Chapter 1577: Rising Fame
Translator: Lordbluefire Editor: Lordbluefire
"The Yan Clan is going to lose the first round."
The eyes of the spectators flashed with sharpness, understanding in their hearts.
Yan Zhong and the other Yan Clan's experts could also tell. Di Tian's formation breaking methods were truly powerful, directly manifesting a heavenly hammer as he smashed down with it. This heavenly hammer seemed to be formed from his astral soul and could incorporate runic diagrams into its attack. And because Di Tian was proficient in sealing-attribute arts, he was extremely suitable for breaking formations.
And as expected, not too long after, the formation was sealed completely. For the first round, the Yan Clan lost the challenge.
For the formation inscribed by Di Tian, the old man from the Yan Clan was clearly no longer as relaxed. His emperor resonance was first sealed. After that, boundless sealing light seeped into his body, sealing his law energy. Even the astral energy circulating in his body began to be sealed. This caused his combat prowess to continuously weaken. Those outside the formation couldn't experience this personally, therefore they wouldn't understand.
"Grandmaster Di, victory and defeat is already determined. It should be enough, right?" Yan Zhong spoke, indicating that Di Tian should release the old man.
"He is deep inside the formation. Everything is too late." Di Tian spoke. As the sound of his voice faded, swords of sealing materialized one after another as they frenziedly stabbed into the body of the Yan Clan's expert. That mid-stage emperor was actually helpless to defend against it. After a few moments, his body fell onto the ground, dead.
At this moment, the entire atmosphere turned silent as everyone stared at Di Tian in shock. He actually killed the old man.
This Grandmaster Di Tian actually killed a mid-stage emperor from the Yan Clan who was also a grandmaster in the dao of formations. Also, he did so in the Yan Clan's territory. How truly audacious was this?
"How dare you!" The experts of the Yan Clan angrily roared, their expressions as cold as ice. In fact, several of them stepped out.
"Why? You guys can't afford to lose?" Di Tian swept his glance at them.
"Step down." Yan Zhong berated, blocking his clansman. The experts of the Yan Clan all had unsightly expressions, glaring at Di Tian.
"Grandmaster Di, you wanted to challenge us, I graciously invited you over. However, are you trying to make an enemy out of my Yan Clan by doing this?" Yan Zhong's voice turned cold. A mid-stage immortal emperor grandmaster to their Yan Clan, was also considered a great loss. Also, he was killed in public. From this, one could very well imagine Yan Zhong's current feelings.
"Real men don't sneak around, why must you act like a hypocrite? A few days ago I was cultivating at my residence, minding my own business but somebody from your Yan Clan came over to provoke me, even injuring my serving girl. I naturally had to come and seek justice for her. But even before I could enter the Yan Clan, there was already a formation outside the entrance waiting for me. After I entered, you guys said that we would be sparring, but the first round, you all actually created a killing formation? What does this mean?" Di Tian directly shot back. "If it wasn't so, I, Di, wouldn't have created a killing formation as well. If I was the one who died, I'm sure the Yan Clan wouldn't show any sympathy at all. You guys would only think I was overestimating myself and wanted to court death, right?"
Everyone felt their hearts trembling when they heard Di Tian's words. He was right, the truth was so. The Yan Clan was the one who first created the killing formation, their intent couldn't be more obvious. Sadly, their formation was broken by Di Tian, and the expert they sent to accept the challenge, died in Di Tian's formation.
Although the truth was such, but the Yan Clan was still an aristocrat clan. Di Tian's domineering reply was equivalent to smacking their faces, he was truly audacious.
Also, did Di Tian really come here just to seek justice for his serving girl?
Everyone knew it was not so simple but that serving girl of Di Tian couldn't help but to feel touched as warm currents flowed in her heart after she heard that. She had a faint look of pride when she stared at the back of her master.
Di Tian directly tore face, the Yan Clan had been completely shamed. All of them were radiating killing intent.
"Since you put it this way, don't blame my Yan Clan for being ruthless. How do you intend to fight the second round?" Yan Zhong coldly asked.
"Martial Formation." Di Tian calmly replied. Yan Zhong then called out, "Yan Mu, you will be the one to accept his challenge."
"Sure." A voice drifted over from afar. After that, a figure from the Yan Clan could be seen soaring through the air.
"Grandmaster Yan Mu." The eyes of everyone flickered. This Yan Mu was extremely famous with very high attainments in the dao of formations. He is a respected senior and clearly since he didn't appear here at the beginning, he had not planned to accept any challenges. Yet now, he was forced to accept the second round's challenge by Di Tian.
"Grandmaster Yan Mu's formations are truly very strong, he is able to instantly form a formation. Since he is the one representing the Yan Clan in the battle of martial formations, this Di Tian would surely be in danger. Why does the Yan Clan feel like they are being bullied?" Everyone mused silently but they naturally wouldn't dare to say anything. Since all cordial relations have already been severed, the Yan Clan naturally wouldn't be polite to Di Tian. It was understandable that they sent out an extremely powerful expert.
Yan Mu was very old, he had a head full of white hair, but his cultivation was undoubtedly strong. The aura gushing from him caused a faint pressure to bore down on the atmosphere. He stood in the air and the long robes he wore fluttered without wind. His spirited eyes stared at Di Tian, "A mere junior, yet you have no idea about how to keep a low profile? How can our Yan Clan, who has stood strong for so many years, be something you can provoke?"
The eyes revealed outside Di Tian's mask were exceptionally cold. He stared at Yan Mu, "You are already old."
These few simple words contained an immense contempt within. Yan Mu's expression grew colder. Resplendent emperor light cascaded from the sky down to him as he soared higher up into the air.
Di Tian similarly stepped out, astral light cascaded on him. Despite them being extremely high up in the air, everyone could still clearly see the two resplendent figures.
Yan Mu was similarly proficient in sword-attribute energy. Sword, controlled the aspect of killing. For grandmasters who were proficient in sword-law, their attacking formations naturally wouldn't be weak. Since this was a martial formation challenge, none of the challengers were allowed to use innate techniques. They had to cross blows using the might of their formations.
Yan Mu pressed his palm forward. Instantly, strands of emperor light interweaved, forming a runic diagram in the shape of a sword. Runic characters that represented the word 'sword', appeared in the surroundings, permeating the atmosphere with so much sharpness that they seemed to be able to tear the world apart.
The might of his sword formation was about to press down on Di Tian.
Around Di Tian, boundless light from sword-law energy cascaded down. His astral energy formed countless runes which arranged themselves into numerous gates of sealing. He sealed the space around him. And when the terrifying sword might slashed over, they actually failed to slash the sturdy gates of sealing apart.
Yan Mu naturally wouldn't waste time. He grabbed out with his hand as boundless runic light interweaved into a hole. A countless number of swords were formed within that hole in the void, their sword qi forming into a fearsome tempest that gushed towards Di Tian.
Di Tian's hands were busy folding incantation gestures. His constellation appeared behind him, as the area around him was flooded with light. From a certain angle, it looked like snowflakes were falling around Di Tian. They seemed powerless, yet they gave Yan Mu a sense of unease.
"Seal!" Di Tian spoke. The law energy that resembled floating snow instantly transformed into runes, establishing a formation. A fearsome sealing prison enveloped this entire battlefield, causing Yan Mu to stiffen. He had no way to sense the connection between him and his constellation. The entire space around him seemed to have been sealed, yet Di Tian was not under the same restriction. Was this because this seal was created by him? The astral light continued cascading down, reinforcing the sealing prison.
"BREAK!" The terrifying sword formation of Yan Mu formed waves of sword qi, trying to tear the prison apart. However, Di Tian actually walked out from the gates of sealing around him at this moment. He pointed his finger forward, the terrifying sealing prison actually shrank continuously as the energy within became even more concentrated as it shot towards Yan Mu.
Yan Mu's attacks simply couldn't destroy the seals. He roared in rage, he had completely forgotten the agreement that neither side was supposed to use innate techniques. He unleashed all his strength, but Qin Wentian's seals had already engulfed him.
"Yan Mu!" Yan Zhong's countenance changed. From afar, everyone only saw the prison directly shrank to the size of a pinpoint of light. With a rumbling sound, it completely exploded and Yan Mu disappeared along with the implosion of the sealing prison, most assuredly dead.
A famous grandmaster from the Yan Clan was killed in the battlefield by Di Tian.
Numerous powerful auras gushed forth from the Yan Clan as many peak-stage immortal emperors stepped out. Their killing intent soared up into the sky, their eyes were extremely cold as they stared at Di Tian.
Di Tian was just an initial-stage immortal emperor. Although he had some fame, the Yan Clan thought it was already sufficient if they sent out an elder to crush him. However, the person they sent out actually died. They consecutively lost two grandmasters.
Although the Yan Clan was a formations aristocrat clan, they also couldn't afford to bear such losses. This was especially so for the case of Yan Mu. He had an extraordinary status in the Yan Clan but he actually died during the second challenge round.
For the spectators, everyone felt their hearts trembling while a notion appeared in their mind.
Di Tian was truly going to be famous. Also, previously he was only slightly famous but after today, his name would definitely spread through the entire central city region. For such a powerful grandmaster, there was undoubtedly going to be many major powers keen to recruit him.
This Grandmaster Di did have the capabilities and he was also very confident in himself. Hence, was this the reason why he chose the Yan Clan to be his stepping stone?
Naturally, the person from the Yan Clan who went to his residence to tell him to come to the gathering, might have been overly rude, causing Di Tian to make this decision.
In any case, along with Yan Mu's death, Di Tian's rise to fame was no longer obstructable.
