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Seeing the familiar scene, the First Elder turned his head to look at Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan and said jokingly.

Upon hearing the elder's words, Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan exchanged a glance, a strange memory flickering in their eyes.

Xiao Fan looked down at the dense forest. His gaze swept over a large tree, and it was there that he saw Yue Yao, who was being surrounded by the inner courtyard and about to lose her fire power.

Thinking of this, a faint smile appeared on Xiao Fan's lips. That silly girl, for some reason, is even so willful in her cultivation...

...........

In a world that resembles a fairyland, a colossal tree that blots out the sky seems to support the entire world. Suddenly, a strange silver-white energy spreads from the tree and bursts through the sky, which was originally clear.

The once clear sky seemed to lose its color because of this sudden silvery-white energy, with only the silvery-white moonlight in the center remaining.

The countless people living around the giant tree, upon seeing the silver light in the sky, revealed a hint of fanaticism in their eyes. Then, as if on a pilgrimage, they prostrated themselves in worship toward the center of the giant tree, the place where the silver light rose.

At the top of a misty mountain cliff, an old woman with white hair and a youthful face sat cross-legged, feeling the energy rising from the sky. Her eyes first showed a trace of pain and confusion, which was then replaced by joy.

Excitedly, she stood up, a magnificent wooden cane appearing in her hand. Looking up at the silvery-white energy ripples in the sky, a hint of excitement appeared on her cheeks, and a full moon mark appeared on her forehead.

"Grandma, the Holy Maiden has succeeded!"

A spatial rift suddenly appeared behind them, and a figure emerged from it, looking at the old woman on the mountaintop and speaking to her with an excited expression.

The old woman could no longer contain her excitement. She turned to look at the middle-aged beauty who had emerged from the spatial rift. A pale white cheongsam draped her graceful figure, and her long hair was neatly styled into a mature look, secured with a pale green hairpin.

"Hehe, Jing girl, you've worked hard."

"Grandma" smiled kindly at the middle-aged beauty, stepped forward and patted her shoulder. Her gaze fell on the lingering energy ripples in the air, and she felt a great weight lifted from her shoulders. With a smile, the wrinkles on her face deepened, and she said to the middle-aged beauty called Jing beside her, "In any case, this year's Holy Maiden has finally succeeded. In this way, compared to the other races, we are not behind in time."

"Mother-in-law..."

Looking at the excited expression on her mother-in-law's face, Jingya hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.

"what happened?"

When her mother-in-law saw the hesitation on Jing's face, a hint of doubt appeared in her eyes. She couldn't help but turn her head and ask. Jing was extremely talented, far surpassing her peers in terms of skill level. She had always regarded Jing as her successor. Seeing the struggle in Jing's eyes, she was naturally curious. What could possibly affect her like this?

"It's nothing..." Jing hesitated for a moment without speaking, gently shaking her head and lowering her eyes.

The grandmother, immersed in joy, did not notice the energy ripples in the sky that had not yet dissipated. She gently tapped her cane, and an invisible wave instantly spread down from the mountaintop, enveloping the entire world in the blink of an eye. A vast voice, along with the ripples, entered the ears of every living being.

"Issue my decree: Yueyao, the Holy Maiden of the Spirit Clan, has received the Mandate of Heaven and her true self has returned. She is hereby granted the title of Yaozun. From this day forward, the Spirit Realm will be opened to the eight clans to celebrate. One month from now, a grand investiture ceremony will be held in the Spirit Realm, and all members of the Spirit Clan must pay homage."

Chapter 46 Returning to the Inner Courtyard to Absorb Divine Power

As the group passed through the silvery-white spatial gate, Xiao Fan and his companions returned to the familiar inner courtyard.

"Hehe, the changes in the inner courtyard in the past two years have been tremendous."

The mentors following behind returned to their respective posts. Su Qian turned to look at Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan beside her and said to them, "You two can wander around on your own for a while. You just got back, and I guess you want to go back to Panmen to take a look."

As he spoke, Su Qian smiled and said to the two of them, "Speaking of which, the Panmen that you founded is now extremely powerful in the inner courtyard."

Upon hearing the Grand Elder's words, Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan exchanged a glance, then watched the departing figures of the elders before heading towards the inner courtyard.

"Senior brother, the inner courtyard has changed so much in the past two years..."

As they walked, the two noticed that the scenery around them had changed significantly compared to two years ago. Moreover, they saw many people wearing badges of the Panmen faction on their chests.

"Junior brother, you go to where Panmen is first. I'm going to where Yueling is. I want to ask Han Yue a few questions."

