The night is as dark as water, and the moonlight pours down like a layer of silver gauze between heaven and earth.

  Guo Yiqi sat on a large stone with his legs crossed, smiling at Jiemian Tian as if they were old friends meeting again. "Brother Jie, it's been a while! Where have you been making your fortune lately?"

  Jiemi Tian stood at the top of the tree, carrying a black iron sword on his back. His facial expression was as stiff as if it had been frozen, with sharp eyebrows like knives and a robust body standing like a flagpole.

  Jiemi Tian ignored Guo Yao completely and stared at Li Xiaoyan, who had already escaped far away. He was about to chase after her, but was stopped by Guo Yao.

  "Get back some more, or I'll kill you." Ji Mi Tian's icy lips were like two knife leaves, and he drew out his black iron sword, ready to strike at Guo Yi.

  Kuo Yi hastily dodged and retreated ten steps before stopping, smiling and saying: "Don't be angry, don't be angry, I just came to ask you something."

  Jiemi Tian sneered coldly: "You dare ask me? With your little bit of cultivation, I can kill a whole bunch with just one sword."

  Guo Ye didn't get angry either, still smiling and saying: "Ji brother is right, I'm not qualified, but there's one person who is."

  Jiemi Tian laughed for a long time and said, "You actually dare to threaten me? In the entire Youjin City, there's no one who doesn't fear Jiemi Tian. Tell me, who is backing you up? I'd like to see who is so ignorant of their own mortality."

  Guo Yi's heart was also racing, although Ji You Ran told him that as long as he reported her name, no one in the entire You Prison City would dare to move against him. However, You Prison City was a place where strong people were as common as clouds and skilled fighters were as numerous as raindrops. Guo Yi couldn't be sure if Ji You Ran could really control this Ji Mian Tian, after all, he was one of the four great geniuses of You Prison City, and his background was definitely not ordinary.

  Kuo took a deep breath and mustered up his courage, saying: "That person is Ji You Ran, have you heard of him?"

  Ji Mo Tian's face turned white as soon as he heard the name of Ji You Ran, just like he was seriously ill and his whole body was so frightened that it couldn't move. This name was like a bottle of poison poured into Ji Mo Tian's mouth, almost scaring him to death.

  The night was dimly lit, and Guo Ye couldn't see the expression on Jie Mian Tian's face. Thinking that his opponent hadn't been intimidated, he suddenly regretted it and scolded Ji You Ran's entire family, "You look so pretty, what are you bragging about? I thought you were quite formidable, but it turns out you can't even subdue one person who jumped out casually! From now on, it seems like we can't hang out together!"

  Guo Yi saw the silence of Tianyi, who didn't move at all, but still refused to give up and continued to ask: "You really haven't heard of her name? If you don't speak, I'll take it as a default. I've really never heard of it."

  Jiemo Tian was indeed intimidated by the name You Yu Ran, and it's not that he was too timid, because in the entire city of You Yu Ran, there were only a few people who dared to call her by her real name, and those who did usually didn't live for more than three days.

  Guo Ye actually dared to directly address Ji You Ran by her name, which indeed gave the Heavenly Emperor a good scare.

  After a long while, the pale face finally regained its color, and he said sternly: "You ignorant child, not only do you talk big, but you also dare to directly address her by name...her taboo name, truly unaware of the character for death."

  "Is Jie You Ran very famous?" Guo Yi's face was filled with excitement, still directly addressing Jie You Ran by name.

  "The entire city of Youjin doesn't have anyone who doesn't know who she is, and you actually dare to report her name in vain. Do you really think I'll believe it? Am I, Tian, someone to be trifled with?"

  Jiemo Tian didn't believe Guo Yi's words at all. With Ji You Ran's status, how could she possibly know a small martial artist?

  Guo Ye didn't expect that Jie You Ran's reputation was so great, and he hastily took out a black token from his bosom. The token was only the size of a palm, but it weighed 49 kilograms, forged from the Nine-You Cold Iron. On the token was engraved an intimidating "Forbidden" character, with a strange aura emanating from it.

  This token was given to Guo Yao by Ji You Ran, allowing him to break through the Martial Saint realm. With this token in hand, he can go to the City Lord's Manor to find her, and no one will dare stop him.

  Guo Yi directly threw the black token to Jiemi Tian and said: "You help me take a look at what this thing is?"

  Jiānmiè Tiān had just been scornfully laughing at Guō Yì, but when he picked up the black token, he was suddenly scared and knelt on the ground, holding the token above his head, not daring to profane it in the slightest, as if kneeling in worship of his own parents, filled with reverence.