Despite there being three rounds of challenges, he had already won two. This can be considered that he had already defeated the Yan Clan. Also, he was only one man, yet he was confident enough to propose three rounds of challenges – formation breaking, martial and battle formations. From this, one could see how high his attainments in the dao of formations are. Wasn't it an irony that the Yan Clan wanted to invite him to participate in a gathering where only elites among the unaffiliated grandmasters could merely become their guest elders? No wonder Di Tian was angered.
Many of the experts from the Yan Clan then stepped out, wanting to surround Di Tian.
Di Tian's eyes flashed, his black eyes were like ice. The cold mask on his face actually caused everyone to feel a slight chill in their hearts.
He had truly come here because he wanted his fame to rise. As long as a powerful grandmaster became famous, he would naturally receive more attention, allowing himself to get better preferential treatment no matter where he wanted to go. At that time, he would easily become a valuable guest of the peak powers in Lifire City.
The Yan Aristocrat Clan, had truly rammed into a steel board this time!
Chapter 1578: True Gate of Sealing
Translator: Lordbluefire Editor: Lordbluefire
Grandmaster Di would definitely be famous. However, if he died, there was no meaning for a dead person becoming famous.
Even if he failed in the three challenges, it wouldn't have affected his rise to fame. But what if he was dead? He consecutively killed two grandmasters from the Yan Clan and the hatred between both sides was set in stone. The Yan Clan would kill him for sure. Hence, for the last challenge round, Di Tian would surely be defeated because the Yan Clan would surely send out someone far above his league to crush him.
Before Di Tian challenged the Yan Clan, no one would have expected such an ending. Even the Yan Clan didn't imagine this. If not, they wouldn't have reacted like that, even allowing Di Tian to enter. After today, the name of their Yan Clan would surely become a joke in the eyes of others.
Staring at the surrounding Yan Clan experts, Di Tian's eyes were cold. Earlier when he killed the first grandmaster, the situation was already like this. But this time around, the killing intent by the Yan Clan was more intense. Two powerful mid-stage emperor grandmasters were truly a huge loss to the Yan Clan.
"Things are getting lively here, what's going on? I just coincidentally arrived and came to take a look." A straight-forward sounding voice drifted over. Somebody was flying through the air, heading towards this direction. His voice broke the silence, clearly he wasn't someone ordinary. Everyone including Yan Mu turned their eyes over, and many people could recognize this young man.
"Someone from the Mo Clan." The eyes of everyone narrowed. The Mo Clan was the same as the Yan Clan, they were an aristocrat clan that specialized in formations and were also located in the central city regions of Lifire City. Their clan was very strong, strong enough to contend against the Yan Clan. This man who just appeared, was an elder with a very high status of the Mo Clan, at the peak-stage of the immortal emperor realm.
"Mo Fei." Yan Zhong frowned when he saw this man. "What are you doing here?"
"Haha, I was just passing by and heard that there was a show to watch. Hence, I came in. No one from your Yan Clan stopped me, what a courteous host you guys are. To think that the moment I came, I had already witnessed such a fascinating battle." Mo Fei laughed. He glanced over at Di Tian and clasped his hands, "I've long heard that a mysterious grandmaster appeared in our central city regions and long wanted to meet with you. I'm Mo Fei from the Mo Clan, Grandmaster Di's attainments in the dao of formations truly cause one to be impressed."
Everyone had disdain in their hearts. Although the words were polite, if it wasn't for Di Tian's performance today, how could someone of Mo Fei's status wish to meet with him? But the truth was as such, if you wanted people to respect you, you had to show your capabilities or else, why would people waste time on you? Cultivators were all extremely busy people.
"Senior praises me too much." Di Tian nodded to Mo Fei.
"Not at all, your proficiency in formations is truly high. You are merely at the initial-stage of the immortal emperor realm yet you can already win against Yan Mu of the Yan Clan. If your cultivation base increases by another step, most probably no one would be your rival in terms of formations." Another voice suddenly rang out. The crowd then saw another person surrounded by his subordinates who just walked up on a platform. This caused many people to draw in a deep breath, it was another person from an aristocrat clan. Although his clan wasn't a clan that specialized in formations, the strength level of his clan was extremely high.
More and more experts appeared, sitting at the spectator stands. The guards from the entrance hurriedly came to report the arrival of more experts. Although they had reported it once earlier, but there were more and more people appearing, so much that they had no choice but to do so.
"There's even someone from the central governor's manor." There were some who gazed in a certain direction. Quite a few people with terrifying auras sat together, they were from the governor's manor. One of them was even a vice governor.
The governor's manor in the central city regions wasn't like the northern governor's manor which lacked imposingness and prestige in the eyes of others. With Governor Xia Hou leading, everyone in the central city regions didn't dare to antagonize them. Every time when tribute day came, the major powers would take the initiative to pay up. No one would dare to cause trouble at all.
The people of the governor's manor had arrived. Unless Di Tian died in the midst of the third challenge, in the battle of warring formations, if not, there was no way the Yan Clan could kill him. The Yan Clan wouldn't kill Di Tian before the eyes of the governor's manor just for revenge, or they would be breaking the city laws.
Death in the competition was something agreed upon by both sides. If one was killed, it would only mean that that person was useless.
The experts of the Yan Clan stepped back. It was no longer possible for them to kill Di Tian directly, and they could only depend on the final challenge round.
"Yan Feng, for the warring formation battle, you will represent us." Yan Zhong spoke. After that, a middle-aged person walked out from the Yan Clan. His eyes were spirited, terrifying to the extreme as killing intent radiated from him. When he stared at Di Tian, Di Tian could actually feel the fire of his eyes.
"The Yan Clan is truly shameless to send Grandmaster Yan Feng to accept the third challenge." Everyone felt speechless when they saw this.
Yan Feng could be said to be a pillar of the Yan Clan. He had a peak-stage immortal emperor cultivation base, two stages higher compared to Di Tian. Was it fair if they competed in warring formations?
This was basically bullying Di Tian.
"As expected, the Yan Clan wants Grandmaster Di to die." Everyone understood this point. Grandmaster Yan Feng himself stepped out for battle. From this, one could very well tell how strong the Yan Clan's determination to kill Di Tian was.
Many major characters who came here all quietly watched, not intending to interfere. This was, after all, a battle between Di Tian and the Yan Clan, something that both sides agreed to. In that case, no one could stop it. Di Tian had to fulfil his obligations, he could very well admit defeat if he felt that he was inferior.
"Grandmaster Di Tian, Yan Feng has a peak-stage immortal emperor cultivation base, it's only normal to lose if you fight him in warring formations. If you cannot persist on, just admit defeat directly. I believe with Yan Feng's strength and status, he wouldn't make things difficult for you." Mo Fei laughed, his words causing the people of the Yan Clan to look coldly at him. However, Mo Fei ignored them all with a smile on his face.
"Many thanks for your reminder. If I cannot defeat him, I will naturally concede." Di Tian's voice was very calm. He had black hair and was dressed in black, with a silver mask on his face that radiated a cold and sharp aura, as well as a faint hint of arrogance.
"Please." Although Yan Feng appeared polite, his voice was extremely sinister, filled with killing intent. He then stepped upon one of the many platforms here.
Di Tian's silhouette flashed, directly appearing on the platform in front of Yan Feng.
Warring formations were different from battle formations. They had to first create their runic formation before they competed with each other to see which formation was stronger.
Astral light cascaded down, raining upon Yan Feng and Di Tian. The light radiating from Yan Feng was extremely terrifying, boundless law energy circulated around him, flaring so brightly that they resembled heavenly fire. The light engulfed his platform, the divine inscriptions started to interweave together as a tyrannical aura gushed forth. Although he was just starting to inscribe his formation, a terrifying destructive might could already be felt from it.
Yet Di Tian didn't seem to notice. He was completely immersed in the formation he was inscribing.
He came here for the sake of becoming famous. As long as he defeated the Yan Clan, his reputation as a formations grandmaster would naturally circulate throughout Lifire City.
It was just that he didn't expect the Yan Clan would inscribe a killing formation right at the first round. Since this was the case, he already understood their intent. He then decided to pay them back in their own coin and killed his opponent.
Di Tian didn't mind creating a huge mess, blowing the matter out of proportions. At the same time, he also didn't mind his opponent having a higher cultivation base. The greater the disparity, the greater the amount of fame he would gain. It would only be extremely advantageous towards his cultivation in Lifire City in the future.
The atmosphere became exceptionally silent. Everyone was waiting patiently. Finally, rows of terrifying runes flowed around the platform Yan Feng was at. He stood up there and stared in Di Tian's direction. His spirited eyes flashed with an unmasked killing intent as though he wanted nothing more than to slaughter Di Tian immediately. He didn't want to waste any time.
Not too long after, Di Tian's formation had also finished. Boundless sealing power flowed on his platform as law energy cascaded down from the sky.
"Can we start the battle formations?" Yan Feng icily asked.
"Make your move." Di Tian nodded, he was already prepared.
As the sound of his voice faded, the platform Yan Feng was at produced balls of terrifying black-colored flames. Each of them contained a startling amount of destructive energy, and there was even thunder-attributed law energy mixed within. In fact, the law attributes of frost were inside as well. A flame with both the aspect of heat and chill actually appeared within a single formation. This was truly extremely terrifying.
Yan Feng waved his hand, the balls of flames started dancing in the air, they converged together, forming a fiery storm that engulfed everything, shooting straight for Di Tian. In just an instant, the tempest of flames completely engulfed Di Tian's platform.
