The Qingxuan Continent is vast and boundless. In Meng Fan's understanding, Earth in his previous life was only equivalent to the area of ​​an empire within the Qingxuan Continent!

Numerous countries stand on the continent, with five major empires at the forefront: the Tengyun Empire, the Canyang Empire, the Longyuan Empire, the Mobei Empire, and the Jiyuan Empire. These five powers stand side by side, each with boundless territory and formidable national strength, and each surrounded by numerous dynasties.

Zhao Feng's city, Sunset City, is a border city in Zhanzhou of the Fire Maple Dynasty. On the other side of Fire Cloud Forest is the Cloud Saint Dynasty, which is affiliated with the Remnant Sun Empire, while the Fire Maple Dynasty is affiliated with the Ji Yuan Empire. Therefore, the two dynasties often clash, and Fire Cloud Forest serves as a buffer zone between them.

In the Qingxuan Continent, the ranks of martial artists are very strict. According to Zhao Feng, the ranks of martial artists are divided into Body Tempering Realm, Qi Sensing Realm, Acquired Realm, Innate Realm, Grandmaster Realm, Great Grandmaster Realm, and the ethereal Unity Realm.

In Meng Fan's view, martial arts may be prosperous in this world, but that is entirely due to the abundance of spiritual energy here. As for the quality of the techniques here, it is nothing more than the amount of spiritual energy that can be absorbed from heaven and earth, and little attention is paid to the artistic conception.

The so-called Body Tempering Realm simply means that the body can withstand the vital energy forcibly absorbed by the cultivation technique.

Meng Fan wasn't in a hurry; he would know once he looked back at the cultivation techniques of this world.

The Nine Yang Divine Skill that the system instilled in Meng Fan was directly perfected, but that doesn't mean it's Meng Fan's limit. In his opinion, it's the limit of his previous life's world, but far from the limit of this world.

Since Meng Fan's understanding of the Nine Yang Divine Skill has reached its maximum level, all subsequent cultivation will proceed naturally. It's just a matter of seeing how far he can cultivate the Nine Yang Divine Skill to.

Even without actively cultivating these past few days, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth has been continuously replenishing Meng Fan's dantian and sea of ​​qi.

This is practically invincible with just one cultivation technique! What's more, with the system around, who knows what else you might draw in the future, maybe even the Eight or Nine Arcane Techniques or something, wouldn't that just make you completely invincible?

Zhao Feng wasn't worried that Meng Fan was sent by the Yun Sheng Dynasty for one reason: generally, those with a sect's lineage are neutral. Over the years, some dynasties have split and reunited, and some have seen two cities captured by one sect today and three cities swallowed by the other tomorrow. As a result, some sects don't have much of a sense of national identity, and some people in border cities may belong to one dynasty today but to another tomorrow.

The three walked until nearly evening, then stopped at a pavilion for tea. According to Zhao Feng, Sunset City was not far ahead, and they could enter before the city gates closed at night, so they weren't in a hurry. After finishing their tea, Zhao Feng paid three coins, and the group continued their journey.

Not long after the three left, four sleazy-looking men sat at a nearby table. One of them, with slicked-back hair, said, "Brother, we four brothers have been hiding from the authorities for a long time, and we're about to leave the Fire Maple Dynasty. How about we do another job?"

It turned out that the money bag Zhao Feng took out when paying had caught their attention. Although Zhao Feng had taken out copper coins, the men were all people who lived on the edge and did business without any initial investment. They could tell at a glance that the bulging money bag must contain silver notes.

The group exchanged a glance and immediately decided to pull off a heist. They got up and chased after Meng Fan and his two companions.

After the four men left, a young man emerged from the woods, gripped his sword, and muttered to himself, "Luckily, these people hadn't entered the Fire Cloud Forest yet. It was those three who attracted their attention? Heh heh, you're lucky you ran into me, otherwise you would have lost your lives for nothing!"

While admiring the otherworldly scenery with his hands behind his back, Meng Fan asked Zhao Feng, "Brother Zhao, is your injury healed?"

"Thank you for your concern, Brother Meng. The injury was not serious to begin with; it was mostly superficial and flesh wounds, and I'm already fine!"

"In that case, I'll have to trouble you to take care of things later, since you're the one who caused this mess."

With Meng Fan's current abilities, the actions of those four people did not escape his notice.

Zhao Feng looked wary. He didn't doubt Meng Fan's words, but he assumed they were from the people who were chasing him.

A moment later, four men appeared in front of them, blocking their way. They were the same four burly men who had been at the table next to them while they were drinking tea in the pavilion.

The slick-haired man stepped forward with his knife: "We four brothers have fallen on hard times and need some money to survive. If you gentlemen are willing to give us some, we brothers will definitely return it."

Zhao Feng realized that it wasn't the people chasing him, and he also realized that it was because he had flaunted his wealth at the pavilion earlier that he had gotten himself into trouble.

He immediately stopped being polite. Although he didn't have a suitable weapon, he could easily deal with them by relying on his profound cultivation at the third level of the Acquired Realm.

Zhao Feng stepped forward, clasped his hands in a fist salute, and said, "Gentlemen, those of you venturing into the martial world, keep your guard up a bit, lest you ruin your bright future!"

The one who clearly resembled the leader among the four had exceptional insight. The four of them were notorious bandits on the Fire Maple Dynasty's list, where murder and plunder were commonplace. Their own kung fu had reached the sixth level of the Acquired Realm, while the second and third were at the third level of the Acquired Realm, and the fourth were both experts in the Qi Sensing Realm. If they hadn't violated the royal taboo, they would have certainly died if they had stayed in the Fire Maple Dynasty, and how could they have ended up in this predicament?

In his opinion, of the three, only Zhao Feng needed to be taken seriously. Lin Yuantu looked like Zhao Feng's sword-bearing steward, and Meng Fan was even more of a rich young master.

These three posed no threat to him at all, and he wasn't wrong to think that way. He knew most of the experts who had reached the late stage of the Acquired Realm. In the Fire Maple Dynasty, even the royal family treated experts in the late stage of the Acquired Realm with great respect. How could they be allowed to encounter them so easily?

Then the eldest brother said in a deep voice, "Second brother, enough nonsense, delay will only cause trouble. What the hell is this 'pay back'? Take action now!"

Upon hearing this, the slick-haired second brother immediately let out a strange laugh, changed his sword stance to a slash, and released his energy outwards, instantly creating a strong wind and arriving in front of Zhao Feng in the blink of an eye!

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