Chapter 613: The Situation in the Southern Wilderness


    Trantor: Henyee Trantions | Editor: Henyee Trantions


    Huh?


    Hearing the words of the man in the brocade robe, Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan were both somewhat astonished.


    What is going on?


    What did he mean by “two that slipped through the”?


    Had theye to the wrong ce?


    They were both puzzled at this point.


    However, the cultivators apanying the man in the brocade robe didn’t hesitate.


    In a sh, they lunged at Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan.


    Jiang Chengxuan was speechless.


    And so was Shen Ruyan.


    Was there a misunderstanding?


    Since when did mere Foundation Establishment cultivators dare to challenge them?


    At this moment, Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan made no move.


    But those who were reaching for them suddenly froze in ce, unable to move, only their eyes swirling with fear.


    The man in the brocade robe, a Violet Pce cultivator, noticed something was amiss.


    His pupils contracted as he stared intently at Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan, his expression shifting from disdain to seriousness.


    He cautiously asked, “Who exactly are you two? Do you realize what you are doing right now?”


    Jiang Chengxuan was speechless.


    And so was Shen Ruyan.


    Hadn’t it been he who initiated the attack on them, and now he was ming them?


    But they had no interest in wasting words with such a minor character.


    Jiang Chengxuan demanded, “You called us ‘those who slipped through the.’


    What does that mean? Who are you? What has happened to this ce? What exactly has transpired here?”


    “Uh…


    You are not cultivators from the Southern Wilderness?”


    It seemed that only at this moment did the brocade-robed man suddenly react.


    The two people in front of him should not be native cultivators of the Southern Wilderness.


    “So what if we aren’t?” Jiang Chengxuan immediately frowned.


    Crack—


    Suddenly, the man’smunication jade talisman shattered into pieces.


    This caused his expression to immediately change.


    Jiang Chengxuan’s expression had now turned cold.


    He fixed his gaze on the man in the brocade robe and said in a chilling tone, word byword,


    “In my presence, don’t bother with those petty tricks.


    They’re meaningless. Now, answer the questions I just asked you.”


    The man in the brocade robe’s face turned red and then white.


    He had never felt so humiliated in his life, his expression contorting with frustration.


    Seeing this, Shen Ruyan’s eyes turn cold.


    “Forget it, husband, if he doesn’t want to talk, then we’ll find out for ourselves.”


    Without waiting for the man in the brocade robe to react, Shen Ruyan pressed her hand directly onto his head.


    No matter how much he tried to evade, he couldn’t escape her grasp.


    Only at this moment did the man realize he was no match for the couple before him.


    He wanted to speak up, to announce his identity, but Shen Ruyan didn’t give him the chance.


    A force that the man couldn’t resist surged into his sea of consciousness, plunging his mind into chaos.


    Thest thought he had was “soul searching.”


    That’s right.


    Shen Ruyan was using a soul-searching technique on him.


    Information, both relevant and irrelevant, shed through her mind like a fast-forward movie, providing her with a detailed understanding of the current situation and the identities of the man and hispanions.


    By the time Shen Ruyan released her hand, the man in the brocade robe had copsed, bleeding from his seven orifices and lifeless.


    Jiang Chengxuan turned to Shen Ruyan and asked, “How did it go?”


    Shen Ruyan’s expression was a bit grim.


    She pondered for a moment before speaking, “These people, like us, are not native cultivators of the Southern Wilderness.”


    “Huh?”


    Jiang Chengxuan was somewhat surprised.


    Shen Ruyan nodded, “Yes, they are from the Central in.


    When the demonic cmity befell, Heavenly Lord Scripture Abyss and Heavenly Lord Cloudthunder of the Southern Wilderness knew that they could not withstand the demonic cmity with their strength.


    So.


    They sent out a distress message to the Central in.


    The Central in, led by the Great Ling Imperial Pce and several other Soul Formation forces, demanded half of the Southern Wilderness’s territories in return for their help.


    This included all the spiritual veins, mines, and even the cultivators, who were to remain untouched and not relocated.


    Only then would they assist the Southern Wilderness.


    Understanding theirck of leverage or power to refuse, Heavenly Lord Cloudthunder and Heavenly Lord Scripture Abyss agreed.


