Unrivaled Medicine God 81 to 100

 "Come on! The General Affair Department’s head student, Senior Apprentice Brother Lin, and that genius Earth rank student who’s recently in the limelight, Ye Yuan, started fighting. There’s going to be a great show to watch!"

"Ye Yuan? Isn’t he only at the Fourth Level Essence Qi Realm? Senior Apprentice Brother Lin was already at the half-step Spirit Condensation Realm a long time ago. How could Ye Yuan possibly be his match?"

"Are you stupid? Didn’t Ye Yuan enter a closed-door seclusion a few days ago? He exited seclusion and is already at the Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm!"

"W-what? Closed-seclusion for a few days and Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm? That fellow is seriously a freak! But even if he’s at the Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm, he couldn’t possibly be Senior Apprentice Brother Lin’s match, right?"

"Who knows? I also just heard from other people. There seems to be some great enmity between the two of them, which provoked Ye Yuan so much so that he wants to kill Senior Apprentice Brother Lin even knowing the academy’s rule!"

"There’s such a thing? Come! Let’s quickly go look!"

The news of Ye Yuan and Lin Tiancheng’s deathmatch quickly spread throughout the entire Dan Wu Academy. Two students debated over it for a while in a corner of the academy and then they rushed over to watch the show.

But their discussion reached another person’s ear. Wan Yuan just happened to be nearby, and when he heard these two people’s conversation, a hint of a cold smile flashed across his face.

He did not think that Lin Tiancheng was so daring, to actually directly provoke Ye Yuan to violate the academy’s rules!

Now, no matter whether it was Ye Yuan who killed Lin Tiancheng or Lin Tiancheng who killed Ye Yuan, he could sit there and enjoy the fisherman’s gains!

Previously, he let Liu Ruoshui goaded Lin Tiancheng on, and that fellow really fell for it.

Lin Tiancheng was narrow-minded. Just by sowing discord slightly, he became jealous and hated Ye Yuan.

Wan Yuan was still having a headache these two days as Ye Yuan’s improvement became increasingly faster. Not only was he reaching Wan Yuan on the Martial Path, he completely crushed him on the Alchemy Path.

Who would have thought that Lin Tiancheng directly provoked Ye Yuan?

After listening to the two people’s conversation, Wan Yuan was excited but was also shocked.

Ye Yuan went into seclusion and was at the Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm after coming out!

He could pass through the Black Rank Advancement test at the Fourth Level Essence Qi Realm. Didn’t that mean that Ye Yuan could already completely crush him with his current strength?

Just a month plus!

A month plus, and Ye Yuan and his position had totally flipped over.

A month ago, he could easily crush Ye Yuan. A month later, Ye Yuan was already an existence that he looked up to.

Preposterous! Just what the hell happened?!

Wan Yuan was so aggrieved. Nothing made someone sadder than being stepped underfoot by somebody they looked down upon.

Bringing along this grievance, Wan Yuan also headed over.

He really wanted to watch the sight of Ye Yuan being killed by Lin Tiancheng or Ye Yuan killing Lin Tiancheng, and then being sentenced to death by the academy.

. . . . . .

Lin Tiancheng’s Seven-Star Steps was already trained to the small success stage. It was just a little bit faster than Ye Yuan’s Instant Flash!

Currently, Ye Yuan was already forced into a perilous situation by him. If he were careless and got hit, then there would probably be no chance for victory!

The Thunderous Fist belonged to the lightning attribute martial techniques category. It similarly leaned towards attack power and even had a numbing effect.

The moment he got hit, Ye Yuan would basically no longer have the strength to retaliate!

In terms of speed, Ye Yuan could not shake off Lin Tiancheng. In terms of attack, Ye Yuan had already lost the initiative now.

He was currently in an extremely defensive situation.

"Haha! Run! Keep running! I love this sort of cat catching mice game the most! Overconfident punk, I thought you were very powerful. So you only have this bit of ability?" Lin Tiancheng laughed wildly as he chased Ye Yuan.

Lin Tiancheng seemed like he had the strength to spare!

Ye Yuan appeared once more, and Lin Tiancheng appeared beside him at almost the same instant. The Thunderous Fist directly struck Ye Yuan’s chest!

However this time around, Ye Yuan unexpectedly did not run away. He raised his right hand like lightning, and essence energy in his palm spread out.

Stacking Waves Layered Palm, Four Layer Wave!

Boom!

One fist clashed with one palm, and the two people clashed and flew backward.

Lin Tiancheng’s body only flew backward almost seven meters, but Ye Yuan flew for ten meters!

Very clearly, Ye Yuan had the lower-hand in this clash.

Lin Tiancheng stabilized his body and laughed coldly as he said, "So, you actually mastered the Stacking Waves Layered Palm, Four Layer Wave. No wonder you dare to be so arrogant! However, this Stacking Waves Layered Palm can only deal with Essence Qi Realms. To handle me . . . you have a long way to go! Right now, do you feel like your hands are going numb, and your essence energy isn’t circulating properly? Hahaha . . ."

As he spoke, Lin Tiancheng laughed wildly without stopping.

Just now, Ye Yuan was still talking rampantly about the heart of a powerhouse. But now, he was suppressed by him. This made him very gleeful!

Lin Tiancheng admitted that Ye Yuan was a genius. But so what if he was a genius? Did he not still lose to him?

This feeling of crushing geniuses was simply satisfying!

Ye Yuan’s right hand became a little numb, and the circulation of essence energy also became somewhat stagnant.

This Thunderous Fist indeed had a well-deserved reputation. It was actually on par with the Four Layer Wave.

Of course, Lin Tiancheng still had to give credit to his cultivation realm to be able to rely on the Thunderous Fist to draw with Ye Yuan. Half-step Spirit Condensation Realm was no joke. It was almost a major cultivation realm higher than Ye Yuan!

In the past, it had always been Ye Yuan who used speed to crush his opponent. He did not expect that he would be completely suppressed by Lin Tiancheng in terms of speed today!

Without the advantage in speed, he had no way of attacking with his full power. Lin Tiancheng would not give him the chance to strike.

The situation was very unfavorable!

Ye Yuan secretly revolved his essence energy to purge the lightning attribute essence energy entwined in his palm in order to relieve his numbed state.

How could Lin Tiancheng give him this opportunity?

"Trying to relieve the numbness? Are you treating me as a three-year-old kid? Die!"

Right at this moment, Lin Tiancheng moved again!

The Seven Star Steps was executed, and he crossed the several meters distance, arriving in front of Ye Yuan.

Boom!

Another exchange and the two people separated once more.

This time around, Lin Tiancheng only retreated around six meters, while Ye Yuan backed over a dozen meters!

It was apparent that after being affected by the numbness in his right hand, Ye Yuan’s disadvantage grew even greater.

Lin Tiancheng did not plan on giving Ye Yuan the chance to catch his breath. After adjusting his breathing, his Thunderous Fist struck out once more.

Just like that, one heavy punch after another, Lin Tiancheng’s advantage grew even greater!

. . . . . .

"Sigh. Ye Yuan’s improvement is quick, but he overestimated himself. I also know that Lin Tiancheng. He is, after all, a half-step Spirit Condensation Realm and known as the strongest student in the Earth rank. Ye Yuan wants to challenge him at only Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm? Isn’t this just asking for it?"

In a pavilion, Zuo Bugui was complaining.

Standing by his side was Long Tang. He was naturally also alerted to such a major event.

"I think Ye Yuan isn’t such a reckless person. He might have some cards to play." Long Tang frowned as he watched the battle far away.

However, Zuo Bugui did not agree, and he said, "What other cards could he have left? I admit that he’s truly a top genius that only appears once every 50 years. He even surpasses you and me, and he actually mastered the Four Layer Wave. But even his Four Layer Wave can’t handle Lin Tiancheng. What other moves could he have left? Such a pity! Too bad!"

Long Tang’s brows furrowed even tighter. His view was the same as Zuo Bugui. He really could not tell what other resort Ye Yuan possibly had.

Regardless whether it was speed or attack, he was completely suppressed. A defeat was set!

However, he did not know why, but he just felt that Ye Yuan had other cards he had not yet shown.

"Is that so? Really? You also have the same feeling as me? This Ye Yuan is truly a genius, but he’s too short-tempered and impatient. I reckon this has to do with his sudden rise."

Zuo Bugui’s words poured on unceasingly, but Long Tang seemed to pay no heed. The two of them seemed to have formed a tacit agreement. Every time they met, they would chat in such a manner.

"Perhaps what you said is right. But looking at last time when he went underwent the deathmatch with Fei Qingping, this Ye Yuan is somebody who plans first and then takes action. He definitely wouldn’t rush to his death so carelessly." Long Tang was still very insistent.

"Sigh! I say, why are you so stubborn? Why don’t we bet on it? I’ve been salivating over your Spirit Essence Pill for a long time." Zuo Bugui still behaved sloppily.

"A bet?" Long Tang looked at Zup Bugui with probing eyes.

"That’s right, a bet! Don’t you think that Ye Yuan has some trump card that could save the situation? We’ll bet on their victory and defeat. How’s that?" Zuo Bugui met Long Tang’s eyes openly without hiding his desire for the Spirit Essence Pill in the slightest.

Spirit Essence Pill was a Tier 2 medicinal pill that the Dan Wu Academy awarded to Long Tang. It could increase the success rate when a Spirit Condensation Realm martial artist was impacting a minor realm’s bottleneck by 70%!

To the Dan Wu Academy’s geniuses, this sort of medicinal pill was undoubtedly a miracle pill for breaking through realms!

Geniuses like Long Tang and Zuo Bugui already had a much higher chance of breaking through bottlenecks when compared to other people. With the help of the Spirit Essence Pill, breaking through cultivation realms was virtually settled.

Even for a major bottleneck from the Third Level Spirit Condensation Realm to the Fourth Level, the Spirit Essence Pill also had a 40% effect. One could see just how powerful this medicinal pill was!

However, the Spirit Essence Pill was extremely rare even in a place like the Dan Wu Academy. It was seldom awarded to students.

It was because Long Tang became rank one on the Martial Roll of Honor that the academy awarded a Spirit Essence Pill.

He could never bear to use it and did not think that Zuo Bugui had been eyeing this for a long time.

Long Tang looked at Zuo Bugui and suddenly smiled. "Fine. I’ll bet with you! But what do you intend to use as a bet?

Long Tang used the Spirit Essence Pill as the bet, so Zuo Bugui naturally also had to take out something of equivalent value to bet.

Zuo Bugui was a little surprised by how quickly Long Tang agreed.

He even thought that Long Tang would not have agreed, so he purposely used words to spur him on. He did not expect him to really agree.

"Haha. Since you are so straightforward, I also can’t be too stingy. During the previous Endless Trials, I was fortunate enough to obtain a peak Tier 2 Sharp Horned Beast’s inner core. How’s that for a bet?" Zuo Bugui laughed loudly, giving the feeling like his scheme had worked.

Hearing this, Long Tang’s face changed color. "I didn’t think that you had something so good! A peak Tier 2 Sharp Horned Beast’s inner core is naturally enough."

A peak Tier 2 Sharp Horned Beast was equivalent to a peak Spirit Condensation Realm human martial artist. But its combat power was much greater than a human martial artist of the same realm. It was very difficult to hunt and kill this demonic beast if one was not a Crystal Formation Realm martial artist.

Sharp Horned Beast inner core could be used to refine Tier 2 and above medicinal pill, so it was obviously worth a fortune.

Zuo Bugui smirked and had a proud look as he said, "I didn’t think you, Long Tang, would be clever all your life, but stupid this once! Your Spirit Essence Pill will soon be mine. Hahaha! Just look at Ye Yuan. He probably can’t even lift his right arm now, am I right? What does he have . . ."

Zuo Bugui was talking halfway before abruptly stopping. It was because right at this moment, an unexpected change occurred between Lin Tiancheng and Ye Yuan’s fight.

Lin Tiancheng clashed with Ye Yuan seven, eight times consecutively. He had absolute upper-hand, while Ye Yuan’s right hand was almost crippled already.

Lin Tiancheng gave a cruel smile and unleashed another Thunderous Fist.

But meanwhile, Ye Yuan could not even lift up his arm!

Lin Tiancheng seemed to have seen the scene of a rising genius becoming a cripple under his fist.

Ye Yuan appeared to have no moves left, and under the situation where his right arm could no longer move, he lifted his left arm.

Ye Yuan’s left palm struck out and clashed once more with Lin Tiancheng’s Thunderous Fist.

Everyone thought that Ye Yuan was definitely dead this time. But under their astonished eyes, Lin Tiancheng’s body flew backward for several dozen meters!

Puu!

Lin Tiancheng directly spat out a large mouthful of blood in midair, staining his clothes red.

"E-eight Layer Wave! Just now, was that . . . Eight Layer Wave?"

"H-how is this possible? He only used a month’s time to comprehend the Eight Layer Wave? Is he still human?"

"This fellow . . . completely doesn’t belong in the scope of humans! Simply monstrous! Even if Senior Apprentice Brother Long were standing in front of him, he would be ashamed of his inferiority."

Ye Yuan’s Eight Layer Wave caused an uproar among the surrounding onlookers. Everyone was talking about it.

Stacking Waves Layered Palm, Eight Layer Wave. That martial technique virtually impossible to comprehend was grasped by Ye Yuan in a month!

Who knew what they would think if they knew that Ye Yuan had already comprehended the Eight Layer Wave back when he killed Fei Qingping.

It was not that Ye Yuan wanted to be beaten up, but rather, Lin Tiancheng was really too strong!

If Ye Yuan had displayed the Eight Layer Wave from the start, Lin Tiancheng definitely would not clash with him.

The moment Lin Tiancheng was on guard against it, Ye Yuan would not cause much threat to Lin Tiancheng even if he used the Eight Layer Wave.

In the end, Ye Yuan’s cultivation realm was too low!

16 times the unleashed power of a Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm was indeed enough to kill a First Level Spirit Condensation Realm martial artist. But Lin Tiancheng was not yet a dead person!

Being hailed as the strongest in the Earth ranking, Lin Tiancheng was not some scrub like Zhang.

How could someone hail as the strongest in the Earth ranking within the Dan Wu Academy where geniuses were like clouds be a good-for-nothing?

Ye Yuan already noticed this when he matched up with Lin Tiancheng.

Hence, he had been appearing to be weak so that Lin Tiancheng would lower his guard.

Ye Yuan’s Yin Yang Separation Flow Technique was at the acme of perfection, so the difference between left hand and right hand was not much of an issue to him.

The power was not inferior to his right hand when he executed the Stacking Waves Layered Palm with his left hand!

Ye Yuan had mustered up practically all the essence energy in his body for this blow. Lin Tiancheng was caught unprepared, and was severely injured by Ye Yuan!

Ye Yuan could finish off a First Level Spirit Condensation Realm martial artist in the Illusionary Spirit Tower when he was at the Fourth Level Essence Qi Realm.

Now that he was already at the Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm, one could imagine just how much power was in this palm!

Lin Tiancheng was smacked flying backward for several dozen meters before landing heavily on the ground. There was no movement as he lay unconscious.

The surroundings were completely silent. Everybody looked at Ye Yuan like they saw a monster.

In the pavilion, Long Tang had a rare bout of a hearty laugh. "What an Eight Layer Wave! An excellent tactic of appearing to be weak! Regardless whether it’s scheming or strength, Ye Yuan ranks at the top! Such a terrifying opponent! I’m looking forward to you growing up quickly to fight me someday!"

Zuo Bugui opened his mouth and closed it again.

Even until now, he dared not believe the scene before him. The contrast of before and after was too large!

This was known as the most difficult Tier 1 martial technique in the Dan Wu Academy, the Stacking Waves Layered Palm!

How could Ye Yuan that fellow possibly comprehends the Eight Layer Wave so quickly?

"Haha! Looks like you have no chance of getting my Spirit Essence Pill." Long Tang looked at Zuo Bugui with a smirk.

. . . . . .

Ye Yuan did not relax. He knew that this palm was insufficient to kill Lin Tiancheng. He was going to follow up another palm!

Arriving in front of Lin Tiancheng with an Instant Flash, another palm struck out.

Boom!

A large cavity was blasted out in the ground!

It missed Lin Tiancheng!

Several meters away, Lin Tiancheng glared at Ye Yuan with venomous eyes. He howled angrily, "Ye Yuan! You forced me!"

"Ye Yuan! You forced me!" Lin Tiancheng looked at Ye Yuan venomously.

Lin Tiancheng’s aura suddenly grew stronger, and the surrounding essence energy poured madly towards Lin Tiancheng.

When Ye Yuan saw this, his face became very grave!

"Look, quickly! Senior Apprentice Brother Lin, he . . . he’s breaking through! He wants to break through to the Spirit Condensation Realm!"

"Senior Apprentice Brother Lin could have broken through to the Spirit Condensation Realm long ago. He only suppressed his strength at half-step Spirit Condensation Realm for the Earth Rank Advancement test."

"Alas, Senior Apprentice Brother Lin is also forced to his wit’s end by Ye Yuan. Who would have thought that he could master the Eight Layer Wave? That’s 32 times the power!"

"That’s right. Ye Yuan’s too strong. He’s only at the Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm, and he could actually force the half-step Spirit Condensation Realm Senior Apprentice Brother Lin to such a state! But . . . it’s over. Senior Apprentice Brother Lin’s breaking through to the Spirit Condensation Realm, and Ye Yuan’s trump cards are all used up. There’s no more chance of victory."

The crowd was clearly pessimistic about Ye Yuan. When Lin Tiancheng was at the half-step Spirit Condensation Realm, Ye Yuan was already straining. Now that he was breaking through to the Spirit Condensation Realm, what could Ye Yuan use to fight with him?

Over 300 meters away, in the pavilion, Zuo Bugui patted his chest with a frightened look. "Oh my God. Scared this little master to death. Tried to steal the chicken, but nearly ended up losing the rice. I almost ended up losing the Sharp Horned Beast’s inner core which I had a hard time getting. I say, Old Long, now can you hand over your Spirit Essence Pill?"

Long Tang looked on and also sighed secretly.

No matter how Ye Yuan calculated, he probably did not expect Lin Tiancheng breaking through at the last moment. He could only wait now!

Even though he did not want to admit it in his heart, he knew that Ye Yuan’s chances of victory were not high.

But what he thought was one thing, what he actually said was another. "What are you anxious about? It isn’t over yet!"

"Hehe. You really won’t give up until all hope is gone! It’s already like this. Ye Yuan doesn’t even have 10% chance of victory. What are you still stubbornly holding on for?"

"You already said that he has less than 10% chance of succeeding. As long as the chance isn’t zero, then there’s hope."

Although he was stubborn, Long Tang was somebody like this. It was impossible for him to give up until it was truly hopeless.

