Along the way, Xie Tian kept thinking about what kind of enlightenment Zhao Xuyang and the woman had that would allow two people who hated each other to be together and live happily ever after.
Unfortunately, he couldn't figure it out since he needed Xu Zhantang to tell him what it was. However, this enlightenment gave him an unusual feeling.
In a trance, Xie Tian felt as though there was a layer of hazy mist above his head. The mist seemed ethereal and light, but it blocked something in his heart that shot up to the nine heavens.
Xie Tian shook his head and wiped away all distracting thoughts. He turned to look at the deserted and dilapidated gate of the Xie Residence and left Yangshuo City.
Chu Yan Mountain was located at the source of the Lan Zhui River. After leaving Mulan City, it was thousands of miles northwest.
The Lan Zhui River was the natural border between Song and Chu. Therefore, the ownership of Chu Yan Mountain should have been a headache for the two countries.
Fortunately, the land around Chu Yan Mountain was barren and uninhabited. Coupled with the steep mountain and strange beasts, there was no need to station troops there. Therefore, it became a useless place and was spurned by the two countries.
To the dynasties, Chu Yan Mountain was worthless. But to the Sword Catacomb and Taoism, it was a treasure land. It could even be said that it was the only treasure land they had found in the past thousand years.
In the past thousand years, the Sword Catacomb's biggest gain was the many precious metal items found in Chu Yan Mountain. That was how the Ten Famed Swords of the Sword Catacomb were formed.
Similarly, Taoism also obtained countless precious spirit beasts, spirit herbs, and even various kinds of essence.
Therefore, in the Wan State where Spirit Qi was extremely scarce and the cultivation civilization was extremely dim, Chu Yan Mountain was the biggest source of support for the Sword Catacomb and Taoism.
The two sects fought many battles for resources. The Sword Catacomb's individual combat power was extremely strong, while the Taoism had many tricks up their sleeves. A thousand years of cultivation meant a thousand years of fighting.
It wasn't until the rise of Li Jian and Xie Yun that they finally broke through the isolation of the cultivation world in Wan State and came into contact with the Holy Zhi Palace, the largest cultivation holy land in the Nine States.
Wan State was the smallest state in the Nine States. The Central State where the Holy Zhi Palace was located was the largest.
Compared to the Central Plains, the Wan Province was like a lonely island in the middle of the sea. Any large city in the Central Plains was no smaller than the entire Wan Province.
The Zhongzhou was ruled by an ancient dynasty called the Jin dynasty. The entire Jin dynasty had 360 major cities, which only took up half of the Zhongzhou's territory. From this, one could see how small the Wanzhou was.
The Holy Zhi Palace was the largest holy land for cultivation in the Zhongzhou State, and its level of terror was unimaginable. So when the Sword Tomb Zhenren at the peak of Chu Yan Mountain saw the two strangers among the group of people from the Taoism, he quickly went up to pay his respects and even knelt down.
"Sword Tomb Sage, the leader of Wanzhou's Sword Tomb, greets the two lords of the Holy Zhi Palace!"
The Sword Tomb Swordsman was extremely anxious. Putting aside the power of the Holy Zhi Palace, the terrifying powers of the two people in front of him were the main reason for his anxiety.
Taoist Priest Mu, the leader of the Dao League, looked at the kneeling Sword Tomb Enlightened Being with a complicated expression. He knew that Sword Tomb Enlightened Being was an arrogant person and kneeling was not his intention.
The reason why he involuntarily knelt was because the cultivation of the two people from the Holy Zhi Palace was too terrifying. Even if they did not deliberately release their aura, it was still frightening and made people bow.
"These two are at least supreme masters of the True Energy Realm. It's a pity that I don't know what is above the True Energy Realm …" The Wooden Taoist sighed.
He did not look down on the Sword Tomb Sage because when he first saw them, he had also knelt down.
He was not sad, but happy because the Holy Zhi Palace had sent such powerful people, which showed how much they valued the Taoism and the Sword Tomb.
It was a pity that the Wooden Taoist did not know one thing. These two people were only low-level elders in charge of the Holy Zhi Palace's chores. They were nothing in the Holy Zhi Palace, and their status was even lower than that of ordinary disciples.
"What did you say your name was? Sage? "
A middle-aged man among the two from the Holy Zhi Palace could not help but ask. For the Holy Zhi Palace, a place as small as Wan State was practically worthless. It was only because of Xie Yun and Li Jian's good qualifications and the good fortune of Wan State ten years later that they reluctantly accepted the Sword Tomb as a vassal.
That was why the Holy Zhi Palace had sent two low-level elders to preside over this matter. The two had been acting with a perfunctory attitude, but what did they just hear?
