Tang Qian Gui, as a prince and a renowned genius in the Eastern lands, looked down on Su Dao Xing, an unknown student, with great disdain. In his eyes, Su Dao Xing was nothing but an insignificant ant.

  Su Daolin became famous because he was on the celebrity list, and his name spread throughout the Eastern land. When people mention the young disciples of the Su family, they think of Su Daolin, but never think of other excellent disciples like Su Daoxiao, Su Daoling, or Su Daofei, simply because they are not as outstanding or famous as Su Daolin.

  Judging from Tang Qian's behavior just now, this person is extremely self-serving. Su Dao Xing secretly warned himself to keep a distance from Tang Qian in the future.

  A burst of crying drew everyone's attention.

  The body of Young Master Wang from the Tang family was carried out of the auction house. This talented young master was actually killed by a black-robed master in the surprise attack, which is truly regrettable.

  "Xiao Wangye was the most beloved youngest son of Wangye, and at a young age, he was already a figure of the junior master level. Some people even speculated that next time he would be able to ascend to the list of famous people, his name spreading throughout the eastern lands. Unfortunately, he died from assassination."

  "The big shots in the imperial court are furious, someone actually assassinated the crown prince, the Moon Clan's Holy Maiden and the Young King. It's like stirring up a hornet's nest, they're fed up with living."

  Everyone was talking about it and sensed that a major earthquake was going to occur in the imperial court, with Luoshui City being the first to bear the brunt.

  "Xiao Wangye has been killed." The commander of the Luoshui City Garrison, who had rushed to the scene, saw Xiao Wangye's corpse and was so frightened that he fell to the ground. He was a strong master at the Zongshi level, and if he hadn't been scared, it would have been impossible for him to fall.

  "Brother, may you rest in peace." Tang Qian hypocritically walked to the corpse of young King Wang and mourned for a while.

  Yuè Tiān Wǔ, Yuè Fēng Chén, Yún Lǎo Xiānshēng, some big shots near the auction house are mourning the young prince Wang.

  Bodies were carried out of the auction house one after another, a total of forty-seven bodies of black-clad killers, while seventy-eight people died in the disaster, all of whom were people with identities and status.

  In the auction house, Xiao Wangye died, and an old man also died. The old man was a martial king at the level of Zongshi, who was seriously injured in a duel with a black-clothed Zongshi-level master and died of his injuries.

  The auction house was surrounded by mournful voices, and the city guards set up a mourning hall outside the auction house to pay respects to the deceased Wu Wangs.

  Su Dao Xing and Yue Tian Wu bid farewell to Yue Feng Chen and left Luoshui City with the four Guardians.

  One of Tang Qian's master-level protectors quietly followed Su Dao Xing and his group out of the city.

  Su Dao Xing and his four masters left the city and arrived at the wine tower where Wan Li Ma was placed. They led the horse, just about to leave, when an unexpected event occurred.

  Tang Qian's master-level protector appeared, and the terrifying aura pressed down on Su Dao Xing and his party, forcing Wanli Horse to kneel down on the ground.

  "A master-level strongman." Su Duan had already drawn his sword, and he was actually a minor master-level swordsman.

  But Su Duan's knife was not enough in front of a master-level figure.

  That master-level Guardian defeated Su Duan with one move, knocked away Su Hongzhuang's flying sword with three moves, and repelled Su Han and Su Liu.

  That master-level Guardian approached Su Daoming and pointed at him.

  Su Dao Xing felt as if a giant mountain was pressing down on him, making it hard for him to breathe.

  He pinched the green hornet sting with both hands, facing a master-level strongman, he also wanted to fight one battle, couldn't be captured without a fight, his will grew stronger and stronger.

  That master-level Guardian didn't make a move on Su Daoming, but instead gave him an icy stare and warned: "A heavenly proud daughter like the Moon Saintess is someone you can't aspire to. They are like dragons in the sky, while you're just a small snake on the ground. Without the Su family's protection, you're nothing but a lowly insect."

