Chapter 1043

"This Xiao Aoshi is also an old schemer; he seemingly passed the supreme *Ten Thousand Ways of the Forest* to Hayato Tenin, but in reality, he mastered a powerful technique that can restrain it."

"I said it long ago, Hayato Tenin is just a pawn in the Grand Master's hands, with absolutely no room for resistance."

"What a terrifying Grand Master, the entire Dongying is under his surveillance; I wonder what those Dongying people would think if they knew about this."

"How can tiny Dongying compare to the Central Plains Jianghu? It's just relying on experts from the Central Plains behind the scenes."

"I remember Mr. Su said before that the Xiao family has two quasi-Emperor absolute arts, and *Ten Thousand Ways of the Forest* is only one; could it be that the Xiao family has other Martial Saints?"

"Terrifying! This Grand Master is already a top-ten Martial Saint; could it be that the Xiao family will occupy two seats in the top ten?"

"I never imagined there would be so many top-tier powerhouses in the world today, that even a peak Martial Saint existence can only rank tenth."

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Sixth private room in the South District.

"Xiao family's Xiao Aoshi? Could he be the mysterious person the Sect Master mentioned before?"

A look of contemplation flashed in Luo Xian's eyes.

She had followed Di Shitian for a long time and knew many of his secrets.

Di Shitian had lived for two thousand years and fought countless experts; besides being beaten by Wu Wudi, there was one other person who had surpassed him.

That person was surnamed Xiao!

However, Di Shitian had no resentment toward this person, because the gap between them was too great, so great that Di Shitian did not even have the courage to surpass him.

Now it seemed very likely that it was this Grand Master Xiao Aoshi.

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Second private room in the East District.

Daoist Priest Taixuan's eyes were almost popping out.

The Grand Master Xiao Aoshi actually had peak Martial Saint cultivation?

And this only ranked tenth?

He had been very dissatisfied with Su Chen ranking him eighteenth before, feeling that his cultivation was far more than that.

Now he understood that it was not that he was not strong, but that there were simply too many monsters on this Martial Saint Ranking.

With a figure like Xiao Aoshi only ranking tenth, he had nothing to complain about regarding his eighteenth place.

Thinking this, Daoist Priest Taixuan could not help but fix his gaze on the Bai Yu Platform, a trace of anticipation flashing in his eyes.

The tenth-ranked Martial Saint was already so powerful; he really wanted to know what kind of heaven-reaching means the Martial Saints behind him had.

……

On the Bai Yu Platform.

Su Chen leisurely sipped his tea, scanned the audience, and said in a clear voice:

"Next, let us comment on the next Martial Saint on the list."

"Ninth place on the Martial Saint Ranking: Xiao Jingtian!"

"This person also comes from the Divine Turtle Xiao family, one of the nine great families of the Great Han, and is the older brother of the Grand Master Xiao Aoshi."

"His martial Dao talent is even a notch better than the Grand Master Xiao Aoshi."

"Previously, I said that the Xiao family has two quasi-Emperor absolute art inheritances."

"The Grand Master Xiao Aoshi learned one of them, *Ten Thousand Ways of the Forest*, while the other, *The Four Great Absolute Arts of Mixing Heaven*, was learned by Xiao Jingtian."

"This *Four Great Absolute Arts of Mixing Heaven* is even more powerful than *Ten Thousand Ways of the Forest*; it can develop human body strength to the extreme, while also absorbing the power of heaven and earth for one's own use, infinitely mysterious."

"These two quasi-Emperor absolute arts, like the *True Martial Art*, carry great baleful energy, and ordinary people who practice them are easily backlashed."

"But the Xiao brothers have the Divine Turtle bloodline to protect their bodies, so they can perfectly offset the side effects of the techniques."

"After Xiao Jingtian mastered the *Four Great Absolute Arts of Mixing Heaven*, he felt his strength was unprecedented, so he proclaimed himself the Great Demon God, looking down on all living beings."

"But he was eventually defeated by one person and suffered heavy injuries."

"That expert who defeated the Great Demon God Xiao Jingtian was precisely the mysterious powerhouse entrusted by the Monk Emperor."

"In order to avoid this mysterious powerhouse, the Great Demon God Xiao Jingtian also followed his younger brother Xiao Aoshi to the Dongying Jianghu."

"Because the *Four Great Absolute Arts of Mixing Heaven* can only exert its strongest power at night when the moon is bright and the yin energy is flourishing, and the power will be greatly reduced after dawn, Xiao Jingtian often disguised himself as a farmer during the day."

"Those who made him unhappy during the day would be shrouded in the Great Demon God's demonic might at night."

"Therefore, after comprehensive consideration, he is tentatively ranked ninth on the Nine Provinces Martial Saint Ranking."

As Su Chen's voice fell, the hall exploded again.

The Xiao family again!

Everyone felt a sense of numbness in their scalps.

Although someone had guessed before that there might be another Martial Saint in the Xiao family,

when the truth was exposed, everyone still felt incomparably shocked.

Those were two Martial Saints, and they were two peak Martial Saint existences ranked in the top ten.

A Martial Saint is hard to come by in an imperial dynasty's Jianghu, yet the Xiao family produced two.

And what shocked everyone even more was:

Such a powerful Great Demon God had actually been defeated, and even scared into fleeing to a foreign country for refuge.

How powerful must that person who defeated him be?

Only then did everyone finally understand why the Monk Emperor thought of seeking help from that mysterious powerhouse after seeing the miserable state of the Great Tribulation of a Thousand Autumns.

The Monk Emperor was even incomparably convinced that this person had the ability to stop the Great Tribulation.

Now it seemed that the strength of this mysterious powerhouse had definitely reached an immeasurably terrifying state.

Perhaps it was an existence ranked among the first-tier Martial Saints.

Thinking of this, everyone's confidence surged.

With such a person planning and strategizing, why worry that the Great Tribulation of a Thousand Autumns would not be quelled?