by Feng Yise
Wasn't it still cultivation resources!
Coldfeather let out another sigh and said, "I really don't understand, talent like yours is absolutely the number one person in accomplishments that surpasses ancient and modern times. Even if you break through to the True God Realm in the future, even the Empyrean Realm, I don't find it the slightest bit strange! But you keep failing to break through to the Divine Lord Realm, it really perplexes me!"
Coldfeather knew that the predecessor who comprehended second-layered heaven spatial laws, his strength was already unimaginable at present.
Ye Yuan only used 100 years and comprehended second-layered heaven laws, his talent was absolutely not beneath that predecessor's talent!
However, why was he unable to break through to the Divine Lord Realm?
Opening up a small world might be impossible to achieve for life to others, but to Ye Yuan, it should be effortless!
According to Coldfeather's opinion, Ye Yuan should have broken through within 50 years.
But over 300 years had passed. Ye Yuan still did not have any improvement.
Therefore, he could not understand it no matter how he thought about it.
Ye Yuan smiled and said, "The cultivation method that I cultivate is a little special, breaking through requires an opportunity. This opportunity keeps not on coming, so I'm unable to break through from beginning to end as well."
Coldfeather's expression was ugly as he said, "Really no idea what kind of cultivation method, to actually be so freakish. Even a genius like you isn't able to break through! Forget it, there will be an elders meeting three days later. Some people are probably going to make a fuss about your matters. You'd best be more careful."
Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Just an elder position. It's not a big deal."
Chapter 1640 - Besieged on All Sides
Backing out of the Selfless Realm, Ye Yuan's eyes revealed a complicated look.
"Senior, it looks like … there's only this last path that can be taken!" Ye Yuan heaved a sigh and said to Dustless.
Presently, Ye Yuan could already enter the Selfless Realm at any time.
However, under the Selfless Realm, Ye Yuan came up with various methods many times and was still unable to create the fourth layer cultivation method.
Over these 300 years, the methods that Ye Yuan derived were no less than several tens of thousands. But not a single one could work.
Dustless nodded and said, "It can only be like this! These few years, you've attempted countless times before, wanting to open up an inner world, but it just doesn't work. Could it be that this fourth layer cultivation method really doesn't need to open up an inner world?"
Ye Yuan's journey of the heart these few years, Dustless naturally took it into his sights.
But the final result, Dustless was also very perplexed.
These few years, Ye Yuan had always been attempting to find ways to open up an inner world, but it would not work no matter what.
His divine sea seemed to be sealed, unable to open up a gap no matter what.
Regarding repeated failures, Ye Yuan had long already achieved being rippleless like a dried-up well. He said, "I have a feeling that I might really have gone the wrong direction these few years. It's just that no opening up an inner world, how this path should be taken makes me very confused."
Dustless said, "This old man is unable to imagine it. Without opening up an inner world, how can one break through to the Divine Lord Realm? The might of the Divine Lord Realm lies in world power. Without an inner world, where's the world power? Even if you break through to the Divine Lord Realm, how can you fight with powerhouses at the same realm?"
Ye Yuan nodded and said, "This is also the problem that has always troubled me. Most likely, the key to breaking through lies here!"
Dustless heaved a sigh and said, "Right now, you can only go to the Heavenspan Mountain. However, the Heavenspan Mountain isn't some otherworldly paradise. Your strength going there is still rather insufficient."
Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it. No matter how tough this hurdle is, I have to make it through too!"
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The moment Ye Yuan entered the hall, the atmosphere inside immediately became strange.
Originally, Ye Yuan was Heavenly Eagle Imperial City's rising star, gloriously resplendent, no one dared to slight him.
But now, the halo of a genius already faded. People's perception toward Ye Yuan was also quietly undergoing change.
In this world where the strong reigned supreme, weaklings could only be eliminated.
A fallen genius was not sufficient to get their high regard, even if he had performed deeds of valor for Heavenly Eagle Imperial City.
These few years, Ye Yuan used medicinal pills to groom no idea how many powerhouses for Heavenly Eagle Imperial City.
