Chapter 1356: A Group of Strange People (Part 1)

Zhang Xuan was completely bewildered. He had only met this elder brother-in-law once, and had even been sent flying by a punch from him. Why was he looking for him now?

Could it be that he knew about his relationship with Ruoxi, and had agreed to it?

His body trembled; he couldn't help but feel excited.

If this violent elder brother-in-law agreed, many things would become simpler.

He followed closely behind the other person and left the Elite Class. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly felt his body tremble, and a sudden chill surged from within him.

"I forgot about the breakthrough..."

After consuming the Glacier Spirit Liquid, he hadn't had time to cultivate. Teacher Fei had then come to talk to him, and after their conversation, he still hadn't had time to cultivate. Then his elder brother-in-law appeared and hurriedly dragged him away.

Ordinary people, even geniuses from the Glacier Palace, would turn into ice pops if they took just one mouthful of Glacier Spirit Liquid. Zhang Xuan had swallowed three bottles in one go. Anyone else would have frozen to death by now. Although he possessed the Heaven's Path zhenqi, which allowed him to resist, he wouldn't be able to hold on for long and needed to neutralize the energy as quickly as possible.

Now that the icy cold energy was acting up, he immediately felt something was wrong. The cold energy became increasingly fierce. His internal organs felt like they were about to freeze, and his entire body trembled uncontrollably.

"No, I need to break through and cultivate as soon as possible to neutralize this..."

Knowing that he would surely freeze to death if this continued, Zhang Xuan's eyebrows twitched. He quickly circulated the zhenqi within his body to neutralize the coldness, transforming it into zhenqi to push through his cultivation bottleneck.

"What are you doing?"

Sensing the changes in his body, Luo Xuanqing stopped and frowned.

"I... I need to cultivate!" Zhang Xuan stammered, his lips trembling.

The cold energy had already invaded his body, and he was struggling to resist it. He was trembling so much that he could barely speak clearly.

"When can't you cultivate? I need you for something. You'll have plenty of time to cultivate later!"

Thinking it was some big deal, Luo Xuanqing waved his hand upon hearing he wanted to cultivate. "Come with me quickly! Never mind, you're too slow. I'll just fly you there!"

Before Zhang Xuan could explain in detail, he felt his body enveloped by a force. With a whoosh, he felt as if he was traveling through space and time, flying straight ahead.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The wind whistled all around him. Zhang Xuan only saw light flickering rapidly in his eyes. He couldn't tell how fast they were flying; it even surpassed the speed of his Heaven's Path movement technique.

"As expected of a Luo Clan genius..." he sighed inwardly.

This elder brother-in-law was Ruoxi's brother. He must have a much stronger grasp of space than ordinary people. His speed, naturally, went without saying.

Although he had cultivated the Grand Cosmos Heaven Book and possessed the "Wanderer Without Bounds" martial technique, his true speed was still slightly inferior compared to Luo Xuanqing's due to the limitations of his cultivation.

"Never mind that for now. I need to quickly digest the energy from the Glacier Spirit Liquid. Otherwise, I'll definitely freeze stiff. Even if I don't die, it will be incredibly troublesome..."

Knowing that this was not the time for shock, and no longer caring about being pulled by the other party, Zhang Xuan quickly closed his eyes and desperately began to digest the icy energy within him.

As more and more energy was refined, his depleted zhenqi became increasingly robust, and his cultivation level slowly increased.

He was continuously cultivating, feeling the cold energy within his body gradually dissipate. Then he felt his body jolt, and they stopped.

What appeared before his eyes was not the familiar architecture of the Saint Child Hall, but an empty field.

He was confined within a ball of zhenqi, and Luo Xuanqing stood not far away, with his hands clasped behind his back, seemingly deep in thought.

"Brother-in-law... Brother Luo, where is this? What did you bring me here for?" His lips trembling from the cold, Zhang Xuan couldn't help but ask.

"Don't speak!" Luo Xuanqing waved his hand.

"But I..." Zhang Xuan was utterly confused.

He brought him here, said nothing, and when Zhang Xuan asked, he told him not to speak. What exactly did this guy want?

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Filled with bewilderment and unsure what to do, he suddenly heard a wailing sound, like a ghost, fading in and out.

"Hmph!" With a cold snort, Luo Xuanqing stepped forward.

Boom!

A powerful aura surged from his body. Zhang Xuan immediately felt the space before him twist as if being pulled by something. His own divine sense seemed to vanish in the blink of an eye, entering an unknown void, beyond his control.

"Is this the Void Realm?" His pupils contracted.

In the Void Realm, Saint 7-dan, not only did the domain become elusive, but more importantly, practitioners could create their own void environment. Here, if the opponent was unwilling, divine sense couldn't detect them, making them impossible to find.

Luo Xuanqing, right before him, was exactly like this. When his divine sense extended toward Luo Xuanqing, it was like a stone falling into mud. In the blink of an eye, the connection was severed, and he could no longer sense him.

Unable to sense him with divine sense, even though he knew Luo Xuanqing was right there, it was as if he had vanished, completely undetectable. A powerful cultivator in the Void Realm, who controlled their own void, if they truly wanted to hide, could not be observed by divine sense or physical eyes. Unless one's cultivation was nearly identical to theirs, it would be impossible to find them!

"Eye of Insight!"

Understanding this, Zhang Xuan didn't bother to continue cultivating. Patterns appeared in his eyes, and he looked forward again.

