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Chapter 179: Su Changyu Set Up An Array?
Late at night, the sky was as dark as ink.
The entire Jin Nation Academy seemed very quiet.
Most of the people had gone back to rest.
Huangfu Tianlong gazed at the sky alone, filled with an indescribable melancholy.
In the Jin Nation Academy, Ye Ping closed his eyes and sat quietly on the eaves.
He was comprehending the supreme sword intent.
It seemed extremely quiet in the Jin Nation Academy.
Apart from the sound of insects, there was no other sound.
Ye Ping's eyes were tightly shut.
He wanted to comprehend the supreme sword intent.
However, no matter how Ye Ping tried, he unfortunately couldn't comprehend the so-called supreme sword intent.
It was daybreak.
Ye Ping did not feel the supreme sword intent.
He could not even sense the ordinary sword intent, let alone the supreme sword intent.
Ye Ping felt a little upset because of that.
To be honest, if it were not for the fact that Su Changyu had told him about the supreme sword intent, Ye Ping would have felt that it was fabricated.
Otherwise, how could he have not comprehended the supreme sword intent yet after such a long period of time?
However, at this moment, Huangfu Tianlong's figure appeared below.
"Senior Brother Ye, I was summoned by the academy and I have to get going now. I'll come to see you again after the Ten Nations Grand Tournament is over."
Huangfu Tianlong excused himself to handle something.
It was the Ten Nations Grand Tournament tomorrow and he had to make some preparations. He couldn't keep staying in the Jin Nation Academy and hence came over to bid goodbye.
"Go, we'll meet again soon."
Ye Ping said and then watched Huangfu Tianlong leave.
After Huangfu Tianlong left, Ye Ping continued to comprehend the supreme sword intent.
There was no miracle. Even until noon, Ye Ping could not comprehend the supreme sword intent.
At this moment, Li Yu came again.
This time, the disciples guarding the door did not stop Li Yu but allowed him to enter.
"Master, Master, something major has happened."
Upon arriving at the residence, Li Yu hurriedly appeared in front of Ye Ping, seemingly very agitated.
"What's the matter?"
Ye Ping was a bit curious as he did not know why Li Yu rushed over.
"Master, the content for the assessment of the Ten Nations Grand Tournament has been released."
Li Yu said.
He had come over today to inform Ye Ping of that matter.
"Assessment content? What is it?"
Ye Ping asked.
"Master, the content of the Ten Nations Grand Tournament this time consists of a test in the illusory realm, a physical body assessment, and a written literary test."
Li Yu revealed the content of the competition of the Ten Nations Grand Tournament.
"Master, you might really make a name for yourself this time. Apart from the illusory realm assessment, the physical body test and literary test should be your forte."
"The literary test, in particular. Master, do you know that this literary test has made many geniuses dumbfounded. They've all been weeping."
Li Yu said with great agitation. While talking, he even had some movements.
"Literary test? There's such an aspect in the Ten Nations Grand Tournament?"
Ye Ping was surprised.
Ye Ping initially thought that the so-called Ten Nations Grand Tournament should have been a violent competition in the first place.
However, he didn't expect there to be a literary test.
"Master, the assessment for each Ten Nations Grand Tournament is different, but usually, literary tests are rare. I heard that the Ten Nations Academy has invited three Confucian scholars and so this literary test should be the highlight."
"The geniuses of the Ten Nations might be smart but this test requires more than just a little intelligence. You have no idea how many geniuses were distressed after this announcement was made."
Li Yu guffawed.
He was pleased to see how miserable they were.
"They wailed?"
"That's uncalled for."
This time, Ye Ping was indeed a bit surprised.
Although it was true that the literary examination rarely appeared in a cultivators' meet, it shouldn't leave the cultivators wailing.
Those who could become geniuses were not fools, and even if they spent most of their time on cultivation, they might not necessarily fail the test.
However, Li Yu shook his head and looked at Ye Ping while explaining to him.
"Master, you really underestimate the Ten Nations Academy."
"I know what you mean, no one who can participate in the Ten Nations Grand Tournament is foolish, but the literary test of the Ten Nations Grand Tournament is not like an ordinary literary test."
"This is the finale test, and the Ten Nations Academy has invited three contemporary great Confucian scholars to preside over the test. Clearly, it's very strict."
"Think about it, how difficult must it be to write an article that satisfies the Great Confucian scholars?"
"However, you're different from others, Master. I feel that if you participate this time, you can definitely come in first place."
Li Yu smiled the most widely after learning about the content of the Ten Nations Grand Tournament.
Ye Ping also kind of understood after hearing Li Yu's explanation.
The cultivators who participated in the Ten Nations Competition were indeed geniuses, and hence, it was true that there was nothing too difficult to write some essays, but the essays they wrote had to gain the recognition of the Confucian scholars.
They could basically forget about it.
"I really didn't expect that there would be a literary test in the Ten Nations Grand Tournament this time. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that had happened only twice over the years. This is the third time there's going to be one at the Ten Nations Grand Tournament."
"I think this year's Ten Nations Grand Tournament is going to be more exciting than ever. Tsk, tsk."
Li Yu's eyes were full of anticipation.
However, after he was done, Li Yu looked at Ye Ping and continued, "Master, I have already had someone prepare the Teleportation Array. It's going to be the Ten Nations Grand Tournament tomorrow, would you like to sign up? If you do, I'll have someone arrange it immediately."
Li Yu didn't know if Ye Ping wanted to participate in the Ten Nations Competition, so he asked curiously.
"Sign me up."
Ye Ping nodded. After thinking about it for a while, he decided to let Li Yu sign up on his behalf. After all, it would be a waste not to get those million Spirit Stones.
Besides, the content of the assessment of the Ten Nations Grand Tournament did not have any violent bouts and the literary test was quite good in his opinion.
If it was a fight in a ring, Ye Ping would really not be interested.
"Alright, I'll go handle it now. The Ten Nations Grand Tournament will begin at noon tomorrow. How about we set off in the morning, Master?"
Li Yu asked after calculating the time.
"Sure, you shall make the arrangements."
Ye Ping nodded and agreed.
He would leave it to Li Yu to arrange those things.
"Okay, Master, I'll get to it and come see you in the morning tomorrow."
Li Yu also did not say anything else. He was there to get Li Yu's answer today.
Li Yu left after getting Ye Ping's answer.
After Li Yu left, Ye Ping did not idle about either. Since there was a literary test in the Ten Nations Grand Tournament, Ye Ping felt that he ought to read some books.
There was no harm in reading more.
At the same time, in Qingyun Dao Sect.
Su Changyu was seated quietly on the rear cliff.
Since he woke up last night, he hadn't caught any shuteye.
At his realm, lack of sleep would not actually cause any major problem.
Su Changyu was very curious about the reason for his increased frequency of dreams.
Even till now, he still remembered that face.
It was a beautiful woman who was smiling at him at first, but her laughter gradually got maniacal and Su Changyu got the creeps from it.
He did not know what happened nor why he had that dream.
Su Changyu did not want to think about it, but he couldn't help but think about it.
However, at this moment, a figure appeared in front of Su Changyu.
It was Wang Zhuoyu.
At this moment, Wang Zhuoyu appeared at a short distance away from him. He was hanging his head low and seemingly studying something.
Seeing this scene, Su Changyu could not help but be curious as he leaped off the cliff and quickly appeared in front of Wang Zhuoyu.
"Zhuoyu, what are you doing here?"
Su Changyu said.
Wang Zhuoyu was immediately startled and he seemed rather panicky.
"Are you a thief? Why are you so flustered?"
Su Changyu got even more curious.
He didn't understand what Wang Zhuoyu was doing.
"Eldest Senior Brother, don't slander me, I haven't been stealing."
Wang Zhuoyu quickly retorted.
However, he couldn't hide the panic in his eyes at all.
At this moment, Su Changyu knew that this guy must have something to hide.
At the thought of this, Su Changyu immediately took a step forward and looked at Wang Zhuoyu before saying, "Zhuoyu, you'd better come clean and tell me the truth. Otherwise, don't blame me for going to Master."
Su Changyu had a composed gaze.
After hearing his words, Wang Zhuoyu became even more flustered.
"Eldest Senior Brother, it's really nothing, you're being too paranoid. I just came here for a casual walk, what are you suspecting me for?"
Wang Zhuoyu explained, looking mysterious.
"What's that behind you? You're being all sneaky, what are you trying to hide?"
The more Wang Zhuoyu behaved that way, the more curious Su Changyu was. He could tell that Wang Zhuoyu was hiding something, and at that moment, he directly pushed Wang Zhuoyu away in a bid to see what he was hiding behind him.
However, Wang Zhuoyu refused to let Su Changyu see what he was hiding and even turned around to try to destroy it. However, Su Changyu was the Sword Immortal of Qingyun Dao Sect.
Hence, Su Changyu swiftly pushed Wang Zhuoyu away and soon saw what Wang Zhuoyu had been hiding.
Stones.
Yes, stones.
There were twenty to thirty stones behind Wang Zhuoyu which seemed to be in strange positions but they seemed somewhat familiar to Su Changyu.
Soon, Su Changyu remembered what they were.
A few days ago, Ye Ping returned to the sect and would fiddle with stones every now and then, claiming to be setting up an array. Hence, he did not pay too much attention at the time.
Upon seeing this scene, Su Changyu was first stunned, and then he couldn't help but be bewildered.
"Oh, Zhuoyu, are you studying Ye Ping's array formation?"
Su Changyu finally understood what Wang Zhuoyu was doing.
He was studying Ye Ping's array formation.
"Eldest Senior Brother, don't talk nonsense, how could I possibly be studying Junior Brother's array formation? You're spouting nonsense."
Wang Zhuoyu blushed and hurriedly explained.
"You still don't admit it? The other day, Ye Ping has been setting up array formations with stones."
"No way, no way. Zhuoyu, surely you're not starting to learn from Ye Ping, are you?"
"Are you worthy?"
Su Changyu couldn't help but speak up. It was not that he despised Wang Zhuoyu, but rather, Ye Ping was truly a peerless genius while Wang Zhuoyu couldn't even pass his array formation assessment.
'Does he really think he's a supreme array formation master?"
"Eldest Senior Brother, you're wrong. Firstly, I'm not learning from Ye Ping, he's the one who learned from me. Secondly, what does worthiness have to do with this? No matter what, I'm better than you."
Since he had been exposed, Wang Zhuoyu simply admitted it, but he felt that it was not that he learned from Ye Ping but the other way around. He was just taking the time out to study it.
'Besides, if I can't make it, you can't either, can you?'
'Seriously, Eldest Senior Brother, you don't really think you're a supreme Sword Immortal, do you?'
"Better than me? How are you better than me? I'm not trying to criticize you but you've been studying array formations for more than ten years, yet you couldn't even pass the final array formation assessment. How dare you say anything?"
"No matter what, I've come in the top ten places in the Qingzhou Sword Dao Meet, what about you? Not to mention the Qingzhou Sword Dao Meet, have you ever secured one of the top ten places in the array formation competition in Baiyun Ancient City?"
Su Changyu was indeed very sharp-tongued as his words rendered Wang Zhuoyu speechless.
Wang Zhuoyu was even more upset when the array formation assessment was mentioned.
He could have passed the assessment at first, but after being affected by Ye Ping, he had a slip-up and failed again.
That made Wang Zhuoyu feel extremely upset.
Now that Su Changyu brought it up again, Wang Zhuoyu felt like his heart had been stabbed by a knife.
"Eldest Senior Brother, I don't mean anything else, but it's not like we don't know how you managed to get into the top ten places of the Qingzhou Sword Dao Meet."
"Besides, array formation is completely different from the Sword Dao. To be honest, if it wasn't for the fact that Master made me study array formations, I might have excelled in the Sword Dao."
Wang Zhuoyu was indignant.
The few of them were orphans who were adopted together by Daoist Tai Hua.
Daoist Tai Hua had also done some divination for them and learned that Su Changyu was suitable for learning the Sword Dao while Wang Zhuoyu was suitable for learning array formations. Hence, the latter continued learning array formations.
In fact, Wang Zhuoyu sometimes thought that he might not be suitable for array formations but the Sword Dao. Be it the Sword Dao or array formations, they were just as difficult.
However, Wang Zhuoyu was furious because of how Su Changyu mocked him.
"Hah, stupid."
Su Changyu humphed coldly before speaking coldly.
"The Sword Dao is incredibly difficult. In the Dao of array formations, array artifacts, array material, and array diagrams would have to become one and ordinary array formations can be set up by an individual. You're just foolish."
Su Changyu could tolerate anything except being mocked. Hence, he criticized his skill in array formations.
After hearing his words, Wang Zhuoyu couldn't hold back again.
He respected Su Changyu as his Senior Brother but it didn't mean that he had to be polite all the time. Besides, at the end of the day, they were about the same age so they were close like brothers.
Since they were close like brothers, it was normal to have arguments every now and then. However, later on, they became more sensible as they got older and thus became more polite towards each other.
However, Wang Zhuoyu could not tolerate Su Changyu's mocking.
"Eldest Senior Brother, I don't mean anything else. The Sword Dao is indeed very difficult but it wouldn't be that difficult. You tried to learn the Four Thunder Sword Technique, but even till now, you haven't condensed the sword momentum."
"What right do you have to say that the Dao of array formations is simple?"
Wang Zhuoyu retorted.
"Hah!"
Su Changyu sneered and glanced at the stones on the ground, and then slowly spoke, "It looks like you're still not convinced. Do you believe that I can casually set up an array formation?"
Su Changyu was angered too. Wang Zhuoyu actually wanted to mock him for failing to condense the sword momentum.
'They're making it sound like I'm very untalented.'
"Eldest Senior Brother, I'm not being sarcastic, but if you can casually set up a formation, from now on, I will do whatever you tell me to. I'll give you half of my earnings in the future."
Wang Zhuoyu laughed.
'Casually set up an array formation?'
'Do you think you're my little Junior Brother Ye Ping?'
'No, no, big brother, you don't really think you're a peerless expert, do you?'
'The highest realm of lying is to deceive yourself?'
At this moment, Wang Zhuoyu felt that Su Changyu had slipped into obsession and really thought that he was a supreme expert.
"Okay, you said so yourself, don't regret it."
Su Changyu said stubbornly.
In fact, he was now somewhat left with no means of turning back, but in order to defend his dignity and pride as the Eldest Senior Brother, he had no choice but to continue.
"I won't regret it, but Eldest Senior Brother, what if you can't set it up?"
Wang Zhuoyu took a deep breath and looked at Su Changyu.
"Can't set it up? If I can't, I'll call you Eldest Senior Brother."
Su Changyu said furiously.
"Okay then, Eldest Senior Brother, please."
Wang Zhuoyu was furious too. He raised his hand and asked Su Changyu to continue performing.
After he said that, Su Changyu suddenly calmed down.
'What?'
'You really want me to set up an array formation?'
'Great, Zhuoyu, I didn't expect you to have such a grudge against me.'
Su Changyu gritted his teeth and continued.
"You and I are alone here. What if you go back on your word after I really set it up?"
Su Changyu was afraid that Wang Zhuoyu would go back on his word.
"I'll get someone to come over and testify for everyone, alright?"
Wang Zhuoyu seemed to be really insistent.
All of a sudden, Su Changyu was confused.
However, the arrogance in his heart made Su Changyu unable to swallow his pride.
He said calmly, "Go ahead."
Wang Zhuoyu did not say anything more, turned around, and went to invite someone over.
However, as soon as he took a few steps, Wang Zhuoyu said, "Eldest Senior Brother, do you need me to prepare some array artifacts and materials for you? I don't want to hear you making excuses when you fail to set it up later!"
Wang Zhuoyu said in displeasure.
"No, only good-for-nothings need an array artifact."
Su Changyu said. Anyway, he wouldn't be able to set up an array formation with or without an artifact so he decided to pretend to be impressive.
"Okay, Eldest Senior Brother, I'll get someone to come over. Don't go missing later. Whoever slips away will be a dog."
Wang Zhuoyu said again after being mocked.
In fact, he did not want to make it so tense and actually just wanted to go back and rest when he said that he would ask someone to come over.
However, he didn't expect Su Changyu to continue boasting.
Wang Zhuoyu couldn't tolerate it any longer.
He was really going to ask someone to come over, and he deliberately decided to be ruthless.
He wanted to prevent Su Changyu from running away.
After hearing that, Su Changyu froze because he could tell that Wang Zhuoyu was really angry.
They were Senior Brother and Junior Brother after all and they had argued before too. However, their arguments would often end without an outcome.
However, at this point, Su Changyu also understood that Wang Zhuoyu was being serious.
At the thought of this, Su Changyu couldn't help but feel that he had indeed been a bit too harsh with his words.
Su Changyu immediately wanted to say something to ease the tension.
However, he messed up again after saying that.
"Childish."
He said calmly.
All of a sudden, it became the last straw that broke the camel's back.
Wang Zhuoyu's eyes turned red.
He was doing it for real this time.
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Chapter 180: Oh Dear, Su Changyu Really Knows How To Set Up Array Formations?
"Come out and watch the show."
"Second Senior Brother, hurry up and come out."
"Fourth Junior Brother, stop studying talismans, hurry up and come out."
"Fifth Junior Brother, stop poking paper effigies, come out and watch the show."
"Master, come out quickly, I'm going toe-to-toe against Eldest Senior Brother."
"Lingrou, stop reading, come out and watch."
In Qingyun Dao Sect, Wang Zhuoyu's voice broke the peace in the Dao Sect.
"What's the matter? What's going on? What happened?"
"Third Senior Brother, what's the matter with you?"
"How do you know that I'm poking paper effigies?"
"What's there to watch?"
Xu Luochen, Xue Zhuan, Lin Bei, and Chen Lingrou came out of the room one after another, looking at all this with curiosity on their faces.
Daoist Tai Hua also came out of the room and stared at Wang Zhuoyu with a frown.
"Master, Second Senior Brother, I'm not trying to create trouble but Eldest Senior Brother is being too much of a bully."
"He said that I am a good-for-nothing in array formations."
Wang Zhuoyu said furiously with a flushed face.
However, after he said that, everyone seemed rather bizarre.
In particular, Daoist Tai Hua seemed extremely puzzled because he felt that there was nothing wrong with that.
Sensing the peculiar gazes, Wang Zhuoyu was slightly stunned.
"Eldest Senior Brother even said that Second Senior Brother has spent more than a decade learning alchemy in vain."
"He said that Lin Bei and Xue Zhan are both wastrels who are wasting the sect's food."
"He also said that Lingrou daydreams all day long."
Wang Zhuoyu began to make up nonsense.
Everyone was stunned after hearing what he said.
"Eldest Senior Brother actually said that about me?"
"Okay, I didn't say that Eldest Senior Brother is a good-for-nothing and yet he called me a wastrel?"
"Hmph, he said that I daydream all day long? Does he not daydream?"
Everyone was furious and spoke up one after another.
"Sect Leader, why aren't you saying anything?"
Chen Lingrou puffed her cheeks up in anger but she realized at Daoist Tai Hua seemed very calm.
Outside the room, Daoist Tai Hua was stunned to hear Chen Lingrou's voice.
He didn't know how to explain.
Well, he felt that what Su Changyu said was right.
Wang Zhuoyu who was near them, seemed to know what Daoist Tai Hua was thinking. At this moment, he gritted his teeth and spoke up.
"Master, don't laugh, Eldest Senior Brother criticized you too. He said that all you do is do divination that isn't accurate and yet you still think that you're good at it."
"He also said it's a good thing that you didn't teach Ye Ping divination. Otherwise, he'll become a good-for-nothing too."
Wang Zhuoyu went all out.
Anyway, he couldn't take it lying down so he decided to let everyone be upset together with him.
Indeed, Daoist Tai Hua's expression changed drastically after hearing that.
"Did that sinful disciple say that?"
No matter what Wang Zhuoyu said before, Daoist Tai Hua did not feel anything, and he instead felt that Su Changyu was right.
However, when he was involved, Daoist Tai Hua couldn't accept it.
He looked at Wang Zhuoyu in exasperation, thinking that Su Changyu should not dare to say so.
However, at this moment, Wang Zhuoyu could no longer be bothered. Since he was going to frame them, he decided to go all out.
"Master, what I said is absolutely true. If you don't believe me, come with me to the rear cliff and you'll know."
Wang Zhuoyu said with a serious expression.
Everyone looked at Wang Zhuoyu's expression and felt that he was indeed not lying. Hence, they were all furious.
"Let's go to the rear cliff, I shall see if Su Changyu is going to rebel."
Daoist Tai Hua said seriously.
"Yes, yes, go over there and see what Eldest Senior Brother said. If he really said that, replace him. Master, I'm not trying to sow discord."
"Eldest Senior Brother doesn't really think he's a peerless expert, does he?"
"Seems like he has deceived himself."
Everyone said.
While speaking, he walked towards the rear cliff.
Just like that, in less than 15 minutes, everyone arrived with Wang Zhuoyu taking the lead.
In fact, even Da Xu was there.
On the rear cliff, Su Changyu looked at them quietly with shock in his eyes.
He didn't expect Wang Zhuoyu to have called everyone to come over.
At the thought of this, Su Changyu was a little furious.
'Sure, Wang Zhuoyu, you really want to do it for real, huh?'
'Okay, I'll remember this now. Let's go on.'
'One day, you will land in my hands.'
Su Changyu secretly thought to himself, but before he could speak, Daoist Tai Hua interjected.
"Changyu, Zhuoyu told me that you were saying behind my back that my divination is inaccurate and that I get up to tricks all the time?"
Daoist Tai Hua questioned with a stern expression. He didn't entirely believe Wang Zhuoyu's words and hence asked.
On the other hand, Xu Luochen spoke too.
"Eldest Senior Brother, Third Senior Brother also said that you said that I spent over a decade learning alchemy in vain, right?"
"Eldest Senior Brother, did you say that me and Xue Zhan are good-for-nothings?"
"Eldest Senior Brother, did you also scold me and say that I should stop daydreaming?"
Everyone chimed in and Su Changyu was dumbfounded.
'What are you guys saying?'
'What do you mean learned alchemy in vain?'
'What wastrels?'
'What get up to tricks all the time?'
'That might be true but I've never said those things before.'
All of a sudden, Su Changyu couldn't help but look at Wang Zhuoyu and soon figured out what happened.
'This guy must have been spreading rumors everywhere.'
'No wonder Master and the rest came over.' At the thought of this, Su Changyu couldn't help but want to explain.
However, it sounded different from what he intended.
"Am I wrong?"
His voice was very calm, and coupled with his indifferent gaze and elegance, he seemed to be contemptuous.
He inhaled sharply.
Everyone gasped. To be honest, they didn't believe that Su Changyu would say such words at first.
Otherwise, they would have brought their weapons to deal with him.
However, they didn't expect that Su Changyu had really said that.
No one expected it at all, especially Wang Zhuoyu who had merely made things up for the sake of bringing everyone over.
However, he didn't expect Su Changyu to be so arrogant.
'He must be mad. Eldest Senior Brother must have gone mad.'
"Oh dear, Eldest Senior Brother really thinks of himself as a supreme expert."
"I've always admired you as a Senior Brother, but I never thought that you'd think of me in such a manner."
"Master, I didn't expect him to humiliate you too. I'm not the type to create trouble but I can't tolerate this either."
Everyone felt that Su Changyu was being too boastful.
They could accept Su Changyu's boasting but he had gone overboard by doing it to them too.
For Da Xu who was clueless about the truth, Su Changyu was indeed pretending to be impressive.
"Seems like the head disciple of the Qingyun Dao Sect really has to be replaced."
Daoist Tai Hua was a little angry too. He wouldn't comment much about Su Changyu's usual pretentiousness, but he didn't expect Su Changyu to go overboard.
He had to stop him from having such bad habits.
However, Su Changyu was also confused as he felt that his illness was getting worse.
He was now pretending in front of the people he knew too.
He wanted to explain, but as soon as he said it, his words turned out differently from what he expected.
"Enough, Zhuoyu, don't you want to compete in array formations? Since everyone is here, I'll let you know what it means to be a genius in array formations."
Su Changyu said indifferently.
After hearing that, Wang Zhuoyu could not help but sneer.
He refused to believe that Su Changyu could set up an array formation without using anything, just like what Ye Ping did.
If Su Changyu could set up array formations with array artifacts and materials, Wang Zhuoyu swore that he would quit practicing array formations.
"Eldest Senior Brother, please."
"Eldest Senior Brother, do you need an array diagram? I can give you some time, be it one or three months. As long as you can set it up, I'll obey you without complaints in the future."
Wang Zhuoyu said with a serious expression.
On the other hand, Su Changyu shook his head and looked at the sky before speaking slowly.
