Chapter 34：Elder Zhong Xiaoyun of the Sect

After reading the note, Mu Xuyang immediately realized that Dong Mingzhi might have sent someone to take Ao Qing away because he knew that Ao Qing was close to him and wanted to ask him about something. Mu Xuyang felt worried about Ao Qing's safety after hearing that he had been taken away by Dong Mingzhi.

However, he didn't hesitate at Ao Qing's residence and left directly, heading to Nie Yifan's residence. When he arrived, he found that Nie Yifan was also missing, just like Ao Qing. "Disciples like Ao Qing and Nie Yifan, who have been deemed to have no cultivation value, will not be cared about even if they disappear. Dong Mingzhi knows this well and believes that even if he kills them, no one will hold him responsible. That's why he dared to take them away so blatantly. I must find them quickly, otherwise these two senior brothers who have treated me well are likely to fall victim to Dong Mingzhi's hands."

After checking Nie Yifan's residence, Mu Xuyang didn't hesitate and quickly left, heading to Liao Jinyuan's residence. It only took him fifteen minutes to arrive at Liao Jinyuan's residence.

The disciple on guard duty in front of the courtyard saw Mu Xuyang and quickly and politely said, "Senior Brother Mu, please come in. Master is waiting for you in the hall."

"Okay, thanks." Mu Xuyang nodded to the disciple who reminded him and quickly entered the courtyard, heading straight to the hall.

As soon as he entered the hall, Mu Xuyang suddenly felt a heavy earth-attribute pressure rushing towards him. The pressure came too fast, and he didn't have time to react before he was enveloped in the earth-attribute pressure.

After being enveloped in the pressure, Mu Xuyang suddenly felt that his ability to move was greatly restricted, but he wasn't completely immobilized. From this, he concluded that this might be a powerful person hired by Liao Jinyuan to test his physical endurance, to see how strong he really was and what level of strength he had.

Mu Xuyang believed that the person applying pressure wasn't Liao Jinyuan himself but someone hired by him, because he knew that Liao Jinyuan's body contained a fire-attribute talisman, and he mainly practiced fire-attribute spells. The pressure he felt, however, was earth-attribute, not fire-attribute.

Mu Xuyang's guess was correct. The old man sitting in the hall drinking tea was Zhong Xiaoyun, an elder of the Qingxuan Sect who oversaw various halls, such as the Thunder Eagle Hall, the Flag Cloud Hall, and the Mu Jin Hall in Dayan Zhou.

Zhong Xiaoyun had originally thought that Mu Xu Yang wouldn't be able to withstand the oppressive force he was currently releasing and would be directly pressed to the ground, unable to move.

But when he saw the oppressive force he released falling on Mu Xu Yang's body, he found that Mu Xu Yang was not pressed to the ground. On the contrary, he saw Mu Xu Yang still had the ability to move, slowly taking slow steps towards them, though it seemed difficult.

"A disciple who has reached the pinnacle of the transitional realm would usually be trapped and unable to move by the force I release, but he still has the ability to move. Perhaps this boy is not the mediocre person others see him as, but a peerless genius that no one can truly recognize." While Zhong Xiaoyun was surprised, he slowly put down his teacup and applied the oppressive force to Mu Xu Yang once again without showing any emotion.

As the oppressive force gradually increased, Mu Xu Yang suddenly felt the pressure on his body getting stronger and stronger. After three breaths, his ability to move was lost, but he still gritted his teeth and stood straight like a javelin, without being pressed to the ground.

When Zhong Xiaoyun applied the oppressive force to the extent that even a person in the middle stage of the magical realm could not bear it and had to kneel on the ground, Mu Xu Yang's body finally couldn't bear the weight and was forced to kneel down. His tightly clenched fists smashed onto the stone floor in front of him almost at the same time he knelt down.

In the hall, Liao Jinyuan felt that it was not a person who was kneeling, but a towering mountain collapsing with a thunderous roar. His face immediately showed an expression of great shock, and he thought to himself, "How much oppressive force did Elder Zhong use to make him kneel? How could this boy have such a strong physical endurance?"

Seeing Mu Xu Yang kneeling but still not willing to give up, supporting his body tightly with his fists, and not letting himself completely collapse to the ground, beads of sweat continuously flowed out of Mu Xu Yang's body, soaking his clothes in a very short time. Zhong Xiaoyun didn't apply oppressive force again because he believed that this was enough to test Mu Xu Yang's limit.

When the oppressive force was lifted, Mu Xu Yang felt as if a heavy burden had been lifted, and at the moment he felt that his strength had been completely depleted, the mysterious thing in his sea of consciousness released a mysterious power of restoration that flooded his entire body in the blink of an eye, directly eliminating all discomfort.

Zhong Xiaoyun saw that after Mu Xu Yang regained his freedom, he did not collapse to the ground due to exhaustion, but instead stood up quickly like an untroubled person, wiped the sweat beads from his forehead, and walked towards them. A hint of surprise appeared on Zhong Xiaoyun's face, and he thought to himself, "This boy's physical fitness is not something ordinary people can compare to. His self-recovery ability is surprisingly fast. If the sect vigorously cultivates him, his future will be limitless."

"Disciple Mu Xuyang pays his respects to the two seniors." Mu Xuyang walked to a distance of about two meters from Liao Jinyuan and Zhong Xiaoyun, stopped his steps, and respectfully bowed to greet them. "No need for so much courtesy." Zhong Xiaoyun nodded with a smile and said, "I have heard about your matter, and you have also passed my test. From this moment on, you will have no more relationship with Lei Ying Tang. I want to take you to Qingyun Sect. Do you have any thoughts on this?" Liao Jinyuan knew very well that it was not difficult to practice in the lower branch of the Ten Great Immortal Dao Sects, but it was not easy to be accepted by a higher-level department of the sect than the lower branch. Even outstanding individuals like Lin Dong in Lei Ying Tang were not qualified to be accepted by the sect at the moment. Therefore, when Zhong Xiaoyun's words fell, even Liao Jinyuan was shocked and could not believe what he heard was true.