Twenty-first mountain wilderness

  Tang Yan said he wanted to go into seclusion, but here all around were desolate wilderness, an ancient official road leading straight forward without end. On both sides of the official road, except for some woods, it was mountainous terrain. If you want to find a secluded place to go into seclusion, it's indeed a bit difficult. For the first time traveling far, Tang Yan vaguely felt that there was a crisis waiting ahead. He had calculated that since the Tianying Sect didn't bother him on the road, they must be waiting for him in the small town up ahead.

  Why is Tang Yan so sure, because he is from another world civilization, in this power-dominated world, will they let some weak people bring negative influence to the Tianying Sect? No, if Quanmen Tianxiong were still there, they would consider whether it was aimed at them, but Tianxiong is dead, and the Tianying Sect is even more dominant.

  Tang Yan is a clever person, he knows that in the 21st century, raising an extremely beautiful woman costs a lot of money. If you want to raise a beauty like Zi Lan in another realm, it requires even more power. If Tang Yan was weak, it wouldn't take long for his little junior sister to be snatched away. Of course, you can fight back, but no matter what, nobody would care about you. So now, Tang Yan needs power, power...

  Tang Yan sat cross-legged in a relatively secluded thicket, and Zi Lan also sat beside him, gazing at Tang Yan sitting in the thicket. His hands were very calm, placed on his thighs, blowing snow on top, closed his eyes, and soon fell into stillness, leaving only Zi Lan, this sentimental girl, to carefully examine Tang Yan.

  Tang Yan entered the icy peak and snowy land, and the snowflake in his hand appeared. He looked around but did not find that unfamiliar middle-aged man. Tang Yan had no choice but to continue practicing the Snow Seeking Sword Technique by himself. Repeatedly, day and night, without stopping or resting, he practiced endlessly. From one step inside to ten steps inside, then from ten steps inside to a hundred steps inside, until a week's time passed. Tang Yan was already able to reach over ten steps inside, leaving no trace in the snow. To achieve a hundred steps inside would not be a matter of just one day.

  "Here, time is different from the outside. I wonder if practicing Dragon's Breath Technique in meditation will make any progress?" Tang Yan thought that a day here was equivalent to two hours outside.

  Tang Yan said he would do it, and immediately sat down in the snow, operating the "Dragon Slashing Technique". He found that here, just like outside, he could rotate every week, with a small amount of Qi returning to his Dantian each time. Ten weeks only took two hours, which was equivalent to several minutes outside. This made Tang Yan feel that this snowy day was like a cheat code, even more powerful than a cheat code, with the ratio of time inside and outside becoming 1:2.

  After discovering this, Tang Yan was overjoyed and continued to practice the Snow Seeking Gate technique. Then he practiced the Devouring Dragon Heart Method in stillness, repeatedly and unconsciously. Tang Yan spent half a month in this snowy realm. In this half-month period, Tang Yan felt that his spirit had become much stronger, and his sword speed was twice as fast as before. Although he hadn't reached the point where no snowflakes fell within a hundred steps, at least he could reach thirty steps without any snow falling.

  "Damn it, if this move is used in a battle, I can wipe out tens of thousands of troops by myself!" Tang Yan thought to himself that he could strike out over a thousand moves in just one second.

  Back in the real world, at that moment when Tang Yan returned to reality, he felt a burst of energy in his dantian, and a strong gust of wind blew out in all directions. The originally tall weeds were blown down on one side, and the small forest around was also blown by this strong energy, causing leaves to fall fluttering. Hehe, no need to say, Tang Yan had broken through, from an eight-star Dou Shi breaking through to a nine-star Dou Shi, actually breaking through a level in just two days, truly against the heavens.

  Coming back to his senses from this comfortable feeling, Tang Yan found Zi Lan sitting in front of him with an unbelievable gaze. Seeing that Tang Yan had woken up from his meditation, she finally felt a bit more at ease and told him that she had been sitting there for two days, while also keeping watch over him for two days, her expression showing a hint of fatigue.

  It made Tang Yan feel a little heartache. Since she woke up, let Zilan rest well first and eat something to fill her hunger: "You sleep for a while, we'll continue on the road tomorrow!"

  "Mmm!" The exhausted Zilan nodded and fell asleep on the quilt.

  Looking at the Sleeping Beauty, he picked up his tent again and practiced his sword skills in the snowy border without any rules. Although in real life, he only reached half of the power in the snowy border, Tang Yan was already very satisfied. Two days' time in the snowy border was equivalent to half a month's practice, and when he returned to reality, the effect was a week's worth of power, and he even broke through one star. Thinking about this effect, Tang Yan also thought about the space in the Dragon Ring, if he could cultivate there, hehe, he believed the effect would be even better.

  Jiuxing Doushi, placed in this alien world, still has a bit of an advantage, especially in some towns. As a Doushi, he can also secure a semi-official position. However, Tang Yan's thoughts were not on becoming an official, but rather on becoming a wealthy merchant, such as dealing with elixirs and the like, and living a happy life with his beloved woman in this alien world.

