Otherworldly Desert Dust-Chapter 475 - 430: Catching Huang Que

"Jiang Heng is someone who always seeks revenge for the smallest grievance," Cai Lan reminded Wu Hen. "I'll be heading to a barbaric territory soon, so you need to watch out for him on your own."

Wu Hen nodded.

He knew that ultimately he would have to deal with Jiang Heng using the Tianxuan Saint Decision to fish for the geniuses from the Lower Realm himself, because Cai Lan would not lend a hand.

And Jiang Heng, naturally, was not too keen on letting Wu Hen go since he had already mentioned in Tongtian City that Wu Hen had a similar Huang Que aura to his. If they were both hunters from the same forest, then the thing Wu Hen needed to worry about most was not the fierce beasts, but a fellow hunter armed with a gun.

Jiang Heng definitely did not want his affairs to be exposed, and Wu Hen had already stumbled upon his secrets.

Well, that's good.

Leng Shu was like a big fish that had grown teeth, in reality thrown into a vast wild river by Jiang Heng.

When the fish was fattened up enough, Jiang Heng would reel it in for cooking.

Not long ago, Jiang Heng had enjoyed the rich flesh of a big fish, but he himself hadn't even gotten a taste of the soup.

What was more evident was that Jiang Heng's big fish was not just limited to Leng Shu, but the appearance of Cai Lan alerted Jiang Heng that he could no longer play these games; he would quickly wrap up his scheme and collect all the big fish he had released into the wild river.

In such a situation, Wu Hen had to broaden his thinking and confront Jiang Heng in a higher-dimensional way.

He could wait for Jiang Heng to collect all the big fish and then, on the night the fisherman returned home, he would dispose of him, sink his body to the bottom of the river, and take all the big fish that he had cultivated so painstakingly!

This was far more satisfying than eating just one Leng Shu.

Unfortunately, Cai Lan was about to leave on a long journey, and he could no longer rely on her powerful backing.

However, having someone of Cai Lan's caliber backing him up in the Holy Sect meant he didn't have to feel guilty about turning the entire sect upside down, which was quite nice!

"Sister, rest assured—I'll take care of this Jiang Heng," Wu Hen said. "Playing such tricks in your governed Holy State is like tarnishing the glory of your years, isn't it?"

Cai Lan rarely smiled, and she didn't quite understand how this guy thought.

Still, Jiang Heng's behavior had indeed displeased her. She had her opponents to consider and did not want to stoop low because of Jiang Heng. If Wu Hen could deal with Jiang Heng, she would naturally be more relieved.

"Eliminate him, and I'll gift you a true copy of the Tianxuan Saint Decision," Cai Lan said.

"That would be great!" Wu Hen replied with a smile.

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After leaving Cai Lan's residence, Wu Hen was hit by a wave of relief.

Thank goodness!

Thank goodness he had offered that Tianxuan Saint Decision to Cai Lan back then—it was a counterfeit, but his sincerity had seemed genuine to her.

If he had stubbornly learned from it, he would've become a pawn of Jiang Heng, seen by Cai Lan as nothing but a selfish and deceitful brother, and as stupid as a donkey, totally unworthy of following her and cultivating.

That is to say, when he offered the Tianxuan Saint Decision to Cai Lan, she had already become aware that someone was setting up a pigtrap in the Lower Realm.

She just didn't know who was behind it. So, she kept her discovery to herself, waiting quietly for the waters of the Lower Realm to be muddied.

Until Leng Shu took the throne of Human Emperor and used such cruel methods in Tongtian City, Cai Lan, despite being the deity in charge of the Holy State, never showed up. It was simply left to someone from the Cloud Holy Country to come forward.

Sure enough, they caught Jiang Heng—he was the mastermind behind the Fishing Technique of the Tianxuan Saint Decision.

However, Jiang Heng was still not someone who caught Cai Lan's eye.

"Junior Brother, this Jiang Heng is a Holy God of unfathomable Cultivation, and what he cultivates is True Yuan. You must be very careful," Qingxi warned, concerned.