"A true array formation master doesn't need any external objects at all. Array artifacts, array diagrams, and array materials are all burdensome."
"A real array formation is all about being natural. A real array formation master can use everything in this world as his array artifact, array diagram, and material."
Standing on top of the rear cliff, Su Changyu sounded extremely calm and looked rather mysterious too.
After hearing Su Changyu's words, Wang Zhuoyu and the others all could not help but sneer.
Da Xu was the only one who was the most shocked.
As a Nascent Soul realm cultivator, Da Xu still knew some things about the Dao of array formations. Although he did not understand it well, he understood the basic theory of array formations.
Array artifact, array material, and array diagrams were the core materials of array formations and not a single one could be missing.
Without them, it would be impossible to set up the array formation.
If someone else said that, Da Xu would definitely slap him, but when Su Changyu was the one who said it, Da Xu somehow felt that Su Changyu was a supreme expert.
"Eldest Senior Brother, there's no point in saying that much. Just set up an array formation and show it to me."
Wang Zhuoyu sneered, not wanting to continue talking about nonsense with Su Changyu.
When he was teaching Ye Ping, he could spout nonsense.
He could lie to Ye Ping but not to Wang Zhuoyu.
Hearing what Wang Zhuoyu said, Su Changyu was troubled.
To be honest, he did not want to argue with Wang Zhuoyu, and after they bickered, his bad habit acted up and things escalated out of control.
However, after seeing Wang Zhuoyu's behavior, he was indeed infuriated.
No matter what, he would always be the Eldest Senior Brother of the Qingyun Dao Sect. Yet, Wang Zhuoyu was shaming him again and again.
'You keep pushing your limits, do you really think I don't have a temper?'
At the thought of this, Su Changyu couldn't help but say, "What array formation do you want me to set up?"
Su Changyu asked.
"It's up to you."
Wang Zhuoyu said casually. Anyway, he couldn't set it up so it didn't matter what array formation it was.
Su Changyu did not have any change in expression as he just closed his eyes.
He seemed to be comprehending something.
Wang Zhuoyu and others did not seem curious or shocked. In their opinion, Su Changyu was closing his eyes, all for the sake of pretending to be impressive and to stall for time.
They knew such tactics very well.
On the rear cliff, Su Changyu was indeed stalling for time as he was anxious and at a loss for what to do.
'What do I do? What do I do?'
'Oh dear, oh dear.'
'This is so embarrassing, Su Changyu, Su Changyu, why do you have to pretend in front of people you know too?'
'You really don't think it's embarrassing?'
Su Changyu was really almost crying.
'Is this considered a backfire?'
For two whole hours, even Daoist Tai Hua frowned, let alone Wang Zhuoyu.
In fact, they also knew that Su Changyu was just pretending.
Theoretically, it would be fine to give Su Changyu an out.
However, when they thought about what Su Changyu just said, the crowd didn't feel the urge to be magnanimous to him.
On the rear cliff, Su Changyu stood for two hours, but he realized that no one was giving him an out.
At this moment, Su Changyu knew he had provoked them.
However, after thinking about it, Su Changyu was also furious.
He had indeed gone overboard with the pretense.
However, no matter what, it was not a big deal and he felt that there was no need for them to embarrass him.
Besides, it was all Daoist Tai Hua's fault because if he hadn't told him to go teach Ye Ping, he wouldn't have pretended.
At this point, Su Changyu got angrier and angrier.
In the end, Su Changyu opened his eyes and decided to go all out even if he had to embarrass himself.
"Array formation!"
Su Changyu said on the rear cliff. He wasn't too loud but his voice was full of energy.
Su Changyu's thoughts were simple.
Even if he had to be embarrassed, so be it. He would walk away after saying that and just pretend that nothing happened. At most, he would not come out for the time being.
However, Su Changyu was not spouting nonsense as he remembered that when Ye Ping was setting up the array formation, he had at least brought some Spirit Stones with him but Su Changyu didn't.
A voice sounded.
Everyone couldn't help but be stunned.
In particular, Wang Zhuoyu also somehow felt embarrassed. Although he was furious at Su Changyu for saying those words, he regretted it a little after Su Changyu spoke.
After all, Su Changyu valued pride the most, and if Su Changyu bore a grudge against him for shaming him, he would be in trouble.
At the thought of this, Wang Zhuoyu couldn't help but think about how to give him an out.
However, in an instant, various streams of spiritual energy surged over from the rear cliff.
The terrifying spiritual energy filled the entire Qingyun Dao Sect.
Everyone's expressions changed.
Before they had time to react, array patterns appeared under their feet all of a sudden.
The dazzling array patterns emitted a radiant light and the entire Qingyun Dao Sect was full of golden array patterns.
"What's going on here?"
"What happened?"
'What's going on?'
The crowd was stunned, and Daoist Tai Hua was also confused, not knowing what had happened.
Even Su Changyu on the back cliff was a little confused.
He was not sure what was happening and panicked.
However, there were two people in the Qingyun Dao Sect who instantly understood what had happened.
'Array formation!'
'Array formations.'
'This is an array formation?'
The first to react was Da Xu who was after all a Nascent Soul realm cultivator. Hence, he naturally knew what was happening.
The second one who reacted was Wang Zhuoyu.
As an array formation master, he couldn't possibly not know what was happening.
When an array formation appeared, array patterns would appear.
The array patterns on the ground represented the awakening of an array formation.
At this moment, Wang Zhuoyu froze.
He looked at Su Changyu with his eyes full of astonishment and disbelief.
'Is Eldest Senior Brother really proficient in array formations?'
Besides, he really didn't need any array artifacts or material or even an array diagram.
'This is too exaggerated.'
The fact that Ye Ping did not use an array artifact or material was already exaggerated enough.
However, they did not expect that the wastrel Su Changyu would be able to really set up an array formation.
He didn't need those items either.
'Must you be so exaggerated?'
'Is it this outrageous?'
'Did you cheat together with Ye Ping?'
'Eldest Senior Brother, don't, you'll end up on the God roll.'
"Eldest Senior Brother, what kind of array formation did you set up?"
However, Wang Zhuoyu soon felt that something was amiss and asked Su Changyu what array formation he had set up.
After hearing what Wang Zhuoyu said, Su Changyu was stunned.
'What kind of array formation did I set up?'
'Are you humiliating me now?'
'Sure, Wang Zhuoyu, I didn't expect you to have such a deep resentment towards me.'
'So much for thinking that I should give in to you all the time since you're my junior brother. Indeed, you have a grudge against me.'
Su Changyu did not know that he had set up the array formation and thought something strange had happened.
Hence, after hearing what Wang Zhuoyu said again, he thought Wang Zhuoyu was humiliating him.
"This seems to be a… Teleportation Array. Senior Changyu, where are you trying to teleport us to?"
Da Xu was worthy of being a Nascent Soul realm cultivator. He immediately sensed that this was a Teleportation Array and hence quickly asked.
He was curious about where they were going to be teleported to.
"What? Array formation?"
"Changyu, cut it out, hurry and put away the array formation."
"Does Eldest Senior Brother really know how to set up array formations?"
"Oh my goodness, I thought Eldest Senior Brother was just a wastrel, but I didn't expect him to actually know how to set up array formations."
"Oh dear, Eldest Senior Brother knows how to set up array formations now. Doesn't that mean I have to learn sword techniques too?"
Xu Luochen, Xue Zhuan, Lin Bei and the others couldn't help but speak up, while Daoist Tai Hua immediately told Su Changyu to put the array formation away.
Regardless of whether Su Changyu really knew how to set up the array formation or not, it was better to put it away first.
The array formation was not a joking matter. If one was lucky, it would be fine, but if not, they might be sent to the den of demonic beasts.
Hearing Daoist Tai Hua's voice, Su Changyu was confused.
He didn't even know how to set up an array formation, let alone put it away.
He didn't know how to retract it.
However, before Su Changyu could say anything…
In an instant, the terrifying aura rolled up, turning into a beam of white light and everyone on the rear cliff vanished.
There was complete silence in the Qingyun Dao Sect.
At the same time, in Kṣitigarbha Pavilion of the Jin Nation Academy,
Ye Ping was reading and couldn't help but frown.
For some reason, he was a little bit distracted.
He did not know what was happening but he somehow felt ill at ease. He couldn't even continue reading.
"Is there going to be danger in the Ten Nations Grand Tournament?"
Ye Ping asked with a frown.
He felt that something terrible had happened.
However, he did not know what happened and could only guess that it was something about the Ten Nations Grand Tournament.
After pondering for a while, Ye Ping still didn't have any clue.
He finally found a quiet place.
He took out the insights that Lin Bei and Xue Zhuan had given him.
He then read them.
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Chapter 181: Three Thousand Great Dao Treasure Appraisal
Jin Nation Academy.
Ye Ping was carefully reading the book.
His gaze was very serious.
The book in his hand did not contain many words, but Ye Ping was reading them almost word by word as he comprehended each word carefully.
He was afraid of missing out a single word.
It was a book called "Everything About Ancient Talismans".
Those who specialized in talismans were rare among low-level cultivators, but for the powerful cultivators, talismans were very useful.
There were talismans for Soldier-Forming Beans and channeling lightning to kill enemies or even sealing the heavenly secrets.
The "Everything About Ancient Talismans" book was divided into two parts, with the first one being an introduction and explanation of talismans and their origin.
The second volume was about talismans. In other words, the first part was about theoretical knowledge while the second part contained 365 supreme talismans, making it extremely precious.
However, although the first part of the book contained only theoretical knowledge, there were three ancient talisman diagrams on the last few pages.
"Ancient Heavenly Soldier and Heavenly General Talisman"
"Ancient Spirit-Locking Talisman"
"Ancient Seventh Gold Ancient Thunder Talisman"
There were only three talisman diagrams in the first part of the book and the remaining 362 were in the second part of the book.
Ye Ping understood that the reason that his fourth Senior Brother did not give the second part of the book to him was mainly because he was worried that he could not digest it all.
Hence, Ye Ping carefully read the book and intended to learn those three talismans first.
According to Xue Zhuan, there were three realms in the field of talismans.
The first realm was drawing talismans.
The second realm was turning spirit into talismans.
The third realm was turning divinity into talismans.
The so-called talisman-drawing was the enhancement of a yellow talisman and a talisman brush with spiritual energy, and an infusion of spirit and energy to form a talisman.
Turning spirit into talismans was simpler as it was the condensation of spiritual energy that could be turned into talismans without needing any brush or yellow talismans.
The last one was even simpler as it would allow one to condense a talisman with their own thoughts.
Ye Ping studied carefully.
After a long time, he found some yellow talismans in the academy. Such yellow talisman was not considered precious. Besides, there was a talisman school within the Jin Nation Academy too.
After taking the yellow talisman and brush, Ye Ping raised his arm. In an instant, faint spiritual energy appeared on the talisman brush.
In fact, the refinement of ordinary talismans would require many things such as red ink, the blood of beasts, and other spiritual objects.
However, if one had abundant spiritual energy, they would not need such things.
Ye Ping closed his eyes.
In an instant, he started painting and a golden ray of light began to emit from the yellow talisman.
It was the Ancient Seventh Gold Ancient Thunder Talisman.
However, the talisman consumed one percent of Ye Ping's spiritual energy, which was quite a large amount.
After all, one percent of Ye Ping's spiritual energy was a little more than the total amount of spiritual energy that was contained in a cultivator who had reached the Major Perfection of Foundation Establishment.
A talisman appeared in front of Ye Ping.
The yellow talisman was originally soft but it became as hard as a token after spiritual energy was infused with it and a talisman diagram was drawn on it.
After drawing a talisman, Ye Ping intended to test it, so he headed straight to a large mountain behind the academy to test it.
The talisman paper was in Ye Ping's hand.
It was soon thrown a thousand meters away by Ye Ping.
Boom.
There was a terrifying and deafening sound.
Above the sky dome, a golden bolt of lightning blasted downwards.
It was the Heavenly Thunder that was as thick as a bucket. The impact of its bombardment flattened the mountain.
The loud thunder also immediately drew the attention of everyone at the Jin Nation Academy.
"What's happening?"
"Is there an earthquake?"
"Who's disrupting my peaceful cultivation? Oh, it's Senior Brother Ye, that's fine then."
"What's going on? What's going on?"
The students of the Jin Nation Academy spoke up and walked out one after another. Some were bewildered and some were resentful. However, after seeing Ye Ping's figure, they all fell silent and returned to cultivate.
No one dared to say anything after finding out it was Ye Ping.
Ye Ping looked at the power of the ancient talisman and couldn't help but be shocked.
The power of the Heavenly Thunder was indeed impressive. At the very least, cultivators in the early-stage of the Golden Core realm probably would not be able to resist it.
'Very good, great.'
Ye Ping immediately pulled out a stack of ancient talismans and began refining them. Such things could really exert great effects during critical moments.
Ye Ping did not waste his breath either. Within four hours, he created hundreds of Ancient Seventh Gold Ancient Thunder Talismans.
After drawing hundreds of ancient talismans, Ye Ping put them into the emerald gourd.
Immediately afterwards, Ye Ping did not leave and instead took out the insights given to him by Lin Bei and started reading again.
The method of talismans required slow and careful study. He couldn't rush things.
For now, he was done reading the "Everything About Ancient Talismans" book, and he would slowly study the remaining ones.
Immediately afterwards, Ye Ping began reading the "Three Thousand Great Dao Treasure Appraisal".
Xue Zhuan specialized in talismans.
The fifth Senior Brother, Lin Bei, specialized in something else.
He specialized in treasure appraisal.
The Three Thousand Great Dao Treasure Appraisal was a book of insights that were created based on the characteristics of countless treasures.
There were a lot fewer words than the "Everything About Ancient Talismans".
However, each word was precious.
"Talents are everywhere, however seldom can they be recognized."
"There are endless treasures in this world but there are very few people who can evaluate them."
"What is treasure appraisal? Others don't know what treasure appraisal is."
"True treasures have three main characteristics"
"The first characteristic is ordinary. The more inconspicuous something looks, the more mysterious it is. Hence, the more ordinary they are, the more precious. Back in the day, I saw an ordinary token in the market and everyone thinks that it's an ancient token that dates back to a long time ago. However, I had a discerning eye and I could tell at a glance that this thing is not ordinary."
"In the end, I bought it at a high price and found out that it's indeed the token that was needed to open the ancient emperor's treasure vault, which is invaluable and could be worth the wealth of a country. So, Junior Brother, you have to bear in mind that you will always see treasures in your life, but you must be discerning and look out for treasures that don't look like treasures. You might be in for a surprise."
"However, you must remember. The guideline of treasure appraisal is to buy the best treasure with the least amount of money. Otherwise, if you buy it at a high price, you will not only be at a huge loss, others will suspect you too."
That was the first paragraph of the opening chapter. Ye Ping was in awe and full of praises after reading it.
As a fan of novels, Ye Ping fully understood Lin Bei's intentions.
Indeed, the real treasures were all old in age and were naturally lackluster. However, although they seemed ordinary, they contained a universe.
If treasures could be identified at a glance, there would be no need for treasure appraisers. It was not like everyone was a fool.
Treasure appraisal was all about evaluating treasures that others dropped because the more ordinary they were, the higher the value.
He inhaled sharply.
Ye Ping suddenly couldn't help but think of four words.
The Dao of simplicity.
Indeed, it was the Dao of simplicity. Ye Ping was a little shocked and the art of treasure appraisal also had that meaning. 'Fifth Senior Brother is indeed worthy of being a supreme expert.'
At the thought of this, Ye Ping couldn't help but flip to the second page and continued reading the second attribute.
"The second characteristic is that there are flaws. Since ancient times, there have been changes, countless battles, and fatal calamities. Many treasures had been buried in the world over the years and the more precious treasures must have experienced a great war. There had been battles of life and death, so how could the treasures be perfect?"
"Speaking of which, I have to cite an example. There was once where I found a copper fragment in a market, and at that time, all the cultivators felt that the fragment did not have any value. However, I felt that it must have extraordinary value."
"In the end, I bought it at a high price and the people in the market, as well as countless treasure appraisers, all mocked me but I remained calm. After I brought it back to study it, I discovered that the copper fragment was one of the fragments of the ancient immortal weapon, the Eight Trigrams Cauldron. As long as the remaining 9,999 fragments are gathered, the Eight Trigrams Cauldron can be restored."
"So, Ye Ping, if you find some fragments, remember to observe more. They might be a supreme treasure, and since ancient times, there have been at least 365 immortal artifacts in the world of immortal cultivation. Treasure appraisers have only one goal in their lives, and that is to search for the pearl of the ocean and to obtain an immortal artifact. Ye Ping, good luck."
That was the second paragraph.
After reading it, Ye Ping admired Lin Bei even more.
Those words were the quintessence.
After thinking about it carefully, he felt that Lin Bei's words were all true.
Since ancient times, there have been many treasures that were owned by experts. However, there had been many fights and there might be a life and death battle at every turn.
In the case of life and death battle, who cared if the treasure would be damaged or not? They would just go all out.
In the end, people died and the treasures were turned into various pieces of debris.
Hence, damaged objects were indeed likely to have extraordinary origins.
Ye Ping remembered it.
He then turned to the next page.
He looked at the third characteristic.
"The third characteristic is inconspicuousness. The more precious a treasure is, the more likely it is to be in inconspicuous places, such as a street stall or in a small auction house. Large trade unions have their professional treasure appraisers and anything would be put through countless tests by them until it is determined that it cannot be a treasure. It will then be sold at a high price, so it's almost impossible to get any treasures from a large trade union. Even if you do, it'll only be because of luck, so don't waste time in the large trade unions."
"Speaking of which, I have to mention this. Back then, I had once attended a grand banquet of the Ten Nations and I saw a stone at a small stall. Everyone thought that it was an ordinary stone but I knew that the stone contains a supreme treasure. Indeed, after I sliced it open, I discovered the mysteries within it."
"So, Ye Ping, you must remember that ordinariness, flaws, and inconspicuousness are the key clues to finding treasures. Comprehend the remaining ones well and I hope that you can one day become the greatest and most noble treasure appraiser in the world."
"Of course, the three points that I mentioned can only be comprehended by ordinary people, but if you do manage to, don't think that I'm fabricating nonsense. Sometimes, a supreme secret manual can only be understood by a supreme person. Do you understand?"
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At the thought of this, Ye Ping couldn't help but say slowly, "Ah, Senior Brother, I'm enlightened."
Ye Ping had really comprehended it. In the past, he was imagining it, but now, he had completely comprehended it.
It struck a note within him.
To be honest, Ye Ping can't wait to find a cultivator bazaar to verify his skill in treasure appraisal.
However, Ye Ping bore with it.
He continued to look at the content at the back.
The rest of the content was a description about the division of treasures.
In the world of immortal cultivation, all treasures could be divided into five major grades.
Dharma Artifact: Artifacts that can carry Dharmic powers and are mostly suitable for Qi Refinement cultivators.
Spirit Artifact: Contains an array and an artifact with some spirituality, mostly suitable for Qi Refinement cultivators.
Treasure Artifact: The treasure of artifacts, contains incredible power, mostly suitable for Golden Core realm cultivators.
Dao Artifact: Contains Dharmic Dao and a unique sentience, mostly suitable for cultivators at the Nascent Soul realm and above.
Immortal Artifact: Contains the complete laws and the ability to destroy heaven and earth. Those who have yet to transcend the tribulation cannot touch it.
Those were the five grades of treasures in the world of immortal cultivation.
There were two types of immortal artifacts, namely supreme-grade immortal artifacts and ancient immortal artifacts.
The 365 immortal artifacts that Lin Bei mentioned in the book referred to the supreme-grade immortal artifacts.
The immortal artifacts were the best of the best as they could kill immortals and suppress them. However, almost all of them disappeared over the numerous years. It was said that each of the five dynasties had a supreme-grade immortal artifact. There were also supreme-grade immortal artifacts in the holy lands in the world.
Once those supreme-grade immortal artifacts were awakened, they would have the ability to sink a country's land and a mere thought of it would cause a country like the Jin Nation to be destroyed.
As for the ancient immortal artifacts, they were known as immortal artifacts bred out of heaven and earth which were undoubtedly full of myths and legends.
The Three Thousand Great Dao Treasure Appraisal contained numerous records of supreme-grade immortal artifacts and ancient immortal artifacts. Ye Ping finished reading them seriously as he was afraid that he would miss an immortal artifact if he saw it one day.
After carefully reading it, the sky turned bright again.
At this moment, Ye Ping was full of excitement.
All he could think about now were supreme-grade immortal artifacts and ancient immortal artifacts.
There were 365 supreme-grade immortal artifacts and a total of ten ancient immortal artifacts.
However, the ancient immortal artifact was too far away. Ye Ping wasn't greedy and just hoped that he could get a supreme-grade immortal artifact one day.
It was morning.
While Ye Ping was still thinking about it, Li Yu came.
He had arrived two hours earlier to see Ye Ping.
"Master, the array formation has been set up. Shall we leave at seven?"
Li Yu walked over, all smiles.
"Why are you so happy? Are you also going to participate in the Ten Nations Grand Tournament?"
Seeing the smiling Li Yu, Ye Ping was a bit curious as he felt that his smile was rather strange.
"Master what are you saying? If I participate in the Ten Nations Grand Tournament, I'd be bringing shame to the Jin Nation."
Li Yu knew clearly how capable he was.
"Why are you smiling so merrily then?"
Ye Ping was rather shocked.
"Master, you can't blame me if I tell you. There's going to be a literary exam in the Ten Nations Grand Tournament this time."
"This resulted in great confusion and many rich people placed their bets on the person whom they think can clinch first place in the Ten Nations Grand Tournament. The odds for the Jin Nation is relatively high at 1:4, so I bet on Jin Nation winning."
Li Yu stated the reason for his joy.
Ye Ping was rather shocked.
"You can bet on that too?"
Ye Ping was really a little surprised.
"Master, that's no big deal, you just need someone to start the bet. Twenty years ago, there were people betting on which of the nine princes of the king would become the crown prince of the Chen Nation."
Ye Ping was flabbergasted after hearing Li Yu's words.
"That works too? How much did you bet?"
Ye Ping was rather shocked.
"Master, I didn't bet much, just a few million."
Li Yu looked a little embarrassed.
"A few million? Inferior-grade Spirit Stones?"
Ye Ping asked curiously with composure.
However, Li Yu shook his head and then answered.
"Superior-grade."
After hearing his words, Ye Ping couldn't help but size Li Yu up.
"How much have you embezzled? Li Yu, as the Crown Prince, you might need to spend Spirit Stones on dressing up, but a million superior-grade Spirit Stones is almost as much as the tax revenue of a province accumulated over several years."
"As a Crown Prince, you have to set an example and stay away from corruption. Do you understand?"
Ye Ping looked extremely serious.
He would usually just ignore whatever Li Yu usually went up to, but since this concerned principle, Ye Ping had to stop him.
Everyone in this world except the Crown Prince could be greedy.
However, at this moment, Li Yu instantly pulled a long face.
"Master, you're wrong, how can I be such a treacherous person? I might idle about usually but I'll never have a corrupt character."
"Master, these Spirit Stones belong to me and all the scions in Jin Nation. I can't afford tens of thousands of Spirit Stones alone, what more a few million."
Li Yu explained.
Ye Ping was slightly relieved to hear his words.
After all, if Li Yu was really that kind of person, he might have to consider expelling him.
"How many Spirit Stones did you bet?"
Ye Ping asked.
"I? I didn't place any bets, I just instigated them to bet, and if they win, I'll take 40%, but don't worry, Master, I won't shortchange you. I'll give you half of the 40%."
"In short, I'll put in some effort and everyone gets to eat."
Li Yu said seriously.
When Ye Ping heard this, he could not help but smile bitterly and look at Li Yu.
"How will you account for it if I don't come in first place?"
Ye Ping asked.
"I'll just take it that I owe them a favor. There are risks involved in bets in the first place. Besides, those scions will spend their Spirit Stones on fooling around if they have any. They might as well bet with me, and if we win, we'll earn together. If we lose, we'll just get to work."
Li Yu seemed nonchalant.
Ye Ping did not say anything either. After all, those were Li Yu's personal matters.
However, after that, Ye Ping continued to ask.
"Li Yu, let me ask you something, is there a grand bazaar at the Ten Nations Grand Tournament?"
Ye Ping asked.
Since he read the Three Thousand Great Dao Treasure Appraisal, Ye Ping was now craving for more. If not for his lack of capital, Ye Ping was not even willing to participate in the Ten Nations Grand Tournament.
"Bazaar? Do you mean a treasure fair?"
Li Yu frowned as he soon understood what Ye Ping meant.
"Yes, yes, a treasure fair. Will there be one?"
