131: Xiao Zhuo's Opportunity

At Outer Sect Disciple Immortal Cave Mountain No. 88, as the pressure on the mountaintop erupted, the expressions of the onlookers suddenly changed.

One by one, they hastily retreated several hundred zhang, and those with Immortal Caves on this mountain all retreated into their Immortal Caves.

Xue Hai was somewhat surprised by the reactions of these people, and the owners of nearby Immortal Caves slammed their stone doors shut with a bang.

Just then, a stern man with hair like a waterfall descended from the mountaintop. He was dressed in an Outer Sect Disciple long gown that resembled a cape, with a dark profound-colored tight-fitting suit underneath. The golden patterns on his long gown were particularly striking, making him appear extremely domineering and cold.

“Was it you who sent me a voice transmission?” A hint of killing intent flashed in Xue Hai's eyes, and his voice was extremely cold.

The man did not answer. His narrow eyes looked at Xue Hai, and a faint pressure, subtly surpassing the Nascent Soul Realm, enveloped him. He said indifferently, “Have you chosen?”

Between their two sentences, the air around Immortal Cave Mountain No. 88 seemed to freeze, extremely oppressive.

The thin Disciple watching from afar gulped, cold sweat soaking his back: “This… who is this Senior Brother?”

“Flame Demon Saber Xiao Yan!” His companion beside him said with a trembling voice, “He is ranked 8,300 among Outer Sect Disciples and once defeated an Inner Sect Disciple in the Spirit Transformation Realm with a single blow.”

On the other side, facing the pressure, Xue Hai merely glanced indifferently at the man in front of him. He effortlessly broke the Restriction on Liu Chang’s Storage Pouch, revealing a corner of a Formation Plate in his hand. He then opened the Immortal Cave and walked in.

The scene fell into silence.

Even the stern man, Xiao Yan, was stunned!

Immediately, the veins on his fingertips bulged, and the overflowing Saber Intent created deep cracks in the clouds of the sky.

He clearly saw a mocking curve on the newcomer's lips as he turned around.

Teng Wuji, next door, was also stunned.

He had also thought that Xue Hai would erupt into a fight, but he unexpectedly entered the Immortal Cave so casually.

But the matter had happened, and Xiao Yan outside was left in an awkward position.

He had originally intended to provoke Xue Hai into attacking him so that he could kill him and avenge Liu Chang, but he did not expect this junior to be so cautious.

No one knew that Liu Chang had long become Xiao Yan's Cauldron, and Xiao Yan was now only one step away from breaking into the Spirit Transformation Realm. He had recently planned to Dual Cultivate with Liu Chang, but now that Liu Chang was dead, it undoubtedly delayed his promotion time.

This was the grudge of obstructing his Dao, how could he not seek revenge?

However, Xue Hai was a newcomer who had just joined the Sect. According to Sect rules, unless he actively attacked an old Disciple, Xiao Yan could not lay a hand on him within this year.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Xiao Yan was already in a difficult position, but he was ultimately unwilling to violate the Sect rules. He could only step into the Void Realm and return to his own Immortal Cave, not even leaving a harsh word.

But everyone knew that this newcomer had likely offended him terribly, and a battle between the two was inevitable in the future.

Xue Hai had now calmly entered what was originally Liu Chang's Immortal Cave.

This Immortal Cave was only about a hundred square meters, with no decorations inside, only a century-old blood jade bed, a set of tables and chairs, and a woman's dressing table.

Other than that, there was nothing else.

It was clear that Liu Chang was also a person dedicated to Cultivating.

This saved Xue Hai the trouble of cleaning. He casually put away the annoying dressing table and then sat down on the blood jade bed.

At this moment, Xue Hai felt the Blood Scripture (Xue Shenjing) Cultivation Technique's magical power in his body immediately become three times more active.

Its operation speed increased by nearly fifty percent.

Thinking of the appraisal prompt that had just popped up, he could only once again lament that the Golden Finger was indeed accurate.

The reason Xue Hai did not directly make a move was very simple: Xiao Yan was not weak; he could even feel a sense of threat from him. If he were to act, he might have to expose some of his trump cards, and having just joined the Sect, he did not want to stand out too much yet.

Since he was currently in a protected period, there was no need to engage him now. It would be better to first obtain the three Cultivation Techniques that Outer Sect Disciples could choose for free, increase his strength, and then find an Opportunity to eliminate him.

As for the speed of improvement, Xue Hai did not believe there was anyone faster than himself in this world.

Sitting cross-legged on the blood jade bed, Xue Hai placed his consciousness on the Cultivation Technique deduction panel and found that the Taiyi Bright Scripture had already been deduced to the Low Grade profound rank, and it was expected to be successfully deduced to the high-grade profound rank in three days.

