Chapter 1960: Cannot Give It to You

"Why would the City Lord meet with him? And personally invited by Lord Jian Suyan? Could it be... that they want him to re-enter the Star Hall?"

Hearing the news brought back by Li Xun, Jian Hao couldn't help but let his imagination run wild.

Indeed, when Jian Hongxiao served as an elder of the Star Hall, the City Lord had held him in high regard.

Could this meeting with Jian Hongxiao mean they wanted to recall him?

If so, that would be quite troublesome!

"This... is not something a lowly one like me could know." Li Xun said awkwardly.

Jian Hao's gaze suddenly sharpened, and he said viciously, "What about that brat who harmed Yun'er? Why wasn't he captured? He's the real culprit. Go and bring him to me immediately!"

Jian Hongxiao had Jian Suyan's protection, and Jian Suyan was not someone Jian Hao could afford to offend, but Ye Yuan was a different matter.

Li Xun said dejectedly, "I intended to bring him along, but... but Elder Suyan said that the City Lord also wanted to see him!"

"What! Why would the City Lord want to see that brat? Could it be... that this brat has some background?" Jian Hao was startled by this news.

Li Xun thought for a moment and said, "Elder, Young Master Yun only took one look at that brat and suffered heavenly backlash. Could it be... that brat truly has some extraordinary qualities?"

Jian Hao's brow furrowed even tighter. He thought it over carefully, and the more he thought, the more alarmed he became.

"Yun'er's qi-watching technique, though not yet perfected, is still at the True God realm. Even with Imperial Extreme Qi, such a severe backlash shouldn't occur. Could it be... that brat possesses Imperial Soaring Qi, and moreover, a powerful form of it? But... how is that possible?"

Originally, due to Jian Yun's backlash, Jian Hao was burning with rage and hadn't given the matter much thought.

But now, calming down and thinking it over, he immediately sensed something was off.

He was an elder of the Star Hall; how could he be unaware of the intricacies of qi-watching techniques?

For Jian Yun to suffer heavenly backlash, either Ye Yuan carried a fearsome treasure or possessed extremely high fortune.

Either way, Ye Yuan's origins were clearly not simple.

But the question was, where did Jian Hao find this brat, and what was his purpose in bringing him to the Extreme Fortune Emperor Capital?

Moreover, the City Lord had summoned this brat!

This matter was probably not that simple.

...

Stepping into a vast, empty hall, Ye Yuan felt as if he had entered a boundless starry sky.

At the center of the starry sky was a massive and intricate instrument, slowly rotating.

Ye Yuan examined the instrument, sensing the powerful fluctuations emanating from it, and guessed that this should be the Myriad Phenomena Armillary Sphere.

An old man in gray robes sat before it, emitting countless pale yellow threads that probed into the Myriad Phenomena Armillary Sphere.

This old man gave Ye Yuan a profoundly deep feeling, much like the starry sky itself.

Though the other party wasn't looking at him, Ye Yuan felt as if he were being seen through.

Upon entering the hall, Jian Hongxiao's expression immediately became solemn, and his body seemed to stiffen considerably.

Clearly, he held great respect for the old man.

After an unknown amount of time, the threads slowly retracted into the old man's body.

Jian Hongxiao knelt down excitedly, exclaiming, "Your guilty subject Jian Hongxiao pays respects to Lord Su Tao!"

"Hongxiao, it's been a long time." The old man said slowly.

"Indeed, over a hundred thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye!"

Jian Hongxiao was now in tears.

The old man's gaze slowly shifted to Ye Yuan, scrutinizing him carefully.

"Your name is Ye Yuan?"

Ye Yuan nodded and clasped his fist, saying, "Greetings, Lord Heavenly Sovereign."

The old man said with a profound gaze, "Even I cannot see through your depths. Truly worthy of Imperial Soaring Qi. It seems you are no ordinary Heavenly Emperor in the making."

Ye Yuan smiled lightly, "Senior flatters me."

The old man's face was calm, but inwardly he was astonished.

At his level, he was extremely sensitive to the flow of heavenly law and far more perceptive of danger than a novice like Jian Yun.

He had just attempted to use qi-watching technique to observe Ye Yuan, but a sudden warning arose in his heart, giving him a sense of danger.

He naturally knew about Jian Yun's blindness and wondered if the same would happen to him.

But even with Imperial Soaring Qi, given his cultivation, it shouldn't come to that, should it?

At this moment, Jian Su Tao was deeply conflicted. He very much wanted to use qi-watching technique to see Ye Yuan's true nature, but thinking of Jian Yun's fate, he dared not.

As a city lord and a Heavenly Sovereign expert, he could not bear the consequences of blindness.

Curiosity killed the cat; this principle still held true even for Heavenly Sovereign experts.

After some thought, Jian Su Tao ultimately gave up.

If something did happen and he suffered heavenly backlash, as a seventh-order expert, he had no Seven-Stripe Star Pill to save him.

Then he would be blind for life.

Such an outcome was something he could not bear.

Jian Su Tao looked at Jian Hongxiao and said, "Before you left back then, I performed a divination for you. It indicated that your path was not cut off. I never expected... it would come to pass here."

Ye Yuan was startled; such divination arts were truly terrifying.

An event from a hundred thousand years ago had been calculated with perfect accuracy.

A hundred thousand years ago, he hadn't even been born!

Such matters of fate were beyond Jian Su Tao's control, yet a hundred thousand years later, they had truly come to pass.

Jian Hongxiao was also very surprised, saying, "So you had already calculated it for me! It was only recently that I calculated a turning point in my fate."

"Hongxiao, what happened back then was hard on you! Do you... still resent me?"

Jian Hongxiao quickly knelt and said, "Why would you say that, my lord? Performing the fate-reversal technique for Feng Qi was my own decision, leading to a great disaster that nearly affected the Myriad Phenomena Armillary Sphere. I am a sinner of the Star Hall!"

Jian Su Tao sighed, "It is my incompetence! The more one is a member of the Jian family, the more helpless one often feels. Knowing full well that calamity is imminent, yet being forced to watch it unfold. Perhaps... only at the level of the Ancestor can one turn decay into magic?"

Jian Hongxiao also sighed, "What I hate most is that despite such severe consequences, I could not stop Feng Qi from leaving. Alas... I only hate that I am incompetent!"

Ye Yuan listened quietly on the side, speculating in his mind.

Indeed, the events of that time were not so simple.

Jian Hongxiao had performed a fate-reversal technique for someone named Feng Qi, hoping to avoid calamity.

Unfortunately, it ultimately resulted in heavy losses and failed to save Feng Qi's life.

Jian Su Tao suddenly looked at Ye Yuan and said, "Young one, have you come for the recipe of the Six-Stripe Star Pill?"

Ye Yuan nodded, "Yes, I ask Senior to grant me a look at the recipe."

"The recipe for the Six-Stripe Star Pill cannot be given to you!" Jian Su Tao shook his head.