Saint Emperor Devourer of Heaven

The higher-ups of Qingyun asked him about his experiences in the Flowing Cloud Forest.

Jun Wuxie spoke briefly, without going into detail.

He consistently avoided the topic of the Rune Dao, and the Qingyun higher-ups tacitly refrained from mentioning it as well.

Even now, the foundation experts have not spoken to anyone about the possibility of him being a Rune Master.

This matter is of utmost importance. Once the news leaks out, the Ning King, combined with the situation in the Flowing Cloud Forest, could directly pinpoint his identity, which would be fatal.

They were well aware of this, so they didn't even mention it to the Sect Leader and the Peak Masters.

"Wuxie, what do you think our sect should do in the future? After the Flowing Cloud Forest incident, the Ning King's hostility towards Qingyun will inevitably deepen. It's hard to predict what actions he will take, and we all want to hear your opinion."

"We need time to confront the Ning King. Therefore, the best approach at the moment is to express our willingness to compromise to the Ning King. For the Ning King, the most desirable outcome for someone who plans on a grand scale is to resolve the Qingyun issue without bloodshed."

"What do you mean?"

The higher-ups exchanged glances, then revealed expressions of contemplation.

"Express your inner struggle and hesitation to the Ning King, but don't overdo it. You need to fully convey the feeling of being unwilling yet helpless in the face of reality."

Jun Wuxie said.

"After the Flowing Cloud Forest incident, will the Ning King believe it?"

Jun Wuxie shook his head and said, "Of course, the Ning King won't believe it so easily, but in order to achieve the goal of subduing Qingyun, he should give himself a time limit in his mind. Within this time limit, I believe he will be willing to wait."

"That's true. After all, the Ning King has been targeting our Qingyun for many years for this matter. Since so much time has passed, he might really be willing to try. After all, for the Ning King, Qingyun can't make any waves in just a few years."

Qingmu Zhenren agreed with Jun Wuxie's suggestion.

The sect needed time, and it seemed that this was the only way to buy time, and the chances of success were high.

"There are still some issues."

Jun Wuxie stated that the fact that he was not in the sect during this time must not be revealed. Apart from that, there was nothing else to hide. On the contrary, the Sect Leader needed to deliberately release certain information.

"Only those of us know about your departure from the sect, and it won't be passed on to anyone else. As for the information you want to release, what are you referring to?"

"I'm referring to the fact that the foundation experts almost fell into the trap of the Three Sects in the Flowing Cloud Forest, but were saved by a mysterious young man at a critical moment. The Sect Leader needs to let Qin Yi and his close associates know this news so that they can send it to the Ning King's mansion."

The higher-ups all showed shocked expressions upon hearing this, then fell into thought, gradually seeming to understand his intentions.

"Wuxie, are you guessing that the Ning King suspects that the Flowing Cloud Forest incident is related to our Qingyun?"

Jun Wuxie nodded, indicating that the Ning King was a very meticulous person. Even if the possibility seemed small, the Ning King would definitely not ignore it, and would instead send people to verify it. Therefore, releasing this information was necessary.

Firstly, it could help the Ning King verify the information. Secondly, it would let the Ning King know that Qingyun did receive help, but that person was not from Qingyun, but helped Qingyun for some unknown purpose.

"If I'm not mistaken, after the Ning King learns the news, he will focus more attention on the Emperor's side. He will think about what relationship the young man in the Flowing Cloud Forest has with Qingyun, and why he would help Qingyun even at the risk of offending the Three Sects, or even the Ning King's mansion."

"Then the Emperor will most likely send people to our Qingyun to investigate this matter!"

"That's right. When the Emperor's people come to Qingyun, we'll find an opportunity to leak this matter to Qin Yi and others, and then let Qin Yi and others leak it to the Ning King's mansion. The Ning King will become even more convinced that the person in the Flowing Cloud Forest is someone close to the Emperor. He might even think that the Emperor has already begun to openly compete with him for Qingyun, then the possibility of using force against Qingyun will be even smaller."

"Alright, let's do it as you say, Wuxie!"

Qingmu Zhenren made the decision. As the leader of the foundation experts, he had the power and ability to make any decision for the sect, even to overturn the Sect Leader's decision.

"Our plan feels so thrilling, like walking on a tightrope between ten-thousand-zhang cliffs. A single misstep and we'll be crushed to pieces..."

The Peak Master of Yunhai Peak had a solemn expression. Qingyun was struggling to survive in the crevice between the Ning King and the Emperor. Now, it was gambling with the Ning King and even using the Emperor. This was really too crazy.

But extraordinary measures were needed in extraordinary times. This was currently the only way to buy more time and space!

"It's not as dangerous as you think, Peak Master of Yunhai Peak. As long as we proceed meticulously according to the steps and don't make any mistakes ourselves, we can win time and space. What awaits us will be the dawn of victory, the brilliant future of the sect!"

Jun Wuxie's calm voice was not impassioned, but it conveyed a sense of confidence that infected everyone present, making them involuntarily willing to believe.

