Peerless Dragon Sovereign-Chapter 524: Strong Clan Huo Family

The next day, Chu Nan parted ways with Gu Nianxue and headed towards the Huo family with members of the True Martial Holy Hall and Zhi Tianping.

This trip, he had to meet Huo Mingxian to learn the truth of the past.

After arriving at the Imperial Capital, Chu Nan sought information about Huo Mingxian from multiple sources, and the more he learned, the more shocked he became.

Although Huo Mingxian was less than a hundred years old, she held a transcendent status within the Huo family.

She was second only to the Supreme Ancestor at the ninth level of the Huo family and had a status equivalent to the Supreme Elders of the eighth level.

Her cultivation was at the seventh level of the Cloud Sea Realm, and she had forged a ninth-level celestial body, a level of power that Chu Nan found himself inferior to.

If she were to break through to the ninth level of the Cloud Sea Realm, she would become an existence on par with Lu Daochang, and some even speculated that Huo Mingxian might become the strongest ninth-level celestial in the history of the Imperial Capital.

After all, she was the only martial artist who forged a ninth-level celestial body before reaching the ninth level of the Cloud Sea Realm.

Combined with various rumors surrounding Huo Mingxian, even Emperor Qin paid her significant attention and granted her the privilege of not bowing before the emperor.

To know, in the entire Imperial Capital, only ninth-level celestials had this privilege!

Chu Nan understood that this journey was extremely dangerous, and the Huo family was a den of dragons and tigers.

But he would not be intimidated because Chu Nan was determined to know where his mother truly was, and he also wanted to know how Huo Mingxian traversed between the two realms.

Ever since the separation of the two realms, only a few people from the Celestial Crossing Realm had returned after visiting the Heavenly Balance Realm.

Chu Nan only knew of two people: his father Chu Fang and Huo Mingxian!

But Chu Fang had perished in the battle with the Sword Demon of the Heavenly Balance Realm in the Cyan Demon Mountain Range, and his mother went missing as a result. Only Huo Mingxian witnessed the entire process and understood the truth.

In fact, at the Ancestor Sect, Chu Nan also questioned Lu Daochang.

After all, the terrifying Sword Demon from the Heavenly Balance Realm invaded the Celestial Crossing Realm. It might have been blocked from the lower levels, and most didn't know about it.

But as the true core of the Celestial Crossing Realm, strong figures from the Imperial Capital couldn't remain completely unaware.

To Chu Nan's disappointment, from Lu Daochang, he learned that when the Sword Demon attacked, and the Heavenly Balance Realm martial artists descended upon the Celestial Crossing Realm, it caused an enormous uproar among the royal and strong clans of the Imperial Capital.

Ninth-level cultivators understood the fear of the enemy and dared not approach the Cyan Demon Mountain Range.

Lu Daochang did go to the Cyan Demon Mountain Range, but he fled with just a glance.

The overwhelming demonic aura deep within the Cyan Demon Mountain Range made his heart tremble.

Only some weaker martial artists, unaware of the enemy's might, went to the Cyan Demon Mountain Range to fight, but apart from Huo Mingxian and Feng Jiming, none returned.

Huo Mingxian survived because she was the maid of Chu Nan's mother, Ye Jiao'e, and Feng Jiming was secretly protected by Chu Fang, which is why they survived.

Chu Nan also knew that his father Chu Fang killed the Sword Demon, something unknown to the royal and strong clans of the Imperial Capital. They neither knew nor had any knowledge of Chu Fang's existence.

Because the only two survivors, Feng Jiming had long vanished without a trace, and for unknown reasons, Huo Mingxian never spoke of it.

In this regard, Chu Nan felt quite fortunate.

Chu Fang was dead, and if the martial artists of the Imperial Capital knew his father Chu Fang had killed the Sword Demon, the supreme strong of the Heavenly Balance Realm, he wouldn't have been able to live peacefully in Qingshan County.

