Chapter Thirteen: Strange Shell

  Ye Xiangting and Ye Yun let out a quiet sigh of relief as they saw Si Tu Ran and the others leave, but they were filled with confidence in Ye Xuan's words "Next time I will definitely win you". The strength that Ye Xuan showed was still the genius in their hearts. Ye Zhuo gazed coldly at the departing Si Tu Ran, his eyes full of icy chill.

  "Hey, Ye Xuan, don't be too confident. Judging from Situ Ran's current strength, I'd say he's only one step away from reaching the Nine Heavens Profound Qi." Dongfang Yan looked at Ye Xuan with a hint of warning in her eyes.

  Ye Xuan looked at Dongfang Yan's lovely face, really wanting to go over and take a bite, daring not to believe in my strength, smiled: "You don't know Ye Xuan's principle of being a human, what I say will definitely come true."

  "Yo, I see you've just reached the Eight Trigrams Mystic Aura. If you want to catch up with him, you'll have to use all your might to cultivate!" Dongfang Yanle said with a chuckle.

  Ye Xuan was speechless at Dongfang Yan's way of speaking, and smiled slyly: "That thing, little Yan, how much strength does it take to drink milk? I've never had milk before. Have you?"

  "Ugh, Xiao Xuanzi, you're so evil. I'm not Little Yanyan," Dongfang Yanjiao said with a pout.

  Ye Xuan originally wanted to tease a few more sentences, but was preempted by Ye Zhan's words: "Dongfang girl, thank you just now."

  "It's nothing, anyway I don't like the Situ family either." Dongfang Yan said this and couldn't help but think of Situ Hao, that despicable guy, who had lost to him at the last tournament.

  "Yexuan, I hope you will shine at the tournament."

  A few people chatted for a while longer, and then Dongfang Yan smiled and waved goodbye before turning around and leaving.

  Ye Zhan saw Dongfang Yan's departing back and his mood suddenly became complicated, a voice echoed in his heart: I must become stronger, I must become stronger.

  "Let's go back too!" Ye Xuan said to Ye Yun and the others.

  "Hmm!"

  After going through this conflict, they didn't have the mood to go for a stroll anymore, and they all just nodded.

  …

  Soon, Ye Xuan's great battle with Si Tu Ran in the martial arts arena spread throughout the entire Xihe City, and Ye Xuan also became a recognized genius youth in Xihe City.

  Ye's family, ancestral hall inside.

  "Zhenwu, is Xuaner really in a state of deep contemplation?" Ye asked excitedly.

  "Father, I've checked Xuan Er's strength and indeed it is the Eight Trigrams Mystic Aura. This, I also truly can't believe." Ye Zhen Wu replied.

  Yip Man was delighted to hear Yuen Joong's return, and he smiled: "Joong, you have two good sons. Yim is almost twenty years old this year, I don't know what level of cultivation he has reached now. Chun is only sixteen years old and already has the Eight Trigrams' aura, his potential is also extremely high."

  Ye Zhenwu was also delighted for his two sons.

  Ye Wen continued: "I heard that the daughter of the Eastern City Lord is now a First-Order Star Mirror?"

  Ye Zhenwu nodded and said, "And then there's that genius kid from the Situ family, who was already a first-grade Xuanjing a year ago. I don't know what his strength is now. Hopefully, this year's tournament will be able to surpass him."

  Ye Wen thought for a moment, then said to Ye Zhenwu: "Zhenwu, tell your big brother Zhen Tang that from now on, every month, give Zi Yan, Chen Tian, Zhuo Zhang and Xuan Er four people three more small Xuan Dan to cultivate."

  ……

  In the back mountain of Ye's family, there is a small stream where you can sometimes hear the gentle gurgling sound of water flowing, like a beautiful melody written by nature itself, so pleasant to listen to and with such a lingering resonance.

  By the side of the stream was a piece of bluestone, at this time, Ye Xuan sat on the bluestone, holding six small Xuan Dan in his hand, three of which were taken from Ye Zhentang, and the other three were won by him after defeating Sutu Ran.

