The blazing gaze of the Fierce Sword King! May I ask where you, young friend, have learned your master?

"Hahaha, Jingxiao."

"And this young friend, please wait a moment!"

As those four powerful Auras landed, a burst of hearty and deep laughter followed.

The newcomers were none other than the Fierce Sword King, who had just been fighting the Demon Emperor Yin Ming high in the Nine Heavens, along with Formation Grand Master, Xuan Guangzi, and the others.

"You gave me a fright..."

"Oh, it's just Elder Yang?"

After seeing clearly that it was his own Elder, Lei Jingxiao's tense body immediately relaxed, and he let out a long breath of turbid Qi.

He had thought the Demon Race had some other trick up their sleeve, or that some blind old monster wanted to take advantage of the chaos to intercept and kill them.

Since it was Elder Yang, then everything was fine.

"It's me."

The Fierce Sword King nodded. Although he was covered in blood and his clothes were torn, he looked extremely excited.

He strode forward, his eyes shining as he said:

"Jingxiao, thanks to you and this young friend, the situation down here was stabilized."

"Not only did you block the frantic charge of the Demon Race army, but more importantly, you protected those critical Formation Bases!"

"Otherwise, once the Formation Bases were destroyed and the great Formation was broken, we old fellows probably wouldn't have been able to hold back that crazed Demon Sovereign at all!"

Although the Fierce Sword King's words were grand and sounded like he was praising both of them...

In reality... from the moment he landed, his eyes, burning with a fervent light, were fixed firmly on Lin Mo, never looking away for even a second!

As for Lei Jingxiao next to him?

What was that?

Air?

"*Cough, cough*..."

"Um... Elder Yang."

"If you could look at me just a little bit while you're praising me, even if it's just a glance out of the corner of your eye..."

"I feel like those words might be a bit more convincing."

Lei Jingxiao naturally noticed his Elder's ridiculous behavior of differential treatment.

He couldn't help but roll his eyes, feeling speechless.

"I'm a Holy Land Sequence member after all, and I put in a lot of effort too, okay?"

"How did I become invisible?"

"Are you even my own Elder?"

But complaints aside, he also understood how stunning Lin Mo's performance was this time; it was only natural for the Elder to value him so highly.

"Excuse me... who are these people?"

Ignoring Lei Jingxiao's resentment, Lin Mo looked at these figures with astonishing Auras. Although he had already guessed their identities, he still asked politely.

He knew these were the powerhouses who had just faced off against the Demon Emperor in the sky, but he couldn't quite match the names to the faces yet.

"Oh right! I forgot to introduce them to Brother Lin!"

Only then did Lei Jingxiao remember that Lin Mo was an "outsider," and he hurriedly pointed at the Fierce Sword King to introduce him:

"Brother Lin, this is Elder Yang Dingtian of my Yanyang Holy Land."

"His cultivation has already reached the Peak of the Second Step of Nirvana, and he holds the title 'Fierce Sword King'!"

"Peak of the Second Step of Nirvana..."

Lin Mo's heart stirred slightly, and a trace of respect appeared in his eyes as he looked at the Fierce Sword King.

This level of strength was definitely among the top-ranked experts in the Shengyang Prefecture.

"As for these three..."

Lei Jingxiao turned his head, his gaze falling on the other three, but he scratched his head with a look of confusion.

He spent most of the year Cultivating in the Holy Land or traveling the world looking for people to fight; he hadn't really interacted much with the local powerhouses of the Aurora Domain and was a bit face-blind.

"Haha, no matter, let me introduce them."

Seeing this, the Fierce Sword King timely took over the conversation and introduced them to Lin Mo with a warm face:

"These three are also great contributors to this fight against the Demon Race."

He first pointed to the elegant middle-aged man holding a folding fan.

"This is the head of the Gu Family from the Yunfeng Domain, and also our Shengyang Prefecture's famous Ninth Rank Grandmaster of Formations, Formation Grand Master, Fellow Daoist Gu!"

"Formation Grand Master? A Ninth Rank Grandmaster of Formations?!"

Hearing this name and title, Lin Mo's heart jumped.

Surnamed Gu, and a Ninth Rank Grandmaster of Formations?

