Chapter 121: Descendants of the Demon Clan
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Vast!
That was Su Yizhao’s first reaction upon seeing the map.
The map was densely packed with icons of mountains, rivers, forests, and pavilions.
At the very center of the map was marked the grand hall where he currently stood: "Xuantian Grand Hall!"
Yet on the map, the Xuantian Grand Hall appeared as nothing more than a thumb-sized pavilion icon.
Such pavilions were scattered all over the map.
“Centered around the Xuantian Grand Hall, the area is divided into four regions: East is Azure Dragon, West is White Tiger, South is Vermilion Bird, and North is Black Tortoise!”
As Su Yizhao listened to the explanation, his gaze swept repeatedly across the map.
At the center was a regular octagonal area.
The Xuantian Grand Hall stood at the center, and on each of the eight sides were marked the names of eight grand halls: Xuanbing Hall, Xuanfu Hall, Xuandan Hall, Xuanzhan Hall, Xuanqi Hall, Xuantai Hall, Xuanhun Hall, and Xuanzhen Hall.
In front of each grand hall was a platform.
“A Death Arena!”
Su Yizhao’s eyes narrowed; the three red characters “Death Arena” were glaringly vivid.
Outside the octagon lay the four regions to the east, west, south, and north.
“Within these four regions, the closer you get to the center, the denser the Xuanqi (mysterious energy) becomes. Since you are newcomers, naturally you must settle in the outer ranks.”
Everyone tensed, staring intently.
The four regions were shaped like sectors, as if a circle divided into four parts.
Closer to the center, the fewer the marked numbers—indicating fewer elite disciples.
“Elite disciples are recruited once every five years. You belong to the 278th generation. Among you, the first twenty-five choose the southern region, numbers twenty-six to fifty the northern region, and so on.”
Su Yizhao frowned slightly.
Was it really necessary to make it so complicated?
Even if elite disciples didn’t belong to a particular hall, couldn’t they just choose anywhere to cultivate?
At that moment, a sinister chuckle came from beside him.
Su Yizhao turned to see Moyutang looking at him.
Moyutang’s handsome features had mostly recovered, but his eyes were chillingly sinister.
“What’s so funny?” Su Yizhao asked.
Moyutang replied, “You’ll find out once you’re there.”
Su Yizhao frowned but ignored him, pointing to an empty mountain spot in the southern region on the map. “I’ll choose this place.”
The elder glanced at him, then extended his index finger, tracing the mountain in midair.
“27801, Su Yizhao!”
In the blink of an eye, a few small characters appeared on that mountain on the map.
Su Yizhao’s spiritual perception swept over it, and he already memorized the entire map in his mind.
The place he could choose was in the middle-lower section of the southern region. Above him, many dense characters appeared.
“14501, Mo Xiaotian!”
Su Yizhao’s brow furrowed.
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In the southern region near the center, a line of small characters caught his eye.
278 indicated the 278th generation; 01 meant first place.
That 14501 for Mo Xiaotian was obviously a coded mark!
“23508, Mo Wensheng!”
“26511, Mo Zhimin!”
One name after another of the Mo family disciples appeared before his eyes. Among the two or three thousand elite disciples in the southern region, more than ten were from the Mo family.
No wonder Moyutang was chuckling sinisterly!
After Su Yizhao chose his spot, an elder suddenly stood and approached him.
Looking closely, it was Di Shitian!
Di Shitian smiled and said, “Kid Su, I won’t bother greeting the Mo family for you, but I guarantee they won’t deliberately target you. However, for normal challenges and competitions, you’ll have to rely on yourself!”
Su Yizhao nodded.
The red characters of the Death Arena were definitely not just for show.
Moreover, there were eight such Death Arenas.
This meant countless challenges, competitions, even life-or-death battles!
But that Mo Xiaotian at 14501 was already an old monster over six hundred years old—how could he possibly win?
