Azure Heaven Saber
Chapter 929 - 929 314 The War Begins Two in One

Chapter 929: Chapter 314 The War Begins [Two in One] Chapter 929: Chapter 314 The War Begins [Two in One] The old man’s face was a picture of confusion and incomprehension; he was now on his own turf in Xianyang City.

With his cultivation realm and strength, he was confident that even the slightest movement of wind over grass could not escape his perception. Yet just now, there had clearly been a practitioner breaking through a boundary in cultivation, an unmistakable event. He had been calmly contemplating, intending to glimpse who it was, but upon arriving at the location, there was nothing to be seen.

Not even a single trace to follow. If this had occurred in any other territory, it might be a different story, but around Xianyang City, to so thoroughly elude his detection, to be so utterly imperceptible, was indeed a bizarre anomaly.

He frowned, thoroughly inspecting his surroundings before suddenly sweeping his hand, and the withered grass on either side of the road took flight.

The old man looked intently and saw tender shoots of green emerging amidst the dry grass, brimming with vibrant vitality yet subtly concealed.

With a slight gesture, the old man now held a blade of grass in his hand.

Examining the faintly green leaves, his eyebrows knitted together tightly, his fingertips lightly pinching it.

“This is clearly due to the dense vitality gained from the residual essence of heaven and earth’s spiritual energy; otherwise, how could there be such freshness…”

As he walked back, more and more fresh shoots appeared along the route, with abundant vitality visible everywhere.

His spiritual sense enveloped the entire path, scrutinizing everything as he went, determined to see where it started and where it ended.

After a good while, the old man finally came to a halt.

“Seventy-two miles, a full seventy-two miles…”

The old man was truly startled. According to his previous perception, the strength of the practitioner who had advanced was certainly remarkable, seemingly at the Heavenly Peak level, but that was all. However, the expanse of life that had benefited from the gathering spiritual essence during one breakthrough was unusually vast.

With this thought, he couldn’t help but stroke his beard, “Just who is this freak?”

Then slightly more thoughts began to stir.

It had been many years since he had returned to his ancestral home. This time, coming back to offer incense at his ancestors’ tomb, the ceremony absolutely could not be interrupted halfway.

But by the time the ceremony was over, an hour had passed, and by the time he arrived to investigate, there was no trace left.

Originally he assumed the ascendant’s strength was mediocre at best, and with his own cultivation and realm, tracking would be a trivial matter. Little did he expect the other party’s skills to be so profound that he was left clueless, with no way to start the search.

“But it doesn’t matter. The remnants of spiritual essence left by this person during their ascension are peaceful and magnificent, clearly connected to the fortunes of Great Qin. Considering they are not an outsider, and since they are near the capital… sooner or later I shall learn the truth, so there’s no need to rush in the moment.”

The old man gave a brisk laugh, then stretched out his hand and captured a segment of qi from the air.

He then vanished soundlessly, leaving no trace, just like Feng Yin, entirely unmarked.

Unlike Feng Yin who needed the assistance of big trees to leave without a trace, the old man’s comings and goings were naturally untraceable.

…

Meanwhile, Feng Yin inside the tree hollow was busily tying up bunches of cat fur.

“My goodness, this molt is way too extreme.”

Feng Yin was quite amazed.

Given the small creature’s entire weight, the amount of cat fur seemed to be catching up to it.

Undeterred, Feng Yin grabbed Feng Ying in his hands, intending to weigh him once more, but then he noticed nine fluffy tails sprouting from behind, one more than before, all neat and orderly.

Feng Yin, unable to resist, gave them a stroke.

The superbly pleasant sensation urged him to stroke them again.

And then his hand simply stayed put, caressing them without moving away.

Feng Ying was sound asleep, unaware of Feng Yin’s hands wandering over him.

He was oblivious to the fact he had reached the level of a Great Demon King, and also to the continual improprieties…

After dealing with the pocket full of cat hair, he reached into another pocket and successfully pulled out a pocketful of snake skin.

The Ghostly Soul Snake molted just once and had already done so perfectly, while the six little ones each had shed their skins three times.

A total of nineteen snake skins.

Feng Yin, pulling out so many snake skins from his pocket, was speechless.

No wonder his pockets felt like they were carrying a burlap sack stuffed with cotton!

So many bits and pieces indeed!

On closer inspection, the seven creatures, each no thicker than a chopstick, were all soundly asleep at the bottom, intertwined into twists.

“They really do… seem quite comfortable!”

Feng Yin simply gave each one of them another round of spiritual awakening, barring the little snake with a ghostly mark, the rest were awakenings of Spirit Gathering.

Moderation is key, caution is necessary. There’s plenty of time; no need to rush.

And besides, these little ones needed to return to their snake clan.

Being too contrary to the natural order… wasn’t a good thing, was it?

“Since they’re sleeping comfortably, might as well let them sleep a bit longer.”

Feng Yin murmured to himself.

Then, the thought occurred to him that, since he had awaken the little snake, he should not leave out Feng Ying. So, he gave Feng Ying a full spiritual awakening.

Having greatly advanced in strength himself, it was only fitting for Feng Ying and the little snake to take a big step forward too!

And so, the eight little ones slept silently in his pocket, oblivious to when they would wake.

Feng Yin quietly slipped out of the ancient tree, ready to seek his path towards Xianyang.

He had only walked a few steps when his expression suddenly grew severe, “Eh?”

He looked at the tender grass revealed on both sides of the road, as well as the neat rows of dry grass that had been moved to one side, and furrowed his brow.