Regarding the bottom line of the royal and strong clans, Chu Nan had a deep understanding.

They wouldn't care if Chu Fang was a hero protecting the Celestial Crossing Realm; they only desired the opportunities that could make them stronger!

This was evident from the Huo family.

Apparently, Huo Mingxian had told the Huo family certain things, yet they remained relentless in hunting down Chu Nan, clearly showing their attitude.

Silently holding his storage bag, Chu Nan knew it was wrong to rely on Lu Yao, but his desire to uncover the truth of the past was too great.

At this point, his strength had reached a limit, and if he didn't visit the Huo family now, who knew what would happen in the future?

Soon, Chu Nan passed through the layers of streets in the Imperial Capital, arriving before an endless sequence of palatial buildings in the East City of Ba Yang City.

These buildings stretched on like a massive, continuous mountain range.

Shrouded under an illusory array, the entire palace complex exuded an aura of majesty and mystery.

Even the current Chu Nan couldn't help but feel a sense of awe.

But this thought quickly dissipated, and he mumbled to himself, "Huo family, I'm here!"

Zhi Tianping, looking at the Huo family, also showed a look of sentiment, saying, "The past glory of the Zhi family was once like this. Compared to here, the Zhi Family Secret Realm looks like a dilapidated village."

"When will my Zhi family restore its past glory?"

Having been instilled with the belief of revitalizing the Zhi family since childhood, he was expressing his feelings.

Chu Nan glanced at Zhi Tianping and said slowly, "Trust me, the future Zhi family will be even more prosperous than the Huo family!"

His words were not without basis. The Zhi family possessed the Ancestral Bloodline, which, although faint, could still give rise to talented descendants within the Zhi family.

When the obstacles disappeared, as long as they cultivated methodically and nurtured new talents, the Zhi family's resurgence was merely a matter of time.

Zhi Tianping nodded silently, filled with strong confidence.

His confidence didn't come from the Zhi family's legacy of the Ancestral Bloodline but from Chu Nan.

It had been nearly half a year since leaving the Zhi Family Secret Realm, and he witnessed Chu Nan's rapid rise firsthand.

Now, not only did Chu Nan have the strength of a ninth-level cultivator, but he also had the backing of the supreme Sect Leader of the Ancestor Sect.

In the Imperial Capital, for someone of his age to achieve such accomplishments, there was no one!

Even to reach the seventh level of the Cloud Sea Realm at the age of twenty was already exaggerative, let alone having forged a fourth-level celestial body.

This kind of accomplishment—truly, if not seen with one's own eyes, no one would believe it.

Thus, as they chatted casually, they walked toward the main entrance of the Huo family.

Just as they approached within a hundred meters, someone stepped out to scold them, "This is the mansion of the Strong Clan Huo family. Outsiders are not allowed to approach!"

As they spoke, two middle-aged guards walked up, both emanating the aura of the Cloud Sea Realm.

Though only at the first level of the Cloud Sea Realm, Chu Nan was still internally startled.

Truly worthy of being one of the strong clans in the prosperous Imperial Capital; elsewhere, a first-level martial artist of the Cloud Sea Realm would be regarded as a grandmaster and strong figure.

Yet, in the Huo family, they were merely gatekeepers.

This highlighted the depth of accumulation gathered by the Huo family, who have been exploiting the Celestial Crossing Realm for thousands of years alongside the royal family.

Despite the enmity with the Huo family, Chu Nan chose to remain courteous and said, "Chu Nan, Elder of Truth Martial from the Ancestor Sect, seeks an audience with Elder Huo Mingxian!"

"What, you're Chu Nan!"

"The Elder of Truth Martial, the youngest in the Imperial Capital to reach the Cloud Sea Realm, defeated the Eldest Prince's prodigy—it's you!"

Both guards showed expressions of surprise and admiration, looking at Chu Nan with eyes full of shock and reverence.

This is the world of martial artists; as long as you have enough strength, you will earn respect.