Zuo Bugui was dumbfounded and could only say, "Fine! Let’s just wait and see! After they finish fighting, won’t you still obediently hand over the Spirit Essence Pill?"

. . . . . .

In another pavilion, a youth and a middle-aged man stood with their hands behind their backs.

"Second Uncle, what do you think?" the youth opened his mouth and asked the middle-aged man.

"If this child’s not eliminated, he will definitely be a calamity to the Su Family!"

"I think so too! I also don’t know what happened to him. This month’s improvement was simply too terrifying!"

"Regardless of what happened, this child absolutely can’t be spared! Just Ye Hang alone is already very troublesome to deal with. If his son were allowed to grow up, the Su Family would likely have to exit the medicinal herbs market in the future!"

The youth was in full agreement. He nodded and asked, "Second Uncle, over at the disciplinary hall . . .?"

"Don’t worry. I’ve informed the people downstairs long ago to treat this matter as if it didn’t exist. We will let Ye Yuan and Lin Tiancheng fight first. No matter the result, Ye Yuan’s definitely dead."

Hearing that, the youth let out a sigh of relief. "That bunch of old fellows can really remain patient. Second Uncle, you didn’t make a move, and none of them showed themselves. Looks like they have the same intention as us, sitting on top of the mountain to watch the tigers fight.

The middle-aged man laughed coldly. "Watching the tigers fight? Haha. Just two little cats, that’s all."

Among these two people, the youth was precisely the Su Family’s new generation’s talent, Su Yishan, while the middle-aged man was Su Yishan’s second uncle, Su Yubai. And he was also the Dan Wu Academy’s Disciplinary Hall’s Elder!

By right, they had received the news long ago. Stopping this fight in time was easy for them.

However, no instructor had shown up until now. It was as if everyone had reached a silent agreement to let Lin Tiancheng and Ye Yuan finish fighting!

. . . . . .

Ye Yuan looked at Lin Tiancheng coldly without any intention of interrupting. Instead, he quietly took out a transcendent-grade Qi Returning Pill and swallowed it.

When he returned to the Fragrant Medicine Pavilion a few days ago, Ye Yuan had refined more medicinal pills.

With his strength, it was basically effortless to refine Tier 1 medicinal pills.

After consuming a transcendent-grade Tier 1 Qi Returning Pill, Ye Yuan’s essence energy instantly recovered to its peak state!

This sort of treatment was not something that the average person could enjoy.

"What did Ye Yuan eat? His essence energy actually recovered in an instant!"

"What rubbish. It’s definitely the Qi Returning Pill!"

"But, can the Qi Returning Pill recover so much essence energy?"

"This . . . maybe the grade is higher?"

"How high of a grade is needed to let essence energy recover fully?"

"This . . . superior-grade? Transcendent-grade?"

. . . . . .

Ye Yuan’s action of swallowing the medicinal pill attracted the surrounding onlookers’ attention.

Zuo Bugui seemed to have discovered something and said in surprise, "Old Long, look at Ye Yuan’s chest!"

Through the nourishment of essence energy, a martial artist’s body would surpass that of the average person. A distance of several hundred meters was not considered far to Spirit Condensation Realm martial artists.

Initially, everyone did not notice that Ye Yuan’s chest had something extra.

But his act of swallowing the medicinal pill drew people’s attention to the badge adorned on his chest.

Long Tang naturally also caught sight of that badge and involuntarily drew a cold breath.

"Sss . . . It’s actually a low-rank Alchemy Master badge!" Long Tang who had always remained calm became incessantly astonished.

"N-no way. He’s only at the Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm! Is that badge fake?" Zuo Bugui’s thoughts were identical with many others. They thought that the badge was fake.

"How’s that possible? Who would dare forge a badge issued by the Alchemist Association? That would make one the public enemy of all alchemists. They would absolutely die without a burial place!"

"But how could he possibly refine Tier 2 medicinal pills with his Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm soul strength?"

"I remembered. Several days ago, the academy organized a group test. Ye Yuan seemed to have joined! He seemed to have entered a closed-door seclusion after returning from the Alchemist Association. That’s to say, when he became a low-rank Alchemy Master, he was still only at the Fourth Level Essence Qi Realm!"

Long Tang also jumped in fright at his analysis. If that was indeed the case, then Ye Yuan was seriously too monstrous.

This discovery caused a huge uproar among the students, and everybody started debating. Of course, the general consensus was that . . . it was fake.

Using a fake Alchemist Association badge, this matter was much more serious than killing someone in the academy!

Su Yishan’s face became solemn. "Second Uncle, what’s with the badge? Did he really pass the Alchemy Master test?"

Si Yubai’s face also did not look too good. But he nodded and said, "If Ye Yuan isn’t a fool, then that badge should be real! But . . . this punk can’t be spared even more!"

"A Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm low-rank Alchemy Master. It isn’t that easy if Second Uncle wants to kill him, right?"

"Humph! A dead genius . . . is no longer a genius! Could those old fogeys oppose my Su Family because I killed a punk who violated the academy’s rules?" Su Yubai smiled coldly.

"Second Uncle’s intentions are . . .?"

Su Yubai swiped his throat and said icily, "Wait until they finish fighting. I will directly go there and finish off Ye Yuan!"

Jiang Yunhe did not publicize the matter of Ye Yuan advancing to low-rank Alchemy Master. Hence, only Feng Ruoqing and those students forced to swear the Heavenly Dao Oath knew that he obtained the Alchemy Master badge within the academy.

Initially, this badge was not indispensable to Ye Yuan. But this was something that Lu-er used her life to protect, so it naturally became extraordinary to Ye Yuan.

After Ye Yuan handed Lu-er over to Feng Ruoqing, he put on the badge seriously in earnest.

He had no intention of showing off, but it was currently causing a huge commotion.

Ye Yuan and Lin Tiancheng faced each other from a distance. After adjusting for a short while, they recovered to their optimal condition.

He did not interrupt Lin Tiancheng’s breakthrough because it was useless.

Lin Tiancheng had long comprehended the Spirit Condensation Realm and could have crossed this threshold at any time. He had only been suppressing his cultivation realm all along and did not complete the step of compressing essence energy into a liquid state.

Even if Ye Yuan launched a surprise attack on Lin Tiancheng right now, he also could not stop his breakthrough. So he might as well make use of the time to adjust his condition.

. . . . . .

Following the dissipation of the essence energy storm, Lin Tiancheng’s aura suddenly soared, and essence energy spread out wildly.

"Hahaha! This is the Spirit Condensation Realm! Ye Yuan, you asked for this! Now, let’s see how you’ll kill me!"

After breaking through, Lin Tiancheng felt his body bursting with power as if a floodgate had opened up.

At this moment, he even felt like he was invincible.

Breaking through a major realm was an extremely extraordinary thing no matter who it was.

However, Lin Tiancheng failed to see any sort of panic on Ye Yuan’s face, which made him somewhat disappointed.

"This is what you relied on upon? Do you feel that after breaking through to the Spirit Condensation Realm, you got me?" Ye Yuan said nonchalantly.

"Humph! So what if that’s the case? What do you have to fight me now that we are separated by a major realm? You’ll definitely die today!" Lin Tiancheng smiled icily.

"Immature!" Ye Yuan spat out this word coolly.

"What did you say?!" Lin Tiancheng erupted.

"Isn’t it just breaking through cultivation realm? I will breakthrough for you to see!"

Listening to what Ye Yuan said, it was like breaking through realms was as simple as eating and sleeping.

Lin Tiancheng roared with laughter. "You’ve just broken through to the Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm and haven’t even consolidated your cultivation realm, yet you still want to breakthrough cultivation realms? Fine, I will see just how you breakthrough cultivation realms!"

"Then watch closely!"

After saying that, Ye Yuan retrieved a medicinal pill and swallowed it. It was precisely the Five Elements Spirit Link Pill!

Seeing this, Lin Tiancheng’s face changed, and he suddenly had a bad premonition.

Initially, he thought nothing of it. But seeing that Ye Yuan actually wanted to use a medicinal pill to breakthrough cultivation realms, he could not help but regret his words earlier.

Although Lin Tiancheng did not think that there was any medicinal pill that could directly breakthrough realms, he still reacted right away.

This was a deathmatch. Lin Tiancheng could not be bothered with going back on his words and whatnot. Seven Star Steps activated in full force as his fist with lightning flashes around it smashed towards Ye Yuan.

His actions drew a wave of jeering. Clearly, it was met with everyone’s disdain.

Just now, he was still talking about wanting to see him breakthrough. But now, he ’smacked his own mouth’ and sneak attacked him.

Simply shameless to the extreme!

"Senior Apprentice Brother Lin is at the very least a Spirit Condensation Realm martial artist. How could he be so shameless?"

"Sigh. If a person is shameless, they would be invincible. What to do if their skin is thick?"

"Don’t talk crap. This is a deathmatch! If Ye Yuan was just bluffing, then it’s all good. If he can really break through cultivation realms and reach the Seventh Level Essence Qi Realm, that would be advancing another minor stage. The threat would increase greatly! If he unleashes the Eight Layer Wave then, just how horrifying would the power be?"

"You’re right. But I still feel that this is too shameless. A living person needs a face like a living tree needs bark. If you can’t do it, then don’t talk so much. There are so many people looking!"

"I’ve never heard of any medicinal pill that could directly raise cultivation realms. Don’t know if Ye Yuan is putting on a false show of strength. If he’s really putting up a bold front, then it’s really going to be serious this time."

"Something’s not right. Senior Apprentice Brother Lin’s martial technique doesn’t seem to be the Thunderous Fist anymore!"

"Sss . . . It’s true! That’s . . . the upgraded version of the Thunderous Fist, the low-grade Tier 2 martial technique, Ten-Directional Lightning Movement!"

"The Seven-Star Steps plus the Ten-Directional Lightning Movement. isn’t this simply bullying people?"

The low-grade Tier 2 martial technique, Ten-Directional Lightning Movement, was the upgraded version of the Thunderous Fist that descended from the same origin!

It had not been one or two days since Lin Tiancheng cultivated the Ten-Directional Lightning Movement. He had long reached the small success stage!

Wishing to pass through the Illusionary Spirit Tower with the strength of a half-step Spirit Condensation Realm, Lin Tiancheng could only work on his martial techniques.

Very clearly, a Tier 1 martial technique like the Thunderous Fist was unable to achieve that effect from the start.

Unless it was some sick Tier 1 martial technique like the Stacking Waves Layered Palm or the Absolute Yang Finger, the threat to Spirit Condensation Realms was virtually zero.

It was just that Lin Tiancheng’s perception was lacking, and he was ultimately unable to comprehend the great success stage of the Ten-Directional Lightning Movement. Hence, he kept failing the Earth Rank Advancement test.

In the past, he used the strength of half-step Spirit Condensation Realm to activate the Ten-Directional Lightning Movement, so the power was naturally greatly reduced.

Presently, Lin Tiancheng was already a genuine First Level Spirit Condensation Realm. Unleashing the Ten-Directional Lightning Movement could not be mentioned in the same breath!

Ye Yuan laughed coldly. He had read countless people before and knew that a despicable person like Lin Tiancheng would not keep his word. So he had long been ready.

The Stacking Waves Layered Palm, Eight Layer Wave, versus the Ten-Directional Lightning Movement!

One fist and one palm collided once more!

Boom!

This time around, the commotion was greater than any of the previous time. Huge explosive sounds occurred where the two people clashed.

Lin Tiancheng and Ye Yuan flew out once again!

However, Lin Tiancheng only retreated a few steps this time, while Ye Yuan lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground.

"Puu!"

The moment he fell, Ye Yuan’s innards quivered, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

This was the suppression of cultivation realm!

Unleashing a Tier 2 martial technique using Spirit Condensation Realm had extraordinary power.

Even if Ye Yuan had 16 times the unleashed power, he still received heavy injuries!

If in the past, Lin Tiancheng was only a little bit away from passing the Earth Rank Advancement test, then if he went to participate now, he would be able to advancement easily!

The difference in between was not just an iota!

No matter how strong Ye Yuan was, he was just a Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm.

The difference between the two people’s realms was large to begin with. Now, they were even separated by a major realm!

Ye Yuan only vomited a mouthful of blood after the two clashed. This was already damn sick!

"F*ck! I can’t look on anymore. This is too shameless!"

"Yeah! A Tier 2 movement technique coupled with an extremely high attack power Tier 2 lightning-attribute martial technique. Ye Yuan’s is at such a disadvantage!"

"If the Stacking Waves Layered Palm was complete, Ye Yuan might still have a chance to win. Sigh. Such a pity. A genius like Ye Yuan actually fell just like that!"

"Aiya! I’m dying over here! Is there any effect from the medicinal pill Ye Yuan ate? Quickly breakthrough!"

Ye Yuan’s injury aroused the sympathy of many people. Lin Tiancheng’s actions just now had already made him completely inhuman.

The strong would always be admired by others!

Ye Yuan used his Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm cultivation to fight a Spirit Condensation Realm to such an extent. One had to say, it was a miracle.

After all, Spirit Condensation Realm battling Essence Qi Realm represented absolute suppression!

Even if it was Long Tang, he could pass through the Earth Rank Advancement test back when he was at the Ninth Level Essence Qi Realm. But now he was certainly not the current Lin Tiancheng’s match!

Yet, Ye Yuan had subverted this sort of absolute!

He won everyone’s admiration!

"Your sister. This Ye Yuan was really bluffing. Gave me a scare! I thought the Spirit Essence Pill that had already landed in my hand had . . ." Up in the pavilion, Zuo Bugui was talking halfway when he suddenly stopped.

Because Ye Yuan’s aura was soaring non-stop currently!

Although he coughed up blood, Ye Yuan’s aura was steadily rising!

With the Eight Layer Wave to neutralize the impact of the Ten-Directional Lightning Movement, Ye Yuan’s injuries were actually not that serious.

Under everyone’s astonished eyes, Ye Yuan’s cultivation realm swiftly broke through to the Seventh Level Essence Qi Realm!

Reaching the Seventh Level Essence Qi Realm meant stepping into the final minor stage in the Essence Qi Realm. Ye Yuan’s strength would definitely have a huge spike!

However, the astonishment that Ye Yuan brought to the crowd had not ceased.

After breaking through to the Seventh Level Essence Qi Realm, Ye Yuan’s aura did not weaken. He continued charging to the peak of the Seventh Level Essence Qi Realm.

In one breath, Ye Yuan reached the peak of the Seventh Level Essence Qi Realm.

And then, he easily crossed the threshold of the Eighth Level Essence Qi Realm!

Only then, did Ye Yuan’s aura gradually stabilize, stopping at the Eighth Level Essence Qi Realm.

"Holy crap! What medicinal pill did Ye Yuan eat? To actually directly breakthrough two minor realms!"

"What the f*ck! If one had this sort of medicinal pill, then wouldn’t jumping ranks to battle be like playing?"

"Hehe. Looks like Senior Apprentice Brother Lin put himself on the spot! Just now, Ye Yuan’s cultivation realm was too low, so even if he used the Eight Layer Wave, he could not threaten him. But now, Ye Yuan’s Eight Layer Wave will be terrifying!"

"Yeah. If they clashed again, the victor would be hard to determine!"

A Five Elements Spirit Link pill was a medicinal pill that belonged to the Divine Realm. A mortal country naturally had not heard of it before.

This type of medicinal pill was indeed very powerful, but it was not without its drawbacks.

After the medicinal effects fade, the martial artist’s body will collapse because it could not handle a strength that did not belong to their realm.

And the medicinal effects of the Five Elements Spirit Link Pill could only be sustained for the period of time it takes to burn one stick of incense.

Once an incense of time is up, Ye Yuan would no longer have any combat ability, and could only let people carve him up.

Hence, Ye Yuan must finish this swiftly now.

"Eighth Level Essence Qi Realm! Now, there’s a good show to watch! How could there be such a medicinal pill? I’ve never heard of it before. It’s too shameless! Ah! My Spirit Essence Pill! My Sharp Horned Beast inner core!" Zuo Bugui recovered from his shock and pounded his chest in anguish.

Long Tang, on the other hand, was staring as clearly as if gazing at a blazing fire. He frowned and said, "This medicinal pill definitely has a time limit. If Ye Yuan can’t finish off Lin Tiancheng quickly, then he will really be dead!"

Zuo Bugui exclaimed in surprise, "So that’s the case! Like I said if eating one medicinal pill could raise two minor realms, then what’s the point of cultivating? But even if there’s a time limit, this medicinal pill is also very terrifying. It’s seriously a necessary medicinal pill for jumping ranks to battle!"

Long Tang said in agreement, "That’s right. Eighth Level Essence Qi Realm coupled with the Eight Layer Wave. Ye Yuan truly has the capital to battle with Lin Tiancheng now. However . . . they’re at best on par. None of them can do anything to the other. If Ye Yuan doesn’t have any other hidden cards . . . chances of victory aren’t great."

"Doesn’t this mean that your Spirit Essence Pill is going to enter my pockets again?" Zuo Bugui laughed loudly.

Long Tang smiled and kept silent.

On the other side, Su Family’s uncle and nephew were repeatedly shocked by Ye Yuan’s actions.

"These medicinal pills are definitely not refined by Ye Hang. Otherwise, Wan Donghai would have been chased out of the capital long ago! There’s definitely an extremely powerful alchemist behind Ye Yuan!" Su Yubai said gloomily.

Su Yishan’s face did not look good either. "If that’s the case, wouldn’t we have to spare the rat to save the dishes? What if . . ."

"There is no what if! No matter how powerful that alchemist is, can he be stronger than the Tranquil Cloud Sect? With our Su Family’s power in the Tranquil Cloud Sect, who dares to provoke us?" Su Yubai directly cut Su Yishan’s off.

"Second Uncle is wise! Since that alchemist let him enter the Dan Wu Academy, he would have nothing to say if Ye Yuan was sentenced to death after violating the academy’s rules."

"That’s the idea. This world has always been run by strength. As long as we are strong enough, then killing him means he’s dead. What can he do to us? An alchemist’s strength isn’t that great, so what can he do even if he’s an Alchemy King?"

. . . . . .

"Do you see it now?" Ye Yuan wiped away the blood from the corner of his mouth and said with a cold smile.

Lin Tiancheng’s face fell, but he remained stubborn as he said, "Humph! It’s just a temporary increase in cultivation realm. Flashy but without substance. What’s the use?"

"Whether it’s flashy without substance or not, wouldn’t you know after trying?" Ye Yuan hooked his finger at Lin Tiancheng contemptuously.

"Putting aside the fact that you are a fake Eighth Level Essence Qi Realm, what can you do even if you’re a real Eighth Level Essence Qi Realm?"

Lightning danced around Lin Tiancheng’s fist, and his Seven Star Steps activated once more.

Ye Yuan gave a cold laugh and smacked out with an Eight Layer Wave again. The aura was much stronger than before!

