by Feng Yise
The sect grand competition was about to begin in another two or three days. Ye Yuan was also itching to give this competition a go.
The reason why he entered the sect was in order to have exchanges in martial arts with all kinds of geniuses. This way, he could rise even quicker!
Even though Ye Yuan was formerly a Divine King Realm powerhouse, his foundation on the martial path was too weak. He basically had no real combat experiences.
While the horizons of these sect geniuses were not as high as Ye Yuan's, they naturally had their forte to be called geniuses in the sect.
Such a competition was also an extremely good opportunity for Ye Yuan to temper himself. Why would he miss it?
In order to deal with Ji Canglan, Ye Yuan must experience countless bitter fights. How could he be able to temper himself for future battles without going through all these?
Through some medicinal pills and cultivation these few days, Ye Yuan already thoroughly consolidated his realm.
He was sharpening his knife just to deal with this upcoming grand competition.
Luo Qingfeng had a look of realization when he heard that and said, "So that's the case! It was us who wronged you! Just as Elder Shao said, you've performed meritorious deeds for the sect. The sect naturally would not be stingy either. With your abilities, I reckon that you'll turn your nose up at Tier 2 medicinal pills. How about this, the sect will reward you a spirit artifact, a martial technique, and two types of medicinal herbs. You go and pick yourself. The points from these level eight missions will also be awarded to you accordingly. How's that?"
Towards something good like this, Ye Yuan obviously would not reject it. Hence, he nodded and accepted it.
The following two days, Ye Yuan continued to make preparations for the sect grand competition while the elders in closed-seclusion all exited seclusion one after another!
After they exited seclusion, they obviously heard all kinds of rumors and gossips. They all went to find Luo Qingfeng to explain for Ye Yuan. Luo Qingfeng had to expend a great deal of effort before he could explain it clearly.
After two days, the sect grand competition was about to begin. But Ye Yuan welcomed a guest . . .
Chapter 253 - Analysis
A few days ago, he received Ye Yuan's message asking him to make a trip back to the sect saying that he already collected enough points and could exchange for the lower half of the Purple Center Soul Incantation.
Receiving this news, the shock in Jiang Yunhe's heart could not be any greater.
It was not even a month since Ye Yuan left the State of Qin. He already earned enough points?
One had to know that he had already been the dean in the State of Qin for over ten years before barely scrimping 1 million points. He still lacked 400 thousand points.
Ye Yuan actually earned 400 thousand points using less than a month!
He told Ye Yuan that he had 1 million points, so he thought that Ye Yuan only had 400 thousand.
But when Jiang Yunhe met Ye Yuan, and he directly transferred 1.4 million points into his identity token, he stared at Ye Yuan blankly for a long time unable to say anything.
"This . . . This. . . It hasn't even been a month since you entered the sect. Where did so many points come from?" Jiang Yunhe asked in astonishment.
"Hur hur, extorted a small sum and also did some missions," Ye Yuan explained with a chuckle.
Seeing Ye Yuan dismiss it lightly, Jiang Yunhe's heart crumbled. Who did he extort to get so many points? Even elite disciples and them, these external staff members, could not possibly have so many points on them, right?"
Jiang Yunhe's brain could not quite wrap itself around this. After a long while, he shook his head and said, "No can do. I've already amassed roughly 1 million points these few years. I don't need so much. Just 400 thousand will do. I'll transfer the rest back to you. You've just entered the sect and don't know the preciousness of points. Save these points to use for yourself."
"After Dean Jiang exchanged for the Purple Center Soul Incantation, you still have to think of ways to raise your realm. There are still many areas you need to use points for. Keep your points for yourself. Don't worry, Dean Jiang, I have plenty of points. Even cultivating to the Sea Transformation Realm inside the sect is enough," Ye Yuan said.
Jiang Yunhe s.u.c.k.e.d in a cold breath instead. Enough even to cultivate to the Sea Transformation Realm? How many points was that?!
Those dozen over jade slips that Ye Yuan prepared were all put to use in the end. The worst among these jade slips were level seven missions.
