Brocade Dragon Guard

After breaking through to the Meridian Realm, Yi Yun's perception of this world was completely different.

Now, even without resorting to the Origin Purple Crystal lurking in his heart, Yi Yun could sense the ubiquitous Yuan Qi in this world. This Yuan Qi was like air; it entered his body as he breathed and adjusted his breath, then was expelled through his pores, imperceptibly transforming Yi Yun's physique.

Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi was a higher-grade energy than food.

Mortals ate grains, but martial artists could use Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi as the essential energy for their bodies. Once their martial arts reached a certain realm, they could practice Bigu.

In ancient China, there were records in Zhuangzi: Wandering Far and Free about "not eating grains, inhaling the wind, and drinking dew."

The meaning was to forgo grains and survive solely on the energy of Heaven and Earth. This way of living caused a person's body to tend toward purity, with few impurities and an increasingly long lifespan.

The ancients greatly revered this realm, and many ancient books recorded it.

Of course, Yi Yun was still far from being able to practice Bigu. Yi Yun believed that when the day came that he truly reached the realm of Bigu, he would absolutely, positively not have the realization for Bigu.

Back on Earth, Yi Yun was a foodie—uh... that phrasing was too vulgar; it should be said that Yi Yun was a gourmet enthusiast. Yes, a gourmet enthusiast. The former was a sign of being both gluttonous and lazy, while the latter was called knowing how to enjoy life.

Not only did Yi Yun like to eat, but he also cooked for himself. He lived alone for a long time on Earth, and although the dishes he made were not comparable to those of a top chef, among home-cooked meals, they were definitely delicious.

If another two years passed and Yi Yun carved out his own career, relying on his fairly decent looks coupled with his good culinary skills, going out to find a girlfriend would certainly be popular.

Pity that with this transmigration, everything started over from scratch. In this poor and bitter Lian Clan, Yi Yun's culinary skills had no way of being put to use.

Yi Yun was counting on living a good life in the future, making a table of good dishes to properly reward himself. As for Bigu or inhaling the wind and drinking dew, he would let them go to hell. That kind of life was terrifying just to think about; even the desires of the tongue and mouth could not be satisfied, so wouldn't half the joy of life be gone?

Coming to this different world for a month, the only bit of meat Yi Yun had seen was that piece of cured meat. Although that cured meat didn't taste good, it was meat after all. Now the cured meat was all eaten up, leaving only coarse grain porridge, and Yi Yun's mouth could practically taste birds out of sheer blandness.

Of course, constrained by current conditions, Yi Yun could only endure the hunger in his stomach and rely on Savage Bone Essence to replenish his energy.

Fortunately, eating this Savage Bone Essence also felt tremendously awesome.

Since the Lian Clan was withholding food and refused to feed him, he would eat their Savage Bone Essence!

Since he had already planned to suck all the Savage Bone Essence clean anyway, Yi Yun stood on no ceremony. He planned to borrow the power of the Purple Crystal once again when refining the savage bones today, wantonly absorbing the Savage Bone Essence.

Yi Yun had always done this, but today, a slight accident occurred.

In the early morning, when Yi Yun returned to the Lian Clan, he discovered that the Lian Clan was extremely lively.

The old and young of the clan had all walked out of their homes and arrived at the square in front of the clan chieftain's courtyard, to the extent that this small square was a sea of people for a time.

And right in the midst of this crowd was a giant object shaped like a small mountain.

Yi Yun looked closely and was immediately greatly startled. That mountain-shaped thing turned out to be a giant beast!

This...

Yi Yun was stunned. How did such a giant beast appear in the Lian Clan? Looking at the size of this giant beast, it was definitely immensely strong. A single beast could flatten the entire Lian Clan!

Yet now, with so many people surrounding it, this giant beast clearly had no aggressiveness and was actually coexisting peacefully with the members of the Lian Clan.

Eh?

Yi Yun's mind suddenly flashed with inspiration. "This giant beast..."