After crossing the Seventh Level Essence Qi Realm, Ye Yuan’s strength rose another minor stage, and the Eight Layer Wave’s power became extraordinary.

One fist and one palm met in an instant.

But right then, an abnormality occurred.

Just as the two of them were only a few steps away from each other, Ye Yuan suddenly changed his palm into a finger. An absolutely powerful force blasted out from the fingertip.

Initially, Lin Tiancheng was full of confidence. But now, his expression changed drastically as the scent of death pounced from straight ahead!

He could feel the terror of the invisible force from Ye Yuan’s fingertip. Even though the area was not large, that small radius of force was incomparably powerful.

However at this time, his speed had already reached the limits, and there was no leeway to maneuver.

The distance of a few steps was too short! There was not even time to blink.

Lin Tiancheng wanted to evade this finger with all his might, but he could not do it with his body’s reaction.

Ye Yuan had long calculated the time accurately and did not give Lin Tiancheng the time to switch moves.

He aimed to kill, not to spar. How could he possibly give Lin Tiancheng the chance to turn things around?

"Ah!"

Lin Tiancheng’s protective essence energy was punched through like paper. The invisible force penetrated Lin Tiancheng’s fist instantly, but the momentum did not lessen as it directly pierced through his heart!

Lin Tiancheng’s body collapsed weakly on the ground. He was no longer breathing!

Absolute Yang Finger!

This was Ye Yuan’s real killing move!

During this period, apart from cultivation, Ye Yuan spent the majority of the time on the Absolute Yang Finger.

Now, his Absolute Yang Finger was already cultivated to the great success stage.

This technique, the Absolute Yang Finger, was a complementary martial technique of the Spirit Bristle Nine Yang Divine Art. It did not have a fixed grade. If one had to give it a grade, then it should belong to the boundary of Tier 1 martial techniques.

It was just that regardless of cultivating difficulty or power, Tier 1 martial techniques could not be compared to it!

The power of the Absolute Yang Finger trained to the great success stage was already not inferior to low-grade Tier 2 martial techniques.

Only Ye Yuan could train it to the great success stage in such a short time. If it were somebody else, they might not even train it to such a stage even if they were given ten, twenty years.

One had to know that Ye Yuan only used three days to cultivate the Stacking Waves Layered Palm, Eight Layer Wave!

"He . . . he really did it! Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm actually killed a First Level Spirit Condensation Realm!"

"What happened just now? The move that Senior Apprentice Brother Lin was struck by didn’t seem to be the Eight Layer Wave!"

"Ye Yuan is seriously too scary! He can actually cross a major realm to do battle, and even kill his opponent!"

These students’ vision prowesses were insufficient and did not see Ye Yuan changing his final move clearly.

However, the result was evident at a glance! Ye Yuan did something they found it hard to imagine!

After killing Lin Tiancheng, Ye Yuan was also exhausted. He could not even lift his finger.

Throughout this entire battle, Ye Yuan held the lower-hand all along. His body was already covered with injuries.

He even gave it his all for the final blow, which aggravated his injuries.

"Huuu . . ." Ye Yuan let out a long breath.

But right at this moment, Ye Yuan felt his scalp tingle. An aura powerful enough to suffocate people locked onto him.

"Insolent Ye Yuan! To dare kill your fellow student within the academy! As the Disciplinary Hall’s First Elder, I sentence you to death!"

A towering voice suddenly sounded out, which once again made everyone’s nerves that had just loosen winded up tightly again.

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This cry was too unexpected. Nobody managed to react in time.

By the time everyone reacted to it, a shadow had already flashed past the crowd like lightning, arriving in front of Ye Yuan.

Being locked on by this aura, Ye Yuan nearly passed out from suffocation.

This aura was too strong!

Ignoring the fact that Ye Yuan was currently completely drained like a lamp without oil, even if he were at his peak condition, it would be impossible to survive this blow.

Ye Yuan also did not expect that someone would be so utterly shameless as to ambush him!

Could it be that an Alchemy Emperor of his generation would die so miserably like this?

In reality, Ye Yuan had already planned things through. Even if he killed someone, he would at least have to go through the higher echelon’s trial before he would be given the death penalty.

And during all that was a period for him to turn things around!

Which force would not wish to pull him over just based on the alchemic and martial talent that he displayed?

However, no matter how much Ye Yuan calculated, he did not expect that such a powerful opponent would be lying in ambush to launch a sneak attack on him right after he killed Lin Tiancheng.

Ye Yuan acknowledged that his greatest enemy in the academy was Wan Yuan. He had already broken through to the Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm now, so even if he jumped out, he could easily crush him.

What Disciplinary Hall’s First Elder? Ye Yuan did not even know him!

Who would have thought that he would harbor such a huge killing intent towards him, and directly attacked to kill?

Ye Yuan knew that he was no match for him and already closed his eyes to await death.

Seeing Ye Yuan close his eyes and wait for death, a cruel smile involuntarily flashed across the corner of Su Yubai’s mouth.

The timing he chose was perfect. Right when everybody was stunned by Ye Yuan’s strength, he already unleashed his attack right away, all so that other people would not have the chance to react.

As the Disciplinary Hall’s First Elder, Su Yubai was already at half-step Crystal Formation Realm. Was it not effortless to capture Ye Yuan who was already like a lamp without oil?

A lion will use all its might when hunting a rabbit. Su Yubai was very clear on this logic, so he used his full power for this blow!

He was only a few steps away from Ye Yuan. Many people closed their eyes as if they did not wish to see Ye Yuan’s blood splattering everywhere.

After all, he was a rising genius. Everyone could already confirm that as long as Ye Yuan was given enough time, he would sooner or later surpass Head Senior Apprentice Brother Long Tang!

Now, a genius like that was going to plummet so quickly!

Su Yubai was extremely fast and arrived in front of Ye Yuan in a blink of an eye.

But right then, another abnormality occurred!

Ye Yuan suddenly felt a strong gale sweep past from behind. By the time he reacted, a shadow had already circled past him.

Boom!

A violent collision occurred that was many times greater than when Ye Yuan and Lin Tiancheng fought.

Ye Yuan was also baffled by this sudden change, but this was not the time for him to be dazed.

He was closest to the two of them, so the impact he received was obviously the greatest.

A massive blast swept over. Even though that figure helped him withstand the majority of the attack, the aftershock was still very powerful.

No time to do anything else, Ye Yuan swiftly raised his protective shield.

"Puu!"

Ye Yuan was sent flying by the shockwave and spat out another mouthful of blood in midair.

The full power blow of a half-step Crystal Formation Realm, even with most of the attack being neutralized, was sufficiently powerful to the current Ye Yuan.

Ye Yuan fell heavily to the ground, and his internal organs shifted places, leaving him in agony. 1

That figure also fell back greatly, only stabilizing himself after backing up more than 20 steps.

"Grug!"

That figure also spat out a mouthful of blood. It was clear that he also suffered internal injuries.

But Su Yubai remained still where he stood without moving. One could see just how great his strength was!

But currently, Su Yubai was looking at that figure with a very solemn face.

"Huyan Yong! You actually dare to oppose your superior? Do you think that my Disciplinary Hall is just for decoration?!" Su Yubai questioned in a deep voice.

Only now, did Ye Yuan clearly see that figure. It was actually Teacher Huyan!

But . . . why did Teacher Huyan help him?

Judging from this blow, Huyan Yong’s strength was likely a level lower than Su Yubai’s. He undertook a huge risk for this blow!

Ye Yuan could not help but become confused. However, he was more touched.

Without Huyan Yong throwing himself forward courageously, he would already be a corpse.

Huyan Yong spat out the remaining blood in his mouth, and he said coldly, "Opposing my superior? Just who is the one going against his superior? Since when can the Disciplinary Hall execute students without going through the approval of the dean? As the Disciplinary Hall’s First Elder, you ambushed a Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm student. Do you still want face?"

"Humph! Ye Yuan violated the academy’s rules and killed his fellow students. Whether the dean is here or not, he’s dead! Also, I just learned that before Ye Yuan killed Lin Tiancheng, he already killed the student manager in charge of the medicinal garden, Zhang Heng. Such a vicious homicidal maniac deserves to die!" Su Yubai’s face did not change as he responded coldly.

As expected, when Su Yubai’s words came out, it caused a huge commotion!

Killing Lin Tiancheng alone was still not so bad. But killing two people consecutively in one day made some people unwittingly think that Ye Yuan was indeed a vicious homicidal maniac.

"No way. Did Ye Yuan’s brain develop a problem after his sudden rise in strength, and he becomes a savage and cruel person?"

"I heard that training demonic path cultivation laws allowed one’s strength to suddenly soar, but the martial artist would lose his mind. Don’t tell me that Ye Yuan really secretly trained in some demonic path cultivation laws?"

"Very likely! He was still First Level Essence Qi Realm a month ago. One month passed, and he’s already at the Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm, and he can even kill a Spirit Condensation Realm! This goes against all logic!"

"I heard that demonic path cultivation laws have incredible power, much stronger than the average martial artist!"

"If that’s really the case, then Ye Yuan really deserves to die!"

Su Yubai’s words were very provocative. Initially, there were still many people sympathizing with Ye Yuan. Now, there were already quite a few who felt that Ye Yuan cultivated demonic path cultivation laws and deserved to die.

Listening to the crowd debating, Su Yubai chuckled to himself.

As long as he was standing on the side of justice, nobody could say anything even if he forcefully killed Ye Yuan today.

"Do you hear that? I currently suspect that Ye Yuan cultivated some demonic path cultivation laws, and I’m going to carry out the execution on the spot. Does anyone else have any objections?" Su Yubai had an awe-inspiring righteous appearance.

Huyan Yong gave a cold laugh and said, "Regardless of whether Ye Yuan trained in some demonic path cultivation law, it has to wait until the dean returns to decide! Are you trying to challenge the dean’s authority by making a unilateral decision?"

Huyan Yong was also not someone stupid. Pushing a ’large hat’ down gave Su Yubai a huge headache.

"Humph! Everyone has the right to punish those from the demonic and unorthodox path! Ye Yuan has already killed two fellow students. Is this not enough for the death penalty yet? Huyan Yong, what intentions do you have for shielding someone from the demonic path?"

Su Yubai had the momentum and was unwilling to spare them. He continued to use words to exert pressure. The way he spoke, Ye Yuan had already been determined to be someone from the demonic path.

Huyan Yong naturally would not fall for it. "Someone from the demonic path? What right do you have to say that Ye Yuan is someone from the demonic path? You didn’t ask why Ye Yuan killed people, and indiscriminately pinned labels onto him. You, Disciplinary Hall’s First Elder, is truly so awe-inspiring!"

"Humph! You’re still stubborn! If he isn’t someone from the demonic path, then how do you explain his sudden increase in strength? If he isn’t someone from the demonic path, how do you explain his combat power which stands head and shoulders above all others? Everyone has the right to punish those from the demonic path! Huyan Yong, if you don’t make way, I will take you down first, and then exterminate this scoundrel!" Su Yubai shouted with an imposing aura.

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We just finished a mass release chapters event. The pill exam event was covered till the end. Feeling satisfied huh?

We are now starting a new arc but mass release chapters ended halfway during a battle? How do you feel? *evil smirk* Don’t worry. It’s just 1-2 chapters on this :P then the MC will do something to deal with the incident :) It’s not a cliffhanger, I think.

Did I do this on purpose? But I did make sure the mass release finish the exam arc :P

Enjoy the chapter! And it is Saturday, so another chapter later.

This matter which was originally in the bag was spoiled by Huyan Yong. Su Yubai even had the heart to kill right now.

However, Huyan Yong was an instructor of the academy. If he really attacked, then he could forget about being the Disciplinary Hall’s First Elder anymore.

Furthermore, while it was true that Huyan Yong could not beat him, Su Yubai also could not stop him if he really wanted to run.

But he was standing in front of Ye Yuan, making Su Yubai feel that this was a very thorny matter.

He must definitely kill Ye Yuan today. This punk’s rise was too rapid!

This was absolutely a potential threat to the Su Family.

If Ye Yuan was left unchecked to continue growing. Most likely ten years, no, just five years, and he would become another Ye Hang!

Just one Ye Hang was enough to give the Su Family a headache, and two Ye Hangs . . .

"Take me down? Fine! Bring it on! I want to see just how you will take me down!" Huyan Yong taunted icily.

"Humph! You really think that I don’t dare to touch you?" Seeing Huyan Yong’s manner like a dead pig which did not care whether the water was boiling, Su Yubai flew into a rage.

Huyan Yong had always been Jiang Yunhe’s hardcore follower and was never on good terms with Su Yubai.

Normally, the two of them were already at odds. Now, it goes even more without saying.

With Su Yubai’s strength, it was impossible to capture the peak Spirit Condensation Realm Huyan Yong. Unless he killed him!

Huyan Yong was certain that Su Yubai dared not kill fellow students.

"What a joke! You’re the Disciplinary Hall’s First Elder. You can touch whoever you want to. Why would you not dare to touch me? But if you want to kill Ye Yuan today, you will have to walk over my dead body!" Facing the powerful Su Yubai, Huyan Yong did not yield in the slightest.

"Good! Good! Good! Everyone saw that. Huyan Yong is shielding the demonic spawn, and so he’s also my Dan Wu Academy’s enemy! Today, I represent the academy to exterminate fiends and protect the Dao. I’ll exterminate these two traitors!"

Su Yubai’s fury could be seen from how he said three ’Good’ consecutively.

After he finished talking, Su Yubai’s released his aura completely, crushing everyone until they could not breathe.

Just as Su Yubai was about to strike, a beautiful silhouette walked out from the crowd and stood by Huyan Yong.

"If Elder Su is insistent on making a move, then treat Ruoqing as someone from the demonic path as well, and kill me."

Feng Ruoqing said these words nonchalantly, but the weight was sufficiently heavy!

Other people might not know Feng Ruoqing’s identity, but how could Su Yubai be unaware of Feng Ruoqing’s identity?

Even if Su Yubai had a higher status in the Dan Wu Academy, he would not dare to touch even a hair of Feng Ruoqing!

The Imperial Family’s Nanfeng Clan had always been low-key, but families with deep backgrounds knew that the Nanfeng Family Clan was the number one great family in the State of Qin and not one of the top!

Everybody was astounded by Feng Ruoqing’s appearance, including Su Yubai and Huyan Yong.

Many of them could not help recalling some of the rumors which spread secretly. Now, it looks like it was not unfounded rumors!

At this time, the looks which the students gave Ye Yuan became weird.

So, what this Ye Yuan was capable of was neither in Martial Dao nor Alchemy Dao, but chasing girls!

The Feng Family aunt and niece had always been lofty goddesses in the academy. There had been many pursuers, but nobody had honestly ever expected to succeed in chasing them.

But, Ye Yuan did it!

Standing out at this time to oppose the Disciplinary Hall’s First Elder, they would not believe that Feng Ruoqing and Ye Yuan had zero relations even if they were beaten to death!

Of course, even more people felt that their goddess was defiled, and they wished that they could go up there and give Ye Yuan two tight slaps to show their indignity!

It was just that it would never be their turn to do the slapping if they did it now.

. . . . . .

Feng Ruoqing turned around to look at Ye Yuan who was lying on the ground, unable to move. She quickly hurried over to help him up.

Being in the embrace of a beauty was naturally something to be happy to be delighted about. But Ye Yuan was currently half-dead, how would he have these sort of beautiful thoughts?

Except, sniffing the light fragrance coming off of Feng Ruoqing’s body made Ye Yuan pull himself together.

Feng Ruoqing on the other hand, frowned and asked, "Are you ok?"

Ye Yuan laughed bitterly and said weakly, "Do I look ok to you? Relax, I won’t die. It’s just that I can’t move right now. Lu-er, she . . ."

Feng Ruoqing knitted her brows once more. "You’re already like this, and you’re still concerned about your little maidservant!"

"How’s she?" Ye Yuan brushed off Feng Ruoqing’s rebuke and continued asking.

Feng Ruoqing sighed. "With you helping her suppress the cold qi, she’s fine for now. I knew that you were going to cause trouble, so I passed her to Zhirou, and I came here alone."

Hearing Feng Ruoqing said this, Ye Yuan finally heaved a sigh of relief. "Many thanks. I’ll definitely thank you deeply in the future."

Feng Ruoqing naturally would not take to heart other people’s thanks, because she did not lack anything!

But Ye Yuan was different. Just the fact that he could refine transcendent-grade Tier 2 medicinal pills at the Fourth Level Essence Qi Realm made his thanks priceless!

"I told you not to mess about, and you just wouldn’t listen! Ten years isn’t late for a gentleman to take his revenge. What’s the rush? Now, you nearly threw away your life. Are you satisfied?" Feng Ruoqing did not mention about the thanks but grumbled instead.

However, these words did not sound like grumbling, but more like a little wifey’s concern.

"Ah . . . Hahaha! Ten years isn’t late? I can’t wait even for a second! If I have to wait ten years for a minor character like him, then what should I do about other people?" Ye Yuan seemed like he was triggered by something to have said this.

Feng Ruoqing could not understand the meaning behind Ye Yuan’s words. But at this moment, Ye Yuan’s eyes were very complex. It was like an old man who had experienced many vicissitudes of life and not a 15-year-old youth.

What on earth did he go through? How could he have such desolate and dismal eyes?

Feng Ruoqing started to wonder about it involuntarily.

But Ye Yuan recovered first and said, "I have recovery medicinal pills on me. I can’t move right now, could you help me take them?"

"No . . ." Feng Ruoqing instinctively wanted to reject, but thinking about Ye Yuan’s current condition, she hesitated.

Since when had Feng Ruoqing with her priceless body ever touched a man’s body? Even if there was clothing in between, no way!

"Sigh. Forget it. I’ll do it myself. Sss . . ."

As he was talking, Ye Yuan reached out to touch his chest and hissed in pain the moment he made contact.

Feng Ruoqing hurriedly said, "Alright, alright! I’ll do it!"

Then, under the dumbfounded gazes of everyone, Feng Ruoqing’s beautiful and slender hands slipped inside Ye Yuan’s clothes.

"Ahhh! My goddess! Why?!"

"Do you want people dead?! Don’t, Teacher Feng!"

"Quickly let go of that guy! Let me do it!"

Everybody was screaming in their hearts, but it was all to no avail.

Feng Ruoqing rummaged around for a while before fishing out a bottle of medicinal pills. Her face was currently a bright beet-red like she was intoxicated on alcohol.

"Is it this?" Feng Ruoqing asked with a red face.

"That’s it! There are still five medicinal pills in the bottle; take the pale-yellow one and pass it to me," Ye Yuan instructed.

There was only one pale-yellow medicinal pill inside after Feng Ruoqing poured all the pills out. Then, she took the pill and fed it to Ye Yuan.

