After throwing that punch, Xiang Yun looked at Ying Xiaoxiao as she flew over and said calmly, "Young Lady Ying, keep your people in line."
"With strength like that, how dare he question me? Was it my fault he couldn't comprehend it?"
"If you're weak, practice more. He couldn't comprehend it himself and still blamed someone else. So much for the Dao Sect's geniuses."
Xiang Yun's words drew furious glares from everyone from the Dao Sect present. Hearing him belittle the Dao Sect's geniuses, Ying Xiaoxiao pressed her lips together.
"And you, be more careful from now on. Not everyone will spare you because you're from the Dao Sect."
"If it were that fellow Yuan Cang standing here now..."
"You'd already be dead! You won't always have someone at the Life Profound Realm protecting you."
Xiang Yun glanced at Qing Ye and sneered.
Then he cupped his hands toward the figure he had just sent flying with a punch, an amiable smile appearing on his face.
"So it was Deputy Hall Master Qing himself. I was a little rash just now."
The figure who had been sent flying drifted back over. He looked to be in his thirties or forties, wore black-and-white Daoist robes, and had a tall, upright figure.
Of course, after reaching the Life Profound Realm, one brimmed with vitality, so his youthful appearance was only a rough guide.
"Deputy Hall Master!"
Even Ying Xiaoxiao cupped her fists in greeting.
Qing Miao nodded, then looked at Xiang Yun and said, "You're very impressive. It seems Primordial Hall has produced an extraordinary figure in this generation!"
"Senior, you flatter me."
Xiang Yun smiled.
"You already sensed me?"
Qing Miao raised an eyebrow. Of the four halls, Heaven, Earth, Primordial, and Wilderness, Earth Hall comprehended the power of the earth. It was the most heavy and solid, and also the most concealed.
He had originally been hiding there. When he saw Qing Ye charge at Xiang Yun, he thought Xiang Yun would speak reasonably, considering that they both belonged to the Eight Great Super Sects.
He had not expected Xiang Yun to strike directly, forcing him to rush out and block the blow. Xiang Yun clearly had no killing intent.
But Qing Ye could not have withstood that force, which meant Xiang Yun had known he was there all along.
He had done it to draw Qing Miao out.
"Just luck."
Naturally, Xiang Yun would not say that the Supreme Induction Art he cultivated, combined with his innate Dao embryo, had made his sensitivity to heaven and earth increasingly terrifying.
This was different from probing with mental power. It was something natural, a manifestation of his closeness to the Dao: he could sense anything out of harmony.
Qing Miao gave Xiang Yun a long look and nodded. "Qing Ye was rash this time. I hope you'll be magnanimous, Young Hall Master Xiang."
"Think nothing of it. Primordial Hall and the Dao Sect are branches of the same tree, joined by the same Qi. This is a small matter, hahahaha!"
Behind Ying Xiaoxiao, Ying Huanhuan muttered, "Hypocrite."
The moment she said it, she felt someone's gaze fall on her. She looked over and saw Xiang Yun giving her a glance, smiling yet not smiling.
She hurriedly shut her mouth.
"Then we'll take our leave. If you're interested, Young Hall Master, you could come to the Dao Sect for an exchange in half a year. I'll suggest it to the sect master."
"Certainly."
After speaking, Qing Miao turned his gaze to Qing Ye. His tone was no longer as cordial as before. "Making a spectacle of yourself! Is this how I usually teach you?"
Qing Ye remained silent. Now that he had calmed down, he knew how ridiculous his behavior had been.
The next moment.
Qing Miao swept his sleeve, and a force enveloped Ying Xiaoxiao and the others. It became a streak of light and vanished from before Xiang Yun.
Xiang Yun looked down at the place where geomagnetic force no longer gathered. This had been the Earth Yuan Sect's inheritance site.
If he had only obtained the Great Wilderness Tyrant Body, or the Qian Thunder Battle Body, this place would have continued to exist.
But he had obtained the sect's supreme inheritance, the Qiankun Battle Body.
He had received all its power through the inheritance, so naturally it would no longer exist.
