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Chapter 1020: Chapter 1020: All Borrowed and Not Returned!
Sensing the intense murderous intent coming from Yang Xiaotian, Hu Zonglai could not hide his shock and panic, hastily taking flight, attempting to escape.
However, just as he was about to desperately flee without regard for anything, he saw Yang Xiaotian casually wave his hand, a sword qi tore through the void, and instantly it struck Hu Zonglai’s body.
The sword qi pierced through Hu Zonglai’s back and then exited through his chest, striking a distant mountain peak.
The mountain peak was blasted through.
And Hu Zonglai fell from the sky and smashed heavily onto the ground.
Hu Zonglai lay on the ground, unable to conceal the fear in his expression, his mouth attempting to say something, but in the end, he did not utter a sound, then he stopped, no longer breathing.
Wang Qian, Deng Fang, and others looked at Hu Zonglai’s corpse in surprise, and at the same time thought of Yang Xiaotian’s sword just now, they were all shocked.
Was it the Sword Domain at the Great Accomplishment Realm?
It seems that in their Dragon Kingdom, no one has yet cultivated the Sword Domain to the Great Accomplishment Realm, right?
Not even their current Nation Lord.
Yang Xiaotian turned his head and looked over.
Deng Fang snapped out of his daze, then approached Yang Xiaotian and excitedly prostrated on the ground, "Deng Fang pays his respects to Sect Master!"
The other Elders and Wang Qian also awoke from their shock and prostrated themselves one after another, performing the respectful greeting towards Yang Xiaotian.
Everyone was extremely excited.
Seeing everyone greet him and address him as Sect Master, Yang Xiaotian hesitated for a moment, then had everyone rise.
Deng Fang and the others rose, still filled with excitement.
Following that, Yang Xiaotian asked Deng Fang and others to deal with Hu Zonglai’s corpse.
The Holy Son of Heavenly Demon was thrown to the ground by Yang Xiaotian, his head busted and feeling both shocked and enraged, he glanced at Hu Zonglai’s corpse and glared at Yang Xiaotian, "You better let me go, otherwise, my master will surely lead the eighteen war gods and trample the Star Dragon Sect!" n𝚘vp𝚞𝚋.com
"Then I’ll wait." Yang Xiaotian spoke with an indifferent expression and with one palm strike, he smashed the Holy Son of Heavenly Demon into the ground, leaving him half-dead before having Wang Qian throw him into the Star Dragon Sect’s prison.
Seeing the Holy Son of Heavenly Demon being smashed half-dead, Deng Fang and others were all trembling with fear. The power of the Heavenly Demon Sect Master was terrifying, and if he found out his disciple had been smashed half-dead and jailed in the Star Dragon Sect’s prison, he would surely be enraged.
Then, Yang Xiaotian had Deng Fang arrange accommodations for himself and the others, and Deng Fang immediately personally arranged some of the best palaces within the Sect for Yang Xiaotian.
Upon seeing the best palaces of the Star Dragon Sect that Deng Fang had arranged for them, Yang Xiaotian shook his head. Although these were the finest palaces of the Star Dragon Sect, they were far from comparable to the cave dwelling he had lived in at the Heaven and Earth Divine Mansion.
They were not just a little, but significantly lacking.
Seeing the look on Yang Xiaotian’s face, Deng Fang felt quite embarrassed, "Sect Master, these are already the best palaces in our Star Dragon Sect."
"It’s fine," Yang Xiaotian waved his hand and spoke, "You go handle your affairs first, then come back later and take me to the Sect’s Scripture Storing Hall."
Although he had learned from the fragmentary consciousness of Primordial Dragon Ao Xu that he had left behind a Sect and treasures in the Dragon Kingdom, he did not know the exact location of the treasures, hence, he wanted to examine the Sect’s Scriptures.
"Yes, Sect Master." Deng Fang responded respectfully, performed a bow, and then withdrew.
Not long after, Deng Fang came over and then personally led Yang Xiaotian and Meng Bingxue to the Star Dragon Sect’s Scripture Storing Hall.
The Star Dragon Sect’s Scripture Storing Hall was indeed grand, established halfway up a large mountain peak, very magnificent. However, as Yang Xiaotian entered the Scripture Storing Hall, he found that many of the bookshelves inside were sparsely populated and did not have many books.
