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"Good, very good! Yun Shan, you just wait. I hope the people of your Yun Lan Sect never step a single foot out of the Jia Ma Empire. Otherwise, I will make you witness the methods of my Black Eagle Bandit Group!"
"You, kid—don't think that because you luckily escaped death today thanks to Yun Shan, you're safe. You and the faction behind you better not leave the borders of the Jia Ma Empire either. My Black Eagle Bandit Group and I will be watching you constantly!"
After struggling to suppress the rage rising within him, Ying Changkong could only resort to shouting empty threats.
However, he had no idea that it was precisely because of Yun Shan's appearance that he had been spared from dying on the spot. Otherwise, Xiao Lin would have risked exposing his true strength and drawing the attention of the Hun Clan just to ensure the man stayed here forever.
Still, it seemed Ying Changkong and his Black Eagle Bandit Group would be fixated on the Yun Lan Sect and the Xiao Clan from this day forward.
Although the opposition wouldn't dare enter the Jia Ma Empire's territory, members of the Xiao Clan and the Yun Lan Sect would be easily targeted whenever they traveled abroad. To both the Xiao Clan and the Yun Lan Sect, this was as annoying as a buzzing fly.
Swish!
Finally, after shooting one last vicious glare at Xiao Lin and Yun Shan, Ying Changkong turned and flew away. However, as he retreated, he failed to see the meaningful, cold look Xiao Lin gave his departing back.
In Xiao Lin's eyes, the moment Ying Changkong uttered those threats, he was already a dead man.
Even if the man didn't seek trouble with him or the Xiao Clan, Xiao Lin would find an opportunity to eliminate him. Compared to the earlier scenario where Xiao Lin had led Ying Changkong away alone—where the man's death would have inevitably cast suspicion on him—this was different.
Now that this incident had a witness, Xiao Lin could wait for things to settle down, find a quiet moment to kill Ying Changkong later, and completely clear himself of any suspicion!
From this perspective, Yun Shan's sudden appearance had done Xiao Lin a massive favor by preventing his exposure.
"Cough, cough~"
Shortly after Ying Changkong left, Yun Shan suddenly began to cough violently. Under Xiao Lin's watch, the man even spat out a large mouthful of bloody phlegm.
"Sect Master Yun Shan, are you alright?"
Xiao Lin showed sufficient respect toward someone who had helped him. Regardless of what kind of person Yun Shan was in the original story, in the eyes of the current Xiao Lin, the man truly possessed the demeanor of a Great Grandmaster!
Even if Yun Shan hadn't come specifically to save him, regardless of his motive, Xiao Lin had to acknowledge this favor.
"Whew~ It's nothing serious. I just suffered a few minor injuries while clashing with Yan Luotian, the Sect Master of the Gold Geese Sect. I'll be fine after resting for a while," Yun Shan said with an indifferent shrug, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth.
After all, his strength was roughly equal to Yan Luotian's.
Since he was injured, how could Yan Luotian be faring any better? It was precisely because Yun Shan had been injured in that earlier clash that he had only fired off a single Dou Technique at Ying Changkong at the start and had no intention of actually following through with a fight.
So, it was all because of his injuries.
It made sense; given Yun Shan's current character, how could he simply use words to belittle a notorious bandit like Ying Changkong? Especially since Ying Changkong went on to threaten him and the Yun Lan Sect!
With Yun Shan's temperament, if he hadn't been injured, he would have attacked the moment Ying Changkong opened his mouth to threaten him, even if he wasn't certain he could make the man stay.
"Sect Master Yun Shan, first, I would like to express my gratitude for your help. However, why are you here? The struggle for the central hall of the secret realm shouldn't be over yet, right?"
Xiao Lin's eyes were filled with confusion. As his words fell, a look of frustration appeared on Yun Shan's face.
Clearly, something unexpected had happened during the battle for the central hall!
Otherwise, Yun Shan wouldn't have that expression, nor would he be here.
Sure enough, Yun Shan's next words revealed the mishap that had occurred in the central hall.
"Sigh, don't even mention it. In the struggle over there, things like medicinal pills, precious herbs, monster cores, pill formulas, and Divine Weapons were indeed divided between our Jia Ma Empire and the Luo Yan Empire."
"However, in my opinion, the most valuable things—the Cultivation techniques and Dou Techniques—were obtained by no one..."
Yun Shan sighed, then without hiding anything from Xiao Lin, he recounted everything that had happened in the central hall.
It turned out that as the Dou Huang powerhouses from both empires were about to seize the Cultivation techniques and Dou Techniques belonging to the Myriad Desolate Sect, Yan Luotian of the Gold Geese Sect acted without any sense of honor and directly blew up the storage area where those treasures were kept.
Yan Luotian's maneuver had stunned everyone on the scene from both empires. One had to know that while the Myriad Desolate Sect might not have possessed Heaven Grade Cultivation techniques or Dou Techniques, they definitely had Earth Grade ones!
The Dou Huang powerhouses had all come specifically for those Earth Grade rewards. Who could have expected such an ending?
However, the fact that no one obtained any Cultivation techniques or Dou Techniques above the Earth Grade wasn't necessarily a bad thing for the Gold Geese Sect. Because the Gold Geese Sect already possessed an Earth Grade Cultivation technique, they didn't strictly need another one.
But the other Dou Huang-led factions in the Luo Yan Empire and the various powers in the Jia Ma Empire did not possess anything at the Earth Grade or above.
By ensuring no one else got their hands on those techniques, the Gold Geese Sect ensured that they remained the only faction among the various powers of both nations to hold such a high-level manual.
This allowed them to maintain their superior status!
This was the reason Yan Luotian had been heartless enough to destroy the collection. In his view, if the Gold Geese Sect couldn't have them all, then nobody would have them!
It was because of this incident that the struggle for the central hall ended prematurely. Naturally, Yan Luotian was immediately besieged by several Dou Huang powerhouses from the Jia Ma Empire for his actions.
The Luo Yan Empire side was also very dissatisfied with his move, but they couldn't simply abandon him at that moment. So, they only performed a symbolic interception of the Jia Ma Empire's powerhouses.
In the end, Yan Luotian was heavily injured but managed to narrowly escape by relying on his advantage in speed. Yun Shan, meanwhile, had sustained minor injuries during the life-and-death struggle against Yan Luotian.
Thus, the conflict between the Luo Yan Empire and the Jia Ma Empire came to a halt, and the parties went their separate ways. At this point, since the most important items in the entire secret realm were gone, the journey for both sides could basically be declared over.
No one had expected it to end so abruptly.
Fortunately, everyone still had their harvests of pills, herbs, weapons, formulas, and monster cores, so it wasn't exactly a return with empty hands.
Similarly, it was because the battle in the central hall ended early that Yun Shan happened to be passing by this area and discovered Ying Changkong hunting down Xiao Lin!
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