On Dongting Lake, a small boat speeds across the calm lake surface.

Yu Changliu, who had regained his human form, stood at the bow of the boat and gently rowed the oars. An invisible thrust surged from the lake, accelerating the boat's progress and constantly startling the fish and shrimp in the lake.

Sitting in the cabin, Shen Yuan looked at Xiao Baixue who was playing with a ball of wool with her butt sticking up, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Previously, Shen Yuan made the little guy cry because of his impulsiveness. He tried his best to comfort him for a long time, but the kitten was still unhappy.

It was not until a few minutes ago that Shen Yuan took out a ball of wool from his storage ring and successfully attracted the little guy's attention, which made Bai Xue's mood improve.

His eyes swept across the lake. After killing the eldest prince of Jidu, Shen Yuan considered himself to have successfully completed the mission of this trip, so he immediately prepared to return home.

It happened that Yu Changliu just returned to Yunmeng Village and took the initiative to offer to see Shen Yuan off.

Shen Yuan did not refuse, and Yu Changliu searched for a long time at the dock at the entrance of the village, and finally found this quaint small boat among a pile of broken boats destroyed by the flood.

Fortunately, Yu Changliu has half-dragon blood and is born with the ability to control the water flow. The speed of this small boat may not be much slower than those motor boats.

From time to time, a dazzling golden color flashed in the lake. The dragon carp jumped high from the water, slapping the waves with its tail, trying to splash water onto the white snow.

Snow White in the cabin glanced at the dragon carp with disdain, as if she was very disdainful of the dragon carp that was playing around in the water. Then she shrank next to the Maine Coon and continued to fiddle with the ball of wool with her butt sticking out.

This scene reminded Shen Yuan of when he first arrived at Dongting Lake.

Although it was still the old man rowing the boat, his condition when he came and when he left had undergone tremendous changes.

The speeding boat has approached the shore, and the speed of the boat has begun to slow down. The rocks and dense jungle on the shore can already be seen.

At this moment, Yu Changliu, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke, his old face full of solemnity:

"On behalf of the people of Yunmeng Village, the people along the shore of Dongting Lake, and Lord Long, I would like to thank you for this disaster, sir!"

As he spoke, Yu Changliu bowed deeply to Shen Yuan.

Then, Yu Changliu continued:

“However, on this trip to the provincial capital, I traveled with the Qingzhou governor, and they also saw the scene of the master in Dongting Lake killing the evil dragon.

Although this is a great deed, there are many conflicts within the court, and the various factions are fighting each other. If the court takes the initiative to contact you, please be careful. "

Shen Yuan was quite surprised by Yu Changliu's reminder.

"Thank you, Village Chief Yu, for the reminder."

Dongting Lake, Yunmeng Village destroyed by floods.

The Imperial Observatory was striding through the muddy sewage and walking into the collapsed Dragon King Temple.

Behind him, Liu Songyuan, the commander of the Qingzhou Imperial Observatory, followed closely, not daring to be negligent in the slightest.

"Teacher Supervisor, there is one thing I don't understand.

He Yao and Yu Changliu, the head of Yunmeng Village, know more about the exiled immortal than we do. Why don't we ask them for details?"

The Imperial Observatory paused for a moment, took a deep look at Liu Yuansong and said:

"We can indeed obtain information from He Yao and Yu Changliu, but how do you think the exiled immortal will react to our private efforts to gather information and track his whereabouts?"

Liu Yuansong was stunned, and after thinking for a while, he spoke:

“Maybe, there will be a little bit of unhappiness.

But this is just speculation, maybe these little things won't attract the attention of the exiled immortal at all?"

"Put away those little thoughts in your mind." The face of the official from the Imperial Observatory showed an unprecedented seriousness.

“He’s different than anyone you’ve ever come in contact with.

We must avoid any possibility of pushing the banished immortal to the opposing side of the Great Xia court. Even the slightest dissatisfaction must be avoided!

We can survey the scene and organize information, as this is the job of our Imperial Observatory, but we cannot use other means to investigate.

This is a respect for that person and also a protection for ourselves.”

