Before long, the director of Immortal Martial Combat Hall in Jiangyou Province, this Pure Yang Immortal, arrived and after inspecting the traces of battle, he remained at the scene.
Meanwhile, he drove away all the Land Immortal level cultivators who came here, prohibiting them from approaching Meiling, turning it into a temporary restricted area managed by Immortal Martial Combat Hall.
This direct clearance left them baffled, but an Immortal Martial Combat Hall's Land Immortal died here, so it was only reasonable to investigate, no one wanted to bear the fury of Immortal Martial Combat Hall.
But just two hours later, people from Celestial Sword Mountain actually showed up! Their blatant appearance at Meiling was simply provocative!
To say that people from Celestial Sword Mountain killed cultivators from Immortal Martial Combat Hall was already a disgraceful act, now appearing at the crime scene was nothing short of flaunting.
Normally, it should be waiting for the Immortal Martial Combat Hall to come and demand accountability, to negotiate a solution, be it paying with life or compensation, ending in a handshake for peace.
In short, major forces care about their reputation, no matter how the friction and conflict, there wouldn't be an outright large-scale confrontation.
Behind the scenes, they might curse and threaten to kill your family, but outwardly they'd still smile amiably, as if saying to the world: there's no big problem.
"Shameless! The swords of Celestial Sword Mountain are indeed sharp, but are the fists of Immortal Martial Mountain just fluffy? Ridiculous! Saying that the Heaven's Pride of Celestial Sword Mountain is missing too? Who believes that, it's just an excuse!"
Sure enough, such provocations enraged the Pure Yang Immortal of Immortal Martial Combat Hall, who without a word, attacked directly, injuring several Sword Cultivators from Celestial Sword Mountain and clashed ferociously with the leader.
In just a few moves, the Leaping Tiger Ravine in Meiling within a ten-mile radius was turned into ruins…
Chaos, that's the only word to describe Meiling now. The original scenic area and wild forest could no longer be recognized, but no outsiders were allowed to enter within a hundred-mile radius.
The numbers of people from Immortal Martial Combat Hall and Celestial Sword Mountain kept increasing, persisting in a standoff, they turned Meiling into a restricted area as if to decide life and death.
Whenever other forces attempted to enter, they would jointly repel them!
If the two major forces were truly to erupt, the entire continent could only rely on the Bodhi Sect to mediate, as the three major forces are the most top-tier existence in the Hua District.
The chaos in the Meiling area, those with combat power below the level of a Land Immortal can no longer get involved, but for ordinary people, apart from more flying Immortals overhead recently and a ban on visiting Meiling, life seems unchanged.
Of course, these ordinary people do not include Wang Xuan.
In the tea house, Wang Xuan had just sat for less than a minute when a flying device arrived, and Senior Brother Chen Qingniu rushed in.
"What exactly happened!"
The matters of Meiling seem to be a mystery until now; the martial hall in this district under Yuzhang City, besides the owner, no one else knows.
And now, it's the owner who has met with an accident.
Wang Xuan recounted the events at Meiling to the anxious Senior Brother Chen Qingniu, the usually sword-wielding carefree Wine Immortal was gone, leaving only the restless Chen Qingniu.
"Is it because the hall owner was very concerned about the Leaping Tiger Ravine at Meiling? Because Sword Cultivators from Celestial Sword Mountain went there and caused him heavy-heartedness? So were they encountered at Meiling and then fought?" Chen Qingniu's eyes widened.
Wang Xuan nodded: "Yes."
"Then the hall owner, is he alive, or dead?" Chen Qingniu clenched his fists.
"He is possibly, likely defeated and perished." Wang Xuan sighed, pulling out the tiny fragment, placing it on the tea table.
"Celestial Sword Mountain! Celestial Sword Mountain!" Chen Qingniu's eyes were bloodshot, fingers trembling as he picked up the fragment, this was the protective armor the hall owner relied heavily upon, originally a Celestial Treasure, now just a fragment, naturally he understood the outcome.
"Who is that person?!" He gritted his teeth, Wang Xuan had never seen such a furious Senior Brother.
Wang Xuan clearly remembered the appearance of that young Sword Cultivator, their enmity buried deeply within him, documented with a personal terminal during their previous encounter.
"It's him, Sword Immortal Zhao Hao? So it's him!" Chen Qingniu drew out his sword, holding the blade tightly, fresh blood continually flowed.
