The old man said nothing more and turned to leave.
Ye Guan looked at Ji Xuan and asked seriously, “Are you really willing to join the Dao Sect?”
Ji Xuan smiled and replied, “I was just annoying him!”
Ye Guan gave a wry smile.
Ji Xuan said softly, “I am used to being alone and free. I no longer like any kind of restriction!”
Ye Guan thought for a moment, then nodded. “Alright!”
The Dao Sect was indeed rather poor. If someone joined, they would probably have to build their own house!
It was not really appropriate.
Ji Xuan suddenly said, “The contest for the Great Dao fortune is about to begin. You must work hard! Especially be careful of the An family and the Ancient Heavenly Dragon clan!”
Ye Guan nodded. Ever since he was chased by two Great Calamity realm experts in Sin City last time, the other side had shown no further movement up to now!
This was a bit abnormal!
Thinking of this, Ye Guan quickly said, “Miss Ji Xuan, I need to go lie low for a while. Take care, and we will meet again!”
With that, he turned and directly soared on his sword, vanishing at the horizon in the blink of an eye.
Ji Xuan watched the long trail left by his sword flight in the sky, the corners of her mouth lifting slightly. “This guy’s sword-flying posture is really handsome!”
After saying that, she turned and flashed away, disappearing into the distance.
On the other side.
The head of the Enforcement Court watched the direction in which the two had left. Beside him stood a middle-aged man!
This middle-aged man was none other than Gu Chaoyuan, the new head of the Guanxuan Academy!
The head of the Enforcement Court said softly, “What a pity!”
Gu Chaoyuan shook his head slightly and said softly, “Indeed a pity! These two peerless geniuses should both belong to the Academy! If they were both in the Academy, in this contest for the Great Dao fortune, we would not need to care about anyone else’s attitude!”
The head of the Enforcement Court remained expressionless. “The An family has really lost face this time!”
Gu Chaoyuan shook his head with a smile. “Actually, under normal circumstances, back in the Upper Realm, they could have nipped this Ye Guan in the bud. At that time, things would not have developed to this extent. But unfortunately, they underestimated this Young Master Ye Guan! As a result, the matter has grown bigger and bigger.”
As he spoke, he shook his head slightly. “Now, this matter is no longer just a simple martial contest! It has risen to the level of face! If Ye Guan keeps living, it is like slapping the An family and the Ancient Heavenly Dragon clan in the face! The world will think that they cannot even deal with a sword cultivator from a small world…… It can be said that this deals a fatal blow to their prestige!”
The old man frowned slightly. “This matter was originally their fault!”
Gu Chaoyuan said softly, “Then do you mean to have the An family and the Ancient Heavenly Dragon clan apologise to this Young Master Ye?”
The old man fell silent.
Obviously impossible!
For such ancient top-tier families to admit fault?
Unless you are stronger than them, strong enough that they cannot afford to offend you, only then would they apologise. Otherwise, no matter how wrong they are, they will never lower their heads to you!
This is the arrogance of ancient aristocratic families!
Gu Chaoyuan continued, “Moreover, the matter is now even more complicated! Because of the involvement of Chief Ye Guanzhi, the aristocratic families have all become wary. They have directly classified Ye Guan as being on Chief Ye’s side. Therefore, many aristocratic families now harbour hostility towards Ye Guan! Now, they want to kill Ye Guan to show Chief Ye, to let Chief Ye know the strength of their aristocratic families!”
The old man said in a deep voice, “Head, as far as I know, you also represent the aristocratic families!”
Gu Chaoyuan smiled. “Yes!”
The old man looked puzzled. “But earlier you asked me to recruit Ye Guan!”
Gu Chaoyuan said softly, “I am from the aristocratic families, but I am also from the Academy! Not to mention other places, just in our Zhongtu Divine Continent, this repeated internal strife has already caused two peerless prodigies to leave us. This is a huge loss for the Academy! Moreover……”
As he spoke, his eyes narrowed. “Do you really think the aristocratic families can suppress Chief Ye? Do not forget that Chief Qingqiu and the Human Sword Master are still there. They have not died.”