After consuming the medicinal pill, Ye Yuan’s face which was pale like paper gradually became rosier.

"Alright. Help me up, I want to refine the medicinal effects."

"You can already move so quickly?"

Even though Feng Ruoqing knew that Ye Yuan could not be judged by common sense, she was still very shocked. She had never seen before a medicinal pill that had such immediate effects.

Ye Yuan nodded his head laboriously and started to refine the medicinal effects.

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This week I picked up Emperor’s Gigolo and Gate of God. Caught up to the recent translated chapters.

Emperor’s Gigolo is quite refreshing. Its like I have a Mansion in the Post-Apocalyptic World but xuanhuan version. There was one chapter where the MC was telling stories like Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Investiture of the Gods. He purposely said something along the line "Wait for next time to know the ending!" And then he thought to himself, wow, this is like authors who purposely ended chapters with cliffhangers every day. I really LMAO there.

About Gate of Gods, it’s alright. I am following it. Its like UMG, nothing to shout but enjoyable. We all are that basic, craving for the cliche and predictable plots. I hope my translator isn’t seeing this :P However, I was a bit annoyed when the MC mentioned about how he was visited by a princess’s subordinate, several times. Asking him to come over to her birthday party. And he likens the incident like visiting Zhu Geliang (chapter 161). Yes, Zhu Geliang. It’s a blasphemy! T_T Regardless, I’m still following the novel daily now.

I wonder what else I should start reading. I wish Legend of the Great Saint is being translated. My translator wants that novel, but the author is a bit on and off with his release. He said this is a REALLY REALLY REALLY good novel.

https://forum./d/5-legend-of-the-great-saintOnly after seeing Ye Yuan’s injuries swiftly recovering did Feng Ruoqing felt at ease.

She stood up and said to Su Yubai, "Elder Su, the Disciplinary Hall places the greatest emphasis on the word ’Justice.’ But actions today have failed justice and failed the hearts of the public!"

Su Yubai was originally very displeased seeing Feng Ruoqing talking intimately with Ye Yuan like nobody else was around.

But he was highly fearful of Feng Ruoqing’s identity, which was why he did not make a move.

Now that Feng Ruoqing was rebuking him publicly, Su Yubai naturally could not pretend to be mute anymore.

"Snort! This old man is exterminating fiends and protecting the Dao. How did I fail justice? Teacher Feng is only momentarily hoodwinked by this fiend; that’s why you are openly defending him. Why haven’t you retreated yet?! Otherwise, don’t blame me if I accidentally injure Teacher Feng later," Su Yubai snarled.

It was also because Su Yubai was filled with trepidation about Feng Ruoqing’s status that his words were filled with caution.

If somebody else were to do what Feng Ruoqing did just now, he would have definitely turned violent already.

However, Feng Ruoqing had no scruples about this. "I know all about the sequence of events for this matter. Although Ye Yuan’s way of doing things wasn’t appropriate, there was indeed a reason for this whole thing! Does Elder Su have selfish motives for wanting to indiscriminately finish him off ruthlessly?"

Feng Ruoqing’s words stirred up everyone’s appetites.

It had already been many years since anyone dared to kill people publically in the academy. Just what in the world did Lin Tiancheng and Zhang Heng do to have forced Ye Yuan to this step?

"What a joke! Ye Yuan violated the academy’s rules and killed two people consecutively. This old man suspects that he’s someone from the demonic path and moved to strike him down. What selfish motives are there?" Su Yubai naturally had selfish motives, but he was being persistent.

However, Feng Ruoqing continued nonchalantly without changing her expression. "Some things become meaningless when it’s exposed in front of so many people."

When Feng Ruoqing’s words came out, Su Yubai was startled.

He had always believed that Feng Ruoqing was an alchemy idiot and did not care about other things. Who would have thought that her heart was as clear as a bright mirror!"

This lass was so astute to actually see through his thoughts!

On the surface, the Fragrant Medicine Pavilion and Drunken Star Manor were irreconcilable. But in reality, it was still the Su Family who was exchanging blows with the Ye Family in the dark.

Ye Yuan’s rise made Su Yubai sense an enormous threat. That was why he directly struck to kill.

These things did not seem strange to people involved in the affairs, but it was very hard to connect these things together for people outside the state of affairs.

Could it be that the Nanfeng Family had long taken precautions against the Su Family?

This was no auspicious omen!

"No matter what reason he has, rules are rules. How can violations be tolerated?" Su Yubai did not wish to hear any reason whatsoever.

"According to the rules, Ye Yuan should have been taking into custody temporarily after killing people and left to the dean and the Elders Council to make the final decision. Isn’t Elder Su breaking the rules by directly killing people? I wonder what’s the punishment for this in accordance with the academy’s rules?" Feng Ruoqing did not give in in the slightest.

The Dan Wu Academy’s rules were not directed at students only. The dean and elders similarly faced many restrictions.

Killing people without authorization as the Disciplinary Hall’s First Elder, according to the academy’s rules, was the stripping of the First Elder’s position!

Of course, the dean was the paramount existence in the Dan Wu Academy!

Su Yubai was exasperated. This little lass kept opposing him in every way, and now, he was actually reverse checkmated!

Looks like it was impossible to kill Ye Yuan now. But his thoughts swirled, and he came up with another plan.

"Humph! Since you say that I’m not acting in accordance with the rules, fine! I’ll do things based on the rules right now! Men, escort Ye Yuan to the Assembly Hall behind the mountain. Inform the two deputy deans and all the elders to come to the Assembly Hall for a joint hearing!" Su Yubai suddenly changed his tune out of the blue.

Feng Ruoqing frowned and thought to herself that this Su Yubai was really hard to deal with. It looks like he was determined to sentence Ye Yuan to death today!

She could not reject Su Yubai’s request. Otherwise, it would really become defending a demonic spawn.

According to the academy’s rules, the Elders Council could jointly decide significant matters when the dean was not around!

But in reality, even if Jiang Yunhe was in the academy, the Elders Council was the one deciding on the academy’s matters most of the time.

Jiang Yunhe rarely showed his face in front of everyone.

Under Su Yubai’s orders, two disciplinary hall’s students wanted to take Ye Yuan into custody and headed for the Assembly Hall behind the mountain.

Ye Yuan’s eyes suddenly snapped open, and he said coldly, "I have my own legs to walk with. Get lost!"

The two disciplinary hall’s students’ strength was beneath even Lin Tiancheng’s. Even though they knew that he was already an arrow at the end of its flight, seeing Ye Yuan’s outburst still stopped them in their track in fear.

After he said that, Ye Yuan got up. There was no problem with his mobility already!

This scene left everyone dumbfounded once again. What kind of recovery medicine could have such immediate effects?

Ye Yuan was seriously too lucky to take these unheard of pills and eating them like candy. He was merely like a cockroach that would not die!

Of course, they were unaware that Ye Yuan was once an Alchemy Emperor! If an Alchemy Emperor could not eat transcendent-grade pills like candy, then Ye Yuan this Alchemy Emperor would really be unworthy of the name.

"Insolence! You’re a sinner right now! Who permitted you to walk on your own?" When Su Yubai saw that Ye Yuan still dared to be so arrogant, he flew into a rage.

Ye Yuan glanced at Su Yubai coldly. "I’ll remember this, you old fart! I, Ye Yuan, will repay today’s grudge a hundredfold in the future! I will definitely take your head within a year!"

When these words came out, the crowd was stunned.

A year? Take the head of a half-step Crystal Formation Realm powerhouse?

This was a complete fantasy!

"This Ye Yuan has such killing intent! He hasn’t really cultivated some demonic path cultivation laws, right?"

"Bullshit! Didn’t you hear Teacher Feng? There’s definitely more than meets the eye about this! Change the scenario, if somebody nearly slapped you to death with one palm, would your killing intent be huge or not?"

"Urh. That’s true. But, I wouldn’t dare to spew this sort of nonsense. Taking Elder Su’s head within a year? How’s that possible?"

"Yeah. Essence Qi Realm is easy to pass, but Spirit Condensation Realm is hard to advance to! You have to expend ten times the effort each time you advance one minor realm in the Spirit Condensation Realm when compared to the Essence Qi Realm. Even then, you still have to rely on lucky chances to breakthrough. It has already been two years since Senior Apprentice Brother Long stepped into the Spirit Condensation Realm, right? He’s still stuck at the Third Level Spirit Condensation Realm till today!"

"Ye Yuan might be a genius, but I don’t believe that he will have the strength to kill Elder Su within a year even if you beat me to death! After all, he’s only at the Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm!"

"Although I don’t believe it either, then again, it seems like Ye Yuan only spent a month to go from the First Level Essence Qi Realm to the Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm!"

"That . . ."

Everyone naturally treated Ye Yuan’s proud words like a joke.

Advancing realms in the Spirit Condensation Realm was too difficult!

The amount of essence energy required to advance a minor realm was extremely horrifying! No matter how much of a genius Ye Yuan was, it was impossible to break through to the peak Spirit Condensation Realm within a year.

Furthermore, it would become even more challenging to jump ranks to battle in the Spirit Condensation Realm!

Even if Ye Yuan was genius, he had to be at least at the Ninth Level Spirit Condensation Realm to defeat Su Yubai, right?

Did he not see the peak Spirit Condensation Realm Huyan Yong vomiting blood after one palm by Su Yubai?

In other words, the Spirit Condensation Realm and the Essence Qi Realm were two entirely different levels!

Even Su Yubai was stunned, and he immediately erupted!

What he was incensed by was not that Ye Yuan said he would take his head, but because he was scolded ’old fart.’

Su Yubai had exceedingly high status in the academy and had real power. Who would be disrespectful when meeting him?

Since when had he been pointed in the nose and scolded ’old fart’?

"Bastard! You dare to scold me?!" In his rage, Su Yubai wanted to attack.

But right at this moment, Ye Yuan did something which made everybody’s eyes fall out.

With a dive, he fled behind Feng Ruoqing and cried out seemingly innocent, "Teacher Feng, this old fart wants to hit me!"

One moment ago, Ye Yuan was still exuding awe-inspiring righteous pride and crowed about taking people’s head.

Yet right now, he was hiding behind a woman. Simply shameless to the extreme.

But this move was really useful.

No matter how insanely Su Yubai’s flames of wrath burned, he did not dare to attack Feng Ruoqing!

Ye Yuan had long seen through this point. This also made him curious about Feng Ruoqing’s identity. She was definitely not as simple as an ordinary instructor.

However, Ye Yuan scoured his memories, and he could not think of any great family in the State of Qin with the Feng surname.

"Teacher Feng, I want to go to the Assembly Hall on my own. Is there any problem?" Ye Yuan said with a straight face.

Feng Ruoqing sighed and nodded lightly.

Even though Feng Ruoqing was elegantly beautiful, she was born with the arrogance of the Imperial Family in her bones. She did not know why, but she just could not refuse this young man in front of her.

Having received repeated blows, Su Yubai no longer wished to lose face in front of everyone.

He snorted coldly and turned around and left.

He believed that they would not dare to not go to the Assembly Hall!

After Su Yubai left, Ye Yuan gave Huyan Yong a deep bow. "Many thanks to Teacher Huyan’s life-saving grace!"

Huyan Yong waved his hands dismissively and said casually, "No need to thank me. If you want to thank someone, then thank the dean. Before the dean left, he specifically instructed me to not let anything happen to you and to take good care of you, "

Ye Yuan was dazed and completely baffled by this dean whom he had never met before.

"Actually, strictly speaking, you saved yourself." Feng Ruoqing suddenly opened her mouth.

"Oh? How so?"

"I told the dean all about your performance during the alchemist test. The appreciation of a genius arose in the dean’s heart, and that’s why he arranged for Teacher Huyan to come to protect you," Feng Ruoqing explained.

Only now did Ye Yuan came to a realization. But he begged to differ from what Feng Ruoqing said.

Saving means saving. This favor that Ye Yuan owed was too great!

Ye Yuan was not an ingrate. This favor naturally had to be returned.

"Teacher Huyan, after Ye Yuan breaks through to the Spirit Condensation Realm, today’s grace will definitely be returned!"

Ye Yuan gave Huyan Yong a promise that sounded like in the indefinite future, but Huyan Yong could naturally sense the sincerity in it.

It was just that he was still unaware of how heavy this promise of Ye Yuan’s was!

Jiang Yunhe only instructed him to protect Ye Yuan well before leaving. He did not know for what reason and thought that Jiang Yunhe had a change of heart.

"It’s not necessary. I’m not doing this for any repayment. Today’s round isn’t considered over yet. It looks like Su Yubai still wants you dead!" Huyan Yong thought that Ye Yuan was only expressing words of gratitude, and he did not take it to heart.

Feng Ruoqing faintly guessed something, but her eyes lit up unwittingly. But she did not expose it.

She began to unwittingly look forward to just what level Ye Yuan’s alchemy skills would reach after breaking through to the Spirit Condensation Realm.

"Ye Yuan, I saw how Su Yubai looked like just now. He’s confident in settling this matter in stone at the Elders Council. You had best be cautious. Once the Elders Council sentences you to immediate execution, we can’t go against it either," Feng Ruoqing frowned and said.

"The Elders Council is that powerful? Didn’t you say that there was an exception, Teacher Feng? How did that person escape with his life?"

"You are talking about Mo Yuntian, right? Although he escaped punishment, it was likewise almost certain death!" Huyan Yong interrupted.

"Oh? Can Teacher Huyan enlighten me?"

However, Huyan Yong shook his head and said, "You can’t follow Mo Yuntian’s path. Give up! Right now, the only method is to delay time at the Elders Council and wait for the dean to return!"

The more Huyan Yong would not say, the more curious Ye Yuan got.

Since Huyan Yong would not say, he might as well ask Feng Ruoqing. "Was there something behind it?"

Feng Ruoqing hesitated for a second, but she still answered. "Back then, Mo Yuntian was number one on the academy’s Martial Roll of Honor, Fourth Level Spirit Condensation Realm! When he was admitted, his close friend was unable to keep up with his footsteps. At that time, he was only a Black Rank student. But then, a student manager from the General Affairs Department was unaware of their relationship and he caused endless troubles for Mo Yuntian’s close friend. Finally, the guy turned him into a cripple. In his rage, Mo Yuntian murdered that student manager!"

Hearing that, Ye Yuan snickered coldly. "Looks like the General Affairs Department is truly a place where talents gather, and their ’virtue’ was inherited!"

Feng Ruoqing sighed as she continued explaining, "There are too many people in the Dan Wu Academy. Using students as managers are also something that cannot be helped. Not only do instructors have to teach classes, but we also have to cultivate. If we are bothered by too many miscellaneous stuff, our cultivation would have been bound to be delayed. Hence, the general affairs had always been a place where the authority was the greatest. Therefore, it was also natural to breed these conceited students."

Ye Yuan nodded to show his understanding. Instructors were also martial artists, and they pursued the martial path. They were obviously unwilling to be distracted by these mundane matters.

Only by letting those students with insufficient talent managed the rest could the true geniuses have the time to cultivate. This was an acceptable method.

"Then what happened?"

"Then Mo Yuntian did not wait for the academy to deal with him. Alone, he walked to the Nine Heavens Peak at the back of the mountain and stepped onto the Nine Heavens Road, which is almost a certain death. But he passed through it! However, the Nine Heavens Road is absolutely not something that the current you can charge through!" Huyan Yong followed up.

"That’s to say, the Elders Council can’t do anything to me once I pass through this Nine Heavens Road?" Ye Yuan ignored Huyan Yong’s words and replied with a question.

"Theoretically, yes. But you have to know that when Mo Yuntian made it pass the Nine Heavens Road, he was already at the Fourth Level Spirit Condensation Realm. Since the establishment of the Dan Wu Academy, there has been a total of 237 people who attempted the Nine Heavens Road. Among them were 194 Spirit Condensation Realm students and 43 Essence Qi Realm students, but only a measly five people made it through. In these ten years, only Mo Yuntian alone made it! Students who failed to make it either died directly on the Nine Heavens Road or lost their minds, and became a complete lunatic ever since. But most importantly, none of the 43 Essence Qi Realm students survived!" Huyan Yong seemed to have also become jumpy, talking about the Nine Heavens Road.

"Just what is on the Nine Heavens Road?" Huyan Yong’s words seemed to have not changed Ye Yuan’s mind.

"Nobody knows what’s on the Nine Heavens Roads. It’s because before entering the Nine Heavens Road, students must swear a Heavenly Dao Oath to never reveal any information encountered on the Nine Heavens Road," Huyan Yong explained.

"Like that huh? Fascinating! Teacher Huyan, just now that old fart is surnamed Su. Is he someone from the Su Family?" Ye Yuan suddenly enquired.

"That’s right. Su Yubai is the second brother of the Su Family’s Family Leader, Su Yulin!"

"So that’s the case. No wonder he had such thick killing intent towards me. Since that’s the case, then I will go and try out this Nine Heavens Road!"

Huyan Yong was stunned by Ye Yuan’s words. Was the long time he spent talking wasted?

Seeing Huyan Yong’s expression, Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Just think about it, Teacher Huyan. Su Yubai wants me dead. He definitely has a way of making the Elders Council impose the death penalty on me. Since that’s the case, why should I seek my death? I know that Teacher Huyan wishes to drag things out until the dean is back, but will Su Yubai grant you your wish?"

Hearing Ye Yuan’s analysis, Huyan Yong’s expression turned stiff.

These few years, the dean stood aloof above worldly considerations and did not manage most of the academy’s matters, letting Su Yubai fill in the void. The Elders Council was almost mostly his people already.

Just as Ye Yuan said, going to the Elders Council now was no different from going to be killed.

"So, the Nine Heavens Road is my only way out!"

Behind the mountain, at the Assembly Hall, six elders were present.

Aside from Su Yubai, two deputy deans, and three more elders, these six people plus the dean constituted the highest authority in the Dan Wu Academy.

Of course, the dean’s authority was paramount. He could veto everything in the academy with one word.

Because he represented the Tranquil Cloud Sect!

"Deputy Deans and Elders, an Earth Rank student was utterly lawless in the academy and brutally murdered two fellow students in broad daylight. Today, I’ve invited everyone to hold this meeting so that we can discuss how we should deal with this student!"

Su Yubai was the one who called for everyone, so he obviously had to stir things up.

"An Earth Rank student dares to be so audacious! What’s there to discuss; just kill him right away!" A deputy dean exploded after hearing that.

"That’s right. According to the academy’s rules, killing fellow student is the death penalty! What’s the need for this meeting?" another elder echoed in approval.

"Elder Su, I wonder who is this student?" at this moment, the other deputy dean opened his mouth to ask.

Su Yubai gave him a displeased look. This fellow always does not cooperate. Seriously irritating.

There were two deputy deans in the Dan Wu Academy. One martial and one alchemy.

