Son-in-law Heaven Emperor Xiao Yi

Xiao Yi and Fang Qingzhu were escorted to the training room.

Jiang Tai and Xu Lai stood outside the training room. Unable to contain himself, Xu Lai said, "Your Highness, previously you showed no intention of recruiting Xiao Yi, but after he killed Chen Di, you actively sought him. Why is that?"

The Chen Family that Chen Di belonged to was only a second-rate family in the Royal City, but Chen Di's father was in the prime of his life and had great potential for further advancement.

As for Xiao Yi, he was only at the first layer of the Shentong Realm.

In Xu Lai's view, offending the Chen Family for Xiao Yi's sake was clearly not worth it.

Jiang Tai said indifferently, "Elder Xu, do you know Xiao Yi's identity?"

"This..."

Xu Lai shook his head.

Narrowing his eyes, Jiang Tai said, "He is from the Xiao Family of the Great Qian Dynasty. Although this news was suppressed by the Xiao Family and only a small number of people in Nanhuang City know about it, someone passed a message from Nanhuang City a few days ago. This Xiao Yi is not simple at all! When he first arrived in Nanhuang, he was only at the Physical Body Realm. But in just a few months, he stepped into the Shentong Realm. Even Jia Sichun of the Jia Family died at his hands..."

"What? He reached the Shentong Realm in just a few months and killed Jia Sichun? How is that possible?" Xu Lai's eyes widened in shock.

Only then did he understand why Jiang Tai suddenly sought to recruit Xiao Yi.

A genius who could step into the Shentong Realm from the Physical Body Realm in just a few short months would undoubtedly achieve limitless heights in the future.

"For ordinary people, it certainly isn't possible, but don't forget that he has the same blood as that person..."

Taking a deep breath and unable to hide the shock in his heart, Jiang Tai ended with a sigh, "It's just a pity that he has already agreed to help Elder Wang. Since he is someone valued by Elder Wang, I cannot take him no matter what!"

Wang Zhiyuan held very high prestige and status within the Tianqing Kingdom.

Nowadays, the position of the Crown Prince of Tianqing Kingdom is still up for grabs, and any prince who could gain Wang Zhiyuan's support would significantly increase his chances of obtaining the title of Crown Prince.

He didn't want to offend Wang Zhiyuan for Xiao Yi's sake.

Jiang Tai continued, "Since we cannot recruit him, then we should forge good karma with him. Letting him use this training room, if he remembers this kindness, maybe he can also become a great asset to me in the future!"

Xu Lai nodded, then, recalling that Xiao Yi had not only killed Chen Di but also offended Zhang Kang, hesitated and said, "Your Highness, according to what you said, hasn't Xiao Yi already offended the Chen Family, Jia Family, and Zhang Kang? Any one of these parties is difficult to deal with, should we help him in secret?"

"No need!"

Jiang Tai waved his hand, his gaze calm and detached as he said, "The path to becoming a strong warrior is never smooth sailing. If he can't overcome these difficulties, it just proves that he does not have the qualifications to be my Jiang Tai's chess piece!"

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Inside the training room.

Xiao Yi and Fang Qingzhu sat facing each other, their palms aligned with the Golden Core of the Iron Blade King between them.

Previously, in order to break through to the Shentong Realm, the two had already refined one-fifth of the Golden Core's energy and had both stepped into the Shentong Realm. Now, resuming cultivation, they were further accelerating the process a hundredfold with the help of the Earth Fire Spirit Refining Array.

It was likely that, by the end of this refining session, more than half of the energy of the Golden Core would be depleted.

"Qingzhu, I'm about to activate the Earth Fire Spirit Refining Array. If you can't handle it, exit immediately. Understand?" Xiao Yi warned Fang Qingzhu earnestly as he stared at her.

His physical body was strengthened by the power of the God Sealing Seed, much stronger than that of a warrior of the same level.

Naturally, he could endure the onslaught of power.

But Fang Qingzhu's physical body was incomparable to his, and her limit for enduring energy was naturally much lower.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Fang Qingzhu nodded to show she understood.

Xiao Yi flicked his finger, tossing an array flag between them.

A thread of Yuan energy surged into it.

Hum!

The array was immediately activated, and red beams of light appeared beneath them, with red lines forming a circular array plate. Within the array plate, the red light wove into gray array patterns.

The light shone brilliantly, like celestial light, like divine brilliance, bathing their bodies.

Both channeled their profound energies at the same time.

They could feel a surge of immense power rush into their bodies from the Golden Core.

With a hundredfold increase in refining speed.

This allowed them to constantly and distinctly feel their strength skyrocketing.

After one hour.

Two hours.

Three hours...

Both of their cultivation levels continued to rise. In just eight hours, Xiao Yi's cultivation had reached the Third Layer of the Shentong Realm, and Fang Qingzhu had also kept pace, reaching the same realm as him.

