"Nature of the friend?" Jun Xie frowned.
"Yes." Wu Qingwu nodded, "I know which friend you're talking about. Didn't he give you that spatial ring? Wasn't that from your father? If that person wanted to take advantage of you, he would have never given you that spatial ring. Also, your father trusts him enough to give such a precious spatial ring to him so he can give it to you later. Now tell me, why do you even need to doubt him?"
Jun Xie nodded, "Hmm, my head feels much clearer now."
Wu Qingwu smiled, "Great, now don't be so grumpy, and come out. It's a nice evening, can't we go for a walk?"
Jun Xie rolled his eyes, "Have you forgotten your identity? Do you think no one will recognize you?"
Wu Qingwu lightly laughed, "Who said I would go out of the clan? Just come to the garden; the Fang Clan is quite big."
Jun Xie thought for a moment and shrugged, "Alright."
...
Time passed, and soon it was midnight.
Ye Tian Yun pushed the doors of his room open and walked out.
A few minutes later, he was outside the Fang Clan after easily evading the guards and servants in the clan.
'Let's go…'
Ye Tian Yun moved towards the exit of the Capital City. Still, in disguise of Fang Chen, he was moving ahead with a very swift pace.
'I need to find a good spot….'
A few minutes ago, while cultivating, he suddenly had an epiphany and broke through the Second Level of Core Formation Realm!
'It was a nice unexpected surprise!'
Ye Tian Yun smiled as he headed out of the Capital City. He was looking for a secluded place to practice and stabilize his cultivation realm.
He tried to do this in the Cultivation Space, but in the end, he decided to go out in the open. He also wanted to see the capabilities of his Sword Intent.
'From now on, my goal will be to one-shot my enemies. Wang Yao is like a cockroach. If he isn't killed within one shot, he will somehow manage to survive. The System is the main enemy here, but I don't know if I will be able to hold myself back from killing Shi Yan when the time comes. So it's best to assume the worst.'
Taking a deep breath, Ye Tian Yun passed through many familiar streets. He passed through the purple spring road, the Gao Clan, and the Purple Spring Garden.
The exit that Ye Tian Yun was looking for was in the Ling Clan's district.
The Capital City was divided into several districts, and major organizations controlled these regions, helping the imperial guards oversee the whole capital city.
Ye Tian Yun had no interest in Ling Clan; he only wanted to use the exit.
'Hm?'
While passing by, Ye Tian Yun noticed a carriage coming out of the Ling Clan. He only glanced at it and continued to move forward.
Soon, the exit was visible, and without stopping, he directly went past it.
About twenty minutes later, Ye Tian Yun found a secluded open area in the forest at the outskirts of the Capital City region.
'There's no one to disturb here…'
Ye Tian Yun had already confirmed this with his spiritual sense.
Without delaying anymore, his aura burst out, and he launched his attack on a huge rock in front of him.
BOOM!
The rock, which was like a small mountain, instantly turned into smithereens.
Ye Tian Yun frowned.
'I didn't take the noise caused by all this into account…'
'Anyway, it's not like I need to hide.'
Without fretting over it anymore, Ye Tian Yun resumed his practice and began to use his Sword Intent and then his sword technique.
About half an hour later, he suddenly stopped and frowned.
Turning his head in a certain direction, he clicked his tongue.
'Why do people need to travel this late in the night?'
A carriage was swiftly approaching his location.
Exhaling, he jumped up and sat on a treetop and disguised his aura.
He was planning for the carriage to cross, and then he would resume his practice.
'Should I just go and find another place?'
As he was musing over his thoughts, the carriage had already reached the open ground.
'Hm? Isn't that…'
This was a familiar carriage,
It was the same one he saw coming out of the Ling Clan.
'Talk about coincidences…'
As he shook his head, the carriage, on the other hand, came to a sudden halt, making him frown.
Slowly, the door of the carriage opened, and a young man walked out.
"This is the place you were talking about?" The young man asked someone.
Another young man poked his head out of the carriage, and looking around; he nodded, "Yes. This place is pretty far and secluded. No one will disturb our practice here."
"Good." The first young man nodded, "You can leave now. I will practice on my own for some time."
"Alright," The guy in the carriage shrugged, "If you get into trouble, you can light the beacon to call for help. Even though we are pretty far, the beacon will alert me if something goes wrong."
"I will keep this in mind."
"Okay then, I won't disturb you anymore." The guy in the carriage closed the carriage gates and commanded the driver, "Let's go!"
The carriage moved and soon disappeared in the direction of the Capital.
On the treetop, Ye Tian Yun couldn't help but frown at this.
'What in the world…'
His practice spot was now gone.
He had already recognized these two people. One of them was Young Master Ling Yun, and another was his friend Feng Yun - he had met both of them in the Purple Sprint Garden yesterday.
Feng Yun was currently standing in the ground, while Young Master Ling had left with the carriage.
Shaking his head, Ye Tian Yun turned to move. Arguing with the guy would waste more of his time, so it was best to just look for a better spot. The mountain range was vast, so Ye Tian Yun wasn't bothered to fight over a single spot.
But suddenly, something happened that made him freeze on the spot.
The guy on the ground, Feng Yun, suddenly moved his hands and a circular disc formed in his hand.
It was a purple disc and looked like an Array-inscription. Moving his hand, Feng Yun threw the disc away from himself.
BOOM!
A huge crater formed on the ground, leaving a shockwave throughout the area.
On the tree-top, Ye Tian Yun stared at the scene in shock.
Ba-dum! Ba-dum!
'Offense-Arrays!?'
This was something he hadn't thought or seen in a long, long time.
Ye Tian Yun calmed himself and frowned at the young man on the ground.
Adjusting himself back on the tree branch, he began to observe quietly.
"Offense-Arrays is not something one would see more often.
Arrays are normally used as stationary spirit-stone run systems with different applications - from cooling the room to attacking a whole army.
But all of them are Defense-Arrays. Even attacking a whole army is not Offense-Array because, first, it's used as a defense and can't be used directly in wars or ambushes.
However, Offense-Arrays are a bit different. They can be moved and can become your weapon."
As Ye Tian Yun recalled these words, Feng Yun created another disc and threw it on the ground.
BOOM!
'Who is this guy?'
He was suddenly very interested in Feng Yun.
To be more specific, he was interested in the Offense-Arrays.
Not because he wanted to learn them, but because… these arrays were not something any random person would know.
'Because there are only two people who should know about these in the Lower and Middle Heavens.. The Sect Leader of the Supreme Alchemy Hall… and her disciple, Ling Feng'er.'