Xuanyang Star, Xuanyang Sect.
A secret room with a large number of fire runes engraved on the stone walls.
Ma Yan sat cross-legged on a red jade bed with his eyes closed and his hands in seals.
The temperature inside the room was terrifyingly high, like a volcano.
After a while, Ma Yan opened his eyes, and a faint red light was emitted from his eyes.
He frowned, took out a magic disk that was flashing red light, and entered a spell. A panicked male voice sounded: "Master, something bad has happened. Elder Sun's soul lamp has gone out. This is our second Divine Transformation cultivator who has been killed."
"What? How did Elder Sun get killed? Explain clearly."
Ma Yan's face darkened and he asked.
"Elder Sun went to attend the Immortal Tea Conference. Less than two years after leaving Xuanyang Star, his natal soul lamp went out. The natal soul lamps of the high-level cultivators who accompanied him also went out."
The man's voice was filled with fear. In less than twenty years, the Xuan Yang Sect had lost two Divine Transformation cultivators, both of whom were killed while they were out. It was obvious that someone was targeting the Xuan Yang Sect.
"I understand. Immediately activate the sect protection formation. No one is allowed to enter but no one is allowed to leave. Strengthen the security. I will report to the higher-ups immediately."
Ma Yan gave the order and quickly came to the door of a secret room. There was a circular groove on the stone door.
He took out a round red token, put it into the groove, and injected magic power into it.
The stone door shook slightly, a flame pattern appeared out of thin air, and the door opened.
Ma Yan walked in. There was a communication array in the room that was over a thousand feet in size. He entered a spell and the communication array began to shake violently, with countless array patterns lighting up.
After a while, the shadow of a woman with delicate features appeared above the communication array.
"Friend Ma, what happened?"
The female shadow asked.
"Fairy Lin, something terrible has happened. Someone is targeting our Xuanyang Sect."
Ma Yan recounted what had happened. The Xuanyang Sect had a backer. Without a backer, it would have been destroyed by other forces long ago. It was not enough to rely on those few Jindan cultivators to suppress the people.
Xuanyang Sect’s backer, Tianhuo Palace, has more than a dozen powerful cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage.
"Got it. We will send people to support you. By the way, have you found the star sand yet?"
The female shadow asked.
"We have sent a lot of people, but we have not been able to find out about the star sand. We will send more people to investigate. For now, Fairy Lin will help."
Ma Yan said sincerely.
"I see. There must be a spy inside. You should clean it up! Who do you think is the murderer?"
The female shadow asked.
"Xuan Yin Sect, we almost destroyed Xuan Yin Sect before, they must be taking revenge, and we can't rule out the possibility that the Wang family and the Han family want to take over."
Ma Yan said truthfully.
"The Han family? Why have I never heard you mention it?"
The female shadow showed an unhappy look on her face.
Ma Yan did not dare to neglect and briefly introduced the Han family.
"The Cao family of Qianling Star? The Cao family is involved. Got it. We will send people to support Xuanyang Sect. However, wars broke out on multiple immortal stars. The journey is long and it will probably take several years to get there. You should be more careful. If it doesn't work, you can show the sign of our Tianhuo Palace of Tianhuo Star."
After saying this, the woman's shadow dissipated and disappeared.
Ma Yan breathed a sigh of relief and said to himself, "With the help of the Skyfire Palace, we should be able to repel the enemy."
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Aoki Star.
Wuyi Market is the market opened by the Su family. As the Immortal Tea Conference approaches, a large number of cultivators have poured into Wuyi Market. The market is bustling with people.
Han Changming walked on the street, looking around. They had been on Qingmu Star for several years, and it was only a few months away from the Fairy Tea Conference.
Logically, Han Debiao and Liang Youshan should have arrived long ago, but they were still nowhere to be found, which made Han Changming start to worry.
Unfortunately, he didn't have the Star-Moon Disk and couldn't contact Han Debiao.
They have lived here for several years and have made the acquaintance of many Divine Transformation cultivators. Ye Xue is busy refining fifth-order talismans, while Ye Xin is exchanging ideas about formations with other formation masters.
Han Changming also met several fifth-level alchemists and drank many kinds of fifth-level spiritual teas.
The variety of spiritual teas on Qingmu Star opened his eyes.
After a cup of tea, Han Changming came to the square where the casual cultivators set up stalls. He looked around and didn't see anything good. He found an empty spot, took out a piece of coarse cloth, spread it on the ground, took out some things and placed them on the stall.
Most of what he took out were pills, mostly fifth-grade pills, and some monster materials.
Next to it was a green wooden sign with seven large characters "Change the Pill Recipe and the Secret Book of Kung Fu" written on it.
Han Changming took out a thick blue book with six big characters "Travels in Chiyang Star Region" written on the cover. This book was compiled by a Divine Transformation cultivator named Tian Youzi. This person had traveled to all thirty-six immortal cultivation stars in Chiyang Star Region and was knowledgeable, including some secrets of each immortal cultivation star.
Tianyouzi was active more than ten thousand years ago and his whereabouts are unknown, but the "Travels in Chiyang Star Region" he compiled is indeed good and is highly sought after by many cultivators.
Han Changming naturally wouldn't believe it all. Some of the content was fabricated. There were too many unscrupulous businessmen. However, some of the content was highly credible.
From time to time, cultivators came over and took out things for Han Changming to look at. Most of them were common stuff, so naturally the exchange was unsuccessful.
More than an hour later, a somewhat weak male voice reached Han Changming's ears: "Can classics be exchanged for elixirs?"
Han Changming looked up and saw a burly man with a whisker standing in front of the stall. Judging from the fluctuations of his magical power, he was a cultivator in the late stage of the Spiritual Transformation Realm.
"This book, The Scripture of Ten Thousand Talismans, records the methods of refining many fifth-level talismans. It was left by Master Wan Fu. I'll exchange it for a bottle of healing pills."
The bearded man took out a green jade slip and handed it to Han Changming.
Han Changming scanned with his spiritual sense, frowned, took out the communication disk to contact Ye Xue, and asked a few questions. Ye Xue thought there was no problem and it should be true.
"Deal! This is the Five-Colored Yuan-Transforming Pill that I refined. I heard that Master Wan Fu is a combined cultivator. This is just the first volume!"
Han Changming said with a smile, picked up a green porcelain bottle and handed it to the bearded man.
"It is indeed the first volume. I only have the first volume. I have sold this book to many forces. If you mind, forget it."
The bearded man said sincerely.
Han Changming was slightly stunned. It was rare to find such an honest person.
"It doesn't matter if I have it or not. My name is Han Changming. May I know what your name is?"
Han Changming said politely.
"Chengshi, I have never heard of the Five-Colored Yuan-Transforming Pill. Fellow Daoist Han must be from another immortal cultivation planet!"
The bearded man guessed.
"That's right. If Fellow Daoist Cheng is worried about the pills, then forget it."
Han Changming looked sincere.
"That's not necessary. If the elixir is poisonous and it doesn't kill me, I will chase you to the ends of the earth and kill you. I will keep my word."
After saying this, Cheng Shi put away the porcelain bottle and left.
"Friend Han, he is a man of promise from Heavenly Mars. He is a man of his word and never lies."
A loud male voice sounded.
Su Tianlin walked over with a smile on his face.
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