Even the Dean Hu Qian and Vice Dean Li Xiaohu, who were overseeing the outer courtyard, sensed an extremely terrifying aura descending upon the entire outer courtyard of Canaan Academy.

Faced with this terrifying aura that seemed to shake the heavens and the earth, even Hu Qian, who had reached the peak of the Nine-Star Dou Huang realm, couldn't help but feel a sense of powerlessness. It was a feeling of being extremely small and insignificant in the face of absolute power, like an ant. He was horrified and muttered to himself, "Where did this old monster who had been secretly cultivating in seclusion come out?"

Li Xiaohu, the vice dean of the outer courtyard, looked no better than Hu Qian, the dean. His eyes widened in fear and confusion as he stared towards the inner courtyard, his face filled with terror.

The entire Black Corner Region was in an uproar today. Countless experts at the Dou Wang level and above transformed their Dou Qi into wings and soared into the sky, gazing towards the direction of Canaan Academy. Just now, a terrifying aura, like a raging torrent, emanated from Canaan Academy. Under this terrifying aura, all cultivators felt an immense pressure, as if the heavens and earth were crushing them. The feeling of facing the entire world deeply shook and trembled in everyone's hearts!

When did such a terrifying old man with super strong strength emerge from Canaan Academy?! Many powerful figures are deeply wary of him. The sect leaders of Blood Sect, Earth Flame Sect, Six Doors, Demon Domain Sect, and other sects who joined forces with Han Feng to invade the inner courtyard of Canaan Academy last time are all regretting their actions and are now thinking about changing their relationship with Canaan Academy.

The clever ones had already begun preparing generous gifts to apologize at Canaan Academy. Some, however, were so terrified that they abandoned their disciples and fled.

In the Black Corner Region, a branch of the Soul Palace, in a small courtyard in a corner of an inconspicuous giant city.

After sensing the terrifying aura emanating from Canaan Academy, a vaguely alluring figure shrouded in black mist and dressed in a black robe turned her head and gazed in that direction. Her charming voice murmured, "Is it him? If it really is him, how can I take revenge myself?"

Before this delicate figure clad in black robes and enveloped in black mist, stood about twenty other figures, also shrouded in black mist and dressed in black robes, on either side. Powerful auras of the Dou Zong realm emanated from them, distorting and crushing the surrounding void, making their figures indistinct.

"Peak of the Nine-Star Dou Zun!"

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Sensing the terrifying and immense power within himself, Xiao Xuanyuan couldn't help but smile. In the future, in the northwest corner of this Dou Qi Continent, there would probably be few who could rival him.

In the Jia Ma Empire, even those at the Dou Huang realm are top-tier powerhouses. Queen Medusa risked her life to reach the Dou Zong realm, and Yun Shan, the true mastermind behind the Yunlan Sect, was only a Dou Zong realm powerhouse. Moreover, if it weren't for the Soul Hall branch envoy behind him, how could Yun Shan have such confidence and strength?

Slowly suppressing the overwhelming aura of a powerful being emanating from his body, Xiao Xuanyuan was about to rest for half an hour when he took the recently refined Grade 7 Primordial Qi Cultivation Pill to consolidate his strength. After all, he had recently devoured several strange flames one after another, and his strength had advanced too quickly, making his foundation somewhat weak, so he needed to solidify it.

Just then, countless whooshing sounds rang out from outside, followed by Su Qian's voice.

"Brother Xiao, how have you been?"

Do you know whose terrifying aura that was just now?

Chapter Two: I'll stand with you, you bastard, no matter what.

Hearing the noise outside, Xiao Xuanyuan knew that the terrifying aura of a peak nine-star Dou Zun that he had inadvertently released had alarmed the entire inner courtyard, and even the outer courtyard!

Xiao Xuanyuan couldn't help but smile wryly. He hadn't expected that he would be so complacent. Now, probably everyone in the entire Canaan Academy could sense his presence.

"A mistake, a mistake!"

Silently blaming himself for being careless, Xiao Xuanyuan still flew out from the top floor of the alchemist's office hall and arrived in the sky outside.

"Elder Su, what's the matter? Why are so many people here?"

