Among the four people from Taixu Temple, other than Shan Xiang who was in the middle stage of Yuanying, the other three were in the late stage of Golden Elixir. Although there was a difference between their appearance and actual age, their actual age was not that old.
Yang Tie looked at them and asked, "Fellow Daoists, what do you plan to do next?"
Shan Xiang and the others observed their surroundings and then looked at Yang Tie and the others. "Are you going to open up a passage and explore into the distance?"
Yang Tie nodded calmly. "That's right."
Shan Xiang and the others looked at each other, and it was Shan Xiang who said in a low voice, "The direction you are heading in now is the place where we were separated from Elder Cai and the others. We want to meet up with the elders of the sect as soon as possible, and we hope to travel together with you …"
Hearing this, the gazes of the Xuanmen Tianzong people became a little strange. They smiled slightly, which made Shan Xiang and the others puzzled and slightly unhappy.
In the past, no matter where they went, they would inevitably take the lead of the group.
In particular, Shan Xiang was the only Yuanying cultivator among them, but it was not appropriate for him to do so when facing Tang Jun and the other disciples of Xuanmen Tianzong.
The relationship between the two sides was not harmonious, and Tang Jun and the others did not come here alone. Looking at the Four Symbols Great Cycle Formation, one could tell that Tang Jun, Yang Tie, and the others had not been separated from Zhu Yi and the others. Everyone was now under the protection of Zhu Yi, Li Yuanfang, and the others.
Unlike the arrogant, sharp, and sharp Shu Mountain disciples, most of the descendants of Taixu Temple were well-mannered, and their style was much gentler. But in fact, the pride in their hearts was only greater than that of the Shu Mountain disciples.
It was just that the external appearance of this pride was rather special, and it was easy to give people the wrong impression.
Their pride was not contempt, insolence, or condescension. On the contrary, they were amiable, polite, and patient.
It was a sense of superiority that was rooted in the depths of one's heart. Because your level was too far from mine, I could tolerate your ignorance and clumsiness, and would not lower myself to your level.
Just like how humans would not be angered by the provocation of ants, nor would they show off their superiority and strength to ants.
Since the Ancient Era, when the successors of the Taixu Temple traveled outside, even when facing the cultivators of the Shu Mountain Sword Sect, who were at a similar level, or the Buddhist disciples of the Great Thunderclap Temple, this kind of psychological advantage had always existed.
But today, when facing the successor of Xuanmen Tianzong, this psychological advantage had gradually collapsed.
Not to mention the fight between the higher-ups of both sides, just based on the level of the younger disciples, Taixu Temple had never been able to gain an advantage over Xuanmen Tianzong.
In the fateful battle between the two Stones in the Dragon Arena in West-Hill city, the Yuanying Shi Tianyi had been slain by the Golden Elixir period Shi Tianhao.
Before the battle between the two Stones, the late Golden Elixir Taixu Temple's direct disciple, Bai Xiqian, was defeated by the early Golden Elixir period Yue Hongyan, directly crippled.
In Xuanmen Tianzong's Kunlun mountain dharma assembly, the rising star of the Taixu Temple, Chen Xingyu, a peak expert of the younger generation, had already reached the Golden Elixir period back then. Although Xuanmen Tianzong had suppressed him to late Foundation Establishment, he was still more powerful than when he was originally at late Foundation Establishment.
But even with that being the case, Chen Xingyu still lost to the hands of the Xuanmen Tianzong's second true disciple, Zhou Yuncong, who was also at late Foundation Establishment back then. Absolute yin was no match for Fen Yang.
As a matter of fact, there was an example right before their eyes.
Wan Zhenglun, a late Golden Elixir cultivator, had just lost to the mid Golden Elixir cultivator, Liu Xiafeng, recently, adding to the accomplishments of Xuanmen Tianzong's disciples.
Even now, although the Taixu Temple's overall strength still stood above the Divine Land, Xuanmen Tianzong had gradually surpassed them in terms of the younger generation of disciples. Their title as the greatest sacred land was teetering on the brink of collapse.
The various organisations in the Divine Land all had their own sphere of influence. In the surrounding regions, they held an absolute advantage when it came to selecting talents and accepting disciples. Once seedlings with potential appeared, they would be accepted.
The various large organisations would often send people out to search for them, preventing pearls from gathering dust.
As for the young people who lived in the secular world and wanted to embark on the path of cultivation, they would all yearn towards the large organisations that they had heard about since they were young.
But there were exceptions, and that was the Three Great Sacred Lands of the past: Taixu Temple, Mount Shu Sword Sect, and Great Thunderclap Monastery.
Because their influence covered the entire Divine Land, their selection of talents was also targeted towards the entire human world. Every person who had the heart to embark on the path of cultivation yearned for it, hoping that they could worship under their sect.
And among them, Taixu Temple's influence was the greatest, far surpassing that of Mount Shu Sword Sect and Great Thunderclap Monastery. Every young talent that was accepted by Taixu Temple would feel a great honor for themselves and their families.
At the same time, because Taixu Temple took the elite route, the threshold was ridiculously high. At that time, they would also verify that the disciples they accepted were all amazing cultivation geniuses. Therefore, in the eyes of many young people, being accepted by Taixu Temple was also a kind of affirmation for themselves.
But today, this situation had gradually begun to change.
With the accumulation of fame over the years, there were still many young heroes who desired to worship under Taixu Temple. But with the rise of Xuanmen Tianzong, and its influence in the Divine Land was growing, more and more people began to turn their attention to Xuanmen Tianzong.