Everyone's expression stiffened. This Grandmaster Yan Feng didn't even want to give Di Tian any chance, he wanted to incinerate him completely.
The gaze of many experts who came here later, stiffened in awe when they saw this. As expected of Grandmaster Yan Feng. Within his killing formation, even peak-stage immortal emperors would find it hard to survive. This Di Tian was too arrogant and he had underestimated Yan Feng. No one could tell if Di Tian was able to survive this or not.
As they sensed the destructive might permeating the area around Di Tian's platform, many of them believed that Di Tian would die for sure. What a pity.
When Di Tian saw the tempest of flames gushing over, he also felt shocked in his heart. Was this the capabilities of a peak-stage immortal emperor who was a formations grandmaster? Destructive balls of flames that contained heat, frost and thunder. Not only so, the excess flames even turned into white tigers, true dragons, horned snakes, as they lunged at him.
Di Tian still had a calm look on his face. With a stomp of his foot, numerous gates of sealing appeared one after another with unbelievable speed. The gates of sealing then shot towards different directions, converging together to form a perfect wall of defense. When the tempest of flames closed in, their energy was instantly sealed away as their power level weakened.
But even so, many of the sealing gates he created were destroyed in return. He wasn't able to completely seal off such a powerful killing formation.
Di Tian's hands moved about in the air, manifesting a countless number of sealing diagrams which soared into the air. All of them actually stacked with each other, forming a true gate of sealing that constantly expanded in size, becoming larger than the entire platform. Within this true gate of sealing, there seemed to be another dimension. When the destructive flame creatures lunged over, all of them were absorbed into it, turning into nothingness! That true gate of sealing was like a bottomless hole, capable of absorbing all destructive energies!
Chapter 1579: Recruit
Translator: Lordbluefire Editor: Lordbluefire
"What a powerful sealing technique."
"This is a grand sealing formation and it simply could be said that it has reached great heights, proving Grandmaster Di's attainments in the dao of formations. Inside this formation, he can handle peak-stage immortal emperors as he wishes."
Everyone here was incomparably shocked when they saw this scene. All of them could feel how terrifying Yan Feng's formation was, but Di Tian actually managed to negate it. From this, one could tell how fearsome the sealing formation he created was. But the power of his formation was secondary. What was most important was his talent and potential. Right now, he could even contend against a peak-stage emperor in formation arts despite him merely being an initial-stage immortal emperor.
In that case, in the future after he grows in strength, breaking through to the mid-stage or peak-stage, wouldn't he be invincible? At that time, his status in Lifire City would surely be transcendent.
The expressions of people of the Yan Clan were extremely unsightly. They were an aristocrat clan that specialized in formations and naturally understood how high Di Tian's attainments were. But the more it was so, the more they wanted to destroy him. Hence, Yan Feng's attack grew more berserk. Although that true gate of sealing was like a bottomless hole, it didn't mean that it was truly without limit. After all, the phenomenon was sustained by this formation. When an attack's power reached a certain limit, he would still be able to destroy it.
Formations are extremely mystical. Without breaching their limit, no one would be able to break it, the true gate of sealing manifested by Di Tian's formation was able to last indefinitely.
Yan Feng's flames grew in intensity, he didn't want to give Di Tian any opportunity at all. Di Tian was completely focused on defense, his hands moved about in the air as more sealing diagrams flew out. In fact, right now, there were many pairs of terrifying eyes that appeared in his surroundings. These were all eyes of sealing, they were boundlessly deep and the light radiating from them was capable of sealing his opponent's attacks.
The space between the two platforms became a magnificent sight. This was especially so for the platform Di Tian was on. He merged attacking aspects into his defense and colors of all sorts flowed about, the amount of power radiating from the formation was sufficient to easily decimate a mid-stage immortal emperor and could even threaten peak-stage emperors.
"For this challenge round, I admit defeat." Di Tian suddenly spoke calmly, it was like he didn't mind conceding at all.
"Hu…" Many drew in a deep breath. Has he finally admitted defeat? But this ending was within their expectations. By being able to persist so long when fighting against Yan Feng's killing formation, it was already very excellent.
As for being defeated…?
Today, for this challenge, it was undoubtedly that the Yan Clan was the loser. One could even say that they lost very badly, they suffered a crushing defeat.
"The battle has yet to end, what do you mean by conceding?" Yan Feng icily spoke. He pointed his finger forward as the energy from his formation grew even more violent. He floated in the air above his platform, his entire body radiated a towering destructive might.
The eyes of many people flashed. Mo Fei from the Mo Clan laughed coldly, he then stood up, "Di Tian has already admitted defeat and the battle should be over. The Yan Clan is, after all, a famous aristocrat clan but your actions today are truly shameful, lacking of grace and elegance."
"What has the matters of my Yan Clan got to do with you?" An elder turned to Mo Fei. Both the Yan Clan and Mo Clan were formations-oriented aristocrat clans, there were naturally conflict and competition between them.
In addition, the Mo Clan wasn't like the other major powers of Lifire City, they didn't need to depend on the Yan Clan at all. They themselves were already proficient in inscribing formations, hence they didn't need to worry about offending the Yan Clan. The other powers here also felt the Yan Clan couldn't afford to lose, but many of them didn't dare to say anything. If not in the future, when they needed to depend on the Yan Clan, they might very well be ignored.
"Grandmaster Yan Feng's attainments in the dao of formations is truly formidable. It's just that it wouldn't be easy if you wish to defeat Grandmaster Di Tian. Since you cannot determine victory or defeat in a short time and Grandmaster Di has already conceded, the match should stop now." Another voice rang out. The people from the Yan Clan glanced over and saw the people from the governor's manor. The one who spoke was a deputy general under Central Governor Xia Hou.
Even the people from the governor's manor have spoken. The hearts of the Yan Clan sank. Seems like the governor's manor wanted to recruit this unaffiliated Grandmaster Di.
Indeed, for an outstanding formations grandmaster who was currently unaffiliated, there would be no lack of people wanting to pull him over.
"Yan Feng, enough." The old man from the Yan Clan spoke. Yan Feng's expression sank but he had no choice but to comply. The destructive might from him gradually dissipated as the flames vanished. His eyes were still coldly staring at Di Tian, his killing intent as sharp as ever.
However, Di Tian didn't care about that. He clasped his hands to the Yan Clan's experts, "Today's guidance has been truly beneficial, please forgive me if I had offended you all with my actions. The Yan Clan is truly an aristocrat clan that specializes in formations, I, Di, am deeply impressed. Let's forget all the unpleasant things that occurred between us. I believe that as an aristocrat clan, the Yan Clan would definitely be magnanimous enough."
Everyone stared at bewilderment at Di Tian. This fellow suddenly became polite?
The Di Tian earlier was extremely brazen, his tone filled with absolute arrogance. Right now, even the Yan Clan's people were taken aback when they heard him.
However after they thought about it, they instantly understood. Seems like they were right. Di Tian has already achieved his purpose, there was no longer a need to treat the Yan Clan as his enemies and if he could resolve the grudge between them, that would naturally be the best.
"Hmph." Yan Feng snorted coldly, feeling extremely unhappy. He wanted to resolve the grudge? After killing two Yan Clan's grandmasters and stomping on their reputation, he wanted to resolve everything with just a few words? This Di Tian might be thinking through things too simply.
The people of the Yan Clan were all coldly staring at Di Tian. When he saw this scene, Di Tian didn't feel it was strange, but he didn't care too much. Although he came here to borrow the Yan Clan to rise to fame, it was the Yan Clan who was disrespectful first. Since you don't want to respect me, why must I respect you? You want to inscribe a killing formation? I'll do the same as well.
Now the situation was the same as well. He was okay to bury the hatchet but if the Yan Clan didn't want to and tries to kill him in the future, he will simply pay them back in their own coin.
"Farewell." Di Tian clasped his hands and destroyed the formation he created as he turned and left.
"Grandmaster Di Tian. I, Mo Fei, am extremely impressed with Grandmaster Di's attainments in the dao of formations. My Mo Clan is also a formations-oriented aristocrat clan, if you have the time, please come for an exchange in our Mo Clan, we would both benefit from the experience." Mo Fei smiled, causing the faces of the Yan Clan to turn more unsightly. Before leaving their territory, their enemies already wanted to start recruiting Di Tian?
"Right, if I have the time, I'll head to the Mo Clan for a visit." Di Tian smiled.
"Brother Di, I'm someone from the Han Clan in Lifire City, if you are free in the future, you are very welcome to visit our Han Clan." Another person from a major power smiled, indicating his good will.
"Sure, I will." Di Tian nodded. Many of the powers here no longer care about the Yan Clan as they all spoke out, wanting to pull Di Tian closer to them. Di Tian replied amicably, accepting all requests. This caused everyone to feel that he was not as cold as they thought previously but was an extremely friendly individual.
After the spectators left, many experts of the Yan Clan had ashened expressions and were speechless.
"In the future, how should we deal with him?" Finally, someone asked, breaking the silence.
"This time, he made use of our Yan Clan to rise to fame, attracting the attention of the other major powers. If we deal with him now, the governor's manor would surely suspect us. Let's just observe for now." The old man from the Yan Clan sighed. It wasn't a simple matter to kill a grandmaster. Let alone such a famous one.
Just like what everyone expected, Di Tian rose to fame after the visit to the Yan Clan. Out of the three rounds, he won two and conceded one. Even the peak-stage emperor, Grandmaster Yan Feng, had no way to kill Di Tian in a short period of time.
