In the beginning, he was ranked alongside An Shigeng as a spoiled brat.

The ancient divine weapon, the Dragon-Slaying Sword, and the Southern Bright Fire—these treasures possessed by Zhang Xiaoshan have already made him famous throughout the cultivation world.

But apart from the giants of the demonic path, who would dare to mess with Zhang Xiaoshan?

Putting aside strength, just considering the special significance of the Dragon-Slaying Sword, offending the Kunlun Taoist sect would have consequences that even the Buddhist holy land of Wutai Mountain could not bear.

This lay Buddhist, Duobao, is truly a man of many treasures.

"In that case, we'll take our leave!"

Zhang Xiaoshan was being targeted by a powerful figure in the demonic path, so he dared not stay in one place for too long.

They even instructed the Xu family to pretend they had never met him.

"Namo Amitabha Buddha, fellow practitioner, please take care on your journey!"

Fahai did not try to stop Zhang Xiaoshan, because he knew that Zhang Xiaoshan was definitely going to cause trouble at this time.

If the demonic path knew that Zhang Xiaoshan was here, Jinshan Temple would be in trouble. That's why Zhang Xiaoshan used the Xu family to give him the two treasures.

"Farewell!"

"Immortal, please take care!"

The Xu family, deeply grateful for this great favor, respectfully bid farewell to Zhang Xiaoshan.

With the cause and effect completely resolved, they knew that the Xu family could no longer have any connection with Zhang Xiaoshan; they were like a dragon and a mayfly.

"Namo Amitabha!

"Please pretend you never met Fellow Daoist Chunyang today, to avoid causing trouble."

What does the Zen master mean by this?

The immortal had previously instructed Hanwen not to spread the word of his presence here. Why was that?

If Zhang Xiaoshan gave such instructions, Xu Xian felt that Zhang Xiaoshan was secretive and did not want to contact outsiders.

But now even Fahai is saying so, so Zhang Xiaoshan might be in trouble.

"Amitabha Buddha, this is not a secret in the cultivation world. It is enough for Benefactor Xu's family to know, but please do not spread it!"

"Mage, don't worry."

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Because of the karmic connection, Fahai's gaze towards Xu Xian seemed to transcend eternity, filled with the感慨 of reuniting with an old friend, and he then said:

“Fellow Daoist Chunyang recently came down from Kunlun Mountain, and he was in the capital of Dali not long ago. I think Young Benefactor Xu has already met him in the capital.”

"To be honest, Master, besides Fairy Bai, the other fairy was Princess Liyang."

Shi Lin received preferential treatment from Princess Li Yang, and was invited to a banquet at the princess's residence, which paved the way for his official career.

Fahai nodded, showing no interest in worldly career prospects, and continued:

"About ten days ago, the demonic master Poison God, together with the underworld overlord Black Mountain Demon and the hundred-foot centipede of the demon realm, ambushed and killed Fellow Daoist Chunyang a thousand miles away from the Great Li Royal City!"

Hiss...

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The three members of the Xu family looked at Fahai in shock, never expecting that Zhang Xiaoshan had been ambushed by three top-level demons.

A demonic master? A tyrant of the underworld? A hundred-foot centipede?

The mere prefix in Fahai's name reveals the perilous nature of this ambush and the immense crisis Zhang Xiaoshan faced.

"However, as you all have seen, Fellow Daoist Chunyang has returned safely, and of the three great demons, two are dead and one has escaped."

This incident shocked the entire cultivation world, and the strength revealed by Fellow Daoist Chunyang was even greater than that of Fairy Bai, who had achieved perfect merit and was about to ascend to immortality.

Since ancient times, good and evil have been irreconcilable!

Moreover, Fellow Daoist Chunyang is such a brilliant and extraordinary talent, whose cultivation level far surpasses that of many great cultivators in such a short time.

After the Poison God fled back to the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, he immediately spread the news of Fellow Daoist Chunyang throughout the entire Demonic Path, intending to exhaust the power of the Demonic Path and nip Fellow Daoist Chunyang in the bud.

Therefore, during this period, anyone who has appeared or been in contact with Fellow Daoist Chunyang will inevitably be the focus of the Demonic Path's attention.

Hiss...

The Xu family gasped again, finally understanding Zhang Xiaoshan's good intentions.

If news of Zhang Xiaoshan's appearance at the Xu family spreads, then the Xu family will inevitably be visited by those demons, a thought that sends chills down one's spine.