After all, as Heavenly People from the Cloud Holy Country, it was not easy for those still struggling in the Lower Realm to contend with someone of that caliber.

"Don't worry; I am fearsomely strong now!" Wu Hen said with unquestionable confidence.

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Months later, Tongtian City had returned to its former prosperity.

Even because many Holy Sect practitioners had been reduced to mortals, the Holy Cultivators, who had always considered themselves superior, had become more low-profile, making life in the city much better for the residents there.

The reason for Tongtian City's prosperity was that its inhabitants only had to tolerate one thing—the self-righteous Holy Cultivators. Other than that, they didn't have to contend with natural disasters or alien evils, worry about foreign invasions, or fear being devoured by Otherworldly Predators.

One might say they were cultivated quite well, and thanks to Holy Cultivation evolving the Human Clan into Alien War Gods in an extremely short period, it also attracted many individuals from the Ten Thousand Veins of the Human Clan to this place in search of opportunities, increasing the population and thereby creating stacked layers of prosperity.

This calamity's death toll counted mainly among the Holy Sect members, not really affecting the ordinary citizens. Besides, Tongtian City was simply too large; even if countless perished overnight, spread across the entire population of Tongtian City, the impact was akin to a fire occurring in a large city—the odds of a fire and the risk it posed to the individual still remained minimal.

Just as Jiang Heng had said, it was merely a large stone falling into a pond, and before long, everything returned to calm.

Xu Xia, a junior disciple of the Holy Sect who survived the ordeal in the Qilin Temple, also came upon great fortune. Within a few months, his Cultivation skyrocketed, reaching the Saint Child Realm.

Though what he practiced was Void Origin, in Tongtian City, it still made him a considerable Earth Official.

After obtaining a Pure Yuan You, he also tried to cool down in his day-to-day Cultivation and decided to temporarily return to his homeland, to reflect offline on his recent experiences.

"Excuse me, are you Xu Xia?"

A man in uniform visited and inquired about Xu Xia.

Xu Xia was somewhat surprised because he had seen the person before on television—a top-tier powerhouse among humanity—Guan Quming.

This was the person in charge of the Nuwa Divine Navigators, a leading figure among the Human Pioneers!

"Hello... My name is Xu Xia." Xu Xia grew nervous; despite his status as a junior master in the Holy Sect, he couldn't help but show a look of admiration when facing this navigator leader.

"We have detected that you obtained a Pure Yuan You from the Holy Cultivation Land of Tongtian City, so you awakened near Tongtian City, and even became a Holy Cultivator, right?" Guan Quming inquired.

"Yes, yes, I reached the Saint Child Realm. I've been incredibly lucky these past few months; it doesn't have much to do with my own efforts," Xu Xia admitted.

"We need your assistance. If you're willing, we will grant you a blessing to enhance your Spiritual Perception and then, as far as possible, obtain the Totem Town Stone for us," Guan Quming proposed.

"Totem Town Stone??"

"Yes, this item possesses a rather strong deterrent effect against Evil Soil. At present, our Divine Realm is stationed near several patches of Evil Soil in this otherworldly place, and strange anomalies are proliferating, eroding our homeland. We need enough Totem Town Stones to clear out a Pure Land. This task clearly suits you more than anyone else..." Guan Quming explained.

"Such a daunting task... I... I'm afraid... Right, I met a senior in Tongtian City, his Cultivation Realm is much higher than mine, you could search for his information. With his help, this problem should be solvable," Xu Xia suggested.

"What's his name?" Guan Quming asked.

"Wu Tian." Xu Xia had a profound memory of that name.

"Among the awakeners we've screened, there's no one by that name. Don't worry, you're not alone in this mission. We will contact others in the Holy Cultivation Land, and once we have enough Totem Town Stones, someone will escort them back to the Divine Realm," Guan Quming reassured.

Xu Xia wore a puzzled expression.

The man named Wu Tian was clearly a fellow villager; how could the Nuwa Divine Realm not find him? Could it be that he had set foot in this otherworldly place as a Desert Dust Life, but doing so, wasn't it very easy to become lost?

