One day later.
After leaving Wuyou City, Xiao Yan continued westward, flying slowly and aimlessly forward.
Now that he has made an agreement with the Four Great Sects to meet again a year later outside the Heavenly Severing Ancient Tomb, Xiao Yan is no longer in such a hurry.
Just as Dong Chuan and the others said, Xiao Yan couldn't open the Heavenly Severing Ancient Tomb with just the Heavenly Severing Steps. Rather than wasting his efforts, Xiao Yan thought it would be better to explore the vast Western Wilderness Region.
Although the Western Wilderness Region is desolate, its prosperity is no less than that of the Western Lin Region. In fact, due to its environment, the people here seem to be stronger than those in the Western Lin Region. This can be seen from Wuyou City, which is located on the outskirts of the Western Wilderness Region.
Wuyou City is merely an outer city, yet a Four-Star Dou Di expert resides within it. The Western Wilderness Region is vast and boundless; it's unimaginable how powerful the experts in its Western Wilderness Region must be.
According to Han Dong, the Alchemist Alliance exists within the Western Wilderness Region. Such a powerful force has chosen to establish its strongholds within the Western Wilderness Region, which shows how much importance they attach to this Western Wilderness Region.
After a day's journey, Xiao Yan felt somewhat helpless at the vast Gobi Desert before him. As far as the eye could see, it was a desolate and barren land, with no sign of human habitation for miles around. Even the few high mountains he could see were barren, with sand and stones rolling down, making crisp collision sounds that echoed on the horizon.
This region can only be described as a place where "a thousand mountains are devoid of birds, and ten thousand paths are devoid of human tracks."
The barrenness of the Western Wilderness Region is probably much more severe than Xiao Yan imagined.
Despite this, Xiao Yan remained calm, having long been accustomed to this environment due to his years of living alone.
Xiao Yan traveled westward until noon, when a city came into view in the distance.
However, Xiao Yan had no intention of staying. What he wanted to go to was a place where true powerhouses gathered, because only there could Xiao Yan find a way to improve his strength.
Without pausing, Xiao Yan continued to soar high in the sky, his gaze sweeping over the city below, a hint of admiration in his eyes.
Although this city cannot compare to Wuyou City, its prosperity is still astonishing. Moreover, under Xiao Yan's Spiritual Strength probing, almost everyone in this city is Half-Emperor, and there are even four Dou Di experts.
Just as Xiao Yan was about to withdraw his Spiritual Strength, he detected an unusual aura during his Spiritual Strength probe.
"Um?"
With a frown, Xiao Yan stopped his rapid forward flight, hovering in the air. Looking down, he saw three Dou Di experts confronting each other in a huge villa in the city below.
In the courtyard, two groups of people stood facing each other, each exuding a powerful aura and glaring at the other with hostile eyes.
"Hmph, Wang Xiang, you'd better not go too far. Even if you've reached the Five-Star Dou Di, you'd better see if you have the appetite to swallow up the Fang Clan!"
In the courtyard, in front of a group of people with their backs to the house, a middle-aged man in a brocade robe with a resolute face was staring coldly at an elderly man in a golden robe who was the leader of the group opposite him, and said in an extremely low voice.
"Hehe, nephew Fang Cheng, our two families have coexisted in Helan City for many years, and can be considered old friends. So, for that reason, I don't want to make a move against you..."
Upon hearing Fang Cheng's words, the old man in the golden robe smiled faintly, then changed the subject and continued:
"However, you should also know that two tigers cannot share one mountain. In Helan City, two families cannot coexist. Now that my Wang Clan is on the rise, Helan City will sooner or later no longer have a place for your Fang Clan. For your father's sake, I will give you three more days. After three days, either your Fang Clan family will relocate, or you will submit to my Wang Clan and become a branch of my Wang Clan. At that time, you can also remain in Helan City. Otherwise, don't blame my Wang Clan for not showing any mercy."
The old man in the brocade robe gradually turned grim, and at the same time, along with the change in his expression, a powerful aura emanated from his body, pressing down on the Fang Clan members opposite him.
Even with Fang Cheng's composure, he couldn't help but change his expression upon feeling the powerful aura emanating from the old man in brocade robes.
With the strength of Three-Star Dou Di, facing the overwhelming aura of a Five-Star Dou Di expert, there is simply no comparison.
"Snort!"
Just as the expressions of the Fang Clan family members changed, an old man dressed in blue robes next to Fang Cheng suddenly snorted coldly. At the same time, with a thought, a powerful aura belonging to Four-Star Dou Di surged out of his body and rushed towards Wang Xiang's aura. Combined with the aura of the Fang Clan members behind him, they barely managed to block it.
"One should be lenient when possible. Wang Xiang, your Wang Clan is now the most powerful family in Helan City, far surpassing the Fang Clan Wang Clan. But if that's the case, why are you being so aggressive?"
The old man in blue robes slowly took two steps forward. Because of the oppressive aura of the other party above him, each step he took was extremely heavy, leaving two shallow footprints on the flat ground. One could imagine just how terrifying the oppressive aura the old man in blue robes was resisting.
Even so, the old man in blue looked quite determined. No matter what, he would not allow anything to happen to the Fang Clan, nor would he allow the Fang Clan to be expelled from Helan City.
"Hmph, Yuan Qing, I've already given you face several times because you're Four-Star Dou Di, don't be ungrateful!"
"This matter is between my Wang Clan and the Fang Clan. As an outsider, you'd better not meddle. Otherwise, I won't care what kind of power you belong to. If you don't want to cause trouble for yourself, you'd better leave Helan City!"
As the golden-robed elder finished speaking, his powerful aura surged once more, instantly forcing the group of people opposite him to retreat several steps. Even Yuan Qing, at this moment, couldn't help but show a pale face.
This Yuan Qing is the Yuan Qing, the steward of the Cloud Immortal Sect, who saved Xiao Yan Xiao Yan when he first arrived in the Origin Martial Continent and gave him the Nine Revolutions Avatar Art!