Chapter Fifty-two: The Eve of Returning to the Sect

  PS: From tomorrow on, the first update will be at 2-3 pm. I want to see how long I can persist, and I hope everyone can support me during this time!

  Hmph!

  The sword was drawn out, and Ye Chen's dust fell several meters away, then sheathed the sword.

  "You're no match for me, and I'm sure you have nothing to say for yourself. On the other hand, if I were to lose to you, my cultivation would be completely ruined. Now, I won't kill you or cripple your abilities, but if you continue to pester me, don't blame me for being ruthless. Besides, I believe that the Feicui Valley wouldn't go to war with the Liuyun Sect just because of a small inner disciple like you - you're not even qualified for that."

  "Ye Hai, let's go."

  The dishes were all knocked over, fortunately the two had almost finished eating.

  Ye Hai stared blankly at Ye Chen's back, knowing that his opponent was very strong, yet still feeling a sense of shock. Defeating a mid-stage Condensing Reality martial artist in just dozens of moves - what kind of skill was this? In comparison, the skills he had learned from traveling north and south were nothing but brute force, not worthy of being called a true art.

  At the stairs, Ye Xuan watched as the two of them left, her heart surging with waves, unable to calm down for a long time.

  Perhaps he can really dominate the young generation of Tianfeng Country, and achieve what even his senior brother cannot do. After all, he has just entered the Condensing Reality Realm and defeated Cui Shiming, who is in the middle stage of the Condensing Reality Realm. When he becomes a mid-stage warrior of the Condensing Reality Realm, won't he be able to challenge late-stage warriors of the Condensing Reality Realm? And what about after that...

  "You're despicable, I won't let you off." Cui Shiming bellowed, his face twisted with venom.

  Ye Xuan furrowed her brow and took a glance at Cui Shiming. Although she still couldn't get used to Ye Chen, compared to Cui Shiming, it was clear who was better and who was worse. At least the other party had won with integrity.

  "Chui Shixiong, are you alright?!" Unconsciously, Ye Xuan's tone became much calmer.

  Choi Shimying waved his hand, "This time I was too careless, next time we meet, not killing him will not be enough to vent my anger. You few listen well, if anyone dares to leak out this matter, don't blame me for being ruthless."

  "Don't worry, Brother Cui, we won't say anything more."

  "Not bad, this kid must have known the secret of Shadow Slash a long time ago. Otherwise, how could Master Cui lose to him?"

  It feels much better in his heart, Cui Shiming turned his head to look at Ye Xuan, "Ye Shimei, you are a member of the Ye family, but Ye Chen is someone I must kill, I hope you don't interfere too much."

  "Life and death are each at peace with heaven's decree, this is the warrior's fate."

  "Good!"

  ……

  After returning to the Ye family, Ye Chen and Ye Hai separated.

  In the following days, Ye Chen did not go out and put all his time into cultivation.

  Although his true energy cultivation is much more solid than that of a warrior who has just entered the Condensing True Realm, it's not that simple to reach the peak of the early stage of the Condensing True Realm. He must first accumulate quantity and purify his true energy, step by step consolidating his foundation, before he can elevate his realm.

  Black night, moonlight like water.

  In the courtyard, on a fake mountain, Ye Chen sat cross-legged, each hand grasping a low-grade spiritual stone, placed on his knees, breathing steadily and forcefully, gradually extracting the primordial energy from the spiritual stones.

  The spiritual energy of the Ling Stone is more refined than the heavenly energy, due to its long-term sealing in the Ling Stone. It implicitly contains a kind of spiritual energy that is even more wonderful than the original energy. With prolonged contact, people will gradually become smarter and more refreshed, bringing great benefits to their bodies.

  As the spiritual energy of the Ling Stone flowed into his body through the meridians in his arm, the vortex of true energy in Ye Chen's dantian also accelerated its rotation, as if it were a meat grinder, grinding any incoming object into fragments, re-integrating the true energy and circulating it with other true energies to purify the impurities.

  One circle!

  Two laps!

  Three circles!

  ……

  Seventy-two circles!

  ……

  One hundred and eight laps!

  ……

  Two hundred and forty rounds!

  Until the meridians and dantian were faintly sore, the body was numb and paralyzed, Ye Chen stopped absorbing the yuanqi, and sighed in his heart. If he could absorb and refine the yuanqi without stopping, it wouldn't be difficult to reach the peak of the initial stage of condensing reality tonight.

  Actually, Ye Chen was too greedy. When other warriors of the same realm found out about Ye Chen's thoughts, they must have been extremely jealous and envious.

  To know that the initial stage of condensing the true boundary, martial artists can make a hundred and eight cycles of the macrocosm in their body, which is already a very rare thing. Further, one hundred and fifty cycles are almost impossible for anyone to reach, let alone the unimaginable two hundred and forty cycles.

  All this is due to Ye Chen's strong body and soul, the body can carry more yuanqi, while the soul can control it better. Both are indispensable. As for those talented people who can cultivate faster, the reason lies in their stronger physical bodies and perfect spirits, which are far superior to ordinary people.

  Of course, this is also the reason why the cultivation realm of the True Realm Warrior is low. After entering the Yuanyuan Realm, it often takes several months to close the door, and the Xingji Realm Warrior occasionally appears with a closed door for several years. As soon as he comes out, he shocks the world and sweeps away the high-ranking masters in all directions.

  Unfortunately, the higher the cultivation realm, the greater the difficulty in making progress. Seclusion is a process of refining one's skills, eliminating distractions, and the possibility of making progress is very small. If one's accumulation is not enough, even sitting in seclusion is useless. Many masters who were once renowned for their prowess died in seclusion, unknown and unremembered, and as time passed, people didn't even remember their names.

  Put away the remaining spiritual stone that had not been used up, Ye Chen slowly stood up straight, and in just a flash, he arrived at the green water in the courtyard.

  Treading on ripples, leaves and dust rise and fall with his body, yet he doesn't sink down. This is something that can only be achieved when one's lightness skill has reached an extremely high level.

  "Now that your true energy has fully solidified, it's unrealistic to expect a breakthrough in a short period of time. Starting tomorrow, you can officially begin cultivating the Overlord Fist."

  After gazing at the moonlight for a while, Yexin lost interest and his body suddenly rose like a bird in flight, and with a blink of an eye, he vanished without a trace.

  ……

  The days go by one after another.

  Ye Chen spent all his remaining time practicing Overlord Fist besides accumulating true energy every night.

  This boxing technique is indeed a low-level martial art that requires high physical and true energy demands. If the body is not strong, the arm can be easily damaged by the powerful fist, and if the true energy is not pure enough, the power will not only decrease, but also cause greater damage to the meridians. Over time, it may lead to blockage and blood stagnation.

  No matter what, Ye Chen has already stepped into the threshold and his understanding of Bajiquan is getting deeper.

  Finally, the day of returning home has arrived.

  This time when he returned, he would be able to become an inner door disciple, qualified to choose human-level top-tier martial skills, and have half a year of free cultivation. After half a year, he could receive sect tasks and travel the world. It was said that if one's strength was strong enough, the sect would even send them on missions to other countries. However, such tasks were rare in past years, after all, Tianfeng Country was already big enough, with many tasks to complete, where would there be enough energy to go to other countries?

  What's more, the farther away from Liu Yunzong, the greater the danger, and it's easy to encounter situations where people die without a corpse. For the high-level members of Liu Yunzong, this is not something they want to see happen.