But when a Golden Marrow Light Sound chid from within Xu Yunfan’s body, and the drunken flush on his cheeks rapidly cooled, the hands of the other two, raised for a toast, ultimately faltered.
Although the three of them were still friendly, the more ti they spent together, the more his inadvertently revealed Martial Power made Fang Mushan and Li Haomiao cautious. While their banter brought them closer, the two of them were ultimately no longer as casual as they once were.
A Grandmaster of the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm was qualified to establish their own sect in the Mortal World.
In the surging tides of the Mortal World, those who once shared a boat would eventually beco strangers.
Xu Yunfan sighed softly. Just as he was about to help the two of them to their rooms to rest, he suddenly heard the door creak open with a SQUEAK.
A Daoist Child of about twelve or thirteen entered silently. His lips were like painted vermilion, a cinnabar mark adorned the space between his brows, and the cloud patterns of Qingwei Mountain were embroidered in silver thread on his moon-white Daoist robe.
His toes touched the ground without making the slightest sound, a clear sign that his Lightweight Skill had already reached the Transformation Realm.
Xu Yunfan’s eyebrows raised slightly, a trace of surprise flashing in his eyes.
’Muscle Refinent Perfection!’
’To have mastered the difficult Light Body Skill at such a young age is truly astonishing.’
’The Taoist Sect is doing this deliberately to show sothing. They’re telling they have more than just Li Haomiao and Fang Mushan. Their ranks are filled with elites, chosen ones as powerful as dragons...’
"Layman Xu." The Daoist Child cupped his hands in a salute, his voice as clear and crisp as an ice spring striking stone. "Daoist Master Bi Yuan, the Sect Leader, invites you up the mountain for a talk."
A subtle change flickered across Xu Yunfan’s expression, and his fingertips unconsciously stroked the hilt of his Red Fire Dragon-Swallowing Mace.
The Qingwei Mountain Daoist Sect, a top-tier Sect that had stood firm in Jian Nan Dao for thousands of years. Their scripture, the Golden Locking Jade Twelve Formulas, was said to be able to lock one’s Essence, Qi, and Spirit to achieve a Leakless True Body. Every generation of their Sect Leaders were Nine Realms Qi Cultivation Supre Grandmasters, capable of summoning wind and rain.
His expression imdiately returned to normal as he asked with curiosity.
"Your Sect Leader... wants to talk to ?"
This was truly a rare event. The Taoist Sect was high and mighty. As the head of a sect, the current Daoist Sect Leader had been world-famous decades ago, even surpassing the Pavilion Master of the Sword Pavilion by a slight margin.
The Anomaly from 60 years ago, "Purple Qi from the East Shakes the Heavens," caused by the current Sect Leader, Bi Yuan, was still a legend in the Mortal World.
Back then, on the dueling platform, the Pavilion Master of the Sword Pavilion, known as "One Sword to Frost Fourteen Provinces," had only lasted three hundred moves against Bi Yuan before being defeated and admitting his loss.
It was only because the Taoist Sect was accustod to cultivating their character in seclusion that the Sword Pavilion was now as prominent as the midday sun.
He glanced sideways at the two slumbering n. Seeing this, the Daoist Child smiled and said, "Layman Xu, please rest assured."
"These two Daoist friends will be looked after by an Outer Sect Steward."
Hearing this, Xu Yunfan didn’t hesitate and nodded in agreent.
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The mountain path twisted and turned. Xu Yunfan followed the Daoist Child, ascending step by step on the Cyan Jade Steps.
The branches of the ancient pines on both sides were densely embedded with talismans, and every hundred steps, an invisible barrier would sweep over their bodies.
Xu Yunfan was inwardly surprised. He hadn’t expected such an invisible force to exist; it seed quite profound.
The Daoist Child explained, "This is the ’Nine Lock Heart Inquiry Formation.’ The Sect Leader set it up not long ago. It’s only because the Heaven and Earth Primordial Spirit Breath is rising again that it has so effect. If soone with malicious intent steps inside, they will be instantly burned to charcoal by Thunder Fire."
After a pause, the Daoist Child added with a smile, "But that’s just the legend. Nowadays, it’s considered pretty good if it can even make the talismans tremble."
Before he could finish speaking, the Dragon Scale Armor at Xu Yunfan’s waist suddenly let out a tallic ring. Crimson-gold light burst from the gaps between the Armor Leaves, shredding the incoming probing energy to pieces.
The Daoist Child turned back in horror, only to see Xu Yunfan nonchalantly brushing his lapels. "My apologies, this armor has a bit of a temper."
