Tyler Guan smiled, "Senior brother, I won't forget you. So take me with you now—let's go catch that guy together."
"I don't know where that guy is either. We can only spread the news, then watch for any signs to track him down," Don Bin said.
"Then hurry up and send out the news. I really want to see what kind of person he is, if he has such skills," Tyler Guan said impatiently, grinning.
Don Bin smiled, then took Tyler Guan and left the sect, spreading some news.
As for Evan Yang, he had already found a hidden spot and entered the Sky-Piercing Tower.
"Brother Yang, thank you so much." As soon as he entered, Lance Blue couldn't wait to express his gratitude.
"We came here together. You endured so much—how could I possibly leave you behind?" Evan Yang smiled.
At that moment, May also respectfully thanked Evan Yang. In her eyes, he was a senior expert. Seeing the two of them echo each other, Evan Yang just smiled.
As for Ye Chen and Winter, after Lance Blue and May entered, they chatted curiously with them, until Evan Yang came in. Lance also met the Strange Fiend here, which made him very curious.
The Strange Fiend was no longer as irritable as before. Ever since he started hanging around with Evan Yang, he gradually adapted, and even began to want to follow Evan. After all, Evan's strength was obvious, and his potential was huge—having him as a backer meant that one day he could walk out freely, no longer hunted by the Three Palaces.
So after chatting with Lance Blue for a bit, the Strange Fiend went back into seclusion.
Seeing that everyone was settled, Evan Yang pulled Lance Blue and May aside, then brought out the Divine Spirit he had captured.
"What is this?" Lance and May exchanged glances.
"He's the branch manager from your division," Evan Yang said with a smile.
"What! You even took his Divine Spirit?" Lance was shocked, and May couldn't believe it either. Evan Yang's strength had already surpassed their imagination.
"Let's not talk about that for now. He's your branch manager, so he definitely knows Yellow Heaven Sect's arts," Evan Yang said, smiling.
Lance Blue was immediately interested. Now that he had a chance to learn Yellow Heaven Sect's arts—even if not all of them—as a branch manager, the guy surely knew plenty. At least it would give Lance some ability to protect himself.
He looked at Evan Yang with a face full of excitement.
Evan Yang could already read everything from their expressions, so he smiled. "Relax. Just watch me."
Then Evan Yang released the Divine Spirit's ability to move, but still didn't let him use spiritual power.
Once the Divine Spirit could speak, he shouted angrily, "What do you want from me!?"
"We're interested in the Yellow Heaven Sect's earth arts. How much do you know?" Evan Yang said, smiling.
Hearing they wanted to steal techniques, the Divine Spirit snorted coldly, "Dream on. I won't tell you!"
"Is that so?" Evan Yang sneered.
"What are you going to do?" Seeing Evan Yang's smile, the Divine Spirit was startled.
"If I ask you to tell us, but you refuse, then you have no value to me. What's the point of keeping you around?" Evan Yang smiled.
"If you don't let me go, the Yellow Heaven Sect will never let you off!" the Divine Spirit said in fright.
"Yellow Heaven Sect? I've already killed five people. I wonder if they'll still let me off?" Evan Yang said, smiling.
"You!" The Divine Spirit had only heard Evan Yang killed one person, not five. Hearing this, he was terrified, feeling Evan Yang was a total killer.
"I'll give you some time to think. If you talk, you'll have a chance to live. If not, you know the consequences." Evan Yang didn't have any deep hatred for him; if the branch manager was willing to talk, Evan was willing to spare his life.
"Will you really let me go?" the Divine Spirit asked suspiciously.
"I, Evan Yang, keep my word," Evan Yang said with a smile.
"Your name is Evan Yang?" The Divine Spirit was shocked.
"What? Is there a problem?" Evan Yang said with a smile.
"So you're the Green Fourth-Tier from Genius Pavilion. But I can't figure it out—when Ninefold Palace issued the wanted order, your cultivation was so weak. Then at Hundred-Change Valley, I heard you were thrown into Dead Lake by the Feng Family." The Divine Spirit recounted.
"I didn't expect you to know so much about me!" Evan Yang was surprised at how well the Divine Spirit knew him.
"You were just too reckless—not only did you offend Ninefold Palace, but also the Feng Family. And at Hundred-Change Valley, though I didn't see it myself, I heard reports from disciples. I was always curious about you, but I never thought I'd end up in your hands." The Divine Spirit sighed.
"So that's how it is," Evan Yang replied, realizing the disciples below had spread stories of his achievements.
"Alright, I'll tell you. But if you ever get caught by the Yellow Heaven Sect, don't tell anyone it was me who taught you." The Divine Spirit knew the consequences of leaking sect techniques, so he bargained with Evan Yang.
"No problem. Whatever you say, I'll keep to it. My friends won't tell anyone either," Evan Yang said, smiling as the Divine Spirit finally agreed to talk.
"The Earth-Walking Formula is divided into eight stages. You can only progress to the next stage after mastering the previous one. Even I have only cultivated up to the fifth stage—the move I used against you today. As for the sixth stage, I've never succeeded in learning it, and the seventh and eighth I've never even seen." the Divine Spirit explained.
