"Rise!"
Zhang Xuan waved his hand, and the Infernal Blacksaber fell into his grasp. He could immediately feel the devastating might harnessing within it.
Previously, he would have had to use all of his means to defeat a Sempiternal realm consummation expert. However, with his current strength, he could easily kill dozens of them with a single slash!
While there was only a single cultivation realm difference between Ancient Sage and Sempiternal realm, there was a world of difference between them.
"I finally have the ability to protect myself …"
Zhang Xuan exhaled deeply as his eyes lit up in excitement.
If the Otherworldly Demon Ancient Sage had remained hidden, he would not have been able to harm the other party even with the golden page. However, with the advancement of the Infernal Blacksaber, things were completely different.
As long as he dared to make a move, he would be able to track down the source of the Infernal Blacksaber's aura and injure it!
This was precisely how the old ancestor of the Zhang family had managed to defeat the Infernal Blacksaber.
With the advancement of the Infernal Blacksaber, it had gained a new trump card to protect itself. Together with the Ancient Sage corpse, it would be able to easily slay an Ancient Sage of the same cultivation realm!
This was no longer a one-off deal like the golden page.
"Let's reinforce our cultivation first."
Zhang Xuan instructed the Infernal Blacksaber to reinforce its cultivation and familiarize itself with its new power.
The Infernal Blacksaber nodded before flying off into the distance. However, before it could get far, it encountered the Dragonbone Divine Spear, and it bowed respectfully once more.
After achieving a breakthrough to Ancient Sage, it realized just how powerful the seal on the Dragonbone Divine Spear was. Once it was undone, it would not be a match for the spear at all.
"Xuan-er, that spear of yours …"
Upon seeing this sight, Heung Kensei widened his eyes in astonishment.
If weapons only submitted to the strong, wouldn't that mean that the spear was even more powerful?
He knew that the spear was a weapon left behind by an Ancient Sage, and it had lost its former glory. However, he was not too sure how powerful it was.
"It's nothing much. It's just a small fortuitous encounter," Zhang Xuan replied with a smile.
"You call this a small fortuitous encounter?"
Heung Kensei nearly collapsed on the spot.
Do you have some kind of misunderstanding about what a small fortuitous encounter is?
Such a formidable spear, the Infernal Blacksaber, and the many Great Sage artifacts … If these were considered small fortuitous encounters, what was a big fortuitous encounter?
"You guys wait here for a moment. I'll be back after I refine this diagram …"
Without further explanation, Zhang Xuan flew in a certain direction.
Not too long later, Zhang Xuan arrived at a certain location. With a light wave of his hand, a scroll appeared before him.
It was the true form of the painting.
He had already noticed it when he was spreading his Spiritual Perception earlier.
Very quickly, he refined it.
Hula!
Following which, Sword Saint Xing and the others swiftly reappeared in the hall once more. The walls before them were as smooth as new, devoid of the slightest trace of damage.
"Are you going to stay here and cultivate, or are you going to leave with me?"
After dealing with this, Zhang Xuan looked at his parents.
The most important treasure in the Hall of Great Accomplishment was this painting. However, the seventy-two holy statues, the dense spiritual energy, and the words and runes carved on the walls were also extremely useful to cultivators.
Cultivating here would be at least ten times faster than cultivating outside.
"I won't be following you around anymore. It's quiet here. I can cultivate my soul and state of mind, assimilate the Ancient Sage blood, and try to achieve a breakthrough as soon as possible!"
The two Sword Saints glanced at one another before shaking their heads.
Given their current strength, they would only be a burden to their son if they were to follow behind him. Rather than that, they would rather stay here and cultivate diligently so that they could achieve a breakthrough as soon as possible.
"I'll be staying here too!"
Hu Yaoyao nodded in agreement.
She had just achieved a breakthrough to Introspective Convalescence realm, so she would only be a burden to Zhang Xuan.
"Teacher, I'll go with you. I know where they have taken Wei Ruyan. I can bring you there!" Zhao Ya stepped forward.
"Un." Zhang Xuan nodded. After a moment of hesitation, he flicked his finger, and the droplet of Ancient Sage blood flew over.
"Absorb this droplet of blood first!"
As valuable as this droplet of blood was, it wasn't as important as the lives of his students.
"Yes!"
Zhao Ya sat down cross-legged and absorbed the droplet of blood into her body. Ten minutes later, she stood up with a sharp gleam in her eyes.
"You … have already assimilated the droplet of blood?" Zhang Xuan was taken aback.
The reason why he had been able to assimilate the droplet of blood so easily was because the droplet of blood originated from him. How could Zhao Ya have done it so quickly?
"I've already assimilated the droplet of blood!" Zhao Ya nodded. "After teacher altered my meridians, the rate at which I am able to convert energy is extremely fast. No matter how formidable this droplet of blood is, it won't take me too long to assimilate it!"
"Meridians?"
With a tap of his finger, Zhang Xuan infused a surge of zhenqi into Zhao Ya's body. As expected, after altering her meridians, he realized that the rate at which she was able to circulate energy was much faster than that of ordinary cultivators.
In fact, even he couldn't match up to her.
It was no wonder she was able to assimilate the droplet of Ancient Sage blood so quickly. Most likely, her meridian diagram was even more logical than that of an Ancient Sage!
"Let's go!"
Since she had assimilated the droplet of blood, it meant that she had gained the ability to preserve her life. Without saying anything, Zhang Xuan flew out of the hall.
Watching as the duo left, Heung Kensei couldn't help but sigh with a bitter smile on his face. "That pair of teacher and disciple are both monsters …"
To assimilate a droplet of blood, they had to place it in their dantian and refine it with their zhenqi day and night. On the other hand, Zhang Xuan was able to assimilate the droplet of blood so effortlessly.
"We'll have to pick up our pace too. Otherwise, if our son and grandstudent were to surpass us, where would our dignity go?"
Sword Saint Meng said.
"You're right."
Nodding, the two of them sat down on the ground and began cultivating.
…
"Old ancestor, you must redress our grievances!"
Outside the Hall of Great Accomplishment, many young men cried in agony.
They had spent so much time and effort in order to enter the Hall of Great Accomplishment, but who could have thought that they would end up being pummeled and thrown out of the Hall of Great Accomplishment before they could even obtain anything?
"You can only blame yourself for being inferior. You can't blame anyone else!"
The Ancient Sage hidden by the side pondered for a moment before speaking calmly.
"It's not that we are inferior, but that fellow has tamed so many saint beasts and tamed so many formidable artifacts. If not for those artifacts, there's no way he would have been a match for us!"
The young man gritted his teeth.
What was so amazing about that fellow?
He was only relying on his tamed beasts and artifacts. Without those two, they didn't believe that he would be able to match up to them.
"Indeed. Old ancestor, we hope that you can redress our grievances and allow us to have a fair duel with him!"
"Even if he doesn't resort to such underhanded means, we'll be convinced if he can win!"
The other young men also gritted their teeth.
"This …"
The old ancestor fell silent for a moment before speaking up. "Brother Hongtian, my juniors would like to have a fair duel with your juniors. May I ask if you can give us some face?"
"You wish to negotiate with my juniors, so I won't make the decision for them. Rest assured, as long as you don't do anything that goes against our morals, I won't interfere!"
The old ancestor of the Zhang clan replied.
While Zhang Xuan and the others had entered the Hall of Great Accomplishment, he had been hiding in the surroundings.
"Since Brother Hongtian isn't interfering, I'm relieved …"
The old ancestor of the Hundred Schools of Philosophers replied.
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