16: My master has mutated his profound skills... Help me!

"What?"

Wu Feiyan, who was meditating and circulating Qi, suddenly opened her eyes, and the True Qi she had just gathered almost dispersed.

"The dragon tiger golden elixir was stolen. Is Dragon Tiger Mountain playing tricks?"

Nether Pupil quickly said, "Prince of Yanbei sent people to investigate, and it should have nothing to do with Dragon Tiger Mountain. There were no flaws among the experts escorting it along the way either..."

"No flaws? If there were no flaws, would the dragon tiger golden elixir fly away on its own? Xu Longwu, that good-for-nothing!" Wu Feiyan's face turned green with anger. Ten years of planning, only to result in a mysterious theft?

Without the dragon tiger golden elixir, what would Xu Tian do?

Continue to be his Young Master without a rooster?

Wu Feiyan valued this naturally extraordinary, heaven-sent child immensely.

For his future to inherit the great cause of Wu Zhou and achieve unification,

Wu Feiyan did not hesitate to use enchanting arts, making Prince of Yanbei Xu Longwu of the Great Liang Imperial Dynasty believe he was his own son.

This plan, killing two birds with one stone, not only gave Xu Tian the dual backing of Wu Zhou and Yanbei but also secretly controlled Prince of Yanbei Xu Longwu, planting a fatal wedge in Great Liang.

From the day this child was born, Wu Feiyan tried every method to secure resources for him. Therefore, although this child was over twenty and had not yet embarked on the path of Cultivation, he grew up soaking in various rare Spirit Medicine, possessing an incredibly deep Foundation.

All he lacked was a dragon tiger golden elixir.

But now... "Who exactly stole Tian'er's Opportunity to achieve the Dao?" Wu Feiyan said with a face full of Evil Qi.

"Master, now is not the time to pursue these matters. A letter from Yanbei says that Junior Brother Xu Tian is already on his way to White Deer Academy and will arrive by the day after tomorrow at the latest." Nether Pupil said with a worried expression; "Recently, accidents have been frequent, and Disciple is worried someone might target Junior Brother Xu Tian."

"What?"

Wu Feiyan's expression changed slightly, "If the dragon tiger golden elixir is lost, why is he still coming to White Deer Academy?"

White Deer Academy, though named an academy, respects martial arts above all else.

Would Xu Tian, someone who hasn't even begun Cultivation, come here to seek abuse?

"Prince of Yanbei sent word that Junior Brother Xu Tian's situation is somewhat special; he skipped the nine stages of Body Tempering right after starting Cultivation and has now entered the Qi Sea Realm..." As Nether Pupil spoke, her tone carried a hint of barely concealed excitement.

"Oh?"

Wu Feiyan said, pleasantly surprised, "To directly bypass the nine stages of Body Tempering upon entering the path of Cultivation, Tian'er is indeed born extraordinary."

"Nether Pupil, you go on a trip. Secretly protect Tian'er, but don't reveal your identity for now, understand?"

"Yes."

"Who exactly stole my Tian'er's dragon tiger golden elixir... dragon tiger golden elixir?"

Wu Feiyan suddenly thought of something.

Her foxy eyes sharply looked beyond the gauze curtain at the Rebellious Disciple Cao Meng, who was cultivating cross-legged.

He was covered in a faint red glow, and above the red glow, five-colored lightning flickered faintly.

"There's a hint of Dragon Tiger Mountain's Five Thunder Golden Body Art. Could it be him?"

Immediately, Wu Feiyan shook her head fiercely.

She knew this Rebellious Disciple quite well.

This boy had always stayed by her side and didn't have any profound background.

How could he be the one who stole the dragon tiger golden elixir?

...The next day, morning light bathed the earth.

At the moment the morning glow rose, a purple glow, like a cascading galaxy, instantly enveloped Ganquan Palace.

At the same time, Wu Feiyan's eyes widened.

She saw that in the hall a few zhang away, Cao Meng's body manifested a phantom image of a Profound Glazed Serpent King, seven or eight zhang long, glowing with a brilliant blue spiritual light.

