The sky is vast and blue, the fields are boundless and green, and the wind blows the grass low to reveal cattle and sheep!
A natural, beautiful, and harmonious grassland landscape, interspersed with running cattle and sheep, and when you look up, there is an incomparably blue sky.
This is how it should have been. But everything changed seven days ago. First, someone led a large army and surrounded this place.
The shepherds, only as they were leaving, realized that these troops were none other than the renowned Golden Wolf Army, the personal guard of Khan Jieli. On the grasslands, they were known to everyone!
Moreover, it is said that seven days ago, Khagan Jieli had personally visited this place.
Three days later, they even set up their own camp here. They also mobilized a full 30,000 troops to surround the area, making it seem like there was some kind of treasure hidden here.
However, the usually awe-inspiring and supreme ruler of the grasslands, Jieli Khan, was pacing anxiously, showing none of the deep composure of the feudal lords of the Central Plains. Perhaps it was precisely this quality that impressed Bi Xuan, leading him to accept him as a disciple.
"Junior brother, Master has been inside for three days. In the past, he would only come out after a day or half a day at most, but this time, why hasn't he come out yet?" Jieli said anxiously, looking at the deep pool in front of him.
Before them lay a pool of water. Though it was just a pool, it was surprisingly deep, at least several tens of feet deep. Furthermore, it connected to an underground river.
Upon hearing this, another valiant young man standing nearby said, "Don't worry, Master Bi will definitely be alright. Moreover, once Master Bi emerges this time, he will surely make tremendous progress!"
This person was Tuoba Yu, a disciple of Bi Xuan. Judging from the name, one might think he was a woman, but in reality, he was a very outstanding hero of the grasslands.
In terms of martial arts, he recently reached the Grandmaster level. While that might not seem like much in the Central Plains, it's quite outstanding on the Great Grasslands.
“Indeed, I was overthinking it. However, as you know, Junior Brother, Master is incredibly important. Today, Master has become the common faith of all grassland people, a pillar of strength. It can be said that as long as Master is alive, our grassland will not be in chaos,” Jieli said firmly.
Of course, this is just a superficial reason; the real reason is that the six months are almost up.
Now, through the Qi-based martial art "Innate Qiankun Gong," Jieli has successfully integrated the Qi of the grasslands, and his martial arts skills have improved by leaps and bounds. In just half a year, he has already reached the level of a Grandmaster.
You must understand, just six months ago, Jieli's martial arts skills were merely at the early stage of Grandmaster. But now, he has reached the legendary Grandmaster level! A Grandmaster indeed!
Therefore, Jieli wondered if he could be like those in the Central Plains, registering all households and spreading his rule and glory to every citizen of the grasslands, would his martial arts reach the realm of the gods?
By then, I will become a master of the Celestial Realm, with a lifespan of up to three hundred years! With three hundred years, surely I can find an opportunity to take over the Central Plains?
Once I unify the entire world, according to the instructions on the divine skill, I should be able to shatter the void and achieve immortality!
Those are immortals! Even if they can't shine as brightly as the sun and moon or live as long as heaven and earth, a lifespan of a thousand years is still no problem! That's a thousand years! You know, Jieli is only about forty or fifty years old this year!
Upon hearing this, Tuoba Yu smiled. He could understand Jieli's impatience. After all, even he had successfully burned his luck and gained enlightenment through this technique, and his martial arts had improved by leaps and bounds.
Therefore, they were not opposed to Jieli's idea. After that, the two fell silent and quietly looked at the pool of water in front of them.
Another hour or so passed, and Bi Xuanren still hadn't appeared. However, the pool water had changed. Bubbles began to rise, one after another. With each bubble that appeared, the surrounding temperature rose, and the oppressive feeling for Jieli and his companion intensified.
Like a heavy hammer, it relentlessly tormented their souls. At first, as time passed, they managed to hold on. After all, such opportunities—offering peace of mind without mortal danger—were rare indeed!
Soon after, seeing the increasing number of blisters, Jieli finally couldn't hold on any longer and collapsed to the ground.