He remembered that when he had just transmigrated to this world and met Jiang Xiaorou to walk home together, he had seen a terrifying giant beast running across the wilderness on the way!

That giant beast was more than ten meters long, with sharp tusks and limbs as thick as iron pillars, running at an extremely fast speed.

And back then, sitting on the back of the giant beast was a man carrying a sword. That man had a fierce aura and was very terrifying.

That scene left an extremely deep impression on Yi Yun. After all, as an Earthling, suddenly seeing such a sight was a bit too shocking.

And now, the giant beast on this square looked exactly the same as the giant beast running across the fields, and might even be the same one!

Yi Yun immediately figured it out. A bigwig had come to the Lian Clan, and this mountain-like giant beast was that bigwig's mount!

How could Yi Yun miss such a matter? He moved with flying speed, rapidly dashing toward the Lian Clan square.

Along the way, Yi Yun saw the villagers of the Lian Clan joyous and celebratory, just like the New Year.

And Yi Yun also heard scraps of discussion. The content of this discussion made Yi Yun's heart beat much faster.

The master of this giant beast was a member of the Brocade Dragon Guard!

The Brocade Dragon Guard was the trump-card army of the Tai'a Divine Kingdom, and the cultivation of their primary combat members was all at or above the Purple Blood Realm!

An army composed of Purple Blood Realm warriors as its basic unit—one could imagine its combat strength!

The person who founded the Brocade Dragon Guard back then was the Founding Emperor of the Tai'a Divine Kingdom. Back then, the Tai'a Ancestral Emperor led the Brocade Dragon Guard to sweep across the universe and conquer the eight desolate regions, thereby establishing the supreme foundation of the Tai'a Divine Kingdom.

This ferocious and wolf-like army of the Brocade Dragon Guard had been preserved from the founding of the state down to the present day, having already continued for an unknown number of generations.

The Tai'a Divine Kingdom held martial artist selections, and those chosen would enter the Brocade Dragon Guard reserves, cultivate in the reserves, and only after passing assessments would they become official members.

However, wanting to pass the assessment was also extremely difficult. If the final assessment failed, then one could only enter the ordinary military and miss out on the trump-card army that was the Brocade Dragon Guard.

"Since he is a member of the Brocade Dragon Guard, that means this person who came to the Lian Clan is at least a Purple Blood Realm warrior."

The Brocade Dragon Guard's Purple Blood Realm warriors were on a completely different level of combat strength compared to the native Purple Blood Realm warriors born and raised in Yunhuang.

And in fact, this member of the Brocade Dragon Guard who had come to the Lian Clan this time was a Purple Blood Peak powerhouse.

With his cultivation reaching this level, coupled with his long tempering within the Brocade Dragon Guard, his combat strength was matchless; he was an elite warrior of the Brocade Dragon Guard!

When this person came to the Great Wilderness, even the chieftains of large clans with over one hundred thousand households had to bow and pay respects upon seeing him.

Then as for the Lian Clan, his status went without saying; it belonged to the kind that scared people to death.

Thus, the higher-ups of the Lian Clan turned out in full force. Lian Chengyu and the old clan chieftain were at the very front of the welcoming procession, plastering their faces with ingratiating smiles toward this man.

And by this time, Yi Yun also saw clearly that this man was the sword-carrying man he had seen on the back of the giant beast when he first arrived in this different world. His imposing manner was extremely fierce; separated by a long distance, he still gave people a sense of exceptionally heavy oppression.

It really is him!

Yi Yun's heart stirred. This was already the second time seeing him.

The first time he had just transmigrated and encountered him near the Lian Clan, it seemed it was no coincidence.

Come to think of it, based on Yi Yun's understanding of Yunhuang after coming to this world, he knew very well that Yunhuang was originally a barren land, especially the Lian Clan, which was an even more impoverished small clan among the barren lands. Where would ordinary experts have the idle time to come to this kind of bird-shitting place?

That being said, this man as a Brocade Dragon Guard elite actually lingered near the Lian Clan for so long continuously; he surely had his reasons. Yet he just didn't know what the exact reason was.