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Chapter 2580: Chapter 2572: Changed Bounty

The Fishing Elder’s decree was very clear: the Xuanzhuang sect must strive to win this bounty.

Clan practitioners and sect practitioners are indeed two distinctly different camps, but in reality, their opposition is not that fierce.

Even the True Sage of the Fishing Elder himself has quite a few True Sage friends in clan camps.

Moreover, not emphasizing the distinction between clans and sects is the political correctness of the Tianqin Plane. Most disciples under the Xuanzhuang sect are like this and do not lack friends in the clan practitioner camp.

The Fishing Elder issued the decree mainly emphasizing two points: First, Feng Jun’s strategy for the Insect World is of extraordinary significance.

The second point is that the quota for Xuanzhuang to enter the Void is a small matter. The key is that after Feng Jun sent a large group of practitioners into the Void, they were attacked by the suspect. This behavior is not only against Feng Jun but also endangers the lives of those practitioners.

Before Feng Jun led people into the Void, no practitioner below the Body Integration Realm could safely bring people in and out.

Therefore, the suspect’s behavior can be said to be insane, a public enemy to all Tianqin practitioners!

The Fishing Elder knew that many sect practitioners had quite good relationships with clan friends. This is what he worried about, which is why he stated this is not the time to talk about relationships. We are not targeting clan practitioners but the public enemy of practitioners!

This label is large enough. Elder Douliang does not believe that the Unharmed True Immortal has any strong malice towards sect practitioners — precisely because of this, he was able to befriend the other.

But was there any error in what the Fishing Elder True Sage said? There really wasn’t; it was Xiong Nanti who first did the outrageous thing.

Elder Douliang made a judgment and decisively decided, "I want this bounty!"

It’s not that I wronged you, but you first did something excessive, vaguely posing a threat to all practitioners.

With righteousness at hand and the temptation of five Void slots, Elder Douliang couldn’t resist the temptation.

In fact, he vaguely felt that given Xiong Nanti’s way of doing things, he shouldn’t be the only sect practitioner who knows him.

Thus, Xuanzhuang disciples hurriedly came over, fearing the bounty would be claimed by others — Elder Douliang is occupied with Xuanzhuang and cannot come.

Actually, this is also Elder Douliang’s style — once he makes a decision, he absolutely will not hesitate!

Facts proved that his judgment was not wrong at all.

Between Elder Douliang and Unharmed True Immortal, it’s the kind of... how to say it? It’s just that they genuinely clicked, even if their interactions weren’t frequent, which is precisely why he hesitated to take this bounty.

So what he can provide isn’t much, only knowing that the other’s name is Xiong Nanti, titled Unharmed, excellently skilled in spatial arts — this was learned through combat. As for any clans, where he is active, or where he resides long-term, he has no idea.

Of course, he can provide such information, enough to allow Feng Jun to identify the culprit and judge the situation, even if it’s currently difficult to find him.

However, just the day after Xuanzhuang disciples arrived, people from the Green Lotus Sect came too.

The one who came was a Middle Phase Nascent Soul, titled Huangqing, who also revealed Xiong Nanti’s origin. He firmly stated that this person belongs to the Ancient Xiong Family and even provided several of his bases on Tianqin.

His information all came from the personal accounts of the Unharmed True Immortal. Among these bases, he had verified them as well, but Huangqing True Immortal also stated that Xiong Nanti claimed the Ancient Xiong Family is already completely extinct and he just has the bloodline.

Feng Jun wanted to ask, how do you know so much, but he was too embarrassed to speak up.

However, Huangqing True Immortal explained on his own: It turns out Xiong Nanti fell in love with his female disciple. Later, his disciple failed to condense her Nascent Soul. He believed Unharmed True Immortal was culpable, but... this matter leaves no room for complaint — failing to condense the Nascent Soul, blaming others for distraction?

Although he was the second to claim the bounty, Feng Jun still promised five slots. Since they were doing something big, being so stingy wasn’t appropriate. For him, bringing a few more people into the Void wasn’t much of a deal.

Upon knowing this, Huangqing True Immortal voluntarily offered to help investigate Xiong Nanti’s bases.

Originally, Feng Jun didn’t want him involved because he had many skilled analysts around him; forming a group to go could yield more clues. However, since Huangqing was so enthusiastic, he assigned him a few smaller bases to investigate.

He himself took two True Sages, Qian Zhong and Yi Jue, to investigate the two larger bases.

One of the two bases is a Spirit Stone mine. Xiong Nanti divested from it twenty years ago. Currently, several large shareholder families are resistant to investigation, fortunately, this place is within the Painting Way’s territory, and an elder from the Painting Way coordinated a bit, allowing the investigation to be completed.

However, this investigation yielded no results. Unharmed True Immortal was able to hold shares at that time because of his super combat strength. Other shareholders had little contact with him, and he used an alias back then, with his appearance disguised.

After divesting, he vanished from the Spirit Stone Mine, and tracing back twenty years is beyond what Feng Jun can currently do.

Qian Zhong could barely manage to accomplish this, but the trouble was that the residence where Xiong Nanti lived had changed hands several times, greatly affecting the aura, making it an impossible task.

