<h4>Chapter 1954 (Raw 2052 Repeated): Rumors</h4>


    “Did you hear? The Heavenly Lodging Pce found a True God’s corpse in Deste God Valley!”


    “A True God’s corpse? That’s impossible!”


    “Haha! Where did you get that news from? The Heavenly Lodging Pce clearly discovered a damaged Divine Weapon from the Heavenly Realm!”


    “Damn! Where did you all get your information from? What I heard is that the Heavenly Lodging Pce found a Holy Beast in Deste God Valley?”


    “Holy Beast? Holy, my ass. How could there be a pure-blooded Holy Beast still around? What nonsense! It is a Heavenly Realm Divine Weapon!”


    “Why is it impossible? The Golden Crow Empire has a pure-blooded Golden Crow. You know too little!”


    Just as Xiao Chen carried out the transactions with Li Xiuhai, Murong Yan and the others spent some money hiring people to spread rumors.


    At first, the rumors did not attract anyone’s attention. However, when some people carefully checked on the Heavenly Lodging Pce, they noticed something wrong.


    Although no one believed these unreliable rumors initially, they now found this situation confusing.


    “Huge news! The elites of the Heavenly Lodging Pce have all left the branch. Now, only Senior Leng Quan is there to guard the ce.”


    “Damn! Don’t tell me that the rumor is true?!”


    “What is the Heavenly Lodging Pce doing? To think that all their elites left the branch.”


    “There’s more news. The Heavenly Lodging Pce beat someone back from Deste God Valley and sealed off an area there.


    There was no need for Murong Yan and the others to worry about the rest. With just some slight embellishments, the news of the Heavenly Lodging Pce making a huge discovery instantly spread throughout Ancient Deste Town.


    This attracted the attention of many factions in Ancient Deste Town.


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    At the Ruling Sword Gate, one of Ancient Deste Town’s Rank 6 sects, the upper echelon of the sect gathered to discuss what the Heavenly Lodging Pce discovered.


    The Ruling Sword Gate’s Vice Sect Master Ye Rong asked with a grave expression, “Everyone, what do you think of the Heavenly Lodging Pce’s abnormalities?”


    Everyone present was a Sovereign Personage. All the Elders of Ruling Sword Gate were present, a grand scene.


    “As of now, there are rumors all over the ce. However, none of them are reliable. The only thing we can be sure of is that all the Heavenly Lodging Pce elites were indeed sent out. They have indeed sealed off an area in Deste God Valley. However, there is no leakage of what they discovered at all,” one of the Ruling Sword Gate Elders said, showing a somewhat grave expression.


    Another Elder said, “There’s no need to overthink. Since the Heavenly Lodging Pce sealed off the information so tightly, there might be some incredible discovery that they do not want others to know about, so that they can monopolize it.”


    “Humph! This Heavenly Lodging Pce is growing increasingly overboard!”


    The Heavenly Lodging Pce headquarters were not in Ancient Deste Town. Despite being a foreign faction, it frequently suppressed the Ruling Sword Gate and the other nearby Rank 6 sects.


    Everyone in the entire Ruling Sword Gate had umted a certain amount of resentment. This time, the Heavenly Lodging Pce truly went overboard.


    To think that the Heavenly Lodging Pce sealed off an area in Deste God Valley. How could these Elders not get angry?


    “Sect Master Li, that disciple of mine, Qi Yunfeng, frequently goes to Deste God Valley. Perhaps he knows something that we don’t,” a shifty-looking old man said with a smile at this moment.


    When Sect Master Li Rong saw this old man, he frowned slightly. This old man did not have a very good reputation. As for the old man’s disciple, Qi Yunfeng, Li Rong had heard of that person before. Qi Yunfeng was a true inheritor of the Ruling Sword Gate, but he went and became a broker.


    However, Li Rong discovered that he did require this person at this moment. He said, “Call him over.”


    Qi Yunfeng, who was recuperating, felt confused. When he was brought to an important ce of the sect where all the Elders were, he immediately felt so afraid that his knees turned weak.


    Having broken many of the sect rules in the past, Qi Yunfeng now felt very nervous. Just as he was feeling nervous, his master rushed over and said, “Little Qi, you are familiar with Deste God Valley. Tell the Sect Master what exactly the Heavenly Lodging Pce is doing there.”


    Seeing the gazes of many Elders focused on him, Qi Yunfeng immediately felt very uncertain. How could he know what the Heavenly Lodging Pce was doing in Deste God Valley?


    Qi Yunfeng quickly gave his master a pleading look. His appearance greatly disappointed Li Rong.


    Just as Li Rong was about to wave his hand to dismiss Qi Yunfeng, Qi Yunfeng shouted, “I know! No wonder that Hua Qingyun brought a 2-Star Heaven Suspending War Chariot into Deste God Valley. So, that is what’s going on!”


    This Qi Yunfeng had received a voice projection from his master, who naturally liked to take advantage of situations and sensed an opportunity.


    Li Rong’s eyes lit up. He smiled and said, “Good. Tell me the details. If there really is evidence to support these rumors, I can go to convince the people of the Northern Mountain Academy, the White Sun Mountain Manor, and the Wolf Smoke Pavilion to go together.”


    The Ruling Sword Gate definitely could not openly offend the Heavenly Lodging Pce by itself. It had to work with the Rank 6 sects near Ancient Deste Town.


