And You Still Say You Don't Know Sorcery?

The Yin Mountains.

A tiger-type Demon Beast let out a furious, unwilling roar, then finally collapsed with a powerless crash.

Xu Fan deftly extracted its inner core and used the Taiji Dao Evolution Diagram to absorb it and recharge. The massive demon tiger, five or six meters long, vanished in an instant.

"Just a little more."

He watched as the final tenth of the charge was completed, the inner core in his hand turning into spiritual light and entering his body. At last, he could travel to and from the Land of Wu once again.

That gave him one more chance to save his life.

"Since reaching Qi Refinement, the spiritual essence in ordinary precious fish and exotic beasts has hardly been enough to support my cultivation. Demon Beasts are suitable, but there don't seem to be many in all of Qingzhou."

"The Spirit Vein beneath Peach Blossom Spring Lake will do. It can support my cultivation, so I can stay a while longer."

"Trading resources between the two worlds is a good approach, but it's also necessary to find a good place to stay on this side."

With his current cultivation, he had no need to confine himself to a single province or state.

A Qi Refinement cultivator could ride the wind, covering ten thousand li in less than a day.

The Qin State Travelogue recorded that the Vast Divine Continent held seven states and covered an immense expanse. Several super sects had influence throughout the states, and Saber-Nurturing Valley was one of them.

Even the royal families of the various states sometimes had to bow their heads before these super sects.

As he pondered, he suddenly sensed a scorching "spirit" lock onto him and turned to look.

Beyond the Yin Mountains, a cloud of fire was spreading rapidly toward him.

It made even the surrounding air a few degrees hotter.

"A Great Grandmaster from the Mu Household?"

According to the Wedding Robe Divine Art's description of Divine Intention Great Grandmasters, one of their main characteristics was that their Divine Intention could affect heaven and earth within a limited area.

Qingzhou had abundant waterways and was home to the Clearwater Sect, so its clans and families mostly cultivated water-based martial arts.

Neighboring Bingzhou, on the other hand, had the Mystic Yang Sect, and its clans and families mostly cultivated Great Sun and Fire Element martial arts.

And the only Great Grandmaster who had recently acted from the shadows was that elder of Mu Yunyang's.

"I haven't come knocking, but you couldn't wait to deliver yourself to my door?"

Xu Fan narrowed his eyes as he watched the old man approach from afar with two others.

He had intended to wipe out the Han Household before settling accounts with the Mu Household, but he hadn't expected them to come first.

Still, that was fine. He also wanted to know how strong a Divine Intention Great Grandmaster was, and whether one could compare to a Qi Refinement cultivator.

"So you brought help."

Looking at the three men as they landed, Xu Fan glanced at Yuan Er and chuckled.

"Don't get cocky, brat."

With a Great Grandmaster present, Yuan Er believed Xu Fan was his to mold as he pleased.

"With a Great Grandmaster taking action, what good will your sorcery do you?"

"Before absolute strength, even your sorcery is useless!"

"That wasn't sorcery." Xu Fan smiled and shook his head, his gaze settling on the Mu Household's Great Grandmaster:

"Picking on someone so much younger-aren't the Mu Household afraid of becoming a laughingstock?"

Before advancing to Qi Refinement, he would have feared a Great Grandmaster, but things were different now.

My lord, times have changed!

"Anyone who cultivates the Wedding Robe Divine Art may be slain by all."

Mu Fangjin spoke slowly, his expression calm:

"If you're allowed to grow, you'll be a tremendous threat to Lingnan Circuit and the whole Qin State."

Ever since arriving, he had been observing Xu Fan, hoping to discern what the young man had learned.

The claim that he cultivated the Wedding Robe Divine Art was merely a pretext for public consumption. Who among those with power didn't know the Han Household had been smearing him?

Although Xu Fan had advanced quickly before, his progress had still been within reason and hadn't attracted Mu Fangjin's attention.

After coming to Yin Mountain Prefecture and locating him with Thousand-Li Enemy Search, Mu Fangjin had simply sent his grandson Mu Yunyang after him, so he wouldn't earn a reputation for bullying the young.

But Yuan Er's appearance had left him no choice but to come.