The points from over a dozen missions added up virtually caught to up Skymaple's level nine mission. It was close to 300 thousand points.
In addition to the one million points from selling the pill formula and Skymaple's 500 thousand points, Ye Yuan roughly had around three million points on hand!
Even if he transferred 1.4 million to Jiang Yunhe, he still had 1.6 million points left. Even if he spent every day in an A-grade cultivation room, he could stay for 20 years!
If he really did that, would Ye Yuan be limited to the Sea Transformation Realm?
Of course, Ye Yuan naturally would not use such a clumsy training method. Sea Transformation Realm was not as distant as others imagined in Ye Yuan's viewpoint.
Ye Yuan would not spend these points like that . . . He would spend them even more extravagantly.
The next few days, Ye Yuan already spent several tens of thousands of points. The vast majority of them were used to exchange for some rarer Tier 2 and Tier 3 medicinal herbs.
To Ye Yuan, points were just numbers. The real thing was the most fundamental.
When he was at the State of Qin, Tier 3 medicinal herbs were already extremely precious. Even if Ye Yuan had abilities to mount the heavens, he would also be like a clever wife unable to cook without any rice.
But there were many precious medicinal herbs in the Tranquil Cloud Sect that were simply unseen in the secular world. Ye Yuan could use them to refine many medicinal pills in case of unexpected needs.
Towards Ye Yuan's words, Jiang Yunhe remained somewhat suspicious. But after he looked at his identity token, Jiang Yunhe finally accepted Ye Yuan's aid.
"I originally thought that I have to slog for another few more years in the State of Qin, but I didn't expect happiness to come so quickly. Thank you, Ye Yuan!" Jiang Yunhe said sincerely.
In the Tranquil Cloud Sect, to alchemists, Alchemy Grandmaster to Quasi-Alchemy King was an extremely huge threshold.
Cross it, and one would be a sect elder and belong to the sect upper echelons. Fail to cross it, they could only fade away into the masses and become outer-circle people taking care of the sect.
"Dean Jiang is too courteous. If not for you asking Teacher Huyan to protect me, I'd have already become a dead soul under Su Yubai's palm. This minor thing is not worth mentioning," Ye Yuan said with a smile.
"Since that's the case, I won't give such a cliché reaction. I'll accept this big gift! Oh right, tomorrow is the sect grand competition. Ye Yuan, I know that you are extremely strong, but your realm is too low in the end. There are still a few people you have to take note of," Jiang Yunhe suddenly said.
Ye Yuan also became interested after hearing that. It had been nearly a month since he came to the Tranquil Cloud Sect, but he only had dealings with those Pill Hall elders. He really did not have the time to understand which formidable characters the Martial Hall had.
"I'm willing to hear the details!" Ye Yuan revealed an eager look.
Jiang Yunhe nodded and said, "In my opinion, although you're in the Earth Barracks now, your strength is already not beneath the Heaven Barracks' core disciples! Within the Heaven Barracks, there are several people whose strength is relatively heaven-defying. When you encounter them, you have to be careful. Of course, the reason why they are strong is that their realm is much higher than yours. If you guys were at the same level, I believe that you can instantly defeat them!"
Jian
g Yunhe's judgment of Ye Yuan's strength was actually roughly the same as Mo Yuntian's.
The Fourth Level Spirit Condensation Realm Ye Yuan was most likely not inferior to those elites in the Heaven Barracks anymore. But when comparing to the pinnacle in the Heaven Barracks, Jiang Yunhe did not have much confidence.
Ye Yuan's current strength was likely no longer inferior to an ordinary Crystal Formation Realm martial artist.
However, even Ceng Cheng could achieve crossing ranks to kill an ordinary Crystal Formation Realm martial artist. The strength of Heaven Barracks disciples could be imagined!
Don't think that Ceng Cheng was very formidable in the Earth Barracks. In the Heaven Barracks, he was trash!
Ye Yuan was obviously very clear about his own strength. However, as for how far he could go, he himself did not know how things stood.