Even new Divine Lord Realm powerhouses also had close to 100 more out of nowhere in these 300 years!
And this number was virtually several times of normal circ.u.mstances.
These few years, Ye Yuan left behind hundreds of new pill formulas for the Pill Tower. It could be said to benefit all generations.
Ning Siyu, Lu Yi, and the rest, their Alchemy Dao strength advanced by leaps and bounds under Ye Yuan's grooming.
Ye Yuan revamped spatial laws anew for the Martial Tower, making it possible to comprehend spatial laws, similarly blessing for ages to come.
A period of 300 years might not be that long to a Deity Realm powerhouse, but Ye Yuan's contributions to Heavenly Eagle Imperial City was what these elders were unable to compare to.
But this was no use!
Not being able to break through to the Divine Lord Realm, Ye Yuan, this Three-star Alchemy God, was far less significant to Heavenly Eagle Imperial City already.
Above the high hall, an old man sat at the top, looking somewhat fleeting and ephemeral.
Celestial Deity Realm powerhouses rarely showed face. Ye Yuan had lived for 400 over years in Heavenly Eagle Imperial City, it was still his first time seeing the Celestial Deity Realm powerhouse here.
And this time, he also truly felt the might of Celestial Deity Realm martial artists!
Over 300 years ago, the Celestial Deity powerhouses Ye Yuan met at the Fiend Calling Ridge had their realms suppressed. The pressure brought on him was far from as great.
Even returning above later, they were also seriously injured, their strength less than 10%.
This Celestial Deity Realm powerhouse was called He Chong, Heavenly Eagle Imperial City's grand elder.
"I pay respects to Grand Elder!" Ye Yuan cupped his fists and said to He Chong.
He Chong nodded slightly and said, "Sit then."
Coldfeather and Xuan Yu looked at Ye Yuan with complicated expressions, having unspeakable melancholy in their hearts.
The current situation was already not what they could control.
It was not just Ruo Xu their lineage's people were kicking up a fuss. Right now, even the elders on their own side were also calling Ye Yuan, this elder, into question.
After all, a genius who could not break through to the Divine Lord Realm was nothing!
When all of the elders were seated, He Chong slowly said, "Ruo Xu, today's elders meeting, you preside over it."
Ruo Xu was delighted when he heard it and said, "Yes, Grand Elder!"
While talking, Ruo Xu was rather excited.
Back then, he utterly lost his face at Ye Yuan's hands. Until now, he still had not recovered.
After many years, he finally found an opportunity to trample Ye Yuan away. So how could he not be excited?
As for Ling Zikun's matter, it was merely a minor incident1.
Now, many years had already passed, he naturally would not keep it in mind.
Ruo Xu swept a glance around and said, "Convening everyone here today, I presume everybody has a score in their hearts. Right now, quite a number of people in the city have quite a bit of ve
iled criticism towards one of our elders, thinking that his strength isn't adequate to take on the role of elder. Originally, this was just a small number of people commenting. But in the course of time, the strength of this elder of ours did not advance an inch. The people talking behind his back also became more and more. As a last resort, the elders meeting this time needs to be conducted. So everybody should talk about their own views first."
While talking, Ruo Xu signaled several confidants with his eyes. Those few elders immediately understood.
An elder spoke up, "There's no denying that this elder had once amazed us! But, he has also deluded us, making us have a misconception, thinking that he can definitely soar to the heavens in one bound, even bringing our Heavenly Eagle Imperial City to a higher level. But looking at it now, everything is a false impression! Letting a person who can't even break through to the Divine Lord Realm be an elder, this is simply the imperial city's shame!"
The moment he finished talking, another elder followed up, "It's really too ironic! My disciple only used 30 years and broke through from grand completion Origin Deity to first-layered heaven Divine Lord. This elder used a full 300 years, but couldn't even breakthrough to half-step Divine Lord. How can this kind of mediocre talent take on the position of elder?"
Xuan Yu furrowed his brows and said in a solemn voice, "Huang Wenhao, do you want face saying this or not? Don't you forget how your disciple broke through to the Divine Lord Realm!"