The last time Xu Fan escaped his grandson Mu Yunyang, it was because Mu Yunyang had given up the pursuit to treat someone.

At the time, Xu Fan's combat strength had reached the Innate level at most, which was nothing remarkable.

But a mere two months later, he could face the Three Heroes of the Yin Mountains alone and had even killed two of them. It was simply inconceivable.

Even cultivating the Wedding Robe Divine Art might not have brought such terrifying improvement.

So he was certain that Xu Fan's secret would absolutely shock him.

It was very likely a legendary Celestial Person's inheritance!

Now, geniuses were emerging one after another across the seven states. Among the great super sects, some geniuses had even earned the recognition of a Celestial Person Divine Weapon.

Most importantly, a Great Grandmaster of the Five Dragons Cult had secretly infiltrated the Qin State, apparently because he had sensed the emergence of a new Five-Colored Great Dragon Flag.

If his guess was right,

Xu Fan must possess one of the Five-Colored Great Dragon Flags. Only then could he have progressed so rapidly!

Rumor had it that a Celestial Person Divine Weapon contained the corresponding Celestial martial arts, as well as the martial experience of its past wielders, allowing those who obtained its inheritance to grow rapidly.

Since he had already offended Xu Fan, he could only snuff him out in the cradle before the young man fully matured!

Only then could the Mu Household be preserved.

Even if he couldn't obtain a Celestial Person Divine Weapon, he still had a chance to obtain a Celestial martial art!

"I can see greed and fear in your eyes."

Xu Fan smiled faintly, knowing full well what was going on.

He had simply grown too fast and had no backing, so Mu Fangjin wanted to uncover his secrets.

"Absurd!"

"I'll face you again!"

Hearing Xu Fan insult his grandfather, Mu Yunyang flew into a rage and was about to test him.

"Yunyang, we must be quick. There's no need for you to act."

Mu Fangjin raised a hand to stop his grandson and fixed his gaze on Xu Fan. The surrounding temperature soared in an instant.

Once a Divine Intention Great Grandmaster made a move, there was no hiding it from the Thousand-Household Commander stationed in Qingzhou or the circuit's Pacification Commissioner.

So he had to be quick!

He had to kill the young man and take his secrets and treasures before the Northern Pacification Office's Great Grandmaster arrived.

Divine Intention spread outward from beneath his feet, reducing every flower, blade of grass, and tree in its path to ash!

The fiery red, scorching Divine Intention bore straight down on Xu Fan!

Hum!

Xu Fan remained calm and crushed a spirit turtle talisman in his hand, blocking the interference of the Divine Intention.

"A mystic turtle? The Six Directions Mystic Turtle Armor?"

Mu Yunyang froze when he saw the spirit turtle barrier.

Wasn't it supposed to be one of the Five-Colored Great Dragon Flags?

How could it be the Six Directions Mystic Turtle Armor?

In that instant of distraction,

a Golden Light Technique shot straight at Mu Yunyang, who stood to the side.

It was so swift and powerful that it forcibly cleaved the scorching Divine Intention apart!

"A Great Grandmaster?!"

Mu Fangjin's face changed drastically, and he hurried to block the attack and keep his grandson from being killed.

But the instant he raised his hand, a brilliant ribbon of silver-white light swept toward him with even more terrifying destructive power!

Xu Fan seized that momentary opening and swept a Yin Sha Mysterious Light across the Great Grandmaster.

As his head flew high into the air, Mu Fangjin's eyes filled with utter disbelief. He had never imagined that Xu Fan was actually a Great Grandmaster!

Could it be that he had deliberately spared Yuan Er to lure Mu Fangjin here?

There was no answer, only endless darkness.

"Sorcery, sorcery! And you still say you don't know sorcery!"

Yuan Er had collapsed to the ground in terror. He pointed at Xu Fan with a trembling hand, his eyes full of fear.

Mu Fangjin was a Great Grandmaster who had been famous for years!

There were only a handful of people like him in all of Lingnan Circuit!

Even if he had struggled to make another breakthrough for years, he was still a genuine Great Grandmaster. How could he have died so easily?

Fear and regret intertwined, leaving Yuan Er unable to muster even the courage to flee.