Sage? In the Central State, this was a terrifying existence second only to the Dao Lord. A mere Level 3 Dharmic Power Realm swordsman, who was not even an in-name disciple of the Holy Zhi Palace, dared to call himself Sage!
And looking at his humble face, it was as if calling himself Sage was from the bottom of his heart!
The two from the Holy Zhi Palace looked at each other, feeling as if their hearts had been ravaged by a group of Acala's celestial phenomena. They thought of a saying: the narrower one's vision, the bigger one's courage.
The Sword Tomb Sage was stunned and laughed awkwardly. "May I ask, is there something wrong?"
The middle-aged elder looked at the Sword Tomb Sage with pity and sighed. "It's fine if I heard it, but when the big figure from the Holy Zhi Palace comes, you should change your name, or else …"
"Ah!" The Sword Tomb Sage was shocked. He thought quickly, as if realizing that his name had violated a taboo, and quickly said, "I'll change my name now. I'll, I'll be called Sword Boy!"
Sword Boy? The eyes of the two from the Holy Zhi Palace almost fell out of their sockets when they heard this.
The Holy Zhi Palace had a Sword Boy who had lived for more than two thousand years and was a Dao Lord.
You're going to die wherever you go! ' But seeing the Sword Tomb Sage's terrified face, the middle-aged elder didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He casually said, "Sword Slave."
"Yes, yes. From now on, I, the Sword Tomb Sage, will change my name to Sword Slave!"
Seeing this, Wooden Daoist was relieved. Fortunately, his Daoist name wasn't that eye-catching. However, in the next moment, the middle-aged Daoist looked at him with the same strange expression. He said slowly, "You're called Wooden Daoist? I suggest you change it too. "
"Uh …" The Wooden Taoist was stroking his beard and almost pulled it off when he heard this. He said in fear, "Please enlighten me, Sir."
I can't tell you that the Holy Zhi Palace has a Great Supreme Elder who has been in seclusion for a thousand years and is also called Wooden Taoist … The middle-aged elder sighed, feeling more and more that the Wan Province was too unbearable. Being able to create Xie Yun and Li Jian was the only thing worth celebrating.
Not long after, the Wooden Taoist also changed his name to Mu Xuzi. The two pillars of the Wan Province's cultivation world glanced at each other and cried in their hearts.
Mu Xuzi was fine because there was something mysterious about him, but what was a Sword Slave?
Mu Xuzi finally found some comfort from the Sword Tomb Sage. He calmed down and said to the two from the Holy Zhi Palace with a smile, "Before our two sects merge, we want to conduct a disciple assessment. Chu Yan Mountain below is the place for the assessment. What do you think, Sir?"
The middle-aged elder spread his divine sense and instantly covered Chu Yan Mountain with a radius of thousands of miles. He was extremely disappointed, but it was better to avoid trouble, so he nodded and said perfunctorily, "It's not bad."
"Haha, I don't deserve your praise, Sir."
How did you know I was praising you?
Mu Xuzi was a little proud and sighed. "It is this Chu Yan Mountain that has supported our sects' cultivation for a thousand years. Now, many treasures are lacking.
However, it is the Wan Province's great fortune to be able to receive guidance from the two of you in person. Therefore, after discussing it with the Sword Tomb's True … Hmm, Sword Slave, we have decided that this assessment will be a great opportunity for the disciples! "
The middle-aged elder was shocked. The word good fortune was no small matter. He could not help but think that he had underestimated the Wan Province's cultivation world. He quickly asked, "What kind of good fortune is it?"
Mu Xuzi stroked his beard and said with a smile, "The Taoist Gate and the Sword Tomb of the Sword Slave are planning to plant ten treasures in Chu Yan Mountain. These ten treasures are no small matter. Any disciple who is fated to obtain them will definitely obtain good fortune."
The middle-aged elder was shocked. When he saw the ten treasures carefully taken out by the two, he and his companion took a deep breath at the same time. They resisted the twitching of their faces and laughed dryly. "Not bad."
Watching the two great figures of the Wan Province's cultivation world seriously plant the so-called good fortune in Chu Yan Mountain, the two low-level Holy Zhi Palace elders were completely speechless.
"Calling them country bumpkins is already flattering them …"
"Two-hundred-year-old Xuanshen, Lunar Yin Fruit, low-quality Grand White Gold Sand … Are these things useful to cultivators?"
"Tsk tsk tsk, even a Mortal Grade Soul Blast Pill is regarded as a treasure. If you rely on this pill to break through to the Mana Realm, you will probably need hundreds or thousands of pills to succeed …"
"Sigh, how pitiful. In the entire Wan Province, only those two are good. Other than them, haha …"
…
However, seeing the seriousness and pain on Mu Xuzi's face, the two understood.
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