Ying Xiaoxiao looked at Yuan Yun, an Eight Yuan Nirvana direct disciple of Flood Hall, and said,
"Yuan Yun, take our fellow cultivators from Primordial Hall to Flood Hall's mountain."
Yuan Yun nodded and looked at Xiang Yun. "Please follow me."
Xiang Yun looked at Ning Chen. "You and Feihu will stay at Flood Hall. I'm going to visit Desolate Hall."
"Yes!"
Ning Chen sounded somewhat regretful. If he could stay with the Young Hall Master, he could ask him for guidance at any time.
But Xiang Yun had already given his orders.
He could hardly say anything more. He looked at Yuan Yun and said, "Sorry for the trouble."
A trace of delight flashed across Xun Wu's face.
This way, he could ask the Young Hall Master for guidance at any time and surely take his Battle Body Totem a step further.
He was now a fervent supporter of Xiang Yun's Battle Body Totem Theory. Although he did indeed have demonic beast blood in his veins, that didn't mean he wanted to become a demonic beast.
He naturally knew what he would become if he continued fusing bloodlines.
It was simply that this was the most effective path he had discovered, and the one most likely to resolve Primordial Hall's shortcomings.
Now, Xiang Yun had found a way to achieve a similar result without fusing with a demonic beast's bloodline.
It was just more dangerous, since it required fighting demonic beasts to the death.
But anyone who joined Primordial Hall, so long as they hadn't died, was always on the path of fighting to the death.
Afraid my ass!
"Pang Feng..."
Ying Xiaoxiao was about to have the Desolate Hall disciples take Xiang Yun and the others over.
Just then, Ying Huanhuan hurried forward, her ponytail swaying lightly. "I'll take him!"
Ying Xiaoxiao frowned slightly when she saw her mischievous younger sister suddenly run out.
What is this girl up to now?
She didn't think Ying Huanhuan would be interested in Xiang Yun, even if he did look like a god descended to the mortal world.
After all, the girl gave hardly any thought to romance.
After hesitating for a moment, she said, "Then Huanhuan, you take them."
"Sure!"
Ying Huanhuan smiled sweetly.
Xiang Yun glanced at her. What is this girl scheming now?
A trace of something flashed through Ling Qingzhu's clear eyes as she looked at Ying Huanhuan.
This girl is actually pestering Xiang Yun!
Streaks of light headed toward the mountains of Dao Sect's Flood Hall and Desolate Hall.
Ying Huanhuan traveled alongside Xiang Yun, looking as though she wanted to say something but was holding back. Xiang Yun glanced at her and said, "If you have something to say, spit it out. Why do you look like you're constipated?"
"Arrogant jerk, did you really beat your peak master? Your dad didn't let an entire ocean through, did he?"
Ying Huanhuan arched her delicate brows, her voice full of doubt. She even implied that Xiang Huang had definitely gone easy on him.
She waited a while, expecting Xiang Yun to refute her or argue his case, only to find him looking around Dao Sect.
Ying Huanhuan hurriedly waved her exquisite, flawless jade hand, but Xiang Yun didn't react at all.
With a hint of anger in her voice, she said, "Hey, do you have any manners? I'm asking you a question."
When Ying Huanhuan saw that Xiang Yun hadn't even spared her a glance, anger flared in her.
Only then did Xiang Yun spare her a glance. He said mildly, "You wouldn't believe me no matter how I explained it."
"And I can't be bothered wasting my breath proving anything to you."
Xiang Yun smiled and added, "Of course, if your father can put the Great Desolation Scripture up as a wager,
"I can suppress everyone in your Nirvana Realm, or fight any one of your hall masters you choose."
"Then you'll get to see for yourself."
"Heh, aren't you just bragging? You know my father would never put up the Great Desolation Scripture, so that's why you said it. That way, you can't lose."
"I knew there was no way someone in the Nirvana Realm could beat someone in the Life Profound Realm. Even Senior Zhou Tong only fought a Life Profound Realm expert to a draw back then."
Ying Huanhuan continued probing him.
"You're just afraid."
"Who's afraid? Who's afraid?!" Ying Huanhuan said repeatedly, her ponytail swinging more frantically.
