Central Region, Hidden Dragon Fortress, in the arena!
After cupping his hands and thanking the Snow Palace's Supreme Elder for his righteousness, Yu Haoran suddenly felt that his gratitude wasn't sincere enough.
After all, he had just killed Bing Xuanyu and Bing Ziqi. One was a core disciple with the potential to be a top genius, and the other was a Vice Palace Master with great power. One represented the sect's future, and the other represented the sect's face.
He had killed two important members of the sect, and the other party had taken the initiative to let go of their grievances. He had to express his apologies no matter what.
Thinking of this, Yu Haoran immediately took out the low-grade emperor-grade sword he had just obtained from Víctor, wrapped it in yuan qi, and delivered it to Elder Shu.
"Thank you, Pill Emperor Yu!"
Seeing the low-grade emperor-grade sword in front of him, Elder Shu immediately cupped his hands and thanked him in surprise.
"You're welcome, Elder Shu!"
After waving his hand in response, Yu Haoran turned around and continued to wait for the next contestant to be brought into the arena.
"Xia Tianqi, a core disciple of the Xia Clan, greets Yu Shixiong!" Seeing Yu Haoran staring coldly at him, Xia Tianqi, who was ranked fifth on the Central Region's ranking list, cupped his hands and greeted him without the slightest fear.
"Yu Haoran greets Senior Brother Xia!"
It had nothing to do with Xia Tianqi's background. The reason why Yu Haoran returned the greeting was that Xia Tianqi gave him a sense of threat. This meant that Xia Tianqi was a top expert whose strength did not match his ranking on the list, and was worthy of his respect.
"Yu Shixiong, before we officially fight, I have a question I would like to ask Yu Shixiong. I wonder if Yu Shixiong would be willing to enlighten me?"
Yu Haoran's unusual return of the greeting made Xia Tianqi feel good about him. At the same time, he couldn't help but want to ask a question that he had suppressed in his heart for a long time, but felt that no one among his peers was qualified to answer.
"Of course!" Yu Haoran nodded in agreement.
"Yu Shixiong, you must have fought Xia Valley Fengze during the Southern Region Hidden Dragon Ranking battle. What do you think of Xia Valley Fengze?" Xia Tianqi asked nervously after getting Yu Haoran's approval.
After hearing Xia Tianqi's question, Yu Haoran's eyes flashed with a trace of surprise. He then closed his eyes, recalling the confrontation with Summer Valley's Fengze while discussing with Thaling in his sea of consciousness.
"Yu Haoran, if I'm not mistaken, the reason Xia Tianqi asked you this question is probably related to the successor of the Xia Clan," Thaling replied with a smile before Yu Haoran could take the initiative to ask.
"Why?" Thaling's overconfident answer puzzled Yu Haoran.
Whether it was cultivation, strength, vision, upbringing, or manners, the difference between Xia Valley's Fengze and Xia Tianqi was like the difference between a firefly and the moon.
As long as the Xia Clan's leader and higher-ups were not blind, Xia Valley's Fengze had no right to threaten or influence Xia Tianqi's successor.
"Bloodline!"
Thaling's simple answer answered more than half of Yu Haoran's doubts.
After all, the Carefree Valley's leader could become an expert on par with the leader of the Yuxu Temple's Heavenly Palace, the strongest individual cultivator, and the leader of the Heavenly Demonic Sect. The bloodline that the Carefree Valley's leader inherited was definitely not inferior to that of the Xia Clan's ancestors.
Then, as the son of the Carefree Valley's leader and the Xia Clan's leader, Xia Valley's Fengze would definitely have a certain advantage over Xia Tianqi in terms of bloodline inheritance.
However, an advantage was an advantage. If he could not convert it into his own strength, then it would only be reduced to a joke in the end.
"Yu Haoran, do you know why Xia Valley's Fengze, who has the advantage in bloodline, is not as outstanding as Xia Tianqi despite being of similar age?" Thaling asked with a smile in response to Yu Haoran's remaining doubts.
"I don't know!" Yu Haoran replied.
"That's because the bloodline in Xia Valley's Fengze's body comes from the famous Supreme Fuxi of the Middle Ages."
"I understand now!"
After hearing about the origin of Xia Valley's Fengze's inherited bloodline, all his doubts were answered.
Just like how Xingtian Supreme relied on bloody massacres, and how Supreme Laozi relied on his amazing alchemy skills, Supreme Fuxi relied on his omniscient and all-knowing formula dao to make his name known throughout the Middle Ages.
However, unlike Xingtian and Laozi, who had already shown the potential of becoming Supreme Beings when they were young, Fuxi was only an ordinary genius with some talent and potential before he became a Martial Venerable. His highest achievement in life was to become Emperor Wu.
However, no one would have thought that after nearly a hundred years of bitter cultivation, when he successfully broke through to Martial Venerable, the bloodline in his body transformed. Not only did it give him the potential to become a Supreme Being, but it also improved his cultivation in formula dao by leaps and bounds.
Later on, Supreme Fuxi's bloodline inheritance also had the characteristic of being ordinary before becoming a Martial Venerable, but transformed after becoming a Martial Venerable.
This information came from Fuxi's Eight Trigrams Diagram, which helped him successfully enter formula dao.
"Senior Brother Xia, I don't know how to evaluate Xia Valley's Fengze in detail, but if I were to compare the two of you …"
After opening his eyes, Yu Haoran looked at Xia Tianqi with a hint of pity in his eyes. However, he quickly retracted his gaze and said solemnly, "Don't worry, Xia Tianqi.
"Then, the difference between you and Xia Valley's Fengze is like the difference between the firefly of decaying grass and the bright moon in the sky!"
After hearing Yu Haoran's evaluation of him and Xia Valley's Fengze, Xia Tianqi's face instantly turned as pale as a sheet of paper as he took a few steps back. A pained and conflicted expression appeared in his eyes.
This was because Yu Haoran's evaluation was exactly the same as his father's and the ancestors'. At the same time, it was also because of this evaluation that the clan had long since decided that Xia Valley's Fengze would be the next successor of the clan.
Below the arena, Xia Valley's Fengze, who was also paying attention to Yu Haoran, was shocked when he heard his evaluation.
Because as far as he was concerned, if he utilized the authority of Carefree Valley and the Xia Clan to force his opponents to admit defeat during the battle of attrition in the southern territory's Hidden Dragon Rankings, then it would surely leave behind a bad impression that he was abusing his authority to bully others.
However, he never expected that Yu Haoran would give him such a high evaluation.
In fact, it wasn't just Xia Valley's Fengze who was surprised. Everyone who was familiar with Xia Tianqi and Xia Fengze was also shocked.
"Yu Shixiong, can you tell me the real reason?" After barely managing to calm his panicked emotions, Xia Tianqi asked with strong anticipation in his eyes.
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