Chapter 260: Chapter 260: Large-Scale Manhunt Chapter 260: Chapter 260: Large-Scale Manhunt The Shen Dan Master was furious.
He ordered a city-wide manhunt for Feng Wuchen.
A large number of powerful characters mobilized from the main city, and an overwhelming aura swept in all directions with the main city as the center.
More than a dozen Tianyuan Realm powerhouses spread out around Divine Pill City, their terrifying aura making hearts tremble.
The current fury of the Shen Dan Master was much like the old Beiming ancestor’s at the time, wishing nothing more than to personally tear Feng Wuchen to pieces.
The main city’s mobilization of a large number of powerful characters shook Divine Pill City.
The news had already spread throughout Divine Pill City that the Shen Dan Master was furious, which was within everyone’s expectations, but the scale of it was beyond their imagination.
As a high-prestige figure in Jiuzhou, Shen Dan Master Moyan, being the strongest alchemist in Jiuzhou, had an absolutely vast network of connections.
At his command, apart from the more than a dozen Tianyuan Realm strong ones and several hundred Yuandan Realm strong ones from the main city, the five major families of Divine Pill City as well as numerous Loose Cultivators also took the initiative to send people to assist.
For a while, the entire Divine Pill City was filled with cultivators chasing after Feng Wuchen, forming a terrifying and massive lineup.
“Brother Feng, this time the trouble is big. The whole city is after us. The powerhouses from Zangling Valley should be arriving soon. Aren’t you worried?” Ling Xiaoxiao asked.
Hearing this, Feng Wuchen slightly smiled and said, “If we want to leave, no one can stop us, but it will implicate the Feng family, and even the empire. Now is the Feng family and Sky Pavilion’s chance to grow their cultivation. I don’t want anyone to interfere. In any case, we must get through this difficult time.”
After leaving the auction, Feng Wuchen and Ling Xiaoxiao arrived at a forest outside the city and headed deeper into the mountains.
It was unsafe in the city. The Zangling Valley powerhouses and Divine Pill City powerhouses could appear at any time, and even with Feng Wuchen’s strength, he dared not say he could contend with so many powerful characters.
“Brother Feng, the Sky Shadow cavalry and Black Flag Army are your most loyal subordinates. Their growth is astonishing, and with Brother Feng’s cultivation, they will surely become terrifying powerhouses in the future. You can completely trust them. However, it seems Brother Feng has some concerns about them.” Ling Xiaoxiao said, not understanding this point.
With Feng Wuchen’s abilities, he could make the Sky Shadow cavalry and Black Flag Army even stronger, equip them with powerful cultivation techniques and martial skills, ensuring their strength would be significantly enhanced, yet Feng Wuchen had not done so.
Feng Wuchen said indifferently, “Huanyang and the others are indeed very excellent. Although they are my subordinates, they are ultimately soldiers of the empire. My life is destined to be extraordinary, so how could I stay in the empire? I’ve already planned to, after dealing with all matters and ensuring that everything is completely secure, venture out into the Mainland. Therefore, I cannot possibly take them with me.”
Feng Wuchen thought this way, but the soldiers of the Sky Shadow cavalry and Black Flag Army might not think the same.
Pausing for a moment, Feng Wuchen continued, “However, before leaving the empire, I will leave something for them. As for their future path, it’s their choice to make. I also have my own path to follow. As for the Sky Pavilion, I plan to hand it over to Duan Henxi. Wuqing will inherit the throne sooner or later, and my two brothers still need to manage the Feng family. Only Duan Henxi is the most suitable.”
“What is your plan now, Brother Feng?” Tapping her chin, Ling Xiaoxiao asked again.
Feng Wuchen smiled and said, “To take over Jiuzhou.”
Ling Xiaoxiao chuckled and said, “With Brother Feng’s status as a Fifth Grade Artifact Refiner and Fourth Rank Alchemist, you can rally countless powerhouses. Taking over Jiuzhou would be as easy as turning your hand. If it were someone else, they probably would have used this status to take over Jiuzhou long ago.”
