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With so many powerful figures and holy lords arriving at once, a grand banquet was naturally to be held in the holy city. As the core of this event, Zhang Taichu was naturally received by all parties.

He even met An Miaoyi, Ye Fan's confidante, who was indeed a beauty of unparalleled grace. Most importantly, she had an extraordinary temperament and was completely free of the vulgarity often associated with women of the night. No wonder Ye Fan liked her so much.

When Zhang Taichu was browsing the Shrouding the Heavens forum before, he saw many posts discussing An Miaoyi. Some of them even believed that if An Miaoyi hadn't died, she would have become the empress, and Ji Ziyue would have had no chance at all.

While this statement may be somewhat biased, it is enough to prove that in the minds of many readers, An Miaoyi is worthy of being compared to Ji Ziyue.

As for Yao Xi, the Holy Maiden of Yaochi, Yi Qingwu, Fan Xian, and others, although they all had some contact with Ye Fan, they were completely incomparable to An Miaoyi and Ji Ziyue.

As for Qin Yao, a large part of the reason why this character is so popular is that she died, and that kind of tragic beauty added a lot to her appeal.

If she hadn't died and had continued to serve as Yan Ruyu's maid, her popularity would probably be much lower, and she might even have become just another face in the crowd.

The holy sons and daughters of various holy lands are openly or secretly trying to win over Zhang Taichu, and even An Miaoyi has listed him as one of the candidates to join her inner circle.

But what they didn't know was that Zhang Taichu, who was drinking and chatting with them, was actually just an avatar.

That's right, it's another clone made of tiger-striped platinum. It has flesh and blood, thoughts, and can even cultivate. Unless you kill it, you can't see through it at all.

Even when the clone uses a world-changing technique, its flaws are smaller than those of the original body.

Meanwhile, Zhang Taichu's true form had arrived near Zishan and found Zhang Wuye, a descendant of the fourth-generation Source Master Zhang Lin.

However, Zhang Taichu did not contact him, but instead settled down on a small mountain near the village, waiting at close range for Ye Fan to come out of Zishan.

That's right, Ye Fan has already entered Zishan. This is the information Zhang Taichu obtained from the villagers' conversation.

"From the conversations of these villagers, we learned that Ye Fan entered Zishan three days ago. According to the original story, he will stay there for more than two months. He not only obtained the Source Book, but also learned the Battle Victory Technique, which is the Battle Character Secret of the Nine Secrets."

"But none of that matters. For me, the most important thing is that Ye Fan successfully lured out the Black Emperor."

Zhang Taichu did not waste the two months. Instead, he took out the golden stone gall, cut open its skin, and dripped the liquid inside onto his eyes.

A burning pain shot through Zhang Taichu's body, and tears streamed from his eyes.

He endured the pain and began to circulate his Origin Heaven Divine Sense, even using his Devouring skill to help absorb the medicinal power of the Stone Gall.

I applied two drops each day, and it took three whole days for the medicinal effects of the gentian to be fully absorbed.

It took Zhang Taichu another month to fully digest the effects of the medicine.

At the moment of success, Zhang Taichu's eyes emitted a dazzling golden light that pierced through the clouds and reached out into outer space.

When he turned to look at Zishan, he could see right through the layers of rock walls and into the interior of Zishan.

"Is this the function of the Source Heaven Divine Eye when cultivated to its highest level? It's almost like the Heavenly Eye in myths and legends! No wonder Master Yuan could find so many rare and precious treasures. With these eyes, treasures hidden underground are like things thrown on the ground, easily picked up at will."

Zhang Taichu carefully observed Zishan and suddenly realized that not all places could be seen clearly. Some places protected by formations could still block the prying eyes of the Origin Heaven Divine Eye.

"Whether it's the tomb of an emperor or two emperors, it's not surprising."

Zhang Taichu wanted to see the Beginningless Bell and the Beginningless Sutra, but he couldn't find them. Clearly, the place where these two items were stored was protected by an array.

Thinking of the Heaven-Deceiving Array Pattern that the Black Emperor often used in the later stages, Zhang Taichu guessed that it was this array pattern that blocked the Source Heaven Divine Eye.

"The Heaven-Deceiving Array Pattern can even avoid Heavenly Tribulation, so it's reasonable that it can also prevent being spied on."

Zhang Taichu stopped dwelling on these matters and put away the Origin Heaven Divine Eye. As a result, a feeling of weakness came over him, and he realized that he had already consumed 80% of his mana in less than two minutes of using the Origin Heaven Divine Eye.

"As expected, their strength is still too weak. Those Source Masters who didn't cultivate themselves in the past probably only opened their Source Heaven Divine Eyes after borrowing the power of the Source Array, otherwise they would have been drained into dry skin in an instant."

"There's still over a month left, Ye Fan, hurry up and come out."

While Zhang Taichu was waiting for Ye Fan, the people of the Assassin Dynasty finally learned that their secret technique had been leaked. What angered them even more was that Yaochi had acted like a child and directly revealed the killing technique.

It is important to know that the Beidou system, and indeed the entire cultivation world, places great importance on the secrecy of secret manuals.

In reality, even in countries that place the greatest emphasis on the protection of intellectual property rights, violators are only subject to fines and imprisonment.

Anyone who tries to steal someone else's secret manual in the cultivation world will definitely be killed.

Just think about how Ye Fan was hunted down by the Ji family because he learned an incomplete version of the Great Void Technique. If he hadn't been lucky enough to escape into the Fire Domain, he probably would have been killed long ago.

This was only leaked to one person. Yaochi has now publicly revealed the art of killing and promoted it in conjunction with major forces in the Eastern Wilderness. This is practically digging up the roots of the Killer God Dynasty. How can we tolerate this?

As a result, almost all members of the two assassin dynasties were mobilized to frantically kill those who had learned the art of killing, causing numerous deaths and injuries.

However, during this process, the casualties of the Assassin Dynasty also increased, especially as various forces delved into the study and research of the art of killing, and combined it with their own techniques to create many secret methods to counter it.

As a result, the balance of power shifted in just over two months.

The Assassin Dynasty primarily relies on secret techniques for sneak attacks; their ability in actual face-to-face combat is generally limited.

Now that their secret techniques have been countered, they have lost their greatest advantage. In addition, their numbers are already smaller compared to the major holy lands, so soon many assassins will be killed instead of killing.

Some strongholds were even discovered, which directly led to a surprise attack by powerful figures from the Holy Land, resulting in the strongholds being destroyed, all members being wiped out, and a large amount of cultivation resources inside being stolen.

Seeing this, the various holy lands would not let go of such an opportunity to kick a dog when it was down. They all sent their own holy sons and daughters to participate in the encirclement and suppression, thus making a great name for themselves.

In the past, the fame of these holy sons and daughters was mostly due to mutual commercial hype, without any real combat achievements.

This time it's all good. The Assassin Dynasty is the common enemy of the cultivation world, so there's no need to show mercy when dealing with them. As a result, many holy sons and daughters have made a name for themselves and let everyone see their potential.

At the same time, many people have already started to use the term "Golden Age" after seeing the abundance of talented people in various holy sites.

Just as the various holy lands were locked in a fierce battle with the two assassin dynasties, Ye Fan finally broke out of Purple Mountain and obtained the Origin Heaven Book and the Dou Zi Secret, which allowed him to advance at high speed and gave him the ability to catch up with the holy sons and daughters of the various holy lands.