Ye Ping nodded.
"Of course. The Ten Nations Grand Tournament is a great event, and there'll naturally be cultivators selling all sorts of strange and exotic treasures. You can definitely get some. However, the only troublesome thing is that such events will be the liveliest at noon but the stalls will close by evening."
"The assessment of the tournament is extremely difficult and it's possible for it to last up to three days and three nights. Hence, you'll easily miss the event."
Li Yu said.
Hearing this, Ye Ping could not help but frown slightly.
Some time later, Li Yu could not help but remind.
"Master, let's go now, shall we? It's almost time."
"Okay."
Ye Ping nodded and left the Jin Nation Academy with Li Yu without saying much.
At the same time, in a dark place.
A voice slowly sounded.
"Is someone there?"
It was Su Changyu's voice.
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Chapter 182: Close Shave With Death, Daoist Tai Hua's Art of Divination
"Is there someone?"
A voice sounded in the darkness.
Soon, another voice resounded.
"Eldest Senior Brother, is that you?"
It was Xu Luochen's voice.
"Where is this?"
Wang Zhuoyu spoke too.
"Why is it so dark here?"
Clearly, all the disciples of the Qingyun Dao Sect had arrived.
"Who's lighting the fire?"
Lin Bei asked.
"Let me do it."
Da Xu said excitedly.
Soon, a beam of light appeared. It was emitted from a pearl in Da Xu's hand that was giving off a white light that enveloped the surrounding.
In an instant, everyone saw everything around them.
"Eldest Senior Brother."
"Second Senior Brother."
"You're all here, huh?"
"It's alright, we're all together."
"Where is this hell hole?"
"Eldest Senior Brother, I didn't think you actually knew array formations, when did you learn them?"
The people discussed and first scanned their surroundings, only to discover that there was a large cave inside.
Everyone from the Qingyun Dao Sect was present, including Gu Jianxian.
"Disciple-Nephew Gu, what are you doing here?"
Chen Lingrou couldn't help but speak up. She looked at Gu Jianxian curiously because she hadn't seen him before.
However, before Gu Jianxian could answer, Xu Luochen beat him to it.
"Eldest Senior Brother, I didn't think you actually knew array formations, when did you learn them?"
Xu Luochen's words made everyone curious.
In particular, Wang Zhuoyu was dumbfounded.
Who would have thought that Su Changyu would really know how to lay array formations?
Besides, the most outrageous thing was that Ye Ping had set up an array formation according to an array diagram.
'Where's Su Changyu?'
'He managed to set up an array formation by just saying something?'
'That's even more outrageous than Ye Ping.'
'Is Eldest Senior Brother really a supreme talent in array formations? Was he just led astray by the Sect Leader?'
Standing among the crowd, Su Changyu was also a bit confused.
He had never learned any array formations, so he was prepared to run away after calling for the array formation to appear.
However, he didn't expect the array formation to be activated.
'This… is a little too exaggerated, isn't it?'
All of a sudden, Su Changyu couldn't help but have a shocking thought in his head.
'Am I really an array formation master?'
He inhaled sharply.
'Wouldn't I excel greatly then?'
However, in the face of the crowd's doubts, Su Changyu felt the need to explain something
As soon as he said that, he felt that something was wrong again.
"Array formations are no big deal."
He sounded extremely composed and looked even more condescending than before.
As soon as he finished speaking, Su Changyu was stunned, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was indeed not a big deal.
He thought that setting up array formations was an extremely difficult task but he didn't expect it to be that.
At this moment, everyone was speechless.
Su Changyu's actions had indeed shocked everyone.
In the eyes of the crowd, Su Changyu was a good-for-nothing, but today, he changed their opinion of him.
"Eldest Senior Brother, teach me array formations when you're free."
"Eldest Senior Brother, you're so mighty!"
"Eldest Senior Brother, what kind of place is this? Why don't you set up another array formation to get us back to the sect? We'll talk when we return."
Xu Luochen, Chen Lingrou, and Xue Zhuan spoke up one after another, their hearts full of astonishment and excitement.
However, Daoist Tai Hua, who was at the side, could not help but be silent after seeing this scene.
Before Su Changyu could answer, Da Xu spoke up.
"I'm afraid he can't do that. Everyone, haven't you noticed that this is a place without spirit? Look behind you."
Da Xu observed the surroundings, and the first thing he noticed was that there was something odd about this place.
It was a spiritless area.
The so-called spiritless area was a zone without spiritual energy, and in such a place, even if one had incredible Dharmic Dao, they would not be able to extract any spiritual energy and the spiritual energy within them would be suppressed too.
Only one's physical body would work and that was the reason that many cultivators would temper their physical body every now and then, for fear that they would one day reach such a spiritless area.
After learning that it was a spiritless area, the crowd did not seem surprised at all because even if there was spiritual energy, it would be of little use.
However, it was different in Da Xu's eyes. Ordinary cultivators would react vigorously after hearing that it was a spiritless area.
However, they all seemed extremely calm. It was no wonder that they were supreme experts.
However, they turned back and looked.
They saw a stone tablet.
On the stone tablet, it was written "Close Shave With Death Cave".
Immediately afterwards, there were ten caves behind the tablet and everyone's expression changed a little.
"Where is this hell hole?"
"Eldest Senior Brother, where did you transport us to?"
"Eldest Senior Brother, stop it, send us away."
"Close Shave With Death Cave? Who's that bored?"
Everyone discussed. They were still a little confused about what had happened.
Su Changyu was confused.
He had no idea where they had been teleported to, and to be honest, he had no idea that he would activate the Teleportation Array.
"Everyone, if I'm not wrong, this should be a mystic realm, right?"
Da Xu looked around him. Being a Nascent Soul realm cultivator, he naturally knew more, and thus he could detect at a glance that it should be a mystic realm.
"Mystic realm?"
"You said it's a mystic realm?"
"Are there treasures then?"
Upon hearing that it was the mystic realm, everyone immediately snapped back to their senses. They had never been to a mystic realm, but they knew what a mystic realm was.
In ancient times, some powerful cultivators had opened up mystic realms for their descendants to come and fight in and inherit their legacies, before they died.
The mystic realm represented danger and also all sorts of opportunities.
"It should be a mystic realm, but I don't dare to guarantee it."
Da Xu did not dare to be 100% certain as it only seemed to be the case on the surface.
"Let's not worry about that first, let's talk about Eldest Senior Brother."
"Eldest Senior Brother, when did you learn the array formation?"
"Yeah, Eldest Senior Brother, this array formation is so much better than the third Senior Brother's. Third Senior Brother is so wishy-washy when he sets up array formations and yet you can set up an array formation just by saying something. How did you do that? I'd like to learn too."
"I want to learn it too."
Everyone was curious, including Da Xu.
Wang Zhuoyu was the only one who felt sad.
Su Changyu glanced at the crowd and sneered in his heart.
'Array formation? You just need a pair of hands.'
'You guys don't really think that I'm a good-for-nothing, do you?'
Su Changyu was elated. Having cultivated in the Sword Dao for so many years, his junior sisters and junior brothers had always looked down on him.
He did not expect to be talented in array formations, and anyone in his place would be glad.
However, Su Changyu knew that he had to maintain a mysterious attitude.
He could not explain it clearly. Besides, the more he said, the more mistakes he would make. Hence, he might as well let them guess it for themselves.
"In fact, I have been thinking about a problem. Master, don't get angry but you found a Dao for each of us after divination. However, we've been having mediocre achievements after cultivating for more than a decade. Could it be that you made a mistake?"
Xu Luochen discovered the key point. The fact that Su Changyu managed to casually set up an array formation made him curious and shocked.
Now he couldn't help it, so he looked at Daoist Tai Hua and asked that question.
Daoist Tai Hua was the one who had the most vigorous reaction.
"What nonsense are you babbling? How could I have made a mistake? Maybe Changyu is talented in array formations but he's definitely the most talented in the Sword Dao."
Daoist Tai Hua would never admit that he had made a mistake. Absolutely never.
"I don't care, I'll try the Dao of array formations. If I can't, I'll try talismans. I really haven't tried the other Dharmic Dao."
Xu Luochen said as he continued to watch Xu Luochen pretending to be impressive. He was really jealous and he wished he could go back to the sect now and see if he was talented in other aspects.
They were discussing.
Da Xu saw everything. He didn't believe it at all.
He knew that Daoist Tai Hua was still pretending because Ye Ping had mentioned it before he left.
The big shots of the sect were all great at pretending and they probably didn't show their true strength because of some secret. They would still pretend to be like ordinary people.
To be honest, since Ye Ping left, Da Xu seriously observed these people.
He felt that they were really good at pretending.
If he hadn't known that they were supreme experts, Da Xu would have almost been deceived.
"Master, there's an opportunity now to prove whether your divination is good or not. This is the Close Shave With Death Cave, try predicting which cave leads to the way out. You should be able to prove it immediately."
Lin Bei asked.
He pointed at the Close Shave With Death Cave.
After hearing his words, everyone nodded.
What a good idea.
Everyone immediately looked at Daoist Tai Hua.
Sensing the crowd's gazes, Daoist Tai Hua humphed coldly.
Faced with everyone's doubts, he knew that he had to reveal his skills.
Otherwise, they would rebel.
Thinking of this, Daoist Tai Hua took out a copper coin, followed by a turtle shell, and put the coin into the turtle shell.
He then shook it continuously.
He closed his eyes and kept chanting in his heart.
"Heavenly secret, Heavenly secret, I'm testing for blessing and disaster. Please face up if the first cave is a way out! If not, please face down."
Daoist Tai Hua kept reciting in his heart.
That was his Heavenly Secret Divination Technique.
It was simple, direct, and convenient.
About eighteen minutes passed.
Daoist Tai Hua poured out the copper coin.
It was facing upwards.
In an instant, Daoist Tai Hua could not help but say with a joyous expression,
"It's a way out."
Daoist Tai Hua pointed to the first cave and said with great joy.
However, as soon as he said that, everyone's faces changed and so did Gu Jianxian's. Da Xu was the only one who was looking at Daoist Tai Hua in admiration.
"Master, can you be more serious?"
"Master, are you telling me it's a way out?"
"Master, cut it out, how can it be the first one? Do it again."
"Master, how did you figure it out? I see others doing it with several copper coins. Yet, you managed to do it with one? Tell me the principle."
Everyone spoke.
It wasn't that they didn't believe in Daoist Tai Hua, but mainly because it was indeed a bit outrageous.
'It's decided based on heads or tails? Isn't it a 50-50 probability?'
Although they respected Daoist Tai Hua, they were not stupid.
"Don't you guys believe in me?"
Daoist Tai Hua frowned a little.
"I believe in you. Master, why don't you go in and try? If it's dangerous, call us and we'll rush in together. If not, we'll follow immediately. How does that sound?"
Xu Luochen seemed extremely serious.
As soon as he said that, Daoist Tai Hua shook his head immediately.
"Heavenly secrets are not to be revealed. I defied heavens and altered your fates for you. I can't take the initiative to go. How about this? Luochen, you go in and take a look. If there's danger, call out to us and I'll dash in immediately. If not, we'll follow you in."
Daoist Tai Hua was not a fool. Although he had confidence in his divination skills, heavenly secrets were unpredictable. If there was a slip-up, everything would be over.
"I'm not going, I won't go even if I have to die."
Xu Luochen immediately took a few steps back, dead bent on refusing. If there was really danger, he would be in trouble.
If he died, it wouldn't be a big deal, but there would be one less peerless alchemist.
"Second Senior Brother, go, we definitely won't be at a loss. If there's really danger after you enter, you'd be saving all of us. Saving a life is better than building a seven-storied pagoda. There are ten of us here, it'd be worth it."
"There will be endless merit. You can go through Immortal Ascension immediately too. If it's a way out, there would definitely be treasures. We won't be at a loss no matter what. Second Senior Brother, trust me!"
Xue Zhuan said. He had already calculated it carefully and discovered that he would not be at a loss no matter what.
However, as soon as he said that, Xu Luochen dared not go ahead.
However, someone was tempted.
Da Xu, who was behind the crowd, was tempted.
In particular, after hearing Xue Zhuan's words, he was even more tempted.
If he died and rescued everyone, there would indeed be endless merit. If he didn't die, he would be able to get treasures.
Besides, if there was really danger, the experts would definitely help him, right?
Besides, Da Xu somehow felt that it was a test for him. He thought that they had actually long seen that the cave would lead to a way out, and which ones would lead to death.
They just wanted to test him, and if he was willing to sacrifice, they would be moved by him.
Daoist Tai Hua did not mess around.
He repeatedly made a divination several times and discovered that the first one was indeed a way out.
However, at this moment, Chen Lingrou spoke up.
"Master, why don't you test the other caves by using divination?"
Daoist Tai Hua was suddenly enlightened.
'Yeah, I'll do a divination on the other caves.'
Thinking of this, Daoist Tai Hua immediately did a divination on the second cave.
'Hey!'
'It's a way out too?'
'The third one too?'
'Why are the fourth, the fifth, the sixth, the seventh, and the eighth all ways out?'
When he reached the ninth, a path to death appeared.
The tenth one was a way out too.
Weren't there only one way out and nine paths to death?
'Why are there nine ways out and only one to death?'
'Is it really reversed?'
Daoist Tai Hua frowned.
He still did not believe it, and hence, he did the divination thrice.
He finally came up with a very surprising result.
Apart from the ninth cave, the rest were all a way out and he repeatedly tested three times, only to get the same result.
Daoist Tai Hua even did a divination on the ninth cave.
No matter how the divination was done, it still turned out to be a path to death.
"That's odd! Aren't there nine ways out and only one to death? Why does it lead to only one path to death?"
Daoist Tai Hua looked at the ninth cave.
After everyone heard Daoist Tai Hua's words, they somehow seemed to have understood something.
Of the ten caves, nine would lead to survival and one would lead to death.
If Daoist Tai Hua's divination was reversed, the only path to death would be the only way out.
However, at this moment, Daoist Tai Hua slapped his thighs and seemed to have realized something.
"I get it."
"This stone tablet is fake, it's confusing us and there should be only one path to death. It's trying to trick us."
"Good thing I can do divination. Otherwise, we would be in trouble if we accidentally walked into the path of death."
Daoist Tai Hua slapped his thigh and said with confidence.
Everyone was speechless.
Apart from Da Xu, they all had strange expressions.
'Only one path to death? Trust Daoist Tai Hua to be able to come up with that.'
'Must you go to that extent?'
'If there's a 90% chance of success, what is this thing for?'
The crowd didn't know what to say, but at that moment, Da Xu spoke up.
"Let me try. Regardless of whether it's one or nine paths to death, I'll do it for the sake of everyone. I have no kin, and after coming to the sect, I felt familial warmth. I have nothing more to ask."
"If I can't return, I still hope that you can remember me. If I do manage to survive this time, I hope that you can accept me from now on."
Da Xu said generously.
Everyone was indeed touched by his words.
"Da Xu, you're really like Bodhisattva."
"Da Xu, I couldn't tell that you had such a kind heart. I'll always remember you."
"Da Xu, don't goon, if we can make it out alive, I'll teach you the art of alchemy."
"I'll teach you the Dao of array formation."
Everyone spoke up and Wang Zhuoyu snapped back to his senses.
However, when Da Xu heard the mention of the Dao of array formations, he was stunned. He then looked at Wang Zhuoyu and said, "I want to learn alchemy first."
Wang Zhuoyu was speechless.
'Go to hell.'
Wang Zhuoyu fell silent and once again fell into a state of melancholy.
"Forget it, it's better to think of a solution first. Da Xu, don't be impulsive."
Daoist Tai Hua spoke, intending to do some more divinations. If something terrible happened, they would really be in trouble.
"Sect Leader, you're so scared of everything, what's the point of talking about cultivation and the Great Dao then? I'll go."
Da Xu was full of generosity, and without any nonsense, he dashed straight into the ninth cave.
He did not care whether there was one path to death or nine.
Anyway, as long as there was danger, the experts would definitely intervene.
He wouldn't lose out if there wasn't danger.
In short, he would definitely be able to win their favor.
Soon, Da Xu vanished and entered the cave.
Everyone was a little nervous as they were looking forward to the result.
Fifteen minutes passed.
At this moment, Da Xu suddenly spoke up.
"Everyone."
Everyone got up nervously.
"What's the matter?"
"What's the matter? Da Xu?"
"I told you, this is the path to death and you still won't believe me! Great, now someone's dead huh? How are you going to explain it to Ye Ping?"
"Da Xu, don't be afraid, you're about to reach Greater Mastery and Immortal Ascension. Don't be scared."
Everyone spoke up nervously.
Xue Zhuan continuously comforted Da Xu and told him that he was going to reach Immortal Ascension soon.
However, at the next moment, Da Xu suddenly spoke up.
"There's no danger, come here quickly."
Everyone was stunned.
In particular, Daoist Tai Hua stood rooted to the ground.
At the same time, in the Great Xia Dynasty palace.
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Chapter 183: Wei Nation's Sky, The Disgust Towards Bootlickers
In the Great Xia Dynasty Palace, the Crown Prince was sitting in the middle of the grand hall.
He was assessing some official documents.
As the crown prince of the Great Xia Dynasty, he had the responsibility of supervising the state, and some of the documents and articles of the civil and military officials would have to be sent to him for approval.
The approval of official documents was a very tedious process but he did not have any complaints, and in fact, he even enjoyed the feeling of it.
It wasn't only because he had the feeling of being in charge of everyone's fate, but more importantly, he felt that the responsibility of supervising the state and deciding whether or not the official documents should be approved would allow him to expand his power.
For example, if there was a mystic realm with treasures, he would be able to send his subordinates to deal with it. By relying on the information, he would be able to earn a large number of Spirit Stones.
Besides, those Spirit Stones were what he used to win the support of others.
Despite being the crown prince of the Great Xia Dynasty, he needed Spirit Stones more than others. Spirit Stones were akin to money in the mortal world. No one would complain about having too much money, and no cultivator would dislike Spirit Stones.
In order to win the support of others, he would have to bribe them with lots of money. Otherwise, even with his identity, it would be difficult to poach them without offering them any interests or benefits.
However, at this moment, a figure appeared in the hall.
"Your Highness, we have thoroughly investigated clearly and found out that the Seven Ancient Kings mystic realm has indeed appeared in the southern mountains of the Chen Nation."
The figure appeared and knelt before the Crown Prince respectfully.
"Indeed."
The crown prince of the Great Xia Dynasty put down the brush that was dipped in red ink and slowly sighed.
"The Seven Ancient Kings are the seven peerless powerhouses of the ancient times who have left behind legacies that are extremely helpful to me. Yan Jiu, you must keep a close eye on this matter. I have to get my hands on the Seven Ancient Kings mystic realm. Do you understand?"
The crown prince of the Great Xia Dynasty said with a firm expression.
"Rest assured, Your Highness."
"However, Your Highness, you will need the Seven Kings' ancient tokens in order to open the Seven Ancient Kings mystic realm. It's very difficult for me to find them, so please forgive me."
Yan Jiu lowered his head and said.
However, the crown prince of the Great Xia Dynasty shook his head and looked extremely composed.
"You don't need to search for the Seven Kings' ancient tokens. I already have three and there are two in the Great Ze Dynasty. The Xuantian Sect and Grand Pure One Sect have one token each. We'll go to the Seven Kings' ancient ruins together some day."
The crown prince of the Great Xia Dynasty said with great confidence.
"Your Highness, you're really blessed. However, if we get the Great Ze Dynasty, Xuantian Sect, and Grand Pure One Sect involved, will there be a great battle involved?"
Yan Jiu asked worriedly.
However, the crown prince of the Great Xia Dynasty smiled even more confidently.
"Battle? The crown prince of the Great Ze Dynasty has already handed over the ancient token to me. They won't fight with us. After all, the two dynasties will soon be united by a marriage alliance, and the Great Ze Dynasty will still do us this favor."
"As for the Xuantian Sect and the Grand Pure One Sect? Well, even if they come and confront me, what can they do? I've already agreed with them that we will each go about our own affairs. I read in the ancient books that the first round to clear in the Seven Ancient Kings mystic realm is the Close Shave With Death Cave."
"I will invite a powerhouse from the Heavenly Secret Sect to escort me there. They would never think of this, and even if they go there, they will only return without success."
The crown prince of the Great Xia Dynasty said confidently.
"Your Highness, you're really wise and intelligent. I truly admire you."
Yan Jiu immediately bowed and curried favor with the crown prince of the Great Xia Dynasty.
The smile on the latter's face also gradually faded as he continued, "The Ten Nations Grand Tournament is about to begin. Go keep an eye on it. If you see any new geniuses, try to rope them in. And if you meet some that are untamed, remember to put their names in the black book."
The crown prince of the Great Xia Dynasty said coldly.
"Yes."
Yan Jiu nodded. He knew what the black book meant. The so-called black book was an item that was uniquely owned by the crown prince of the Great Xia Dynasty and on it were the names of his enemies. Once the Crown Prince ascended the throne, the people whose names were listed on the black book would probably be in trouble.
"Okay, go and handle what you have to."
The crown prince of the Great Xia Dynasty said slowly.
Yan Jiu immediately disappeared in the same place.
Once Yan Jiu was gone, the crown prince of the Great Xia Dynasty looked outside his palace.
"The Seven Ancient Kings mystic realm!"
He muttered to himself with great desire in his eyes.
The Seven Ancient Kings were truly peerless powerhouses. In the ancient times, the seven of them were known as the kings of humans who dominated everything and were incredibly powerful. In the end, they all went through Immortal Ascension and became immortals.
Rumor had it that before they ascended, all their treasures were hidden in a mystic realm.
If he obtained those treasures, he would gain the power of half a dynasty.
That was also the reason that the crown prince of the Great Xia Dynasty was so excited and coveted them greatly.
Although he was the Crown Prince, there were several princes below him who were going to compete with him for the throne. Until he ascended to the throne, he would not be able to enjoy peace.
However, he believed that he would surely ascend to the throne if he could obtain the treasures of the Seven Ancient Kings.
At the same time, in the capital of Wei Nation.
This year, the Wei Nation was chosen to be the venue of the Ten Nations Grand Tournament.
The king of the Wei Nation had spent a bomb on revamping the entire Wei Nation in order to prepare for the Ten Nations Grand Tournament.
Initially, there were only ten main passages in the Wei Nation, but for the sake of the Ten Nations Grand Tournament, eight main roads were added, each being 30 meters wide and long and connecting all the locations in the southeast and northwest.
Six of the eight additional main passages could lead to the site of the Ten Nations Grand Tournament.
The remaining two main roads connected to the two major markets in the east and west.
This time, countless cultivators were attracted to the Wei Nation because of the Ten Nations Grand Tournament. All the nobles and ordinary cultivators of the Ten Nations were keen on watching the Ten Nations Grand Tournament with their own eyes.
That also resulted in the capital of Wei Nation being extremely crowded.
Fortunately, the higher-ups of the Wei Nation immediately limited the flow to ease crowds.
That was proof of how grand the Ten Nations Grand Tournament was.
Tomorrow would be the day of the Ten Nations Grand Tournament assessment.
The mystic realm assessment was to be conducted in the northwest.
Many cultivators were already rushing there to snap up some seats in advance, for fear that they might miss the chance to.
At this moment, outside the capital.
There were snakelike queues and countless cultivators waiting for the event. Many who were late were denied entry even though they had traveled a long distance to get there.
The good thing was that participants were allowed to use a special passage, similar to that of the Qingzhou Sword Dao Meet. Regardless of whether or not many people were in line, the participants would not be affected.
"Exalted Immortals, go all the way forward along this passage, the king has already designated the One-Line Sky as a residence. You will be able to see it after traveling for about an hour. If you have any needs, you can ask them directly."
After checking Ye Ping's ancient token again, the commander outside the city immediately looked respectful.
"Thank you very much, Your Excellency."
Ye Ping took the ancient token and then headed to the passage together with Li Yu.
At this moment, the cultivators lined up around them could not help but cast looks of envy on them.
It was the special passage for the Ten Nations Grand Tournament that was exclusive only to the participants of the Ten Nations Grand Tournament. Otherwise, even the prince of the Wei Nation could not overstep the rule.
Li Yu was not a participating student, but he was the crown prince of Jin Nation who was considered a VIP. Besides, the participants were allowed to bring one person along, so Li Yu was considered to have gained some benefits thanks to Ye Ping.
The Ten Nations Grand Tournament was extremely grand and the venue was facing the cultivators of the Ten Nations. The Wei Nation did not dare to relax as the Ten Nations would be insulted if there was any negligence.
In the main passage.
Ye Ping was dressed simply in a plain white robe.
However, his aura and appearance were not ordinary at all.