Many people's first choice was still Taixu Temple, but at the same time, there were also many people whose first choice had become Xuanmen Tianzong.
In particular, some people who did not have the most outstanding physique could also worship under Xuanmen Tianzong to learn dao techniques. Not only would their future achievements not be low, they might even have higher achievements than worshiping under Taixu Temple.
Unlike Mount Shu Sword Sect, which only valued sword talents, and unlike Great Thunderclap Monastery, whose pure cultivation of Buddhist dharma caused some people to shrink back, Xuanmen Tianzong had a serious impact on Taixu Temple in terms of talent attraction, and the impact was becoming more and more intense.
Just as the overall influence of both sides was equally divided in the Divine Land, even the attraction of younger talents was now on an equal footing.
Therefore, in front of others, the descendants of Taixu Temple could still maintain their pride, but in front of the disciples of Xuanmen Tianzong, they could not maintain a psychological advantage.
Yang Zhao looked at Tang Jun, Yang Tie, and the others in front of him, his face became even paler, and his gaze became even colder. He opened his mouth and asked faintly, "Forgive me for being presumptuous, my friends from Xuanmen Tianzong, who is the leader now?"
His gaze swept across the logos on the sleeves of Tang Jun and the others, and finally looked at Tang Jun, Yang Tie, and Liu Xiafeng.
When Yang Tie heard this, his expression did not change, but he frowned slightly. Although Liu Xiafeng did not say anything, his eyebrows slightly raised.
The other party's words really did not have any good intentions.
Tang Jun smiled coldly, his gaze swept across Yang Zhao's face, but did not stop. His gaze finally fell on Shan Xiang, and he said faintly, "If the four of you from Taixu Temple wish to travel together, it is not a problem. However, the formation we are in now was set up by the elders of our sect, my friends, please do not use your mana rashly, lest you suffer the backlash of the formation's power."
Shan Xiang looked at the surrounding environment, and immediately nodded, "Everyone, you can rest assured."
Tang Jun grunted, "There's no time to lose, let's continue moving."
Yang Zhao looked at him, his ice-cold gaze became deeper, and it made people's hearts palpitate.
No one answered his question, but Tang Jun's action just now gave an invisible response.
Who is the leader on our side, there is no need for you to ask, because you are not the leader on your side anyway.
Yang Zhao did not say much, and calmly followed behind Shan Xiang with Wan Zhenglun and Zhao Mingxiu, traveling with Xuanmen Tianzong and the others.
The group was still Han Yang opening the path at the front, but the sword he was using right now had already returned to its original ordinary appearance, a simple foundation establishment stage sword, in the eyes of the people from the Taixu Temple, they couldn't help but cast sidelong glances.
After all, it was not a secret in the Divine Land that the disciples of Xuanmen Tianzong were well-off, and their families were rich. There were people who praised this, but there were also many who thought that this was not conducive to the cultivation of the cultivators themselves, and there was a lot of controversy in the Divine Land.
Han Yang's identity as the second generation Successor Head Disciple of the Light Dance Pavilion was also not a secret in the Divine Land. After all, his cultivation was already at the late stage of the Golden Elixir, but with his current cultivation, the sword he used was only at the Foundation Establishment stage, so it was inevitable that people would be surprised.
Han Yang did not care much about other people's gazes, and instead, he was teasing Yang Tie, "Senior Brother Yang, it is said that people with the same surname were a family 500 years ago, but that Yang Zhao of Taixu Temple is not close to you."
Yang Tie smiled, "Maybe it was not very pleasant when we wanted to separate from the family."
Li Xingfei said softly, "This person is not simple, his magical power and his mind are very deep."
Liu Xiafeng nodded, "Although we have not actually fought, I feel that he is at least stronger than Wan Zhenglun, and more dangerous."
Stronger and more dangerous seemed to have the same meaning, but Li Xingfei and the others all knew that in many cases, stronger and more dangerous were not the same.
Danger was always something to be vigilant about.
"If he does not have a primordial spirit magic treasure with him, there is nothing to worry about." Tang Jun said calmly, "Unless he uses the spiritual energy turbulence in Ding of Shenzhou to do something bad."
Han Yang said, "I am more interested in that Zhao Mingxiu, Fellow Daoist Zhao."
Liu Xiafeng smiled, "Oh, Junior Brother Han has finally grown up."
Han Yang shook his head and said with a smile, "Not at all, I am interested in her because she is a rare sword cultivator in Taixu Temple."
As soon as he said this, Tang Jun, Yang Tie, and the others all became interested, and even Zhou Yuncong, who had been silent all this time, turned to look at him.
Han Yang nodded, and with another sword strike, he continued to open the way forward. At the same time, he said, "Although she did not use her sword, nor did she release her sword will and magical power, I can faintly feel it."
Yang Tie pondered and said, "The swordsmanship of Taixu Temple is derived from their own two great Taoist techniques, the Supreme Wang Qing Dao and the Void Yin Yang Dao. It is not an independent swordsmanship. It is said that it is also quite exquisite, but it is indeed very rare."
"I wonder if this Fellow Daoist Zhao cultivates the Wang Qing Heavenly Sword or the Great Void Twin Pole Mystic Sword Technique?"
As he said this, Han Yang, Tang Jun, and Zhou Yuncong suddenly changed their expressions. Yang Tie and the others also suddenly looked solemn. They looked up and saw that outside the area of the spell formation, an extremely violent spiritual energy tide was blasting toward where they were!
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