At that time, he would go to the Outer Sect Scripture Pavilion to select three suitable Cultivation Techniques for himself.

As for now, he would begin adding Attribute Points to the Nine Heavens Mysterious Evil Art.

The White Mist Space appeared, and Xue Hai began to continue Cultivating the Nine Heavens Mysterious Evil Art. Nine-colored mysterious evil Qi continuously generated in the Cultivate space and began to merge into his body.

His Physical Body was like a glutton, greedily absorbing all the nine-colored mysterious evil Qi.

The power of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Evil Art began to slowly increase.

Yuan Realm, Jinghai City.

This was a small city in Jing Prefecture near the sea. Less than thirty li from Jinghai City, a bamboo raft was constantly being washed by the waves.

On the bamboo raft, a man in a profound-colored robe and a straw hat held a Emerald green fishing rod, sitting motionless like a fossil. No matter how fierce the waves were, they could not overturn the bamboo raft, nor could they push it towards the shore.

Suddenly, the straw-hat man twitched his fishing rod, and a deep green object flew out of the water.

“Damn it!” Xiao Zhuo cursed and shattered the waterweed he had just caught. He then hung a piece of Yao Beast flesh on the hook and casually cast it out.

Looking at the sun that was about to disappear below the horizon in the distance, he sighed faintly: “It seems I'll be empty-handed again today!”

For over a year, Xiao Zhuo had done nothing but continuously perfect his second Split Soul, Silver Fox Zi Ji.

Now, all the demons in the Yuan Realm were annihilated, and the only remaining demons had become his Clone.

As his soul infant recovered to the third stage, Xiao Zhuo spent every day fishing in the East Sea.

Of course, he wasn't simply fishing here; he was waiting for his Opportunity.

Six months ago, he had already asked Situ Ming where he had obtained the True Explanation of Soul Refining.

The latter only said that he had obtained it from a Secret Realm that opened in the East Sea.

As for other details, he did not know. Many powerhouses from near Jing Prefecture had entered that opening, but only four people came out alive.

Situ Ming was one of them. Situ Ming did not know who the others were, as most people chose to conceal their identities when exploring a Secret Realm.

And Xuan Lun had told him to guard the East Sea carefully, as his Opportunity was there.

So Xiao Zhuo guarded it for a year.

During this year, he did not dare to casually deduce Cultivation Techniques. After all, they were Cultivation Techniques from a Minor Thousand Worlds, and his foundation was insufficient. Deducing them now would be twice the effort for half the result.

He was still very reluctant to spend Attribute Points.

Moreover, he had already fully entered the magical power realm, or what could also be called the Nascent Soul Realm.

He had already reached the limit that the Minor Thousand Worlds could withstand. He could feel the Yuan Realm suppressing him at all times, and once he acted with full power, he might even be directly kicked out of the Yuan Realm.

Therefore, he did not even dare to Cultivate.

He simply waited quietly in the East Sea.

If he were to miss the Secret Realm that could produce a Cultivation Technique like the True Explanation of Soul Refining because he was kicked out of the Yuan Realm, that would be too regrettable.

Just as Xiao Zhuo fixed his fishing rod on the bamboo raft and lay on his back looking up at the sky, he suddenly noticed that among the vast starry sky above, there seemed to be seven stars whose brightness far surpassed that of other stars.

And at this moment, these seven stars formed a straight line.

“Boom!”

A vast light of stars fell from outside the heavens.

Where the sea and sky met, there was a crisp sound like shattering glass, and hundreds of zhang high waves, one after another, swept across the entire East Sea.

A small boat, constantly battered by the giant waves, was enveloped in a golden sphere, completely unaffected.

And a hundred li away, terrifying spatial fluctuations suddenly appeared.

Xiao Zhuo's heart stirred, and a silver-haired figure walked out from his body.

With a single step, Xiao Zhuo's figure and the silver-haired figure disappeared simultaneously.

When they reappeared, the two were already above the East Sea a hundred li away. At this moment, a thousand-zhang giant gate was slowly prying open space, appearing above the sea.

“Senior Martial Uncle Situ didn't say he encountered such a spectacle back then, did he?” Xiao Zhuo looked at the giant gate in front of him, constantly resisting the spatial pressure of the Yuan Realm, and fell into contemplation.

According to Situ Ming, they had sensed terrifying energy fluctuations appearing in the East Sea and rushed to investigate. As a result, they were swept into a terrifying hurricane and entered a dilapidated Sect Secret Realm.

However, he never mentioned the seven stars aligning or the thousand-zhang giant gate.

It seemed that the situation he was currently encountering was vastly different from Situ Ming's.