Chapter 833: "Xiao Wanfeng" Renowned in Yunlun Mountain Range

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9425, Xiao Wanfeng, hurry to the east to find me. Score: 100.987, Xiao Wanfeng, hurry to the east to find me. Score: 600.72, Xiao Wanfeng, hurry to the east to find me. Score: 1300.9, Xiao Wanfeng, hurry to the east to find me. Score: 5400.

Nightfall.

In just half a day, Xu Xiaoshou had entered the top ten of the leaderboard.

Despite the eastern region being quite barren, "Xu's Gang" grew at an unstoppable, tumor-like pace. The east went wild. All solo combatants and small trial groups, upon encountering the terrifying encirclement of Xu's Gang, faced only two outcomes: either flee, and those who ran fast escaped plunder, or those who ran slowly became members of Xu's Gang. In just half a day, Xu's Gang had grown from an initial seventy members to over five hundred.

The Five Tiger Generals initially disliked Young Master Xu's style. They didn't even want to work diligently. But by nighttime, their attitudes had completely changed. The Five Tiger Generals were delighted! Normally, with their individual strength, how could these five control hundreds of subordinates? But now, whenever they encountered someone, Young Master Xu's presence compelled them to surrender. Eventually, Young Master Xu didn't even need to act personally. Any one of the Five Tiger Generals could command hundreds of gang members to charge, and the enemies would disarm and surrender without a fight.

"Young Master Xu, these are the latest cloud pearls we've dug up." At the bonfire grilling area in front of the camp, Taixing, one of the Five Tiger Generals, arrived with a ring containing sixteen newly acquired cloud pearls. He stared at the fragrant grilled paw of the Thunder Giant Bear over the bonfire, unable to resist swallowing.

"It smells incredible! Young Master Xu must be from a culinary background; even my family's chef doesn't have such skill!" Taixing was also a talented young man, over eight feet tall, with a well-proportioned physique, and holding a fifth-grade spirit sword, radiating an extraordinary aura. But after half a day, he was already calling him "Young Master Xu" smoothly, without any discomfort.

"You're here?" Xu Xiaoshou pointed to the spot next to Xin Gugu by the bonfire, took the ring, retrieved the cloud pearls, and smiled, "Then sit down and have something to eat!"

Taixing excitedly squatted down, cut a piece of the Thunder Giant Bear's paw meat, and, sitting next to Xin Gugu, began to gnaw on it eagerly. Young Master Xu's two guardians are extraordinary! Within half a day, Master-level spirit beasts that they couldn't defeat were almost instantly killed once these two made their move. For example, with the Thunder Giant Bear, which was close to the peak of Master-level strength, Xu's Gang was completely routed. When Brother Xiao Xin appeared, he directly flipped the Thunder Giant Bear with a single palm; Taixing would be the first to disbelieve anyone who said he didn't have Master-level strength.

"It's so delicious!" Gnawing on the bear paw meat, Taixing was overflowing with happiness, his face filled with blissful intoxication. This meat was incredibly tender, with a medicinal aroma, truly a great tonic. After half a day, everyone in Xu's Gang realized that swordsmanship was not Young Master Xu's specialty; alchemy was. The person before them was the legendary Fourth-Grade Alchemist Sovereign. An ordinary piece of Master-grade spirit meat, when grilled by him, was not only incredibly fragrant but also subtly had the effects of Master-grade spirit medicine. It could be said that Young Master Xu elevated the tonic properties of spirit meat to an unparalleled level.

"I'm about to break through..." After gnawing on a large piece of bear paw, Taixing felt he could no longer suppress his cultivation and looked at Young Master Xu.

"Break through, I'll protect you during the process." Xu Xiaoshou nodded with a smile. Among the Five Tiger Generals, Taixing was the last one at the Innate cultivation level. The others, after eating several of his grilled meals, could no longer suppress their cultivation and successively broke through to become Masters. Without the Master Heavenly Manifestation Realm, they wouldn't be able to manage hundreds of young talents from the Five Domains.

"Mm." Taixing nodded and sat cross-legged. Soon, the Qi Sea surged, and the bonfire glowed. Dao principles manifested, and the Heavenly Manifestation formed. Taixing broke through to Master.

"How was it?" Xu Xiaoshou asked curiously, Xin Gugu and Liu Changqing also turned their heads.

"Fortunately, I did not fail, Master Heavenly Manifestation Realm... peak!" Taixing was very excited; he had suppressed his cultivation for over two years, all for the Holy Palace Trial. Now, within this King City, with Young Master Xu's promise of definitely making it into the top thirty-six on the leaderboard, he had no reservations whatsoever. As soon as he broke through, he became a Master in the Heavenly Manifestation Realm.