At the same time, Fahai's explanation also made them understand Zhang Xiaoshan's status in the cultivation world.

Despite the combined efforts of three top-tier demons, two still died and one escaped.

Now that the Demonic Path is using its full power to deal with Zhang Xiaoshan, both overtly and covertly, all clues about Zhang Xiaoshan have naturally become crucial and powerful.

Chapter 974 Thirty Years in the Human World

[Host: Zhang Xiaoshan]

Realm: Return to Emptiness

Talent: Innate Pure Yang Dao Body

Martial arts: Pure Yang Daoist Technique, Supreme Golden Chapter, Myriad Swords Technique, Pure Yang Spirit Refining...

Items: Dragon Slayer Sword (Enhanced), Xuanhuang Pure Yang Cauldron (Enhanced), Male Mother, Nanming Lihuo Seal (Enhanced), Black Mountain Seal (Enhanced)...

Merit: **

The river flows swiftly eastward, never to return.

In the blink of an eye, Zhang Xiaoshan has been alive for more than thirty years.

Over the years, Zhang Xiaoshan has remained a legendary figure in the secular world.

The major owner of Royal Trading Company and Kunlun Pharmacy.

If Zhang Xiaoshan hadn't never taken any of the royal merchant's profits, instead investing them all in subsidies and charity for Kunlun Pharmacy, his backyard would undoubtedly be a gold mine by now.

Moreover, at this time, both the Royal Trading Company and Kunlun Pharmacy had expanded to their maximum extent.

　In the 1980s and 90s, every city had a Royal Trading Company; every town had a Kunlun Pharmacy…

This is also why Zhang Xiaoshan's merits increased dramatically.

One Kunlun Pharmacy could bring Zhang Xiaoshan at least a hundred merits, and Kunlun Pharmacy has a network of over 100,000 stores across the entire country.

Therefore, one can imagine the merits Zhang Xiaoshan accumulated each year.

In addition, the Demonic Path's plan against Zhang Xiaoshan also came to nothing.

Aside from his fellow disciple, Zhang Xiaoshan had no flaws whatsoever.

She was apprenticed to the reclusive Yaochi Palace Master and appeared in the main Kunlun lineage no more than ten times, so she had no close peers.

Moreover, apart from the Taoist Master Xuanxu and the Palace Master of Yaochi, only the Three Mysteries of Kunlun probably know Zhang Xiaoshan's true background. Therefore, the demonic path's conspiracy against Zhang Xiaoshan has no way to proceed.

Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle.

How can a fly spot a flawless egg?

Even though he wanted to start with the Great Li Dynasty, Zhang Xiaoshan basically never went to the Great Li capital again after that, and even Princess Liyang only briefly visited.

The most ruthless are those in the imperial family!

As long as she knew the old emperor was safe and sound, Princess Liyang had no intention of returning.

The old emperor's retreat from the world was not merely a matter of genuine peace, but rather a way to avoid the struggle for power.

Even if it is an emperor emeritus, once he becomes obsessed with the pursuit of power, it will be an absolutely devastating disaster for the Great Li Dynasty, and it will be a drama of father and son killing each other.

Meanwhile, the demonic path, based on Zhang Xiaoshan's pattern of subduing demons, ambushed him several times.

Without exception, all the ambushing demonic masters were detected by Zhang Xiaoshan in advance, and none of them survived.

Incidentally, Zhang Xiaoshan challenged six sects of the Demonic Path in succession, destroying more than a dozen Demonic Path strongholds, instantly making the entire Demonic Path obedient.

Zhang Xiaoshan completely disregarded the rules and often kept to himself and Princess Liyang.

Even if you want to scheme against Zhang Xiaoshan, you need to know Zhang Xiaoshan's whereabouts first.

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Forbidden Land of Shu Mountain!

At the summit of Qingyun Mountain, where spiritual energy transforms into mist, Zhang Xiaoshan and Princess Liyang jointly cultivate the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram.

Each rotation of the primordial spirit Tai Chi is a massive influx and expulsion of spiritual energy. Moreover, under the Yin-Yang evolution of the Tai Chi diagram, it condenses into two streams of magical power: pure Yang and pure Yin. Although they appear to be distinct Yin and Yang, they are actually fused together and share the same origin.

Therefore, for Princess Liyang, even if only one-tenth of the spiritual energy was refined into magical power during each cultivation session, she would still benefit greatly.

As time passed, the vast sea of ​​clouds was completely swallowed up.

