Thinking back, during the battle, it seemed like Zhang Xuan really did not care who they were at all!
If he had known about it in advance, he would surely have been a little fearful.
If the other party did not intentionally come into contact with him, it meant that the conspiracy theory did not hold water.
"It's also possible that his disguise is so profound that he managed to fool even me …" Pavilion Master Kui Xiao shook his head with a frown. "That's why I gave him the Breakthrough Pill and promised to help him achieve a breakthrough to the High Immortal realm. I wanted to see his reaction, but he didn't ask for anything more than that.
The First Elder and Pavilion Master Kui Xiao fell into deep thought.
It turned out that Pavilion Master Kui Xiao already had a plan in mind.
The fact that he had given Zhang Xuan something as valuable as the Breakthrough Pill and promised to help him achieve a breakthrough to the High Immortal realm showed how much he valued Zhang Xuan. Even if Zhang Xuan had made some outrageous requests, it was likely that he would have agreed to them!
Yet, Zhang Xuan seemed to be oblivious to all of that.
Books were valuable, but they had to be accumulated over a long period of time. It was not something that one could comprehend in a short period of time.
Thus, the request that Zhang Xuan had made was nothing at all!
"How is he doing now?"
Pavilion Master Kui Xiao asked.
"He's still reading. He hasn't left the library since he entered!"
The First Elder clasped his fist.
Pavilion Master Kui Xiao hesitated for a moment before saying, "Alright, I'll find a way to find out what he's reading and report it to me."
"Yes, Pavilion Master Kui Xiao." The First Elder turned around and left. Not too long later, he returned with a conflicted look on his face.
"How is it?"
"This is a recording of the library. Pavilion Master Kui Xiao, you can take a look at it yourself," the First Elder said with a reddened face.
Pavilion Master Kui Xiao took the jade token from Zhang Xuan's hands and tapped it lightly, revealing the contents within.
The fellow named Liu Yang was standing in the library, shaking his head nonstop.
The recording went on for more than ten minutes, and he continued shaking his head several times. Then, he moved on to the next row of books and continued shaking his head.
"Is this … epilepsy?"
Pavilion Master Kui Xiao and Elder Hong Wu glanced at one another in confusion.
Didn't he say that he wanted to read books?
Why would he start shaking his head here?
Why was he shaking his head so earnestly?
Pavilion Master Kui Xiao studied the matter for a long time, but he was still unable to make sense of the meaning behind the shaking of the head. So, he could only continue issuing instructions.
As he continued to investigate, the image of Zhang Xuan continued to be displayed.
After an unknown period of time, the First Elder's face reddened as he said, "It doesn't seem like he's trying to steal the secrets of the Seven Star Pavilion's cultivation technique …"
If he were to steal the secrets of the cultivation technique, he would definitely take out the books and study them carefully before secretly copying them down. Yet, this fellow had been flipping his head the moment he entered the library. He had been flipping his head for more than four hours now, but he hadn't even touched a single book...
Stealing secrets was something that could be done with just a flick of the head. None of the sects had any secrets to speak of.
"There must be a reason for him to persist like this for four hours … Let me give it a try!"
Unable to hold it in any longer, Elder Hong Wu flicked his wrist, and a pile of books appeared on the ground not too far away. Taking a deep breath, just like Zhang Xuan in the image, he began to shake his head.
Pavilion Master Kui Xiao and the First Elder quickly turned to look at Zhang Xuan and asked, "How is it? Did you find anything? "
"Dizziness … I feel like vomiting!" Elder Hong Wu said.
"…" Pavilion Master Kui Xiao and the First Elder.
By the sixth hour, Liu Yang, who had been shaking his head the entire time, finally came to a halt. He sat down on the spot motionlessly, as if he was resting.
"He's finally stopped …"
The crowd heaved a sigh of relief. To be honest, it was not that Zhang Xuan was feeling faint, but they were feeling faint just by watching him.
