Soul Emperor Martial God

Qing Lin waved his hand, seizing all the Universe Rings on the ground.

"Let's go," Xiao Yi said.

Qing Lin nodded, sensing the Universe Rings, and suddenly furrowed his brow, "Wait."

"What's wrong?" Xiao Yi looked puzzled.

Qing Lin picked up one of the Universe Rings, and with a flash of light, extracted its contents.

Inside were some cultivation items, elixir elixirs, cultivation techniques, and martial techniques.

"That's quite a fortune," Xiao Yi smiled.

If he remembered correctly, this Universe Ring belonged to one of the three deputy sect masters.

"No, it's not that," Qing Lin shook his head, pulling out an item, which was a sealed letter.

"Hmm? Such a strong prohibition," Xiao Yi looked at the letter with suspicion.

Qing Lin nodded, saying, "When I sensed it earlier, I detected something within the Universe Ring that was far more powerful than these three men."

For a martial artist to have something in their Universe Ring that emitted a stronger aura than them.

No wonder Qing Lin noticed it instantly and curiously took out the letter.

"Let's see," Qing Lin smiled with a look of expectation.

"Scatter," Qing Lin commanded in a low voice, forcibly dispelling the prohibition on the letter.

Opening the letter, the two looked at its contents.

"It's a summons from Heavenly King Mountain," Qing Lin frowned.

"But the reason for the summons isn't written," Xiao Yi said in a low voice.

"If I remember correctly, the Black Poison Saint King was summoned by Heavenly King Mountain, which is why he left Black Poison Villa."

Qing Lin said solemnly, "Why is Heavenly King Mountain making such a large move to gather all the forces?"

Xiao Yi pondered for a moment, then with a flash of light, a Universe Ring appeared in his hand.

A heap of things spilled out from the Universe Ring.

There were no heavenly materials and earthly treasures, but there were lots of poison pills and poisonous artifacts, and among them, another letter.

"Is this the Universe Ring of the Vice Manor Master of Black Poison Villa?" Qing Lin asked curiously.

"Yes," Xiao Yi nodded.

The Vice Manor Master's Universe Ring was in his hand.

However, earlier, he had only extracted all the heavenly materials and earthly treasures for refining.

These poison pills, poisonous artifacts, and some miscellaneous things were not taken out then because they were useless.

In fact, there should have been more heavenly materials and earthly treasures within Black Poison Villa.

The foundation of a top force is still very deep.

At the least, it wouldn't just be enough to refine only a hill of elixirs sufficient for the two of them to absorb in a day.

Mainly, the villa's abundance of heavenly materials and earthly treasures was used by villa martial artists to refine poison pills.

And poison pills were completely useless to Xiao Yi and Qing Lin.

As for this letter, Xiao Yi had noticed it earlier but didn't pay any attention to it.

Now that Qing Lin mentioned it, he suddenly recalled it.

The two opened the letter, took a glance, and furrowed their brows.

Because what was mentioned in the letter was identical to the previous one.

"It's just a summons from Heavenly King Mountain, with no specified reason," Qing Lin frowned.

"Hmm?" Xiao Yi looked at the envelope; there seemed to be something more inside.

Xiao Yi examined it and took out a thin item.

It was a piece of paper, as thin as a cicada's wing, tightly attached to the inside of the envelope.

As Xiao Yi touched it, it felt icy cold and somewhat peculiar.

"What's this?" Xiao Yi looked puzzled.

Looking closely, it resembled a map.

"A map?" Xiao Yi murmured to himself.

"Yes and no," Qing Lin looked at it with bright eyes and said, "If my eyes don't deceive me, this is a formation map."

"A formation map?" Xiao Yi queried softly.

He had heard about such things.

A formation map is essentially a map with formations inscribed upon it.

Of course, saying it is simple, but creating it is extremely intricate.

To make a piece of paper carry a formation is no simple task; the demands on the paper are very high.

In the entire Central Region, there's only the Ten Thousand Gold Mansion among the Eighteen Mansions that sells such materials, and the price is extremely high.

The two looked at the formation map. On it were paths and a red dot faintly glowing at its center.

The entire formation map was profound and marvelous, with not a hint of incongruity.

Legend has it that such formation maps are relics of Ancient Times.

It's hard to deny that Ancient Times were much more splendid compared to now.

"Cloud River Region?" Xiao Yi looked at the words on the edge of the formation map and said.

"Isn't that the region adjacent to the Black Cloud Region?"

"Yes," Qing Lin nodded, "The Cloud River Region is adjacent to our Black Cloud Region."

"However, the martial artist forces in the Cloud River Region are far inferior to those in the Black Cloud Region."

"I've been to the Cloud River Region before, and if I'm not mistaken, these path traces on the formation map are in the Cloud Sea Dangerous Land."

"The Cloud Sea Dangerous Land?" Xiao Yi furrowed his brows.

"Yes," Qing Lin replied, "It's the number one dangerous place in the Cloud River Region. I explored there once, so I have some impressions of it."

"Then what is this red dot?" Xiao Yi asked.

Qing Lin answered, "The red dot represents the destination on the formation map."

"But that's the trouble with formation maps; the destination is shielded by formations."

"If the formation can't be broken, there's no way to reach the destination."

Xiao Yi squinted, glancing at it.

This red dot seemed just like a spot on the formation map.

In reality, the path traces on the entire formation map covered a vast area.

This mere red dot could very well encompass an area of tens of thousands of miles in radius.

Such a large range makes the destination completely unacquirable with precision.

"Shall we go have a look?" Qing Lin suddenly said, his eyes filled with restlessness.

"Let's go," Xiao Yi nodded.

Being pursued by Heavenly King Mountain's forces in the Black Cloud Region, they might as well take a look outside.

Moreover, they might directly confront some martial artists from Heavenly King Mountain.

"Excellent," Qing Lin smiled smugly, "Xiao Yi, as an array master, deciphering formations is all yours."

"Heading to the Cloud River Region and the Cloud Sea Dangerous Land is my responsibility for navigation."

"You're handing me the tough job," Xiao Yi said with a wry smile.

"Well, I'm not an array master," Qing Lin chuckled proudly.

"Alright, let's go," Xiao Yi nodded.

The two soared into the sky, leaving streaks of light across the horizon.

Just after they left, several martial artists appeared out of thin air.

Upon closer inspection, there were five elders.

"Damn it, the Thousand Dao Sect and those from the other three forces are all dead," an elder's eyes glinted with coldness.

"Such cunning little thieves; they even managed to escape."

"Humph," another elder said in a somber voice, "To have us five great elders join forces in pursuit, those little thieves should consider it an honor even if they died."

"First, send a message back to Heavenly King Mountain to see how we should proceed," another elder suggested sternly.

At the same time, within Heavenly King Mountain,

In the council hall,

A distinguished middle-aged man wore a displeased expression.

Surrounding him, martial artists with extraordinary auras looked bitter.

"How many days has it been?" the middle-aged man said angrily, "We've gathered so many powerful figures from various forces, one sect master after another, yet still can't unravel the formation map?"

"Our Heavenly King Mountain spent a fortune to purchase formation paper from the Ten Thousand Gold Mansion and had maps imprinted to be sent to your forces."

"With so many and such powerful forces in the Black Cloud Region, so many strong individuals, so many genius formation masters and formation experts, yet no progress has been made?"

All the powerful figures kept their heads down, not daring to breathe loudly.

"Humph, you've got three more days," the middle-aged man said coldly, "If nothing comes up after three days, we head directly to the Cloud River Region."

"Yes," the crowd of powerful figures responded in unison.

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Second update.

(One update owed, will compensate tomorrow.)