<h4>Chapter 1335: Winding Up</h4>


    <strong>Trantor: </strong>EndlessFantasy Trantion <strong>Editor: </strong>EndlessFantasy Trantion


    “23 veins.” Di Yong beamed with a very dazzling smile.


    “23 veins?” Upon hearing Di Yong, Duan Ling Tian was indifferent, but Han Xue Nai, on the other hand, was consumed by bafflement.


    “You’ve already opened 23 Saint Veins in the Intermediate Stage of the Mortal Shedding Stage. By the time you enter the Paramount Stage of the Mortal Shedding Stage, wouldn’t you stand a chance to open more than 70 Saint Veins then?”


    70 Saint Veins!


    This time, the moment Duan Ling Tian heard Han Xue Nai exim in astonishment, he finally realized what was going on. His eyes narrowed right away while shock was clearly written on his face.


    He could still remember that the current version of Di Yong, who was previously Wang Ba, had told him before that during his era, the person who had opened the most Saint Veins umted a total of only 67 Saint Veins... And at that time, he only managed to open 59 Saint Veins.


    However, now Xue Nai had actually said that Di Yong stood a chance to open to 70 Saint Veins!


    How could Duan Ling Tian not be surprised?


    “There should be no trouble for me to open over 70 Saint Veins.” Right at that second, the smile on Di Yong’s face grew even brighter. As a former Saint Stage powerhouse, he was very clear about the cultivation path of the Mortal Shedding Stage.


    With the innate talent of being able to open 23 Saint Veins at the Intermediate Stage of the Mortal Shedding Stage and along with the Devil Cultivation Technique that he had cultivated thest time, he was absolutely sure that he would be able to open up more than 70 Saint Veins by the time he reached the Intermediate Stage of the Mortal Shedding Stage.


    The Mortal Shedding Stage was divided into five stages: the Early Mortal Shedding Stage, the Intermediate Mortal Shedding Stage, the Master Mortal Shedding Stage, the Perfection Mortal Shedding Stage, and the Paramount Mortal Shedding Stage.


    Each of the stages had apletely different strength from one another.


    Be it Martial or Dao Cultivators, once they had made a breakthrough to the Paramount Stage of the Mortal Shedding Stage, the Saint Veins that were opened in their bodies would be shaped, and in the future, no new Saint Vein could be opened anymore.


    The number of Saint Veins opened by the time one reached the Paramount Stage of the Mortal Shedding Stage would not change in the future anymore unless one encountered some serendipitous


    meeting.


    Of course, such a fortuitous meeting was extremely rare. It was so rare that barely any man woulde across with it even in the span of 10,000 years.


    The number of Saint Veins would affect the cultivation speed of the Martial or Dao Cultivator. The more Saint Veins one had, the speed of absorbing the energy from the Heaven and Earth and even the Saint Stone would increase as well.


    Apart from that, the number of the Saint Veins would also have a direct impact on the Martial or Dao Cultivator’s strength.


    Among the Martial or Dao Cultivators who were on the same cultivation base, those who had more Saint Veins would possess more powerful strength.


    “Now, I finally understand why a five-wed Devil Dragon could almost topple the entire dragon n by itself. It’s definitely the dragon with the strongest innate talent among all five-wed divine dragons!” Han Xue Nai gasped and muttered to herself, “As far as I know, an ordinary five-wed divine dragon can only open 66 Saint Veins at the most in the history of the dragon n.”


    Di Yong reached out a hand to slowly caress his body lovingly. The more he caressed it, the more he fell in love with it. With an intoxicated look, he remarked, “This body is just perfect! With this body of mine, it’s only a matter of time before I finally go back to being at the summit! No! I canpletely surpass the previous primetime stage that I was at thest time!”


    Upon seeing Di Yong’s weird actions, all Duan Ling Tian could feel were the goosebumps creeping up all over his body.


    W-was this guy touching himself?


    Pervert!


    What a pervert!


