The Peerless Tang Sect’s Sun and Moon Glory

The buildings in the Lord's Mansion of Qianling City are intricate, especially the core building in the center of the City Lord's Mansion, which becomes even more majestic when you get closer.

Bright soul guidance lights filled the place, and every once in a while, a group of orderly soldiers would pass by.

Xu Zihuang raised his head and looked up at the tallest core building in front of him. At the same time, he released his spiritual power and enveloped the entire city lord's palace.

Under the detection of his spiritual power in the tangible and material realm, nothing in the city lord's mansion could be hidden.

Soon, he figured out the distribution of soldiers in the city lord's palace.

Including the soldiers patrolling alternately, there were five hundred people in total. There are a hundred soul masters among them, but their cultivation levels are relatively weak, between the second and third rings.

This is also a normal thing. The vast majority of people who are willing to join the army are civilian soul masters. With average talent and no background behind him, it is normal for his cultivation to stop at the Soul Master's level.

Although soul masters are a very small group of elites among human beings, the reality is that more than 90% of them are like this and do not achieve much throughout their lives.

How can there be so many geniuses in the world?

What surprised Xu Zihuang was that among the one hundred soul masters, there were ten soul kings with five-ring cultivation. After all, Qianling City is the largest main city in the northeast of the Dou Ling Empire. This configuration is enough to support a medium-sized soul master sect in the mainland.

And he also clearly sensed the soul power fluctuations in Shen Ce and An Lengye's bodies. Shen Ce seemed to have just broken through to the sixth-ring soul emperor realm, while An Lengye's soul power cultivation level was around level 55. With such cultivation at the age of twenty-four or five, he will be able to reach the realm of Titled Douluo in the future.

Of course, compared with the elite inner court disciples of Shrek Academy, there is definitely still a certain gap.

After looking around, Xu Zihuang's eyes fell on the top floor of the core building of the City Lord's Mansion again. There was a light on in the room in the center of the top floor. A capable middle-aged man in his fifties was reading documents at the desk, occasionally looking thoughtful.

According to his perception, this middle-aged man's cultivation is the strongest, and he is a strong man at the Contra level.

Undoubtedly, the middle-aged man should be the lord of Qianling City. His strong cultivation makes him look relatively young, but in fact he is already over eighty this year. For Contra at this age, if there are no special opportunities, it is basically difficult to make any progress in cultivation.

Not long after, Xu Zihuang was led by An Lengye and Shen Ce outside the central room on the top floor of the core building of the City Lord's Mansion.

The capable middle-aged man seemed to have noticed something, put down the documents in his hands and looked out the door.

There was a fireplace burning in the room for heating and needed ventilation, so the door was half-opened and closed.

Seeing Xu Zihuang behind Shen Ce and An Lengye, the Lord of Qianling City asked in surprise: "Shen Ce, Leng Ye, who is this?"

With his cultivation and knowledge, Xu Zihuang's extraordinary ability could be seen at a glance.

His breath was deep and his eyes were introverted. Looking straight at him for a moment made him feel like he was in a trance. He was certain that the young man in front of him, who looked to be only sixteen or seventeen years old, was definitely superior to him in some aspects.

"Grandpa, he is from Shrek Academy." An Lengye responded softly. Although she didn't know what Yu Tianhuang wanted to do with her grandfather, the fact that he came from Shrek Academy was enough. Shrek Academy's image on the mainland has always been very positive, at least in the eyes of people who originally belonged to the three major empires of Douluo Continent.

A hint of surprise appeared in the middle-aged man's shining eyes, and he quickly stood up and strode forward.

"It turns out he is a top student from Shrek Academy. Anxiong, an old man, is not welcoming us from afar. He is really not treating his guests well."

In his opinion, the extraordinary Xu Zihuang was probably an inner disciple of Shrek Academy. Only the inner court disciples are qualified to represent Shrek Academy.

Whether it was out of his regard for Shrek Academy or his kindness to a talented inner disciple of Shrek Academy, he should do this.

"You're welcome, Master An." Xu Zihuang bowed politely to An Xiong.

"My name is Yu Tianhuang, a disciple of the inner courtyard of Shrek Academy. I came here this time because I have something to do and need to visit Lord An."

"Please come in, please come in."

With a glowing face, Anxiong welcomed Xu Zihuang to the sofa opposite the desk and sat down. On the surface, he was calm, but he was secretly surprised in his heart.

In that year's All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition, wasn't the boy who represented Shrek Academy single-handedly crushed the team of Shen Ce and his granddaughter An Lengye named Yu Tianhuang?

He asked while waving to An Lengye to make tea.

