Open up and break into another world

Golden Crow City.

Saint Emperor Palace.

Whoosh—

A stream of light streaked down, and Xue Rong, the withered and decaying Palace Master of the Saint Emperor Palace, quietly returned to the palace.

“Palace Master, you’re back?” Li Fang, a seemingly righteous deity, ran up to Xue Rong with obsequious eagerness, bowing and scraping.

“Mm!” Xue Rong nodded slightly—he didn’t concern himself much with the affairs within the Saint Emperor Palace; minor matters were mainly handled by Li Fang.

“Oh, right, Li Fang!” Xue Rong suddenly asked, “Recently, have there been any Life Talismans that require my review?”

“Does the Palace Master want to see them now?—I was originally planning to wait until the Palace Master had some free time before sending them over!” Li Fang said as he delved into his world ring, sorting through the Life Talismans.

Xue Rong naturally couldn’t see what Li Fang was doing inside the world ring.

“Palace Master!” Li Fang asked with some confusion, “Why do you have to personally handle such a trivial matter as reviewing Life Talismans? In the past, wasn’t it always handled by me?”

“I’m looking for someone!” Xue Rong said casually, “Some things you shouldn’t know, so don’t ask!”

“Yes!” Li Fang was secretly curious about who the Palace Master was looking for that required him to personally review the Life Talismans.

Soon, Li Fang had sorted out all the Life Talismans and took them out.

As soon as the Life Talismans were brought out, Xue Rong’s expression immediately changed—he sensed a familiar life aura!

“This is…” Xue Rong hurriedly snatched the entire bundle of Life Talismans and directly pulled out Xu Ming’s Life Talisman.

“Huh?” Li Fang was originally wondering why the Palace Master was reacting this way. But when he saw the Palace Master pull out Xu Ming’s Life Talisman, his expression immediately changed—he certainly still remembered Xu Ming’s Life Talisman!

“Could it be that Xu Ming is the person the Palace Master is specifically looking for? Is the Palace Master personally reviewing the Life Talismans for his sake?” Li Fang was instantly dumbfounded, “If that’s the case, and I deliberately withheld Xu Ming’s Life Talisman…”

Just thinking about the consequences made Li Fang’s legs feel weak; he vaguely realized that he seemed to have affected some important matter for the Palace Master!

“Li Fang!” Sure enough, Xue Rong asked directly; however, Xue Rong’s voice was very calm and steady, and one couldn’t sense the slightest joy or anger, “When did this Life Talisman come into your possession?”

“It was… it was…” Li Fang stammered, trying to find a time to gloss over it.

“Tell the truth!” Xue Rong suddenly shouted, “Tell the truth, and I won’t blame you!”

“It… it was…” Li Fang hesitated for a moment, “More than a year ago…”

More than a year ago!?

Xue Rong’s eyes widened—that is to say, more than a year ago, Xu Ming, whom General Li Xiujie wanted him to find, had already arrived in Golden Crow City, even at the Saint Emperor Palace! And he, Xue Rong, was completely unaware!

“If General Li knows that Xu Ming had already applied for the Star Crest more than a year ago, and I didn’t know; I’m afraid General Li won’t easily let me off…” Just thinking about Li Xiujie’s cruel methods made Xue Rong feel terrified!

His gaze towards Li Fang was full of coldness, without the slightest emotion—what a teammate who was a complete disaster!

“Life Talismans from more than a year ago, and you’re only giving them to me now?” Xue Rong questioned coldly.

“Palace… Palace Master…” Li Fang’s hair stood on end, not knowing what to say to explain. If he had known earlier that the person the Palace Master was looking for was Xu Ming, then even if he was beaten to death, he wouldn’t have dared to accept Xu Ming’s Divine Stones or withhold Xu Ming’s Life Talisman!

But then again, Xu Ming really had to thank Li Fang.

After all, if Li Fang hadn’t helped him “delay” for more than a year, Xu Ming wouldn’t have had the time to grow this strong, nor would he have had the opportunity to get so many Divine Stones!

In other words, it was Li Fang who “bought” Xu Ming time, allowing him to grow to a level where he feared nothing from Xue Rong!—Of course, Xue Rong didn’t know about Xu Ming’s progress in strength over the past year; otherwise, he would definitely be even more frantic!

“Do you know what I want to do now?” Xue Rong stared at Li Fang, his eyes blazing with fire, and said coldly, word by word.

“No… I don’t know!” Li Fang said tremblingly.

“I want to… kill you!” Xue Rong snorted coldly.

“No… no… Palace Master, I was wrong! Please spare me…” Li Fang knelt on the ground with a “thud,” kowtowing repeatedly.

“You were wrong? Let me spare you?” Xue Rong sneered, “I can spare you, but who will spare me!?”

“Palace… Palace Master! Didn’t you say that as long as I told the truth, you wouldn’t blame me?” Li Fang never expected that he would bring such a catastrophic disaster upon himself just for a little bit of petty greed!

Pfft!

Xue Rong was merciless; his withered fingers suddenly turned into steel claws, instantly piercing through Li Fang’s head: “I don’t blame you, I just want to kill you!”

Suddenly—

Xue Rong felt that the aura of the entire Golden Crow City had changed.

Xue Rong even walked out of the palace, frowning: “What happened? The Golden Crow Guards actually activated the Space Severing Grand Formation, sealing off the entire Divine City!?”

The super-large Space Severing Grand Formation is very different from the micro Space Severing Grand Formation and will not change the celestial phenomena.

However, the effect of sealing and isolating space is beyond doubt! Unless the formation is broken, no one can escape the formation’s range!

“Could it be… something happened to Cheng Chong’s side?” Xue Rong wasn’t interested in knowing and shook his head, returning to the palace.

Xue Rong frowned tightly, pondering: “I don’t know if Xu Ming has left Golden Crow City! If he’s still in Golden Crow City, it’ll be easy to handle; I can just find him, capture him, and kill him. But if he’s left Golden Crow City, then it’ll be a bit troublesome…”

…

The entrance of Myriad Treasures Pavilion.

Under the gazes of countless mocking eyes, Xu Ming stepped out of the door calmly.

“Humph!” Commander Cheng Chong stood up with a “whoosh,” “Please wait a moment, True Man Qidao, I’ll go and capture that person with great natural luck!”

“Mm!” True Man Qidao was calm and composed, as if everything had nothing to do with him. The “karma” of the surrounding world didn’t seem to touch him at all.

…

The other side of the auction venue.

“Mountain Master Dan Chen, let’s go!” the Ascetic transmitted his voice.

“Okay!”

The two quietly got up.

…

“Xu Ming, don’t run!” Black Demon Old Ghost rushed out of Myriad Treasures Pavilion menacingly, “Before, I let you take three moves from me in the God Slaughtering Arena, and I would spare you! I think, there’s no need to go to the God Slaughtering Arena; right here will do!”

The reason why Black Demon Old Ghost was so eager to kill Xu Ming was to take down Xu Ming and please Commander Cheng Chong!—In his opinion, killing a four-star deity could improve his relationship with the Golden Crow Guard Commander; it was too worthwhile!