Chapter 369: Chapter 369

So Xiaoyao had asked. Now this was interesting - it was already the fourth day! These ten sword techniques had actually made him contemplate for more than three days. Could it be that in this land, not only had his cultivation progress slowed, but even his comprehension ability had weakened?

Xiaoyao didn't know that the sword arts he had seen were actually the strongest sword arts and also the most difficult to learn. Ordinary people, let alone four days, couldn't learn ten moves even in four years, or even forty years.

Simply put, his time achievement would make all sword-learning geniuses in the world die of shame, including Li Yihun who considered his wisdom unmatched under heaven. Fınd the newest release on NoveI[F]ire.net

If Li Yihun knew about this situation and believed it, he would definitely never again say things like "My wisdom is unmatched by anyone!"

However, he wouldn't believe it, because he felt that with his wisdom, it took him ten years of practice to learn ten moves, and he still hadn't truly mastered these ten moves. How could he believe that Xiaoyao had comprehended everything about these ten moves in just four days?

No, he would absolutely never believe this, never!!

"Then you should continue on your way. You can still get good results!!" Xiaoyao didn't say much more to Niu Jian and the others, just told them to continue their journey.

Yin Ruoxi and the others naturally had the same thoughts. They would do this without being told. At most they might reorganize here, but they didn't seem to have any intention of reorganizing at this place. If they hadn't encountered Xiaoyao, they wouldn't even have stopped.

However, Yin Ruoxi had some questions she wanted to ask Xiaoyao!

"How did you choose this route? How long have you been here?" Yin Ruoxi asked.

"I chose this route because it's the safest and simplest, naturally. As for how many days I've been here, that's actually not important. You continue on your way - anyway, you'll take much less time than me to reach your destination." Xiaoyao smiled, saying so much yet seemingly not answering any questions.

"..." Yin Ruoxi was silent for a while, looked at Xiaoyao, then chose to leave without continuing to question him.

In Yin Ruoxi's feeling, Xiaoyao wouldn't say anything more. Rather than waste time here, it would be better to reach the Huangpu Family early, which was more important for them.

They weren't like Xiaoyao and Guxing, who had come merely to temper some killing intent. They all came bearing their own or their family's future, which allowed no room for jokes.

Soon Yin Ruoxi and the others left, disappearing from Xiaoyao's line of sight. Among them, only three people said goodbye to Xiaoyao: Niu Jian and the Yin family sisters. But the nature was different - the Yin sisters were just being polite, unlike Niu Jian who was sincere.

"Ah Jian, why are you so enthusiastic toward that Xiaoyao? You seem to have only met once."

Yin Ruoxi was curious why Niu Jian would be so caring. From her understanding of Niu Jian, she had never seen him with strangers. Although he was sometimes generous and made friends easily, this feeling was different.

"Brother Xiaoyao is a good person. He taught me many things." Niu Jian replied.

"What did he teach you?" Yin Ruoxi asked curiously.

Niu Jian was about to answer, but suddenly remembered Xiaoyao's words about thinking before doing anything and considering the consequences. He felt he couldn't say this.

"I can't say. This is a secret between men!!"

"..." Yin Ruoxi was silent, while Yin Ruoshui found this very amusing and laughed on the side. She seemed to have never thought that Niu Jian would actually not tell Yin Ruoxi something - this had never happened before.

This stubborn bull actually wants to hide things from me!! What exactly did that person teach him?

Yin Ruoxi was very displeased inside, but she didn't show it...

Back to Xiaoyao's side, he was still sitting on that rock by the riverbank. His behavior seemed a bit strange - why was he always staying here? Logically, he should go to the Huangpu Family with Guxing. He had already waited here for five days before, and now four more days had passed - nine days total - yet he showed no intention of leaving.

Looking at Xiaoyao's behavior, the possibility of Guxing getting lost could be directly ruled out. If Guxing were lost, Xiaoyao wouldn't keep sitting in one place but should be searching for her.

For Xiaoyao to act this way, there was only one reason - he was waiting for Guxing here!!

Guxing should be doing something important that Xiaoyao couldn't help with, so he could only wait here.

But what exactly was this matter? What was there that Xiaoyao couldn't help with?

The answers to all this could only be known when Guxing appeared. Currently, there was only one thing to do - wait!!

