Chapter 1686: Chu Xiao

"This person's strength is unfathomable..."

Chu Xiao's expression was incomparably solemn.

He didn't expect to encounter such a figure on the way to the Jixia Academy.

Chu Xiao asked himself, his current strength was absolutely not weaker than some heaven-defying talents of the Eight Great Imperial Clans.

But facing this elegant and unfathomable young man, he had not a single bit of certainty.

"A bit interesting..."

The young man smiled slightly, seeming a bit interested.

After all, looking at the entire Boundary Sea, there were not many heaven-defying talents who could escape from his fishing line.

Of course, the young man had no murderous intent; he just wanted to test him out.

He felt that this man seemed a bit different.

Whoosh!

The elegant man flicked his fishing rod again, and the fishing line exploded toward Chu Xiao once more.

Chu Xiao's expression changed slightly.

He didn't expect that a simple fishing rod could become so difficult to deal with at this moment.

Who exactly was this person?

Chu Xiao didn't have time to think too much and could only display his own divine abilities.

After losing to Within Jun Xiaoyao, he learned from his mistakes.

All the way from the Tantai Imperial Clan to the Jixia Academy, he had been honing his cultivation and comprehending the unique techniques in that page of gold foil.

In Chu Xiao's eyes, silver runes were suddenly flowing.

In his eyes, everything seemed to have slowed down.

Even that fishing line seemed to have slowed down tenfold.

This was also a unique technique Chu Xiao had comprehended from the gold foil, which he named "Stagnation Pupil."

It could slow down the speed of various divine moves.

Of course, this was not to say that Chu Xiao could control the speed of time flow now.

Rather, his eyes, having cultivated the essence of the Time Book, could slow down the external speed.

But to the elegant man, Chu Xiao's speed suddenly became extremely fast and extremely flexible.

"Interesting, truly interesting."

The interest in the elegant man's eyes grew stronger.

He vaguely sensed that Chu Xiao was extraordinary, seeming to have some unusual aspects.

Chu Xiao also began to counterattack, directly sacrificing the Qingyang Divine Talisman.

"Oh, the aura of world origin. He is actually a Son of the World." The elegant man was surprised again.

The surprises Chu Xiao brought him were indeed a bit too many.

He also shook his sleeves, and an incomparably magnificent, vast, and atmospheric aura surged out.

Upon feeling this aura, Chu Xiao's eyes flashed, and he understood immediately in his heart.

"Aura of vast righteousness. You are a heaven-defying talent of the Jixia Academy!" Chu Xiao said.

He hadn't expected to bump into a heaven-defying talent of the Jixia Academy here.

And such an unfathomable figure must definitely be an extraordinary person at the Jixia Academy.

The elegant man, although he attacked him, had no murderous intent in his moves, looking more like a sparring match.

So Chu Xiao put his heart at ease and sparred with the elegant man.

In the blink of an eye, the two had exchanged over a thousand moves.

The elegant man was very surprised.

Chu Xiao was also very surprised.

As they fought, the atmosphere became increasingly harmonious.

In the end, they actually sat together to discuss the Dao.

"May I ask your name, brother?" The elegant man smiled.

"I am Chu Xiao. Brother is..." Chu Xiao asked in return.

"Oh, so you are that Chu Xiao..." The elegant man realized.

"Brother knows me?" Chu Xiao said.

"I have heard a little about the birthday banquet of the Tantai Ancient Ancestor," the elegant man said.

Chu Xiao's expression became faintly ugly upon hearing this.

He absolutely did not want to become famous in such a way.

The elegant man didn't mind and said directly: "My name is Han Ping'an."

"Han Ping'an..." Chu Xiao was stunned.

He had walked out of the Qingyang World and indeed did not understand the pattern of heaven-defying talents in the Boundary Sea.

So hearing these three words, he didn't have much of a reaction.

"So it is Brother Han." Chu Xiao bowed slightly.

Seeing Chu Xiao have no reaction, Han Ping'an smiled and didn't mind.

He only felt that this person was becoming more and more interesting.

