Upon hearing the sound, Xiao Yun quickly put away the lower grade spirit stone and quietly touched it along with the sound. Soon, he noticed a slightly chubby middle-aged man hiding in a corner.

A cold light appeared in Xiao Yun's eyes, and this chubby middle-aged man was the steward of the Xiao family.

"He's already dead," Xiao Yun walked out of the darkness.

"You... you're just a useless person, how could it be..." The butler turned pale and wanted to escape, but Xiao Yun punched him in the abdomen.

The butler knelt down on the spot, his seven orifices bleeding from being smashed. After all, his cultivation level was only the eighth level of the Qi Refining realm, and Xiao Yun could easily defeat him without any martial arts skills.

"My Xiao family has been raising you for many years, but you betrayed them. You deserve to die. But before you die, you'd better tell me who made you bring that assassin into the Xiao mansion." Xiao Yun stepped on the butler's head, allowing him to struggle no matter how hard he struggled.

"You kill me," the butler gritted his teeth and said.

"I don't want to threaten you, but if the assassin can come in and kill me today, they may come in and kill my uncle, Lan Jie another day... I don't want my relatives to live under death threats all day long. So, I can only use some extraordinary means. You also have relatives in my Xiao family..." Xiao Yun stared at the butler.

The butler's face suddenly changed and he quickly shook his head, saying, "Don't touch them. They don't know about this, it's just a result of my momentary greed."

"I won't touch them, but if I tell Uncle about your situation, what do you think they would do? You know my Uncle's personality," Xiao Yun said calmly.

The butler's expression was extremely ugly, and he naturally knew who Xiao Yuanjing was.

As the head of the Xiao family, he is not a soft persimmon. He will not be lenient when dealing with people who threaten the Xiao family.

"You promised to let my family go..." said the butler.

"As long as you tell me who sent you and that assassin to kill me, I will let them go," said Xiao Yun.

"It's Xiahou Heng, the third prince," the butler gritted his teeth and said.

Third Prince Xiahou Heng

Xiao Yun secretly noted and easily dealt with the butler with a knife.

Subsequently, Xiao Yun drank a bottle of healing potion and then closed his eyes to rest, experiencing every detail of today's life and death battle.

The life and death duel is extremely precious for martial arts practitioners. Every life and death duel can help them identify their shortcomings and make up for them.

After silently comprehending the entire process, Xiao Yun opened his eyes, with a hint of joy in them. It was only during his recollection that he suddenly realized.

Nine stars falling!

Xiao Yun leaped up and slashed his horse sword heavily, revealing the Nine Heavenly Stars as if they were falling from the sky.

The sword gang rampaged out, and the vast courtyard was immediately flattened.

"The power of this second move is not only slightly stronger than the first move, but at least comparable to the martial arts skills of the lower level soldiers at the Xuan level."

Xiao Yun put away his horse chopping sword.

Both of the Star Meteor moves have been cultivated to the pinnacle level, and with the improvement of martial arts skills, the power of the Blade Gang is far superior to before.

If he encounters the Black Assassin again now, Xiao Yun has absolute confidence in killing him without getting hurt.

Although he has improved, Xiao Yun is not too excited because he is well aware that his current abilities are far from enough to seek revenge.

"The level of that black clad assassin is only comparable to that of the upper middle level disciples of the Inner Sect. Among the disciples of the Inner Sect, there are even more top-notch figures. There are also core disciples, and Lingyu Ji is the top figure among the core disciples, even stronger."

Xiao Yun glanced reluctantly at the courtyard. He had originally planned to stay for an additional two days, but now it seems that he can't stay any longer.

"Anyway, it will take almost a month to go to the Great Flame Xuancheng. It would be better to go there early and prepare than to be a little later." Xiao Yun left a note in his room and left the Xiao family in the darkness.

A large cloud boat with a length of tens of thousands of zhang swept over from high altitude, and under the operation of crystals, the formation surrounding the cloud boat continuously transformed the fierce wind into powerful power.

Xiao Yun sat in the private cabin on the second floor of the cloud boat. Although the cabin was only about two zhang in size, it was expensive and cost 800 gold coins.

