Huh!?
Ji Fengliu's foot, which had stepped forward, suddenly halted in midair.
He looked at Ye Xuan beside him, his star-like eyes narrowing slightly.
"Who are you!?"
He had never seen this person before.
Ye Xuan set down the wine cup in his hand, stood up, and stretched lazily. "The Holy Son of the Violet Firmament Sect, Ye Xuan?"
"The Violet Firmament Sect's Holy Son?"
Ji Fengliu frowned and sized Ye Xuan up. Then he sneered coldly, shook his head, and continued toward the hall's exit.
In his eyes, Ye Xuan was merely a clown at the Body Tempering Realm, not worth noticing.
"Hmph, Ji Fengliu, you're quite arrogant!"
At that moment, Qi Chuan snorted coldly from the seat of honor in the main hall.
Ji Fengliu had not shown the slightest courtesy from beginning to end. It was obvious that he did not take him, the marquis, seriously!
Moreover, he had called himself a true dragon. Wasn't that an insult to Xiao Chengfeng and him?
What an ignorant, disrespectful fool!
But before the Sect Master of the Lin Tian Sword Sect could rise to explain, everyone saw Ye Xuan actually walk toward the Inquiry Stele!
What did this mean!?
Liu Yunxi and Xiao Chengfeng were also stunned when they saw this.
Nangong Fei watched with great interest.
Could it be that the only Mortal Body Holy Son in the Four Regions was also going to test his comprehension!?
Buzz!
Just as everyone was puzzled, Ye Xuan reached the Inquiry Stele and raised his hand. The instant his finger brushed across the stele's surface, mottled patterns surged with dazzling radiance wherever it passed!
The Inquiry Stele shook violently and rumbled. Its sound not only reverberated throughout the entire hall but even startled the whole Marquis Manor!
Ji Fengliu, who had already descended the stone steps outside the hall, also suddenly stopped and frowned as he looked back inside.
At that moment, everyone in the main hall was dumbstruck.
That was because the runes on the Inquiry Stele were now flowing like flowers raining from the heavens, with thousands of auspicious rays!
In the end, countless fragments of runes converged into nine complete golden runes. Their radiance blazed so fiercely that they were like torches within the main hall!
Nine runes in a single breath!?
W-What the hell was this!?
Even Qi Chuan was dumbfounded. He had once taken this Inquiry Stele to Cloud Palace Academy, but those who could manifest seven runes in a single breath were as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.
He had never even seen nine runes in one breath!
Could it be that the Inquiry Stele had broken!?
Xiao Chengfeng was even more bewildered. He stood beside the stone stele and stared at Ye Xuan like an idiot.
"A true dragon?"
"Heh!"
Ye Xuan let out a scornful laugh, then turned around and strode away with his head held high.
This banquet for the Marquis Manor's prodigies had already become meaningless!
"Ye Xuan!"
Xiao Chengfeng finally came to his senses, instantly overwhelmed by shame and fury.
He had endured Ji Fengliu's humiliation.
But with Ye Xuan's Mortal Body talent, what right did he have to humiliate him as well!?
"So what if you have great comprehension!?"
"Without talent and cultivation, you still have no qualifications to fight me!"
"Tomorrow, do you dare to take the stage!?"
But Ye Xuan continued walking away, offering only his back. He did not even deign to respond.
By then, Ye Xuan had reached the hall's exterior and brushed past Ji Fengliu.
"Ye Xuan. I'll remember that name!"
Ji Fengliu's pupils contracted slightly as he spoke coldly.
"Remember my name?"
"That is your good fortune."
Ye Xuan smiled faintly, his sleeves billowing as he departed grandly.
The night was deep and the moon bright. It was time to return and attend to serious business with Wan'er!
Watching Ye Xuan's back, Ji Fengliu laughed in fury.
In this Barren Continent, there was actually someone even more arrogant than him!?
"Marquis Qi, farewell!"
It was only after Su Ziyun also left the banquet that Qi Chuan finally recovered. He hurried to the Inquiry Stele to inspect it, but in an instant, his expression changed dramatically.
"Marquis, don't let him fool you. It must have been the Inquiry Stele that malfunctioned!"
Liu Yunxi hurried over and spoke at once.
Ye Xuan had actually shown off at this Marquis Manor banquet, and it made her suffer terribly!
"This stele really did malfunction."
Qi Chuan frowned.
At that moment, he discovered that the stone stele had become completely smooth, without the slightest trace of mottling remaining.
What was going on!?
"Marquis, a guest has come to visit!"
At that moment, the steward's voice rang out from outside the hall.
"What guest? Can't you see that I'm busy?"
Qi Chuan waved his hand impatiently.
"Marquis!"
But the steward walked straight into the main hall and whispered a few words into Qi Chuan's ear.
After hearing him, Qi Chuan's expression changed drastically.
"The Xuan Clan prodigy from Cloud Palace Academy has arrived!?"
"Indeed. He just arrived and is waiting for you, Marquis!" The steward nodded.
"Good, I'll go at once!"
