Two Blood Devouring Ghost Silks were far superior to the previous one in both speed and power, easily piercing through even a steel plate.

At this moment, Meng Chong only felt a strong sense of crisis welling up in his heart.

With a low roar, his muscles bulged, and with a thud, his physical body resembled a golden bell, even emitting a faint golden light.

He crossed his fists in front of his chest to protect his vital parts.

Puff!

The Blood Devouring Ghost Silk instantly pierced into his fists, and a chilling aura drilled from his fists into his arms and into his body.

Rumble!

The Qi and Blood in his body instantly became violent, sweeping through his entire body. His bottleneck was broken, and he broke through the limit of his Bronze Bone!

However, the danger did not disappear.

Even if his Golden Bone immediately reached Great Mastery, he was still no match for him.

A stinging pain came from his fists, and the chilling aura felt as if it wanted to freeze his fists.

Letting out another low roar, the Qi and Blood storm in his body surged toward his fists under his circulation.

Puff!

He threw out both fists, shattering the Blood Devouring Ghost Silk that had pierced into his fists.

Xue Wuxin was shocked in his heart. What kind of physical body was this?

To actually block his Blood Devouring Ghost Silk?

"I refuse to believe you can block this strike!"

Xue Wuxin began to take him seriously.

He was a Grandmaster Expert, after all. Although he hadn't used much strength, his previous two attacks could have easily pierced through a Third-Grade Martial Artist if they were in the Inner Domain.

Even a Grandmaster Expert would not be able to block them with their physical body alone.

As for this bald youth, although his strength was inferior to a Martial Artist above the Third Grade, the sturdiness of this physical body was outrageously strong!

Hiss!

With a flick of Xue Wuxin's finger, an even thicker Blood Devouring Ghost Silk shot forth explosively, aiming straight for Meng Chong's chest.

With this strike, he truly unleashed the strength that a Grandmaster Martial Artist should possess.

"I can't block it!"

Meng Chong was horrified in his heart. No matter what, he couldn't block this strike.

His Martial Entry had not even been achieved yet. No matter how strong the Great Sun Golden Bell Shield was, it was impossible to block the attack of someone suspected to be a Martial Artist of the Innate Realm.

Even if he cultivated a Golden Bone or even an Adamantine Glazed Bone, he still wouldn't be able to block it.

The difference in Realm was simply too great!

The crisis of death descended, yet Meng Chong was powerless. Facing Xue Wuxin, he was simply too weak!

Boom!

At that critical moment of crisis, suddenly, a Golden Dragon descended from the sky. The Blood Devouring Ghost Silk collapsed and disintegrated in an instant, while the Golden Dragon coiled around, directly wrapping up and controlling Xue Wuxin in mid-air, pulling him down from the sky.

Meng Chong was overjoyed, feeling a sense of surviving a catastrophe.

"Shifu!"

Li Xuan had returned from Donghe Prefecture, preparing to let Shi Er use the intelligence of the Heavenly Mother Cult to probe the movements of the capital.

As a result, the moment he returned to Cloud Mountain County, he sensed a chilling aura.

A Martial Artist!

Furthermore, they were right in his courtyard!

He was immediately startled. Where did this Martial Artist come from?

With an immediate Transposition, he arrived above the small courtyard.

He happened to see Meng Chong falling into crisis, so he immediately made a move to save Meng Chong and incidentally bound Xue Wuxin in mid-air.

"Fortunately, I was a step faster, otherwise my second disciple would be gone!"

Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Seeing that his second disciple was about to achieve Martial Entry, if he were killed by someone, he would suffer a huge loss.

Where could he find a second disciple suitable for cultivating the Great Sun Golden Bell Shield?

Thinking of this, anger surged in his heart.

He abruptly looked at Xue Wuxin, who was bound by the Dragon Subduing Palm force, and his gaze turned gloomy.

This was a Martial Artist, and his strength was not weak.

It seemed... he was in an injured state.

Moreover, what the other party cultivated was not Qi and Blood, but a gloomy aura, coupled with a bloody undertone. Clearly, he was no good person.

"True Qi?"

Li Xuan furrowed his brows slightly.

"That's not right. It looks somewhat like True Qi, but its quality is inferior to True Qi."

