Sacred Land of Martial Arts

Chu He returned to the Book Repository. Not long after, Zhao Yuling came rushing in like a whirlwind.

Before entering the Book Repository, she had still worn a lofty, icy expression, her face stern and her eyes brimming with authority. With her hands behind her back, a black ruler spun through her fingers.

Over the years, she had successfully settled into the role of a master!

But the moment she stepped into the Book Repository, she became a completely different person.

She tucked away the ruler, bounced around, and transformed into a youthful young girl.

"Little Chu Brother, where's Little Green?"

The moment she entered, she noticed that the Book Repository seemed to be missing something.

"It's grown too big, so I had it go outside to get some air and relax."

Chu He spoke casually.

"True! It really has grown rather big now. Who knows what it's been eating? Two years ago, it was still fairly normal."

Zhao Yuling nodded.

Her White-robed Emperor Palace was within Lin Commandery. With her martial cultivation, a round trip took only around twenty minutes.

When the White-robed Emperor Palace had first been established, she had thrown herself into it wholeheartedly, filled with passion, and only returned four or five times a year.

But she only maintained that enthusiasm for three years.

After that, her passion gradually dwindled.

She began returning to the Book Repository more and more often.

By now, she practically came running back every other day.

Therefore, she had watched Little Turtle's changes with her own eyes!

Those changes were simply like three days apart being three autumns apart.

It looked different every day.

She could not even properly pet its head anymore!

She could only ride it now.

And Little Turtle did not like cooperating with her either. It was no longer as fun as before!

She pulled over a recliner and, imitating Chu He, began rocking in it.

Sigh!

"Why are you sighing? What's bothering you?"

Chu He asked with a smile.

"Isn't it those disappointing disciples of mine? They're just too stupid!"

Zhao Yuling said, clearly in a poor mood.

Over the past ten years, she had taken in dozens of disciples.

And every one of them had been a prodigious genius from the various commanderies.

But ten years had passed. Zhao Yuling felt that she had been very dedicated, yet not one of those disciples had satisfied her!

Their cultivation speed was far too slow!

The highest cultivation among them was only barely at the Innate Realm.

It left her deeply disappointed.

"Your standards are too high."

Chu He spoke blandly.

Zhao Yuling's sights were set too high.

She judged her disciples using herself and Lin Xueling as the models.

Even if she lowered her standards by several levels,

there was still no comparison at all!

She should at least look at who their respective masters were!

One had read extensively and knew both ancient and modern matters.

The other was merely a little girl who had just set foot on the path.

How could they be compared?

"Little Chu Brother, do you think I just don't know how to teach?"

Zhao Yuling pouted, beginning to doubt herself.

After all, if one or two disciples had not been taught well, it could be blamed on the disciples.

But if dozens had not been taught well, then she had to wonder whether the problem lay with the master!

"Little Chu Brother, why don't you give me some guidance?"

Zhao Yuling suddenly said.

Chu He had only taught her and her little aunt, yet both of them were now Kings!

That alone showed how extraordinary his methods of teaching were.

"Teaching disciples is something that needs time to settle and mature. Everyone has their own teaching style. You can't learn mine."

Chu He shook his head and replied calmly.

Zhao Yuling sighed and nodded.

Indeed, how could someone easily reach the level of Little Chu Brother, who had read extensively, knew both ancient and modern matters, and whose every gesture, every word, and every action contained the great principles of the Dao!

There might be only one such person in the world!

That person was Little Chu Brother.

"Your little aunt sent word that a senior from the Xia Clan is taking her to the Sacred Land. Why aren't you going?"

Chu He glanced at Zhao Yuling and asked.

The Xia Clan had a martial arts Sacred Land. This was an absolute secret personally told to Lin Xueling by a Half-step Invincible King Old Ancestor when she had single-handedly suppressed an entire clan and was crowned the Ice Snow Empress in the Imperial City.

Having reached her level, and with her background confirmed to be spotless, she was already allowed to know many things.

In truth, if her rise had not been so sudden, she would have learned many secrets as soon as news spread of her breaking through to the Half-step King realm at such a young age.

