Chapter 72: Deep Sea Blue Heart

Cultivators at the Cavern Realm are naturally formidable; as long as a trace of their divine sense escapes, they can be reborn.

Xu Yang had originally thought Lu Kaishan was utterly dead, so he was surprised that a trace of his divine sense had actually escaped.

Xu Yang quickly chased after Lu Kaishan's divine sense.

Unbound by a physical body, Lu Kaishan's divine sense moved extremely fast.

Xu Yang chased for a while before catching him in the back mountains.

With a wave of his hand, Xu Yang also split off a trace of his divine sense.

Xu Yang's divine sense was clearly a hundred times more powerful than Lu Kaishan's. When Xu Yang's divine sense collided with Lu Kaishan's, the latter let out a shrill scream.

The divine sense, already extremely weak, was instantly severely damaged, becoming even weaker.

"Go on, keep running," Xu Yang said with a smile, looking at Lu Kaishan's divine sense.

"Senior, spare me!" A weak voice rang in Xu Yang's ears.

This was not a true sound; Lu Kaishan, having no physical body, could no longer produce actual sound.

Only Xu Yang could hear this voice; others could not.

Xu Yang heard Lu Kaishan's plea for mercy, gave a faint smile, then asked, "Give me a reason not to kill you."

Lu Kaishan heard this and pondered for a moment before saying, "I am a Great General of the Empire. If you kill me, the Empire will not let you go. If you let me go, I can speak on your behalf before the Emperor, and we can pretend this never happened. What do you say?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Yang's gaze sharpened. His powerful divine sense instantly crushed it without mercy.

The next second, Lu Kaishan's divine sense dissipated into the world.

Xu Yang sneered coldly and spat on the ground. "Hmph," he said, "Threatening me even when death is at your doorstep? I really don't know what you're thinking."

With Lu Kaishan completely annihilated, the Cloud Mountain Sect was truly obliterated.

From the founding patriarch down to the Qi Refining disciples, everyone was utterly wiped out.

***

However, Xu Yang was now considering something else. What Lu Kaishan said before his death wasn't entirely unreasonable.

The region where the Sky Raging Sect is located is within the Great Xia Kingdom.

Since it's a kingdom, it naturally has an emperor.

In this world, martial power reigns supreme. As the Emperor of the Great Xia Kingdom, he was naturally the most powerful being in the entire kingdom.

Xu Yang had killed one of the Great Xia Kingdom's generals. Would this provoke the Great Xia Emperor to seek his annihilation?

Xu Yang pondered for a moment, then shook his head. What was there to fear? He would deal with whatever came his way.

***

The news that the Sky Raging Sect's Old Ancestor had slain Lu Kaishan, a cultivator of the Cavern Realm, spread like wildfire.

Everyone was muttering about how deeply the Sky Raging Sect had hidden itself.

Tucked away in a remote corner of Qizhou, not long ago, many still thought the Sky Raging Sect was on the verge of annihilation.

Even the Sky Raging Sect's Sect Master, Ling Qingshu, only had Foundation Establishment stage cultivation.

But no one expected that the Sky Raging Sect actually had an Old Ancestor capable of instantly killing a Cavern Realm cultivator.

All the various factions were secretly calculating.

The Sky Raging Sect was now not just the top power in Qizhou; even within Tianwu Prefecture, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it the foremost power.

In the Tianwu Prefecture Lord's chambers, the Tianwu Prefecture Lord looked at the map of Qizhou on the wall, a strange smile appearing at the corner of his lips.

"Interesting, truly interesting," Zhao Tianxun murmured.

"Originally, I thought you were merely a Nascent Soul stage cultivator. I never expected you to be hidden so deeply." As he spoke, Zhao Tianxun took a large stride and quickly vanished from the spot.

***

After rebuilding the Sky Raging Sect, Xu Yang was pondering his next steps when suddenly, Yu Sanniang arrived once more.

"You're here. Do you have any news?" Xu Yang asked lazily.

A look of excitement appeared on Yu Sanniang's face as she said,

"Old Ancestor Xu, I've found out! A Deep Sea Blue Heart has appeared in the East Mountain Sea of the Eastern Mausoleum Kingdom!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Yang suddenly opened his eyes wide, unable to suppress the shock in his heart. "What did you say?!" he asked.

"A Deep Sea Blue Heart has appeared in the East Mountain Sea of the Eastern Mausoleum Kingdom!" Yu Sanniang said, shrugging her shoulders with a puzzled expression.

"A Deep Sea Blue Heart appears only once every twenty thousand years in the world! But it hasn't been twenty thousand years since the last appearance," Xu Yang murmured to himself.

"Could it be the same one from last time?!" As Xu Yang said this, a trace of guilt flashed in his eyes.

Xu Yang wasn't actually very interested in the Deep Sea Blue Heart, but it was a sore spot in his heart.

Twenty thousand years ago, Xu Yang's only disciple accidentally died while competing for a Deep Sea Blue Heart.

Fortunately, at the last moment, that disciple's divine sense escaped and hid within the Deep Sea Blue Heart.

Xu Yang had wanted to find the Deep Sea Blue Heart, but had always been unsuccessful.

He had originally forgotten about these matters, but today Yu Sanniang actually told Xu Yang that the Deep Sea Blue Heart had appeared.

"For twenty thousand years, has the Deep Sea Blue Heart been in hiding? It hasn't even been picked yet."

"If it's been in hiding all this time, why has it appeared now?"

Xu Yang thought for a long time but couldn't figure anything out.

But no matter what, Xu Yang had to go to the East Mountain Sea in the Eastern Mausoleum Kingdom to see this Deep Sea Blue Heart!

"Yu Sanniang, this information is very important to me. If what you say is true, when I return, I will help you advance to the Nascent Soul stage!"

Xu Yang said this. Although his body was still at the Sky Raging Sect, his heart had already flown to the East Mountain Sea in the Eastern Mausoleum Kingdom.

Yu Sanniang listened to Xu Yang's words, her face filled with shock, quickly turning to great joy.

"Thank you, Old Ancestor Xu," Yu Sanniang said with tears of gratitude.

Xu Yang didn't say anything else. He called Ling Qingshu and headed towards the East Mountain Sea in the Eastern Mausoleum Kingdom.

Ling Qingshu was completely bewildered throughout her time on Xu Yang's spirit ship.

She had been organizing treasures in the Sky Raging Sect's vault when Xu Yang brought her onto the spirit ship without a word.

Although she didn't know what was happening, she still very cooperatively followed Xu Yang.

On the spirit ship, Ling Qingshu finally caught her breath and came to her senses.

Looking at the hurried Xu Yang, Ling Qingshu couldn't help but ask, "Old Ancestor, where are we going?"

Xu Yang didn't conceal anything and told Ling Qingshu everything.

"So it's about Senior Sister," Ling Qingshu finally understood what was happening after listening to Xu Yang's narration.

"Master, don't worry. Senior Sister will definitely be fine. Perhaps her appearance now is because she heard you, Old Ancestor, have emerged from seclusion, and she wants to see you."

Xu Yang nodded. This possibility was not entirely out of the question.