<h4>Chapter 1169: Familiar Face from the Sky Dome Realm</h4>


    Xiao Chen, who was in the queue, appeared somewhat distracted. It was like he did not hear anything of what was being said around him.


    In the instant that earlier figure shed by, Xiao Chen had clearly seen that person’s appearance, which invoked old memories. After so many years, he had not expected to see this familiar face in Dark City.


    “What’s wrong?” Yue Bingyun could not help asking when she saw Xiao Chen in a rarely seen stunned state.


    Xiao Chen stared at the sky, at the figures of the two that were already out of sight, for some reason.


    He turned back and replied indifferently, “I’m fine. I just saw a familiar face from the Sky Dome Realm.”


    “The two just now were Zhao Feng and Sima Lingxuan. Zhao Feng’s grandfather is Zhao Linlong, a veteran Sovereign Martial Emperor who is ranked second of the thirteen Great Bandits of the ck Sea. Sima Lingxuan has an impressive background as well. His adoptive father is Zong Boxiong, who came out of the heart of the ocean a Sovereign Martial Emperor and is now one of the ck Sea’s thirteen Great Bandits.”


    Yue Bingyun knew much more about the ck Sea than Xiao Chen did. She recognized the two who passed by earlier.


    When Xiao Chen heard the name Zong Boxiong, it surprised him. Wasn’t Zong Boxiong the middle-aged Greater Heavenly Martial Emperor who quietly gave him some information in Despair City?


    Back then, Xiao Chen found it strange that the other party told him for no reason at all about the people chasing after him.


    Now that he heard what Yue Bingyun said, that Zong Boxiong’s adoptive son was Sima Lingxuan, he now understood the reasons behind it.


    If Xiao Chen guessed correctly, this Zong Boxiong should be aware of the grudges between him and Sima Lingxuan. The reason why Zong Boxiong sent that voice projection was so that Xiao Chen would not die at the hands of others, so that Zong Boxiong’s adoptive son could personally take revenge.


    The matters of the past truly made one sigh with sorrow. That passionate age in the Sky Dome Realm made one’s hot-bloodedness surge whenever one thought about it.


    Xiao Chen still remembered the time when the many outstanding talents of the Sky Dome Realm battled in Dragon Sealing City to fight for the qualifications to enter the Kunlun Realm.


    However, the Sky Dome Realm outstanding talents were mostly buried in obscurity in the Kunlun Realm, a great realm filled with geniuses, remaining unknown and unseen.


    Seeing Sima Lingxuan here far surpassed Xiao Chen’s expectations. At that moment just now, Xiao Chen sensed that the other party’s cultivation was at peak Great Perfection quasi-Emperor.


    Furthermore, a Sovereign Martial Emperor became Sima Lingxuan’s adoptive father. The situation changed entirely; some things werepletely unexpected.


    Nevertheless, that was fine. One could reach Great Perfection quasi-Emperor within a short time if one had great talent and sufficient resources. Only a Consummation quasi-Emperor would make Xiao Chen wary. However, after his increase in strength, he now only needed to pay some attention.


    “Among the ck Sea’s current younger generation, what rank is this Sima Lingxian?” Xiao Chen asked out of curiosity. This was a name that he had forgotten long ago. Now, it aroused some interest in him again.


    Yue Bingyun thought for a while before replying, “How do I put this…he rose very quickly. In a mere five to six years, with the focused nurturing of Zong Boxiong, he defeated many outstanding talents of the ck Sea. Right now, he is famous and is known as the strongest of the younger generation of the ck Sea.


    “However, there is a bit of question about his being the strongest. Huang Yun, a descendant of the Blood Shark Sovereign, the top ranker of the thirteen Great Bandits, has not appeared in recent years. Furthermore, Huang Yun was already publicly acknowledged as the strongest ten years ago. Without defeating Huang Yun, Sima Lingxuan can’t really be the strongest.