“This is your identity token. Drip a drop of your essence blood onto it.”
Di Shitian handed over a jade token, which Su Yizhao took.
The touch was smooth and warm, clearly of great value.
He circulated his cultivation technique, and a drop of essence blood gradually appeared between his brows.
Dripping it onto the jade token, a line of characters appeared: Xuantian Elite.
“The jade tokens come in pairs. Once activated, they can sense each other. The other token is kept within the sect. If you die, the sect will know instantly! If you encounter life-threatening danger, crush the token and the sect will come to your aid immediately!”
Su Yizhao was overjoyed!
So this was having a powerful backing?
He recalled the golden dragon he was about to kill—did it crush its token at the critical moment?
He swiftly put the jade token away!
Other cultivators also began selecting their cultivation spots.
Just then, Shi Feichen approached with a smile.
“Congratulations, junior brother, for being first on the Heavenly Ranking!”
Su Yizhao smiled back, “Just lucky.”
Shi Feichen said, “Your performance always surprises. First on the Heavenly Ranking—when this news reaches the Xuanqi Sect, I wonder how happy the sect leader will be!”
Su Yizhao was stunned.
The Xuanqi Sect?
The Xuanqi Sect had long been destroyed by demon cultivators. Didn’t the senior brother know?
Shi Feichen continued, “Junior brother, you should get to cultivating. There’s plenty of time ahead!”
With that, Shi Feichen turned and left.
Su Yizhao stared after him, his expression thoughtful.
“You may now begin cultivating. The eight grand halls each have corresponding cultivation resources!”
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With resolve, Su Yizhao turned and headed out of the grand hall.
He was going to the Xuanhun Hall and Xuantai Hall.
To advance from Qi Refining to the Eight Void Realm, the hardest part was comprehending the Void Law.
But for him, that hardest step had already been accomplished.
In this secret realm, the Xuanqi was thick. As long as he kept absorbing, breakthroughs would come in time.
But for body refinement and soul refinement, it was different.
He had to rely on external resources!
Crossing the vast plaza, he came upon one of the Death Arenas.
On the platform were still some blackened bloodstains.
Entering the Xuantai Hall, a cultivator greeted him, “Junior brother, what do you need?”
Su Yizhao asked, “Resources to break through the ‘Body Refining Technique’ to the Transcendent Realm! The more, the better!”
The Qi, Body, and Soul Eight Void Realm techniques had already been purchased at the Gou family auction house.
They were named respectively as Xuanqi Technique, Xuantai Technique, and Xuanhun Technique. So far, all he had cultivated belonged to the same lineage.
Simply put, they were ordinary goods!
In fact, some deep-rooted families possessed their own inherited cultivation techniques!
Including Moyutang’s family, which must have such a family legacy.
Otherwise, how could he become one of the four greatest talents of Haohan City?
If it weren’t for the Xuanqi Creation Technique, there was no way Su Yizhao could casually strike Moyutang; he wouldn’t even have the right to look up to him!
Su Yizhao’s thoughts flashed by.
The bagua pattern on his chest seemed to be slightly warm.
But upon closer feeling, there was nothing unusual.
The seventh level of the Xuantai Technique was the Transcendent Realm.
At this stage, the body was refined to be impervious to fire and water, immune to all poisons, no longer like a mortal—thus called Transcendent Realm.
The next step was the Golden Body Realm.
One had to integrate golden attribute essence sands from the Five Elements into the body, gradually imbuing the flesh and blood with the metal element of the Five Elements.
Integrating one element raised one realm.
Once all five elements—metal, wood, water, fire, earth—were integrated, the body would be like a small world unto itself.
The physical body would become a miniature universe with its own internal cycles.
Endless, eternal!
Of course, all this was from the ancient texts.
No one knew if any cultivator had truly reached such a realm.
What stirred his yearning even more was that beyond this, by integrating the elements of lightning, ice, and wind, the entire body would become a self-sustaining cosmos...