However, waiting could be done in many ways, and there were many things one could do. Xiaoyao was now doing one thing - taking out some books from his backpack to read.

Since entering this land, Xiaoyao had been constantly collecting books, putting unread books into his backpack - that large-capacity cowhide pack he had made himself.

Because of this, more than half the space in Xiaoyao's cowhide pack was filled with books, and this was what remained after Xiaoyao had sold all the books he'd finished reading. Otherwise, several cowhide packs wouldn't be enough.

So far, the books Xiaoyao had collected were relatively ordinary, with occasional secret manuals and classified information. Xiaoyao wasn't anxious about this situation either. Currently collecting these ordinary materials was more important for comprehensively understanding this land.

To understand something, one must start from the most basic things, whether it's intelligence, martial techniques and cultivation methods, or everything else - all start from the basics.

At this moment, Xiaoyao had organized much more than when he first arrived, gaining a more comprehensive understanding of this land.

For example, this land was also a continent, called the Sacred Continent. On the Sacred Continent, there were similarly countries, sects, and aristocratic families, each divided into different levels!

Among countries, there was one empire, three super powers, dozens of major nations, and countless small countries.

Sects were divided into orthodox and unorthodox factions, each having ten major sects. This ranking was redone every ten years, and every sect had a chance to compete for it as long as they were strong enough.

Of course, orthodox and unorthodox factions wouldn't be mixed together. The orthodox faction needn't be explained. The unorthodox faction was quite interesting - they weren't the kind of role that everyone wanted to eliminate, but rather roles not recognized by the orthodox faction.

Although not recognized by the orthodox faction, many countries were very tolerant in accepting unorthodox factions. Sometimes unorthodox factions were more powerful than orthodox ones and more suitable for state machinery, unless they were sects that had already fallen into demonic ways - those wouldn't be tolerated, at least not openly.

As for why the orthodox faction didn't object to this, the reason was simple - the orthodox faction couldn't contend with the countries' power. In this Sacred Continent, countries were the main force. A major nation already far exceeded sect power, and super powers and that unique empire were even more so.

The countries' power included elites from various sects. Although not the most elite, their numbers far exceeded those qualitative advantages. Generally speaking, sects wouldn't antagonize countries either, as that would lead to being besieged and basically result in sect extermination.

Generally, countries also wouldn't make things difficult for sects. Most sects possessed lofty status that few could provoke. After all, sects could cultivate many elites, and these elites held important positions in countries.

Of course, this referred to prosperous sects. Those in decline, regardless of era or place, would be forgotten and not valued.

What Xiaoyao had encountered so far was still limited to major nation level. He hadn't yet encountered super powers or above, including people coming to the Huangpu Family this time - at most he had encountered major nation level people, not yet meeting figures from super powers.

This wasn't to say there weren't any, just that such people were rare, and Xiaoyao hadn't encountered them yet!!

The aristocratic families here were basically similar to sects, like the Huangpu Family. If there was a difference, it was that aristocratic families continued through internal family competition, while sects had only one simple rule - survival of the fittest.

Xiaoyao read book after book, organizing the read books and placing them in the already-read area, preparing to dispose of them later. His reading speed was still as fast as ever. Although not at the speed of one page at a glance, it was still at the level of taking in ten lines at one look.

Just as Xiaoyao was seriously reading, this place actually had visitors again!

"What's going on? Is this route a popular one?" Xiaoyao was a bit puzzled. He looked toward the arriving people, gave a friendly greeting, then continued reading.

Seeing people come by and greeting them was out of politeness, but Xiaoyao had no interest in talking with them. He also felt these people shouldn't want to talk with him either - they were all still in the tense "competition."

However, Xiaoyao discovered these people weren't walking forward but coming toward him. So he put down the book in his hands and looked at those people.

There weren't many arrivals - just two people, and they were two beautiful and moving women. They stared at Xiaoyao and walked straight over.

"Could it be that my charm is too great and they fell in love with me at first sight?" Xiaoyao thought to himself. This could explain the situation - otherwise why would they come over?

Speaking of asking for directions, generally that would be impossible. After all, people coming here should all be well-prepared and wouldn't make such low-level mistakes.

But if it was love at first sight, that would be even more impossible. Therefore, my lord, there must be something fishy here…