He was handsome and refined, exuding a Confucian aura that was rather eye-catching.
On the other hand, as the Crown Prince of Jin Nation, Li Yu was naturally good-looking but he seemed ordinary compared to Ye Ping.
The two of them walked on the main road.
There were generals of Wei Nation standing on both sides but also many pedestrians who couldn't help but look over.
They were continuously sizing the both of them up.
In particular, the women were all exclaiming in amazement.
"Guys look, this man is so handsome."
"Quick, look, there's a hunk."
"How is this gentleman so good looking?"
"Which nation did this student come from? He looks so handsome, I really want to give birth to his child."
Ye Ping's looks were indeed extraordinary, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he was a hunk.
His unique aura had instantly attracted the attention of many women.
Feeling the crowd's gaze, Ye Ping looked calm.
On the contrary, Li Yu couldn't hide his joy.
The two of them walked rather quickly, and in less than an hour, they saw the "One-Line Sky".
"Master, the One-Line Sky is the most famous restaurant in the capital of Wei Nation. I didn't expect the king of Wei Nation to be so generous as to arrange for the participating students to come to this place. My father definitely won't bear to."
Li Yu couldn't help but praise when he saw the One-Line Sky restaurant.
Ye Ping did not answer and instead looked at the so-called One-Line Sky.
At a glance, it looked more like a small palace than a restaurant. There were jade pavilions, ridged eaves, and colorful glazed tiles that were luxurious but not tacky.
In the restaurant, there were faint sounds of the zither that soothed the senses.
"Greetings, Exalted Immortals."
At this moment, two beautiful women slowly walked out and saluted to Ye Ping and Li Yu.
Ye Ping and Li Yu smiled too.
"Exalted Immortals, you must be tired after a long journey. Fairy Zi Shuang is now playing the zither, would you like to go over to take a look and get some rest?"
A maid spoke calmly, but she would glance at Ye Ping from time to time.
"Is Fairy Zi Shuang inside?"
Li Yu was instantly a little surprised to hear Fairy Zi Shuang's name.
For a moment, Ye Ping couldn't help but look at Li Yu with some curiosity in his eyes.
Sensing Ye Ping's gaze, Li Yu hurriedly spoke up.
"Master, Fairy Zi Shuang belongs to the Ancient Zither Sect of Wei Nation and is famous for her musical talent. She's not only skilled in playing the zither, but she's also a ravishing beauty who is known as one of the most gorgeous Four Fairies of Wei Nation."
Li Yu said with great excitement.
Ye Ping nodded. He had somewhat figured it out.
"Yes, yes, please lead the way."
Without waiting for Ye Ping to speak, Li Yu hurriedly agreed and asked the two maids to lead the way.
The latter didn't say much and simply smiled calmly before bringing Ye Ping and Li Yu into the One-Line Sky restaurant.
The atmosphere in One-Line Sky was extremely lively, with a unique fragrance that filled the air. There were also many doorways, and after making several turns, Ye Ping and Li Yu finally arrived at a courtyard.
In the courtyard, there was a pavilion on a lake, on which a woman dressed in purple was playing the zither.
There were two maids on each of her sides.
The sound of the zither was beautiful and relaxing, and at the banks of the lake, there were several ancient wooden tea tables. There were hundreds of people among the audience who were enjoying the performance.
Everyone was concentrating on the performance and they were all extraordinary. As soon as Ye Ping appeared, he could sense a great aura.
However, at this moment, a voice sounded and broke the tranquility.
"Senior Brother Ye! What brings you here?"
It was Huangfu Tianlong.
Among the crowd, Huangfu Tianlong sensed Ye Ping's presence as soon as he appeared.
He was a physical cultivator so he could naturally detect Ye Ping's presence. However, Huangfu Tianlong did not expect Ye Ping to actually come.
He got up and called out to greet Ye Ping loudly, ignoring the emotions of everyone else.
Dong.
At this moment, Fairy Zi Shuang suddenly stopped playing the zither.
The sound of the zither came to an abrupt halt.
Everyone could not help but open their eyes and wake up from the trance that they were in while listening to the beautiful sound of the zither.
Everyone couldn't help but look at Huangfu Tianlong.
However, Huangfu Tianlong was a bit ignorant as he ignored the gazes of the crowd and simply walked straight towards Ye Ping smilingly.
"Senior Brother Ye, I thought you would definitely come, and I guessed it."
Huangfu Tianlong said with a wide grin.
Having let go of the grudge within him, his smile was particularly sincere.
However, he was being a little insensitive to the time and place.
Looking at Huangfu Tianlong who came over, as well as the gazes of everyone, Li Yu somehow felt awkward.
Even Ye Ping also felt somewhat embarrassed.
After all, everyone was listening to the zither performance, and yet he suddenly interrupted it and even greeted someone else nonchalantly.
They thought that he was being inconsiderate.
"Senior Brother Ye, come, come, come, take a seat. Fairy Zi Shuang is playing the zither, let's listen to the performance and chat too."
Huangfu Tianlong said enthusiastically.
He was very young and a little insensible when it came to manners. Besides, he was fixated on the reverence for the Dao of martial arts. To put it bluntly, he would respect those who were strong and ignore those who were weak.
He seemed rather insensitive as he continued to pull Ye Ping and Li Yu down for a chat over some wine, completely ignoring the gazes of the crowd.
In fact, after discovering that Fairy Zi Shuang had stopped playing the zither, Huangfu Tianlong even looked at her curiously and asked, "Fairy Zi Shuang, why have you stopped playing the zither? Hurry up and continue. My Senior Brother is here, quickly play some tunes and boost the mood."
Huangfu Tianlong said very directly.
Li Yu, who was at the side, lowered his head in embarrassment, feeling so awkward that he wished he could dig a hole in the ground and hide in it.
'This… is a little too embarrassing, isn't it?'
She was Fairy Zi Shuang, the leader of the Four Fairies of Wei Nation.
She came here to play the zither just for leisure. She was not a musician of a brothel. What did he take her for?
'Brother, can you not be so aggressive?'
Li Yu lowered his head while his face turned flushed.
Ye Ping was embarrassed too.
As a learned person, Ye Ping was naturally proficient in chess, calligraphy, music, and literature. Those were elegant arts.
It was all about quietness.
'Not only did you interrupt the performance, you even asked me to continue playing the zither and boost the mood?'
'It's too awkward, isn't it?'
"Senior Brother Ye, why don't you say anything?"
Huangfu Tianlong was a bit curious.
He was indeed a bit excited. After all, he had always hoped that Ye Ping could participate in the Ten Nations Grand Tournament. As long as Ye Ping participated in the Ten Nations Grand Tournament, he would definitely be selected for the Ten Nations Academy.
When the time came, he could often have sparring sessions with Ye Ping.
Upon sight of Ye Ping now, Huangfu Tianlong was extremely excited.
That was also the reason why he had become too bubbly and insensitive to the feelings of others.
"Have you had enough?"
However, before Ye Ping could speak, a cold voice sounded.
In the courtyard, there were hundreds of people sitting in silence, and those who could enter the One-Line Sky were basically geniuses of the various academies of the Ten Nations.
Most of them were ordinary geniuses, and hence, they did not dare to voice their displeasure towards Huangfu Tianlong's behavior.
However, that did not mean that there weren't real geniuses.
A voice sounded.
All of a sudden, it was silent.
The person who spoke was wearing a long green robe and a jade crown on his head. He looked valiant and dignified.
"Chen Hongfei?"
Li Yu seemed to be very knowledgeable as he immediately knew who that person was.
He then suppressed his voice and said, "Master, this is Chen Hongfei, the son of a great Confucian of the Chen Nation, who is also an elite in the Chen Nation Academy. He has massive fame and strength."
Li Yu introduced Chen Hongfei in a soft voice.
Ye Ping looked over, only to see that Chen Hongfei's cultivation level was indeed not bad. He was already a Golden Core realm cultivator at the age of 25 or 26 years old, and although he was not a physical cultivator, he had excellent physique.
Huangfu Tianlong frowned and looked at Chen Hongfei before turning to glance at the crowd.
He immediately calmed down and knew that he had indeed lost his composure.
"Everyone, I'm really sorry. I got too excited when I saw my Senior Brother."
Although Huangfu Tianlong was a little dense, he was not entirely clueless about the manners he ought to have.
Knowing that indeed he had lost his composure, he immediately apologized.
"Hmph, if you want to catch up with each other, go back and do so. You didn't have to interrupt Fairy Zi Shuang's performance. You're such a killjoy. Not only have you ruined my mood, but you also ruined Fairy Zi Shuang's mood when she was playing the zither. Do you think your mere explanation can solve the problem?"
Chen Hongfei picked up his glass of wine.
He took a sip indifferently, and his tone was rather overbearing.
"What do you want then?"
Huangfu Tianlong couldn't help but be furious after hearing that.
Although it was true that he had spoiled their mood, he thought that it was no big deal because it was just a musical performance.
Huangfu Tianlong's expression became somewhat cold and sullen.
However, Ye Ping immediately got up and appeared in front of Huangfu Tianlong before bowing to the crowd calmly.
"I'm really sorry, I haven't seen Junior Brother Huangfu for some time, and we were a little excited so we lost our composure. I apologize to all of you on behalf of Junior Brother Huangfu."
Ye Ping was refined and well-mannered.
Most of the scholars, too, almost nodded.
After all, it was only a trivial matter and Ye Ping had also taken the initiative to apologize, so the crowd had nothing to say.
However, Chen Hongfei couldn't help but speak up.
"There's no point in apologizing to us, apologize to Fairy Zi Shuang."
"Do you know how hard it is to enjoy a performance by Fairy Zi Shuang? At Fairy Zi Shuang's level, she would gain something whenever she plays. Yet, you guys suddenly disrupted her and ruined her mood. Do you know how great of a sin it is?"
Chen Hongfei continued to speak and had his back facing Ye Ping and Huangfu Tianlong while staring at Fairy Zi Shuang who was in the pavilion, his eyes full of adoration.
At this moment, Ye Ping frowned slightly, but he understood in an instant.
Chen Hongfei was not intentionally looking for trouble but was just trying to suck up to Fairy Zi Shuang.
Huangfu Tianlong wanted to say something but Ye Ping stopped him, and immediately afterwards, he looked at Fairy Zi Shuang who was in the pavilion.
Just as he was about to speak, a tender voice sounded.
"It's just a trivial matter, no big deal, you guys don't need to be so upset over it. Since you're all guests, I'll just play another song."
Fairy Zi Shuang's sweet and tender voice eased the tension and she hoped that they wouldn't argue over it.
However, Chen Hongfei couldn't help but speak up.
"How can that do? Fairy Zi Shuang, the sounds of the zither that you play are heavenly and rare in this world. It's a huge sin to interrupt you, they must apologize."
Chen Hongfei got up and said, flattering Fairy Zi Shuang and cozying up to her, so much that everyone got goosebumps.
What a bootlicker.
"Young Master Chen, it's just a small matter, there's no need to resort to this."
Fairy Zi Shuang continued to speak. She felt that it was a trivial matter too. Although she did get a little upset at first, she was not a narrow-minded person.
However, at this moment, Ye Ping's voice sounded again.
"Fairy Zi Shuang, my Junior Brother had indeed been rash and interrupted your mood, I hope you'll understand and forgive him."
Ye Ping did not want to dwell on that matter any longer.
Besides, no matter what, Huangfu Tianlong had indeed made a mistake.
There was nothing shameful about apologizing for one's mistakes.
"It doesn't matter. I truly admire your magnanimity and I hope you'll enjoy my performance."
Fairy Zi Shuang was indeed a little surprised. After all, such geniuses cared a lot about their pride and a gracious person like Ye Ping was rare. She could tell from that point alone that Ye Ping had a good character.
However, Chen Hongfei spoke again.
"You still want them to continue listening to your performance? People like them who don't know how to appreciate your music are obviously boors. Why do you still want to invite them to continue listening? Fairy Zi Shuang, their presence is a huge insult to your performance and us scholars. We should ask them to leave."
Chen Hongfei was unrelenting.
At this moment, Ye Ping's gaze turned cold.
He didn't mind Chen Hongfei being a bootlicker.
That was Chen Hongfei's business.
However, he was going overboard by repeatedly trying to make things hard for him.
Although Huangfu Tianlong was a little reckless and interrupted the zither performance, it was still a trivial matter at the end of the day.
'You think Fairy Zi Shuang is a goddess and the music she plays is as precious as a treasure but you can't force others to agree with you.'
'Besides, we've already apologized.'
'You're still so insistent and unrelenting, huh?'
'Do you really think I don't have a temper?'
Li Yu could sense Ye Ping's gaze turning cold.
He immediately got up and stared at Chen Hongfei. Although he couldn't beat him, he couldn't lose to him in terms of dominance.
Huangfu Tianlong was even more straightforward.
He walked straight towards Chen Hongfei and stared at him with a sullen expression.
"Are you asking for a beating?"
Huangfu Tianlong's gaze was icy cold. He was not an angst person but he was very straightforward.
If Chen Hongfei lectured him, Huangfu Tianlong wouldn't be angry, and he would at most just leave and ignore him.
However, he could not tolerate the fact that Chen Hongfei wanted to chase Ye Ping away.
There were two people he admired the most in his life, one was his master and the other was Ye Ping.
So…
He could tolerate being humiliated!
However, he would not allow anyone to humiliate Ye Ping!
Huangfu Tianlong's gaze was cold.
Ye Ping also seemed sullen and disgusted.
He was repulsed by bootlickers.
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Chapter 184: Chen Hongfei Says That He's Like Householder Qing Lian's Brother
In the One-Line Sky of Wei Nation.
In the courtyard, Huangfu Tianlong looked at Chen Hongfei with a cold gaze.
Besides, Ye Ping's gaze was unfriendly too.
Ye Ping didn't like causing trouble and he wasn't reckless either. Even when he encountered some obnoxious people, he would at most just ignore them.
For example, bootlickers like Chen Hongfei.
Ye Ping didn't hate bootlickers. After all, no one would be willing to behave that way if it wasn't for love.
However, the problem was that it was Chen Hongfei's business if he liked Fairy Zi Shuang, and there was no need to get others involved.
Ye Ping was extremely disgusted with such bootlickers. One man's treasure might just be mediocre in the eyes of others.
It was indeed wrong of Huangfu Tianlong to interrupt the zither performance, but he had already apologized as soon as he could, for himself and on behalf of Huangfu Tianlong.
He had already openly apologized to everyone including Fairy Zi Shuang. What else did he want from them?
'Does he really just want to cause trouble?'
Chen Hongfei was not intimidated by Huangfu Tianlong's questioning, and instead, his gaze turned cold while he looked at Huangfu Tianlong.
"Huangfu Tianlong, you are indeed very powerful, but surely you don't think that you're invincible just because you've defeated everyone in the Ten Nations, do you?"
Chen Hongfei's gaze was cold and he wasn't scared of Huangfu Tianlong at all.
Perhaps others were afraid of Huangfu Tianlong, but he, Chen Hongfei, was not.
Chen Hongfei was an elite of the Chen Nation too. When Huangfu Tianlong wanted to challenge the Chen Nation Academy, he was actually planning to take him on immediately but the elders of the academy gave him a task.
They wanted him to leave the Chen Nation Academy, which made him infuriated, although he understood that the elders of the academy merely wanted him to preserve his strength and showcase them at the Ten Nations Grand Tournament.
However, Chen Hongfei was still exasperated, especially after Huangfu Tianlong defeated nine major academies in a row.
Chen Hongfei was not the only one, many people from the top three academies of Li Nation, Chen Nation, and Jing Nation, bore a grudge against him because of that matter.
After all, no matter what, Huangfu Tianlong actually defeated everyone he fought within the Ten Nations and had merely lost to Ye Ping in the Jin Nation.
If it was not for the fact that he had been defeated in the Jin Nation, Huangfu Tianlong would probably face a lot of people who would take the initiative to challenge him when he arrived in Wei Nation.
After all, none of the segments of the Ten Nations Grand Tournament involved a combat fight this time, thus causing many to be upset.
Now that there was such an opportunity, Chen Hongfei naturally wouldn't let it go either. That was the reason that he kept picking a fight time and time again.
The main reason was because of Fairy Zi Shuang, followed by his desire to fight Huangfu Tianlong.
He wanted to defeat Huangfu Tianlong and show the cultivators of the Ten Nations that the elites of Chen Nation were the strongest.
Chen Hongfei did not panic at all even though Huangfu Tianlong had already broken through to the seventh level.
He was a Dao cultivator, not a physical cultivator. He had a certain ability to suppress. Besides, so what if it was the seventh level? He was confident that he could defeat him with a single punch.
In the hall, Chen Hongfei was indeed going against Huangfu Tianlong, be it for private reasons or not.
After hearing what Chen Hongfei said, Huangfu Tianlong's expression remained unchanged and he was still staring at Chen Hongfei coldly.
"I've never felt invincible, but it's a piece of cake to deal with someone like you."
Huangfu Tianlong was incredibly disgusted with Chen Hongfei.
"Shall we try then?"
Chen Hongfei got up, and in an instant, the terrifying aura spread. Green light surrounded him before condensing into a gourd.
That was the spiritual energy transformation, which was akin to the Blood and Qi Furnace. When there was dense and rich spiritual energy, one would be able to transform it with some refinement and tempering. Once the transformation was done, the Dharmic powers would become stronger.
That was Chen Hongfei's confidence.
However, Chen Hongfei held it against himself. If Huangfu Tianlong hadn't broken through to the seventh level, he would have a chance at defeating him.
However, Huangfu Tianlong could indeed suppress him effortlessly now.
Clang!
However, at this moment, the harsh sounds of the zither filled the air, and in the next moment, everyone couldn't help but look at the pavilion.
"Gentlemen, will you do me a favor and stop arguing?"
Fairy Zi Shuang spoke up slowly and hoped for them to stop arguing.
After she said that, everyone fell silent.
They could tell that Fairy Zi Shuang was indeed a little upset.
After all, this was only a trivial matter, and if they made mountains out of molehills, it would be detrimental to their reputation.
Chen Hongfei was slightly silent and soon spoke up immediately.
"Forget it, I'll just do Fairy Zi Shuang a favor. I wouldn't do them a favor if it were someone else."
Chen Hongfei immediately turned into a bootlicker again.
Huangfu Tianlong got ready to attack but Ye Ping spoke again.
"Junior Brother Huangfu, let's enjoy the music."
Ye Ping did not want to continue the fight as he felt that it was meaningless. If word about it were to get out, there might be claims that Huangfu Tianlong and Chen Hongfei had gotten into a fight because of jealousy.
Besides, it wouldn't be good to get into a fight. After all, they were there to be guests, and no matter what, fighting on someone else's turf was indeed embarrassing.
Hence, Ye Ping spoke up to stabilize the situation.
"Senior Brother Ye, I'm only doing this for your sake. If it was someone else, no one can try to persuade me."
Huangfu Tianlong nodded. He seemed to be extremely respectful towards Ye Ping and wasn't saying those words to Ye Ping but to Chen Hongfei.
The meaning was simple. If not for Ye Ping, he would have definitely attacked.
Chen Hongfei humphed coldly. He initially wanted to say a few words, but in the end, he did not say anything. After all, Fairy Zi Shuang was already feeling rather uncomfortable, and if they continued, he would lose the upper hand.
Huangfu Tianlong humphed coldly before sitting down with Ye Ping.
The battle was resolved just like that.
Ye Ping sat down while Huangfu Tianlong followed suit. Immediately afterwards, he took the initiative to pour a glass of wine for Ye Ping, as well as one for Li Yu.
"Unfortunately, there is no combat battle in the Ten Nations Grand Tournament this time."
Huangfu Tianlong sat down. His voice wasn't loud, but the people present were all geniuses and their cultivation levels were not weak either. They naturally heard Huangfu Tianlong's voice.
However, most people did not want to get involved and thus pretended that they didn't hear anything.
"Some people are really glad that there isn't a martial arts battle in the Ten Nations Grand Tournament this time."
Chen Hongfei was taking a jab at Huangfu Tianlong while chatting with the person beside him.
In an instant, Huangfu Tianlong wanted to continue making a sarcastic remark about him.
However, Ye Ping lifted his glass and said, "Drink and enjoy the music."
The calm voice sounded and Huangfu Tianlong fell silent. However, he nonetheless raised his glass while Li Yu followed suit. They knew that Ye Ping was not afraid and that he simply did not want to cause trouble.
However, someone couldn't help but speak when they saw how awkward the scene was.
"Fairy Zi Shuang, I heard that you heard a famous saying several years ago and you said that you wanted to turn it into a song. Have you done so yet? Will we be fortunate enough to hear it?"
Someone spoke up in a bid to ease the embarrassment. Otherwise, if that went on, they might really get into a fight.
Indeed, once he said that, everyone chimed in one after another.
As people who knew Fairy Zi Shuang, they all knew that Fairy Zi Shuang was famous for her zither skills in Wei Nation. Besides, with her stunning beauty, she became the leader of the four fairies in Wei Nation.
About two years ago, Fairy Zi Shuang chanced upon a famous saying. As the saying goes: a saying could be turned into a song but it would be difficult the other way around.
For a zither master, getting a good song was not as good as getting good lyrics.
Having obtained the lyrics, Fairy Zi Shuang immediately went into seclusion for about a year, and it was said that she had already turned it into a song.
Now that someone had brought it up, everyone naturally chimed in. One reason was that they were trying to support her, and another reason was that they were filled with curiosity and wanted to hear the song.
"Yes, who in the entire Wei Nation doesn't know about Fairy Zi Shuang? In terms of the Dao of zither, Fairy Zi Shuang could be considered the best in the Ten Nations, and in terms of looks, Fairy Zi Shuang is definitely the most beautiful too."
Chen Hongfei spoke up.
His words of flattery had indeed made everyone get goosebumps.
Even the others couldn't help but be uncomfortable after hearing it.
'Why do you keep bragging? You've already become the best in the Ten Nations?'
'That's a bit overboard, right?'
Even though Fairy Zi Shuang felt uncomfortable, she admitted that she was the leader of the four greatest fairies of Wei Nation. After all, it was an indisputable fact. However, she couldn't stand the fact that they had called her the best of the Ten Nations.
After sighing, Fairy Zi Shuang felt a little upset too. No matter what, Chen Hongfei was her suitor, and as an outstanding fairy, she naturally understood it too.
There were definitely many who would try to bootlick fairies.
A fairy without suitors was not a good fairy.
With that thought in mind, Fairy Zi Shuang could only sigh helplessly, but she soon continued to speak.
"Two years ago, I did receive some good lyrics when I traveled through the Ten Nations."
"I spent two years turning it into a song, but I haven't been satisfied with it so I hadn't dared to perform it. Since you're willing to listen to me play the zither, I shall embarrass myself today."
What Fairy Zi Shuang said was a half-truth.
She had indeed gotten extraordinary lyrics.
However, after two years of studying it, she still wasn't satisfied as she felt that something was missing. In the end, she put it aside because of some matters.
Since everyone was around, she would perform.
She would also try to get them to brainstorm. Someone might be able to point out the problem.
"Okay, let's be quiet and listen to Fairy Zi Shuang play the zither. Stop interrupting her. Those who can't understand, just leave, don't ruin our mood."
Chen Hongfei said with a smile, but he was clearly directing that comment at Ye Ping and Huangfu Tianlong.
Ye Ping did not answer and simply drank a sip of wine calmly. He couldn't be bothered to retort.
Huangfu Tianlong stayed silent too. After all, Ye Ping didn't say anything either.
Ding.
In the next moment, the zither sounded and Fairy Zi Shuang did not want Chen Hongfei to continue arguing with them. Hence, she immediately started playing some music.
All of a sudden, the beautiful melody of the zither sounded.
The melody was beautiful but Fairy Zi Shuang seemed rather melancholic.
Everyone listened quietly.
At this moment, Fairy Zi Shuang spoke up, her voice extremely pleasing to the ears.
"When will there be a moon?"
"I ask the sky."
"Oh, I wonder."
"Which year is it?"
However, as soon as she spoke, Ye Ping was stunned.
'Isn't this a modern-day song?'
'Is Fairy Zi Shuang also a transmigrator?'
'No, I seem to have said those lyrics before.'
'Yes, yes, yes, when I went to the Heavenly Fragrance House and got in a poetry battle with a poet. I had indeed mentioned those words.'
Later on, Ye Ping won the favor of some beauties but he got too drunk and didn't do anything that night.
However, he didn't expect to actually hear his own words here.
Yes, someone copied his words.
Ye Ping took a sip of wine and somehow felt that the world was really small.
However, he soon got immersed in the song too.
Everyone seemed mesmerized.
Huangfu Tianlong was not a senseless person. After hearing the music, he couldn't help but be enticed.
