Chapter 4 First Try

  Having tasted the sweetness for the first time, next, Ye Ming searched for Aggregating Spirit Grass in the outer areas. If he were to venture deep into the forest with his current strength, not even his bones would be left intact.

  And in this process, Ye Ming also encountered many experienced monks. Those monks, after being puzzled, ultimately showed him ridicule and sympathy.

  Can spiritual plants be found in the outermost periphery?

  Go ahead and indulge in fantasies, this place has been searched through tens of thousands of times, let alone spiritual plants, I'm afraid there isn't even a single leaf with spiritual energy left.

  For those eccentric gazes of the cultivators, Ye Ming didn't pay attention. After finding the tenth Agglomerated Spirit Grass, his body reached its limit, and along with it, his Dantian began to absorb spiritual energy.

  After a month of such cultivation, the accumulation of small amounts became substantial. When he had gathered twenty stalks of Ling Grass, Ye Ming finally entered the third realm of Spiritual Energy.

  New boundaries made Ye Ming extremely excited, and after two years of no progress, he finally broke through.

  Of course, if the disciples of the Academy knew that this guy had reached the third boundary of spiritual energy with more than 20 stalks of Ling Spirit Grass, I'm afraid countless people would grit their teeth in anger!

  In the following days, Ye Ming stepped into the spiritual energy four realms. After all, he had been preparing for two years to break through the spiritual energy three realms, and now that he finally did, it felt like a fish finding water.

  Only the spiritual energy of the four realms can truly excite Ye Ming, and he also found that the effect of the Ling Grass has weakened significantly, apparently, the spiritual energy required for the four realms is much more!

  "The starlight in the diagram is getting dimmer and dimmer. Is the effect of searching for spiritual plants going to disappear?"

  Standing on a branch, leaves rustling, gazing into the distance, with some worry in heart.

  "Alas, it's a pity I don't have any yuan stone at hand, otherwise I could try it out right away!"

  He let out a light sigh, and Ye Ming jumped down from the branch. In front of him, amidst the dense weeds, his right hand pulled out a plant with a completely green body - an Agglomerated Spirit Grass. It was obvious that if it weren't for the guidance of the map, Ye Ming wouldn't have discovered this Agglomerated Spirit Grass at all.

  At this moment, a faint voice sounded.

  "Ye Ming, I was wondering why you weren't at the academy. It turns out you were hiding in the Misty Forest! Haha, Chen Guo had a hard time finding you!"

  In the dense forest, a young man slowly walked out. He was thin and weak, with sunken cheeks, and at this moment, he had his hands behind his back, looking at Ye Ming with some mockery.

  "What's wrong?"

  Ye Ming furrowed his brow, this young man was indeed familiar, and had a deep relationship with Chen Guo. In the past, in Chen Guo's small courtyard, this young man was also among them, his cultivation having reached the third realm of spiritual energy, and at times, their grudges were not small either.

  "Haha, Ye Ming, you're quite bold, aren't you? Last time in the small courtyard, you deceived Chen Guo and made us worry for nothing. Who knew you were just pretending to be a tiger!" Cang Fei's eyes flashed with anger.

  Since then, Chen Guo specially asked Master Wu about it and found out that Han Lin, one of the top ten inner disciples, was still in seclusion. This meant that they had been deceived by Ye Ming, and Chen Guo was even scolded by Master Wu for this reason.

  So after that, Chen Guo was furious and searched for Ye Xiu everywhere, as for Cang Flying, he just happened to run into Ye Xiu.

  "You deceived us, and the consequences won't be light!" Cang Fei snarled, his eyes fixed on Ye Ming's hand holding the gathered spirit: "Hand over that thing, and I might consider going easy on you!"

  In the distance, Ye Ming didn't say a word, but gave a faint smile. If he had encountered this situation a month ago, he would have turned around and fled immediately, but now it was still unclear who was stronger or weaker!

  "Yè Míng, did you hear what I said?"

