“Congratulations, Senior Brother, your swordsmanship has broken through to three tenths. Your strength has increased greatly. When the ceremony arrives, you will definitely defeat Fang Tian and avenge your shame!”
In the forest.
Three people walked out from the shadows.
One of them was dressed in gray robes, carrying a long sword on his back, with a formidable aura surging around him.
His sharp edge was obvious.
“Good. Fang Tian just relied on the advantage of his weapon. Now that Senior Brother has three tenths of his swordsmanship, not only can he easily defeat Fang Tian, but he also has a chance to break into the top thirty!”
Another person clenched his fists and said heavily.
For a long time, the top thirty in the ceremony had been occupied by the disciples of the Inner Palace, and the Outer Palace couldn’t get in at all.
This also made the disciples of the Outer Palace often ridiculed and mocked by the Inner Palace.
“Top thirty, huh.”
Xie Yun Bai’s gaze was lowered.
He was the acknowledged number one in the Outer Palace.
At the third stage of the Spirit Sea Realm.
He was also one of the few disciples of the Outer Palace who had comprehended the Great Dao of martial arts.
Although his two junior brothers were full of confidence in him, he was very clear about the strength of the Inner Palace’s monsters.
Recently, one who ranked temporarily thirty-fifth in the Inner Palace was able to defeat him.
Let alone those who were even higher than him.
Even though his swordsmanship had broken through, he still didn’t have absolute confidence in entering the top thirty.
Buzz!
Suddenly, a rainbow light shot up from a distance, blooming and disappearing like fireworks.
“Rainbow Glow!”
One junior brother exclaimed excitedly.
The appearance of a Rainbow Glow phenomenon meant that there was a high-grade spiritual herb nearby!
“Senior Brother, maybe it’s your chance!”
The other junior brother also said excitedly.
They had only come to the back mountain to kill some special demonic beasts and practice their techniques. They never expected to encounter a Rainbow Glow.
“Then I’ll take your auspicious words, junior brothers.”
Xie Yun Bai also had a smile on his face.
If it was a spiritual herb that could help with cultivation, then he could improve even more before the ceremony.
Immediately, the three of them dashed towards where the Rainbow Glow appeared.
——
At the ancient pool.
The forest was gone. As far as the eye could see, it was quite empty.
Everywhere there were broken ancient trees, and… countless demonic beast corpses!
The rich blood had even dyed the soil beneath their feet blood red!
When Xie Yun Bai and his two junior brothers arrived.
They were all stunned on the spot, their eyes filled with shock.
“What happened here?”
One junior brother swallowed his saliva and subconsciously took a step back.
He was only at the seventh stage of the True Qi Realm.
While the demonic beasts here were basically at the second stage, some were even at the third stage!
Only now they were all lying on the ground.
Without a breath of life.
“Senior Brother, look!”
The other junior brother suddenly pointed to the front. There was an ancient pool there.
In the center of the pool, there was a white lotus, gently swaying.
Constantly emitting a rich medicinal fragrance.
The lotus petals were constantly trembling, obviously about to mature.
“Celestial Water Yuan Lotus!”
“It’s the Celestial Water Yuan Lotus!!!”
The junior brother was overjoyed.
Xie Yun Bai was also immediately captivated.
His breathing became hot.
Disciples of the Outer Palace, born into ordinary families, couldn’t compare to the princes and nobles.
Their cultivation resources were not as abundant.
Often, they had to rely on themselves.
This Celestial Water Yuan Lotus was almost equivalent to a year’s worth of resources for him.
“Wait!”
“It seems like someone is by the ancient pool.”
As soon as these words were spoken.
Xie Yun Bai immediately shifted his gaze and then contracted slightly.
He had been so attracted by the demonic beast corpses and the Celestial Water Yuan Lotus that he hadn’t noticed that there was actually someone beside the ancient pool.
It was a tall figure.
With its back to them.
It was wearing the uniform of an Outer Palace disciple, but now it was stained red with blood.
The wind blew, and its black hair danced gently.
Although it was only a back, for some reason, a sense of pressure emerged in his heart.
“Senior Brother Xie, did this person kill all these demonic beasts?”
The junior brother was a bit scared.
“It should be.”
Xie Yun Bai nodded.
However, there wasn’t much surprise on his face.
Although there were many demonic beasts that had died here, even ones at the third stage, if he had been here, he should have been able to do it as well.
The Celestial Water Yuan Lotus was too precious.
He naturally couldn’t give up easily.
Heavenly spiritual treasures had never been a matter of first come, first served, but rather a case of the fittest surviving!
It was just that what was strange to him was.
When did there become such a strong person in the Outer Palace?
The other few he knew should not be able to kill so many demonic beasts alone.
“Junior brother, what is your name?”
After thinking for a moment, Xie Yun Bai spoke.
He was at the third stage of the Spirit Sea Realm.
And this person was only at the first stage. There was nothing wrong with calling him junior brother.
The figure did not answer.
It still just stood there.
Standing with hands behind its back.
“You jerk!”
One junior brother felt like he had been slighted and stood up for Xie Yun Bai, taking a step forward.
However, the moment he took that step.
The figure seemed to have awakened.
It turned its head slightly.
It glanced at the three of them indifferently.
Boom!
It was impossible to describe what kind of gaze it was!
It seemed to contain countless blade lights, like an endless river of blade qi, terrifying yet domineering, sharp yet fierce!
Even a single splashing wave could cut them into pieces!
The two junior brothers were so scared that they collapsed to the ground.
Xie Yun Bai instinctively felt the danger and subconsciously wanted to use his swordsmanship, but his normally free-flowing swordsmanship couldn’t be controlled at all.
It even retreated to the depths of his flesh!
“This!”
Xie Yun Bai’s pupils constricted.
He gasped.
As the current number one in the Outer Palace, a Spirit Sea Realm monster-level martial artist.
How could he not know what this meant!
Martial Dao suppression!
His swordsmanship was actually being suppressed!
Between Great Dao of martial arts, if their cultivation was more than thirty percent different, then when they faced each other, they would be briefly suppressed!
His swordsmanship was already at three tenths!
This meant that the other person’s blade-qi was at least six tenths!
But… how was that possible!
Six tenths of the Great Dao of martial arts, even in the Inner Palace, was rare and few in number!
How could there be someone in the Outer Palace!