"He's cultivating!"
Liu Yang sat down, and it did not take long for the crowd to understand what was going on.
Most likely, he was tired from shaking his head and was intending to rest for a while.
"Is he … consuming a Superior Immortal Pill?"
In the image, not too long after Liu Yang sat down, he began swallowing a Superior Immortal Pill. One, two, three … After swallowing five Superior Immortal Pills in a row, he suddenly stood up.
"This medicinal energy … He's only a True Immortal, but is he really able to digest it?"
The First Elder's face paled.
Superior Immortal Pills were pills that were useful even to High Immortals. Even he would need more than ten days to digest a single Superior Immortal before he could fully digest it. Yet, the other party was only a True Immortal, and yet, he had swallowed five Superior Immortal Pills in a single breath.
Was he not afraid of bursting to death?
"It can't be that he's trying to push for a breakthrough to the High Immortal realm, right?"
Pavilion Master Kui Xiao frowned in bewilderment. At that moment, Liu Yang abruptly stood up.
Hu hu hu!
Zhang Xuan's fists and palms danced in the air.
The First Elder was stunned. "This is … my Dragon Transformation Palm?"
The technique that the other party was executing was the Dragon Transformation Palm that he was most proficient in. Furthermore, it seemed like he was executing it more skillfully and swiftly.
He had cultivated this technique for many years before he was able to master it, but the other party was actually executing it more effectively than him.
In that instant, he felt like he had been kicked in the head.
"No, that's not it … I executed it incorrectly. Why does it feel like my execution is more logical? Is it more powerful? "
The First Elder frowned.
It was clear that the other party's execution was different from his, and it was also different from the Dragon Transformation Palm. Yet, for some reason, it felt as if the other party's execution was smooth and natural. It was as if he was the one executing it incorrectly, and the other party was the one executing it correctly.
"Let me give it a try!"
The First Elder hurriedly got to his feet and executed the Dragon Transformation Palm according to the movements that the other party had executed.
Hong long!
With a resounding buzz, the First Elder channeled his zhenqi throughout his body, and an invincible aura burst forth from his body.
"This … He has reached Major Accomplishment?"
The First Elder felt as if he was going insane.
He had been immersed in the Dragon Transformation Palm for several decades now, but he had always been a long way from Major Accomplishment. He had thought that it would be impossible for him to master it in his lifetime, but who could have thought that he would actually achieve a breakthrough just by imitating the other party's movements?
That was way too fast!
The First Elder quickly raised his head, only to see that the person in the recording had already broken away from the Dragon Transformation Palm and executed the Flowerless Palm.
Elder Hong Wu was also dumbfounded by the side as well.
Hong long!
Not too long later, his strength surged, and he seemed to have overcome some kind of bottleneck as well.
Following which, the Liu Yang in the recording executed Pavilion Master Kui Xiao's signature move, the Bolting Lightning Clutching Clouds. Following which, Pavilion Master Kui Xiao imitated the other party's movements, and it did not take long for him to achieve a breakthrough as well.
"Just by shaking one's head here for six hours, not only did he manage to learn the most profound battle techniques of the sect, he even modified them, making them even more profound and powerful …"
Some time later, Pavilion Master Kui Xiao finally recovered from his shock. "Could it be that shaking one's head can clear one's mind and allow one to learn battle techniques faster?"
He had secretly tried shaking his head earlier, but it had only left him feeling giddy and unable to see clearly. How in the world did the other party do it?
"It's probably some kind of secret art that allows one to learn battle techniques faster!"
The First Elder said. "By shaking one's head, one's mind can be stimulated, thus allowing one to comprehend battle techniques faster …"
"But he hasn't even read a book before. How in the world did he learn these battle techniques?"
Elder Hong Wu asked in bewilderment.
The other party had been shaking his head for six hours without even flipping through a book, so how in the world did he learn them? Furthermore, how in the world did he manage to reach Major Accomplishment in the blink of an eye? Was he even stronger than what they had been cultivating for decades?