The old man gave a bitter smile. “But they have not appeared for thirty million years!”
Gu Chaoyuan said softly, “So, some aristocratic families have become unprecedentedly inflated! They think the Academy belongs to them!”
With that, he gave a low sigh and turned to leave!
The old man also gave a low sigh and turned to leave!
…
On the other side, Ye Guan arrived at the Xuan Tower.
This time, he was not pursuing actual combat, but continuing to cultivate speed!
The reason he did not pursue combat deployment was that he simply could not find suitable opponents now!
Killing across several tiers was now completely without pressure for him!
Therefore, he could only pursue speed, cultivating his speed to the extreme!
After paying the golden crystals, Ye Guan went directly to the spatial pressure training level, and this time, he went straight to the fortieth level!
As soon as he entered the fortieth level, he felt a terrifying spatial pressure!
And he did not release his sword intent!
If he released his sword intent, he could completely resist this spatial pressure, but he did not!
He wanted to train naked!
Without using any external aids, including sword intent!
Pure naked training!
After a moment, Ye Guan began to draw his sword. At first, it was still very slow, but gradually, his speed began to increase!
And so, Ye Guan began to train frantically!
At the beginning, he increased one level per day, later slowly becoming several days per level.
When tired, he ate dragon meat and drank dragon blood!
Under this kind of harsh training, the effects of the dragon meat he ate and the dragon blood he drank increased several times over!
Two months passed.
Ye Guan had already reached the fiftieth times spatial pressure level!
And during this period, he had not relied on sword intent or the Path Sword!
It was purely naked training!
If he was going to train, he would train to the extreme!
Focus on doing one thing!
…
Qingzhou, An family.
An family head An Ya sat in the courtyard. In front of her stood an old man, who bowed slightly, very respectfully.
After a moment of silence, An Ya said, “You mean that Ye Guan might be a Great Sword Immortal?”
The old man nodded. “The latest intelligence says so. He gained enlightenment in front of that mysterious stone tablet and had a breakthrough! So, he may be a Great Sword Immortal!”
Great Sword Immortal!
An Ya fell silent.
If it was just a Sword Immortal, it would not be enough for the An family to take seriously!
But if it was a Great Sword Immortal, then the An family had to take it seriously!
A monster!
An Ya’s eyes narrowed slightly. “We really underestimated this person!”
As she spoke, she looked at the old man. “Have you found out his background?”
The old man said in a deep voice, “He is an adopted son of the Ye family from the Lower Realm, taken in by the Ye family since childhood. His true identity and background are very mysterious and cannot be traced!”
An Ya’s eyes narrowed slightly. “Cannot be traced?”
The old man nodded.
An Ya stared at the old man, imposing without anger. “Did you contact the Immortal Treasure Pavilion?”
The old man gave a bitter smile. “Family Head, we have already contacted the Immortal Treasure Pavilion, but even the Immortal Treasure Pavilion cannot find out his true background!”
An Ya’s brows immediately furrowed, somewhat surprised. “Even the Immortal Treasure Pavilion cannot find out his background?”
The old man nodded, his expression rather grave. “Yes! Very mysterious!”
After a moment of silence, An Ya said, “This person cannot be allowed to live. If we let him grow, it will be detrimental to our An family, especially if he joins the main Guanxuan Academy later. At that time, it will be difficult for us to kill him!”
As she spoke, she slowly closed her eyes. “He must die in the Zhongtu Divine Continent!”
The old man hesitated, then said, “Family Head, this matter still needs to be handled cautiously. This person’s identity is unknown. If we rashly provoke him, I fear it will bring disaster to our An family. We should……”
“Insolence!”
An Ya suddenly opened her eyes wide, staring at the old man. “His identity is unknown? Even if his background is stronger, so what? Can it be stronger than our An family? Our An family has produced two Martial Gods over tens of millions of years and followed two generations of people of destiny. In terms of family background, in terms of backing? Who in this world can compare to our An family?”
As she spoke, a cold glint flashed in her eyes. “In terms of family status, in terms of connections, our An family claims second, who dares claim first? Who dares?”
