Xing Tianqi's figure was like a phantom, crossing a fleeting trace in the air.
He maintained extremely fast speed from beginning to end, like the wind and lightning.
After running away all this way, he was already far away from the Eye of the Sandstorm, but he did not let his speed slow down at all, and even burned part of his cultivation just to escape Zhou Yuan's pursuit.
"With only the first level of the Spiritual Transformation Realm, he can kill me at the fifth level of the Spiritual Transformation Realm at will. I have never seen such a monster before."
Xing Tianqi said angrily, he did not expect that Zhou Yuan would suddenly become so powerful after entering the Eye of the Sandstorm. His body-protecting martial arts and his dazzling sword skills almost made him despair.
In a sense, this has ignored the limitations of realm.
The realm of cultivation is divided by the strong. Most warriors spend their entire lives within the framework of this division.
Zhou Yuan, on the other hand, could easily break away from this framework.
At this moment, Xing Tianqi felt extremely regretful.
He regretted teasing Zhou Yuan before, regretted not giving Zhou Yuansheng a chance, and even more regretted the stupid decisions he had made these few times.
If he had taken action earlier before Zhou Yuan's breakthrough, he would not have ended up in this situation.
He originally controlled Zhou Yuan's life and death, but now Zhou Yuan controls his life and death.
Along the way, he thought of the Eye of the Sandstorm.
Zhou Yuan stayed there for three months after entering. After coming out, he miraculously broke through the shackles of cultivation, and his strength increased ten times.
This shows that there is definitely an ulterior secret and great opportunity in the eye of the sandstorm.
Xing Tianqi even thought about why Zhou Yuan went to Northern Xinjiang for no reason. Maybe the purpose was the secret hidden in the Eye of Sandstorm, and everything that happened before was planned by Zhou Yuan.
"When we successfully return to the imperial capital, we must let the chief building owner take action to capture this Zhou Yuan alive, and then find out all the secrets from him."
Xing Tianqi secretly thought, Zhou Yuan has too many secrets, and every secret can make people's eyes dazzle.
He had made many twists and turns along the way, almost 20,000 miles away.
With such a long distance, he believed that no matter how powerful Zhou Yuan was, he didn't know where he was.
It's a pity that he lost both his hands and the Najie, so he couldn't directly contact the Xingyue Tower headquarters, but as long as he entered a random city, there would be hope.
In any city, there is a branch of Xingyue Tower. With the help of the branch, one can quickly contact Dong Xinghai and escape from danger.
The nearest city is Shenyang City.
But Xing Tianqi did not dare to go to Shenyang City. He was worried that Zhou Yuan would guess his thoughts and wait for him outside Shenyang City.
Now is the time to play tricks. Zhou Yuan thought he went to Shenyang City, but in fact he went somewhere else.
"I'm really a clever little guy." Flying high in the sky, Xing Tianqi had a sneer on his face.
On the other side, Zhou Yuan was riding on Xue Ying's back, looking for the scent and tracking it.
In fact, according to the movement route, you can easily guess where Xing Tianqi is going. Zhou Yuan also vaguely guessed Xing Tianqi's thoughts after tracking for a certain distance.
After all, the course of action, in a sense, represents a person's way of doing things.
Ever since, Zhou Yuan guessed where Xing Tianqi would eventually go.
"He thought I would go outside Shenyang City to intercept him, but in fact, I would go to Shenfeng City and wait for him." Zhou Yuan secretly laughed in his heart.
Xing Tianqi's route always took many twists and turns, and Zhou Yuan was too lazy to follow him around. After guessing that the destination was Kamikaze City, he simply went directly to the direction of Kamikaze City.
The straight-line distance is always the shortest. Not long after, Zhou Yuan arrived at the boundary of Kamikaze City.
Xueying didn't smell Xing Tianqi's scent here, which meant that Xing Tianqi hadn't arrived yet. He directly let go of his consciousness to investigate and wait.
After a long time, a figure appeared in the sky ahead.