With the terrifying appeal of a Fifth Grade Artifact Refiner, as soon as Feng Wuchen spread the word, countless strong ones would swear allegiance to him.
“What’s the use if it’s not your own strength? Even if I win over many powerful characters, they are after their own interests, unless they submit to me,” Feng Wuchen said with a smile.
Feng Wuchen desired submission, true friends, and brothers in arms who would stick with him through life and death, not those who were motivated by personal gain.
If Feng Wuchen wanted to take over Jiuzhou, he had to have enough strength to make every major and minor force in Jiuzhou wary!
Feng Wuchen’s killing of Beiming Kong and angering Zangling Valley were just the beginning of his quest to take over Jiuzhou.
Looking into Feng Wuchen’s eyes, Ling Xiaoxiao smiled and asked, “Are you planning to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, Brother Feng?”
“Besides that, I must completely eliminate the Huangfu family to prevent them from rising again,” Feng Wuchen said viciously. Huangfu Tianba had already broken through to the Tianyuan Realm. If he was not eradicated, once Feng Wuchen left the empire, they would become the greatest threat to the Feng family.
At this moment, Divine Pill City was teeming with powerhouses hunting Feng Wuchen.
But no matter how they scoured Divine Pill City, they couldn’t find Feng Wuchen and Ling Xiaoxiao. Even when they scattered outside the city, they found nothing.
Unable to find Feng Wuchen, Moyan was so furious his lungs were about to explode.
“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!”
Above Divine Pill City, eight strong ones appeared, each emanating a terrifying aura that nearly enveloped the entire sprawling Divine Pill City, terrifying everyone within.
Deadly murderous auras spread, causing even greater fear among the people of Divine Pill City.
“The old ancestor of Zangling Valley, Beiming!”
“And… Beiming River too! Beiming River has left seclusion! Such… such a terrifying aura!”
“The powerhouses from Zangling Valley are here! They must be after the person in the portrait!”
The people of Divine Pill City watched the sky in horror.
Though Zangling Valley had only sent eight Tianyuan Realm powerhouses, their strength was far more terrifying than those mobilized by Divine Pill City.
Sensing the aura of Patriarch Beiming and the others, the Shen Dan Master Moyan appeared in a flash, his old face incredibly grim.
“Shen Dan Master!” Patriarch Beiming addressed him politely.
The Shen Dan Master’s dark face clenched his teeth in anger, “Feng Wuchen killed dozens of strong cultivators from Divine Pill City; he cannot be forgiven! This brat dared to kill people in Divine Pill City, showing complete disregard for me!”
The more Moyan thought about it, the angrier he became. The higher one’s status and power, the less they could tolerate being disrespected.
Feng Wuchen had killed dozens of strong cultivators from Divine Pill City, and then he even went to the auction. This was a direct affront to Moyan’s dignity.
“We’ve searched the entire Divine Pill City and still haven’t found him. That cunning brat must be in hiding!” Moyan snarled, his old face terrifying to behold.
“He can’t have gotten far! Dig three feet into the ground if you have to, but find him for me!” Beiming River roared furiously.
“Yes!” the mighty warriors from Zangling Valley burst forth in every direction.
Soon after, numerous Yuandan Realm powerhouses from Zangling Valley arrived, joining the pursuit of Feng Wuchen.
The large group swelled to thousands, and as more Zangling Valley disciples joined, it grew larger and larger, until there were as many as thirty thousand people.
The hunt for Feng Wuchen had escalated massively.
At the auction, the commotion from Divine Pill City and the frightening aura and murderous intent from the Zangling Valley strongmen alarmed the chairman and the elders.
“Beiming River’s aura is getting more terrifying by the moment. His strength is probably not inferior to Patriarch Beiming,” Auction Chairman Chu Changkong said solemnly. As the chairman himself, his cultivation was only at the Third Layer of the Tianyuan Realm.
