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Chapter 173: How Can We Allow A Timebomb Sleep Beside Us

It was an ordinary accessory shop.

Jiang Lan looked around and didn't know what to buy.

Xiao Yu did not wear any accessories.

Moreover, some things were not suitable as gifts.

Their actual relationship was still that of a Senior Sister and a Junior Brother There were not many changes.

"I should find some puzzle toys for her."

Xiao Yu was still young. Although she did not look like a little girl, her temperament should still be at the level of a young kid.

With this thought in mind, he left the accessory shop again.

Then, he headed straight for the East Road Bridge.

First, he had to deal with the Heavenly Human Race. He would come back in a few months to buy what he needed before returning.

When Jiang Lan arrived at the East Coast Bridge, he saw an endless abyss.

"It should be here."

With this thought in mind, he leaped down. As a late-stage Human Immortal, he naturally had no problem going down.

However, he remained vigilant.

He had just directly progressed to the late-stage Human Immortal Realm. This sudden elevation made him feel as if he had nothing to fear when facing the Heavenly Human Race.

Because of this, there was a chance that he would unconsciously underestimate them. This was very dangerous.

It was easy for one to have a misconception of one's own strength after a drastic increase in cultivation.

A misconception of one's own strength meant that one was no longer wary of others and had begun to underestimate his enemies.

One would even have a sense of arrogance when he walked.

In the end, he would become the one who was killed.

That was why Jiang Lan didn't dare relax. He could hide his cultivation, and so could the others.

After meeting so many people, he knew that everyone more or less had some trump cards.

It was just that those people had died too quickly when facing him and didn't have the chance to use it.

After dropping for a long time, he discovered a cave. There was no one inside, but there was still some residual aura.

When he entered, they only saw a table.

"Not here?"

"Or perhaps they have changed their location?"

Since the spy had died, it was not impossible for them to change.

Finally, Jiang Lan stood at the entrance of the cave and waited.

"I'll wait six months. If they don't come back in six months, I'll leave."

If the other party was too powerful, he would leave as well.

Four months later.

In the small town of Qingcheng, Miao Qinghe led his men towards the East Road Bridge.

"According to the divination of the Seniors in our race, we might find something related to Jiang Lan under this East Coast Bridge." Miao Qinghe frowned.

"Dongguo Yang must have sold us out."

"Dongguo Yang was killed instantly and so were the people he had sourced for help from. Although I'm not sure what their cultivation bases are, they shouldn't be weak," Miao Xin said worriedly.

"Could it be that Jiang Lan is very strong?"

"The people from our race have always been divining, but they have still yet to find out the actual details of Jiang Lan. There should be someone protecting him. Besides, they might be waiting for us under the East Road Bridge," said Miao Qinghe warily.

"The other party's strength is a mystery. However, as long as he isn't a True Immortal, it's impossible for him to kill us."

He had a Dharma treasure bestowed by his clan that could block all attacks below the True Immortal Realm.

A True Immortal might be able to defeat him, but it would take quite some time.

"Ever since the people from our race learned that Jiang Lan had ascended the Stairway To Heavens, it has always been like a thorn stuck in their hearts. We have no choice but to eliminate him."

"Let's hope we can find something this time and kill him in one go." Someone spoke.

The others nodded.

However, no one was optimistic. The other party's identity was not ordinary. Kunlun would not let them succeed so easily.

Therefore, they were prepared to die for this mission.

If they succeeded, their future would be bright, but if they failed, they would die.

This was what happened on the path of immortality.

When they arrived at the East Road Bridge, Miao Qinghe frowned. He had a strong feeling. Then, he said to Miao Xin.

"Miao Xin, leave this place first. If we don't come out for three days, consider us dead. Flee back as fast as you can. Tell the people from our race that there is no need to send any more Human Immortals. They should directly send out the most powerful people. I have a bad feeling about this."

"Your hunch is right, but there's no need to let anyone escape. It's too late." A sudden voice sounded behind them.

Next, Miao Qinghe and the others were pulled into the abyss.

They had no time to even defend themselves.

Miao Qinghe immediately activated his Dharma treasure and attempted to break through.

"The other party is a Human Immortal, and not an ordinary one at that. I will help you guys clear a path. Quickly escape."

