Chapter 1551 - 611: The Sixth Jiu Provinces Cauldron Fragment

Chapter 1551: Chapter 611: The Sixth Jiu Provinces Cauldron Fragment

Upon hearing this, Ye Lingyue realized that Tang Tiansong had been expelled by the Outer Heaven Tang Family.

Tang Tiansong only briefly spoke about his background, his eyes flickering, indicating that he hadn’t revealed the full truth to Ye Lingyue.

But that was already enough. Ye Lingyue had also been neglected by the Ye Family. As a direct descendant, it was already difficult for her, let alone for someone like Tang Tiansong from a collateral branch. The Tang Family was much larger than the Ye Family, and the internal struggles were imaginable.

Ye Lingyue didn’t want to touch on Tang Tiansong’s scars further; his life in the Tang Family must have been really tough back then.

However, there was one thing that Ye Lingyue couldn’t figure out. If Tang Tiansong was merely a regular collateral member of the Tang Family, how could he have remnants of Spiritual Elixir Liquid in his body?

The bottle of Spiritual Elixir Liquid in her hands was specially sent over by the Three Realms Eagle.

Master Zi had a keen eye, and if he noticed it, it must indeed be spiritual medicine.

Tang Tiansong’s breakthrough to the Small Divine Power Realm might also have some relation to this Spiritual Elixir Liquid.

But since Tang Tiansong had just recovered from a serious illness, and if he didn’t want to talk about it, Ye Lingyue wouldn’t press him for answers.

There would be time to ask if the opportunity arose later.

"I see, Captain Tang. As a descendant of the Tang Family, it’s not surprising that you would keep some things about the Tang Family secret. However, there’s one thing I’d like to ask you. Have you ever seen a fragment like this within the Tang Family?"

Ye Lingyue took out that half piece of the Tri-footed Cauldron Base Fragment.

The Tang Family can cultivate Heart Execution Grass with special age and rich spiritual energy. Ye Lingyue suspected that the Tang Family might also possess a fragment of the Jiu Provinces Cauldron.

But which fragment it was, she had no idea.

Tang Tiansong glanced at the Cauldron Piece, finding it unfamiliar.

"Captain Ye, sorry, I haven’t seen such a fragment in the Tang Family. However, I am just a collateral descendant with limited knowledge, and there are many places in the Tang Family that I am forbidden to enter."

Tang Tiansong shook his head.

"It’s no matter, I was just asking on a whim. Captain Tang, you should rest first. In one more day, the public task will end, and then there will be a Merit Points assessment."

Ye Lingyue put away the half Cauldron Base, chatted with Tang Tiansong a bit more, and then took her leave.

After walking out of Tang Tiansong’s room, Ye Lingyue started to ponder.

Dongfang Liuli was already dead, and Gongsun Zhi’s whereabouts were unknown. The half piece of the Cauldron Base Fragment was still not enough for Ye Lingyue’s Qian Cauldron to absorb and devour.

She had to find the remaining half of the Cauldron Base Fragment. As for whether the Tang Family truly had a Jiu Provinces Cauldron Fragment, that remained unknown for the time being.

In any case, matters were becoming somewhat clearer overall, and she must find Gongsun Zhi within five months.

The public task at Qiyu City, after seven days, finally came to an end.

When the city clerk at the City Lord’s Mansion announced the results, as expected, the Huangquan Team won first place.

Ye Lingyue and Luo Qianche distributed their points for killing the Azure Dragon Crocodile and the Tiger-faced Leopard King as agreed.

The Tiger-faced Leopard King had reached the Demon General Level, with a Merit value of five thousand.

Since Ye Lingyue and Luo Qianche both put in half the effort in the hunt, they each received two thousand five hundred points.

The Azure Dragon Crocodile was tougher. It was one step away from transforming into a Green Flood Dragon at the final moment.

Though it hadn’t yet reached the level of an Ancient Heavenly Demon, according to the Demon Core provided by Ye Lingyue, the City Lord’s Mansion eventually appraised its Merit value at eighty thousand.

