Peerless Dragon Sovereign-Chapter 559: Target, Southern Desert

Chu Nan sneered and said, "Hai Wujie, I have absorbed the Split Soul of the Withered Soul, and my soul has long reached the top tier of extraordinariness. No matter how well you disguise yourself, you will eventually leave traces."

"In fact, back in the Spirit Corpse Sect, I noticed someone was following me; I just wasn’t sure who it was."

"It wasn’t until I left the Imperial Capital that I confirmed it was you."

Then Chu Nan changed his tone and immediately questioned, "Tell me, what is your purpose in following me!"

"If you obediently tell me, I might let you die a quick death."

The Blood Pattern Sword gleamed as Chu Nan stared menacingly.

Hai Wujie couldn’t help but take a step back, but soon sneered, "Chu Nan, your strength is indeed extraordinary. I must admit that I’m no match for you now."

"But if you think you can kill me easily, you underestimate me!"

With those words, Hai Wujie’s body suddenly turned into a blood light, swiftly escaping into the distance.

"Trying to run?" Chu Nan shook his head slightly and immediately used the Heavenly Escape to follow close behind.

Hai Wujie’s whole body surged with blood light, his entire cultivation burning madly. His speed nearly reached its peak, and when he turned back to find no trace of Chu Nan, he sneered, "Chu Nan, if you want to catch up with my Infinite Blood Escape Technique, try for a hundred years!"

Just as Hai Wujie was feeling smug, thinking he had escaped, a familiar voice sounded in front of him.

"Hai Wujie, you’re overestimating yourself."

Swish!

Chu Nan, who had activated the Zangba Evil Body, suddenly appeared in front of Hai Wujie with the Heavenly Escape, his Blood Pattern Sword striking fiercely. Hai Wujie was completely caught off guard and was pierced through the heart.

Seeing Chu Nan somehow overtaking him, Hai Wujie spat blood, terrified, "How is that possible, how did you get in front of me, it’s impossible..."

"Of course, it’s because you’re too weak!" With a twist of the sword, the power of the Mi Yuan Killing Sword surged entirely into Hai Wujie’s body, shredding it under the ravaging Sword Qi.

Immediately after, Chu Nan used the Celestial Soul Crossing’s Soul Devourer to absorb Hai Wujie’s soul into his body and began to digest it.

Since Hai Wujie was unwilling to tell the truth, he would have to find out for himself.

Half a day later, Hai Wujie’s soul was completely refined by Chu Nan, and his Sea of Consciousness expanded by about ten feet. However, his soul was still far from breaking through to the Saint Realm beyond extraordinariness.

The greatest gain was actually Hai Wujie’s memories.

Through Hai Wujie’s memories, Chu Nan learned about the structure of the nine Hall Masters of the Desolate Ancient Holy Hall and the official opening date of this Holy Hall.

The true identities of some Hall Masters, and most importantly, the purpose behind Hai Wujie’s sacrificial assassination of the Zhi Family.

"So, the Desolate Ancient Holy Hall has indeed not been completely refined. The First Hall Master intends to refine the entire Desolate Ancient Holy Hall but is unable to due to the lack of sufficient Ancestral Bloodline to activate the crucial inheritance..."

"Perhaps only when the entire Desolate Ancient Holy Hall is refined can the Supreme Sect Leader achieve that treasure capable of crossing the Sea of Suffering."

Chu Nan instantly understood, speculating on the motives of this ancient force of the Desolate Ancient Holy Hall.

The lack of Ancestral Bloodline in the Desolate Ancient Holy Hall is probably not unrelated to the Ancestor Sect.

Chu Nan had seen with his own eyes how many Primordial Demon Beasts were captured by the Ancestor Sect, possibly nine-tenths of all the Primordial Demon Beasts in the Celestial Crossing Realm were taken by the Ancestor Sect.

And with the Desolate Ancient Holy Hall being driven to Nanmo, finding a Primordial Demon Beast there would be nothing short of miraculous.

No wonder the Desolate Ancient Holy Hall set its sights on the Zhi Family Martial Artists, eyeing that faint trace of Ancestral Bloodline in them, as they truly had no other choice.

"It’s quite ironic when you think about it. The Desolate Ancient Holy Hall was once at least a part of the Ancestor Sect, and now it’s stuck because of the Ancestral Bloodline." Chu Nan shook his head and smiled bitterly, but he already had a plan in mind.

At this moment, Zhi Tianping chased up and, upon seeing Hai Wujie’s body strewn across the ground, laughed, "Good, this guy caused the deaths of countless Zhi Family Martial Artists, and now he’s getting what he deserves!"

While speaking, Zhi Tianping stomped on Hai Wujie’s body a couple of times until it became mush before stopping.

"Chu Nan, where should we go next?" Zhi Tianping immediately asked Chu Nan.

Since leaving the Zhi Family Secret Realm, his life had become increasingly thrilling. Even as a cultivator of the Third Heavenly Realm, he had the fortune to participate in battles alongside martial artists of the Ninth Heavenly Realm and even witnessed existences beyond the Ninth Heaven.

Back when he was asleep in the Zhi Family Secret Realm, he couldn’t even dream of such things. At this moment, his heart was full of anticipation, and he had to admit that this guy, once considered an elder, had completely opened his eyes thanks to Chu Nan.

Hearing this, Chu Nan looked south and said, "We are returning to Nanmo Province, heading to the south! Don’t you want to see the Desolate Ancient Holy Hall?"

Upon hearing this, Zhi Tianping froze slightly, then laughed, "Yes, yes, yes, the Desolate Ancient Holy Hall has always been said to be the oldest force in the Celestial Crossing Realm. Back in Nanmo, we also had contact with that group of lunatics."

"This time, with you here, the two of us are bound to turn the Desolate Ancient Holy Hall upside down!"

...

The Celestial Crossing Realm, Nanmo.

Crossing the vast city walls of Nanmo Province, there lay an endless desert of barren land.

Yellow sand filled the sky, and the entire world seemed to be made of sand. No matter where one stepped, their entire foot would sink deeply into the sand.

Even martial artists could lose their way in this yellow sand-covered Nanmo and might even be buried in the sand, never to be found.

In the howling wind, a team was struggling to advance across the desert on Camel Demon Beasts.

Most of this team consisted of martial artists, and the beasts they rode were specially capable of moving freely in the desert, doubling as both steeds and tools for desert travel.

There were young and old in the team, with the majority being men.

Although Nanmo is not part of Qin Kingdom’s territory, due to the presence of the Desolate Ancient Holy Hall and the Slaughter Emperor Sect, there is an adversarial relationship.

But still, they traded with each other, exchanging goods.

On the battlefield, they were enemies, but in the marketplace, they were mutually beneficial partners.

"Dad, who exactly is the young master behind us that managed to arrange goods worth thousands of stones for us to deliver to Nanmo?"

"If everything goes smoothly this time, we’ll make a huge profit." A young girl excitedly spoke to the leading middle-aged martial artist.

This middle-aged martial artist also possessed a Yang Wheel Realm cultivation and traveled with a group of Spirit Pill Realm individuals between Nanmo and Nanmo Province. He was very familiar with Nanmo, possessing abundant experience.

The middle-aged martial artist spoke solemnly, "Girl, what did I tell you before going out? Speak with caution, and don’t make baseless guesses. Be careful not to anger the master behind us, or we won’t be able to bear the consequences!"

Someone capable of taking out goods worth thousands of stones for sale is not someone ordinary people can provoke.

The middle-aged martial artist guessed that the seller behind the scenes might be a powerhouse from the Divine Illumination Realm!

This made him remain cautious throughout, treading on thin ice.