That phantom image actually had five legs on its belly, its gaping maw wildly devouring the True Fire of the Sun descending from the sky.

"This... when could the Chaos Profound Yang Supreme Art devour the True Fire of the Sun... this... stop quickly!"

Wu Feiyan exclaimed.

Cultivating by devouring the True Fire of the Sun is no different from seeking death.

Let alone Cao Meng, even a Supreme existence would not dare to touch a trace of the True Fire of the Sun, let alone devour it for Cultivation.

He was merely a Golden Core, how could he withstand it?

At the same time, the vast morning glow, mixed with the True Fire of the Sun from beyond the Nine Heavens, descended upon Ganquan Palace. In an instant, countless gazes turned towards Ganquan Palace.

In the deepest part of White Deer Academy's grand canyon, a pure white waterfall cascaded from the sky. By the deep pool beneath the waterfall, in front of an ancient, simple Daoist temple, a purple gourd vine grew, and on the vine, a pale golden gourd emitted a faint spiritual light.

Beneath the gourd vine, an old man in white robes, with bare feet and disheveled long hair, was watering the gourd vine with a ladle.

Behind the old man stood a young man in green robes with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, exuding an imposing demeanor.

This person was the current Dean of White Deer Academy, the Void Sword Saint – Void Sword Walker.

And the young man behind him was Li Xingkong, one of White Deer Academy's ten true Disciples.

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, Void Sword Walker abruptly looked up, only to see the morning glow, carrying the True Fire of the Sun, descending like a thousand-mile Dragon upon Ganquan Palace above the academy.

"Drawing the True Fire of the Sun! Such a grand commotion? Could that Prodigy have broken through to the Saint Realm... this~"

Crack~

The ladle in his hand fell to the ground, splashing water.

At the same time, within Xuanyuan Palace, a woman dressed in a white immortal dress, with a plain face and skin as white as snow, suddenly soared into the sky, straight into the clouds. Her eyes, more dazzling than stars, stared intently in the direction of Ganquan Palace, her ample chest heaving violently, her face full of resentment.

"Did this bitch Break through? Damn it, truly detestable!"

This woman was the Master of Xuanyuan Palace, another Vice Headmaster of White Deer Academy from the Great Liang Imperial Dynasty, Xuanyuan Baizhi!

This Xuanyuan Baizhi was the Empress of Great Liang. She was also a representative figure of the northern branch of the Xuanyuan Family, one of the three ancient clans of the Eastern Continent.

Her legendary status was no less than Wu Feiyan's; she had already touched the threshold of the Saint Realm several years ago.

Unfortunately, at the critical moment of her Breakthrough to the Saint Realm, she was inexplicably poisoned, leading to the failure of her Cultivation.

Although everyone in the academy knew that the poisoner was Wu Feiyan's person,

Because there was no conclusive evidence, and Wu Feiyan was not an easy opponent, this grudge had been held until today... Within the Saint Academy, undercurrents surged.

Inside Ganquan Palace, Cao Meng, however, had fallen into an unprecedented crisis.

He never expected that his mutated Blood Spirit Sacred Body with devouring attributes + Pure Yang Sacred Body, when Cultivating the Chaos Profound Yang Supreme Art, would cause the Cultivation Technique to undergo an unusual change.

At the junction of sun and moon, when purple Qi came from the east, it unexpectedly attracted the True Fire of the Sun from the Supreme star, the Sun Star, from beyond the Nine Heavens, within the Chaos World.

In an instant, all of Cao Meng's Bloodline began to boil, and the terrifying heat caused his body to start twisting.

The True Essence within his body, and even his Golden Core, began to burn, and the dragon tiger golden elixir accelerated its dissolution~

If he hadn't condensed the Immeasurable Golden Body earlier, Cao Meng would probably have been reduced to charcoal by now.

"Stop~"

At the critical moment, Cao Meng awoke from his state of forgetting himself and quickly stopped his Qi Circulation.

The True Fire of the Sun and the dragon-like purple glow enveloping him instantly dispersed.

A terrifying heatwave swept through, and in an instant, all the vegetation within a ten-mile radius of Ganquan Palace withered.

"Master, save me..."