Chapter Eighty-One: Breakthrough

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  What is called the initial peak, mid-term peak, actually refers to being stuck at the breakthrough point and unable to advance. This situation is what is meant by "peak", implying that further ascent requires a breakthrough.

  After ten days of arduous cultivation, Ye Chen finally reached the early peak of the Condensing True Realm, just one step away from the middle stage of the Condensing True Realm. However, he was not willing to be stuck at this juncture, and if he lost his momentum, it would likely take another month or two to make up for it, which he could no longer afford to wait.

  Go all out!

  Enduring the numbness and pain in his meridians, Ye Chen went all out to circulate the pure yuan true energy, continuously doing the macrocosmic orbit circulation. At the same time, both of his palms grasped a piece of low-grade spirit stone each, to prevent the true energy from becoming weak and powerless when breaking through, and to continue refining the spirit stone's original energy.

  The vast and endless night sky is dotted with stars, a bright moon hangs in the middle, shining brightly.

  A gentle breeze blows, and the leaves on the treetops rustle.

  A moment of silence.

  Within a radius of over 100 zhang centered on the courtyard, the primordial energy of heaven and earth suddenly stirred, like wind and clouds changing, mountain rain about to come, slowly, gradually, surrounding the entire courtyard swirling and shrinking, gradually sinking down, shaped like a huge funnel.

  Hoo hoo hoo hoo......

  A sudden change in atmospheric pressure causes a violent gust of wind, with gentle breezes turning into fierce gales and sand and rocks flying everywhere.

  "Huh? Someone's breaking through?"

  Since being promoted to an inner disciple, Ye Chen had moved into the inner disciples' quarters at the waist of the mountain, where other inner disciples of similar status lived nearby, their residences no more than ten zhang apart. This change naturally did not escape the notice of others.

  The primordial energy leaky pot changed and became smaller and smaller, finally a head drilled into the house, shaking the roof frame apart.

  On the bed, Ye Chen's face turned red and white alternately, with sharp air currents swirling around him three feet away, occasionally losing control and shooting furniture into a thousand holes.

  Victory or defeat hangs in the balance, give me the breakthrough!

  His eyes gleamed with a fierce light, and he ignored the side effects of his true energy being drained, as he absorbed a massive amount of heavenly energy into his body, giving people an illusion that he was swallowing an elephant.

  Wow!

  Almost simultaneously, a spherical transparent airflow diffused, all furniture and windows shattered, walls cracked open with several large fissures, creeping like ivy.

  The excess heavenly and earthly yuanqi dissipated, and Ye Chen only felt the tearing pain ease up a lot. The true qi vortex in his dantian was faintly showing signs of expansion.

  This is the time to test one's willpower and talent. Those who lack willpower may lose their momentum and give up at the initial peak, while those who lack talent may be suppressed by a powerful force that prevents them from advancing further, no matter how hard they try.

  Perseverance is abundant, and talent is also not lacking.

  What's missing now is taking that step.

  The true Qi makes one hundred and eighty cycles through the Macrocosmic Orbit!

  Two hundred and twenty rounds!

  Two hundred and fifty rounds!

  Ye Chen surpassed his previous limits, with the Grand Circulation of True Qi reaching an astonishing 250 cycles, ten more than his previous record.

  This is not over yet. Ye Chen urged the powerful soul force, fully controlling the true energy to prevent it from dispersing and wasting all his efforts, then accelerated the Grand Circulation of Heaven and Earth.

  When it reaches the 280th great cycle, the heavenly and earthly primordial energy in the body is thoroughly refined into true energy, and all streams return to their origin, shrinking into the elixir field like a vast ocean absorbing hundreds of rivers, merging into the vortex of true energy.

  Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

  The true energy vortex expanded three times in a row and finally stabilized.

  Until then, Ye Chen finally opened his eyes, and the intense light in the room flashed a series of illusory electric lights, truly achieving the level of "giving birth to electricity out of thin air".

  "It took ten days to reach the initial peak, and then with one more effort, it was promoted to the intermediate level, where there were many difficulties, and it was really not easy." Ye Chen slowly exhaled, a smile appearing on his face.

