the hall, more than twenty Open Heaven Stage masters heard this and most of them revealed looks of surprise, because none of them knew anything about this. However, Yun Xinghua is the Chief of Blood Goose Continent, so if he could advance to the Fourth Order, it would greatly enhance the strength of the entire Blood Goose Continent, so although this was the first time they had heard of such a thing, no one felt it was inappropriate.
“What happened next?” The burly man asked.
Yun Xinghua said, “Elder Gu didn’t disappoint and soon sent two sets of Fourth Grade resources over. It was also because of these two sets of Fourth Grade resources that this king was able to successfully break through.”
The burly man frowned. Although he was a rough man, his mind was quite sharp and he seemed to realize something. Hesitating for a moment, he asked, “Chief, could it be that there is something wrong with those two Fourth Grade resources?”
Yun Xinghua nodded and said, “What Elder Guan said is true, the problem lies with those two Fourth Grade resources. Although I was curious about how Elder Gu was able to obtain these two Fourth Grade resources so quickly, I didn’t ask too much. After all, my cultivation had reached a critical juncture and I was only focused on refining and absorbing them. Afterwards, I successfully broke through to Fourth Order and came out of seclusion. It can be said that the reason this king was able to break through to Fourth Order was because of Elder Gu!”
“After I came out of seclusion, I asked Elder Gu about the two Fourth Grade Resources. Elder Gu told me that he had obtained them unintentionally a long time ago, so I was naturally grateful and prepared to compensate him in the future.”
“Who would have thought that two days ago, when Guo Ziyan came looking for me, I found out that things weren’t so simple. The two Fourth Grade Resources didn’t belong to Elder Gu, but instead belonged to his disciple, Guo Miao. Guo Miao’s aptitude was quite good, and she had a chance to directly reach the Fourth Order Open Heaven Stage, Guo Ziyan had prepared two Fourth Grade Resources for her in the early years. Elder Gu had long known about this, and after receiving this king's message, he borrowed these two resources from Guo Miao, thus planting the root of this disaster.”
After listening to his words, many Open Heaven Stage masters in the hall wore strange expressions. They weren’t fools, after all, they had known Gu Zhixin for so many years and understood his character.
It was likely that Gu Zhixin had spent a great deal of effort to obtain these two Fourth Grade Resources from Guo Miao, so it wasn’t as simple as borrowing them. In fact, it could even be said that he didn’t know about this matter beforehand.
“That Guo Ziyan came looking for his daughter, so my Blood Goose Continent took good care of him, but for some unknown reason, he escaped last night. Elder Gu was afraid he would misunderstand, so he chased after him, probably wanting to explain himself, but… just now, a disciple reported that Elder Gu’s Soul Lamp suddenly went out!” Yun Xinghua’s face was filled with grief, “Not only Elder Gu, but also Deacon Xiong, Hall Master Ran, the others Soul Lamps were also extinguished.”
“What?” Everyone in the hall burst into an uproar as they all turned to look around. Sure enough, they didn’t see any of the people Yun Xinghua had mentioned. Including Gu Zhixin, six people from Blood Goose Continent had died.
To Blood Goose Continent, this kind of casualty was not a serious injury, but it was still a huge loss.
“Moreover…” Yun Xinghua’s expression became solemn as he looked around and slowly said, “The Soul Lamps of Elder Gu, Deacon Xiong, and the other were extinguished at the same time!”
A sharp intake of breath rang out, and many of the Low Rank Open Heaven cultivators suddenly paled.
If the six people deaths including Gu Zhixin had shocked them, then the fact that all four Soul Lamps had been extinguished at the same time was shocking.
The Soul Lamps being extinguished at the same time meant that these four people had been killed in an instant, so they couldn’t help thinking about it.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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