Unfortunately, there were no Nirvana Pills or Pill River that Xiang Yun had been longing for. That was only natural: Lin Dong's Azure Dragon Hall still had a Pill River because the Azure Dragon King was still there.
The other three halls only had inheritance trials.
"Let's go!"
Xiang Yun looked at Ji Shan, Ji Yanyun, and the others, then turned into a streak of light and headed for Great Desolation City. The Ji Family followed close behind.
Xiang Yun did not linger here any longer. He had been away for some time, and it was time to return.
Deep within the imperial palace was a formation that led directly to Primordial Hall. This was also why, among so many super dynasties, the Ten Great Super Dynasties could be distinguished.
The Ten Great Super Dynasties could call on the super sects for support at any time.
Xiang Yun looked at Ji Shan and Ji Dong and smiled. "It's time for me to leave. Brother Ji Shan, I look forward to seeing you at Hundred Dynasties Mountain."
Ji Shan's heart surged. Could Xiang Yun actually drive back even someone at the Life Profound Realm? Even if that man had reacted in haste and had not been injured...
Did that not mean Xiang Yun's physical strength was immense?
Hearing Xiang Yun's words, he nodded repeatedly. "I certainly won't disappoint you, Young Hall Master!"
"Safe travels, Young Hall Master."
Ji Dong also knew what had happened in the Geomagnetic Mountain Range, and his heart was full of emotion.
In this generation, Primordial Hall seemed destined to produce someone like Zhou Tong of the Dao Sect back then.
When Xiang Yun finished speaking, he stepped onto the teleportation formation. White light swallowed him, and he vanished within it.
The southern part of the Eastern Xuan Region.
A vast mountain range stretched across hundreds of millions of li, seemingly spanning the entire southern part of the Eastern Xuan Region. Above the range...
A massive dome of light covered the countless ancient mountain ranges, where clouds and mist swirled and towering peaks stood like giants holding up the heavens.
Among those enormous mountains, houses built from massive stones could dimly be seen, filled with a wild, primeval air.
High in the sky, formations flickered in and out of sight. They were linked together, forming an incomparably vast formation barrier that descended as though covering a hundred thousand mountains.
This was Primordial Hall, one of the Eight Great Super Sects.
Primordial Hall, teleportation hall.
"I'm back!!"
Xiang Yun shouted as soon as he emerged from the teleportation formation. But there were only a few people around. When they saw him, they hurriedly cupped their hands. "Young Hall Master!"
"Where is everyone? Why are there so few people?"
The elder Hong Wu, who had been hiding, no longer concealed himself now that he had returned to Primordial Hall. He came out and, hearing Xiang Yun's question, said helplessly, "Have you forgotten, Young Hall Master?"
"The Primordial Mountain Range is open around this time. Many disciples have gone to take the trial."
"Oh, right."
Only then did Xiang Yun remember that the Primordial Trial was held around this time. Ever since he had said he could fight and kill savage beasts with Nirvana bodies while at the Creation Realm...
Hong Wuji had stopped letting him go, saying there was no point.
"Sorry for troubling you all this time, Uncle Wu. I'll go see Master first. Please tell my father I'll visit him later!"
Xiang Yun, who had seemed like an immortal or a god descending into the world when he was outside, was just a child in Primordial Hall. He waved his hand and shot out of the teleportation hall as a streak of light.
He flew past countless mountain peaks, finally landing on a peak tens of thousands of zhang tall, the highest one here.
Atop the enormous peak, waterfalls poured down like rivers of stars, their thunderous roar echoing across the sky.
On those enormous peaks, countless clusters of great halls could be seen.
And around those peaks, a river thousands of zhang across hung suspended, like the Heavenly River-the Pill River!
"It feels great to be back."
Xiang Yun felt his body frantically drawing in and expelling the surrounding heaven and earth Yuan Qi and Nirvana Qi like a taotie.
The heaven and earth Yuan Qi outside was too sparse, leaving him feeling as though he could never quite eat his fill.
Now that he was back, it felt great!
"You little brat, get your ass back here!"
Just then, a deep, booming voice rang out, making Xiang Yun tremble all over. Why was the old man in such a hurry?
Surely Hong Wu wouldn't have said anything.