Chapter 524: Chapter 172: Tomb Guardian, Joining the Divine Spirit, Born as Saint King, A Once-in-a-Lifetime Sunset

However, he did not leave immediately but brought Zhenyan Xue back to the camp. He then entrusted the Barbarian King’s Axe to Zhenyan Xiong, advising him to temporarily assume the role of Barbarian King, to protect his children and wife, and to maintain good relations with Chuyun Dao.

Zhenyan Xiong respectfully agreed.

After Li Yuan left, over twenty Ice and Snow Giant Wolves entered the Zhenyan Clan’s camp from the storm, circling Zhenyan Xue’s tent. This was the Wolf Mother’s way of showing her stance, a kind of omen...

Everyone would know that when the child in the tent was born, he was destined to be extraordinary and destined to rule over the frozen soil.

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After leaving the frozen soil, Li Yuan pulled the "Thousand-Mile in a Line" and appeared near the Tang Sect Forbidden Land, then flew to Xue Ning’s manor.

After gathering some information, he roughly understood the situation in the Central Plains.

Two words: oppressive silence.

It was as suffocating as the calm before a storm, unbearably oppressive.

Everyone knew that an unprecedented storm was approaching, but no one knew when it would suddenly arrive.

The Lotus Sect and the Emperor’s "Weapon Creation Chain" was very complete:

Wendao Palace produced special Sixth Grade Martial Artists.

These special Sixth Grade Martial Artists, their memories stripped and made into Fifth Grade Exotic Beasts; their bodies were crafted into Cyan Lotus Secret Soldiers with Cyan Lotus Secret.

Combined with the mysterious treasures taken from the Great Zhou Armory.

The combination of these three, given time, was enough to cultivate an unimaginably terrifying force.

Li Yuan decided to quietly return to Shanbao County.

He left immediately, pulling the "Thousand-Mile in a Line".

Fortunately, the person he had been entangled with the "Thousand-Mile in a Line" had not died within these five years.

Revisiting old places, he cautiously lingered between Wendao Palace and Miracle Beast Valley, waiting patiently and carefully for a chance to seize a Talisman Seed.

After more than two months, he successfully harvested 15 Talisman Seeds.

This number wasn’t much, but it was foreseeable that in the coming years, this number would increase explosively.

After all, the Lotus Sect’s real establishment of Wendao Palace and this kind of strategy was only set up eleven years ago.

And cultivating a Sixth Grade under the premise of complete resources and cultivation skills also takes more than ten years.

So... if nothing unexpected happens, the Exotic Beasts will have an explosion in the following years.

After returning to Cloud Mountain Path, Li Yuan found that it had already entered the snow season.

Snowflakes began to fall, just enough to cover the mountains in white.

Li Yuan pressed the fifteen Talisman Seeds into the Ancestral Talisman, one by one.

The Ancestral Talisman, which was originally "Ten Blades", suddenly transformed into "Twenty-Five Blades". 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Twenty-five different blade-shaped patterns, like a strange and violent lotus in full bloom.

Li Yuan’s data also changed from "3600~51341" to "3600~54442".

The upper limit hadn’t increased much, clearly indicating that as the Ancestral Talisman approached a certain boundary, the power provided by additional Talisman Seeds diminished.

Nevertheless, any progress, however small, was still progress.

Having completed this task, Li Yuan began to pursue what he had always wanted to do: combine the bursting force of fire with all the vibrational force of his Shadow Blood.

He intended to rush to the frozen soil before the child was born, calculating he still had five months.

...

Thus, Li Yuan transformed into "Steward Li" and arrived at the Tang Sect Forbidden Land, intending to cultivate in the surrounding area.

But as soon as he appeared, everyone from the Tang Sect treated him with utmost respect.

Li Yuan asked Tang Nian and learned that her direct disciples had all been informed that "he is Mrs. Tang’s father, a typical old monster", but fortunately, Tang Nian didn’t mention he was the Barbarian King.

And these people usually never saw the Barbarian King.

Even previously in Chuyun City, Li Yuan appeared in a fiery form, and the few who had seen him there couldn’t possibly associate the Barbarian King with Steward Li.

However, in this case, it was fortunate because only these direct disciples knew he was Mrs. Tang’s father.

Therefore, he no longer needed to rely solely on Tang Nian for his actions in the future.

Consequently, Li Yuan sat once again in the watchkeeping wooden hut, observing the charming woman who stood cautiously by the wooden table.

"Gr-greetings, Steward Li." Tang Pang was extremely nervous, choosing her words carefully.

Li Yuan scrutinized her.

Five years ago, when he first met her, Tang Pang was still a young girl, but now she had her hair styled in a married woman’s bun, clearly having become an adult woman.

"Xiaopang, married so soon?" He casually grabbed some peanuts to snack on while speaking.

"I just recently got married. It was... arranged by the family. But he doesn’t know I’m with the Tang Sect... he merely thinks I work for the family long-term." Tang Pang dared not sit, answering cautiously.

Li Yuan chuckled, "That must be tough."

Saying this, he gestured with his hand, "Sit down and talk."

"I... can’t dare to..." Tang Pang became even more nervous.

Li Yuan said, "Then I’ll stand up too."

Tang Pang was slightly taken aback.

Li Yuan insisted, "Go on, sit down."

Only then did Tang Pang take a seat.

Just like before, the two of them sipped wine, watching the swirling snow outside the window, and casually chatted away.

As they drank more, Tang Pang gradually relaxed.

Li Yuan suddenly asked, "Does the Saintess of your Tang Sect have any suitors?"

Tang Pang, her cheeks flushed and tipsy, replied, "Two very skilled young talents are pursuing her and even asked the family leader to come seek Tang Sect’s opinion, but for some reason, strange things began happening in their homes, and eventually, nothing came of it."

Li Yuan was at a loss for words...