Destined Martial God

With a tired expression, Gong Yuyuan stared at the vermillion door with anticipation, waiting for the staff of the pavilion to lead him inside. After which, he would be able to sleep in peace, and his exhaustion would be eliminated.    

Actually, Gong Yuyuan was regretting it in his heart!    

He regretted not listening to Gao Luanping's suggestion yesterday and followed Yu Haoran into the Xianyang City, which was specially arranged by the Qin Nation.    

Because half an hour after Meng Yun brought Yu Haoran and the others into the city, the Xianyang City actually started to close the city gates, preventing anyone from entering.    

The soldiers would not let him into the city, even though he had been begging bitterly to reveal his identity and even bribed with spirit stones and pills.    

Helpless, he could only temporarily sleep outside the city.    

The Great Orchid Empire was established by martial might. In order to rule the country, as the Xianyang City, they had even killed millions of people before establishing the capital.    

During the day, Xianyang City was majestic and spectacular.    

Outside the Xianyang City at night, however, was a ghastly and terrifying scene. A few vengeful spirits that had not dispersed for a long time were shouting and screaming.    

Although martial artists had absorbed the spirit energy of heaven and earth into their bodies, and their blood was vigorous, they were not afraid of the vengeful spirits. However, the vengeful spirits that died outside of Weiyang City were all powerful martial artists before they died; they simply couldn't contain their screams and screams.    

In this kind of environment, let alone sleeping soundly, it was even impossible for Gong Yuyuan to meditate and rest. This caused Gong Yuyuan to be in a state of anxiety all night long.    

If it weren't for the fact that he had a precious treasure that could calm his mind, he would have long since been driven mad by the screams of the ghosts.    

Therefore, as soon as dawn broke and the city gate was opened, he was the first to rush into the city. Furthermore, the city guards found out the exact location of the Qingyuan Hall.    

"Creak!"    

Following the slow opening of the vermilion door, the anticipation on Gong Yuyuan's face was immediately replaced with joy.    

"I'm really sorry. The Vice Sect Leader Yu of your Hundred Feet Sect left the Hall very early in the morning."    

"According to our Qingyuan Hall's rules, I can't let you in for the time being without the permission of your enemy!"    

Unfortunately, the joy of having just been replaced by anticipation was quickly replaced by anger, along with the explanation given by the staff.    

Although Yu Haoran was protected by the rules of the heaven and he was unable to use the inference techniques to determine his fate, he could still determine his current position by calculating Wu Zhengjun's lifespan.    

During the time he had been waiting, he had already used the art of inference to deduce Wu Zhengjun's fate, and knew that Yu Haoran was currently in the Sacred Hall.    

Since he was inside the Sacred Hall, to actually let the store assistant tell him that he was not here, Yu Haoran was obviously taking revenge on him. How could Gong Yuyuan not be angry?    

However, people had no choice but to lower their heads when they were under the roof!    

Gong Yuyuan took a deep breath, forcefully suppressed the anger in his heart, and then took out a grade eight spirit stone. He planned to bribe the attendant to pass a message to Yu Haoran on his behalf, showing his attitude of admitting defeat.    

But Gong Yuyuan had never thought that before he took out the spirit stones, the servant of the Sacred Hall would actually treat him relatively courteously.    

However, when he saw the grade eight spirit stone he took out, his expression immediately changed. He then turned around and entered the hall, closing the vermillion door heavily behind him.    

"This!"    

Stunned by the heavy door that was firmly shut, Gong Yuyuan didn't even know what he had done wrong.    

According to the route provided by the staff of the Sacred Hall, Yu Haoran would go through the back door and stealthily leave the Qingyuan Hall.    

Passing through three narrow alleys, and just as they were about to appear on the main street, the Tower Spirit suddenly reminded them.    

"Yu Haoran, wait a moment!"    

"Tower Spirit, what's wrong?" Yu Haoran stopped and asked.    

"There are people watching this place from outside, and there are two people's auras. They are very similar to the one that Black Bear killed yesterday, Sir Wu. It should be the same cultivation technique that Black Bear cultivated." After carefully observing it with his spiritual will, the Tower Spirit explained.    

After hearing Tower Spirit's explanation, Yu Haoran thought for a while, and then took out two dull gray pellets from his storage ring. He crushed one and smeared it on his face, while he swallowed the other.    

In just five seconds, Yu Haoran had changed from a young man with an extraordinary temperament to a weak, middle-aged man.    

After changing his appearance, temperament and aura completely, Yu Haoran was about to walk out of the alley when he suddenly thought of the black bear behind him, and immediately turned to ask.    

"Black Bear, what is the limit of your current body shape?"    

"Let me give it a try!"    

Due to the living environment, the black bear has never really tried the limits of body shape change.    

Therefore, facing Yu Haoran's interrogation, it could only confirm it through the experiments on the spot.    

He closed his eyes and began to control the demonic energy in his dantian and the soul in his Sea of Consciousness to control his body.    

The two meter tall body gradually shrank.    

1.5 meters!    

1.2 meters!    

One meter!    

80 centimeters!    

Under the dual control of its demonic power and soul, the black bear quickly shrunk from a height of two meters to twenty centimeters.    

"Master, is this alright?" The black bear, which had shrunk to a mini size, asked with a tender voice that had lost its heavy flavor.    

"Can you get smaller?" Shaking its head, Yu Haoran indicated for it to continue shrinking.    

When Black Bear's height shrank to nine centimeters, he shook his head and said to Yu Haoran.    

"Master, my body size has already reached the limit, and I can't continue shrinking!"    

"It's done!"    

Seeing the black bear's body shrink to nine centimeters, Yu Haoran nodded in satisfaction. Then, he raised his left arm and instructed the black bear.    

"Stay in my sleeve for the time being!"    

After the black bear had entered his sleeves, Yu Haoran slowly walked out of the alley. Using the corner of his eyes, he observed the two people who were monitoring the alley from the corner of his eyes, following Tower Spirit's warning.    

Tower Spirit used his Qi to determine that these two people came from the same place as Sir Wu who was killed by the Black Bear yesterday.    

However, from their temperament, Yu Haoran confirmed that these two people came from the Rites Department.    

Thinking that Gao Luanping had intentionally mentioned that the Qingcheng Sect and Ministry of Rites would take revenge on him in order to stop him from leaving the Qingyuan Hall, Yu Haoran hurriedly withdrew his gaze to prevent himself from arousing the other party's suspicions.    

After that, they slowly entered the main street and gradually blended in with the flow of people heading back and forth from the north and south.    

taiyatan, along with Qingyuan Hall and Yun Wei, were also known as the three famous shops in Xianyang City.    

Amongst them, the overall layout of the taiyatan was very similar to that of the Qingyuan Hall.    

However, there was something different about it compared to the Qingyuan Hall. In the center of the taiyatan, there was a building that had a very simple style.    

This building was one of the unique features of the taiyatan, and was also the location used by the Celestial Fragrance Pavilion's Chamber of Commerce to host auctions.