Tianlong Temple, Dragon King Hall.

The golden Dragon King Buddha statue is several meters tall, with deer horns on its head, fine dragon scales on its face and body, and golden vertical eyes that are extremely majestic.

The mighty Heavenly Dragon King who subdues demons is seldom worshipped by the common people, but he is secretly worshipped by the royal family of the Dayan Dynasty for generations.

Tianlong Temple is actually a temple specially built by the royal family. It is located on Xuantian Peak. The entire temple has more than a thousand rooms and dozens of halls. It is large in scale, with nearly 10,000 people in the whole temple.

Even young novice monks who have not yet received ordination are practitioners of Qigong.

The abbot of this temple, Juekong, and the head of the Dragon King Hall, Juemie, are both sixth-rank pure yang masters. They are also the guardians of the Great Yan Dynasty.

When Yan Shijiu was injured by Gao Xian, the first thing he thought of was to come to Tianlong Temple for help.

The abbot of the Dragon King Hall, Juemie, sat quietly below the Buddha statue, holding a rosary in his hand and silently reciting scriptures, looking solemn and serious.

Juemie was bald with a bald head and eyebrows, extremely high cheekbones, a lion's nose and a wide mouth. He was also very tall. Even when he was chanting with his eyes closed and looking peaceful, he still had the majestic aura of a lion or tiger.

Although Yan Shijiu was anxious, he couldn't interrupt Juemie's chanting. On the other hand, as a sixth-level pure yang cultivator, he had to act calmly and not lose face in front of Juemie.

The voice of Juemie's chanting was very low and vague, and Yan Shijiu couldn't hear it clearly. But Juemie's voice was quite rhythmic, and coupled with the curling sandalwood incense in the hall, there was a very mysterious and quiet atmosphere.

After a while, Yan Shijiu's impatience disappeared and he finally calmed down.

Only after the incense stick was burned out did Juemie stop chanting and open his eyes.

He glanced at Yan Nineteen and asked directly, "What brings you here, Governor?"

Yan Shijiu didn't care about Juemie's directness. He said directly: "Master, the outer demon Gaoxian is cunning and vicious. I have been injured by him. If he is promoted to the sixth level, he will bring disaster to all living beings and even shake the foundation of the court..."

Juemie glanced at Yan Shijiu, a strange look in his eyes: "Gao Xian is only at the fifth level, how can he break your Tianlong Armor?"

The Tianlong Armor is a sacred object of the Great Yan Dynasty. At the beginning, Taizu of the Great Yan swept the world with a set of Tianlong Armor and a Tianlong Stick, and thus founded the Great Yan Dynasty.

Now that the Tianlong Armor is in the hands of Qianlongwei, it is used to suppress all forces in the martial arts world.

The Tianlong Stick is placed in the Tianlong Temple for worship, and is also the sacred weapon used by the Tianlong Temple to protect the dynasty.

Yan Shijiu, as the commander-in-chief of Qianlong Guard, a sixth-rank Pure Yang warrior, and wearing Tianlong Armor, is enough to sweep the world except for the sixth-rank warriors from the four holy places.

There are always some demons from outside the domain appearing in this world. Their methods are strange, but the gap in power between different levels is too great, and the demons from outside the domain cannot cross the level gap.

The rise of the Sword Demon Gao Xian has caused turmoil in the martial arts world. Tianlong Temple also cooperates with the Qianlong Guard to send out experts to hunt down the Sword Demon, but the world is too big and the search range of just a few people is limited.

The Sword Demon Gao Xian's whereabouts are mysterious, and the people in Tianlong Temple have never encountered Gao Xian.

For the four holy places, this was not a big deal. Some extraterritorial demons often appeared in this world, and they would disappear without a trace after a few years.

Generally speaking, there is no need to worry too much.

But Yan Shijiu actually lost to a fifth-level demon? Even if the opponent was an extraterritorial demon, this was too exaggerated! Yan Shijiu also knew that this battle was too embarrassing, but he had to explain the details clearly to avoid misjudgment of extinction.

He said: "Gao Xian holds a peerless divine sword, which is extremely sharp. Even the Heavenly Dragon Armor cannot withstand its sharpness."

Juemie pondered for a moment and said, "This matter is of great importance. I will go and ask Brother for advice."

Seeing Juemie stand up, Yan Shijiu wanted to follow, but was stopped by Juemie: "Commander-in-chief, please wait in the main hall."

After a long time, Juemie walked into the hall carrying a long stick.

Yan Shijiu's eyes fell on the long stick in the other person's hand. The long stick was completely black, and there was a long dragon coiled from head to tail on the surface of the stick.