A mere initial-stage immortal emperor actually reached such a stage just by borrowing power from his formation. From this, one could see how highly talented he was. In an instant, the residence where Di Tian was staying at was flooded by gifts sent by the major powers in Lifire City. All of them wanted to recruit him as a guest elder, or seek his help to inscribe formations.
Di Tian still stayed in the courtyard and was extremely busy day and night. So busy that even his serving girl felt extremely fatigued.
At this moment, in the courtyard, the serving girl brought out many interspatial rings and handed them to Di Tian. "Sir, there are so many gifts here. You truly refuse no one, and accepted everything they gave."
"They are all gifts that were given to me willingly are they not? Why shouldn't we accept them?" Di Tian inclined his head as a faint smile flickered in his revealed eyes. The serving girl stared at him in a daze, it was very rare to see such a smile in Qin Wentian's eyes.
"In any case, these people sent these gifts merely to indicate their sincerity, they are not really considered valuable gifts at all. If they think they can bribe me with these gifts, it would truly be an insult to their intelligence. They just wanted to show that they are friendly. By accepting these gifts, we are telling them that we are acquainted with them and they can look for me if they want to in the future. This is an ending both sides wanted." Di Tian explained.
"Seems like you have already thought everything through. Sir, you were already prepared to earn an astronomical amount of cultivation resources." The serving girl sat down in front of Di Tian, her hands propping up her chin. She stared at Di Tian as she softly asked, "Sir, can you remove your mask and show me your face?"
Di Tian looked at the little serving girl, "I'm too ugly, I will frighten you."
The serving girl shook her head, "I don't believe so. Sir should be young and very good-looking. You must be worried because your talent is too shocking, hence you wore the mask."
"You really know how to talk." Di Tian smiled.
"Central Governor Xia Hou is here for a visit to Grandmaster Di Tian." Outside the courtyard, a voice drifted over. Di Tian's eyes flashed and glanced over there with a smile, "Welcome him in."
"Governor Xia actually came personally." The serving girl was surprised and hurried out to welcome him in. Very soon, Governor Xia Hou was brought in as he sat down.
"Sir governor coming here personally truly brings light to my humble dwelling." Di Tian clasped his hands. His original self has met Xia Hou before and was even insulted by Xia Hou. He naturally would recognize who Xia Hou was.
Back then in the Lifire Palace, Xia Hou was arrogant to the extreme. But now, he actually came here personally, causing Di Tian to be surprised.
"You are too polite. I've long heard about Grandmaster Di's achievements. I'm really impressed." Governor Xia Hou smiled. "Today, I came here for a visit and I won't beat around the bush. Our governor's manor lacks talented people like you. Di Tian, if you are willing to join the governor's manor, I will directly make you a vice governor. You will even have the chance to come in contact with the Lifire Empyrean when the time comes. In the future, I can guarantee that out of the five governors in Lifire City, one of the positions will belong to you."
Chapter 1580: Di Tian's Ambitions
Translator: Lordbluefire Editor: Lordbluefire
Xia Hou's words were extremely direct, but he wasn't exaggerating. Given Di Tian's displayed attainment in the dao of formations, if he enters the mid-stage immortal emperor realm in the future, he would have the qualifications to become one of the five governors of Lifire City. Naturally, the prerequisite was that he had to obtain the Lifire Empyrean's trust.
"But, what benefits would that bring to Governor Xia Hou?" Di Tian asked.
"I precisely need talented subordinates to aid me. After all, it's impossible for me to stay in this position forever. I also wish to climb higher." Xia Hou replied, his style as direct as ever.
"I understand Governor Xia Hou's meaning. It's just that I, Di Tian, have already been used to this idyllic lifestyle, free and unrestrained. I don't like to be bound by restrictions and hence, I can only thank Governor Xia Hou for your kind intentions." Since the other party was so straightforward, Di Tian didn't wish to beat around the bush too. He directly rejected. What a joke, wanting him to be Xia Hou's subordinate?
His original self was the northern governor, someone of equal standings with the Central Governor, Xia Hou. Xia Hou wanted to recruit him with just the position of a vice governor?
"Di Tian, although your attainments in formations are high, you should understand that this place is Lifire City. Lifire City is in the Lifelong Realm, and the true hegemon here is the Lifelong Realmlord. Only by entering the governor's manor, can you be truly considered to have true authority, having a chance to rise up into the sky." Xia Hou persuaded.
"I have my own thoughts on this." Di Tian's expression didn't change.
"Each to his own then. Since this is the case, I won't persuade you any longer. Farewell." Governor Xia Hou stated.
After that, he directly turned and left, no longer as polite as he was when he first came. After all, his status was evident, he came and personally invited Di Tian yet he was still rejected. He would naturally feel a loss of face.
"Governor Xia Hou, have a good trip back." Di Tian spoke, sending Xia Hou away with his gaze while coldly smiling in his heart. As expected, a person's personality wouldn't change easily. His true self has already sensed Xia Hou's arrogance when they were at the Lifire Palace, how could that be masked so easily?
"Sir, you really plan to reject it?" The serving girl blinked. Governor Xia Hou personally came to invite him, wanting to recruit him as a vice governor yet Di Tian simply rejected like that despite the temptation.
"Vice governor?" Di Tian laughed, "Maybe, I would reconsider if he wanted to give me his position."
The serving girl froze when she heard that. After that, she heard Di Tian continue to speak, "Little Zhu, let's go out for a walk."
"Where to?" The serving girl asked.
"The Mo Clan has already sent people to visit me twice. We should return the greeting and head there for a visit." Di Tian smiled. The serving girl nodded. She was naturally happy given Di Tian's current status. In Lifire City, an initial-stage immortal emperor couldn't be considered a significant character and was very common. However, Di Tian was most assuredly a major character with many powerful sects and clans paying a visit to him.
She still remembered back then, that person of the Yan Clan came by and arrogantly told Di Tian to head to the Yan Clan for a gathering of unaffiliated grandmasters where only the elite among them could become the Yan Clan's guest elders. Right now, Di Tian was paying a visit to the Mo Clan, a clan on the same level as the Yan Clan and he is going there in the capacity of a valuable guest. The situation truly changed swiftly, but Di Tian still seemed extremely calm.
…
The Mo Clan naturally would welcome Di Tian's arrival. Mo Fei, an elder of the Mo Clan, personally came out to receive him and when Di Tian entered the entrance, a grand banquet was immediately arranged just for him.
In the banquet, many major characters of the Mo Clan arrived. The person in the host seat was naturally the Mo Clan's clan leader, Mo Ting.
Mo Ting looked below forty in age, he was extremely spirited and the lines of his face were very clear and deep. When he was younger, he must have been very good looking.
"Di Tian. Mo Fei thinks very highly of you. I really want to see what sort of character you are, being able to cause the Yan Clan to lose so much face when merely at the initial-stage of the immortal emperor realm." Mo Ting laughed, lifting his cup to toast Di Tian.
"Clan leader praises me too much, I'm only lucky. Yan Feng's attainments are truly high." Di Tian returned the toast as he smiled.
"What cultivation base does Yan Feng have? He is a peak-stage emperor and has already been famous for many years. As for you, although you are masked, I can tell that you should be very young. In the future, let alone Yan Feng, even the entire Yan Clan cannot compare to you. Naturally, it's the same for my Mo Clan." Mo Ting smiled. This was already a very high validation to Di Tian. The words spoken by their clan leader caused many in the Mo Clan to reveal expressions of startlement.
"Clan leader, you must be jesting. Right now, I still have much to improve on." Di Tian was as calm as ever, causing Mo Ting's smile to widen. Mo Ting then glanced at a girl beside him, "Junyi, are you not always very keen about learning the dao of formations and have always felt that us old fellows are not up to the mark? Right now, Di Tian is as young as you. I can tell he is definitely below five hundred years old. Why don't you seek guidance from him?"
Mo Junyi was Mo Ting's daughter. Her talent and beauty were both considered outstanding, and she reached the immortal emperor realm after cultivating for 500 years. Such cultivation speed, even in the Supreme Ancient Immortal Realms, was considered extremely quick, proof of outstanding talent.
In the Supreme Ancient Immortal Realms, because of the abundance of cultivation resources as well as richer experience from their predecessors, and having more powerful innate techniques and arts, those who were born with powerful backgrounds all far surpassed the cultivation speed of the people from the Azure Mystic Immortal Realms. But even so, those here who could become immortal emperors within a thousand years were also considered geniuses.
"Let me toast Grandmaster Di." Mo Junyi lifted her winecup and walked to Di Tian's side as she sat down, draining the contents of her cup.
"Miss, you can just call me by my name." Di Tian raised his wine cup and smiled.
"Sure, in that case, you can also just call me Junyi." Mo Junyi smiled. "It's very tough to advance in the dao of formations. I'm very interested to learn but because I'm obsessed with the martial path, I don't really have enough time or energy to spend on learning formations. Di Tian, you are actually so outstanding in both areas, you are simply a monster."
"All the great daos are connected, in my perspective, both the martial path and dao of formations have no conflict between each other." Di Tian replied.
"What do you mean?" Mo Junyi curiously asked.
"I started comprehending divine inscriptions when I was at a very young age. The dao of divine inscriptions are actually the basis of the great dao of heaven and earth. To better put it, divine inscriptions are the true innate language of this world, capable of conveying the power of the law attributes. From my point of view, all innate techniques and arts were born from divine inscriptions." Di Tian smiled.
