Chapter 1973: Hong Xu Is Here

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

It was Duan Ling Tian’s second day in the Four Symbols Sanctum’s First Mine. For this reason, he had gotten much bolder.

As he threw the first-grade Saint Stones that he mined into the wicker basket on his back, he also secretly threw many first-grade Saint Stones into the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda, increasing the first-grade Saint Stones in there.

In terms of quantity, the first-grade Saint Stones that Duan Ling Tian sent into the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda on the second day was about twice the quantity that he sent in on the first day!

Soon after, Duan Ling Tian completed his daily task and returned to the only Primus house in the Punishment Zone of the Four Symbols Sanctums’ First Mine.

Right now, Duan Ling Tian had already been widely acknowledged as the strongest person among the Four Symbols Sanctums’ disciples in the First Mine’s Punishment Zone. When he walked out, many Four Symbols Sanctums’ disciples would address him as ‘Senior Brother Ling Tian’ politely when they saw him.

The strong ones were revered in this world.

Duan Ling Tian’s strength when fought Sun De had earned the respect of many Four Symbols Sanctums’ disciples.

“I should be able to cut the quasi Celestial-grade Saint Stones inside into a hundred standard-sized quasi Celestial-grade Saint Stones…” After returning to the Primus house, Duan Ling Tian took out the quasi Celestial-grade Saint Stones that was the size of a basketball before cutting it.

Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!

…

As his hands moved about, the quasi Celestial-grade Saint Stone that was about the size of a basketball was split into 123 pieces of quasi Celestial-grade Saint Stones.

“As expected of the quasi Celestial-grade Saint Stone… What a rich Heaven and Earth Spirit Energy!” Duan Ling Tian could clearly sense the Heaven and Earth Spirit Energy the quasi Celestial-grade Saint Stones emitted.

‘I still remember that I obtained three formation compasses when I was in the Moon Illumination Sect that are offensive, defensive, and hallucinogenic. I wonder what kind of power they would demonstrate if they’re activated using the quasi Celestial-grade Saint Stones?’ The moment Duan Ling Tian thought of this, he took out the Spatial Ring he had hidden inside the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda.

This Spatial Ring was the one that he usually wore. The Spatial Ring that he handed over when he arrived at the Punishment Zone in the Four Symbols Sanctums’ First Mine was an empty Spatial Ring. However, since he did not remove his ownership of the Spatial Ring, no one would discover that it was actually empty.

When Duan Ling Tian learned he would have to hand over his Spatial Ring when he arrived at the Four Symbols Sanctums’ First mine, Duan Ling Tian had already secretly switched his Spatial Ring. At that time, even the Black Turtle Sanctum’s Enforcement Elder Guo Xiong who came together with him did not notice his little trick.

With just a thought, he took out the three formation compasses that had been left untouched for many years. After that, he picked up the hallucinogenic formation and inserted nine quasi Celestial-grade Saint Stones into the indentations on the formation compass.

After inserting the Saint Stones, Duan Ling Tian immediately activated the formation compass.

Crack!

However, as soon as Duan Ling Tian activated the formation compass, a crisp sound rang in the air. As it turned out, the formation compass he was holding in his hands had shattered.

“It’s destroyed by the Saint Stone’s energy?” Duan Ling Tian was stunned.

He did not expect the energy from the nine quasi Celestial-grade Saint Stones would be so tyrannical to the point that it would destroy the formation compass!

‘Looks like this formation compass is not a high-grade one. To think it would be destroyed by the nine quasi Celestial-grade Saint Stones,’ Duan Ling Tian thought to himself.

“I wonder what’s the limit of what it could endure…” Soon after, Duan Ling Tian looked at the other two formation compasses. After trying for a while, he discovered the two formation compasses could only handle two first-grade Saint Stones at the most.

The offensive formation compass was also destroyed when he experimented by putting in three first-grade Saint Stones.

He only had the defensive formation compass left. However, the defensive formation compass activated by two first-grade Saint Stones was not useful to the current Duan Ling Tian. For this reason, he quickly put away the defensive formation compass.

“I can’t believe I destroyed two formation compasses by just experimenting!” Duan Ling Tian shook his head as he looked at the two broken formation compasses. However, he did not find it to be a pity since he did not think the formation compasses would be of any help to him even if they were not broken.

‘I’ll continue to comprehend the number one defensive Divine Ability in the Fire Worship Sect, the Black Turtle’s Barrier. Initially, I thought it would take half a year inside the fourth level of the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda for me to comprehend it. However, I’m confident I’ll be able to successfully master it in three months at most!’

As soon as he thought about this, he no longer wasted any time and quickly entered the fourth level of the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda to comprehend the Divine Ability, the Black Turtle’s Barrier.

Ever since he witnessed Sun De casting the Black Turtle’s Barrier, his knowledge about the Black Turtle’s Barrier had increased.

Just ten days inside the fourth level of the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda, which was equivalent to a day outside, he had further comprehended the profundity of the Black Turtle’s Barrier.

According to Duan Ling Tian’s estimation, based on his current progress, it would not take him more than three months to successfully comprehend the Divine Ability, the Black Turtle’s Barrier!

