Su Jingxing was surprised. “Are you serious, Senior?”

“I’m about to dissipate completely. Is there a need to joke?”

Xia Cangxuan smiled. “After 400 years of development, the Xia Family, which started from me now has descendants all over the 18 prefectures of the Yu Nation. Although the one in the capital is a main branch…

“Forget it, let’s not talk about it. In short, if the Xia Family in the capital offends you one day, you don’t have to have any misgivings. You can deal with them however you want!”

With that, his body distorted and began to fade, turning transparent.

“I’ll leave the Yu Nation in your hands!”

The last sound echoed in his ears. Xia Cangxuan became so transparent that he disappeared completely.

Su Jingxing’s Essence Soul stood still and fell into deep thought.

Perhaps it was an illusion, but Xia Cangxuan’s tone was especially complicated when he mentioned the Xia Family in the capital.

The Xia Family in the capital was the Yu Nation’s imperial family.

Although they no longer had any power, their status was evident and they were also capable enough.

Yet as their ancestor, Xia Cangxuan had told Su Jingxing that he could deal with them at will, even if he had to exterminate them!

Was this what an ancestor would say?

It could only be said that there was something wrong with the Xia Family in the capital that even their ancestor, Xia Cangxuan, could not stand.

Su Jingxing had seen talks about the Xia Family online. They indeed did not have a good reputation.

As for what exactly happened, it was unclear.

From the looks of it, the problem with the Xia Family in the capital was extraordinary.

However, as long as they did not provoke him, Su Jingxing had no interest in paying them any attention.

Xia Cangxuan dissipated completely. Su Jingxing had to quickly verify whether there were really treasures at the locations he had shared.

The first was the Divine Weapon Seed.

Considering that the few treasures were hidden separately in the various prefectures of the Yu Nation,

Su Jingxing directly passed through the border membrane using the Essence Soul to retrieve them.

Of course, before heading there, he would return to the southwest corner and repair the border membrane torn by the pufferfish monster and the Hidden Thunder Dragon Beard Beast.

Then, he returned to the center, passed through the border membrane, and arrived at the Baozhen Prefecture.

Xia Changxuan hid the Divine Weapon Seed in a rift valley in Baozhen Prefecture.

The rift valley was 500 meters deep, and three restrictions were set up in the deepest depths.

Su Jingxing followed Xia Cangxuan’s instructions and successfully removed the restriction. The Essence Soul entered the depths and found the special wooden box that contained the Divine Weapon Seed.

Wrapping the wooden box in soul power, it soared into the sky and returned to the Void World.

It then went to the Qianxiang Prefecture to get three Sage Origin Fruits.

This time, Xia Cangxuan had hidden them at the bottom of a lake.

The surface of the lake was normal while three restrictions were placed at the edge of the center.

The restrictions left behind by Xia Changxuan all work in coordinate with one other. Once one was activated, the other two would also erupt.

Therefore, special steps were required to remove them. One wrong step and one would be attacked.

As for the lethality and destructive power of the restrictions,

Su Jingxing wasn’t interested in knowing.

Since Xia Cangxuan dared to leave behind restrictions to protect the treasure, the might of the restrictions was definitely powerful. Even if they couldn’t kill a first-grade martial artist, they could severely injure a second-grade martial artist.

Su Jingxing wasn’t interested in what exactly would happen.

Similarly, he successfully removed the restrictions and obtained the special wooden box containing the Sage Origin Fruit.

Wrapped in soul power, the Essence Soul returned to the Void World with the wooden box.

Without stopping.

It went to the Wulong Prefecture to obtain the Innate Primordial Energy and the 10,000-year-old Polar Ice Soul.

The remaining Seven-Colored Heavenly Crystal was hidden in Sifang Prefecture. Su Jingxing decided to go there using his main body.

The Essence Soul returned to his physical body. Other than the Sage Origin Fruits, all the other treasures were placed into his palm space.

Carrying the three Sage Origin Fruits, the Essence Soul returned to the Void World and first swallowed one before digesting and absorbing it.

The structure of the Essence Soul was extremely special.

Before this, Su Jingxing had been making attempts. He never thought that the Essence Soul could also devour things, especially unique treasures like the Sage Origin Fruit.

It was nurtured using the Kingdom Defending Jade Seal and gathered the faith of the people.

Such a method of birth was simply unheard of.

National faith?

Faith in what aspect?

Although Xia Cangxuan did not elaborate, it was most likely related to patriotism.

The more prosperous the dynasty, the more its people loved it, the stronger their faith.

The stronger their faith, more or better quality Sage Origin Fruits would be produced.

The higher the quality of the Sage Origin Fruits and the more there were, the stronger the Kingdom Defending Martial Sage would naturally become.

This virtuous cycle was even better than Su Jingxing had imagined.

No wonder a Martial Sage with the Kingdom Defending Jade Seal was much stronger than a Martial Sage without it.

Xia Cangxuan had dissipated so quickly that Su Jingxing had forgotten to ask if he had entered the Soul Fixation realm.

On second thought, there was a high chance that he had.

If it wasn’t for that, Xia Cangxuan’s Essence Soul wouldn’t have lasted for more than a hundred years after his lifespan was up.

Even if he had sacrificed and refined himself.

In other words, Xia Cangxuan was stronger than Yue Dongliu!

Feeling the Sage Origin Fruit enter its stomach, the Essence Soul’s entire body felt numb as it slowly nourished and transformed. Su Jingxing silently adapted to it.

A moment later, he took out the second fruit and swallowed it.

From the outside, the Sage Origin Fruit was a glowing date that could be swallowed in one bite.

…

New Chu Nation.

The capital, Qingtian City.

In a towering tower in the northwest corner of the magnificent imperial city.

In the spacious and bright secret chamber was a middle-aged man with a burly figure and bulging muscles. His upper body was bare, and his hair was disheveled. His eyes were closed, and he was barely breathing.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes, which shone brightly.

“Dead?”

The middle-aged man murmured, his eyes glowing.

“Good, the old thing is finally dead!

“After dragging on for so many years with me, he has finally dissipated completely this time.

“Without the old thing blocking the way, the Yu Nation is now New Chu’s…

“Hmm?!”

Suddenly, a cold glint flashed across the middle-aged man’s eyes. He exclaimed in shock and anger, “How is this possible?! When did a new Transcendent-grade appear in the Yu Nation?

“D*mned old thing, no wonder he completely dissipated. So it turns out he has found a new Kingdom Defending Martial Sage!

“Heh, a new Martial Sage?”

The middle-aged man’s eyes were cold and murderous.

“D*mned old thing, do you think the country will be safe after finding a new Martial Sage?

“I’d like to see what abilities this new Martial Sage has to guard the Yu Nation!”

…

The Void World, the area of the Yu Nation.

Su Jingxing’s Essence Soul, which had just digested the third Sage Origin Fruit, was suddenly alerted.

The Nine Souls Ring circling above his head spun at high speed, releasing flames.

“Someone was spying on me through a heavenly secret art?”

In his Essence Soul state, Su Jingxing stood up and recalled his senses from a few seconds ago.

Moments later, he confirmed that he was not mistaken. There was indeed someone spying on him.

However, because of the timely shielding by the Nine Souls Ring, it blocked out the other party’s deep prying.

In other words, the other party knew of Su Jingxing’s existence, but he didn’t know where he was or his exact strength.

Who could it have been?

Why are they spying on me?

…