Refining the Mountains and Rivers

Although both parties did not say much, the seed of mistrust had already been planted. With a single sentence, Li Zhouyi's coordination made him feel gratified.

Qin Yu coughed lightly as he continued, "Additionally, with regard to the third prince's people, Your Highness can use me getting hurt as an excuse to conduct some internal checks and find a way to get rid of them. Although this is risky, it is better than leaving them around as a ticking time bomb, not knowing when there will be problems."

Li Zhouyi thought about it and hesitated before he gritted his teeth and nodded, "You are right. We cannot keep these people." He stood up and waved, "Two Saints, I did not mean to offend you earlier. This matter is extremely important and I have to be careful. Please forgive my manner. Since royal grandfather asked the both of you to follow me into the fragmented area, I trust you and I trust my royal grandfather. I believe the both of you will not let him down."

He said this reasonably, being neither servile nor overbearing. He expressed his opinion and gave the two Saints a warning - do not forget that ultimately, you were sent by the previous West Desolate King to follow me in the fragmented area. I can fail, but if you do not perform well, don't blame me for dragging you down with me. Don't think of being comfortable.

Tsk, tsk. To call Li Zhouyi stupid was not entirely fair as his intelligence could be seen through some small things. But to call him clever - seeing how Li Zhouyi was treating him so respectfully now, with an almost familiar attitude, Qin Yu really could not bring himself to say it.

The two Saints' expressions changed. Taking a deep breath, they spoke lowly, "Your Highness, please rest assured. We will help you with whatever decision you make."

Li Zhouyi put his hands together respectfully and greeted, "Thank you. I will remember this." As he said this, he looked at Qin Yu.

He immediately stood up, "There is no time to waste. Although I hid, there were still a few people that saw me. Your Highness, we have to quickly control them and prevent the news from spreading…you will understand why I did not ask you to act earlier. I will be isolating to recuperate soon; Your Highness, you must be careful!"

Li Zhouyi's eyes flashed. He had indeed detected something suspicious, but since 'Border Cliff Saint' was the one who brought it up first, then there was no problem. He felt guilty for being suspicious as he said, "Take care!"

After a moment, the small world fragment that the World of Darkness was on became chaotic. Tens of cultivators that had gathered together were now surrounded. When the conspiracy was announced, killings suddenly emerged within the faction.

The cultivators that were surrounded were both shocked and angry. Their guess had been right. The sixth prince wanted to kill them to reduce the power of the third prince.

On the other hand, Li Zhouyi was filled with murderous intent. He had been hesitating slightly at the conclusion earlier, but now, he had no hesitation. It was obvious that these people had been prepared and that was why they were able to gather together to resist the killings.

No wonder 'Border Cliff Saint' said that I would understand very soon. It was obvious that he wanted me to witness all this myself and be firm with his decision to kill them.

People were like this. If they got caught up with thinking, or kept dwelling on first impressions, it would be easy for them to be one-sided.

These people had gathered together because they had previously seen 'Border Cliff Saint' return. However, their fellow companions that followed did not know about it and hence they had to gather to discuss. As for the resistance, it was easy - when others were trying to kill you, were you supposed to obediently stick your head out?

At this moment, the cultivators from the West Desolate that were being surrounded were filled with anger and confusion. The sixth prince had started to attack yet the third prince was still nowhere to be found. They had sent him a message but there was no response! At such a critical point, was it really a good idea to be running around?

When the fighting started in the West Desolate's internal factions, Number 327 was staring from another small world fragment. He frowned as he looked solemnly.

If it were in another situation, he would not even blink an eye when he saw the internal strife in the West Desolate. If the West Desolate people committed suicide, he would not care and only think that more should die.

But now they were collaborating to kill the rogue cultivators and protect the secret of the Mountain of Flames. If there were issues in the West Desolate and allowed people to escape, then how?

The people were brought by the West Desolate but once the secret of the Mountain of Flames spreads, he would also be blamed and face pressure from his clan.

Number 327 lowered his voice, "Go and warn the people from the West Desolate, they cannot fight internally at this time!"

He could easily guess what was causing the situation. It must be tension between the third and sixth princes. Probably playing the game of getting rid of your supporters before you arrived.

After so many years, these people from the West Desolate still had not improved at all. Back then, when the previous West Desolate King had given up his seat, numerous people died and there was so much bloodshed. Now, the younger generation was continuing this tradition.

This bloodline was actually the royal bloodline of the Great Desolate that controlled the West Desolate…hehe, what a joke! If not for that incident back then which prevented our clan from unifying the world, with this kind of standard, the West Desolate would not exist.

"Yes." The person behind him acknowledged and flew over to the small world fragment.

Very soon, the person flew back. His face was stoic and his eyes filled with anger. He said angrily, "Number 327, the West Desolate's sixth prince is extremely arrogant. He told us to mind our own business and not interfere, or don't blame him for being rude!"

"Bastard!" Number 327 scolded. These bastards from the West Desolate. Wait until my clan gets the critical thing from the fragmented area and rebuilds the southwest fragmented area. I will show you what suffering means.

Taking a deep breath, Number 327 suppressed his anger, "Ignore them. The West Desolate can torture themselves all they want. Instruct our members to quickly get rid of the rogue cultivators. Don't let any survive!"

As Number 327 angrily commanded, on the opposite small world fragment, Li Zhouyi sneered. You can't help but interfere as you see me attack the third prince's people? Hehe, if you want to shed all pretense of cordiality now, I will not spare you any face!

That group, you colluded to scheme against me. Do you think that I won't be able to fight back?

Haha! I have the previous Desolate King backing me and have also got 'Border Cliff Saint' supporting me. I have seen through you.

