Published: February 24, 2025
"After that exclamation, Da Niu looked at Tan Yun, jumping up high with excitement.
"Senior Brother, Senior Brother!"
Tan Yun landed in front of the Mountain Gate while controlling his flying sword.
"What's wrong, Da Niu?"
Da Niu scratched his head in a silly manner, waving his fists as he spoke excitedly, "Senior Brother, I..."
"You've only been in the Spirit Mountain Herb Garden for six days and have already accomplished three big things."
"First, you killed that dog of a bastard, Cheng Yaozuan."
"Second, not only did you let us herb garden disciples beat up Li Ziquan, but you also crippled one of his legs and an arm. Although I didn't see the thrilling process while guarding the mountain gate, just thinking about it makes me excited. So what if they are alchemical disciples? We disposable disciples can still beat the hell out of him!"
"Third..." Da Niu's words were cut off by Tan Yun shaking his head.
"Stop, is there anything else? If not, I'm leaving."
"Senior Brother Tan, don't go just yet, let me finish!" Da Niu continued to ramble, "Third, do you know, Senior Brother? In these past few days guarding the mountain gate, many alchemical disciples coming and going have looked at me differently!"
"There's even one who asked me about your situation. This is all because you killed Li Zian!"
"Who is Li Zian? He's the favored disciple of Elder Twelve, a high-rank alchemist, and is strong enough to be ranked among the top three hundred of the Danmai disciples!"
"But so what? He was still killed by you! Well done, damn it!"
Da Niu waved his fists as if he were Tan Yun himself.
Tan Yun's mouth twitched slightly, "As long as you're happy, I'm off."
At this moment, a subtle seriousness crossed Da Niu's honest face, and in a voice barely above a whisper, he said, "Senior Brother Tan, these past few days I've seen disciples from the Beast Spirit Lineage and Holy Spirit Lineage lingering at our Mountain Gate."
"I also heard that you killed Murong Kun and Linghu Changkong, and I suspect they're just waiting for you to leave the Mountain Gate to strike."
After saying this, Da Niu returned to his previous silly demeanor.
But it was clear that Da Niu wasn't truly foolish.
Hearing this, a hint of seriousness appeared on Tan Yun's face as his thoughts raced: "The Mountain Gate is over six hundred thousand miles away from the Inner Sect market. I have the Supreme-Grade Spirit Weapon Spirit Vessel, and generally, Inner Sect disciples can't catch up with me."
"As long as they can't kill me, once I obtain the Supreme-Grade Spirit Artifact Flying Sword in the Inner Sect, it will be their death knell!"
Thinking to this point, Tan Yun faced Da Niu and asked softly, "In these past few days, besides seeing disciples from the Holy Spirit and Beast Spirit lineages, have you seen any Inner Sect law enforcement disciples?"
"I haven't seen any," Da Niu replied quietly. "But Senior Brother, the market is the stronghold of the inner sect law enforcement elder, filled with law enforcement disciples. You killed the outer sect law enforcement elder; if you head to the market, you need to be careful."
"Thanks for the reminder. You continue to guard the Mountain Gate; I’ll take my leave." After responding, Tan Yun put away his flying sword into the Qiankun Ring and summoned the Supreme-Grade Spirit Weapon Spirit Vessel.
As the space trembled, a Spirit Vessel over three hundred feet long appeared out of the void.
"Whoosh!"
Tan Yun stepped on the ground and shot toward the Spirit Vessel like a cannonball, diving straight into the training room. He then sealed the door and guided the Spirit Vessel at lightning speed toward the market located in the central area of the Immortal Spring Spirit Mountain!
At the same time, Tan Yun observed the surrounding void through the transparent walls of the vessel.
After flying three hundred miles, Tan Yun's pupils constricted as he saw sixteen Spirit Vessels of one hundred feet in size charging toward him at high speed!
Each of these Spirit Vessels had three black-clad masked disciples with a cold murderous intent standing aboard, all of them at the great perfection of the fetal soul realm!