Whoosh!

The previously vanished Luo Xuanqing reappeared before his eyes. Although he was still a bit blurry, he was no longer completely invisible.

Boom!

Under the illumination of the Eye of Insight, his elder brother-in-law appeared to be fighting someone, as immense energy scattered everywhere, tearing up the entire field.

It had to be said, although this elder brother-in-law was violent and reckless, his combat power was genuinely formidable. Even with all his current strength combined, Zhang Xuan would definitely not be his match.

"Fierce Guy, can you defeat him?" A thought stirred in his mind, and he couldn't help but ask.

Fierce Guy had once said that even Saint 7-dan experts were not his match. His elder brother-in-law's strength had also reached this realm. Could Fierce Guy win?

"Ordinary Saint 7-dan cultivators, I can easily slaughter them, but this one... he's not an opponent I can defeat!" Fierce Guy's somewhat embarrassed voice rang out.

Although he had devoured the 'Fierce Guy' consciousness from Jibei Swamp and made significant progress, he could handle ordinary Saint 7-dan cultivators. However, Luo Xuanqing was the core genius of the Luo Clan, and the 'King of Destruction' feared by everyone in the Saint Child Hall... Even if Fierce Guy gained considerable power, he still wouldn't be a match.

"And here I thought he could really defeat all Saint 7-dan cultivators..." Zhang Xuan curled his lip.

When this guy first woke up, he boasted so incredibly loudly, Zhang Xuan thought he was truly formidable, capable of being as awe-inspiring as his elder brother-in-law. Now it seemed he had thought too much...

"Well..." Sensing Zhang Xuan's displeasure, Fierce Guy quickly said, "Master, if you just let me swallow that 'Wisdom' character, I can definitely defeat this guy with ease! And if you let me swallow the 'Righteousness' character, I can even fight a Saint 8-dan. Swallow the 'Benevolence' character, and even a Saint 9-dan might not be able to defeat me..."

"Alright, stop boasting. Forget about those characters, however you thought of them!" Scorn flashed through his mind, and Zhang Xuan carefully instructed him.

Those were treasures left by Master Kong to the Saint Child Hall, specifically to suppress and stabilize its fortune. You talk about devouring them so casually... You've got some nerve!

However, on second thought, it was understandable. This guy was a super expert who had once trapped Master Kong for many days, preventing his escape. Naturally, he wouldn't be filled with the same awe and fear as others.

"Yes..." After being reprimanded, Fierce Guy dared not speak. Zhang Xuan looked forward again.

"Haha, as expected of a Luo Clan genius! Your strength is indeed formidable! I accept your invitation!"

Whoosh!

The previously indistinct scene became clear again. Immediately, Zhang Xuan saw a short figure appear beside Luo Xuanqing, only half his height. His skin was dark, like charcoal, but his eyes gleamed with a dazzling light, as if they could tear through the air at any moment.

The field not far away was torn with one large pit after another from the recent battle, and many deep ravines. If he hadn't just seen how perfectly flat it was, he would have suspected they were in some treacherous mountain range.

"Another Saint 7-dan expert!" His heart tightened.

Although he couldn't discern the other person's cultivation, to be able to fight Luo Xuanqing to a draw indicated that his combat power was definitely no weaker than a Saint 7-dan.

"Who is this? Why did you bring him along?" As he looked at the other person, the short man also looked over and frowned.

"He is..." Luo Xuanqing was about to speak when he heard the cry of a crane in the sky. Immediately after, a gigantic celestial crane flew rapidly towards them.

This celestial crane was not pure white. Instead, like a phoenix, its tail feathers were rainbow-colored, and flames seemed to flow around them.

"That's... a Seven-Colored Celestial Crane!" His expression turned solemn. Zhang Xuan was filled with shock.

This celestial crane was completely different from the clumsy creatures he had attracted while playing his guqin. It was a Saint Beast that had lived since ancient times, a Seven-Colored Celestial Crane. Even without cultivation, upon reaching adulthood, it would possess the combat power of a Saint 7-dan!

"You two arrived quite early!"

While he was still in shock, a voice rang out. He looked up and realized that a young man was also standing on the crane's back.

He also looked to be around thirty years old, but he was quite corpulent. His build was very tall, a head taller than Luo Xuanqing. Sun Qiang would look like a child in front of him. In comparison, Sun Qiang would appear impossibly thin.

"It's not easy for this Seven-Colored Celestial Crane to carry him..." he mused to himself.

He had never seen anyone so fat in his life, and it was quite impressive that the Seven-Colored Celestial Crane could carry him around everywhere.

"It's not that we arrived early, it's that you're late. Come down!"

Being called a violent man, Luo Xuanqing was somewhat annoyed. He snorted coldly. He raised his palm again and made a grabbing motion in the air.

The surrounding space immediately twisted again. The celestial crane in the sky seemed to have crashed into a wall, swaying precariously as if it would fall at any moment.

"Heh, your mastery of space is indeed impressive. However, it's not that easy to hurt me!" The stout man chuckled softly. He didn't dodge. Instead, he suddenly stomped his foot and leaped off the crane's back.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

With that jump, his own weight combined with inertia instantly propelled him to peak speed, even surpassing the speed of sound.

Crack!

His corpulent body slammed violently into the confined space, causing huge cracks to appear. With a booming sound, the space shattered. Luo Xuanqing took a few steps back.

The stout man landed on the ground, creating a large crater.