Chapter 19: Seeking Death

Qu Yi took Qing Wu Gui with him and flew to the edge of the Great Rift on Desert Star before stopping.
It turned out that after Qing Wu Gui understood the concept of “no intent to kill” and slew three people with a single sword, the Artifact God had already sensed a group of people approaching—members of the Tan Tian Sect. Qu Yi didn’t want to stay on Desert Star for long, nor did he wish to engage in further conflict with the Tan Tian Sect, so he took Qing Wu Gui and flew away.
Upon reaching the Great Rift, Qing Wu Gui finally regained consciousness.
At that moment, Qu Yi paid no attention to Qing Wu Gui. His face showed surprise—he had just heard a message from the Artifact God through spiritual perception.
“Qu Yi, this rift leads straight to the core of Desert Star. There, there’s a Stone of Resting Earth, which is of the same rank as the Stone of Sharp Gold, the Stone of Fiery Heart, and the Stone of Tides. It will be extremely beneficial for your future cultivation.”
Hearing the Artifact God’s words, Qu Yi was naturally delighted. He knew that during the Mahayana stage, cultivators had to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to refine various primordial energies and transform their bodies into primordial bodies before they could ascend. If they had ready-made primordial energies, Qu Yi could quickly transform his body and ascend once he reached the Mahayana stage.
The Stone of Sharp Gold, the Stone of Fiery Heart, the Stone of Tides, and the Stone of Resting Earth contained primordial energies of metal, fire, water, and earth—this was why Qu Yi was so surprised after hearing the Artifact God’s message.
“Artifact God, shall we go down now?” Qu Yi replied excitedly through spiritual perception.
After a while, the Artifact God said, “There’s no need to rush. It’s not yet time to enter the core. The sandwater waterfalls on both sides have formed a layer of floating sand in the middle of the rift, which will prevent the Realm Ball from falling. Only when there’s a gap in this floating sand layer can the Realm Ball enter the core.”
Qu Yi’s face showed astonishment. Desert Star was indeed peculiar—a Great Rift divided the entire planet into eastern and western hemispheres, and a layer of yellow sand floated in the middle of the rift, capable of blocking anything from falling.
“Alright, I must obtain that Stone of Resting Earth. I’ll come back later. Anyway, Qing Wu Gui and I still have things to do. That Xiao family must be that renowned assassin clan. I intend to take revenge and see if there are any treasures in this clan that has existed for hundreds of thousands of years.” Qu Yi smirked coldly, his eyes filled with longing.

Soon, Qing Wugui stood up, looked at Qu Yi, and smiled, saying, “Qu Yi, thank you. You saved me this time, and because of that, I realized the importance of having no intent to kill. I’ve finally reached the early stage of merging with the Dao. Next, I want to go to Dark Fragrance Star. Mu Han is still there, and it’s also the stronghold of the Xiao family.”

Hearing this, Qu Yi laughed and patted Qing Wugui’s shoulder, saying, “Of course I’ll go with you on such an exciting journey. I encountered the Xiao family once in the Demon Poison Star Region. Back then, their elite forces were completely wiped out. I didn’t expect their descendants to still be so domineering. Let’s go there again and teach them a lesson. We’ll check out their treasure vault to see what precious treasures they have.”

After hearing this, Qing Wugui grinned broadly.

Immediately afterwards, the two flew together toward Peaceful Harbor to use the spatial teleportation array.

…

After ten days of constantly using the spatial teleportation array, Qu Yi and Qing Wugui finally arrived at Dark Fragrance Star. Throughout this journey, Shan Meng, a strong practitioner in the early stage of overcoming tribulations from the Taiyuan Sect, had been following them the whole time. Of course, Qu Yi also used spiritual communication to inform Qing Wugui about this Taiyuan Sect practitioner, warning him not to reveal too much so as not to let the practitioner know too much about him.

Qing Wugui couldn’t help but admire Qu Yi’s experiences. He never expected that so many things would happen just by infiltrating the Taiyuan Sect.

The two arrived at Yingxian Island on Dark Fragrance Star. Without stopping, they boarded a Golden Flowing Boat and flew straight to the Xiao family’s stronghold, the Destruction Mountains.

Dark Fragrance Star was also a large planet, but there were only five cultivation sects on it—no demonic cultivation sects, and the forces of demon cultivators were very weak. Those demon beasts had become pets of these cultivation sects.

However, these five cultivation sects didn’t dare to dominate Dark Fragrance Star, as they all knew that the true ruler of this planet was the Xiao family.

Dark Fragrance Star had only one continent, the Dark Fragrance Continent, which was roughly square in shape. To the north lay a major mountain range that stretched from east to west—the Destruction Mountains, occupied by the Xiao family. To the south of these mountains, the land was divided into five regions, each belonging to one of the five cultivation sects. It gave the impression that the Xiao family sat in the north, overlooking all beings below, exuding great dominance.

Yingxian Island was located in the eastern seas of the Dark Fragrance Continent, thousands of miles away from the continent.

Qu Yi controlled the Golden Flowing Boat and quickly crossed the ocean, arriving at the eastern end of the Destruction Mountains.