    At that time, when the Heavenly Lodging Pce came to settle scores, it would not be able to do anything, with the few Rank 6 sects banded together.


    “That ce is a forbiddennd in the first ce. Normally, no cultivators would go there to seek their death. I once went in by ident. Had I not retreated early, I would not have been able to return alive.”


    Li Rong frowned and asked, “What exactly is in there?”


    Qi Yunfeng said sullenly, “I’m not sure. I was chased by damned corpses. I did not dare to remain too long.”


    Clearly, Qi Yunfeng’s answer did not satisfy Li Rong, which was to be expected. However, this was already sufficient to convince those Rank 6 sects to go with the Ruling Sword Gate.


    If the Heavenly Lodging Pce really obtained something, the originally difficult days would turn arduous.


    “It’s settled, then. Keep half of our forces to defend the sect. The other Elders and true inheritors will go together. Qi Yunfeng!”


    “Present!”


    Qi Yunfeng felt a chill from Sect Master Li’s stare. He did not dare to look directly at Sect Master Li.


    “Since you are familiar with the ce, you lead the way. When there is a need, provide some suggestions,” Li Rong said seriously.


    “Yes!”


    Qi Yunfeng immediately felt extremely excited. This was an excellent chance to distinguish himself. It was very possible that the Rank 6 sects would require him to lead the way.


    Things finally took a turn for the better! Hua Qingyun, don’t let me run into you. Qi Yunfeng still felt extremely wronged when he thought about that kick.


    Qi Yunfeng felt even more distressed about the kick than about being attacked by Xiao Chen and the others. He had never felt so aggrieved before.


    The Ruling Sword Gate was not alone. The other major factions of Ancient Deste Town took action nearly at the same time and sent out their scouts.


    Everyone wanted to know what exactly the Heavenly Lodging Pce had discovered. Why were they acting so mysterious and even sent out all their elites?


    A storm immediately brewed, and strong undercurrents flowed.


    As for the ones that triggered all this, Xiao Chen, Murong Yan, and the other Dragon’s Gate disciples, they rejoiced greatly.


    When everyone returned to the courtyard and came to know what Xiao Chen obtained from the transactions, they were all stunned.


    Although they knew that the Demonic Blood Thousand Wing Snake parts were extremely valuable, no one expected such a horrifying sum.


    They felt that they had to thank Xiao Chen. If not for his decisiveness, they might have ended up with only ten percent of the gains from this encounter.


    That would have been about one million two hundred thousand Primeval Heavenly Pills. After splitting it, each one of them would have gotten only about two hundred thousand Primeval Heavenly Pills.


    The rewards would still have been pretty good. Even so, they would not have rejoiced like they did now.


    After all, they were mostly heaven-ss core disciples of the Divine Dragon outer pces. The resources that they obtained were plentiful.


    However, the situation now was different. Twelve million Primeval Heavenly Pills. Even when split between the six, they each would receive about two million Primeval Heavenly Pills, an astronomical sum.


    “Hahaha! We really struck it rich!”


    Murong Yan’s face had a wide grin on it. He said with a serious expression, “My master probably does not even have so many Primeval Heavenly Pills. With such arge sum of Primeval Heavenly Pills, I definitely can enter Ancestor Dragon City!”


    Wei Hongfei got everyone to quiet down. Then, he said, “I suggest that Xiao Chen get to keep five million Primeval Heavenly Pills for himself. We will split the rest.”


    “Right, right, right. Xiao Chen, don’t ever reject. This is the sum you deserve.” Murong Yan immediately expressed his support, showing no objections.


    The others understood that if it were not for Xiao Chen, Qi Yunfeng and the others would have ganged up on them.


    The rewards that they would have gained would be nowhere near what they got now, so who would object?


    Xiao Chen did not know how to reject this. Actually, he had already kept some of the Demonic Blood Thousand Wing Snake parts for himself.


    The group already obtained enough. However, even after Xiao Chen tried to reject the proposal, the others still insisted on him keeping five million Primeval Heavenly Pills, paying no attention at all to his protests.


    Xiao Chen felt warmth in his heart. Being able to receive the acknowledgment of these friends made him feel veryfortable.


    As Liu Ruyun looked at the surrounded Xiao Chen, she tilted her head with a smile on her face.


    The more she looked, the more Xiao Chen looked like the person in Liu Ruyue’s painting.


    At some point in time, Xiao Chen had be the absolute core of this team despite being from the Heavenly Dragon Pce.


    No wonder Wei Hongfei would fall out with Senior Brother Zhong Li over Xiao Chen.


    It was much better for the team to be united than have a person who was strong and experienced.


    “Sir Xiao!”


    Just at this moment, a voice came from outside the courtyard. It was Li Xiuhai rushing over.


    Xiao Chen’s heart skipped a beat. He knew why the other party was here. He stood up and said, “Everyone, make full use of your time and quickly raise your strength to the next level. I will try to break through to the Holy Light Stage as well. Don’t fall behind.”


    A glint shed in Murong Yan’s eyes. He said, “Don’t worry. With so much resources, I will be too ashamed if I still cannot break through.”


    Xiao Chen smiled and said goodbye to the group for now. Then, he went alone to meet with Li Xiuhai.


    As Xiao Chen expected, a tall and well-built old man apanied Li Xiuhai. This person had a strong, fiery aura and strong Soul Energy. With one look, it was clear that this was a highly skilled cksmith.