Chapter 326: Seeking Old Friends in Tai Miao Zong

Chapter 326: Seeking Old Friends in Tai Miao Zong

"So that's the wonder of the Dao principles."

Li Xuan marveled inwardly. From now on, studying the Dao principles of the Tai Cang Book would be much easier and less strenuous.

"Above the Shen Xiang realm is the Po Xu realm, where one breaks free from the constraints of the heavens' laws. And above Po Xu is the realm of touching upon the Dao principles themselves.

"The Dao principles are the foundation of the heavens, and a martial artist's personal martial laws should also be further elevated, transformed into their own Dao principles.

"But this elevation is not something that can be achieved overnight. For a martial artist, their physical body and primordial spirit are akin to the heavens and earth..."

As he broke through to the Shen Xiang realm, Li Xuan gained a deeper understanding of the Dao principles. He now had a more profound insight into the martial arts realm above Po Xu and had even formed his own martial arts theory.

He even had inspiration for the next two or three realms.

"It's time to get busy again."

Li Xuan sighed. In the coming days, he would once again immerse himself in the pursuit of martial arts, continuously refining and enhancing his created martial arts techniques to make them even more powerful.

The Shen Tong Wu Dian had yet to be completely perfected.

Meng Chong's physical martial arts training also needed further refinement.

"First, I should pass on the demon clan's divine abilities to Chi Cat."

Li Xuan pondered for a moment before using the power of the Demon Ancestor's true body to transmit the demon clan's divine abilities to Chi Cat in a dream-like manner.

In the Demon King's Palace in Tian Ling State, Chi Cat suddenly felt dazed, as if her consciousness had entered a dream. She saw her master.

In that instant, she immediately transformed into her plump cat form and scampered to her master's feet, rubbing against them affectionately, "Meow meow!"

Acting cute and seeking favor!

Even in her dreams, she remembered to curry favor with her master!

"You're quite an interesting big cat."

Li Xuan chuckled, ruffling Chi Cat's fluffy head. "Alright, stop being so cute. Since you've established the demon clan, I'll pass on the demon clan's divine abilities to you. Remember them well, ponder over them, and strengthen the demon clan."

He paused before continuing, "If you want to completely control those spiritual beasts, you can confidently teach them the Grand Demon's methods without worrying about losing control. Figure it out yourself and see if you can succeed."

Without further ado, Li Xuan used the Demon-Touching technique to imprint the patterns of the demon clan's divine abilities into Chi Cat's consciousness.

After he finished transmitting the knowledge, Li Xuan ruffled Chi Cat's fluffy head once more. "Alright, now it's up to you to ponder and understand these abilities."

The vision shattered, and Chi Cat blinked, snapping back to reality with a confused look in her eyes. Did she dream of her master because she missed him too much? Suddenly, her eyes widened as she realized that the patterns of the demon clan's divine abilities were in her consciousness—they had been transmitted to her by her master.

"Meow meow, Chi Cat will definitely work hard to strengthen the demon clan!"

At that moment, Chi Cat understood that her master had comprehended her creation of the demon clan, so he passed on the demon clan's divine abilities to give her more means to develop and strengthen the clan.

After imparting all the demon clan's divine abilities to Chi Cat, Li Xuan dedicated himself fully to his pursuit of martial arts, further refining and enhancing his techniques.

He formulated the martial arts training theory for the realm after Po Xu, perfected the physical martial arts training methods after the Great Sun Unbreakable Golden Body, and compiled the Shen Tong Wu Dian, among other things.

At the same time, he spared no effort in studying the Dao principles of the Tai Cang Book.

"Martial arts are too difficult. I rack my brains every day, and creating powerful martial arts is not easy. There are probably only a handful of martial artists in this world who work as hard as I do."

Li Xuan sighed inwardly. Although he didn't have to undergo strenuous cultivation, creating martial arts techniques was equally demanding.

...

As Xu Yan made his way to Yun Shan State, he sorted through the martial arts of the Shen Xiang realm, finally grasping its essence.