Then, wiping the sweat from his forehead, Jieli ordered, "Everyone, retreat one hundred zhang, no, retreat one li. And immediately mount your horses and be ready to leave this place at any time!"
Immediately afterwards, Jieli himself retreated several feet. Instantly, the invisible pressure lessened considerably.
However, at that moment, the usually icy water suddenly began to boil. At the same time, many strange fish living in the depths of the pool appeared on the surface, their dead eyes rolled back and their bellies facing upwards.
Seeing this, Jieli said confidently, "Good, good, good! With such a strange phenomenon, it seems that Master Bi must have already comprehended his own Dao of Heaven and Man."
When Bi Xuan's martial arts reach the realm of the celestial being, perhaps that plan can be realized.
Thinking about it this way, he touched the handwritten letter from Fan Qinghui, the master of Cihang Jingzhai, in his arms. He could only say that the contents of the letter terrified even the Khan of the grasslands.
All I can say is that these nuns are incredibly bold! To say they've eaten the gall of a leopard wouldn't be an exaggeration at all.
However, although the contents of the letter are quite alarming at first glance, upon closer examination, they may not be entirely impossible to realize!
However, the oppressive force emanating from the pool grew stronger and stronger! With a splash, a divine dragon suddenly flew up from the depths of the pool.
"Its antlers resemble those of a deer, its head a cow, its mouth a donkey, its eyes a shrimp, its ears an elephant, its scales a fish, its whiskers a human, its belly a snake, and its feet a phoenix—this is the divine dragon!" Jieli exclaimed in surprise.
Looking at the water dragon that was tens of feet high, Tuoba Yu sighed, "Master Bi's martial arts are indeed extraordinary. He is no longer an ordinary person. Even the so-called celestial beings are no more than this."
At the same time, visible streams of heat were constantly radiating outwards from the water dragon.
"Retreat, retreat quickly! Retreat ten miles away first, and if things don't look good, be prepared to retreat thirty miles away at any time!" Feeling the immense power contained within the water dragon, Jieli said with some fear.
In his perception, the energy contained within this water dragon, once it exploded, would be enough to destroy an army of tens of thousands.
"Haha, this is the power of the Breaking Army level! This is the strongest in this world, the combat power of a Celestial Realm expert! Even Sun En and Yan Fei back then were no more than this!" Jieli said happily.
Feeling the water dragon, he became even happier. He had always pondered and doubted whether even a master of the Celestial Realm could withstand that "Wind Shatters the Earth" technique.
If we can't hold on, our imperial ambitions will naturally become a joke. We might as well go back to our own homes and find our own mothers.
Now it seems that this water dragon alone is no less impressive than the waterspout that appeared that day, which shows that there is still much to be done, much to be done!
Just as Jieli was feeling sentimental, a fiery red sun suddenly rose from the bottom of the pool, and finally leaped out from the head of the water dragon and shot into the sky.
At first glance, it looks like the sun, hanging hundreds of feet in the sky, constantly radiating light and brightness, so bright that it is impossible to look directly at it with the naked eye.
Even from several miles away, the intense heat could be clearly felt. Within a radius of several hundred feet, all life was scorched, all vegetation withered, and all birds and beasts died from the evaporation of moisture.
"The Way of Heaven and Man, the True Fire of the Sun, is this the Ultimate Yang Without Limit? If one encounters someone who has cultivated to the Ultimate Yin Without Limit, one can shatter the void and depart, right?!" Jieli exclaimed in surprise.
When martial arts reach this level, what difference is there between them and immortals? Burning mountains and boiling seas, splitting rocks and shattering cliffs—in the eyes of mortals, they are already considered immortals.
"Master, this is a letter from Fan Qinghui of Cihang Jingzhai. It says they are preparing to invite you to participate in the battle to slay immortals!" Jieli suddenly said firmly.
Upon hearing this, Bi Xuan's eyes suddenly lit up: "Haha, slaying immortals? Slaying who? Slaying three mortal immortals? What a fine slaying of immortals! I'll participate in this battle. They're just immortals, we'll fight them first and talk about it later."