Great Grandmaster

Zhao Qinghan's eyes were unusually bright, almost glowing, and she was very envious.

After a layer of skin peeled off Wang Xuan's face, his new skin was smooth as jade, delicate and flawless, and looked like a vibrant new life.

Then, Zhao Qinghan didn't stand on ceremony and went to examine him to see what his condition was. She pinched Wang Xuan's face and pulled it outwards.

Wang Xuan turned his head to look at her. What's wrong with Goddess Zhao? What's going on? Why is she touching him inappropriately and touching his face?

She was soaking wet, her hair still dripping, and she had a fresh and ethereal beauty, but the light in her eyes was a little too bright.

This doesn't look like she's flirting with him. Besides, Zhao Qinghan isn't that kind of person; she's usually quite aloof and elegant.

"What kind of martial arts do you practice?" Zhao Qinghan quickly released her grip, no longer as calm and composed as usual. Her eyes were bright, and she wanted to learn it immediately.

Wang Xuan spoke mysteriously, as if revealing a huge secret, whispering, "The Daoist school dual cultivation technique!"

He spoke fluently, his face beaming with a smile.

Zhao Qinghan stared blankly, then punched him and rolled her eyes.

"Why are you asking this?" Wang Xuan didn't stop, continuing to stretch his body, practice the Golden Body Art, and experience his own powerful strength.

He felt that he now possessed inexhaustible power, capable of killing a master-level monster with a single blow.

Zhao Qinghan said, "After you peeled your skin, your skin became so smooth, which is much better than all kinds of beauty and skin care remedies. I think your physical skills are worth learning!"

Wang Xuan was speechless. The girl looked so serious that anyone who didn't know better would think it was something of life or death. But it turned out she was just doing it for beauty!

She had said something similar before, that she practiced Old Arts to maintain her figure, and then she quickly succeeded in Qi Gathering and cultivating her inner strength, which greatly discouraged Qin Cheng.

"Your thinking is wrong. You're not going to train hard in physical techniques just to get a good physique and fair skin?"

Zhao Qinghan nodded earnestly and said, "Yes, that's very important. It gives me motivation and helps me persevere. Practicing the Old Arts a high level can also prolong life and help me maintain my youth for longer."

"Don't you want to become extraordinary?" Wang Xuan asked him.

"Yes, I do want to, but the two goals are not contradictory. I'm moving forward, and both goals are getting closer," Zhao Qinghan said solemnly.

What else could Wang Xuan say? Miss Zhao had a clear goal: to be both beautiful and extraordinary, and to achieve both simultaneously. With the former factor in mind, her will was very firm.

If she succeeds, she can probably brag about it for many years. She embarked on the path of spiritual practice to maintain her figure.

Wang Xuan didn't hide it from her and told her it was the Golden Body Art.

As a result, Zhao Qinghan's expression immediately changed. She looked at him with a strange look in her eyes and said, "Practice until you can't be cut by a long sword, and bullets can't penetrate you, and your body is as hard as iron? I'm not practicing anymore!"

Wang Xuan didn't quite understand at first, but then, after glancing at her wet, curvaceous figure, he realized that she was afraid of turning herself into a hard block of iron.

Forget it, he won't explain anymore. Anyway, most people can't adapt to it. The Golden Body Art is too energy-consuming and time-consuming, and it can't be mastered under normal circumstances.

"After I go back, I will carefully select some physical techniques and determine the general direction for the future," Zhao Qinghan said. At this stage, she is practicing the Old Arts and learning the New Arts.

But now she has discovered that her classmate is so amazing, having mastered the Old Arts to an extremely mysterious level, which has made her look forward to the Old Arts with great anticipation.

"You should quickly take two Spirit Nurturing Lotus, that's about right, then the medicinal effect will decrease sharply," Wang Xuan told her.

He ate the half lotus flower he hadn't finished, otherwise it would have been a waste. Once this thing lost its roots, it would lose its Spiritual Matter every moment if it wasn't taken back to the spaceship for processing immediately.

For him, this half lotus petal only had a slight effect, not as obvious as it had at the beginning.