  Seeing Ye Ming's silence, Cang Fei suddenly shouted: "Bring that Spirit Gathering Grass over, otherwise I'll take you to Chen Guo's place, and the consequences will be even more severe!"

  Upon hearing this, Ye Ming's expression remained unchanged.

  "You..."

  Cang Fei's face turned red with anger, but Ye Ming, who usually dreaded Chen Guo, surprisingly didn't flinch and instead showed a nonchalant expression.

  "Cang Fei, this is the Misty Forest, not a school, and you're alone, so put down that haughty attitude of yours!" Ye Ming said suddenly in a calm tone.

  Cang Fei was taken aback once again, then burst out laughing in extreme anger: "Haha, it seems that the last time's intimidation has made you thoroughly addicted. This time, you still want to scare me? You're only at the second stage of spiritual energy, okay, today I won't let Chen Guo take action, and I'll teach you a lesson right here!"

  As soon as he finished speaking, Cang Fei's hands merged together and then moved rapidly, accompanied by his clothes fluttering without wind, and a faint spiritual energy enveloped his entire body!

  "The Art of Possession!"

  Cang Fei's left hand suddenly pointed, and under the resonance of his spiritual energy, a huge stone half the size of a person suddenly floated up from afar.

  Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

  This boulder keeps rotating, judging from its size, if it were to crush a person, it would be enough to break their bones.

  This is the most basic spiritual technique of the Art of Refining, and the size of the object that can be controlled is related to the practitioner's own strength. Cang Fei has a cultivation base of three realms of spiritual energy, and controlling that boulder half the size of a person is his limit!

  "Ling Qi Three Realms? Cultivation is on par with mine, but experience in fighting enemies is a bit lacking!" Ye Ming smiled faintly. In the past, he had always been holding back and rarely took action, but his insight was not something that people like Cang Fei could compare to.

  Born in the Ye family of the six big families, I have never eaten pork, but I have seen pigs run.

  "Dao repair can become the first of the four major repairs, that's because its attack is strong, and its spirit is external, at least this point is much stronger than martial arts!"

  The rustling of leaves was clear in his mind, and he could imagine that when a martial artist and a Taoist were fighting, the Taoist only needed to use his object-controlling technique to attack, and the martial artist would already be defeated before he even got close!

  This is where Wu Xiu is inferior to Shu Xiu!

  But that's just a general saying, when it comes to actual combat, everything depends on the monk's adaptability, and examples of using weakness to overcome strength are not uncommon.

  Whoosh!

  A giant boulder as big as a man flew low overhead at high speed, and wherever it passed, those small trees with trunks as thick as a bowl were snapped in two.

  In the rear, Cang Fei sneered: "Hard-mouthed? If you don't kneel down and call me Grandpa today, you won't be able to leave this place!"

  He was thoroughly enraged, Ye Ming usually saw himself, mostly without a word, but today he actually dared to retort, if this matter got out, it would definitely be ridiculed by Chen Guo and the others.

  Not even a small leaf can be stirred up, how can Cang Fei still have the face to continue mixing in Gan Tang Academy?

  Whoosh!

  When the boulder came crashing down, Ye Ming's body moved swiftly, as agile as a leopard. The boulder brushed past him, but Ye Ming didn't stop, charging straight at Cang Fei and disappearing into the distance.

  Although the technique is strong in attack, if it is approached, the situation will be equally unfavorable.

  "So fast!"

  Seeing the figure flashing in front of him, Cang Fei opened his mouth wide. He had experimented before and knew that the speed of his object control technique was not something that a Lingqi Second Boundary cultivator could react to, but Ye Ming dodged it anyway.

  Could it be that...

  Cang Fei's forehead broke out in cold sweat. This guy, who had been lingering at the second boundary of spiritual energy for so long, had actually reached the third boundary of spiritual energy in just one short month?

  "This is impossible!"

  Cang Fei's heart was furious, but at the moment of surprise, a figure appeared in front of him, and a cold voice sounded: "Cang Fei, do you still want my Ling Grass now?"

