Chapter 48: Qu Yi is the Chieftain of the Fortresses

Qu Wan Tian, the mayor of Huoxin Town, personally led the Guardian Team to the Baizhai Mountain Region. At that moment, Lan Xiao, who was in charge of investigating the Baizhai Mountain Region, approached Qu Wan Tian to report something important.
“Lan Xiao, how is the situation at Tianfeng Fortresses these days? Report quickly,” Qu Wan Tian created a spiritual space around them, enclosing Lan Xiao to prevent their conversation from being overheard.
Over the past year, Lan Xiao had been moving around the Baizhai Mountain Region and had learned about some developments at Tianfeng Fortresses.
“Mayor, I’ve found out that above the ten chieftains of Tianfeng Fortresses, there is another chieftain—his name is Qu Yi. All of Tianfeng Fortresses’ divine weapons were given by him,” Lan Xiao said urgently.
Upon hearing this, Qu Wan Tian’s eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at Lan Xiao.
“What did you say? The chieftain of Tianfeng Fortresses is named Qu Yi?” Qu Wan Tian looked at Lan Xiao in astonishment.
Qu Yi had ascended to the divine realm just over a hundred years ago, yet he had already managed to unite the Baizhai Mountain Region and even overpowered the chief chieftain of Tianfeng Fortresses, Zhu Chen, taking control of the entire fortress. This clearly meant that Qu Yi’s strength was already on par with that of a Divine Weapon stage.
Reaching the Divine Weapon stage in just a hundred years—such a miracle would surely cause a sensation throughout the divine realm.
Qu Wan Tian immediately realized that the secrets surrounding Qu Yi were terrifying. If he couldn’t seize control of Qu Yi now, once Qu Yi grew stronger, he would become a powerful figure in the divine realm.
“Yes, Mayor,” Lan Xiao replied affirmatively.
Qu Wan Tian calmed down and began to plan. This time, not only did he need to eliminate Tianfeng Fortresses, but his top priority was to capture Qu Yi and uncover the secrets behind him.
Reaching the Divine Weapon stage in just a hundred years—Qu Wan Tian found it terrifying. He wanted to grasp this huge secret about Qu Yi to rapidly rise to become a divine king in the divine realm.
Qu Wan Tian looked at Lan Xiao calmly and said gently, “Alright. For now, don’t reveal any information about Qu Yi. This is closely related to a prominent figure in Lifei City.”
To keep the secret, Qu Wan Tian had to invent a reason to intimidate Lan Xiao.
“Yes, Mayor,” Lan Xiao replied promptly, pledging obedience.
Qu Wan Tian nodded slightly, then removed the spiritual space around them before approaching the hundred team leaders of the Guardian Team.

“This time, let’s settle this quickly with our Guardian Team. A hundred of us will fly straight to Tianfeng Fort’s base and kill all ten of its chiefs on the spot. Another hundred thousand Guardian Team members will head to Tianfeng Fort’s base to eliminate any remaining members who have fled to the surrounding areas,” Qu Wantian said calmly.

After learning about Qu Yi’s situation, Qu Wantian changed his original plan. Instead of slowly leading the Guardian Team to Tianfeng Fort’s base, he chose a hundred captains at the Divine Weapon stage to fly directly there and eliminate the ten chiefs at once.

Qu Wantian’s goal was to kill those ten chiefs and then seize the opportunity to capture Qu Yi alive, take him to a secret place, and torture him relentlessly to extract all his secrets.

The hundred captains were initially skeptical upon hearing Qu Wantian’s plan, but after thinking it over, they realized there would be no loss—instead, they could obtain the divine weapons faster. So, they had no objections.

“Yes, Town Leader,” the hundred captains replied happily.

Immediately afterward, Qu Wantian led the hundred captains into the air, flying toward Tianfeng Fort’s base.

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Qu Yi had always kept an eye on the situation of Fireheart Town’s Guardian Team, with the help of a Divine Weapon spirit, making reconnaissance easy. Naturally, he was immediately aware of Qu Wantian and the hundred captains’ movements.

Qu Yi and the ten chiefs were all inside Tianfeng Castle.

“Everyone, I’ve received news that Qu Wantian has led a hundred Guardian Team captains toward us. Now, I’ll separate from you. You ten should ride your flying beasts and lure Qu Wantian into the air right away. I’ll lead twenty thousand of our brothers to confront the hundred thousand Guardian Team members,” Qu Yi said with a smile.

Except for Qing Yiyi, the other nine chiefs—Zhu Chen, Zhao Jing, Zhen Lan, Zhuo Rui, Yu Deming, Yu Chongxiu, Yu Zhuting, Meng Yan, and Fei Changxia—were unaware that Qu Yi had a Divine Weapon spirit backing him. As a result, they doubted his ability to foresee events. However, having spent a long time with Qu Yi, they knew he always had a reason for his actions, so they didn’t hesitate further.

“Yes, Chief,” the ten chiefs replied immediately.

Soon after, the ten chiefs mounted their flying beasts and flew into the air. Meanwhile, Qu Yi rode on the Wild Green Goose, leading twenty thousand members of Tianfeng Fort, and left Tianfeng Fort’s base right away to confront the attack of the hundred thousand Guardian Team members.

Zhu Chen, Zhao Jing, Zhen Lan, Zhuo Rui, Qing Yiyi, Yu Deming, Yu Chongxiu, Yu Zhuting, Meng Yan, and Fei Changxia, the ten chiefs of the clans, rode on their respective flying beasts and arrived over the southwestern region of the Baizhai Mountains. There, they encountered Qu Wantian leading a hundred captain guards.