However, Fang Qingzhu apparently was struggling to withstand the surge of energy, as the ice-blue phantom phoenix behind her manifested once again.

Though it was but a fleeting appearance,

it still managed to coat the training room with a layer of frost.

Whoosh!

Fang Qingzhu immediately exited the array, as the sudden two minor realm increases in cultivation overwhelmed her, and she sat cross-legged to the side to begin refining and stabilizing her own realm.

Xiao Yi, however, was still absorbing the energy transferred from the Golden Core. Your next read awaits at empire

When 24 hours had ended,

Xiao Yi's cultivation had reached the Fourth Layer of the Divine Passage Realm, and his Golden Core had shrunk down by half from its original walnut size. Xiao Yi took a deep breath and placed the Golden Core into his storage ring, then he began guiding the primal energy into the God Sealing Seed.

The God Sealing Seed burst forth with dazzling light as Xiao Yi was bathed in divine radiance.

Four hundred and one.

Four hundred and two...

At the First Layer of the Divine Passage Realm, his God Sealing Seed was activated with four hundred seeds, and now that he had reached the Fourth Layer of the Divine Passage Realm, he had added as many as six hundred more. He had a total of one thousand God Sealing Seeds in his body!

Boom!

When the primal energy, refined by the essence of the one thousand God Sealing Seeds, transformed into the power of the gods and fed back into his dantian,

Xiao Yi's cultivation became firmly established.

Simultaneously...

His consciousness suddenly entered the Ancient Heavenly Tomb, where one thousand God Sealing Seeds could now allow him to suppress another being; his gaze swept across until Xiao Yi found a short grave that was a zhang high. However, this grave did not bear a wooden tombstone, but a stone one.

From his several previous visits to the Ancient Heavenly Tomb, Xiao Yi had discerned some patterns: the taller the grave and the better the material of the tombstone, the stronger the entity within the grave.

For instance, the grave of that Death-Dealing Scholar was but three feet tall!

Yet the one in front of him stood at an entire zhang!

"Divine General of Suppression, Crush the heavens, the God-Sealing Demon-Suppressing!"

With a smash of his palm, Xiao Yi shattered the grave before him, and with a thunderous roar, a stream of light soared into the sky — it was a refined scholar. Clad in a blue Daoist robe, with a face like carved jade, friendly and amiable, Xiao Yi hardly needed to act, as it voluntarily burrowed into the God Sealing Seed.

Turning into a statue, residing only within the God Sealing Seed.

Simultaneously,

Xiao Yi received information from the shadow in the robe: "Dao Yan, Heavenly Yuan Realm, a grandmaster in martial arts theory, the creator of the 'Martial Canon,' 'Sword Canon,' 'Saber Canon,'... among one hundred and eight sacred martial arts scriptures, directly or indirectly instructing nearly a million disciples. His number one disciple is a legend of the Heavenly Yuan Realm — Martial God Zhao Wuji!"

Hiss!

Xiao Yi took a sharp breath.

This was Dao Yan? The master of Martial God Zhao Wuji?

Dao Yan's name was thunderously renowned!

He was a prodigy who couldn't cultivate himself yet possessed an incredibly high aptitude, a talent who spanned the heavens and earth. It could be said that the flourishing state of the martial way in the Heavenly Yuan Realm today owed much to Dao Yan's contributions. Some had even hailed him as the mentor to the Martial God!

After suppressing Dao Yan, Xiao Yi immediately gained his understanding and theoretical knowledge of the martial way.

Many previous uncertainties also became clear to him.

It's no exaggeration to say,

That in terms of martial arts theory, in the great Heavenly Yuan Realm, those who could surpass him could be counted on one hand!

More importantly, he had also acquired a secret technique from Dao Yan's heritage, the "Blood Explosion Skill."

This secret technique could be classified as a fifth-grade technique, which by burning one's own blood, offered a surge in strength for a short period, potentially reaching an increase of up to a hundredfold. However, the price was the complete combustion of one's blood, and it was not to be used lightly.

Although suppressing Dao Yan this time did not yield powerful martial techniques or cultivation methods, it did perfectly complement Xiao Yi in theoretical aspects, sparing him many detours on his future path in martial arts.

Especially the "Blood Explosion Skill," it provided him with an additional lifeline; the intangible gains were immensely great.

Indeed, from another perspective, this gain was even richer than if he had obtained a Martial God's inheritance directly.

After all...

This was Dao Yan, who had taught a person like Martial God Zhao Wuji.

"Brother Xiao Yi, time's up; we should head to the Royal Martial Arts Academy now!"

Suddenly, the voice of Fang Qingzhu came from outside, as Xiao Yi's consciousness exited the Ancient Heavenly Tomb, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly, "The Royal Martial Arts Academy? Here I come, Xiao Yi!"