Huang Wenhao did not dare to rebut Xuan Yu, but said, "Head Elder, your words are wrong. Ye Yuan helped my disciple refine the Vastsun Universe Pill, but his talent is already there. Even if he didn't consume the medicinal pill, he'd break through in at most 50 years too. Not like some people, unable to break through in even 300 years!"
Xuan Yu could not help choking when he heard that and was actually somewhat exasperated.
Huang Wenhao's words made him unable to refute.
Coldfeather's gaze swept around and he said in a cold voice, "You ungrateful things! These few years, how many of you didn't benefit from Ye Yuan? Now, throwing a rock down the well, it's not even veiled at all!" Referring to him stepping up for Ruo Xu's disciple when he was getting rekt by Gu Han.
Chapter 1641 - Bidding Farewell
Coldfeather's words made quite a few elders all secretly lower their heads, faces revealing looks of shame.
The elders present who had received Ye Yuan's grace were really not in the minority.
After all, Ye Yuan was a freakish existence among Three-star Alchemy Gods, who had once overpowered Second Elder Ruo Xu.
These elders, whose family did not have a few disciples that they were proud of?
Seeking pills for disciples that they were proud of, this was something quite normal.
It was just that no matter how powerful Ye Yuan was, he was merely a Three-star Alchemy God too.
They could be grateful for Ye Yuan's favor for some time, but it was impossible to be grateful for life.
If no one mentioned it, they would even forget about this.
Coldfeather suddenly mentioning this made quite a few people feel ashamed.
Ruo Xu saw that the momentum was not right and hurriedly spoke up, "Martial Granduncle's words are a little inappropriate. Everybody here isn't dropping a rock down the well. We're just discussing the matter as it is. Everyone is just discussing about Ye Yuan's position as an elder and not about doing anything to him. After all, an Origin Deity Realm serving as an elder doesn't conform with the rules to begin with!"
With Ruo Xu saying so, everyone hurriedly concurred.
"Yeah, yeah, even if Ye Yuan he doesn't serve as an elder, he's still a disciple of our Heavenly Eagle Imperial City!"
"With Ye Yuan's means, he can also live very comfortably in the imperial city. After all, everyone needs rank three divine pills, right?"
"It's not that we don't cherish human relationship, but that the indignant voices in the Pill Tower and Martial Tower right now are too many. So there's no helping it."
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Coldfeather gave a cold snort, angered until he no longer spoke.
He also knew that what these elders said was the truth.
It was just that if Ye Yuan lost the position of elder, his days in the future would probably be difficult.
Comfortable?
Afraid that it was impossible.
Coldfeather was rescued by Ye Yuan, so he was very grateful toward him to begin with.
Later, Ye Yuan also helped Zheng Qi to kill Gao Yuan, avenging the enmity of his disciple, Wu Xingtang. Coldfeather viewed Ye Yuan even more in a different light.
Seeing Ye Yuan encounter difficulty, he was very upset in his heart.
At this time, an elder on the Martial Tower's side suddenly opened his mouth and said, "Origin Deity Realm serving as an elder, it's indeed inappropriate! I feel that Ye Yuan's position of elder should be taken away for the time being. If he can break through to the Divine Lord Realm, restoring the position of elder isn't too late!"
The moment this person spoke, everyone burst into an uproar.
Because this elder was none other than precisely the Ning Family's family head, Ning Zhiyuan.
In everyone's view, the Ning Family's relationship with Ye Yuan should be very close. Nobody would have expected Ning Zhiyuan to viciously give Ye Yuan a push at this juncture.
Xuan Yu was also greatly surprised and said angrily, "Ning Zhiyuan!"
Ning Zhiyuan was unmoved and said coolly, "Head Elder, we, as the imperial city's elders, naturally have to consider the development of the imperial city. The Ning Family is indeed close to Ye Yuan, but Ye Yuan this elder has already affected the imperial city's normal operations! I feel that we should take away his position as an elder!"
Ruo Xu had a broad smile on his face. Now, apart from Xuan Yu and Coldfeather, virtually no one stood on Ye Yuan's side.