"The logic of the world explained by you sounds simple but if one really wanted to comprehend it, it's indescribably difficult. Since you are able to link them together and have such achievements, you are most assuredly a rare genius. Let me toast you again." Mo Junyi lifted her cup and gently smiled. Di Tian naturally wouldn't reject her. When the serving girl behind him saw this scene, her lips couldn't help but twitch. Her master was still too inexperienced with regards to the methods of females.
However, this couldn't be blamed on him. This Mo Junyi was a famous beauty in the central city regions. Regardless of her looks or demeanor, she can be considered the cream of the crop. The Mo Clan's clan leader, Mo Ting, decided to send her out to interact with Di Tian, it was no wonder that her master would be captivated by her.
"Di Tian, right now you are already famous in Lifire City. I'm sure many major powers must have invited you, right? I wonder what are your future plans?" Below Mo Ting's seat, the elder Mo Fei probingly asked as he looked at Di Tian.
"Elder, do you want to hear the truth?" Di Tian laughed.
"Naturally." Mo Fei started before nodding.
"In truth, before I went to the Yan Clan, I already wanted to kickstart my rise to fame. It was just that the Yan Clan just so coincidentally offended me or I wouldn't have gone to their place to challenge them. As for my intentions, they are very simple. I want cultivation resources. Everyone knows how difficult it is for unaffiliated cultivators to gain resources. As someone that understands the dao of formations, the natural path for me is undoubtedly to become a famous grandmaster, having my name resound through Lifire City."
Di Tian slowly spoke, Mo Fei's eyes flashed after he heard that. He then continued asking, "However, given your abilities, I'm sure no major powers would reject you if you wanted to join them."
"Becoming a vassal of a major power, even if it's a major power endorsed by the realmlord, how can it be compared to the amount of resources I would gain by being a famous grandmaster?" Di Tian laughed. "In addition, I'm already used to being unrestricted and carefree. I wouldn't want to be bogged down by responsibilities as a result of becoming a vassal."
"I initially still wanted to recruit you, but I can see that there's no chance now." Mo Fei honestly admitted with a smile. He naturally understood Di Tian knew what he was thinking about. There was no need to hide anything.
"I appreciate elder's kind intentions. Earlier, you asked me what are my future plans. Recently, I got acquainted with many major powers and I can foresee that I will be extremely busy in the near future. I will first accumulate resources and upgrade my strength. As for further in the future, I'm prepared to create divine weapons." Di Tian spoke.
"Weaponsmithing?" The eyes of many gleamed sharply, including the Mo Clan's clan leader, Mo Ting. He stared at Di Tian, "You are even proficient in the smithing of divine weapons?"
"Everything is connected in the great dao. A good weaponsmith first has to be a good formations grandmaster. I believe everyone here is more clear than me with regards to this point." Di Tian smiled. Weaponsmiths would gather cultivation resources even faster compared to formations grandmasters. After all, the requests for powerful divine weapons are almost endless. This is especially so if you can create excellent quality weapons. There's no need to worry about the lack of a customer base.
"Di Tian, if you need any help in the future, feel free to approach our Mo Clan." Mo Ting laughed. A genius cultivator, formations grandmaster and weaponsmith, even if he didn't join the Mo Clan, as long as their relationships remained good, it might be beneficial to them in the future."
"Many thanks, Clan Leader." Di Tian smiled as he nodded.
"Di Tian, there is still plenty of good stuff here in our Mo Clan. Why don't you rest here for a few days and I'll grant you access to our secret library." Mo Ting spoke.
"This…" Although Di Tian wanted to form a good relationship when he came to the Mo Clan, the Mo Clan's generous treatment now actually caused him to hesitate.
"I also want to consult you on a few things. Why don't you stay here temporarily?" Mo Junyi smiled warmly. Di Tian hesitated for a moment before he nodded, "Alright then."
The mouth of the serving girl behind Di Tian twitched again as a look of disdain flickered in her eyes.
Di Tian then stayed in the Mo Clan for several days. During these several days, the Mo Clan treated him extremely generously, allowing him access to their secret library which contained many unique formations. Mo Junyi also accompanied him everywhere. Such preferential treatment truly caused many to be extremely envious.
After he left, within a courtyard in the Mo Clan…
"Father, he is just an initial-stage immortal emperor. Do you really have to make me act like this?" Mo Junyi looked at her father, Mo Ting. An expression of being wronged appeared on her face. Despite her accompanying Di Tian for many days, that fellow didn't even remove his mask.
"I just want you to spend time and chat with him, and not to seduce him. What is so difficult about that." Mo Ting rolled his eyes at his daughter. He then smiled, "In any case, it's a good idea for you to interact with geniuses from the outside. If not, you might have no one in your eyes. Don't underestimate Di Tian, that fellow isn't a simple character."
"Even if he really can create divine weapons in the future, there's no way he can shake the position of our Mo Clan, right?" Mo Junyi asked.
"You don't understand. He might gain fame due to his attainments in the dao of formations, and he is also willing to venture in the field of weaponsmithing but it's clear that his ambitions don't stop here." Mo Ting shook his head. He stared at Mo Junyi, "Junyi, you have to remember that you cannot judge people based on the surface. I believe that he is currently doing all this to set a foundation for himself. My estimation is that before a hundred years pass, another supreme major power would appear in the central city regions of Lifire City."
Chapter 1581: Challenge and Auction
Translator: Lordbluefire Editor: Lordbluefire
After a formations grandmaster become famous, it was too simple for him to accumulate cultivation resources. This was especially true for such a famous grandmaster like Di Tian.
During these days, he forged relationships with many major powers and didn't exhibit any of his tyranny and brazen attitude when he went to challenge the Yan Clan. He was polite and humble, and when the major powers invited him to inscribe formations, as long as the price was right, Di Tian never rejected anyone.
At the same time, he also made many friends. An example was the Mo Clan. Mo Junyi would often visit him and invite him to her Mo Clan. He would also frequent transaction Pavilions to exchange for treasures. Unknowingly, the cultivation resources he gathered became more and more, he eventually bought a pretty large piece of land in the central city regions and after some modifications to it, that place became his resting place.
However, Di Tian also encountered some trouble. For example, there was a person who challenged him and this man was extremely famous. His name was Liu Feibai and he was the number one genius of an aristocrat clan.
Liu Feibai's martial talent was extremely high, he was already at the mid-stage of the immortal emperor realm despite him not cultivating for more than a thousand years. His combat prowess was extremely strong as well, that, coupled with his background, made him a very famous individual in Lifire City. Although those who were below a thousand years were considered youngsters, many old monsters who cultivated for countless years, wouldn't be able to defeat him at the same level.
This Liu Feibai challenged Di Tian, sending a challenge letter to Di Tian's location, a place now named Emperor Pavilion.
Emperor Pavilion was the name the serving girl chose. She felt that it sounded tyrannical and the word for 'emperor' was precisely Di Tian's surname. Di Tian naturally didn't object to it.
Many people guessed that since Di Tian was famous due to his formation arts, his strength in the martial path might not be that strong. Even if he could borrow power from his formations for battle, his might was most definitely limited. It was impossible for him to deal with Liu Feibai.
Could Liu Feibai have been invited to act on behalf of the Yan Clan? Wanting to kill Di Tian under the pretext of a challenge?
Di Tian was also thinking that it was so. However, after Mo Junyi found him and explained to him, he finally understood that the reason Liu Feibai wanted to challenge him was not because of the Yan Clan, but was because of Mo Junyi instead.
The Liu Clan hopes to form a marriage alliance with the Mo Clan. Liu Feibai and Mo Junyi were undoubtedly the most suitable pair. Liu Feibai was also very satisfied with Mo Junyi, but Mo Junyi seemed to be very close to Grandmaster Di Tian.
After knowing the reason, Di Tian was speechless. From the past until now, he had encountered quite a few of such incidents. Femme fatale indeed, he also didn't wish to bother with it. Mo Junyi also felt helpless and somewhat apologetic to Di Tian.
Hence, despite the anticipation of everyone, Grandmaster Di Tian actually conceded.
This caused many to be extremely shocked, even feeling speechless. Many cursed Di Tian for being too useless and had no guts to accept Liu Feibai's challenge, directly calling him a coward. Seems like other than his high attainments in the dao of formations, his talent was ordinary in the martial path.
Naturally, there were also others who supported Di Tian. After all, although Liu Feibai was famous, his fame was far from being able to compete with Di Tian. Saying Di Tian was a coward? Did everyone forget that he slaughtered his way into the Yan Clan for the sake of a serving girl? Causing the Yan Clan's reputation to be tarnished. In addition, Di Tian's formations were all extremely powerful, would he really be weak in terms of combat? Don't forget that he once killed Grandmaster Yan Mu when they were competing in battle formations. He conceding was merely because he disdained to accept Liu Feibai's challenge.
In any case, there was all sort of voices. Di Tian ignored them all and was focused on his own matters.
Liu Feibai didn't stop because of this. He sent another challenge latter, and Di Tian rejected it again, directly conceding. This caused another round of clamor where the people insulting Di Tian grew in number, saying that he was only proficient in formations.
Just when voices of discussion in the outside world reached an extremely high intensity, a piece of news suddenly circulated from the Emperor Pavilion which shocked the entire central city regions.
Grandmaster Di Tian has finished forging an emperor-ranked divine weapon and he would be auctioning it away three days later. For those who wish to participate in the auction, the location would be set at the Emperor Pavilion.
For a period of time, the entire central region was in a clamor once again. Not long ago, it was because of Liu Feibai's challenge and many voices were calling Di Tian a coward. But now, the Emperor Pavilion released news saying that Grandmaster Di had forged a divine weapon and wanted to auction it away three days later.