Wang Xuan reached a critical point, transitioning to the seventh level of the Golden Body Art, and his strength directly increased to the peak of the Grandmaster level.

It's worth noting that he had only been established in this field for a short time, and now he has begun to grow stronger dramatically, surpassing the mid-stage of Grandmaster and standing at the pinnacle, which is quite astonishing.

Moreover, he estimated that he would likely break through to the Great Grandmaster realm soon!

He could only marvel at how the mysterious place was imbued with a rich mythological atmosphere, making the trip worthwhile.

Without a doubt, the Spirit Nurturing Lotus is a miraculous medicine carefully prepared by the Supernatural Being, the Great Dragon, for its offspring, and its effects are quite remarkable.

Wang Xuan felt that with his current strength, he wouldn't be afraid even if he encountered a true Great Grandmaster!

He was in a special state, with all his physical indicators being ridiculously strong, even surpassing the Great Grandmaster in some aspects.

Judging by his physique, he can be considered Great Grandmaster by all accounts!

However, once one reaches the Great Grandmaster, some strange changes occur, and those traits quickly manifest. These did not happen to Wang Xuan.

The signs were that some abilities that were close to the extraordinary emerged one after another, such as opening one's mouth to spit out an Energy Beam and sever the head of an opponent.

Some people can even condense flames from their own bodies and unleash a dazzling burst of true fire, directly injuring their opponents or even burning them to ashes.

Some people can even make their internal organs roar and burst with lightning to blast their opponents to death.

Old Chen once demonstrated the Thunder Technique, which was incredibly powerful and could shatter various secret techniques in the New Arts Domain.

Wang Xuan could also resonate with his internal organs, but only with thunderous sounds and faint flowing light; he couldn't directly unleash a beam of light to kill his opponent.

Therefore, he believed that he was not yet Great Grandmaster.

But he wasn't disappointed. What does that tell us? It shows that he has a very solid foundation!

He is still in the accumulation stage. When he can show the qualities of Great Grandmaster, he will be even more amazing.

Besides, his current strength is enough to make him fearless of Great Grandmaster!

He was looking forward to seeing what changes would occur once he truly stepped into that field.

"Great Dragon, forget it. I guess when I reach the Great Grandmaster realm, I won't want to cause you any trouble either. It's best if we don't see each other for the time being."

Clearly, he had designs on that Supernatural Being.

Wang Xuan glanced at Zhao Qinghan and noticed that she had consumed the Spirit Nurturing Lotus, and was sitting quietly with her eyes closed, her forehead glowing softly.

He realized that Zhao was practicing an unusual spiritual method, and that the Spirit Nurturing Lotus would likely be of great benefit to her.

He walked to the side, struck the cliff face with his palm to test his strength, and then turned and ran. This section of the cliff collapsed, and the upper cliff face followed with a thunderous roar.

For an ordinary Grandmaster-level creature, it would probably be able to turn into a meat patty with a single move!

Not long after, Wang Xuan returned and noticed that Zhao Qinghan was acting strangely. She glanced at him a few times, then looked away with an unnatural expression.

At first, he didn't know what was going on. Then he saw a wisp of Light Mist across Zhao Qinghan's forehead, and he immediately realized what was happening.

The Light Mist resembled a spiritual realm, but it was clearly still some distance from its initial formation, and it was inferior to his earlier state.

Zhao Qinghan possesses unusual and unique mental abilities; she was even used to hypnotize him during her time as New Star. Due to marriage between the Zhao Family and the indigenous people, Zhao Qinghan's pupils turn purple when she uses her mental powers.

"Could she have had some corresponding abilities before she formed her spiritual domain?" Wang Xuan guessed.

Sure enough, Zhao Qinghan looked at him twice more with an unnatural expression. Only when she completely concealed the Light Mist on her forehead and her pupils were no longer purple did she return to normal.

Wang Xuan remained silent. Goddess Zhao, was very curious. Had she been spying on him just now?

After that, she calmed down and did not use that surge of mental energy again.

Wang Xuan remained calm and decided not to expose her. After all, everyone has curiosity when they first gain powerful mental perception abilities.