"I see. Then just teach us the first six stages," Evan Yang said, smiling when he heard the Divine Spirit had mastered six stages.
The Divine Spirit hesitated for a moment, then began to teach Evan Yang all six stages. Lance Blue and May listened carefully, memorizing everything—these were techniques normally inaccessible to ordinary disciples of the Yellow Heaven Sect.
The first stage of the Earth-Walking Formula lets you freely control the earth element and soil.
The second stage allows you to manipulate earth to form walls and pillars, adapting their shapes as needed, as long as you're on earth or soil.
The third stage lets you form violent earth-storm barriers in soil, trapping your target. The move used against Evan Yang in the yellow-mud zone was a result of cultivating the third stage.
The fourth stage is more advanced—you don't need any actual earth to create earth-based constructs and traps, like earthen walls or other forms.
The fifth stage is what the Divine Spirit used today: making earth attacks shapeless and unpredictable.
As for the sixth stage, it's about manifesting earth constructs without any physical soil present—but this Divine Spirit never succeeded in cultivating it.
Once everything was explained and the cultivation details were clear, Evan Yang smiled. "Good, since you've told us, I won't kill you. In fact, if you perform well, I might even let you go."
"How do I perform well?" the Divine Spirit asked suspiciously.
"Simple. Just teach these two. If anything goes wrong, you need to guide them until they've cultivated up to the fifth stage," Evan Yang said with a smile.
"What!" The Divine Spirit exclaimed in shock.
"Any objections?" Evan Yang asked.
"I've spent thousands of years cultivating to reach this level, and now you want me to teach them for thousands of years?" The Divine Spirit thought about the long time and felt he'd rather die than endure it.
"That is indeed a long time," Evan Yang mused. But thousands of years inside the tower would only be a few decades outside, which wasn't so long for cultivators of their level.
After thinking for a moment, Evan Yang smiled. "Outside, it's only a few decades."
"A few decades?" The Divine Spirit clearly didn't understand what Evan Yang meant.
Lance Blue and May also had no idea what Evan Yang was talking about.
So Evan Yang briefly explained. When he finished, all three were stunned. This spatial treasure was truly heaven-defying—fifty times time acceleration.
"You brat, you have such a treasure and never told me!" Lance Blue felt like he'd arrived in the perfect place for cultivation.
"Uh, I just saw you again, didn't I?" Evan Yang replied helplessly.
The Divine Spirit immediately answered, "Then I'll stay."
"Agreeing so quickly? No regrets?" Evan Yang asked suspiciously.
"But I have a condition," the Divine Spirit said, staring at Evan Yang.
"Speak," Evan Yang said, curious about what the Divine Spirit wanted.
"You know, a Divine Spirit can't remain outside a body for too long. Once its power fades, it can never form a physical body again. So I want to restore my body, which will take a few decades. During that time, these two can focus on the first three stages." the Divine Spirit explained to Evan Yang.
Evan Yang found this reasonable and replied, "That's no problem."
"Then I have no objections," the Divine Spirit said.
"I'll release you soon so you can restore your physical body, but let me warn you: don't even think of resisting. This is my domain. No matter how strong you are, once you're inside, you obey me—or face the consequences," Evan Yang said after thinking it over.
The Divine Spirit didn't dare make a move. Now he was just a spirit, and Evan Yang had so many strange methods—even the Ninefold Palace and Feng Family couldn't kill him. He'd rather stay here, cultivate for thousands of years, and maybe greatly increase his strength. When he left, only a few decades would have passed; that's why he decided to stay.
Evan Yang understood this, so he deliberately revealed the secret of the tower's time acceleration—to reassure the Divine Spirit and have him stay and teach Lance Blue and May.
Seeing he had such a mentor, Lance Blue realized his path would be much smoother. He was deeply grateful to Evan Yang.
Evan Yang decided to be thorough. With a single thought, the tower gained many new buildings and zones.
He specially prepared a residence for the two of them, and a cultivation zone for the Divine Spirit. When Ye Chen and the others saw this, they requested their own spaces, so Evan Yang added several more. The top platform of the Sky-Piercing Tower now had everything needed.
Once everything was arranged, Evan Yang left the tower. Ye Chen also came out.
"Are you sure you want to buy things?" Evan Yang asked, hearing that Ye Chen wanted to bring lots of daily necessities into the tower.
"Of course. Now there's everything inside, but if we add some daily goods—food, clothes, entertainment for mortals—life inside won't be so boring," Ye Chen replied.
"Honestly, all you think about is eating, drinking, and playing?" Evan Yang said helplessly.
"What else can I do? My cultivation is sealed, so I can't train even if I want to. Sigh." Hearing Evan Yang's words, Ye Chen suddenly became gloomy, feeling that aside from these things, she really had nothing else to do.
Only then did Evan Yang realize that Ye Chen had always lived like this in the tower. Before, Derek had guided her, but now, aside from the rascal everyone treated as a servant, she was the most idle.