However, the Auction Chairman was also a Fifth Rank Alchemist, with an exalted status in Jiuzhou.
The Fourth Rank Artifact Refiner was the Elder Tian Ji Zi, a white-haired old man who was by no means to be underestimated.
With these two behemoths, the auction had enough power to make all forces, big and small in Jiuzhou, wary.
Tian Ji Zi furrowed his brows, “Feng Wuchen is indeed too arrogant, but I don’t think he’s foolish enough to offend both Zangling Valley and the Shen Dan Master. Would Jiuzhou’s number one genius really be that foolish?”
All the various powers in Jiuzhou and numerous cultivators knew that Feng Wuchen had killed Beiming Kong, but they did not know why he did it, nor were they aware of any grudges between him and Zangling Valley.
“Chairman, Elder, in three days, Feng Wuchen will come to the auction; he’s set his sights on the Earth Heart Sacred Lotus,” the auctioneer Mu Caiyi said, her fiery figure hard for anyone to ignore.
“Three days from now, at the auction where strong figures from powers big and small across Jiuzhou gather, should Feng Wuchen show up, isn’t he just looking for death?” Chu Changkong frowned slightly.
The Earth Heart Sacred Lotus was a treasure that every major power needed to secure. Feng Wuchen was already at odds with both Zangling Valley and the Shen Dan Master, and now he was intervening in the struggle for the Earth Heart Sacred Lotus; was he not making enemies of all major Jiuzhou powers?
Was Feng Wuchen’s action foolish, or did he have the strength to contend with the five major powers?
Mu Caiyi said, “Chairman, Feng Wuchen is not easy to mess with. His fearsomeness might be even greater than we imagine. With the power to kill a Tianyuan Realm powerhouse with a single palm strike and to also kill Beiming Kong, such strength should not be underestimated. I think the auction should avoid getting involved in this matter.”
After a pause, Mu Caiyi added, “A Thought-Forming Instrumentation Fifth Grade Artifact Refiner, who is also a Fourth Rank Alchemist, such a genius, who can guarantee he doesn’t have someone backing him?”
Chu Changkong and Tian Ji Zi, among others, said no more, their expressions grave; they all felt Mu Caiyi made sense.
“Feng Wuchen! Come out!” An infuriated Beiming River roared directly above Divine Pill City. With his terrifying True Yuan, the roar was deafening.
The roar echoed through Divine Pill City, frightening countless cultivators.
In the mountains outside Divine Pill City, Feng Wuchen and Ling Xiaoxiao, who were cultivating, opened their eyes when they heard the roar.
“Tianyuan Realm Fifth Layer, such formidable power! His strength is probably not weaker than Patriarch Beiming’s,” Feng Wuchen frowned slightly.
“Brother Feng, could he be Beiming Kong’s father, Beiming River?” Ling Xiaoxiao guessed.
Feng Wuchen nodded and said, “It must be him, no doubt about it. To be on par with Patriarch Beiming, Zangling Valley only has Beiming River. Indeed, his power is nothing simple.”
Sensing the overwhelming fury and terrifying power of Beiming River, a fighting spirit began to surge within Feng Wuchen; he really wanted to test Beiming River’s strength.
Noticing Feng Wuchen’s fighting spirit, Ling Xiaoxiao chuckled, “With Brother Feng’s strength, you might not lose to him.”
Feng Wuchen shrugged and said, “We won’t know until we try.”
“Brother Feng, what do you plan to do at the auction in three days, facing Zangling Valley and the Shen Dan Master? The Earth Heart Sacred Lotus is a must-have for all the major powers. If Brother Feng intervenes, you’ll be making enemies of the five major powers,” Ling Xiaoxiao said gravely, her delicate brows furrowing.
“The Earth Heart Sacred Lotus is a rare treasure; even if it means offending the five major powers, I must obtain it,” Feng Wuchen replied, undaunted at the prospect of making enemies of the five major powers.