Temple of Essence

"Xiaohan" Xingjue shouted excitedly. Then with a few quick steps, he rushed to Li Xiaohan's front, wrapped his arms around Li Xiaohan's soft body, and then excitedly spun around.

And Li Xiaohan also had a dependent look, tightly hugging Xingjue. Under Xingjue's spinning, she was like a fluttering butterfly, beautiful and intoxicating.

"Brother Xingjue, have you broken through to the Martial Honor realm?" On a peak of the Floating Cloud Mountain, Li Xiaohan leaned on Xingjue's shoulder and said with a smile.

"Yeah"

"Xiaohan, you were in seclusion for a year. Did you break through to the Martial God realm?" Xingjue also turned his head and said to Li Xiaohan.

Because at this moment, with his powerful soul power, Xingjue couldn't see through Li Xiaohan's strength. So Xingjue guessed that Li Xiaohan should have reached the Martial God realm.

"No. It's not that easy." Li Xiaohan smiled slightly.

"Oh? Then why didn't you make a breakthrough in one go?" Xingjue asked somewhat puzzled. Logically speaking, Li Xiaohan's seclusion was for breaking through to the Martial God realm. Since she didn't make the breakthrough, why did she come out of seclusion?

"Humph, I missed you." And Li Xiaohan pouted and said to Xingjue. Then she even raised her fair little hand and slapped it on Xingjue's arm, twisting it hard. Xingjue shouted out loud.

"Ah~~"

Although Li Xiaohan's pinch was really painful for Xingjue, her words "I missed you" made Xingjue's heart blossom with joy.

"Brother Xingjue, actually, I came out of seclusion this time at someone's request." Suddenly, Li Xiaohan stood up, held her little hands behind her back, and said to Xingjue with a smiling face.

"What?" Xingjue said in astonishment.

"Hehe, come with me." Seeing Xingjue's confused look, Li Xiaohan gave a charming smile. Then she grabbed Xingjue's hand and pulled him towards the top of the Floating Cloud Mountain.

With their current strength, they jogged all the way and soon reached the bottom of Tongtian Peak. Looking at the Tongtian Peak that resembled a ladder to the sky, Xingjue also felt somewhat amazed and then curiously said: "What's on the top of this peak?"

"The top of the peak is the highest palace of Windy Pavilion, the 'Windy Palace'."

Just then, an old man in a gray robe suddenly appeared beside Xingjue without a sound. And this person was the second elder of the main pavilion, Elder Jishui.

"Junior pays respects to Elder Jishui" Seeing that it was Elder Jishui, Xingjue bowed and cupped his fists, quickly and respectfully said.

After all, this person in front of him was the second elder of the main pavilion of Windy Pavilion and also the master of Li Xiaohan. Xingjue dared not be the slightest bit negligent towards this person.

"Disciple pays respects to Master" And Li Xiaohan also imitated Xingjue's appearance and said with a mischievous smile.

"You girl, when you see your lover, you forget about your master. You actually made me wait here for so long." And after looking at Li Xiaohan's playful smile, Elder Jishui gave her a sideways glance and then said with a smile.

After hearing Elder Jishui's words, Xingjue understood. Presumably, the person Li Xiaohan mentioned being requested by was this Elder Jishui.

"Xingjue, this time you won the first place in the hunting competition for our Windy Pavilion. You really made a great contribution."

"After discussion, we are going to reward you with a town-level martial skill." Elder Jishui said to Xingjue with a smile.

"Town-level martial skill?" After hearing this word, Xingjue immediately became excited. His current trump card, "Sword of Soul Severing", was a town-level martial skill of Windy Pavilion. So Xingjue was very sensitive to this word.

"That's right. This martial skill is called 'Windy Skill'. It is the highest-level martial skill of our Windy Pavilion, a high-level earth-rank martial skill." Seeing Xingjue's excited look, Elder Jishui said with a smile again.

And as he expected, Xingjue was indeed aroused and had an expectant look.

Seeing Xingjue's expectant look, Elder Jishui smiled slightly and said again: "This Windy Skill was created by the first pavilion master of our Windy Pavilion. It is a kind of body movement martial skill."

"By practicing this martial skill, your speed will be like a swift wind, ethereal and formless. When practiced to perfection, you can even break free from the constraints of the earth and walk in the air." At this point, Elder Jishui waved his sleeve and a charm surrounded by gusts of wind emerged.

"Break free from the constraints of the earth and walk in the air?" After hearing Elder Jishui's words, Xingjue was shocked.

Walking in the air is said to be something that only the legendary Battle Kings can do. But this Windy Skill actually has this ability. How could Xingjue not be shocked.

"Take it" Seeing Xingjue's excited look, Elder Jishui said with a smile. With a wave of his sleeve, the charm was attached to Xingjue's forehead. Then a large amount of cultivation methods rushed into Xingjue's mind at high speed.

"Thank you, Elder Jishui" And when all the cultivation methods of the Windy Skill were transmitted into Xingjue's mind, Xingjue respectfully said to Elder Jishui.

"Hehe" And Elder Jishui just smiled and put away that charm.

"Uh, what's wrong, Xiaohan?" After thanking Elder Jishui, Xingjue quickly looked at Li Xiaohan. He thought Li Xiaohan would be happy for him, but he found that Li Xiaohan was pouting at this moment, looking very reluctant.