Xiang Yun glanced at Ying Huanhuan. "Little Miss Ying, has anyone ever told you your attempts to goad people are very low-level?"
"No wonder you were so enthusiastic. You were trying to fish for information."
Xiang Yun exposed Ying Huanhuan's intention outright.
A hint of red flashed across Ying Huanhuan's pretty face. Does this guy really have no courtesy at all?
Is this guy even a man? Whenever I said things like that before, plenty of disciples couldn't wait to prove themselves.
"Arrogant jerk, you have no sense of romance!!"
Ying Huanhuan snorted, but out of the corner of her eye, she saw that Xiang Yun was paying no attention to what she said and was merely looking around.
Desolate Hall was located in the southwest of Dao Sect.
Dozens of towering peaks stood in a ring. On the peaks, waterfalls poured down like the Milky Way, their thunderous roar echoing across the sky.
Around these peaks, a river thousands of feet long hung suspended like the Heavenly River.
The Nirvana Pill River.
Xiang Yun said with a sigh, "Dao Sect really does have a vast fortune."
Desolate Hall should have received the poorest treatment in Dao Sect, yet even so, its Pill River, whether in scale or quality,
was comparable to those of Battle Heaven Peak and Battle Arts Peak, second only to Primordial Peak's Pill River.
And above it, there were three even better Pill Rivers. One could imagine how abundant the resources of the higher-ranked Yuan Sect were.
The resources of the Eight Great Super Sects were allocated through each Mystic Domain War, as well as the Hundred Dynasties War, the Sect Competition, and so on.
The Mystic Domain War was a campaign against external forces to fight for spirit veins, Nirvana spirit veins, and many rare resources, while the Hundred Dynasties War and the Sect Competition were internal contests.
Yuan Sect was the Eastern Xuan Region's leader in the Mystic Domain War, so it usually took the lion's share each time.
Then there were the Hundred Dynasties War and the Sect Competition.
Because Yuan Sect was stronger to begin with, most powerful disciples chose it, resulting in an even greater allocation of resources to Yuan Sect.
That in turn produced formidable disciples for the Sect Competition, earning it more resources.
Repeated cycles of reinforcement meant that the strong stayed strong, making it unlikely for the other super sects to catch up with Yuan Sect.
Unless a disciple like the Zhou Tong of old appeared in Dao Sect, or the sects joined forces to eradicate Yuan Sect.
But Yuan Sect was very good at maintaining a balance.
Much of what it did was done under a legitimate pretext.
Even when it captured Zhou Tong, it waited until he had killed three Death Profound Realm elders before making a move. So, although everyone knew Yuan Sect must have been pulling strings behind the scenes,
when Ying Xuanzi went to demand justice, hardly anyone from the other super sects helped him.
In many people's eyes, trading three Death Profound Realm experts for Zhou Tong was enough.
What was more, Yuan Sect had covered its tracks so cleanly that, never mind the other sects, even Ying Xuanzi had yet to discover why Zhou Tong had attacked Yuan Sect.
Since nothing could be done internally, the only option was to contact outside forces.
Although the Northern Xuan Region was the strongest of the four regions, it occupied a region of its own and had no wish to intervene in the disputes of the other Mystic Domains.
The Western Xuan Region was an enemy.
The Southern Xuan Region was neutral, though in truth it was a fence-sitter, helping both sides anyway.
As for places like the Chaotic Demon Sea, they simply regarded the Four Great Xuan Regions as the countryside.
In the Four Great Xuan Regions, someone in the Samsara Stage could already lord it over others. Besides, the Chaotic Demon Sea was larger than all four regions combined, so it rarely turned its attention to them.
With neither internal nor external options working, Yuan Sect continued to grow stronger, until an anomaly like Lin Dong appeared.
"Of course."
A trace of pride flashed across Ying Huanhuan's pure, lovely face. It really was hard to hear praise for Dao Sect from this guy!
But Xiang Yun's next words turned Ying Huanhuan's delight to anger.
"Though the quality of the disciples is nothing special."
Xiang Yun shook his head.
Ying Huanhuan secretly ground her teeth. What is this guy so smug about? He talks as though the quality of Primordial Hall's disciples is so high.