<h4>Chapter 3376 - Suishen Yuan''s Loot</h4>
"Lead the way," Tianming said.
"Luckily for... you the... destination is... not far!" Yin Chen said.
"Did you already find some Yin-Yang Baleme?"
"Yes and... someone you... might know."
"Really? Who''s that?"
Yin Chen knew where one of its bodies was, but the spatial twists and chaos made the road long and full of pitfalls. It had to constantly tell Tianming to adjust where he was heading. It was quite a huge waste of time, even though they already knew where they were going.
"Go faster! Otherwise the... fight will... finish soon!" Yin Chen said.
"I''m going as fast as I can! You''re the one that’s leading me in circles!" Tianming really wanted to freak out over a ce like this. He asked Yin Chen for more rification on what was going on.
It had managed to find some Yin-Yang Baleme, and also two other cultivators from Myriadpath Valley, one of whom Tianming was familiar with. There seemed to be around a hundred bowls of springwater''s worth of baleme. While that wasn''t much for Tianming and only equated to a year of his stipend, it was a huge deal for normal reverends. Naturally, the two cultivators immediately fought over who would be iming it.
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However, Myriadpath Valley''s rules regarding settling differences were simr to Infinitum Duels. Their myriadpath rings would decide who won, which was a decent and fairpromise.
Tianming had heard that most people would opt for that kind of duel. They were there to hunt for treasures, after all, so there was no need to form deep grudges over it. Reverends of Myriadpath Valley knew one another well enough and wouldn''t kill each other over some Yin-Yang Baleme.
"Then again, there''s still a minority who’ll fight over it, considering the number of deaths during a stable period in the Yin-Yang World. I bet they were assassinated without warning. Transmission stones are useless here, after all, which means the heavy storms are very useful as smokescreens to cover up any killings."
Tianming was well aware that this was a haven for less savory cultivators, which was also why Eminent Jiguang didn''t want to let hime. When there was conflict, the dark nature of humanity would show itself, and at a ce like this, there was nothing to hold it back—especially not with the subtle influence Yin-Yang Baleme exerted on the minds of cultivators. Sometimes, even those who called each other brothers might end up fighting to their deaths over it.
Fortunately, the two people that Tianming had been paying attention to had chosen to settle it with a formal duel rather than outright robbery. The reason for that was that one of them was Suishen Yuan, a major pathkeeper, and the other was from House Fenghun. They were an august house of totemancers that deeply respected House Suishen.
Reverend Feng Xuan, also known as Feng the Silent, was a fifth-level foundationeer who should be stronger than Suishen Yuan. Yin Chen had said that he’d discovered the me earlier and agreed to duel for it when Suishen Yuan arrived. If it had been the other way round, Feng Xuan might not have dared to issue a challenge in fear of offending the major pathkeeper.
"Quickly now... Suishen Yuan... is going... to win," Yin Chen said.
"Got it." Tianming had heard that cultivators that entered the Yin-Yang World use a special method to track Yin-Yang Baleme: its signature burnt stench. They would use springwater to first stimte their noses so they would be more sensitive to the stench of the me, unlike Tianming, who could search with Yin Chen. Springwater was a consumable, however, and while sniffing it only used a little, Tianming couldn''t possibly let all of Yin Chen''s bodies sniff it, so he had no choice but to rely on their numbers instead.
Tianming took a small whiff of springwater himself and immediately sensed the stark contrasting pungent smell that wasing from the Yin-Yang Baleme. As he approached, he heard the sound ofbat growing louder, mixed with the chaos of the storm. If it was someone else with worse hearing, they probably couldn''t even tell the difference.
"Suishen Yuan knows me and the Greatsun Suishen Art. Let me test the mask on him to see if he can recognize me from that." Tianming immediately fused with Meow Meow and used Fiveway Blitzrun. He put on the mask that Zi Zhen had fashioned for him and changed into apletely different person. Even his movement ability was disguised so that not a single lightning bolt could be seen.
When Tianming barged into the battle, he spotted Suishen Yuan just having defeated Reverend Feng Xuan; the states of their myriadpath rings said as much.
"As expected of Major Pathkeeper Suishen! You defeated me even though I’m a level stronger. You have my deepest respect," the reverend shouted, or Suishen Yuan wouldn''t be able to hear him in the storm. He immediately disappeared into the storm of yin-yang essence after acknowledging his loss.
Tianming immediately went for the Yin-Yang Baleme!
"Damn, it stinks!" It smelled like the charred embers of perdition, horribly shing against the heavenly fragrance of springwater. Upon closer inspection, it seemed to be a fusion of ck and white mes. Like the Yin-Yang World, the mes took the form of butterfly wings. The monochrome butterfly burned brightly amidst the storm.
The strong wind of the storm blew at the Yin-Yang Baleme. However, it seemed to have its own will and quietly burned so as to not move that quickly within the storm. Otherwise, it would immediately be blown away and be lost for good.
Just as Suishen Yuan happily turned around, he almost coughed out blood. A figure shrouded in ck and purple mist had appeared and put the Yin-Yang Baleme into a special container right before his very eyes before popping it into his spatial ring without another word. Suishen Yuan''s loot was gone!
His rage boiled as he yelled, "Who dares to steal <i>my</i> Yin-Yang Baleme?! You came toote. I discovered the me with Reverend Feng Xuan and dueled him over it—you have no right to it! I advise you to quickly hand it over or you''ll be harshly punished once you return to Myriadpath Valley!"