The next moment, Ancestor Martin spoke again: "Disciple, whatever you decide to do next, your master will support you!"
Ian Song thought for a moment and said, "I plan to take my wives and leave Snowgoose City. If we stay any longer, those Ancestral Immortals might force their way into Whitewater Courtyard!"
"Hmph! Let them try!"
Ancestor Cyrus sneered.
Ian Song sighed softly, "Sigh, it's all my fault. I've caused all this trouble and disturbed my two masters' peaceful cultivation!"
If only his cultivation was higher, he wouldn't have to hide and run everywhere. He could just kill anyone who came—one or two at a time—and that would be truly satisfying.
"It's not your fault. It's because we're not strong enough. If we were all fifteenth-layer Ancestral Immortals, no one would dare provoke us!"
Ancestor Martin said bitterly.
"Martial Uncle, please accept this jade slip!"
As he spoke, Ian handed Ancestor Grimm a jade slip.
But the formation surprised them—it broke in just ten breaths. As before, there was a wooden box inside, but this time no ban covered it.
"Quick, open it and see!"
With a wave, the box landed in the Ling Family Ancestor's hand. They took out the jade slip and handed it to the Ling Family Patriarch for inspection.
"Nothing!"
The Ling Family Patriarch sent his immortal sense inside, but found no information at all!
"Damn it! That kid tricked us!"
Just then, another group of Ancestors arrived—one of the other Eight Great Clans of Purple Dragon Domain.
Seeing the method in the Ling Patriarch's hand, those Ancestors turned pale. The leader said, "Brother Ling, since we're both among the Eight Great Clans, shouldn't you let us see the god-level method too?"
Even so, comparing it with their own methods could yield significant benefits.
As for the Golden Immortal, a skilled Ancestor erased his memory and let him go.
But after everything that had happened, he felt stifled and frustrated, and for the first time, he felt a real urgency to improve his cultivation.
Meanwhile, the number of Ancestral Immortals gathering in Snowgoose City kept climbing.
Then, on this day—
The divine artifact vision, which hadn’t appeared for months, erupted once again.
Instantly—
Most of the Ancestral Immortals in Snowgoose City rushed off, heading straight for the Barbarian Wastes.
Sure enough, the place where the vision appeared was a small town in the Barbarian Wastes called Thousandmount Town.
Because most of the Ancestors had already gone to Snowgoose City before,
the vision lasted for nearly a quarter of an hour before two Ancestral Immortals finally arrived together.
Seeing this, Ian immediately put away the Crimson Haze Divine Sword.
Then he placed a black wooden box beneath the formation’s ban, and, channeling his immortal yuan force, shouted, "Honored Ancestors, I've placed a god-level cultivation method under the ban. Let me remind you, don't try to break the formation or the ban by force, or you'll destroy the method inside!"
Because Ian had amplified his voice with immortal yuan force, every living being within ten thousand li heard his words.
The Ancestors racing over sped up even more.
The two who arrived first had planned to brute-force the formation, but after hearing Ian's warning, they didn't dare. If they destroyed the god-level method inside, the later-arriving Ancestors might kill them in rage.
In less than half a quarter hour,
at least a hundred Ancestral Immortals had arrived at the scene.
Working together, the Ancestors spent almost half an hour to break the formation.
But beneath the formation was still a ban. Through it, they could see a black wooden box, with a jade slip inside.
"Could there really be a god-level method inside?"
All the Ancestors looked visibly excited, then carefully joined forces to break the ban.
But when the wooden box was exposed, no one dared to make the first move.
Since there was only one jade slip, whoever checked it first would be suspected by everyone else—the contents could be altered at will.
"How about this! Let's find a regular Immortal to read the contents and copy them down, then we can soul-search him to verify."
"Good idea!"
Immediately, an Ancestor went and grabbed a nearby Golden Immortal, making him read the jade slip and copy down all its contents.
Meanwhile, thanks to the delay, more than three hundred Ancestors had gathered at the scene.
Faced with so many Ancestors, the Golden Immortal didn't dare resist. He quickly read the jade slip and obediently copied down every word.
More than three hundred Ancestors scanned the copied text, imprinting it into their minds for verification. Instantly, excitement swept through them—it truly was a god-level cultivation method, though unfortunately it was only a fragment, maxing out at the Ancestral Immortal level.
Even so, comparing it with their own methods could yield significant benefits.
As for the Golden Immortal, a skilled Ancestor erased his memory and let him go.
Though the three hundred Ancestors hadn’t obtained the divine artifact, they did get a fragment of a god-level method—a small harvest. Those who missed out were left bitterly regretful.
Five days later—
Another divine artifact vision appeared in the Purple Dragon Domain.
This time, none of the Ancestors dared to be slow—they all rushed toward Purple Dragon Domain at full speed.
But this time, Ian set up the array near the Ling Family’s territory, so the Ling Ancestors arrived first.
"Everyone, this time I've placed a complete god-level cultivation method inside the array!"
Ian raised his voice and shouted.
Unlike Thousandmount Town, Purple Dragon Domain was packed with Immortals—at least tens of thousands heard him.
The Ling Ancestors were overjoyed.
They immediately began breaking the array.
This time, the array was unusually simple—it broke in just ten breaths. As before, there was a wooden box inside, but this time no ban covered it.
"Quick, open it and see!"
With a wave, the box landed in the Ling Family Ancestor's hand. They took out the jade slip and handed it to the Ling Family Patriarch for inspection.
"Nothing!"
The Ling Family Patriarch sent his immortal sense inside, but found no information at all!
"Damn it! That kid tricked us!"
Just then, another group of Ancestors arrived—one of the other Eight Great Clans of Purple Dragon Domain.
Seeing the method in the Ling Patriarch's hand, those Ancestors turned pale. The leader said, "Brother Ling, since we're both among the Eight Great Clans, shouldn't you let us see the god-level method too?"
The Ling Ancestors were overjoyed.
They immediately began breaking the array.
This time, the array was unexpectedly simple—it broke in just ten breaths. As before, there was a wooden box inside, but this time no ban covered it.
"Quick, open it and see!"
With a wave, the box landed in the Ling Family Ancestor's hand. They took out the jade slip and handed it to the Ling Family Patriarch for inspection.
"Nothing!"
The Ling Family Patriarch sent his immortal sense inside, but found no information at all!
"Damn it! That kid tricked us!"
Just then, another group of Ancestors arrived—one of the other Eight Great Clans of Purple Dragon Domain.
Seeing the method in the Ling Patriarch's hand, those Ancestors turned pale. The leader said, "Brother Ling, since we're both among the Eight Great Clans, shouldn't you let us see the god-level method too?"