  Looking at the small Xuan Dan in his hand, Ye Xuan's mouth corner floated a hint of a smile, and he immediately swallowed one, instantly activating the Qi Shen Technique. The Xuan Qi immediately flowed to every part of Ye Xuan's meridians, and at this time, the Xuan Qi gradually absorbed from the meridians, gathering into his light gray Xuan Men.

  At this time, the familiar soft stone egg's virtual shadow reappeared in the Mysterious Gate. As soon as the virtual shadow appeared, he felt that the absorption of the mysterious energy accelerated, as if the soft stone egg had a strong suction power, quickly absorbing the mysterious energy emitted by the Small Mysterious Elixir.

  Seeing the soft stone egg's virtual shadow appear, Ye Xuan was delighted in his heart. With the help of the soft stone egg, he had confidence to surpass Situ Ran and others like Situ Hao. Having an idea, he began to cultivate seriously.

  The sky had already darkened, and the hazy moonlight was approaching. Ye Xuan had been sitting in meditation for a whole day. He opened his eyes, and in this one day, he had completed the refinement of five small Xuan Dan pills. He could feel the Xuan Qi in his body becoming increasingly rich and powerful.

  He took out the last small Xuan Dan, and without hesitation, he ingested it. The meridians continued to slowly absorb the Xuan Qi emitted by the small Xuan Dan, but this time, the familiar soft stone egg's virtual shadow did not appear. This made Ye Xuan feel very strange, knowing that he couldn't cultivate his heart method now and could only rely on this strange soft stone egg to accelerate his cultivation.

  Ye Xuan muttered to himself: "I'm going to see where you've hidden that soft stone egg."

  He closed his eyes, concentrated his mind and felt that his spirit, will and intention were transforming into a force in the center of his brain. This force slowly moved from his brain to his lower dantian. At this moment, the illusory image of the Soft Stone Egg suddenly appeared before him. His spiritual energy gradually infiltrated into the Soft Stone Egg.

  Inside the Soft Stone Egg was a chaotic world of white misty fragments, with no end in sight and no distinction between east, south, west, or north. Ye Xuan's Heart God Force slowly transformed into a physical body as he entered this chaotic world, and when this body took shape, it was exactly like Ye Xuan, but more like another shell.

  This made Ye Xuan feel a little dazed, and he immediately withdrew this spiritual power.

  Ye Xuan opened his eyes, and the experience he had just gone through filled him with curiosity. He thought to himself, "Could that white misty chaotic world be inside the Soft Stone Egg?" What was even more astonishing to him was that his spiritual will in that world had transformed into another physical body of his.

  Anyway, Ye Xuan couldn't understand it, so he simply didn't think about it anymore. The Soft Stone Egg was a secret that belonged to him and he couldn't ask anyone else for advice, so he could only explore it himself. Without the help of the Soft Stone Egg, Ye Xuan's refining speed of the Xiao Xuan Dan slowed down.

  Just as Ye Xuan was feeling depressed, a series of tinkling sounds came from afar. He looked up to see Ye Yun running towards him, wearing a pale pink embroidered blouse with a layer of light purple cloud-patterned gauze outside, and a wide hem adorned with powder blue floral patterns. On her head, she wore a green jade hairpin with golden threads, which made tinkling sounds as the wind blew.

  Ye Yun came closer and looked at Ye Xuan with a smile, saying: "Xuan brother, I knew you were hiding here practicing."

  Ye Xuan stopped his cultivation, jumped down from the green stone, stretched out his hand to pinch Ye Yun's slightly flushed face and asked: "What made you little girl run here?"

  Ye Yun's face turned red as she brushed away Ye Xuan's hand that pinched her cheek, and pouted: "I hate it, Brother Ye Xuan, why do you always like to pinch my cheeks."

  The girl's soft and gentle voice made Ye Xuan smile awkwardly.

  "Grandpa asked me to come and call you back home, saying that everyone is having dinner together tonight."

  "A dinner gathering?" Ye Xuan asked in surprise. Thinking to himself, what is this old man up to now?

  Ye Xuan nodded and agreed, and the two of them returned to the Ye residence together.