"Good, with you, our Xu's Gang now has five peak Master Heavenly Manifestation Realm experts, and they are all just one step away from the Yin-Yang Realm." Xu Xiaoshou nodded approvingly. The Cloud Realm World had a rule: as long as they weren't eliminated early and persevered until the end, for the top thirty-six on the leaderboard, the Cloud Realm World would strip away the trialists' Master abilities, returning them to their initial Innate realm. Afterward, trialists would receive a "Cloud Realm Source Crystal," and once they entered the Holy Palace Trial, consuming it would restore their peak cultivation. This was a benefit Cheng Ji had secured for the trialists. Xu Xiaoshou was also confident that by helping his Five Tiger Generals reach the top thirty-six on the leaderboard, he could naturally allow them to break through without any reservations.

"Later, I'll find some treasures that can help you comprehend Dao principles, or once the leaderboard stabilizes, the cloud pearls will be given to you first. I believe the Yin-Yang Realm won't be far off," Xu Xiaoshou said with a smile.

"Thank you, Young Master Xu!" Taixing was excited. Everyone already knew that Young Master Xu wasn't aiming for the top spot on the leaderboard. All he wanted was to climb into the top ten, create some publicity, and gather his "First Heaven Pavilion" members in the eastern region. Before, everyone doubted Young Master Xu's words. But ever since that long promotional message soared into the top ten of the leaderboard, everyone believed him.

"Xiao Wanfeng, hurry to the east to find me..." Thinking of this trialist name, Taixing felt quite speechless. He truly didn't know what Young Master Xu was thinking at the time to record his name in such a way. He also wondered what others would feel seeing Young Master Xu's rapid ascent on the leaderboard in half a day, and seeing this name.

Night deepened. Throughout the Yunlun Mountains, trialists stopped hunting spirit beasts and searching for cloud pearls, beginning to rest and recuperate. But while resting, they each glanced at the leaderboard.

"It's risen again." Someone had clearly been keeping an eye on a particular person."It's already in the top ten, ranked ninth!""Terrifying, who is this 'Xiao Wanfeng, hurry to the east to find me'? How could someone choose such a name and climb the ranks so quickly?" Evidently, Xu Xiaoshou's long name had an extraordinary ability to attract attention.

"I noticed this name as soon as it appeared, ranked over nine thousand on the leaderboard.""No way, it's too long; you even have to scroll the screen to see the full name. It's hilarious.""But who would've thought, such a ridiculous name, and in just half a day, he surged from over nine thousand to ninth place on the list—a thousandfold increase!" someone exclaimed.

"It must be known that everyone else has started to exert themselves, and this 'Xiao Wanfeng, hurry to the east to find me' can still reach ninth on the leaderboard. Clearly, they are also the leader of a large group.""Indeed, I don't know the leader's name, but this Xiao Wanfeng is going to be famous; over thirty thousand trialists should remember his name!"

Under the starry night, throughout the Yunlun Mountains, everyone was discussing "Xiao Wanfeng." Perhaps even Xiao Wanfeng himself wouldn't have imagined that he would become famous because someone else chose a name related to him.

North.

In a secluded mountain cave, a purple-haired, bare-chested youth stood leaning on a heavy black spear, silently staring at the leaderboard in his hand.

"So impressive! I rely on the 'Cloud Search Disk' to find cloud beasts to hunt, staying far ahead of everyone else on the leaderboard. I never expected this Xiao Wanfeng could also reach the top ten by accumulating cloud pearls.""How many people must he have gathered to achieve victory through sheer numbers? If he were to encounter a few cloud beasts, wouldn't my top rank be directly blown away?"

After a pause, the muscular, bare-chested youth, Chong Yuan, let out another self-deprecating laugh. "No, that's not right. Even if he encountered a cloud beast, with his cultivation close to the Sovereign realm and his 'Cloud Body' immune to physical attacks, how many in the entire Yunlun Mountains could contend with him? Not everyone can reach the Star Worship Realm as soon as they break through!"

Chong Yuan walked out of the cave, gazing at the starry sky, full of ambition. He had suppressed his cultivation for three years. In these three years, who could have imagined the humiliation and burden he endured, all for the Holy Palace Trial? On this journey through the Yunlun Mountains, he intended to defeat everyone.

"Xiao Wanfeng...""Heh, pray you don't run into me!"

South.

Jiang Xian led his more than three hundred followers to the Crescent Moon Mountain Valley. On a bare branch of an old locust tree sat a girl wearing a red silk puff skirt, her body wrapped in bandages, revealing only two bright eyes. She sat there so serenely under the pale full moon, dangling her legs, allowing the bells on her ankles to jingle, as if completely unafraid of what troubles the sound might attract in the night.

"Blackheart Fruit Clan, Duo'er." Jiang Xian gazed from afar, recognizing the person's identity, and stopped those beside him who were eager to act. He called out from a distance: "Miss Duo'er, we are both descendants of Half-Saints. Why not join forces and conquer these Yunlun Mountains together?"

The sound carried on the wind, drifting, with no reply for a long time.

"Mmm-hmm-hmm..." Miss Duo'er, still dangling her feet on the branch, quietly hummed a Blackheart Fruit Clan lullaby, savoring the scent of a day's bloodshed unique to the southern region carried by the night wind, her eyes slightly narrowed, enjoying the tranquility of the night.

