Brother Who Determines the Fate of the Nation: My Great Emperor's Cultivation Level Exposed by

The night was as dark as ink, and the convoy lit several campfires in the wilderness, which crackled and popped.

Su Xuan sat cross-legged on the bumpy cart, his eyes closed, his whole being blending into the night.

Within his body, spiritual energy had already gathered into a surging ocean, reaching the pinnacle of the Qi Refining stage.

No matter how much this vast ocean surged, it could never open the door to a higher realm.

His cultivation level was stuck at the extreme of Qi Refining, remaining completely unchanged.

He slowly opened his eyes, showing no sign of discouragement.

He calmly took out several jade slips containing cultivation techniques from the Xuan Sha Sect's treasury from his storage bag.

"The Foundation Building Technique of Blazing Fire".

"Xuanshui Foundation Building Method".

He casually flipped through these Foundation Establishment cultivation techniques, which would be enough to cause countless low-level cultivators to scramble for them in the outside world.

But in his eyes, it was crude and utterly inferior.

The methods and approaches are complex and the foundation is weak.

Using this method to build a foundation limits one's potential for spiritual progress, and one can see the end of one's future achievements at a glance!

Su Xuan casually tossed the jade slips back into his storage bag, not giving them another glance.

Better to have none than something of poor quality.

If you want the best foundation-building method, Thunder City might be a good choice.

Inside the Dragon Kingdom's live stream room, viewers were extremely anxious.

"Holy crap, Su Shen has hit a bottleneck, what should we do?"

"Aren't these techniques good enough? They sound pretty impressive."

"You've narrowed your vision, brothers. Su Shen's goal is the stars and the sea. How can such trashy cultivation techniques be worthy of him?"

Another month has passed in the blink of an eye, and the convoy continues eastward.

They were getting closer and closer to the legendary city, and the scenery along the way gradually changed from desolate to prosperous.

Su Xuan had become somewhat familiar with the people in the convoy, although he remained as taciturn as ever.

Lin Wan'er, the eldest daughter of the Lin family, seemed to care about him very much.

On this day, the caravan stopped for supplies in a mortal town.

Lin Wan'er then took a small porcelain bottle and came to Su Xuan's cart again.

"Young Master Su, although your injuries have healed, your qi and blood seem to be somewhat deficient. This is a Qi-Nourishing Pill that I just bought; it will be helpful in stabilizing your foundation."

The girl's voice was clear and melodious, and her simple white dress swayed gently in the wind.

She handed over the porcelain bottle, her clear eyes filled with a hint of cautious concern.

Su Xuan's gaze shifted from the distant horizon to the fair hand and the porcelain bottle, pausing for a moment.

He didn't say anything, but simply reached out and took the porcelain bottle.

Thank you.

The two words were still hoarse, spoken sparingly.

After saying that, he closed his eyes again.

That aloofness that keeps people at arm's length makes one feel that cultivating immortality is heartless.

Lin Wan'er bit her lip lightly and withdrew her hand somewhat disappointedly.

But looking at Su Xuan's well-defined profile, the disappointment in her heart was quickly replaced by a strange heartache.

He must have gone through something very sad.

She didn't disturb them any further and quietly returned to her carriage.

The chat room in the Dragon Kingdom exploded with comments.

"Ugh, Su Shen, you're such a clueless straight man! Wan'er is so much better, would it kill you to say something?"

"I feel so sorry for Su Shen. He's not cold-hearted; he just can't have emotions. In the world of cultivation, emotions are poison!"

"That's right, the cultivation world is treacherous. Being sentimental is a path to death, and Su Shen did the right thing."

"Waaaaah, but I still feel so sorry for Wan'er. Falling in love with a man like Su Shen is destined to be a tragedy."

Not far away, several young cultivators responsible for guarding the area gathered together.

They watched this scene with envy and disdain on their faces.

"Hmph, some wild brat of unknown origin, I wonder what kind of bewitching potion he's given the young lady."

"So what if he's a pretty boy? He's just a useless piece of trash who relies on women and pills to stay alive."

A young guard with a fierce face spat on the ground, the sound not too loud or too soft, just loud enough for those around to hear.

