When I stopped licking, the lady panicked.

"Who is it this time?"

Lin Xuan looked in the direction of the sound and saw an old man with a youthful face and white hair, wearing a red robe with gold trim, coming with the wind and gracefully landing in front of Lin Xuan.

The Black Armor Army immediately shielded Lin Xuan behind them, fully armed and ready for battle.

Lin Xuan pushed them aside, took a few steps forward, and asked, "Who are you?"

The old man smiled calmly and said, "I am Xiao Yan, the Palace Master of the Heavenly Fire Palace."

"So what?" Lin Xuan looked at him coldly. "You want to stop me from killing these lackeys?"

Xiao Yan said, "Young Master Lin, you have committed heinous crimes. If you turn back now, it will still be..."

"You're wrong," Lin Xuan interrupted him directly. "I'm not wrong. They all deserve to die."

"Zhang Yan is the emperor's brother-in-law and also the deputy hall master of our Heavenly Fire Palace. Ye Qian is the emperor's brother-in-law's son, and Ye Zhaozhang is the current emperor's brother-in-law and the empress's younger brother. Isn't it an unforgivable crime for Prince Lin to kill all three of them?" Xiao Yan questioned.

Lin Xuan retorted, "Then they treat human life like dirt, slaughtering ordinary people..."

"Do the lives of ordinary people count as fate?" Xiao Yan interrupted Lin Xuan directly.

Lin Xuan was taken aback at first, then nodded with a half-smile and said, "Indeed, birds of a feather flock together."

Xiao Yan then said, "Young Master Lin, since you have already killed so many people, why not lay down your butcher's knife and spare them? It would be a good deed for yourself and your descendants."

Lin Xuan replied, "What if I say no?"

"Just to give me face," Xiao Yan said again.

Lin Xuan retorted, "Give you face? Who do you think you are? Is your face worth anything?"

"I am the current emperor's teacher. Because I have served the emperor for many years, he bestowed upon me the surname Xiao. My reputation still carries some weight." Xiao Yan stroked his beard, displaying an air of pride. "Moreover, the Heavenly Fire Palace has always been a place of quiet cultivation. With the young master Lin committing so many atrocities, I'm afraid..."

"A secluded place for cultivation?" Lin Xuan burst out laughing upon hearing these words. "So, a secluded place for cultivation means sending someone to assassinate me?"

"Young Master Lin, don't spout nonsense," Xiao Yan said.

"Making things up?"

Lin Xuan snorted coldly, took out the personal belongings of the Heavenly Fire Hall disciples from his storage pouch and threw them on the ground. He pointed at the items and glared at Xiao Yan with a questioning look.

"Don't these belong to your Heavenly Fire Palace disciples? They tried to kill me but were killed by me instead, which is why they left these things behind."

"Especially that Zhang Xuan, who is Zhang Yan's grandson, both of them want to kill me."

"You're telling me your Heavenly Fire Palace is a place for quiet cultivation? That's ridiculous!"

Xiao Yan gently raised his hand, and the debris on the ground floated up and landed in his hand.

This scene surprised Lin Xuan.

The ability to release soul power as external force and move objects indicates that the other party has entered the realm of enlightenment.

Moreover, he is also a soul cultivator!

The cultivation of martial arts is a process that progresses from the outside in.

Before reaching the Enlightenment Realm, true energy covers the limbs and bones, thereby enhancing strength.

Upon entering the Realm of Hearing the Dao, one touches the threshold of internal martial arts, at which point true qi has already generated internal strength.

Once the inner and outer aspects are unified, one can enter the realm of cultivating immortality.

This process is exactly the opposite of soul cultivation, which is a cultivation process from the inside out.

Before reaching the Enlightenment Realm, one's soul power is concentrated within the body.

Once one enters the Realm of Hearing the Dao, one's soul power can be released to form external force.

The difference between martial arts cultivation and soul cultivation lies in the difference between internal strength and external strength.

But no matter how different they are, they all ultimately lead to the unity of inner and outer, and the process of cultivating immortality.

Lin Xuan never expected that the master of the Heavenly Fire Palace was actually a soul cultivator at the Dao Enlightenment Realm.

"I never expected that the Heavenly Fire Palace, a martial arts sect, would have a sect leader who is actually a soul cultivator." Lin Xuan narrowed his eyes.

"I am a soul cultivator, but I am not just a soul cultivator." Xiao Yan looked at Lin Xuan calmly.

"Oh? Dual cultivation of soul and martial arts?" Lin Xuan was somewhat surprised.

He thought he was the only one in Daqing who cultivated both soul and martial arts, but he didn't expect that Xiao Yan was also a dual cultivator of soul and martial arts.

He truly deserves to be called a genius among geniuses.

It's just a bit old.

"Hehe." Xiao Yan smiled calmly, looking at the miscellaneous items in his hand, and said, "Why is Young Master Lin showing me these miscellaneous items?"

"Didn't you see the name tags inside?" Lin Xuan asked.

Xiao Yan's eyes suddenly narrowed, and the junk in his hand instantly shattered into dust.

"What brand name? I don't understand." After destroying all the miscellaneous items in his hand, Xiao Yan looked at Lin Xuan with a puzzled expression.

Lin Xuan was stunned. After a moment, he was so angry that he laughed.

"Haha, you old codger, trying to pull this trick on me."

Xiao Yan, with his hands behind his back, said, "Young Master Lin, please go back. Do not commit any more murders."

"Besides, with me here, you can't commit any murders."

Lin Xuan sneered and said, "Is that so? I don't think so."

As he spoke, he put on the Shura Armor he had stolen, his left hand wielding the Demon Spear Annihilation, and his right hand holding the Dragon Head Blade.

"I possess a dragon-headed sword bestowed upon me by the late emperor, used to behead the wicked..."

"What dragon head knife?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than the dragon-headed saber in Lin Xuan's hand was shattered into dust by a powerful force.

Although this dragon-headed sword possesses the special power granted by the emperor to execute tyrannical rulers and treacherous officials, and to act first and report later, it is ultimately just an ordinary sword, not an imperial weapon.

Therefore, Xiao Yan only needed to release a little soul power to shatter it.

This scene stunned Lin Xuan.

Although experts at the Enlightenment Realm can release soul power as external force, they usually need to use tools to do so.

For example, sword energy and the sound of a zither are all mediums for projecting soul power.

Xiao Yan, however, does not rely on any medium; he can release it simply by having a thought.

This shows that he is not an ordinary person at the Dao Enlightenment Realm, but a master at the late stage of the Dao Enlightenment Realm.

This Xiao Yan was more than just one major section ahead of Lin Xuan; he was two major sections ahead!

"Old man, this dragon-headed sword was bestowed by the late emperor. How dare you destroy it?" Lin Xuan roared.

Xiao Yan smiled and stroked his beard, saying, "Young Master Lin, are you perhaps exhausted? There's no dragon-headed saber here."

Lin Xuan frowned deeply and said, "Are you playing dumb with me?"

Xiao Yan stepped aside slightly to make way, saying, "Young Master Lin, please return."

Lin Xuan looked at the few remaining lackeys he hadn't quite killed, thinking: If I just leave like this, they'll go back and report to the Emperor, and the Emperor will know that I'm the one who killed Xiao Ke. No, they must die!

"Palace Master Xiao, since you insist on driving me away, how about we play a game?" Lin Xuan said with interest, planting the demonic spear in the ground.

Xiao Yan smiled and said, "Do you think I need to play games with you? If you don't leave, I'll just beat you out!"

"I'm only telling you this because of Lin Jiangxian; otherwise, do you think I'm really afraid of you?"