Chapter 00212: The Guy Ding Huan Wants to Kill
# The Guy Ding Huan Wants to Kill
Chapter 212
Novel: After the Myth
Chapter 212: The Guy Ding Huan Wants to Kill
After the battle between Purple Mist Valley and Nine Sound Sect, news about these two sects spread like wildfire throughout the cultivation world.
It was said that both sects suffered heavy losses in the battle, with Purple Mist Valley sealing its mountain gates.
Similarly, Nine Sound Sect wasn’t faring much better and had also sealed its gates.
At this time, the Dual Soul Sect had already tracked down Ding Huan’s whereabouts.
He had left with Elder Liu of Purple Mist Valley.
However, since Purple Mist Valley had sealed its gates, the Dual Soul Sect had no choice but to wait until the valley reopened before they could act.
After entering seclusion in Purple Mist Valley, Ding Huan hadn’t emerged for three months.
During this time, he had been studying formations and had now become a fourth-level formation master.
However, Ding Huan was certain that a fourth-level formation wouldn’t be enough to deal with Elder He.
He needed to advance to at least a fifth or even sixth-level formation master.
Fortunately, Ding Huan had an abundance of materials and formation jade slips at his disposal.
The formation jade slips from both Purple Mist Valley and Nine Sound Sect were in his possession, and he had also collected the formation jade slips from the storage rings of Hao Wudao and Gu Mo, two Yuan Soul cultivators.
With these jade slips and the formation knowledge he already had in his memory, Ding Huan’s progress in formations was rapid.
The spiritual energy at Dawn Mist Peak was incredibly dense, and as the year was coming to an end, Yan Mei had already reached the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining.
Qin Qingshan had advanced to the late stage of Foundation Building, but he wouldn’t be able to break through anytime soon.
During this time, Qin Qingshan had been busy within the sect, gathering injured disciples and scattered cultivators who had been hiding.
Now, Purple Mist Valley had a total of over thirty people.
Throughout the year, Ding Huan hadn’t spent a single second cultivating.
Instead, he had devoted all his energy to refining formation flags, studying formations, and breaking restrictions.
The so-called restriction he was trying to break was related to that pot.
After advancing to a fifth-level formation master, Ding Huan spent half a month trying to crack the pot’s restriction.
However, after half a month, he still hadn’t made any progress and had to give up, storing the pot in his residence to revisit when his cultivation was higher.
One day, while Ding Huan was refining a new formation flag, he received a message from Liu Yinzhu.
Ding Huan quickly opened the protective formation to let her in.
“Sister Yinzhu, you’re in such a hurry to see me. Is it about Elder He?” Ding Huan asked.
In a place like Dawn Mist Peak, with its abundant spiritual energy, Ding Huan didn’t dare to cultivate because he was worried about Elder He.
Unless he killed that old turtle, he couldn’t and wouldn’t dare to cultivate here.
Relying on his own strength to kill Elder He seemed unrealistic.
For Ding Huan, the fastest way was through formations.
His knowledge base was filled with various formation techniques, and as long as he studied them to a certain level, this knowledge would be activated.
“Yes, today I received a message from Elder He, demanding that I do everything in my power to collect Three-Colored Purple Mist Flowers and deliver them to him within three months…” Liu Yinzhu said urgently.
Ding Huan immediately understood.
Elder He was planning to refine Void Vein Pills.
The Three-Colored Purple Mist Flower was one of the three main ingredients for Void Vein Pills.
The fact that Elder He only needed the flower meant he already had the other ingredients.
“Is Elder He also a pill refining master?” Ding Huan asked.
Liu Yinzhu nodded. “Yes, he’s not only a pill refining master but can also refine fifth-level spirit pills.”
Ding Huan was shocked.
Fifth-level pill masters were rare in the entire cultivation world.
He realized he couldn’t wait any longer.
Void Vein Pills were used to advance to the Void God Realm.
If Elder He succeeded in advancing to the Void God Realm, would Ding Huan then have to become a seventh-level formation king?
Originally, Ding Huan had planned to wait until he became a sixth-level formation master before making his move.
However, the further he progressed in formations, the more complex they became.
The more anxious he was, the harder it was to break through.
As a result, he had been stuck at the fifth-level formation master stage for over four months.
“How did you respond to him?” Ding Huan asked urgently.
“I said I would immediately inform the sect leader to search for the Three-Colored Purple Mist Flowers and ensure they are found within three months,” Liu Yinzhu replied.
If they couldn’t find the flowers within three months, they would have no choice but to flee Purple Mist Valley.
“Good. Leave the rest to me. I’ll deal with that old man. But before that, I need to leave the sect for a while,” Ding Huan decided.
Liu Yinzhu was shocked. “Ding Huan, if you leave the sect, you’ll have to open the protective formation. Wouldn’t that be suicidal for Purple Mist Valley?”
“No, I have a way to leave the sect without opening the protective formation. I’ll be gone for at most two months,” Ding Huan said with a smile.
Liu Yinzhu, being only a second-level formation master, couldn’t understand how Ding Huan could leave the sect without opening the protective formation.
However, she knew that Ding Huan had spent almost the entire year studying various formations.