"Brother Xingjue, you've been tricked." Seeing Xingjue asking her, Li Xiaohan pouted and said.

And Xingjue was completely confused by what Li Xiaohan said and didn't know what to do.

"Brother Xingjue, the Windy Skill is extremely difficult to practice. In today's Windy Pavilion, many people have tried to practice it, but no one has succeeded." Seeing that Xingjue didn't understand her meaning, Li Xiaohan explained.

In fact, Li Xiaohan had also tried to practice this Windy Skill before. But after studying it hard for a while, Li Xiaohan found that the Windy Skill was indeed very difficult to practice, so she finally gave up.

"Ah~" Hearing what Li Xiaohan said, Xingjue suddenly understood. Then he opened his mouth wide and looked at Elder Jishui.

"Uh. Cough cough"

"You girl." Looking at how Li Xiaohan was so protective of Xingjue, Elder Jishui said helplessly.

"Alright, this Windy Skill is just one of the rewards."

"Xingjue, although the Windy Skill is difficult to practice, it's not impossible to master. The Supreme Elder of our Windy Pavilion has succeeded in practicing it before." Elder Jishui said slowly to Xingjue, and during his speech, he even cast his gaze towards Li Xiaohan.

"Humph." And Li Xiaohan pouted and ignored him.

"However, for now, this reward might be more useful to you." Seeing Li Xiaohan's expression, Elder Jishui helplessly shook his head. Then with a wave of his sleeve, a strange charm emerged.

This charm was very peculiar. Not only was it small in size but also in the shape of a star. But the constantly flashing characters on it told Xingjue that this was indeed a charm.

And when Li Xiaohan saw this charm, her originally sullen little face instantly became filled with joy. She then grabbed the charm and said to Elder Jishui: "Thank you, Master. Since that's the case, I'll take Brother Xingjue away."

After saying that, without waiting for Elder Jishui to reply, she pulled Xingjue and started running towards the bottom of the Floating Cloud Mountain.

Seeing Li Xiaohan like that, Elder Jishui once again helplessly shook his head. Then he shouted loudly to Li Xiaohan and Xingjue who had already run far away: "Just stay on the first floor. Don't go to the second floor."

"Got it." And then Li Xiaohan's pleasant voice like a wind chime slowly drifted from afar.

"Senior Brother, your judgment is indeed sharp. Judging from the current situation."

"If Xingjue is given the same training treatment as Xiaohan, perhaps he really won't be worse than Xiaohan." Looking in the direction where Xingjue and Li Xiaohan disappeared, Elder Jishui stroked his long beard and said with a smile.

The Floating Cloud Mountain is divided into the front mountain and the back mountain. The Windy Pavilion is built on the front mountain, while the back mountain is relatively rugged, full of steep cliffs and flying waterfalls. But it also appears very magnificent.

And at this moment, beside a huge waterfall, a pair of men and women holding hands ran over quickly. And these were naturally Xingjue and Li Xiaohan.

"Xiaohan, what exactly is that?" After arriving beside the waterfall, Xingjue finally couldn't resist his inner curiosity and asked. Seeing how happy Li Xiaohan was, he guessed that the charm must be something good.

"Brother Xingjue, what do you think of the training pavilions of the Outer Cabinet and the Inner Cabinet?" Just then, Li Xiaohan smiled and asked instead of answering.

"The training pavilions of the Inner Cabinet and the Outer Cabinet? Well, they're not bad. Why?" Xingjue replied somewhat puzzledly.

"Brother Xingjue, compared to the training pavilion of the main pavilion, the training pavilions of the Inner Cabinet and the Outer Cabinet are simply too shabby." After hearing Xingjue's words, Li Xiaohan shook her head and said.

"Uh"

And Xingjue was a little speechless because of Li Xiaohan's words. At least the training space in the training pavilion, Xingjue still felt very wonderful. But as for the training pavilion of the main pavilion, he had never seen what it was like.

"However, with this barrier key, from now on, Brother Xingjue can practice together with me in the training pavilion of the main pavilion." Seeing Xingjue's expression, Li Xiaohan gave a sweet smile, stretched out her small hand, and stuffed the peculiar charm into Xingjue's hand.

"Really?" Hearing Li Xiaohan's words, Xingjue said in surprise. Being able to practice in the training pavilion of the main pavilion was something Xingjue was very much looking forward to.

But compared to that, being able to practice with Li Xiaohan made Xingjue even happier.

"Brother Xingjue, follow me." Suddenly, Li Xiaohan leaped and turned into a golden light, leaping into the waterfall.

Seeing that Li Xiaohan had entered the waterfall, Xingjue also sensed something mysterious. Then with a smile, he took a big step and rushed towards the waterfall.

"Puchi" Along with the sound of splashing water, Xingjue passed through the waterfall. And when Xingjue opened his eyes, he was deeply shocked by the scene in front of him.

Because at this moment, in front of Xingjue, there was actually a huge barrier vortex. This barrier vortex was several tens of meters tall, like a galaxy in the sky, shining with dots of starlight, and flowing slowly.

"Brother Xingjue, this is the training pavilion of the main pavilion. But we are used to calling it the 'Holy Palace of Essence.'" Seeing Xingjue come in, Li Xiaohan walked to Xingjue's side and said with a smile.