A Shocking Turn of Events (500 Monthly Votes Bonus Chapter)

Zuo Xiaopeng had someone steer the boat downstream. After roughly half an hour, the great vessel reached a small pavilion by the shore. An external martial arts expert with vigorous blood and qi and thick hands and feet raised his arm and hurled a massive iron anchor. The wind whistled as it flew, its force fierce, hooking into the dry, hardened earth on the bank. The ship came to a stop there.

After disembarking, Zuo Xiaopeng led Xiang Yang into the small pavilion to rest briefly, then had the servants who had long been waiting prepare carriages. The group swayed and bumped their way toward one of Zuo Xiaopeng's nearby estates.

The sky gradually darkened, evening shadows heavy. Xiang Yang sat cross-legged within a carriage, with the Profound Ice Sinking Wood and Que Xie Blade laid before him. As expected, the Que Xie Blade's demonic nature had greatly diminished, easing Xiang Yang's burden considerably.

"It is very useful. This Profound Ice Sinking Wood truly has miraculous effects in calming the mind and suppressing demons. If fashioned into small ornaments and worn year-round, it would be immensely beneficial in preventing martial artists from suffering qi deviation, and could even aid the cultivation of internal energy."

For once, Xiang Yang did not need to devote all his attention to suppressing Que Xie's demonic nature. He closed his eyes to rest, silently reciting the Ice Heart Technique within his heart. The cool energy he had cultivated within his body grew ever stronger, coursing through his entire body before returning to the Niwan Palace between his brows. Faintly, Xiang Yang sensed a heaven and earth utterly different from before.

It was as though, within the spiritual perception before him, a white speck of light was suppressing a black one. This was a faint spiritual