The entire venue fell silent. Many people lowered their heads, not daring to et Lin Xuan’s gaze. Shen Xiaoyao’s expression was grim; he had actually lost to a new student. How humiliating. However, Lin Xuan’s strength was truly overwhelming. He was no match for him.
He gritted his teeth and said, "You may be strong, but so what? No matter how strong you beco, you’re no match for the Eldest Senior Brother. He’s a Grandmaster now. You can’t compare to him."
"I can surpass him," Lin Xuan replied before turning and walking away, leaving everyone dumbfounded.
Soon, the news spread, and the Heavenly Dao Academy was once again in an uproar.
"What? Lin Xuan defeated Shen Xiaoyao? Is that true?"
"That can’t be possible! Shen Xiaoyao is a three-star Martial General, how could he lose?"
"The news is true. I saw it with my own eyes."
At first, many didn’t believe it, but they gradually ca around as more and more people who had witnessed the battle confird the story. For a mont, they were all left in a stunned silence.
Zhao Feiyan was frozen in place when she heard the news. Elder Feng was utterly dumbfounded. Feng Qingxue was also montarily stunned. She gave a wry smile and murmured, "I thought I’d be able to catch up to that guy after my breakthrough. I didn’t expect his strength to have advanced again. He’s a monster!"
Ye Qingwu was equally stunned when she heard. That kid was only a one-star Martial General, yet he had managed to defeat a three-star Martial General. Was he capable of fighting across two entire cultivation realms? It was unbelievable. He certainly had skill.
But she was still incredibly worried, because she knew all too well how powerful Chu Zhongtian was. No matter how heaven-defying Lin Xuan was now, his chances of winning were slim.
Even the elders were abuzz with discussion.
Lin Xuan, however, returned to his courtyard and imdiately entered closed-door cultivation. He had previously used 5,000 points to exchange for so Spirit dicines, and he now tossed them all into the Eternal Divine Furnace. The Eternal Divine Furnace could refine fourth-grade elixirs, but it couldn’t be used continuously; it could only be activated once every so often. Still, each use could produce one fourth-grade elixir.
After Lin Xuan threw the Spirit dicines in, it didn’t take long to refine a fourth-grade elixir. He consud it, closed his eyes, and began circulating the Cyan Dragon Breathing Technique to absorb the power within.
A day later, he opened his eyes as a rumbling sound echoed from within his body. He had broken through. A second Dragon Vein had opened up inside him. He was now a two-star Martial General.
After the breakthrough, Lin Xuan’s strength was even greater than before. Now, he could defeat Shen Xiaoyao with a single punch. In fact, not only Shen Xiaoyao but other three-star Martial Generals would be no match for him either. His current strength was on par with a four-star Martial General.
Lin Xuan let out a breath and continued his training. He practiced the World-Ending Flood Dragon Fist, the Ninefold Swordsmanship, and the Wandering Dragon Step. anwhile, he also sent a ssage to Bai Qian Qian to ask about the progress of collecting the Spirit dicines. After all, Lin Xuan’s main goal was to refine the Dragon Blood Pill. Only by consuming the Dragon Blood Pill could his Ultimate Myriad Dragon Body improve.
Before long, Bai Qian Qian replied, "The other dicinal Materials are almost ready. We’re only missing the Dragon Blood Vine."
Lin Xuan sighed at the news. He could only ask Bai Qian Qian to continue searching for information, while he also decided to leverage the power of the Heavenly Dao Academy to inquire about the Dragon Blood Vine.
Surprisingly, he actually found so clues, and they were related to the Dragon Concealnt Mountain Range.
The Dragon Concealnt Spiritual Vein was very special. Though not large, it showed a tendency to transform into a Dragon Vein, and its depths already possessed the power of one. Lin Xuan had been there before during the siege by the Demon Sect. He hadn’t expected that the Dragon Concealnt Mountain Range would have undergone yet another change.
Deep within the mountain range, low growls could now be heard. The sounds grew even more mysterious on nights of the full moon. The Heavenly Dao Academy elders stationed there thought it sounded like a dragon’s roar and suspected that an extraordinary Treasure might lie in the depths. They imdiately went to investigate.
However, these elders all failed and returned injured. There truly seed to be a mysterious presence deep within the mountain range. They had only caught a glimpse of a blurry shadow, which looked like either a giant dragon or a giant serpent. It was terrifyingly powerful and had wounded them in an instant. They could only retreat to the Heavenly Dao Academy and request that more powerful experts be sent.
Soon, Grandmaster-level elders went, and even a Grandmaster descended upon the mountain. But when these powerful individuals entered, they couldn’t find the shadow; it seed to have fled in fear. In the end, they discovered that the shadow would only appear for cultivators below the Grandmaster realm.
Thus, a number of senior disciples went to investigate. The group was large, numbering over a hundred. They engaged in a great battle deep underground but ultimately returned empty-handed and injured.
Upon their return, however, they spoke with great excitent. "There is definitely a Treasure deep in the Dragon Concealnt Mountain Range! There’s a powerful Demon Beast down there, probably a Guardian Beast!"
So even claid to have seen Spirit dicine growing in the depths, a plant shaped like a dragon. Theories abounded, but regardless, everyone knew that an incredible Treasure related to the power of the Dragon Dao was hidden within the Dragon Concealnt Mountain Range.
Lin Xuan was equally shocked by this news. He was also incredibly curious about the Treasure and prepared to go explore. What if it was the Dragon Blood Vine? After all, the vine was known to grow within Dragon Veins.
With this thought, Lin Xuan no longer hesitated and set off for the Dragon Concealnt Mountain Range. When he arrived, he found the area bustling with activity. There were many disciples, but they all lingered at the outskirts of the mountains, none daring to venture inside. The senior disciples who had entered before were all injured and currently recuperating.
Lin Xuan spotted Ye Qingwu and approached her. "Senior Sister Ye, did you go in? What’s the situation?"
"Lin Xuan, you’re here too!" Ye Qingwu’s face was pale. She was an eight-star Martial General, not far from becoming a nine-star, yet she had still been injured.
She shook her head. "It’s extrely dark in the depths of the Dragon Concealnt Mountain Range. I couldn’t see clearly what it was, but it felt like a giant serpent. And there wasn’t just one. There were over a dozen of them, and each one was very powerful. Even with so many of us, we were no match."
Giant serpents! Lin Xuan was astonished. Were there really that many terrifying Demon Beasts inside?
"Those giant serpents also seed to be blood-red and covered with mysterious patterns," Ye Qingwu added. She used her finger to sketch out the pattern she had seen.
After looking at the mysterious design that appeared in the air, Lin Xuan scratched his head. "That doesn’t look like scales!"
"I don’t know what it is either," Ye Qingwu said with a sigh. "That thing is too cunning. It attacks Martial Generals fiercely, but as soon as a Grandmaster or soone stronger arrives, it vanishes without a trace. It’s impossible to catch."
What on earth could it be? Lin Xuan was filled with curiosity.
Just then, the big black dog’s voice rang out in his mind. "The Dragon Blood Vine! Those are the Dragon Marks of a Dragon Blood Vine!" it exclaid. "Deep within the Dragon Concealnt Mountain Range, there aren’t giant serpents, but the Dragon Blood Vine itself!"
What? Lin Xuan was dumbfounded. Could there really be a Dragon Blood Vine here? This was unbelievable. To think he would find it so easily after searching for it high and low!
He had to get his hands on it.
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