The speaker is insincere, but the listener is sympathetic.

  The Song of Yan Zhao was spoken casually, but it made Ye Jing's mood no longer so wonderful when he returned home in glory.

  Others, however, were in a pleasant mood. Although overshadowed by the brilliance of Yan Zhao Ge, once they left Guang Cheng Mountain and found themselves in Tian Dong Zhou, in the Eastern Tang Kingdom, it suddenly occurred to them that they too were sons of heaven.

  As one of the sacred places in the world, the disciples of Guang Cheng Mountain were all selected and tested from major powers like Dong Tang Guo, who would be inferior?

  It's just that people won't have such fanciful ideas, and whenever they do, the figure in front of them, who seems to be at leisure, wearing a blue robe and white clothes, will immediately calm their restless minds.

  Touching each other's treasured swords, they instead stirred up even more aspirations to strive upwards.

  The imperial guards of the Eastern Tang Empire, even among those with similar cultivation levels, only the most elite could wield a war spear in each hand...

  Of course, compared with "The Song of Yan and Zhao", they are naturally incomparable.

  The objects of mutual exchange are not equal.

  The person Yan Zhao is going to see now, the master of Dongtang country, needless to say, the number one strongman in Dongtang country, under Guangcheng Mountain, one of the three major forces in Tian Dongzhou, the ruler of Dongtang country, a famous hero.

  And the chief elder of Dongtang Sect is the representative of Guang Cheng Mountain in Dongtang Country, the first offering of Dongtang Country, and his status is even higher than that of Cui Elder who was unable to get on stage when Yan Zhao Ge topped it at the mountain gate.

  Although there are differences between internal and external, cultivation has high and low, power has large and small, but in the rules of the sect, it seems that the elder Cui is responsible for sitting in a relatively important city or treasure land outside the mountain gate of Tian Dongzhou, responsible for the development and utilization of certain resources, and ensuring the interests of the sect.

  The chief elder, then sits in a certain dynasty or a large clan, a big family, becomes its worship, guarantees the influence of Guangmeng Mountain on that force and daily income, responds to sudden situations.

  After entering the city, they agreed on a meeting point. Yan Zhao Ge went to the imperial palace alone, while Ye Jing and others dispersed and operated within the capital of Eastern Tang.

  Ye Jing lost the mood of revisiting his hometown, walking along the riverbank that runs through the city, climbing onto a bridge, standing alone on the bridge looking at the turbulent water below, calm and speechless.

  Sishi Qing silently appeared behind him, Ye Jing felt his arrival and didn't think much of it: "Shifu."

  "Thinking about what happened just now?" Si Kong Qing slightly tilted her head.

  Ye Jing shook his head: "At the time, I felt he was deliberately showing off, but later on, it didn't seem that way."

  "Are you thinking of the precious sword given by Yan Shixiong?"

  At first at the mountain gate, among the sixteen people, only Ye Jing did not choose any of the precious weapons left by Yan Zhao Ge, while the other fifteen people, including Si Kong Qing, each chose one.

  "Yan Shixiong may be showing off, but he has the qualifications for it." Si Kongqing came to Ye Jing's side and stood in a row: "A low-grade treasure sword is not something that can decide our future achievements. Yan Shixiong treats everyone equally and gives each person something, what do I have to be afraid of receiving? Returning him with even better things in the future is enough."

  Ye Jing nodded, although Si Kong Qing had also chosen a precious sword like everyone else, she was actually the one who didn't truly value material things.

  "You don't accept, maybe it seems like you're being aloof, but it's also understandable. " Si Kong Qing said: "Some people think that can be considered Yan Shixiong's kindness, you refused, is ignorant of good and evil, but I feel that Yan Shixiong is not showing favoritism, he looks at you, and looks at us, there is no big difference."

  She said that, Ye Jing clenched his fists instead, and the person who had taken his childhood sweetheart away from him in the past, completely ignoring his own existence, seemed to appear before his eyes once again.

