The person standing behind me was a short and thin old man. He looked unfamiliar, so I didn't recognize him at first. Just as I was about to ask him, I suddenly remembered what had happened in the orchard's cellar when I was investigating Yu Fuda's case in Shenzhen. Only then did I recognize that the sickly white-haired old man in front of me was the Celestial Master of the Han family who had almost killed me. He was also the 'Fourth Uncle' that Han Wennan had mentioned!
Back then, he had tried to kill me, so he was naturally my enemy. However, with my relationship with Han Wennan, I didn't have much anger towards the Han family. I just looked at him and said coldly, "I and Han Wennan are of the same generation. Calling me fourth uncle is too much for me."
Han family's Celestial Master coughed and smiled. "We cultivators only interact based on our cultivation.
Brother Zhou, you are a Celestial Master now. Although I am a few years older, I do not dare to be arrogant. "
Back then, he did not even bother to explain himself in front of me. He had wanted to kill me right away. Today, he had a smile on his face and his words showed that he was trying to please me … I pouted. It was just as I thought. As long as one had sufficient cultivation, one would be able to gain respect from others.
Seeing that I did not speak, Han family's Celestial Master continued, "Back then in Shenzhen, I had no choice due to the war of witchcraft. I hope that Brother Zhou does not blame me for what happened back then."
I did not care about what happened back then and did not want to talk to him about it. I shook my head. "I have long forgotten what happened back then. May I know why Brother Han is looking for me today?"
Han family's Celestial Master heaved a sigh of relief. He smiled. "Brother Zhou is really an open-minded gentleman!
Forget it. Let's not talk about what happened back then.
I came to look for Brother Zhou mainly because someone asked me to invite Brother Zhou to meet an old friend of mine at my temporary residence in the West City Grotto-Heaven after the arena competition. "
West City Grotto-Heaven?
Old friend?
I frowned and kept silent for a while. Then, I asked, "The West City Grotto-Heaven that Brother Han mentioned, is it the Quanzhen Holy Land, Taixuan Total Truth Grotto-Heaven?"
"That's right."
The Han Clan's Celestial Master nodded with a hint of pride on his face. "The Han Clan originated from the West City Mountain Grotto-Heaven. We are a branch of the West City Mountain Grotto-Heaven in the mortal world."
After saying that, he seemed to be a little emotional and said, "Back then, I didn't have enough talent, so I left the West City Mountain Grotto-Heaven and came to the secular world.
I thought that I would spend the rest of my life in the Han Family, but I never thought that I would be blessed and return to the ancestral land … "
I was not interested in his situation. His last remark was the only thing on my mind.
The Han family was born in the West City Mountain Grotto, which was ranked third among the Ten Great Grottoes. Not to mention that Wangwu Grotto was in trouble now, even at its peak, the West City Mountain Grotto was not much weaker than Wangwu Grotto. As a member of the West City Mountain Grotto, there was no need for the Celestial Master of the Han family to humble himself in front of me.
Seeing that I was confused, the Han Clan's Celestial Master had no intention of explaining. After sighing with emotion, he cupped his hands and said with a smile, "I have conveyed the message. Brother Zhou, please come to the appointment. I will leave now."
After saying that, he got up and was about to leave. However, after taking two steps, he seemed to remember something. He turned his head and said to me, "Brother Zhou, that year in Shenzhen, that Yang God … What happened to him?"
Yang God?
He must be talking about Yan Nantian.
I looked at him and said calmly, "Since I'm still alive, the Yang God is naturally dead."
I said it calmly, but the Han Clan's Celestial Master's pupils shrank slightly. He cupped his hands at me again and finally turned to leave.
After he left, I sat on the chair and started to think.
When he mentioned an old friend, my first thought was Han Wennan.
However, when Han Wennan entered the Blood Sacrifice Well, according to Lu Zhenyang, he was the only one who came out.
Moreover, even if Han Wennan came out alive, the Han Clan's Celestial Master was his fourth uncle. How could he help him and pass on his message?
However, if it weren't for Han Wennan, I wouldn't have any so-called old friends in the Han Clan in Qinling Mountains or in this Dongtian in Xicheng City.
What the hell is going on?
Is there some kind of conspiracy in this Dongtian?
As soon as I thought about it, I shook my head and denied it. With the power of the Dongtian in Xicheng City, if they really wanted to kill me, they wouldn't need any conspiracy.
In the top ten Heavens, no matter which family it belonged to, they were extremely powerful.
Even the declining Wangwu Grotto-Heaven was guarded by Wang Can's two granduncles.
In their eyes, the current me is just an ant.
While I was thinking, Wang Can came back from afar. He must have seen the Han Clan's Celestial Master come to talk to me. He cupped his hands and asked, "Sage, was that man from Xicheng City?"
I nodded and briefly told him what had happened.
Wang Can looked surprised. "Sage, you have an old friend in the Dongtian in Xicheng City?"
I shook my head. "I don't know who he was talking about, but since he told me, I'll go there and have a look. I'll know when I get there."
