Achieving a breakthrough to Ancient Sage required the Aeon of Ancient Sage. Considering that the Aeon of Ancient Sage could be found everywhere in the Azure, there was no need for him to worry about it. However, to achieve a breakthrough to Ancient Sage, he would need to accumulate sufficient energy.
Dan Xiaotian's temperament and talent were not weak at all. What he lacked was the accumulation of time.
If he had a month's time, he would have been able to achieve a breakthrough even without the help of any artifacts. However, time waits for no one. He was only an hour away from reaching his seventeenth birthday. Once the tide returned to him, it would be impossible for him to achieve a breakthrough.
"Swallow it!"
Zhang Xuan exclaimed as he slit his wrist with a burst of sword qi. Fresh blood gushed out of his wound, forming a ball of blood that flew toward Dan Xiaotian.
Dan Xiaotian's face paled due to the excessive blood loss.
Dan Xiaotian's eyes reddened as he swallowed the blood. He immediately felt spiritual energy gushing through his body, and the energy that he had been withdrawing from him began to surge once more.
As an Ancient Sage 4-dan expert, every single droplet of Zhang Xuan's blood essence harnessed an incredible amount of energy. Thus, in less than a breath's time, Dan Xiaotian's new disciple had already recovered to his peak, and his zhenqi was growing stronger and stronger.
Boom!
Finally, the Ancient Sage barrier reached its limit and burst apart. However, the rapid surge in Dan Xiaotian's aura did not stop there.
It lasted for fifteen minutes before it finally came to a halt.
At this moment, Dan Xiaotian's cultivation had already reached Ancient Sage 1-dan Bloodline Continuance realm consummation, just a step away from reaching the Hundred Schools of Philosophers.
"Teacher …"
After reinforcing his cultivation, Dan Xiaotian hurriedly turned to the young man before him and asked in agitation.
His teacher had sacrificed too much for him to achieve a breakthrough.
He would never be able to repay that debt in his entire life!
"I'm fine. Time is almost up, so you should leave now. You have already reached Ancient Sage 1-dan pinnacle, so no one should doubt you anymore … Cough cough!"
Zhang Xuan coughed a few times as he chuckled softly.
He had indeed suffered a huge loss this time.
Without any accidents, he would need at least a few months to recover from the loss of the energy contained in the blood essence.
"Teacher, you should rest first."
Dan Xiaotian nodded before turning around to leave.
Watching as Zhang Xuan walked away, Zhang Xuan shook his head helplessly. Just as he was about to absorb the spiritual energy in the surroundings to recover his strength, he suddenly caught sight of the cauldron not too far away. He hadn't finished the water in the gourd yet.
After hesitating for a moment, he picked up the bowl and drank it.
Gugugu!
A buzzing sound echoed from his body, and his weakened body began recovering at a rate visible to the naked eye. In the blink of an eye, he was back to normal, as if he had never been injured at all.
"This …"
With his eyes wide open, Zhang Xuan fell into a daze.
The Heaven's Path zhenqi was able to heal injuries, but it was unable to repair the deficiency in one's body. Yet, the bathwater in the gourd was able to do so so easily, just like the Senzu Bean in the Dragon Orb …
This was a little too heaven-defying.
"What exactly are you?"
He couldn't help but look at the gourd that was swimming in front of him.
"To tell you the truth, the gourd is just my appearance. My true self is a divine beast that roams the heavens and earth. Hurry up and kowtow to me …"
The calabash twisted its butt.
"…"
After hearing the other party's lies, Zhang Xuan helplessly poured all of the remaining water into a bottle, kept the cauldron, and walked out of the room.
As soon as he opened the door, his face turned a sickly yellow once more, and his gait swayed unsteadily, as if he would collapse at any moment.
It was difficult for others to believe that Dan Xiaotian was an Ancient Sage, but now that he had made a breakthrough, if the two of them were to walk out of the room unscathed … wouldn't that cause a huge uproar?
Since that was the case, it would be better for them to feign severe injuries so that others would understand that forcefully raising one's cultivation came at a huge price.
…
"Do you think that … he'll succeed?"
Elder Lu Yun and the others quickly found themselves free. Huang Tao couldn't help but ask as he gazed in the direction where Zhang Xuan and the others had disappeared.
"To advance from Great Sage 3-dan to Ancient Sage within three hours … That's impossible!"
Yun Feiyang shook his head.
"Indeed. I've never heard of such a thing even in the Ascendant Cloud Sword Pavilion. In any case, I don't believe it," the square-faced man said.
Even Elder Lu Yun was skeptical of Dan Xiaotian's words as well.
"There's no need to wait any longer. There's no way he'll be able to advance to Ancient Sage within three hours …"
Knowing that Dan Xiaotian was about to reach seventeen, Xue Gan lost all respect for him and sneered coldly.
But before he could finish his words, footsteps suddenly sounded, and a young man slowly walked over.
"How was it?"
Elder Lu Yun asked anxiously.
"I didn't disappoint you!"
Dan Xiaotian replied with a smile as he drove his zhenqi. The energy in his body immediately burst forth, and his aura soared into the heavens.
Boom!
The burst of zhenqi was so fast that the entire room shook non-stop, causing creaking noises to echo in the room.
The thousands of spectators felt their legs turning to jelly under the immense pressure, and they felt as if they would kneel down at any moment.
"Ancient Sage 1-dan … pinnacle?"
Xue Gan froze on the spot. He swallowed the words that he was about to say, as if he was about to lose his mind.
Putong! Not too far away, Xue Qin collapsed weakly to the ground. Her lips trembled uncontrollably, but she was unable to utter a single word at all.