Ye Yuan as an elder, this had definitely come to an end.
Coldfeather also did not expect that the matter was already serious to this kind of degree.
He was just about to fly off the handle, but he saw Ye Yuan smile faintly and said, "I feel that Elder Ning's words make sense. This Ye has been unable to break through for a long time. It's indeed not suitable to serve the position of elder anymore. Today, Grand Elder is present, so I'll resign from my position of elder."
Ye Yuan's words made everyone dazed, including Ruo Xu.
He even thought that Ye Yuan would struggle fiercely on just grounds. He did not expect that Ye Yuan would directly take a step back.
One had to know, this position of elder signified far too many things.
Once resigned, he would not have such an easy time in Heavenly Eagle Imperial City anymore.
Coldfeather frowned and said, "Ye Yuan, what are you messing around for?!"
Xuan Yu also said, "Ye Yuan, this isn't a trifling matter!"
Ye Yuan gave them a glance gratefully and said with a smile, "The position of an elder is merely fleeting clouds to me. This Ye still has more important things to do. Coming to the elders meeting today, this Ye is also here to bid farewell to everybody."
The moment these words came out, even He Chong was greatly surprised too. He said, "You're leaving Heavenly Eagle Imperial City?"
Ye Yuan nodded and said, "This Ye keeps failing to break through, so I plan on going out to train for a while, and seek the opportunity to break through."
He Chong also nodded when he heard that and said, "Not bad, young people have the fortitude, going out to broaden your experiences is also good."
Seeing Ye Yuan's calm appearance, Ruo Xu had a feeling of punching onto cotton.
He discovered that Ye Yuan really did not care about this position of elder.
Suddenly, he thought of a matter and said in a solemn voice, "Ye Yuan, you want to go, you can. But you must leave behind the Origin Magnetic Divine Mountain!"
He Chong's gaze sharpened and started flickered incessantly.
The prowess of the
Origin Magnetic Divine Mountain, he had long heard of it.
It was said that this Origin Magnetic Divine Mountain's grade was undetermined, with limitless potential.
Ye Yuan relied on the Origin Magnetic Divine Mountain and killed three ninth-layered heaven Divine Lord powerhouses. Its power was evident at a glance.
But Ruo Xu's words made his heart somewhat palpitate with excitement.
The moment Coldfeather heard, he was greatly enraged and said, "Ruo Xu punk, what do you mean? 300 years ago, Ye Yuan overcame the raging tides alone, saving the lives of over a dozen elders and deacons. But now, you want to covet his Origin Magnetic Divine Mountain?"
Ruo Xu said, "Back then, the Origin Magnetic Divine Mountain was born, obtaining the treasure was everybody's credit. But Ye Yuan took the Origin Magnetic Divine Mountain as his own! It's also useless for this old man to want the Origin Magnetic Divine Mountain. It's just that if Grand Elder and City Lord obtain the Origin Magnetic Divine Mountain, then it will be akin to adding wings to a tiger. Our Heavenly Eagle Imperial City's strength will get even stronger as well! Moreover, Ye Yuan's strength is so weak, bringing such a precious treasure on him, if it gets stranded outside, wouldn't it be a huge loss to my Heavenly Eagle Imperial City?"
Ruo Xu's words were said to He Chong. He Chong also fell silent and did not speak when he heard it.
Clearly, he was moved.
But Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Ruo Xu, you're really shameless enough! Natural treasures are obtained by those fated. Back then, I snatched this treasure from the hands of three Celestial Deity powerhouses. According to the imperial city's rules, it's my private property to begin with! Now, you're asking for it, where's the logic?"
He Chong's heart turned cold when he heard it. Ye Yuan said it lightly, but he discerned it.
Ye Yuan was telling him that for him to be able to obtain this treasure from the hands of three Celestial Deity powerhouses, he naturally had the ability to protect it!
Even if you all want to forcefully rob it, it would not do either!
For an Origin Deity Realm martial artist to dare be so unbridled, this was a very laughable thing in the first place.