Yun Shan Wanted to Stage a Fight

Their expressions stiffened.

They looked at each other in silence.

What could Xiao Yan and Gu Xun'er say? Whatever their elder said went! They just wouldn't listen, that was all.

"Ancestor, is there anything else you need?"

Xiao Zhan finally broke the silence. Xiao Yan was his own son, after all; he had to be the one to look after him!

"Go on, go on!"

With a wave of his hand, Xiao Xuan was truly sending them away this time.

"Oh! And these are my two new disciples. Be smart around them from now on!"

Only after giving them that instruction did Xiao Zhan, Xiao Yan, and the others finally leave.

"Master!"

A girl's clear, sweet voice rang out beside him. Xiao Yi Xian was up to her tricks again.

"What is it? If there's nothing, go find yourselves a room and cultivate!"

With his eyes closed, Xiao Xuan paid the girls little attention.

"Yes! If your disciple encounters a difficult problem in the future, she will come and ask Master for guidance."

Her cheerful mood suddenly not quite so wonderful anymore, Xiao Yi Xian pulled Qing Lin away.

The back mountain was indeed spacious, with more than enough room for many more people.

Unfortunately, there were few traces of human construction, so if Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin wanted to stay, they would have to build a house themselves.

They could use it for now. If they wanted greater comfort later, they would still have to see to it themselves.

Damn Master!

Xiao Yi Xian gnashed her teeth, though she also knew Xiao Xuan had given them special treatment.

They only had to take care of a trivial matter themselves. They could treat it as a bit of training.

But heaven knew, Xiao Xuan was simply too lazy to move.

Besides, they were grown girls. Couldn't they take care of themselves?

Xiao Xuan rested briefly, then roused himself again.

He was only being lazy for a little while. He still had things to do afterward!

He would go take a look at the Misty Cloud Sect.

When he had sensed the area earlier, he had repeatedly noticed some inexplicable presences flickering there, carrying a hint of temptation.

He was curious, and the Jia Ma Empire would be the Xiao Clan's base from now on. At present, that was the only place with anything remotely worth seeing, so of course Xiao Xuan had to investigate.

The growth of his soul power had made Xiao Xuan's control over Dou Qi increasingly profound. Though it was still not as effortless and natural as controlling it with a physical body, he would only experience some discomfort when using Dou Qi at the Dou Sheng level.

Rip!

Xiao Xuan gently tore open a Space Wormhole and stepped inside, arriving in the Misty Cloud Sect's forbidden grounds with ease.

Surrounded by mountains and water, this was where the Misty Cloud Sect's experts of past generations had entered seclusion. It also held their unique inheritances.

Their level was rather low, however. Most had been left behind by Dou Zongs or Dou Emperors.

With little interest in examining them, Xiao Xuan headed toward the Hall of Souls' little rat he had sensed earlier.

Without a sound, Xiao Xuan arrived at a brightly lit cave dwelling. Its furnishings were quite simple; its occupant appeared to be an ascetic cultivator.

The former sect master of the Misty Cloud Sect, Yun Shan!

There was some pain on his face. Breaking through to Dou Zong was no simple matter. Even with the mysterious person's help, Yun Shan had still suffered considerable harm from forcing the breakthrough.

Fortunately, all of it could be remedied. It was the mysterious person's intentions that Yun Shan couldn't quite figure out.

He slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, hazy and black.

The foolish boy didn't even know someone had planted something in him.

After watching him for a few moments, Xiao Xuan knew he had taken a breakthrough pill specially made by the Hun Clan.

A thousand years ago, the Hun Clan had already brought such methods to the height of perfection.

On the surface, they were recruiting experts from across the world. In truth, they were imprisoning their souls, waiting until they had grown stronger to harvest them all at once.

"Ahem!"

Xiao Xuan gave a slight signal of his presence. He had no fondness for playing mysterious.

But this gave Yun Shan a terrible fright.

Since when had the Misty Cloud Sect become a sieve, letting outsiders enter as though no one were there?

"Who are you?"

Yun Shan shouted in a deep voice.

Whether speaking louder made him more formidable was uncertain, but it certainly bolstered his confidence.

"Yun Potian, the founding ancestor of my Misty Cloud Sect, was a Dou Zun expert whose name shook the world. I advise you not to make a mistake."

Though the Misty Cloud Sect had declined into a second-rate power in the northwest, Yun Shan could still casually wave the banner of a powerful backer.

"A Dou Zun expert. What an impressive title."

With a soft chuckle, Xiao Xuan appeared before Yun Shan's eyes, stepping out of a Space Wormhole.

"A D-Dou Zun?"

A living Dou Zun expert! His mastery of space had reached the point where he could casually open a wormhole. Even if he wasn't a Dou Zun, he was certainly no one Yun Shan could match.

Since when had the Misty Cloud Sect become so attractive to experts?

"May I ask what brings you to my Misty Cloud Sect, Senior? What are your instructions?"

If he kept putting on airs, he might lose his life. His own death would be bad enough, but if the Misty Cloud Sect were dragged into it, Yun Shan felt that even ten thousand deaths would not absolve him of blame.

"It's nothing. I just knew someone from the Hall of Souls had come here, so I stopped by to take a look at you."

"Those little brats keep using the same few tricks, over and over."

Without making any demands, Xiao Xuan casually beckoned and pulled several strands of black Qi from Yun Shan's soul, which was lodged between his brows.

Then he gave them a gentle squeeze, and several venomous screams seemed to sound faintly.

"Senior, what... what is that?"

Yun Shan was horrified. He himself had no idea such an evil presence existed within his soul.

Though he had often felt some swelling pain between his brows after his breakthrough, he had assumed it was caused by the growth of his soul afterward, especially since he had broken through with the aid of a pill.

A little discomfort was normal.

How could he have known that the mysterious person who had come earlier harbored such vicious intentions?

Yun Shan did not know what it did, but it was certainly a method of controlling another person's life and death.

"Senior, I shall never forget your great kindness for as long as I live. Give the word, and I, Yun Shan, will climb mountains of blades and plunge into seas of fire, without shrinking from ten thousand deaths!"

He spoke to people in their language and to ghosts in theirs. If the mysterious person who had planted that soul technique had come earlier, Yun Shan certainly wouldn't have said the same thing.

But now, he naturally had to pledge his loyalty to the big shot.

Besides, an old fox like Yun Shan naturally knew there was no such thing as a free benefit under heaven.

Rather than have Senior bring it up himself, he might as well show he knew what was expected.

Perhaps the Misty Cloud Sect might even flourish because of this.

"It's nothing much. A youngster from my clan will come to pay a visit to your Misty Cloud Sect in a few days."

Xiao Xuan spoke casually as he surveyed the Misty Cloud Sect's scenery.

"Rest assured, Senior. This must be my Misty Cloud Sect's fault. I have failed to discipline my people properly. When the time comes, I will certainly give the young master a proper explanation."

Though still shocked, Yun Shan breathed a sigh of relief.

Since the other party hadn't come knocking to attack them outright, there was still room to make things right.

He really didn't know how the people below him could be so stupid. Didn't they know whom they could and couldn't afford to provoke?

They had actually managed to turn a junior valued by a Dou Zun against the sect.

Had Dou Qi blown their brains away?

"It's not that serious. I'm letting that youngster use your Misty Cloud Sect as a little trial. If you handle it like that, it won't be any fun."

Xiao Xuan continued speaking absentmindedly.

"Then you mean, Senior, that we should stage a fight?"