But when Chen Xiao saw the eager looks in their eyes, his heart softened, and he decided to reveal a little, saying, "The Holy Domain is both my old home and the place I want to return to."

　　Xiao Liuzi curled his lips and whispered, "Brother Xiao, don't be like that. Even if you don't want to say, you don't have to make up a place to deceive us, right?"

　　Old Wang was not as ignorant as Xiao Liuzi. He glared at Xiao Liuzi and said, "Don't talk nonsense. The world is so big, there are countless places you don't know. If you have little knowledge, listen more, see more, and talk less!"

　　Xiao Liuzi was educated again. Even though he was extremely respectful to Old Wang, he was a little unconvinced in his heart, so he ate his meal in silence and stopped talking.

　　Chen Xiao's eyes lit up, and he asked expectantly, "You know this place? Then do you know how to get there?"

　t This question had puzzled Chen Xiao for a long time. He only knew that the Holy Domain was not on the Dragon Martial Continent, but he didn't know how to get back.

　　Old Wang shook his head and replied, "This old man has never heard of this place, let alone how to get there. I only know that the Tianfeng Kingdom is located on the edge of the Dragon Martial Continent, and there are countless small countries like the Tianfeng Kingdom in the entire marginal area, collectively referred to as the Domain of the Kingdoms."

　　"The closer you get to the center of the continent, the richer the spiritual energy becomes. However, that area is governed by the Domain of the Sects, and we are not allowed to step into it. The people in the Domain of the Sects have extremely high cultivation levels due to their unique and rich spiritual energy. If we force our way in, it would be like hitting a stone with an egg."

　　Seeing that Chen Xiao was listening attentively, Old Wang asked a little puzzled, "What? Don't you know about the Domain of the Sects?"

　　After seeing Chen Xiao's superb array talisman skills, Old Wang guessed that he must have come from the more central area of the continent. And when Chen Xiao said that the Holy Domain was his old home, Old Wang was even more sure of his guess.

　　He also thought that Chen Xiao had lost all his cultivation, which was obviously due to persecution. In order to avoid his enemies, he came to the Tianfeng Kingdom to seek refuge.

　　But if the Holy Domain was located in the more central area of the continent, then Chen Xiao should know about the existence of the Domain of the Sects.

　　He never thought that the place Chen Xiao came from did not belong to the Dragon Martial Continent at all, which was beyond his comprehension.

　　"Of course not. This is the first time I've heard of the Domain of the Sects," Chen Xiao replied, negating all of Old Wang's guesses with one sentence.

　　"Oh, I see." Old Wang looked pensive, but he soon became relieved. One of the benefits of getting old is that you no longer want to ask for the result of everything.

　　After a moment of contemplation, Old Wang continued to explain, "As the name suggests, there are countless sects, large and small, in the Domain of the Sects. Any small sect can destroy the entire Tianfeng Empire. The reason why they don't do this is simply because they think the resources here are scarce and not worth their effort."

　　Hearing Old Wang's words, Chen Xiao's face was as heavy as water. He didn't expect the hierarchy on the Dragon Martial Continent to be so strict.

　　"That's all I know. I haven't even been to the Domain of the Sects, let alone the more central area," Old Wang said with a helpless spread of his hands, with a hint of regret in his eyebrows.

　　But Chen Xiao saw a clue in Old Wang's expression and asked, "Old Wang, did you have a chance to go to the Domain of the Sects before?"

　　"Yes, the Tianfeng Sect in the Domain of the Sects would come to the Tianfeng Empire every year to select a few good seedlings for cultivation, and I once had such an opportunity..." Old Wang said here, hesitated, waved his hand and said, "Never mind, never mind."

　　"Could it be that there is some connection between the Tianfeng Empire and the Tianfeng Sect?" Chen Xiao did not pursue Old Wang's past, but asked the doubts in his heart.

　　"Yes, in name, the Tianfeng Empire is an affiliated country of the Tianfeng Sect, but in reality, the Tianfeng Sect is like a mosquito, endlessly sucking the blood of the empire." Speaking of this, Old Wang's eyes were full of resentment, "The empire is already scarce in resources, but every year, 80 to 90 percent of the minerals, medicinal materials, spirit stones, and so on produced must be supplied to the Tianfeng Sect."

　　Chen Xiao didn't feel any injustice about this. It's the same everywhere. The law of the jungle is an unchanging rule. The strong will occupy more resources, and if the weak don't want to be eaten, they can only force themselves to become stronger.

　　Chen Xiao now only wanted to know how to enter the Domain of the Sects. If he wanted to find a way to return to the Holy Domain, he had to go to a more developed place. So he asked, "Then how can one be selected?"

　　"Since it is a sect selecting good seedlings for cultivation, the requirements are naturally extremely high. The most basic requirement is to have a spirit seed of fourth grade or higher, and to reach the seventh level of Body Refinement, that is, enter the Visceral Refining Stage (Lian Zang Qi), before the age of eighteen. After meeting these two conditions, whether or not you will be selected depends on the attitude of the envoy. The attitude of the envoy is of utmost importance."

　　Old Wang was very familiar with this.

　　"Oh." Chen Xiao pondered for a moment. He was seventeen years old this year, with eight months left until he turned eighteen. It wouldn't be too difficult to reach the seventh level of Body Refinement within eight months. Not to mention the spirit seed, a super grade spirit seed could be considered unique in this world.

　　After thinking about it for a while, Chen Xiao met both conditions, so he asked, "Where is the envoy?"

　　Hearing Chen Xiao ask in such detail, Old Wang already knew what he was thinking, and said without reservation, "Since he is an envoy of the Tianfeng Sect, he is naturally within the Tianfeng Martial Academy established by the Tianfeng Sect. By the way, there is another selection criterion of the Tianfeng Sect: you must be a disciple of the Tianfeng Martial Academy."

　　"Tianfeng Martial Academy?" Chen Xiao seemed to have heard someone mention it, then he slapped his forehead and remembered, "No wonder it sounds so familiar. It turns out that's where that pair of bastards are."

　　"What bastards?" Old Wang was confused.

　　"It's nothing, just a pair of bitches. It just so happens that I have an old score to settle with them." A trace of anger flashed in Chen Xiao's eyes, but it was quickly suppressed. He didn't want to tell others about his past of being dumped, "Old Wang, I want to enter the Tianfeng Academy."

　　Old Wang looked at Chen Xiao with an "I knew it" expression, while Xiao Liuzi exclaimed, "Ah? Brother Xiao, do you really want to be picked by that Tianfeng Sect? What's so good about it?"

　　"Also, also... you said you're seventeen years old this year, and there's less than a year left. How could you possibly..." Xiao Liuzi's words were intermittent, but his meaning was clear. Chen Xiao was already seventeen years old and only at the second level of Body Refinement, even weaker than him. How could he possibly reach the seventh level of Body Refinement within a year?

　　Chen Xiao wasn't angry either, and said with a smile, "Haha, how about we make a bet?"

　　"Forget it." Hearing Chen Xiao mention gambling, Xiao Liuzi immediately thought of Young Master Zuo, who had lost miserably in a bet with Chen Xiao, and immediately chickened out.

　　Although he also noticed that Chen Xiao had broken through from the first level of Body Refinement to the second level of Body Refinement in just one night, everyone knew that the improvement speed in the first three levels of the Body Refinement stage was the fastest. Therefore, he still believed that Chen Xiao could never reach the seventh level of Body Refinement within a year.