by Feng Yise
In the entire world, only the Jadelight Drum's drumbeat was reverberating.
The faces of everyone present all changed visibly.
The sound of this drum was actually identical to Baili Qingyan's!
That power plowed once more within the radius of several miles!
Everyone all used incomparably horrified gazes to look at Ye Yuan. But even more were confused faces.
Was this drumbeat just now really done by Ye Yuan?
But how could that kind of casual and light action cause such a big commotion?
Chapter 1797 - Old Youth
The drumbeat gradually subsided, everyone was still immersed in the midst of shock.
Because no one could have thought that Ye Yuan could actually accomplish exactly the same as Baili Qingyan!
Among them included Jiang Xueyan and Duan Qinghong they all.
Deacon Hong's pupils constricted as if understanding something.
"Ye Yuan, high-grade tier six! Passed the test!"
He looked at Ye Yuan, his gaze revealing a gratified look.
Deacon Hong thought in his heart, this child is different from the others and already saw through the Jadelight Drum's reality, simplifying things by cutting out the superfluous, triggering the resonance of the Jadelight Drum with the power of Great Dao! It looked casual, but it's actually no idea how many times more profound than others! Other people saw a hundred steps away, but he already saw a thousand steps away! Except, it looked like he still held back somewhat, but don't know why is that.
With Ye Yuan not displaying his full strength, he was unable to judge Ye Yuan's limits.
But without a doubt, Ye Yuan was a genius too!
At least, he was not beneath Baili Qingyan.
He originally thought that Ye Yuan was just a supporting character who only worked his way to first place by following Baili Qingyan.
Looking at it now, it was ridiculously wrong!
"S-So incredible!" Han Yong said in shock.
Although after he reached tier five, he had long changed his views on Ye Yuan.
When he saw Ye Yuan reach high-grade tier six effortlessly, standing shoulder to shoulder with Baili Qingyan, he was still extremely shocked.
Yang Fan had a strange look. He previously still thought that Ye Yuan boasted without coming up with a draft and that his behavior was flashy with substance, and could not get close with.
Looking at it now, he was really blind.
Ye Yuan saying that it was a breeze for him to pass the assessment, it was really accomplished with the greatest of ease!
Too effortless!
A casual flick and it was high-grade tier six, too relaxed and casual.
Ye Yuan slowly turned around and looked over in Jiang Xueyan's direction with a profound meaning.
Jiang Xueyan's entire body turned stiff and was actually floored by Ye Yuan's imposing momentum!
Jiang Xueyan's face felt fiery hot.
Ye Yuan used this light flick and gave her an incomparably resounding slap.
A moron could also tell that Ye Yuan seemed to have plenty left in the tank!
But he got a high-grade tier six.
This move of Ye Yuan's had a deep meaning!
Firstly, Ye Yuan helped Baili Qingyan achieve the title of first place, repaying Baili Qingyan's friendship and loyalty.
Secondly, Ye Yuan used this flick to tell everyone that he, Ye Yuan, did not rely on Baili Qingyan to get first place. He was very strong!
Thirdly, Ye Yuan was telling her, Jiang Xueyan, you cannot suppress my edge! As long as I, Ye Yuan, am willing, I can surpass everyone at any time!
This was a blatant declaration of war!
"The entrance examination ends here, you all will be my Shadowmoon Sect's disciples starting from now! No matter which sect or faction you all belong to in the past, now, you all only have one identity, that is the Shadowmoon Sect's disciples! Entering my sect, everything will be the sect's interests as the top priority! If there's any act of betraying the sect, kill without amnesty! Now, you all ascend from the mountain gate, there will naturally be someone to fetch you all in!"
Deacon Hong's voice reverberated in front of the mountain gate.
The disciples all had fearful expressions, clearly frightened by Deacon Hong's words.
Ye Yuan was very indifferent and did not have any surprised look.
The Shadowmoon Sect seemed to have many factions, the forces intricate and complicated.