Boom!

The power belonging to Miao Qinghe began to erupt as he opened up a path for the other four.

He had borrowed the power of a Dharma treasure, a True Immortal Dharma treasure. Even though he had only used a small portion of its power, it should not be a problem for him to break through the pull of the force.

Boom!

After the impact of the power, their speed of descent indeed began to slow down.

Moreover, cracks had started to appear. There was a chance of breaking through.

Miao Qinghe's strength had increased, and he was also working even harder.

The others didn't hesitate to attack the rift.

Bang!

Under their desperate efforts, they finally broke through the restrictive power that had suddenly appeared.

Now that the seal had been broken through, they were overjoyed to be able to escape.

"Run!"

Miao Qinghe shouted loudly. He walked forward to block the other attacks.

Except…

Just as Miao Xin and the others were about to escape through the opening, the four were met with a heavy punch that extinguished their lives.

Boom!!!

The blood mist dispersed and landed on Miao Qinghe.

Fireworks exploded.

Miao Qinghe was stunned on the spot, but he didn't hesitate to leave as well.

Now that he was alone, there was no need for him to worry about anything else. All he had to do was flee.

"I can feel it. You only have the strength of a Human Immortal. You can't stop me."

As the sound of his voice faded, a cold voice sounded from below.

"Dharma treasures are indeed useful at times."

Following the sound was the appearance of a rope.

It was the Immortal Binding Rope (Pseudo).

The Immortal Binding Rope (Pseudo) passed through Miao Qinghe's Dharma treasure and tied him up before pulling him down.

"Immortal-binding Rope? Why do you have it?"

Miao Qinghe was terrified.

He was terrified of the origins of the Dharma treasure his opponent had and the situation he was in.

He could not escape.

In just a breath's time, he was dragged into the cave.

Bang!

Miao Qinghe was thrown to the ground. He still had a defensive Dharma treasure on him, as if it would be difficult for anyone below the True Immortal realm to kill him.

As soon as he landed, he moved and stood up.

At this moment, he saw a figure standing in the shadows by the door. It was a strange figure that seemed to have come from the darkness.

"Who exactly are you?"

With his strength, he was actually unable to see the other party's appearance or even cultivation.

"The man you're looking for."

Jiang Lan walked out from the shadows and revealed his face. He looked at Miao Qinghe.

"Surprised?"

Looking at a face that he had seen many times in the portrait, Miao Qinghe subconsciously retreated a little.

Impossible.

It was impossible for the other party to be so powerful.

A fake?

"You are Jiang Lan?" Miao Qinghe asked.

"I want to ask you some questions." Jiang Lan didn't reply.

At this moment, he was surrounded by his array formations. If anyone approached him, he would escape immediately.

Of course, he would take the life of the person in front of him first.

"Have you really cultivated the Empyrean Scripture?" Miao Qinghe asked in disbelief.

What they had been worried about all this time had come true?

"You want to kill me merely for this?" Jiang Lan asked softly.

"Unfortunately, I don't even know what the Empyrean Scripture is. However, I've heard that to cultivate the Empyrean Scripture, one needed to forgo all of one's emotions.

Even if such a cultivation technique was given to me, I wouldn't want to cultivate it either. The Heavenly Human Race didn't even bother asking about my opinion and wants to kill me just because of this?"

"How can we allow a timebomb to sleep beside us?" Miao Qinghe said in a low voice.

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    OmegaNebula
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    Jiang Lan constantly revealing his identity to enemies he's planning on killing is my biggest gripe with this novel. It makes no sense to risk it and even he's used an item to listen in on people talking from a distance, so it's not like he doesn't know such things are possible. Be like Han Jue and give a new, random name to everyone who might cause you issues.
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    WombRaider
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    I didn't know time bombs existed in the cultivation world
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      Ignotus
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      Actually would make sense for them to. The could be created from runes, talismans, or forging. Honestly, guns should exist as well with runes/talismans, but I like the fact they don't due to the ancient setting.
      But what's the point of bombs when your spells act like one.
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    XxPhantomxX
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    LMFAOOO Toys really ರ╭╮ರ
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    Natsu-gildarts
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    Chapter 174: Killing Miao Qinghe

    Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

    Jiang Lan looked at Miao Qinghe in silence.