To think that Grandmaster Di Tian also actually knows how to forge divine weapons? This meant that he wasn't simply proficient in formations, he could very well be a grandmaster weaponsmith as well. For a period of time, Di Tian's fame rose higher than ever. Many people were wondering what sort of quality weapon could he forged.
Three days later, the atmosphere at the Emperor Pavilion was lively to the extreme. Many experts came, including aristocrat clans and the other major powers.
Although land and buildings in Lifire City were very expensive, their size was usually extremely vast. An example was the Emperor Pavilion, Di Tian spent a huge amount of fortune before he could purchase it.
Outside a grand hall of the Emperor Pavilion, there was a stairway leading up to it. Below the stairway, there was a vast empty ground. The people who arrived were all currently gathered here.
There was no banquet and no one to wait upon them because in the Emperor Pavilion, other than Di Tian, there was only his personal serving girl. There was simply no way for a person to wait on so many. For this point, those who came here naturally understood. After all, their purpose here wasn't to attend any banquet, they wanted to see the divine weapon Di Tian created.
"Mo Fei, your Mo Clan is very close to Grandmaster Di. Do you know some inside news? What sort of divine weapon did he create exactly?" The crowd asked immediately when they saw people from the Mo Clan arriving. Mo Fei and Mo Junyi were both present as well.
"We have no idea. This fellow Di Tian has always been mysterious. I received the news at the same time as the rest of you." Mo Fei laughed. Although Di Tian had already told them he would be walking this path those years ago at the banquet in the Mo Clan, when this day arrived, he still was extremely interested to find out what sort of weapon Di Tian created.
"Grandmaster Di is highly proficient in the dao of formations. Now that he is forging a weapon personally, it would definitely be of the extraordinary-grade. I'm filled with anticipation." Someone laughed.
"Mhm, I once invited Grandmaster Di Tian to help me inscribe a formation. That formation is truly exquisite and profound."
"A bunch of bootlickers." A mocking voice rang out. The gazes of everyone turned over. Among the crowd, they saw several figures from the Yan Clan, and the person in the lead was actually Yan Feng.
"I heard your Mo Clan is trying to use the beauty trap, making Mo Junyi seduce Di Tian? How can it be that you don't even know what weapon it is? Are you deliberately acting mysterious?" Yan Feng coldly mocked.
Mo Fei frowned, "Yan Feng, you best not talk nonsense."
"Nonsense? Even Liu Feibai cannot bear it any more and challenged Di Tian because of it. Since your Mo Clan dares to do it, why do you not dare to admit it?" Yan Feng's aura was extremely sharp as a fiery energy permeated the surroundings around him.
"Seems like you felt ashamed after Grandmaster Di Tian walked out alive after challenging your Yan Clan those years ago. Now, you are actually taking the initiative to come here? How ridiculous." Mo Fei coldly spoke. Mo Junyi beside him also icily stared at Yan Feng.
"Back then if it wasn't for Di Tian fearing for his life and conceding to me in the middle of our match, he would already have died. Why would I be ashamed? As to my purpose for coming here today, I want to see how he would make a fool out of himself. What sort of weapon can he create?" Yan Feng coldly spoke. "In any case, Grandmaster Xuanming, what do you think?"
"Grandmaster Xuanming?" The eyes of everyone gleamed sharply after they heard that. All of them turned their gaze to a man wearing a cloak with a conical bamboo hat shielding his features that stood beside Yan Feng.
Was this man the great weaponsmith whose fame shocked Lifire City many years ago? Grandmaster Xuanming?
The Yan Clan actually invited him here. Were they planning to humiliate Di Tian?
That mysterious figure lowered his head and took off the bamboo hat. He inclined his head again, revealing an aged and wizened face, but his eyes were still as bright as ever.
"Grandmaster Xuanming." Mo Fei's eyes flashed. The Yan Clan had really invited him over.
Seems like they came with unkind intentions.
"A junior forging a weapon actually caused such a huge commotion? Right now, for the world of weaponsmithing, has its level been downgraded so much?" Grandmaster Xuanming slowly spoke, causing everyone to turn their gazes onto him, feeling shocked in their hearts.
Grandmaster Xuanming had not appeared in the public's eye for a long time. Someone said that he was already recruited by the Lifire Empyrean, there was also somebody who said that he was in closed-door seclusion, preparing for his breakthrough. But there was no doubt that he is truly extremely famous in the weaponsmithing world in this city region those years ago. Every time he forged, the creation would be a high-quality emperor-ranked weapon. It was unknown how many people begged him to forge weapons for them, and his popularity was far superior compared to formations grandmaster. After all, divine weapons could be used to directly increase one's combat prowess. Who didn't want them?
"Grandmaster Xuanming might not know this. Di Tian is extremely famous in Lifire City, especially in the dao of formations." A group of people walked over and one of them casually smiled.
"So what? Although formations can be said to be the base of weapon forging, it's not so easy to forge a good weapon just because of that. Also, he actually wants to auction the weapon away and gather so many experts here? What a vulgar claptrap design to please the crowds." Grandmaster Xuanming mocked coldly, instantly causing many people to feel awkward.
They also noticed the person who spoke earlier. It was actually someone from the Liu Clan. The young immortal emperor Liu Feibai was precisely standing beside the person who spoke. He glanced at Mo Junyi and nodded lightly.
"Grandmaster Xuanming might have no idea, this man not only loves to put on a show designed to boost his fame, he is also a coward that dodges battle. Liu Feibai of my clan challenged him numerous times but he has never even accepted once. He even took the initiative to concede, there's no pride belonging to the holy title of grandmaster radiating from him at all." That elder from the Liu Clan shook his head. He then continued, "Mo Fei, you best don't let Junyi get too close to such a coward. He's nothing but a hypocrite."
"I don't need you to teach me what to do." Mo Fei coldly replied. He felt somewhat depressed, it was one thing that the Yan Clan came to make trouble, but your Liu Clan had no grudge with Di Tian and only wanted a marriage alliance with us. Why must you implicate this onto Di Tian? After all, although they were close to Di Tian, they didn't really have any plans to marry Mo Junyi to Di Tian. It was good enough that they were friends.
"You guys are truly ridiculous. My master wants to hold an auction but he didn't specifically invite anyone to come. Those who came did so out of their own good will, wanting to support my master, yet you people are so filled with contempt? Why did you all come here then if you feel that this is nothing but a farce to boost his popularity? Did anyone tell you to come at all?" Di Tian's serving girl who was at the top of the stairway, couldn't bear it any more as she told them off.
Chapter 1582: Creating Trouble and Divine Weapon
Translator: Lordbluefire Editor: Lordbluefire
"Impudent." Yan Feng's gaze turned cold. Terrifying currents of heat shot out from his eyes, causing the serving girl to exclaim in shock as she hurriedly closed her eyes.
"Yan Feng, bullying a serving girl? Are you not lacking in terms of your bearing?" Mo Fei coldly spoke.
Yan Feng snorted coldly, "Didn't you hear how she spoke to an elder? Grandmaster Xuanming is here, who the hell does this little lass think she is? Actually daring to talk so much here. If it wasn't because we are not allowed to kill people in the city, she would already be dead."
"If the laws of the city permitted killing, you would definitely not be able to walk out of my courtyard alive." A cold voice rang out. Yan Feng's eyes gleamed. After that, he saw a figure walking out from the hall up the stairway. Other than Di Tian, there could be no one else.
At this moment, Di Tian still had the mask on. His black hair was like ink, casually draping around his shoulders. His eyes were extremely cold as he stared at Yan Feng, "Which old dog is this? Did I invite you here? Why are you barking at my place?"
"BOOM!" As the sound of Di Tian's voice faded, an extremely cold aura gushed forth from Yan Feng. His anger could clearly be felt and the robes on him fluttered without wind. His gaze seemed to be burning, and was about to emit flames.
Di Tian insulted him, calling him an old dog that was barking here?
"What did you say?" Yan Feng stepped forward, causing the ground to shake.
"Are you deaf?" Di Tian turned his gaze to Yan Feng, his cold eyes had no respect at all. Back then after he left the Yan Clan, he had already made things very clear. If the Yan Clan was willing to wipe the slate clean, he had no problems. However, the Yan Clan clearly didn't intend to spare him, even coming to his Emperor Pavilion today to insult him and even threaten his serving girl. This was simply outrageous.
"You came to my place and insulted me. Did I invite you guys over?" Di Tian continued. He turned his gaze to Grandmaster Xuanming, "I don't care who you are old fool. If you came here with sincerity, you will be my guest. But if you came here to create trouble, scram immediately."
"HOW DARE YOU!" Grandmaster Xuanming's countenance changed but he wasn't the one who roared. It was an expert from the Liu Clan who berated Di Tian. "Do you know who you are speaking to?"
"You are the same as well. If you are unwilling to be here, scram." Di Tian flicked his sleeves and spoke in an extremely domineering manner. The gazes of everyone froze as they stared at everything that was happening. This Grandmaster Di Tian truly had personality. Who cares who the hell you are? Grandmaster Xuanming? Experts from the Liu Clan? If you want to create trouble here, just scram.
However, the truth of the matter was as such. Although Grandmaster Xuanming had a very high status and the Liu Clan was also a powerful aristocrat clan, this place was after all Di Tian's territory. You guys came to the territory of others and started barking nonsense? Even a man made of mud would have three points of fire in him, let alone this Grandmaster Di Tian who dared to kill his way into the Yan Clan. How could a prideful person like him stand for other people acting so insolently in his territory?
