The reason why Xie Tian came out was because half a year had passed, but the Mad Old Man still hadn't returned.
He was somewhat worried. When the Mad Old Man left, he didn't conceal his solemn expression. He didn't know where Yin Tian 'er was going, but he knew where it was. Even the Mad Old Man had to be extremely cautious.
"I'm still not strong enough …" Thinking of their separation half a year ago, Xie Tian felt as if his heart had been stabbed with a knife.
"If I were strong enough, how could Tian 'er submit to someone else's coercion?"
"If I were strong enough, how could I have been separated from Tian 'er?"
"If I were strong enough, how could Grandpa Feng still not return after half a year?"
Xie Tian took a sip of bitter wine and looked at the distant horizon.
Three streaks of swordlight flew past and landed outside.
"Wang Bo of the Sword Tomb requests an audience with Young Master Xie Tian."
Wen Shui looked at the silent Xie Tian and chuckled, "Please enter."
Wang Bo was accompanied by two elders of the Sword Tomb. Han Li was carrying an extremely sorry looking old Daoist. Xie Tian glanced at the Daoist before withdrawing his gaze.
Everyone sobered up and looked at Wang Bo with confusion. Mu Liang doubtfully asked, "Sect Master Wang, who is this person?"
Han Li looked at Xie Tian with a complicated gaze and bowed, "Half a year ago, this person ambushed Young Master Xie Tian. My Sword Tomb and the Dao Sect pursued him for half a year before capturing him. Today, I hand him over to Young Master Xie Tian."
Everyone looked at each other and inwardly laughed. This was Xie Tian's current power. He didn't even need to move his lips to have the two holy cultivation lands of the Wan Province willingly share his burden.
Xie Tian asked Wang Bo, "The two sects still haven't merged?"
"A month ago, someone from the Holy Zhi Palace came and said," Wang Bo looked at Xie Tian and continued, "that after Xie Yun successfully breaks through to the True Energy Realm, she will be in charge of the merger of the two factions. As for when, they did not mention."
"True Energy Realm …" Xie Tian's heart sank. His rate of growth was already comparable, but he was still no match for Xie Yun. She had only been at the Holy Zhi Palace for half a year, and she was already close to breaking through to the True Energy Realm.
Everyone knew about the matter between Xie Tian and the Xie Family. It could be said that Xie Tian made Xie Yun a success, but this was not a good thing. The hatred between the two could only be resolved with the death of one of them. They had no right to interfere.
"This person is a loose cultivator, right?" Xie Tian gathered his thoughts and glanced at the miserable old Daoist. "Hand him over to Mu Xuzi to search his soul. Do not tell me what happens after the soul search. If there is an opportunity, your two sects will work together to obtain it."
Xie Tian did not finish his words. In the imperial treasury, the Mad Old Man had told him that the Wan Province was an ancient cultivation field with deep Dao reserves. This was why the insignificant treasury of the mortal Song Nation had the Mother and Child Soul Control Pill, which made even the Mad Old Man feel grave.
Even though the Wan Province would undergo a drastic change ten years later, there were still a few ancient ruins within the Wan Province's borders. These places were all places of opportunity. Places that could allow an unaffiliated cultivator to become a cultivator would definitely be of great benefit to the two sects.
Han Li understood, and his eyes shone with a bright light. He bowed to Xie Tian again, "Many thanks, Young Master Xie Tian!"
With the departure of the Sword Tomb's party, the banquet could no longer continue. Everyone disregarded their appearances and fell asleep. Xie Tian then helped Wen Shui into his room to rest.
Wen Shui did not wish to restore his cultivation. He only wished to be an ordinary old man. After a night of drinking, he was exhausted. However, he resisted his exhaustion and grabbed Xie Tian's hand, looking at Xie Tian with a kind expression.
"Wen Shui, you do not need to worry about me. I know what I must do." Xie Tian softly said. Wen Shui's kindness caused his heart to feel warm.
"I will see you soar to the heavens. Do your best, Xie Tian!"
After returning to his room, Xie Tian cast aside all distracting thoughts and began to ponder the problems he had encountered with his cultivation.
He had bitterly cultivated for half a year, but his cultivation had only reached the eighth layer of the Xiantian Realm. This was because the golden Xiantian Inner Qi was too strong. Even though he cultivated the Qi Scripture, the growth of his Inner Qi was abnormally slow. He had even swallowed two Azure Cloud Pills, but they were completely useless.
However, this was only a matter of time. His true cultivation bottleneck was that he could no longer make any progress in his body refinement.
He didn't know what realm the body refinement realm would be after breaking through to the Xiantian realm. The Mad Old Man didn't tell him, nor did he give him any pointers. He could only rely on himself, and the only things he could rely on were the nine sets of cultivation techniques.