  Entering the middle stage of the Cong True Realm is not just a simple breakthrough. He was able to defeat Wang Kunyang, who was at the peak of the middle stage of the Cong True Realm, in the early stages of his cultivation. Now that he has advanced to the middle stage, even if that bloodthirsty madman were to come looking for trouble, he would no longer be intimidated and would have a certain degree of confidence in being able to defeat him. Of course, when it comes to the core disciples of the various major sects, things are still a bit uncertain. After all, becoming a core disciple represents being among the best of the best among late-stage Cong True Realm warriors, with some people even having cultivated low-level earth-grade martial skills and techniques, possessing deep underlying strength that is not something that Ye Chen can currently match up to. However, even if he couldn't defeat a core disciple, Ye Chen would still have confidence in being able to retreat unscathed without suffering any harm.

  "Give me some more time, once I reach the mid-stage peak of the Congzhēn realm, I'll have a chance to compete with the core disciples." Ye Chen thought to himself.

  ……

  The news that Feicui Gongzi had become a Wu Zhe of the Bao Yuan Jing had spread throughout the Liuyun Sect ten days ago, and whenever people were idle, they would inevitably discuss it.

  For others, it might be a topic of conversation after dinner, but for "An Xiang Jian" Zhu Mei and "Han Shan Gong Zi" Luo Han Shan, it's pressure, heavy pressure that almost crushes them, leaving them breathless.

  To reach their level of cultivation, no one is willing to be inferior. They must work hard every day, striving for a chance to succeed and become the superior existence of the younger generation.

  Now Feicui Gongzi took a step ahead of them into the Bao Yuan realm, which was equivalent to completely shaking them off and monopolizing the championship.

  The leader of the young generation in Tianfeng Country!

  What an honor!

  The turmoil outside has nothing to do with him, he is entertaining Wu Zongming.

  Wu Zongming rarely came to visit Ye Chen, but when he saw him, he couldn't help but take a cold breath and exclaimed: "You've broken through to the middle stage of the Condensed True Realm?"

  Ye Chendi said: "Just broke through, true energy has not yet stabilized."

  "I'm not convinced that you can't do it. A year ago, you were still at the sixth layer of Qi Refining Realm cultivation, but now you've surpassed me and even Zhang Haoran."

  Zhang Haoran has a strong innate talent, but he hasn't broken through to the middle stage of the Congzhēn realm yet. Currently, he is at the peak of the early stage, and all these Ye Chen know this.

  "Right, you should have heard the news that Feicui Gongzi has become a Wu Zhe of the Bao Yuan realm! Tsk tsk, as expected of one of the four great young masters of Tianfeng Country. A year ago, he already had the trend of contending for the top spot among the four great young masters. Indeed, it's him who broke through first." Wu Zongming sighed.

  Pouring tea for Wu Zongming, Ye Chen said: "If others can turn pressure into motivation and catch up with Feicui Gongzi, it's not impossible."

  "It's tough!" Wu Zongming shook his head, picked up the tea and took a sip, and smiled bitterly: "These are too far away from us, it's useless to talk about them. I came this time to ask if you're going to the Northwest Auction House?"

  Ye Chen raised an eyebrow, "Is it one of the five major auction houses in Tianfeng Country?"

  Wu Zongming nodded, "That's right, the Northwest Auction House is located in Worry-Free City, and it has existed for hundreds of years, even longer than most large sects. As one of the five major auction houses, the items sold at the Northwest Auction House are all rare treasures, among which there are many precious objects that can bring great benefits to warriors."

  "You must have heard some news," said Ye Chen.

  "Hehe, the Northwest Auction House has a small auction every six months and a big one every three years. This time is just a small auction, but there are not few treasures in it. It's said that there are also three Return to True Pills among them."

  Upon hearing this, Ye Chen's interest was piqued. The Gui Zhen Dan was a highly precious medicinal pellet that had a 50% chance of helping a cultivator at the Condensing Reality stage to advance one level, equivalent to an enhanced version of the Condensing Pellet. Even though he had just broken through and didn't need external assistance with his cultivation, the auction house actually had this kind of precious pellet, so who knows what other interesting things might be discovered.

  "Alright, I'm going."

  Ye Chen agreed.