The Legend of Li Yuan
Like Mushrooms In Rainy Season

Time passed quickly, not feeling like 10 days had passed. Ever since the Elders of the Laohu Sect were doing closed-door cultivation, Patriarch Bao Xiong was slightly busier than before.

Today the heads of the Laohu sect had already come out of his seclusion, out of the 8 people of the Laohu sect master who practiced closed cultivation only Elder Jia Fu still survived in his closed cultivation condition. With a bright face, the 7 Elders had now broken through the Sacred Swordsman, even this increase was very significant, even arguably very rapid.

Originally the 7 people were still at the Sky Swordsman realm, after absorbing the Silver Crystal granting from Elder Bao Zi their strength increased by leaps and bounds. Now the 7 Elders were at the Intermediate Saint realm, the same as Li Yuan.

The aura of the Sacred Swordsman felt so condensed in the space of the Sect Hall. Patriarch and Elder Bao Zi were very satisfied with the increase in the strength of the seven elders. Now the power of the Elders was one stage different from the Patriarch. However, if Bao Xiong also absorbed the Silver Crystal, then their strength would again be far adrift.

"Where is Elder Jia?" Ask Patriarch Bao Xiong.

"It looks like he has not come out of his seclusion" said one of the elders.

"Hm.. Is he having trouble?" ask Sectional Leader Laohu again.

"We don't think so, his aura still looks very stable as we leave the seclusion, there are no negative energy fluctuations in his body" the Pavilion Elder said again. He was the elder Jiu Riu the teacher of Li Ming and his brothers from the Li Clan. Jiu Riu's own strength was slightly inferior to Elder Jia Fu.

"Well then, we should wait for the good news" Patriarch Bao Xiong said.

On the other hand, the news of the appearance of the Earth Dragon began to sound over the past few days, in Qinghai City the news broke out rapidly. Fang Jing as the Governor of the Blue Dragon was clearly delighted. Born and raised in Qinghai City, the legend of the Earth Dragon was clearly something of great importance.

Within a short period of time Fang Jing and a few of his bodyguards slid into the Laohu Sect. Coincidentally his arrival was greeted with a face full of cheer from the higher-ups of the Laohu Sect.

"Greetings Patriarch, greetings to all the Elders" Fang Jing said as he cupped his hands.

"Welcome to the City Governor, there is a matter of what causes you to take the time to visit our place" Patriarch Bao Xiong said with a bright smile.

Seeing the reactions of the happy leaders of the Laohu Sect, made Fang Jing feel confident that the news of the appearance of the guardian mythological beast of the Blue Dragon region was true.

"It's precisely that I feel very honored to be present and well received here" Fang Jing said with a hint of a strange feeling.

Behind the carefree faces of the Elders, there was an enormous power enveloping them. Only Fang Jing's personal bodyguards felt it, his back started to break out in cold sweat. As a Sacred Swordsman he could feel the immense power of the Elders and Sect Chief Laohu.

"I heard that the Earth Dragon had risen from its long slumber. Is this news true?" asked Fang Jing with a curious expression.

"The news you hear is not wrong. It's just that the appearance was so sudden and disappeared back quickly as well" Patriarch Bao Xiong said.

Then they gathered and talked about other matters regarding the development of Qinghai City, especially after the arrival of the Great General from Jincheng City. Wan Sui's arrival was to replace Xie Taizong.

Fang Jing told him directly about the origin of Wan Sui who previously served as the Security Chief of Jincheng City. The Patriarch and the Elders only shook their heads, the existence of the people of the Eternal Flame Sect was like being a spy for the Celestial Emperor. Facing a situation like this makes most people feel uncomfortable.

For the sake of maintaining good relations, the Laohu Sect did not complicate Tang Shiji's proposal to marry Jia Hien. But the Celestial Emperor did not give any face at all to the Laohu Sect. Patriarch Bao Xiong's hope was for one of the Elders of the Laohu Sect to be able to fill the position of Sky General.

After a while later the entourage of Governor Fang Jing left the Laohu Sect. On the way home to Qinghai City, suddenly Fang Jing's personal bodyguard made a sound.

"Sir, was it when you were at Laohu Sect, you can feel the aura of the Sect higher-ups?"

"Yes, I can feel a very strong aura. Not only are they from Patriarch and Elder Bao Zi, but all the other Elders." said Fang Jing.

"They are all already at the realm of the Sacred Swordsman. Their strength is on the same level as mine" the bodyguard said.

"What?" fang Jing said, her two eyeballs almost jumped out.

"It turns out they got a lot of luck. Their strength grows evenly like mushrooms in the rainy season. This also meant that the arrival of the Earth Dragons they could already conquer. Hahaha.." said Fang Jing who was followed by a loud voice of laughter.

In the heart of the City Governor was proud that if the Laohu Sect grew stronger, it would certainly reduce the pressure from the Sky Palace through General Wang Sui. Only Fang Jing knew that the Great General's existence had only dredged the resources of the Blue Dragon Province.

Even in Fang Jing's point of view, the marriage of a disciple of the Laohu Sect with the Celestial Emperor was a form of foolishness. As the ruler of the southern region, he was in frequent contact with the people in the Sky Palace, of course he knew a little about the character of the cunning Tang Emperor Shiji. Only from the outside was the appearance of Emperor Tang Shiji so honorable, yet he kept the dark side behind his robe.

In the entire Laohu Sect, the news of the Elders level rise had not been widely known. After the meeting in the sect hall, the Elders immediately returned to their respective Pavilions to rest and re-stabilize their strength.

Currently in the Pavilion of Elder Bao Zi, Li Yuan looked with an excited face. He watched as Li Tong and his three other companions had finished their closed-door cultivation. Similar to the Elders, the four of them spent 10 days, 3 days later than their expected schedule.

The results they got did not disappoint either. For 10 days they absorbed the energy from the brown-colored Elemental Crystals, making their strength increase rapidly. Now they have entered the Sky Warrior realm.

They were now 20 years old but had already reached the Sky Swordsman realm. While Li Tong was at the Late Stage realm celestial swordsman slightly higher than his three companions. Fan Lau and his two brothers were at the Initial Level.

Li Tong and his friends felt extremely lucky compared to the other disciples. Now they were the highest power among the Sect disciples, defeating the generation of Cheng Han and the others.