Chapter 750 - 377: Sixth Grade Spirit Vein; Su Wunian’s Possession

Chapter 750: Chapter 377: Sixth Grade Spirit Vein; Su Wunian’s Possession

"This went a little smoother than I expected."

About twelve hours later, Cheng Zongyang gazed at the fully charged Spirit Storage Dharma Pearl, his face alight with excitement. He’d spent the entire time cultivating cautiously, afraid of any disturbances from the outside.

To his surprise, there hadn’t been a single one.

Whether it was due to the Shadow Alliance’s poor supervision or some other reason, Cheng Zongyang didn’t care. As long as he got the Spirit Vein, that was all that mattered. The Seventh Grade Spiritual Vein still had thirty percent of its energy remaining in the periphery, and he wasn’t about to waste it.

’Now that I’ve absorbed the core, I can take the rest that was left as a disguise.’

So, he retrieved the Array Soul Stele, which had consumed 300 Points of Array Energy, and withdrew the Array along with it. Then, he continued to manipulate the Spirit Storage Dharma Pearl to quickly absorb the peripheral Spirit Vein.

At the same time, he was ready to move at a moment’s notice.

But the very moment Cheng Zongyang withdrew the Array, the change in the Spirit Vein instantly caused a fluctuation. At the Shadow Alliance headquarters’ monitoring department, the detection runes inside suddenly flared to life, even bursting into flames.

The dozen or so people inside the monitoring room jumped in fright.

When they saw the Restriction runes for monitoring the Spirit Vein combust, it was as if their Divine Souls were about to flee their bodies. Some were so scared they collapsed to the ground.

"It’s... it’s over!"

The man who had collapsed to the floor murmured in despair.

"Quick! Report it up the chain!"

One of the personnel in a ghost-faced mask was the first to rush out.

Roughly thirty breaths later, the Grand Array of Flame Prison City activated! The entire city was sealed, from the heavens to the earth, completely locked down!

Underground, Cheng Zongyang felt the change in the underground Array and raised an eyebrow.

’Just as I thought. They found out the moment I withdrew the Array.’ Cheng Zongyang wasn’t the least bit nervous.

But since he’d been discovered, he didn’t linger.

He immediately retrieved the Spirit Storage Dharma Pearl, and his figure vanished, entering the Realm of Ten Thousand Races before teleporting back to Ice City.

After Cheng Zongyang left, countless high-ranking members of the Shadow Alliance entered the Underground Spiritual Vein, only to find that barely anything was left. What remained was comparable to a First or Second Grade Spirit Vein.

"Damn it!!" The Master of Shadows, wearing a pure black mask, arrived underground. After sensing the area, his expression turned so dark it was as if water could drip from it. The next second, the aura from his body erupted, and in that instant, nearly all the personnel from the monitoring department exploded and died.

The only one left was the ghost-faced member who had been the first to report it. He was now kneeling on the ground, prostrated and trembling like a leaf in the wind.

"Speak! What exactly happened!!" the Master of Shadows’s tone was grim.

"It’s, it’s..." The ghost-faced member immediately reported the situation.

When the Master of Shadows heard that the person in charge had been so negligent, he immediately looked at another man kneeling on the ground.

But without giving him a chance to speak, the man also exploded and died. Just as his Divine Soul appeared, the Master of Shadows waved his right hand. A black needle flashed past, instantly piercing the man’s Divine Soul and nailing it to the wall.

Just then, the Master of Shadows seemed to think of something and his figure instantly vanished.

A few breaths later, he stared at the empty underground cavern and the missing Stone Stele, stunned, and muttered:

"How is this possible! How could this be!"

"The Stone Stele cannot be moved! Who... who could have done this?"

The disappearance of the Stone Stele seemed far more serious than the theft of the Spirit Vein. The next moment, his Divine Thought completely enveloped Flame Prison City, and a voice as cold as a blade entered the minds of every Shadow Alliance member.

"Search every inch of Flame Prison City!! Investigate every Cultivator’s Storage Pouch! Even the Ten Thousand Races Spirit Seals must be checked! Anyone who does not cooperate will be killed without mercy!!"

...

"So smooth."

Cheng Zongyang was currently strolling leisurely through Ice City. Although the Seventh Grade Spiritual Vein had degraded to a Sixth Grade, its value was still immense. Plus, the whole operation went smoothly, without any hitches.

Of course, the incident with the Ji Family was an exception. If it weren’t for those insects, his operation wouldn’t have gone awry.

After all, not every family had insects like the Ji Family’s.

In high spirits, he nibbled on some Spiritual Food snacks on the streets of Ice City while observing his surroundings.

Due to the changes in the Realm of Ten Thousand Races, Ice City was becoming increasingly bustling, even showing signs of expansion.

This didn’t affect Cheng Zongyang much. The migration of everyone to settle in the Realm of Ten Thousand Races was an unstoppable trend, a fact made clear by the dwindling populations of the County Towns.

Not even the Five Great Immortal Sects could stop it.

’When there’s no one left outside, will the people of the Five Great Immortal Sects still remain in the Cultivation Immortality Realm?’

Although he wanted people to migrate in, he didn’t necessarily intend to leave no one behind.

Once the population reached a certain limit and most of the Cultivation Immortality Realm’s resources had been moved, he would make an announcement: the Realm of Ten Thousand Races would be sealed.

He could only imagine the scene that would cause.

Now that the Shadow Alliance’s Spirit Vein was gone, he could predict they would definitely start causing trouble. They would either seize the Spirit Veins of other factions or enter the Realm of Ten Thousand Races.

Therefore, he wondered if he should strike while the iron was hot and take a Spirit Vein from one of the Immortal Sects.

’If I change into the clothes of a Shadow Alliance member and reveal myself just a little...’

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, they’d probably beat each other’s brains out, right?" Cheng Zongyang thought with malicious glee.

Before he knew it, he had wandered to the gates of Ice City, the snack in his hand already finished.

"Oh well, time to keep muddying the waters. Time is tight." Cheng Zongyang sighed, unable to suppress the smile at the corners of his mouth, then left for the Carefree Immortal Sect.

He had cased the locations of the Five Great Immortal Sects long ago, but a lot had happened since then, so he hadn’t taken action.