37: Tian Shu City

To be so humiliated by a Mortal, Tang Sang's self-esteem was instantly crushed!

He could no longer maintain the demeanor of a high-ranking individual, and with a distorted face, he pounced towards the Old Farmer.

"I'll kill you, you old fool with eyes but no sight!"

"Hey! You dare to strike!"

Seeing this, the Old Farmer became even more enraged, grabbed theForklift from the corner of the wall, and thrust it towards Tang Sang's backside!

"Ouch!"

Tang Sang cried out in pain from his backside and jumped up frantically, completely losing any semblance of a Heaven-Blessed Child's demeanor.

He dodged clumsily, but the Old Farmer chased him, making him jump up and down in the pigsty, slipping several times and falling face-first.

"Scram! Get out of here!"

Finally, under the Old Farmer'sForklift驅趕, Tang Sang scrambled out of the small farmhouse courtyard, with the barking of several local dogs following behind him.

He stumbled far away before daring to stop and look back at the farmhouse that had caused him such immense humiliation, his eyes filled with resentment and killing intent.

"You wait... you just wait for me!"

He gritted his teeth and growled, "Once I, Tang Sang, recover my cultivation, I will surely slaughter this village and make you wish for death but be unable to find it!"

After venting, he finally noticed his miserable state.

His entire body was not only covered in pig manure but also mixed with the sour smell of pig feed, making him look as if he had been pulled out of a latrine.

He wanted to find a river to wash himself, but he had no Spiritual Qi in his body, unable to even use the simplest Body Cleansing Art.

"Damn old man! It's all your fault!"

He attributed all his resentment to the Old Grandfather in the ring, without an ounce of gratitude for his life-saving grace.

"Cough cough... you stinky brat... Old Man... I'm awake..."

The Old Grandfather was awake!

Instead of being happy, Tang Sang seemed to have found an outlet for his anger, pointing at the ring and cursing:

"Old Grandfather, you're finally awake?!

Look at me now! A pigsty! I actually fell into a pigsty!

And I was chased and beaten by a Mortal with aForklift! This is all because of your broken teleportation talisman!"

"Didn't you say you were an ancient mighty figure?

How could you not even manage a simple teleportation? You sent me to this hellhole! You've completely shamed me!"

The Old Grandfather in the ring was silent for a moment, then spoke in a tone mixed with disappointment and exhaustion:

"What do you know! That... that wasn't an ordinary teleportation talisman!

That was a [Blood Escape Void Talisman] condensed by Old Man using his Life Origin Soul Source!

To help you escape from those two female Devil Heads, Old Man used this secret technique, and you... you're still complaining about Old Man?"

The Old Grandfather's voice was filled with heartache; he had thought that by sacrificing his Origin to save him, he would at least receive some fear and gratitude from this brat.

However, Tang Sang's focus was not on the "life-saving grace" at all.

"Great loss of Soul Source?"

He pouted and asked indifferently.

"Then how long will you sleep? Can you still help me afterward?"

"You..." The Old Grandfather was so angry at his words that he almost felt his Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, "Old Man... Old Man will need at least several years of slumber to recover..."

"Several years?" Tang Sang immediately became displeased upon hearing this.

"Only a few years? I thought you were crippled.

Alright, alright, I know you've worked hard, go to sleep quickly, don't bother me.

Once I find a great Opportunity, I'll naturally have a way to help you recover."

He spoke as if it were only natural for the Old Grandfather to expend his Origin for him, and that his "bestowal" of recovery after finding an Opportunity was an immense favor.

"You... you... this child is beyond teaching!"

The Old Grandfather was so angry he couldn't speak, and his last bit of conscious awareness was finally shattered by these heartless words, completely falling into slumber.

"Hmph, always chattering."

Tang Sang confirmed that the Old Grandfather would no longer bother him, then refocused his attention on the predicament at hand.

Just as he was despairing, the silhouette of the magnificent city in the distance once again gave him hope.

He tidied his already disheveled clothes, wiped the filth from his face, and the flame of ambition rekindled in his eyes.

"This bit of humiliation is merely a test from Heaven to bestow a great responsibility upon this person!

Once I enter Tianshu City, find the Seeker Master Alliance Leader, and gain her favor, I will repay today's humiliation a hundredfold!"

As Tang Sang limped towards Tianshu City, filled with resentment, Su Lin and his group were already high in the sky, riding Luo Ximei's Flowing cloud brocade, speeding towards the same destination.

Inside the cloud brocade, a world of its own was formed, completely isolating them from the biting Qi winds of the Nine Heavens.

After a period of in-depth communication in the Fallen Immortal Ravine, the relationship between Mu Qingxue and Luo Ximei became subtle.

Initially, there was still a hint of competitive tension between Mu Qingxue and Luo Ximei.

But at some point, this competition gradually evolved into a strange tacit understanding.

"Revered Master, Tianshu City has arrived."

Even the proud Luo Ximei couldn't help but show a hint of awe in her tone the moment she saw this city.

It wasn't just a city; it was more like an independent continent situated on the earth.

The city walls soared into the clouds, stretching for thousands of miles.

Countless rainbow bridges spanned the sky, connecting these floating islands, forming a vast aerial network.

Flying Swords, spirit boats, and Cultivators riding exotic beasts shuttled between the rainbow bridges and floating islands, forming streaks of dazzling light, converging into an endless celestial river.

The entire city was enveloped in an incredibly dense Spiritual Qi and... the aura of wealth.

And at the very center of the city, a ninety-nine-story glazed pagoda, towering into the clouds as if to pierce a hole in the firmament, radiated brilliant golden light, like a divine needle stabilizing the sea, suppressing the Luck of the entire city.

That was the headquarters of the continent's number one business association, the Master-Seeking Alliance—the Tongtian Treasure Pavilion.

Meanwhile, inside a side hall on the eightieth floor of the Tongtian Treasure Pavilion.

The atmosphere was so oppressive it was almost solidified.

A middle-aged man, dressed in a golden python robe, with a majestic face and an aura that had reached the Body Integration Late Stage, sat on the guest seat.

He was the Sect Master of the Jin Yang Sect, Zhao Tianyu's father—Zhao Gang.

At this moment, his stern face was so gloomy it seemed water could drip from it, his eyes filled with suppressed grief and overwhelming killing intent.

Just a few days ago, he received the news that his only beloved son's life tablet had shattered, shaking his Divine Soul.

He immediately followed the last trace of the life tablet to the Fallen Immortal Ravine, but only saw a scene of devastation and the terrified faces of the survivors.

From the descriptions of those survivors, he pieced together an unacceptable truth.

His son, Zhao Tianyu, who possessed two great treasures, was brutally tortured and killed by a Nascent Soul Initial Stage man and his two mysterious female companions!

He wanted revenge, but the identities of the three were unknown; he only knew that they had also entered the Fallen Immortal Ravine.

Zhao Gang waited outside the Fallen Immortal Ravine for several days but found nothing.

Helpless, he could only come to Tianshu City to seek an audience with the Seeker Master Alliance Leader, who had the strongest intelligence capabilities on the continent, hoping to use her power to uncover the Origins of those three.