Seeing this, Zhou Yuan immediately volleyed forward to greet him.
"Xing Zuo, we meet again." Zhou Yuan said with a smile.
Xing Tianqi was still happy that he had arrived at Kamikaze City, but when he suddenly heard this familiar voice, his expression suddenly changed.
Looking up, Xing Tianqi saw Zhou Yuan flying towards him.
Xing Tianqi was suddenly startled, his expression was as if he had seen a ghost, full of fear.
"You, you, you..." Xing Tianqi was so surprised that he couldn't close his jaw.
puff!
The next moment, Xing Tianqi thought about how to beg for mercy, but Zhou Yuan did not give him this chance at all. The moment he passed by Xing Tianqi, the long sword in his hand casually cut Xing Tianqi's throat.
High in the sky, a head and a headless corpse fell together.
After looking at the corpse below, Zhou Yuan's face showed no emotion. He turned around, bypassed Kamikaze City, and headed towards Kamiyang City.
After Xing Tianqi died, Xingyue Tower must have known about it immediately.
Of course, Xingyue Tower already knew when Youhua and Youtai died.
Dong Xinghai's strength is unfathomable. Zhou Yuan is not willing to confront him head-on yet, but sooner or later he will destroy the entire Xingyue Tower, not only for himself, but also for the dead Nie Chong.
Zhou Yuan still remembered the Sky Eagle battle that Yun Chen mentioned last time.
Today, there is less than a month until the Sky Eagle War starts, so Zhou Yuan will naturally go to participate.
Next, he will get on Yunfan in Shenyang City and go directly to the imperial capital.
As for the family, they still need to be taken care of by Meng Tuo.
A new notice was posted on the city wall of Shenyang City, which stated that the Royal Capital was recruiting talented young people for the Sky Eagle War.
All young warriors under the age of twenty-five and above the fifth level of Foundation Establishment can sign up to participate.
This Sky Eagle Battle is the highest level elite selection event in Tianyun Kingdom. It is held every ten years. The warrior who wins the first place in the Sky Eagle Battle is called the Eagle Chief.
Ying Kuai will be named a great scholar and given a palace in the imperial capital.
The second place in the Sky Eagle Battle will be awarded the title of Young Governor, and the third place will be awarded the title of Young Admiral.
Moreover, this Sky Eagle War is different from the past.
The notice made it very clear that in the Sky Eagle War, all those who are at the top will have the opportunity to be selected to go to the Tianlong Kingdom and enter the ruins of the Great Emperor's battlefield to look for opportunities.
Zhou Yuan was immediately shocked. The battlefield ruins mentioned on the notice were not the Eye of Sandstorm in Northern Xinjiang.
The Sixth Emperor of Donghuang and the Seventh Emperor of Xuanwu fought continuously in those years, leaving countless battlefield relics throughout the entire Xuanhuang Continent.
The Eye of Sandstorm was just a sword energy slashed by the Great Emperor.
Among the thousands of battlefield ruins, this is simply inconspicuous.
The battlefield ruins mentioned in the notice are located on the border of Tianlong Kingdom adjacent to Tianyun Kingdom. They were only discovered five years ago, so this battlefield ruins are also called Tianlong ruins.
This Tianlong ruins is the largest battlefield ruins discovered so far in the entire Seventeen Kingdoms of Qingzhou.
The kings of the seventeen countries jointly investigated it. It took five years before they made it public and strictly guarded it. They listed it as a testing ground for the younger generation.
It is even said that the king of a certain country received part of the inheritance from the emperor.
Some monarchs also received extremely high-quality treasures.
These, without exception, make all the younger generation jealous, and even Zhou Yuan cannot control himself.
Therefore, he must participate in this Sky Eagle Battle.
That night, Zhou Yuan boarded the Yunfan of Shenyang City and set off.
During this period, Zhou Yuan had contact with both Meng Tuo and Yun Chen through the jade transmission. Meng Tuo had to stay in Zhou's house for a while.
As for Yun Chen, he has already made preparations to welcome Zhou Yuan.