    He understood the other party’s point.


    His existence had affected the Heavenly Human Race.


    Even if he did not obtain the Empyrean Scripture and even if he had no intention of cultivating it.


    He had the qualifications to obtain it.


    That was equivalent to threatening the Heavenly Human Race.


    The Empyrean Scripture belonged to the Heavenly Human Race.


    What would happen if an outsider obtained it?


    The answer was impossible to predict, but the Heavenly Human Race’s position would definitely be threatened.






    This was not a question of whether he wanted to or not, but whether he could.


    As long as he could, it was useless no matter how he thought about it.


    Only by not existing could the Heavenly Human Race sleep peacefully.


    It was just like a stranger getting the keys to one’s house. One couldn’t expect the other party to not want to come.


    Even if the other party didn’t want to come, he still had the key.


    Under normal circumstances, one would either take back the key or change the lock.


    And if the key couldn’t be taken back and the lock couldn’t be replaced. Then…


    It was like someone having their password known but he could not change his password lock.


    Could he take out the password from the other party’s mind?


    The answer was no.


    Thus, the only other option was to make the other party disappear.


    Now that Jiang Lan knew the password, the Heavenly Human Race would definitely want his life.


    If Jiang Lan wanted to end this matter, he couldn’t expect the other party to suddenly think things through.


    He could only…


    Send them on their way.


    “How strong is the Heavenly Human Race?” Jiang Lan calmly asked.


    As a Human Immortal, he did not know if he had the strength to go against the entire race.


    It was highly unlikely for him to do so.


    “As Human Immortals, neither you nor I can understand the strength of the entire race,” Miao Qinghe said.


    “How about comparing it to Kunlun?” Jiang Lan asked again.


    Miao Qinghe looked at Jiang Lan and sneered in a low voice.


    “Why don’t you ask your master? What can you obtain from a Human Immortal like me? ”


    Jiang Lan didn’t feel anything when he heard Miao Qinghe’s words. He only opened his mouth once more.


    “After you die, will the Heavenly Human Race continue to send people to hunt me down?”


    “There’s no way they’re going to give up. You went up the stairs, and that was the biggest mistake you made.”


    “Since this matter was so important, why did you guys let me go?”


    “Because there has never been an outsider who could trigger the Stairway to Heavens, not to mention ascending to its peak. An outsider going up the Stairway to Heavens had even created a storm at our place.” After a pause, Miao Qinghe immediately asked.


    “Did you kill Miao Xiu?”


    “Go ask him yourself.” Jiang Lan spoke softly as he walked towards Miao Qinghe.


    Seeing Jiang Lan approach, Miao Qinghe frowned.


    “Your cultivation level shouldn’t be in the perfected Human Immortal Realm. It’s very difficult for you to kill me. Once my Dharma treasure is activated, there will be seniors in the race who will take a look at what’s happening here. Aren’t you going to escape first?”


    “I will run, but…” Jiang Lan walked up to Miao Qinghe and calmly said.


    “I’ll send you to reunite with the others first. You’ll be lonely if you’re late.”


    “The Immortal Binding Rope is not enough to kill me.” Miao Qinghe immediately said.


    He was a little worried. The other party always gave him a feeling of fear.


    It was as if a great calamity was approaching him.


    “It’s true that the Immortal Binding Rope can’t kill you, but…” Jiang Lan reached out his hand to grab the opponent’s defensive Dharma treasure. The Power Of Nine Tribulations filled his hand.


    At this moment, a calamity shadow appeared and a destructive aura appeared from Jiang Lan’s hands.


    At this moment, the hand representing the great calamity grabbed onto Miao Qinghe’s defensive Dharma treasure.


    “However, I never thought of using the Immortal-binding Rope to kill you.”


    The Power Of Nine Tribulations belonging to Jiang Lan began to erupt. Miao Qinghe felt as if he was in a great calamity.


    It was as though all his defenses were unable to withstand the descent of the calamity.


    Bang!


    After some time, he felt a crack appearing in his defense.


    The sound of rushing power followed.


    It was as if there was a terrifying existence at the end of the horizon that was treading on air, bringing disaster to the world.


    Miao Qinghe was terrified.


    “How did this happen?”