Before leaving, Xiao Yun took one thousand gold coins from the Xiao family and thought it was enough to spend. However, he didn't expect to spend eight hundred gold coins just for the private cabin. Including the food and drink along the way, he barely arrived at Xuancheng.

After three hours of wielding his sword, Xiao Yun rested for a moment and then took out the intermediate spiritual stone, continuing to absorb the spiritual energy inside as usual.

The surging spiritual energy kept pouring in, and Xiao Yun guided them to surround his body, then absorb and transform them.

The amount of spiritual energy contained in the medium grade spiritual stone in Xiao Yun's hand is approximately equivalent to forty lower grade spiritual stones.

However, the spiritual energy contained in medium grade spirit stones is far beyond that of lower grade spirit stones. Whether it is the amount of spiritual energy or the purity, it is far superior to lower grade spirit stones.

After absorbing for nearly half a month, the medium grade spirit stone has been absorbed by Xiao Yun for 80%, leaving only 20% of the spiritual energy.

Suddenly, Xiao Yun's body trembled slightly.

Here we go!

Xiao Yun opened his eyes, and the true qi that was swimming in his body began to condense. The originally invisible true qi turned into a pale white, swimming in his body like mist.

Half an hour has passed.

The sound inside Xiao Yun's body was like a raging river, and he saw a rich and genuine qi surrounding his limbs and veins. A majestic and massive aura surged out, like a blazing flame.

True energy is like flames, and waves of energy are like tides.

This is a characteristic that only comes with entering the Rongyuan realm.

"Finally breaking through the realm of Rongyuan."

Xiao Yun now releases a burst of true qi that is countless times stronger than before. The true qi in the Qi refining realm is scattered, while the true qi in the Rongyuan realm is condensed but not dispersed.

The reason why I was able to break through the Rongyuan realm so quickly is mainly because of that intermediate spiritual stone.

This thing is extremely rare even for martial artists in Rongyuan Realm. After all, spirit stones are too rare, and even the Xiao family only has a few inferior spirit stones that have been stored for hundreds of years. They are treasures stored in the Xiao Jiabao Library, because Xiao Yun was admitted to the Tianluo Sect and Xiao Yuanjing took them out.

Even lower grade spirit stones are like this, let alone medium grade spirit stones.

The medium grade spirit stone in his hand still had 20% spiritual energy left. Xiao Yun collected it and after breaking into the Rongyuan realm, it needed to be stabilized for a period of time before it could be absorbed again.

Now that he has broken into the Rongyuan realm, Xiao Yun is in a good mood.

"I've been staying in this cabin for almost half a month, let's go out and take a walk." Xiao Yun remembers when he boarded the cloud boat, he heard the introduction that the scenery of the Wuwu Sea passing along the way was extremely beautiful.

Opening the cabin, Xiao Yun walked onto the deck.

There are already some people standing on the deck here, some gazing at the beautiful scenery in the distance, some chatting, and some sitting cross legged.

In the distance, purple clouds are stacked and colorful, occasionally emitting a unique radiance.

Xiao Yun looked up and couldn't help but marvel at the uniqueness of heaven and earth. Such a beautiful scenery is not only colorful, but also extremely unique. Only the Wuwanghai can see such a beautiful scenery.

Looking down from afar, under a thousand feet, the vast ocean surges, and various islands emerge in sight.

The world is vast and endless.

Immersed in the world, Xiao Yun was inexplicably moved.

Looking into the distance between heaven and earth, Xiao Yun's unique feeling grew deeper and deeper in his heart, with a faint buzzing of the knife veins and bones within his body.

"I had an epiphany, but it was still a bit short. This is not a bad thing, and forging a sword soul is not something that happens overnight. We need that unique opportunity." Xiao Yun was not surprised.

I have been practicing hard for a while, constantly wielding my sword. The connection between the sword and myself has become stronger and stronger. Xiao Yun had a premonition that the day to forge the soul of the sword is not far away.

Roar!

A deafening roar suddenly came, and terrifying sound waves struck the cloud boat.