This young man was a miracle. From the day he became the first person in history to pass the Road of Legends during the disciple assessment, he had been constantly refreshing their understanding and constantly creating miracles.

...

True Martial Peak. After Jun Wuxie returned, he didn't disturb his senior brothers and sisters, and went directly back to his residence.

Jingya was meditating and recuperating in the room, and he didn't disturb her either. He entered the room, set up a barrier, and began to purify the corpses of those Great Saint experts.

"The sect lacks resources to break through to the Great Saint realm. I can just use the corpses of the Great Saint experts to help Master break through this bottleneck. Furthermore, although these Great Saint experts don't have very high talent, they are also of ancient blood. Their bloodline origin quality is slightly lower, but their realms are not weak, perhaps they can be used to help Aunt Jing restore her origin injuries..."

Aunt Jing's condition was very bad. Although her origin injuries had not continued to worsen, if they continued to not be healed, her realm would remain below the Saint Realm.

He estimated that the corpses of these Great Saints, plus the origin power in the divine beast's essence blood, should have some effect.

Of course, it was definitely impossible to completely heal Jingya's origin injuries, but as long as he could slightly heal them, plus the true energy of the Great Saint experts, he might be able to help her realm recover to the Saint Realm, or even the Saint King Realm.

At that time, she would at least have some self-protection ability, instead of being like now, where she couldn't deal with any Saint whose realm was slightly higher.

In the blink of an eye, several days passed.

On this day, Jun Wuxie left his residence and found his master, Chengyuan Zhenren, who was cultivating.

He took out a corpse of a Great Saint expert.

Sensing the vast energy contained in the corpse, Chengyuan Zhenren was shocked and exclaimed, "This is..."

"The corpse of a Great Saint expert from the Ning King's mansion."

"This..." Chengyuan Zhenren was stunned, took a deep breath, and said, "Wuxie, why did you bring the corpse back?"

"Of course, the corpse is useful. Doesn't Master want to break through the bottleneck and enter the Great Saint realm? Our Qingyun lacks resources of this level, and the corpse of this Great Saint expert can just make up for this shortcoming. As long as Master absorbs its energy to cultivate, I believe it won't take long to break through."

"You... you want your master to use cultivators as cultivation resources?" Chengyuan Zhenren's expression changed drastically, becoming extremely solemn, and said, "Wuxie, tell your master honestly, have you ever used such a method to cultivate before?"

Jun Wuxie nodded, not denying it.

"You... you!" Chengyuan Zhenren's lips trembled, "Do you know that this is a great taboo in cultivation! We cannot use such a method to cultivate, it will touch upon terrifying karma, and you will definitely perish in the heavenly tribulation when you transcend the tribulation in the future!"

"Master, please calm down, don't be so agitated." Jun Wuxie had a relaxed smile on his face, and said, "Disciple has used this method to cultivate a long time ago, and later still transcended the tribulation, and there was nothing wrong with it. Perhaps for others, this is a taboo, but for disciple, it is not."

Seeing Chengyuan Zhenren's shocked face, looking incredulous, he explained, "Disciple has a special method that can purify and erase this karma. This corpse has already been purified by disciple, and the karma has also been erased, Master can rest assured to cultivate."

"This..."

Chengyuan Zhenren didn't know how to respond for a moment.

Can karma really be erased?

It sounded too mysterious, and it was really hard to believe such a thing.

"Master, do you believe in disciple?"

Jun Wuxie looked into his eyes very seriously, and Chengyuan Zhenren saw confidence in his eyes, and the worries in his heart gradually subsided.

He couldn't help but wonder, what was the origin of his disciple, his abilities and various methods completely exceeded his understanding.

"Of course, I believe you, Master will use this Great Saint corpse as a resource to cultivate!"

Chengyuan Zhenren put down the worries in his heart. Even if he really contracted karma, what if he died under the heavenly tribulation when transcending the Great Saint tribulation? That way, it could also serve as a warning to Wuxie, and it wouldn't be a wasted death.

If he was gone, as long as his disciple was on True Martial Peak, it would definitely get better and better and move towards prosperity!

"This is the Elementary Saint Spirit Herb Liquid that the Sect Leader gave a few days ago."

Chengyuan Zhenren took out a Qiankun bag, which contained a full two hundred bottles of Herb Liquid, which was the sect's resource allocation for Jun Wuxie for one month.

"No need." Jun Wuxie didn't accept it, saying, "I have other resources now, which will only make my cultivation faster. Master, you can take these Hundred Herb Liquids and distribute them to the senior brothers and sisters. They are the most suitable to use Hundred Herb Liquids right now."

The senior brothers and sisters have limited speed in refining resources. Even if they were given the corpse of a Great Saint expert, their cultivation speed wouldn't be faster than using Hundred Herb Liquids.

"Alright."

Real Person Chengyuan didn't say much.

"I wish Master to become a Great Saint soon."

Jun Wuxie left and returned to his residence. He looked at the bedroom where Jingya was. He walked out of the courtyard and came to the back mountain of True Martial Peak, standing in front of the cliff.