The deputy dean who agreed just now was called Zhang Songtao, the deputy dean who specialized in the Martial Dao. The one who asked the question was the Alchemy Dao’s deputy dean, Hu Changsheng.

Hu Changsheng was Jiang Yunhe’s die-hard follower and also somebody who did not like power struggles. He was someone who pursued the Alchemy Dao with all his heart. Hence, he basically had no presence all these years. Even in the Elders Council, he virtually abandoned his voting rights.

He was not deliberately finding fault today. He just instinctively wanted to find out more.

After all, students were the precious resources of the Dan Wu Academy. If they mistakenly killed a genius figure, then the loss outweighed the gain.

Although killing fellow students was essentially the death penalty, he still wanted to figure out what was going on.

Who knew if the State of Qin’s Dan Wu Academy would have a second Mo Yuntian appear?

"This student’s name is Ye Yuan, a complete lunatic! He already had a bad track record before entering the academy. Some days back, who knows what lucky encounter he had to have his strength suddenly soar. What’s unexpected was that he brutally murdered two fellow students consecutively today. I suspect that he might have gotten some demonic path cultivation law, that’s why he lost his mind and did such a cold-blooded thing!"

Su Yubai avoided the crucial points and dwelled on the trivial, describing Ye Yuan as a homicidal maniac.

The majority of the elders already stood on his side, now, there was even less to talk about.

"Since that’s the case, then there’s no need to discuss. After he arrives at the Assembly Hall, just directly sentence him to death," Zhang Songtao said nonchalantly.

As a deputy dean, his words held a certain weight.

These few years, Su Yubai gifted him countless treasures in secret to pull him over. The two are already of the same ilk.

As for the other elders, they did not hold as much authority as Su Yubai nor were they as strong as him. Under his coercion and persuasion, they naturally became his vassals.

"Seconded. Such a ruthless lunatic, what’s the point of keeping him if we don’t kill him?" an elder said.

"I agree as well."

Seeing everyone agreed in unanimity to kill Ye Yuan, whether Hu Changsheng casts his vote or not obviously did not matter, so he might as well stay mum.

Su Yubai was secretly pleased when he saw the situation. Ye Yuan that punk was simply lawless, not only did he dare to kill fellow students, he even had the nerve to scold him an old fart.

Even without the grudge between the Su and Ye Family, he would also sentence him to death today!

As for the cause, Su Yubai was actually aware of it already. It was indeed Lin Tiancheng who provoked matters first and forced Ye Yuan’s maidservant until she was seriously injured and on the verge of death!

But so what? Ye Yuan was seeking death so others could not be blamed.

Just like that, the few people chorused in unison and determined the life and death of an Earth Rank student without even asking for the reason.

Except, they waited a long time, yet Ye Yuan did not arrive. Rather, it was Feng Ruoqing and Huyan Yong who came.

"What are you two doing? Where’s Ye Yuan? Don’t tell me you two helped him to abscond punishment?"

Feng Ruoqing and Huyan Yong did not even get to speak, and Su Yubai already judged them.

Huyan Yong looked at Su Yubai and smiled coldly as he said, "If he tried to escape punishment, wouldn’t that fulfill your wish? Relax. Ye Yuan isn’t that stupid!"

Initially, Huyan Yong was still oblivious to the state of affairs. Only after Feng Ruoqing pointed things out, did he become enlightened on the situation.

In reality, he also considered helping Ye Yuan to escape, and return to the academy after the dean returns. But was rejected by Ye Yuan.

If Ye Yuan ran away, the Su Family could seize this opportunity to apply pressure and ally with the Wan Family to deal with the Ye Family.

Ye Hang was currently in a seclusion and could not be disturbed. Ye Yuan wanted to take on this matter all by himself!

Huyan Yong was wholeheartedly devoted to martial arts and could not wrap his mind around these schemes.

However, Feng Ruoqing was born in the Imperial Family and was inherently sensitive to these things.

"Since he didn’t run, why didn’t he come? Don’t tell me he still needs this elder to go invite him?" Su Yubai asked in a deep voice.

"Snort! Why should he come here? You probably already embellished the details and fooled the two deputy deans as well as the elders, and you sentenced Ye Yuan to death already. Am I right? Don’t tell me he should come here and die?" Huyan Yong scoffed.

"Insolence! You dare to question the Elders Council’s authority? Do you not want to be an instructor anymore?" Su Yubai flew into a rage.

"Is it the Elders Council’s authority or your authority? Don’t try to confound people’s eyes!" Huyan Yong did not give in at all and was diametrically opposed to Su Yubai.

"Alright, alright. You two, stop arguing. The main character isn’t here; what’s the use of quarreling? Huyan, you said that Elder Su embellished the details. Could it be that Ye Yuan did not kill anyone?" Hu Changsheng interjected right then.

Huyan Yong still had a good favorable impression towards Hu Changsheng, so he naturally would not rebut him.

Huyan Yong respectfully saluted with his hands and said, "It’s true that Ye Yuan killed someone, but there’s a reason for it, not because of what demonic path fiend that Su Yubai said!"

Huyan Yong recounted how Lu-er was nearly raped and about to die, which infuriated Ye Yuan, making Hu Changsheng knitted his brows after hearing it.

Was not this incident a similar occurrence of Mo Yuntian’s episode back then?

Hu Changsheng turned to Su Yubai and said, "Elder Su, looks like this General Affairs Department really needs to be properly reorganized!"

Su Yubai’s position was inferior to Hu Changsheng, so he naturally did not dare refute. He replied, "Dean Hu is right. Even if Dean Hu did not say anything, I will also clean up the General Affairs Department after this case. But the pressing matter at the moment is still to deal with Ye Yuan’s case. Regardless of what reason he had, killing two people successively is challenging the academy’s rules. This must not become a precedent! Even if he had a reason for doing things, the speed of his improvement subverts common sense. It’s very likely that he’s cultivating a demonic path skill. How can we spare such a person like him?"

"That’s right! The Dan Wu Academy forbids killing fellow students. The killers were already sentenced to death. Don’t tell me we should make an exception for Ye Yuan? What capabilities does he have? My view is still to kill him!" Zhang Songtao said.

"I agree with Dean Zhang’s opinion. This must not be encouraged!"

"I agree as well!"

Seeing the situation, Feng Ruoqing came forward and bowed towards a few people, and then she said, "Ruoqing is here not to intercede for Ye Yuan, but to inform the two deputy deans and the elders that Ye Yuan is preparing to challenge the Nine Heavens Road three days later. So he will not be attending this meeting."

"What? He wants to challenge the Nine Heavens Road? Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm taking on the Nine Heavens Road? Hahaha! Did he think that he could escape the death penalty by doing that? Since he’s looking to die, then I will watch just how he dies on the Nine Heavens Road!" Su Yubai burst into laughter.

The news of Ye Yuan challenging the Nine Heavens Road caused a stir once again in the academy.

"Hey, did you hear? Ye Yuan wants to take on the Nine Heavens Road!"

"Nine Heavens Road? Is he mad? He’s only at the Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm. It’s certain death!"

"He’s originally a madman! Defying the academy’s rules, even killing two fellow disciples in succession, scolding Elder Su an old fart right to his face, and even threatened to take his head within a year. If he isn’t crazy, then what is? But this time around, he has no choice but to be mad. If he doesn’t challenge the Nine Heavens Road, then he absolutely can’t escape death!"

"That’s true. But isn’t it still death if he charges into the Nine Heavens Road?"

"At least he can seize the initiative in his hands by tackling the Nine Heavens Road. If he doesn’t attempt this, he would be placing himself at the mercy of others. If it were me, I would also choose to challenge the Nine Heavens Road."

"I reckon that he still possesses a trace of confidence and thinks he can make it through? If he was given more time to reach the Spirit Condensation Realm, I believe that he can definitely charge through it! But what a pity. Nobody has ever made it through as an Essence Qi Realm."

In the Dan Wu Academy, the Nine Heavens Road was a synonym for death. It had already been a whole three years since anybody challenged it.

Since the establishment of the State of Qin’s Dan Wu Academy, which student who challenged the Nine Heavens Road was not an extraordinary genius?

But only a measly five of them made it through!

And these five people were all Spirit Condensation Realm without exception.

Even if Ye Yuan already had the combat power equal to a Spirit Condensation Realm now, nobody thought highly of him.

After all, his real strength was only at the Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm.

And one could not borrow the power of medicinal pills to raise strength while charging through the Nine Heavens Road!

That was to say, Ye Yuan must use the strength of a Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm to take on a death road which made Essence Qi Realms despair!

Essence Qi Realm students who challenged the Nine Heavens Road all died without exception.

The survival rate of Essence Qi Realms on the Nine Heavens Road was . . . zero!

It was the survival rate and not the passing rate!

Hence, Ye Yuan was not challenging it but committing suicide!

It seemed like Ye Yuan had been continuously creating miracles after returning from being poisoned.

But this time, nobody thinks that he could create another miracle again.

. . . . . .

Ye Yuan did not bother with the discussion outside. He adjusted his body condition and took care of Lu-er without letting her out of his sight.

Ever since Lu-er lost consciousness, she had not woken up.

Ye Yuan also did not have any solution for Lu-er’s current condition. He could only use his essence energy to suppress the frost poison in her body.

Nine Yin Absolute Meridian was no joke. Once it erupted, it would be like a volcano exploding; sweeping forth with irresistible force.

If Ye Yuan were still an Alchemy Emperor right now, the Nine Yin Absolute Meridian naturally would not stump him. But his present cultivation was too low.

"Ye Yuan, Miss Lu-er, she . . . could it be that even you don’t have any ideas to save her?"

Seeing the normally adorable and obedient Lu-er end up like this, Feng Ruoqing felt all sorts of emotions.

Feng Zhirou by the side was also unexpectedly quiet today and did not quarrel with Ye Yuan blindly.

Ye Yuan sighed and said, "Unless my master was here, otherwise . . . Sigh. With Lu-er’s current condition, I can only help her sustain her life for half a year at best. After half a year, the frost poison will thoroughly erupt, and I won’t be able to control it anymore."

"That Zhang Heng really deserved to die! If it were me, I would definitely have diced him into pieces!" Feng Zhirou gnashed her teeth bitterly.

Feng Zhirou did not feel the slightest bit of pity towards someone like Zhang Heng.

Feng Ruoqing’s eyes, on the other hand, lit up. "You really have a powerful master! Where is he? Why not invite him here? As long as he comes, not only can he treat Lu-er, even your problems would go away as well!"

Ye Yuan purposely said that he had a master because he was afraid that Feng Ruoqing and co would let their imaginations run wild.

Feng Ruoqing was extremely intelligent. He was already facing imminent death, and his master did not show up, which unavoidably set off some ideas.

In reality, Ye Yuan had long seen through Feng Ruoqing who wanted to ask but kept holding back her tongue. Which was why he said this.

However, where would his powerful master come from?

Ye Yuan gave a bitter laugh. "Master is truly powerful, but he’s somebody who can’t sit still. After imparting all his knowledge, he left to travel the world. I also don’t know where he is now."

Hearing Ye Yuan said this, Feng Ruoqing was greatly disappointed.

Somebody who could raise a monster like Ye Yuan must surely be an extremely powerful figure. He might even be an Alchemy King or even an Alchemy Sovereign from the legends!

If he was present, how would Su Yubai dare to be unbridled?

"But, the Nine Heavens Road is a death zone for Essence Qi Realms. Isn’t it equivalent to going to die if you enter the Nine Heavens Road?"

Even though Feng Ruoqing and Huyan Yong had been convinced by Ye Yuan, they still did not think well of Ye Yuan.

It’s not just them. Nobody in the entire Dan Wu Academy had high hopes of Ye Yuan!

"That’s right. Back then when Mo Yuntian entered, it was almost certain death. You’re only at the Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm! Why don’t you take Lu-er and run?" Feng Zhirou also joined in from the side.

Ye Yuan shook his head and said, "You think Su Yubai is a moron? How could he give me the chance to escape? I’m afraid that he already has people stationed at every single route out of the academy. As for my residence, there are definitely many people keeping an eye on it. As long as I step out of this house, all my movements will be within his grasp."

"This . . ."

"Alright, thanks for your concern. I know what I’m doing. Even though it’s not 100%, I have at least 30% confidence that I can pass through the Nine Heavens Road!" Ye Yuan said confidently.

"What? You have 30% confidence? Are you joking? The Nine Heavens Road is a death zone for Essence Qi Realm! You actually say that you have 30% confidence? Are you trying to use these words to dismiss us?" Feng Zhirou cried out.

Although Feng Ruoqing did not say anything, looking at her expression, she obviously did not buy it either.

The Nine Heavens Road was certain death for Essence Qi Realms, and Ye Yuan actually said that he had 30% confidence. This could not be regarded as anything but reassuring words.

" Haha. You can choose not to believe me, but you can’t not believe my master. Master’s might surpasses your imaginations, so you should also have faith in me," Ye Yuan laughed and said.

In reality, Ye Yuan’s confidence level was way beyond 50%. He was just scared that it would be too insanely startling, which was why he chose to not be explicit.

The reason why Ye Yuan dared to challenge the Nine Heavens Road was that he got to understand from Huyan Yong that this Nine Heavens Road was an enormous array formation!

It was not going to be easy for a puny little Nine Heavens Road to try and kill him with his attainments in Array Dao.

If not for Ye Yuan’s cultivation being too low, breaking this array would not be much different than playing house with children.

Of course, Ye Yuan was not entirely certain as well. Some array formations have incredibly powerful might, which is not something he could withstand at his current cultivation realm.

As for the specifics, it would have to wait until entering the Nine Heavens Road before knowing them.

Seeing Ye Yuan so self-assured, Feng Ruoqing and Feng Zhirou did not know why either, but they gained more confidence out of nowhere.

Perhaps Ye Yuan could really create another miracle again?

Three days later, at the foot of the Nine Heavens Peak.

Students swarmed so heavily around the area that even water could not flow through.

Challenging the Nine Heavens Road was something rarely seen throughout the years. Naturally, they did not wish to miss out on this grand occasion.

The entire Dan Wu Academy was virtually a ghost town as everyone wanted to come and join in the fun.

If not for the foreshadowing from earlier events, there might not be such a huge occasion today.

A Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm challenging the Nine Heavens Road was just seeking death. What was there to watch?

Nonetheless, the incident that Ye Yuan caused earlier gave rise to much debate, and practically everyone knew about it in the academy already. Now, everyone knew that the degree of Ye Yuan’s genius had surpassed their imagination. Could he create another miracle?

Even though nobody believed it from the bottom of their heart, there was still this faint trace of anticipation!

On another mountain facing the Nine Heavens Peak, there was a pavilion.

This was the ideal spot to watch the Nine Heavens Road!

Several people sat around a table in the pavilion. They were precisely Su Yubai and several elders.

Many people were crowding around outside the pavilion. Aside from the academy’s instructors, they were mainly genius students on the Martial and Alchemy Rolls of Honor. Their status was naturally different from ordinary students.

Long Tang, Zuo Bugui, Su Yishan, and others shockingly were there too.

"Hey, Old Long. Why don’t we negotiate a bit? How about you return that Sharp Horned Beast inner core to me? That matter previously was just a joke, no need to take it seriously right?"

Zuo Bugui pestered Long Tang incessantly, wanting to take back the Sharp Horned Beast inner core that he lost the previous time.

Long Tang did not even look at him and minded his own business as he rested with closed eyes, patiently waiting for Ye Yuan’s arrival.

"I say, why are you so unreasonable? You’re already so powerful; what do you need an inner core for? It’s better if you return it to me!"

"Old Long, say something!"

"Ye Yuan’s here!"

Long Tang’s eyelids quivered, but he quickly recovered his composure.

"Stop pretending alright? We don’t talk about that; let’s talk about Ye Yuan. Do you think he has a chance of making it through?"

"Don’t know."

Zuo Bugui was utterly amazed when he heard that. Because Long Tang’s reply was "don’t know," instead of "can’t make it."

Long Tang actually had such confidence in Ye Yuan?

Even though he and Long Tang had conflicting opinions previously, the result proved that Long Tang was right. But this time around, Zuo Bugui did not think well of Ye Yuan at all.

Nine Heavens Road. Even Long Tang did not dare to try it!

Although Long Tang thought highly of himself, he was aware that he did not reach that sort of monstrous degree like Mo Yuntian after examining himself.

Even Mo Yuntian nearly died before charging through it. How could he make it through?

"You mean that he might make it? How’s that possible?"

"Didn’t you say that he couldn’t kill Lin Tiancheng before? And the result?"

"Oh please. This and that aren’t the same things, okay? Even a hundred Lin Tianchengs together can’t make it past the Nine Heavens Road!"

"A hundred Lin Tianchengs added up is also not as monstrous as Ye Yuan!"

". . ."

Zuo Bugui had no words to retort with because what Long Tang said was true.

Zuo Bugui suddenly discovered that Long Tang who had always been arrogant actually had signs of acknowledging his inferiority to Ye Yuan.

Long Tang was an existence that all the students looked up to in the academy. He had always overlooked all, including him, Zuo Bugui.

Yet, this existence actually lifted his gaze now, and looked at another student at eye-level, even looking up!

This was simply inconceivable!

"Old Long, this isn’t like you!" Zuo Bugui suddenly felt like a fox mourning the death of a rabbit and said earnestly.

Long Tang did not react heavily to it, and only said coolly, "Did you forget the phrase that has been passed down in the academy? Geniuses were meant to be surpassed!"

Long Tang sucked in deeply, and he slowly said, "I . . . I’m inferior to him."

"Sigh. Even though I don’t want to admit it, but what you said is the truth." Zuo Bugui also gave a long sigh.

"However, most likely he doesn’t have the chance to surpass you and me anymore! He can’t make it past the Nine Heavens Road!" Zuo Bugui suddenly added.

". . ."

This time around, Long Tang did not retort. Truthfully speaking, he did not have much confidence as well.

A survival rate of zero!

This number was as difficult to surmount as a massive mountain. Could Ye Yuan make it across?

. . . . . .

"Humph! This Ye Yuan is putting on airs to actually make so many people wait for him!" Su Yubai was a little impatient and grumbled.

"Yeah. Indeed, a brat who doesn’t know the rules. He deserves to be killed!" another elder said in agreement.

Looks like he had already become Su Yubai’s lackey.

Hu Changsheng on the other hand smiled and said, "Nine Heavens Road isn’t a joke. He naturally has to make meticulous preparations."

"What’s there to prepare? Don’t tell me that he, an Essence Qi Realm, can make it through? He has to die anyway, yet he’s delaying so many people’s time. Simply outrageous!" That elder was very displeased. It was clear that he was already tired of waiting.

When he said this, nobody refuted it.

Preparations indeed did not hold much meaning for Ye Yuan.