"The Po Xu realm is too difficult to comprehend. Perhaps one needs to break through to the Shen Tong realm and truly understand the mysteries of divine abilities before gaining any insights."

Xu Yan shook his head. It had taken him a significant amount of time to comprehend the martial arts of the Shen Xiang realm.

With his current martial arts realm, it would likely be impossible to understand the Po Xu realm's martial arts.

He wasn't in a hurry, though. For now, breaking through to the perfect Shen Yuan realm, accumulating a solid foundation, and then attempting to understand the Po Xu realm after breaking through to the Shen Tong realm would suffice.

"I wonder how Du Yu'er and Yun Miao are doing."

Upon arriving in Yun Shan State, his first stop would naturally be the Tai Miao Zong.

Du Yu'er and Yun Miao had both entered the Spirit Domain with jade tokens, although they had ended up in the Superlative Spirit Sect, Tai Miao Zong, as soon as they entered. However, given the strict hierarchy and discriminatory attitude towards insiders in the Spirit Domain, their lives might not be pleasant.

"I wonder where Xie Lingfeng and his father, Xie Tianheng, are. I should find Du Yu'er and Yun Miao and ask them."

After entering the Spirit Domain, there had been no news of Xie Lingfeng and his father. With the Longqing Pavilion's fame spreading throughout the Spirit Domain and his own name, Xu Yan, striking fear into the hearts of many, Xie Lingfeng had not come looking for him.

"With Xie Lingfeng's talent, he should have reached the perfect Shen Yi realm by now. Without further cultivation techniques, he won't be able to break through."

Xu Yan made his way towards Tai Miao Zong.

Perhaps Xie Tianheng and his son, along with Du Yu'er and the other two girls, could provide some information about Xie Lingfeng's whereabouts. They had all entered the Spirit Domain together, heading for one of the spiritual sects.

In Yun Shan State, the Heaven's Pride Battle was in full swing. At this stage, only the best of the best, those carefully cultivated by the top spiritual sects, remained in the competition.

Each one of them was a genius with a precious body and exceptional talent.

However, to Xu Yan, these so-called geniuses were nothing but ants.

He didn't even feel like bothering to fight them.

Their strengths were simply not on the same level.

"So this is Tai Miao Zong."

Standing at the foot of the mountain, Xu Yan looked up. The peak was veiled in mist, and even with his strength, he couldn't see the top. Moreover, for some reason, the peak seemed to exude an unreal, dreamlike feeling.

"Tai Miao Zong is said to be one of the most profound and powerful sects among the Superlative Spirit Sects, with a true air of detachment from the mortal world.

"They rarely interfere in the affairs of the Spirit Domain's martial arts world, and their rule over Yun Shan State is not as domineering as the other Superlative Spirit Sects."

Xu Yan strode towards the mountain gate of Tai Miao Zong.

Information about Tai Miao Zong flashed through his mind.

Tai Miao Zong was known for having mostly female disciples, and they had extremely high requirements for talent and appearance. This naturally meant that the number of Tai Miao Zong disciples was lower than that of the other Superlative Spirit Sects.

It was said that male disciples made up only about 20% of Tai Miao Zong's disciples, and each one of them was undoubtedly handsome.

"The male disciples of Tai Miao Zong are nicknamed 'Tai Miao Pretty Boys' behind their backs. They're seen as lacking in masculinity..."

Xu Yan muttered to himself, recalling the information he had gathered about Tai Miao Zong.

"The Tai Miao Mountain Gate is off-limits to unrelated males!"

A man with a fair complexion and a clean-shaven face, his features handsome, stood in front of Xu Yan, blocking his path.

Xu Yan appraised the man before him. He was at the late stage of the Refine God Realm, and true to the rumors, he had the air of a pretty boy.

"I am Xu Yan, the Sword God. I have come to Tai Miao Zong to visit an old friend," Xu Yan said, cupping his hands in greeting.

