Chapter Thirty-Two: Martial Arts Plaza

  After some thought, Ye Chen opened the box beside his bed and fished out a blue dragon-patterned jade pendant from beneath his clothes. It looked somewhat damaged.

  This jade pendant was spotted by Ye Chen in a pawnshop, and at the time, he felt it was different from others, but didn't know where the difference lay. Now, with his current abilities, Ye Chen could see that there was a blue airflow circulating within the pendant, constantly repairing damaged areas.

  "Congenital Blue Jade!" Ye Chen exclaimed in surprise.

  Jade is divided into innate and acquired, the latter being formed slowly over thousands of years after birth. The former is a kind of innate yuanqi that enters the jade embryo, evolving into a faint spirituality that often has an inexplicable benefit for the wearer.

  However, these two jade are extremely difficult to distinguish, if it weren't for Ye Chen's powerful soul, he definitely wouldn't be able to recognize them.

  "With this Congenital Blue Jade, I can save a lot of time. It's just like when you're about to fall asleep and someone brings you a pillow." Ye Chen smiled slightly, holding the Congenital Blue Jade in his palm.

  He steeled himself, took a deep breath, and circulated the Pure Yuan Technique to its limit, channeling it through his arm's meridians into the prenatal Blue Jade.

  Wow!

  The yuanqi and yuqi in the blue jade have long been merged into one, forming a special spiritual energy that is quite thick and dense. Relying on the pure yuan gong inner energy to absorb it is somewhat troublesome, and each time only a strand can be pulled out, and pulling again will result in exhaustion.

  One strand at a time, slowly.

  As the spiritual energy enters his body, it expands with a loud noise, unbound by the internal energy, and disperses to all parts of the body, as if treating the physical body like a jade body.

  Here is the translation:

  Next comes the key point.

  The mantra of Tempering Jade and Strengthening the Body flowed through Ye Chen's mind, as he utilized his powerful soul force to gather the scattered spiritual energy. He continuously flushed it against his physical body until it finally merged with him, becoming one and inseparable. Upon closer inspection, a faint jade glow could be seen flickering on the surface of his skin, weak enough to be almost negligible.

  Six days have passed in the blink of an eye.

  Ye Chen finally reached the Small Success stage, his physical body merged with 133 strands of spiritual energy, and the luster of the Pre-Heaven Blue Jade gradually dimmed, losing its spiritual energy.

  At this time, he operated the Jade Strong Body Technique, and the surface of his body immediately emitted a jade-like luster, looking indestructible and extremely visually striking.

  He picked up a fruit knife from the table, Ye Chen clenched his teeth and used sixty percent of his strength to stab at a non-vital spot on his chest.

  Bang!

  The fruit knife was no match for the fine steel sword after all, and it broke into two pieces, while Ye Chen's skin only had an additional white mark.

  The jade-like luster faded, and the skin regained its softness. The delicate texture was like silk, rich in elasticity yet still explosive.

  "It's already like this with just the third move being slightly successful, I really don't know what kind of effect the fourth and fifth moves will have."

  Originally, he had planned to master the third move before using the spiritual stone for cultivation, but Ye Chen felt that it was almost enough now. His meridians and physique were sufficient to withstand the impact of the spiritual stone's aura, so there was no need to worry about side effects.

  As expected, the Ling Stone's energy was still majestic and pure, but it was now under control and couldn't stir up any waves.

  As a large amount of spiritual energy transformed into internal energy, Ye Chen quickly broke through the seventh layer of the Qi Refining Realm and reached the early stages of the eighth layer.

  Looking at the low-grade spirit stone that hadn't changed a bit in his hand, Ye Chen thought to himself: One piece of low-grade spirit stone is enough for a True Realm early-stage warrior to use for five days, and I'm only a Qi Refining Realm 8th layer warrior, so I should be able to use it for over ten days, or even more. That deceased senior has left me with an enormous fortune!

  ……

  Wudang Square, where the Flowing Cloud Sect holds its disciple competition.

  Today is not a special day and there are no competitions, but many people have gathered from all directions, mostly outer disciples, with only dozens of inner disciples.

  "Huang Bingwen, don't underestimate Zhang Haoran, he can be called a genius, and there must be two brushes under his hand."

  "Brother Choi is right, skipping levels in Tianfeng Country isn't anything new, don't get too cocky and lose face for our inner sect disciples."

  Three inner disciples walked in a row, with two of them talking, one in front and one behind.

  Wearing a yellow robe, Huang Bingwen said proudly: "Of course I won't underestimate him. At that time, giving him two months was because the Xuanzhong Heart Sutra I cultivated was about to break through to the fifth layer. You know that each layer of the Xuanzhong Heart Sutra has a great difference, so in this way, I have more confidence."

  It has been two months since the Wuji Building incident, and Huang Bingwen has not forgotten about his bet with Zhang Haoran. Moreover, he also wants to try out the power of the Xuanzhong Heart Sutra's fifth layer.

  "You're hiding very deeply in the fifth layer of the Xuanzhong Heart Scripture! Now Zhang Hao Ran won't be able to stir up any waves."

  "Right, I heard you also made a bet with another outer disciple, which is today."

  Huang Bingwen sneered: "As for him, he's only at the sixth layer of Qi Refining Realm, late stage. I can kill him with just one finger."

  "You think you can reach the sixth layer of Qi Refining Realm? You're overestimating yourself!"

  "Heh heh, this year's outer sect disciples are all itching for a fight. I can hardly bear to teach them a lesson."

  Huang Bingwen is today's protagonist. With his arrival, everyone's attention is focused on him, making him feel unprecedented glory.

  Standing on the stage, Huang Bingwen shouted: "Zhang Haoran, come up and accept your death."

  Below the stage, Zhang Hao Ran, dressed in a green robe, sneered: "Huang Bing Wen, you don't have to rush to your death like this. First, take care of that ignorant outer sect disciple!"

  His brother had been seriously injured, but he didn't rush to avenge him. For him, it was also good to let Ye Chen be trampled by Huang Bingwen in public. Why bother getting his own hands dirty? If he were to fight Huang Bingwen first, Huang would surely lose and he wouldn't get to see that scene.

  "It's okay, it only takes one move to deal with him, anyway he can't escape." Huang Bingwen didn't mind this small matter, his eyes scanned around in a circle, searching for Ye Chen's figure.

  In the crowd, Wu Zongming worried: "Ye Chen, although you have reached the 9th layer of Qi Refining Realm, but your opponent has entered the Condensing Reality Realm for a long time. Their cultivation method and martial skills are all higher than yours. It's very difficult to win! Just try not to lose too badly." In the history of Liu Yun Sect, it was rare for outer sect disciples to defeat inner sect disciples, and those outer sect disciples were all exceptionally talented individuals. Ye Chen had decent talent, but it would be extremely difficult for him to compete with Huang Bingwen, almost impossible.

  Ye Chen smiled faintly and said, "I have my own measure."

  Pushing through the crowd, Ye Chen walked towards the martial arts stage and shouted loudly: "Don't look for me anymore, I'm here."

  Huang Bingwen's gaze was fixed on Ye Chen, and he sneered: "Looks like you've been here for half a day, how come you only dare to come out now?"

  Whoosh!

  With a leap, Ye Chen landed on the vast and enormous martial arena.

  "To be honest, you made a mistake by not dealing with Zhang Haoran first, because now you don't have the chance."

  Huang Bingwen raised an eyebrow, "You're so arrogant, soon I'll let you know the taste of the sole."

  An outer sect disciple, he didn't take him seriously at all.