Volume 1: Wudao Xiantian Chapter 38: Soaring Strength

  At the same time that he was cultivating in seclusion, Liu Zhou also received news that two high-level demonic beasts had appeared at Hei Tu Ling. The three great witch families suddenly erupted with unimaginable energy, and batch after batch of witches were dispatched to Hei Tu Ling to hunt down the demonic beasts and rescue the trapped disciples!

  Even though the three major families reacted extremely quickly, they still lost about a quarter of their clan's younger generation.

  These young masters of the aristocratic families are the backbone of their families' future. This hunting festival has been a disastrous loss for the three major households!

  The two geniuses of the Zhou and Fang families returned from Hei Wu Ling, both successfully breaking through to become preeminent masters of martial arts. They also passed the Wu Shi test, obtaining the Jade Tower bestowed by the Heavenly Way, instantly becoming Wu Shi and bringing joy to the Zhou and Fang families.

  Only the Ye Manor was in a state of deathly silence. This time, during the Hunting Festival, the injuries suffered by the Ye family's younger generation were even more severe than those of the other two major families, the Wu and the Huang. Even Ye Bin, the leader of the Three Heroes of the Ye Manor, was swallowed alive by two fierce monsters!

  As for Ye Xu's whereabouts, few people asked about it. This former pride of the Ye family was only remembered by a handful of people in their hearts.

  "He's dead! That little Ye Xu has finally died!" Ye Feng exclaimed excitedly to Ye Li, lying on his sickbed in the Ye family mansion.

  He was kicked by a dry firewood and broke six or seven ribs, and the injury has not healed to this day.

  Although he was seriously injured, he still trembled with excitement from head to toe.

  This time during the hunting festival, he was successfully rescued and escaped with his life, but this wasn't what made him excited.

  This time, the Ye Manor's thorough search not only failed to find Ye Xu, but even Second Brother Ye Bin fell at the hands of the wolf demon and fox demon. This was the thrilling good news!

  Others didn't know about Ye Xu's strength, but he was crystal clear. At this moment, this powerful enemy died, and his second brother Ye Bin also died at the hands of a demon. Two powerful enemies were killed, and among the younger generation of the Ye family, there was no one who could compete with him!

  After Master Ye Si Dao stepped down, the position of Master would inevitably fall into his hands!

  Ye Li's face was filled with worry and sadness, he said in a low voice: "Young master, this time during the hunting festival, our Ye family lost seven young masters, even second master died at the hands of the evil spirits... the inner court will definitely punish me..."

  Ye Feng's face was flushed with excitement, and he coughed repeatedly, saying proudly: "You don't have to worry, it's just that a few members of the imperial family died. With my father around, the inner court will not make things difficult for you! My father is the general manager of the inner court, with great power, second only to the master of the mansion. Ye Bin's father is just a small mine owner, if my father speaks up, he wouldn't even dare fart!"

  Ye Li let out a sigh of relief. With Ye Siyan, the Grand Steward of the Imperial Household Department, as his backing, there weren't many people who dared to move against him in the Ye Manor.

  This time during the hunting festival, Ye Siyan had severely scolded him, blaming him for not protecting well and stripping him of his position as Outer Gate Manager, making him follow Ye Feng.

  This punishment is extremely light and can hardly be considered a punishment at all. It's tantamount to a promotion in disguise!

  After all, among the most outstanding talents in the Ye family, Ye Xu has been abolished, Ye Bin is dead, and Ye Qin's whereabouts are unknown, leaving only Ye Feng.

  If Ye Feng becomes the next master of the manor, Ye Li's status will be infinitely elevated!

  "Unfortunately, I didn't get a piece of the Flame Sun Flag. This incomplete magical artifact probably fell into the hands of those two evil spirits..."

  Ye Lixin suddenly thought of Ye Xu's maid, and his heart was filled with a burning fire.

  He had long been drooling over Su Jiaojiao, and now that Ye Xu was dead, the inner court's overt demotion and covert promotion made his already extinguished lust suddenly blaze up again. He immediately found an excuse to leave Ye Feng's residence.

  "Suo Jiao Jiao that little girl, repeatedly not giving me face, now Ye Xu is dead, I see who can still protect you!"

  In the midst of Hei Wu Ridge, three Ye family witches stood on treetops, gazing around with rapt attention.

  After a moment, one of the wizards furrowed his brow and looked up at the blue-shirted young man who was leading them, somewhat impatiently saying: "Master Ma, we've already searched for nine days and still haven't found Seventh Young Master, do we have to keep searching?"

  Ma Sanbao's face was expressionless, and he nodded slowly.

  Another wizard frowned and said displeased: "Master Ma, the general manager of the outer gate, Ye Li, said that the seventh master secretly calculated the sixth master, killed the ninth master, and caused the second master to die in the hands of a fine monster. The crime is extremely evil! Even if we find him, the seventh master will be punished by the inner court, and there will be no way out! Do we really need to continue searching?"

  "It's been nine days now, and even the Taoist priests sent by the Zhou and Fang families have given up and returned home. In my opinion, Seventh Young Master is unlikely to survive, his chances of survival are slim."