The way they saw it, Ye Yuan just chose to end it himself, instead of letting them sentenced him to death. But the result was the same.

As for whether Ye Yuan could survive, nobody had ever believed that.

Those students down there have only heard hearsay about the horrors of the Nine Heavens Peak. But these elders and instructors had seen fresh waves of students filling in the gaps as they fell in the Nine Heavens Peak over many years.

Even when many of them were still students, the peak talents of their generation had challenged the Nine Heavens Road. But nobody succeeded.

As for the five who made it, they are already existences that they could only look up to now.

No one doubted that Ye Yuan had the potential to pass through the Nine Heavens Road. But that was just potential. Ye Yuan was only at the Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm. He had not even stepped into the last minor stage of the Essence Qi Realm, so how could he pass?

Who among those Essence Qi Realm students that dared to challenge the Nine Heavens Peak before were not peerless geniuses?

And those Essence Qi Realm students who went to challenge the Nine Heavens Peak, who among them were not at the Ninth Level Essence Qi Realm or even the peak of the Essence Qi Realm?

All of them died. Could Ye Yuan make it?

The answer was obvious that he could not!

Right then, the crowd at the foot of the mountain stirred.

Ye Yuan came!

Behind Ye Yuan trailed the two girls, Feng Ruoqing and Feng Zhirou, as well as a black-faced Huyan Yong.

Everyone directly ignored Huyan Yong and stared at the Feng Family aunt and niece behind Ye Yuan with absolute envy.

Who did not want this sort of treatment!

With these two girls escorting the road, they would even willingly die!

Ye Yuan naturally was not pretending to be some big-shot coming late on purpose. He had to settle Lu-er down properly.

Early morning, Ye Yuan transmitted essence energy once more to help Lu-er suppress the frost poison. After adjusting for some time, he let Feng Ruoqing arrange for someone to take good care of Lu-er before he could set his mind at ease and come to the Nine Heavens Peak. So naturally, he was a little late.

Gazing into the distance, a road of green pebbles led straight up past the clouds, all the way to the Nine Heavens Peak.

What looked like the road leading to the land of the immortals, was actually the forbidden land for martial artists.

"Such superlative craftsmanship! Looks like I can’t look down on the experts of this world. This Nine Heavens Road isn’t simple!" Ye Yuan secretly gave his appraisal.

Now that Ye Yuan arrived, the crowd automatically gave a wide berth.

In front of the Nine Heavens Road, a stone tablet was erected there. On it, wrote a line of words.

A martial artist blocked Ye Yuan. "Before entering the Nine Heavens Road, swear a Heavenly Dao Oath according to the stone tablet first!"

"I swear upon the Heavenly Dao, once I step unto the Nine Heavens Road, life and death are left to fate. If I succeed in making it through, I will not reveal any information about the Nine Heavens Road. Otherwise, may Heaven strike me dead!"

Ye Yuan swore once according to the words on the stone tablet and slightly felt his divine soul quiver.

Ye Yuan knew that this was the feeling when one’s divine soul signed a pledge with the Heavenly Dao.

In the future, if he goes against this oath, the Heavenly Dao will make heavenly punishment descend, destroying his body and soul.

"Now, can I enter?"

The guard stepped aside to allow Ye Yuan passage.

Ye Yuan turned back to Feng Ruoqing and co, and he said, "Help me take good care of Lu-er. I’ll be back soon."

Finishing, Ye Yuan walked past the guard and stepped onto the Nine Heavens Road.

Stepping onto the first step, the scenery suddenly transformed.

The initially narrow Nine Heavens Road suddenly became a boundless horizon.

Ye Yuan turned around. The road he came from already disappeared, and what replaced it was still endless steps.

The entire strip of Nine Heavens Road had transformed into another world. A world constituted of countless green stone steps.

"Indeed a little interesting! Looks like every man has his edge. Even though the Lower Realms’ martial prowess cannot compare to the Divine Realm, they still have undergone countless eons of development and derivation. They are many things aren’t present in the Divine Realm. This Nine Heavens Road became an independent world. Looks like the person who set the array already had considerable accomplishments, and this array formation is a unique school of thought. 1 It’s a different style from the Divine Realm. Tranquil Cloud Sect can’t be underestimated!" Ye Yuan gasped in admiration.

This entire array formation was integrated into a harmonious reality. There were countless illusion arrays and killing arrays mixed into it. Even though its power was inferior to the Divine Realm’s arrays, the complexity of this did not pale in the slightest.

"No wonder this Nine Heavens Road is so hard to pass through. If these illusion arrays and killing arrays were activated at full power, killing Crystal Formation Realm martial artists would be like chopping vegetables!" Ye Yuan exclaimed in admiration once more.

"Well, there’s not much hope of breaking the array. My strength now is really too poor. Let me test out this Nine Heavens Road’s array formations’ power!"

After he said this, Ye Yuan strode out with a large step.

The step forward seemed to have activated the arrays. Countless strong gales howled towards Ye Yuan.

These gales were abnormally piercing-cold as if it could annihilate all life on earth. But this world only had Ye Yuan alone, so naturally, he was the target.

"The concept of wind? Looks like this Nine Heavens Road was constructed to help students train. Much thought and care had been expended on this. Except, using this sort training method seems a bit too cruel."

As Ye Yuan sighed admirably, he moved along with the wind. The strong violent gale was actually unable to cause any harm to Ye Yuan whatsoever!

These strong gales were man-made through the creator of the array formations integrating his own understanding of the concept of wind inside it!

After sensing the concept of wind amidst the powerful gales, Ye Yuan knew the intention of the creator of this array. He hoped to let students comprehend the concept of wind inside through these gales.

However, how many people could comprehend the concept of wind at the Essence Qi Realm or the Spirit Condensation Realm?

The way the other students saw it, these powerful gusts existed to hurt people, instead of helping them to understand some profound concept.

If it were another student tackling the Nine Heavens Road, this Strong Gale round would most likely have already exhausted a great deal of essence energy.

They were unable to be so at ease like Ye Yuan. They have to activate their essence energy shields in order to withstand the power of these gales.

Otherwise, these strong gales would be like blades, slicing their body into pieces.

Even Spirit Condensation Realm students would have exhausted enormous amounts of essence energy after making it past this round; let alone those of Essence Qi Realms.

If Essence Qi Realm students used essence energy protection to withstand this round, they would directly lose 30% - 40%, and this was only the first round!

Under this sort of expenditure, if Essence Qi Realms did not die, where could they flee to?

In contrast, Ye Yuan did not even use his essence energy for protection. He simply swayed his body along with the wind force, and the gale wind blades floated past his body easily.

These gales were just like a giant wind blade technique, cutting wantonly in this space; omnidirectional and with no blind angles.

If students did not open their essence energy protection after coming in here, the consequences would be very severe.

As to why Ye Yuan did not use essence energy protection, it was because his comprehension towards the concept of wind was way above these gales.

The concept of wind encompassed within these gale winds, to Ye Yuan, was like a toddler learning how to walk. Wanting to hurt him was naturally hardly possible.

Not to mention that Ye Yuan’s Falling Flower Floating Zero Sword technique already encompassed an exceedingly profound concept of wind within.

Except, Ye Yuan’s Essence Qi Realm cultivation realm was too low and unable to unleash the true might of the concept of wind; that’s all.

Following the increase of his cultivation, the power of the Falling Flower Floating Zero Sword would also become increasingly stronger.

Although Ye Yuan was only at the Essence Qi Realm currently, it was still more than sufficient to evade the attacks of these gale winds.

. . . . . .

Ye Yuan could not see the landscape outside, but the people outside could see Ye Yuan’s situation.

To be more precise, they could not see what was happening inside the illusionary world, but they were able to clearly see what Ye Yuan was doing right now.

There were a total of 999 stone steps on the Nine Heavens Road. Right now, Ye Yuan had already walked across more than 20 steps.

It was just that from the perspective of a bystander, Ye Yuan’s condition did not seem to be too good.

"What’s Ye Yuan doing? He’s dangling and swaying about like he’s drunk."

"Don’t know. Is he being mesmerized by an illusion world?"

"I think so! Look at him swaying around non-stop. Who tackles the Nine Heavens Road like that?"

"En. I heard from some senior apprentice brothers that in the past when those people challenged the Nine Heavens Road, they opened up their essence energy protection right away as if there was something terrifying. But you look at Ye Yuan. He didn’t even open anything, but rather, it’s like he’s drunk. Why is he totally different from how others challenging the Nine Heavens Road?"

"Yeah. According to the seniors’ speculations, the first 333 steps of the Nine Heavens Road might be some external force test which is extremely taxing on essence energy. Those who could walk past 333 steps would be completely fatigued. But why is Ye Yuan’s perfectly fine? Could it be that what he encountered was different from the seniors?"

"This Ye Yuan is really a wonder. Whatever he does is different from the rest. It’s just that if he does this, would he lose his mind within the first 333 steps?"

"I think there’s really that possibility!"

"Eh? Look! Ye Yuan seems to have recovered!"

That person fixed his eyes to take a look, and Ye Yuan was indeed no longer behaving like he was drunk. He continued walking up steadily.

One look and onlookers could tell that Ye Yuan should have passed through the first barrier.

"This . . . the first round is completed so effortlessly?" Huyan Yong stared dazedly at Ye Yuan’s figure with a dumbfounded face.

As an instructor in the academy, he knew much more things than the rest of the students! These things were summed up using the experience from students’ fresh blood.

The first 333 steps on the Nine Heavens Road, and every 33 steps was a minor barrier.

Although it was unknown what exactly these minor barriers were, regardless of who charged through these minor barriers, it would not be this effortless!

What’s more, some Essence Qi Realm students were directly annihilated at the first minor barrier!

But Ye Yuan managed to pass through it just by swaying around like that the entire way!

"Nine Heavens Road, 999 steps. He only crossed 33 steps by luck, the first minor barrier. Each and every one of them is behaving like he already cleared it!"

Su Yubai snorted coldly. Evidently, he was very displeased by everyone’s astonishment.

The way he saw it, Ye Yuan only passed the first barrier by luck!

Furthermore, passing the first barrier did not signify anything. Many Essence Qi Realms were able to cross it.

The true terror of the Nine Heavens Road was in the last 333 steps!

"Yeah. One look and you can tell that this Ye Yuan is a slippery punk. He probably excels in exploiting gaps. Most likely he took advantage of some loophole. That’s why it was so easy for him." Another elder chimed in.

"Mm. No matter what you say, the Nine Heavens Road is a death zone for Essence Qi Realm. That is the truth that nobody can alter! Looking at the past, the highest record for Essence Qi Realm was at the middle 333 steps. Even if Ye Yuan’s incredibly heaven-defying, his limit will at most be at the last 333 steps." Zhang Songtao also agreed.

Unlike the other elders, Ye Yuan’s performance gave Huyan Yong and Feng Ruoqing more confidence.

"The most terrifying aspect of these first 333 steps is the exhaustion of essence energy! Spirit Condensation Realms are a little better, but it’s very difficult for an Essence Qi Realm’s essence energy to sustain till the end. Even if they are lucky enough to bear through it, the middle 333 steps will only get more terrifying than the front part. In the end, they still die. But Ye Yuan didn’t even use essence energy protection in the first round. He basically didn’t expend much essence energy at all," Huyan Yong said agitatedly.

Ye Yuan can really bring people limitless surprises. Perhaps . . . he might really make it? Feng Ruoqing muttered to herself.

"Tch. That fellow is smelly and hard. It’s better if he’s dead!" Feng Zhirou recovered her fierce and unreasonable nature.

Feng Ruoqing smiled and said, "If he dies, you can forget about breaking through to the Crystal Formation Realm in this lifetime."

". . . Who cares!" Feng Ruoqing remained stubborn, but her eyes kept following Ye Yuan on the steps.

. . . . . .

The Strong Gale round did not pose much difficulty to Ye Yuan. The instant he crossed the 33rd step and landed on the 34th step, the scenario suddenly transformed once again, becoming a stretch of fiery sea.

The concept of fire!

This was a flame road!

The scorching flames roasted Ye Yuan until he was about to combust, but a cold smile flashed across the corner of Ye Yuan’s mouth.

"I wonder what the Spirit Bristle Divine King will feel if he knew that someone was playing with fire in front of his cultivation law!"

Saying this, Ye Yuan revolved the Spirit Bristle Nine Yang Divine Art not to activate essence energy protection, but to completely release his aura to let his essence energy erupt out!

Then Ye Yuan made his strides and steadily went up. Where he passed by, the flames automatically retreated!

Playing with the concept of fire in front of the Spirit Bristle Nine Yang Divine Art was simply a joke!

The Spirit Bristle Nine Yang Divine Art was the supreme fire attribute cultivation law in the Divine Realm. It had virtually reached the limits of the concept of fire!

Back then, the Spirit Bristle Divine King relied on the Spirit Bristle Nine Yang Divine Art’s ultimate technique, Nine Suns Burning Heaven, and became renown in a single battle! He used the Nine Suns Burning Heaven during that battle, and he directly burnt the numerous Divine Kings attacking him into nothingness. Since then, nobody dared to provoke him.

Even though Ye Yuan’s current power was still shallow, it was still not something that a Lower Realm mortal flame could compare to.

This was like a young, juvenile dragon. No matter how little he was, he would still be the king of all beasts. All laid dormant where he passed!

Ye Yuan continued forward steadily as the flames around him automatically gave him a wide berth.

Just like that, Ye Yuan passed through the second round, Flame Sea, with unbelievable speed.

Ye Yuan had to waste around an incense of time to avoid the strong gales in order to pass the first round.

As for this second round, Ye Yuan passed it in a blink of an eye.

Third round, Arctic World!

This was a world of ice and snow, and it was extremely cold.

Yet, this sort of cold seemed to be unable to pose any form of threat in front of Ye Yuan’s Spirit Bristle Nine Yang Divine Art.

Ye Yuan immediately cleared it once again!

In a blink of an eye, Ye Yuan crossed 99 steps!

Next was the fourth round, Gravity World. Fifth round, Thick Earth World. Sixth round, Water World . . . All the way until the tenth world, Ye Yuan came all the way here unimpeded.

Ye Yuan’s realm was much higher than the creator of these arrays. These barriers were simply unable to cause any great difficulty for him. He did not even expend much essence energy.

"I wonder who from the Tranquil Cloud Sect created these arrays. They actually integrated metal, wood, water, fire, and earth; these concepts of five elements as well as the other five types of concepts derived from them. Truly a genius! I wonder what happened to this person afterward. Did he ascend to the Divine Realm? I’ve never heard of such an array formations genius before in the Divine Realm. Could it be that he had long fallen?" Ye Yuan was overcome with emotion.

The world of martial artists was filled with countless dangers. Aside from the dangers on the road of cultivation, what was even scarier was the human heart.

Since ancient times, regardless of whether it was the Divine Realm or the Lower Realms, geniuses were as abundant as the hair on an ox. However, only a remarkable handful was able to truly mature.

Which of the figures standing at the pinnacle of the Divine Realm did not tread over countless corpses of geniuses to attain their current position?

Even a peerless genius like Qingyun Zi plummeted after being harmed while in the process of maturing; let alone the others.

. . . . . .

Ye Yuan’s speed of clearing the rounds caused a huge uproar in the outside world!

He was too fast!

From the first step to crossing the first 333 steps, Ye Yuan spent less than two hours. This was simply too harrowing!

One student rubbed his eyes and asked in disbelief, "Do I have something wrong with my eyes? Since when did this Nine Heavens Road become so easy to pass?"

"Does your brain have holes? Why don’t you try it, if it is easy to cross! I think you won’t even know how you die!"

"But Ye Yuan is only at the Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm. How could he possibly be this fast?"

"I heard that this Nine Heavens Road is not a place that tests strength solely. What the test placed emphasis on, is potential! Looking from that perspective, this Ye Yuan’s talent is truly so monstrous that it’s inconceivable! But I don’t know if he can cross the later 666 steps or not."

"Maybe he can really cross it?"

The two exchanged glances. They were both frightened by this thought!

Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm passing the Nine Heavens Road?

This was impossible! Absolutely impossible! The Nine Heavens Road was a forbidden ground for Essence Qi Realm martial artists!

They did not know why either, but once this thought arose, it was like a seed, buried at the bottom of their hearts. It grew roots and sprouted, and it could no longer be stopped!

On the other hand, when Ye Yuan passed the first 333 steps, Su Yubai jumped to his feet. He looked at Ye Yuan who was halfway up the mountain similarly with incredulity.

One could not blame him for being so shocked. Ye Yuan’s speed in passing the rounds was too quick!

He crushed all resistance along the way without any delay!

There were only that few students who passed through the Nine Heavens Road. Their performance was not kept a secret. As the Disciplinary Hall’s First Elder, Su Yubai was naturally very clear on that!

However, nobody among those who challenged the road had Ye Yuan’s crossing speed, including those Spirit Condensation Realm students who passed!

Even the Mo Yuntian who was brimming with talent spent an entire day to pass the first 333 steps!

But Ye Yuan only took two hours!

Doesn’t that mean that the degree of Ye Yuan’s genius was several times, even tens of times that of Mo Yuntian’s?

Su Yubai did not dare nor was he willing to believe this thought!

"Huuu . . . I really don’t know what to say about this Ye Yuan. Other people are filled with fear and trepidation before challenging the Nine Heavens Road, and he cleared it so effortlessly. Is there nothing that can stump him?"

Zuo Bugui looked at Ye Yuan halfway up the mountain and was likewise completely stunned.

The shocks that Ye Yuan brought him these few days was simply too many.

Jumping ranks and killing Fei Qingping. Consecutively breaking through five realms within a month. Becoming an Alchemy Master with a Fourth Level Essence Qi Realm cultivation. Leaping across a major realm to kill Lin Tiancheng. Each one of these matters, when placed on a single individual, was an impossible task.

But Ye Yuan did them all!

Now, was Ye Yuan going to clear the Nine Heavens Road, which no Essence Qi Realm had ever passed through before? This was also simply inconceivable!

Even if he could not clear it, just based on his speed in the first 333 steps, it was sufficient to look down on all genius students!

"Yeah. There’s really nothing that he can’t do, and nothing that he doesn’t dare to do. Compared to him, we’re all self-boasting geniuses. Such a joke!" A deep shock was also plastered all over Long Tang’s face.

"Old Long, I’ve never denied that I’m a genius. At least that’s the case within the territory of the State of Qin. However, the degree of Ye Yuan’s genius has already vastly exceeded the domain of genius." Zuo Bugui sighed in admiration.

All this while, only Long Tang could steadily suppress Zuo Bugui’s arrogance. But now, his arrogance was shattered by Ye Yuan’s performance.

The dazed look in Long Tang’s gaze vanished, and what replaced it was incomparable determination!