It was precisely because it had been too sudden and too strange, leaving room for suspicion, that it had been delayed until her coronation.

By then, she had been confirmed as trustworthy.

It was said that, after that great upheaval several centuries ago, the Xia Clan had been forced into this resource-poor land.

If not for a peak King Old Ancestor standing guard over the Xia Clan, the clan might have been exterminated.

Even so, all the blessed lands and sacred grounds rich in resources had been occupied by the foreign clans.

At that time, the peak King Old Ancestor had already been heavily wounded during the great conflict against the Charm Clan. This was also a key reason why the Tiger Clan had seized the opportunity to strike.

The Tiger Clan had slowly gnawed away at the Xia Clan in order to force him out.

But in the end, the Old Ancestor never acted. Even after the entire Xia Clan had been forced into this barren land, the Xia Clan's remaining few King Old Ancestors had all gone into hiding.

Only then did the Tiger Clan abandon its plan to exterminate the Xia Clan.

Because the Xia Clan's experts had made their attitude abundantly clear!

If the fish died, the net would tear!

If their clan was truly exterminated, those surviving experts would not let the Tiger Clan off easily.

This land was already the Xia Clan's bottom line, and the Tiger Clan understood that clearly.

This was the full story of how the Xia Clan had declined from prosperity.

And the reason the Xia Clan had ultimately chosen this place as its retreat

was also because of careful consideration.

Because this place contained a Secret Realm comparable to a blessed land.

This was the Xia Clan's hidden foundation.

During the century after the great upheaval, Xia Clan experts had successively entered the Secret Realm to recuperate.

Afterward, the Xia Clan's true prodigies and geniuses were sent into the Secret Realm under various pretenses of death.

This was also one of the main reasons the Xia Clan appeared to have declined so quickly.

All the talented prodigies had been hidden away. With the younger generation unable to replace the old, it was already quite good that they still had two or three Half-step Invincible Kings!

There was no other choice.

The Xia Clan had to decline slowly. It could not show even the slightest sign of strength. Those hidden prodigies and geniuses could not emerge again! Because a pair of eyes was watching in the shadows.

The Tiger Clan!

Having failed to completely exterminate the Xia Clan, a clan that had once stood at the same level as itself, the Tiger Clan would never be entirely at ease. They would silently keep watch from the shadows.

If the Xia Clan declined normally and gradually, they would do nothing. They might even lend a hand when the Xia Clan faced the danger of extermination.

For no other reason!

Only because the aura of the Xia Clan's peak King Old Ancestor had yet to fade.

If the Xia Clan were exterminated, no matter the reason, he would not trouble any other clan. He would only seek out the Tiger Clan.

That was the ruthless declaration he had once made.

Therefore, so long as the Xia Clan declined normally and gradually, and the peak King Old Ancestor remained alive, the Tiger Clan would not press them too hard.

But if the Xia Clan showed signs of rising again, they would not simply stand by and watch.

Thus, strictly speaking, Lin Xueling's sudden appearance had badly frightened the Xia Clan's three Half-step Invincible King Old Ancestors.

Then Zhao Yuling had flung open the mountain gates, frightening them so badly their hearts could scarcely bear it.

Originally, they had planned to place the title of White-robed Empress upon Lin Xueling as well.

Yet Zhao Yuling, just like Lin Xueling, caught them completely off guard.

The Xia Clan producing two newly advanced Kings was a tremendous blessing, but if it aroused the Tiger Clan's suspicions, then a blessing would turn into a disaster!

But it had already happened, and the news had leaked. There was nothing they could do.

Afterward, fearing that the two might do something even more outrageous, they hurriedly revealed the secret after confirming that they could be trusted, telling them to restrain themselves and not be too high-profile.

Since the two had already been exposed, they could travel outside now. There was no longer any need for them to go to the Sacred Land!

They could suppress the world and ease the Xia Clan's increasingly severe pressure for survival.

They only needed to keep their actions within proper bounds!

But this time, Lin Xueling said that something major seemed to be about to happen, and the Sacred Land had personally sent someone to bring her over.

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