After a long time, the sound of the zither stopped as she stopped playing the song.
However, the crowd did not come back to their senses as they were still immersed in the beautiful music.
Time passed bit by bit.
A full fifteen minutes passed.
Finally, someone came back to his senses and couldn't help but clap his hands while saying, "Good, good, what a wonderful song."
In an instant, everyone couldn't help but recover from the shock.
Soon, they started applauding and seemed to be mesmerized.
"As expected of Fairy Zi Shuang, this song is the epitome of the melancholy of this world and it perfectly describes the misery of lovesickness that I feel."
Chen Hongfei's eyes were red as he was moved by the tune. To him, the song was very emotional.
It was as if it was describing him.
He was crying as a bootlicker.
After hearing his words, everyone felt a great sense of chilliness.
'This is too much.'
'Why am I getting involved?'
"This song is really beautiful and it's a high quality piece. It perfectly describes the sorrow of parting and the agony of romance in this world. You're really worthy of being a zither expert."
"Yes, it's a superior piece of work."
"This is a heavenly tune. How many are there in this world?"
"The song is beautiful, the tune is beautiful, and so is the composer."
Everyone praised incessantly. Although some of them were just exaggerating for the sake of praising her, most of them genuinely complimented her.
Hearing the compliments from the crowd, Fairy Zi Shuang smiled lightly, but she wasn't intending for them to praise her.
Instead, she hoped that someone would point out the shortcomings.
At that moment, Fairy Zi Shuang could not help but speak.
"Everyone, are there any flaws in this song?"
Fairy Zi Shuang asked.
She wanted to hear the opinions of the crowd.
"Fairy Zi Shuang, you're really overthinking. You sang this song beautifully and both the mood and your voice were mesmerizing. I think it's perfect."
"Yes, this is a perfect song. Fairy Zi Shuang, you might be too much of a perfectionist."
"Fairy Zi Shuang, this song is the best song I've ever heard in my life. I somehow feel a little upset now, and I'm scared that I'll never get to hear such a tune again in the future. My heart hurts so badly, how can you do this to me?"
Everyone spoke up. The few people in front sounded reasonable but it was different when Chen Hongfei said it.
It was disgusting.
It was really disgusting.
After hearing his words, everyone else couldn't help but be repulsed.
'Must you bootlick to such an extent?'
They were disgusted.
In the pavilion, Fairy Zi Shuang also somehow felt uncomfortable.
However, at this moment, someone suddenly spoke out of curiosity.
"Fairy Zi Shuang, where did you get these lyrics from?"
Among the hundreds of people, some were still sane and they could tell that the song lyrics were beautiful. Although her voice was pleasant, the lyrics were the core.
Hence, they couldn't help but ask.
After hearing her words, everyone was curious.
"I think these lyrics were written by Fairy Zi Shuang but she's not after fame and fortune, so she found a random reason, is that right?"
Chen Hongfei said, being a complete bootlicker.
His words were rather shameless and Fairy Zi Shuang couldn't stand it either.
In the pavilion, Fairy Zi Shuang hurriedly spoke.
"No, these lyrics are written by the top scholar of Jin Nation, Householder Qing Lian. He's not to be offended."
Fairy Zi Shuang explained.
"Householder Qing Lian?"
"Who's Householder Qing Lian?"
"Oh, no wonder. Turns out it was written by Householder Qing Lian."
"Eh? Do you know who Householder Qing Lian is?"
"I know a little bit about who he is. Householder Qing Lian is the most talented person in Jin Nation and he is very debauched, unrestrained, and carefree. He is a literati who is extremely famous in Jin Nation for his poetry, calligraphy and painting. Some wealthy and powerful people are all huge fans of his poetry and literature."
After the crowd heard the mention of Householder Qing Lian, most people still did not quite understand. They were cultivators who were usually interested in the cultivation-related things. Hence, they would only occasionally be exposed to things like music, chess, calligraphy and paintings.
Since they were not part of the circle of literati, they were naturally unaware.
However, there were some people who knew a little bit and could reveal the origin of Householder Qing Lian.
"No wonder this song is so familiar. It turns out to be Householder Qing Lian. Hahahaha, Fairy Zi Shuang, to be honest, I know Householder Qing Lian, and we are very close to each other."
Chen Hongfei spoke up.
He was smiling widely, as if he really knew Householder Qinglian.
"Really? Young Master Chen, do you really know Householder Qing Lian?"
At this moment, Fairy Zi Shuang couldn't help but get up in the pavilion. Although her stunning face was covered by the purple veil, it was obvious from her tone that she was a huge fan of Householder Qing Lian.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have been that excited.
"Of course. I also had tea with Householder Qing Lian some days ago and we share a close relationship, we're just like brothers. However, I didn't expect that you'd like Householder Qing Lian's poetry. In this case, I'll invite him over next time for some tea."
Chen Hongfei said with a smile.
He was obviously lying.
How could he know Householder Qing Lian?
He was just boasting in front of the goddess.
Since they didn't know Householder Qing Lian anyway, he could just brag. Besides, even if they knew him, there was nothing they could do. Well, Householder Qing Lian had more than one friend.
Unless Householder Qing Lian was present, no one could expose him.
Chen Hongfei was certain that
Householder Qing Lian was not around!
If Householder Qing Lian was present, he would drink all the water in the lake.
"Okay then, thank you very much, Young Master Chen, I do like the poetry of Householder Qing Lian and I didn't expect you to know him. If I can meet him, he'd definitely be able to review my song."
Fairy Zi Shuang said smilingly.
In an instant, Chen Hongfei smiled in joy.
However, a strange sound suddenly filled the air at this juncture.
Pfft.
Li Yu snorted, he really couldn't stand it any longer.
Li Yu spat out a mouthful of wine and couldn't help but be astonished.
'What's going on?'
The cultivator sitting in front of Li Yu could not help but get up and frown at Li Yu.
Having been splashed by wine for no reason, he was obviously displeased. If it wasn't for the fact that Huangfu Tianlong was around, he would have long hit him.
For a moment, the crowd could not help but look at Li Yu with their eyes full of curiosity as they didn't know what happened.
Chen Hongfei looked over too.
He couldn't help but humph.
"What a boor. He's been ruining my mood time and time again. What are you people trying to do?"
Chen Hongfei's eyes were full of anger.
Li Yu hurriedly apologized to him before looking at Chen Hongfei.
"Did you say that you know Householder Qing Lian?"
He had a bewildered gaze.
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Chapter 185: The Ten Nations Grand Tournament begins! Heavenly Heart Mystic Realm
In One-Line Sky.
It was no wonder Li Yu had such an intense reaction.
The main thing was that when Fairy Zi Shuang said that the words were written by Householder Qing Lian, Li Yu was dumbfounded.
In the end, Chen Hongfei claimed that he knew Householder Qing Lian, which made Li Yu feel… very speechless.
Li Yu wouldn't have been that shocked even if he said that he knew the crown prince of the Great Xia Dynasty.
After all, Chen Hongfei was a supreme genius of the Chen Nation and it wouldn't be unreasonable for him to know some people.
However, the problem was that he said that he knew Householder Qing Lian.
Householder Qing Lian was seated right beside him.
'You two share a close relationship and are like brothers?'
'You're already almost getting into a fight with each other and you call that a close relationship?'
'Are you lying to me?'
"What's the matter? Do you think I'd lie?"
Chen Hongfei's face was a little aloof and sullen.
However, he was somehow panicky deep down. After all, he did not know any Householder Qing Lian.
However, after hearing Li Yu's words, Chen Hongfei felt that Li Yu seemed to know Householder Qing Lian. He wasn't a fool after all.
'So what if he knows?'
'Well, Householder Qing Lian definitely has more than one friend.'
"Uh…"
Li Yu did not know what to say. He glanced at Ye Ping, followed by Chen Hongfei.
All of a sudden, Li Yu did not know whether he wanted to expose Chen Hongfei or not.
To be honest, Li Yu really wanted to expose him, but after considering a few points, he stayed silent for a while.
The first reason was that there was a literary assessment in the Ten Nations Grand Tournament this time, and if he revealed that Ye Ping was Householder Qing Lian, he would be exposing Ye Ping's trump card.
Secondly, Ye Ping didn't like showing off using his reputation.
The third and most important reason was that he didn't know how to prove that Ye Ping was Householder Qing Lian.
He couldn't possibly take out the seal and then claim that Ye Ping was Householder Qing Lian.
It was very difficult to explain, so Li Yu was at a loss for words.
At this moment, Ye Ping coughed slightly. He did not say anything but it was obvious what he meant. He wanted Li Yu to sit down and not reveal his identity.
Ye Ping indeed didn't like making a big issue out of his identity as Householder Qing Lian. Besides, he also didn't want to get embroiled in any trouble.
So what if he exposed Chen Hongfei?
Firstly, Chen Hongfei definitely wouldn't admit that he was Householder Qing Lian.
Besides, even if he could really prove that he was Householder Qing Lian, Chen Hongfei would definitely not let the matter go because he would have embarrassed himself in front of Fairy Zi Shuang. By then, there would definitely be a fight.
He wouldn't be scared of getting into a fight. He reckoned that Chen Hongfei would certainly lose anyway.
However, if Chen Hongfei lost, he would definitely get some people to come over so that he could regain his pride.
By then, a battle would break out but Ye Ping was confident that he would win.
But what would he get in the end?
Not only would he form a feud with someone, the problem was that he would not obtain any benefits.
In fact, if the Wei Nation intervened, took pity on the weak, and made Ye Ping or Huangfu Tianlong apologize to Chen Hongfei, the prideful Huangfu Tianlong definitely wouldn't apologize.
Ye Ping obviously wouldn't too.
What would happen then? He might hit the envoy of the Wei Nation too.
What would happen after the fight? Once he offended the cultivators of Wei Nation, the envoys of the Ten Nations Academy would certainly intervene.
After all, Wei Nation was hosting the Ten Nations Grand Tournament, and if in the end, the cultivators of the Ten Nations Grand Tournament failed to suppress the students, the Ten Nations Academy would certainly intervene and give some help too.
Once they helped, there would be a battle against the Ten Nations Academy again.
After fighting back and forth, the Great Xia Dynasty Academy might even end up having to send people over.
The plot would be exciting then.
Ye Ping felt that if he had to write a book about it, he would reach a word count of at least 200,000.
Hence, Ye Ping told Li Yu not to spout any nonsense and just sit there quietly to sip on some wine.
Li Yu stopped speaking.
Chen Hongfei immediately heaved a sigh of relief. He was worried that Li Yu might have known Householder Qing Lian. At the thought of this, Chen Hongfei continued to speak.
"Hey, speaking of Brother Qing Lian, I can't help but think of something he said to me when I was drinking and chatting with him the other day."
"Brother Qing Lian said that he might be slightly more talented than me, but I'm worlds apart from him in terms of cultivation. If I can study some books, I will surpass him."
"At that time, when I heard this, I immediately shook my head repeatedly. Although I'm much better than brother Qing Lian in cultivation, I understand that he is very talented."
"So, I denied it and said that he was a true literati. However, Brother Qing Lian took my hand and sighed while saying that talent didn't mean anything. He said that I'm way better looking than him and that he can only spend his life writing poems."
"Ah, Brother Qing Lian is such an understanding person. That's perhaps the reason that he can write such beautiful poems."
Chen Hongfei was making up lies along the way, making everyone frown at his words.
They found it incredible, but Chen Hongfei sounded rather sincere and earnest. Besides, coupled with his identity, everyone couldn't help but suspect that Chen Hongfei was lying.
However, Li Yu hung his head low while leaning to the side.
Ye Ping's face was a little sullen.
Forget it that Chen Hongfei was bragging, but he couldn't tolerate the fact that Chen Hongfei said that he was much better looking than Ye Ping.
However, Huangfu Tianlong, who was at the side, couldn't help but humph coldly.
"He's not a tenth as handsome as you? It seems Householder Qing Lian must really be ugly then."
"It's no wonder that he doesn't dare to come out and meet everyone else, right?"
"Senior Brother Ye, why do you look so sullen?"
"Fellow Daoist Li, why do you keep shivering while hanging your head low? Do you feel very cold?"
Huangfu Tianlong took a sip of wine and searched for the right opportunity to be sarcastic to him.
However, after saying that, he discovered that Ye Ping's face had become rather sullen while Li Yu started shivering even more vigorously.
"Ignorant."
Chen Hongfei humphed coldly and then remarked in displeasure.
"Brother Qing Lian is refined and talented. He just likes being modest on the surface. Besides, he's a literati who has high attainments in literature although he lacks talent in cultivation."
"If nothing goes wrong, Brother Qing Lian would probably be certified as a great Confucian, and by then, he will be able to suppress you with a single word. Even if there are ten of you, you will be inferior to him."
Chen Hongfei said with a look of determination.
He did not know the level of Householder Qing Lian at all, but for the sake of impressing his goddess and to make it seem like he was an elite, he decided to brag.
Huangfu Tianlong was displeased after hearing his words.
"Hah, he can slash an immortal just by saying a few words? Not to mention how difficult it is to become a Confucian. Even if he does become one, I can smack him dead."
Huangfu Tianlong said seriously.
However, at this moment, Li Yu tugged Huangfu Tianlong's sleeve.
As soon as he got a grip on his emotions, he said, "Fellow Daoist Huangfu, to be fair, a single smack is not going to kill him."
Li Yu said.
Huangfu Tianlong couldn't help but be stunned.
After hearing his words, Chen Hongfei couldn't help but seem even more smug.
"It seems that you still have a sensible person beside you. Forget it, I can't be bothered to fight with such a boor like you. Let's continue listening to the performance."
Chen Hongfei did not want to continue arguing either, lest he disrupted Fairy Zi Shuang's mood.
"Fellow Daoist Li, why did you help the outsiders instead of me? Senior Brother Ye, you have to make a fair comment about this."
"Senior Brother Ye, why has your face become darker? Who offended you? Is it Chen Hongfei? Do you want me to beat him up now?"
Huangfu Tianlong said seriously.
Li Yu pulled Huangfu Tianlong and then said, "Brother Huangfu, stop talking, let's go back and chat."
Li Yu wanted to pull Huangfu Tianlong away.
Ye Ping also got up and left.
He didn't leave because he was angry, he just didn't want to stay here anymore because he felt that it was pointless and that it would be better to go back and start preparing for the Ten Nations Grand Tournament that would be happening tomorrow.
As soon as Ye Ping left, Huangfu Tianlong immediately followed Ye Ping and so did Li Yu. The trio directly disappeared in the courtyard.
However, after Ye Ping left, Fairy Zi Shuang continued to ask about Householder Qing Lian in the pavilion.
On the other hand, Chen Hongfei continued to rattle on and on about the interesting experiences that he had with Householder Qing Lian. Anyway, he just had to make them up.
In the distance.
After having left the courtyard, Ye Ping and the other two went to the residence to rest.
There were hundreds of gardens of various sizes in One-Line Sky, which was the most luxurious restaurant in Wei Nation. It covered an area of thousands of acres, with lots of residences for lodging.
It was extremely luxurious and beyond imaginable for the poor.
On the other hand, in the courtyard of the residence, Huangfu Tianlong was looking at Li Yu in confusion.
"Fellow Daoist Li, I know that you're the crown prince of Jin Nation and that Householder Qing Lian is also from Jin Nation but you can't be that biased to him. You have to be impartial. People tend to choose family over reason but you chose neither."
Huangfu Tianlong was a straightforward person and still bore a grudge for what happened just now.
However, Li Yu seemed to be caught between laughter and tears.
He looked at Huangfu Tianlong and said, "Fellow Daoist Huangfu, cut it out, you really can't beat Householder Qing Lian."
Li Yu said.
"Who said that? If he becomes a great Confucian, he'll only be protected by the aura of a literati. I'm not a heretic. Even if he's upright, so what? Can he really suppress me with his words?"
Huangfu Tianlong himself was a fan of battles to begin with, and he could accept all criticism except those who doubt his abilities.
"Don't say that. You won't be a match for Householder Qing Lian even if he doesn't become a Great Confucian."
Li Yu continued.
"Fellow Daoist Li, you're looking down on me, that Householder Qing Lian can't be a thousand-year-old demon, can he?"
Huangfu Tianlong didn't believe him at all.
If he really became a Great Confucian, it would be uncertain because he would have a righteous aura and possess great power. However, he could easily kill those who did not become Confucians.
"He's not that old, just a few years older than you are."
Li Yu continued.
"A few years older? Brother Li, I'm not boasting but there are less than 20 people in the Ten Nations who can defeat me. Now that I have broken through to the seventh level, there are no more than five who can."
Huangfu Tianlong said with unparalleled confidence.
However, soon, Huangfu Tianlong frowned and asked, "Do you know Householder Qing Lian?"
He finally sensed that something was amiss.
"Yes, I know him very well. You know him too."
Li Yu nodded, reminding Huangfu Tianlong.
"I know him too?"
In an instant, Huangfu Tianlong was a little surprised.
However, in the next moment, Huangfu Tianlong couldn't help but look at Ye Ping before looking at Li Yu in shock. His eyes were full of bewilderment.
"Yes, my master is Householder Qing Lian."
Li Yu nodded.
"What?"
"Senior Brother Ye, are you Householder Qing Lian?"
"You're having me on, aren't you?"
In an instant, Huangfu Tianlong was confused.
He never thought that Ye Ping would be the Householder Qing Lian.
However, after realizing that neither Li Yu nor Ye Ping was speaking, Huangfu Tianlong immediately believed him.
At this moment, Huangfu Tianlong not only believed him, but also completely understood why Li Yu said he could not beat Householder Qing Lian.
He really couldn't defeat Ye Ping.
In addition, Huangfu Tianlong also finally understood why Ye Ping looked sullen previously.
However, Huangfu Tianlong was filled with curiosity and puzzlement.
"Senior Brother Ye, since you're Householder Qing Lian, why didn't you just expose him?"
Huangfu Tianlong looked at Ye Ping, his eyes full of doubts.
"Enough, it's just Chen Hongfei, what's the point of being so uptight with him?"
Ye Ping poured Huangfu Tianlong and Li Yu each a cup of tea, and then slowly spoke.
"Junior Brother Huangfu, Li Yu, bear this in mind. My Eldest Senior Brother said before that a true powerhouse is not only strong, he also has broad horizons."
"Especially you, Li Yu, you are the crown prince of the Jin Nation. You can have no cultivation and no talent, but you must have broad horizons and the vision to see and think about what others can't."
"Junior Brother Huangfu, you too. Don't react so exaggeratedly whenever you meet someone. What can you get out of fighting with someone like that? Even if you beat him up, is he going to beg for mercy?"
"Even if he begs for forgiveness, will you really be happy?"
Ye Ping looked at Huangfu Tianlong.
"Yes. "
Huangfu Tianlong nodded seriously.
Ye Ping was speechless.
'Horrible. I won't talk anymore."
Ye Ping drank some tea and continued.
"It's the Ten Nations Grand Tournament tomorrow, let's talk about that."
Ye Ping did not want to talk about horizons and what not any longer because he felt that it was pointless as it was just like talking to a wall.
However, Huangfu Tianlong couldn't help but look a little downcast at the mention of the Ten Nations Grand Tournament.
"Senior Brother Ye, don't mention the Ten Nations Grand Tournament anymore. I've already prepared for it thoroughly but I didn't expect there to be no martial arts battle. I can accept that but the worst is that there's a literary exam too."
"I spent yesterday reading books. Although I remember them clearly, the issue is that the literary test of the Ten Nations definitely won't be as simple as writing an essay. I'm really troubled now."
Huangfu Tianlong looked a little upset.
"Fellow Daoist Huangfu, you don't have to be upset. You might think it's difficult but so do others. The literary test might be the final assessment, but even if you do not pass the test, it doesn't matter. If everyone fails, there won't be a ranking."
Li Yu comforted Huangfu Tianlong.
After hearing his words, Huangfu Tianlong was stunned and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.
"Yeah, why didn't I think of that?"
Huangfu Tianlong immediately felt that his mind was clear.
Ye Ping could not help but be surprised after hearing Li Yu's words.
Well, because Li Yu made sense.
In an exam, everyone failing together was the same as everyone passing together.
"Actually, there is nothing to worry about in the Ten Nations Grand Tournament this time."
"The first round is the mystic realm assessment. I wonder what kind of an assessment it is!"
"However, no matter what kind of mystic realm it is, it will be related to willpower and essence soul. Master, Fellow Daoist Huangfu, you two are physical cultivators with strong willpower. You won't have any problems with passing this round."
"The second round is the physical body tower. That's a giveaway."
"Fellow Daoist Huangfu, you'll be at a disadvantage for the third round but that will not affect your overall performance. However, Master, it's different for you. You're so talented, the third round must have been custom-made for you. When the time comes, you will impress everyone and rise to fame. You can even easily defeat Chen Hongfei. You'll kill three birds with one stone and profit greatly."
Li Yu excitedly depicted the future prospects.
Huangfu Tianlong listened and couldn't help but nod repeatedly.
'Kill three birds with one stone?'
He was curious but did not voice his doubts.
"Don't be overly idealistic. There are hidden experts everywhere in the Ten Nations. Junior Brother Huangfu, you'd better seize the time and read more books. Li Yu, go get some rest too. I plan to rest and rejuvenate."
Ye Ping got up.
He would never be overly idealistic and he thought that having a sense of crisis was a good thing. At the very least, it would ensure that one did not become too arrogant.
"Yes, the mystic realm trial starts at noon tomorrow. I'll come see you two hours in advance, Senior Brother Ye."
Huangfu Tianlong nodded. He was indeed going to read books. Although he didn't like it, he would still delve into it and try not to do too badly on the test.
"Okay, see you tomorrow."
Ye Ping nodded, got up, and went back to his room to rest. For some reason, he felt sleepy.
Li Yu also did not say anything more as he simply stretched with some fatigue in his eyes and planned to go back to sleep.
Huangfu Tianlong drank a mouthful of tea and perked up a little. Since there was a library in One-Line Sky, he decided to go there to read some books.
Just like that, in the blink of an eye, the next day arrived.
Knock-knock.
In the room, Ye Ping slowly opened his eyes after hearing a knock on the door.
He looked outside the room.
It was… Huangfu Tianlong.
"Senior Brother Ye, it's time to go."
Huangfu Tianlong spoke again.
Ye Ping immediately got up and opened the door of the room.
When Ye Ping opened the door of the room, Huangfu Tianlong walked in and poured himself a cup of tea.
"Senior Brother Ye, do you feel sleepy?"
Huangfu Tianlong seemed a little tired.
"A little, but after sleeping for a while, I feel much better. Maybe, there's something like a tranquilizing incense in One-Line Sky or something. It's still quite early, why don't you get some rest before we set off?"
Ye Ping also felt a little tired but it wouldn't affect him much.
"Nah, maybe I'm just too nervous, Senior Brother Ye, let's go."
Huangfu Tianlong shook his head.
"Where's Li Yu?"
Ye Ping asked.
"Probably still sleeping, I'll go get him."
Huangfu Tianlong was not sure and intended to go look for Li Yu.
"Forget it, no need to wake him up, let him have a good sleep."
Ye Ping shook his head.
He then left together with Huangfu Tianlong.
At this moment, the sky was still dark.
However, there was already a huge uproar in the capital of Wei Nation.
One by one, the elites walked out of One-Line Sky, all full of energy and vigor.
There were countless cultivators on both sides of the main road outside One-Line Sky.
As soon as someone stepped out, it immediately led to a burst of chatter.
"Look, that's Zhang Song from the Li Nation Academy."
"That's Ma Yue, the elite of Chen Nation."
"That's Li Chen, the elite of Yan Nation."
"Oh my god, Duanxiao You is here too? Duanxiao You is one of the three most famous elites of Qing Nation, alongside Duanxiao Ye and Duanxiao Tong. Duanxiao Tong is considered the best."
Everyone was discussing and they would make comments about each elite that walked out.
However, after Ye Ping and Huangfu Tianlong appeared, there was a huge commotion.
"It's Huangfu Tianlong, look guys, Huangfu Tianlong."
"Huangfu Tianlong? Is it the genius who defeated everyone in the Ten Nations?"
"He didn't defeat everyone, didn't he lose in Jin Nation?"
"Yes, he lost to the man beside him in Jin Nation."
"Look guys, it's Ye Ping, the top elite of Jin Nation."
Everyone discussed excitedly.
As soon as Ye Ping and Huangfu Tianlong appeared, they gained a lot of popularity.
Huangfu Tianlong looked just like a heavenly god in the world, and he looked especially eye-catching with a head full of golden hair.
Ye Ping was like an Itinerant Immortal who was handsome and incredibly elegant as he attracted gazes of admiration and adoration from countless women.
