Since a year ago.

After Lin Xiuyuan and his group came out of the secret realm, no one took it seriously at first; at most, they were just curious about what had happened inside.

After all, it's one of the three great secret realms, and not just anyone is qualified to enter.

Apart from that, not many people paid attention.

In their view, this group of people leaving the secret realm so early must be a defeated and destitute army, and not worth paying attention to.

However, Zhong Jiajia and others' report in the Hall of Deacons shocked the entire Hall of Deacons.

The news then spread.

The opening scene alone is astonishing: Lin Xiuyuan leads his team in a desperate charge, a fight to the death, filled with heroic resolve!

Hearing this, one can't help but feel deeply moved, and a sense of inexplicable admiration for Lin Xiuyuan arises within one.

But as I listened further... Han Chenhua's 'disappearance' seemed to be related to Lin Xiuyuan?

After that, Lin Xiuyuan unleashed combat power at an invincible level.

How many people like this are there in the entire Southern Continent?

"This seems a bit fake, but so many people are nodding in confirmation..."

"Senior Brother Han... he's the undisputed senior brother of all the Foundation Establishment disciples in our Cloud Soaring Sect. How could he just disappear without a trace?"

"It should be, after all, their feud was already common knowledge before they even entered the secret realm!"

"It's normal to encounter them not long after entering the secret realm. Given Senior Brother Lin's current combat strength, it's perfectly normal for him to disappear without a trace."

"But the whole thing is just fucking outrageous!!"

"Before entering the secret realm, he had only just broken through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment. Although his combat performance was excellent, he was at most equivalent to a senior disciple of the Cloud Clan. How could he be so outrageous?"

"In an instant, Senior Brother Han disappeared without a trace, and he even became a monstrous genius who had reached an invincible level among his peers!!"

"Perhaps they've been hiding their true abilities all along?!"

Lin Xiuyuan was originally a prodigy in the Dao of Talismans. Although his combat strength was also excellent, it was nothing special.

All that they have shown is barely comparable to the older generation of disciples of the Cloud Clan.

Not to mention, before entering the secret realm, Lin Xiuyuan had only just broken through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment! ... He had only been in the secret realm for a few years? Reaching the peak of Foundation Establishment was already a privilege, thanks to the superior environment of the secret realm.

However, under such circumstances, he directly unleashed combat power at the level of being invincible within the same realm.

They crushed more than half of the Ghost Spirit Sect's fighting force? They even severely injured Wu Chengfeng, the chief general of the Crimson Cloud Sect, on the spot?!

These words, falling upon the ears of the many disciples, sounded like a fantastical tale, filling them with disbelief and prompting immediate skepticism!

The news of this incident shocked almost the entire sect.

Even many Golden Core cultivators were shaken. Many of these high-ranking elders had never heard of Lin Xiuyuan before. After all, no matter how monstrous their disciples were, they had seen countless talents in their long years of cultivation!

But now, a prodigy who has reached the level of being invincible in the same realm has appeared, and he was even born in his own sect. That is a once-in-a-lifetime event.

Even though they could crush such a prodigy with one hand.

However, the meaning behind it is far from simple.

If you can reach the invincible level in this realm, what about in the future?

Once they reach the Purple Mansion stage or the Golden Core stage, they might also be able to master this level of combat power!

Its gold content is extremely high.

Even if we take a step back, such a person is almost certainly the chief of a lineage, and the hope of becoming a cultivator of the same realm in the future is not low.

This naturally attracted the attention of high-ranking cultivators within the sect.

Not to mention, in an entire era, in the entire Southern Continent, there were only about a dozen such figures.

These were already one in ten thousand, the elite of the elite, a generation of monstrous geniuses!

Such a person is already outstanding, a dragon among men.

The possibility of achieving the highest level is naturally quite high.

To put it bluntly, at least half of these individuals will become high-level cultivators, or even Grand Elders, in their respective sects!

Naturally, we cannot ignore this.

Even many Golden Core elders had the immediate thought of taking this boy under their wing.

However, upon discovering that he had already become a disciple of Wang Yangshan, he had no choice but to abandon the idea, which brought him a touch of regret.

This clearly demonstrates the immense value of Lin Xiuyuan's current invincible level!

From this small incident, one can imagine the tremendous sensation it caused throughout the entire sect.

If it weren't for the consensus among many people, most would probably think it was an exaggeration or embellishment.

As a result, rumors about Lin Xiuyuan gradually spread, sparking heated discussions among countless people throughout the sect.

After that, most of the people who left the secret realm calculated their merits and entered a state of seclusion. After all, they were all elite cultivators who entered the secret realm to compete for benefits, and what they sought was nothing more than the upper realm.

Once the merits are obtained, the first thing to do is to exchange them for spiritual items and begin the breakthrough to the Purple Mansion stage.

Lin Xiuyuan never appeared in public; he went straight into seclusion.

This added a touch of mystery to the whole affair.

As the parties involved went into seclusion, the story spread further and further, and many of the details were later revealed to be completely unfounded and fabricated.

For example, Lin Xiuyuan single-handedly wiped out the combined forces of dozens of disciples from the Ghost Spirit Sect, and even Wu Chengfeng was no match for him, being easily defeated by him, and so on...

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By the end, many disciples who were not well-informed began to doubt the veracity of the story.

But there was little doubt about the initial version of events.

Because the story of the several Golden Elixir cultivators confronting each other in front of Wangyang Mountain's cave has already quietly spread.

After all, the full power of several Golden Core cultivators was unleashed in the back mountain that day, naturally attracting the attention of many!

With so many people involved, it becomes increasingly difficult to conceal such a matter.

After many people learned about this, they had no doubt about Han Chenhua's 'disappearance'.

Otherwise, why would so many Golden Core cultivators be attracted?

Therefore, against this backdrop, countless disciples felt it was too bizarre. They were not among the first to know, nor did they see the disciples who had left the secret realm with Lin Xiuyuan, so they could not verify it.

Therefore, they immediately surrounded the 'large group' that had just emerged from the secret realm.

Wang Jin, Rong Fuzhen, and others expressed their curiosity, saying, "I'd love to know too!"

Most of them had only heard about it from Liu Yuan...

Such a thing is too shocking to be true. If you don't see it with your own eyes, even if many people tell you about it, you will always have a feeling of unreality in your heart...

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