    Soon, Di Yong froze and looked at Duan Ling Tian before announcing nonchntly, “Boy, you could say that you’ve paid off your debt by helping me to obtain this body that belongs to a dragon n’s lineal descendant. From today onwards, you’ll walk your own path and I’ll walk mine. Our bond is no longer relevant now.”


    “No longer relevant?” Duan Ling Tian could not help but narrow his eyes right away. “Bastard, you’ve just obtained a new body and you immediately want to cut off all ties with me?”


    “Hmph! Boy, you have that Devilseal Tablet with you, so it’s better if I stay as far away from you as possible. Otherwise, who knows if one day you might use it to seal me anytime when you’re feeling pissed off?!” Di Yong snorted, his tone full of dread.


    His soul was not yet fully recovered and if he were sealed by the Devilseal Tablet again, he would definitely vanish.


    In his opinion, Duan Ling Tian was even more terrifying than a Saint Stage powerhouse. He could easily destroy him with just a snap of his finger.


    Even after he had managed to take over the body of a five-wed Devil Dragon and obtained an unparalleled innate talent that ensured him a smooth boundless cultivation journey in front of him, he was still a Devil Cultivator no matter what.


    As a Devil Cultivator who was at the Mortal Shedding Stage, he waspletely powerless in the face of the Devilseal Tablet in Duan Ling Tian’s hand.


    The Devilseal Tablet that was activated by an Innate Stage Martial Cultivator was more than enough to seal a Mortal Shedding Stage Devil Cultivator easily.


    “I won’t stop you from leaving, but I hope that you can settle the situation for me,” Duan Ling Tian replied nonchntly.


    “Settle the situation? What situation are you referring to?” Di Yong was stunned.


    “I’ve killed Di Yong, the original Ind Master of Half Moon Ind, and you’ve snatched his body. Although he’s a five-wed Devil Dragon, the fact that he could leave the dragon n alive meant that there must be some other five-wed divine dragons helping him in the dark. If we don’t settle this properly, what happens if that five-wed divine dragones knocking on the door? You were once a Saint Stage powerhouse at Dao Martial Saint Land and I’m sure you know how strong an adult five-wed divine dragon is, don’t you?” Duan Ling Tian rolled his eyes at Di Yong.


    “So what? We can just leave like this. Don’t tell me that you’re still afraid that the five-wed divine dragon will be able to catch us?” Di Yong answered as though he was not concerned at all.


    Dao Martial Saint Land was so huge and he did not believe that the adult five-wed divine dragon would be able to find him.


    Well, that was unless the entire dragon n made a move.


    However, since this issue was rted to a five-wed Devil Dragon, he believed that the five-wed divine dragon would not dare to alert the entire dragon n.


    In fact, the five-wed Devil Dragon was a taboo in the dragon n. Even if outsiders would not kill it, the dragon n would never let it stay alive!


    “Yes, it’s true that we can just leave like that, but how about my sect? If that five-wed divine dragon really wants to hold somebody responsible, it’ll definitely affect my sect!” Duan Ling Tian frowned.


    “You’re really troublesome! Fine then, since I’m in such an excellent mood today, I’ll help you settle everything then. Just tell me what do you want me to do?” Di Yong asked slightly exasperatedly.


    “You only need to pass yourself off as the Ind Master of Half Moon Ind,” Duan Ling Tian said.


    “Pass myself off as the Ind Master of Half Moon Ind?” Di Yong frowned. “Boy, I’m not willing to stay on Half Moon Ind for long! I want to go to Dao Martial Saint Land.”


    “I know.” Duan Ling Tian nodded. “I didn’t ask you to stay here on Half Moon Ind. I just want you to pretend that you’re the Ind Master of Half Moon Ind. As long as you leave after you’ve made your stance clear in front of the three Vice Ind Masters of Half Moon Ind, I don’t care where you want to go.”


    “You want me to act as the Ind Master of Half Moon Ind and leave as him as well? Then, when that five-wed divine dragones in the future, it will think that he left willingly by himself?” Di Yong rified.