"It's possible that he learned them secretly while he was fighting us. There are some talented individuals who possess photographic memory, allowing them to learn many battle techniques with just a glance. It's said that Hall Master Kong possessed this kind of ability back then … "
Pavilion Master Kui Xiao said.
That was the only explanation they could come up with.
Otherwise, there was no way that the other party would be able to learn battle techniques so quickly just by shaking his head.
Just as Pavilion Master Kui Xiao was deep in thought, the First Elder's anxious voice sounded once more.
"Pavilion Master Kui, look!"
Pavilion Master Kui Xiao raised his head and saw Zhang Xuan executing another battle technique after executing the Bolting Lightning Clutching Clouds.
"Boundless Red Dust?"
"Violet Sun Suspending River?"
"Hundred Birds Rising Sun?"
"Ten Thousand Trails Obliteration …"
…
The names of the top-notch battle techniques of the Sevenstar Pavilion were uttered one after another. In the blink of an eye, the young man on the screen seemed to have morphed into the founder of the Sevenstar Pavilion. Countless battle techniques and cultivation techniques were at his fingertips, and every single one of them had reached Major Accomplishment!
Complete silence.
Some time later, Pavilion Master Kui Xiao's voice grew a little hoarse.
"There are a total of 23 top-notch battle techniques in the Seven Star Pavilion. Every single one of the sect leaders and elders of the Seven Star Pavilion would be able to make a name for themselves if they could master even a single one of them … Yet, he managed to master all of them?"
There were quite a few battle techniques on par with the Bolting Lightning Clutching Clouds in the Seven Star Pavilion, but they were extremely difficult to cultivate. Every single one of them required a lot of effort and effort.
In order to cultivate the Bolting Lightning Clutching Clouds, Pavilion Master Kui Xiao had made a trip to the Southern Border to observe the lightning storms, the Western Regions, and the City of Collapsed Space to seek answers. In the process, he had nearly lost his life.
Yet, the other party had only spent six hours in the library, and he had already mastered all of them.
Furthermore, every single one of them was even more fearsome than those who had cultivated for a hundred years. It was as if the other party had found the flaws in their moves and corrected them.
Was there really such a genius in the world?
"If he becomes our sect leader, it won't be long before our Seven Star Pavilion becomes the Seven Star Celestial Pavilion!"
Elder Hong Wu's mouth was agape.
"Become our sect leader?" Pavilion Master Kui Xiao asked. "Aren't you going to teach him a lesson?"
Previously, Pavilion Master Kui Xiao had said that he would teach Zhang Xuan a lesson.
"This …" Elder Hong Wu's face reddened. "Even though I'm a cultivation realm higher than him, there's no way I'll be a match for him …"
The other party had mastered so many battle techniques, and on top of that, he had a deep understanding of combat.
He knew that even though he was a cultivation realm higher than Zhang Xuan, he would still lose terribly in a battle.
There was no way he could compete with Zhang Xuan.
As such, the so-called 'teaching him a lesson' became nothing more than a joke.
"You are a cultivation realm higher than him, but you're still no match for him. If he were to make a breakthrough and reach Heavenly High Immortal realm, would it be possible for him to become the champion of the Six Sects?"
The First Elder's eyes lit up.
"This …"
"Zhang Xuan of the Ascendant Cloud Sword Pavilion has comprehended the Gods' Sword Intent, allowing him to reach the Heavenly True Immortal realm and kill High Immortals. On the other hand, the newly-appointed head of the Myriad Beasts Hall, Zheng Yang, is only at Heavenly High Immortal realm, but he is able to tame countless immortal beasts for his own use. If Liu Yang isn't one of those two in disguise, he might be able to stand on equal footing with them!"
"It's actually very simple. Pavilion Master Kui, you just have to enter the Ethereal Hall and ask Han Jianqiu and Qin Yuan."
The First Elder said.
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