He looked like he should have come from a small place, yet his cultivation was not weaker than an Imperial Clan heaven-defying talent.

He was indeed worth befriending.

The two exchanged a glance and both smiled.

There was a feeling of meeting like old friends.

Han Ping'an felt that Chu Xiao was extraordinary, having a feeling of a golden scale in a pond, destined to become a dragon.

And Chu Xiao felt that Han Ping'an definitely had an extraordinary status, yet he was peaceful and didn't have that high-and-mighty, look-down-on-others feeling.

Compared to Within Jun Xiaoyao, who was born noble and viewed all things as ants, the temperament was worlds apart.

A heaven-defying talent as approachable as Han Ping'an was worth befriending.

The two could be said to have met like old friends.

And next, the two also talked about heaven and earth.

Chu Xiao admired Han Ping'an's understanding of cultivation, his erudition and knowledge.

And Han Ping'an was also surprised that Chu Xiao looked very young but had quite a lot of cultivation experience.

This was naturally because Chu Xiao had actually cultivated for hundreds of years in the Qiankun World.

In this way, the two communicated even more harmoniously.

In the end, the topic unconsciously turned to the birthday banquet of the Tantai Ancient Ancestor.

Mentioning this, bloodshot eyes faintly appeared in Chu Xiao's eyes.

That was his eternal shame.

"I observe that you, Brother Chu, are not the kind of impulsive and reckless person. What was the reason?" Han Ping'an asked.

Chu Xiao took a deep breath.

The deeper reason was naturally the hatred between the Chu Imperial Clan and the Yun Imperial Clan.

But this, obviously, could not be said.

Although he and Han Ping'an met like old friends, he couldn't just spill his guts directly.

So Chu Xiao explained:

How good his relationship with Tantai Qingxuan was back in the Qingyang World.

It was even destined that she would be his Dao companion.

But later, she was snatched away by Within Jun Xiaoyao.

Within Jun Xiaoyao's identity changed from Tantai Qingxuan's life-saving benefactor

to a bullying Young Master who snatched his woman.

After hearing Chu Xiao's explanation, Han Ping'an frowned slightly.

"Having heard the news, I thought that Young Master Yunxiao was a dragon among men with extraordinary strength."

"But looking at it this way, he is just a bullying person who snatches wives and daughters and ignores ethics."

Han Ping'an, as a heaven-defying talent of the Jixia Academy, naturally attached great importance to ethics and principles.

The act of snatching other people's women was obviously extremely low-class and contemptible in Confucianism.

Chu Xiao didn't expect Han Ping'an to stand up for him like this.

He felt a bit guilty in his heart.

After all, Tantai Qingxuan had explained to him that Within Jun Xiaoyao was her life-saving benefactor.

"Brother Han, this is my business. Let me solve it myself. My woman does not allow others to touch her," Chu Xiao said.

Hearing this, Han Ping'an couldn't help but show a look of admiration and patted Chu Xiao on the shoulder:

"Brother Chu, don't worry. At the Jixia Academy, if you have anything, you can find me."

"Even if that Yunxiao has an extraordinary status, as long as he comes to the Jixia Academy, don't even think about bullying you."

"Thank you, Brother Han," Chu Xiao smiled slightly.

Afterward, the two exchanged again.

Then Han Ping'an left.

The assessment of the Jixia Academy was a fixed rule, so he wouldn't directly bring Chu Xiao through the assessment.

But Han Ping'an said that with him there, Chu Xiao would definitely be worry-free at the Jixia Academy.

Watching Han Ping'an's departing back,

Chu Xiao was contemplating.

What kind of status did Han Ping'an have at the Jixia Academy that he didn't even fear Within Jun Xiaoyao, the Young Master of the Yun Imperial Clan?

"Forget it. Those who follow the Dao get more help, those who lose it get less. With Brother Han's help, I think this trip to the Jixia Academy will definitely go smoothly."

"When my cultivation improves and I find the remaining gold foil, Yunxiao, I will double the shame I experienced and return it to you!" ===== CHAPTER 1687 =====