They set off again, hoping to reunite with those people.

"Something's up! There are Stone House in this area!" Wang Xuan spotted a cluster of buildings in the dense forest, constructed of piled stones, clearly a dwelling.

He looked closely and saw that it resembled a small village, but it was quiet and there wasn't a sound.

"Are there indigenous people in the Midi who are similar to humans?" Wang Xuan asked.

Zhao Qinghan shook her head, her expression also grave, indicating that none of the expedition teams had ever discovered such a place. This was quite strange; they had actually found a cluster of buildings.

It was eerily quiet there, Death Qi.

In the end, they didn't approach; they turned and left. The place was strange, and in such a dangerous New World, too much curiosity could be fatal.

"At that time, the Great Dragon was chasing us, and we fled in panic, most likely going in the wrong direction," Zhao Qinghan judged.

Since previous expeditions had never found any houses, it meant that no one had ever been in this direction, so they began searching for their way back.

The secret realm is vast and boundless, teeming with all sorts of wondrous things. Wang Xuan and his companions searched as they went, and he had already achieved this much by picking just one kind of Spirit Nurturing Lotus.

If he has the opportunity to get close to things like the Destiny Nectar and the Earth Immortal Grass, he will surely become extraordinary and his strength will increase to an astonishing level. At that time, it will definitely be no problem for him to go and "chat" with the Great Dragon.

The reality was harsh: they did find several locations with strange objects, but there were also suspected Supernatural Being lurking nearby.

This was something Wang Xuan perceived through his perfect spiritual realm. If one didn't understand it and rashly rushed in, they might die a tragic death.

Zhao Qinghan was certain that this was indeed the outer area of the secret realm, and they had not crossed the boundary.

"There's a battle going on, and it's very intense. The forest is constantly exploding, and it's at least a battle between monsters at the Great Grandmaster level!"

Wang Xuan stared ahead, where thunderous sounds and bursts of light were heard, the cliff face was cracking, and in the distance, large swathes of trees had fallen.

"Pegasus?"

"Is this truly a mythological reenactment, a herd of Pegasus?"

Both of them were stunned as a herd of horses galloped away from the hillside.

A herd of snow-white horses, without a single stray hair on their bodies, all with broad, snow-white wings, soared through the air, flying over the mountains shrouded in Light Mist.

There were also some horses on the ground, their bodies shimmering with golden light, their fur like golden silk, galloping through the mountains and forests at an extremely fast speed, even leaping over cliffs and precipices, chasing after the herd of white horses in the sky.

After the herd of horses left, Wang Xuan and Zhao Qinghan approached. The woodland had been trampled by the horses' hooves, and many large trees had been smashed to pieces, leaving it in a terrible state.

"There's a horse that's badly injured!"

"Pegasus?"

The two walked over quickly.

In the woods, a white horse, its body as white as jade, was remarkably magnificent, though its head was bleeding, staining the ground red. It lay there neighing softly.

There was a hint of sadness in its eyes as it gazed in the direction where the herd of flying horses had departed, unwilling to look away for a long time.

Clearly, this horse had fought with either the Pegasus in the herd or the golden horses running on the ground, destroying this woodland.

"This horse is amazing. Although it has no wings and can't fly, it still looks like a foal, not fully grown yet." Zhao Qinghan exclaimed in surprise.

Many people in New Star are passionate about horse racing and have developed many exotic horse breeds. One of her uncles even kept several exotic horses that cost a fortune.

Clearly, the priceless horse her uncle had mentioned was far inferior to the white horse before her.

Wang Xuan clicked his tongue in amazement. He could also see that although the injured white horse was not short, it was indeed more immature than the horses that had left the herd.

But this battlefield is a battle of Great Grandmaster level!

He was starting to have doubts about life. Was a whole herd of horses all Great Grandmaster- level monsters?

One can imagine that the more powerful individuals in the herd are mostly Supernatural Being!

"Are we still in the outer area? Something's not right. We've encountered a group of Great Grandmaster- level Pegasus, and even a Superior leader!" Wang Xuan sighed.

