Chapter 410: Chapter 410

This time, the three of them didn't linger nearby and stopped shopping altogether, all to shake off Shang Lingjian completely. Because of this, they headed to Listening Rain Lake and began returning to the main topic—the duel!!

So they're not that strong after all...

While watching Xuanwu Lingxiao and the other fight, Xiaoyao discovered that both of them were at Emperor Level Peak, still in the earlier stages, with some distance from Saint Level.

Compared to Guxing and the others, they seemed much weaker. These so-called family geniuses didn't seem very impressive!

If Xuanwu Lingxiao and Zhuque Leiting knew Xiaoyao thought this way, they would probably be depressed to death. Although they weren't absolute geniuses, they weren't much weaker either—not comparable to ordinary talents.

Their current Emperor Level Peak was already a very rare height. In a few years, they could step into Saint Level, and after decades more of cultivation, they might even become God Level.

Yes, what was needed was time. Without accumulating this time, how could one have such strong power!

The peerless masters of these families and sects were all relatively old. Generally, Saint Level required being over forty. For them to reach it around twenty-five was already quite genius.

Even those who reached Saint Level after forty were geniuses among geniuses. Those who could reach Saint Level at forty still had a chance to reach God Level.

Counting it up, there weren't that many Saint Level people—no more than a thousand, possibly even fewer. God Level was even rarer!

Following this path, Xiaoyao could also become God Level, but this would take at least twenty years at the fastest, and only if nothing unexpected happened.

Currently, even those who couldn't reach God Level could kill him because they were currently higher level than him. Time was a wonderful thing—you were advancing, but others were advancing too. If you were late, others wouldn't wait for you.

It could be said that time was also a type of strength!!

Even someone who could become God Level at twenty, if killed at ten when they hadn't yet reached Emperor Level by someone who could never reach Saint Level in their lifetime but was already at Emperor Level, would just be a dead genius.

Time was very fair because it wouldn't give anyone one second less or one second more. But time was also unfair because it wouldn't give latecomers time to catch up.

To catch up with others, first you had to run faster than them, and second, you needed time!!

Xiaoyao currently needed time. Every period that passed, Guxing and the others became much stronger. Of course, he would also become much stronger, though he couldn't compare with them.

In a few years, he wouldn't even need to fear forces like the Xuanwu family. However, this meant not fearing them, not being able to contend with them. Among these families and sects, some had God Level figures presiding over them, which definitely couldn't be contended with by Saint Level and below.

Some even had more than one God Level figure. Taking a step back, even without God Level, having a certain number of Saint Level was equally troublesome.

Of course, this wasn't something Xiaoyao needed to consider because he thought he was just investigating his background. Even for families like the Xuanwu, investigating wouldn't warrant dispatching God Level to drive him away. Even Saint Level would be difficult to mobilize for this—it wasn't an attack, which was fundamentally different.

At most he'd be schemed against and chased by some experts, but Xiaoyao wasn't afraid of this. Even the current him wasn't afraid!

As for why Xiaoyao felt they weren't strong, besides Guxing and the others, it was also because of the Heart Moon Fox group he'd encountered before. Never mind Heart Moon Fox herself—even Cuihua and the other maid were Emperor Level and not very old.

Even maids were this strong, so he naturally expected more from young misses like Xuanwu Lingxiao and Zhuque Leiting. The result disappointed him slightly.

Disappointment aside, he continued watching. Zhuque Leiting's Vermillion Bird Spear Technique indeed lived up to being the Zhuque family's signature martial art. Every spear thrust was like a vermillion bird, carrying intense flame energy.

"Vermillion Bird Divine Art!"

Zhuque Leiting's spear transformed into a flowing fire meteor, smashing toward Xuanwu Lingxiao. The flames were real—even Xiaoyao standing to the side could feel the heat, let alone Xuanwu Lingxiao within her attack range.

Flowing light appeared around Xuanwu Lingxiao's body. Her entire form seemed covered by substantial internal energy that was like armor!

This was their duel—besides clashing techniques, there was this most fundamental internal power confrontation. Xiaoyao really hadn't seen this type of confrontation before. Not that he hadn't seen internal power confrontations, just not this kind.

When Xuanwu Lingxiao released her Xuanwu True Qi, her whole person seemed to don armor. Her defensive power was tongue-clicking strong. No wonder the Supreme Sword Arts she learned all carried some defensive-to-offensive sword moves.

This was actually the special aspect of Xuanwu True Qi. Like the Black Tortoise itself, its defense was unmatched. But not everyone could cultivate Xuanwu True Qi to this effect—it required coordination with the Xuanwu family's Xuanwu bloodline to manifest.