"Miss Duo'er?""Mmm-hmm-hmm...""Duo'er!""Mmm-hmm-hmm..."

Jiang Xian called three times, still without a response, his expression turning somewhat grim. He raised his voice: "The Blackheart Gu passed down through the Blackheart Fruit Clan—my Jiang clan possesses the Half-Saint Purifying Light, and we do not fear it!"

Duo'er's ears twitched, her eyes brightened, and she tilted her head to look, her voice as clear as a nightingale's: "Do you want to fight Duo'er?"

Jiang Xian was stunned, then said angrily, "Not fighting, but cooperating!"

"No interest, go away. Your name isn't nice. Duo'er doesn't want to cooperate with you. Duo'er wants to cooperate with this 'Xiao Wanfeng'." On the branch, the little girl pointed at the trial jade pendant, her gaze burning.

Jiang Xian was enraged. It was his first time meeting a successor of the Blackheart Fruit Clan; he hadn't expected her to be so naive, her way of thinking utterly abnormal.

"Young Master Jiang, we can encircle her and just go up and kill her!" someone beside him suggested. After a day, Duo'er was still ranked second on the leaderboard. Everyone assumed this girl also had an army of trialists under her command. To their surprise, upon investigating Crescent Moon Mountain tonight, she was still alone. Wasn't this an opportunity? Everyone felt tempted. The points for second place were too tempting. Although fighting with superior numbers was shameful, if they could defeat Duo'er, their trial path would be much smoother afterward.

"Foolish!" Jiang Xian reprimanded angrily, "I have the Jiang clan's Half-Saint Purifying Light. What will you use to resist her Blackheart Gu? Do you think our numbers give us an advantage?" He pointed to the barren mountain: "This mountain terrain is the battlefield of the Blackheart Fruit Clan. As soon as a battle starts, tens of thousands of Blackheart Gu will emerge. Forget your hundreds of Innates; even hundreds of Masters would be instantly annihilated!"

Everyone's heart trembled upon hearing this. Tens of thousands of Blackheart Gu, capable of instantly wiping out hundreds of Masters? What kind of ability was this? Are people from the Southern Domain all so bizarre and terrifying?

"Let's go!" Seeing that Duo'er didn't want to cooperate, Jiang Xian turned and was about to leave with his people. At this moment, Miss Duo'er, dangling her legs on the branch, asked with a smiling voice from afar, "I met your large group this morning; weren't there over five hundred people? How did only so few remain?"

Jiang Xian's steps halted, his expression darkened. He didn't want to explain, but he was also afraid of angering this inexplicably peculiar little girl, so he said without looking back, "We ran into a sword-wielding madman. Let's go!" The latter half of the sentence was directed at his main group.

"A sword-wielding madman..." On the old locust tree, Miss Duo'er twirled her fingers, her tone somewhat strange, muttering to herself: "So impressive. Coming to the Eastern Domain and daring to provoke someone with a sword... In the Eastern Domain's Sword God Sky, as long as they wield a sword... Master said, even if they're a mortal, they're not to be trifled with." Saying this, she clenched her small fist and exclaimed excitedly, "But if they are a Master or a Sovereign, then they can be killed! The stronger their cultivation, the weaker their swordsmanship!"

After speaking, she returned her gaze to the trial jade pendant, staring blankly at the long string of names on it. "Xiao Wanfeng, what a lovely name..." Duo'er twirled her little index finger, muttering in a daze, "I hope you look as lovely as your name, like the quiet night, with a gentle evening breeze. Otherwise... hmph hmph."

At the same time.

In other places, too many people noticed the name "Xiao Wanfeng." Some from Eastern Heaven King City could instantly recognize this as the title Young Master Xu had inscribed, but most who didn't recognize it called out to "Xiao Wanfeng" as if it were the person himself. As for Xiao Wanfeng himself, after seeing this name, it was as if he had found his last straw of hope.

"The East..." Su Qianqian gripped the trial jade pendant, gazing eastward.

"Young Master Xu is there!" Xiao Wanfeng was trembling, treading on thin ice. He didn't know what this little girl wanted with Young Master Xu, but whether it was good or bad, bringing her to Young Master Xu would always solve the problem.

"Brother Xiaoshou is there..." Su Qianqian smiled, jumped off the rock, and said, "Let's travel through the night, heading east."

"Uh, are you serious?" Xiao Wanfeng was startled. Was this person even more anxious than him? But traveling at night carried immense danger. What lurked in the Yunlun Mountains wasn't just Innate or Master-level spirit beasts. To get from the west to the east, they would definitely have to pass through the core area, the Nine Dragon Veins, where it was rumored there were even Sovereign-level spirit beasts!

"Don't be afraid, I'll protect you." Su Qianqian looked back with a smile and continued to walk forward.

Xiao Wanfeng sighed deeply. What kind of people are these? None of those who followed Young Master Xu were normal to begin with, and now even those who merely know Young Master Xu have become so terrifying. "Let's go, let's go. I hope nothing unexpected happens on the way to the east."