Great Bamboo Peak.
Shou Jing Hall.
The atmosphere around the dinner table was somewhat oppressive.
Tian Buyi sat at the head of the table with a stern expression.
He picked up a piece of pickled radish and tossed it into his mouth, chewing it with a loud crunch.
It was as if he were chewing not radish, but some disobedient rebellious disciple.
Everyone else at the table sat as silent as cicadas in winter.
During this period.
Tian Buyi's temper had grown increasingly irritable.
No one dared provoke Tian Buyi.
Suddenly.
Tian Buyi's originally stern, chubby face changed dramatically.
What a powerful aura!
This presence made no attempt to conceal itself as it charged straight toward Great Bamboo Peak.
"Which blind fool dares trespass on my Great Bamboo Peak!"
Tian Buyi snorted coldly.
His figure instantly transformed into a blur and vanished from Shou Jing Hall.
Su Ru followed close behind.
Song Daren, Tian Ling'er, and the others exchanged glances.
Although they had no idea what was happening, they hurriedly abandoned their bowls and chopsticks and chased after them.
Above Great Bamboo Peak.
Ye Xuan stood atop the Chang Qing Sword with his hands behind his back, leisurely admiring the familiar mountain below.
The Black Bamboo forest remained lush and verdant.
Shou Jing Hall was still just as dilapidated.
A warm sense of returning home welled up naturally within him.
"So this is Great Bamboo Peak..."
Ye Xuan stretched lazily.
He was just about to lower the sword's radiance and descend.
At that moment.
A powerful gale suddenly surged skyward without warning.
A crimson-red stream of spiritual power rushed toward Ye Xuan's face like a mad dragon emerging from the sea.
The force came swiftly and fiercely, showing no intention of holding back.
Ye Xuan raised an eyebrow.
This familiar aura.
Who else could it be besides that arrogant, chubby master of his?
"Master."
"We haven't seen each other in so long, and this is how grand your greeting is?"
Ye Xuan teased him verbally, but his movements were anything but slow.
With a thought.
The Chang Qing Sword beneath his feet instantly let out a soaring dragon's cry.
Its originally three-foot-long blade transformed into a giant sword over ten feet long and slammed directly into the crimson spiritual power.
"Boom!"
A thunderous explosion rang out.
The two forces collided violently in midair.
The resulting waves churned, instantly scattering the surrounding clouds.
On the plaza before Shou Jing Hall.
Song Daren and the others, who had just rushed out, were startled by the sudden explosion.
They looked up.
In midair, crimson and jade-green radiance intertwined and clashed, neither yielding to the other.
"Is that... Seventh?!"
Song Daren's mouth fell open.
"My goodness!"
"Seventh actually dares to go head-to-head with Master?"
Du Bishu's eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets.
At that moment.
Tian Buyi, high in the sky, was likewise utterly shocked.
Originally, he had only wanted to casually test how much his disciple had improved.
Thus, he had used roughly the strength of the seventh or eighth level of the Yuqing Realm.
In his mind.
That move should at least have forced the boy into a flustered scramble.
Then he would appear in the dignified manner of a master and lecture the boy a little.
That would establish his authority while also testing the boy's cultivation.
He had even written the entire script.
But what happened?
After that collision.
Seventh's spiritual power was astonishingly condensed, solid as a rock!
"Interesting."
"Brat, again."
Looking at the blue-robed youth opposite him.
A barely detectable flash of delight passed through Tian Buyi's eyes.
But the delight vanished in an instant, immediately concealed beneath sternness.
With that.
Tian Buyi formed a spell seal with one hand.
In the blink of an eye.
Crimson light blazed around his body.
This time, it was no longer a casual probe.
A terrifying pressure belonging to a Shangqing Realm expert instantly bore down on Ye Xuan.
The air itself seemed to freeze at that moment.
Below, Song Daren and the others immediately found it difficult to breathe.
Su Ru stood beneath the corridor, her delicate brows slightly furrowed.
"Is Buyi getting serious?"
"Even if he wants to test him, there is no need to use Shangqing Realm pressure, is there?"