If they didn't allow outsiders to enter, then he wouldn't go in. Xu Yan wasn't one to care about such things.

He could simply send a message and ask Du Yu'er and Yun Miao to come down from the mountain to meet him.

"Are you Xu Yan?"

The man's expression changed upon hearing Xu Yan's name.

The man's expression changed drastically, and he began to back away frantically, shouting at the top of his lungs, "Xu Yan has come to block the mountain gate of Tai Miao Mountain! Elders, hurry!"

As he shouted, he ran crazily into the mountain gate.

Xu Yan: ???

Is there something wrong with this guy? Is his hearing impaired?

I clearly said that I came to visit an old friend. When did I say I was here to block the mountain gate of Tai Miao Mountain?

Xu Yan was bewildered and watched as the man's figure disappeared into Tai Miao Mountain, at a loss for words.

The area in front of the Tai Miao Mountain gate was now empty, and after a moment's thought, Xu Yan stepped towards the mountain gate.

Forget that rule about outsiders not being allowed in; it didn't exist today.

At this moment, the entire Tai Miao Zong was in an uproar!

After the Thousand Martial Arts Temple incident, Xu Yan actually dared to block the mountain gate of Tai Miao Zong?

"How arrogant!"

"Does Xu Yan think that our Tai Miao Zong is as easy to bully as the Thousand Martial Arts Temple?"

"Elder, let me suppress him!"

In an instant, Tai Miao Zong disciples began to gather at the mountain gate, and one of the Tai Miao Zong elders, a woman with delicate eyebrows, appeared in front of the man.

"Who does Xu Yan want to challenge?"

Fear was still evident on the man's face as he replied, "He came directly to our Tai Miao Mountain Gate and said he was here to visit an old friend. He must be here to challenge us and block our sect's mountain gate. Luckily, I ran fast enough, or he would have used me to establish his dominance!"

Xu Yan had previously blocked the mountain gate of the Thousand Martial Arts Temple and used the guards to assert his dominance. If this man hadn't escaped quickly, Xu Yan might have forced Tai Miao Zong's top disciples to fight by challenging them directly.

Xu Yan's fearsome reputation preceded him.

The more the man thought about it, the more frightened he became, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. At the same time, he was grateful for his quick reaction in fleeing into the mountain gate.

The Tai Miao Zong elder's expression turned cold. Xu Yan's arrogance knew no bounds, and he still dared to think about using their guards to establish dominance?

She moved towards the mountain gate.

Following her were a crowd of agitated Tai Miao Zong disciples and several other elders.

"Xu Yan, how dare you!"

Before the elder reached the mountain gate, she saw Xu Yan walking up the mountain nonchalantly, which angered her.

"How am I being bold? It's your Tai Miao Zong that lacks discipline. Is this how you treat guests who have come from afar?

"Or do you think I, Xu Yan, am unworthy of visiting your Tai Miao Zong?"

Xu Yan's face also showed displeasure. He hadn't come to cause trouble, so why were they accusing him like this?

"Visit? I thought you were here to block our Tai Miao Zong's mountain gate?"

The elder's eyes turned cold, and she continued angrily, "Our Tai Miao Zong has rules: no outsider men are allowed inside. Yet, you dared to step onto our mountain gate. This is an insult to our Tai Miao Zong. Today, we will capture you and make you regret your actions. Don't even think about leaving Tai Miao Zong!"

As she spoke, she raised her hand and attacked Xu Yan.

The power of the heavens and earth converged, and the attack seemed ethereal, making it difficult to grasp its trajectory.

"So what if I step onto your Tai Miao Zong's mountain gate? Isn't it your sect that's being rude first?"

Xu Yan struck out with his palm.

Roar!

A golden dragon burst forth, instantly sending the elder flying.

A mere warrior who had refined two strands of the heavens' spiritual essence was nothing in Xu Yan's eyes.

A golden dragon soared from the foot of Tai Miao Mountain, and standing proudly on its head was a handsome young man!

