Chapter 83

Dumbfounded!

Ten-faced dumbfounded!

At this moment.

Ling Donglai and the others felt as if their brains simply weren't enough to process it.

They clearly recognized every single character, but strung together, they couldn't make heads or tails of it!

Seeing this, Ximen Wudi gave a wave of his hand.

"You lot need not concern yourselves with this matter."

"If my expectations are not amiss, even without the Heavenly Dao's pull, it won't be long before another province returns as well."

"What you must do right now is raise your strength!"

"So that the Qinglong Society, no matter what situation it faces, stands supreme above the Nine Provinces!"

As he spoke.

Every word was utterly beyond question.

Although for him.

No matter how terrifying that other province might be, he himself was invincible.

But he had no desire to do everything personally.

Therefore.

Raising the strength of his subordinates was also a matter of great urgency!

Hearing these words.

Although Ling Donglai and the others were still somewhat curious.

They still nodded, sensibly refraining from asking further.

However, they understood one thing!

That was to raise their strength!!

From the Great Dragon Head's earlier words, it wasn't hard to deduce.

Once the other province returned, the Nine Provinces continent might well welcome true chaos!

When that time came.

Only powerful strength could keep one from being weeded out!

At this thought.

Not only were they not discouraged, but a thick competitive spirit welled up in their eyes!

After all.

As the most talented individuals presently in the Nine Provinces.

They naturally possessed their own pride!

Ximen Wudi saw this and nodded in considerable satisfaction.

Just as he was about to dismiss them, he seemed to sense something.

He turned and raised his gaze toward the horizon.

Seeing this, the others instinctively followed his gaze.

A few breaths later.

The Heavenly Dao Golden List trembled slightly, then blazed with golden light.

Almost instantly.

The dazzling light drew the attention of the people of the world across the Nine Provinces.

Lines of small characters slowly appeared on the list.

【Nine Provinces Combat Power Ceiling List — Ninth Place: Xunzi, Cultivation: late-stage Heavenly Being.】

【Identity: A senior sage of the Qin Dynasty's Confucian school.】

【Xunzi, original name Kuang Qing, is the highest-ranking elder of the Confucian school in Sanghai of the Qin Huang Dynasty, and another great Confucian scholar after Confucius and Mencius.】

【He entered the Confucian school at the age of five, and soon displayed astonishing talent and peerless comprehension.】

【Whether in martial arts or literature, he was a rare and unparalleled prodigy!】

【He once claimed to have no Wu Gong, and refused to deal with bandits on the grounds that "the Confucian school is divided into the martial and literary branches, and I belong to the literary branch."】

【But in reality, he was the Confucian school's foremost hidden expert, the stabilizing pillar of the school, who usually resided in a side courtyard of the Lesser Sage Village.】

【Thirty years ago, having been stuck at the peak of the Land Immortal realm for many years without any progress, he planned to emulate the Confucian sage Confucius in traveling through the various states.】

【Unexpectedly, by chance, he entered the place where the Qinglong Society's Great Dragon Head Ximen Wudi had once attained enlightenment, and caught a trace of the Dao charm he had inadvertently left behind, attaining enlightenment on the spot.】

【Afterward, he meditated on it for many years, making rapid progress, so much so that in only thirty years he broke through to late-stage Heavenly Being!】

【Heavenly Dao Evaluation: An unparalleled prodigy, a bearer of the Confucian legacy, the Mythical Realm will surely have a place for him!】

【Heavenly Dao Reward: Longevity Pill (adds three hundred years of life), Confucian Essence (containing the Way of Confucius and Mencius, the higher one's comprehension, the greater the gain)】

As the Heavenly Dao Golden List finished displaying.

The Nine Provinces continent fell utterly silent!

At this moment.

Whether ordinary commoners, or martial artists of the jianghu, or the Eight Great Imperial Dynasties and the various major powers.

Anyone who saw the contents of the Heavenly Dao Golden List.

Was all struck dumb on the spot, faces full of stunned disbelief, utterly dumbfounded.

Their hearts were filled with an overwhelming shock!

After quite a while.

Only then did the crowd come back to their senses, sucking in sharp breaths of cold air.

Yet deep within their pupils still lingered a thick residue of shock and horror!

They truly could not imagine.

Just what kind of forbidden existence could, with a single unconscious trace of Dao resonance, give rise to a powerhouse of the Heavenly Being Realm!

Even more—

If it weren't for the divine wonders displayed by the Heavenly Dao Golden List, which were beyond any mortal's power to achieve,

Even if you beat them to death,

They still wouldn't dare believe such an utterly fantastical thing could happen!!

But the shock didn't last long.

They quickly reacted.

Could that forbidden existence have left traces of Dao resonance elsewhere as well?!

At this single thought—

The entire Jiuzhou Continent instantly boiled over!

Even more—

It even sparked a wave of exploration craze!

Especially those deep mountains and old forests, places rarely visited by man—countless people rushed in one after another!

Their purpose was self-evident.

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Inside the Azure Dragon Shanzhuang.

Zhang Sanfeng and the others, who had been stunned for a while, finally came back to their senses.

In unspoken unison, they turned their astonished gazes toward Ximen Wudi.

Their faces were covered in utter disbelief.

Their hearts, even more, were stirred into towering waves by the shock!

A few breaths later.

Li Taibai swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his voice trembling slightly.

"Great Dragon Head, you're this incredible—does your family even know?!"

Despite having known each other for many years,

And having long revered Ximen Wudi as a godlike man in their hearts,

At this moment.