Master of Strange Dao

"Furthermore, big brother, he was incredibly strong, the strongest living person you have ever met, probably already at Ninth Tier Peak.

No, he has already set one foot into the Tenth Tier threshold."

Yu Ziqing, when he heard this, recalled the earlier eruption of the strange Heart Demon and suddenly formed a hypothesis.

"I have seen it, there was no Devil Thought on them, and since I entered Jiazi City, I had never sensed any Devil Thought.

Have you ever considered the possibility that this entire affair was orchestrated against you?"

"It doesn't matter whether it's possible or not, because even if I knew, I would still do it."

Yu Ziqing understood, that a gentleman could be deceived with righteousness.

This was not a conspiracy, but an open stratagem laid out in front of Kang Xiangyu.

Let Kang Xiangyu choose.

Either you continue on your smooth path, eventually advance to Tenth Tier, and become a monstrous force in your area.

Or you go and solve the Devil disaster.

Kang Xiangyu chose the latter, sacrificing his future.

The Jiazi Era, was one of the earliest periods of Dadui.

In Ancient Times, it was considered the early days too.

Even in early Ancient Times, although there were more top strong cultivators, those Tenth Tier beings were an extremely rare and countable elite presence.

Advancing from Eighth to Ninth Tier was a qualitative leap, and from Ninth Tier to Tenth Tier, the qualitative gap would only be greater and farther.

If someone wanted to target Kang Xiangyu, to stop him from advancing to the Tenth Tier, this was the simplest way, to have him self-destruct his future.

Yu Ziqing watched the uncomplaining, unperturbed Kang Xiangyu, self-reflecting that he could never achieve such composure.

"Is it worth to give up Tenth Tier?"

"My ideals were never about cultivation, I cultivated for my ideals, power is just a means, not the most important thing."

Yu Ziqing understood, no wonder he maintained his consciousness so clearly, never giving those Heart Demons any flaw to exploit since the disaster was sealed.

Unlike the present cultivators, who were completely different.

They only regarded cultivation as a means, whereas many modern cultivators regard cultivation as their goal.

"If I had a way to destroy both you and the Devil, would you be willing?"

"I have been here for who knows how long, you shouldn't be asking such questions."

"Alright, I want all your memories."

"Alright."

Kang Xiangyu stretched out a hand, grasping his head, as strands of white smoke drifted out, gathering in his palm, slowly condensing, turning into a gem resembling white jade, handed it to Yu Ziqing.

"It's been too long, it's somewhat mixed up, you might find it difficult to view."

Yu Ziqing didn't take the gem, instead taking out a box, and had Kang Xiangyu place it into it, never touching it at all.

"Best if you just tell me, share about your life."

Yu Ziqing took out some food and wine.

"Try it, some of the food and wine I brought along, I'm not particularly fond of drinking, and I don't understand much about wine."

The two sat together, eating and drinking heartily, with Yu Ziqing pouring a cup of wine for the other.

"There's one more thing, a Ninth Tier from Daqian has also entered, he captured my family, I want to kill him."

"It's that guy who doesn't speak much, right? The first day he entered the city, I noticed him. However, it was obvious he wasn't a citizen of Dadui; as long as he didn't cause trouble, I couldn't be bothered with him."

"Yes, it's him. If you get the chance, just kill him, I don't want him to know I'm here."

"Sure."

"I'd like to give you something, it's best you check it when you have time."

Saying this, Yu Ziqing tossed Kang Xiangyu a Jade Scroll.

While the two indulged in food and drink, they sealed Dean Wu's fate.

On the other side, Dean Wu was still arduously collecting intel, yet up to now, he didn't even know what the disaster was.

Returning to the inn, he saw Yang still lying there, unmoving, his face darkening.

"Aren't you going out?"

"I'm a captive now."

"If we don't break the seal here, neither of us can think of leaving."

Dean Wu pulled out the imprinted stamp covered with verdigris, frowning slightly, not understanding why any problems should arise.

Or perhaps this imprint was also leading to here.

However, the imprint was a badge from the White Feather Army of Daqian, and it was the one he specifically procured from the White Feather Army, a genuine relic from many years ago.

The badge was the same as that of the White Feather Army batch within the seal, so logically, there shouldn't be any errors.

But right now, these discussions were pointless; escaping was the priority.

"You better not drag me down, now is not the time to sulk, let's get out first."

"After we get out, you'll kill me, right?" Yang pouted, at it again.

Dean Wu's face was grim, Fire Qi rising, he took a deep breath.

"As long as we get out, I promise not to kill you."

"Let me leave in one piece?"

"Yes, let you leave in one piece!"

"Alright."

Yang stood up, slowly and unhurriedly left the room.

Dean Wu was fuming, yet he had no choice but to agree at this point.

He barely understood what the people here were saying, plus he was clearly a foreigner, gathering intel was too difficult.

He wasn't adept at gathering intel, that was a Jinyi Wei specialization, he was merely a traditional Dao Cultivator from Langya Institute profficient in Artifact Dao.

Originally, for this matter, he came personally, and didn't need to gather intel, only needing to present his identity, openly negotiate.

Time passed day by day, and three days later.