The fiancé that she looked down on had actually used the most domineering method to crush her dignity within a single day. Not only that, he had even pummeled her repeatedly …
If he had known this would happen, he wouldn't have …
If she hadn't stupidly rushed over to annul the engagement yesterday, things wouldn't have ended up like this …
"Nephew Xiaotian, we're related by marriage …"
Xue Gan struggled for a moment before thickening his skin.
"You're related by marriage?"
Dan Xiaotian sneered coldly. "My apologies, but this is my letter of divorce. Xue Qin tried to kill me, so I've already annulled her engagement with me!"
With a flick of his finger, a piece of paper flew over and floated in the air. The words' Letter of Divorce 'were inscribed on it, and it struck the young lady's face furiously.
Not only did she fail to annul the engagement, she even ended up being annulled … She was probably the most embarrassed person in the world!
All she wanted was to save her dignity, but in the end … she ended up becoming the biggest joke in Xuanjiang City!
Pu!
Unable to take it anymore, Xue Qin spurted a mouthful of blood.
"Elder Lu Yun, can I be considered to have cleared the inner disciple examination and become an inner disciple?"
Ignoring Xue Qin, Dan Xiaotian continued reading.
Elder Lu Yun nodded.
"That's good. Junior Jiang He, I'll have to trouble you to cripple Xue Gan's cultivation and hang him outside the City Lord Manor to show his guilt before beheading him!"
Dan Xiaotian instructed calmly.
"Yes!" Huo Jianghe nodded.
Xue Gan was an inner disciple while he was only an outer disciple, but he had already become the junior of an outer disciple.
"Father, mother, grandfather, grandmother … I've finally avenged all of you!"
Not too long later, Xue Gan's head was brought over, and Dan Xiaotian kneeled on the floor as tears streamed down his face.
No matter what, he was just a seventeen-year-old young man. He had buried his grudge for ten years, and now that he had finally gotten his revenge, he couldn't hold on any longer.
Turning around, he saw his teacher walking over with a ghastly pale face.
He quickly got to his feet and walked forward to greet him.
If not for the young man before him, he might have already been killed by the bandits sent by Xue Chen.
With his teacher gone, there was no way he would be able to achieve a breakthrough to Ancient Sage.
It could be said that everything he had today was given to him by the other party!
How he wished that he could tell everyone right now that Dan Xiaotian was his teacher! It was all thanks to him that he was able to achieve what he had today!
However, before he could even walk up to Dan Xiaotian, he already saw his respected teacher standing before Yun Feiyang and the others with his hand outstretched. "Dan Xiaotian has become an inner disciple. As outer disciples, shouldn't you give each of you a few Basic Immortal Pills to congratulate him? This isn't a gift but a request for protection! As long as he manages to gain a foothold in the inner disciples, all of you will be rewarded handsomely … "
"…" Dan Xiaotian froze.
Was he … asking for protection money?
Was this really the same low-profile, strict, and upright teacher that he had known all along?
Why did it sound so exaggerated?
"…" Yun Feiyang and the others were dumbfounded.
When they saw that Dan Xiaotian had indeed made a breakthrough in his cultivation within three hours, they guessed that it must have been due to their teacher. They were just about to ask him about it when they saw the excited look on Dan Xiaotian's face …
They were no longer in the mood to do so.
It seemed like Dan Xiaotian had really reached Ancient Sage a long time ago … He had just used a special method to cleanse his cultivation so that he could regain his strength!
Otherwise, why would an expert who could raise his cultivation so quickly be so shameless as to ask for protection money in front of so many people?
This was way too ridiculous!
"Cough cough!"
Elder Lu Yun couldn't take it anymore. He coughed to break the awkward silence and said, "Xiaotian, inner disciples are allowed to bring servants and menial disciples back to the sect. Come with us! Xuanjiang City is no longer a place for you to linger on … "
"Yes!"
Dan Xiaotian nodded.
Now that he had avenged his family, there was nothing for him to do here anymore. It was about time for him to venture into the greater world.
"I'll bring Elder Yi and Brother Zhang with me! Forget about the others … "
Dan Xiaotian pondered for a moment before making up his mind.
He had to bring his teacher with him. Elder Yi had always been with him, so he couldn't abandon him either. In truth, it was more than enough for him to bring his menial disciples with him.
After all, his teacher preferred to keep a low profile. It wouldn't be nice to disturb him with too many people around.
"Alright then. You should head back and make some preparations. We'll set off two hours later!" Elder Lu Yun nodded.
Dan Xiaotian nodded. He walked up to his teacher, only to see his teacher shaking his head helplessly.
Clearly, he hadn't received the 'protection fee' from Dan Xiaotian yet.
"Teacher, we'll be heading to the Ascendant Cloud Sword Pavilion once we return!"
Dan Xiaotian said.
They were already quite a distance away from Elder Lu Yun, so there was no need for him to conceal his identity any longer.
Zhang Xuan nodded.
The reason why he had gone over to collect the protection fee was to divert the attention of the others, and it seemed like it had worked.
"I wonder how long I can keep this a secret … It's a little worrying that I'm too outstanding!"
Zhang Xuan rubbed his glabella in frustration.
To be honest, he really didn't want to draw too much attention to himself. But to be able to do such a thing right from the start … This was probably what made him feel the most uncomfortable.
While Zhang Xuan was still lamenting over this matter, he suddenly saw the bandit Cao Chengli walking up to him and kneeling on the ground. His eyes were filled with sincerity and passion.
"Young Master, please accept me! I'm willing to be your servant, and I'll never go back on my word!"
"Look … He's indeed too outstanding. Even a bandit can't help but fall for him …"
Zhang Xuan couldn't help but feel a little depressed.
(My child is running a fever again …)
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