The purity of the True Qi inside the other party's body was far inferior to his Innate True Qi, and both its power and quality were considerably worse.

"Shifu, who is this person? He wanted to kill disciple the moment he arrived. Was he sent by the Wu Emperor?"

Having survived a disaster, Meng Chong looked at Xue Wuxin and immediately showed an angry expression.

Li Xuan sat down on the chair, a mysterious aura emerging that made him look increasingly unfathomable.

"How are your injuries?"

Li Xuan glanced at the wound on Meng Chong's fist, where a chilling aura was lingering.

However, it wasn't a big problem; it was just a minor injury.

With Meng Chong's current physical body recovery ability, he would fully recover in two or three days.

Moreover, stimulated by this chilling aura, Meng Chong's Qi and Blood raged, actually breaking through the bottleneck, transcending the limit of the Bronze Bone, and entering the stage of refining the Golden Bone.

Could this be considered a blessing in disguise?

Xue Wuxin collapsed on the ground, his heart filled with extreme shock.

A Golden Dragon was coiled around his body, and its terrifying coercion suppressed him tightly, making him unable to move.

His inner qi was suppressed to the point that it felt as if it could collapse at any moment.

"A Great Grandmaster? How could there be a Great Grandmaster Expert in the Border Wasteland?"

"No! That's not right. Even a Great Grandmaster might not possess this terrifying might."

"What kind of person is this? He looks unfathomable!"

Xue Wuxin's heart sank.

Because in the Border Wasteland, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence had vanished, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was violent. Because the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence did not exist, it was impossible to guide spiritual energy into the body.

The human body could not refine or endure the violent spiritual energy either.

Therefore, Martial Artists could not possibly exist here.

Precisely because of this, when he was hunted down in the Inner Domain with nowhere to escape, he fled to the Border Wasteland.

Yet he never expected that such an Expert actually existed in the Border Wasteland!

"This is their Shifu?"

The mysterious Expert threw out a Golden Dragon the moment he made a move, with an unstoppable might that came from the same origin as that kid's palm technique. This person was undoubtedly that kid's Master.

"What on earth is going on in the Border Wasteland?!"

Xue Wuxin felt extremely aggrieved. At this moment, he had the feeling that he had traveled thousands of miles to the Border Wasteland just to seek death!

Li Xuan gazed at Xue Wuxin on the ground with his brows slightly furrowed. Where did this Martial Artist come from? Why did he attack Meng Chong? Could it really be as Meng Chong said, sent by the Wu Emperor?

If he was a Martial Artist sent by the Wu Emperor, Qi State—whose strength was not weaker than Wu Kingdom—should also have Martial Artists, otherwise it would have been annexed by Wu Kingdom long ago.

However, Xu Yan had tossed about in Qi State for so long without any Martial Artists ever appearing.

"That's not right! Xu Yan engaged in fierce battle with someone. Could it be that the Qi Emperor caught his breath and went to invite a Martial Artist out?"

For a long time, the martial might value of Qi State had been very low.

From all signs, Martial Artists did not exist there. Otherwise, if Xu Yan believed in vernacular legends and traveled everywhere visiting Experts in order to cultivation true martial arts, he wouldn't have been mocked for not having a very good head.

Li Xuan was about to have Meng Chong interrogate Xue Wuxin about his origins and what level his strength was at in the martial arts world, when he saw Xu Yan flying over.

He raised his brow, instantly understanding somewhat. Could the Martial Artist who had fiercely battled with Xu Yan be none other than this person right now?

Following the direction of Xue Wuxin's escape, Xu Yan chased all the way. Outside Cloud Mountain County, seeing a Golden Dragon flash past and vanish, he was instantly startled. Was this Shifu making a move?

Rushing over hurriedly, he indeed saw Xue Wuxin collapsed on the ground, with a Golden Dragon coiled around him, binding him tightly.

"Shifu!"

Xu Yan bowed respectfully and said.

Then, seeing the injury on Meng Chong's hand, he was instantly startled and said, "Junior Brother, did he injure you?"

"Yes, Senior Brother. If Shifu hadn't rushed back, I would be dead."

Meng Chong said with lingering fear.