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Xiao Xuanyuan asked the question with a puzzled expression.

Upon closer inspection, Su Qian discovered that Xiao Xuanyuan was like a vast ocean. No matter how much he probed with his soul perception, he could not detect any trace of his true nature. It was as if his probing was like a pebble falling into a deep pool, unfathomable and without even an echo, which was extremely terrifying.

After testing him, Su Qian couldn't see through Xiao Xuanyuan at all. His serious face kept changing, and his eyes showed extreme fear and respect. Now he dared not underestimate this Second Elder.

Not only Su Qian, but all the elders of the inner and outer courtyards looked at Xiao Xuanyuan with strange expressions, their eyes revealing incomprehension and apprehension.

"Brother Xiao, I wonder what level your strength has reached now?!"

Su Qian looked somewhat uneasy, but after hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and asked the question that was on his mind.

Xiao Xuanyuan glanced at everyone present, as well as the countless inner court students who had come to watch the spectacle below. Seeing their gazes filled with curiosity, admiration, and affection, he smiled calmly at them and said, "If you want to know my strength, why don't you all come up and try it?"

"This"

Hearing Xiao Xuanyuan's arrogant words, Su Qian's face turned sour. He couldn't help but glance at the many inner and outer courtyard elders who had been choked by Xiao Xuanyuan's words. He saw that the elders' faces were turning pale and then red, their expressions uncertain, as if they were hesitating whether to join forces to deal with Xiao Xuanyuan.

"Brother Xiao, you—" Ye Ningyan stepped forward, glanced at the ashen and uncertain faces of the other elders around her, and tried to persuade them, but Xiao Xuanyuan simply waved his hand at her.

"Don't worry, use all your strength and the strongest methods. All twenty-odd elders together, including Elder Su!"

Xiao Xuanyuan's gaze slowly swept over the many elders, finally settling on Su Qian, revealing an extremely arrogant and conceited air.

"Alright, I'll take action. If I accidentally hurt Elder Xiao, please don't blame me." Elder Zhongsun gritted his teeth, took the lead and stepped forward, then looked at the other elders.

"Then don't blame me for bullying the weak and the many with the few." An elder surnamed Hao gritted his teeth and stepped forward as well.

One after another, more than a dozen elders, unable to resist Xiao Xuanyuan's provocation, jumped out and expressed their willingness to take on this battle of many against one.

Ignoring Su Qian's somewhat unpleasant expression, Xiao Xuanyuan said to Hu Qian, the dean of the outer academy, and Li Xiaohu, the vice dean, "Why don't you two join us? Especially Dean Hu, don't waste your peak nine-star Dou Zun strength!"

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Hu Qian smiled wryly and waved his hand, "This dean is getting old and his health is failing, so I shouldn't get involved."

"I'll let it go too. I'm almost at retirement age." Seeing that even the dean of the Department of Foreign Languages, Hu Qian, had become abnormal, Li Xiaohu, as the vice dean, naturally sided with him.

Seeing that none of the seven or eight elders were willing to step forward, and Ye Ningyan was indeed one of them, Xiao Xuanyuan had no choice but to use his ultimate move, tempting them by saying, "As long as all the elders can unite to defeat me, I guarantee to refine a batch of seventh-grade pills for each of you for free, and only one batch per person."

"A seventh-grade elixir?!"

"One furnace will be forged for free for everyone?!"

Upon hearing Xiao Xuanyuan's conditions, the breathing of many elders became rapid. This was a high-grade seventh-rank pill, not some common commodity. Normally, the highest-grade pills that Canaan Academy could refine were only around the fifth-grade low-grade pills, and the failure rate was extremely high. Of course, sixth-grade pills could also be refined, but the failure rate was even higher, and the academy couldn't afford to consume such a huge amount of precious spiritual herbs and plants.

Precious spiritual herbs and plants cannot be bought with money alone; they also depend on fate. Some rare spiritual herbs and plants have even disappeared from the Dou Qi Continent, making them impossible to find, let alone refine.

"Furthermore, I can promise that if you can join forces to defeat me, I will owe each of you a favor. What do you think?" Xiao Xuanyuan continued to tempt them with a smile. "A batch of seventh-grade pills will be refined for free, and a favor from a seventh-grade alchemist—aren't you tempted?!"