"Brother Yu, you must be here for that matter. Half a year ago, Dean Yan of your college came here in person. I'm really ashamed that I couldn't be of much help."

When he said these words, he did not shy away from Shen Ce and An Lengye. After hearing these words, both of them looked puzzled.

Shen Ce stood not far behind Xu Zihuang, frowning with his arms folded across his chest. What is the identity of the dean of Shrek Academy? He was really curious about what could interest him so much.

An Lengye held a tray and placed two cups of steaming, fragrant black tea in front of Xu Zihuang and Anxiong. This is a tea unique to Qianling City, and the annual output is extremely low. It has special effects of refreshing the mind and enhancing mental strength and memory.

But for Xu Zihuang now, it basically has no effect, just a taste.

An Lengye handed the last cup of black tea to Shen Ce. The two looked at each other and prepared to leave the room. They are curious, but they also know how to observe words and emotions. This kind of thing is obviously not something they should know.

However, Anxiong stopped the two of them first.

"Shen Ce, Leng Ye, you stay here first."

After saying that, he looked at Xu Zihuang again and smiled bitterly.

"Since Dean Yan took the initiative to visit you, I have deliberately asked people to inquire about the whereabouts of the student from your college, but until now I have found nothing. However, about four months ago, something happened in the far north. Something happened, and I don’t know if it has something to do with the student from your academy. According to the soul masters who went to the far north to hunt soul beasts at that time, suddenly many powerful soul beasts seemed to be frightened and came from the extreme north. The core area of ​​the land was moving towards the outer areas. The riot lasted for nearly a month. During that time, century-old spirit beasts often appeared in the edge areas of the far north, and thousand-year spirit beasts occasionally appeared."

"That's true." Shen Ce understood An Xiong's idea of ​​leaving him and An Lengye behind.

"During that time, Leng Ye and I took the students from the academy to the edge of the Far North to hunt spirit beasts, and we gained a lot. There were also many powerful spirit beasts that usually only live in the core area of ​​the Far North."

The academy he was talking about naturally referred to Qianling Advanced Soul Master Academy. After graduation, he and An Lengye both became teachers at Qianling Advanced Soul Master Academy.

Xu Zihuang's eyes narrowed slightly and he asked.

"Apart from this, are there any other changes?"

After a moment of silence, Shen Ce seemed to have thought of something and suddenly said: "Not long ago, when I went to sea to obtain the sixth soul ring with the help of the dean and several teachers from the college, I encountered a strange thing."

"There is an isolated island northeast of our Qianling City, about two hundred kilometers deep into the sea. There lives a group of very powerful flying soul beasts on the island, the Golden Yanniao. It is said that they have a trace of the blood of the three-legged Golden Crow."

"Golden Yanniao? Three-legged Golden Crow bloodline?" Xu Zihuang held the tea cup with his right hand and subconsciously exerted force.

According to legend, the three-legged Golden Crow, like the Phoenix, is the ancestor of the bird soul beast and has many descendants.

Wu Ming's martial spirit is said to be the Golden Crow, but in fact it is just a Firebird with a trace of the blood of the three-legged Golden Crow. In comparison, Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire Phoenix martial spirit was much more powerful. The Evil Fire Phoenix was a fire phoenix with impure blood.

And this Golden Yanniao, which also has a trace of the three-legged Golden Crow bloodline, is undoubtedly enough to join the ranks of the top soul beasts.

Shen Ce nodded and continued: "At the junction of the offshore sea and the deep sea in the northeast of our Qianling City, there lives a sea soul beast that is suitable to become my martial soul soul ring. My initial goal was this kind of sea soul beast. Sea Soul Beast, but as soon as Dean and I arrived at that sea area, we happened to encounter a ten thousand year golden bird that was seriously injured and alone. This ten thousand year golden bird eventually became my sixth spirit ring, but in When I absorbed its spirit ring at close range, I found that some of its feathers were burnt. In this sea area, there should be no spirit beast with fire attributes that can suppress the Golden Bird. The dean and I speculated that this Jin Yanniao was severely injured by a powerful fire attribute soul master."

"Is the person you are looking for a soul master with a powerful fire attribute spirit?"

Xu Zihuang's mind moved slightly, and he basically had the answer in his mind. This is Thousand Spirits City near the far north, and there are very few soul masters with fire-attribute martial souls. Not to mention the kind of soul master with a top-notch fire-attribute martial soul.

Then he looked at the confusion in Anxiong's eyes and was speechless.

It seemed that Yan Shaozhe deliberately did not tell An Xiong about Ma Xiaotao's martial arts abilities. He probably only described Ma Xiaotao's appearance and body features at most.