    “That’s right,” Duan Ling Tian confirmed. “Only then, we won’t infuriate the five-wed divine dragon. Since it’s willing to risk being punished by the dragon n by bringing Di Yong away from Dao Martial Saint Land, I’m sure it has quite a close rtionship with Di Yong. I even suspect that the five-wed divine dragon might be Di Yong’s parents,” Duan Ling Tian continued.


    “Ptuuui! Nobody is worthy of being my parents at all! Not even a five-wed divine dragon!” Di Yong snapped.


    “I meant Di Yong, the Ind Master of Half Moon Ind, that I killed, not you.” Duan Ling Tian rolled his eyes.


    “In that case, you go look for the three Half Moon Ind’s Vice Ind Masters now and tell them that you’ll ept me as your direct disciple. Then, openly hand Half Moon Ind to me. Not only that, but also ask them to pledge their loyalty to me and can never harbor any evil feelings towards me using the Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribtion. After you’ve told them about this, you can just leave and go to Dao Martial Saint Land,” Duan Ling Tian continued to tell Di Yong. This was an idea that he had already thought of to make Half Moon Ind, the strongest ind of the four great Overseas Saint Inds, his.


    To him, Half Moon Ind was no doubt a great ce.


    The supreme grade Origin Stone Vein hidden underground was more than double the size of the one hidden underground on the Hidden Fog Ind. The cultivation surrounding here could be considered the best outside Dao Martial Saint Land.


    Of course, it was Han Xue Nai who had told Duan Ling Tian this.


    After he had mastered Half Moon Ind, Duan Ling Tian nned to move his Ling Tian Sect there. With the ind as his base camp, the people of the Ling Tian Sect would definitely be able to build their strength rapidly.


    Han Xue Nai also fully supported Duan Ling Tian’s idea.


    “Boy, you really have a huge appetite. You actually want to take over this ind,” Di Yong took a careful look at Duan Ling Tian before saying.


    “A huge appetite?” Duan Ling Tian scowled at Di Yong with scorn immediately. “Come on! When ites to appetite, how can mine be hugepared to yours? You’ve taken over the body of a five-wed Devil Dragon for goodness sake! With its body, you could even open more than 70 Saint Veins! We don’t even know who else in Dao Martial Saint Land can open more Saint Veins than you,” Duan Ling Tian snapped.


    “Haha... You have a point there. With this five-wed Devil Dragon, I must enter the top ten of the Supreme Saint Ranking! Wait a minute! No, the top five!” Di Yong threw his head back and guffawed.


    “Top ten? What pitiful ambition you have!” Duan Ling Tian rolled his eyes at Di Yong and snorted with disdain.


    “Hmph! Boy, do you really think that the powerhouses on the Supreme Saint Ranking are all weak? Let me tell you... Even in my era, the highest rank that the powerhouse who opened the most Saint Veins at a record of 67 veins was only the seventh in the Supreme Saint Ranking,” Di Yong continued, “There are many powerful powerhouses in Dao Martial Saint Land and Saint Vein does indeed have a great impact on one’s strength. However, there are many other techniques in other aspects that have an equally great impact on strength too.”


    “That’s right, Brother Ling Tian. Those powerhouses who are at the top of the Supreme Saint Ranking aren’t necessarily the powerhouses who have opened the most Saint Veins in Dao Martial Saint Land. Of course, the number of Saint Veins that they’ve opened is more or less the same with the powerhouse who’s opened the most Saint Veins,” Han Xue Nai piped in.


    “Oh, I see,” Duan Ling Tian finally understood.


    “Of course, the difference wouldn’t be too far either like the Sword Saint that I’ve mentioned before. He managed to open all of the Saint Veins in the body and actually opened 81 Saint Veins in total. The difference between the number of Saint Veins other people have openedpared to him is a huge chasm! They couldn’tpare to him at all even when ites to the technique of other aspects because the difference in the base was just too huge,” Han Xue Nai continued.