"Hur hur, Dean Jiang flatters me. Just which few are they?"
"There are three people you need to pay attention to. The first is Luo Chengfeng. This person is only at the peak of the Ninth Level Spirit Condensation Realm, but his strength is already firmly in the top three of the Heaven Barracks. Many half-step Crystal Formation Realm Heaven Barracks disciples are not his match. It could be seen how great his strength is! This person is as his name implies, Chengfeng or riding wind; he specializes the most in swift attacks. His opponents tend to have difficulties in following his speed! If you match up with him, take care not to clash with him," Jiang Yunhe said.
Ye Yuan nodded but did not say anything. He truly had no fear in comparing speed!
Jiang Yunhe continued, "The second person is a girl, her name is Tang Yu-er. She has the extremely rare Innate Water Spirit Body. Only two years older than you but already a half-step Crystal Formation Realm expert! The speed of her cultivation is number one in the Tranquil Cloud Sect! Without any accidents, she will probably be able to break through to the Crystal Formation Realm latest by next year!"
When Jiang Yunhe finished talking, he suddenly felt that something was off and could not resist taking a look at Ye Yuan.
To talk about the monstrosity of cultivation speed, most likely, nobody could compare with this person in front of him, right?
This was not even a month yet, and this boy broke through two realms consecutively again!
Jiang Yunhe knew that Ye Yuan only used three to four month's time to go from First Level Essence Qi Realm to Fourth Level Spirit Condensation Realm.
No matter how monstrous that Tang Yu-er was, she would most likely need five years, right?
Chapter 254 - There Would Be No Stories Without Coincidences
Ye Yuan nodded inwardly and remembered Luo Chengfeng's and Tang Yu-er's names.
For Jiang Yunhe to be so serious about this matter, these two people were definitely peak existences in the Heaven Barracks. Their combat power was likely no longer beneath Crystal Formation Realm experts.
The sect grand competition was not a deathmatch. Ye Yuan naturally could not use all of his trump cards.
Although his trumps cards were powerful, once they were unleashed, even he had difficulty controlling them.
A move like Thousand Flowing Petals, once unleashed, would be to the death. It was truly very monstrous for a Spirit Condensation Realm to be able to mobilize Heaven & Earth essence energy. But once the move took form, he was also unable to control the power.
As for the Tier 4 essence fire, once he released it, it would even instantly burn the other party into nothingness.
While Ye Yuan refined the Cleansing Sandal Flame Lotus, it was still clearly extremely forceful for him to want to control the might of a Tier 4 essence fire at present.
This way, the means Ye Yuan could threaten a late-stage Spirit Condensation Realm with was greatly reduced.
Luckily, Ye Yuan's present Spirit Void Shattering Space, First Level, was already trained to the Great Circle Realm. His speed was already not beneath a late-stage Spirit Condensation Realm martial artist.
Coupled with the Spirit Bristle Nine Yang Divine Art's Mortal Chapter's Second Skill, Essence Energy Ignition, he also had the capital to fight.
As for win or lose, even he himself dare not guarantee anything. When the time came, it would have to depend on his live performance.
"Who is the last person?" Ye Yuan asked.
Jiang Yunhe revealed a grave face and said, "You have to be careful of this last person. His name is Tian Yu, Grand Elder Skymaple's grandson. Among the core disciples, he is publicly acknowledged to be the most talented person!"
Ye Yuan became interested when he heard that and asked, "Oh? What amazing aspects does this Tian Yu have?"
"Tian Yu had abnormally high powers of comprehension since young. Like you, he also made it past the Nine Heavens Road! Although he did not pass the Nine Heavens Road at the Essence Qi Realm like you, he had only broken through to the Spirit Condensation Realm not long before! Three years ago when he passed the Nine Heavens Road, he was only First Level Spirit Condensation Realm. Now that three years have passed, he's already a half-step Crystal Formation Realm expert! Barring no accidents, he would surely advance to elite disciple this time. If you encounter him, you must be careful!"
