Privileges of the Imperial Clan!

Before the residence at the summit of Di Ta Peak.

"Young Master, please wait."

Immortal Lianshan said respectfully, "Once you have everything prepared, Lianshan will await you in the Red Dragon Mountain Range."

Xia Manggan smiled. "I'll have to trouble Lianshan again then."

"It is Lianshan's honor to be of help to you," Immortal Lianshan hurriedly said.

"Young Master Xia Mang, I shall also take my leave," Beishan Yin said from the side.

"Mm." Xia Manggan nodded slightly without speaking.

At this moment.

Two streamers flew over from the distant sky.

As they neared Di Ta Peak, they revealed the beautiful figures of two women.

Immortal Lianshan and Beishan Yin had also just flown away from Di Ta Peak.

The two sides crossed paths, and Immortal Lianshan's gaze swept toward them.

The killing intent in his eyes nearly caused the two women to fall from the air.

"What a terrifying aura."

The silver-clad girl stroked her chest, still shaken as she asked, "Sister Jiu Lian, who was that silver-haired old man just now?"

"He was Immortal Lianshan."

The long-haired woman, dressed in a water-blue Daoist robe and possessing the bearing of an immortal lotus, said solemnly, "One of the two leader Immortals of the Yinglong Guard's Anchan Commandery branch. He is a figure of immense power—even the Anchan Marquis Mansion would not dare offend him lightly."

"What?"

The silver-clad girl covered her mouth in shock. "Then just now..."

Though they had been far away, they had clearly seen the respectful manner in which that silver-haired elder had faced Xia Manggan before the residence.

If even such a figure behaved this way, it was no wonder Sister Jiu Lian had been so nervous, repeatedly asking whether her makeup and hair were appropriate before they came.

Whoosh~~~

A transparent arched bridge, like crystal, with faintly flowing water within it, suddenly appeared beneath their feet.

At the same time, a clear voice sounded beside their ears.

"Do the two senior sisters need anything? If you do not mind, please come over and rest for a while."

They turned to look and saw that the flowing arched bridge beneath their feet extended all the way to the summit of Di Ta Peak.

At the end of the bridge stood a gray-robed youth, smiling at them.

"In that case... we shall impose upon you."

The long-haired woman took the silver-clad girl's hand and walked down the bridge.

Only after Xia Manggan saw both women standing on solid ground did he wave his sleeve lightly, dispersing the arched bridge formed by his control over the elemental energy of water through the power of the Dao.

"Thank you, Young Master Xia Mang."

The long-haired woman bowed. "My Daoist title is Jiu Lian, and this is Luo Qing. We are both third-generation disciples of the Academy... We would not dare accept your address of us as senior sisters, Young Master Xia Mang. You may simply call us by our Daoist titles."

"Young Master Xia Mang." The silver-clad girl, Luo Qing, also bowed.

"Jiu Lian, Luo Qing." Xia Manggan smiled and nodded.

In the entire Black-White Academy, aside from the five Immortals and the headmaster, Jade Sea Daoist, everyone else had him address them directly by their Daoist titles.

The ways they addressed him were equally varied.

The second-generation disciples all called him by his Daoist title, "Mysterious Yellow," or directly addressed him by his surname, "Xia Mang."

Among the third-generation disciples, only True Person Sloppy, Fire Saint, Yu Wei, and a few senior disciples at the leader level dared call him junior brother.

The remaining senior disciples were like Bu Ying had been at the beginning, addressing him as Young Master Xia Mang.

He had long since grown accustomed to it.

"Come in and have a seat," Xia Manggan invited.

Come to think of it, the reason Immortal Lianshan had pressured Jiu Lian and Luo Qing with his aura just now

was simply because they had seen how respectful he had been toward Xia Manggan. He had released a trace of his aura as a warning.

Looking at it this way, compared to Immortal Lianshan, Beishan Yin was the one truly capable of achieving great things—able to endure what ordinary people could not, and unconcerned with the opinions of others.

In a corner of the courtyard.

Xia Manggan, Jiu Lian, and Luo Qing sat scattered around a stone table, upon which fruits and fruit wine had been placed.

After exchanging a few words, Jiu Lian and Luo Qing saw that Xia Manggan was not as arrogant as they had imagined, and gradually relaxed.