At a glance, each bookshelf appeared the same.
Yang Xiaotian frowned.
Deng Fang felt somewhat embarrassed and explained, "Sect Master, over the years, our Sect’s Scripture Storing Hall has been frequently robbed, and thus many Cultivation Technique Manuals and unique skills have been stolen."
Yang Xiaotian was taken aback upon hearing the words and shook his head. It seemed that the Star Dragon Sect was in even worse condition than he had imagined, with even their Cultivation Technique Manuals and unique skills being stolen. How were the disciples supposed to cultivate or improve?
Cultivation Techniques and unique skills were the foundation for the development of a Sect.
Without them, the Sect was like duckweed adrift.
"Where are all the books related to your Ancestor?" asked Yang Xiaotian.
Deng Fang quickly replied, "On the second floor."
He then hurriedly led Yang Xiaotian to the deepest part of a bookshelf on the second floor.
However, on that vast bookshelf, there were only a few books placed.
While other bookshelves had dozens or hundreds of books, this one in front of them had only three—a pitifully small number.
Yang Xiaotian looked at the lonely three books on the shelf and said solemnly, "Are these the only three books related to your Ancestor?"
Deng Fang hemmed and hawed, "Before, this bookshelf also had dozens of books, but over the years, some were stolen, and others were borrowed by the Liang Family of Dragon Kingdom and the Profound Yin Sect."
"Borrowed?" Yang Xiaotian’s expression darkened, "And they haven’t been returned?"
"They haven’t been returned!" Deng Fang said with his head lowered, not daring to look at Yang Xiaotian.
The Godslayer King and Red-Haired Old Demon exchanged glances.
Red-Haired Old Demon chuckled and said, "We know about those borrowed, but do we know who stole the books?"
Deng Fang’s voice was low as he said, "Some were disciples of the Heavenly Master Sect, some from the Black Emperor City. Not long after the Star Dragon Sect’s Star Dragon Divine Skill Manuals were stolen, a disciple of the Heavenly Master Sect, Duan Shao, had once used the Star Dragon Divine Skill of our Star Dragon Sect."
"Sect Master Wang had gone to the Heavenly Master Sect to argue the case, demanding Duan Shao to return the Star Dragon Divine Skill Manuals, but he and his master beat Sect Master Wang."
"They even said—"
At this point, Deng Fang paused.
"Said what?" Yang Xiaotian asked in a deep voice.
"They claimed that the Star Dragon Divine Skill Manuals were their own creation and that if the disciples of the Star Dragon Sect dared to cause unwarranted trouble at the Heavenly Master Sect again, they would break our disciples’ legs and ruin their Dantian and Divine Veins," finished Deng Fang.
Yang Xiaotian’s expression turned cold.
Then, Yang Xiaotian further inquired about which other Sects’ disciples had come to steal, and he noted them down one by one.
Afterward, Yang Xiaotian began to look through the three lonely books in front of the second-floor bookshelf.
Soon, Yang Xiaotian finished flipping through them.
These three books were merely ones that had been perused by Primordial Dragon Ao Xu before, with some places marked but of no reference value whatsoever to Yang Xiaotian in his quest for the treasure.
"Take me to the Star Dragon Sect’s Treasure Vault," Yang Xiaotian said to Deng Fang.
Without daring to disobey, Deng Fang quickly led Yang Xiaotian and the others to the Star Dragon Sect’s Treasure Vault.
Upon opening it, however, they saw that the vault was entirely empty—let alone Heaven and Earth Treasures, there were hardly a few Divine Spirit Stones.
Some Divine Medicines were as old as a million years, with the oldest being a million years and only a few plants of that vintage. The rest were hundreds of thousands of years old, far from possessing any Divine Medicine that was ten million years old, not even those two million years old!
In the corner lay a pile of Divine Artifacts of poor quality, which were practically indistinguishable from scrap metal.
Yang Xiaotian felt a heaviness in his heart. The Star Dragon Sect had no Cultivation Technique Manuals, no unique skills, and now, not even a few Divine Grade Spirit Stones! Without Divine Spirit Stones, how was a Sect supposed to maintain its everyday expenses!
