Kuo Yen-pao ran very urgently, there was no one in this world who could be more urgent than him, just like a group of flood beasts were chasing after him, even the shoes on his feet had run away with one missing.

  "Little sister, can you please not follow me?"

  "No way!"

  "I have a fiancée, there's no future for us!"

  "Then I'll kill your fiancée!"

  Kuo Yeh painstakingly explained to Li Xiao Yan, but it was clear that everything was in vain. This was a little girl with problematic thinking logic, and normal thinking patterns were not suitable for her anyway.

  From the top of the mountain all the way down, Guo Yi finally met his savior.

  Li Yuan stood in front of the thatched cottage, his white clothes fluttering in the wind, a continuous smile on his face, as if he had some delightful news. Seeing Guo Lao's disheveled appearance, he asked: "Guo, are you being pursued by someone?"

  "Worse than being killed!"

  Guo Yi saw Li Yuan here and no longer tried to escape, because Li Yuan was Li Xiaoyan's brother. The little girl wouldn't show off her martial arts skills in front of her brother, so Guo Yi naturally wasn't afraid of her anymore.

  Guo Yi looked at Li Yuan in surprise, unable to discern his cultivation level. He exclaimed with joy: "No wonder you're so happy! It turns out that you've actually broken through the tenth level of the 'Great Martial Scripture' and become a Martial Saint!"

  Li Yuan's faint smile added a few points of profound and mysterious aura to his body, saying: "This pass has been troubling me for half a year, but I had an epiphany last night, and as soon as I woke up this morning, I broke through the boundary."

  The tenth level of the "Dà Wǔ Jīng" is the limit of human body, a mysterious singular point. Some people understand this point overnight, but some people ponder it for their whole life without understanding.

  Li Yuandao: "Today I will enter the Ghost Prison City."

  "What's the hurry?" Guo Yi asked curiously.

  As long as he cultivates into a Martial Saint, he will have the qualification to enter the Sealed City. However, Li Yuan didn't need to be in such a hurry unless he had a reason that required him to enter the city today.

  "Today, the Nantian family, one of the four major immortal families in Youjin City, is recruiting for the Divine Guard Army. The Divine Guard Army is the direct lineage army of the Nantian family and has a status equivalent to that of the outer disciples of the Ling Palace. In the Divine Guard Army, one can learn the spiritual secrets of immortality. There are countless martial arts masters in Youjin City, I don't know how many people want to join the Divine Guard Army, this is an opportunity to leap from being a carp to becoming a dragon, and I'm just going to try my luck." - Li Yuandao

  "The Grand Martial Scripture" can only allow people to cultivate up to the level of Martial Saint. To further advance beyond that, one must possess the spiritual key to Immortal Cultivation. However, the spiritual keys to Immortal Cultivation are extremely rare and are all in the possession of those aristocratic families who cultivate immortality, or the Spirit Palaces. If one wants to break through their mortal shell, they must either join one of these aristocratic families that cultivate immortality, or enter a Spirit Palace.

  Guo Yi knew this was Li Yuan's chance, no matter how slim it was, he had to go for it.

  Li Yuan said seriously to Guo Yi: "I'm afraid I won't be able to return for a short time after going to the isolated city, I want to entrust you with something."

  "But no matter what, as long as it's within my power, I definitely won't decline!" Guo Yi swore solemnly.

  Li Yuan patted Guo Yao's shoulder: "I knew you were my good brother, during this time when I'm not around, you must help me take care of Xiao Yan!"

  "What?" Guo Yi suddenly wanted to slap himself on both ears. Now wanting to shirk was already too late.

  Li Yuan looked at Guo Yao's reaction and said, "Xiao Yan is introverted and gentle by nature, she will absolutely not cause you any trouble. I think this small request, Guo Shao, you will definitely agree to it, right?"

  Li Xiaoyan walked over with gentle elegance, her delicate steps like a lotus flower that had just emerged from the water.

  Her lips were as red as cinnabar, her slender eyebrows like willow leaves, and she said softly: "Brother, you can rest assured to enter the city! I believe that Brother Yi will not abandon me."