Unfortunately, since his body had broken through to the Xiantian Realm, even though he had been practicing the nine sets of cultivation methods, his body hadn't made any progress.
After half a year of hardship, he understood that the nine sets of cultivation techniques had no effect on body refining. Even if he had the Evil Body Dao Fruit, if he wanted to continue refining his body, he had to find a way. Otherwise, he would never make any progress in his life.
"In the ancient times, there were Body Cultivators and Body Cultivators. There was no lack of mighty figures who became saints …"
These words were the only impression Xie Tian had towards the path of body refinement, yet it could only cause him to yearn for it, and it wasn't of any help to him in the slightest.
"The Wan Province will change in ten years. Grandpa Feng said that after the change, the Wan Province will become the number one cultivation field in the Nine States. Maybe I will find the path of body refinement then, but I can't wait ten years!"
Xie Tian's blood-red eyes were clear, and he murmured, "There is only one way … according to what Grandpa Feng said, after I obtain the Xiantian Realm Dao Fruit, he will let me go to another place to cultivate. If I'm not wrong, that place is the Zhong Province!"
"The Zhong Province, Xie Yun …"
Xie Tian took a deep breath, cut off all distracting thoughts, and began to cultivate the Scripture of Energy.
The sky gradually brightened, and the people in the Inner Courtyard woke up. When they saw that Xie Tian's door was closed again, they left one by one. Only Xu Zhantang stayed behind, as if he wanted to say something to Xie Tian.
Xie Tian pushed open the door, smiled, and said, "Is there something else?"
Xu Zhantang nodded, "Come with me."
After the time it took for an incense stick to burn, the two met the last emperor of the Song Kingdom, Zhao Ye.
Zhao Ye had become a beggar. His clothes were in tatters, and he didn't look like a human or a ghost. His legs were broken, and he was crawling on the ground. He looked like an idiot, as if he had gone crazy. He sometimes cried and sometimes laughed.
Xie Tian's eyes were calm.
"His legs were broken by a group of ruffians." Xu Zhantang was afraid that Xie Tian would misunderstand, so he explained. Xie Tian smiled, shook his head, and said, "There is nothing to see."
Xu Zhantang sighed, "I didn't expect that the emperor that the Xu Family served would end up like this. He only has himself to blame!"
"He got off lightly."
Xie Tian said softly, expressing all the hatred in his heart.
After the time it took for two incense sticks to burn, the two came to a remote courtyard, the door of which was half closed.
Sometimes, peddlers and servants walked into the courtyard with smiles on their faces. Not long after, men's rapid breathing, women's high-pitched screams, and even erotic moans could be heard from the courtyard.
"This is the lowest brothel in Bianliang City. Zhao Qingping is in there." Xu Zhantang explained, "She went in by herself. If you didn't say anything, no one would target her. She has already gone crazy. The most she shouted was that she wanted to conquer all the men in the world."
"She got what she wanted!" Xie Tian sneered, turned around, and left.
Xu Zhantang heaved a sigh of relief when he saw Xie Tian's figure disappear. He had allowed Xie Tian to meet the two of them because he wanted to help him.
Zhao Ye and Zhao Qingping had caused great harm to Xie Tian. Now that he saw the two in such a miserable state, the hatred in Xie Tian's heart would more or less dissipate. After ending this hatred, Xie Tian's mind would be clear, and his heart would not turn to darkness.
"Master." Someone suddenly appeared beside Xu Zhantang and asked in a low voice, "Do you still want to keep an eye on them?"
Xu Zhantang sighed and said indifferently, "As always, only watch, don't interfere."
After hearing Xu Zhantang's words, Xie Tian withdrew his Evil Kill. As Xu Zhantang said, the hatred in his heart that had been buried for a long time was diluted a lot.
In the next moment, a burst of golden light suddenly burst out of his body, and the eighth stage of the Xiantian Realm that had been stuck for a whole month was suddenly broken.
Although Xie Tian thought that his mind was clear, he did not realize until this moment that his hatred for the father and daughter of the Zhao family had reached the height of obsession.
Another six months passed. Xie Tian walked out of the room again. Seeing the concerned faces of the people, he smiled and said, "I'm going out for a while."
An hour later, Xie Tian went up the Dustless Mountain, entered the Dustless Temple, and sat on the Dustless Stone.
Dustless looked at Xie Tian blankly, not saying a word.
Xie Tian looked up at the winter sun, which was unusually dazzling with the white snow on the Dustless Mountain.
In the next moment, a burst of golden light burst out of his body, and the winter sun instantly dimmed!
In Dustless' deathly still Buddha eyes, thick shock finally gushed out!
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