Then he walked toward the foal on the ground, which had only suffered a head injury and was probably a little dizzy and unable to get up.

Seeing Wang Xuan approach, it widened its eyes and began to struggle.

"Don't be afraid, I mean you no harm. Come with me. I have a medicinal herb here that you can eat." Wang Xuan squatted down, trying to soothe the white horse.

Zhao Qinghan was also quite looking forward to it. If Great Grandmaster- level spirit horse were tamed and transported to New Star, it would probably drive some people who bet on horse racing crazy.

In this secret place, having a Great Grandmaster- level mount would be much more convenient.

Bang!

This horse was too wild; it was still lying on the ground when it kicked Wang Xuan.

Just when Zhao Qinghan thought Wang Xuan would patiently soothe and tame the intelligent white horse, he suddenly slapped her across the face.

Bang bang bang...

The following scenes are quite unattractive, lacking any particularly beautiful art style.

Wang Xuan used the aesthetics of violence to communicate with the colt, and in the end, he forcefully beat the spirited horse to its knees, making it temporarily submit.

Clearly, the horse had a strong will to survive and did not want to die. After realizing that it was no match for Wang Xuan, it stopped resisting.

Half a day later, Wang Xuan and Zhao Qinghan successfully mounted the magnificent steed and traveled through the mountains in search of familiar faces.

Great Grandmaster- level spirit horses are truly amazing in their speed, traversing mountains and valleys, crossing many terrains with incredible speed and effortlessness.

Of course, Wang Xuan was also constantly on guard against and trying to educate it, because it tried to escape several times and even attacked Wang Xuan, but he suppressed it each time.

Wang Xuan grabbed the horse's mane, as if he were glued to its back, and every time it made a fuss, it would be hit hard!

Of course, he was quite satisfied. Not only did he have the combat power of Great Grandmaster, but even his mount was capable of fighting against the Moonlight Bodhisattva.

Zhao Qinghan sat behind, holding onto Wang Xuan's clothes on both sides of his body, but when the horse leaped over the uneven terrain, it bounced violently, and she had to quickly hug Wang Xuan's waist.

In the afternoon, they found their way back to the original place, but the people were gone, leaving behind a lot of blood and traces of a fight.

Zhao Qinghan sensed that they were getting close to those acquaintances. She gently hugged Wang Xuan's waist and whispered in his ear, "I will help you keep the secret."

In the evening, before sunset, they spotted some acquaintances.

Through the dense forest, Wang Xuan saw Zhong Cheng and Zhou Yun, both covered in blood, with only a dozen or so people left with them.

At the same time, he saw the herd of winged horses again, which was quite amazing. Their wide, snow-white wings stretched across the sky, and the herd of horses crossed the mountains, looking particularly sacred in the sunset.

On the ground, a herd of golden horses leaped over the cliff and chased after them.

"This is... Pegasus?!" Zhong Cheng exclaimed in shock.

"Can this kind of horse be tamed? It would be great if we could breed some in New Star." Zhou Yun exclaimed. If he got one of these and went to gamble on horses, whose horse could beat him?

An experienced member of the surviving expedition poured cold water on the idea, saying, "Don't even think about it. There was once a grandmaster who tried to tame one, only to be trampled to pieces by a single hoof. His death was quite gruesome."

"He looks a bit like Old Wang," Zhong Cheng remarked.

Upon hearing these words, Wang Xuan wanted to beat him up immediately!

Zhou Yun nodded and said, "I've heard that too. That chest-bursting kick from the Old Earth is really powerful."

The colt that Wang Xuan was riding didn't neigh, but seemed very sad as it stared at the departing herd of horses and slowly walked out of the forest.

"Little Wang, Sister Zhao!" Zhong Cheng was shocked. How could the two people who were kidnapped by the monster actually come back alive?

Zhou Yun was immediately stunned and said, "Pegasus? Little Wang, you're something else! Sell it to me!"

"Hiss!"

Suddenly, several of the departing horses turned back, gazed in this direction, and neighed.

Is this a sign of total annihilation? Wang Xuan felt a chill run down his spine. He quickly covered his mouth, afraid that his words would come true once again!

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