"Young Master Xia Mang," Luo Qing said, "did Immortal Lianshan of the Yinglong Guard also come specifically to visit you?"

"Not exactly a special visit."

Thinking that Immortal Lianshan still cared about his reputation, Xia Manggan smiled. "I am preparing to join the Yinglong Guard, so I invited Immortal Lianshan over first to learn about the trials at the Anchan Commandery branch."

"Isn't Young Master Xia Mang part of the imperial clan? Why do you also wish to join the Yinglong Guard?" Luo Qing asked curiously.

In her view, the benefits available to ordinary Yinglong Guards should be of little use to an imperial clansman like him.

"Qingqing, imperial clansmen receive privileges and clan rewards after joining the Yinglong Guard."

Jiu Lian smiled at Xia Manggan. "Young Master Xia Mang, am I correct?"

"It seems Jiu Lian knows our Xia Mang Clan quite well." Xia Manggan smiled.

"Sister Jiu Lian comes from the Dongyan Clan, which is known as the Green Lotus Tribe."

Luo Qing said from the side, "Even in the entire Great Xia World, the Dongyan Clan is a top-tier great tribe."

"Qingqing." Jiu Lian shook her head. "How could there be any top-tier great tribe before Young Master Xia Mang? At most, we have a bit of foundation and are getting by reasonably well."

"I know of the Dongyan Clan." Xia Manggan nodded. "If your Ancestor Dongyan were not so low-profile, your clan could likely rank among the top twenty tribes in the world, perhaps even higher."

"Young Master Xia Mang knows my clan's ancestor as well?" Jiu Lian was astonished.

Xia Manggan merely smiled without answering.

Of course he knew.

Although the clan power information in his mind listed Ancestor Dongyan as a Heavenly Immortal,

he had read the original novel and knew that Ancestor Dongyan had actually broken through to the realm of a Pure Yang True Immortal long ago.

He merely kept a Heavenly Immortal avatar within the clan to deceive others.

"Sister Jiu Lian, what rewards do imperial clansmen receive for joining the Yinglong Guard?"

Luo Qing had no interest in Ancestor Dongyan; he was too distant from her. She was more interested in why Xia Manggan wanted to join the Yinglong Guard.

She and Jiu Lian were among the few Purple Mansion disciples of the Black-White Academy's third generation.

They were preparing to break through to the Myriad Manifestations realm within the next few years, then leave the Academy to venture outside.

Joining the Yinglong Guard was also the first thing ordinary Black-White Academy disciples did when heading out to gain experience.

"I do not know much either. If I say anything wrong, I hope Young Master Xia Mang will not laugh at Jiu Lian."

Jiu Lian composed herself before continuing, "As far as I know, if a member of the Xia Mang Clan successfully joins the Yinglong Guard, he can first enjoy all the treatment of an Inner Guard, without being subject to the strict control and military orders that bind ordinary Inner Guards."

"Furthermore, passing the Yinglong Guard's trials proves that the clansman is worth cultivating. The Xia Mang Clan will then reward him with a sum of Merit Points, allowing him to freely exchange them in the Yinglong Guard's treasury for cultivation methods, divine abilities, and all manner of treasures and cultivation resources."

"Isn't that just like our Black-White Academy? We are also rewarded with Black-White Pills upon entering." Luo Qing suddenly understood.

"That's right." Jiu Lian nodded. "The Yinglong Guard is beyond our reach. We join it because we want the conveniences that come with the dynasty's status.

"But to Xia Mang Clan members, the Yinglong Guard is their family's hall for retained experts, their private army, and also a sect used to cultivate the clan's younger generation."

Jiu Lian sighed. "It is simply that this sect is too vast and too powerful. It is the greatest sect in the world, the greatest power in the world! Other than the Xia Mang Clan, every other tribe and power is utterly insignificant before the Yinglong Guard."

"..." Luo Qing held her breath.

At that moment, she finally truly realized what the identity behind this Young Master Xia Mang—who always wore a smile and seemed so approachable—actually meant.

No wonder Slovenly Senior Brother had been the foremost third-generation disciple for so many years, yet had never drawn so many powers to visit him...

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