  "Ah, after practicing the Dragon Devouring Technique for over a dozen days, my spiritual energy has become so powerful!" Tang Yan said, looking at the large and small animal corpses within a 200-meter radius.

  If there was a second-order demon beast at this time, Tang Yan also believed that he could swallow its yuan god, unfortunately, there wasn't even a first-order demon beast here. Sometimes Tang Yan wondered whether to organize a beast-hunting team or buy small demons in the market?

  "Got it, market, yes, market!" Tang Yan thought of this strange world's market where many animals made purchases and became excited, shouting loudly.

  Imagine Tang Yan walking through the market, where all the animals inside have died. What a scene would that be? At that time, Tang Yan suddenly absorbed hundreds of thousands of yuan souls. Heh heh, perhaps Tang Yan has made another breakthrough. As long as they are not higher than third-grade magical beasts, there should be some available in the market.

  In the Tianying Sect, the death of the five elders was no longer a secret. The only thing that puzzled the sect master was that a great Dou Shi died at the hands of a young whippersnapper. Moreover, it was a single slash that split him in two. This point made it difficult for the sect master to believe that he had been killed by a Dou Shi.

  "Can you tell me about the situation at that time!" The middle-aged and elderly man sitting in the master's seat asked the few below.

  "This matter, we have investigated, is a good deed done by the last apprentice of Tian Xiong in the Quan Men. This matter also originated from Zhang Hanlong and Wu Lao, who conspired to swallow up the Quan Men and killed Tian Xiong. In the end, they took Tian Xiong's beloved daughter as their wife..."

  "I don't want to hear about that, I want to know how the five elders died at each other's hands!" The master sitting above asked without much emotion.

  "This, according to the cultivators present at the time, was killed by a strange weapon in his hand. Zhang Hanlong was also cut in half, and the martial skill he used was not the Fist Gate's Thirty-Eight Routes Fist, but a powerful sword technique! The Fifth Elder was attacked several times, and then couldn't hold on anymore, finally dying at his hands!" said the people below.

  "Are you going to go look for trouble with him now?" he asked.

  "Yes!"

  "It's not a martial art of the Fist Gate, but a very powerful sword technique. Has he been guided by a master? I think this matter is not that simple. A Dou Shi who can kill a Great Dou Shi across ten levels must have someone highly skilled backing him up. We need to be careful around this person!"

  When they heard the sect leader's words, several elders below were whispering to each other, thinking that he made sense. The Quanmen had been a family of fist and footwork for generations. But if someone emerged who used weapons and could kill his opponent by skipping levels, it proved that there must be a master behind him guiding him. Anyway, the two elders had already gone to trouble him. If even one Douling couldn't beat him, then the Tianying Sect was in real trouble.

  Their second elder, hehe, as Tang Yan had guessed, was already waiting for him in a town. According to the intelligence, Tang Yan would definitely pass through this small town. However, after waiting here for a day, there was still no sign of Tang Yan, making him a bit anxious, and he was about to take his men to the official road to search for Tang Yan.

  "Second Elder, let's wait until tonight. If he still doesn't show up, we'll go find those two ourselves!" A guy standing beside the Second Elder said as he looked at the darkening sky.

  "If they don't show up tomorrow, we'll go find him ourselves and kill him to avenge Old Five!" The Fifth Elder also slammed his hand on the table.

  "It's settled then, everyone can rest now." This time, the Second Elder brought five experts from the Tianying Sect, with an average strength of three-star Dou Shi.

  At night, Tang Yan sat cross-legged beside the tent, facing the unknown tomorrow. He wouldn't waste a single moment. Continuing to enter the snowy realm, he meditated and cultivated the Devouring Dragon Technique and practiced his sword skills...

  The next morning.

  On the official road, two lonely travelers were walking towards a small town in front of them. The man was not handsome and looked like an ordinary Han Chinese, with a giant sword on his back that was even longer than himself, hurrying along with steady steps. Although the woman was not as tall as the man, she was as beautiful as a heavenly fairy, following closely behind him with elegant steps, chatting and laughing as they hurried along.

  After a long journey, Tang Yan and his group finally saw the small town of Castle City. It was much more prosperous than Zhangjia Town, with low walls surrounding it on all sides. The streets were bustling with people coming and going, but the atmosphere was not lively. This small town gave Tang Yan a feeling that it was like an ancient city. If Purple Orchid hadn't told him it was a town, Tang Yan would have thought it was a big city.

  "Let's find an inn for the night and get some rest and food!" Tang Yan said, looking at the small town.

  "Yeah, I need a shower too. It's been days since I last bathed, I'm starting to mold." Zilan said, sniffing at her clothes.

  "Me too." Tang Yan smiled and looked at this clean-loving little junior sister.

  The small town had no soldiers to collect fees, so they went through the small town smoothly. As soon as Tang Yan and his group entered the small town, they were immediately stared at by several pairs of eyes. Following closely behind Tang Yan's group, they saw them off into the tavern in the town, then disappeared into the streets.