This really fits Yan Shaozhe's character.

Just as Mr. Mu commented, Yan Shaozhe's character always lacks such grandeur. Ma Xiaotao's evil fire phoenix spirit has hidden dangers, and she showed amazing talent and strong personal strength in the last continental advanced spirit master academy spirit fighting competition.

Yan Shaozhe obviously didn't want An Xiong to deduce from the martial arts ability that the person he was looking for was Ma Xiaotao, which would create the risk of exposing information and allow the hostile forces of Shrek Academy to target Ma Xiaotao.

To put it bluntly, I just can't trust Anxiong completely.

In Douluo Continent, when determining the identity of a soul master, the priority of using martial soul as a reference is often higher. Appearance can be changed through various means, but martial soul ability is difficult to conceal.

For example, Ma Xiaotao, her Evil Fire Phoenix Spirit is unique on the mainland. Once you know or see her martial soul ability with your own eyes, it is not easy to determine her identity.

However, Xu Zihuang still pretended to be disappointed and shook his head.

Although Yan Shaozhe seemed a little too cautious, it was not unreasonable. Of course, there was no need for him to deliberately reveal Ma Xiaotao's identity.

Both Shen Ce and An Lengye participated in the last continental advanced soul master academy soul fighting competition. If they think about it for a moment, they can think of Ma Xiaotao. After all, Ma Xiaotao was the apparent captain of the Shrek team back then.

"Lord An, I'm sorry to trouble you today." Xu Zihuang stood up and nodded to An Xiong, Shen Ce and An Lengye, then turned and left.

If the fire attribute soul master who severely injured the ten thousand year golden bird was really Ma Xiaotao, then she was probably in trouble. Those were a group of golden birds, and there were probably quite a few who had cultivated for ten thousand years or above. Moreover, the island where the group of Golden Flame Birds live is two hundred kilometers deep into the sea, which means that they may be attacked by powerful sea soul beasts around them at any time.

Although he doesn't like Ma Xiaotao's character very much, Ma Xiaotao's talent in cultivation will be somewhat useful in the future against the Sun and Moon Empire under the leadership of Xu Tianran. And even if it was a favor from Mr. Cheng Mu, he still needed to help.

An Xiong sighed softly, thinking that Yu Tianhuang was eager to go elsewhere to find out the news, so he knowingly did not say anything to persuade him to stay. He just asked Shen Ce and An Lengye to see him off on his behalf.

Arriving at the door of the City Lord's Mansion, Shen Ce and An Lengye stopped.

Shen Ce looked at Xu Zihuang's back dejectedly.

"Leng Ye, I originally thought that my strength had made a big leap in the past four years. But my intuition told me that the gap between him and me seemed to be getting wider and wider. It was also for this reason that I forced I have no intention of challenging him."

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Xu Zihuang left the city lord's palace and walked directly towards the port east of Qianling City. Because of Ma Xiaotao's incident, he planned to go out to sea to explore the northeastern waters tonight.

With the soul core sitting between his eyebrows, he would not feel tired after two days of traveling, but there was no need to rest.

Moreover, he had prepared all the materials needed for going to sea in advance in Shrek Academy, including all the detailed charts for sailing around the mainland from north to south.

Xu Zihuang walked out of the east city gate, and in front of him was a wide road opened on the rocks, extending to the port. There are at least fifty huge piers with a length of several hundred meters in the port protruding into the sea, where hundreds of cargo ships and fishing boats are moored.

As the largest port in the northern part of the Douling Empire, Qianling Port is a huge source of revenue for Qianling City.

Soul guide lamps illuminated the port brightly. Even though it is night, there are still many workers gathering here to carry goods back and forth, and it is even busier than in the city.

The strong salty smell of the sea comes oncoming with the roar of the sea breeze, bringing with it bursts of biting chill. The temperature at sea is indeed lower, but that is only relatively speaking. Coupled with the damp and cold atmosphere, it is difficult for ordinary people to bear it.

Most of the workers who move goods here are relatively strong, and their physical fitness is much stronger than that of ordinary people.

But this is nothing to Xu Zihuang

Putting down the Magic Whale on the edge of a pier that no one passed by, he stood in front of the Magic Whale and injected soul power through the groove under his feet. While four balls of blue flames were ejected from the tail, a white film of light enveloped the entire Magic Whale, and then it mysteriously disappeared into the night at sea.

This white light film is a special sixth-level soul shield that comes with the Magic Whale. In addition to being able to withstand attacks from wind, waves and sea soul beasts, it can also achieve an invisibility effect by distorting light.

Of course, you can see the outside world inside this special sixth-level soul shield.