  "Zhou Shiwen and Fang Chen didn't die, how could Seventh Grandfather have died?"

  Ma Sanbao's face was cold and stern, and he said calmly: "You two want to leave, you can go back, Ma will continue to search!"

  Those two Taoist priests were helpless, Ma Sanbao was notorious for his stubbornness, and once he made a decision, no one could change his mind. The two of them exchanged a glance, and smiled wryly: "The Imperial Court has entrusted you with this search operation, if you don't leave, how dare we return first?"

  Ma Sanbao let out a cold hum, gazing towards the vast and dense mountains of Bai Man. In his heart, he secretly thought: "Could it be that Seventh Brother has entered Eagle Gorge? Even the master of the manor, a powerful sorcerer, wouldn't dare to enter Eagle Gorge lightly. If Seventh Brother went there, I fear something might go wrong..."

  Suddenly, a neighing sound came, and a skinny horse with a bony body appeared before their eyes.

  This horse was as ferocious as a starving wolf, and with a raised hoof it kicked to death a goblin-sized monster, then bit its throat and with a forceful swing, the monster was flung onto its back, carrying it as it ran forward in a small trot.

  Three people witnessed this scene, and a Ye family wizard burst out laughing: "What a skinny horse, but its strength is not small!"

  "This horse is so thin it's almost skeletal, probably a wild one."

  "Enough, two of you, no need to search anymore, let's return to the mansion immediately!" Ma Sanbao's heart moved slightly, and a hint of a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

  Those two witches were astonished and did not know why he suddenly changed his mind.

  Ma Sanbao looked up and watched the direction where Gan Chai Jiao left, only to see a black mountain head in the distance. He thought to himself: "Seventh Master, what are you doing at Wutou Ridge... Zhou Shiwen and Fang Chen have probably already become Wu Shi, among the younger generation of the Ye family, only you have the qualifications to compare with those two. I wonder what your current cultivation is like, and how far you've progressed?"

  At the top of Wutou Ridge, Ye Xulong stood tall, his footsteps steady and unwavering. He urged on the Tianming Lian Ti Jue, and the true energy in his Dan Tian suddenly erupted like a volcano, rapidly circulating through his meridians at an unprecedented speed, as if he were a precision machine manufacturing new Tianming True Energy ceaselessly.

  His physical body brought him tremendous benefits, not only was his cultivation speed faster than before, but the quality of the Primordial Chaos True Energy was also far superior to before, close to the Primordial Lash of the Heavens!

  His meridians have also become extremely strong and resilient, able to withstand the impact of Xiantian's Qi, even if Ye Li's Qi invades, it cannot damage his meridians!

  Moreover, his meridians have become quite broad, the meridians are the carrier of true energy, the foundation of strength, and broad meridians mean that the strength he bursts out will far exceed that of a master of the same realm!

  This was particularly evident when he fought against Ye Bin, who had also cultivated the Cang Ming Lian Ti Jue to the eighth level. Both of them used the Fen Jin Lie Hou Shou technique, but Ye Bin was defeated by him with a single move, his bones dislocated and tendons severed, leaving no room for resistance!

  His palm gradually turned cyan, like bronze, and he slapped forward with a loud whoosh!

  Clang!

  His joints seemed to be cast in bronze as well, emitting a crisp metallic sound!

  The Golden Demon-Subduing Technique was pushed to its limits by him, and even if Ye Lai used this ultimate technique, he might not necessarily be more outstanding than him!

  At the same time, his Tianming Lian Ti Jue was operating at an even more rapid pace, and in his Dantian, purple clouds formed by the true energy of Tianming were constantly taking shape. His cultivation was also advancing rapidly, charging towards a higher level, and speeding towards the eighth heavy peak!

  Most people cultivate true energy through quiet sitting and meditation, because cultivating true energy requires abandoning all distractions, guarding the mind and spirit; if one's attention is divided, the mind will become restless and unruly, leading to deviation from the proper path.

  And he walked a completely different path, one that accelerated his heart method while tempering his own martial way.

  In this way, both martial arts and cultivation will make great progress, equivalent to two people cultivating at the same time!

  This method is not Ye Xue's original creation, and many people have used this approach to cultivate before. However, although this cultivation method is extremely fast, it is also extremely dangerous, and one can easily go astray with the slightest carelessness.

  To cultivate in this way, one needs to have extremely strong willpower, and must first temper their mental state until it is as hard as steel or iron, firm as a rock, so that even if the sky falls, they won't wrinkle an eyebrow!

  Ye Xuan, from being a martial arts prodigy to becoming a useless waste, has experienced great ups and downs. His mental state had long been tempered to be unshakeable by thunder or shocking events, thus he dared to use this dangerous method to cultivate!

  Just as he finished using the Golden Steel Toad Technique, the bronze color on his palms disappeared and turned into gold. His two arms transformed into two giant golden snakes, rolling and turning, sweeping up all the broken stones within a radius of several dozen feet, being stirred by the two giant pythons until they were crushed to powder!

  Golden snake wraps silk hand!