Given his progress, he was probably close to becoming a fourth-level formation master.
But even a fourth-level formation master would still be taking a risk against Elder He.
The main issue was that Ding Huan didn’t have any strong allies.
If he did, there might be a chance to kill Elder He while he was trapped in a fourth-level killing formation.
…
Ding Huan wasn’t boasting.
The protective formation of Purple Mist Valley was only a fifth-level formation.
Ding Huan had become a fifth-level formation master four or five months ago, and he could easily set up such a formation.
Over the past few months, his formation skills had improved further, almost reaching the threshold of a sixth-level formation master.
Leaving Purple Mist Valley without opening the fifth-level protective formation was no challenge for him.
An hour later, Ding Huan calmly left Purple Mist Valley, and the protective formation didn’t even stir a single blade of grass.
After leaving Purple Mist Valley, Ding Huan put on a disguise mask, transforming into a slightly ruthless rogue cultivator.
He was quite satisfied with this mask.
Such rogue cultivators were usually left alone because they were known for being ruthless and having little to offer in terms of loot.
Ding Huan silently thanked Hao Wudao for the mask, as it had been found in Hao Wudao’s storage ring.
He hadn’t opened many of the storage bags and rings from Purple Mist Valley because he already had enough materials.
If he ever established a sect, these items would become sect property.
If he couldn’t stay in Purple Mist Valley, he would distribute them among everyone.
From the rings of Hao Wudao, Chang Qi, Can Ping, and Gong Hua alone, Ding Huan had obtained over a dozen disguise artifacts.
The one from Hao Wudao’s ring was the highest quality, a top-grade spirit artifact.
Aside from the mysterious restricted box, this top-grade disguise artifact was the most valuable item in Hao Wudao’s ring.
Ding Huan’s destination was Hidden Sword Mountain.
To deal with Elder He, he had to go there.
He needed to collect a batch of poisonous mist to use in the killing formation he planned to set up against Elder He.
To collect the poisonous mist, he needed a container capable of holding it.
While Ding Huan was decent at artifact refining, his focus had been on refining formation flags.
He couldn’t yet refine a container capable of holding the poisonous mist.
Therefore, his first stop was True Essence Dao City, known as the number one Dao city in the cultivation world.
There, he was sure to find what he needed.
True Essence Dao City was too far from Purple Mist Valley.
If he controlled a flying ship, it would take at least half a month to get there.
And that didn’t account for any potential issues along the way.
If something went wrong, it might take three months to return to Purple Mist Valley.
So, Ding Huan first went to Moonrise City.
The advantage of Moonrise City was that it had a teleportation array directly to True Essence Dao City.
Ding Huan had never been to Moonrise City before.
The last time he accompanied Guan Wan, he had only waited in a place far from the city.
Upon entering Moonrise City, Ding Huan immediately noticed the difference between it and West Wind City.
Although West Wind City had undergone significant changes under his influence, it was still a city primarily inhabited by ordinary mortals.
In West Wind City, it was rare to see Foundation Building cultivators, and the goods traded were mostly low-level items.
In Moonrise City, however, Ding Huan could hardly spot a single ordinary person without cultivation on the streets.
Foundation Building cultivators were common, and he even saw several True Dan cultivators.
Shops along the streets advertised various spirit artifacts and pills for sale.
It wasn’t that there were no magic tools, but displaying spirit artifacts made the shops appear more prestigious.
Most of the cultivators who entered these shops would still only buy magic tools.
Ding Huan planned to enter a teahouse to ask for directions to the teleportation array.
After all, this was a city controlled by Moonrise Sect, and he couldn’t just casually scan the area with his spiritual sense like he could in West Wind City.
“The annual auction of the Moonrise Commerce Guild is here! One low-grade spirit stone gets you insider information…” A skinny Qi Refining servant was selling booklets on the street.
Ding Huan was heading to True Essence Dao City to buy a container for the poisonous mist from Hidden Sword Mountain.
Since there was an auction here, it wouldn’t hurt to see what was being sold.
Just as Ding Huan was about to approach, a familiar figure flashed past him and stopped in front of the servant, tossing a spirit stone to him. “Give me one.”
The servant quickly took the spirit stone and handed over a booklet.
A strong killing intent flashed through Ding Huan’s heart.
He clenched his fists, took a deep breath, and then relaxed before walking up to the servant and handing over a low-grade spirit stone. “Give me one too.”
“Sure thing!” The servant was in high spirits, having just earned two spirit stones.
“Are there any True Dan seniors attending this auction?” Ding Huan asked casually, his gaze fixed on the man who had just bought the booklet.
Qi Yushan.
It was this guy who had taken Ding Huan and Lou Buzhi from Four Directions Star Continent to Triple Heaven Star Continent.
If it weren’t for Ding Huan’s divination skills, he would have been killed by this man long ago.
“Of course! At this kind of auction, it’s not just True Dan experts—even Yuan Soul experts often show up,” the servant replied proudly.
By the time the servant finished speaking, Ding Huan had already left.
His original intention was to find out if there were any Yuan Soul cultivators at the auction.
However, Qi Yushan was about to disappear from sight, and Ding Huan couldn’t let him get away.
He immediately followed him.
(End of Chapter)