C286 A Conspiracy and Danger!(1)

"Zhengyang, did you really take down an entire family by yourself in the Fallen Sun Country?" Liang Ruoxuan asked, her emotions finally steadying.

"Master, when did you go to the Fallen Sun Country? You didn't cause the disaster there, did you?" Fu Chuan was struggling to wrap his head around it.

"That did happen," Woo Zhengyang admitted without hesitation.

With Han Shanyuan present, and possibly others from Tianqi City, it wasn't surprising that this event was being uncovered, given Woo Zhengyang's current prominence.

Woo Zhengyang then briefly recounted the events, leaving Fu Chuan indignant and Liang Ruoxuan disapproving of the Liu family's actions.

Mentioning Liu Yunyun didn't seem to stir much reaction in Han Shanyuan, which caught Woo Zhengyang off guard.

Afterward, Woo Zhengyang asked Han Shanyuan about the situation in the Fallen Sun Country. According to Han, shortly after Woo Zhengyang left, the entire country was plunged into a state of panic. Rumors spread about the massacre at the No Life Patriarch's estate, where elite disciples from various factions, and even some inner and outer sect elders, were wiped out.

Of those who entered the estate, aside from a handful of sect masters and elders, none survived. This decimated the core strength of the Fallen Sun Country, leading to the cancellation of the annual Heavenly Martial Dao Discussing Great Association for the first time.

The major powers were too overwhelmed with their own sect affairs to pay attention, and even if they held the event, they wouldn't be able to select any real elite disciples. Bringing them to Heavenly Martial City would only make the Fallen Sun Country a laughingstock.

While a few people were conversing, in another small courtyard in Heavenly Martial City, two others were also in discussion. One of them was Quan Feiyan from the city of Tianjue in the Fallen Sun Country.

"Sir, are you saying that Woo Zhengyang is the person all the major powers are looking for? I only heard that they were lowering standards to recruit more disciples to fill sect vacancies. I didn't hear anything about searching for someone!"

"Of course you haven't heard. This is all happening in secret. I overheard it while outside my father's study. Besides my father, I'm probably the only one in the nearby cities who knows about this. I've known for a while that they were looking for Woo Zhengyang, just like my father. But this guy seemed to vanish into thin air. I never expected him to be a disciple of the Profound Heaven Sect in Dongjue Country, and he's quite famous there."

"Should I head back to the Fallen Sun Country immediately?"

"It's too late to report back to my father. Besides, this guy is too powerful. Even if our Quan family gave it our all, we might not be able to defeat him. It could bring disaster upon us instead!"

"So what should we do?"

"Wait. Although the three major sects of the Fallen Sun Country don't have disciples participating in this Heavenly Martial Dao Discussing Great Association, their sect masters will still gather in Heavenly Martial City. My brother was killed by Woo Zhengyang, and he was once the ninth inner disciple of the Fallen Star Sect. I've sent a message to Shao Jingyu, the sect master of the Fallen Star Sect, hinting that this matter is related to my brother's death. I'm sure he'll come to see us once he reads it."

"Don't wait any longer!" A cool voice came from the side as three figures emerged from the shadows. It was Wong Jinghai, Sect Master of the Fallen Sun Sect; Ye Nanxin, Sect Master of the Fallen Moon Sect; and Shao Jingyu, Sect Master of the Fallen Star Sect. These three were the absolute pinnacle of power in the country, and Quan Feiyan had only ever seen them from a distance once. He never imagined that a single letter would bring all three sect masters here.

"Greetings, Sect Masters!" Quan Feiyan approached them with a mix of awe and trepidation...

...

After lunch, Woo Zhengyang and Fu Chuan left the Pill King Pavilion's base in Heavenly Martial City. Han Shanyuan, having no place to stay in the city, was temporarily accommodated at the pavilion by Liang Ruoxuan.

With the whole afternoon ahead, Fu Chuan planned to explore the marketplace of Heavenly Martial City. As the largest city in the four countries, its marketplace was naturally the biggest, bustling with all sorts of trades from cultivators across the nations. Woo Zhengyang, who had never experienced such a marketplace before, should have been excited, but he was preoccupied with his thoughts.

Something unusual was happening in the Fallen Sun Country. After the recent disaster, all nations were understandably trying to fill their power gaps. Yet, what transpired in the No Life Patriarch's domain remained largely unknown, which was peculiar. Moreover, Han Shanyuan mentioned something even stranger.

On that day, the three elder masters of the Sunset Sect were called out of seclusion upon learning of the mysterious changes in the ancient cave. Together, they ventured into the cave of the No Life Patriarch.

Later, the cave collapsed, turning the entire canyon to dust. Only the three elder masters and the leaders of various factions emerged unscathed. Among them was a person wielding a spear.

Woo Zhengyang immediately recognized the spear-wielder as another Array Master, just like himself. Afterward, the weapons in the hands of these people flew away on their own, except for the spear held by the Array Master.

Then, the Array Master took the initiative, setting up an array to trap everyone else before making his escape.