You all think I don't know, but the truth is I already know everything. This is called having a strategic advantage. So we don't know who will win or lose in the end. You had better not let me regain my power or I will slowly clear every debt we have!

Qin Yu internalized all of this. Now that he had changed his appearance, he was a foreign cultivator from the World of Darkness. He looked upon these two small world fragments from afar. The story had started, but moving forwards, he had to be extra careful to ensure he acted well for the rest of the scenes.

From the start, Qin Yu had chosen to pretend to be a cultivator from the World of Darkness and not from the Mysterious Clan. It was not that he could not turn into someone from the Mysterious Clan but he inherently rejected the idea because of an innate disgust within him.

But now, it was time to deal with them. He could not just attack the West Desolate. Both sides had to be evenly matched for it to be more interesting. Moreover, both sides already view the other as an enemy.

Woosh -

Qin Yu turned and left. Very soon, his silhouette disappeared.

At this moment, no one noticed a small person disappear from the boundary area.

From that point on, the celebratory song about the destruction of the two dominant clans in Bounded Zero Place would finally start to be sung!

……

Two rogue cultivators from the Vast Brightness World were in the midst of escaping. They were panicking as their eyes shone with anger. Crazy. Both the World of Darkness and the Mysterious Clan had gone crazy. They were actually trying to kill all of them.

Were they not afraid of angering the Ruler and forcing him to burn all of them?

But the truth was apparent. There was no point in them thinking about this now.

Behind them, three murderous-looking cultivators from the Mysterious Clan were chasing them.

"None of you can escape. Die!"

The fragmented area was their group's territory and everyone knew this without a doubt.

Now, with the rogue cultivators barging in, it could threaten their group and of course, they would not allow it. Hence, after Number 327's order to kill, not only did the group's members not question him, they gave their full support. They were willing to do anything to kill the rogue cultivators.

The Mountain of Flames' secret could not be exposed!

All of a sudden, a shadow appeared in their vision. It was completely black and had a thick Darkness aura. It was also emitting an incredible aura.

Someone from the West Desolate…and it was someone powerful!

The three cultivators that were chasing immediately stopped as their expressions changed. The two rogue cultivators in front were both looking extremely devastated.

Behind them, there were people from the Mysterious Clan. In front of them, they were being blocked by someone from the World of Darkness. How could they survive?

"Let's split up!"

"Go!"

The two rogue cultivators split up and ran in different directions. This was their only chance and their best chance of surviving.

Very soon, the fear on their faces turned to delight before confusion covered their features.

Because the person from the World of Darkness did not stop them but instead walked towards the three cultivators from the Mysterious Clan, ignoring the two escaping rogue cultivators.

Their confusion was necessary but it was only for an instant. Because at this moment, they were trying to escape and had no time to think about anything else.

Run, run, run!

The two of them looked away and ran as far as possible.

"You…" The cultivators from the Mysterious Clan were filled with shock and anger. They had spent so much effort to chase until here. They were just about to catch up with the rogue cultivators but they had been allowed to escape.

"You, from the West Desolate, what are you trying to do? Have you forgotten that the order to kill the rogue cultivators was decided between our clans! I will report this and the West Desolate better have a good explanation!"

He then waved his hand, "Chase them, don't let them go!"

The three of them turned to leave, but their faces changed, "What are you trying to do?"

The cultivator from the World of Darkness had taken action. He pushed one hand forwards and a dark flame engulfed the three cultivators.

"Fire of Eternal Night!" A frantic shriek could be heard from within the flame. "The West Desolate is trying to hurt our clan. Get out of here! We have to tell Number 327!"

The person possessing and easily controlling the Fire of Eternal Night was of course Qin Yu. Since he had already made his move, he could not let them escape.

Within the Fire of Eternal Night, their shrieks started to grow weaker. A weak and menacing bellow could be heard, "We will not die. We will expose this. West Desolate, you better prepare to pay the price!"

Qin Yu reached his hand out and grabbed; the Fire of Eternal Night pulsed crazily and the cries from within were filled with fear, "No, this cannot be happening, how can you…"

It stopped all of a sudden, taking with it endless fear and disbelief.

Waving his sleeve, he withdrew the Fire of Endless Night. Then Qin Yu turned and walked away.

He was silent as he rushed off. Stone Pagoda's voice could be heard, "Master, you already knew that you cause life-threatening damage to cultivators from the Mysterious Clan?"

Qin Yu replied, "When I killed two earlier, they said it before they died. You heard it too."

Stone Pagoda shook its head, "Master, you are not telling the truth."

Qin Yu replied, "The truth is I am not sure what the situation is either. But it doesn't matter as long as the result is satisfactory."

Stone Pagoda was silent.

Qin Yu rubbed his eyebrows, "What do you know now?"

Stone Pagoda said, "It has been a long time and my memory is slightly foggy, so ever since you killed the two Mysterious Clan cultivators, I have been trying to recall and finally found something useful."

"Tell me."

"To put it bluntly, there was once a saying that the only people that can kill cultivators from the Mysterious Clan…are themselves!"

Qin Yu halted, but only for a moment before continuing, "Are you saying that I am related to them?"

The word 'related' was very profound and contained numerous meanings. He was referring to one meaning now.

Stone Pagoda understood and subconsciously shrunk his non-existent neck. He laughed dryly, "This is just a rumor and it is from a long time ago. I almost could not remember and maybe it is not true. Or maybe, things have changed now. Master, how can you be related to the Mysterious Clan. It is impossible."

Qin Yu took a deep breath, "Since you know, then don't talk nonsense…let's go. We have many more to kill."