Chapter 492 - 15: Disdain (Part 2)

Chapter 492: Chapter 15: Disdain (Part 2)

"Perhaps we can’t find any trace of the Xiangshan Sect Gate Ruins."

"But that person... he must know something!"

The white-robed youth spoke with absolute confidence.

He had expended considerable effort to gather this information.

In his eyes,

the breakthrough in this search for the Xiangshan Sect Ruins,

lay with that very person!

However,

when he finished speaking,

the crowd below didn’t respond immediately. Instead, they exchanged bewildered glances, looking utterly lost.

Some even began to whisper amongst themselves, as if discussing something.

Seeing this, the white-robed youth

felt a faint premonition of dread.

"Brother Bai, are you talking about that kid, Shen Changchuan?"

Just then,

a voice broke the silence.

"Correct. That’s the one!"

The white-robed youth nodded, his tone firm.

"Everyone here is a prodigy of this era, each from an extraordinary background. You must all be aware that after the great war in the Tian Nan Domain three hundred years ago, the Main Spirit Vein beneath this land was shattered. The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Mechanism was severely damaged and will be difficult to restore anytime soon."

"Cultivating in a place like this is much more difficult than in other parts of the Outer Realm."

"And yet, that Shen Changchuan managed to reach such an unbelievable level of achievement in just twenty or thirty short years."

"Even for those of us living in the Spiritual Lands of the Outer Realm, such a feat is beyond our reach!"

"If he didn’t possess some great secret, how could he possibly have accomplished this?"

"And whether it’s the Xiangshan Qi Cultivation Technique he once practiced or the famous Magic of the Xiangshan Sect he later cultivated, everything proves that his secret is connected to the Xiangshan Sect!"

Although he found the crowd’s reaction strange, the white-robed youth still spoke in a clear, resonant voice.

In his mind,

there was only one truth—

Shen Changchuan must have obtained the Xiangshan Sect’s inheritance!

"Uh... Brother Bai, I’m afraid everyone here already knows all this..."

"Huh! Is that so? You all knew? No wonder when Brother Bai said it, I was wondering how he knew the secret information I paid a hefty price to get!"

"Secret information, my ass! This stuff has been common knowledge all over town for ages!"

"What? How can that be? What’s going on?"

"Heh, what else could be going on? Most of that news came from the Shen Family Mansion... I hear the First Madam currently in charge there has quite a grudge against that Shen Changchuan!"

"This is her scheme, ninety-nine times out of a hundred!"

"Fanning the flames, using a borrowed knife to kill... Tsk, tsk, truly, a woman’s heart is the most vicious poison!"

"Oh, there’s a story here? Brother, could you elaborate?"

"Well, it all started like this..."

In an instant,

the crowd below erupted in discussion.

A clamor of noisy chatter filled the air.

And up on the high platform,

a flush of red spread across the white-robed youth’s face, and visible anger flickered in his eyes.

’Damn it,’

’I was tricked!’

’Some exclusive, secret information?’

’What a load of bullshit!’

But fortunately,

the white-robed youth came from a major power. Growing up under the constant gaze of the masses, he had cultivated a certain degree of composure—the kind that allowed him to remain unflustered even if Tai Mountain were to collapse before him.

And so, very quickly,

he suppressed the rage in his heart.

"Alright, everyone!"

He shouted,

pulling everyone’s attention back to him.

"We can discuss the stories behind this news later."

"For now, let’s focus on the matter of the Xiangshan Sect Ruins."

The white-robed youth paused, collecting his thoughts before continuing.

"Regardless of the source, the information itself is not fabricated."

"It seems clear that Shen Changchuan knows something, and it’s highly likely he obtained the Xiangshan Sect’s inheritance from back then!"

The white-robed youth’s words gradually quieted the room.

Although that First Madam of the Shen Family Mansion was a wicked schemer, fanning the flames and barely concealing her intention to use a borrowed knife to kill,

it was undeniable that,

none of the rumors she spread were false!

Anyone who cared to investigate could confirm their authenticity.

After all,

it had only been twenty or thirty years since Shen Changchuan’s rise.

That generation of people hadn’t all died off yet.

And looking at Shen Changchuan’s trajectory,

he was indeed the most likely suspect in connection to the Xiangshan Sect Ruins!

"So, Brother Bai’s meaning is, we should go and find trouble with that Shen Changchuan and force the secret of the Xiangshan Sect Ruins out of him?"

someone asked with a frown.

"But rumor has it that Shen Changchuan’s strength is nothing to scoff at. Word on the street is that he already possesses a Cultivation at the Soul Emergence Ninth Layer."

"Six months ago, the Immortal Sect Inner Sect Disciple Lu Haoxuan went looking for trouble and was defeated by him in a single move."

"Trying to force information out of him will be anything but easy."

"What’s more, he is one of the Disciples of the local Dragon Cloud Sect and was taken in by Senior Master Wandering Dragon, one of the Seven Immortal Sect Sons of the Yuqing Immortal Sect. What can we possibly do to him?"

"Heh heh, as for his strength, I don’t think we need to worry too much."

At that moment,

a burly Han in the crowd downed a bowl of wine with a GULP, GULP, GULP. He wiped his mouth with his sleeve, a disdainful smirk on his lips.

"I’ve challenged many local Cultivators during my time here, and I can confirm one thing: the Cultivators of this world are a notch weaker than us Cultivators from the Outer Realm!"

"At least, I haven’t run into any real experts in all my fights. That Shen Changchuan’s reputation and battle record probably just came from bullying the weak, local Cultivators."

"And as for Lu Haoxuan? Hah, that self-degrading traitor’s strength isn’t even worth mentioning. If he hadn’t gotten lucky and latched onto an Immortal Sect Daoist back in the day, that trash wouldn’t even be worthy of our notice!"

"And don’t even talk about being an Inner Sect Disciple."

"If any of you here were to sever ties with your origins and fully join an Immortal Sect, becoming an Inner Sect Disciple would be a piece of cake, wouldn’t it?"

"Hmph! In a place swarming with weaklings like this, there’s no room for improvement. I, for one, have had enough of it!"

"I’m going to find that Shen Changchuan right now and beat the secret of the Xiangshan Sect Ruins out of him. As for the rest of you, do whatever you want!"

The burly Han slammed his palm on the table.

He shot to his feet,

and transformed into a streak of earthy-yellow light that shot into the sky, heading straight for Dawan Village.

"Looks like we’ve got a good show to watch!"

"I’m going to check it out!"

"Me too!"

In an instant,

one streak of light after another shot into the sky, all speeding towards Dawan Village.

Soon,

the entire floor was empty except for the white-robed youth and a few of his close companions.

They all turned to look at the white-robed youth.

"Interesting."

"We can’t miss out on this excitement."

A faint smile appeared on the white-robed youth’s face as he addressed his friends.

"Let’s go together."