Actually, that was just tacit allowed by the sect in order to increase the competition between disciples and accelerate their strength increase.
But, if someone jeopardized the sect's interests, the sect would definitely annihilate them at all costs.
The Shadowmoon Sect would not nurture geniuses for other sects.
There were 43 inner-disciples who passed the examination at the end, and 102 miscellaneous affairs disciples. These people officially entered the sect under Qian Ye's lead.
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The Shadowmoon Sect's main peak towered into the clouds, unable to see any end in sight.
Ye Yuan climbed up the steps along with the crowd, as if arriving at a fairyland.
And the spiritual energy thickness also became increasingly stronger as the height of the mountain got taller.
Just the spiritual energy concentration at the halfway point was already god knows how many times stronger than ordinary high-order imperial cities.
The Shadowmoon Sect had a main peak and nine sub-peaks, presenting the appearance of nine stars twinkling around the moon. All were majestic and grand.
Ye Yuan could feel that this place was absolutely a rich land that fostered great talents.
The nine sub-peaks were under the charge of the nine great skill-imparting elders. Disciples who entered the sect all have to be assigned under the name of a skill-imparting elder.
Of course, it was just belonging under them.
Skill-imparting elders were all True God level existences, ordinary disciples could not see them at all.
However, each skill-imparting elder had a rank six cultivation method in their possession.
If one could stand out in their performance, they could become the skill-imparting elder's personal disciple.
At that time, they would be able to learn a True God level cultivation method and martial techniques.
This was what all of the disciples dreamed of.
Of course, in a large True God level sect, disciples ranging in the tens of missions, wanting to become a personal disciple, that was doubly difficult.
"This is your identity token! Kid, I have to admire you. Before even entering the sect, you already offended the three great factions and our Devil Elephant lineage. Do you know how many elders and deacons the Shadowmoon Sect has that all come from these three major factions?"
Song Ting threw the identity token to Ye Yuan and scoffed with a look of amus.e.m.e.nt.
Ye Yuan received the token and discovered that 'Tianying' two words were written on the back. Presumably, he was assigned to Tianying Peak.
According to Han Yong, Tianying Peak was the weakest sub-peak. The strengths of the disciples were the weakest, resources were the most deficient, and cultivation method and martial techniques were the most scarce.
Looks like he was indeed targeted!
Shadowmoon Sect did not lack geniuses. His performance was also not stunning enough in order to help Baili Qingyan achieve her aim and was unable to catch the sect's attention. This was also what Ye Yuan had expected.
It was just that being assigned to whichever sub-peak did not make much difference to Ye Yuan.
Ye Yuan put away the token and said coolly, "What has that got to do with me? Only second-rate disciples like you will be interested in this sort of thing, right?"
"Second-rate? Heh, you actually said that the Tianzhu Peak's disciples are second-rate?"
Song Ting deliberately said it very loudly, the surroundings immediately cast a series of unfr
iendly gazes.
Ye Yuan shook his head and said with a sigh, "What I said was that you are doing this kind of welcoming new disciples thing, you're definitely a second-rate minor character in the sect. Don't you say so … Senior Apprentice Brother Song? You're not young anymore as well, but you can't even break through to the Celestial Deity Realm and are still just an outer-disciple. I didn't say that Tianzhu Peak is second-rate, I mean that you disgrace Tianzhu Peak!"
The more Ye Yuan said, the uglier Song Ting's expression became.
Those unfriendly gazes also immediately became amused.
Calculating it, Song Ting was indeed an 'old youth' already.
With his talents, even if he broke through to Celestial Deity Realm, it was very hard to promote to an inner-disciple too.
Ye Yuan's words poked Song Ting's sore spot.
Ye Yuan being assigned to Tianying Peak, he originally came deliberately to give Ye Yuan a blow, and regain face in the passing.
He did not expect that he suffered a huge loss of face.
This kid's mouth was so venomous!
"Brat, you just be smug! Being remembered by the three great factions at the same time, I hope that you can live for a month!" Song Ting gritted his teeth and said with a grim expression.
