Central Area!
Hearing the artefact might be with the quartet, Cao Feng’s eyes lit up. They sealed the exits to search every nook and cranny of the area. It was only a matter of time before they found Yang Tian. The foreign cults were also looking to form their own alliance to slaughter the human Autarch Realm adepts in the vicinity. Still, it was worth offending big clans for the artefact.
Cao Feng pointed at the four. “You four, come here.”
“Let’s go…” Yang Tian shook his head and made his way in.
Cao Feng: “How dare you?!”
Cao Jiang, a refined youth, approached the group. “Haha, how about coming in for a while, since you’ve come all the way here…”
Cao Jiang’s steps were imposing. He was Cao Clan’s holy son.
“Sorry, but I have other business to attend to.” Yang Tian wasn’t stupid enough to walk into an obvious trap. He didn’t believe Cao Clan would help him cultivate.
“Haha, I, Cao Jiang, love to make friends with humanity’s geniuses. The various races are currently oppressing our race. Please come on in.”
Though Cao Jiang seemed to be refined and in a good mood, the fact he explicated his identity was a threat in itself.
Yang Tian shook his head with a smile. “Thank you for the offer, Brother Cao, but I have other business to attend to.”
Cao Jiang frowned and turned aggressive after he was rejected despite his attempt to be humble.
Cao Feng: “How dare you. Holy Son Cao was trying to protect you, yet you dared to reject him?!”
Yang Tian: “Idiot…”
Yang Tian didn’t want to escalate it into a physical altercation, giving Cao Jiang an excuse to attack him. He didn’t want to deal with a mob of adepts after him.
Livid, Cao Feng went to attack Yang Tian, but Cao Jiang stopped him. Cao Feng snorted. “Big Bro, he’s an arrogant fool. I’m sure he has the artefact.”
“Don’t you see how many adepts are inside? Yang Tian isn’t weak and is proficient with illusion techniques. Have Yi Xing monitor him first.” Cao Jiang shook his head with a wrathful gaze.
After Yi Xing told Cao Jiang about Yang Tian and how he was close to Yuan Xia, Cao Jiang wanted to kill Yang Tian. How can a man accept such a genius being close to the woman of his dreams? Yang Tian, therefore, had to die.
Cao Feng nodded in agreement. Then, with a lecherous idea in mind, he suggested, “By the way, Big Bro, since we locked up Yuan Xia, would…”
Cao Feng shuddered. They’d be doomed if anyone found out.
“What are you afraid of? Once we’re done, we’ll have Ancestor ask to have her betrothed to me. Then… hmph!”
They could threaten Yang Tian with Yuan Xia. Cao Jiang clenched his fists and engaged his magnificent brain. Cao Clan’s First Elder wouldn’t reprimand them for kidnapping her even if he found out, since the divine artefact took precedence.
The Dao Palace entrance was a golden door over three hundred metres tall. It was shut tight. The palace was situated on a divine mountain. Potent vital essence was located within. The stone walls shone; every stone contained an adept’s will. Cultivating inside was an express method to progress. Formations were set up all around its perimeter. Various unique-type Mutated Beasts manifested around the mountain.
Chubby: “Is that Myriad Beasts Infinity Formation?!”
To use Myriad Beasts Infinity Formation, one needed to collect ten thousand beasts’ Sources.
Yang Tian noticed a small protrusion on the golden door in the shape of a token. He had the token! He touched his nose. He calmed down his excitement and looked away from it. He needed to learn what the situation was before taking another step. He looked to an elder and saluted him with a hold-fist salute. “Elder, may I ask where we are?”
Because Yang Tian was polite, the elder nodded. “The door leads inside.”
“Why does nobody enter?”
“The door is profound. There are killing formations everyone at the entrance. An Ancestor was nearly killed just now!”
“I see… What is everyone waiting for here?”
“The door is shut, but it can be open with a token.” The elder sighed. “We can’t go to the other areas at our level. There are killing formations everywhere. If one of the ancestors gets angry, then…!”
In other words, the exit was sealed and Autarch Realm cultivators weren’t permitted to leave all thanks to Yang Tian taking the divine artefact.
The ancestors had the opportunity to take the most things since they entered first. In saying that, there was the spirit root, so Yang Tian might’ve had other opportunities. He decided to wait and see what was going on.
Yang Tian glanced over to Cao Feng, who was trying to recruit human cultivators, and snickered. He went off to find a quiet cave and sat on the stone bed. He summoned three clones. The three Yang Tians emerged from white smoke. He said, “Hehe, I’ll be right back. Wait here for me.”
The Yang Tians took Xiaobai with them, leaving just Chubby and Xiaoji in the cave.
Chubby couldn’t believe he saw three Yang Tians.