Chapter 414: The Beast Hall of Xuan Yuan

Lu Chong would give up his life for him, so what couldn't he sacrifice for the other?

What if it meant making an enemy of a titled kingdom?

What if it meant making an enemy of a master teacher hall?

Lu Chong, rest assured. Whoever dared to hurt you like this, no matter who they are, I, your teacher, will avenge you and make them regret it.

"Alright..."

Knowing that this fellow could no longer be dissuaded, Mo Yu shook her head helplessly and said no more. "What do we do now?"

"To the Xuan Yuan Kingdom!"

Zhang Xuan nodded and called out. With a roar in the air, the Iron- Tooth Sky-Howling Beast flew over and landed before them.

Only by going there could he find a true Zunshi realm cultivation technique and rapidly increase his strength.

Otherwise, nothing would work.

As she had said, without sufficient strength, everything was useless, and he might even lose his life.

"The capital of the Xuan Yuan Kingdom, Xuan Yuan King City, is over a hundred thousand kilometers from here. Even with the Iron- Tooth Sky-Howling Beast's Half-Zun strength, flying at full speed, it will take at least seven or eight days!"

Mo Yu said.

As a titled kingdom, the Xuan Yuan Kingdom was even more vast. Seven or eight days to reach its capital was already considered fast.

"Seven or eight days?" Zhang Xuan was startled.

That long was almost as much time as he had spent in Tian Wu King City.

Mo Yu nodded. "Yes, that's the speed limit for a Half-Zun. Unless it reaches Zunshi, which would take about three days, we have to travel this way."

Half-Zun and Zunshi were only one minor level apart, but for a flying savage beast, it could more than double its speed.

"A Zunshi can be that much faster? Then let it break through..." Zhang Xuan nodded.

"Let it break through?" Mo Yu smiled wryly.

She had forgotten that this fellow was not only a formidable master teacher but also a powerful beast tamer, especially with his独创 "beating taming method," which still baffled everyone, leaving them unable to understand how it made savage beasts obedient or even breakthrough.

Looking up, she saw the young man had already acted, walking up to the Iron- Tooth Sky-Howling Beast and throwing a punch at it.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

His fists landed on the beast. For any other beast tamer, such reckless beating, even with a contract, would surely provoke resentment.

But this big fellow was different. Seeing him throw punches, it roared excitedly, lying still on the ground, utterly content.

Being beaten and still showing such an expression—it was probably one of a kind...

Boom!

After being beaten for a while, the Iron- Tooth Sky-Howling Beast, as expected, let out a sharp roar, broke through its shackles, and its aura soared into the sky.

Zunshi realm!

Having reached this level, the Sky-Howling Beast grew even larger and its power more formidable.

They mounted the beast's back, set their direction, and flew straight ahead.

...

Sitting cross-legged, Zhang Xuan recalled the events before.

At that critical moment, he had only wanted to kill Liang Qingming and hadn't thought much, but then the golden book had emerged and smashed him to death.

Could it be... that this Heavenly Path tome could also be used to crush people?

He had thought about this library before, imagining others throwing magical treasures while he threw books—unexpectedly, it had come true!

Thinking of the book's power, he couldn't help but marvel.

A Zunshi late stage hadn't even resisted before being smashed into pulp—it was probably many times more powerful than an attack from a Mortal Transformation expert.

In other words, if he really wanted to fight, even Teacher Su might not be able to withstand it!

Terrifying!

"Unfortunately... there's only one!"

He shook his head helplessly.

This thing was powerful, but... there was only one, and it had already been used. Even if he wanted to find another, there was none.

It could only be condensed from students' gratitude. It seemed he would need to take on more students and create a few more.

It could turn the library's knowledge into his own, directly increase his mental state by 5.0, and even kill enemies beyond his level by smashing them...

Although he had only grasped three uses of the golden book, each was more terrifying than the last.

If he had more of these in the future, he wouldn't need to carry any magical treasures. Whoever dared to cause trouble, he would just throw a book at them, and no matter how strong they were, they couldn't withstand it!

"It can kill people, but it seems to have a time limit... about ten seconds or so!"

He reviewed the battle again.

Seeing Lu Chong killed, his mind was agitated and he hadn't thought much. Now, with leisure, he carefully analyzed and found some patterns.

This Heavenly Path tome, if his will was strong enough, could actively fly out to kill.

However, after leaving his body, it would last about ten breaths in the outside world before disappearing.

If not for this limitation, how could he have let Ding Mu and the others escape!

Otherwise, with one book smash, even a Mortal Transformation expert would fall, let alone those two.

"After the 'teacher' character tempering, my mental state has improved again!"

Watching Kong Shi's handwriting brought him into the special artistic conception of the Master's Word Heart Refinement.

If not for this, possessing the Heavenly Dao Movement Technique, even a supreme powerhouse would find it not so easy to kill him!

"His mental state scale has reached 12.1, more than enough to qualify as a Four-Star Master!"

Although the time for Master's Word Heart Refinement was short, after all, it was Kong Shi's handwriting, which had a great effect, improving his mental state significantly, by a full 1.0.

Every 3.0 is a gradient; thus, his mental state scale could already qualify him for the Four-Star Master examination.

