Chapter 2190 - 2187: The Central Region Over the Past Year and a Half
Chapter 2190: Chapter 2187: The Central Region Over the Past Year and a Half
The path of the Martial Arts Dao is destined to be a defiant one.
The journey of a Martial Artist is also destined to be long and fraught with difficulties, life and death unpredictable.
That is the rule of the Martial Arts.
And it is also destined to be the rule of this world.
The three of them, after pondering for a moment, soon returned to normalcy.
Martial Artists have their own Dao Heart.
From the moment they stepped onto the path of Martial Arts and began to advance constantly, they understood more about what it means to be a Martial Artist, and gradually knew how their future paths would unfold.
Some things were expected from the beginning.
Some things cannot be changed.
Therefore, they could only accept them peacefully and do their best.
Crack...
The three clinked their wine pots and each took a sip.
"By the way, you haven’t told me yet, how did you end up facing off against that group of Evil Cultivators?" Xiao Yi asked with a light smile.
"Eh," Qing Lin waved his hand and said, "I just took on a mission."
"On one hand, it’s a task from the Black Cloud Academy."
"On the other hand, it’s a task from Guisha City."
"About a year ago, I entered Guisha City and became a Ghost Hunter."
Qing Lin laughed, "To speak of it, this Guisha City is indeed interesting."
"In terms of competition, it’s much fiercer than outside, naturally making one grow more easily."
"During this time, I’ve killed many Evil Cultivators, and naturally, the Evil Lord Mansion has long wanted to trouble me."
"That I know," Xiao Yi chuckled.
"Qing Lin, the new Ghost Hunting King of this generation in Guisha City."
The Guisha Festival happens every year,
but a Ghost Hunting King is not born every year.
Reaching the standard of a Ghost Hunting King, especially as a young Heavenly Talent, this holds substantial weight.
Therefore, Qing Lin’s reputation had already spread throughout the Central Region.
Xiao Yi, of course, knew about it.
"Hehe," Qing Lin grinned smugly, "I, Qing Lin, am now a renowned figure in the Central Region."
Qing Lin’s cultivation has not yet reached the Peak of Supreme, but his strength is at this level.
Monsters have the power to battle at higher levels.
Additionally, Qing Lin’s Martial Soul backlash had long been treated by Xiao Yi with the Soul Power Origin.
Just like he treated Guu Lianxing’s Martial Soul back then.
And Guu Lianxing’s was a congenital disease, more troublesome instead.
While Qing Lin’s backlash was relatively easier.
A year and a half ago, although Xiao Yi left the Holy Moon Sect without bidding farewell to everyone,
he still took the time to visit Qing Lin during his travels later.
Of course, it wasn’t considered a stop in his travels; he was just on his way there to explore too.
At this moment, Qing Lin scoffed, saying, "A year ago, after you healed my Martial Soul, you vanished without a trace."
"Later, I heard rumors that said there were traces of you around the Cloud River Region."
"If I guessed right, you must have taken the Holy Daughter there to watch the Cloud Sea, capture Cloud Beasts; and only before that did you help me treat the injury."
Qing Lin glared discontentedly at Xiao Yi and Yiyi.
"Hahahaha," Xiao Yi laughed heartily.
"I just thought that your Martial Soul backlash was not too severe and wouldn’t affect your cultivation at that level, so I wasn’t in a hurry."
"What about you?" Xiao Yi looked towards Ran Qi and said, "Half a day ago, I met you in the Four Seasons Territory, how come you’re in the Breeze Territory now?"
Ran Qi shrugged and said, "Half a day ago, you just left."
"I went down to heal people from the Four Sword Sect, and later they told me there were traces of Evil Cultivators in Breeze Territory these days."
"I had an itch in my hands, so I came immediately."
"Unexpectantly, I saw Qing Lin getting besieged, so naturally, I lent a hand."
"I just didn’t expect this group of Evil Cultivators to be so strong; if you hadn’t arrived, we might have been in danger."
Ran Qi’s strength was on par with Qing Lin’s.
Over this year and a half, the two obviously had grown a lot.
And this level of Peak of Supreme strength is practically enough to walk horizontally across the Central Region.
Yet even so, the two nearly faced a life-threatening scenario earlier.
The waters in the Central Region are indeed too deep.
In this world, no one can guarantee their safety and well-being all the time.
The three, drinking heartily once again.
After a while, Qing Lin said, "During this year and a half, you have had almost no news in the Central Region."
"Always prided as an Eight Palace Martial Artist, you never paid attention to any matter of the Eight Palaces, didn’t take a single task."
"But do you know that the Eight Palaces now, on the contrary, cooperate more?"
Xiao Yi nodded, took a sip of wine, and said, "Although I haven’t contacted any of the Eight Palaces, I do know a few things."
Qing Lin smiled, "The Eight Palaces, though still divided into three major alliances as before."
"Yet, over the past year and a half, the main halls and branch halls, which never used to collaborate on tasks, have frequently assisted each other."
"The law enforcement teams of each palace have often acted in concert."
"Evidently, the relationships among the Eight Palaces have greatly eased."
"And this has led to the beast tides and demon beast disasters in various parts of the Central Region being greatly restrained in a short time."
Xiao Yi nodded in agreement.
Ran Qi said sternly, "Speaking of which, it’s been a long time since we’ve heard of any large-scale or human Martial Artist casualties in beast tide battles."
"In the past, the Eight Palaces existed, yet each acted independently."
"Now, there’s much intelligence sharing, law enforcement dispatches, and allocation of Martial Artist forces, preventing redundancy and excess."
"Over this year plus, the force of the Eight Palaces is truly impressive."
"Who would have thought that when these eight colossal entities truly joined forces, the power unleashed would far exceed that of the Eight Main Halls combined, quickly suppressing the demon beast havoc which troubled various regions of the Central Region."
The combined force of the Eight Palaces is absolutely far greater than the sum of the Eight Main Halls.
"Isn’t this great?" Xiao Yi smiled.
Qing Lin’s expression turned serious again, "The demon beasts can’t become a climate."
"But over the past year and a half, there have been many major events in the Central Region."
Qing Lin glanced at Ran Qi and said, "First, there’s the matter of the Eighteen Mansions’ Young Master Ye Liu’s death."
"Then, there’s the matter of the two Academic Palaces starting a war."
"A few months ago, Heavenly Que Academy suddenly went to war with the Five Fools Academy."
"The war lasted for ten full days and nights, ending with the extermination of the Five Fools Academy."
"Heavenly Que Academy lost seventy percent of their elders and academy seniors; while the Five Fools Academy was completely wiped out, including the Old Dean and all disciples, everyone perished."
"I heard that the Chief of the Five Fools, Linghu Wang escaped, but his whereabouts are still unknown."
Ran Qi nodded, "This event shocked the entire Central Region."
"The Five Great Academies, one is directly removed, another severely injured; in other words, the Five Great Academies are nearly in name only, with only Heavenly Hidden, Golden Dawn, and Bright Illusion remaining intact."
"Although I heard, for some reason, these three also have had many inexplicable frictions."
Xiao Yi chuckled, "I’m not deaf or blind; although I don’t concern myself with affairs in the Central Region, it’s not like I don’t know."
"I have heard quite a bit about these matters too, but I’m just too lazy to mind them."
Qing Lin said solemnly, "Don’t you feel that the Central Region now is becoming increasingly troublesome?"
"I know," Xiao Yi nodded, "Over the past year and a half, the Central Region has become increasingly unpredictable and turbulent."
Ran Qi said gravely, "I’ve heard that the day is changing, what exactly is happening?"
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The third update.
Today’s update, complete.