"After enhancing your Perception, you should progress more smoothly on the path of Holy Cultivation. After a while, some of our experts will also enter Tongtian City. At that time, you should meet up with them to avoid being rejected by foreign clans," Guan Quming instructed.

"No problem, I'll do my best. Dare I ask, who will be leading the team to Tongtian City this time?" Xu Xia inquired.

"It will be the navigator Fei Ying."

"Ah, so it's her. She must be a Sixth Rank Life by now, right?" Xu Xia remarked.

"Her team is very strong, but if it's possible to avoid conflicts with the Holy Sect's strong practitioners, then we should avoid it as much as possible. Our main mission for all of humanity now is to ensure that the Divine Realm is undisturbed and uneroded in this Cang Chu Divine Realm," Guan Quming explained.

"You all have worked hard. Without you navigators, we people would probably face various deadly predicaments upon reaching the Cang Chu Divine Realm. Someone evolving as slowly as me would never have the chance to grow," Xu Xia confessed.

"If you need anything, you can also contact us. While we might struggle to provide some Holy Cultivation resources, some information has already been established. You don't need to worry about drifting alone outside; if you're about to get lost, you must seek our help," Guan Quming assured.

"Got it, got it!"

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In Tongtian City, at the Xianhe Palace,

Xu Xia woke up in his host body, and upon opening his eyes, he saw a fellow disciple.

"Are you meditating or sleepwalking in a dream? You look like you were having a conversation in your dream," a purple-robed Holy Sect practitioner observed Xu Xia.

"I... I tend to talk in my sleep, and it seems I dozed off, perhaps from exhaustion before," Xu Xia hastily explained.

"You also count as lucky in misfortune. By the way, you have a friend looking for you. He's dressed quite modestly, but I have the feeling he's a big shot. You should hurry over," the purple-robed man said.

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"What's his name?"

"Wu Tian."

"I'll go right now!" Xu Xia immediately sprinted toward the exit at a brisk pace.

Without Brother Wu Tian's guidance, he would already be a corpse.

Furthermore, Xu Xia always felt as if someone had been helping him in secret; his cultivation had increased so rapidly in recent months, so fast that even he felt it was unreal, lacking any sense of innate talent or effort.

"Brother Wu Tian!" Xu Xia was overwhelmed with emotion upon seeing Wu Hen standing tall and radiant in the sunlight, clearly a high-level big shot who had evolved to a very advanced stage.

"How have you been lately?" Wu Hen inquired.

"Very good, though my progress has been so rapid that I'm a bit uneasy about it," Xu Xia replied.

"Let me ask you something, you should have returned to the homeland recently, right?" Wu Hen said.

"I just went back for a bit because I was afraid my cultivation was too fierce and I would get lost in this powerful force," Xu Xia responded.

"That's fine as long as you haven't forgotten your roots. How are things there? I can't return for now, but I'm a bit worried," Wu Hen queried.

Traveling as a Desert Dust Life means one cannot return to the Divine Realm through Pure Yuan You unless one finds something like the Soul Nesting Wood.

"I've encountered some problems…" Xu Xia relayed the situation he knew to Wu Hen.

"Oh, obtaining the Totem Town Stone is easy, but escorting it is more troublesome. This place is quite far from our temporary residence in the Divine Realm, and the journey is fraught with various Evil Lands and Foreign Lands," Wu Hen explained.

"Yes, but the navigator Fei Ying will come, and they are Dimension Pioneers who by now definitely have evolved to a very high level," Xu Xia said.

"Fei Ying?" Wu Hen recalled the woman with the eyepatch who had been a bit haughty at their first meeting.

Nowadays, navigators are exceptionally mysterious; everyone is like little worker bees gathering Pure Yuan You, coming and going, but navigators are like special agent bees within the beehive, leaving traces without showing themselves. That's why Wu Hen still hadn't met the person he wanted to see.

But Fei Ying was probably always following Mingyi.

If she was coming, would Mingyi come too??

After all these years...

He could only express his longing through the beautiful photos of Mingyi on his phone, and at last, there might be a chance to see her!