NOVPUBAfter testing the power of the Divine Seed, Su Changkong returned to the Spirit Taoist Sect, resumed his new training, refined the Innate Qi he had acquired, and recovered the Mysterious Turtle True Essence that had been depleted during his fierce battle with Wei Shengxin!
Having eliminated the potential threat of Wei Shengxin, the days suddenly became incredibly peaceful, and half a year passed in the blink of an eye.
"The Mysterious Turtle True Essence inside my body has reached 150 drops,"
Within the Heaven Silkworm Cave, Su Changkong refined the newly absorbed Turtle Breathing True Qi, looking at the 150 drops of Mysterious Turtle True Essence in his Dantian.
With the growth of Zuo Qiu and other 100 Innate Martial Artists, Su Changkong’s rate of accumulating Mysterious Turtle True Essence became faster and faster. In the end, he could collect one drop of Mysterious Turtle True Essence per day, and possibly even several drops.
"Hmm? The Xia Yan family is looking for me?"
What seemed like another peaceful day took a turn when Su Changkong’s Bag of Book Fragrance vibrated with the Identity Token from the Xia Yan family, causing him slight surprise.
Over the past three years, Su Changkong had been cultivating in seclusion, and the Xia Yan family had not overly disturbed him, despite him being a Guest Elder.
Now, their proactive communication likely meant that there was some matter needing attention!
Without hesitation, Su Changkong took out the Identity Token from his Bag of Book Fragrance to sense the message within.
"Elder Blade, the situation is somewhat complex. Could you come to the Demon Suppressing Department in Great Flame City for a face-to-face discussion?"
The voice of Xia Yanjie resounded from the token.
"A complex situation? A face-to-face discussion?"
Su Changkong was somewhat surprised. Communicating via the Identity Token usually involved brief messages to minimize energy consumption, and it seemed a serious issue had arisen recently that prompted the Xia Yan family to seek a discussion with him.
"Meet at the Demon Suppressing Department."
After pondering for a moment, Su Changkong replied.
The matter appeared to be significant; otherwise, the Xia Yan family wouldn’t have contacted Su Changkong. He decided to meet with Xia Yanjie in person to understand the situation better—after all, with his ability to fly, it would only take a few hours to travel back and forth.
Su Changkong immediately used the White Crane Escapes technique, leaving the Spirit Taoist Sect and heading towards Great Flame City.
Upon arriving outside Great Flame City, which he hadn’t visited for several years, Su Changkong entered the city and made his way to the residence of the Demon Suppressing Department.
"Mr. Blade, the Lord is already waiting. Please, come inside,"
Outside the Demon Suppressing Department, a guard, spotting the cloaked and stern-looking Su Changkong, immediately recognized him and hurried over to invite him inside.
"Hmm,"
Su Changkong nodded slightly and followed the guard into the Demon Suppressing Department, making his way to a reception hall inside.
Inside the hall, Su Changkong met Lord Duanmu Tao.
At that moment, Duanmu Tao’s eyes were bright and intense, the entirety of his presence like an unsheathed precious sword. During the years that had gone by, as the tides of Spiritual Energy had risen, Duanmu Tao seemed to have made substantial progress!
Alongside Duanmu Tao, Su Changkong saw Xia Yanjie, a young man dressed in blue, also present in the hall.
"Elder Blade,"
Both of them rose to greet Su Changkong as Duanmu Tao invited him to sit down.
Without any pleasantries, Su Changkong sat down and went straight to the point, "Brother Xia Yan, what exactly has happened?"
Xia Yanjie and Duanmu Tao exchanged a look, both showing hints of perplexity in their eyes.
Xia Yanjie said, "Ever since the Spiritual Energy tides struck, numerous peculiar events have occurred within the Flame Empire,
"Something contrary to normalcy?"
Su Changkong focused intently, considering that even the Xia Yan family found the situation bizarre!
Xia Yanjie helplessly explained, "Recently, a group of powerful masters emerged in the martial arts community, each one incredibly strong, appearing out of nowhere! Almost all of them are Grandmasters who have developed pseudo Divine Skills."
"Grandmasters with pseudo Divine Skills?"
Su Changkong frowned.
As careful and as mysterious as Su Changkong was, the Xia Yan family, with their intelligence network, roughly knew his identity and that he had been spotted in Dafeng State City before.
But now, these powerful masters had appeared, almost all of whom had developed pseudo Divine Skills and were complete strangers without any traceable information, which was undoubtedly abnormal!
With a grave tone, Xia Yanjie said, "We in the Xia Yan family are taking this matter very seriously and have dispatched elite agents from the Divine Detective Department, Demon Suppressing Department, and the Flame Dragon Guard to investigate. During the investigation, Commander Gu Feiyang engaged one of these mysterious masters in combat and was seriously injured while the mysterious master disappeared. However, Commander Gu acquired some information: the martial arts techniques and appearance of the mysterious master he fought were exactly like Kuang Wenfu, a Grandmaster from a thousand years ago!"
"Exactly like the Grandmaster Kuang Wenfu from a thousand years ago?"
Su Changkong was taken aback, as he had never heard of this Kuang Wenfu or the Iron Battle Gate. Could this possibly be a case similar to Bloodline Regression?
Individuals with Bloodline Regression not only possess martial arts talents equivalent to their Martial Saint ancestors but even look almost identical; however, the situation was likely not that simple.
Indeed, Xia Yanjie continued gravely, "This Kuang Wenfu had developed pseudo Divine Skills, and was just a step away from Entering Saint. He was a renowned master a thousand years ago but ultimately failed to Enter Saint and died while meditating. His sect, the Iron Battle Gate, was extinguished three hundred years ago, and Grandmaster Kuang Wenfu left no descendants. Furthermore, according to our Xia Yan family’s records, it’s almost certain that the mysterious master is indeed Kuang Wenfu himself—they both have only one eye, so it couldn’t be his descendants or future generations."