"This guy might have been sent by the Wu Emperor to kill me!"

Meng Chong gritted his teeth and said angrily.

"It probably isn't."

Xu Yan was stunned; Meng Chong had misunderstood.

"You have crossed hands with him, tell us about it."

Li Xuan looked at Xu Yan and asked.

"Yes, Shifu!"

Xu Yan nodded and then recounted the whole story from beginning to end.

From going to the capital to investigate the origin of the desiccated corpses—thinking it was done by the Corpse Ghoul of legends, but finding out it wasn't, so he prepared to return and ask Shifu what kind of monster was harming people.

As a result, at a post station a hundred miles away, he found that all the post station officials had been killed, with the manner of death being sucked dry of blood. He encountered an attack by Xue Wuxin, and after a fierce battle, Xue Wuxin couldn't afford to waste time and fled.

Li Xuan was shocked in his heart upon hearing this. This was a Demonic Path cultivator!

Devouring other people's blood, what else could it be if not a Demonic Path cultivator?

Where did this Demonic Path cultivator come from?

He finally understood why the other party attacked Meng Chong. It must have been because he saw that Meng Chong's Qi and Blood was exuberant, his vital essence was thick, and he contained a massive amount of vital essence power.

It could help him recover his injuries and enhance his strength.

He just miscalculated the sturdiness of Meng Chong's physical body, being careless in both his first and second strikes.

It was fortunate that he was careless; otherwise, by the time he returned, Meng Chong would already be dead!

"Speak, where do you come from, and what is your intention?"

Li Xuan slightly loosened the Golden Dragon binding Xue Wuxin, allowing him to speak.

Just nice to use this person to understand the martial arts world of this world.

How was the martial might value of the martial arts world, and what level was his current strength at?

"Speak quickly!"

Meng Chong clenched his fists, glared at Xue Wuxin, and said angrily.

"Confess honestly, or I will kill you!"

He was almost killed, and Meng Chong was furious right now.

Xue Wuxin's heart sank. Looking at Li Xuan, he only felt that he was unfathomable, and his strength was profoundly unmeasurable—definitely not comparable to a Great Grandmaster Realm Expert.

Escaping was impossible; he could only think of a way to save his little life!

"Senior, please forgive me. Junior is Xue Wuxin, coming from the Inner Domain. Pursued by enemies, I thus fled to this Border Wasteland!"

Xue Wuxin said, weighing his words.

Inner Domain!

Border Wasteland!

Li Xuan had already realized in his heart that where Qi State and Wu Kingdom were located belonged to the Border Wasteland, while crossing the Endless Mountains was the Inner Domain!

Martial Artists existed in the Inner Domain!

Xue Wuxin should be a Demonic Path Martial Artist from the Inner Domain, who was besieged and injured, and therefore fled to the Border Wasteland.

What level was the other party's strength at in the Inner Domain?

And what was the martial arts of the Inner Domain like?

Xue Wuxin's True Qi was somewhat poor in quality. Was it due to the cultivation technique he practiced, or was it caused by differences in the martial arts system?

As a reclusive Expert, Li Xuan naturally wouldn't ask these questions out loud.

He was an Expert; he must have a thorough grasp of this world.

If he asked like that, wouldn't it make him, an Expert, appear completely ignorant of the martial arts world?

Furthermore, he didn't even need to speak.

Xu Yan was already asking excitedly.

Where was the Inner Domain?

Could it be where the martial arts world was located?

Shifu had always smiled mysteriously, refusing to speak of the martial arts world, only saying that once one's strength reached that level, one would naturally know.

Right now was precisely the opportunity to understand the martial arts world!

"Where is the Inner Domain? Is it the martial arts world? Why is our place called the Border Wasteland?"

Xu Yan asked with a fanatical look in his eyes.

Xue Wuxin was stunned, looking at Xu Yan with shock and suspicion. He didn't know about the Inner Domain?

Didn't know about the Border Wasteland?

Looking back at Li Xuan, that mysterious Expert was sitting on the chair, leisurely and carefree, acting as if he didn't care at all.

"This is an Expert!

"An Expert coming from the Inner Domain? Living in seclusion in the Border Wasteland.