"A junior actually dares to show no respect to his seniors, this is simply unprecedented. My horizons have been broadened." Grandmaster Xuanming stared at Di Tian. He slowly continued, "I swept unchallenged through the weaponsmithing world for many years and naturally have seen many arrogant individuals. However, I've never met someone like you who purposely makes such a huge commotion just for the sake of auctioning a single weapon that you just forged. Do you think that you can forge a treasure? You are simply the shame of the weaponsmithing world."
"Relying on your seniority to talk big?" Di Tian's serving girl mumbled. Di Tian coldly smiled as he replied, "Even if the weapon I forged is trash, me being willing to auction it, is none other than my business. My friends want to support me by coming here, I naturally feel honored by that. Did I force anyone to come? Did I even invite you? As for you being a senior, you are merely just someone older. Are you even worthy of the title senior? Also, you keep harping on about the weaponsmithing world. Can you represent that world alone? How shameless can you be?"
Each of Di Tian's words were like swords cutting into people's heart. If people respected him, he would respect them. But if they came to make trouble, why would he need to give them any face? Since you insult me, why would I still have to be polite to you?
"Too impudent, too insolent…" Grandmaster Xuanming trembled, his eyes flared with killing intent after being insulted by Di Tian like this.
Yan Feng, who stood at the side, was the same as well. His body radiated a terrifying aura. He then spoke to Grandmaster Xuanming, "Grandmaster, I'm in the wrong. I invited you here today, but I didn't expect this scum to humiliate you like this."
"Lord Vice Governor." At this moment, Di Tian spotted a figure in the crowd. It was none other than one of the vice governors of the governor's manor whom Di Tian met before.
"Mhm." The vice governor nodded.
"There are people who invaded my residence without invitation. Do I have the power to evict them?" Di Tian asked.
"Naturally." That vice governor nodded.
"If they refuse to leave and resist, do I have the right to kill them?" Di Tian asked again.
"Invading a private territory and even daring to resist, refusing to leave? The owner of this place can do what they need to do according to the situation." That vice governor calmly nodded, he wasn't purposely siding with Di Tian, these were the laws set by the governor's manor. After all, every land and building in Lifire City had to be purchased by a large amount of fortune. After buying, they can be considered private property and the governor's manor naturally had the obligation to set laws to protect the owners.
"Everyone. My Emperor Pavilion doesn't welcome you all. Please leave." Di Tian swept his gaze at Yan Feng, Grandmaster Xuanming and those from the Liu Clan and didn't hesitate to issue the expulsion order. He didn't care what their identities were. As long as they came here to make trouble, sorry, just get the hell away.
"Impudent!" Grandmaster Xuanming's anger burned. No matter where he went, there would be no lack of people respecting him. But today, he was actually told to scram. How could there be such a thing?
"Grandmaster Xuanming is highly respected in this field and his attainments in weaponsmithing are extremely profound. Grandmaster Di, shouldn't you speak to him more humbly?" A person reminded. Di Tian's eyes flashed, as he stared at that person. He coldly laughed, "Since Grandmaster Xuanming is so respected in your eyes, you can scram together with him. I won't send you two off."
The expression of that person sank. "Di Tian, although you are a formations grandmaster, you have yet to prove yourself in the field of weaponsmithing but you are already so arrogant and despotic. Doing this will be of no benefit to you. And as for the challenge issued by the Liu Clan, don't think that you can just forget about it."
"I told you to scram." Di Tian coldly spoke. "Today, everyone came here initially in the capacity of guests. However, there simply has to be some people who view themselves as lofty existences. If there are some here who cannot stand I, Di, just scram together with this bunch of half-wits. The divine weapons I create most probably wouldn't be able to be up to your standards. Don't waste my time."
"Di Tian." At this moment, a calm voice rang out, with no joy nor anger within. Di Tian glanced over. The person who spoke was Liu Feibai, none other than Mo Junyi's admirer who sent him a challenge letter twice.
"I challenged you twice but you rejected both times. Right now, in front of you, this is the third time I'm issuing a challenge to you. Do you dare accept?" Liu Feibai's expression was calm.
The eyes of everyone gleamed sharply, staring at Di Tian. Only to see Di Tian directly replying, "Not free."
"He rejected again. This Di Tian, it seems like he is really weak in the martial path." Everyone silently mused.
"Coward." The experts from the Liu Clan coldly laughed. After that, Liu Feibai continued, "Let's go, since Grandmaster Di doesn't welcome us, let us leave then. We can only hope that Grandmaster Di will accept my challenge honorably one day."
"Sir, I heard that Liu Feibai has a cultivation base at the mid-stage of the immortal emperor realm. When he issued a challenge to you, he still acted in such a righteous manner. When you ignored it, the people of the Liu Clan still had the gall to think so highly of themselves, exhibiting immense arrogance. Why doesn't sir challenge an immortal king from their Liu Clan? Let's see if there's any peak-stage immortal kings there who dares to fight against an initial-stage immortal emperor like you." The serving girl beside Di Tian spoke in a light voice, her words causing those from the Liu Clan to freeze as they turned their heads back. They only saw Di Tian smiling mockingly, "Ah, who could be as shameless as them?
The expressions of the people from the Liu Clan once again turned extremely ugly when they heard this. They coldly snorted and continued to head outside.
"Grandmaster Xuanming, let's leave then." Yan Feng spoke with a glacial tone.
"We will wait and see outside. Let's see what joke creations would he bring up to embarrass himself." Grandmaster Xuanming coldly spoke.
"Since you all want to see it so badly, I will grant your wish. Alright, there's no need for you guys to scram. I will permit you all to remain here." Di Tian suddenly changed his mind, his words causing those from the Liu Clan to halt. Grandmaster Xuanming and the Yan Clan's people also started, as they turned to look at Di Tian.
"Mhm?" Many people had bewildered looks on their faces. Seems like Di Tian was very confident in the weapon he forged.
"I'm waiting with anticipation." Grandmaster Xuanming icily stated.
"Look clearly then, see how trash the weapon I forged is." Di Tian stared at him. With a wave of his hand, bright light flashed as a sword instantly appeared in his hand. This sword was actually black in color and didn't have any sharp edges to it at all. It was dim and didn't emit any luster or radiate any power. From a single glance, it truly seemed like a trash product.
"Are you playing with me?" Grandmaster Xuanming coldly spoke.
"What do you mean?" Di Tian coldly laughed.
"This is also a divine weapon?"
"Naturally." Di Tian affirmed.
"This old man has forged countless weapons and seen even more of them. I can tell this is trash with just a glance, you made such a huge commotion in the city, wanting to hold an auction just for this piece of crap?" Grandmaster Xuanming pointed at Di Tian,
"That's precisely the reason why I said you are already old. An old man should venture out less lest they embarrass themselves, becoming a joke in the eyes of others." Di Tian lightly stroked the sword as numerous runes lit up. It appeared as though a lock was opened. Crisp sounds could be heard, although the sword still had no sharp edges, a brilliant beam of light cascaded down from the sky, causing it to resonate. Clearly, this was an emperor-ranked divine weapon.
"Sealing? You sealed the sword energy just to shock us with that beam of light?" Grandmaster Xuanming coldly asked, he completely didn't speak about his earlier mistake.
Di Tian mockingly glanced at him. Runes flowed unceasingly around the sword as the light falling from the sky grew brighter and brighter, illuminating the area. A terrifying aura radiated from the sword, at this moment, everyone could clearly tell the grade of this divine weapon.
A moment later, the crowd who sensed the might of this weapon all froze, including Grandmaster Xuanming who had an ugly look on his face!
Chapter 1583: Complete Loss of Face
Translator: Lordbluefire Editor: Lordbluefire
Emperor-ranked weapon. Not only was it an emperor-ranked weapon, from the aura it radiated, it was a high-grade emperor-ranked weapon!
Di Tian, an initial-stage immortal emperor, could actually forge a high-grade emperor-ranked weapon.
Weaponsmithing was different from inscribing formations. Knowing formations was just the base of weaponsmithing. Weaponsmithing was much more complicated in comparison.
High-grade emperor-ranked weapons were able to boost a peak-stage immortal emperor's combat prowess. If an emperor had a weapon like that, their strength would explosively increase. From this, one could very well tell how valuable such weapons are. Although there were many emperors in the vast Lifire City, peak-stage emperors were still considered upper echelon characters.
From this, one could tell how highly sought after weaponsmiths were who can create high-grade emperor-rank weapons.
This was why Grandmaster Xuanming was so highly esteemed, even Yan Feng had to call him grandmaster. That was why even in Di Tian's territory, there were still people speaking up for Grandmaster Xuanming. There were no other reasons, the only reason was because he could forge high-grade emperor weapons. Even peak-stage immortal emperors needed to defer to him. And as for mid-stage and initial-stage emperors, any casual creations from Grandmaster Xuanming would have them going crazy, treating the creations as treasures. Who wouldn't respect such a grandmaster? Who didn't want a good relationship with such a grandmaster?
But right now, Di Tian actually also could create a high-grade emperor-ranked weapon.
For a period of time, everyone turned silent as their hearts pounded. They knew that from this moment onwards, the status of Grandmaster Di Tian would be different from before.
Grandmaster Xuanming and Yan Feng both had extremely ugly looks on their faces. Even the people of the Liu Clan had froze.
Only Mo Fei from the Mo Clan felt joy. His heart pounded rapidly, this was a high-grade emperor weapon! Seems like building up a good relationship with Di Tian was a correct decision on their part.
Mo Junyi, who was standing behind him, had a bright light flashing through her eyes. This fellow was so powerful?