  "Ye Ming, you..."

  Cang Fei's face turned iron-green, Ye Ming suddenly reached the third realm of spiritual energy, which exceeded his expectations. At this moment, he was approached by Ye Ming, and even if he could cast the Object Control Technique, he feared that it would be quickly interrupted by Ye Ming!

  "I'm going all out against you!"

  Cang Fei gritted his teeth and charged towards Ye Ming. At this moment, he was so enraged that he had completely forgotten that fighting a martial artist in close combat was suicidal!

  Bang!

  Before he could even get close to Ye Ming, Cang Fei felt a sudden dizziness in front of his eyes. His stomach was immediately punched with great force, sending him flying five meters away. He heavily crashed into a large tree and felt like his insides were churning over, the pain was unbearable. He immediately spat out several mouthfuls of yellow bile.

  "Ye Ming, you dare to hit me..."

  After vomiting several times, Cang Fei's heart was furious. This was the first time he had been beaten by Ye Ming. However, after struggling to lift his head, he saw a young man standing quietly in the distance, with a cold glint in his eyes!

  At this moment, Cang Fei's forehead was covered in cold sweat, as if he had kicked an iron plate!

  At this moment, figures flashed by in the distance, making it hard to catch them. In an instant, a fist came crashing from afar and smashed right into Cang Fly's face.

  Next, the battle was completely one-sided!

  "Ye Ming, I won't let you off..."

  "If you move again, I'll try it out, and you'll regret it. It hurts so much! Ye Ming, stop hitting me, I was wrong..."

  "Please spare me, I'm your grandson, Grandpa, don't hit me..."

  The mournful howls of Cang Fei continued to echo along with the dull thuds, until finally, all was quiet.

  "This Tian Fei is indeed a Ling Qi Three Realm, but his actual combat ability and adaptability are very weak. In a fight against a martial cultivator, he would use all his strength from the start and let me get close to him, it's strange if I don't win!"

  Ye Ming's eyes gazed at Cang Fei, who had clearly transformed into a pig head. He couldn't help but laugh. Although this battle hadn't given him the thrill of victory, it had finally vented the pent-up anger he'd accumulated over the years, and his heart felt much more relieved!

  Just as he was about to leave, Ye Ming's eyes suddenly lit up, and he walked forward slowly. From the waist of Cang Fei, who had already fainted, he pulled out a greenish-blue, brocade-like pouch.

  Qian Kun bag, this is an indispensable item for cultivators, its function is to hold things, and there is another Qian Kun in the bag, with a space of several meters, and only Dan Fu Xiu can refine such a Qian Kun bag. It's said that the entire Qian Kun bag is made up of Ling symbols.

  Ye Ming followed his memory and dripped blood onto the surface of the Qian Kun bag. In an instant, the originally cyan-green colored brocade pouch changed color, transforming into blue.

  This is the recognition of the owner of the Qiankun bag.

  The Qiankun bag was empty with nothing inside, only three pieces of primary yuan stone. Seeing this, Ye Ming smiled and said, "I didn't expect to have an unexpected harvest!"

  "Thanks for your hard work!"

  He swung his qiankun bag and in an instant, Ye Ming disappeared into the forest.

  Under the big tree, Cang Fei's eyes slowly opened, with anger flashing in his pupils. The Qian Kun bag and three pieces of primary yuan stone were all taken away by Ye Ming.

  "Ye Ming, I, Cang Fei, will never coexist with you under the same sky, unless you don't return to Gan Tang Academy, otherwise you're dead for sure!"

  After scolding a few times, Cang Fei touched the wound on his face and immediately inhaled cold air. Now he could only look at Chen Guo, that guy was said to be about to break through to the third realm of Ling Qi, hoping that when the time came, he could help himself vent his anger.

  Ye Ming's cultivation had reached the third realm of Spiritual Qi, but it was absolutely impossible for him to reach the fourth realm. So, today's sin would be repaid tenfold in the future!