"Is it to avoid enemies, or for some other reason? He took two disciples here, but never mentioned matters of the Inner Domain, so..."

Xue Wuxin had a bold guess.

"The Inner Domain is after crossing the big mountains. This place is called the Border Wasteland because the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence has vanished, the spiritual energy is violent, it is impossible to sense the spiritual mechanism or inhale and exhale spiritual energy, and Martial Artists cannot be born..."

Xu Yan and Meng Chong frowned as they listened. In the Border Wasteland, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence vanished, and Martial Artists could not be born?

How could this be possible?

Li Xuan was also extremely astonished in his heart, "I am able to inhale and exhale the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and I can cultivation... It must be because of the martial arts I made up. No wonder I felt this spiritual energy wasn't gentle enough."

He finally understood why the spiritual energy was not gentle; it turned out to be because the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence had vanished.

"It is because of the Heaven and Earth Bridge, using this as a bridge to communicate with heaven and earth, so even without the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence, one can still cultivation."

Li Xuan understood in his heart.

"Keep talking, confess everything you know. How is the strength of the Inner Domain martial arts world? Are you in the Innate Realm? What level are you at?"

Xu Yan continued to ask.

Innate Realm?

Xue Wuxin was somewhat dumbfounded. What Realm was the Innate Realm?

This kid was in the Innate Realm?

"Martial arts are divided into Nine Grades. Breaking through the First Grade makes one a Qi Refining Grandmaster, a Qi Refining Great Grandmaster... I am a Grandmaster Realm Martial Artist. This inner qi of mine senses the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence, guides and absorbs spiritual energy into the body, transforming it into martial arts inner qi..."

Xu Yan and Meng Chong listened with bewildered faces—what Nine Grades, First Grade, what Qi Refining Grandmaster, Qi Refining Great Grandmaster.

The other party turned out to be a Grandmaster Realm Martial Artist, and a Great Grandmaster was already the top-most Expert in the Inner Domain.

Li Xuan listened silently. According to what Xue Wuxin said, in terms of Realm, comparing the Innate Realm to the Grandmaster Realm, the Inner Domain Grandmasters were actually quite a bit weaker than the Innate Realm.

And his current strength was comparable to a Great Grandmaster!

Even stronger by a bit.

Thinking like this, his heart instantly relaxed. With his current strength, he was also a top-tier existence in the Inner Domain. Before long, Xu Yan would break through to the Innate Realm.

His strength would definitely surpass a Great Grandmaster!

"Everything I know has been completely said."

Xue Wuxin finished saying everything he knew, and then said earnestly, "This subordinate was only flustered from being hunted down and had no intention of killing. I only hope Senior..."

It was time to beg for mercy!

However, Li Xuan's hand moved slightly, and the Golden Dragon suddenly erupted with terrifying coercion.

Bang!

Xue Wuxin instantly shattered into dozens of pieces, and then the Golden Dragon rolled over them, erupting with a blazing aura that ground the dozens of corpse chunks into flying dust. A gust of wind swept by and blew, and even the ashes drifted away.

Not a single trace was left behind.

Only a bag and a saber fell to the ground.

With a roll of the Golden Dragon, the saber and the bag both landed in Li Xuan's hands.

Xu Yan and Meng Chong were both dumbfounded. He just killed the person like that?

"Shifu, this is..."

Xu Yan spoke with confusion.

Li Xuan stood up with a solemn expression on his face; it was time to teach and instruct his disciples.

"disciples, remember this: for people of unknown origin who carry malice and hostility, do not be soft-hearted. Grind their bones, scatter their ashes, and annihilate their souls, leaving them without trace or track, impossible to trace."

"This can avoid many unnecessary troubles, such as killing the small and having the old come, annihilating one person and having the backing Sect come looking for trouble, and things of that sort."

"Directly grind their bones, scatter their ashes, and annihilate their souls without leaving a trace."

"As long as no one knows who killed them, then it has nothing to do with oneself!"

Xu Yan and Meng Chong listened attentively. This was Shifu imparting experiences of the martial arts world!

"Grind bones, scatter ashes, annihilate souls? As long as no one knows I did it, then it has nothing to do with me!"

Xu Yan muttered to himself, feeling that he had achieved enlightenment!

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