"I swear I won't reincarnate if I do not kill you! Your head will be sacrificed with blood!"
Wang Xuan departed, the storm gradually sweeping across Yuzhang City, he, a cultivator of the First Realm, was closely entangled with the storm, appearing again would certainly be a doomed fate.
He must hibernate at such times, find a safe place, and quietly enhance his strength. And Yuzhang City happened to have a suitable place for him, and that was the Immortal Martial Combat Hall.
If he could become a coach, he'd be allocated a house in the Immortal Martial Combat Hall, allowing him to stay there twenty-four hours a day with absolute safety and security.
No one would dare to break in to harm him; otherwise, it would be trampling the face of Immortal Martial Combat Hall into the dirt!
Not wanting to wander anymore, Wang Xuan notified Leng Feng from the Hunting Team, stating he encountered some problems and couldn't join tasks for the time being, and naturally he wouldn't attend tomorrow's hunting action.
Facing complaints from the Hunting Team members, Wang Xuan could only apologize repeatedly. The captain inquired if he needed help, but Wang Xuan shook his head, unwilling to drag them into it.
After leaving, Chen Qingniu drank a jug of wine, laughed out loud, and headed towards the Meiling area.
Before departing, he pulled out his personal terminal, sending out a message: Master, my father is dead, killed by Zhao Hao, I will definitely find him and have a duel! If I cannot avenge, I am not worthy to be your son!
The hall owner was his biological father, which is something most people in the martial hall didn't know.
"Get stronger! Get stronger! Only by becoming stronger can I kill Zhao Hao and avenge the hall owner!" Wang Xuan repeated to himself constantly on his way home.
The encounter with such powerful combat strength and the accompanying sense of crisis made Wang Xuan yearn to possess strong combat power immediately.
No one wants their life dictated by others nor wishes to walk through Ghost Gate again and again, even surviving is a matter of luck.
A strong individual, even when standing before Ghost Gate, would have the gatekeeper demons bow down and move the Ghost Gate far away, fearing they might smash the gate.
But how can he get stronger?
Back home, lying on the bedroom bed, the problem loomed before Wang Xuan, urgently needing a solution, yet without a good plan.
With a thought, his personal panel appeared in his mind.
Name: Wang Xuan
Age: Twenty-four
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 90 kg
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Cultivation Skills: Mixed Element Stance Minor Achievement (acceleratable), Golden Bell Shield Minor Achievement (acceleratable), Fierce Bull Fist Great Success (acceleratable), Life Generating Technique Second Layer (acceleratable)...
Source Points: 1,350
Looking at the final Source Points value, Wang Xuan's heart skipped a beat, with so many points! Compared to the previously hard-earned one hundred units of Source Power, now he truly felt wealthy.
This meant when he contacted the fragments of protective armor at Meiling, even without absorbing all the Source Power, he gained 1,280 Source Power points.
So it could be seen how valuable that shattered Celestial Treasure was!
Holding so much Source Power, Wang Xuan was filled with immense confidence, enough to advance Life Generating Technique to the seventh layer, allowing him to directly cultivate to the Blood Exchange Realm?
The Blood Exchange Realm could already be considered a Martial Arts Master, with a body reaching a supernatural level, even able to withstand bullets from handguns, exceeding ordinary life levels.
By then, he would possess a certain self-protection capability.
However, Source Power value doesn't equal strength! Wang Xuan felt restless when thinking about his lack of money, the opportunity for enhancement right in front, yet due to no cultivation materials, unable to use potions to replenish Qi and blood, couldn't use accelerators.
Money! Money! Money! Wang Xuan wasn't obsessed with wealth but required money to assist cultivation!
A bottle of Hundred Herbs Essence Liquid could allow him to use ten Source Power points to accelerate, but one bottle of Hundred Herbs Essence Liquid costs 200,000 Star Yuan, meaning to use one unit of Source Power requires spending 20,000 Star Yuan.
And the 1,350 units of Source Power in hand require over 20 million Star Yuan, equating to two years of his entire income, the key being he simply didn't have the money at the moment.
"With no money on hand, should I still get caught in earning it first before spending? Why not borrow?" Wang Xuan couldn't help but scold his stubbornness.
Taking out his personal terminal, Wang Xuan contacted Li Daoming, and before he could speak, Li Daoming's lazy voice came through.
"Speak, how much to borrow?"
(This book went through extensive revisions, if there are some inexplicable flaws, I hope everyone can be forgiving.)