"Tianyu?"

Mo Jian exclaimed loudly after seeing who the person was. It was none other than Mo Tianyu, whose face looked black as coal, literally.

"Clan Leader?"

Mo Tinayu also felt the presence of four beings around and put his guard up. Only after seeing that it was his clan leader did he sigh in relief.

But still, his mood wasn't good.

'Master!'

Tianyu was in so much anger and regret that his face looked extremely ugly to the clan leaders.

"Mo Tianyu, what happened inside?"

However, just because his mood seemed off, the other clan leaders weren't going to let him go. Out of all those who entered the mine, only Tianyu emerged unscathed.

Of course, the clan leaders were suspicious.

If not for his identity as an inner sect disciple of the Divine Cauldron sect, they would have already forced him to talk.

"It was a demonic cultivator!"

But Mo Tianyu didn't care about their hostility. Rather, he looked at the mine with such hatred and anger that he wished to strangle that person's neck.

But he could do nothing as it seemed that the person had already left this place. He couldn't even look after the ring of his master now.

His loss was so much that the losses of these clan leaders looked pale in comparision.

"Demonic Cultivator?"

Mo Jian raised his eyebrow after hearing Tinayu. Now that he felt it carefully, there was really that foul smell in the air from the explosion just now.

Other clan leaders felt the same, making them alert and wary.

After all, if the situation involved a demonic cultivator, things would get complicated.

"Yeah, a demonic cultivator. And that cultivator used a Forbidden Technique to blast this mine to smithereens."

Tianyu didn't say anything about Mo Zhufeng. After all, that person's identity was too sensitive.

If the news leaked, the person who would be in danger the most would be him.

Ironically, the collapse of the mine and the demonic cultivator's appearance might have helped him here. Still, he had already decided to leave for the sect now.

After losing his master, he was feeling extremely vulnerable. So, without building a foundation, he wouldn't leave the sect, no matter what this time.

"Forbidden Technique? A-Are you sure?"

Zhao Heping was so surprised by his words that he stumbled and asked dreadfully. The same was the situation of other clan leaders, including Mo Jian.

They were already surprised by the appearance of a demonic cultivator in such a place. If that person also knew the forbidden technique, then....

"Clan leader, let's leave this place immediately. I don't feel good here."

Tianyu had no intention of replying to them. So, he said to Mo Jian before swiftly leaving alone. He was in no mood to waste time now.

"Okay...then let's do as you said."

Mo Jian hesitated for a bit but nodded lightly at last, sighing in stress. Today was a great loss for him.

**

"Tianyu? Clan Leader? What happened?"

As soon as they returned to their camp, Mo Jian and Mo Tianyu heard the voices of their clan members. From the look, although they seemed injured, none of their members lost their lives.

Only those who went inside with Tianyu disappeared altogether. Tianyu even saw Mei Xuan and Zhiran standing in front.

For a moment, he wanted to lash out at him for leaving on his own before. But at last, he decided there was no point.

"Sigh...something happened to the mine. Let's leave this place for now. It is quite dangerous!"

Mo Jian didn't explain and just ordered the clan members to leave. He didn't want to tell them about the demonic cultivator and such.

Now, he just felt fortunate that both Mo Tianyu and Zhiran were fine and well.

'Whoa...I knew that guy was up to something. Fortunately, I didn't enter the mine.'

While Zhiran was returning with his clans towards the city, Lian Yue, hiding in the shadows, breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily, at the last moment, she decided not to enter the core of the mine.

As a daughter of the clan leader, it wasn't like she lacked such things. There was no need to take a risk at all.

And it seemed she was proved right.

'But still...what is the Han family doing in my sect influence? It seems I need to alert my father.'

Lian Yue still didn't know that Han Zhufeng had already died. In fact, she was right to think so, as these rogue foundation builders were no match for someone from such a place.

How could she know there was a powerhouse like Xueyin hiding in a ring?

'Let's leave for now. I can keep an eye on this guy later anyway.'

Once decided, Lian Yue didn't dawdle any longer. She swiftly disappeared from her place without giving an indication that she was even there.

***

'Hmm...what should I do?'

In one of the courtyards of the Mo mansion, inside Mistavale City, Zhiran thought while looking at the ring in his hand.

He had now already learned the Soulforge Scripture to the Basic Mastery that he had gained from Zhufeng.

As an Early Heaven Grade Technique, it was truly miraculous. Even when he only had basic mastery over it, he felt that his vision of the soul and its mystery had expanded countless times.

But that wasn't his focus right now, though. Rather, his focus was on the ring that had the soul of that cultivator inside.

'Should I...extract the brain?'

Zhiran still remembered the event with Han Luo before. He was still able to extract his brain directly, even though he had his soul's body.

So, he had no doubt he could do the same with this woman of unknown origin. To be honest, knowing that this was the gold finger of the protagonist, Zhiran was really tempted to do that.

Although he didn't know the true realm of her when she was alive, he could feel that the gain from extracting her brain would be immense.

Even forgetting about the direct memory as a reward, just the appearance of the head inside his consciousness platform would change his life forever.

'But...it is too risky.'

Although tempted, Zhiran was still sane. He didn't directly extract the brain greedily. In fact, there was a high chance he would face backlash during the process.

'That woman is a strong cultivator after all. It makes no sense for her to succumb to a Qi realm noob even when she was extremely injured.'

At last, Zhiran shook his head and put aside his dangerous thought. He felt that he should at least be in the foundation realm before even thinking about anything.

So, instead, he applied the unique soul-sealing method he had just learned from the heaven-grade technique, making sure that the soul was sealed properly.

Then he was about to relax and review the Soulforge Scripture again when suddenly he heard a voice from his maid,

"Young master, the Clan leader has summoned you to the meeting hall."

"Okay, I will be there."

Zhiran stopped what he was doing and stood up, heading outside. He wanted to know what this old guy was planning now.

Even though his family suffered such a massive loss due to the explosion he caused, he didn't feel guilty one bit. Rather, he was happy that he gained an elemental essence this time.

After returning from the secret realm this time, he would thoroughly refine that before building his foundation. He couldn't wait to see how the Solar Essence would change after refining that.

**

"Tianyu is already leaving. Why are you still here?"

Just as Zhiran came near the meeting hall, he suddenly heard two figures quarreling with each other.

"I have some work to do."

"Then, go and do it. Why are you staying here? Who gave you permission?"

They were Yan Xi and Mei Xuan. Yan Xi seemed to be scolding Mei Xuan in anger.

"Miss Yan Xi, can you please believe me. Nothing is going on between Tianyu and me. Is there a need to be so defensive?"

Mei Xuan was injured by Zhiran's Yin Soul Beads inside the mine and wasn't in the mood to entertain Yan Xi.

So, after expressing her distress, she wanted to enter the meeting hall when she was once again stopped by Yan Xi.

"Nothing? Defensive? Do you think such words can fool me? Do you think I have no idea of your filthy thoughts?"

Yan Xi was totally enraged by Mei Xuan's rebuke. If not for her promise to Tianyu before, Zhiran was sure that she would attack her immediately.

This girl didn't allow anyone near the man she loved, no matter what.

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