Practice begins with immortality

Spring goes and winter comes, flowers bloom and fall, and in the blink of an eye, seven years have passed.

After the Qianqing Palace incident, Zhang Yuanchang recruited Bai Xinyuan's secret guards and disbanded them and reorganized them.

Part of them were incorporated into the Xuanwu Guard, responsible for supervising officials; the other part was mixed with the capital's military camp to form the Jinwu Guard, responsible for patrolling the capital.

With the help of these two forces, and with the deaths of Bai Xinyuan, Zhang Xuanqing and their masters, Zhang Yuanchang quickly took control of the court situation.

The officials who were originally under Bai Xinyuan wisely chose to directly submit a petition requesting to retire and return home; as for those who were stubborn and unyielding, their fate was self-evident.

After purging those officials, Zhang Yuanchang promoted a group of talented and capable officials, and then began to implement new policies and abolished some of the original bad policies.

Five years after the new policies were implemented, Xuan State's national strength increased significantly, and the country flourished. At the beginning of the sixth year, a conflict broke out between Xuan State and Chen State on the border, and war broke out, with Xuan State gaining the upper hand. Six months into the conflict, negotiations between the two countries resulted in Chen State ceding three counties to Xuan State, thus ending the war.

At the same time, a huge storm arose in the Xuan Kingdom's martial arts world.

The last remaining fragment of the Yama Map has unexpectedly appeared in Lei Ze County, sparking a fierce battle among countless martial artists. For a time, the entire martial arts world was in an uproar, with countless powerful individuals vying to seize this precious fragment. However, in the end, a mysterious group of people successfully seized the fragment.

"Sir, this is the last remaining Yama map."

In a wooden house on Tianxia Mountain, Xuan Si knelt respectfully on the ground and carefully handed the incomplete map in his hand to Wang Bai. He knew what this incomplete map meant to Wang Bai, so he did not dare to neglect it in the slightest.

"Well done! Go down and get your reward." Wang Bai nodded with satisfaction and motioned Xuan Si to stand up.

After Xuan Si left, Wang Bo couldn't wait to piece the three incomplete pictures together correctly.

In an instant, a mysterious aura emanated from the remaining map, as if telling an ancient history.

"So that's it..." Looking at the complete map of Yama, Wang Bai finally understood the true location of Yama's secret treasure.

"It is actually in Jilei Mountain in Fengxuan County, close to the border of Xuan State. The terrain there is dangerous and the environment is harsh. It is indeed very hidden. If it weren't for this map recording the secret location, I'm afraid no one would be able to find it." Thinking of this, Wang Bai couldn't help but sigh.

Over the past seven years, Wang Bai had slowed down his cultivation and wasn't as frantically practicing as he had been back then. Even so, Wang Bai had now filled his twelve meridians with his late husband's true energy, making him several times stronger than he was seven years ago. The only thing in the world that interested Wang Bai now was the secrets within Yama's secret vault.

"The founder of Yama Palace is an innate warrior, so he must have mastered the method of improving the soul, which may be helpful to me." Wang Bai said to himself.

Over the years, I've tried many methods to improve my strength. I even tried visualizing something like I did in my previous life, but nothing worked.

Seven days later, Wang Bai brought a team of Xuanwu guards to Jilei Mountain in Fengxuan County.

"Sir, according to the map and the information we got from the local mountain people, the Yama Secret Treasury is in this poisonous valley." A Xuanwu guard respectfully reported the situation to Wang Bai.

In the eyes of local mountain people, the Poisonous Miasma Valley is an absolute Jedi. Not only is there poisonous miasma that lingers all year round, but there are also all kinds of poisonous insects and snakes lurking in it, which makes people shudder at the mere mention of it.

Wang Bai nodded, then asked the Xuanwu Guards to stay outside the Poisonous Miasma Valley, and he entered the valley alone.

He protected his whole body with his innate true energy and released his own power. No matter what kind of poisonous creatures he encountered along the way, they were scared away.

In this way, Wang Bai walked for more than ten miles in the valley, and finally found a deep pool at the end of the valley.