  Guo Ye was also startled by Jiemo Tian's actions, and actually knelt down in front of a token. This Jiemo Tian is really despicable, claiming to be one of the four great geniuses of Yougong City, I think he's more like one of the four great cowards.

  Guo Yi really looked down on Jiemo Tian, thinking that this guy was too spineless and didn't have any masculine aura at all. However, when Guo Yi thought of Jie You Ran's icy expression, he suddenly felt his own energy flagging.

  Guo Yi retrieved the black token, and Ji Mie Tian Cai slowly stood up from the ground, his face no longer bearing the arrogance of earlier. His eyes, as he looked at Guo Yi, also held a hint of reverence.

  Guo Yi was very satisfied with the current state of Jianmo Tian, pointing at the black token and asking: "You are a generation of martial saints, how can you be afraid to this extent? What is this thing?"

  "The Sealing Order, the entire Sealed City will not exceed three, representing absolute authority, seeing the order is like seeing her in person." Jiemi Tian said respectfully.

  "My goodness, this is awesome!" Guo Yi hastily put the imprisonment order into his bosom and tucked it in tightly. This was a precious treasure that would allow him to swagger into the Imprisonment City later on. Guo Yi asked again, "And what identity does Ji You Ran have?"

  Jiemi Tian saw Guo Yi take back the order of imprisonment, and immediately he was no longer afraid, and his eyes looking at Guo Yi were no longer so fearful, because what he feared was not Guo Yi, but the true master of the token.

  "Her identity you will naturally know when you enter the Secluded City."

  At this time, Li Xiaoyan had long since escaped to a distant place, and Ji Mian Tian no longer intended to chase after her. He flew towards the direction of Youjin City, his voice echoing from afar: "I truly hope you enter Youjin City soon, I'm looking forward to a fair fight with her successor."

  "Fight if you want, but once we enter the Imperial City, I'll be the first to take you down." Guo Yi was still fuming and decided that he would thoroughly teach this arrogant guy a lesson another day.

  "Not good, how can the little sword of Tian Xiang be so frantic? Could it be that the sword spirit within is about to awaken?"

  Ji You Ran once said that when Guo Ye breaks through the mortal shell and enters the door of cultivation, the spiritual energy in his body will awaken the sword spirit. If it's an evil sword spirit, it may even seize the body of the sword holder.

  Guo Yi is still far from this realm, but tonight, the burial of the small sword in the tower of the castle has been activated by the virtual shadow, and it is possible that the sword spirit woke up ahead of time.

  Guo Yi only felt the small sword in his index finger, spinning wildly like crazy, a spiritual vortex began to form, frantically sweeping away the surrounding spiritual energy, just like a black hole constantly devouring everything.

  Guo Yi felt that the Heaven-Slaying Sword's absorption of spiritual energy was even more terrifying, and although only a small fraction less than one-tenth had merged into Guo Yi's body, it still caused Guo Yi's body to undergo rapid transformation and enhancement, far surpassing the physical enhancements brought about by the "Grand Martial Scripture".

  Kuang Yip sat cross-legged, the flowers and trees around him withered layer by layer, devoid of vitality, as if suddenly entering autumn. The entire mountain turned yellow overnight, with leaves flying everywhere and withered grass covering the ground.

  Guo Ye sat in meditation for a whole day, from evening till dawn, and then again from dawn till nightfall.

  Until the moon was high in the sky, the small sword of Tian Xiao finally stopped moving, and the spiritual energy continued to merge into Guo Yao's body, but his cultivation no longer made any progress, just like a bottle of water that had been filled to the brim and could not hold any more.

  "Unexpectedly reached the ninth layer of the 'Grand Martial Canon', just one step away from entering the realm of a martial saint."

  Martial sainthood is the limit of human body, and also a critical point. Only when reaching this point can one possibly seek the true sublimation of life and embark on another path that can be walked further.

  This point is very difficult to grasp, and when it reaches this realm, bitter practice has completely lost its effect. It requires a catalyst, and perhaps the next moment can become a martial saint, but it's also possible that one will never break through this barrier in their lifetime.

  Kuang Yichang let out a sigh of relief, just as he was about to get up, when he suddenly heard the sound of a woman crying. In this desolate wilderness, it sounded like a female ghost crawling out of her grave, sending chills down his spine. Kuang Yichang was so startled that he didn't dare move, fearing that the female ghost would notice him.

  In the distance, a ghostly fire can be seen floating among the trees on the mountain path, and the female ghost's cry came from that direction.

  The crying sound got closer and closer, as if it was specifically targeting Guo Yi, pinpointing him.