At the mountaintop, Zhang Xiaoshan still exuded an air of otherworldly grace and radiant beauty.

Princess Liyang's hair was disheveled, her face was charming and beautiful. With the passage of time, she had become even more stunning and alluring, and her cultivation had long since reached the Divine Transformation realm.

In terms of cultivation, the solid foundation of the Pure Yin Yin Technique and the powerful magic power transformed by the Yin Yang Tai Chi Diagram are in no way inferior to the Five Elders of Shu Mountain.

In addition to the Five Fires and Seven Birds Fan, the Seven Stars Shaking Light Sword, and the Nine-Colored Glazed Cover...

Princess Liyang's true strength is absolutely no less than that of Bai Xuan, the current leader of Kunlun Sect.

After all, the Five Fires and Seven Birds Fan is one of the Kunlun treasures.

After being enhanced, it becomes even more powerful.

With a wave of his hand, the sea of ​​fire spread for thousands of feet. The divine fire was domineering. Even if a rogue immortal did not have a top-level defensive magic weapon, he would not be able to withstand it for long before being burned to ashes and his soul would be destroyed.

If Zhang Xiaoshan hadn't already possessed the Southern Ming Fire Seal, he wouldn't have looked down on the Five Fires and Seven Birds Fan.

Another reason is that Zhang Xiaoshan cannot stay by Princess Liyang's side all the time.

Zhang Xiaoshan returned to Kunlun to strengthen his magical artifacts and cultivated with the Palace Master of Yaochi... During this time, Princess Liyang stayed at the merchant headquarters to oversee the overall situation.

Even with Bai Suzhen protecting him, Zhang Xiaoshan still had to give Princess Liyang some trump cards to save her life.

After all, as his Daoist partner, Zhang Xiaoshan wouldn't be stingy...

As for Zhang Xiaoshan himself, his cultivation had already broken through the Nascent Soul stage and entered the Void Return stage.

Refining Emptiness and Uniting with the Dao!

What is emptiness? Is it the primordial spirit?

Or rather, it's a spark of spirituality within the primordial spirit, the essence of this world.

Therefore, refining emptiness and uniting with the Dao means strengthening the true spirit and transcending heaven and earth.

In this respect, Zhang Xiaoshan reached the peak upon entering the Void Refinement Realm!

Because Zhang Xiaoshan's pure Yang Dao foundation—the Nine Provinces Cauldron—and the Primordial Spirit Taiji Diagram are both the original power of this world, which is 'Void'.

As for aligning with the Dao?

This is the "Tribulation Transcending Period" in the cultivation world; passing through the Heavenly Tribulation leads to the Immortal Realm.

Every powerful figure at the Tribulation Transcending stage is either a sect leader or a supreme elder, such as Bai Xuan of Kunlun, Changmei of Emei, and Master Zunsheng of Wutai Mountain...

The Five Elders of Mount Shu, having cultivated the Pure Land Method, possessed cultivation levels comparable to those of wandering immortals, yet they were unable to transcend tribulations.

However, Zhang Xiaoshan had been in the 'Return to Emptiness' stage for over ten years, and he always felt a malicious gaze upon him, so he did not choose to undergo tribulation.

Zhang Xiaoshan vaguely understood that he might be the 'outlier'.

The Heavenly Tribulation is an opportunity for the Heavenly Dao to intervene. Therefore, he has been suppressing his cultivation level with the Nine Provinces Cauldron so that the Heavenly Dao cannot sense his cultivation level and then forcibly subject him to the tribulation.

Even so, Zhang Xiaoshan was still considered an absolute prodigy by everyone.

In addition to returning to Kunlun three times for secluded cultivation and to strengthen his magical artifacts, Zhang Xiaoshan also handed over the complete Pure Yang Dao to Kunlun.

Kunlun 2.0 does not lack the Pure Yang inheritance; it is only compared to Kunlun's top inheritance, the Pure Yang Dao can only be considered a secondary method.

Zhang Xiaoshan's Pure Yang Dao Technique filled this gap.

In addition, Zhang Xiaoshan's enhanced magical artifacts also caused a stir among the Kunlun leadership.

For example, before the Taoist Master Xuanxu ascended to immortality, he successfully transcended the tribulation and attained enlightenment.

A golden light of merit protected the body, reducing the power of the lightning tribulation by at least 30%, and giving most of the Kunlun leaders hope of successfully overcoming the tribulation.