  "I don't know what he's thinking, but I definitely don't want his stuff," Ye Jing said, her tone gradually becoming calmer, a confident glint in her eyes. "For me now, a low-grade treasure sword is naturally good, but more important is my own cultivation."

  "This statement is not wrong, the idea is straightforward, and the heart will naturally be broad-minded. If you feel suffocated in your heart, it's easy to be affected when practicing. It's better to just let go of yourself and act purely on your own intentions."

  Ye Jing clenched his fists and said, "Yanzhao Ge is indeed stronger than me now, not only in terms of strength and realm, but also in the manifestation of the inner crystal furnace's refining technique. But I won't always lose to him, I will definitely surpass him."

  "You think being a young master is something? I'll compete with him and see who can become the great master first, who can transcend to sainthood and set foot in the realm of martial sainthood!"

  In this world of martial arts training, it starts with physical training, and goes through three realms: the flesh, the meridians, and the guidance of qi. Each realm is further divided into three stages: initial, intermediate, and advanced.

  This totals nine levels, plus the final Martial Artist Body Refining Ten Heavens Entering the Microcosm Realm, collectively known as the Martial Artist Body Refining Ten Heavens.

  Beyond the microcosm is a major checkpoint, and once crossed, the martial artist enters the realm of the grandmaster.

  In a place like Guang Cheng Mountain, which is a sacred land of martial arts, it may not be apparent, but in fact, a warrior who has become a master has already qualified to establish his own sect on the mainland.

  Many leaders of small forces are just masters of cultivation.

  The Grandmaster has three major boundaries of inner, outer and pre-heavenly, each with three stages of initial, intermediate and advanced, plus the final stage of Tongtian, which is the ten-stage boundary of the Grandmaster.

  Above the realm of Tongtian, there is another huge chasm. Those who cross it are called Grand Masters.

  At this point, he has already become a well-known figure on the entire continent.

  The Grandmaster of the Tenth Heaven is called Superhuman, as in "Superhuman entering Sainthood". Above Superhuman lies the hope of advancing to the realm of Martial Sainthood and achieving the position of a Martial Saint.

  In today's world, looking around the globe, the saints of martial arts can be counted on one's fingers.

  "He can refine precious swords with the Inner Crystal Furnace Refining Technique, and he can also refine spiritual swords. But let's see if he can refine a sacred sword? For our sect, no matter how many spiritual swords we have, they are still not as important as having one Martial Saint."

  Ye Jing's pupils shone with a brilliant light, although he was now opening up his dantian and qihai, only refining his body to the eighth level, guiding his qi in the middle stage, while Yan Zhao Ge had already set foot in the realm of the Grandmaster, and had even reached the later stages of internal circulation.

  But Ye Jing was confident, he believed he could surpass that young man who seemed destined to be his arch-nemesis.

  He has enough willpower and firm beliefs, and he also has his own reliance...

  Ye Jing lightly exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, his fingers rubbing the dark red ring on his right hand.

  It doesn't matter if you start low, as long as your progress speed is fast, there will always be a moment when you catch up and surpass!

  Sī Kōng Qíng looked at Yè Jǐng: "Yè Shī Dì, you have great potential. Remember to set your goals high and stay grounded, then becoming a saint is within reach."

  Ye Jing smiled and said, "I'll just brag a bit, so you won't come to tease me, Sister. You've already entered the microcosm, and it's only one step away from becoming a Grandmaster. Now it seems that you're the most likely person to surpass Yan Zhao Ge, and the most likely to become another young Grandmaster of Guang Cheng Mountain."

  "But I think that this time, Yan Shixiong doesn't seem to have any ill intentions. On the contrary, when we were at the Executive Temple, Cui Zhanglao's words did indeed have a hint of provocation. Ye Shidi, you should be careful of these hidden arrows in the future."

  "There are many interpersonal relationships in the religious community that are unclear and easy to get entangled in without realizing it."

  Ye Jing nodded: "I understand."