  Su Dao Xing inferred the meaning from the words of the Taoist protector, that Tang Qian was jealous because he had given a book to Yue Sheng Nu, and had sent the protector to warn him.

  "Tan Qian!" Su Dao Xing clenched his fist, his fingernails digging into his flesh until they bled.

  That grandmaster-level Guardian turned and walked away.

  Wow!

  The four guardians let out a long breath, earlier they were almost suffocated by the pressure of the master-level strongman.

  Su Dao Xing put away the Green Wasp Stinger and mounted his horse, galloping towards the Hu Qing Manor.

  Su Dao Xing returned to the Hu Qing Fu, bid farewell to the four guardians at the door, and went straight back to the Shen Yue Society, directly entering the secret room.

  For several days in a row, Su Dao Xing did not appear at Shen Yue Society and instead practiced day and night in the secret room.

  In the blink of an eye, a month's time has passed and the annual New Year's Day is approaching.

  The Sheng Yuan Festival is the most grand festival of the Dong Tu Huang Dynasty, and every time this happens, all students in the academy have a month to return home and visit their relatives.

  The Holy Yuan Festival is also the time when every major sect recalls all young disciples who are outside to return to the sect for a year's assessment. Disciples who excel in the assessment will receive more resources from the sect next year.

  The Su family's Family Competition was also set during the Holy Yuan Festival period. For five consecutive years, Su Daolin was the first place in the family competition.

  The students gradually left the school with their guardians and returned to their hometowns.

  Su Dao Xing seemed to have forgotten about the Sheng Yuan Festival, and while most of the students had left the academy, he was still in his secret chamber cultivating.

  The disciples of Shen Yue Society have all left, and the Qilin beasts, unicorns, and Wanli horses in the other courtyard have been ridden home by their masters to celebrate the Holy Yuan Festival.

  Bang!

  In the secret room, Su Dao Xing woke up after a long period of cultivation, warming his veins and nourishing his acupoints, breaking the twelfth shackle on his body, becoming the Twelfth Shackle Martial King, also known as a Minor Sect Master-level Martial King.

  King Wu was promoted to Twelve Levels King Wu is called Little Ancestor Master. King Wu was promoted to Eighteen Levels King Wu is called Ancestor Master.

  Su Dao Xing became a minor master, the two orifices of heaven and earth opened, he suddenly felt himself more closely integrated with this world. He walked out of the secret room and came to another courtyard, lightly jumping, he could jump to the treetops.

  The Twelve Winged King can practice lightness skills and flying techniques. What is said about the Winged King being able to fly over eaves and walk on walls actually refers to the Twelve Winged King.

  The Twelfth-Grade Martial King was known as a Minor Sect Master because at this level, the martial king had a certain air about him and could establish his own sect and build up his power.

  The Xiaozongshi's vision has surpassed that of the Eleventh Rank Martial King by a whole level, allowing him to blend in with nature even better.

  Su Dao Xing tried out his lightness skill, then practiced a set of Crane Style and a set of Leaf Fist, discovering that his moves flowed like water, with an inexplicable natural feeling. Sometimes as soon as he made a move, he could predict the trajectory of the fist in advance, and that feeling was truly incomparably mysterious.

  "The realm of a small sect master is indeed wonderful." Su Dao Xing experienced the changes brought about by becoming the twelfth generation's young sect master, and his joy was written all over his face, sweeping away the gloom that had been cast by Tang Qian's sect master-level guardian. For the first time in over a month, he revealed a heartfelt smile.

  "Although I'm just a minor master now, sooner or later I'll become a grandmaster. That day won't be too late to arrive, and by then I'll have become the guardian of Tang Qian's sect at the level of a grandmaster." Su Dao Xing made up his mind to become a grandmaster-level strongman in the shortest time possible.