  Li Xiaoyan clenched her small fist and bit her small tiger tooth, standing behind Li Yuan, staring at Guo Yao menacingly.

  Kuo I hastily followed her lead and said: "Of course, of course."

  Li Yuan didn't notice the strangeness of the two, and laughed loudly, feeling carefree again. He pulled Guo Yao along with him to go drinking. After three rounds of drinks, they floated onto the ancient path leading to the secluded city, heading in its direction.

  After Li Yuan left, Li Xiaoyan became restless again, like a flower-crazy entwining Guo Yao, until nightfall, Guo Yao finally escaped successfully.

  Having gotten rid of that annoying girl, Guo Yi returned to his own room, took a bath, changed into a new set of clothes, and began to ponder the ultimate point of Wu Sheng.

  The tenth layer of "Dà Wǔ Jīng" is the limit of human body, people can infinitely approach the limit, but it's very difficult to reach that limit.

  "What is the limit after all?"

  Guo Ye couldn't sense any presence of the shadow, just like in a pitch-black night, his fingers were clearly close to his eyes, yet he couldn't see them at all. However, as soon as there was even a hint of light, his eyes could capture it.

  "What is that glimmer of mine, after all?" Guo Yi felt that he was just short of a catalyst.

  Boom!

  A loud crash came from outside the house, as if a mountain had collapsed, and the ground shook with it. Then a hurried footsteps rushed towards this side.

  "What's going on?"

  Just as Guo Yigang was about to get up and go out to check, a small black figure burst through the thatched roof of the hut, falling from the sky and hitting Guo Yigang on the head.

  Guo Yidong suddenly felt dizzy and it took him half a day to see clearly the figure descending from the sky, who was actually Li Xiaoyan wearing night-traveling clothes. Guo Yidong was so frightened that he ran away immediately.

  Li Xiaoyan was beaten badly and shouted at Guo Yi's back: "Don't go out, it's dangerous!"

  Unfortunately, she was still a step too late. Guo Ye had just rushed out of the gate and hadn't even seen her shadow when he was slapped back by someone and directly smashed onto Li Xiaoyan's body.

  "Who is that guy outside?"

  Guo Yi hastily closed the gate and still felt a lingering fear. This was absolutely a martial saint master who could rival Jiemo Tian.

  Li Xiaoyan looked out through the window lattice, saw that the person outside was still standing in place without moving, and then patted her chest, saying: "Hua Er Lou, also one of the four great geniuses of Youyin City, is as famous as Jiemie Tian."

  "Could it be that you've gone to kill someone again and now they're killing you back?"

  Li Xiaoyan flashed her pearly whites and gave Guo Yi a faint smile, revealing an expression that said "you really understand me!"

  "You're really a troublemaker, every time you come to set me up. You shouldn't have dragged me into this even if you've provoked someone more powerful!" Guo Yi scolded, pointing at Li Xiaoyan's button nose.

  Li Xiaoyan leaned against the wall with her hands, looking very cool and said: "Aren't you very powerful? You even defeated Jiemi Tian, let alone a mere Hua Er Lou."

  "Right! With an imperial edict in hand, what am I afraid of? One edict in hand and the whole world is mine!"

  Guo Yi burst out laughing and said: "Watch me go out and fix that guy! Little girl, wait and watch the good show!"

  Guo Yixin was full of confidence, opened the door and stepped out, only to see a fat man wearing brocade clothes smiling at him with his eyes narrowed about a hundred steps away.

  Kuo Yeh had never seen anyone as fat as this person, the whole body looked like a meatball, with small eyes that seemed to have only one stroke, thick double chin still hanging a big lump of fat, belly bulging high, just like ten months pregnant.

  How this fat guy looks, everyone thinks he is extremely lewd, especially that smile, it makes people think it's hard not to take him as a rascal at first glance.

  "Who is this fat guy? Where did Huā èr Lóu go?" Guō Yìkě wouldn't have thought that one of the Four Great Talents of the Secluded City, Huā èr Lóu, would grow up to look like this.

  That fat man with a brocade robe and a hair knot smiled and said: "I am Hua Er Lou, what instructions do you have?"

  "Really?"