He shook his head and said, "I’m not talking about his talent, but his heart of a powerhouse! Compared to Ye Yuan, what we lack the most is still the heart of a powerhouse! What a joke. I, Long Tang, have always prided myself on being able to look down on all experts. But in reality, I’m just a coward! Ye Yuan, thank you!"

Zuo Bugui was somewhat confounded by Long Tang’s words. However, he could clearly sense some sort of transformation taking place in Long Tang’s body.

Like the feeling of . . . enlightenment!

"What are you talking about, Old Long? Heart of a powerhouse? Even though we aren’t as monstrous as Ye Yuan, our desire to become strong has never changed all this while right?" Zuo Bugui asked in puzzlement.

Long Tang did not look at Zuo Bugui but stared at Ye Yuan who was halfway up and gave a confusing answer. "Powerhouse? A true powerhouse is not about how strong his strength is but how powerful his inner heart is! Zuo Bugui, after this matter is settled, I’ll also challenge the Nine Heavens Road!"

"What?! You want to challenge the Nine Heavens Road? Are you tired of living?" Zuo Bugui jumped in fright as he exclaimed.

However, Long Tang just smiled lightly as if he had seen past life and death. "If I can’t even pass through a tiny Nine Heavens Road in the State of Qin, how can I talk about becoming a powerhouse? What qualifications would I have to look down upon this Endless World and ascend to the Divine Realm?"

This place Ye Yuan reincarnated in was called the Endless World.

Endless World was named after the Endless Forest. Because it was truly endless and limitless, separating the Endless World into the North and South domain.

"Mad! Completely mad! No matter how powerful you are, Old Long, are you more powerful than Mo Yuntian? You will die if you attempt the Nine Heavens Road! What will you have to look down on the Endless World if you lose your life?" Zuo Bugui was ruffled.

Ye Yuan was a madman, and now, even the rank one on the Martial Roll of Honor, Long Tang, also went crazy along with him! Just what was happening to this world?

Long Tang, on the other hand, was unmoved. Incomparable resolve could be seen in his eyes.

"Why should martial artists regret death? How can one talk about becoming a powerhouse without the realization of going to die?" Long Tang said casually.

"But even when martial artists die, they have to die with significance! What’s the point if you challenge the Nine Heavens Road just to die?"

Zuo Bugui was still unable to figure it out. The way he saw it, the Nine Heavens Road was just a large scale array. Dying inside the array was something utterly meaningless.

"What kind of death holds meaning? Only now do I understand that victory and defeat lie in one thought. Strong and weak . . . also lies in a single thought! Zuo Bugui, you and I are ultimately not from the same world." Long Tang finally looked at Zuo Bugui. The expression in his eyes was something which he had never seen before.

Zuo Bugui was rank two on the Martial Roll. Apart from Long Tang, he was invincible in the academy. Even Feng Zhirou could not defeat him.

Even when facing Long Tang, the disparity with Zuo Bugui was actually not that large.

But now, Long Tang actually said that they were not from the same world? How could Zuo Bugui feel comfortable?

"What you meant is that you and Ye Yuan are people from the same world? Aren’t your words too conceited, Old Long?" Zuo Bugui kept away that trademark cynical smile and said somewhat unhappily.

However, Long Tang shook his head and said, "Ye Yuan . . . I’m afraid I have no opportunity to catch up to him in this lifetime. He and I . . . are also from entirely different worlds."

After saying that, Long Tang kept silent and simply watched Ye Yuan halfway up patiently.

Zuo Bugui also fell silent and started to muse.

He felt that some sort of transformation had taken place in Long Tang’s body. It was just that he could not understand what this transformation was even after cracking his head open trying to figure it out.

Except . . . could this transformation separate both of them into two different worlds? How was that possible?

Just because Long Tang was going to challenge the Nine Heavens Road?

Why don’t I also try taking on the Nine Heavens Road?

Zuo Bugui swiftly rejected this idea. He was indeed strong, but he did not even have 10% confidence for him to challenge the Nine Heavens Road successfully. It was indeed almost certain death!

Although Long Tang was stronger than him, he was not that much stronger. That was to say even if he went, it would be virtually certain death!

Just what did this fellow come to realize?

Such a low survival rate and he still dared to try it? Wasn’t this courting death?

Yes. Long Tang had truly been enlightened!

He saw what was called the heart of a powerhouse from Ye Yuan.

Ye Yuan’s chances were actually not that great when he challenged Lin Tiancheng. But he went to do it.

Ye Yuan’s chances were even much lower than imagined when he went to take on the Nine Heavens Road. But he did it anyway.

Even though he clearly understood that killing fellow disciples would result in the death penalty, Ye Yuan still did it without looking back.

Even though he was clear that the Nine Heavens Road was certain death, he still did it without hesitation.

Breaking the rules, challenging oneself, and surpassing oneself.

This was the heart of a powerhouse!

For a martial artist to cultivate was originally already going against the heavens. Without the consciousness of death, how could one sense the unparalleled Heavenly Dao and reach the paramount Deity Realm?

Why should we rejoice over life, and why should we be bitter about death?

The road of a powerhouse was filled densely with thorns. Even if one did not go and challenge the Nine Heavens Road, there might still be an Eight Heavens Road, Ten Heavens Road.

A person could hide for a moment, but could he hide for a lifetime?

Only by braving forward could one trample all these ups and downs underfoot. Only by continually surpassing oneself could there be a possibility to truly look down on all life under the heavens!

Pursuing good fortune and avoiding disasters were the primal instinct of men. But if martial artists did not sever these instincts, how could they talk about being an expert?

Long Tang could see from Zuo Bugui’s eyes that he simply did not dare to give birth to the thought of challenging the Nine Heavens Road. Hence, he said that they were not from the same world.

Long Tang was destined to walk out of the State of Qin; a person who would walk unparalleled throughout the entire Endless World.

But Zuo Bugui was only an expert in the State of Qin. Even if he forced himself to the limits, he would only be an expert in the Tranquil Cloud Sect.Dong dong dong!

Just as Ye Yuan was lost in his emotions, a knocking sound came from outside the door.

"Are you in there, Yun-er?"

That familiar yet foreign voice sounded out from outside the door. Ye Yuan could never forget this voice even if he turned to ashes. Because it was the voice belonging to his father, Ji Zhengyang.

Zhengyang Zi and Qingyun Zi were only Dao-titles that the outside world dedicated to them. Qingyun Zi and his father were originally surnamed Ji.

In the Divine Realm, any alchemist who reached the realm of Alchemy Emperor would be addressed respectfully with ’Zi.’ Directly calling an Alchemy Emperor with his name was a great disrespect and could very well anger the Alchemy Emperor.

And the vastness of an Alchemy Emperor’s network was unimaginable to the average person!

Even though he was clearly aware that he was currently inside an illusionary realm, Ye Yuan still shuddered uncontrollably.

Casually firing out a spell, the door to the pill refinement room automatically opened revealing Ji Zhengyang’s figure.

Seeing this familiar figure once again, Ye Yuan’s eyes immediately became moist.

Ji Zhengyang entered with a faint smile. When he saw Ye Yuan’s wet eyes, he could not help but be surprised. "Why is your face covered in tears, Yun-er?"

Ye Yuan who had transformed into Ji Qingyun was fully aware that this was inside an illusionary realm, but he still could not resist explaining.

"Father, when Yun-er was preparing the herbs just now, I used the Melancholy Gathering Grass and accidentally got the fumes in my eyes. That’s why I’m like this."

Melancholy Gathering Grass was a ninth rank herb with extremely powerful stimulating effects. Even with Ji Qingyun’s status as an Alchemy Emperor, if he got the fumes in his eyes, he would also cry nonstop.

Ye Yuan did not know why he would inexplicably come up with a white lie even though he knew perfectly well that the Ji Zhengyang in front of his eyes did not exist.

As expected, Ji Zhengyang laughed when he heard it. "Yun-er is overly careless. Even father dares not to overlook this Melancholy Gathering Grass. How could you be so careless?"

Ye Yuan quietly received this teaching. "Father is right. Yun-er will be more careful next time."

Ji Zhengyang let out a sigh and said, "Oh Yun-er . . . Father knows that you are infatuated with the Alchemy Dao, but there isn’t only the Alchemy Dao in this world. Cooping yourself up in a pill refinement room all the time will do you no good!"

Ye Yuan once again replied respectfully, "Don’t worry, Father. Yun-er knows when to stop."

Ji Zhengyang shook his head and said, "You, oh you. What do you want me to say about you? The Alchemy Dao is boundless and everlasting. Even if we pour our entire lives into it, it would be hard to even glimpse a ten-thousandth of it. Even if you really stepped into the Deity Realm in the future and become an Alchemy God, it is but another beginning. When alive, one has to take note of many other things. You will see that the vastness of this world far exceeds your imagination when you step outside of the pill refinement room. You should learn more from your senior apprentice brother about this point."

Ye Yuan’s face changed upon mentioning his senior apprentice brother. The killing intent in his heart unconsciously welled up but was quickly pressed down.

The current Ye Yuan could not be compared to the past. If he did not even have this bit of shrewdness, how could he talk about revenge?

One had to know that what he was worse off than his senior apprentice brother was not limited to cultivation realm, but instead, he fell behind in all aspects!

And wasn’t this illusionary realm an excellent place for Ye Yuan to temper his heart realm?

Although he knew that this illusion array was automatically activated, and nobody knew what was happening inside, Ye Yuan still did not wish to expose these things that were buried in the innermost part of his heart.

Firstly, it was to temper his heart realm. Secondly, it was to prepare for all contingencies.

After all, his origin was simply overly startling. If it was leaked, it might be hard to not arouse some big trouble.

And Ye Yuan’s current strength was far from being able to protect himself.

However, Ji Zhengyang apparently seemed to have discovered Ye Yuan’s flash of killing intent and was very puzzled.

"What’s wrong? You had a conflict with your senior apprentice brother?"

Ye Yuan smiled and nodded. "Don’t worry, father. It’s just a small spat. It will be fine after this period of time."

Ji Zhengyang then smiled and said, "So that’s the case. Then it’s fine. A peaceful family will prosper. Small fights and arguments are fine, but if you two brothers turn on each other, this Medicine King Hall will decline sooner or later."

Ye Yuan secretly sighed. This was more than just turning on each other!

This scoundrel killed the master who imparted to him all his abilities and raised him for several hundred years. He even murdered his master’s only son!

Such an unfilial son could not be tolerated by heaven and earth!

Ji Canglan!

When I return to the Divine Realm someday, I will definitely grind your bones to dust! ’

"I will. I wonder why Father came to look for this child?"

Although the killing intent in his heart was billowing to the skies, Ye Yuan did not let out the slightest bit.

Ye Yuan knew that he seemed to have broken through in terms of his heart realm.

After hearing that, Ji Zhengyang smacked his own head and smiled wryly. "You see, I’m already old and muddle-headed. I forgot about the proper business after talking to you. Father has refined a half-step divine pill and was about to convene a Pill Appreciation Grand Assembly. When visitors from all around come to congratulate a few days later, you and your senior apprentice brother shall arrange all the matters. Don’t treat the guests discourteously."

Hearing this, Ye Yuan’s entire body trembled!

Just now, he was immersed in past events and completely did not think about what time the illusionary realm brought him to.

Only now that Ji Zhengyang mentioned it did Ye Yuan suddenly awakened. This so-called Pill Appreciation Grand Assembly was precisely when Ji Canglan revealed his fangs!

What Pill Appreciation Grand Assembly was this? This was simply a Father and Brother Killing Grand Assembly!

The so-called visitors from all around were also single-handedly arranged by Ji Canglan.

He really did not know how Ji Canglan operated over these few years to suddenly bring over dozens of Divine Kings. With the inside colluding with the outside, they swiftly brought down the Medicine King Hall!

The Medicine King Hall was also a top-tier power in the Divine Realm. Just the Divine Kings under Zhengyang Zi’s command numbered over a dozen. But Ji Canglan had handled everything for several hundred years, causing the Medicine King Hall to fall apart immediately.

Ji Qingyun was oblivious to the outside world, so he was hoodwinked by everything that happened. Even after he reincarnated today, he still could not understand just how Ji Canglan did all those things under the eyes of the father-son pair.

When he closed his eyes to await death, he was seized with remorse over his usual indifference. But it was already too late for regrets. Ji Zhengyang was dead and his Dao dissipated!

Hence, the purpose of Ye Yuan’s existence in this life was to do two things!

The first thing was to personally kill Ji Canglan and avenge this immense hatred. The second was to figure out just what force was supporting Ji Canglan from behind!

Ye Yuan believed that Ji Canglan would undoubtedly be unable to do this alone.

Wishing to overturn a colossal bring such as the Medicine King Hall? The force behind Ji Canglan must surely be powerful to the point it terrifies people at the sight of it.

But so what?

If he could not take revenge for Father, then what was the point of him, Ji Qingyun reincarnating?

He, Ji Qingyun, lived his life proudly. How could he possibly lead this sort of ignoble life?

Even if taking revenge was harder than reaching the heavens, Ji Qingyun would still try reaching this heaven!

Wasn’t it just practicing martial arts?

Since Ji Qingyun was able to be hailed as the alchemist closest to Alchemy God during his previous life, he could become the martial artist most likely to step into the Deity Realm in this life!

How could a tiny little Nine Heavens Road thwart me, Ji Qingyun, on my heaven trampling journey?

"Don’t worry, Father. It’s only a small matter between Senior Apprentice Brother and me. This child will definitely work together with Senior Apprentice Brother and manage the matter of welcoming guests properly," Ye Yuan smiled and said.

Even as surging waves billowed in his heart, Ye Yuan obstinately did not reveal the slightest bit!

Ye Yuan did not permit even the slightest flaw in his heart realm. The more one was facing a powerful enemy, the more one had to maintain the steadiness of their heart state.

When experts exchange blows, what was fought was not only strength but also the strength of the heart!

"Haha! Then I can rest at ease," Ji Zhengyang laughed heartily and said with a smile as he stroked his beard.

There was complete silence at the foot of the Nine Heavens Peak.

Ye Yuan had already stood at the fifth step for four hours, while he only used a total of two hours to clear the first 333 steps!

The students looked at that figure halfway up the mountain. From the initial shock to excitement, then to dejection, and all the way until the current sighs of regret and pity.

The fever fell from the highest point down to the freezing point.

Ye Yuan’s rushing style involuntarily gave everyone a feeling of a strong beginning but a weak ending.

The first stage was too quick, but the second stage was a failure right at the start. The difference between before and after was too great.

At this point, nobody thought that Ye Yuan could make it anymore. Their confidence gradually faded along with the passing of time.

Standing for four hours on one step. There were still 328 steps behind!

How would he pass?

"Humph! Playing tricks! He must have used some trickery to gain advantage previously. That’s why it went so smoothly!" Su Yubai snorted coldly.

"Based on past experiences, the second stage of the Nine Heavens Road could very well be an eternal illusionary realm. And the derivative of this illusionary realm would become increasingly terrifying along with the increase in steps. Finally, it would leave people unable to extricate themselves. Ye Yuan already sunk in so deeply at the fifth step, I’m afraid it’s hopeless to save the situation." Zhang Songtao also made a rare remark at this time.

Hu Changsheng looked at Ye Yuan with a grave expression.

How could he not know what Zhang Songtao said? After so many years of fumbling about, even though the specific situations inside the Nine Heavens Road could not be confirmed, they were still able to conjecture many things according to the students’ performance.

Without a doubt, this second stage’s content was the easiest to confirm.

Because almost all the students who survived this round became insane. Clearly, they lost their minds inside the illusionary realm.

And in this second stage, the earlier one fell for the illusionary realm, the more dangerous it became.

This illusionary realm was able to continuously develop as it derived non-stop. The further it went, the more realistic it became, and the more they would not be able to extricate themselves.

Basically, those who got trapped so early like Ye Yuan had virtually no possibility of escaping the illusionary realm.

"A pity. A pinnacle genius who could have been extraordinarily splendors actually plummeted here."

"Ye Yuan might be a genius, but somebody like him was destined to not walk far. Because he failed to show restraint."

"Yeah. Too tough, and it’s easily broken. Ye Yuan doesn’t know how to tolerate, that’s why he challenged the academy’s rules, which resulted to his end. To him, Lin Tiancheng was doomed to be a minor character. There would have been thousands of ways to mess him to death. Why did he have to be impulsive?"

"Disperse then. Let’s go. It’s already hopeless for Ye Yuan. It’s impossible for him to wake up."

Quite a few people already lost their patience and faith and left in groups.

. . . . . .

In the illusionary realm, Ye Yuan saw Ji Canglan once again!

"Haha. You finally exited seclusion, Junior Apprentice Brother. This brother waited for a long time! There are more and more guests these few days; I already can’t handle it anymore. If you don’t come out, I would have gone to Master and washed my hands off this matter." Seeing Ye Yuan, Ji Canglan laughed.

Ye Yuan’s emotions were somewhat chaotic. Seeing this great enemy again, Ye Yuan was unable to keep a calm state of mind even though this was inside an illusionary realm.

Ye Yuan had methods to break apart the illusionary realm. However, he did not do so.

He did not wish to alter the direction the illusionary realm was heading to and fight to the death with Ji Canglan. Because that was meaningless.

He wanted to make use of this illusionary realm to advance his heart realm!

Heart realm was something fleeting and abstruse and looked like it was completely useless towards cultivation. Very few martial artists placed their thoughts on it as well.

However, Ye Yuan knew that heart realm was extremely useful towards a martial artist’s future cultivation road. It even determined to a certain extent the martial artist’s potential and limit!

To martial artists, heart realm was something akin to adding wings to a tiger!

If two martial artists with the exact same cultivation strength were to battle it out, the final victor would definitely be the one with the higher heart realm!

To Ye Yuan, even the slightest increase in strength was extremely valuable.

"My apologies. I’ve let Senior Apprentice Brother wait for too long," Ye Yuan forcefully suppressed the killing intent inside him and apologized.

"Since when have us brothers been so distant? Brother is only joking with you. Don’t take it to heart, Junior Apprentice Brother. I know that Junior Apprentice Brother is pursuing the great Alchemy Dao and doesn’t like to be distracted by mundane matters. I will do my best to take on what I can handle. Except, the assembly this time around is crucial to our Medicine King Hall. So I have no other options but to invite Junior Apprentice Brother out."

Ji Canglan was filled with sincerity without the slightest bit of hypocrisy. Nobody could have seen through his wild ambitions.

Ye Yuan also smiled and said, "I’ll naturally help Senior Apprentice Brother share the burden."

The following few days, Ye Yuan followed Ji Canglan and began to busy themselves with the various matters of the Pill Appreciation Grand Assembly.

Even if these things were what he hated the most in the past, Ye Yuan still did them conscientiously, as if he was wholly immersed in the illusionary realm and substituted himself inside.