The crowd of agitated Tai Miao Mountain disciples froze, their eyes wide as they stared at the golden dragon flying from the mountain and the young man standing atop it.

In front of the golden dragon, a figure was thrown backward and fell to the ground—the elder who had come to confront Xu Yan.

At this moment, no one stepped forward to help him up. Everyone was stunned by Xu Yan's arrival on the dragon.

The Tai Miao Zong guardian warrior swallowed hard, grateful for his quick reaction. Otherwise, he would have suffered the same fate. Indeed, Xu Yan was as fearsome as the rumors suggested.

"Xu Yan is so handsome!"

An admiring voice rang out from the crowd.

"Yes, yes! Xu Yan is so handsome, so domineering, so..."

Many of the female disciples of Tai Miao Zong couldn't help but exclaim in awe.

The male disciples: ...

He was the enemy, yet their fellow disciples seemed to have no sense of righteousness!

"I am Xu Yan, and I mean no harm. I have come to visit an old friend."

Xu Yan spoke calmly.

The golden dragon beneath his feet disappeared, and he landed on the ground, looking at the crowd of Tai Miao Zong disciples with indifference.

"There are so many beauties here. It's a good place to temper one's mental state, but I no longer need such training."

Xu Yan marveled inwardly.

"Xu Yan, who do you intend to visit? Does our Tai Miao Zong have someone you know?"

The Tai Miao Zong's guardian elder asked in a deep voice.

"I am here to see Du Yuying and Yun Miao Miao. Where are they?"

Xu Yan inquired.

"Du Yuying and Yun Miao Miao?"

The guardian elder frowned, unfamiliar with the names. She turned to the elder in charge of registering disciples and asked, "Are there such disciples in our Tai Miao Zong?"

"No!"

The elder shook his head.

"Xu Yan, there is no one in my Tai Miao Zong that you are looking for," the guardian elder stated.

Xu Yan furrowed his brows. Du Yuying and Yun Miao Miao had entered the Spirit Domain using the Tai Miao Jade Tokens, so they must have come to Tai Miao Zong. Could something have happened to them because they were from the inner domain?

"My two acquaintances entered with Jade Tokens. You should think carefully. Are you sure they are not here, or has something unmentionable happened?"

Xu Yan's tone turned stern.

"Jade Tokens?"

The guardian elder paused, then replied, "Our Tai Miao Zong has not issued any Jade Tokens in a long time. It is impossible for someone to enter with a Jade Token.

"Xu Yan, the Jade Token your acquaintance holds is likely fake. My Tai Miao Zong does not have the people you are looking for!"

Xu Yan's brows knitted together. The Tai Miao Jade Tokens couldn't be fake. Du Yuying and Yun Miao Miao's tokens had come from the same person.

Thinking of this, he said, "The Jade Tokens my acquaintances hold were left by Xin Mengrou of your Tai Miao Zong!"

"How dare you!"

The guardian elder flew into a rage. "How dare you address our Elder directly? I see that you, Xu Yan, are fearless and are using this as an excuse to provoke our Tai Miao Zong. Today, you will learn of Tai Miao's might!"

Xu Yan's brows furrowed. Something was amiss, but the guardian elder waved her hands, and petals fluttered in the air, each one a deadly attack imbued with a trace of the heavens' law.

In terms of strength, she was even more formidable than the Thousand Blade Elder of the Thousand Martial Arts Temple!

Since the opponent had already made a move, Xu Yan didn't bother with pleasantries. He decided to find Xin Mengrou and ask her directly.

If she truly hadn't come to Tai Miao Zong, he would have to go to Yuzhou and investigate the royal family of the Zheng Nation.

"The Jade Token my acquaintance holds was left by Xin Mengrou. Whether it's real or not, let Xin Mengrou come out and clarify!"

Xu Yan struck out with his palm, and eighteen golden dragons coiled and surged towards the Tai Miao Zong guardian elder. The might of the True Dragon Shape Intent shook the surroundings, as if a true dragon had descended.

(End of Chapter)

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