"Don't worry, Senior Brother Ling Tian… I'll do a good job!" After taking a deep breath, Guan Xiu carefully picked up the box and made sure it was stable before he flew out of the Saint Land of the Fire Wors.h.i.+p Sect. After he left the Saint Land, he made his way south with the small box.
There was a rule in the Fire Wors.h.i.+p Sect that stated disciples were not allowed to carelessly enter any of the Four Symbols Sanctums. However, disciples could leave the Fire Wors.h.i.+p Sect if they take the route around the Black Turtle Sanctum.
Apart from carefully guarding the little box in his hand, Guan Xiu did not pay attention to anything else along the way. He did not even realize there were Silver Flame Elders spying on him. However, they did not make things difficult for him. They just looked at him to make sure he was not Duan Ling Tian before they allowed him to leave the Fire Wors.h.i.+p Sect.
'I hope nothing bad happens...' Duan Ling Tian felt anxious the entire time he was hiding in the Seven Treasures Exquisite PaG.o.da. He was not worried the Silver Flame Elders would stop Guan Xiu or harm him since he was not Duan Ling Tian. The Silver Flames Elders would never expect that Duan Ling Tian was inside the box that Guan Xiu was carrying anyway. He was more worried that Guan Xiu would make a mistake and accidentally shake the small box. If that happened, the Seven Treasures Exquisite PaG.o.da would definitely expel him. At that time, he would be discovered by the Silver Flame Elders, and he would fail in his mission to stealthily leave the Fire Wors.h.i.+p Sect.
Fortunately, Guan Xiu was very reliable. The small box remained stable in his hands. It did not move so much as an inch even after he had traveled hundreds of miles away from the Fire Wors.h.i.+p Sect!
'Guan Xiu is really dependable. I will remember this favor.' Duan Ling Tian sighed in relief after they were hundreds of miles away from the Fire Wors.h.i.+p Sect. After all, even if Guan Xiu accidentally shook the box now, causing the Seven Treasures Exquisite to expel him, the high-ranking officials whom he had offended would not find out anyway.
Among the high-ranking officials in the Fire Wors.h.i.+p Sect whom Duan Ling Tian had offended, the Black Turtle Sanctum's First Silver Flame Elder Li An was just a small problem. After all, he had offended people with higher positions like the Sanctum Leader of the Azure Dragon Sanctum and Dong Yuan Jin, one of the Vice Hall Masters in the Enforcement Hall.
If they discovered Duan Ling Tian had left the Fire Wors.h.i.+p Sect, he would die unless he returned to the sect.
With Guan Xiu's speed, it did not take long for him to travel a thousand miles.
"This should be the place Senior Brother Ling Tian spoke of," Guan Xiu muttered to himself as he looked at the barren hills before him. After he landed, he placed the small box on the ground and left without looking back.
After confirming that Guan Xiu had left, Duan Ling Tian came out of the Seven Treasures Exquisite PaG.o.da and put the Seven Treasures Exquisite PaG.o.da away before he tossed the small box into his Spatial Ring.
"Finally! I'm out!" Duan Ling Tian was in a great mood as he looked at the hills surrounding him.
Since Duan Ling Tian had managed to leave the Fire Wors.h.i.+p Sect without anyone noticing, he did not have the worry about the high-ranking officials whom he had offended. He could do as he pleased without any worries.
"I left the Fire Wors.h.i.+p Sect to improve my Innate Spiritual Root!" Duan Ling Tian did not forget his purpose of leaving the Fire Wors.h.i.+p Sect. If it was not because he wanted to improve his Innate Spiritual Root quickly so he could improve his cultivation speed, he would not have just left the Fire Wors.h.i.+p Sect. After all, Ke'Er and their daughter were still imprisoned in the Enforcement Hall of the Fire Wors.h.i.+p Sect. They were in a precarious situation. All he wanted to do now was to quickly get stronger as fast as he could to rescue Ke'er and their daughter.
The rules in the Fire Wors.h.i.+p Sect were strict, he would not have many chances to improve his Innate Spiritual Root. However, it was different once he left the Fire Wors.h.i.+p Sect.
'Although I desperately need to improve my Innate Spiritual Root, I won't simply devour anyone's Innate Spiritual Root. Otherwise, I'm no different from those cold-blooded Devil Cultivators.' Duan Ling Tian was certain about this. He would not harm the innocent. It did not matter that he wished to quickly improve his Innate Spiritual Root.
'Where in the Upper Province should I go to quickly improve my Innate Spiritual Root?' With that question in mind, Duan Ling Tian continued to make his way south.
After a few days, he saw a city and decided to take a break there. Perhaps, he would also be able to find out about places where he could quickly improve his Innate Spiritual Root.
'A place that's most suitable for me to improve my Innate Spiritual Root should be a place with many wicked people. I won't feel bad devouring their Innate Spiritual Root that way!' Duan Ling Tian thought to himself.
Meanwhile, Duan Ling Tian found the busiest restaurant in the city and entered before he took a seat by the window. After he placed his order, he began listening in on the conversations in his surroundings.
Restaurants were always a good place to find out what was happening. Duan Ling Tian believed he would obtain the information he wanted here.
Time continued to pa.s.s. It was already afternoon. At this time, the restaurant became livelier, and it was so full that there were no seats left empty.
So far there was nothing noteworthy that Duan Ling Tian could glean from the conversations going on around him. However, he was not anxious. He continued to patiently listen to the conversations around him.
If there was no information on the first day, he would come back on the second day.
If there was still no information on the second day, he would come back on the third day.
If he still could not find any information on the third day, he would look for someone and ask.
Naturally, Duan Ling Tian could just directly ask for the information he wanted, but he decided not to do that yet. Although he had been in the Upper Province for quite some time, he had spent most of his time in the Fire Wors.h.i.+p Sect. There were still many things he did not know about the Upper Province of the Dao Martial Saint Land. He planned to use this opportunity to learn more about the Upper Province.
"I heard Medicine King Sun Ying's herd garden was robbed about six months ago… I heard he imprisoned three people who came from the Lower Province so that they would work in the garden for him!" Someone said.
Duan Ling Tian was stunned when he heard this.