The next day, as dawn broke, almost all the students of Xuantian Academy had already heard the news of Luxiong's defeat by Aotian, which left many students in the academy once again in awe of Aotian.
Many students even labeled Aotian as "untouchable." What a joke; if Luxiong had lost, how could they, with their slender arms and legs, possibly withstand him?
This young man, who had only joined the academy two months ago, now held a high reputation within the academy, even rivaling seasoned students like Mokusheng and Snow Qincheng.
The "March Agreement" between Aotian and Mokugang also became a hot topic among everyone. Initially, many believed that Aotian fighting Mokugang was undoubtedly a path to self-destruction. However, now there were quite a few students starting to support Aotian. After all, Aotian's strength had been fully recognized by everyone.
While the academy was buzzing with excitement for Aotian, our instigator was calmly tinkering with something in his courtyard.
Aotian was continuously tossing a jade slip in his hand, his eyes filled with intense fervor.
In the ruins of the Mysterious Spirit Mountain Range, there had been five Martial Arts Jade Slips. Aotian's Heavenly Slaughter Strike was derived from one of those slips. The other four slips were obtained by Wang Shuiqun, Qiu Mingjie, Feng Moyang, and Snow Qincheng.
Outside the ruins, Qiu Mingjie and Wang Shuiqun had teamed up to obtain their respective inheritances. However, in the end, they ended up losing their lives outside the ruins instead.
Qiu Mingjie was killed by Aotian, so naturally, his Storage Ring fell into Aotian's hands along with the jade slip he had taken from the Soul Elder's ruins.
Luxiong's strength was already considerable; however, he still could not shake Mokugang's position as fourth. This indicated that Mokugang also possessed extraordinary strength. Therefore, Aotian decided he must comprehensively enhance his own strength.
However, whether it was martial arts, Soul Path, or physical body cultivation, Aotian could not make any breakthroughs in a short period. Thus, he turned his attention to this jade slip.
According to the Soul Elder, the five jade slips contained advanced martial arts techniques. Such martial arts were rare even in the vast Fengyun Nation. Naturally, Aotian had no reason not to be tempted.
Slowly unfolding the jade slip, he was immediately met with characters that seemed to roar like a dragon.
Stunning Dragon Movement Technique fragment: when practiced to minor success, it ignores air resistance; when practiced to major success, its form cannot be captured by Soul Power.
Aotian felt his heart skip a beat. Immediately after, his face was filled with ecstatic joy.
Stunning Dragon Movement Technique! It was actually the Stunning Dragon Movement Technique?!
Aotian clearly remembers that his Dragon's Dance is merely a fragment of the Stunning Dragon Movement Technique, as stated by his teacher.
Although this Stunning Dragon Movement Technique is only a fragment, Aotian has roughly glanced through it, and its content is significantly more complete than that of Dragon's Dance.
Moreover, as recorded in this martial art, even if it is just a fragment, practicing it to a minor achievement indeed allows one to ignore air resistance, and at a major achievement level, it can make Soul Power unable to capture its form.
Any movement technique fears resistance; air resistance undoubtedly slows down the speed of the practitioner. However, the Stunning Dragon Movement Technique can ignore this resistance, indicating that its speed can surpass that of other movement techniques. Even a slight difference can determine victory or defeat in a blink of an eye during a confrontation between experts.
What is the nemesis of movement techniques? It is the Soul Power of Soul Practitioners. The fact that the Stunning Dragon Movement Technique can escape from the grasp of Soul Power at a major achievement level makes Aotian feel an undeniable excitement.
"If I can master the Stunning Dragon Movement Technique to perfection, even if I can't defeat Wei Tianyi, escaping should definitely be possible..." The fervor in Aotian's eyes grew stronger.
At the same time, Aotian couldn't help but feel astonished. This is only a fragment of the Stunning Dragon Movement Technique, and he couldn't imagine how terrifying the complete version would be.
In Aotian's mind, even though this martial art is just a fragment, its value surpasses that of many top-tier martial arts.
"With a focused mind, one can transform into myriad forms. Step like a wandering dragon, hold the universe in hand..."
Gradually, Aotian began to cultivate based on the incantations from the Stunning Dragon Movement Technique...
Time passed relentlessly, and in the blink of an eye, half a month had quietly gone by. At this moment, Snow Qincheng and Niu Geng were leading a group of Students toward the courtyard where Aotian was located.
As soon as they stepped into the courtyard, they heard a resounding Dragon's Roar. Immediately after, a figure shot up into the sky with such speed that it seemed capable of catching up to a shooting star.
Typically, when speed exceeds a certain threshold, there would be sounds of breaking through the air. However, that figure seemed to merge with the air itself; it appeared as if the air had become part of his body, offering no hindrance whatsoever and almost pushing him forward without any sound of breaking through.
"Is that senior Aotian? Truly terrifying!" one Student exclaimed while gazing at the figure high above.
"With senior Aotian possessing such strength, we can rest assured," another Student sighed lightly.
"Yes, the current problem should be solvable..."
"Haah."
Suddenly, Aotian appeared before Snow Qincheng and the others like a ghost, saying:
"Xue Qingcheng, who are these students and why have they come to my courtyard?"
"Boss, these guys are also your loyal admirers; they plan to start hanging out with me from today!" Before Snow Qincheng could speak, Niu Geng exclaimed first.
"Oh?"
Aotian's eyes flashed with surprise as he looked meaningfully at Niu Geng and said to Snow Qincheng:
"Xue Qingcheng, is that so?"
"Yes, yes..." Before Snow Qincheng could respond, the group of students nodded in agreement with Niu Geng's words.
Aotian smiled knowingly and said:
"Go on, did you encounter some trouble? Don't try to fool me with talk of admiration."
Upon hearing Aotian's words, everyone suddenly looked awkward and said:
"Aotian senior truly has keen insight; we have come to ask you for a favor."
"What is it?"
After exchanging glances, they gritted their teeth and said in unison:
"Please, Senior Aotian, build a faction for us so we can have a place to settle!"
"Uh, what do you mean by that?" Aotian asked in confusion.
A place to settle? With Xuantian Academy being so vast, don't you have a place to stay?
"Aotian, here's the thing. These students are from the Inner Academy of Xuantian Academy, but there are many factions among the Inner Academy Students, and they all need to absorb fresh blood to maintain their strong positions within the academy."
"These students have been invited by those factions to join them. If they refuse, they will face difficulties everywhere. These students do not have outstanding strength, and joining those factions makes it hard for them to be valued. They would also have to uphold the reputation and safety of those factions, which is certainly a thankless task they wouldn't want to take on."
"However, they also dare not refuse the invitations because the factions in the academy hold certain statuses. Without any background, they naturally do not want to offend others."
"When they heard that Aotian, ranked Sixth in the Inner Courtyard Rankings, had not formed a faction, they naturally came over to seek your help in establishing one. As the first batch of members to take this risk, their treatment would surely not be too bad," Snow Qincheng explained with a smile.
After hearing Snow Qincheng's words, Aotian immediately understood. To put it simply, these guys were just looking for a backing, and since he ranked Fifth among the Inner Academy Students, they certainly wanted to cling to him.
Having figured it out, Aotian fell silent as he weighed the pros and cons of this matter...
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