  As his cultivation soared, the range of the Golden Snake's entwining silk hand also grew larger and larger, gradually expanding to a radius of sixteen or seventeen feet!

  From a distance, his arms were like pythons, entwining his body as he flipped and danced through the air, impenetrable and menacing!

  Such an astonishing martial arts cultivation has already possessed a hint of wizard's aura!

  A set of Ye family's ultimate skills were circulating in his hands, being honed to become stronger and stronger. His Cang Ming True Qi was also rapidly stabilizing and growing, getting closer and closer to the ninth level of the Cang Ming Cultivation Technique!

  Three consecutive days of uninterrupted cultivation, the purple cloud in his dantian was now close to three thousand strands!

  As long as he breaks through the ninth layer, he will have one foot in the prenatal stage and have the capital to confront Ye Lai head-on!

  At last, the purple cloud in his dantian reached its limit, no matter how he cultivated, it would never increase by even half a point again!

  Only by breaking through this level will his Cangming True Qi make a significant breakthrough again!

  To break through this level, there are generally two ways. One is to fight against a martial arts master and use the pressure from the master to force oneself to break through.

  However, this breakthrough method has a considerable degree of randomness and an extremely low success rate. Even if one is not careful and gets killed by the opponent, it's still uncertain whether they can smoothly enter the ninth level.

  The second way is to temper the true energy day after day, grinding the true energy into an extremely pure and sharp state, breaking through the bottleneck in one move.

  It all depends on one's talent and perseverance, if the talent is not enough and the perseverance is not strong, it may be stuck outside the level for a lifetime, unable to break through!

  The number of people in Liuzhou City who cultivate martial arts is countless, but those who become preeminent masters are not many, precisely because of this reason.

  However, neither of these methods is applicable to Ye Xu.

  The first method is quite dangerous and has a large element of luck in it, the second method is extremely stable, but takes too long, he doesn't have that much time.

  He adopted a method of combining these two methods, putting immense pressure on himself, constantly practicing and breaking through his limits in an extremely short period of time.

  Ye Xu's gaze swept around, his eyes suddenly lit up and landed on a huge boulder.

  This massive boulder weighed tens of thousands of catties and was charred black by the fierce flames of the Blazing Sun Banner.

  He bent down and hugged the boulder, his muscles bulging out like steel bars, let out a loud roar, lifted up the boulder, took big strides, and walked forward step by step.

  At the same time, the primordial true energy in his meridians began to flow at high speed, and its speed was even faster.

  His physical body had reached the Xiantian stage, but his pure physical strength was still unable to lift such a heavy stone, and he could only use his true energy to assist his physical body and increase his power.

  His true energy consumption speed was astonishing, and it was in no way inferior to that of a confrontation with Fang Hong or other pre-heavenly strong experts!

  However, under this high-intensity pressure, the Tianming Lian Ti Jue operates at high speed, and the production of true energy also accelerates, continuously replenishing the consumed true energy, making it even more refined and sharper!

  This is tempering under high-intensity pressure!

  Ye Xu carried a huge stone on his back down the mountain, and then climbed up the mountain step by step, again and again, repeatedly.

  His footsteps fell, sweat seeped through his shoes, leaving a series of wet footprints on the ground!

  His ears were buzzing, overwork had already made him hallucinate, his eyes were congested, making his vision a bit blurry, and his muscles were sore and swollen, every slight movement would make him feel like he was being torn apart!

  Ye Xue gritted his teeth and persisted, repeatedly urging on his true energy.

  The next day, he felt that his true energy circulation speed had increased by a few more points. Without him controlling it, the true energy automatically launched an impact on the ninth heavy gate!

  On the third day, the speed of his true energy circulation became even faster, and the power to break through the acupoints was stronger. Even his physical strength had increased significantly, making him feel that the boulder had become much lighter!

  On the fourth day, the true energy of Cang Ming surged like a shocking wave, rushing towards the barrier in a frenzy. The waves crashed and foamed, and the barrier showed signs of instability and floating unsteadily.

  At this time, Ye Xu even felt that the boulder had become much lighter, and simply let Gan Chai Jiao lie on top of the boulder to add weight.

  On the fifth day, he replaced it with a black boulder half again as large as the first.

  On the sixth day, Ye Xu dropped the giant stone and stood quietly at the top of Wutou Ridge. In his body, the vast and mysterious true energy was like a flood, with huge waves surging forward, breaking through the barriers and rushing forward with a loud whistle!

  He spent a total of nine days, carrying the massive boulder up and down Wutou Ridge countless times, finally breaking through successfully, stepping into the ninth level of the Cangming Lian Ti Jue, with half a foot already in the realm of Wu Dao Xiantian!

  His body was filled with explosive power, and even without using his true energy, each punch and kick had the strength of ten thousand kilograms, like a human-shaped demon beast that had cultivated to the level of a refined spirit!

  He even felt that if he were to fight Fang Hui again at this time, he wouldn't need to build up his strength or use his true energy; with ease and simplicity, he could kill this old first-rate innate expert!

  "That settles some old scores!"

  Ye Xuan turned over and mounted his horse, galloping towards Liu Zhou.