  Kuang Yan swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and this fat pig who had trouble even walking would be a martial arts master? Kuang Yan felt that his mental endurance had increased by a large margin.

  Kuo Yeh coughed twice and said: "Young Master Hua, what brings you to my house at this late hour?"

  Hua stood on the second floor, holding a folding fan, with an air of a refined and elegant young master. However, his appearance still looked somewhat lewd. He said, "Little brother, you'd better run as far as you can! That little girl is mine for tonight!"

  Kwok Yat Ching was about to take out the house arrest order to scare this guy away, but suddenly heard him say this, and his face immediately lit up with joy. He thought to himself: "This little girl comes to bother me every day, now it's just right to use this dead fat man to scare her."

  Guo Yi still had some concerns and asked: "You won't kill her?"

  "I fell in love with her at first sight, and I didn't even have time to care for her, how could I kill her?" Hua Er Lou puffed out his chest, fanning himself with a folding fan, thinking he was a handsome young man, and put on an air of being lovesick.

  Kuo Yue burst out laughing: "Great, brother, this glorious and arduous task is now yours! You take care of this lady first, but if you're short-handed or short-legged later on, don't blame me."

  "I'll open the door for you, please come in!"

  Kuo Yena was overjoyed, as if he had just sent away a plague god. However, when he opened the door, there was no sign of Li Xiaoyan anywhere, and the entire house was empty.

  The night was endless, a woman's voice echoed through the shadows of the trees, as mournful as a female ghost crying out for injustice: "Guo Yao, you bastard, how could you give me to someone else? I'm not done with you yet."

  Guo Yi gazed at the endless night sky and said indifferently, "Silly girl, must you take it so seriously? Besides, he's one of the Four Great Talents, about to enter the 'Martial Arts Rankings', a remarkable person. It's just that his appearance is a bit...off."

  Hua Er Lou didn't expect that Guo Yi was such a good talker, and he even helped him chase women. He almost treated Guo Yi as his own brother, shaking his head and sighing: "My 19th concubine just ran away like this, brother you must help me find her back."

  "Where's your sister?" Guo Yi had an urge to kill Hua Er Lou, thinking that he didn't even have one wife now, and she was already eighteen years old. Could her body handle it?

  "You fat wretch, you've actually taken eighteen wives and still aren't satisfied. I'll spare your life for now, but wait till we get to the Imperial City, then I'll deal with you."

  Guo Yi slammed the gate shut with a loud bang, leaving Hua Er alone outside.

  "Little kid, tell me where she went, or I'll burn down your shabby hut." Hua Er Lou couldn't understand why Guo Yao's words were so vastly different before and after.

  "Fatty, if you dare to set fire, I'll make sure you won't be able to leave with your head held high today." Guo Yao said with a stern warning.

  Afraid you won't make it.

  Hua Erlou really found a fire starter and planned to burn the house, but when he was just ten steps away from the thatched hut, an iron lump came flying towards him, giving him a fright, thinking it was Guo Yao's hidden projectile.

  "Imprisonment Order!" Hua Er Lou's whole body was frightened to the point of going soft, with hundreds of pounds of fat trembling non-stop. He directly knelt down on the ground like a dead man, holding the imprisonment order high above his head.

  "I pay respects to the city lord's envoy, Hua Erlou deserves to die ten thousand times for his crime!"

  Kuo Yeh opened the door and said in surprise: "What messenger of the city master?"

  Hua Erlou respectfully said: "Since you have a warrant of arrest, then naturally you are an envoy of the city master!"

  Guo Yi asked: "Your meaning is that only the city master's envoy can possess a confinement order?"

  "That's right!"

  Guo Ye stroked his chin, muttering to himself: "So Ji You Ran is the castle lord's envoy of the Secluded City, no wonder you're all so afraid of her! Now that I have the Seclusion Order in my hands, I am the castle lord's envoy."

  Hua Er Lou was frightened to death after hearing Guo Yi's words, and his heart was filled with anxiety. "The order of house arrest issued by the City Master's envoy wasn't even given by the City Master himself, so who exactly is this guy that he dares to address the City Master by name?"