She was just about to speak up and stop him.
But she saw Ye Xuan in midair, facing that overwhelming pressure like mountains and seas.
Not only did he show no trace of panic.
Instead, his entire person became dazzlingly sharp.
He was like a treasured sword hidden in its sheath for many years, finally revealing its peerless edge.
"Since Master is in the mood."
"Then this disciple will have to show off a little."
Ye Xuan chuckled.
He stopped hiding his strength.
"Boom!"
A pure and limpid yet vast-as-the-sea aura erupted from Ye Xuan's body.
"That aura... the Shangqing Realm?!"
Seeing this.
Su Ru, who had still been worried moments ago, suddenly contracted her pupils.
Song Daren and the others beside her were left dumbfounded.
What?
The Shangqing Realm?
Who?
Seventh?
What kind of joke was this?
It had only been a little over a year!
Even if he had cultivated while sitting on a rocket, he could not have advanced this quickly, could he?
In the sky.
Tian Buyi's heart was even more rocked by stormy waves.
He was the closest and felt it most deeply.
Although the aura Ye Xuan unleashed was still somewhat immature.
In both purity and strength, however, it had genuinely crossed the threshold of the Shangqing Realm!
A twelve-year-old in the Shangqing Realm!
Who the hell would believe that if it were spread around?
Even Ancestor Qingye had been no more than this in his day, right?
Shocked though he was.
Tian Buyi did not stop moving. If anything, he became even more excited.
Good!
He had found a treasure!
His Great Bamboo Peak was finally going to produce a monster!
"Good lad!"
"No wonder you dare act so arrogantly!"
"Take this sword!"
Tian Buyi clenched his right hand in the air.
The Crimson Flame Sword did not leave its sheath. Instead, he swung it together with the sheath.
A crimson sword aura split through the sky, carrying scorching heat as it cleaved down toward Ye Xuan's head.
Ye Xuan's eyes lit up.
Excellent!
He also wanted to test the quality of his Chang Qing Sword.
"Go!"
His finger seal shifted.
The Chang Qing Sword hovering before him instantly split into eighteen sword shadows.
Each sword shadow seemed almost tangible, radiating a chilling aura.
"Clang-clang-clang-clang-clang—"
Dense sounds of impact rang out through the heavens.
The jade-green sword shadows and crimson sword aura collided madly in the air.
Sparks flew in all directions.
It was like fireworks in broad daylight.
Ye Xuan's figure drifted unpredictably, weaving with ease through the crisscrossing sword aura.
The Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao circulated at its limit.
Although his current cultivation was far inferior to Tian Buyi's.
Ye Xuan's stance at that moment showed no sign of falling behind.
On the other side.
The more Tian Buyi fought, the more astonished he became.
The sword in this boy's hands... something was wrong!
Its material, its spiritual resonance.
It was fundamentally beyond comparison with ordinary magical treasures!
Had this boy really refined a supreme-grade magical treasure?
"Master, watch out!"
At the instant Tian Buyi was distracted.
Ye Xuan suddenly shouted.
The seemingly ordinary little cauldron that had been hanging from his waist.
Suddenly rose into the air on its own.
It swelled upon catching the wind!
It had originally been only the size of a palm.
In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a gigantic cauldron with three legs and two handles. Its entire body was jet-black, covered in ancient inscriptions.
The Myriad Ancient Cauldron!
A heavy aura instantly enveloped the entire Great Bamboo Peak.
"Nine Heavens Divine Weapon?"
Su Ru's expression changed dramatically below.
How was this possible?
Where had their own Seventh gotten a Nine Heavens Divine Weapon?
"Ha-ha..."
"Good! Open up for me!"
Tian Buyi let out a hearty laugh.
Although he had no idea where Ye Xuan had gotten a Nine Heavens Divine Weapon,
he naturally didn't dare to be careless when facing one.
The Crimson Flame Sword finally left its sheath.
A blaze of red light soared into the heavens!
It was like a blazing sun rising into the sky!
The next moment,
a massive fire dragon roared as it charged toward the descending cauldron.
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