In Jiang Yunhe's heart, his appraisal of Tian Yu was clearly extremely high.
If Ye Yuan had not appeared, then Tian Yu would be the number one person among the young generation in Jiang Yunhe's heart.
Putting Ye Yuan aside, a cultivation speed of three minor realms a year was indeed sufficiently outrageous! Furthermore, he even took the crucial step to break through to the Crystal Formation Realm; half-step Crystal Formation!
In the Tranquil Cloud Sect, the earlier one passed the Nine Heavens Road, the greater the potential it signified. Mo Yuntian and Xin Lie were the same.
And those who cleared the Nine Heavens Road all had extremely formidable combat strength. They could basically sweep across all martial artists of the same level!
For Tian Yu to be able to clear the Nine Heavens Road at the First Level Spirit Condensation Realm, it could be seen just how monstrous he was.
"Many thanks for Dean Jiang's tips," Ye Yuan said.
Seeing off Jiang Yunhe, Ye Yuan did not choose to enter a closed-seclusion. Instead, he took a leisurely stroll around the sect.
A great battle was nigh. Embracing Buddha's feet to pray for help at the last minute was clearly useless. Might as well relax and adjust his state of mind.
. . . . . .
The second day, the curtains for the sect grand competition was finally drawn back!
Victory Peak, the battle arena for the sect grand competition. Many platforms were set up on it.
At the present moment, thousands of disciples were gathered at the peak. These disciples were all the future hope of the sect!
These thousands of disciples were all selected very carefully from the Tranquil Cloud Ten Nations, all earth-shaking existences when placed in the secular world.
But the vast majority of them could only become an outer-sect disciple and fade into the masses in the sect.
The number of core disciples was 200 people while the number of elite disciples was only a scanty few 20 people!
Elite disciples', core disciples', and outer-sect disciples' competition sites were separated. And the one that was the focus of all was undoubtedly the elite disciples' area.
These 20 people represented the highest level among the younger generation. Regardless of whether they were core disciples or outer-sect disciples, they obviously would not miss out on watching their matches, hoping to comprehend something from within.
However, the grand competition was carried out at the same time. Only by finishing one's match in advance could one have the time to go watch other people's match.
It was very clear that due to there being too many outer-sect disciples, the arrangement of their schedule was the tightest.
"Ye Yuan, what number did you draw? Do you know who you're facing in your first match?" Nanfeng Ruoqing asked.
; The Pill Hall had a competition too. But the duration was much longer than the Martial Hall's. Hence, the Nanfeng aunt and niece came to cheer Ye Yuan on.
"I drew No. 52. But my opponent for the first match isn't fixed yet," Ye Yuan said.
He did not care who his opponent was. He would rather it was Tian Yu. Ye Yuan truly looked down on ordinary Seventh or Eighth Level Spirit Condensation Realm martial artists.
"Uh, that's to say your opponent is No. 149. I wonder who No. 149 is?" Nanfeng Zhirou said.
The core disciple numbers were fixed at 200 people. The disciples would draw lots to determine the opponent.
After drawing lots, No. 1 would fight No. 200. No. 2 would fight No. 199, so on and so forth.
Ye Yuan drew No. 52. His opponent was naturally No. 149.
Of course, in order to not let the strongest core disciples meet in advance which would greatly deplete the later matches adversely, the top 10 in the previous competition automatically became seeded contestant.
The strength of these ten people's opponents was relatively weak. There was basically nothing to watch at the start. Their opponents would basically admit defeat right after coming up.
However, special circ.u.mstances had naturally occurred in the past competitions before. Such as the rank 11th disciple being unfortunate enough to draw a number after No. 190. Then the first match would be exciting.
But relatively speaking, such a situation was extremely rare.
Ye Yuan drew No. 52. The chances of matching with a strong person were not great.
"Screw it. Deal with it when it comes. Long Tang, what number did you draw?" Ye Yuan asked Long Tang who was beside him.
When fighting, core disciples were not divided by Heaven or Earth Barracks.
"No. 170," Long Tang said.