Figures appeared.
They walked on the main road.
They were heading to the mystic realm trial of the Ten Nations Grand Tournament.
Soon, Ye Ping and Huangfu Tianlong arrived at the venue of the trial.
In the northern district of the capital of Wei Nation, there was a peculiar array pattern that was emitting a light.
The array pattern was peculiar and looked rather complex and beautiful.
At this moment, someone suddenly spoke up.
"Heavenly Heart Illusory Array? How can it be this kind of array formation? This is the assessment of the Ten Nations Grand Tournament, did they make a mistake?"
As his voice sounded, it resulted in an uproar.
Ye Ping couldn't help but be shocked immediately.
'Heavenly Heart Illusory Array?'
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Chapter 186: Sudden Attack Of The Fiendcelestial Cult? Everyone, Don't Be Scared, It's A Mystic Realm!
'Heavenly Heart Mystic Realm?'
At this moment, the students of the Ten Nations spoke up one after another.
In the huge combat arena not far away, an array formation appeared. Enveloped by various streams of colorful light, array patterns began to spread towards their feet.
"Is this the Heavenly Heart Mystic Realm?"
"What's going on? Not only did they include a literary test in the Ten Nations Grand Tournament this time, but they also set the Heavenly Heart Mystic Realm to be the mystic realm assessment?"
"This is really outrageous. I can tolerate anything except this Heavenly Heart Mystic Realm."
The voices sounded one after another.
The students of the major academies frowned. This time, there were more than 300 academies participating in the Ten Nations Grand Tournament.
There were at least two to three thousand participants.
However, most of them were students of small national academies, and only a small number was from the Ten Nations Academy. Those who could qualify to be sent to participate in the Ten Nations Grand Tournament were obviously the geniuses among geniuses.
Outside the array formation.
Ye Ping couldn't help but frown after seeing the Heavenly Heart Mystic Realm.
Even as an unranked array formation cultivator, he knew what the Heavenly Heart Illusory Array was.
It was known as the best illusory formation in the Ten Nations.
It could make one subconsciously enter the mystic realm but that was not the most terrifying thing.
The Heavenly Heart Illusory Array could reach one's heart and grasp one's deepest fears.
Another thing was that the Heavenly Heart Illusory Array was sentient.
Yes, the Heavenly Heart Illusory Array was sentient, and it could set up different illusory array formations according to each individual.
Normal mystic realm assessments could be passed using strong willpower, as well as the power of one's essence soul.
However, the Heavenly Heart Illusory Array could make one constantly enter the depths of a labyrinth, and in fact, there might even be the occurrence of an array formation within an array formation.
That was the reason that the Heavenly Heart Illusory Array was known as the best illusory array in the Ten Nations.
Legend had it that there used to be some Tribulation Transcendence powerhouses who were not willing to mortalize and instead chose to use the Heavenly Heart Illusory Array to transform into a mortal. They then became too obsessed and were unable to extricate themselves or differentiate between reality and illusion. In the end, it eventually led to the collapse of their Dao Heart.
Ye Ping happened to remember reading about that event that was recorded in a book in Kṣitigarbha Pavilion of Jin Nation.
Hence, after the appearance of the Heavenly Heart Illusory Array, the students of the academies of various nations began wailing.
"Is it the Heavenly Heart Illusory Array? Fortunately, I've already guessed it previously. Hey, how am I so outstanding?"
At this moment, someone suddenly spoke up.
Several figures appeared, and the leader was none other than Chen Hongfei.
He had also arrived with a few elites of Chen Nation beside him. They stared at the array formation on the combat arena. In particular, Chen Hongfei seemed to have already known that it was the Heavenly Heart Illusory Array. He spoke slowly and seemed to be very knowledgeable in it.
When Chen Hongfei appeared, Huangfu Tianlong's face suddenly became rather sullen, especially since the former deliberately stood beside him.
"Can you stop bragging? The examination questions of the Ten Nations Grand Tournament were set by different experts of the Ten Nations, and there was a division of labor during the setting of each examination question. The process was strictly supervised by the Ten Nations Academy and the news will never be leaked. Yet, you could guess it?"
Huangfu Tianlong said in a calm tone but his words were full of derision.
"Hah, you're just a frog at the bottom of the well, the fact that you can't guess it doesn't mean others can't guess it either."
Chen Hongfei immediately retaliated. He was narrow-minded and was still holding a grudge for what happened yesterday. Hence, now that he had seen Huangfu Tianlong, he naturally had to make some sarcastic remarks.
"Junior Brother Huangfu, stop arguing and think about how to pass instead."
Ye Ping spoke up and told Huangfu Tianlong not to argue anymore.
The Heavenly Heart Illusory Array was the best illusory array formation in the Ten Nations. It was definitely not to be taken lightly, and Ye Ping thought that it would be better to think about how to cope with it instead of bickering unnecessarily.
"Yes."
Huangfu Tianlong nodded. He also understood that it would be pointless to argue with Chen Hongfei.
On the other hand, after Chen Hongfei heard Ye Ping's words, he humphed coldly. Clearly, he was not stupid either. He knew the power of the Heavenly Heart Illusory Array and was not willing to waste time.
At this moment, several figures appeared. They were elites from the Ten Nations.
Almost everyone who came here could not help but frown as they thought that the Ten Nations Academy was being too ruthless for setting up the Heavenly Heart Illusory Array.
However, the appearance of the few figures led to a discussion.
"Look, isn't that Nangong Xing?"
"Yes, it's Nangong Xing."
"Nangong Xing is the elite of Qing Nation."
"Zhang Ren is here too, he's the most famous elite of Jing Nation."
They started murmuring.
Ye Ping couldn't help but look over.
In the main passage.
Two men walked over, clad in a long starry robe. They seemed rather energetic and were shrouded in faint starlight.
The man on the right seemed somewhat ordinary as he was dressed in a plain robe with a calm gaze in his eyes.
They were the elites of Qing Nation and Jing Nation respectively. While walking side by side, they attracted the gazes and attention of many passersby.
"Senior Brother Ye, these two people are the elites of Qing Nation and Jing Nation respectively. Nangong Xing is not too bad, he cultivates the Circulatory Star Technique and he's very strong. However, there's a limit to his strength. Zhang Ren is really terrifying, though. He may seem ordinary, but he has been lurking in the Jing Nation for fifteen years and suddenly became the best elite of Jing Nation."
"I previously challenged the Ten Nations Academy and the person I wanted to challenge the most was him."
Huangfu Tianlong sent a voice transmission. He didn't speak right away. After all, everyone present was an elite, and no matter how soft their voices were, they would still be heard.
'Oh!'
Upon hearing Huangfu Tianlong's words, Ye Ping was astonished.
He didn't know much about the elites of the Ten Nations because most of them only seemed like experts on the surface. Their strength could only be determined after a fight and there was no point in saying much.
Nangong Xing and Zhang Ren walked over together side by side, seemingly rather close to each other.
"Brother Nangong, Brother Zhang."
When Chen Hongfei saw the both of them, he immediately greeted them warmly. When the two saw that it was Chen Hongfei, they couldn't help but smile and walk towards him too.
"Chen Hongfei looks like he has quite a significant status."
Ye Ping sent a voice transmission and communicated with Huangfu Tianlong.
However, Huangfu Tianlong snorted.
"At the end of the day, he's just putting on airs because of his brother's status. Besides, what's the point of having connections?"
Huangfu Tianlong didn't care about personal connections at all.
"His brother?"
Ye Ping asked with some curiosity.
"Yes, Chen Hongfei's brother is the best genius in Chen Nation. Otherwise, who would care about him? Besides, his brother is also one of the experts I want to challenge this time, but unfortunately, his brother had already reached Major Perfection of the Golden Core realm ten years ago. However, I can fight him because I've broken through to the seventh level of the Great Dragon and Elephant Ancient Technique."
Huangfu Tianlong said.
However, at this moment, Nangong Xing and Zhang Ren saw Huangfu Tianlong almost at the same time.
"Are you Huangfu Tianlong? I've heard a lot about you."
Nangong Xing walked over after having recognized Huangfu Tianlong at a glance.
"Uh? No, no, it's just a false reputation that isn't worth mentioning. I've heard plenty about your glory, Brother Nangong."
Huangfu Tianlong was stunned to hear Nangong Xing's voice and he soon smiled.
On the other hand, Ye Ping, who was standing at the side, couldn't help but smile and think to himself, 'Seems like Huangfu Tianlong isn't that dense after all.'
"Who's this? Ye Ping? Fellow Daoist Ye?"
However, Zhang Ren who was beside Nangong Xing suddenly looked at Ye Ping with curiosity.
"Yes, this is Senior Brother Ye Ping."
Huangfu Tianlong immediately nodded and answered on Ye Ping's behalf.
"I've long heard about you."
Zhang Ren spoke with a calm expression as he bowed to Ye Ping.
"You're being too polite."
Ye Ping returned the gesture with a smile.
That scene made Chen Hongfei rather displeased but he had nothing much to say.
After a simple exchange of pleasantries, Nangong Xing and Zhang Ren continued to walk towards Chen Hongfei. After all, they somewhat knew Chen Hongfei, and if they didn't greet him, it would seem inappropriate.
After the both of them left, Ye Ping couldn't help but look at Huangfu Tianlong curiously.
"Who do you think are the real geniuses in the Ten Nations?"
Ye Ping could not help but ask about it.
He did not have any recollection about the elites of the Ten Nations and hence was full of curiosity.
"There are many geniuses, but in my opinion, there are very few who are elites in the Ten Nations. Wang Murong of Li Nation, Chen Zhanpeng of Chen Nation, who is also Chen Hongfei's older brother, Changgong Chen of Jing Nation, Zhang Ren of Qing Nation, and Li Changping of the Yan Nation are the five elites whom I want to challenge the most."
"However, they are all second and third generation disciples who are very far ahead. Although I want to challenge them, they won't give me a chance to."
Huangfu Tianlong named five names in one go, all of whom were the elites of the five nations.
"Wang Murong? Is the elite of Li Nation a woman?"
Ye Ping was rather shocked.
"Yes, it's a woman, she's Fairy Murong who is known as the top fairy of the Ten Nations. She's competent, pretty, and related to the top elite of Ancient Moon Sect."
Huangfu Tianlong nodded and said.
"However, this is a known fact and some smaller nations can't be ignored too. After all, it's a powerful nation and they can indeed produce an invincible genius."
Huangfu Tianlong continued.
Ye Ping nodded, but he did not continue to say anything else.
However, at this moment, there was a sudden ringing of a bell.
Clang!
The sound of the bell filled the air, and in an instant, everyone couldn't help but look at the combat arena.
At this moment, three figures appeared above the Heavenly Heart Illusory Array.
The three of them were dressed in white robes and standing in the void, looking at everyone with the aura of immortals.
"They're the elders of the Heavenly Array Sect."
"The elders of the Heavenly Array Sect?"
"The examiner for the first assessment of the Ten Nations Grand Tournament turns out to be the elder of the Heavenly Array Sect."
Everyone was surprised, be it the participating students or the onlooking cultivators.
The Heavenly Array Sect was the best of the sects that specialized in array formations in the Ten Nations Grand Tournament. No one thought that they would invite the elder of the Heavenly Array Sect to invigilate the Ten Nations Grand Tournament this time.
It seemed that they were very serious about it.
"Silence!"
A loud voice rang out, making the crowd of cultivators fall silent.
At this moment, there was complete silence at the venue.
Soon, one of the three old men in the middle of the void spoke slowly.
"The first assessment of the Ten Nations Grand Tournament is an array formation test. After some discussion among the elders of the Ten Nations Academy, we have decided to use the Heavenly Heart Illusory Array for the topic of assessment."
"However, considering the massive power of the Heavenly Heart Illusory Array, there won't be an array formation within an array formation this time, though it will still be difficult. All candidates, pay attention."
"In order to prevent people from getting lost in the array formation, you have to declare forfeit thrice if you get lost after entering. You will then return to reality."
"At the same time, the Heavenly Heart Illusory Array is the best illusory array in the Ten Nations, and regardless of the simplification, it's still extremely difficult for you. Hence, you can choose to forfeit in the first round."
"If you directly forget it, you must enter the top 100 places in the second and third round in order to qualify to enter the Ten Nations Academy. Otherwise, even if you obtain ordinary results, there will be no way you can enter the Ten Nations Academy. Do you understand?"
The voice of the elder of the Heavenly Array Sect sounded as he warned all the participating students.
The Heavenly Heart Illusory Array was the test topic, but its power had been weakened, though it was still rather intense. If one wasn't confident enough, they could choose to give up without affecting their overall performance.
They just had to emerge in the top places in the two remaining assessments.
"We understand."
At this moment, everyone spoke and acknowledged.
"Okay, all participating students may enter the array formation."
The elder suddenly said.
In an instant, the crowd walked into the array formation.
However, there were also students who hesitated.
The illusory array was not as simple as walking into a maze where everything would be fine once one walked out of it.
The illusory array was extremely realistic, and sometimes people got lost in it, thus becoming unable to distinguish between reality and illusion. That would lead to the collapse of their Dao Heart and they would eventually be crippled.
Hence, some students were hesitant because they were just there to see if they could have a chance of entering the Ten Nations Academy without competing too seriously.
They didn't really want to risk their lives, and since there was real danger, they would rather give up on the competition.
After all, as a genius, even if they were not selected for the Ten Nations Academy, they would still be able to enjoy the treatment of geniuses back in their own nation. They could also work hard in the future to break through to the Nascent Soul realm.
A Nascent Soul realm powerhouse was equal to a king in a small nation and could live in the lap of luxury like the king would.
However, it would be a huge loss if they died there.
Thinking of this, some people were silent while some hesitated.
However, Chen Hongfei suddenly interjected.
"I get it."
All of a sudden, his words attracted the attention of many.
"What did you get?"
"Brother Chen, what do you know?"
"Yeah, Brother Chen, what could you have understood from that?"
Many were curious after hearing his voice as they didn't understand what Chen Hongfei had understood.
"This is an assessment!"
Chen Hongfei's gaze was incomparably certain as he looked at the array formation on the combat arena near them. His expression was full of confidence too.
"Assessment? What assessment?"
"Brother Chen, what do you mean by that?"
"Brother Chen, isn't this an assessment?"
Some people were curious and really didn't understand what Chen Hongfei was trying to express.
"No, I'm not talking about the array formation assessment but a test of the Dao Heart. Although the Ten Nations Grand Tournament has strict rules, it's impossible to set up the Heavenly Heart Illusory Array in the first round. Such an array formation is so powerful that even a Tribulation Transcendence powerhouse might end up losing himself."
"There's nothing wrong with using the illusory array against an enemy, but it doesn't make sense to use it as an assessment for us disciples. There are thousands of students in the Ten Nations Grand Tournament and all of them are elites of various nations."
"Although there had been casualties in the previous tournaments, it's within a controlled range."
"If the Heavenly Heart Illusory Array is really used as a test topic, half of the disciples will lose themselves, and once this problem really occurs, the Ten Nations Academy will not be able to answer to everyone."
"So I can conclude that this is not the Heavenly Heart Illusory Array at all. This is just a test to see if we dare to enter the array formation or not. If we don't even have the courage to enter, we will have no right to continue with the Dao of immortal cultivation."
"When the elder said that the first round wouldn't affect our overall performance, that was just a trick for us. If we can choose to give up, what would the point of three rounds be? The people of the Ten Nations Academy are just trying to get us to withdraw voluntarily."
"What a good scheme, what a good scheme."
Chen Hongfei's words were wise but rather exaggerated too.
He actually did make some sense.
"Yeah, yeah, it seems to really make sense."
"Yeah, I think it makes sense too."
"Oh, I get it, no wonder they dared to put up the Heavenly Heart Illusory Array, turns out this is their intention."
"Yes, yes, the Heavenly Heart Illusory Array is the best illusory array in the Ten Nations. To put it bluntly, we might be the elites of our respective nations but most of us have yet to grow. Such an illusory array going to be an overkill. I get it, Brother is right."
"That was close, that was close, I almost fell for it, thanks to Brother Chen for reminding us."
At this moment, many students who were still hesitating could not help but come to a sudden realization after hearing these words.
After thinking about it carefully, they felt that it was really the case.
Even Huangfu Tianlong couldn't help but secretly nod.
It was because Chen Hongfei made sense.
The Heavenly Heart Illusory Array was the best array in the Ten Nations and even a Tribulation Transcendence powerhouse might not be able to resist it. The weakest of the cultivators present was in the Foundation Establishment while the strongest was in the Golden Core realm.
Besides, the illusory array test was not a realm. It mainly required willpower and essence soul. Using the Heavenly Heart Illusory Array was an overkill and it didn't make any sense at all.
"Senior Brother Ye, what do you think?"
Huangfu Tianlong looked at Ye Ping and asked via voice transmission.
"I'm not sure but it does make some sense. Enter the array formation first."
Ye Ping felt that what Chen Hongfei said did make some sense, but for some reason, Ye Ping always felt that things would not be so simple.
After all, the answer that Chen Hongfei could think of was definitely not correct.
However, Ye Ping could not think of a better reason and decided that it would be better to enter the array formation and take a look first.
Besides, after Chen Hongfei said that, many elites had also entered and smiled without hesitation.
Soon, the crowd entered the array formation, walked into the combat arena, and then found a random seat to sit down on as they waited for the array formation to be activated.
An entire hour passed.
No one entered the array formation.
The elder spoke again.
"The mystic realm trial which is the first round of the Ten Nations Grand Tournament officially begins."
In the array formation, some people's faces were sullen and some were tensed up. However, some were still as composed as ever.
The crowd did not know whether what Chen Hongfei said was true or not, but now that they had entered the array formation, they could not leave.
Boom!
The sounds of the array formation being activated could be heard as streams of spiritual energy surged into the array formation from all directions.
In the next moment, the array formation blossomed into an infinite amount of light while colorful light engulfed the combat arena. Everyone stayed silent and waited for the array formation to be completely activated.
Just like that, hundreds of rays of light kept intertwining at great speed.
However, at this moment…
Boom!
A terrifying shock wave spread out from the combat arena while the array formation on the arena disappeared. The three elders in the middle of the void then spat out fresh blood one after another.
Their faces were sullen.
The surrounding cultivators who were watching also took dozens of steps backwards and some cultivators even got injured by the shockwave as they started spitting blood.
"What's going on?"
"What happened?"
"Has it begun? Has it begun?"
"Not yet, the array formation has collapsed and failed."
"Huh? How could the array formation fail?"
The group of elites in the array formation were curious as they didn't know what was happening and they thought the array formation had been activated.
"Everyone, stay quiet. There are problems with the array formation, you guys wait here for a while."
In the middle of the void, the elder of the Heavenly Array Sect spoke, and immediately afterwards, three figures disappeared in place.
At this moment, everyone was curious, and be it the participating students or the onlooking cultivators, they were all curious and clueless about what happened.
"Brother Chen, what's going on?"
Inside the array formation, someone got curious and asked Chen Hongfei. After all, Chen Hongfei had mentioned some theories that made sense just now and everyone began to think of him as a wise person.
"I should have guessed it correctly. This Heavenly Heart Illusory Array does not exist at all, and it's only meant for testing our Dao Heart. Now it seems that the collapse of the array formation is just a show for us."
Chen Hongfei stated his conjecture.
Everyone immediately agreed with him.
They felt that Chen Hongfei's theory made sense again.
At that moment, many geniuses breathed a sigh of relief. After all, being able to get through the first rank unharmed would naturally be a good thing.
However, rays of light streaked across the sky.
"It's Lord Li Ping."
"Hey, isn't that the Marquis Chen of Wei Nation?"
"Look guys, that's General Xu, the head general of Chen Mountain Camp."
"What's going on? Why are all the bigwigs of Wei Nation rushing towards the outside of the city?"
"Go quickly and see what's happening."
Among the cultivators who came to watch, there were some who immediately recognized the powerhouse in the sky. They were surprised and full of curiosity. There were even many who rushed directly to the outside of the city to see what was happening.
Somehow an inexplicable fear spread in the hearts of everyone.
Time passed bit by bit.
Half an hour passed.
A shocking piece of news spread.
"Oh dear, oh dear, the Fiendcelestial Cult members have come over. Hundreds of Fiendcelestial Cult members are gathered outside the city and the array formation has collapsed. All the array formations within the capital have been shattered with a single array diagram."
His voice instantly resulted in an uproar.
"What? The Fiendcelestial Cult is here?"
"Impossible, how could the Fiendcelestial Cult dare to invade Wei Nation's capital? Isn't this a death wish?"
"There are plenty of powerhouses of the Ten Nations gathered here. Aren't they afraid of getting harmed during their sudden attacks?"
"Impossible, absolutely impossible, the Ten Nations Grand Tournament is under the strict supervision of the Ten Nations. Even if the Fiendcelestial Cult wants to create trouble, they can't possibly appear at this juncture, unless they don't want to live anymore."
The voices sounded.
Everyone did not believe it.
After all, it happened too suddenly.
It seemed surreal.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
However, in the next moment, footsteps that sounded like tsunamis spread, followed by several beams of golden light that streaked across the sky. It was the Wei Nation protective army.
More than a hundred thousand Wei Nation state army troops appeared and were charging out of the city. It was a shocking scene.
Clang!
Clang!
Clang!
Soon, three bells rang.
"This is bad. That's the Wei Nation's bell, and unless a major thing happens, it wouldn't ring."
"Oh dear, is the Fiendcelestial Cult really here?"
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
Some people immediately recognized the voice.
However, several figures appeared on the main road.
"Nangong, run, the Fiendcelestial Cult is going mad, they want to capture you alive, and use this to blackmail the Great Xia Dynasty into releasing the important figures of the Fiendcelestial Cult."
"Hongfei, hurry up and flee. The Fiendcelestial Cult are here, and the national power of the Wei Nation cannot resist them at all. Hurry up and flee, don't let them capture you alive, or you will definitely die."
"Li Peng, flee back to Yan Nation. Don't hesitate."
Several figures appeared. They were the elders of the academies of various nations and seemed rather flustered. They simply told everyone to flee.
At this moment, everyone was panicky.
In particular, the surrounding cultivators were just there to watch the fun. If there was danger, they naturally wouldn't dare to stay.
One by one, the figures disappeared on their flying swords, looking rather dense.
"Don't panic, don't panic, it's not real."
There were also people who remained rational and told everyone not to panic. No matter what happened and regardless of whether it was real or not, most people would develop a herd mentality as long as someone took the lead and fled.
They scurried along.
Anyway, whether it was true or not, fleeing was definitely the right choice.
There were also many geniuses who fled on the combat arena.
They didn't want to die there. Regardless of whether it was true or not, it was better to run first.
"I understand, I understand, all of you, don't flee. We're already in the illusory array and all of this is fake. I get it, I completely understand."
However, in the middle of the array formation, Chen Hongfei spoke loudly.
He told everyone not to run and claimed that it was all fake because everyone was already in an illusion.
After all, everything happened too suddenly and it didn't seem real at all.
Some people stopped in their tracks with hesitation in their eyes.
However, there were still people who decided to run first. They did not dare to take the gamble because they couldn't afford to.
"Hongfei, what nonsense are you saying? If this is really an illusory array, how can all of us fall into it together? Hurry up and run, don't waste time."
The elder of Chen Nation Academy spoke as he looked at Chen Hongfei with a furious expression.
"Kill!"
At this moment, the deafening sounds of a clamor to kill came from outside the capital of the nation, crumbling the last line of defense of many geniuses.
Most of them ran away, and no one dared to stay.
There was only a portion of true geniuses who stayed there who felt that everything happened too suddenly.
"Senior Brother Ye, what should we do?"
Huangfu Tianlong frowned, and for a moment, he didn't know what to say, so he could only ask Ye Ping.
On the combat arena.
Ye Ping frowned. To be honest, his reaction was the same as Chen Hongfei.
They thought that it was too unreal and they weren't prepared for the attack of the Fiendcelestial Cult at all.
However, the problem was that it was hard to distinguish between reality and illusion.
Sometimes the faker something seemed, the more likely it was to be true. Reality was just that corny.
"Master, Master, run, the Fiendcelestial Cult have arrived."
At this moment, among the crowd of people fleeing around, Li Yu stumbled and scurried over. He was sweating profusely with his head covered in sweat. His face was as pale as a sheet.
"What's wrong? What did you see?"
Huangfu Tianlong immediately asked when he saw Li Yu.
"There are Fiendcelestial Cult disciples everywhere outside and there's bloodshed and corpses everywhere. The Fiendcelestial Cult has gone mad, yet they actually dare to strike at this juncture. They're really crazy."
"Master, Brother Huangfu, let's run before it's too late."