"If you ask me, this kind of gigolo should be thrown off the bus as soon as possible, so as not to dirty our Lin family's convoy."

Their mockery was unrestrained and full of malice.

However, Su Xuan, who was at the center of the discussion, didn't even lift his eyelids.

The barking of ants is not worth his time or energy.

His silence was seen as cowardice and acquiescence by the guards, and their mockery became even more unrestrained.

The scene shifts to a canyon!

Black Wind Canyon, with its narrow, sky-piercing terrain, has become a natural slaughterhouse.

The atmosphere in the caravan had long since shifted from relaxed and comfortable to deathly silent, with even the scaled beasts pulling the carts letting out uneasy growls!

Suddenly, on both sides of the steep cliffs!

Dozens of scarlet shadows rushed down.

It is a second-tier ferocious beast, a bloodthirsty demon wolf.

"Enemy attack! Form ranks!"

With a roar, the guard commander, Old Man Wang, plunged the convoy into a fierce battle.

Su Xuan remained seated cross-legged on the unassuming cart, oblivious to the sounds of fighting and screams around him.

He simply watched all of this indifferently, as if he were in a completely different world from the surrounding bloodshed.

After a fierce battle, more than a dozen guards' corpses and the carcasses of demon wolves were left on the ground.

The caravan paid a heavy price but finally repelled the beast horde.

Before everyone could catch their breath, dozens of masked men in black, wielding sharp blades, emerged like ghosts from the shadows of the rocks.

Their attacks were silent, each strike aimed at the guard's vital points.

Their target was clear: the carriages in the center of the convoy that were loaded with Fire Cloud Crystals.

These are no ordinary robbers; they are highly trained assassins.

This must be the work of other families in Thunder City.

The battle was even more brutal than before, with guards falling one after another, their blood staining the entire canyon ground red.

Covered in blood, Old Man Wang fought desperately to kill the last man in black, and roared hoarsely!

"Charge out, quick!"

However, just when the convoy thought they had finally fought their way out and were about to escape,

A terrifying pressure that made everyone tremble suddenly descended from the sky.

The surviving guards felt as if an invisible mountain had suddenly pressed down on them!

They fell to their knees, unable to even hold their weapons, blood gushing from their mouths.

The entrance to the canyon!

A figure slowly floated into the air, surrounded by a visible cyan vortex!

He stood on the void, looking down at everything below!

This person is at the late Foundation Establishment stage!

On the global live broadcast, all foreign experts were speechless upon witnessing this scene.

The American expert suddenly stood up, pointed at the screen, and his voice trembled with excitement.

"This, this is the true pressure of a late-stage Foundation Establishment expert! His mere aura is enough to crush all lower-level cultivators. Lord Arthur probably wouldn't even last a single move against him!"

Inside the Dragon Kingdom's live stream room, the glimmer of hope that had just risen was completely crushed by this oppressive force of despair.

"Damn it, how are we going to fight this?"

"Su Shen is still in the Qi Refining stage. There's a whole major realm difference between them. They have no chance of winning at all."

In Black Wind Canyon.

The late-stage Foundation Establishment expert didn't even glance at the guards on the ground. He simply raised his hand and pointed lightly at Old Man Wang, who was desperately protecting the convoy.

A pale blue wind blade flashed by.

puff.

Old Wang's body was neatly cut in half at the waist, and his upper body fell heavily to the ground!

The convoy was completely trapped in a dead end.

Everyone was immobilized by that terrifying pressure and could only watch helplessly as death descended.

Lin Wan'er trembled with fear, her pretty face as pale as paper, devoid of any color.

Just then, with only half his body remaining, Old Man Wang used his last bit of strength to drag his bloodied and mangled body toward the cart where Su Xuan was.

With every inch he crawled, a shocking trail of blood was left on the ground.

He crawled to Su Xuan's feet, raised his head, and his cloudy eyes were filled with pleading and tearful pleas.

With his last bit of strength, he shoved the terrified Lin Wan'er behind him toward Su Xuan.

"My benefactor... I, this old man, have long known that you are no ordinary person..."

"Please, please take the young lady... alive, back to Thunder City alive!"

After saying his last sentence, Old Man Wang's head slammed heavily to the ground, and he fell silent.