Could this person be related to that girl Gu Zhiyun?

Could he be Gu Zhiyun's Elder?

"Hiss, if that's the case, I can't let him know that I'm the one who took Gu Zhiyun away, or he'll probably get desperate!"

Lin Mo thought to himself.

Next, the Fierce Sword King pointed to the other two.

"This is the Sect Master of the Jiguang Heavenly Sect, Fellow Daoist Xuan Guangzi."

"And this is the President of the Wanyu Merchant Alliance's Aurora Branch, President Qi Yao."

"I see."

"Junior Lin Mo greets the Seniors."

After the introductions, Lin Mo, carrying Mu Yurou on his back, nodded to the four of them with a humble and polite attitude.

Although he appeared calm on the surface, he was actually quite excited inside.

Because seeing the Fierce Sword King's eager gaze, as if he wanted to eat him up, Lin Mo was almost one hundred percent certain,

That his heroic posture of activating the Taiyin Sacred Body and thrashing You Xuan earlier must have been witnessed by this big shot the whole time!

Otherwise, why would a high-and-mighty titled King Elder of a Holy Land show such a look to a passing Loose Cultivator, as if he had seen a peerless treasure?

This not only meant his strength was recognized.

It also meant... his plan to join the Yanyang Holy Land through the Fierce Sword King was now absolutely certain and as steady as an old dog!

"Haha, young friend, no need to be so polite!"

Before the Fierce Sword King could speak, Formation Grand Master stepped forward first, his face covered in a friendly smile.

"What 'Senior' or not? That's too formal!"

"With your Heaven-Defying talent, surpassing us old fogies is only a matter of time!"

"If you don't mind, in private, you can just call me Uncle Gu!"

Formation Grand Master said this so naturally, without any air of a Formation Great Grandmaster, instead being so warm it was almost overwhelming.

This made Xuan Guangzi and Qi Yao, who were watching from the side, click their tongues, secretly cursing the old fox for being so quick to act!

This was too shameless!

Are you even that close to him? Asking him to call you "Uncle" right off the bat?

But despite the cursing, neither of them was slow to act.

"Indeed, indeed!"

"Brother Gu is right!"

Xuan Guangzi also hurried over with a kind expression.

"If you have time, young friend, you must come visit my Jiguang Heavenly Sect. I don't have much else, but there's plenty of good tea and wine!"

"Young Friend Lin, I'm from the merchant alliance. If you ever lack any resources in the future, just come to me. You'll be received with the highest specifications, and you can even buy on credit!"

Qi Yao went even further and threw out sugar-coated bullets.

Are you kidding!

This is the legendary Taiyin Sacred Body!

And he's also a Prodigy with equally insane attainments in the Dao of the sword!

For such a figure destined to soar to the Nine Heavens and possibly even vindicate the Dao to become an Emperor,

If they didn't hurry to build a relationship now before he fully matured, would he even give them a second look after he made it big?

This is called investing in advance!

Seeing the three of them surrounding Lin Mo with warmth and concern, even almost starting an argument over who was closer to him,

The Fierce Sword King finally couldn't take it anymore.

Good grief!

This was the seedling he had his eye on!

Are you people trying to intercept him?

If this continues, don't blame me for calling the Holy Lord himself over!

"*Cough*..."

"Everyone, restrain yourselves!"

The Fierce Sword King coughed heavily, forcefully interrupting the "family reunion" gathering.

"Don't scare the young friend!"

As he spoke, his sharp eyes swept around, forcing Formation Grand Master and the others back slightly.

Then, he looked at Lin Mo again, his expression becoming more solemn and serious than ever before.

He took a deep breath and asked the crucial question that had been lingering in his mind.

"Young Friend Lin."

"Although it's a bit presumptuous, I still want to ask..."

"Your world-shaking skills..."

"Where exactly did you learn them?"

As soon as these words were spoken,

The originally noisy scene instantly fell silent.

Formation Grand Master, Xuan Guangzi, Qi Yao, and even Lei Jingxiao nearby,

At this moment, everyone's gaze was fixed intently on Lin Mo, waiting for his answer.

This was also the secret they most wanted to know!