This was the most critical issue with bloodline inheritance—the bloodline ability problem. Here, there were many more bloodline-dependent cultivation methods. The Four Symbols families were such existences, each bloodline possessing very strong abilities.

This was also one reason the Four Symbols families could rule the Azure Dragon Empire—they had powerful bloodlines!

The reason Xiaoyao could come here was also because he carried a bloodline, but which one it belonged to, he didn't know—this couldn't be verified!

Before a bloodline was awakened, it wouldn't have any abilities!

Demon Cult bloodline? He didn't even know what the Demon Cult was called here. Although that Demon Cult Book had some hints, Xiaoyao currently couldn't connect to the hints.

Moreover, whether this was even a Demon Cult bloodline was uncertain. Perhaps other bloodlines would have the same effect.

Besides, if Xiaoyao knew what his bloodline was, he wouldn't need to search for his background because the answer would have already appeared.

"Bloodlines and such are really the most annoying!" Xiaoyao frowned. After adding bloodline abilities, some techniques would increase in power and could make up for certain weaknesses, making them impossible to break with some methods.

Of course, it wasn't that there were no ways—it was just much more troublesome.

There was another point—having a bloodline didn't necessarily mean being stronger than those without. Those with bloodlines just had certain advantages. But the further one progressed, the smaller the role of bloodline abilities became. After late Saint Level, they could almost be ignored.

But how many people could reach that point?

Generally speaking, among people of the same level, those with bloodlines would be slightly stronger. This was an advantage possessed without effort, so families with bloodlines naturally wanted to maintain their bloodlines!

"Find a way to get the Vermillion Bird techniques..." Xiaoyao looked at Zhuque Leiting, thinking to himself. He didn't really hate bloodline techniques—taking them to research would be quite good.

Xuanwu ones? He'd already researched those long ago. Don't forget where Xiaoyao currently was—he had hundreds of ways to get Xuanwu True Qi cultivation methods.

Regarding Xuanwu True Qi techniques, the Xuanwu family didn't guard them that heavily, not afraid of people stealing and learning them, because others without Xuanwu bloodline, even if they took them to cultivate, would only get ordinary high-level techniques.

Precisely because of this, for convenience, almost everyone with the bloodline had a copy, making their techniques not very secret, at least not to their own people. Xiaoyao, mixed in among the Xuanwu family, also counted as one of their own.

Although Xiaoyao hadn't directly taken Xuanwu True Qi techniques, he had obtained the complete Xuanwu True Qi method through various channels. This was quite a representative technique, so Xiaoyao naturally wanted to get his hands on it.

Watching these two fight now, Xiaoyao seemed to have an illusion—it was like watching Black Tortoise and Vermillion Bird battle. Although Vermillion Bird's attacks were fast and strong, Black Tortoise was steady, defending and counterattacking. Each move wasn't too fast but had obvious effects.

The Vermillion Bird Spear Technique's characteristics lay in attack power and speed, while Xuanwu's characteristics lay in defense. These two women basically understood their strengths and displayed their characteristics to the fullest. Nᴇw novel chapters are publɪshed on noveⅼfire.net

From this point, they indeed had grounds for pride and were worthy of being genius figures in their families.

However, Xiaoyao was getting more and more bored watching because they had already shown their martial techniques—there was no novelty. Moreover, the two didn't have that life-and-death momentum, fighting with hands tied. Such duels were just duels, and besides practicing moves, there was basically nothing good to watch.

In Xiaoyao's words, this wasn't as exciting as when Young Miss and Nangong Suxin fought. They really went all out, as if trying to kill each other...

"Eh, there's actually a fishing rod... Perfect timing since I'm bored. Time to go fishing..."

Just as Xiaoyao was feeling bored, he discovered a fishing rod thrown by the lakeside. This looked like it hadn't been left recently—probably several days old. Someone might have been fighting here, and the person fishing just abandoned the rod.

Dig up some earthworms and go fishing!!

Of course, he couldn't fish nearby. With these two making such a commotion, it would be strange if any fish took the bait. The center of the lake wasn't bad—there were even several stepping stones.

For ordinary people, this would require a small boat to reach, but Xiaoyao was already King Level now. Combined with his consistently good lightness skills, he floated over with several touches like a dragonfly on water.

This kind of lightness skill could be achieved even at Scholar Level, let alone King Level. No one would find it surprising.

Fishing was a good activity. You just had to put down the bait and wait. Generally, how many you caught wasn't the issue—the most important thing was that moment when a fish took the bait. That feeling was the most joyful.