    “Also, Zhao Feng, who was in front earlier, lost to Sima Lingxuan by only half a move two years ago. If they were to fight to the death, their chances would be even. But in any case, it is not an exaggeration to call Sima Lingxuan one of the strongest of the younger generation in the ck Sea.”


    Speaking up to here, Yue Bingyun looked at Xiao Chen and said, “Could it be that he is the person that you said was a familiar face? Is he a friend or an enemy? If he is an enemy, then you’d best not meet with him in order to avoid trouble.”


    A friend or an enemy?


    Sima Lingxuan’s father died at my hands. The grudge of killing his father is unresolvable.


    However, Xiao Chen did not regret killing Sima Hong. Some people deserve to be killed; they had to pay for what they had done.


    Xiao Chen did not fear meeting Sima Lingxuan. He could defeat Sima Lingxuan in the Sky Dome Realm, and he could do so again here.


    “Why are you not saying anything? What exactly is your rtionship with this Sima Lingxuan? You still have not told me.”


    It was rare to see Xiao Chen so distracted like that. His behavior piqued Yue Bingyun’s curiosity about the rtionship between the two, so she pestered him for an answer.


    After the two entered Dark City, Yue Bingyun kept asking Xiao Chen. He smiled helplessly and exined, “I killed his father. Back then, his father used his cultivation to sweep his way through the small sect that I was in when I was in the Sky Dome Realm. Many disciples and elders of the sect died in the hands of his father while trying to protect me.


    “After that, my strength grew, and I met his father again in the Sky Dome Realm. So I killed him.”


    Xiao Chen glossed over the minor details and simplyid out the grudges between him and Sima Lingxuan.


    When Yue Bingyun heard this, she could not help feeling stunned. Unexpectedly, Xiao Chen had such a grudge with this Sima Lingxuan. No wonder Xiao Chen would be so distracted, something that rarely happened.


    Ba Tu’s house was very easy to find. Dark City was divided into thirteen zones, each one ruled by a Great Bandit. There would be a building in each zone that stood out, which was where the Great Bandit lived.


    The thirteen Great Bandits of the ck Sea represented the strongestbat ability of the entire ck Sea. They held the greatest authority and the highest prestige. They were the indisputable masters of the ck Sea, the true kings of thend.


    Bing a Great Bandit of the ck Sea was very simple. All one had to do was defeat a Great Bandit of the ck Sea and chase that Great Bandit out of the building they held as a residence. After that, one would be the ck Sea’s new Great Bandit.


    The rules were straightforward, demonstrating thew-of-the-jungle nature of the ck Sea to the extreme.


    While it sounded simple, every ck Sea’s Great Bandit was at the very least a Greater Heavenly Martial Emperor. Furthermore, they had already been at their cultivation realm for a long time. Short of being a Sovereign Martial Emperor, one would not be confident of trouncing any one of the Great Bandits.


    In the past millennium, aside from the recent sess of Zong Boxiong, no one else had seeded.


    The me Rock Sovereign, Ba Tu’s grandfather, was a veteran Sovereign Martial Emperor who ranked fifth among the thirteen Great Bandits of the ck Sea. It was Ba Tu who got the me Rock Sovereign to say something, resulting in no one in the ck Sea daring to offend Jin Dabao’s Azure Dragon Merchant Association.


    As long as the Azure Dragon Merchant Association hung up its banner, the pirate groups of the ck Sea would not dare to target the merchant ships.


    After asking around, the two found the residence of the me Rock Sovereign.


    The me Rock Sovereign stayed in the southern part of the city, in a castle built of ten-thousand-year-old me Rocks.


    When the two arrived before the fiery-red castle and noticed that the tall castle was constructed entirely of ten-thousand-year-old me Rocks, they were incredibly shocked.


    Just a small piece of ten-thousand-year-old me Rock was worth cities, yet the me Rock Sovereign used it to build arge castle.


    The castle looked like it was covered in eternal mes. When standing in front of it, one could feel the me Rock Sovereign’s unbridled, domineering air.


