Lang Xiao's state of mind was already in turmoil. He could not explain why he had yielded to a cultivator from the lower realm.
Yet whenever the thought of resisting arose in his heart, the crushing weight of Dao principles pressing down upon him would strike again.
"How could this be?"
"How could I possibly fear him? I..."
"Right, that special Dao lineage he cultivates! It could be a fragment of the legendary immortal arts!"
"That must be it! He cultivated an immortal art lineage and thus gained the favor of this world's Great Dao. That is why he could master the art of walking through the air, why he carries such immortal majesty!"
Lang Xiao knew nothing of Chen Yang's background. Judging by what he knew, he could only seek an answer from those ancient legends.
Legends of fragments of immortal arts had always existed in Azure Waves.
Some surviving ancient texts, aged beyond measure, contained records of them as well.
However, since no cultivator had ever truly encountered these so-called immortal arts in any verifiable historical record, as time passed, later Azure Waves cultivators came to regard them as nothing more than an illusory legend.
Though Lang Xiao's deduction did not match reality, he had, by sheer coincidence, guessed at the support behind Chen Yang.
Fragments of immortal arts did indeed exist. Xu Cang currently possessed at least two.
However, those two fragments were treasures Xu Cang kept at the bottom of the chest, and they were of extraordinary significance to the entire Azure Waves Continent. Even Chen Yang, as he was now, could not pry even the slightest bit of information from Xu Cang.
To this day, the only person to receive the gift of an immortal art from Xu Cang was Zhuang Xuanji, who had already