Ye Yuan smiled faintly and said, "No need for Senior Apprentice Brother Song to worry. I'll live very well."
Chapter 1798 - Abode Gone
The main peak was extremely far away from the sub-peaks. Ye Yuan arrived at Tianying Peak through the transmission array and immediately had a feeling of falling to the human world from heaven.
Compared to the main peak's splendor, this place was clearly much shabbier.
"Ye Yuan, I really feel unfair for you! With your talent, you should at least be on the top three sub-peaks. That bunch of fellows abuses their power to bully people and actually relegated you to Tianying Peak." Beside Ye Yuan, a short and skinny young man said with an indignant look.
This young man was called Ceng You, he came from an unknown small sect.
His strength was not bad, peak Seventh Firmament Divine Lord. During the second round's assessment, he even reached tier two.
Among the disciples that came out of small sects, he was already a dragon among men.
Logically speaking, he should not have been relegated to Tianying Peak, but he became the only inner-disciple sent to Tianying Peak.
The other 41 people were all relegated to the other eight sub-peaks.
Regarding this kind of unfair treatment, Ceng You was naturally unhappy about it in his heart.
However, Ceng You admired Ye Yuan greatly. That simple and casual flick shocked him deeply.
Similarly coming from a small sect, Ye Yuan's potential was clearly much stronger than him.
Ye Yuan smiled and said, "If it's gold, it will shine anywhere. I heard that Tianying Peak's skill-imparting elder came from a small sect. But didn't he also enter the ranks of True God Realm, becoming the ruler of a region?"
Ceng You smiled bitterly when he heard it and said, "Even so, Tianying Peak is still the most rundown sub-peak, ostracized by the other eight peaks!"
In the Shadowmoon Sect, Tianying Peak could be said to be a land of exile. No one was willing to come to this place.
Those who came here were mostly not wanted or disciples without factions.
And arriving here was also basically equivalent to having one's future cut off. It would be very hard to have great accomplishments again.
Ye Yuan patted Ceng You's shoulder and said with a smile, "Brother, upon entering the Shadowmoon Sect, you already forgot who you are!"
Finished saying, Ye Yuan walked over toward Tianying Hall.
Looking at Ye Yuan's departing back view, Ceng You's entire body trembled.
Yeah, his sect was just an unremarkable Divine Lord level sect, deficient of resources, and severely lacking cultivation methods.
But he relied on his own efforts and walked until today step by step.
He thought that entering the Shadowmoon Sect, with his talent, he would be able to soar to the heavens in one bound.
But the current situation was too far from what he imagined.
So he felt indignant, felt wronged, felt that the future was bleak and dark.
However, looking back, even if he arrived at Tianying Peak, his current situation was also far better than before.
Hence, what was he still not satisfied with?
As long as he took out his past efforts, he would be able to stand out among his peers one day, and viciously slap those snobs.
To martial artists, while resources were important, what was more important was to have an unyielding heart that sought Dao.
Losing one's true self, then the future would really be bleak.
"Rousing the dreamer from his sleep with a word! Ye Yuan, thank you!"
Looking at Ye Yuan's back view, Ceng You's gaze became determined once more, just as before.
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"Senior Apprentice Brother, we're new disciples here to receive cultivation abodes. This is my identity token."
Shadowmoon Sect was established on a spiritual vein. The sect opened up many abodes on each sub-peak and laid down array formations, providing for disciples to cultivate.
The better the aptitude of the disciple, the better the cultivation abode they would get, and the faster the cultivation speed will naturally be as well.
Tianying Peak was where the spiritual vein was the thinnest among the nine sub-peaks. The spiritual energy was naturally also the thinnest.
That disciple took a look at the two people's identity tokens, his brows involuntarily raising up, and he threw the tokens on the table with a thud as he said lazily, "You're called Ceng You, right? Tianying Peak still has one last low-grade level two abode. This is the abode's token, go on."