"Since Elder Xiao says so, I, the Dean, will respectfully comply. But Elder Xiao, please don't blame me for not considering your friendship with my granddaughter, Hu Jia." The outer dean, Hu Qian, couldn't resist the temptation and stepped forward, cupping his hands in greeting to Xiao Xuanyuan.

Xiao Xuanyuan nodded and replied, "Treat everyone equally."

After hearing this, four or five of the remaining seven or eight elders wavered and joined the group attacking Xiao Xuanyuan.

"I'd like to ask, if we don't want to refine seventh-grade pills, could we exchange them for sixth-grade or fifth-grade pills, and you could refine them for us for free?" Of the remaining three elders, besides Ye Ningyan, one of them couldn't resist the temptation and stepped forward to voice his question.

Xiao Xuanyuan nodded and explained to him, "One batch of seventh-grade pills can be exchanged for three batches of sixth-grade pills for free, or for six batches of fifth-grade pills, and so on. Moreover, even if you lose, I will not ask you to do anything."

Finally, all the elders were tempted. Except for Ye Ningyan, they all agreed to gang up on Xiao Xuanyuan. They couldn't help it; the temptation of the victory after defeating Xiao Xuanyuan was too great, and there were no aftereffects. Why not? It was just a matter of letting them take action once, and it was a group of elders who had lived for a long time ganging up on one person. They weren't afraid of losing.

Afraid of losing? How could that be? If so many elders couldn't beat a sixteen-year-old boy, they would lose all face and have lived in vain. Therefore, the twenty-odd elders were very confident.

"Sister Ye, what about you?"

Xiao Xuanyuan's gaze finally fell on Ye Ningyan, whose brows were tightly furrowed.

Her expression shifted several times, but Ye Ningyan gritted her teeth and resolutely walked to Xiao Xuanyuan's side, naturally taking his strong arm. "No matter what, I'll stand with you, you stinky guy."

Chapter Three is just a claw

Seeing Ye Ningyan openly linking her arm with his in public, Xiao Xuanyuan's eyes twitched, but in the end he didn't pull his arm away. He felt a little guilty towards this woman, so he let her be.

Moreover, he could see through Ye Ningyan's intentions. Well, since she was interested in him, as long as he didn't mind certain things, he could accept this woman and was very willing to accept her.

"Elder Ye, what are you doing?! Taking advantage of my idol?! Taking advantage of him?!"

"Elder Ye, you wouldn't be trying to steal my idol too, would you? Oh my god!"

The female students from the inner academy below, looking up, were filled with jealousy. They showered Ye Ningyan with accusations, causing her pretty face to flush slightly. At the same time, she felt a little happy because Xiao Xuanyuan didn't embarrass her in public. Instead, he let her hold his arm. Even when Ye Ningyan secretly scratched his palm with her finger, Xiao Xuanyuan didn't seem displeased, maintaining a calm demeanor as if he didn't know anything.

Seeing that almost all the elders had stepped forward, wanting to fight Xiao Xuanyuan, Su Qian finally sighed, shook his head slightly, and said, "Since you insist on this, Brother Xiao, then I will also make a fool of myself and fight you with the other elders!"

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Xiao Xuanyuan nodded and gestured for Ye Ningyan to step aside. "Alright, then, elders, let's all come together!"

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With a wave of his hand, Xiao Xuanyuan walked over with his hands behind his back, standing tall and firm like a high mountain, firmly standing in the sky.

With a wave of his hand, Su Qian sent a large group of onlookers flying, and shouted, "All students, please retreat to a distance of ten thousand feet!"

From beginning to end, many inner court students knew what had happened. Seeing that the battle between the elders and the inner court's number one male god was about to take place, they all excitedly retreated to a distance. Some enthusiastic female fans were even worried about Xiao Xuanyuan, shouting soft words like "If you can't beat him, surrender quickly to avoid getting hurt." Hearing this, Xiao Xuanyuan turned to look at them and smiled. These female students were quite cute.