He wasn’t really trying to show off. It was just that this Tier Eight Divine Weapon, the Dragon Scale Armor, although the Evil Flood Dragon’s spirit had been worn away, still had such fiercely aggressive instincts that it would cause trouble if he wasn’t paying attention.
The Daoist Child forced a smile at Xu Yunfan, then hurried to the side to carefully inspect the talismans. Only after confirming they hadn’t been damaged did he let out a huge sigh of relief.
He had been the one to paste every single one of these talismans all over the mountain. If they were damaged, forget about whether Xu Yunfan would be punished; he would have to go through the trouble of putting them all up again.
It was a troubleso matter.
Upon reaching the mountainside, the clouds and mist suddenly parted as if they were alive, revealing a bronze hall perched on a cliff.
In the plaza before the hall, seven Daoists in black robes were practicing a Sword Technique in a Big Dipper Array Formation. As their Sword Qi crisscrossed, it actually condensed into the faint image of a Star Map in the air.
The leader suddenly withdrew his sword and looked at Xu Yunfan, his gaze like lightning. "So you are the True Disciple of Celestial Craft Cave, Xu Yunfan, who entered the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm in two years?"
Xu Yunfan raised an eyebrow.
Before he could answer, the Daoist Child chided in a cold voice, "Senior Brother Zhou, this is the Sect Leader’s honored guest!"
He may have been a re Daoist Child, but it mattered whose Daoist Child he was.
The Daoist sneered and paid him no mind. The tip of his sword suddenly flared with a thirty-foot green light and thrust straight for Xu Yunfan’s throat. It was the opening move of Qingwei Mountain’s secret technique, the "Star River Pendant"!
"CLANG!"
The Red Fire Dragon-Swallowing Mace leaped from his back. With a flick of his wrist, Xu Yunfan swept the mace, which carried the unique Jade Bone and Golden Voice of the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm.
The two forces of Strength collided. Daoist Zhou stumbled back seven steps, the longsword in his hand shattering inch by inch.
But Xu Yunfan did not retract his mace’s montum. The aftershock plowed a thirty-foot-long trench in the bluestone slabs of the ground!
Xu Yunfan was a little surprised. "Are you really in the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm?"
Hearing Xu Yunfan’s challenge, Daoist Zhou’s face alternated between green and white, utterly humiliated. With a single grasping motion of his hand, a longsword flew from a nearby Daoist’s grip into his own, and he prepared to attack again.
At this mont, the Daoist Child’s face was deathly pale. But then, a light chuckle ca from the depths of the sea of clouds. "What an impressive ’Earth Vein Bone Forging’ Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm. The Thousand-Pound Mountain-Shaking Hamr Technique from Divine Weapon Ridge certainly has its rits."
The mont the hall doors were pushed open, it was as if Xu Yunfan had stepped into another world.
The dod ceiling was inlaid with three hundred and sixty Luminous Beads, arranged according to the Stars of the Celestial Sphere.
The floor was a single, massive Yin Yang Fish Jade Disc. At the intersection of Yin and Yang on the disc sat an old man with crane-white hair and a youthful complexion.
He was dressed in a Purple Sash Star Pattern Daoist Robe, and within his hair, a Green Jade Hairpin faintly flickered with wandering arcs of lightning. This was none other than the Sect Leader of Qingwei Mountain, Bi Yuan.
rely his seated posture caused the Spiritual Qi within a thirty-foot radius to form a visible vortex. With every breath he took, the Nine Palace Bells hanging from the bronze eaves of the hall chid without any wind.
’What an imposing display.’
Xu Yunfan’s heart skipped a beat, and the muscles under his Dragon Scale Armor instantly tensed. The Spiritual Qi here was abundant, and an ancient array formation carved into the Bronze Hall had been activated to create such a spectacle. The ancient Array Patterns hidden on the four walls flickered in and out of sight in ti with Bi Yuan’s breathing.
"Sit."
Bi Yuan waved his sleeve, and a cattail cushion flew automatically to Xu Yunfan’s feet.
On the low table, a purple clay teapot tilted on its own. The tea liquor congealed into a small dragon in mid-air, which then coiled as it descended into a cup.
Such mastery in the application of True Qi was truly miraculous, making one feel as if they were witnessing the power of Immortal Gods.
"This tea is called ’Jade Liquid’."
’To dare use a na from the phrase "nectar of the gods"...’
Bi Yuan lightly tapped his fingertip on the table. The small dragon ford from the tea liquor actually began to swim in the cup, its scales, claws, and whiskers all perfectly distinct.
"It’s harvested from the Nine Luminaries Spirit Tea Tree at the very peak of the hundred-thousand-foot sea of clouds in Xuankong State. Only three taels can be gathered in thirty years. Even the Great Zhou Royal Family must trade the tax revenue of three cities to obtain it."
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