Xun Fa hurried away, and everyone else departed in turn. After all, this was what the meeting had been about. Xiang Yun followed Xiang Huang back to Battle Heaven Peak.
He was going to absorb the Nirvana Golden Qi deep within Battle Heaven Peak's Pill River.
"The Hall Master gave these to you: Xuan Origin Pills. Five hundred thousand of them. They should be enough for you right now."
Before Xiang Yun entered the Pill River, Xiang Huang tossed him a Universe Bag. Xiang Yun sent his mental power into it and found a huge pile of pills radiating life Qi.
"At Four Yuan Nirvana, you're the only one who could use Xuan Origin Pills to cultivate without worrying about bursting yourself."
Xiang Huang shook his head.
Only those at the Life and Death Profound Realm or above could condense Xuan Origin Pills.
That was because the main component of Xuan Origin Pills was life Qi, and they also contained an immense amount of Origin Energy. Even someone at the Life Profound Realm would need a great deal of time to condense a single pill.
More importantly, it would waste time that a Life Profound Realm expert could spend cultivating.
Of course, even if ordinary elders wanted them for that purpose, they would have to apply. But if a Nirvana Realm disciple wanted them and could refine them, they would be given the pills.
That would mean the disciple was simply too much of a genius.
Life Qi was indeed used for healing, but at its core, it was still an extremely pure power. Anyone unable to refine it would only burst themselves.
Only a freak like Xiang Yun could manage it.
"All right, Dad, you'd better get ready. Once I've absorbed the Nirvana Golden Qi from the other two Pill Rivers, I'm going to challenge you."
"Got it. You're so young and already so arrogant. When the time comes, I'll show you why I'm your father!"
Xiang Huang sneered. The brat had no respect for his elders. This was a good chance to knock some sense into him.
Xiang Yun grinned. "Old Xiang's off!"
With that, he left.
Xiang Yun became a streak of purple light and shot into the depths of the Pill River. He sat down cross-legged and began absorbing everything in sight. Faced with that overbearing suction, the Nirvana Golden Qi was completely absorbed before it could resist.
Battle Heaven Peak had less Nirvana Golden Qi than Primordial Peak, and Xiang Yun had already advanced to Four Yuan, making his suction even more terrifying.
He finished absorbing it in less than two days.
Xiang Yun wasted no time, rushing straight to Battle Arts Peak. Its peak master, Wu Xun, was already waiting.
"Why are you getting faster and faster?"
"Martial Uncle Wu, when you're complimenting a man, you shouldn't say he's getting faster and faster. You should say he's getting fiercer and fiercer!"
"Besides, I'm already at Four Yuan Nirvana. Isn't that perfectly normal?"
Xiang Yun raised an eyebrow.
Wu Xun shook his head. What nonsense was this brat talking about?
He had meant Xiang Yun was getting faster at absorbing Nirvana Golden Qi, not that sort of thing.
How would he know whether Xiang Yun was fast or not?
"Go on in. You don't need me to take you, do you? Battle Arts Peak owes you a favor this time."
Wu Xun was referring to Xiang Yun resolving the problem that had weighed on the older generation of Battle Arts Peak. In truth, Wu Xun didn't take sides between factions.
But that was how things were. Those Death Profound elders were all his seniors, so naturally he couldn't go against them.
So he could only respond with silence.
With that one move, Xiang Yun had resolved a problem that had plagued Battle Arts Peak for so long.
It could be said that Xiang Yun was now Battle Arts Peak's great benefactor!
"No need. Oh, right, after I come out of seclusion, I'm planning to fight my dad. Haven't you always wanted to beat him up? I'll do it for you first!"
Before Wu Xun could react, Xiang Yun had already rushed toward the depths of the Pill River. As Wu Xun watched, the immense pressure of the Pill River was like air to Xiang Yun.
There was no pressure on him at all.
"This guy, really... wait, who did he just say he was going to challenge?"
"Challenge Xiang Huang?"
Wu Xun carefully recalled what Xiang Yun had just said. At first, he had still been pondering the divine ability patterns.
After all, he too was a one-track mind who had inherited his place in Primordial Hall.
So he hadn't reacted at first, but now that he had, was it the Xiang Huang he knew?
It wasn't as if Xiang Yun had a second father named Xiang Huang.