"Before we can truly determine his status and attitude towards the Great Xia court, we should even avoid direct contact with him. This may be difficult for you to understand, but you just need to do it."

The Imperial Observatory was silent because he had already arrived in front of the main hall of the Dragon King Temple.

His sight passed over the remains of the main hall of the Dragon Monarch Temple. A mysterious light flashed in the eyes of the Imperial Observatory, and he said calmly:

“This main hall was protected by the power of water, but it was destroyed by a single blow. The remaining mana fluctuations are like continuous waves. They must be the result of profound magical powers from deep practice.

There is residual incense power in the air. The one who attacked must be a statue of an incense god. Although he has not reached the realm of the incense god realm or the realm of immortal golden body, he is also somewhat extraordinary and it is difficult for ordinary Qi training realm to defeat him. "

Upon hearing this, Liu Songyuan hurriedly wrote down the words of the Director of the Imperial Observatory verbatim in the booklet in his hand.

Continuing to move forward, the Imperial Observatory's gaze suddenly focused on the deep sword mark on the ground.

Although the remaining sword energy was extremely weak, even he could sense a terrifying murderous intent.

“Nice sword!”

"There aren't any fancy sword moves or sword styles. Just one sword can sever the life force and extinguish the incense. It's really extraordinary!"

After a slight pause, the Imperial Astronomical Observatory commented: "This sword is quite similar to the way of the ancient sword immortals. It can cut through Qi training."

Liu Yuansong patiently wrote it down, and then suddenly asked:

"Are both parties in this fight only at the Qi Training Stage?"

"Just?" The gaze of the director of the Imperial Observatory suddenly turned cold.

"It seems that your cultivation has improved a lot. You even dare to use the word 'just' in the Qi training stage."

Liu Yuansong's face turned pale instantly, and he quickly said:

"Master Jianzheng, that's absolutely not what I meant.

The main reason is that the battle in Dongting Lake was too powerful, but what happened in Yunmeng Village was just a battle between Qi training realms. I was a little surprised for a moment, so I spoke like this. "

The Imperial Observatory waved his sleeves, snorted coldly, and walked towards the other end of the ruins.

"It has been more than seven months since the spiritual energy tide returned, but the progress of the spiritual energy recovery is too slow, and the various rules in the world are difficult to complete. The higher the level of the practitioners, the greater the restrictions they face in this world.

When a True Person who has entered the Soul Refining Returning to Void realm enters the real world, under normal circumstances, he can only display the peak state of the Qi Transformation realm. "

“There are only two possibilities to enter the Qi training realm. The first is to start practicing after this spiritual energy tide and be promoted to the Qi training realm.

However, this is no longer a realm that can be achieved by talent alone; it requires unimaginable great opportunities.

There are only a few dozen people in the entire Great Xia who can reach this stage, and this even includes the direct disciples of the immortal sects and holy places."

“As for the second option, it is to allow those powerful beings who have descended into this world to initially release their suppression of themselves, forcibly accept this incomplete world, and restore themselves to a higher state.

But this is undoubtedly a temporary solution. Accepting an incomplete world will damage one's own foundation, and one will hardly make any progress in this life."

Liu Yuansong has already entered the late stage of Qi Transformation Realm, and his talent is among the best in the entire Imperial Observatory, otherwise he would not have been accepted as a disciple by the Imperial Observatory.

He originally thought that he was only a step away from the Qi training stage, so he did not take it seriously. However, after hearing the explanation from the Director of the Imperial Observatory, he realized what this seemingly small gap actually meant.

That is an insurmountable chasm.

Under the appearance of being in the Qi training stage, it is just the most superficial fight and test, and its true strength has already reached an unfathomable level.

Looking at the ruins in front of him again, Liu Yuansong's eyes showed awe, but he saw that the Imperial Observatory had already walked to the other end of the ruins.

There, a large area of ​​ground collapsed downwards, and the remaining turbid flood continued to wash away this deep pit. The cracked bricks and stones extended in all directions like a spider web.

Under Liu Yuansong's gaze, the director of the Imperial Observatory seemed to sense something, and a look of shock finally appeared on his calm face.

"Break the void, create a crack in space!"