Another foundation was a Spirit Medicine Garden, guarded by a local minor family—actually considered contracted, the family had several Golden Core members, but they knew little about their employer, and most of the spirit medicines in the garden were fast-growing, with only a few aged spirit medicines.

Xiong Nanti came every ten years to collect some Spirit Stones and check on the aged spirit medicines. It had been eight years since his last visit, but obviously, he wouldn’t be coming again—those few aged spirit medicines were definitely not worth more than his life.

This minor family dared not stop such a group of people and could only let them act. Yi Jue directly took away the aged spirit medicines inside and stated that the people you’re helping are our enemies, and we are gracious for not taking your heads.

In the eyes of the Lingzhi Sect Elder, these spirit medicines really weren’t much, which was typical in Tianqin. If someone with a bad temper came, they might destroy all the Golden Cores in this family.

The minor family certainly feared possible retaliation from Xiong Nanti, but being caught up in such matters, they could only resign themselves to their fate.

Surprisingly, in this medicine garden, Qian Zhong actually traced back to an image of Xiong Nanti before an aged spirit medicine.

However, she could only deduce some relevant information about Xiong Nanti, such as Nascent Soul Eighth Layer at twelve hundred years old—the age was something Feng Jun hadn’t deduced, though there was already general information before, and a few more trivial details didn’t mean much.

Of course, if Feng Jun hadn’t previously captured the information, then this information would have been crucial.

Immediately after, the investigation of Huangqing True Immortal followed. Xiong Nanti managed his other assets rather casually, and he was very careful to conceal his identity, showing that the Xiong Family likely had a low-key family rule.

As for whether the Xiong Family still existed? There was no doubt, it definitely did exist.

Because no one had ever contacted Xiong Nanti’s family, he couldn’t possibly have sprung from a stone. Even if he wanted to pursue the disciples of Huangqing True Immortal and might not have offspring, surely he must have siblings, nephews, or nieces.

Thus, Qian Zhong became increasingly certain that behind this matter, there had to be interference from at least an Out-of-Body True Sage.

At this point in the investigation, it could conclude; further digging wouldn’t yield anything. So, Feng Jun changed the bounty in the Seven Gates Eighteen Paths, setting a bounty on Xiong Nanti himself.

A dead Xiong Nanti was worth ten Void Treasure Hunt places, while alive meant one Treasure-Finding Spot.

The bounty was not important; what mattered was that he publicly shared various information about Xiong Nanti. Not to mention anything else, just this twelve hundred years old detail that was not something an average person could deduce. Cultivation level and appearance were easier to deduce, but not cultivation level.

And once the age was determined, people could easily trace the timeline to find this person, which couldn’t be underestimated.

Low-rank cultivators might not consider this, but for high-rank cultivators, they would know upon seeing the details of the bounty that the bounty issuer had put great effort into it, and absolutely some formidable power intervened.

Less than five days after the bounty was released, the third-ranked Xuanyuan Family in the Minor Realm Families sent people to the Ice Plains to meet Feng Jun and discuss the matter of Xiong Nanti.

Feng Jun was originally at the Ice Plains, and upon hearing this matter, he directly took Yi Jue back to White Pebble Beach.

The reason was simple; the Xiong Family originated from the Xuanyuan Family. Although the two families did not get along well, they ultimately came from the same clan. It’s acceptable for them to sit by while the Xiong Family suffers, but it would definitely invite ridicule if they were to kick them while they’re down.

Feng Jun didn’t want to accept any persuasion, so he chose to leave.

However, two days after arriving at White Pebble Beach, the Xuanyuan Family’s people came again, requesting to see Mountain Master Feng.

Feng Jun was indeed somewhat helpless and had no choice but to return to the Ice Plains, never expecting... the Xuanyuan Family’s people hadn’t left either.

Yi Jue couldn’t hold back, "I’ll go see them. If they dare to plead, I’ll just refuse outright."

The Xuanyuan Family indeed came to plead on behalf of the Xiong Family, and they did not hide the information that the Ancient Xiong Family still existed, bluntly stating that this time it was Xiong Nanti’s fault, and they were willing to pay the price to compensate Feng Jun for his loss.

Yi Jue’s attitude was direct, "I’m very curious, White Pebble Beach and the Xiong Family had no grievances, why did the Xiong Family target it?"

The motive certainly needed investigation, and the cultivators of the Xuanyuan Family were aware of this. Fortunately, they had clarified before coming.

The Xiong Family stated that it was not the clan’s intention, but Xiong Nanti’s self-driven action. Wuyou True Immortal believed that most of the benefits of White Pebble Beach went to sect practitioners, while clan practitioners only got a little.

As evidence, at the core area of White Pebble Beach, only the auxiliary courts of Four Sects Wutai were present, and clan practitioners hadn’t the qualification to establish auxiliary courts.

Therefore, Xiong Nanti felt very dissatisfied, and considered it ungrateful that Feng Jun, being a loose cultivator himself, would discriminate against clan practitioners.

So he wished to teach Feng Jun a lesson, leaving a deep impression, but his intention was not to kill.

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