“Heartless. You know Mu Han’s hiding place, right?” As soon as Qu Yi arrived on the Dark Fragrance Continent, he asked immediately.
Qing Wu Gui showed a hint of worry on his face and replied, “Mu Han and I were on the territory of the Celestial Forecasting Sect when we were chased by the Xiao family. I had Mu Han hide there, find a secret place, and wait for me to come and get her. Right now, I can be sure that Mu Han hasn’t been captured yet, but she must be in hiding. When I left her, I caught a Golden Core-stage demon beast, the Star Snow Rabbit, and implanted a soul shackle on it. I can sense that the Star Snow Rabbit keeps moving from place to place, which means Mu Han is still fleeing.”
The five cultivation sects on the Dark Fragrance Continent, from west to east, are the Yang Li Temple, Heng Yun Peak, Celestial Forecasting Sect, San Xing Peak, and Yu Ling Palace.
After hearing Qing Wu Gui’s words, Qu Yi recalled the distribution of the various sects on the continent and immediately steered his Flowing Gold Boat straight toward the Celestial Forecasting Sect in the center of the continent. It wasn’t time to rush to the Xiao family yet.
……
Xiao Qian Ru, the young master of the Xiao family, encountered Mu Han during a trip. He was immediately attracted by her pure and beautiful appearance and ignored Qing Wu Gui beside her, trying to seize her by force.
Qing Wu Gui used his strength to kill all of Xiao Qian Ru’s followers but let Xiao Qian Ru escape.
Xiao Qian Ru immediately returned to the Destruction Mountains, summoned two early-stage Convergence elders from his family, and then went to the territory of the Celestial Forecasting Sect to chase Qing Wu Gui. Since Mu Han hadn’t fled with Qing Wu Gui at that time, Xiao Qian Ru, upon hearing the news, went to the Celestial Forecasting Sect again and asked several Convergence-stage elders there to lead the sect’s elders in searching for Mu Han across the entire Dark Fragrance Continent.
Mu Han also learned the “Silent Breath Technique” from Qu Yi, which allowed her to conceal her presence and hide among ordinary people to avoid being found by the Celestial Forecasting Sect. However, she was nearly discovered several times, forcing her to keep moving to stay safe.
At that moment, Mu Han, along with the Star Snow Rabbit, was flying quickly above a lush forest in one of the secular countries within the territory of the Celestial Forecasting Sect.
Behind her, a mid-stage Divination disciple from the Celestial Forecasting Sect was chasing her and was about to catch up.
Mu Han’s cultivation level was only early-stage Divination, so she wasn’t faster than this disciple. Moreover, carrying the Star Snow Rabbit made it even harder for her to speed up.
So, Muhan descended into the forest and sent the Star Snow Rabbit underground, waiting alone for the arrival of the Celestial Forecasting Sect disciple.

But that disciple of the Celestial Divination Sect was also extremely cunning. Instead of entering the forest, he took out a message token and sent it into the air, conveying the news of Mu Han’s location to the other disciples of the sect.

Mu Han became truly anxious now. If she had to deal with this one disciple, she might still be able to use her mind-control technique to kill him. But this disciple was clearly experienced and cautious, waiting until all the members of the sect had arrived before attacking.

“Why are you chasing me?” Mu Han simply flew into the air, a faint smile appearing on her beautiful face.

That disciple of the Celestial Divination Sect quickly flew back and dodged Mu Han’s soul-confusing attack before saying with a laugh, “Don’t think you can escape again. Once our sect’s elders arrive, there’s no way you’ll get away.”

Mu Han’s expression turned cold again, her eyes flashing with urgency.

“Wugui, you promised to come and pick me up. Why haven’t you arrived yet?”

“Hmph, that despicable bastard still wants to defile me. I must kill him, even if it means self-destructing as a Yuan Ying.”

“If I die, Wugui, will you remember me? Will you avenge me?”

……

At this moment, seeing that escape was almost impossible and realizing that her attempt to kill that disciple had been seen through by his cunning, Mu Han became disheartened and began to wander in wild thoughts.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Several sounds of breaking through the air came at the same time, and then three middle-aged men in golden robes arrived. These three were the three elders of the Celestial Divination Sect—one at the mid-stage of the Fusion Realm and one at the early stage.

“Haha, Huang Bo, well done! By capturing this female cultivator this time, we can demand some valuable things from the Xiao family. You won’t be left out of the rewards,” said the middle-aged man at the mid-stage of Fusion Realm with a laugh.

Sure enough, that disciple of the Celestial Divination Sect named Huang Bo, who was at the mid-stage of the Diversion Realm, immediately bowed his head and thanked them happily.

Then, the three elders at the Fusion Realm stage sized up Mu Han standing on the treetop and said smugly, “Fellow cultivator, stop running. Once you enter the Xiao family, the young master will take care of you. Your cultivation path will surely progress rapidly.”

At this point, the three of them even started acting as intermediaries.

“You three brats, forcing my wife—are you seeking death?” Suddenly, a voice filled with murderous intent rang out from afar in the air.

Mu Han also heard it, and her confused eyes immediately lit up.