Zhou Shangyun and others clearly didn’t expect that Gu Xinghe and Elder Yin had already died by Jing Yan’s hand.
They hadn’t seen Gu Xinghe and his companion show up and thought that the two had already left Donglin City.
Jing Yan looked around the room.
At this time, there were only the four of them in the room; the guard who had reported earlier had long since left on his own.
These people were all completely trusted by Jing Yan, and they wouldn’t let the news spread out.
"Gu Xinghe and Elder Yin are dead," Jing Yan replied.
"Jing Yan, you’re not joking, are you?" Zhou Shangyun’s face turned green.
Jing Yan shook his head.
"Gu Xinghe wanted to kill me, so I had to fight back and killed them," Jing Yan said with a look of helplessness.
"Prince, who is this Gu Xinghe?" Gao Feng asked Zhou Shangyun.
She knew that Jing Yan had entered the Black Stone Mountain Range with Gu Xinghe and Elder Yin in search of the Ancient Cave Mansion, but she didn’t know exactly who Gu Xinghe was.
Seeing the looks on Zhou Shangyun’s and Jing Tianying’s faces, she was naturally perplexed.
In her view, those two wanting to kill Jing Yan and Jing Yan counterattacking and killing them was a normal occurrence. Yet the expressions of Zhou Shangyun and others made her feel that Gu Xinghe’s identity was not so simple.
Zhou Shangyun gave a bitter smile.
"Miss Gao Feng, you know of the Holy City on the Heavenly Origin Continent, right?" Zhou Shangyun said in a grave voice.
"I do, the Holy Master of the Holy City controls the entire Heavenly Origin Continent," Gao Feng nodded.
Gao Feng now was not the same as she had been years ago. Since founding the Fiery Flame Commerce, she had met countless people and her understanding of the various affairs on the Heavenly Origin Continent had far surpassed what it once was.
"Below the Holy City, on the Continent, there are Seven Great Families whose power is almost comparable to the Holy City. Even the Holy Master cannot command them to do anything," Zhou Shangyun continued, "Gu Xinghe is a scion of the Gu Family, one of these Seven Great Families."
"Ah? That Gu Xinghe, he has such a big background?" Gao Feng was also taken aback.
"Not only that, but Gu Xinghe is also one of the heir apparents for the position of Gu Family Clan Leader. There are only two candidates, and the next leader of the Gu Family will be chosen from among them," Shangyun added, "Now that Jing Yan has killed Gu Xinghe, the Gu Family will certainly not let it go. I think it won’t be long before they trace it back to Jing Yan."
"This... this..." Gao Feng was also alarmed.
"Prince, you are a man of the Holy Master, so won’t the Gu Family even give you any face? Can you step forward and help Mr. Jing Yan negotiate with the Gu Family?" Gao Feng said anxiously.
"Miss Gao Feng, you think too highly of me!"
"While I am indeed a man of the Holy Master, and an official, the Gu Family might give a little face in general matters. But when it involves the death of Gu Xinghe, the Gu Family will absolutely disregard such a minor figure like me," Zhou Shangyun said with a bitter smile as he shook his head.
"Jing Yan, this time, you’ve really stirred up a hornet’s nest... But, Jing Yan, how did you manage to kill Elder Yin? Gu Xinghe’s Cultivation was average, but Elder Yin’s strength, I felt, was terrifying!" Zhou Shangyun turned to look at Jing Yan.
"Elder Yin was indeed very strong." Jing Yan, recalling the process of killing Elder Yin, couldn’t help but feel again that his success in killing Elder Yin involved a great deal of luck.
"That Elder Yin, what was his realm?" Jing Tianying asked.
"Elder Yin was at the Dao King Realm Peak, while Gu Xinghe was quite a bit lower, only at the Daoist Master Realm Peak," Jing Yan explained.
Hearing this, Zhou Shangyun and the others were once again shocked, looking at Jing Yan with disbelief.
The Dao King Realm Peak?
Such a powerful person was killed by Jing Yan? How... how was that possible?
"Actually, my killing Elder Yin was also due to luck! I used some formations and in the end, was able to kill him," Jing Yan said shaking his head; he didn’t want to go into further detail.
"Jing Yan, what do you plan to do now?" Zhou Shangyun, having calmed his shocked emotions, asked Jing Yan.
"Now that things have come to this, Gu Xinghe and Elder Yin cannot come back to life. Right now, my main concern is for my family," Jing Yan said.
With his current strength, he was no match for the Gu Family. The Jing Family would be equally helpless.
If the Gu Family should send people to attack the Jing Family, the Jing Family would definitely not be able to resist. Just any Martial Artist at the Daoist Master Realm could cause the Jing Family to completely vanish from this world.
This was Jing Yan’s greatest worry.
"Your family... I might have a way!" Zhou Shangyun narrowed his eyes, "I have an Undying Order that the Jing Family can use. The Undying Order represents the Holy Master, and even the Gu Family would be wary of it. However, if you are in the Jing Family Mansion as well, then I fear it might not work, as I think the Gu Family would risk offending the Holy Master’s authority, and then the Undying Order would be useless."
"I can leave," Jing Yan immediately said.
"Tianying City Lord, this is an Undying Order personally refined by the Holy Master. I’ll hand it over to you now; you can pass it on to the Jing Family Patriarch. If the Gu Family comes to harm the Jing Family, they can present the Undying Order," Zhou Shangyun took out a black token and handed it to Jing Tianying.
Back in Lanqu County, the Song Family had brought out an Undying Order that made Zhou Shangyun unable to act against them.
With the possession of the Undying Order, Jing Yan felt more at ease.
"There’s no time to waste now, Jing Yan, let’s go to Lanqu County City right away," Zhou Shangyun gestured.
The two immediately left Donglin City and headed for Lanqu County City.
Several days later, they arrived at Lanqu County City.
Zhou Shangyun immediately used a Communication Crystal Stone to send a message to the Holy City.
This Communication Crystal Stone was extremely rare. It was said that only Martial Artists at the Saint Realm could refine it because it operated on the principle of using Laws to transmit messages, and only Saint Realm Martial Artists could manipulate Laws. Since Laws were omnipresent throughout the universe, messages transmitted using the Communication Crystal Stone were incredibly fast.
But such items were very scarce. Those that existed on the Continent were remnants from a long time ago.