The Sword God of the Universe
Chapter 762: Arrival at East Gate County

Chapter 762: Chapter 762: Arrival at East Gate County

"If you want the horse to run, you must feed it grass."

The core members of the dojo were all meant to pledge their loyalty to Jing Yan. Wasn’t offering them elixirs to enhance their Martial Arts Cultivation without any cost worth it?

"Everyone, if there’s nothing else, let’s disperse for now!" Jing Yan looked at the crowd.

The crowd dispersed in response.

Especially the Dao Emperor Realm Practitioners in the early and middle stages were rather anxious. Without much thought, one could guess that they would definitely start using the elixirs to cultivate as soon as they returned.

"It’s time to set off... to East Gate County!" Jing Yan narrowed his eyes, his gaze piercing through the clouds.

As long as he could rescue his father, Jing Yan would no longer have any worries.

"Alliance Hierarch!"

Just as Jing Yan was about to set out, a voice came.

Jing Yan turned around and saw that it was the Ancient Family Ancestor Yan Chao striding towards him.

"Brother Yan Chao, is there something you need?" Jing Yan turned and asked.

"Yes, just now, Chief Manager Yang Xiao from Pill Spirit City in Pill Country arrived, and he brought a group of people with him, saying they want to see you," Yan Chao nodded.

"Oh? They’ve come so soon?" Jing Yan chuckled.

After the pill conference ended, Hu Donghe bid farewell to Jing Yan and returned to Pill Spirit City. At that time, Jing Yan also asked Hu Donghe to bring a message to Jing Chenxing at the Splendid Pill Tower, asking him to come to the Holy City and open a branch of the Splendid Pill Tower here, connecting it with the Splendid Dojo.

Unexpectedly, Jing Chenxing had arrived at the Holy City so soon, and it was Chief Manager Yang Xiao who personally brought him over.

"Brother Yan Chao, where are they?" Jing Yan immediately asked.

"They are waiting in the reception room," Yan Chao answered.

The Splendid Dojo also had a reception room, where they typically received some important guests.

"I will go see them!" Jing Yan left the message before his figure vanished in front of Yan Chao.

"Uncle Chenxing, Brother Qing Yan!" When Jing Yan entered the reception room, he indeed saw Jing Chenxing and Jing Qingyan had both arrived.

Both of them had undergone great changes in their demeanor, especially Jing Qingyan, who had become much more steady and subdued. Moreover, his Martial Arts Cultivation had also stepped into the Dao Spirit Realm. This pace of martial progress could be considered quite fast.

"Jing Yan!"

The people in the room all stood up. Jing Chenxing and Jing Qingyan looked at Jing Yan with joy. They hadn’t seen Jing Yan for over a decade.

Originally, when Jing Yan was pursued by the Ancient Family Ancestor and fell into the Death Abyss, news spread throughout the Continent that Jing Yan was dead. Jing Chenxing and others had been deeply grieved. After learning that Jing Yan was still alive, they couldn’t wait to see him, but because of commitments to the Splendid Pill Tower and other reasons, they had not been able to find the time to leave Pill Country.

"Greetings to the Hall Master!" Yang Xiao greeted Jing Yan respectfully.

Yang Xiao was also filled with emotion at this moment. When Jing Yan had participated in the Alchemy Festival, he was just a promising young man making his first appearance. But now, he had grown to a level that Yang Xiao couldn’t help but look up to.

Being a Dao Emperor Realm Practitioner, a Great Alchemist King, and a Hall Master of the Holy Hall, any of these identities were far beyond what Yang Xiao could compare to.

"Brother Yang Xiao, how has it been so many years and you’ve grown so distant from me?" Jing Yan joked.

Yang Xiao’s face blushed slightly, just this one sentence from Jing Yan touched him immensely. Jing Yan had not forgotten past affections despite his strength. Reflecting on this, Yang Xiao felt his eyes becoming a bit red.

"Hall Master..." Yang Xiao’s voice trembled.

"Brother Yang Xiao, just call me by my name. Do we need such formalities between us?" Jing Yan waved his hand, interrupting Yang Xiao.

The group then engaged in casual conversation, and Jing Yan also briefly recounted his own situation. He also mentioned his idea of opening the Splendid Pill Tower in the Holy City to Jing Chenxing.

Opening a pill tower was an easy matter. Initially, Jing Yan was thinking whether to move the headquarters of Splendid Pill Tower to the Holy City but after some thought, decided not to do so.

The headquarters of the Splendid Pill Tower was good in Pill Country; there was no need to specifically relocate it to the Holy City.

"Jing Yan, leave this matter to me!" Jing Chenxing, now a prominent figure on the Heavenly Origin Continent, was the person in charge of the Splendid Pill Tower. Even in front of the large families and powers, they had to give him some respect.

And in opening a pill tower in the Holy City, with the support of the Splendid Dojo, there were no obstacles. After choosing a location for the pill tower, construction and preparations could immediately begin.

In the following days, Jing Yan personally refined some elixirs for use in the Dao Spirit Realm and Daoist Master Realm and gave them to Jing Chenxing and Jing Qingyan. These elixirs were not for sale; they were for the two to enhance their own Martial Arts Cultivation.

Of course, Yang Xiao had his share as well. The elixirs refined by Jing Yan could not be obtained even in Pill Country.

Besides refining a few batches of elixirs, Jing Yan also spent some time setting up some small Advanced Arrays as a precaution.

With all this, more than ten days had passed. Jing Yan couldn’t wait any longer. One day, without informing anyone, he quietly left the Holy City and headed to one of the eight counties controlled by the Gai Family: East Gate County.

Using the Sky Wings, Jing Yan’s speed was astonishingly fast. Within just a few days, he arrived outside East Pass County.

"Before rescuing my father, I must not alert the enemy!" Jing Yan descended from the clouds; he did not directly storm into East Pass County.

For such large ancient counties, the entire city would definitely be protected by a Big Array. If he directly entered, it wouldn’t be too difficult for Jing Yan, but doing so would undoubtedly alert the Gai Family prematurely to an intruder. Jing Yan could not take risks, especially not with his father’s life.

Therefore, Jing Yan descended honestly and entered through the city gate.

Entry went smoothly, without incident. After entering the city, Jing Yan concealed his traces and recalled the map that Saint Master Shen Chong had shown him.

"That mansion should be to the south!"

"Swoosh!"

Once he confirmed the direction and location, Jing Yan quickly closed in. In no time, he reached the mansion.

"Hmph, the mansion appears ordinary, but the guard is extremely tight, and there’s even an Advanced Array protecting it," Jing Yan snorted coldly, his eyes focused, scrutinizing the entire mansion.

Immediately after, his Divine Soul spread out, enveloping the whole mansion inside and out.

Every blade of grass within the mansion could not escape Jing Yan’s eyes.

In the mansion’s dungeon, a middle-aged man with gray hair and a beard full of stubble sat quietly in the darkness.

"Click!" A sound came, the dungeon door opened from the outside.

But the middle-aged man seemed as if he hadn’t heard the noise, remaining motionless.

From the outside, a Dao King Realm elder came in with a blackish meal tray, approaching not far from the middle-aged man. He set the tray on the ground and then kicked it; the tray made a harsh scraping sound as it slid across the floor to stop in front of the middle-aged man.

"Eat!"

"Damn it! I don’t know why the Ancestor wants to spare your wretched life!"

"Damn it, I still have to serve you every single day!" the Dao King Realm elder cursed venomously.