Chapter Thirty-Eight: Winning Percentage

  A belated update!

  Dinner was very rich, of course, the theme wasn't eating.

  "Dust, why didn't you go to Nan Luo Sect in the first place? If you were there, I, your mother, could have taken care of you too." Shen Yuqing was an outer sect elder of Nan Luo Sect. Although her power wasn't as great as that of the inner sect elders, she could often return home, and Nan Luo Sect wasn't far from Luo City, only a two or three days' journey away.

  Yedu said: "I just want to live alone outside for a while, isn't it good now?"

  Shen Yuqing sighed, "What you said is right, if you had gone to Nan Luo Sect, who knows, maybe you wouldn't have achieved what you have today, it almost misled you."

  Ye Tianhao took a sip of wine and smiled: "Is there any hope to break through the Condensing True Realm recently? The Inner Disciple Ranking Competition of Yunyun Sect will start in a few months."

  "I think it will be at the end of this month!"

  "So confident." Shen Yuqing put down the chopsticks in her hand.

  Ye Chen explained: "I have already condensed a strand of true energy in my body, and I am cultivating the Pure Yuan Technique, which has reached the fifth layer peak."

  Wow!

  Ye Tianhao and Shen Yiqing took a deep breath, within the borders of Tianfeng Country, among the five major sects, many people's cultivation methods were repetitive. The Pure Yuan Technique was also present in the Nan Luo Sect, but those who could cultivate it to the fifth level during the Qi Refining stage were extremely rare, let alone reaching the peak of the fifth level.

  With a wry smile, Shen Yuqing said: "I recall that in the past when I was still an outer disciple of Nan Luo Sect, I also cultivated Pure Yuan Skill, but only reached the fourth layer peak. Who would have thought that my son would surpass me and achieve even greater things?"

  Ye Tianhao nodded, he finally understood how talented Ye Chen was, at least in terms of martial arts cultivation, not inferior to the vast majority of geniuses.

  "By the way, I have some bad news. Ye Tang and Ye Xuan have already broken through to the Condensing Reality Realm." Shen Yuqing said solemnly.

  She didn't intend to say it out loud, fearing it would dampen Ye Chen's enthusiasm, but emotionally and rationally speaking, it was better to speak up and avoid a bigger backlash later on.

  Ye Chen nodded, "I know about Ye Xuan's promotion to the Condensed True Realm, but there's something else you don't know. Ji Xueyan has already gone to Liuyun Sect and asked me to cancel our engagement."

  "Call off the engagement!" Ye Tianhao's chopsticks were snapped in two, his face extremely ugly, coldly snorting: "Yu Qing, I told you before, this marriage was not reliable, now the consequences have come, being rejected in public, how can Dust (Dust is a nickname for someone) make a living?"

  Shen Yuqing was stunned for a long time and came back to her senses, saying: "I am like sisters with Ji Xueyan's mother, I will go talk to her after a while."

  "What else can I say? Doesn't anyone like Dust in our family?"

  Ye Chen's expression remained calm, "You don't have to worry about this, it didn't affect me. The engagement is off, so be it! Anyway, I wasn't planning on getting married too early."

  Shen Yuqing was a mother after all. When her son suffered grievances, she didn't feel good either. She sneered: "In a few more years, she will know that her choice is wrong."

  "Now she's wrong, my son is already a genius, what kind of woman he wants in the future doesn't matter." Ye Tianhao was even more extreme than Shen Yiqing.

  "I don't want to continue this topic," Shen Yuqing said, "Let's put the Ji Xueyan matter aside for now. The most important thing at present is the year-end family gathering. Eighteen young masters from the Ye family will be participating, and the top three can gain the family's strong support. The first place winner will receive a low-grade Storage Spirit Ring."

  He slightly moved in his heart, the current middle-grade storage ring he possessed was too eye-catching, not to mention that the cultivators of the Condensing Reality stage would want it, even the cultivators of the Embracing Origin stage would be tempted, which was very unsafe. If there was a lower-grade storage ring, many troubles could be avoided.

  "At year's end clan meeting, I'll be the first one called." To outsiders, Ye Chen's words seemed arrogant, but he himself didn't think so.

  "Great, domineering, I like it. No matter if you get the first place or not, your mother and I are ready to buy a low-grade storage ring for you."

  Shen Yuqing nodded and said: "As long as you work hard, you can have whatever you want. After all, I've been the outer sect elder of Nan Luo for so many years, I still have some savings."

  Ye Chen smiled, having such parents was his good fortune, but he still liked to rely on his own two hands to achieve it. Of course, he couldn't say too much now, he knew that his parents didn't have high hopes for him to get first place, after all, the Qi Refining Realm and the Condensing Reality Realm were two different concepts, with a huge gap between them.

  After dinner, Ye Chen returned to his own yard.

  The moonlight outside was like water, and the entire Ye family was quiet without a single sound.

  In the house.

  Ye Chendi sat on the bed, breathing steadily and powerfully.

  In contrast to the tranquility outside, Ye Chen's body was turbulent with wind and clouds, his internal energy circulating in a large cycle at three times its normal speed.

  As each cycle of the Grand Heavenly Cycle comes down, a wisp of liquid true energy will be added to the vortex in Yechen's dantian, accumulating at the center.

  After a while, Ye Chen opened his eyes and muttered to himself with a hint of fatigue: "No wonder many people get stuck at the tenth layer of the Qi Refining Realm for more than half a year. It's really too difficult to transform true energy. Even a genius can't achieve it overnight."

  "But at this speed, I should be able to advance to the Condensation Realm in ten days."

  To be honest, very few people can tell when they will break through, but Ye Chen is different. His spiritual power is twice that of ordinary people, and the internal energy of his pure yuan gong is extremely pure, allowing him to accurately grasp the timing of breakthroughs with minimal error, as has been tested in previous attempts.

  Slowly exhaling a mouthful of turbid air, Ye Chen flipped over and got out of bed, coming to the courtyard to practice his swordplay.

  ……

  On the second day, the Ye family was thoroughly lively.

  It's not that the year-end gathering has started, but rather the two great geniuses of the Ye family have returned.

  Ye Tang and Ye Xuan, these two people are not only known in the Ye family but also throughout the entire Luocheng. One reached the fifth layer of Qi Refining at the age of twelve, while the other reached the middle stage of the fifth layer. One was accepted into the seventh-rank great sect Beixue Mountain Villa, and the other entered the number one great sect in Tianfeng Country - the seventh-rank great sect Feicui Valley. They can be said to be the most outstanding talents of their time, with no clear distinction between them. Apart from this, Ye Feng's reputation is not small either, it's just that compared to these two, he falls a bit short.

  Apart from these three, the Ye family had many other young men. Some had entered the sect a few years ago, some were traveling and training outside, some followed their master to travel around the world.

  They also returned one by one to the Ye family home, preparing for the year-end clan gathering in a few days.

  For the servants of the Ye family, guessing who will get first place is currently their greatest pleasure, and this year is no exception. It's said that a secret betting pool has even been set up.

  The highest winning rate is naturally Ye Tang and Ye Xuan. Ye Feng unexpectedly did not rank third, but ranked fifth instead. The third place was taken by Ye Hai, who followed his master to travel the world. The fourth place went to Ye Ming, who was training outside, while Ye Chen directly ranked last, 18th place.

  All these people don't know, but even if they knew, he wouldn't care. After all, being first isn't something you can get just by talking about it, it's based on real ability.