"Tianlong Stick!" There was joy in Yan Shijiu's eyes. It was obvious that Tianlong Temple attached great importance to this matter, which was why they took out this national treasure.

Juemie said in a deep voice: "No matter what kind of demon Gao Xian is, the Tianlong Staff can subdue him."

He then said, "Senior Brother has already sent a letter to Cangjianzhai Zhou You and Tiandao Sect's Ning Quening, asking them to join forces to destroy the Sword Demon and leave no future troubles."

"Okay, okay!" Yan Shijiu said, "I will immediately send out orders to all directions to search for the Sword Demon Gao Xian with all my strength..."

At this moment, Gao Xian was looking at the thunderclouds gathering in the sky and smiling.

After having a fight with Yan Shijiu, he saw Yan Shijiu practicing the method of True Qi through the Great Power Heavenly Dragon Seal, which made him determined the path to advance to the sixth level.

Even without Yan Shijiu, Gao Xian still had a complete idea for advancing to the sixth level. It was just that Yan Shijiu confirmed his ideas and corrected some details.

The spiritual energy in this world circulates too fast, so the thunder disaster comes quickly and goes away even faster.

Gao Xian flew into the thundercloud on his sword, and in less than an hour, he had survived the thunder tribulation. This world can also lead directly to the Nine Heavens and Thirteen Heavens, but he was kicked out as soon as he entered the Sun Wheel Heaven.

The whole process was extremely short, so short that he didn't even have time to actively absorb the innate Yuan Qi.

Fortunately, this body was once immersed in the innate primordial energy and then cleansed by thunder. In terms of strength in all aspects, it is roughly one-tenth of the original body.

This clone is actually not important. What is important is that after being cleansed by the thunder, he can master the higher level of true Qi in this world and can use the true Qi to sharpen the Wuji Sword Sutra.

Please...collect 6...9...books...!

Gao Xian returned to Cangyun Mountain. As he expected, the village had been razed to the ground and the houses were burned down. As for the people inside, they probably had no good ending.

The valley was destroyed by Yan Shijiu, and Gao Xian chose a quiet place dozens of miles away to rebuild the wooden house.

Gao Xian would sit in front of the wooden house with his sword in his arms every day, feeling the changes in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. When he felt like it, he would draw his sword and practice.

Practicing sword facing the morning sun brings out its strong and vigorous energy. Practicing sword facing the bright moon brings out its bright and lofty splendor.

Practice swordplay facing the spring rain, taking advantage of its continuous flow. Practice swordplay facing the summer thunder, taking advantage of its fierce and powerful force.

Practicing swordsmanship in the autumn frost is for its cold and bleak shade. Practicing swordsmanship in the winter snow is for its pure and cold silence.

Everything in the universe, from the smallest dust to the largest sun, contains the ultimate truth of heaven and earth.

Gao Xian was already highly skilled in swordsmanship, and the special spiritual energy laws of this world allowed him to circulate a large amount of spiritual energy in a short period of time, while also allowing him to more deeply perceive the subtle changes in the universe.

After five years of this, the Wuji Sword Sutra that he had practiced day and night had suddenly broken through to the level of mastery.

Generally speaking, among the seven stages of the practice, the three realms of Master, Grandmaster, and Grandmaster's Perfection are the most important, and each level will bring substantial improvements.

From proficiency to mastery, it is just a growth in skills. There will be no substantial improvement in the technique.

However, the Wuji Sword Scripture was of a very high level. From proficiency to mastery, it would take 20 million proficiency points.

Wuji Sword Scripture cannot be upgraded. Gao Xian estimated that it would take a thousand years of hard work to upgrade to a higher level. It only took five years here. One reason is that the spiritual energy law is special.

Secondly, he learned many secret techniques from this world, which greatly improved his swordsmanship. Another point is that during these five years, he purified his sword intention and sword heart, and entered a very spiritual state.

It means not trying to exert any effort, nor trying to relax deliberately, just let everything take its natural course.

In the past five years, my physical level was too low, and sword training had no effect at all. So I couldn't calculate the time.

Gao Xian had reached the level of mastery of the Wuji Sword Sutra, so it was natural for him to trigger a thunder tribulation. He held the Wuji Sword in his hand, flicked the blade casually, and easily got through the second thunder tribulation.

At this point, Gao Xian knew that the effectiveness of continuing to practice sword skills behind closed doors would be greatly reduced.

He has been in this world for ten years, which means he has already consumed a thousand years of his life. It is time for him to get down to business...

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