“Long Tutian, do not think that just because you have some combat strength, this old man dares not act against you!”
The Ji family Grand Elder threatened coldly, “Have you forgotten the injuries from last year?”
Long Tutian was unconcerned and said, “But you cannot kill me. The price you would pay to recover would be no less than mine.”
“…” The Ji family Grand Elder was furious.
What Long Tutian said was indeed true. Even if he used the Rivers and Mountains Cauldron, he truly could not kill Long Tutian.
Otherwise, Long Tutian would not have survived until now.
Moreover, as Long Tutian had said, to use the Rivers and Mountains Cauldron to suppress and fight Long Tutian required a blood sacrifice. The cost of that blood sacrifice was indeed greater than the price of Long Tutian’s injuries.
He had used a massive amount of family resources and rested for nearly a year before recovering.
If he used it again, the greater cost would clearly fall on him.
Furthermore, the continental spirit controller grand competition had not yet ended. If he suffered backlash from the Rivers and Mountains Cauldron now, he would be unable to protect the Ji family juniors.
The spirit controllers the Ji family had brought would inevitably face various dangers afterwards.
Even he himself might be assassinated by Martial Saints from other states. It was possible they could join forces to eliminate him.
Therefore, if it truly meant both sides suffering heavy losses to attack Long Tutian, he was really unwilling.
However, Long Tutian’s actions had indeed enraged him to the point where he could not hold back from wanting to act.
“Moreover, next time, I might kill one of your Ji family’s four elders.” Long Tutian added calmly.
“You!” The Ji family Grand Elder’s nose nearly crooked with anger.
“Both of you, calm your anger!” At this moment, an aged voice rang out.
Immediately after, an elder in red robes flew out from within the city and appeared before everyone’s eyes.
This elder was also terrifyingly old, around two or three hundred years. His hair and beard were completely white, his thick eyebrows tinged with white. His broad face was covered in wrinkles, with white stubble under his mouth.
Yet he remained vigorous in old age. On that broad face, there was a trace of imperial dignity like an old emperor.
“Another Martial Saint expert!”
“That is the Wang family Grand Elder. The Wang family Grand Elder has appeared too!”
“These major forces truly all have Martial Saints backing them.” …
The crowd was shocked and began whispering among themselves.
“Death cannot be undone. Elder Ji Zhen, my condolences.”
The Wang family Grand Elder said politely, “Since the two agreed to a life-and-death battle, life and death are up to fate. Young friend Mu Haoran is not at fault. On the contrary, for us older generation to appear in clashes between the geniuses of two states is somewhat disgraceful.”
The Ji family Grand Elder’s expression darkened.
“Moreover, both of you are from Yangzhou. If you two were to fight, who knows how many would delight in it. Elder Ji Zhen, please think twice.”
The Wang family Grand Elder said slowly, “If not, this old man will host and invite both of you to the residence for tea and discussion.”
The Ji family Grand Elder was furious. His gaze coldly swept over the Wang family Grand Elder, then over Long Tutian and Lin Xiao. He coldly snorted, “Hmph, we shall see!”
With that, the Ji family Grand Elder turned and left, disappearing from everyone’s sight.
He could not act, yet he could not. He could no longer stay in this place.
The Wang family had some friction with the Ji family. The appearance of the Wang family Grand Elder clearly indicated intent to intervene.
One Long Tutian was already someone he was unwilling to fight.
With the Wang family Grand Elder added, if a fight broke out, he would truly struggle to cope.
Moreover, there was another neighbouring state with competitive relations to Yangzhou, Cangzhou.
Who knew when Cangzhou’s Martial Saint might stab him in the back. If a real fight occurred, he would be at a disadvantage.
Therefore, for now, he could only swallow this anger.
“If Friend Long is free, please come into the city for a chat.” The Wang family elder said to Long Tutian.
“With pleasure.” Long Tutian nodded gladly. Then he looked at Lin Xiao and smiled, “I would also very much like to talk with young brother Mu Haoran.”
“This junior would be extremely honoured!” Lin Xiao said.
Long Tutian could detect that he had refined the same essence blood. As long as he was present, he must have long known his identity.
It was also because Long Tutian was there that he dared to act against the geniuses of Shengtian Gate and the Ji family. With Long Tutian’s strength plus his own, even if the Ji family Grand Elder and Shengtian Gate’s Martial Saint elder joined forces, they would struggle to subdue them.
Originally, he had unleashed a powerful attack in his first strike, wanting to catch Ji Guan off guard and kill him. Unfortunately, the Ji family Grand Elder was prepared and acted immediately.
Fortunately, Long Tutian cooperated well, blocking the Ji family Grand Elder’s force and giving him the chance to kill Ji Guan.
And now, with the Wang family Grand Elder appearing and speaking for him, it resolved his trouble.
“Wang Qi, bring the young friend into the city.” The Wang family Grand Elder glanced at Wang Qi. Then he looked at everyone present and said, “Young friends, you may continue!”
“Canglong Gate, continue the spars.” Long Tutian said to the Shengtian Gate crowd before following the Wang family Grand Elder into the city.
The reason for leaving the Canglong Gate people behind was to avoid exposing Lin Xiao’s identity.
After all, Lin Xiao was connected to the news of one Martial Saint elder each from the Ji family and Shengtian Gate. If it spread, it would cause some trouble.
Lin Xiao followed Wang Qi and the others into the city, leaving the crowd behind.
Various heated discussions broke out among the crowd.
Then, the geniuses from Haozhou and Cangzhou continued their clashes. The geniuses under thirty from Yangzhou and Yanzhou also continued, each striking more ruthlessly.
However, they were clever and did not cause any deaths.
…
Inside the city, in an inn.
Lin Xiao and Wang Qi’s group returned to the courtyard. The three were utterly shocked by Lin Xiao.
Long Tutian only came looking for him after quite a while.
No one knew what Long Tutian and the Wang family Grand Elder had discussed.
Wang Qi’s group promptly left the courtyard. The entire compound was left with only Lin Xiao and Long Tutian.
In the tea room, Lin Xiao and Long Tutian sat facing each other.
“Junior brother, I knew you would not fall so easily!” Long Tutian had a thick smile on his face.
“Fortunately, senior brother did not fall easily either.” Lin Xiao sighed.
“Ji Zhen activating the Rivers and Mountains Cauldron still could not threaten me. It just was not easy to break out quickly.”
Long Tutian smiled, “After you were trapped in the void rift, I escaped. It took me several months to recover from my injuries. Then I attacked the Ji family’s Elder Nan in the south, nearly killing a Ji family Martial Saint. Unfortunately, that fellow had excellent escape methods and got away.”
“Thank you, senior brother…” Lin Xiao said gratefully.
Both spoke simply, but Lin Xiao was truly grateful from the heart. After he fell into danger, Long Tutian had still gone to “avenge” him.
“Heh, no matter what, you are my, Long Tutian’s, junior brother. Chasing and killing you in front of me was giving me no face at all.”
Long Tutian smiled casually, as if nothing had happened, and continued, “Of course, if you had really died, sooner or later, I would have uprooted the entire Ji family.”
Lin Xiao was deeply moved.
“Now it is good. Since you are fine, the matter of uprooting the Ji family, I will leave to you yourself.” Long Tutian added.
“…” Lin Xiao.
“By the way, how did you escape from the void rift? What exactly was inside that void rift?” Long Tutian asked curiously.