"With the increase in mental state scale, the Eye of Insight has also become stronger than before! Previously, it could only observe those of the same level or lower cultivation. Now, even encountering a Half-Step Supreme, I can easily see their flaws and problems!"

As his mental state scale reached 12.1, comparable to a Four-Star Master, the Eye of Insight also underwent a transformation.

He was now at the peak of Grandmaster strength; in the past, he could not see through a Half-Step Supreme.

But now, even if a powerhouse of that level appeared, he could see through them, no longer needing to rely solely on the Heavenly Dao Library.

Although the Library was heaven-defying, it had many limitations.

For example, it could only display books when martial techniques were used or when unconscious; the Eye of Insight was different—it only required consuming a certain amount of mental state scale to use easily, simple and convenient, more practical.

"Not only that, the power of Master's Word Heavenly Grant has also increased considerably!"

He had now comprehended two abilities unique to masters.

The Eye of Insight and Master's Word Heavenly Grant.

By consuming mental state scale, he could quickly convince others, even causing their internal true energy to operate involuntarily following his words.

Previously, he could only affect cultivators much weaker than himself; now, even a Grandmaster peak of similar strength could be influenced by a single word.

In short, Master's Word Heart Refinement greatly helped in the aspect of being a master, but there were not many changes in other areas.

"All of you, perform a set of punches for me to see!"

After sorting out his progress, Zhang Xuan looked at Zhao Ya and the others.

He hadn't guided them for a long time; although their strength had improved rapidly, they clearly could not keep up with his pace and needed to accelerate.

"Yes!"

The beast's back was wide; everyone displayed their martial techniques, and Zhang Xuan gave guidance one by one.

Three days passed in a flash. Through guidance and training, everyone's cultivation increased again. Wang Ying, Zheng Yang, and others reached the Acupoint Opening Realm, and even the weakest, Yuan Tao, had opened one acupoint.

Zhao Ya, leveraging the power of her activated constitution, reached the Grandmaster Late Stage.

With the Pure Yin Constitution and the Heavenly Dao Sword Art, she was now no worse than an ordinary Grandmaster peak.

Mo Yu also received guidance and made considerable progress.

"Aren't we going to the Xuan Yuan King City?"

After continuous flight, just as they were about to reach the King City, Zhang Xuan unexpectedly told the Howling Sky Beast to change direction and fly toward a nearby mountain range.

"Find a place to improve strength."

Standing by the window, Zhang Xuan said calmly.

"Improve strength?" Mo Yu blinked.

Seeing how lightly he spoke before, she thought he would train hard these three days, at least striving to break through to Half-Step Supreme. But unexpectedly... apart from guiding everyone and taking care of Lu Chong, he hadn't trained once.

Now, just as they were about to reach the King City, he wanted to improve strength...

Could it be that this required a special location?

"The Beast Hall!" Zhang Xuan said.

After reading the books from the Tian Xuan Kingdom, he didn't have a clear understanding of the Xuan Yuan Kingdom's power divisions, but he could still find the geographical locations and the branches of these special professions.

As before, the Beast Hall of the Xuan Yuan Kingdom was not in the King City but deep in the mountains tens of kilometers away.

"Beast Hall? Going there to improve strength?"

Hearing the location, Mo Yu was even more confused.

She had heard of savage beasts going to the Beast Hall to improve strength, but never of humans doing so!

Could it be that the technique he practiced required the help of savage beasts?

...

Just as Zhang Xuan and his group were heading to the Beast Hall, in the spacious small town of the Xuan Yuan Kingdom's Beast Hall, three figures alighted from a beast's back.

Two of them were old acquaintances Zhang Xuan had met before: Hall Master Feng and Beast Master Wang from the Xuan Luo Mountain Range Beast Hall.

In front of them was a young man around thirty, head held high, with a proud expression.

"Beast Master Luo, this is the Xuan Yuan Kingdom's Beast Hall. We are here to participate in the Beast Taming Competition."

Hall Master Feng said.

"Mm, I know. Don't worry, I'll definitely bring you the championship!" The young Beast Master Luo waved his hand dismissively, unconcerned.

"Uh..."

Hearing such arrogant words, Hall Master Feng and Beast Master Wang exchanged glances and smiled wryly.

This Beast Master Luo was among the more talented of the recently assessed beast masters, but by no means the most talented.

If it weren't for the originally scheduled competition half a year later being suddenly moved up to two months, and they couldn't find the most talented Zhang Xuan, they wouldn't have brought this guy along.

The Iron-Tooth Howling Sky Beast from the Xuan Luo Mountain Range Beast Hall had been taken by that guy, so they had to ride a Grandmaster-level savage beast here. The speed was too slow; it took over a month to arrive, and everyone was exhausted.

(Over a month ago, Zhang Xuan was still searching for the Poison Hall and hadn't even gone to the Tian Xuan King City, so naturally they couldn't find him.)

"What? Don't believe me?"

"Hmph, you keep talking about this Zhang Xuan! He's a Two-Star Beast Master, and so am I. He passed the assessment on his first try, and so did I—I even did better! Why are you so confident in him but have no faith in me?"

Seeing their expressions, Beast Master Luo waved his hand in displeasure.