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"Boom!"
A thunderous sound ca from the central hall of the Divine River Palace.
All the people in the Divine River Palace were startled by the sound and rushed towards the direction of the hall.
Xu Yu, Black Wind, and Bull Demon King, who had been practicing in the martial arts field, all rushed towards the source of the sound.
They knew that the sound ca from the cultivation site of their eldest brother.
But when they landed in front of the hall, they were stunned.
The originally magnificent hall had disappeared, replaced by ruins.
Billowing dust filled the air.
"Big brother!"
"Big brother!"
Xu Yu, Black Wind, and Bull Demon King all cried out in shock, looking at the ruins.
"Cough, cough!"
Just then, the rubble of the ruined building was moved aside.
A figure crawled out from inside.
"Big brother, are you alright?" Xu Yu quickly flew forward and asked.
"Right, big brother, who attacked you?" Black Wind also hurriedly followed and asked.
Bull Demon King even drew his steel fork, looking around warily.
"I'm fine, no one attacked . I just lost control during my cultivation, it's nothing," Xu Nian replied with an awkward smile.
He had just been trying sothing out.
He had not expected to actually bring the entire hall down.
Luckily, he had earlier commanded that no one should co near his place of cultivation, otherwise, soone would have been affected.
"A disturbance caused by cultivation?"
Black Wind and Xu Yu were both startled, looking at the ruins around them in surprise.
They were very curious to know what kind of cultivation their big brother was practicing.
To have shattered the entire hall into this state.
"Big brother, did you figure out so powerful technique? This power seems very formidable!" Bull Demon King said excitedly.
Hearing this, Xu Nian just smiled.
Two more days had passed since Wentian Demon Sovereign's appearance.
During these two days, Xu Nian had stayed inside the hall to cultivate.
Honestly, the gains from these two days were quite substantial for him.
"Big brother, what realm is your cultivation at now?" Xu Yu suddenly asked.
"Four-star Body Saint, Five-star Battle Saint," Xu Nian answered.
"Five-star Battle Saint? How did you advance two levels?" Xu Yu asked in surprise.
Black Wind was also surprised.
They knew Xu Nian was about to have a breakthrough.
But logically, he should have advanced to the Four-star Battle Saint realm!
How could he have suddenly advanced to the Five-star Battle Saint realm.
"It's kind of a coincidence. After I advanced to Four-star Battle Saint, I found ten Saint King Pills in Xiahou Chun's storage ring. I took seven of them, and my cultivation advanced by one star again. Here, you three can split these remaining three," Xu Nian said smilingly.
As he spoke, three pills appeared in his hand.
"Saint King Pill? Big brother, you took seven pills and only advanced by one star?" Bull Demon King exclaid, his eyes wide.
The Saint King Pill is a high-level pill at the Saint Level.
Normally, even a high-ranking Saint taking one would advance by one cultivation star.
Xu Nian had taken seven and only advanced by one star; what kind of Combat Technique was he cultivating?
It was incredibly abnormal.
But still, he excitedly took the pill Xu Nian offered.
Now that he had reached the peak of One-star Battle Saint, with this Saint King Pill, he would definitely be able to break through to Two-star Battle Saint.
Xu Yu and Black Wind were also delighted.
They had just broken through to Two-star Battle Saint yesterday.
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"Taking this Saint King Pill, wouldn't I be able to break through to the Three-star Battle Saint Realm?"
Xu Nian saw the excitent of the three n and also revealed a smile on his face.
Although the Saint King Pill possessed great power, its effects were limited.
Normally, after taking one pill, the second pill would have no effect.
After taking the third pill, the effects gradually weakened.
By the seventh pill, the effects were almost negligible.
So instead of wasting them, it was better to share the remaining pills with Xu Yu and the others.
"Big brother, you still haven't told us what caused all this commotion?" Black Wind suddenly rembered to ask.
"That's a secret; you'll find out later," Xu Nian said with a mysterious smile.
Black Wind and the others felt helpless.
But since Xu Nian wasn't willing to tell them, there was nothing they could do.
They had to suppress their curiosity.
"Swoosh swoosh swoosh!"
Several breaking sounds ca through the air.
The elders from the Divine River Palace were also attracted by the commotion here.
The leader was none other than Xia Bingling's master, Qi Lingfeng.
"Hall Master, what's going on here? Was soone attacking you?" Qi Lingfeng and the elders looked at the surrounding ruins and asked in astonishnt.
Xu Nian gave a bitter smile.
He had no choice but to repeat the explanation he had just given to Xu Yu and the others to Qi Lingfeng and his group.
Qi Lingfeng and his group were stunned for a long ti, unable to understand what kind of cultivation could cause such a huge disturbance.
However, thinking of the hall master, who often surprised everyone, they then ca to terms with it.
After all, killing the Imperial Crown Prince, an act that shocked the Empire, was done by him; what else could he not do?
"Elder Qi, is there any news from the Imperial Family?" Xu Nian asked.
"For now, no news. The Emperor is still in seclusion, but the Empress has publicly declared in front of everyone to take your head to accompany the Crown Prince in burial, but it was forcefully suppressed by our Divine River Palace. As for how this matter will be handled, we must wait for the Emperor to co out of seclusion," Qi Lingfeng explained.
Xu Nian nodded.
He had anticipated that this matter would cause a huge uproar.
He might even be pursued by the Imperial Family.
But he had no regrets.
For Leng Yanran, even if it ant going through a sea of flas, he was willing to brave it.
However, he must not take this lightly.
The power of the Imperial Family should not be underestimated.
If he truly angered the Imperial Family, they might dispatch an Emperor-level strong man to forcefully take action against him.
And now, without the protection of Zhang Tiansheng.
It would indeed be a disaster for Xu Nian.
"By the way, Hall Master, recently many people from the Star Pavilion have appeared around the Divine River Palace, likely monitoring your movents," Qi Lingfeng said.
"Star Pavilion? The Eighth Prince?" Xu Nian frowned.
Although he had never t this Eighth Prince.
Yet he harbored no good feelings towards the Eighth Prince.
Chen Wudi's Star Battle Body's origin was forcefully taken by this Eighth Prince.
And a potent poison was placed in his body as well.
If it weren't for Xu Nian's intervention with the Nine Dragons Supre Body bloodline, Chen Wudi would likely be dead.
Plus, the earlier Hundred Ghosts Ancestor wiped out an entire city's population to enhance his own cultivation.
This made Xu Nian quite despise the so-called Star Pavilion.
However, Xu Nian had never had any personal feud with the Eighth Prince.
And by killing Xiahou Chun, he had inadvertently helped him.
Why would the Eighth Prince send people to monitor him then?
"Not good, Xu Nian, sothing terrible has happened; Leng Yanran has been kidnapped."
Just as Xu Nian was pondering this inner question, a figure was swiftly approaching from a distance.
A fierce gleam suddenly burst forth in Xu Nian's eyes.
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