"What happened?" Qin Tian immediately asked when he saw Yue Yang's expression. He couldn't help but be surprised when he heard him mention the Xue Kingdom.

From Yue Yang's expression, he was definitely not the only remaining member of the Yue clan.

"Kreekk..." He gritted his teeth before answering. "Those who have detained my clan."

"There are only a few of us, and apart from me, they are all in the Xue royal prison."

"I managed to escape from there with the help of the formation set up by the elders."

"So they were captured by the Xue Kingdom. How did that happen?" Qin Tian asked.

But Yue Yang shook his head. "I don't know either. When I was born, I was already there. The elders didn't tell me about their past."

He then looked at Qin Tian with an expression full of hope. "Master, can you save them?"

'...'

"Ehmm." Qin Tian cleared his throat once again. And this time he showed a little angry expression. "Your clan elders are helping you escape because they hope you can save them in the future."

"I might be able to help you, but what about yourself. Where is your responsibility. It's not a matter of whether you can save them or not, but whether you can continue to grow strong."

"Only if you reach the level of your ancestors will you be able to restore the glory of your clan."

...

Inwardly Qin Tian couldn't help but ask himself. "Shit, was what I said correct?"

"But they may be keeping something so they are arrested." Qin Tian guessed.

...

"All right, now you can go. Leave me alone for a while." Said Qin Tian as he waved his hand towards the room door.

...

After Yu Yang left his room, Qin Tian did nothing but pacing around. He wanted to call Dina but the girl turned out to be offline.

He then put a hand on his chin and started thinking. "Now I need to unlock at least two divine symbols."

"Unlocking two of the nine divine symbols is very easy, but a lot of resources are required to do that."

"This sect clearly doesn't have the resources I need."

In that sect, there was only one cultivator in the Spiritual Lord realm, it is the sect master itself. With his talent, he might still only awaken nine divine symbols. Qin Tian is sure he hasn't opened any of his divine symbols yet. If he could truly unlock just one divine symbol, the sect's status would definitely be one level higher than now.

"Erm, Yang Ming." As he was thinking, he suddenly thought of Yang Ming.

"Maybe I should visit the boy."

...

Not long after, he headed over to the outer court disciple's place. He left using the eagle provided by the Yuan trio. And he went to wear junior disciple clothes.

It didn't take long before he arrived above the outer court disciples settlement.

But when he got there, he was a little surprised when he saw a lot of people gathered in the residential square.

Not only outer court disciples, there were even quite a number of junior disciples there. There were even some senior disciples.

In the middle of them, there were three large stones and on top of each of them, were two people who were fighting.

"Is this some kind of competition?"

Qin Tian then observed the people below. After discovering the whereabouts of Yang Ming and the others, he immediately deployed the eagle he was riding towards them.

People stared at him when he came, but most of them didn't make any reaction. They only stared at him briefly before turning their gaze back.

Only Yang Ming and the others looked at him with enthusiastic expressions.

Qin Tian then jumped towards them.

When he just arrived in front of them, Yang Ming immediately came over to pat him on the shoulder.

"Bro, where have you been. I thought you were in trouble." Said Yang Ming.

Qin Tian scanned Yang Ming's body and found that the man's cultivation had already reached the fourth layer of spiritual apprentice.

Being able to move up one layer after a few days meant that he had cultivated quite well there.

"Dont worry." Qin Tian answered. "Nothing happened to me. I'm busy helping the Yuan brothers."

"What are they doing, anyway?" He then asked while staring at the three stones in the middle of the crowd.

"A senior disciple suddenly came and held this competition. He promised to give a prize to the winner." Yang Ming replied while staring at a certain location.

There, Qin Tian saw a young man sitting on a chair that looked like a throne. His cultivation was at the fifth layer of spiritual warriors.

The young man was surrounded by many youths, and he was staring at the people who were fighting on the stones.

What made Qin Tian surprised was; he saw Chu Zhen among them. Of course, he was in the very back row. And he was currently staring at him with cold eyes.

(Maybe you forgot who Chu Zhen is. You can turn to chapter 14 to remember.)

"What's the prize?" Qin Tian asked.

"A spiritual dragon fruit." Yang Ming replied.

"However, to enter this competition, we have to pay a heavy price. Whoever wins will take it all."

"...."

Qin Tian immediately shook his head upon hearing that.

"Do you want to enter the competition?" Qin Tian asked once again.

"It's too expensive."

"I can help you pay."

"What." Not only Yang Ming, the others were also shocked.

"Do you have a lot of treasure now, brother Qin?" Yang Ming asked.

But after saying that, he immediately shook his head.

"They are all already in the fifth layer. Each of them can easily beat me. You know, my fighting power is also weaker than the people in this continent. I will only be looking to die if I enter that competition." Said Yang Ming.

"Hehe." But Qin Tian responded with a mysterious smile.

...