Wang Can thought for a while and nodded. "I'll go with you tonight."
There was a protective formation in Wangwu Grotto-Heaven that only Wang Can could use. With him, I would be safe.
I hesitated for a while, then nodded and agreed.
After we talked about it, the second round of the Allheaven Competition officially began in the arena.
The rules were still the same. So, Wangwu Grotto-Heaven would be the first to fight.
Since the top ten Heavens would also participate in the competition today, the rules were changed to only one fight at a time.
Old Fu had been waiting for me for a long time. I stood up from the chair and called Fatty and Old Fu to join me. Then, I walked to the arena.
Our opponents were the Heavenly Grandmother Cen Blessed Land, whom Wang Can had discussed with me today. They were still the same three people who had fought yesterday. They were divided into three small areas. After cupping their fists to greet each other, they started to fight.
Fatty didn't have much fighting experience. Although he was excited, he was very careful when he came up. He started with a simple defensive formation that was easy to set up. Then, without looking at his opponent, he continued to set up a more complicated defensive formation. He didn't take the initiative to attack.
On the other hand, Fu's side was much more radical. Not long after, they each took out their Yang Spirits and used them to fight. Every move was extremely dangerous.
I was the one who had the easiest time.
I was going to use the Dismantling Armor Sword, but when the Seal Heavenly Master attacked, I found that his power was only at the late stage of the Heaven Master Realm, which was the same as yesterday. He didn't have any hidden skills.
So, I didn't use the Dismantling Armor Sword. I just used some simple magic arts to fight with him.
At that moment, my cultivation base was at the middle stage of the Heaven Master Realm. Coupled with my dual witchcraft cultivation, my power wasn't weaker than my opponent's. After shaking for a while, we were evenly matched.
After thoroughly understanding my opponent's power, I didn't want to delay any longer. I directly took out my Heavenly Master Seal, forcing my opponent to take out his seal as well.
My Heavenly Master Seal had four characters. Since I had dual witchcraft cultivation, its size wasn't inferior to my opponent's, and its purity was even better.
After taking it out, I didn't hesitate to control the seal above my opponent's head to suppress it.
The Heavenly Grandmother Cen Blessed Land's Seal Heavenly Master seemed to have been provoked. His eyes flashed with ferocity. He didn't dodge, but controlled his seal to face the attack.
The two huge Celestial Master Seals collided with each other and let out a dull rumble.
After the collision, my Heavenly Master Seal remained where it was, while my opponent's Heavenly Master Seal was obviously damaged. A bright yellow air current floated out from it, and the seal shrunk visibly. It wailed as it returned to Heavenly Grandmother Cen's head, and shrunk back into Baihui.
The Heavenly Master Seal contained pure Yang energy, which was the foundation of the seal. The person's seal's pure Yang energy had dissipated, and his years of cultivation had vanished into thin air. There was no need for me to do anything. His eyes were filled with fear, and he immediately admitted defeat.
After he said that, he hurriedly jumped off the arena, as if he was afraid that I would chase after him again.
After I won, the spectators below the stage all cried out in surprise at the same time.
When I took out the seal just now, although I had tried my best to conceal it, when the two seals collided, the concealed aura dissipated quite a bit. Although the specific contents of the seal were not exposed, many people could see that there were a total of four words on my Celestial Master Seal.
That was why they gasped in surprise.
In actual fact, the characters on the seal weren't much of a secret. After I won, I walked off the arena, but I wasn't in a hurry to return. Instead, I stood below the arena and lifted my head to look at the fatty and Fu.
At this moment, Fu's side had already obtained victory.
Contrary to what Wang Can had expected, Fu was extremely ferocious from the start. He didn't even hesitate to use the Pure Yang Liquid in his Yang God's Spirit, and fought with his life on the line. After me, he quickly forced his opponent to surrender.
It was just that he had expended a lot more energy than I had, but with the four true dragon veins in Wangwu Grotto-Heaven, it wasn't too difficult for him to recover.
Fu and I had both won. Wangwu Grotto-Heaven had safely passed this round. It wasn't important whether the fatty won or not.
However, the fatty obviously didn't care about this. At this moment, his battle hadn't ended. It wasn't that he wasn't strong enough. In actual fact, the disparity in power between him and my side was even greater.
The simple defensive formation that the fatty had set up at the start hadn't been broken even after he had set up an extremely complicated and powerful defensive formation.
When the young Earth Master from Heavenly Grandmother Cen Blessed Land finally broke through the simple defensive formation on the outermost layer, he raised his head and saw a defensive formation that was much thicker and heavier than the previous one. He almost collapsed.
However, this youth had perseverance. He clenched his teeth and didn't admit defeat, starting a battle that was like an ant trying to shake a tree.
The fatty was really wretched. He hid behind the defensive formation and giggled as he watched the commotion. He didn't make a move. This battle finally ended with Earth Master Cen Blessed Land fainting from exhaustion.
After it ended, the fatty casually stood up and retracted the defensive formation. He chuckled at the crowd below the arena before walking over to my side.