"Taking on Advanced Life Profound at Four Yuan? How long has it been? Has the Young Hall Master gotten this full of himself already?"
Wu Xun stroked his chin. It was just too outrageous, but the boy had also said he already had Nirvana Golden Qi in his body.
Perhaps he really could fight...
No, defeating him was rather unlikely. Life Profound Realm experts could indeed strike down Death Profound Realm experts despite the difference in cultivation, but the Life and Death Profound Realm was still a single realm.
Life transformed into death, but a Death Profound Realm expert who had mastered death Qi would have greatly enhanced martial skill power and extremely strong offensive power.
Still, if one possessed some exceptionally powerful divine object or martial art, it really was possible.
After all, there was already a precedent: Zhou Tong, who had dominated his peers throughout the Eastern Xuan Region.
But a Nirvana Realm cultivator fighting a Life Profound Realm expert?
There really had never been a case like that. Wu Xun's eyes lit up. He would sound Xiang Huang out and see where they planned to fight.
Then he would gather a group of people to watch the father and son fight. Interesting, interesting!
Before half a day had passed.
All three peaks of Primordial Hall knew that Young Hall Master Xiang was going to challenge Peak Master Xiang. As for the source of the news...
Word was that it had spread from Battle Arts Peak, and that Peak Master Wu himself had said it.
When Xiang Huang heard the news, he immediately went looking for Wu Xun. "Well, well, you thick-browed, wide-eyed fellow, you set me up?"
"Hey, I wasn't the one who said it. Your son said himself that he was going to beat you up for me."
"I just spread the news a tiny bit."
"The entire Primordial Hall knew in half a day, and you call that a tiny bit? Oh-ho, if you can't take it, you can swap places with me."
Xiang Huang stared at Wu Xun. This guy just wanted to watch the fun. Xiang Huang had always kept him down before, and his disciple wasn't as formidable as Xiang Huang's son either.
"You'd better focus, or you might end up embarrassing yourself," Wu Xun said with a faint smile.
"Hold on, you sneaky bastard Wu, don't you know what my relationship with Xiang Yun is? I'm his father. I certainly won't hold back."
"You want to watch the fun? He's only at Nirvana. If I crush him, that's perfectly normal.
"If he stands on equal footing with me, then he's amazing: fighting Advanced Life Profound at Four Yuan. Seeing your own son become that powerful is the glory of being a father!"
Xiang Huang clicked his tongue twice. "Right, a bachelor like you wouldn't understand!"
"Aren't you a bachelor too?"
"So what? I have a son, and you don't!"
"I'm going to pick up a son too."
"Can you pick up one as formidable as Xiang Yun?"
Wu Xun fell silent. Could someone with Xiang Yun's talent be picked up just anywhere?
Seeing Wu Xun's silent face, Xiang Huang felt thoroughly satisfied. He wanted to watch the fun?
Now that felt good.
That was also why he hadn't had Xiang Huang challenge the vice peak master. At least losing to an Advanced Life Profound expert wouldn't be embarrassing.
But even if he lost to an Initial Life Profound expert, that would be understandable too. It would only deal a slight blow to Xiang Yun's momentum, which was like the sun at its zenith.
Besides, he was Xiang Yun's father. Wasn't it perfectly normal for a son to lose to his father when he was young?
"He should be coming out soon. Why don't we just have the Hall Master open the Primordial Battle Platform? At least that way we can fight to our hearts' content."
"That boy Xiang Yun is uncanny. Who knows what other tricks he might have?"
The blood and Qi that Xiang Huang's words had sent surging through Wu Xun settled down again, and he spoke with great interest.
"Fine by me. Also, that's not called uncanny. That's called genius!"
"As he puts it, there are always some geniuses you can't understand!"
Xiang Huang refuted Wu Xun's claim that Xiang Yun was uncanny.
Uncanny?
That was called a gen... no, an auspicious omen, an auspicious omen for their Primordial Hall!
The moment Xiang Huang finished speaking, he sensed a presence soaring into the sky. He and Wu Xun looked over and saw Xiang Yun standing in the heavens.
Violent Origin Energy fluctuations swept through the surroundings. Vast, scorching heat spread out from Xiang Yun in layer upon layer of waves.
Even the Nirvana Qi in the Pill River seemed to be caught in a chain reaction, trembling in succession.
"That boy's at Five Yuan?"