    However, what they didn’t anticipate was that when these forces from the Central in arrived via therge cross-region teleportation array, they somehow bypassed parts of the oath contract, avoiding its bacsh.


    As previously agreed upon, they were supposed to assist at once, but they didn’t. It wasn’t until Heavenly Lord Cloudthunder fell and Heavenly Lord Scripture Abyss was gravely injured that the Great Ling Imperial Pce and others slowly began to help counter the demonic cmity.


    After the demonic cmity ended, only Heavenly Lord Scripture Abyss, a gravely injured Heavenly Lord, remained. He was powerless to prevent the further expansion of the Great Ling Imperial Pce and other powerful forces from the Central in. He could only watch helplessly as they extended their reach until they upied nearly two-thirds of the Southern Wilderness. This expansion only halted temporarily due to the constraints of the oath contract between them.


    Otherwise, by now, the entire Southern Wilderness would likely be under the control of these Central in forces.


    Jiang Chengxuan had never imagined that the real situation here would be like this.


    Being from the Nine Essences Cultivation World’s foremost region, they didn’t first think of uniting all avable forces against the demonic cmity. Instead, they schemed against their own fellow cultivators and calcted how much benefit they could gain from this cmity.


    It was akin to those who profiteer during national crises, which is contemptible and detestable.


    No wonder Heavenly Lord Purple me and others from the Northern Border had refused to let the Central in’s Heavenly Lords intervene in their affairs, let alone ept their help.


    The appetites of these forces were toorge, beyond what any reasonable person could ept.


    “And after they upied the territories of the Southern Wilderness, they didn’t try to develop thesends. Instead, they heavily exploited the resources there.


    They even treated all the cultivators in these areas as ves.”


    Shen Ruyan added this piece of information, and Jiang Chengxuan finally understood why the scenery they encountered upon arriving in the Southern Wilderness was so deste.


    Especially the cultivators they saw, with lifeless eyes and faces devoid of vitality, all numbed.


    It was no surprise that anyone would feel despair after enduring such treatment.


    “Do you know where we are now?


    How far is it from the region where Heavenly Lord Scripture Abyss and the others are?”


    Jiang Chengxuan looked at Shen Ruyan.


    After a moment of thought, Shen Ruyan replied, “We are currently in the State of Great Yan. The ce where Heavenly Lord Scripture Abyss resides, the State of Duo Deity, is still a considerable distance away.


    Even at our speed, flying there would take about ten days.”


    “Ten days? Then let’s go and take a look.”


    Jiang Chengxuan said with a smile.


    Shen Ruyan nodded, “Alright, let’s go and see.”


    As they spoke, the bodies of the Foundation Establishment Cultivators they had frozen in midair turned into dust.


    “How dare you kill cultivators from my Heaven’s Gate Sect?


    You’re courting death!”


    At this moment, an angry shout suddenly sounded from behind Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan.


    A middle-aged cultivator in a long robe was charging towards Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan with several Golden Cores.


    However, Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan didn’t turn around.


    Suddenly, a roar sounded in the air.


    Immediately after, an iparablyrge earth dragon appeared in front of the cultivators.


    BANG!


    Without any suspense, a single strike from the earth dragon turned those cultivators into a mist of blood.


    The dragon then let out an excited roar and swiftly carried Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan towards the State of Duo Deity.


    Shortly afterward, three streams of light descended upon the scene.


    The leader was a pale, beardless man with narrow eyes and an aura of coldness.


    He was Yan Zhengying, a eunuch from the Great Ling Imperial Pce dispatched here, possessing an early Nascent Soul cultivation.


    Apanying him were two early Nascent Soul cultivators from Heaven’s Gate Sect, Zhongxuan and Wuchen.


    The three of them, especially Zhongxuan and Wuchen, looked extremely grim at the sight before them.


    The deceased were members of their Heaven’s Gate Sect, and the audacious act of killing them in broad daylight was a clear sign of disrespect towards Heaven’s Gate Sect.


    “Eunuch Yan…”


    Zhongxuan turned to Yan Zhengying and spoke,


    “The perpetrator who dared to openly kill our Heaven’s Gate Sect cultivators here must be extremely vicious.


    We hope you can use that secret artifact to help us identify the murderer. Our Heaven’s Gate Sect will be deeply grateful for your assistance..”