At this moment, Xiao Xuanyuan was also pondering whether he should invite these female students if he were to actually marry Nangong Wan. Inviting them might hurt their feelings of admiration, while not inviting them seemed harmless, but he had nothing to offer in return and could only let them admire him.

Just as Xiao Xuanyuan was having some wild thoughts, Su Qian and many other elders on the other side made their moves!

"Move mountains and suppress seas!"

Su Qian cultivated the earth and stone elemental attributes. As soon as he made a hand seal, all the female spiritual energy in the sky gathered and a huge mountain crushed down on Xiao Xuanyuan.

"The Ancestor of the Blue Dragons!"

Elder Zhongsun, being a water element cultivator, formed hand seals, draining a nearby giant lake. A massive blue dragon, over twenty feet long and as large as a small mountain, roared and bared its fangs as it charged towards Xiao Xuanyuan.

"The power of willow branches, kill with the staff!"

Elder Liu flipped his hand, and a willow branch appeared in his palm. He frantically poured wood fighting energy into it, and in an instant, a massive willow staff that pierced through the heavens and earth crashed down towards Xiao Xuanyuan.

"Rain of a Thousand Blades!"

After a moment's hesitation, Hu Qian, the dean of the outer academy, finally decided to make his move. With a loud shout, his metal-elemental battle qi condensed into thousands of sharp swords in the sky, which then rained down upon him.

The other elders also acted decisively. In an instant, the entire sky was filled with powerful fighting techniques formed from colorful fighting qi, such as swords, knives, mountains, water, and willows, which bombarded Xiao Xuanyuan in front of him.

"Very good! Is this all the strength you have?"

Seeing the attacks raining down and about to reach him, Xiao Xuanyuan nodded, looked at the many elders, and stood with his hands behind his back, not moving an inch.

"Elder, Elder Xiao is so arrogant, won't he be beaten to death by all of us later?"

Like most elders, Elder Zhongsun did not associate the terrifying figure in the inner courtyard with Xiao Xuanyuan. He simply thought it was some old monster emerging from seclusion, or the inner courtyard dean returning to Canaan Academy. He did not believe that Xiao Xuanyuan was actually that mysterious powerhouse.

Seeing Elder Zhongsun looking at him, Su Qian simply nodded and shouted loudly to the other elders, "Everyone, attack with all your might! Don't hold back!"

Some elders were initially worried that the combined attack would severely injure Xiao Xuanyuan, so they secretly only used one or two tenths of their strength. The others used almost all of their power, after all, they were angered by Xiao Xuanyuan's arrogant words. Although they were all elders, they still wanted to fight harder. However, with Elder Su Qian's words, it was like stirring up a hornet's nest.

What initially appeared to be a grand display of power, but in reality, was more bark than bite. In an instant, the power of the twenty-odd colorful fighting techniques surged ever higher. In the end, even the surrounding void hummed loudly in the face of this terrifying barrage of attacks. Space itself was torn apart by the energy, shattering like broken glass, revealing an incredibly dark void.

A series of void currents and void hurricanes relentlessly ravaged the void, emitting muffled, howling explosions. Some of these void currents and void hurricanes, however, pierced through the shattered spatial holes, carrying with them the colorful combat techniques of many elders, and slammed towards Xiao Xuanyuan!

"Haha, that's still not enough!"

Xiao Xuanyuan laughed heartily, and a terrifying aura, as powerful as the heavens and earth descending and crushing all things in the world, enveloped this space, including all the elders and Su Qian!

Bang bang bang!

Above the sky, like dumplings being dropped into a pot, more than twenty elders were slammed to the ground by the terrifying pressure that felt as if the entire world was crushing them. With a series of booming explosions, they crashed heavily through the ground, creating deep craters, large craters, and giant craters.

Only Elder Su Qian held on a little longer, but in the end he followed in the footsteps of many other elders, smashing a huge crater in the ground, looking disheveled and his aura was weak and listless.

Faced with countless colorful battle attacks that were already crashing down on him, Xiao Xuanyuan simply freed one hand from his hands-behind-back stance and reached forward to make a grasping motion. In an instant, the space in front of him was twisted as if it were a thin sheet of paper.

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