As Xiao Fan led you along, his gaze swept over some familiar buildings. Back in the inner courtyard, a little girl had always been by his side...

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan was slightly taken aback, then nodded with a hint of doubt on his face. He was unaware of the relationship between Han Yue and Yue Yao, so he didn't know that Xiao Fan's purpose in going there was for Yue Yao.

"Han Yue seems to know about Yue Yao."

Seeing the puzzled look on Xiao Yan's face, Xiao Fan realized that probably not many people in the inner courtyard knew about this, so he couldn't help but explain to Xiao Yan.

Upon hearing Xiao Fan's words, Xiao Yan's face showed a hint of understanding, and he immediately said, "Okay."

After saying that, the two of them headed off to their respective destinations.

Xiao Fan, familiar with the plot, naturally knew that it was during this return to the inner courtyard that Xiao Yan obtained information about the Three Thousand Burning Flames and the Nine Dragons Heavenly Gang Flame from Xin Lan. Later, he even reached a deal with Xin Lan to help her family return to the Pill Tower and participate in the Pill Gathering...

Xiao Fan did not actively influence this matter. Even if Xiao Yan and Xin Lan missed each other, Xiao Fan could take the initiative to approach Xin Lan. With their talents, Xiao Fan believed that Xin Lan would not refuse.

The location of Moon Spirit in the inner courtyard is not in the same direction as the direction of Panmen. Xiao Fan had no more news to enjoy the scenery along the way and soon arrived at the location of Moon Spirit's headquarters.

The headquarters of Moon Spirit is located in a spacious white courtyard. All the students coming and going in the courtyard are girls, which is a major feature of Moon Spirit. They only recruit female students.

Xiao Fan looked at the Moon Spirit headquarters and was about to enter when he was stopped by a shout coming from inside.

"Who are you? What are you doing here? Don't you know that male students are not allowed to enter Moon Spirit?"

While Xiao Fan was in a daze, a young girl in a blue robe walked out, wearing a badge belonging to the Moon Spirit on her chest. Her childish face showed a hint of anger as she looked up at Xiao Fan.

Hearing the other party's words, Xiao Fan showed a hint of apology on his face. It was indeed his oversight. There were only female students inside Moon Spirit, and as a male, he could not just enter casually. He couldn't help but say, "I'm sorry, I came here to find someone. I didn't know that Moon Spirit had such a rule before."

The woman in the blue robe saw that Xiao Fan's apology didn't seem fake. She glanced at Xiao Fan's handsome face, a hint of doubt flashing in her eyes, and then said, "Never mind, you didn't go in anyway. But who are you looking for? I'm on duty today. Although I can't let you in, I can call for you."

"Thank you."

Hearing what the other person said, Xiao Fan smiled and then said, "I want to find Han Yue."

"Han Yue?"

Upon hearing Xiao Fan's words, the female student gave him a strange look and then said, "Are you talking about the previous guild leader, Senior Sister Han Yue? But Senior Sister Han Yue graduated last year and left Canaan Academy."

"what?"

Xiao Fan was taken aback when he heard her words. He then realized that Lin Xiuya, Wu Hao and others who were in the same batch as Han Yue had all graduated. It seemed that Han Yue had probably already left the inner academy and had returned to Zhongzhou.

"Alright." Xiao Fan sighed. Since Han Yue was gone, his plan to get news about Yue Yao from her was thwarted. He thanked the female student and disappeared from the entrance of Yue Ling amidst her puzzled expression.

"What a strange person, but also rather good-looking..."

After Xiao Fan left, the female student muttered to herself, then seemed to remember something, suddenly widened her eyes, and took out a portrait from her storage ring. On the portrait, a handsome man appeared vividly.

"What the hell! Who built the statue in front of the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower? It's not accurate at all! And these people selling portraits, too! Senior Xiao Fan is clearly much more handsome than in the portrait! It's all their fault that I didn't recognize him right away..."

Wailing in pain, the girl ran towards the Moon Spirit Hall, her face beaming with excitement as she shared gossip with her friends: "Let me tell you, I just saw Senior Xiao Fan! He's so handsome! And he even asked me about Senior Han Yue! I think..."

After leaving the Moon Spirit headquarters, Xiao Fan pondered for a moment, then shook his head helplessly. He took out a perfectly round white jade pendant from his pocket. The pendant was simply engraved with a full moon. It was extremely cold to the touch. Xiao Fan tried to sense the pendant with his soul power, but there was no movement at all. He could only detect a faint trace of strange energy within it.

This jade pendant was given to me by Hu Jia on behalf of Han Yue when I came out from the bottom of the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower. It was also from Hu Jia that I learned about Yue Yao's return to her clan.