    In the next moment, Jiang Lan’s large hand grabbed towards him. Miao Qinghe wanted to escape, but he couldn’t move.


    The other party was much stronger than him.


    “I checked. You shouldn’t be this strong. This doesn’t make sense. ”


    “Have you heard of the Sage Chapter?”


    Jiang Lan’s hand reached out towards Miao Qinghe’s head.


    Boom!


    Everything returned to normal.


    “Go to the netherworld. You will have companions to talk with.”


    Jiang Lan looked at the blood mist and muttered to himself.


    The Heavenly Human Race was a troublesome existence. As long as he was strong enough, theoretically speaking, they wouldn’t dare act rashly.


    However, he was not strong enough. At least, not yet.


    Putting aside his cultivation, even the current him wasn’t a match for the other party.


    But would they send someone stronger?


    This place was close to Kunlun after all. If they were to send someone immensely strong, it would have a different meaning. It might not be long before the person’s head would be separated from his body.


    After that, Jiang Lan didn’t pay any more attention to this and directly vanished on the spot.


    Now that these people died, the Heavenly Human Race should start paying more attention to him.


    They might also spend more effort investigating and tracing what had happened. It was hard to say if he would be able to still hide what had happened with just his One Leaf Vision.


    With the newfound superior divine power, he felt that his One Leaf Vision was no longer sufficient.


    However, as a Human Immortal, if someone were to use divinity skills on him, he would be able to feel it.


    There should be no problems at the moment.


    Miao Qinghe had said that a Senior from his race would start investigating and divining what had happened the moment he activated his Dharma treasure. Even though Jiang Lan didn’t believe it, he still decided to leave first.


    Of course, he still did his best to erase all the evidence present.


    After Jiang Lan left, all the array formations disappeared as if they had never been set up.


    The array that concealed the secrets from the heavens had also disappeared.


    The people of the Heavenly Human Race would come specially looking for clues once they found out that the party’s mission had failed. This meant that the array formations that hid the occurrence here from the heavens would not be that effective.


    Jiang Lan went to a faraway place.


    The place he had arrived in was the Flat Sky City, which was half a month’s journey away from Kunlun.


    This was a very prosperous city with powerful people.


    However, it made no difference to Jiang Lan.


    Was there a need to care about such things when shopping?


    The streets were extremely large and bustling.


    The ground he was stepping on was made of sturdy tiles.


    Qingcheng Town, on the other hand, was built with stones. The two were simply incomparable.


    Although there were many people, it was not crowded on the streets.


    “There are many cultivators here.”


    On the way, Jiang Lan felt that many people here were not ordinary people.


    Before long, he saw someone buying candied fruits.


    After standing for a while, he walked over.


    He decided to just buy this.


    “Boss, get me… two skewers.”


    “Alright, one skewer costs three copper coins, two skewers costs five copper coins,” said the middle-aged boss.


    As he spoke, he passed two skewers of candied fruits to Jiang Lan.


    Looking at the candied fruits, Jiang Lan didn’t immediately respond.


    “Please wait for a moment.”


    The middle-aged boss nodded.


    He didn’t feel that this was a person who couldn’t afford it. Judging from his clothes, he wasn’t an ordinary person.


    Jiang Lan turned to look at the street, planning to catch someone to exchange for some money.


    He had no money.






    The other party might be willing to accept spirit stones, but human hearts were treacherous.


    If an ordinary person took a spirit stone, they would probably be dead before they reached home.


    With a single glance, Jiang Lan found a couple.


    He had seen them before.


    “This time, when I go back to see Father, I want to buy two medicinal pills that can increase his lifespan. I’ll definitely be able to buy it this time,” said Zhou Shu to the female cultivator, Lu Qian.


    “Senior Brother, you should have no problem breaking through to the Golden Core Realm,” Lu Qian said with a smile.


    To reach the Golden Core Realm at such a young age was a form of reputation itself.


    Very few people were willing to offend someone with such potential.


    However, they, who were originally very happy, suddenly stopped. Someone had blocked their way.
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    Natsu-gildarts
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    Well, if he's a time bomb, he might as well blast all the defusers b4 they defuse him.
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      Death panda
      Death panda
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      Well there are some bombs without defusers so they are trying to mitigate the explosion by killing him
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