Since Earth Kill only had their branch left, where could these 'senior predecessors' possibly come from?
"Young Master Su, are you joking?" Hall Master Mu looked at Ye Yunfei, his questioning gaze tinged with a sliver of anticipation.
If someone else had said such a thing, he naturally wouldn't have believed it, but Ye Yunfei was different.
The reason he had brought Earth Kill's forces out of seclusion in the Eastern Barrens to join the Tianxuan Army organized by Ye Yunfei was precisely because Ye Yunfei had given him a core legacy cultivation technique of Earth Kill—a technique that had long been lost.
Since Ye Yunfei could possess Earth Kill's long-lost core legacy technique, it wasn't strange at all that he might know other secrets of the organization.
Thinking of this, Hall Master Mu's gaze towards Ye Yunfei filled with even more expectation!
"Follow me. You'll know very soon." Ye Yunfei smiled.
After speaking, Ye Yunfei turned and walked deeper into the ruins.
"Let's follow Young Master Su!" Hall Master Mu waved his hand, leading Earth Kill's forces to quickly catch up to Ye Yunfei.
"Brother Su is too mysterious. The Earth Kill organization has vanished for such a long age, yet Brother Su actually knows its secrets!" Situ Kong'er, following closely beside Ye Yunfei, was filled with admiration.
After a while, they arrived before a barren, scorched-black mountain.
Among the many mountains in this expanse of ruins, the one before them was quite short and unremarkable.
Some collapsed structures were scattered across the slopes, indicating that this place had once been inhabited in some ancient era.
Ye Yunfei brought Hall Master Mu and the others before this mountain and came to a halt.
"Young Master Su..." Hall Master Mu, standing beside Ye Yunfei, asked quietly.
"Hall Master Mu, how is your progress in cultivating the Di Sha Thirty-Six Sword Art?" Ye Yunfei inquired.
"I can only say I have a preliminary grasp. I've only just begun cultivating this sword technique and haven't truly mastered its essence yet," Hall Master Mu replied.
"That's fine. Face that spot and practice the Di Sha Thirty-Six Sword Art a few more times." Ye Yunfei pointed to a specific location on the mountain.
"Practice aiming at that spot?" Hall Master Mu was taken aback.
"Yes." Ye Yunfei nodded.
"Alright." Hall Master Mu drew his sword, soared into the air, and instantly faded into space, disappearing from sight.
The next moment.
Clang! Clang!...
Streams of sword light, viper-like, extended out from within space, thrusting towards the spot Ye Yunfei had just indicated.
Boom! Boom!...
Streaks of sword light continuously magnified, hitting that same location in an unending torrent, causing the space there to tremble unceasingly.
Once, twice, thrice...
Hall Master Mu drilled the Di Sha Thirty-Six Sword Art over and over, dense waves of sword energy relentlessly striking the same point.
Ye Yunfei watched with his hands clasped behind his back.
Seeing that Ye Yunfei didn't tell him to stop, Hall Master Mu simply kept drilling.
Then, at a certain moment...
"Hall Master Mu, that's enough. You may stop." Suddenly, Ye Yunfei said softly.
On hearing this, Hall Master Mu ceased his practice and reappeared beside Ye Yunfei.
At this moment, Ye Yunfei's gaze was fixed unmoving on the spot Hall Master Mu had just been attacking.
Seeing Ye Yunfei act this way, Situ Kong'er and Hall Master Mu also stared intently at that location.
A moment later.
"Brother Su, the space there just fluctuated! There really is something strange!" Situ Kong'er suddenly exclaimed in surprise.
As a successor of Miaoshou Gate, Situ Kong'er's proficiency in spatial energy was quite decent.
"Senior, please come out. Your Earth Kill descendants are here." Ye Yunfei suddenly spoke.
Senior?
Both Situ Kong'er and Hall Master Mu were startled by Ye Yunfei's words, their eyes locked on that spot.
However, there was no movement there.
"Senior, I can sense your presence. Please come out." After another moment, Ye Yunfei spoke again.
"Young man, you can sense my presence?" Finally, after yet another pause, a voice sounded from that location.
"There really is someone!" Both Situ Kong'er and Hall Master Mu were astounded.
"Yes, I can sense it," Ye Yunfei answered.
The next instant, the space at that location began to ripple, and then a figure slowly materialized.
An elder with a deeply weathered face appeared there.
"Young man, was it you who detected me just now?" The elder's gaze fell upon Ye Yunfei as he asked.
"Yes, senior. Your Earth Kill successors are right here." Ye Yunfei pointed at Hall Master Mu and the Earth Kill members standing behind him.
"Your Earth Kill descendant pays respects to the senior!" Hall Master Mu stepped forward excitedly and performed a deep bow of greeting.
"Perform that sword technique from before once more." The elder flicked his sleeve, using a gentle force to raise Hall Master Mu, and spoke in a serious tone.
Hall Master Mu immediately drew his sword and executed the Di Sha Thirty-Six Sword Art again.
"It truly is the orthodox Earth Kill legacy. And your Qi cultivation method is also our Earth Kill inheritance. To think that there are still descendants of Earth Kill scattered out in the world..." The elder stared at Hall Master Mu and the other Earth Kill members, a complex light in his eyes, then spoke softly.
"Senior, you need not suspect they are spies sent by Tianyou Tomb. In fact, his grandfather was Mu Yi." Ye Yunfei suddenly pointed at Hall Master Mu.
"What?! Your grandfather is Mu Yi? Where is Hall Master Mu Yi now!" The elder's expression changed drastically, and he immediately questioned.
"Reporting to senior, my grandfather was indeed Mu Yi! My grandfather... has already passed away. Back then, when we were being hunted by forces sent by Tianyou Tomb, grandfather, to cover our escape, faced dozens of Tianyou Tomb experts alone, allowing us to flee first. Our branch of Earth Kill escaped to the Eastern Barrens and hid there. Later, we never saw grandfather come to reunite with us. Afterwards, I received news that grandfather had died in battle. After grandfather's death, I inherited his position and took on the role of Hall Master." Hall Master Mu answered.
"Come here." The elder reached out a hand, generating a formidable suction force that pulled Hall Master Mu over. He grasped Hall Master Mu's wrist and perceived for a moment.
"You are indeed Hall Master Mu's descendant." The elder nodded.
At this point, he no longer doubted the identities of Hall Master Mu and the Earth Kill members, and his gaze turned gentle.
"Senior, it would be best if we go inside to talk slowly. Forces from Tianyou Tomb are likely arriving soon. Since Hall Master Mu and his people just killed over a dozen Tianyou Tomb members, I estimate their higher-ups have already received word by now." Ye Yunfei suggested.
"Very well, let's continue inside." The elder nodded.
He turned around and gestured with his hand. A spatiotemporal portal actually appeared there, waves of concentrated spatial and temporal energy emanating from it.
The elder then led everyone through the portal.
Inside was actually a Small World!
The scale of this Small World was relatively small, but many people lived within.
"Senior, this is your Earth Kill's territory, I presume?" Ye Yunfei asked with a smile as they entered.
In truth, in his previous life, Ye Yunfei had once entered this Small World and knew that a group of Earth Kill members lived in seclusion here. That was how he could find this place with such pinpoint accuracy.
"Correct, this is our Earth Kill's territory. Children, welcome home." The elder nodded, then looked at Hall Master Mu and the other Earth Kill members and spoke.
Hall Master Mu and the Earth Kill members all trembled with emotion!
In this moment, they no longer felt alone!
The people living in this Small World numbered at least several thousand!
This meant that there were at least several thousand Earth Kill members here!