Shaking his head, Xiao Fan guessed that Han Yue's family was in the Northern Region of Zhongzhou, and that Yue Yao's family was probably connected with Han Yue's family. In that case, he would go there when he went to Zhongzhou.

As Xiao Fan put away the jade pendant, he didn't notice the fleeting white light that flashed across his forehead.

[Ding! The power of the Moon Goddess has awakened. Would you like to receive it?]

Just as Xiao Fan was about to make a move, the system's voice suddenly sounded in his mind.

"The power of the moon goddess?"

Xiao Fan was slightly taken aback. This power of the Moon Goddess came from when Xun'er was taken away by the Black Annihilation Army. Xiao Fan, with the strength of a Seven-Star Battle Spirit, forcibly attacked the Black Annihilation Army commander. Although he eventually defeated the opponent, the aftereffects were quite severe. Yue Yao took care of him tirelessly for several days. It was only after that that the so-called power of the Moon Goddess appeared in his body.

Thinking of this, Xiao Fan took out the jade pendant again. It was icy cold to the touch, but he could sense that the strange energy within it was gradually becoming more active.

"absorb."

As Xiao Fan finished speaking, he suddenly sensed a wisp of cool, silvery-white energy within his body. Although it was only a wisp, the quality of this energy was extremely high, and the pressure it emitted was unmatched within Xiao Fan's body.

However, this so-called power of the moon goddess did not damage Xiao Fan's body. On the contrary, in the places where the power of the moon goddess had roamed, Xiao Fan could sense inexplicable changes in his body. Of course, these changes were developing in a positive direction.

After circulating through Xiao Fan's body, the power of the Moon Goddess surged towards his forehead, then merged into it and disappeared.

Feeling a cool sensation on his forehead, Xiao Fan sensed a crescent moon mark on his forehead through his soul perception. However, as the power of the Moon Goddess subsided, the mark disappeared again.

"Is this gone?"

Xiao Fan originally thought that the power of the Moon Goddess would bring him some improvement in strength, such as a hundred or two hundred battle qi points, but he did not expect that it would only leave a mark on his forehead.

"The Moon Goddess..."

Xiao Fan looked at the jade pendant in his hand. He had never heard of such a force in the original story. He shook his head and stopped thinking about it. As long as he knew it was related to Yue Yao, that was enough. Xiao Fan believed that Yue Yao would not harm him.

Putting away the jade pendant in his hand, Xiao Fan gazed in the direction of the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower.

"Soon... After helping Xiao Yan absorb the Fallen Heart Flame, I will immediately set off for Zhongzhou."

Undeterred by his inability to find Han Yue, Xiao Fan headed towards the headquarters of Panmen. Panmen had developed rapidly in the past two years, and its headquarters had been moved to a very luxurious location, bustling with people coming and going.

When Xiao Fan arrived, Xiao Yan was giving a lecture to the current students of Panmen at Hu Jia's request.

"Hey, isn't this the other one of our inner courtyard's twin stars? Everyone, turn around and look, this is your idol, your senior Xiao Fan."

Hearing Hu Jia's somewhat sarcastic tone, Xiao Fan shook his head helplessly. However, looking at the current size of Panmen, he admired Hu Jia greatly. Like Xiao Yan, he didn't want to get involved in these matters; otherwise, he wouldn't have made Xiao Yan the sect leader in the first place.

Looking at the excited eyes of the students, Xiao Fan smiled faintly at Xiao Yan, who was already on the high platform. With a twist of his body, he appeared directly next to Xiao Yan, standing in mid-air, to the astonishment of the students.

"hiss!"

Seeing Xiao Fan standing in mid-air beside Xiao Yan, the Panmen students all let out excited roars.

"This...standing in mid-air! This is the mark of a Dou Zong powerhouse!"

"Senior Xiao Fan has only graduated a few years ago, and he has already reached the Dou Zong realm?"

Even Hu Jia, who originally wanted to teach Xiao Fan a lesson, was surprised when she saw Xiao Fan's appearance. She did not expect that Xiao Fan had already stepped into the Dou Zong realm.

The inner court's siege of Demon Flame Valley was a secret. Apart from the academy's instructors, they hadn't revealed it at all. After all, if they wanted to launch a surprise attack, they couldn't publicize it widely. Moreover, news of Demon Flame Valley's victory probably hadn't reached Canaan Academy yet.

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P.S. Let me reiterate the last paragraph of the previous chapter, which contains seventy characters and is the essence of this volume. It explains a lot of things, and it's up to you all to ponder it. As for the questions you all raised, I'll briefly explain them.