  Guo Yi withdrew the house arrest order, and found that this thing was getting more and more useful. The city master's envoy, this official must not be small, otherwise he would not have intimidated both Jiemi Tian and Hua Er Lou, two top geniuses.

  Guo Yi looked at Hua Er Lou who was still kneeling on the ground and said, "Get up! The envoy is in a good mood today, so I'll let you off this time."

  "Unless you agree to take me as your junior, I won't get up from kneeling."

  Hua Er Lou remained kneeling on the ground, without any intention of getting up. He thought to himself that if he were to bow down to the city lord's envoy as his superior, his status within the family would definitely rise another level. The beauties in the entire Sealed City would not be able to resist throwing flirtatious glances at him, haha...

  Taking a martial arts master as an apprentice, this is a genius who is about to enter the "Martial Arts Rankings". Guo Yi was indeed moved. But looking at Hua Er Lou's sly appearance, Guo Yi immediately dispelled the idea in his mind.

  This guy looks like a rascal at first glance, if I take him as an apprentice, heaven knows how others will look at me!

  "Then kneel down, anyway we are not fellow travelers." Guo Yi made up his mind to keep a distance from this guy.

  Hua Er Lou still didn't give up, and from then on, he came to Guo Yi's place every day to chat for a bit. For over ten days in a row, he was rebuffed, but he refused to give up, even earning Guo Yi's admiration for his perseverance at times.

  For more than ten days, Guo Yi still did not understand the boundary of Wu Sheng. What made Guo Yi even more worried was that Li Xiaoyan had not appeared since that night.

  "This silly girl won't get into trouble, will she?"

  Guo Yi suddenly felt a sense of loss in his heart, as if something had been lost.

  "Boss Guo, I've brought wine for you."

  Hua Er Lou pushed open the door and entered with a smile, saying: "This is the finest spiritual wine I bought from the Hundred Flowers Spiritual Palace. It's brewed from the Hundred Flowers Spiritual Spring, and there won't be more than a hundred jars in the entire Sealed City."

  The wine cap is opened, and the fragrance is indeed overflowing, just like being in a hundred flowers, just smelling it makes people feel refreshed.

  "Good wine."

  Hua took out two small crystal cups from the second floor, filled them with wine, and hastily covered them, saying: "Today, each person only has one cup. This thing is precious and scary, worth a million taels of gold, and has the spiritual power to help people understand the Tao."

  "Oh! So magical." Guo Yi picked up the wine cup, which was only a little larger than his fingernail, and drank it all in one gulp. He indeed felt a faint sense of Taoist meaning flowing through his body, just like a key that opened the locked doors within his body.

  Unfortunately, the Hundred Flowers Spirit Wine did not help Guo Yue break through the boundary of Martial Sage. At this boundary, external forces were no longer effective, and without a catalyst, it was impossible to break through this boundary.

  "Guo Ye asked: 'How did you break through the Martial Saint realm?'"

  Lian Hua and Er Lou can both reach the realm of Wu Sheng, Guo Yi doesn't believe he's even inferior to a dead fatty.

  Hua's second floor, a small amount of liquor in the wine cup, was like a refined scholar, savoring it carefully and saying: "I too was once stuck at this level, unable to break through for a long time. I remember that three years ago, on a noon, my appetite suddenly opened up, and I ate an entire roasted pig in one meal. After eating, I broke through the boundary of martial arts sainthood. It's also because of this reason that my appetite has been increasing over the past three years, from being a slender and handsome young man to becoming what I am today."

  Kuo Yeh listened with his eyes wide and mouth agape, never expecting that this guy had such a legendary experience, truly a case of blessings and misfortunes intertwined.

  Li Yuan slept and broke through the boundary of Martial Saint, Hua Er Lou was even more extreme, eating a meal could also break through, it seems that the boundary of Martial Saint really needs a catalyst.

  What's my inspiration again?

  "I heard from seniors in the family that there is another way to break through to Martial Sage?"

  "What method?"

  "Push yourself to the limit of death, with the limit of death, to break through the physical limit!"

  He dropped such a sentence, Hua Er Lou put away his spiritual wine pot and left, saying that he would come again tomorrow until Guo Yi agreed to him.