I Grind to Martial Saint

Han Yuan stood there for a long while before he managed to recover a bit of his Qi Power.

He headed back toward the Wind and Thunder Temple.

Zhang Cang was also leaning against a wall in the Daoist Temple’s inner courtyard.

His face was pale, and he was drained of all strength.

To summon that bolt of Celestial Thunder moments ago, he had exhausted nearly all of his body’s Magical Power and Essence Blood.

He saw Han Yuan stumble in and smiled.

”I can’t believe you actually pulled it off.”

”A Gang Essence Martial Artist killing an Innate Grandmaster... If word of this got out, no one would believe it.”

Han Yuan sat down beside Zhang Cang and grinned. ”That’s only because your bolt of Celestial Thunder shattered that old bastard’s Innate Protective Shield.”

This time, when he had called Zhang Cang over from Nanyuan County, it wasn’t just to absorb the Spiritual Qi of the newly manifested Spiritual Land—he had another objective.

That was to team up with him and kill the Innate Grandmaster from the Spirit Sun Sect.

Han Yuan had already made his calculations.

Given the Spirit Sun Sect’s arrogance, they would at most send a single Innate Grandmaster.

If he and Zhang Cang joined forces, he believed they had a fighting chance.

In the end, he had succeeded, taking Yang Fanyu’s head with his own hands.

”My bolt of Celestial Thunder was only able to unleash such power because I leveraged the unique properties of the Thunderstruck Forest.”

”Without the Thunderstruck Forest, it would be difficult for me to pose any real threat to an Innate Grandmaster with my current Magical Power alone.”

Zhang Cang said, shaking his head.

That was why they had chosen the Thunderstruck Forest.

Everything had been calculated.

”Now that one of their Innate Grandmasters is dead, the Spirit Sun Sect is bound to be humiliated and enraged.”

”I have to leave... Once I break through to the Innate Realm, I’ll return and raze the Spirit Sun Sect to the ground.”

Han Yuan said grimly.

Although according to Shang Yuan and Yu Cuicui, the Spirit Sun Sect only had three Innate Grandmasters.

But these Ancient Sects always had a few trump cards hidden up their sleeves.

Even if they had no other tricks, Han Yuan couldn’t possibly withstand an attack from the two remaining Innate Grandmasters.

Dealing with Yang Fanyu alone had already forced him to use every trick he had.

Against two Innate Grandmasters working together, he stood no chance of winning.

For Han Yuan, leaving was the best and wisest course of action.

As long as there is life, there is hope.

With his talent, it wouldn’t be long before he could fight his way back.

”Come to Nanyuan County.”

Zhang Cang said earnestly.

”No... If word gets out that I’ve gone to Nanyuan County, you’ll be implicated.”

”Other than Old Yan, no one knows you were here. I’ll dispose of Yang Fanyu’s body cleanly, then make my presence known somewhere else. That way, the Spirit Sun Sect’s attention will be fixed on me, and they won’t bother you.”

Han Yuan shook his head.

Zhang Cang hadn’t expected Han Yuan to have thought things through so thoroughly.

Han Yuan continued to lay out his plan, ”In the last couple of days... I’ve already contacted the Huang Family.”

”Your father-in-law, along with some of my trusted people at the Observatory, will secretly return with you to Nanyuan County.”

”Wen Zhiyuan will go with you as well... The man is quite skilled at administration; you’ll find him useful.”

”Take everything from the Observatory’s Martial Arts Pavilion and Spirit Pill Pavilion, too. Use it all to build up your own power base.”

Clearly, Han Yuan was transferring his entire support structure into Zhang Cang’s hands.

”This...” Zhang Cang was taken aback; he hadn’t expected this from Han Yuan.

”I have no choice... These people are too closely tied to me. Leaving them in Cangshui County would be a death sentence.”

”Their only chance of survival is to go with you to Nanyuan County.”

Han Yuan said earnestly.

Zhang Cang took a deep breath. ”Don’t worry. As long as I’m alive, I guarantee they’ll be safe.”

Han Yuan smiled. ”That’s enough for me.”

”Let’s go... We’re running out of time... and there’s still a lot to take care of.”

The two of them quickly got to their feet.

First was Yang Fanyu’s corpse.

Han Yuan burned the body to ash and scattered it directly into the Cangjiang River.

Then, he and Zhang Cang hurried back to Cangshui City.

After quickly tending to their wounds, Han Yuan began arranging for the Cangshui Celestial Observation Bureau to be cleared out.

As for the old men of the Celestial Phenomena Tribe, he simply knocked them unconscious himself.

He left a small portion of the Elixir Pills in the Spirit Pill Pavilion, but had the rest of it completely cleared out.

The same went for the Martial Arts Pavilion.

Zhai Mu and Zhou Yuanhu left with Zhang Cang, taking their most trusted subordinates with them.

Huang Huai, long prepared, went with them as well.

The person most reluctant to leave Cangshui County Town was, naturally, Wen Zhiyuan.

According to his plans, he had intended to develop Cangshui County Town into a metropolis even grander than Jianghe Province City.

But now, all of that had come to nothing.

Nevertheless, he still left with Zhang Cang.

As for Old Yan, after sealing off the Spiritual Land on White Stone Island, he also chose to accompany Zhang Cang to Nanyuan City.

For Zhang Cang, this meant his power base had expanded immensely overnight.

This was especially true with the addition of Old Yan; the old fellow was now an Abnormal Person at the Seven Spirits Realm.

Such an individual was exceedingly rare in all of Jianghe Province.

And just like that, in less than two days, Han Yuan had completed the transfer.

「In a forest outside Cangshui County Town.」

Zhang Cang was saying his goodbyes to Han Yuan.

”Brother Han... take care.”

Zhang Cang said, cupping his fist.

”Don’t worry. The world is a vast place; the Spirit Sun Sect won’t be able to find me.”

”Besides, this might not necessarily be a bad thing for me.”

Han Yuan said with a laugh.

Without Cangshui County, he had lost a safe haven for his Cultivation.

But on the other hand, a fierce tiger like him was now leaving the mountains and was about to stir up a storm in the Martial World.

Zhang Cang knew Han Yuan’s capabilities, so he wasn’t too worried. He just sighed with emotion and said, ”After this farewell, who knows when we’ll meet again.”

Han Yuan laughed. ”As long as we’re alive, there will always be a chance.”

”You be careful, too.”

Zhang Cang said softly, ”I will.”

And with that, the two parted ways.

Zhang Cang led Huang Huai, Zhai Mu, Zhou Yuanhu, and the others toward Nanyuan County.