Qi Chuan nodded, then looked at Xiao Chengfeng and said, "Brother, you should return for now. I have an honored guest to meet!"
"Very well!" Xiao Chengfeng was depressed enough as it was and did not want to continue attending the banquet.
But Liu Yunxi had accurately caught the words Qi Chuan had used.
A Xuan Clan prodigy from Cloud Palace Academy!?
Could it be...
"Marquis, what was the name of the Xuan Clan prodigy you mentioned?" Liu Yunxi hurriedly asked.
"Xuan Zhou..."
Qi Chuan frowned, then quickly cupped his fists toward everyone in the main hall. "Everyone, this marquis must take his leave. Please continue, continue!"
With that, he hurriedly left the main hall with the steward.
"Xuan Zhou!?"
Liu Yunxi was puzzled.
Wasn't his name Xuan Ye?
Could they be different people?
No!
But soon, realization dawned on Liu Yunxi.
Zhou, day and night!
Xuan Ye was Xuan Zhou!
When an Xuan Clan prodigy traveled outside to gain experience, how could he use his real name!?
At that thought, Liu Yunxi's heart surged with excitement.
She had known that a demon of the Xuan Clan could not possibly die so easily in the secret realm!
And now that Xuan Zhou had arrived in Tianxuan City, didn't that mean her opportunity had come again?
This time, she had to perform well. Perhaps she might even get the chance to approach the Xuan Clan prodigy!
"Yunxi, what's wrong?" Xiao Chengfeng asked when he saw that Liu Yunxi was acting strangely.
"Nothing, nothing..."
Liu Yunxi smiled sweetly, but she had already made a plan with two layers of insurance in her heart.
If she could marry into the Xuan Clan by winning over its prodigy, that would be best. If not, she could still marry Xiao Chengfeng...
Meanwhile, the other City Lords and Sect Masters in the main hall had also heard Qi Chuan mention the Xuan Clan prodigy.
In other words, would Cloud Palace Academy be participating in this Sect Tournament!?
If that was true, then the disciples' performances would be of vital importance!
As a result, everyone lost the will to remain seated and rose to leave one after another.
After Ye Xuan returned to the inn, he went straight to Wan'er's room.
"Brother Ye Xuan!"
Wan'er was overjoyed when she saw Ye Xuan enter.
"Mm, are you feeling better?"
Ye Xuan came to the bedside and checked Chu Wan'er's body again.
The Peach Talisman's effects were still present, healing Wan'er's meridians. At the very least, Wan'er no longer looked so weak.
"I'm really much better!"
Chu Wan'er nodded heavily, then blushed and said shyly, "I'll attend to you as you retire, Brother Ye Xuan..."
Only then did Ye Xuan notice that Wan'er was wearing nothing but a thin veil. Her fair skin and exquisite curves were completely exposed, causing the fire in his heart to flare as well!
He knew what Wan'er was worried about. Besides, it was time to return the Emperor Blood to her.
"No need. I'll attend to Wan'er..."
With that, Ye Xuan gave an enchanting smile, raised his hand to set up a sealing formation throughout the room, and then pounced straight at her...
The night was like water, and the spring night was warm beneath the bed curtains.
The instant Ye Xuan and Chu Wan'er became one, the Little Pagoda within Ye Xuan's body activated as well. A drop of azure blood, glittering with dazzling radiance, merged into Chu Wan'er's body.
It was the Longevity Emperor's Blood!
As the Emperor Blood entered her body, Chu Wan'er's damaged foundation and meridians instantly felt as if they had been bathed in spring wind, rapidly mending and healing.
At that moment, part of the Power of Nine Thunder Tribulation Heaven sealed within the pagoda also surged into Ye Xuan's body.
In an instant, a layer of dazzling Saint Radiance rose from both their bodies and intertwined into a cocoon!
The Little Pagoda also floated out at that moment, completely isolating the fluctuations.
At the same time, outside Tianxuan City, thousand-zhang tribulation clouds gathered. Beneath the thunderclouds, Liu Yunxi hovered alone in the air with her arms spread wide, welcoming the tribulation lightning!
After returning to the Azure Mist Sect's residence, she had swallowed the Yuan Gang Pill.
The energy of a high-grade Yuan Gang Pill was tremendously terrifying. After she refined all the pill's power, she directly broke through her realm and drew down the lightning tribulation.
When the thunder descended and the tribulation clouds dispersed, Liu Yunxi slowly flew down from the sky.
At that moment, facing the overjoyed Azure Mist Sect cultivators below, Liu Yunxi looked toward Tianxuan City and raised a cold smile at the corners of her lips.
Now, she had not only successfully passed the tribulation and become a cultivator of the Heavenly Gang Realm, but her talent had also just transformed into a Spirit Physique!
Even the Exotic Fire awakened within her body had risen to the second rank!
With such talent, even throughout the Eastern Region, she was still one of only a handful!
"Ye Xuan, Chu Wan'er, tomorrow I'll let you know what a naturally noble scion truly is!"
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