  "Damn it, I didn't do anything wrong, what does your female ghost want with me?" Guo Ye was about to jump up from the ground and make a run for his life.

  But then the crying stopped, and a familiar woman's voice came through: "Brother Yi, you can rest assured and go now. I will kill Ji Mian Tian for you to avenge your death. If you don't have money in the underworld, be sure to tell me in a dream, and I'll burn some for you. Take these first and use them."

  Li Xiaoyan placed the lantern aside, burned paper money on the ground, poured a bowl of rice water, and knelt down to worship. Her pure and beautiful face still had two lines of clear tears, crying and mourning: "Yi Gege, your death is really too unjust, there's no remains, and the Heavenly Hand is too ruthless... Hmm... this sentence seems a bit wrong, where is it wrong?"

  Li Xiaoyan buried her head and cried, burning paper money. Suddenly, she found a figure standing in front of the fire, looked up and was startled, with crystal clear lips wide open, exclaiming: "Ghost!"

  After screaming, she ran away like a frightened white rabbit, without any heroic appearance at all, but just like an ignorant little girl.

  Guo Yi hastily grabbed the little loli, shouting: "I'm not dead yet! What are you burning paper money for? You're such a spendthrift little girl, and you've actually burned so much paper money. Nine of my ten lives have been burned away by you!"

  Li Xiaoyan stretched out a green onion finger and carefully touched Guo Yao, her black and bright eyes widened, her long eyelashes stood up one by one, and suddenly two dimples appeared as she exclaimed: "You really didn't die, how did you escape from Jianmo Tian's hands?"

  Li Xiaoyan was like a little sparrow, chirping and asking non-stop, making Guo Yao's head dizzy, feeling his ears rumbling, as if thousands of horses and soldiers were charging over, completely unstoppable.

  "What did I escape from the hands of Jiemi Tian? Was it that I defeated him, or was it that I let my guard down and let him get away? Next time I see that little brat, just watch me take care of him." Guo Yi looked like a true martial arts master, as if he had really fought hundreds of rounds with Jiemi Tian and emerged victorious.

  Li Xiaoyan naturally didn't believe Guo Yi's nonsense, and suddenly looked at him in surprise: "In just one day, you've actually broken through two stages and reached the peak of the 9th layer of the 'Great Martial Classics', only one step away from becoming a Martial Saint."

  Guo Yi's face suddenly became unnatural, he knew that this little girl's thinking logic was a bit confused, claiming to kill all the people who were more talented than her brother. Guo Yi's progress speed was extremely terrifying, breaking through three realms in just two days, it was likely that the little girl had already put him on her must-kill list.

  Li Xiaoyan's beautiful eyes sparkled, with a hint of admiration in her gaze as she looked at Guo Yao, excitedly exclaiming: "You're really too talented, I'm afraid there's no one under heaven who can match your cultivation speed."

  Guo Yizong felt a chill in his feet, and he couldn't quite grasp the meaning of Little Loli Wu Sheng's words. "Is she trying to test me? Or does she want to take advantage of my unguarded state and kill me with one sword?"

  Guo Yi retreated two steps, sighing: "Alas! These are all fleeting moments, just a flash of light, even if I reached the ninth layer of the 'Great Wu Jing', it would be hard to make any further progress. For someone like me, an ordinary talent, it's impossible to break through the realm of Martial Sainthood in this life, this is my fate."

  Li Xiaoyan saw that mentioning Guo Yao's painful past made him tear up, and he cried so much that he became a crying person. He was even more sorrowful than Guo Yao, saying: "Don't worry, I'll protect you from now on. I'll find the best spiritual medicine to help you break through your boundaries. Don't be sad anymore?"

  "Aren't you afraid that after I break through the boundary, I'll be even more talented than your brother?" Guo Ye asked tentatively.

  "That's normal! You were originally supposed to be more talented than my brother."

  "What's going on?" Guo Yi's forehead was covered in black lines, feeling that the situation was a bit different from what he had thought, and he thought to himself, "This silly girl won't fall in love with me, will she?"

  Guo Yue thought the more he felt, the greater the possibility, and his back began to sweat. Looking at the little loli in front of him with a red face still carrying a few points of shyness, Guo Yue couldn't help but feel like an uncle who was deceiving his little sister's feelings.

  What can be done about it? If one marries a wife with higher cultivation than oneself, it would undoubtedly block the path to future romantic entanglements. Who knows how many people's spring dreams have ended for this reason? Intelligent people won't do such a thing.

  What to do? What to do? Guo Yi began to think of a solution.