In the first place, it was himself. This posed no challenge at all to Ye Yuan.

The Pill Appreciation Grand Assembly went according to the planned routine. Then Ji Canglan finally revealed his fangs.

Due to the fact that they drank a poison during the Pill Appreciation Grand Assembly which made people temporarily lose their abilities, Ji Zhengyang and Ji Qingyun were already currently lambs awaiting slaughter.

"Master, don’t blame this disciple for being heartless. This disciple also can’t help it." Ji Canglan pointed the sword in his hand at Ji Zhengyang.

Ji Zhengyang’s heart was akin to dead ashes. He shut his eyes and said, "Now that things have come to this, no point talking anymore. I only wish that you can spare Yun-er’s life."

Hearing that, Ji Canglan smiled sinisterly. "My apologies, Respectable Master, I’m afraid I can’t satisfy this dying wish of yours. If the roots of the weeds aren’t removed, they will grow again come spring. I don’t want to leave behind an enemy with such potential. Junior Apprentice Brother Yun’s talent is astonishing. As long as he’s given a chance, he will probably have the strength to threaten me after several decades."

Finishing, Ji Canglan swung his longsword. A gleam of sword light shot directly towards Ye Yuan.

At this time, Ji Zhengyang’s body suddenly moved. He blocked this sword light for Ye Yuan!

Without essence energy to protect his body, Ji Zhengyang’s body was instantaneously pulverized by the sword light!

At the same time, the might of Ji Zhengyang’s divine soul abruptly erupted and swept towards Ji Canglan!

Seeing the situation, Ji Canglan howled, "You miserable old fool! You actually ignited your divine soul?! Do you want your soul to dissipate?!"

Rumble!

A violent clash. Ji Zhengyang’s divine soul crumbled away, while Ji Canglang also vomited a large mouthful of blood. Clearly, he had also sustained injuries that were not minor.

Ye Yuan looked on at this scene coldly and did not become agitated nor was he indignant. There was not even any trace of emotion.

Having experienced once again this scene, which was engraved into his bones and heart, it was equivalent to prying open the scars in his heart. This sort of spiritual pain was something that the average person could not feel.

Yet, when the illusionary realm reached this moment, it was also incredibly dangerous! If he could not make it through, Ye Yuan would no longer exist after today!

Ji Canglan held the sword as he clutched his chest and walked towards Ye Yuan step by step.

"Don’t blame Senior Apprentice Brother, Junior Yun. I also can’t help it myself. Take care along the way," Ji Canglan said as he was walking.

Ye Yuan looked at Ji Canglan and suddenly gave a light smile.

Ye Yuan crossed his legs to sit and shut his eyes as if he totally gave up resisting.

However, as Ji Canglan’s approached, the aura on Ye Yuan’s body gradually became fleeting; until towards the end, his aura could not be sensed at all, as if he had died.

With a slash, the entire world gradually became dim.

Fainter and hazier . . .

Finally, it vanished . . .

. . . . . .

Ye Yuan slowly opened his eyes and felt the real world, muttering to himself, "Is this Heart Like Still Water?"

Inside the pavilion opposite the Nine Heavens Peak, Su Yubai stood up and patted the dust off his body.

"Nothing to see anymore. Let’s go. It’s hopeless for Ye Yuan. I even thought that he had some reliance, to dare tackle the Nine Heavens Road. In the end, he only crossed five steps in the second stage and was done."

"I don’t want to watch anymore either. Waste of time!"

"Time to go, time to go. After such a long time, turns out it’s a farce. I still thought that there was some show to watch. After messing around for the greater part of a day, he’s still the same as the rest."

Su Yubai walked off, and the other elders naturally lost interest and stood up one after another.

They watched Ye Yuan stand there unmoved for four hours, and were actually bored out of their minds already.

Now that they were assured Ye Yuan would not wake up, they naturally felt that there was no longer the need to watch on.

Su Yubai circled past the stone table and led the crowd out of the pavilion.

After just a few steps, there was suddenly a commotion coming from the students at the foot of the mountain.

"Quick, look! Ye Yuan moved!"

"En? He’s actually meditating on the spot? What’s he trying to do?"

"He’s not thinking about cultivating on the spot, right? Or has he already run amok?"

"Does running amok look like that? Doesn’t seem so? Looking at this appearance, it seems more like cultivating. But what’s the use of doing something like embracing Buddha’s feet at his hour of need?"

"Ye Yuan always exceeds expectations when doing things. I really don’t know what he’s trying to do. But looking at his appearance, he should have just escaped from inside the illusionary realm. But he only walked five steps. How is he going to cross the remaining steps at the back?"

Ye Yuan’s actions finally let the frustrated crowd find a topic of conversation once again. All manners of speculations spread out among the crowd.

The three people, Huyan Yong, Feng Ruoqing, and Feng Zhirou, who were initially already in despair, finally let out a sigh of relief right now.

"This rascal really scared me to death. I even thought that he won’t ever wake up anymore!" Huyan Yong exclaimed and wiped away his cold sweat.

Feng Ruoqing, on the other hand, continued to watch Ye Yuan silently, as if she had discovered something.

"What is it, Teacher Feng? Is something wrong?" Huyan Yong asked curiously.

"Teacher Huyan, do you feel that Ye Yuan’s aura isn’t quite right?"

"Mm?" Huyan Yong felt Ye Yuan’s aura, and sure enough, he felt that something was amiss. "This rascal, why is the aura of his body becoming increasingly weaker? Could some problem have occurred?"

Feng Ruoqing shook her head. Clearly, she also could not make clear of the situation.

However, their perceptions were locked onto Ye Yuan. But they discovered that Ye Yuan’s aura became increasingly weaker, progressively weaker until in the end, it actually directly vanished!

The three people were completely stunned.

"Mm? His aura vanished? Could it be that he’s already dead?" Su Yubai had clearly also discovered Ye Yuan’s transformation.

Elder Lin suddenly opened his mouth and asked, "Elder Su, that Ye Yuan’s aura has already completely vanished. Did he already die on the Nine Heavens Road?"

With Elder Lin’s words, Su Yubai became even more certain about his idea.

Quashing the wild elation in his heart, Su Yubai nodded and said, "Although the situation is somewhat bizarre, his aura has indeed completely vanished. Looks like he’s really dead already."

"Snort! Slighting the Elders Council! This outcome was deserved! Leaving a whole corpse can be counted as letting him off lightly!" Elder Lin derided coldly.

"Haha. Dean Hu already said that this was a student’s right. Since he chose this way of dying, and he’s already dead now, it also counts as us Elders Council enforcing the academy’s rules."

Su Yubai current mood was evidently excellent and turned around to console Elder Lin instead.

Although the process was a little winded, Ye Yuan finally still died. He had finally helped the Su Family to eliminate this hidden danger.

Inside the pavilion, Hu Changsheng looked at Ye Yuan’s ’corpse,’ gave a long sigh, and also got up to prepare to leave.

Majority of the Heaven rank students with higher cultivation also discovered Ye Yuan’s abnormal condition. After feeling sorry for him, they involuntarily secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

One Long Tang already crushed them until they could not breathe. With the addition of an even more monstrous Ye Yuan, their life in the future would be even worse off.

"Didn’t expect it; I really didn’t expect it. Ye Yuan actually died on the fifth step! Oh, Old Long, no matter how monstrous Ye Yuan was, he’s already a has been. You also saw the terror of the Nine Heavens Road. Are you still going to challenge the Nine Heavens Road?" Zuo Bugui said to Long Tang.

Long Tang narrowed his eyes. Clearly, he did not really believe the truth in front of him.

Ye Yuan charged through the first stage so smoothly, how could he possibly fall at the fifth step in the second stage?

This was too absurd!

Hearing Zuo Bugui’s words, Long Tang nodded and said, "Even if the Nine Heavens Road were a mountain of knives or a flaming sea, a dragon’s lair or a tiger’s den, I would still challenge it! Either I succeed or I perish!"

"You’re seriously stubborn! Forget it. I know that you’re proud and arrogant. I won’t be able to persuade you. Since you’re giving me your rank of the first place with both hands, I’ll kindly accept it!"

"First place? What the point of first place in the Dan Wu Academy? If you like it so much, then take it," Long Tang said nonchalantly.

"Sigh. You’ve really been ’poisoned deeply’! He’s already dead. Are you still going to keep watching?"

"Watch a while more. I keep feeling that Ye Yuan won’t die so easily!"

"Since when did you become like this, Old Long? He’s clearly already . . . Mm? What’s going on?"

While the two were talking, they suddenly felt some irregular movements happening to the surrounding essence energy.

The students at the foot of the mountain already started preparing to leave when suddenly, a wild wind whistled past, and the essence energy around them started becoming thinner.

"What’s happening?"

"The Nine Heavens Peak is a land with extremely abundant essence energy. How come now the energy became so thin? Could it be that someone is breaking through?"

"It’s Ye Yuan! Ye Yuan is breaking through!"

Somebody shouted from within the crowd, drawing everyone’s eyes toward Ye Yuan once again.

It was only to see that the essence energy in the vicinity of the Nine Heavens Peak surged towards Ye Yuan frenziedly at this moment!

With Ye Yuan as the center, it formed a storm of enormous essence energy! An essence energy vortex!

Ye Yuan’s aura also swiftly grew stronger!

Huyan Yong and Feng Ruoqing exchanged glances and saw the astonishment in the other party’s eyes.

"This is . . . Heart Like Still Water! Ye Yuan, he . . . actually reached the Heart Like Still Water Realm! This is simply inconceivable! Even among Crystal Formation Realms, there were only extremely few people who actually reached such level in terms of heart realm. This is a realm from the legends! Ye Yuan is only at the Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm, so how did he do it?" Huyan Yong sucked in a cold breath.

Feng Ruoqing’s eyes flashed. Clearly, she was also in the midst of shock. "Pretty soon, it’s not going to be Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm anymore. He’s about to break through right now!"

"This punk is seriously too shocking! He only just broke through to the Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm a few days back, and now, he’s actually going to cross a minor stage again and directly reach the Seventh Level Essence Qi Realm! Truly terrifying!" Huyan Yong was astounded.

But seeing how Ye Yuan was so peerlessly talented, he also felt quite pleased in his heart. No matter what, Ye Yuan’s relationship with the academy was sowed.

He also felt extremely proud for such a genius to walk out of the State of Qin’s Dan Wu Academy.

Feng Ruoqing took a deep breath and questioned, "Seventh Level Essence Qi Realm? Look at this amount of essence energy, Teacher Huyan; is it only the Seventh Level Essence Qi Realm?"

Only after hearing what Feng Ruoqing said was Huyan Yong stunned.

Sensing the increasingly wilder essence energy vortex, Huyan Yong was once again shocked.

The feeling of this essence energy vortex almost caught up to breaking through the Spirit Condensation Realm!

Such violent essence energy, was Ye Yuan not afraid that he would be stuffed to death?"

However, Heart Like Still Water was a legendary realm. Perhaps Ye Yuan could really digest it!

Thinking up to here, Huyan Yong could not help but look forward to it.

"Hehe. This rascal really brings people surprises repeatedly."

Huyan Yong was secretly excited. However, Su Yubai’s expression currently did not look good.

He originally already confirmed Ye Yuan’s death. Now, not only did Ye Yuan come back to life, he even started breaking through by taking advantage of the situation.

It had only been a few days since he broke through to the Sixth Level Essence Qi Realm. He was actually going to break through again!

Right now, Su Yubai could only curse that Ye Yuan was stuffed to death by this violent essence energy vortex!

Also, Ye Yuan actually reached the Heart Like Still Water Realm from the legends on the Nine Heavens Road!

He had lived for such a long time, and he did not even know what was called Heart Like Still Water, yet a fifteen-year-old brat like Ye Yuan actually reached such a level in heart realm!

After raging, Su Yubai suddenly felt waves of uneasiness.

He suddenly recalled the words that Ye Yuan said three days back.

"I’ll remember this, you old fart! I, Ye Yuan, will repay today’s grudge a hundredfold in the future! I will definitely take your head within a year!"

The words were still echoing in Su Yubai’s ears. Back then, he only treated it as a joke.

But now, Su Yubai’s heart started to become uneasy.

Within a year? He can’t really do it, right?

Thinking up to here, Su Yubai shuddered uncontrollably.

. . . . . .

The wild essence energy vortex started roaring with Ye Yuan as its center and shrouded a radius of several hundred meters. The students sensed that the surrounding essence energy was virtually sucked dry.

Ye Yuan revolved the Spirit Bristle Nine Yang Divine Art and greedily absorbed the essence energy surrounding the Nine Heavens Peak. His aura could be clearly seen as it rose swiftly.

However, Ye Yuan who was residing at the heart of the vortex did not move even in the slightest, as if he was still a dead man.

This movement and stillness gave everyone a huge contrast, making them felt the situation was very odd.

Nevertheless, what people were most concerned with was what Ye Yuan was trying to do.

Such an enormous essence energy vortex could completely let a martial artist break through to the Spirit Condensation Realm!

Was this Ye Yuan trying to directly break through to the Spirit Condensation Realm?

Under everyone’s dumbstruck faces, Ye Yuan used Heart Like Still Water to revolve the Spirit Bristle Nine Yang Divine Art. The efficiency actually became several times faster than normal!

He frenziedly refined the essence energy to bring it into his Dantian. His cultivation realm was also in the process of steadily rising!

The cultivation breakthrough this time around was not Ye Yuan initiating the breakthrough, but rather, it followed naturally after the breakthrough in heart realm.

As the saying went, when the water was full, it automatically overflowed. This was that logic.

After 15 minutes, Ye Yuan’s realm broke through to the Seventh Level Essence Qi Realm without any surprises, stepping into the final minor stage in the Essence Qi Realm.

However, this was just the beginning. The essence energy vortex did not show any sign of stopping, and Ye Yuan continued to refine essence energy ceaselessly.

. . . . . .

"Too maniacal! He absorbed so much essence energy and only broke through to the Seventh Level Essence Qi Realm. If it were me, it would probably be enough to reach the Eighth Level Essence Qi Realm!"

"Yeah. What he’s cultivating is definitely not the academy’s cultivation law. It’s impossible for the academy’s Tier 3 cultivation laws to have this kind of effects."

"When you compare people, people have to die. When you compare goods, goods have to be thrown away! I wonder if I can be as monstrous as Ye Yuan if I cultivate such a powerful cultivation law."

"Are you still sleeping? Don’t talk about cultivating Ye Yuan’s cultivation law; are you even able to cultivate the academy’s Tier 3 cultivation laws? High-tier cultivation laws are incomparably profound. If everybody could cultivate them, then wouldn’t everyone be able to ascend to the Divine Realm?"

"That’s true. But how is Ye Yuan trying to break through? Looking at his appearance, is he not going to give up if he doesn’t break through to the Spirit Condensation Realm?!"

"Initially, I thought that way too, but looking at his current performance, the amount of essence energy required to break through to the Spirit Condensation Realm must definitely be horrifying! Even though this essence energy vortex is powerful, I’m afraid it isn’t sufficient for him to break through to the Spirit Condensation Realm."

Under the crowd’s discussions, Ye Yuan’s cultivation steadily rose and rapidly broke through to the peak of Seventh Level Essence Qi Realm.

Then, it directly broke through to the Eighth Level Essence Qi Realm!

Following which, Ye Yuan’s momentum did not slow down in the slightest. His aura became even more vigorous until he broke through to the Ninth Level Essence Qi Realm before finally gradually slowing.

Finally, Ye Yuan’s realm stopped at the peak Ninth Level Essence Qi Realm, just a single step away from the Spirit Condensation Realm!

The essence energy vortex dispersed, and Ye Yuan slowly got up. He muttered to himself, "In the previous life, I cultivated to the Divine King level without having any breakthrough in heart realm. I didn’t think that while I’m currently only at the Essence Qi Realm, I would unexpectedly have such breakthrough. Martial artists placed emphasis on essence energy but disparaged heart realm. I didn’t expect heart realm to actually be so important. Perhaps that intangible, abstruse Heaven Man Unity might even have some sort of connection with the Deity Realm!"

There was also the distinction between realms within the heart realm, except, it was not as systematic as cultivation realms. It was also somewhat hard to grasp.

Heart realm was divided into three realms. They were respectively Heart Like Still Water, Heart Like Monolith, and the mythical Heaven Man Unity!

Heart realm could not be trained. One could only rely on lucky chances and enlightened comprehension.

Heart Like Still Water, akin to an old well without ripples.

It was easy to say, but in reality, it was extremely difficult to achieve.

The world was plagued with turmoil and confusion. How could it be simple to truly achieve Heart Like Still Water when in the midst of the pugilistic world.

Those who could reach Heart Like Still Water Realm probably would not number more than ten in the entire Endless World.

Ye Yuan initially did not expect to break through the heart realm either. He immersed himself inside the illusionary realm all so that he could rehearse for when meeting Ji Canglan in the future.

Ji Canglan’s might was not something that the average person could comprehend. Even if he cultivated to the Divine King level once again, Ye Yuan also did not have confidence in killing him.

If Ye Yuan was unable to remain calm and collected when facing Ji Canglan in the future, then the person who would be defeated would very well be himself!

In reality, it was already extremely perilous for Ye Yuan just now in the illusionary realm. He was already at the edge of losing himself.

However, when Ji Zhengyang died yet again due to protecting him, something flashed across Ye Yuan’s heart, and he comprehended Heart Like Still Water at the moment of crisis. That was how he broke the illusionary realm and exited.

Heart Like Still Water was actually not that amazing in the Divine Realm. Martial artists at the Divine King level could basically all reach this realm.

Of course, with the exception of Ye Yuan.

However, Heart Like Monolith was not so easy to attain. According to what Ye Yuan knew, there was scarcely anyone who reached that level even among the Divine Realm’s Divine Kings.

As for the mythical Heaven Man Unity, Ye Yuan had never heard of anyone who accomplished it.

"Looks like the person who created the Nine Heavens Road had reached the Heart Like Still Water realm in the past. He fused his understanding into the illusionary realm to help students sense it. Seriously impressive. Except, I’m afraid it would be difficult to comprehend this Heart Like Still Water if one didn’t have massive lucky encounters."

Ye Yuan had already praised this Nine Heavens Road more than once.

Ye Yuan must admit that the difficulty of this Nine Heavens Road had surpassed his imaginations.

He even nearly lost himself while in the illusionary realm, let alone the other students.

Even those students who had made it past the Nine Heavens Road most likely only forced their way through it. They were, however, unable to comprehend the true essence of the Nine Heavens Road.

This Nine Heavens Road was actually a vast treasure trove!

This middle stage of 333 steps no longer posed any more challenge to Ye Yuan now that his heart realm had already broken through to Heart Like Still Water Realm.

He made his move and headed directly for the third stage!