There is less than a month left before the Sky Eagle Battle. The Yunfan in Shenyang City is the smallest and very slow. Naturally, Zhou Yuan cannot waste time on the road.
A few days later, Zhou Yuan arrived at Diyun City, one of the seven largest cities in the Tianyun Kingdom.
In this city, there is the largest cloud sail, which is dozens of times faster than the small one. Of course, the ticket price is also extremely high.
Zhou Yuan spent three thousand spirit stones to buy a spot.
The large cloud sail quickly opened, and when it flew high into the sky, the speed was even more astonishing. The scenes on the earth flashed by like a marquee.
In just three days, we arrived at the Royal Capital Port.
Because of the Sky Eagle War, geniuses from all over the world began to gather in the imperial capital again.
Looking at the lively crowd at the port, Zhou Yuan was filled with emotion. The last time it was so lively was the triennial big move of Seven Star Academy.
With a dense population, naturally the scrutiny in all aspects will be stricter.
"For the young geniuses participating in the Sky Eagle War, please prepare a letter of recommendation from your local city lord."
The official responsible for checking the identity of all outsiders shouted to everyone in the port.
"Recommendation letters?" Zhou Yuan was stunned for a moment. He did not expect that the imperial capital would actually review the recommendation letters this time. This was to find out everyone's background.
However, I came all the way from Shenyang City and had no letters of recommendation at all.
As for the other group of people, they will not participate in the Sky Eagle War, but their residence certificates must also be reviewed.
Zhou Yuan also does not have a residence certificate. He had been at Seven Star Academy before.
The review this time is unprecedentedly strict.
However, Zhou Yuan didn't take it seriously. He had the identity token of Seven Star Academy, so the officials would definitely let him go.
Soon, the queue reached Zhou Yuan.
The official said expressionlessly: "Please show your proof of residence in the imperial capital, or a letter of recommendation from the Lord of Tianying Zhan City. If you don't have it, you are prohibited from entering the city."
Zhou Yuan's expression changed, he took out a token and handed it to the official.
"I am a core disciple of Seven Star Academy. I shouldn't need these things, right?" Zhou Yuan asked.
The official looked at the token carefully and thought that Zhou Yuan would be released the next moment, but unexpectedly, he waved his sleeve and said coldly: "Disciples of Seven Star Academy also need a letter of recommendation from the dean before they can enter."
"I didn't." Zhou Yuan frowned.
He was not at Seven Star College before, so how could he obtain a letter of recommendation from the dean?
If you want a recommendation letter from the dean, you have to go to Seven Star College, which is a bit troublesome.
"Let's go. Emperor Yun has an order. Either he has a residence certificate or a letter of recommendation. Without these two things, no one is allowed to enter the imperial city."
The official said coldly.
Zhou Yuan was stunned for a while. The strictness of the review this time far exceeded his expectations.
Unexpectedly, even as a core disciple of Seven Star Academy, he would be turned away.
Of course, the main reason is that Zhou Yuan's situation is special and he cannot get a recommendation letter immediately.
"A core disciple of Seven Star Academy? How could you look like this? That token must be fake, right?"
At this moment, a harsh voice came from the side.
Zhou Yuan turned his head and saw a handsome-looking woman.
The woman was looking at Zhou Yuan with a pair of disdainful eyes, walked up to the official, took out a letter and handed it over.
"Yes, how could a dignified core disciple of Seven Star Academy end up in this place?"
"Most of them are fake. The real core disciples have such a noble status that they still need to line up here?"
Behind the woman, there were many young men and women talking in low voices.
Their eyes looked at Zhou Yuan from time to time, their expressions full of disdain.
Zhou Yuan suddenly felt puzzled. He was a stranger to these people and had no grudges. Why did they treat him like this?
My appearance should have nothing to do with my status as a core disciple of Seven Star Academy, right?
Is it true that the identities of true core disciples are written on their faces?
Zhou Yuan was speechless for a while, but he still lowered his head subconsciously and looked at himself.