Qu Wantian and the hundred captain guards were shocked to see the ten chiefs suddenly appear in the sky.

Ten flying beasts! Could flying beasts even be tamed? Qu Wantian and the hundred captain guards could hardly believe what they were seeing—it was utterly bizarre.

“Mayor, what are you trying to do? Bringing a hundred captains here just to enjoy the scenery of the Baizhai Mountains?” Zhu Chen laughed loudly, sitting on the back of his fierce green goose.

Qu Wantian quickly regained his composure, glanced at the ten chiefs, and smiled faintly. “Your Tianfeng Clan has taken in some lawless villagers, reducing the income of our Huoxin Town. As the mayor, I am determined to destroy your Tianfeng Clan and imprison those lawless villagers who have fled their villages.”

Since he had now found the ten chiefs of Tianfeng Clan, Qu Wantian naturally needed a plausible excuse to attack them. However, the excuse seemed somewhat unconvincing. If he really wanted to imprison those who evaded their farming duties, why hadn’t he sent people to the Baizhai Mountains before? It was only after Tianfeng Clan unified the region that Qu Wantian sent troops to attack them.

Zhu Chen didn’t want to argue anymore. He laughed heartily and said, “Mayor, you want to destroy our Tianfeng Clan, right? Very well. If you have the strength, and our Tianfeng Clan perishes, we will die without regret.”

Qu Wantian smiled coldly, then waved his hand and ordered, “Captains, attack! Kill these ten chiefs!”

“Yes, Mayor.” The hundred captain guards immediately showed cruel smiles and charged forward.

As soon as the hundred captain guards reached about a hundred meters in front of the ten chiefs, the ten chiefs all smirked, their eyes filled with disdain.

“You wretched bastards! Taste the power of our divine weapons!”

The ten chiefs of Tianfeng Clan shouted loudly, pulling out several divine weapons and throwing them at the approaching hundred captain guards.

“Oh no…”

The hundred captain guards, being experienced fighters, grew suspicious at the expressions on the ten chiefs’ faces and became highly alert. When over thirty divine weapons flew toward them, they immediately stopped.

Bang…

Thirty divine artifacts exploded simultaneously, and chaotic streams of energy surged forth, rushing toward the hundred guardian captains.
“Damn it!”
“Curse!”
The hundred guardian captains finally understood the intentions of the ten clan leaders and angrily shouted. Each of them drew out their divine artifacts and erected spiritual shields around themselves to block the incoming energy streams.
After the first attack by the ten clan leaders, they immediately urged their flying beasts to fly away.
As the energy streams dissipated, the hundred guardian captains glared angrily at the sky, where only the figures of their flying beasts remained, growing farther and farther away—this only fueled the fierce rage in their hearts.
“We can’t let these ten escape. We must eliminate them.”
“Thinking they can resist our pressure just because they have divine artifacts? How naive.”
“Let’s divide into ten groups and chase after those ten bastards.”
“Good. We must kill these ten. If not, they will become a major threat to our Fireheart Village.”
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In an instant, the hundred guardian captains shouted in fury before flying off quickly.
Qu Wan Tian wanted to shout to stop their recklessness, but thinking that once they left, he could search for Qu Yi alone and capture him alive, he decided not to stop them. He even paused intentionally, waiting until they were gone before continuing forward toward the base of Tianfeng Village.
Inside Tianfeng Fortress, there was now no one left. The base of Tianfeng Village was also empty.
Qu Wan Tian arrived at the base alone and found no one, only mature Divine Crystal Trees everywhere.
“This Qu Yi is truly remarkable. I’ve heard that when he was in the Hundred Beasts Village, he found two thousand mature Divine Crystal Trees at once. Now, in this Tianfeng Village base, there are ten million mature ones—this must also be related to Qu Yi. Hmph, Qu Yi, you can’t escape. I’ll definitely catch you,” Qu Wan Tian said, his eyes gleaming with determination.
After flying around the base to confirm that Qu Yi wasn’t there, he searched for clues and quickly figured out the whereabouts of the twenty thousand members of Tianfeng Village.

“Hmph, Qu Yi’s cultivation level is probably still at the Divine Being stage; otherwise, he would definitely have joined those ten clan leaders. It seems he’s leading 20,000 members of Tianfeng Clan to stop my 100,000 guards.” Qu Wantian curled his lips and sneered.
Immediately, Qu Wantian followed in the footsteps of Tianfeng Clan’s 20,000 members, flying after them at high speed.
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Qu Yi led 20,000 members of Tianfeng Clan, running fast until they reached a valley.
“Brothers, stop! I need to go somewhere,” Qu Yi suddenly shouted, urging the Wild Blue Goose to fly back.
Earlier, the Divine Tool God had already conveyed a message to Qu Yi—that Qu Wantian was chasing after them from behind. Naturally, Qu Yi didn’t want the 20,000 members of Tianfeng Clan to know his true strength, so he left on his own to confront Qu Wantian.
In a short while, Qu Yi rode the Wild Blue Goose to a mountain peak and landed there.
Qu Wantian, flying in the air, quickly spotted the Wild Blue Goose on the peak and also saw Qu Yi sitting on its back.
“Qu Yi, you made me search so hard!” Qu Wantian exclaimed excitedly upon spotting Qu Yi, accelerating his pace dramatically.
“Qu Wantian, it seems your main purpose for coming to the Hundred Clans Mountain Area is to capture me,” Qu Yi laughed.
At the same time, the Wild Blue Goose took Qu Yi and flew into the sky right away.
Qu Wantian smirked coldly and chased after Qu Yi at full speed.