Ceng You put away the token and said joyfully, "Thank you, Senior Apprentice Brother! Senior Apprentice Brother, then what about Ye Yuan?"
That disciple raised his eyelids and said with a fake smile, "Him? That was Tianying Peak's last abode already. This junior apprentice brother will have to be inconvenienced and go to other stray peaks to open up an abode yourself."
As he said, he took out an array flag and placed it in front of Ye Yuan with a smile and said, "This is the Spirit Gathering Formation's array flag, you go to Firecloud Peak right now. As long as you find the eye of the spiritual vein there and open up an abode, then deploy the array flag, it will naturally be able to gather spiritual energy and become your own abode."
Ceng You's expression changed when he heard that and said, "How can it be so coincidental? Senior Apprentice Brother, I heard that opening up an abode is very dangerous. That place is all desolate mountain peaks, fierce beasts everywhere. Quite a few disciples have been buried there!"
That disciple's gaze turned cold and he said, "Dangerous? Opening up an abode is dangerous? This main peak, nine sub-peaks, several hundred stray peaks, which one wasn't opened up by Shadowmoon Sect disciples? Why is there an exception when it comes to him?"
Ceng You had just received Ye Yuan's pointers and was endlessly grateful toward Ye Yuan. He could not bear to see Ye Yuan take the risk and could not refrain from saying, "Senior Apprentice Brother, why don't you take a look again. Perhaps there are still vacant abodes on the stray peaks in this vicinity?"
The moment that disciple heard, he said in a great rage, "Insolence! Ask you to go where, that's where you go, what's with all the crap? I said don't have means don't have, could it be that … you want to replace me on duty?"
Ceng You was merely a newcomer, how could he dare to argue? He said with a guilty conscience, "D-Dare not! Senior Apprentice Brother, how about this, give my abode to Ye Yuan, I'll go open up an abode!"
That disciple's face fell and he was just about to fly off the handle but heard Ye Yuan pick up the array flag and say coolly, "Alright, don't need to be long-winded anymore. This guy has clearly been bribed by people already, deliberately m
aking me go to Firecloud Peak to open up an abode, then get killed by fierce beasts. You're just looking for a rebuff by telling him these."
Ceng You's face changed, only then, coming to a realization.
That disciple's expression similarly changed and he said in a cold voice, "Punk, you dare to talk to your senior brother like this?"
Ye Yuan gave him a glance scornfully and said coolly, "You already want to kill me, so could it be that I still have to speak to you politely? Moreover … who the hell do you think you are, to be fit to be called as my senior brother?"
That disciple assigning abodes was merely a Ninth Firmament Divine Lord, so Ye Yuan did not take him seriously yet.
That disciple's expression turned cold and he said with a cold smile, "Very well, looks like it's a very proud newcomer! Then I'll let you take a look at whether I'm fit to be your senior brother or not!"
Within the radius of Shadowmoon Sect's main peak and sub-peaks, it was forbidden for disciples to kill one another.
But with a valid reason, taking action against a disciple for a bit was no issue.
That disciple saw that Ye Yuan was merely Sixth Firmament Divine Lord and actually dared to be insolent in front of him. So he was also genuinely angered.
No wonder Senior Apprentice Brother Qian Ye wanted to teach this guy a lesson, looks like this punk was used to being condescending.
While talking, that disciple's Ninth Firmament Divine Lord aura suddenly released. A slap smacked over toward Ye Yuan's face as quick as lightning.
"Ye Yuan, be careful!"
Ceng You did not think that this guy would attack the moment he said so. It was already too late to want to stop it.
The other party was Ninth Firmament Divine Lord, his strength was more than a level stronger than him.
Slap!
An incomparably resounding slap transmitted over. That disciple was directly slapped flying out.
Chapter 1799 - Obstructed Tillage Spiritual Eye
"Is there a mistake? My eyesight isn't failing, right? A Sixth Firmament Divine Lord smacked a Ninth Firmament Divine Lord flying with one slap?"