Li Yu pointed to the back and said breathlessly.
However, at this moment, Ye Ping looked at Li Yu and spoke.
"Li Yu, let me ask you, when I met you, you always asked me to write a poem for you. Do you still remember?"
Ye Ping said and asked directly.
At that moment, Li Yu froze in shock.
However, his eyes were full of bewilderment.
"Master, why are you asking that question at this juncture?"
Li Yu was puzzled.
"Quick, tell me."
Ye Ping asked seriously.
Li Yu frowned. He was in deep thought but after a while, Li Yu pulled a long face and asked, "Master, I… I… I can't remember, when did you ever write me a poem? Is there such a thing?"
Li Yu cried and then continued, "Master, hurry up and run, if you don't, we'll really be in trouble."
"The Wei Nation troops are resisting out there and the Fiendcelestial Cult has sent a million disciples. They seem to be fearless. At this rate, the Wei Nation can't handle it."
"Once they are captured alive and used to blackmail the Grand Xia Dynasty, we will all have to die because it's unlikely that the Great Xia Dynasty will agree to the Fiendcelestial Cult's demands."
Li Yu did not know why Ye Ping asked this question, but the urgent matter at hand was to flee, not talk about such pointless things.
Seeing Li Yu's reaction and hearing his answer, Ye Ping immediately believed that it was real.
The reason being, he did not write any poems to Li Yu and the reason he asked this question was not to hear Li Yu's answer, but to see Li Yu's reaction.
If Li Yu immediately said no, it must be an illusory array.
However, Li Yu immediately pondered before answering that he did not remember. His expression was also apt to the current situation.
However, it was all too sudden!
Everything happened too suddenly, and hence, Li Yu should have behaved anxiously, but his looks and reaction were too difficult for the array formation to simulate.
Of course, that was only a means for Ye Ping to test whether everything they were experiencing was real or not. Ye Ping did not dare to be entirely certain and could only say that it was very real at the moment.
"I don't believe it, I just don't believe it, this must be an illusory array. It must be an illusory array."
"How can there be such a coincidence? The Fiendcelestial Cult came over all of a sudden?"
"This is the Ten Nations Grand Tournament. Even if the Fiendcelestial Cult is gutsy, they wouldn't dare to make trouble at this juncture. Stop trying to fool me, I'm just going to stay here. Hah, are you trying to fool me?"
At this moment, Chen Hongfei continued to speak.
He still felt that it was an illusory array because he felt that everything happened too suddenly.
It was too unreal.
His words made some of the elites hesitate, and they did not choose to flee immediately but instead continued to stay here.
"Hongfei, you're so silly, if this is just an illusory array, why would they use such a low-end trick to fool you?"
"Even a fool can see that everything happened too suddenly, if this is really just an assessment, do you think the Ten Nations Academy will resort to such a simple approach? Don't make a fool of yourself here, go, go, leave, please!"
The elder of Chen Nation cried anxiously.
After hearing his words, many elites left because he was right.
If it was really an illusory array, it wouldn't be that fake.
How did the Fiendcelestial Cult members all come over out of nowhere? The illusory array had to progress step by step, so that people in the array formation would gradually lose themselves. How could it be that casual?
At the thought of this, more people left.
"Let's go."
Even Ye Ping left too.
Regardless of whether it was true or not, there must be a main topic since it was an assessment.
There was nothing shameful about temporarily retreating when encountering danger.
The disciples of the Ten Nations Academy couldn't possibly rush out and put themselves in danger when encountering a million Fiendcelestial Cult disciples.
Hence, there was nothing wrong with escaping and staying behind would be silly.
Boom!
However, at this moment, cultivators appeared in a stream as they fled towards the North.
Now they were back again.
"Why have you guys returned?"
"What's wrong with you?"
Someone was curious and couldn't help but ask.
"Don't ask, run, the Fiendcelestial Cult disciples are coming from the northern city gate. Hurry up and run."
"Don't poke me with your flying sword while you're running."
"Oh dear, it's really the Fiendcelestial Cult. It's the Fiendcelestial Cult."
The voices were chaotic.
Soon, terrifying figures appeared like a tornado.
They were all holding sanguine machetes.
They were the Fiendcelestial Cult disciples.
Pfft.
The Fiendcelestial Cult disciples did not have high cultivation levels, and most of them were at the Foundation Establishment realm. The fight should be evenly matched.
However, due to the fact that the crowd was flustered and were eager to flee, they weren't in the mood to fight at all. They simply slashed everyone's heads with the machete.
Blood splattered everywhere and the strong odor of blood spread throughout the entire Wei Nation's capital.
All of a sudden, everyone completely believed that this was true.
"Hongfei, don't be a disgrace, get lost."
The elder of Chen Nation grabbed Chen Hongfei and fled.
At this moment, no one would think that this was an illusory array anymore.
If it was just to trick everyone to leave the array, they couldn't have been arrested.
Clearly, everything was real.
Figures vanished and they fled extremely quickly.
However, some were fearless.
Someone pulled out his flying sword and shot out hundreds of Sword Qi.
"Everyone, don't panic, we are the elites of the various nations. If we work together, we don't have to fear the Fiendcelestial Cult disciples."
He said. Under the attack of the Sword Qi, hundreds of Fiendcelestial Cult disciples were beheaded in one go.
Indeed, with someone to take the lead in fleeing, there was panic.
However, as long as someone took the lead to fight, there would be plenty of support too.
At this moment, hundreds of figures appeared beside that person, killing this group of Fiendcelestial Cult disciples in an instant.
"Senior Brother Ye, are we going to take it on or not?"
At this moment, Huangfu Tianlong couldn't help but speak. He was asking Ye Ping a question but staring at the group of Fiendcelestial Cult disciples.
"Kill!"
Having delayed for too long, Ye Ping knew that running was no longer going to help. Besides, even if they fled, the Fiendcelestial Cult must have had a detailed plan since they had come over in the name of their faith.
Where could they escape to?
They might as well stay behind and continue fighting. They might at least be able to leave.
"Alright."
After receiving Ye Ping's reply, Huangfu Tianlong barely hesitated and the roar of the Dragon-Elephant sounded while a Dragon-Elephant appeared behind him. In the next moment, his fists opened and closed.
He swung his fist and hundreds of Fiendcelestial Cult disciples were blown up on the spot.
However, Ye Ping did not hesitate. There were various beams of golden light surrounding him. It was the Golden Light of Expiation and he didn't cast the Golden Wheel of Expiation. After all, he wanted to retain some strength to fight the Fiendcelestial Cult. Perhaps, he might be able to play a crucial role at a critical moment.
Ye Ping's body was bathed in golden light.
He first struck with the Ancient True Dragon Fist that was full of power. It condensed into a true dragon that killed 500 to 600 Fiendcelestial Cult disciples.
They turned into merits that entered Ye Ping's body.
'Good, another sum of merit.'
Ye Ping and Huangfu Tianlong were almost like two gods.
They rushed into the crowd with divine fists, and under one punch, there were countless casualties and injuries.
Perhaps because of Ye Ping's and Huangfu Tianlong's zealous battle intent, there were quite a few geniuses who also struck immediately.
"Fellow Daoist Huangfu, let me help you."
"Brother Ye, let me help you."
"I'll come too."
"They're scums of the Fiendcelestial Cult, kill them."
"What are you running for? Kill them."
"Kill!"
In an instant, a few humans appeared and killed the Fiendcelestial Cult members with their eyes full of anger.
Geniuses were indeed geniuses as they could basically kill a hundred people alone.
The originally unbeatable Fiendcelestial Cult members were like nobodies in front of them. There were countless casualties.
However, there were too many Fiendcelestial Cult disciples who seemed to form a continuous stream.
Besides, the Fiendcelestial Cult members were not fools either. They knew that they could not defeat geniuses and hence turned around to go after those ordinary cultivators.
They wanted to scatter the elites and kill as many as they could.
"Elder, let go of me, I want to go find Fairy Zi Shuang. I'm afraid that she might be in danger."
Chen Hongfei's voice sounded. At this moment, he completely believed that it was real. After knowing that it was not an illusory array, Chen Hongfei's first reaction was to go to Fairy Zi Shuang as he was afraid that something would happen to her.
However, at this moment, a figure appeared quickly before landing hard on the ground.
The entire combat arena was shattered.
"Crown Prince of Wei Nation!"
Li Yu recognized the figure immediately.
Soon, a three-meter tall cultivator appeared in the middle of the crowd.
He was three meters tall and clad in green protective armor with thin braids. He seemed rather ferocious and was surrounded by black gas.
"You guys, run quickly, this is one of the 36 Heavenly Spirits, Tian Shaxing. You guys can't beat him at all, hurry and run to the Southern City Gate where the powerhouses of the Ten Nations Academy are."
The person who spoke was the elder of Chen Nation who rushed out right away with a black pagoda on his head and a green blade in his hand. He charged towards the demon.
"You overestimate yourself."
Tian Shaxing said coldly. He did not attack and simply stepped forward.
Boom.
An invisible force filled the air, and the pagoda on Elder Chen's head shattered immediately. Elder Chen was instantly crushed too.
It was as miserable as being suppressed by two huge stones.
Whoosh.
In an instant, many people fled and even some elites dared not fight anymore. They were only in the Golden Core realm while the other party was in the Nascent Soul realm. They were worlds apart.
There was no way they could fight at all and they had to run or face death.
"Let's go."
Ye Ping dared not fight anymore.
After exclaiming, he left with Li Yu.
"Elder!"
At this moment, Chen Hongfei yelled at the top of his lungs while glowering at Tian Shaxing with his eyes full of endless killing intent and hatred.
He even drew his sword and wanted to take revenge.
"Do not be reckless, your elder has already died for you. You have to stay alive or you'll be letting him down."
Ye Ping directly grabbed Chen Hongfei. Although he detested Chen Hongfei, the latter's elder had indeed sacrificed himself to fight for a chance for everyone else to live.
Hence, Ye Ping temporarily set aside their grudges and pulled Chen Hongfei away.
"You want to leave? You must be dreaming?"
Tian Shaxing said coldly.
He struck and his palm covered a thousand meters. He then slammed it down and all the buildings were destroyed. More than a hundred thousands of cultivators were mushed up.
At the critical moment, Ye Ping used the Carefree Sword Kinesis Flight and sped up to shun the attack.
"It's useless."
Tian Shaxing said again.
At this moment, a terrifying force swept over ten thousand meters and the spiritual energy seemed to have been sucked away while everyone could not help but feel a sense of powerlessness and despair.
A Nascent Soul realm powerhouse could kill everything.
Everything seemed insignificant in the face of absolute power.
At this moment, Ye Ping felt a sense of crisis for the first time!
It was a true crisis.
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Chapter 187: The True Cruelty! The Fiendcelestial Cult Deserves To Die!
There was a huge crisis.
All the elites felt the horror of death, let alone Ye Ping.
"Give up, give up, give up on the competition!"
Someone hollered and asked them to give up thrice because he thought that they were still in the array formation.
However, in the next moment, under the giant palm of the Nascent Soul realm cultivator. He turned into a mishmash of blood and badly mangled flesh.
That scene made the crowd subconsciously swallow their saliva.
It was really outrageous.
The crowd was completely horrified because they still felt that they might have been caught in an illusory array but it didn't seem like it at all.
Even if it was an illusory array, it couldn't be so real.
"Demon!"
However, at that moment, someone exclaimed in a deafening and thunderous voice.
In an instant, a terrifying Sword Qi was charged out like a river, blasting the giant hand away.
"Huh?"
Tian Shaxing hollered furiously in pain while his body expanded again and demonic energy surrounded him.
A Nascent Soul realm powerhouse had finally struck.
Indeed, there was no lack of powerhouses in the Wei Nation, but they didn't expect the Fiendcelestial Cult to suddenly attack and kill. Everything happened all too suddenly as they felt that it was unreal.
Although it was unexpected, it was the right thing to do.
"You guys, run away quickly, someone will meet you at the south city gate. Don't act impulsively and don't die in vain."
The Nascent Soul realm cultivator hollered loudly and informed the crowd to go to the southern gate, lest they died there.
"Elder, take care."
They knew that this was a real battle that concerned lives and were aware that they definitely couldn't take it lightly.
They definitely couldn't die in vain here.
Everyone fled, but some of the cultivators were already scared out of their wits and thus completely collapsed while staying rooted to the ground, not daring to move an inch.
"Besiege and kill them before considering capturing them alive."
Tian Shaxing of the Fiendcelestial Cult roared loudly, and in an instant, the Fiendcelestial Cult disciples charged out like black clouds. They were like emotionless killing machines that killed everyone in their path.
The cultivators fled. They were scared soulless. They were not geniuses, nor did they want to be heroes, they just wanted to survive.
Pfft.
On the other hand, the Fiendcelestial Cult disciples immediately charged over and killed them without the slightest hesitation. Their sanguine machetes seemed rather terrifying under the sun.
One by one, heads fell to the ground while corpses appeared.
The bright red blood stained the ground and gave off a nauseating odor of blood.
If the Qingzhou Sword Dao Meet was a human purgatory, this would be the eighteenth level of hell.
Ye Ping fled with Li Yu and Chen Hongfei while Huangfu Tianlong stayed in front to kill the enemies and clear the path for Ye Ping.
At this moment, Li Yu completely understood how terrifying the Fiendcelestial Cult was in this situation. He also understood how important his cultivation level was.
If one had a high cultivation, they did not necessarily have to protect others but they should at least not drag others down.
As for Chen Hongfei, he felt that his Dao Heart had collapsed because Elder Chen had died to save him.
"Chen Hongfei, you garbage. You're always so arrogant but I never thought that you'd be so timid when it comes to fighting."
Huangfu Tianlong hollered. He was killing the enemies while scolding Chen Hongfei furiously. However, he wasn't really insulting him, but rather, he just wanted Chen Hongfei to wake up.
After all, it was already troublesome for Ye Ping to take care of Li Yu, and Chen Hongfei definitely had the ability to kill the enemies. If that went on, they would all be doomed.
"Chen Hongfei, your elder died and exchanged his life for yours with the hopes that you would survive. He doesn't want you to be crestfallen. Being in the current state that you are in, how can you call yourself an elite?"
Ye Ping said coldly.
He didn't scold him but he was trying to influence Chen Hongfei and make him regain his rationality.
"Yes, I want to survive and avenge my elder."
Chen Hongfei clenched his fist, and in an instant, the terrifying aura spread out from his body, turning into sharp blades that immediately killed hundreds of Fiendcelestial Cult disciples.
"Brother Ye, Brother Huangfu, let's break free from the siege together."
Nangong Xing and Zhang Ren also appeared.
Nangong Xing held an ancient starry lamp in his hand that was emitting a bright light that evolved into a sea of stars which then surrounded the crowd. Each star was only palm-sized but it possessed a terrifying impact force.
Zhang Ren raised a decree that emitted rays of golden light that killed the demons.
"Everyone hurry and gather, don't split up."
At this moment, Ye Ping gave out some instructions. The most dreadful thing to happen during a battle was splitting up.
Indeed, as soon as he said that, all the geniuses and cultivators gathered towards Ye Ping.
Since there was greater manpower, there would be more strength too. The battlefield was rather chaotic in the first place, but as the geniuses gathered, they turned into invincible spears that pierced through everything.
The capital of Wei Nation was huge, and it would take a while to get to the southern city gate. Besides, with the obstruction of the Fiendcelestial Cult, it would take at least five minutes for them to get to the southern city gate.
If it was just the disciples of the Fiendcelestial Cult, it would be fine, but the problem was that there was Tian Shaxing to back them up. Once the Wei Nation powerhouses could no longer suppress Tian Shaxing, everyone would be doomed.
"Li Yu, take good care of yourself."
At this moment, Ye Ping told Li Yu to take care of himself before drawing his sword. He couldn't sit around and wait for his time to die. He had to rush to the South City Gate as soon as possible.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Ye Ping executed the Heavenly River Swordsmanship, and tens of thousands of golden Sword Qi were released from the sword in Ye Ping's hand. There was a Golden Light of Expiation added to each Sword Qi.
Under the Golden Light of Expiation sword, all the Fiendcelestial Cult disciples died, except for those that were in the Golden Core realm.
"Golden Light of Expiation?"
"Brother Ye is indeed strong."
"It's the Golden Light of Expiation?"
When Ye Ping struck, the geniuses couldn't help but be stunned. In their opinion, the Golden Light of Expiation was something that only a Daoist Master could condense.
Generally, Daoist Masters would either hide their abilities or were extremely old. They didn't expect Ye Ping to be able to condense the Golden Light of Expiation at such a young age.
"Everyone, don't be distracted. Kill the enemy first."
Ye Ping reminded the crowd not to be distracted and to kill the enemy first.
"Alright."
"Kill this group of bastards."
"The Fiendcelestial Cult really deserves to die."
The crowd snapped back to their senses and didn't think much about it as they simply struck with all sorts of Dharmic Dao, Mystical Abilities, and ancient fist techniques.
Like insignificant ants, the Fiendcelestial Cult disciples died.
"Split up! Don't fight with these elites, we are no match for them."
"Quick, go kill the others. The King of Hell and the others are refining the Ten Thousand Fiend Banner. As long as enough people are killed, the sooner it will be activated and this place will become our world."
"Yes, once the Ten Thousand Fiend Banner is refined, everyone in the capital of the Ten Nations will be buried here, let alone the capital of Jiang Nation."
"Let these elites be arrogant for a while, I shall see if they can still jump around later."
There were all sorts of chaotic noises. The Fiendcelestial Cult disciples were not killing machines, they had minds and knew that they could not fight against Ye Ping and the others. Hence, they chose to disperse and do other things.
In an instant, a large number of Fiendcelestial Cult disciples disappeared as they went to other places in all directions to hunt those cultivators or ordinary people who had wandered off.
As soon as the Fiendcelestial Cult disciples left, Ye Ping did not feel burdened at all. In fact, he even felt a little worried.
They could tell from the discussion among the disciples of the Fiendcelestial Cult that they had other means.
It was just like how they killed using the Five-Grudge Ancient Poison at the Qingzhou Sword Dao Meet.
"They're gone, let's flee to the South City Gate."
"Yes, let's flee to the South City Gate, as long as we're there, we'll be fine."
"The disciples of the Fiendcelestial Cult are not strong. As long as the 72 Earthly Fiends are not here, we don't have to be afraid of the 36 Heavenly Spirits."
Seeing the Fiendcelestial Cult disciples flee, all the genius cultivators could not help but sigh with relief.
Humans were selfish after all. As long as there wasn't danger, one would feel really grateful.
"No, I know part of the Fiendcelestial Cult's background information. Don't think that they only have the so-called 72 Earthly Fiends. The 36 Heavenly Spirits are very strong and there is also a group of elite cultivators in the Fiendcelestial Cult."
"They are indeed very strong and all of them are geniuses. Although they are not considered elite, they have been trained to kill since they were children and are very menacing. There are many of them too and these Fiendcelestial Cult disciples are at the bottom."
Nangong Xing spoke. He seemed to have some understanding of the Fiendcelestial Cult as he revealed that secret.
"Yes, I've also heard of this before. The system of the Fiendcelestial Cult is strictly divided. They are divided into the Sect Master, Deputy Sect Master, Four Kings of Hell, Twelve Golden Warriors, 36 Heavenly Spirits, and 72 Earthly Fiends."
"These are all the top-level experts of the Fiendcelestial Cult but the main powerhouses are Heaven Slayer, Earth Slayer, and the Godfiend."
"Those who join the sect would become the disciples of the Godfiend while the geniuses would be the Heaven Slayers. It's said that there are more than 100,000 Heaven Slayers who haven't come here yet. Otherwise, it would be impossible for us to have it so easy."
Someone revealed the secret.
After hearing his words, the various cultivators, who were relieved, tensed up again.
"That's not all, there are even more terrifying things."
"Just now, they mentioned the Ten Thousand Fiend Banner during their discussion. I have some recollections about the Ten Thousand Fiend Banner. It's one of the three immortal artifacts of the Fiendcelestial Cult, and once it's activated, it can refine the beings of the Ten Nations."
"Unless an immortal descends, no one can beat it."
Another genius, who knew part of the secrets, revealed. At the mention of the Ten Thousand Fiend Banner, they turned pale.
"No, it absolutely can't be the Ten Thousand Fiend Banner. I refine artifacts and I understand such stuff. The Ten Thousand Fiend Banner is an immortal artifact that appeared when the first sect master of the Fiendcelestial Cult refined ten thousand Fiends in this world."
"This treasure was made using a piece of resentment iron that absorbed the resentment in heaven and earth. Hence, once the banner is released, the world will be taken by storm. However, the five major dynasties destroyed it thousands of years ago."
"There mustn't be a Ten Thousand Fiend Banner in this world so it should be a replica."
A weapon refiner interjected. He understood Dharma artifacts well and was aware of the Ten Thousand Fiend Banner.
"Even if it's a replica, it definitely isn't inferior. We'd better not waste time here and hurry to the South City Gate."
Everyone discussed and revealed the background of the Fiendcelestial Cult, which was indeed frightening.
However, no matter what, it would only make sense to run. Regardless of how strong the Fiendcelestial Cult might be, they had to hurry and leave this place because they didn't want to die there.
Ye Ping did not say anything and he simply led the cultivators to the South City Gate.
Along the way, the crowd was speechless, and without the obstruction of the Fiendcelestial Cult, they managed to rush to the South City Gate at extreme speed.
However, there were corpses everywhere and in the capital of Wei Nation, there were 30,000,000 cultivators and people. There was also a large number of cultivators who flocked to the Ten Nations Grand Tournament. The Fiendcelestial Cult was just like fish in water.
There were corpses and blazing fires. There were even some infants wrapped in cloth and pregnant women fleeing. Ye Ping did not want to see or describe the tragic situation.
Everyone fell silent and there was a sense of oppression. Along the way, the scene was simply too bloody and cruel. Some cultivators with weaker mentalities vomited right on the spot.
"This group of damn Fiendcelestial Cult disciples. They did such a heartless thing for the sake of collecting resentment."
Someone clenched his fist and said with a bloodshot gaze.
"There are things that are much worse. Some extreme demonic cultivators resort to even more cruel means such as using the furnace to bake the people. They will then give them a chance and tell them that they can trample all over people to move upwards. However, at the critical moment, they would close the furnace and make them die in despair, resulting in great resentment."
A cultivator calmly described some of the means of the demonic cultivators.
The crowd could not help but clench their fists after hearing that.
Although they were selfish, it was all for the sake of seizing luck, but no matter what, they wouldn't do anything heinous because that would be against their conscience.
Besides, at this moment, Ye Ping also gradually understood why the major dynasties, or sects all hated the Fiendcelestial Cult greatly.
Such demons deserved to die.
Finally, they arrived at South City Gate.
It was indeed a pure land where a large number of cultivators as well as people had flocked to. There were also plenty of powerhouses to guard the place and the Fiendcelestial Cult disciples dared not offend them.
"Hurry!"
"Enter the array."
There was an array formation at the South City Gate that turned the place into a pure land. The powerhouses in the array formation spoke one after another, telling Ye Ping and the others to enter the array formation quickly.
At this moment, the terrifying Sword Qi spread everywhere and slashed the thousands of people into two.
There were secretly powerhouses who were killing the cultivators.
Whoosh.
Everyone dared not hesitate and rushed into the array formation.
The powerhouses in the array formation couldn't strike because they had to maintain the operation of the array formation and protect all the cultivators. If they attacked, the powerhouses hiding would also attack the array formation immediately.
It was just like a line between life and death. The array formation was the land of survival, while the area outside the array formation was full of bloodshed and massacres.
There were countless cultivators who charged into the array like a stream.
After being saved, they were not happy but dumbfounded.
However, there were also people who died outside the array formation, and there were corpses everywhere. They might die at any moment.
"Activate!"
At this moment, Ye Ping didn't hesitate any longer. He didn't want to sit around and wait for death, thus he extended his arms and the Golden Wheel of Expiation appeared. In an instant, a large protective shield was formed, thus expanding the array formation by several times.
"Escape!"
Ye Ping told the crowd to hurry up and dash into the array. Since the Golden Wheel of Expiation had a high consumption, he could not sustain it for a long time.
"Golden Wheel of Expiation?"
"This person has the Golden Wheel of Expiation."
"Great! Great! The younger generation is indeed rising."
"Who's this person? He managed to master the Golden Wheel of Expiation at such a young age. What a genius."
At this moment, the powerhouses in the array formation were exclaiming in shock with true astonishment in their eyes.
However, no one had the time to care about it. They only cared about their own survival.
Several figures rushed into the array.
Ye Ping managed to hold on for five minutes and finally retracted the Golden Wheel of Expiation that turned into a bolt of lightning that surged into the array formation.
