Touch Of Hope

Elders alike, no matter their current duties, couldn't stop discussing the wild news. Such as with one group of elders performing their daily guard through the massive estate.

"Hahaha! Isn't this just great? Azure Heaven and the Golden Dragon Palace always want to parade around their special bloodline users. Now, we have two extremely powerful ones!"

"Not just extremely powerful. Their potential is immense! They both are already at the absolute top of the Heavenly Origin realm."

"What I want to know is just where these two came from. Neither of them looked like they had even came from around our province."

Any increase in strength is wonderful news to all sects and organizations. The rise in strength will mean a gradual increase in status. The balance between the city may receive a new upstart, changing the stale status quo between the all-powerful sects!

That was the hope across the Sacred Emperor Mansion. Special bloodline users were the greatest shining stars in this aspect.

...

At this time, within one of the royal chambers of the Sacred Emperor Mansion, two nobles of utmost grace were meeting.

One was a brilliant young genius. The shine of gold, a radiance that can make powerful cultivators submit, faintly exuded from her body. Her natural body fused with her star-shining aura made her utterly irresistible. The hearts of any men would be tempted by her. Even women would feel swoon.

She was one of the Sacred Emperor Mansion's young master geniuses, Yin Xinya.

Next to her was an elder surpassing the means of normal Heavenly power. Her presence was supreme. The mystical sensation of Profound Laws subtly radiated and still exuded an intensity that can sweep through endless mortal cities.

All-powerful without a chance for any Heavenly Origin experts to even think about resisting. Even early layer Heavenly Ruler experts would crash to their knees!

This was no ordinary power. Experts on the same level would become apprehensive from just staring into her boundless eyes. She was Yin Xinya's most loyal Elder on her side. A protector that'll weather all rains and storms for Yin Xinya.

At this moment, Yin Xinya stared intently at the cosmic recording ring depicting Lin Xiang and Xie Ya's exploits. Her gaze lingers on Xie Ya's uniform for a moment before completely focusing on Lin Xiang.

So many emotions continue to course through her. Nothing about her soul could stay calm.

In a low voice, with the faintest of a quiver, she slowly muttered, "Him? It really is him? But-but how? He was only in the Profound realm just a day ago...how can his cultivation take such a dramatic leap? Elder Li, do have any possible explanations?"

A similar complex look flashed across Elder Li's face. She could stay calm when facing Xie Ya's bloodline. But there was absolutely nothing she could identify about Lin Xiang.

This was power on a fundamentally different layer of reality. Its power was immense and its structure seemingly stood at the height of stars.

All Elder Li could do was sigh. "Child, even that old man stated he absolutely cannot perceive that young man's bloodline. Our continent is extremely expansive. Geniuses are as countless as the clouds in the skies. Encountering a higher mountain is only an inevitability."

"But Elder Li, as I said, this expert went out of his way to help me and now he's at the Sacred Emperor Mansion as an elder. Perhaps..." Yin Xinya's voice tinged with a touch of hope.

She honestly wanted to cling to this fantastical idea in her mind. However, Elder Li's following words were like a lake of ice-cool water.

"Child, and it as I said. This young man is clearly looking out for his own best interest. If he wanted to get closer to you, the perfect opportunity to do so would be when he saved you. Not going up Polaris Mountain and potentially meeting with potentially higher, dangerous forces. The assurance of his help is completely unpredictable."

Elder Li felt that she had no choice but to bluntly speak. Her more cautious personality naturally felt some resistance to taking unassured risks.

But none of that seemed to thoroughly convince Yin Xinya. Her eyes still flashed with unwillingness. "I'm really afraid we'll have to take any chances we get. When those higher Elders come, where can we hide? Their forces are just far too powerful. Risks are necessary high!"

"And our chances of perishing are just as high with risk." Elder Li sighed while shaking her head. "Alright, you are quite the stubborn child, so I will say we'll keep our options open. Just...don't expect too much of him. It's far too naïve to believe in the kindness in the hearts of us cultivators."

"Mn. I understand, Elder Li." Though she said this, a faint fiery spirit began to ablaze Yin Xinya's eyes.

Just maybe this could work. A certainly risky opportunity. But if succeed, every person involved could greatly profit!

Dashes of hope sprinkled across Yin Xinya's soul. She was treading a line that was getting tighter and thinner by the very second. The mystical concept of luck needed to be on their side.

...

The day quickly passed.

It was a silent time for Lin Xiang and Xie Ya. Though, it was all because of their bloodline showcase they could have peace.

Elders, with good or harmful intentions, did show up on their doorsteps. But none dared to go too far. After all, who in their sane mind would willingly annoy special bloodline users?

Even Royal Tier bloodlines are treated with some regard of specialty.

So when Lin Xiang denied all visitors, the elders were suspicious but none questioned it too far.

A peaceful night passed. An eventful time filled with cultivation.

As dawn came, Lin Xiang and Xie Ya were already up to act. Heavenly Origin cultivators and above have the natural forces of the Heaven and Earth fuse into their beings.

Bodily needs become less and less, to where cultivators can survive off just intaking the world's source energies.

Ready to start their expedition, Lin Xiang and Xie Ya silently left their quarters. Together, they could effortlessly travel undetected, even when placed against Heavenly Origin and Heavenly Ruler experts.

On Xie Ya's own, such a feat would be impossible. The average 9th layer Heavenly Origin expert could still detect her.

But Lin Xiang already far surpassed the borders of Heavenly Origin and Heavenly Ruler. His natural steps can elude Heavenly Rulers' Divine Senses.

Combined with the Aura Mask Art, a late layer Heavenly Ruler would need to be extremely close to Lin Xiang to faintly detect him.

This sneaking ability all stemmed from Lin Xiang's insane comprehension of the mystical Profound Laws. He can traverse the world with a far greater understanding of the universe, allowing his movement to be infinitely mysterious to those with weaker comprehension abilities.

Lin Xiang and Xie Ya left the Sacred Emperor Mansion and Sacred Emperor City in just a couple of minutes.

Tearing through the skies on their majestic Heavenly Clouds, Xie Ya's eyes blazed brighter than the sun. She asked with anticipation, "So? Just what kind of stops you'll pull out today? That inheritance ground is tightly protected by those top sects. From what we read about, there should be at least late layer Heavenly Ruler elders guarding around. And I'm certain those elders have the means to send transmissions to others."

Saying it out loud, the whole situation sounded seemingly impossible and hinge on being borderline crazy.

Facing numerous powerful elders who all have their own special cultivation arts would be basically suicide for any other Heavenly Ruler expert.

Even a Heavenly King expert would lack the ability to sneak into the inheritance grounds. This was a task that needed beyond common sense to ever complete.

It was lucky that Lin Xiang far surpassed the norms and logic of common logic.