  After Su Dao Xing's promotion, he calculated the days and only then realized that Sheng Yuan Jie had arrived. If it were previous years, he would have already returned to the Su Family by now. Thinking about how he hadn't returned to the Su Family in several years to participate in the family competition, a awkward smile appeared on his face. This time's family competition, he must participate, because he wanted to break Su Dao Lin's undefeated legend.

  On the eve of the Holy Yuan Festival, every household hangs a portrait of a saint on the wall beside their own gate.

  Each of the associations in Huqing Mansion hangs a portrait of a saint on the wall, some hang two and some hang one.

  Su Dao woke up and arrived at Shen Yue Society's study, found a piece of drawing paper, and began to draw the sacred image of Gui Sheng.

  After a while, he blew dry the ink on the painting and nailed it to the outer courtyard wall of Shen Yue Society, securing the portrait of the saint.

  "Huh? The other sects' hanging portraits are all of the Hundred Sages, but the Shén Yuè Sect's is a portrait of a woman. It doesn't look like a portrait of a female sage." A disciple from another sect passed by the Shén Yuè Sect and glanced at the saint's painting on the wall of the courtyard, exclaiming in surprise.

  The deeds of Gui Sheng are rarely seen in historical books, and so far, except for the forces related to the Tian Zu, no one knows that Gui Sheng is actually a female saint.

  Each courtyard of Huqing Mansion has one or two paintings of saints hanging on the wall, which forms a bright and beautiful landscape.

  In the Eastern Land Imperial Court, families with a bit of status would find Wen Wang to paint portraits of saints, hanging them on their own courtyard walls to celebrate the Holy Origin Festival.

  The Holy Yuan Festival is held to commemorate the saints, because the Eastern Tu Dynasty was founded by a group of saints. It used to be a small enslaved country, but thanks to several saints, it became one of the four super empires step by step.

  "It's time to go home." Su Daoxue simply packed up and walked out of Shen Yue Society, walking in the empty Academy, looking at the usually bustling Academy which was now cold and quiet, feeling a bit uncomfortable. He quickly walked out of Huaqing Palace and met up with the four guardians at their residence.

  Four guardians had long been prepared, and they even bought a unicorn for Su Dao Xing, while riding the Wanli Horse.

  "Master, this unicorn is our four-person gift to you for the Holy Yuan Festival. Master will return to the Su family without a decent mount and will be ridiculed by other masters." Su Hongzhuang smiled charmingly at Su Daowake.

  Su Dao's eyes became moist as he bowed deeply to the four Guardians of the Way.

  "Master Hong Zhuang, I want to ask you for a gift." Su Dao Xing plucked up the courage to say to Su Hong Zhuang.

  "Whatever gift the young master wants, just speak up and Su Hong Zhuang will make sure to get it for him." Su Hong Zhuang usually doted on Su Dao Xing, she had long regarded Su Dao Xing as her own child.

  The four guardians have no family of their own; they regard the Su's as their home and Su Dao Xing as a close relative, and it is only natural that they will follow him for life.

  Su Dao Xing scratched his head in embarrassment: "Actually, I just wanted to get an answer from Hong Zhuang Shifu, afraid of offending Hong Zhuang Shifu."

  Su Hong's face had a hint of doubt, and after hesitating for a moment, she said: "Young Master, ask away, I won't mind."

  Su Dao plucked up his courage and asked: "Is Hong Zhuang a man or a woman?"

  Su Duan, Su Hen and Su Liu Zhi were all shocked with their eyes wide open. They had been living with Su Hong Zhuo for years, but still couldn't figure out whether Su Hong Zhuo was a man or a woman.

  "It's a girl!" Su Hong Zhuang stomped her foot in annoyance, her face flushing red with embarrassment, and rode the Wanli horse towards the Su family home.

  "Haha!"

  Su Dao Xing and they burst out laughing, seeing Su Hong Zhuo's shy appearance for the first time, thinking it was extremely delightful, riding their mounts to chase after Su Hong Zhuo.