    The castle was filled with guards. Xiao Chen went to the gates, informed them of his identity, and asked them to tell Ba Tu.


    Xiao Chen and Yue Bingyun both appeared extraordinary, and their strength even more so. The guards did not dare to be slow, quickly sending out the message.


    Soon, Ba Tu’s carefreeughter reached the gates. He came walking over in great strides. When he saw Xiao Chen, he immediately gave him a bear hug.


    “Dude, you finally came. I waited for you for more than a year already. Come,e in first and we can speak more. Hey, this is…”


    Ba Tu initially focused on speaking to Xiao Chen. However, when he noticed Yue Bingyun, he could not react immediately. After a while, he eximed with great shock, “Damn, Brother Xiao Chen, you really managed to get the Lunar Pce’s Holy Daughter!”


    When Ba Tu spoke so irresponsibly in front of so many people in a public area, Yue Bingyun’s pretty face immediately turned cold.


    Realizing that there seemed to be a big misunderstanding, Xiao Chen said quickly, “I think Brother Ba Tu misunderstood.”


    Ba Tu smiled in embarrassment and quickly apologized. Yue Bingyun ignored him. However, her expression slowly turned warmer, and she gave no indication of wanting to get even with him.


    “Come,e,e! Since Brother Xiao Chen is here, we should have some fun in Dark City. Let me bring you to the City Lord’s Residence to obtain an Outstanding Talent Token first. With the Outstanding Talent Token, you will be able to enjoy the privileges reserved for veteran Martial Emperors. That way, you can truly have fun to your heart’s content.”


    The City Lord’s Residence was a faction that existed only in name. The people in there were all arranged by the factions representing the thirteen Great Bandits.


    Given Ba Tu’s identity, it would be easy for him to obtain an Outstanding Talent Token.


    When Xiao Chen was queueing up at the city gates, he had heard a little about the Outstanding Talent Token. Zhao Feng and Sima Lingxuan had flown directly over the city gate because they possessed Outstanding Talent Tokens.


    However, his primary purpose ining here was the corpse that Ba Tu and his group found on the road that buried Emperors.


    The jade pendant on that corpse contained the Paradise Secret Canon. There might be other treasures that others might not notice. Xiao Chen felt that he could get lucky, so he wanted to take a look to see if he could gain anything.


    “Hang on for a moment. This time, I came to look for Brother Ba Tu because I have a favor to ask,” Xiao Chen said seriously, rejecting Ba Tu’s suggestion.


    Ba Tu slowly withdrew his smile and turned grave as he asked, “What’s the matter? If I can help, I’ll definitely do all that I can.”


    “Is the corpse that you found on the road that buried Emperors still around? Did you find anything on that corpse? Would you be willing to tell me about it?”


    When Ba Tu heard that, he could not help smiling. “There was nothing on that corpse. The spatial ring on the finger only contained a bunch of trash. We took a great loss. Could it be that the jade pendant that I gave you was extraordinary?”


    Since Xiao Chen had decided toe here, he was prepared to reveal everything. He nodded and said, “Bring me to take a look at that pile of trash first.”


    Ba Tuughed loudly, anticipation gleaming in his eyes. After that, he waved his hand and said, “You lot, bring Miss Bingyun to take a look around the castle. Remember to treat her well.”


    From appearances, Ba Tu gave the impression of a ruffian. However, he was rather meticulous in his thinking. He knew that some things were not convenient for others to listen to, so he diverted Yue Bingyun elsewhere.


    Yue Bingyun smiled, not minding this at all. From her interactions with Xiao Chen over the period, she already knew that Xiao Chen had obtained the inheritance of an ancient Dragon Seeking Art. However, he also honestly told her that it would be hard for ordinary people to learn this Dragon Seeking Art, given its high requirement onprehension ability.


    With the requirement onprehension ability, this Dragon Seeking Art would be useless even to ordinary Geomasters. At best, it would just widen their horizons.