The scenery here was beautiful, with a stream beside him and a waterfall not far behind.

The clear water flowed by, rushed down the cliff, and disappeared into the clouds.

"It's been almost half a year since I came to the Upper Realm. I wonder how those old friends who were sent to the Upper Realm by Aunt Jing are doing now."

He murmured softly to himself, his greatest concern being for his women and two junior brothers.

He naturally didn't need to worry about the people from Ice Cloud Tower, and he didn't need to worry about Yan Qingcheng for the time being.

As for Lingfei, he wasn't worried either. After all, Lingfei was a Supreme Saint Realm expert. When she arrived in the Upper Realm, without any suppression, her realm would directly reach the Supreme Saint Realm.

What was there to worry about for such a strong person?

But others were different, and he didn't know which areas of the Upper Realm they were teleported to back then.

He reached into his clothes and took out an ice crystal jade pendant, cool and refreshing, with the words 'Ci Yin' engraved on it.

"Mu Ciyin!"

Jun Wuxie injected energy into the ice crystal jade pendant and called out to it.

Mu Ciyin had once said that as long as he called out to the ice crystal jade pendant, she would appear before him as quickly as possible.

He hadn't used it when facing the pursuit of the Ning Wang Mansion's experts, but now he called out to Mu Ciyin in order to learn about the news of his old friends.

When facing difficulties himself, he didn't want to rely on others, only wanting to solve them with his own abilities, unless he reached a true dead end with no way to reverse the situation.

People always have to grow, and difficulties are the best motivation and whetstone for growth. Always relying on others is no different from a flower in a greenhouse. How can one stand alone in the future and become a true strong person?

Soon, the void in front of him twisted slightly, and a woman in white clothes appeared before him.

She was pure and refined, her beautiful eyes as clear and transparent as ice and snow, gazing at him.

That purity revealed a mature and noble temperament, her smooth black hair falling like a waterfall to her waist, like a fairy walking out of a painting, peerless in beauty.

Jun Wuxie was slightly dazed, and quickly gave a salute, "Disciple Jun Wuxie greets Master Ciyin."

"No need to be so polite."

Mu Ciyin smiled slightly.

Only then did Jun Wuxie notice that Mu Ciyin's complexion was a little pale, as if she was injured, which shocked him.

His master was a super expert in the Hunyuan Saint Realm, how could she be injured?

"Master, you're injured, what's going on?"

"Your teacher is fine." Mu Ciyin shook her head lightly, as if it was nothing. Her slender, white fingers gently brushed over the bluestone on the ground, making it clean. She sat down on the ground and said, "Sit down."

"What exactly happened? A strong person like Master is actually injured. Could it be that the mysterious organization besieged the Ice Heart Pavilion?"

"No, they wouldn't dare to besiege the Ice Heart Pavilion. There is a killing array that your teacher spent a long time setting up. If they attack by force, they will definitely pay a heavy price."

Mu Ciyin said here, indicating that her injury was left behind when she returned to the Upper Realm from the Lower Realm.

At that time, she took all the people from Ice Cloud Tower back to the Upper Realm, enduring extremely strong rules of strangulation. It was also at that time that she suffered the siege of the strong from the mysterious organization.

"It seems they calculated that you would bring all the people from Ice Cloud Tower to the Upper Realm, knowing that you would have to resist the strangulation of the rules at that time, unable to exert your peak strength, so they chose such an opportunity. What was the final result? Master, you broke through with injuries, what about those people?"

"Your teacher killed two people on the spot, severely injured three, and was also seriously injured herself, almost unable to break through. That organization is more powerful than your teacher imagined. Just that time, they dispatched a full eight existences at your teacher's level..."

Speaking of this, she turned to look at Jun Wuxie, "So, your identity needs to be hidden as much as possible. The later they discover you, the better, to avoid being targeted by people from that organization too early. Your current realm is still low, and you have a long way to go in this Upper Realm."

"Understood."

Jun Wuxie nodded, his mood becoming heavy.

That organization was actually able to dispatch eight Hunyuan Saint Realm experts at once, which was really terrifying!

You must know that the most top-level experts in the Upper Realm since ancient times are the Eternal Saint Realm. Such existences are as rare as phoenix feathers and dragon scales. In so many epochs, in the long river of time, not many have appeared.

The Hunyuan Saint Realm is the realm before the Eternal Saint Realm.

In today's Upper Realm, experts of the Supreme Saint Realm have not appeared for a long time. On the surface, the strongest are the Saint Ancestor level.

But that time, eight Hunyuan Saint Realm experts actually appeared, besieging Mu Ciyin alone.

"Master's injuries are not serious now, right?"

"After two or three years of recovery, it's almost healed." Mu Ciyin smiled lightly and said, "Your teacher thought you had encountered insurmountable difficulties. Now it seems that you called your teacher here for something else."

Hearing this, Jun Wuxie felt somewhat guilty.

If he had known earlier that Mu Ciyin had injuries that had not healed, he would not have called her at this time.

The people from that mysterious organization have been staring at her. It's not safe for her to come out in this state. She came at the risk of danger.