The Nine Soul Sect.
Gary Gongsun was currently cultivating.
Lately, Gary had felt that his cultivation was becoming increasingly difficult.
Although the cultivation process was identical to his usual routine, whenever he reached a critical moment, some of the spiritual energy in his body would always dissipate.
As a result.
The efficiency of Gary's cultivation was greatly affected.
He was even beginning to suspect something.
Have I reached the legendary bottleneck?
The so-called bottleneck was a difficult hurdle that all cultivators would eventually encounter.
Once a bottleneck was reached, no matter how hard one cultivated, it would be difficult to make any improvements.
Furthermore, the more desperately one cultivated, the harder it was to see results, and it could even be counterproductive.
Initially, Gary hadn't thought about it being a bottleneck.
But as time passed, Gary felt that he might have truly entered one.
He felt somewhat anxious.
And even more helpless.
He wasn't that old yet, and his innate talent was very high, but he just had to be stuck in this damn bottleneck.
Could it be that in this lifetime, I can only stop here?
Will I never be able to step into the Spirit Refining Realm?
Just as Gary was agonizing over this.
Bella Bai's transmitted message arrived.
Gary looked at the contents of Bella's message and couldn't help but turn pale with shock.
"Senior Quinn was actually forcibly taken away by someone?"
He found it somewhat unbelievable.
How could a transcendent expert like Quinn Ye be easily taken away?
And the person who took him away was actually the Crown Prince of the Profound Origin Empire?
What the hell is the Crown Prince of the Profound Origin Empire?
Perhaps in the eyes of ordinary people, the Crown Prince of the Profound Origin Empire was indeed unimaginably high and mighty.
But in front of a true transcendent expert, a so-called Crown Prince wasn't even worth a fart.
It was absolutely impossible for Senior Quinn to be taken away by a mere mortal empire's Crown Prince.
"A test! This must be a test deliberately set up by Senior Quinn!"
Upon seeing the message Bella sent back, Gary immediately concluded that this was a test purposefully orchestrated by Quinn.
This was to gauge everyone's reactions.
If they didn't do their utmost at this moment, it would be difficult to pass Senior Quinn's test, and even more impossible to receive the fortuitous opportunities bestowed by him.
They had to go!
Gary immediately summoned all the elders.
"Pass down the order! All elders of the sect, move out with me!"
"Yes!"
All the elders of the Nine Soul Sect mobilized in unison, following Sect Master Gary as they departed the sect.
And the exact same thing was happening at the Mystic Sword Sect and the Titan Sect.
By the time Lance Xu and Chad Chen learned that Quinn had been taken away by William Yang, it was already quite late.
However, their reactions were identical to Gary's; they all believed this was Quinn's deliberate doing.
Otherwise, given Quinn's cultivation base, how could he possibly be taken away by a mere William Yang?
This was definitely Quinn using this opportunity to observe the reactions of all parties.
So, whether it was Lance Xu or Chad Chen, both immediately gathered all their elders and set off together at the very first moment.
Heading out to rescue Quinn.
The three great sects of the Heavenly Martial Empire mobilized simultaneously.
The momentum was massive, and the battle formation was grand.
Many uninformed people were completely baffled, having no idea why the three great sects were making such a massive deployment.
Meanwhile, Emperor Dominic Su, who was in the Imperial Palace, also received the transmitted message from the Prince of the West's estate.
"Hmm?"
Dominic looked at the transmission jade slip presented by Julian, and his expression drastically changed.
He stood up abruptly.
"Your Majesty!"
Julian was also startled.
Dominic's face looked extremely ugly.
"To think that this William Yang is actually this audacious, daring to disrespect Senior Quinn!"
"He truly deserves death!"
Dominic genuinely hadn't expected William Yang to do such a thing.
This was simply too outrageous.
Two people who had absolutely nothing to do with each other.
Yet the incident had happened anyway.
And now.
The person had already been taken away by William Yang.
And he had no idea what the situation was.
But Dominic was very clear about one thing.
That was, William Yang was dead meat.
But it would be one thing if William Yang died alone; if he implicated the Heavenly Martial Empire, that would be terrible.
After all, the Heavenly Martial Empire and the Profound Origin Empire had just formed an alliance. The two great empires hadn't even warmed up to each other yet, and now this kind of incident had occurred.
Dominic quickly calmed down.
The most urgent task was to hurriedly show his stance.
Although it was impossible for anything bad to happen to Quinn.
He still had to take action to let Senior Quinn see his attitude.
"Did William Yang go to Lintian City?" Dominic immediately asked.
"To reply to Your Majesty, William Yang is indeed in Lintian City," Julian answered.
"Good. You immediately take a squad of men and accompany me to Lintian City right now."
Julian froze.
"Is Your Majesty going to mobilize personally?"
Dominic said helplessly, "At a time like this, if I don't make a trip personally, things will be hard to clean up."
"Senior Quinn is deliberately testing us. How can we afford to fall behind others at a time like this?"
Hearing Dominic put it this way, Julian immediately understood as well.
"This subject will go immediately!"
Soon, Dominic took Julian and a group of top experts from the Imperial Palace and mobilized.
Heading straight for Lintian City.
Besides the three great sects and the Imperial Palace, another group of people was also taking action.
That was the monks at the foot of Cloud-Drifting Mountain.
When Quinn was taken away, Hunter Huang, who was inside the teahouse, had also seen it.
He knew he couldn't save Quinn himself, but he knew Quinn had a good relationship with the monks at the foot of the mountain.
So Hunter Huang ran to the Shaolin Temple.
Void Sea and Void Bamboo, the father-and-son duo of the Shaolin Temple, received Hunter Huang.
Hunter told Void Sea and Void Bamboo about Quinn being forcibly taken away.
Hearing this, the two were greatly shocked and immediately went to find Monk Hugo, who was practicing yoga hard in the backyard.
As soon as Hugo heard this, how could this be tolerated?
The Holy Son of our Buddhist sect was actually taken away by a mere Crown Prince like you?
This is simply a slap in the face to our Buddhist sect!
Furious, Hugo immediately gathered everyone in the Shaolin Temple, including the blind fortuneteller and his junior brother.
Coupled with the monks from over a dozen other temples.
A total of more than thirty monks rushed toward Lintian City together.
Meanwhile, inside Lintian City.
William Yang was completely unaware that the entire Heavenly Martial Empire had already exploded in an uproar.
He was currently ordering people to pack their bags, preparing to return to the Profound Origin Empire.
Quinn was still tied up and placed on the back of the horse.
William intended to take Quinn back to the Profound Origin Empire so that Tiffany Chu would never see this person again.
Quinn had a face full of misery.
He didn't want to go to the Profound Origin Empire, and he especially didn't want to become a eunuch.
But I've waited for so long, why hasn't anyone come to save me?
Are those big shots of the Heavenly Martial Empire really just going to watch me die and not save me?
Sigh!
The feelings have faded.
They really have faded.
If I had known these people were so fickle and ungrateful, I wouldn't have let them freeload off my meals.
Now, not a single person is coming to save me.
They truly are cold-blooded and heartless.
The red-robed man spoke to William Yang.
William nodded and mounted his horse.
"It's about time to head back."
The red-robed man immediately let out a loud shout.
"Move out."
Before his voice had even faded, a violent howling wind suddenly erupted in the sky above.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!!!
One silhouette after another arrived as if chasing the wind and catching the moon.
William Yang froze and looked up blankly.
When he saw the silhouettes in the sky, he couldn't help but turn pale with horror.
He was so frightened that he fell directly off his horse.