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Chapter 217 Thunderfall Pit, Old Bai Delivers Himself
"Is this the first scene?"
"Yes, City Lord."
Wang Yu straddled the increasingly massive Three-Tailed Snow Fox, unfolded the Map in hand, and discovered that this location was truly strange.
The four provinces under the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect, the Sacred Tribute for each five-year cycle was first sent to the local Prefecture City, and then from the Prefecture City to the Mountain Gate.
For City Lords like them, the mission ended once it was delivered to the Prefecture City.
Cloud Ridge Province City was located Northeast of Guiling, and along the way it would pass through Wisteria Mountain, Silt Meadow, Thunderfall Pit… after crossing the three hundred *li* Line of Sky Gorge, they would arrive at Cloud Ridge Province City.
The location where the incident occurred was exactly in the middle of Silt Meadow and Thunderfall Pit. The former was boundless, without any obstacles to obstruct vision.
The latter was the place where the ancient beast Ji Meng had once displayed Divine Might.
Legend has it that in ancient times, during thunderstorms, a beast with a dragon head, human body, bird claws, and feathered arms would descend thunder pillars to punish those with heavy Karmic Hindrance. This beast was Ji Meng.
This Thunderfall Pit was said to have killed a Spirit Transformation Honored One of the Demonic Path, but who exactly… Classic Texts were evasive, and Wang Yu did not know, only taking it as a story.
Now, the people delivering the Sacred Tribute died in the middle of the two places, without any traces of Combat Technique left behind, as if they had disappeared on the road. Wang Yu had reason to suspect that there was an Internal Traitor in the prefecture.
Or perhaps there were enemy informants remaining. He deliberately ordered a search of the Bai Family Ancestral Home, intending to Exterminate the Lineage, also with some Thoughts of fishing.
After all, whether they were Bai Family Remnants was still unknown, only a higher probability for the time being, and the team transporting the Sacred Tribute only had three people.
One from Guiling City, Late Qi Condensation Stage.
One from Cloud Ridge Province City, Peak Foundation Establishment Stage.
One from Inverse Spirit Blood Sect, Early Core Formation Stage.
The team structure was a bit deformed, but there was no other way. This was almost a common phenomenon for newly appointed City Lords, and it would be better in forty or fifty years.
"Judging from the terrain, Thunderfall Pit is more suitable for an Ambush, Xu Ruozhou."
"Subordinate is here."
"Has Thunderfall Pit been investigated?"
"Investigated, no traces."
"Take me to take a look."
This was a giant sinkhole with a diameter exceeding a hundred *li*. The cliff face presented a pitch-black, reflective state, like gravel that had been vitrified by high temperature and then formed into a unique geology after time sedimentation.
Thunderfall Pit, bottomless, throwing stones into it, you wouldn't hear the sound of landing even after waiting for a long time. During the thunderstorm season every year, thunderstorms would also surge out from the Depths.
Easily capable of killing Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
It had once attracted a large number of Cultivators to delve deep and explore, trying to find Fortuitous Encounters.
But the result… the vast majority were missing, and the few survivors had various accounts of what was below. Some said there was nothing below, others said there were monsters below, and still others said there was a labyrinth below.
In short, due to its own legendary story, all sorts of chaotic rumors were countless, and even now there were Cultivators who would delve into it to explore the Depths and seek treasure.
The city closest to this place was named Thunderstorm City.
With no clues nearby, Wang Yu instructed Xu Ruozhou to take people to Thunderstorm City to inquire about intelligence, to see if there were any suspicious people who had settled down.
He then stayed alone by Thunderfall Pit, motionless.
As if waiting for something.
Half a day later, the corners of Wang Yu's mouth couldn't help but curve into a smile. The Profound Origin Demon Embryo in his body was stirring restlessly. Since Wang Wu was devoured by him, he had only planted Demonic Thought three times.
Xu Ruozhou, Great Elder of the Bai Family, Young Lord Fu Luo Chen!
Whether Luo Chen's side was successful was still unknown, but now Xu Ruozhou had gone to Thunderstorm City, who was this suddenly appearing within his perception range was self-evident.
"Since you've come, why are you still hiding?"
"Wang… Yu!"
Not far from Thunderfall Pit, the familiar figure of the Great Elder of the Bai Family walked out from a cloud of gray mist. This Mystical Arts was precisely the Yellow Springs Temple's signature Secret Method—Yellow Springs Ghost Mist!
Imperceptibly, the Mountain Sweeping Demon Finding Secret Technique was quietly activated.
When he discovered that there was only the other party alone, Wang Yu quickly used Voice Transmission to True Person Qing Yang, telling him to hold back, and said aloud.
"It's been a year since we parted, I thought Grand Elder had Breakthrough to Core Formation and returned to seek revenge on me, unexpectedly you're still stuck at Peak Foundation Establishment Stage~"
"Humph——"
"Greenhorn, how could you know that the Impassable Chasm is difficult to cross, even if you originate from the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect, you may not necessarily be able to successfully reach Core Formation.
"Today, Old Man will definitely kill you to avenge the Blood Sea Vengeance of my Bai Family being devoured!"
Wang Yu did not take it seriously, and even said with a hint of mockery.
"You disappoint me too much, it seems that your Dual Spirit Root is just the lowest grade of its kind, even with such deep Blood Sea Vengeance you still haven't Breakthrough, what's the point of you living?
"Besides, this was also brought upon by your Bai Family yourselves. Now, the Guan and Jiang families of Guiling are not also living quite well, their Faction has increased by at least twenty percent compared to the Past."
"Noisy——"
The Great Elder of the Bai Family seemed to have been touched on his Reverse Scale (Rage Trigger). Under the Demon Seed Effect, his already angry Emotion became even more distorted. He seemed to see himself from back then.
The ridiculous appearance of saying "I have a plan."
Uncontrollable rage.
In an instant, hundreds of fireballs the size of water vats poured down. The Great Elder of the Bai Family was of Fire and Gold Dual Spirit Root, Wang Yu had already inquired about this clearly.
Now that they were in Close Combat, he had already considered it in his Thoughts.
Xue Yu took the initiative to attack, with a flick of her three tails, a Cold Wind howled and swept over, weakening most of the fireballs before actively using escape technique.
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