Elsewhere, after Zhao Xiao gave a rough explanation of the Spirit Transformation Realm and some legends concerning it, he did not continue.
It was not because he did not want to talk, but because a Magic Boat in the distance was traveling at incredible speed.
"Judging by this, it looks like something interesting is happening?"
Zhao Xiao stroked his chin, a thoughtful expression appearing on his face before he looked at Ning Rongrong.
"Well? Since we have nothing better to do anyway, how about we go take a look?"
"Isn't training just about wandering around, seeing things, and causing trouble?"
Ning Rongrong nodded indifferently. What could she say? She was currently sitting on someone else's mount. Wherever Zhao Xiao wanted to go, how could she stop him?
"Um, we're just ordinary travelers passing by and hoping to catch a ride on your boat. Please make things convenient for us."
Elsewhere, in Spirit Hall on Douluo Continent, Bibi Dong stared at the increasingly familiar Magic Boat in Ning Rongrong's Light Screen, then turned to Qian Daoliu beside her, whose expression was equally strange.
"Great Offering, if I'm not mistaken, that Magic Boat seems to be..."
"If it really is such a coincidence, then that Magic Boat truly belongs to the Star Extremity Sect, the battleship Xiao Xue is riding."
Bibi Dong: ...
She had merely had a feeling that Ning Rongrong and Xue'er would meet sooner or later. She never expected that feeling to come true so quickly. Not even a day had passed!
Just as Bibi Dong had guessed, when Zhao Xiao rode the Golden Horned Flood Dragon into the Star Extremity Sect's field of vision with Ning Rongrong, everyone in the Star Extremity Sect was stunned. Every face turned deathly pale.
Everyone knew that within the Heavenly Domain, the Star Extremity Sect was among the very best. A single blast from the main cannon of their Star Extremity Battleship could reduce an Array Realm king to ashes, and even peerless experts of the Venerable Realm had to avoid its edge. Yet now, someone was riding a colossal beast and had appeared openly right in front of the Star Extremity Sect's Star Extremity Battleship.
Zhao Ming stared fixedly at the Golden Horned Flood Dragon, whose aura was astonishing, his face as dark as the bottom of a pot.
This was definitely someone looking for trouble. If that expert riding the Golden Horned Flood Dragon had no intentions toward them, he would rip off his own skull and use it as a wine cup!
"Old Zhao, what do we do? We don't know whether this person is friend or foe, but the pressure emitted by that mount alone is already at the Venerable Realm. It's truly hard to imagine how powerful an expert capable of controlling a Golden Horned Flood Dragon must be."
Sun Qing's expression was equally ugly. She silently moved a little closer to Zhao Ming, her aura surging as though she were ready to fight to the death.
Zhao Ming glanced at Sun Qing, who had already prepared herself to die in battle. After hesitating briefly, he shook his head.
"Relax. The enemy is strong while we are weak. Being overly guarded will only displease him. Even if he originally bore us no ill will, it could turn into ill will."
"Old Zhao, you... Fine, then what do you suggest?"
"Invite this expert aboard the battleship. As the saying goes, you don't strike a smiling face. So long as we serve him well, he will surely be too embarrassed to attack us. After all, the Star Extremity Sect stands behind us. No one would be willing to become enemies with the Star Extremity Sect for no reason."
Though he said that, Zhao Ming had no confidence at all.
In this world, whoever was strong had the right to speak. The Star Extremity Sect was powerful, but it was still developing. There were plenty of powerful factions capable of standing alongside it or even surpassing it.
At this point, aside from praying that the visitor meant them no harm, he only had his final trump card left.
Just as Zhao Ming gritted his teeth and lowered the defenses to let Zhao Xiao in, Zhao Xiao, who had already grown impatient outside, casually tore through the seemingly flawless defensive formation of the Star Extremity Battleship, ripping open a gap in an instant. Under the terrified gazes of all the Star Extremity Sect disciples aboard, he brazenly descended onto the deck with Ning Rongrong and the Golden Horned Flood Dragon, which had returned to human form.
"Sorry. You were taking too long, so in order to show my sincerity, I could only do it myself."
Zhao Ming: ...
Sun Qing: ...
That was truly the standard way a powerhouse spoke!
"May I ask how to address you, Senior?"
Though he did not know whether Zhao Xiao came with goodwill or malice, a smiling face was always the right choice.
Thus, Zhao Ming's old face bloomed like a chrysanthemum as he eagerly stepped forward.
Looking at Zhao Ming's old face, Zhao Xiao raised a hand and wagged his index finger.
"Sir, could you stop smiling so terrifyingly? First of all, let me correct you. I am not your senior. Although I am already in the Venerable Realm, I am only thirty this year."
Th-thirty?!
Zhao Xiao, Sun Qing, and even the Star Extremity Sect disciples gathered nearby in vigilance all froze in place, as though they had been struck by a collective immobilization technique.
As cultivators of the Eight Regions of the Lower Realm, they had never in their lives heard of a thirty-year-old being associated with the Venerable Realm!
"Don't look at me like that. Is being a Venerable at thirty really that impressive? I only find it humiliating."
Star Extremity Sect disciples: ...
Where was the morality?!
Where were the limits?!
And where was his shame?!
Compared to ordinary Star Extremity Sect Inner Disciples, Zhao Ming and Sun Qing knew more. They had heard that the Upper Realm had Venerables under a hundred years old, but that was the Upper Realm!
This was the Heavenly Domain, one of the Eight Regions of the Lower Realm, not the Three Thousand Dao Provinces of the Upper Realm!
Wait, the Upper Realm...
It was said that experts from the Upper Realm entered the Lower Realm every so often. Could he be an expert from the Upper Realm?
"Um, this Young Brother, old man has a question I would like to ask. Would that be alright?"
Zhao Xiao nodded indifferently.
"Ask away. As long as it does not involve secrets that cannot be revealed, I guarantee I'll answer everything."
Hearing Zhao Xiao say this, Zhao Ming's wildly pounding heart finally calmed somewhat. He then raised his right hand and pointed his index finger toward the sky.
"Are you from..."
"I thought it was something serious. You want to ask whether I'm from the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, right? I can tell you clearly that I am not."
The moment Zhao Xiao said this, Zhao Ming and Sun Qing both sucked in a sharp breath.
Not from the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands? Did that mean this young thirty-year-old Venerable had cultivated to this level in the Eight Regions of the Lower Realm?
That was even more outrageous than an Upper Realm Venerable personally descending to the Lower Realm!
The Upper Realm had abundant resources and countless experts. Though a thirty-year-old Venerable sounded unbelievable, one would still eventually appear after being nourished by endless experts and resources.
But what about the Eight Regions of the Lower Realm? Compared to the Upper Realm, they could only be described as barren. Yet a thirty-year-old Supreme had appeared in these barren Eight Regions. If this was not a miracle, then what was?
On Douluo Continent, countless people watched Zhao Ming, who had previously remained completely at ease even when facing Liu Yiyi, the Palace Master of the Hundred Flowers Palace, now looking as though he had seen a ghost. The same thought rose in all their hearts.
Could a thirty-year-old Venerable really be that terrifying?
But hadn't Zhao Xiao said that he was merely a Third-Rate Genius?
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