"Grandmaster Xuanming. Is this, a trash product?" Di Tian pointed the sword in his hand towards Grandmaster Xuanming as he coldly mocked. Xuanming's expression turned ashen. Not too long ago, he was insulting Di Tian, saying that the weapon he created was trash. What treasures could an initial-stage emperor forge? Everything was just a farce.
But in the blink of an eye, Di Tian actually took out a high-grade emperor weapon. How face smacking was this?
"Not respecting my seniors?" Di Tian didn't intend to spare his opponents at all. Since this Grandmaster Xuanming came here voluntarily asking for his face to be smacked, he will do the same as he did to the Yan Clan and trample on Grandmaster Xuanming to prove his weaponsmithing abilities. In that case, the fame gained would surely be even higher.
"Full of insulting words, only knowing how to depend on your seniority. Do you really feel that you are worthy of the title 'senior'?" Di Tian asked.
"Arrogant. So what even if you can forge this emperor weapon? This is merely the simplest high-grade emperor weapon. Grandmaster Xuanming could already do this many years ago, what qualifications do you have to boast in front of him? You are truly ignorant." Yan Feng was now already mounted on the back of a tiger, it was difficult for him to dismount and hence, he can only continue on despite knowing how shameful things looked for them. He wanted to use Grandmaster Xuanming's name to suppress Di Tian.
"The simplest of all high-grade emperor weapons?" Di Tian mockingly smiled. "Fine, I'll use this weapon to attack. You are a peak-stage immortal emperor, do you dare to test my might?"
"Why wouldn't I dare?" Yan Feng icily spoke. At this moment, how could he step back? Let alone the fact that he was very confident in his own strength. Given Di Tian's initial-stage immortal emperor cultivation base, so what even if he borrowed the aid of a high-grade emperor weapon? How could it threaten him?
With a flash, Yan Feng directly soared into the air. Boundless resplendent astral light cascaded down on him. Right now Yan Feng, who was immersed in the starlight, looked like he was a divinity of fire. Wisps of flames crackled violently around him, giving off an extremely powerful pressure.
Di Tian brandished the sword. His silhouette flashed and he soared into the air. Yan Feng glared at him, his burning gaze seemed to be capable of incinerating everything and there was a hint of killing intent within. He clearly wanted to use this opportunity to kill Di Tian and prevent all future trouble. After all, Di Tian was the one who proposed this fight. Even if he killed him, the governor's manor probably wouldn't do anything.
"Kill!" Di Tian didn't let Yan Feng think too much. He directly pierced out with his sword and in an instant, resplendent emperor light gushed forth. That black sword with the unsharpened edges suddenly gleamed with a burst of sealing might, enveloping the surroundings, including Yan Feng.
The astral light cascading down suddenly stopped. Yan Feng's entire person was shrouded by the sealing light, the law energy around him all seemed to be sealed off as well, he actually couldn't control them to his will.
His countenance instantly turned unsightly. He howled with rage as he punched out a fiery fist imprint, wanting to destroy everything. The waves of power he unleashed started to cause the sealing light to diminish in brilliance.
"Go!" Di Tian waved his hand. The black sword shot through the air, clashing directly against the fist imprint. From the sword, ferocious sealing pressure gushed forth, actually managing to completely seal off Yan Feng's attack. Not only so, although Yan Feng's law energies were sealed, the black sword could absorb astral light to strengthen its sealing abilities. It continued slashing towards Yan Feng. Yan Feng was actually helpless against it, and for a period of time, he was trapped by it.
Everyone felt immense shock when they saw this. The black sword vibrated, although it had an unsharpened edge and appeared to be a trash product at first glance, all of them knew how terrifying this sword was at this instant.
"Return." Di Tian called. The sword then flew back to his hand. After that, he descended from the air and landed on his platform as the waves of sealing might dissipated. Yan Feng finally stepped out, his expression extremely ugly to look at. He, Yan Feng, was a peak-stage immortal emperor but he was trapped by a mere sword. Although the situation only lasted for a few moments, it didn't change the fact that he was helpless to do anything. Not only that, the law energies he was capable of using, were all sealed as well earlier.
"Sir, this sword is truly an extremely simple creation. It actually failed to kill him." The serving girl spoke in a depressed manner, causing Yan Feng to be so angered that he almost spat out blood.
This sword was simple? This was something Yan Feng said personally earlier. But what about now? He had completely lost all his face. A simple sword actually managed to seal him.
And now, even that serving girl was mocking him.
Everyone exchanged mutual glances, feeling shocked in their hearts. This sword, as long as the sword user was slightly more powerful, there was no problems to kill Yan Feng.
This situation was the same when Di Tian entered the Yan Clan back then. He appeared calm and peaceful but when he wanted to create a blast, it would surely be an explosive one that shocked everyone.
Di Tian glanced at the little lass at the side while smiling in his heart. Her words might be sufficient to cause Yan Feng to be so angry that he died.
"Grandmaster Di's attainments in the dao of formations are already extraordinarily high. To think that his talent in weaponsmithing is at the same standard as well." Someone sighed in admiration.
"Just based on the sealing might produced by this sword, Grandmaster Di's fame is enough to rock the entire Lifire City."
"What's even more shocking is that Grandmaster Di is only at the initial-stage of the immortal emperor realm. In the future, after your cultivation base grows stronger, wouldn't your formations and weaponsmithing abilities go up by another notch? At that time, would you still have any enemies left?"
Many voices rang out one after another within the crowd, they were all from major powers that had a good relationship with Di Tian. Before this, the Yan Clan invited Grandmaster Xuanming here, and with the Liu Clan on their side, all of them felt awkward to say anything. But now, after Di Tian displayed his talent, his fame already wasn't something that could be suppressed by the Yan Clan and Grandmaster Xuanming. It was no exaggeration to say that with this high-grade emperor weapon and his attainments in the dao of formations, his current status already exceeded Grandmaster Xuanming.
If they didn't express their attitudes now? When would they express them?
Although Grandmaster Xuanming was highly respected, it has been a very long since anyone saw him in public. As for Di Tian, his Emperor Pavilion was just right here, he also maintained good relationships with many major powers and was a grandmaster in both formations and weaponsmithing. At this moment, everyone here naturally felt more inclined towards Di Tian.
Many people spoke out one after another. Grandmaster Xuanming and the others were completely being ignored. The expressions of people from the Liu Clan were the ugliest. This was especially so for the person in the lead. He now felt regret, they initially had no grudge with Di Tian but they had managed to completely offend Di Tian today. Such a powerful weaponsmith grandmaster would surely have very high achievements in the future. It was most probably impossible for them to ask him for help in forging weapons anymore.
"Let's leave." Grandmaster Xuanming flicked his sleeves and led the way, departing the area. He didn't need Di Tian to chase him away because he no longer has any face to remain here. He felt some vengeance in his heart towards the Yan Clan. If it wasn't the Yan Clan who invited him here to humiliate Di Tian, he wouldn't have lost this much face.
Yan Feng and the others left as well, the killing intent in their hearts grew even stronger.
The people of the Liu Clan also silently left. Liu Feibai cast a deep glance at Di Tian before glancing at Mo Junyi. He also left after that.
Formations Grandmaster, Weaponsmithing Grandmaster… Even if the Mo Clan didn't have any intentions to marry Mo Junyi to Di Tian, they might have that intention now.
"Di Tian, you are truly a miracle." Mo Fei smiled as he walked over.
"Elder Mo Fei praises me too much. I still have to thank you for showing up to support me." Di Tian's manner became humble again as he smiled back.
"What are you talking about. With such a powerful weapon in an auction, how can I not show up? If the people of Lifire City knew about this weapon, I'm afraid your place wouldn't be able to hold that many people. Haha." Mo Fei laughed.
"Grandmaster Di Tian, are we still proceeding on with the auction? The rest of us can barely hold our anticipation." An expert from a major power laughed.
"Sure, since this is the case, let's get started. If everyone likes the sword, just feel free to give a price." Di Tian replied.
"I'll pay a thousand high-grade emperor stones." Someone spoke.
"You want to get such a treasure just for a thousand high-grade emperor stones? I'll triple that." Another person smiled. Everyone drew in a deep breath as their hearts pounded. Even Di Tian's heart couldn't help but to tremble. A powerful divine weapon was simply like a treasure. A high-grade one can fetch a heavenly price. Ordinary peak-stage immortal emperors wouldn't even be able to afford it.
"Our Mo Clan has to get this weapon for sure. Everyone, please give me some face and don't snatch with me for it." At this moment, Mo Fei smiled and walked up the platform. "Di Tian, I have a treasure here. I'm willing to use this treasure plus 3,000 high-grade emperor stones to exchange for the black sword."
After he spoke, he took out a giant cauldron. Within the cauldron, there actually were inextinguishable flames that emitted a fearsome power. It seemed that the flames were capable of refining everything.
Di Tian's eyes flashed, he knew this was truly a treasure when he glanced at it. It was a treasure made for refining items.
"How about it? Are there still anyone that wants to contend with me?" Mo Fei smiled. Many people were taken aback. This cauldron was also considered a high-grade emperor artifact. Mo Fei was not only planning to use it for an exchange, he even topped up another 3,000 high-grade emperor stones. Such a price was something most of them couldn't afford.
Seeing that no one else was upping the bid, Di Tian laughed as he glanced at Mo Fei. This fellow probably came prepared, right? He even prepared such a treasure for exchange. Di Tian couldn't help but to be curious if the black sword was a mid-grade emperor weapon instead, would Mo Fei still take out the cauldron to exchange for it?