At the sight of the Dragon Worm, the Golden-Winged Peng let out a piercing cry. Clearly, the other was also a beast king guarding this forbidden land.
But the Nether Dragon Worm seemed utterly unaware.
As a descendant of the constellation divine beast, the 'Water Worm of Chariot,' its bloodline was so powerful that it had yet to awaken intelligence even now.
At this moment, it instinctively wished to attack You Ruhui, who was stirring the Earth Veins. But it sensed An Jing above ground—a presence far too powerful, one that posed a grave threat to its life—and so, following its beastly instincts, it chose to attack the greatest threat first.
For a time, a golden dragon came crashing down from the sky while a Dragon Worm launched a surprise assault from below the earth.
An Jing did not care in the slightest.
In An Jing's view, many cultivators in this world were not cultivators at all, but merely mortals possessed of martial strength. Whether Dragon-Snake or phoenix, none were exceptions.
Though they cultivated all kinds of Divine Anomalies and Supernatural Abilities through methods created by those before them, what they ultimately relied upon were still "the principles described, precisely defined, and summarized within the classics."
They stood upon giants' shoulders to attain their height. If they were asked to observe the world themselves and comprehend the wondrous principles behind it, they could not do so.
This was what separated ordinary martial artists from "outstanding talents." The former merely recited from the book and found it exceedingly difficult to gain insights of their own; the latter could perceive the beauty of all things, understand the same martial arts on a deeper level, and thereby wield all manner of extraordinary Supernatural Abilities.
Then what was it that separated "outstanding talents" from