Shen Xu, Zhen Yuan, and the others arrived in Tianji city two days later.

However, they didn’t immediately go to the wishing stone. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

Instead, they booked an inn, changed their disguises, and found a popular restaurant, where they went inside for lunch.

"It’s been forever since we had monster meat." Shen Xu said, looking at the menu.

After all, they explored the Eastern Blue Ocean for more than six hundred years and had been eating sea beast meat during that time.

"Two-legged bison." He muttered with an interested expression.

Four-legged bison were ordinary and could be found on any monster mountain, but two-legged bison were rare and were considered an exotic meat.

"They actually put two-legged bison on the menu." Feng Xue stated and tilted her head with a surprised face.

"This restaurant should have a powerful background." She concluded, and Zhen Yuan nodded.

"The owner is the second son of the Jiang family." He repeated what he had just overheard.

Excluding the city lord’s residence, Tianji city had three big families: the Wu family, the Lu family, and the Jiang family.

Unlike other cities, these three families coexisted harmoniously and rarely fought amongst themselves.

However, this was expected since the city lord was a divination master and could see through many things.

After that, everyone ordered and began eavesdropping while waiting for their food and drinks to arrive.

"The Baihu sect is too unlucky." A male cultivator said and sighed.

"It was barely surviving by relying on Elder Fang, but now that he has fallen..."

"But Elder Fang is also inexplicable. Why did he insist on going to the inheritance ruins?" Someone asked with a disdainful look.

"The inheritance ruins are a death zone, and few can come out with a useful inheritance. It’s really senseless that he went there."

"Everyone knows that Elder Fang is a martial arts fanatic. It’s actually not strange that he went there."

Hearing about the inheritance ruins, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan exchanged a glance and sighed.

They had originally planned to go to the inheritance ruins when they had time.

However, among the loot they had gotten over the years, they found some inheritances from the inheritance ruins and decisively changed their plans.

After all, although the inheritances in the inheritance ruins were several times superior to those in the Tianxuan continent, they were still inferior to Shen Xu’s and Zhen Yuan’s inheritances.

Realising this and because they were short on time, they decided to forego the ancient inheritance ruins.

Since they were not very interested in the inheritance ruins and the Baihu sect, Shen Xu shifted his attention to another table.

"No one could have suspected that Elder Nangong was a spy of the Ten Evils sect. The Myriad Tools sect has suffered a dumb loss." Someone said.

"Elder Nangong was too ruthless. He actually killed all one hundred exchange disciples of the Myriad Tools sect." Another sighed.

"The sects and associations have eliminated most of the Ten Evils sect’s spies, but some inevitably slipped through the cracks. It’s infuriating." A female cultivator said, and her companions nodded in agreement.

"Fortunately, Elder Nangong didn’t successfully escape to the Ten Evils sect and was killed by the sect master."

"The sect master of the Myriad Tools sect has the best defence in the Tianxuan continent. I heard that Elder Nangong didn’t manage to leave a scratch on sect master Qi."

"I wish I were there to watch the fight." A male cultivator said, and one of his companions sneered.

"Elder Nangong was a poison master. How many lives do you have to watch a fight involving a level nine poison master?"

Hearing this, the male cultivator shook his head with a horrified face.

’I still want to live a long life.’ He thought and stopped talking.

"You can buy the image stone if you want to watch the fight." Someone suggested, and the topic shifted to the image stone recordings of the fight.

"We should buy it too." Shen Xu said, and the others nodded.

"It’s a rare opportunity to watch such a high realm fight." Feng Xue agreed.

Tribulation transcending realm cultivators usually lived in isolation and rarely appeared in the world.

However, the Xuanwu secret realm was about to open, and many tribulation transcending realm cultivators had exited their seclusion and entered the secular world.

As a result, lower realm cultivators were able to occasionally witness high-level fights, which was not only a kind of entertainment but also a source of inspiration.

"Is sect master Qi immune to poisons?" Shen Xu suddenly asked and turned to Feng Xue.

After all, a good defence was only an advantage when facing a martial arts or sword attack, but useless against poisons.

"Maybe he has a poison-repelling weapon." Feng Xue said and shrugged before continuing.

"The Myriad Tools sect has the vastest collection of weapons in the Tianxuan continent. They may have an ancient weapon that can repel poisons." She said.

Their order arrived soon after, and the group began eating, but they didn’t stop eavesdropping.

"Speaking of the Xuanwu secret realm..." A female cultivator started and quickly continued.

"I heard that more than three thousand tribulation transcending realm ancestors will enter this time around." She said, shocking the surrounding people.

"Three thousand..., does our Tianxuan continent have so many tribulation transcending realm cultivators?" Someone asked with a doubtful face.

"Don’t underestimate our Tianxuan continent." A male cultivator said and continued once he had everyone’s attention.

"The only reason that those ancestors don’t usually appear is that they live in isolation or are exploring dangerous places while waiting for the Xuanwu secret realm to open."

Hearing this, several companions looked uncomfortable, but their discomfort was mixed with excitement.

"I heard that the Myriad Treasures Pavilion is already preparing for the grand auction." Someone said.

"Is it true that the immortal realm’s branch of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion will send people to control the auction?"

"I hope they will. Otherwise, the cultivation world’s Myriad Treasures Pavilion has no way of controlling several thousand tribulation transcending realm cultivators."