Immortality from Taming Elephant

Chapter 717 - 317: Far in the Past

Wan Chuan State, Yun City.Xu Guang quietly walked into the room, without saying a word to Jin Buhuan and the others.

But everyone seemed to already know his intentions.

"Brother Xu wants to challenge Mu Yusheng, will the people from Tianya Holy Land intervene?"

As a friend, upon learning Yu Luolian’s current situation, he understood Xu Guang’s intentions.

However, precisely because he was a friend, his task was not to dissuade but to help Xu Guang consider things he hadn’t thought of.

Yan Ruge, after a moment of silence, gently spoke.

"I’ll ask my master to stand by. If things truly go awry, my master’s Saint body can withstand some things."

Jin Buhuan also nodded, "Good, even though my Golden Bull Chamber of Commerce’s business in Wan Chuan State isn’t very big, I’ve now lost my right to inheritance, but I can still mobilize some resources. There is a Peak of Second Nirvana expert stationed in Wan Chuan State who has history with me and will give me some face."

This is the strongest person he can invite to station himself now.

General Wei and Yan Ruge went to the Endless Sea. They returned to Nine Saints Island to seek help from a Saint.

Presumably, with a Saint standing by, whatever Xu Guang does, Tianya Holy Land won’t be pushed to the brink.

Xu Guang knew what Jin Buhuan and the others were doing but just kept it in his heart, silently reciting the cultivation technique of the Five Emperors, perfecting his killing path.

He wasn’t continuing cultivation, just seeking to adjust his state to its peak moment.

Mu Yusheng, as the Saint Heir of Tianya Holy Land, had long reached the Second Nirvana, and between typical Second Nirvana realms, there must be a significant difference. Even if not comparable to Yuan Bo or Yu Qing, it definitely wasn’t much inferior to Yubian.

Thirteen days later.

Xu Guang walked out of the room, carrying a bronze long sword, silently heading toward the location of Tianya Holy Land.

Every step he took seemed extraordinarily heavy.

On the smooth path, a young man in a black robe slowly walked. Occasionally, glimpses from carriages and horses traveling along the road cast perplexed glances, but Xu Guang ignored these gazes.

This slow walk was neither useless nor a display.

It was a form of accumulating power.

Concealing his intent to kill, he didn’t want unwarranted people to know his true thoughts.

When the sun broke free of the constraints of the horizon and slowly climbed into the sky, Xu Guang stopped his steps, standing on a flat land under the mountain gate of Tianya Holy Land.

As lush colors began to appear on both sides, the wide road leading to Tianya Holy Land emerged before his eyes.

The green stone steps stretching to the horizon seemed endless, like a ladder to the heavens.

Standing at the foot of the mountain, Xu Guang raised his eyes to gaze at the ancient stone steps, uncertain of how many years they had stood. His eyes slowly closed as faint sword sounds seemed to echo crisply from the end of the steps, reverberating quietly in the mountain forest like the chime of a bell, mesmerizing the heart spirit.

At the end of the stone steps was the huge portal of Tianya Holy Land, like a celestial gate in the clouds, adorned with couplets on both sides.

Left says: "Cloud steps rise ten thousand feet, climbing as stars draw near."

Right says: "The Dao sea is endless, realizing boundless heavens wide."

Horizontal inscription: "Dao spans Tianya"

A pair of couplets, like narrating the past glory of Tianya Holy Land.

In the past, Tianya Holy Land was indeed glorious, with Hongze and many Daozhous possibly gazed upon by the ancient gods, Wan Chuan State included.

The reason for the reverence of Tianya Holy Land in Wan Chuan State stems from a past event concerning an ancient god of Li Taizhou resolved by Tianya Holy Land.

After a long silence, Xu Guang opened his eyes.

Inside his chest, it was like a flame burning, not for himself, but not for Han Wangshan either.

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At the end of the long stone steps, shrouded in mist, beyond the mist is a huge square, completely paved with uniform giant stones, appearing ancient and grand. In the center of the square, a gigantic stone stele stands majestically, engraved with the history of Tianya Holy Land’s past glory, former Saints, and achievers.

Gazing around the square, at this moment, thousands of people sat cross-legged, forming a semicircle. Without exception, all were dressed in the Taoist robes of Tianya Holy Land, with cloud transformations on the sleeves, disappearing in an instant and reappearing soon, dreamlike and illusory.

Each person carried space fluctuations to varying extents.

At the center of the square was a stone platform built with countless green stones.

The steps gradually ascended, roughly indicating an increase in age as one moves upward, with the highest level of the stone platform presently empty and vacant.

That was the position of the Holy Master of Tianya Holy Land.

However, the Holy Master of Tianya Holy Land has been in closed meditation for years, some say for seeking sainthood, they’ve already ventured into the starry sky.

True or false, it’s already impossible to discern.

Beneath it sat a dozen elderly men clad in white robes, cross-legged, eyes closed, nourishing spirit, each carrying terrifying auras. Blows of wind moved their clothing hems, eliciting a sense of transcendence.

These were the elders of the Holy Land, most being pinnacle of the five realms, with some already half-step into sainthood, but due to old age, they’ve lost the chance of truly achieving sainthood.

Next down is the Saint Heir of the Holy Land - Mu Yusheng.

Today is the grand festivity of Tianya Holy Land.

The position of the master of the Holy Land remains unfilled for sixty years, and now the time has come to choose a new Holy Master.

Naturally, most opposed this, given the soul lamp of the old Holy Master hadn’t extinguished.

But Mu Yusheng, over the years, had accumulated many deep relations within Tianya Holy Land, and under the push of some elders, today would publicly decide whether to choose a new Holy Master.

At this moment, unknown what was said, silence reigned.