Duan Ling Tian was unaware that while he was comprehending the Black Turtle’s Barrier, another person in the Black Turtle Sanctum had committed a crime and was also sent to the Punishment Zone of the Four Symbols Sanctums’ First Mine.

The fact that this person had committed a crime had greatly shocked everyone in the Black Turtle Sanctum.

Although this person was only an ordinary Black Turtle Sanctum’s disciple, since he was acknowledged by everyone as the Great Senior Brother, every small action of his was enough to raise a commotion in the Black Turtle Sanctum.

This person was none other than Hong Xu whom everyone regarded as the Great Senior Brother in the Black Turtle Sanctum!

When Hong Xu arrived at the Punishment Zone of the Four Symbols Sanctums’ First Mine, it was already past noon so there was no need for him to go to the mines.

He went to the residence of the Four Symbols Sanctums’ disciples. His arrival had caught the attention of many Four Symbols Sanctum’s disciples who were returning with their wicker baskets on their backs.

“Senior Brother Hong Xu?”

“It really is Senior Brother Hong Xu!”

“Senior Brother Hong Xu has also been banished to the First Mine?”

Many people recognized Hong Xu. Apart from the Black Turtle Sanctum’s disciples, other people from the other three Sanctums recognized him as well.

As the Great Senior Brother of the Black Turtle Sanctum, Hong Xu was also famous in the Four Symbols Sanctums. For this reason, many people recognized him.

“I wonder what crime did Senior Brother Hong Xu commit? To think that he’s also sent to the Four Symbols Sanctum’s First Mine too!”

“No matter what crime he committed, there’s no way he’ll stay in the Four Symbols Sanctums’ First Mine for long. He has already reached the Mastery Quintessential Saint Stage so he won’t have to serve his sentence once the Saint Land’s assessment comes along. At that time, he’ll enter the Saint Land and become a Saint Land disciple!”

“Indeed!”

Although they were surprised to see Hong Xu here, most of the disciples felt that he would be able to leave the Four Symbols Sanctums’ First Mine soon.

“Where’s Duan Ling Tian staying?” Hong Xu asked a disciple who was standing nearby when he saw more and more Four Symbols Sanctums’ disciples began to gather around.

As soon as this Four Symbols Sanctums’ disciple heard Hong Xu question, he did not dare to dally and quickly pointed at the highest suspended island and said, “The Primus house!”

A majestic mansion stood on the suspended island.

The mansion had a front and back courtyard. This was the only Primus house in the Punishment Zone of the Four Symbols Sanctums’ First Mine.

Whoosh!

As soon as Hong Xu received his answer, he soared into the sky and arrived in front of the Primus house.

“Senior Brother Hong Xu plans to snatch the Primus house?”

“I don’t think so! Didn’t you hear him ask where Senior Brother Duan Ling Tian is staying? If he plans to snatch the Primus house, he would’ve directly headed to the Primus house. Is there a need for him to ask where Senior Brother Duan Ling Tian is staying?”

“Today’s Senior Brother Hong Xu’s first day in the Four Symbols Sanctums’ First Mine. Perhaps, he has heard the news of Duan Ling Tian defeating Senior Brother Sun De. He might be unaware that Senior Brother Sun De used to live in the Primus house before Duan Ling Tian moved in. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have asked such a question.”

“Then, does this mean Senior Brother is looking for Senior Brother Duan Ling Tian? Could he have intentionally committed a crime to look for Senior Brother Duan Ling Tian in the Four Symbols Sanctums’ First Mine?”

“That’s possible!”

When the Four Symbols Sanctums’ disciples were still discussing among themselves, Hong Xu was already standing in front of the Primus house. He said loudly, “Duan Ling Tian! I, Hong Xu, am taking your Primus house!

Naturally, that was not his real intention. He only said this so the others would not feel suspicious.

After all, the reason he had intentionally committed a crime to be sent to the Four Symbols Sanctums’ First Mine was to kill Duan Ling Tian!

Apart from him, the only person who knew about this was the Black Turtle Sanctum’s First Silver Flame Elder Li An who threatened him using his clan.

The Four Symbols Sanctums’ disciples present on the seen finally obtained the answer to their question. “It looks like Senior Brother Hong Xu really plans to snatch the Primus house from Senior Brother Duan Ling Tian. Isn’t that akin to snatching the food from the jaw of a tiger?”

Only a few Four Symbols Sanctums’ disciples had a slight frown on their faces. They felt that something was not right. This was because Hong Xu had asked where Duan Ling Tian was. He did not ask where the Primus house was.

Although they felt that something was not right, it did not even occur to them that Hong Xu had come to kill Duan Ling Tian!

“Hong Xu? It seems like I’ve heard this name before…” Duan Ling Tian who was comprehending the Divine Ability, the Black Turtle’s Barrier, in the fourth level of the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda suddenly opened his eyes when he heard Hong Xu’s voice. His eyes brightened as he said, “I remember now! Hong Xu is the Great Senior Brother of our Black Turtle Sanctum!”

As a Black Turtle Sanctum’s disciple, although Duan Ling Tian had not seen Hong Xu before, he had, naturally, heard of him.