For the distribution of the Azure Dragon Crocodile’s Merit, Ye Lingyue and Luo Qianche used an 80-20 split. Ye Lingyue received sixty-four thousand Merit Points, while Luo Qianche received sixteen thousand Merit Points.

Apart from Ye Lingyue, Bo Qing was the next highest Merit Points earner in the Huangquan Team. Though he didn’t hunt demon beasts like the Azure Dragon Crocodile and the Tiger-faced Leopard King, the final tally of his Demon Cores reached fifteen thousand Merit Points.

Next were Little Zhiyo and Little Wuya, who also earned over six thousand Merit Points each.

The cumulative Merit Points for the entire Huangquan Team reached one hundred thirty thousand, plus the several thousand that Ye Lingyue had earlier earned by selling demon beast meat. In the final assessment at the City Lord’s Mansion, the Huangquan Team’s score skyrocketed from a few thousand to over one hundred thirty-eight thousand, shooting up from an Eight-tier Team to a Fourth-tier Team, just a few ten thousand points away from a Third-tier Team.

Luo Qianche’s team also moved up from the Seventh-tier to the Fifth-tier Team, becoming the second in command in Qiyu City.

The third place went to the Tang City Team.

When this result was announced, the demon hunter representative teams present were all in an uproar.

Nobody could believe that the Huangquan Team, who had been stationed in Qiyu City for just two or three months, could flip their fortunes in such a short span of time, successfully advancing to the core region.

Those who had mocked the Huangquan Team earlier were now silent.

Meanwhile, the once popular Liu Guang Team had completely dissolved during this public task.

Their team leader Dongfang Liuli’s whereabouts were unknown,

The City Lord’s Mansion dispatched troops to raid Liu Guang Pavilion, uncovering the half-beast Demon Hunters used for experiments in the basement and capturing several of Dongfang Liuli’s alchemists.

The matter of Dongfang Liuli refining the Soul-breaking Elixir using Heart Execution Grass was finally exposed.

The Liu Guang Pavilion’s ledgers revealed several secret letters between Dongfang Liuli and Xuanwu City’s City Lord Ma.

These records in the letters indicated that City Lord Ma purchased half-beast warriors from Dongfang Liuli at high prices.

These ledgers were eventually reported by the City Lord’s Mansion to the Jiu Provinces Alliance.

It was easy to imagine the upheaval that City Lord Ma of Xuanwu City would soon face.

After all these matters had concluded, Ye Lingyue finally received a transfer order from the City Lord’s Mansion.

The transfer order specified that the Huangquan Team, Shui City Team, and Tang City Team would depart for Senluo Wanxiang City in a few days.

Shortly after receiving the order, Tang Tiansong came to visit Ye Lingyue.

He made a suggestion that took Ye Lingyue by surprise.

"Captain Ye, after careful consideration, if you’re willing, I plan to bring along a few dozen brothers from Tang City to join the Huangquan Team. I believe the Huangquan Team might currently have concerns about manpower."

Tang Tiansong said sincerely.

According to the rules of the Jiu Provinces Alliance, the higher the tier of the team, the more members it has.

Typically, a Ninth-tier Team only needs ten people.

But with each advancement in tier, the number of members would increase.

The former only Fourth-tier Team in Qiyu City, Liu Guang, had about forty members.

The people from the City Lord’s Mansion had reminded Ye Lingyue before, but she was reluctant to expand and recruit indiscriminately just because of the numbers, to prevent any unwanted individuals from infiltrating.

If Tang Tiansong was willing to bring along the Tang City Team to join, it was indeed good news.

After some deliberation, Ye Lingyue agreed to Tang Tiansong’s proposal, officially merging the two teams into one.

After participating in the Jiu Provinces Hunting for nearly four months, the Huangquan Team finally evolved from a mere logistics Ninth-tier Team into a Fourth-tier Team and truly set foot on the battlefield of the Jiu Provinces Hunting.