"Senior Brother Ye, are you alright?"
As Ye Ping just stepped into the array formation, Huangfu Tianlong was the first to come and look at Ye Ping.
"I'm alright!"
Ye Ping shook his head. There was nothing wrong with him, it was just that the Golden Wheel of Expiation had consumed too much of his energy and he had to rest for a while.
At this moment, there was still a large number of cultivators coming to the South City Gate from all directions.
Unfortunately, without the escort of the Golden Wheel of Expiation, they were killed mercilessly before they could step into the array formation.
"Save me, save me, save me please, I don't want to die, I don't want to die."
"Don't kill me, don't kill me, I'll surrender, I'll surrender."
"Give up, give up, give up on the competition!"
There were all sorts of wailing and some cultivators even had half of their bodies slashed. They were climbing on the ground and trying to enter the array formation, but most of them knew that even if they entered, they would definitely die and could not be saved.
There were also cultivators who even till now, still believed that it was an illusory array and were clamoring about giving up on the competition. Their eyes were full of despair, and in the next moment, they were beheaded.
The cultivators in the array formation did not dare to look at this scene.
Some cried while some people turned their backs and some female cultivators even bawled loudly.
No one was willing or bold enough to see that scene.
"Don't ignore it. Go and look at it with your eyes. You have to remember this scene."
At this moment, a powerhouse spoke up. He didn't allow the crowd to turn their backs, but instead wanted them to remember that scene clearly.
It was very brutal.
There were many cultivators who directly collapsed and knelt on the ground to wail loudly, regardless of gender and age.
There were also cultivators who were clenching their fists with bloodshot eyes.
Outside the array formation.
Another group of cultivators and people rushed in, but there was a large number of Fiendcelestial Cult disciples chasing after them.
Some escaped into the array formation.
However, many were captured alive or died outside the array formation.
At this moment, the disciples of the Fiendcelestial Cult stared at the people in the array formation, their eyes filled with contempt and disdain.
"Is this a famous sect? Your comrades, Fellow Daoists, and the people you want to protect are all in our hands. Yet, you people are hiding in the array formation, what a joke."
"Famous sect? Officials of the court? Protecting the people? Benefiting party? Hahahaha, what a joke."
"They're just a bunch of wimps and wastrels who claim to be geniuses. Geniuses, come here and kill me!"
Outside the array formation, a large number of Fiendcelestial Cult disciples appeared and grabbed cultivators.
They were clamoring in a bid to anger the powerhouses in the array formation and force them to attack. They also wanted to anger the self-proclaimed geniuses to come out of the array formation so that they could attack them.
"Calm down! Do not move, they just want to provoke you. We're already setting up the transmission array formation to contain this. You must remember this hatred and take revenge for the sake of your Fellow Daoists and the people after you grow up!"
A powerhouse reminded everyone not to be angered.
All of a sudden, many cultivators had indeed calmed down, among which most were geniuses.
"Hahaha, what a bunch of cowards. In this case, let's see how much of a loser you really are. Kill!"
Someone from the Fiendcelestial Cult said.
With that order, thousands of people were beheaded right on the spot.
The scene was extremely bloody.
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Chapter 188: Teleportation Array, Nowhere To Escape
Thousands of people were beheaded.
That scene was deeply etched in everyone's mind and they couldn't forget it at all.
The cultivators were clenching their fists even more tightly. Some were glaring at the Fiendcelestial Cult disciples furiously while some dared not.
Finally, someone couldn't help but speak up and lament in melancholy.
"Why? Why is this happening? Why did the capital of Wei Nation fall all of a sudden? Aren't there experts from the Ten Nations? Aren't there any truly competent elites in the Wei Nation?"
"Yes, even if the Fiendcelestial Cult has launched a sudden attack, why would this happen? Where are the array formations? Where are the powerhouses of the Ten Nations?"
"We're not still in the illusory array, are we? Why does it seem so unreal?"
At this point, there were still cultivators who wondered if they had been trapped in an illusory array.
After all, many of the things were too unreal and flawed.
"Right, where are the powerhouses of the Ten Nations?"
"Aren't there any powerhouses in Wei Nation?"
"How could a Nascent Soul realm powerhouse not have detected the sudden attack by the Fiendcelestial Cult? That doesn't make any sense!"
Among the crowd, some people spoke up. In such an oppressive situation, there would definitely be a group of people who liked complaining and making comments.
The voices caused some of the cultivators to frown, but most of them were full of curiosity as they felt that it made sense.
However, at this moment, a figure appeared in the array formation.
It was a middle-aged man who looked very ordinary but had a terrifying aura.
When he appeared, he gave off an indescribable aura that made all the cultivators in the array formation fall silent.
Even the ordinary people knew that he was extremely extraordinary.
He was a genuine Nascent Soul realm powerhouse but he was not from the Wei Nation but the Ten Nations Academy.
He stayed silent and went to the first cultivator who complained.
The first cultivator to complain was a young man who was rather infuriated previously but he still felt that there was something fishy about the matter. Hence, he made that comment.
However, as the powerhouse of the Ten Nations Academy walked over, the latter was a bit alarmed and even lowered his head, not daring to look directly at the powerhouse.
"What did you just say?"
The middle-aged man appeared in front of him and asked calmly without rebuking.
However, a Nascent Soul realm powerhouse would make one feel an indescribable sense of oppression even if they didn't use any spiritual energy. The sense of oppression would even make one's soul tremble.
He did not dare to speak and was shuddering uncontrollably while hanging his head low, not daring to even look directly at the Nascent Soul realm powerhouse.
"What did you just say?"
The Nascent Soul realm powerhouse spoke again with a calm gaze but his voice was still terrifying.
"I! I! I…"
This cultivator stammered a little. He was suddenly at a loss for words.
However, the cultivator standing beside him could not help but speak.
"Elder, are there no powerhouses in the capital of Wei Nation?"
The cultivators voiced the doubts in his mind.
"Including those in the Ten Nations Academy, there are 65 Nascent Soul realm cultivators and one in the Essence Soul realm."
The elder answered, giving specific figures.
After he said that, the others couldn't help but speak up.
"Since there are 65 Nascent Soul realm powerhouses and one Essence Soul realm powerhouse, how did they end up in this situation?"
"This shouldn't be the case.'
The cultivator took a deep breath before saying that. Staring at the Nascent Soul realm cultivator, he felt that there shouldn't be such a situation since there were so many powerhouses.
He wasn't the only one. Many cultivators, too, couldn't help but look at the elder with their eyes full of curiosity.
'Yeah, with so many powerhouses around, how could such a thing have happened? No matter how powerful the disciples of the Fiendcelestial Cult may be, this shouldn't be the case, right?'
However, that Nascent Soul realm cultivator humphed coldly and gazed at the crowd, causing them to fall silent immediately.
They dared to speak up only because they were a little furious, but after hearing the Nascent Soul elder's humph, they immediately lost their confidence and gusto. It was because they understood that powerhouses of the Wei Nation and the Ten Nations couldn't possibly leave them alone.
If they could strike, they definitely would.
However, they just couldn't understand.
"Do you guys think that it's impossible for us to be raided by the Fiendcelestial Cult with so many powerhouses around? Do you also think that even if the Fiendcelestial Cult has raided us, the Wei Nation shouldn't have collapsed so easily, right?"
He stared at many of the cultivators with an extremely cold gaze, and in that instant, all of the cultivators fell silent. They hung their heads low but that was indeed what they meant.
However, in the next moment, this Nascent Soul realm powerhouse continued to speak.
"You guys have really been living a sheltered life for too long, so much that you've underestimated the Fiendcelestial Cult."
"Do you guys really think that it was an impromptu decision of the Fiendcelestial Cult to attack Wei Nation?"
"They have long colluded with some treacherous ministers of Wei Nation who used an evil object to destroy the array formation of the Wei Nation during the critical moment. The Fiendcelestial Cult has prepared for more than ten years for this attack."
"The Fiendcelestial Cult has three major immortal artifacts, namely the Ten Thousand Fiend Banner, the Godfiend Diagram, and the Ten Devouring Immortals. They activate the Ten Thousand Devil Banner outside and slaughtered cultivators and the people to accumulate resentment for the Ten Thousand Devil Banner. They even take their own lives to sacrifice to the Ten Thousand Fiend Banner, thus forming the Ten Thousand Fiend region."
"If you have the guts, go outside and take a look. The Wei Nation troops are desperately resisting the raid of the Fiendcelestial Cult out there!"
"The Ten Thousand Fiend region is perfectly suppressing our cultivators, and the more frightening thing is that the Fiendcelestial Cult has shielded the entire Wei Nation capital with the Heavenly Fiend Ancient Diagram. What does this mean? It means that we can't even transmit any information."
The elder of the Ten Nations Academy cursed angrily.
He was spitting saliva everywhere and was extremely exasperated.
"Are you guys curious as to why sixty-five Nascent Soul realm powerhouses did not protect you?"
"30% of the Nascent Soul realm powerhouses are killing the enemies out there and another 30% are doing their best to flee Wei Nation to deliver a message, in hopes that the Ten Nations Academy would bring some people to give them help."
"The remaining 40% of Nascent Soul realm powerhouses are in the array formation. Do you know what they're doing in there? They're doing their best to construct the array formation, and what are they doing that for? It's all in order to teleport you away and ensure that you are safe!"
The elder of the Ten Nations began to get louder and louder. Eventually, his voice became deafening.
His eyes were full of anger.
"The vast majority of you are geniuses from all over the world. I originally thought that you, being geniuses, would be more sensible but I didn't expect you to be so simple-minded."
"The Fiendcelestial Cult has made preparations for more than ten years before the raid and you really think the Fiendcelestial Cult decided to do this on a whim?"
"They're well-coordinated and caught all of you off guard. We're not afraid to fight but why have we decided to be passive? It's all for your sake!"
"We have to protect you, and if we didn't do this for the sake of preventing extinction, how could they have reached the capital so soon?"
"Among the 72 Earthly Fiends of the Fiendcelestial Cult, there are seven who are Nascent Soul realm powerhouses and the 36 Heavenly Spirits are 36 Nascent Soul realm practitioners. The Twelve Golden Warriors, Four Kings of Hell, and the deputy cult master are working together with the rebels of Wei Nation."
"Besides, there are less than twenty Nascent Soul realm powerhouses to fight with them outside the capital. Those who have it worse are the cultivators who went to deliver the message. They almost lost their lives while doing so, and so far, seven Nascent Soul realm cultivators have fallen."
"Let me ask you, how should we fight this battle?"
Towards the end, he hollered loudly and questioned the few cultivators who were full of complaints.
At this moment, it was much quieter in the array formation. No one was talking anymore and the people had indeed stopped talking about it.
They were a little too flustered. Besides, most people liked escaping and they often felt that the fault lied with others, and that they would forever be right.
However, after hearing the elder's words, everyone completely understood.
In the array formation, Ye Ping completely agreed with the elder.
The Fiendcelestial Cult had definitely spent more than just a day or two on planning the raid. In fact, even the ten-odd years that they spent was considered little.
After all, they were in the dark while the Wei Nation was out in the open.
Besides, with the collusion with the ministers of Wei Nation, they could definitely catch them off guard.
Furthermore, the Fiendcelestial Cult had expected that the powerhouses of the Ten Nations and Wei Nation would definitely protect the elites and so they wouldn't go all out to attack.
In that case, the Wei Nation was bound to suffer a loss.
In fact, Ye Ping could guess that there had been people who proposed that they fight hard against the Fiendcelestial Cult.
However, the biggest problem was that no one would dare to bear the responsibility.
The Fiendcelestial Cult had planned for more than ten years, and even if they sent all their troops, the consequences would be terrible if a Nascent Soul realm cultivator rushed into the city.
Besides, the ministers of Wei Nation had already defected, so the Fiendcelestial Cult would definitely enter the capital.
Hence, the powerhouses of the Wei Nation and the Ten Nations only had two options.
The first option was to go toe-to-toe against the Fiendcelestial Cult and attack them with all their might.
The other option was to stall for time! They could try to stall for time as much as they could and escort the geniuses away while telling everyone to spread the news and wait for reinforcements.
Those were the only options. After all, no one would expect the Fiendcelestial Cult to launch a surprise attack. The higher the realm of cultivators, the more important things they would have to do.
Hence, it was impossible to send a Tribulation Transcendence powerhouse to guard them for the sake of a Ten Nations Grand Tournament.
At the end of the day, the crux was the sudden attack!
It was somewhat similar to a flash battle. As long as the Fiendcelestial Cult was fast enough to attack and take down the Yan Nation, they could get the bargaining chip to negotiate with the Great Xia Dynasty.
At this juncture, they lacked a courageous powerhouse.
However, if it were himself, Ye Ping would not be able to make the most accurate response at the fastest speed.
It was a choice between a bloodbath and saving lives.
In the case of a bloodbath, a large number of geniuses must be sacrificed.
No one can afford to bear this responsibility because if all the geniuses of the Ten Nations died, it would be the greatest shame of the Great Xia Dynasty. The Fiendcelestial Cult would even act more brazenly.
Besides, the cultivator who gave this order would also have to be labeled as a huge sinner.
Hence, it was the root cause of the standstill.
At this moment, no one was speaking.
Everyone was silent, and all the cultivators, who had complained before, began to behave themselves at this point.
"What else do you guys have to say at this point?"
A Nascent Soul realm powerhouse continued to ask.
However, no one was speaking in the array formation.
At this moment, a figure rushed over eagerly.
"Lord, the Teleportation Array has been set up and we can start teleporting whenever you're ready."
The person who came said and looked respectfully at this Nascent Soul realm powerhouse.
The latter asked slowly,
"How many have been arranged? How many people can be teleported away at a time?"
He asked calmly.
"Lord, we have arranged a total of ten array formations and each one is guarded by two Nascent Soul realm lords. Each array formation can transmit 10,000 people at a time, with a fifteen-minute interval between each teleportation."
He answered.
In fact, those words were said to the disciples inside the array formation.
"Okay, start making arrangements to teleport all the disciples within the array formation, as much as possible."
The Nascent Soul realm powerhouse nodded and then looked at the crowd again.
"The Teleportation Arrays have been set up but only 100,000 people can be escorted away at a time. 800,000 people can be sent away within two hours."
"According to the current situation, we can at most hold on for about four hours. In other words, 1.6 million powerhouses can be sent away at once."
"The students of all national academies enjoy priority! Those who are less than twenty years old and have reached the Foundation Establishment realm have priority! Those who are less than 100 years old and have reached the Golden Core realm also enjoy priority! The rest of you wait quietly!"
However, his words made the expressions of many cultivators change.
'Only 1.6 million cultivators can be teleported?'
In the Wei Nation, there were about 70 to 80 million cultivators and there were only less than 5,000 students of the Ten Nations Academy. Including the geniuses from other nations, there were not many who met the priority conditions.
There were probably less than 100,000 of them but what would happen to the rest?
What did it mean to wait quietly?
Waiting quietly for their deaths?
"Senior, 1.6 million people are just like a drop in the bucket, we… Wouldn't all of us die here then?"
"Yeah, Senior, how can an array formation set up by a Nascent Soul realm powerhouse be so slow and inefficient?"
Faced with the fear of death, the people started speaking up. No one could stay calm, especially the ordinary people.
"Silence!"
The voices were extremely cluttered, and this Nascent Soul realm powerhouse interjected loudly, instantly suppressing all the noise.
"I've already made it clear. The Fiendcelestial Cult's sudden attack has ruined the array formation of the city, and later on, they even used the ancient diagram to affect this area. There's no way to activate the array formation at all."
"A 15-minute teleportation of 10,000 people is already considered the limit. No matter what, there are bound to be casualties this time."
"We'll first let the students of the various academies leave, followed by the geniuses of each area. The remaining ones will draw lots to determine if they survive or not."
"One more thing! The Wei Nation troops are fighting hard outside and all powerhouses are resisting the disciples of the Fiendcelestial Cult with their physical bodies. Most of you are disciples of famous sects."
"If immortal cultivators only care about survival when watching this group of evil cultivators kill their Fellow Daoists and insulting the human race, I'm afraid there's nothing great."
At this point, he clenched his fists.
In fact, he was infuriated too. There were tens of millions of cultivators in the Wei Nation, but they were all being chased by the million Fiendcelestial Cult disciples.
Be it the geniuses or ordinary cultivators, they all became flustered when they saw the Fiendcelestial Cult disciples. They clearly could have defeated them but they chickened out because of their cowardice.
They were just too spoiled and pampered.
Having stayed in a peaceful world for a long time without experiencing any trials and tribulations, they usually liked challenging others to fights, but when trouble really struck, they got scared out of their wits. It was truly disappointing.
All the cultivators were quiet again.
No one dared to say anything anymore.
Silence filled the air.
It was oppressive.
Despair.
All kinds of emotions filled them.
At this moment, Huangfu Tianlong wanted to take a step forward, but he was pulled back by Ye Ping.
Ye Ping gently shook his head, he knew what Huangfu Tianlong wanted to do.
Huangfu Tianlong wanted to go out and fight with all his might.
Being the best elite of Nan Nation, he was full of pride and vigor.
However, the reason why Ye Ping stopped him was also very simple.
They had already come to a decision.
Since the Fiendcelestial Cult launched a surprise attack on them, the powerhouses of the Wei Nation and Ten Nations Academy had already gradually entered their trap.
If the powerhouses of the Wei Nation and Ten Nations Academy fought against the Fiendcelestial Cult fearlessly, there would be a chance for survival.
However, at the end of the day, no one dared to bear that responsibility. They had all fallen into a passive state for the sake of teleporting the geniuses of all nations away.
Besides, they were extremely passive.
They could go out and fight.
However, there were powerhouses waiting for everyone in the dark so it was not the time to be reckless now.
The best solution was to survive, remember this scene, and take revenge for everyone in the future.
"Nobles of all nations, hurry and come here!"
At this moment, a voice spread within the array formation of the South City Gate and all the powerful and noble cultivators of all nations were asked to gather quickly, so that they could leave first.
That was rather odd as they all wondered why the powerful and noble people of all nations were allowed to leave first.
Theoretically, shouldn't the geniuses be allowed to leave first?
However, soon, the crowd almost understood that the nobles were all authoritative figures of the Ten Nations, and hence, their lives were indeed more important.
At this moment, many people walked towards the interior of the South City Gate.
Besides, Ye Ping couldn't help but speak when he saw that Li Yu was not moving.
"Why are you still here?"
Ye Ping asked.
"Master, I'll leave with you."
Li Yu said, not intending to leave first.
"If you can, just leave first. Remember to immediately contact my eldest Senior Brother once you leave. If he can come, he will be able to calm the chaos."
Ye Ping told Li Yu to leave.
As long as Li Yu left and informed Su Changyu, everything would be fine in his opinion.
After all, he thought that when his eldest Senior Brother, Su Changyu, came, he would definitely be able to defeat the Fiendcelestial Cult.
That was Ye Ping's confidence.
It was an inexplicable confidence.
"Alright."
Li Yu was not pretentious or stubborn either. He understood Ye Ping's intentions and thus nodded and then turned around to leave.
Soon after Li Yu left, there was news.
Half of the first batch of people to leave using the Teleportation Array consisted of the nobles of the Ten Nations while the other half were ordinary cultivators. After all, if only the geniuses were teleported away, it would cause public outrage.
Sometimes, the human heart is just so amusing and infuriating.
At this moment, Ye Ping could not help but sigh.
The sudden attack had indeed made many worried.
Huangfu Tianlong, who was at the side, also fell silent.
Who would have thought that the Ten Nations Grand Tournament would suddenly turn out to be like this?
About eighteen minutes passed.
The dense spiritual energy suddenly filled the air, and in the next moment, ten rays of light radiated and disappeared in the sky dome. That was the process of teleportation.
Within the array formation of the South City Gate, countless pairs of eyes were filled with envy and jealousy.
Ye Ping raised his head and looked at the sky, seemingly pondering about something.
However, all of a sudden,
Ye Ping froze and exclaimed, "Bad news!"
He seemed to have thought about something as his expression turned extremely ghastly.
Indeed…
At this moment…
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A terrifying sound of explosions filled the air, as if a meteorite had landed on the ground. Ten colored mushroom-shaped clouds appeared in the sky.
At this moment, everyone was quiet.
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Chapter 189: Four Hours! Victory Is Determined!
Above the dome of the sky, ten mushroom-shaped clouds appeared in front of everyone.
Everyone was silent.
There was silence!
Absolute silence!
Not only was there silence, but there was also something inexplicable.
Initially, they thought that the Teleportation Array was the only solution to survive, but they never thought that the Fiendcelestial Cult had prepared for this and guessed that there would be a Teleportation Array.
That was something that no one had expected.
The colored mushroom clouds signified the collapse of the space. In other words, the cultivators that had been teleported away had all died.
Yes, all of them died.
Space collapse was the most terrifying thing. Only Essence Soul realm cultivators could break free and survive with the help of the Essence Soul.
Those below the Essence Soul realm would definitely die in the event of a space collapse.
Not only would they die, but their corpses would be gone too.
Only powerhouses could study the mysterious relationship between time and space.
The cultivators quieted down.
They looked at the mushroom clouds in the sky and were at a loss for words.
In particular, some cultivators, who were still indignant previously, were all silent now.
Who would have expected such a thing to happen again?
Who would have thought that the Fiendcelestial Cult would actually do this?
They were simply inhumane.
"Beasts."
In the array formation, even Ye Ping could not help but clench his fist at this moment.
It was because Li Yu had been in one of those ten array formations.
At this moment, Ye Ping's eyes were bloodshot but he didn't say anything. Ye Ping was suppressing his anger because he knew that being angry was pointless and it wouldn't do anything to help the situation. Hence, he decided to stay calm first.
However, even so, Ye Ping couldn't help but shudder.
Huangfu Tianlong, who was on the other side, was clenching his fists tightly and his eyes were full of resentment.
"Beasts, they're bastards of the Fiendcelestial Cult."
Huangfu Tianlong was boiling with fury. Although Li Yu and him weren't considered close, they at least knew each other and hit it off well. Hence, they were considered friends.
Now that his friend died tragically at the hands of the Fiendcelestial Cult, how could he not be furious?
He was a powerful nobleman of Ten Nations but he didn't expect that to be the outcome.
"Hurry up! Enter the array formation!"
At this moment, someone spoke up and alarmed everyone.
Everyone couldn't help but freeze in shock.
'Things have already come to this and they still want to send more people into the array formation?'
'Aren't they sending them onto the path towards death?'
"Elder, things have already come to this, why do you want to send people into the Teleportation Array?"
"Yeah, Elder, the Fiendcelestial Cult is already blocking us and killing us. If we try to sabotage ourselves…"
"Elder, isn't this clearly asking us to kill ourselves?"
The voices filled the air. Some people felt that since the Fiendcelestial Cult had already found out about the Teleportation Array, activating it again was just self-sabotage.
"Cut the crap! This is the only chance to survive. As long as someone escapes, spreads the news, and brings some reinforcements to help us, we will be saved. The Fiendcelestial Cult has already declared that they will take control of Wei Nation within four hours."
"Right now, if we just sit and wait, we will only face death in the end!"
The elder's voice was cold and indifferent.
After he said that, everyone indeed fell silent.
He was right. If they didn't use the Teleportation Array, what could they use?
They couldn't possibly die there.
"Elder, have you guys already found out long ago that the Fiendcelestial Cult would be attacking the Teleportation Array?"
"Otherwise, why did you let the powerful nobles of the Ten Nations leave first? Is it because their status is high and hence, if they are teleported away, there would be timely repercussions?"
"Besides, even if they die, we won't face a cease of lineage, right? Our geniuses won't fall, right? Is that so?"
However, at this moment, someone roared loudly. It was a noble of the Ten Nations who belonged to the second batch to leave. However, at this moment, he seemed to have guessed something and couldn't help but ask.
After hearing his questioning, everyone couldn't help but look at the Nascent Soul realm powerhouse.
"That's right."
The Nascent Soul realm elder answered with a composed gaze.
However, before the crowd could snap back to their senses, the elder spoke up.
"The Wei Nation is now surrounded by the Fiendcelestial Cult. They have been carefully planning for decades, and we have fallen into their trap."
"However, if we want to truly overcome this calamity, we will have to contact the outside world. As long as the news reaches the Ten Nations Academy, there will be countless experts rushing to Wei Nation to suppress the Fiendcelestial Cult."
"So, in this situation, priority can only be given to the nobles of the Ten Nations. They are authoritative and have much more of a say than ordinary cultivators."
"You're right. We let the geniuses of the Ten Nations for the sake of preserving the lineage. If the nobles die, more can be produced, but if the geniuses die, there will be no way to salvage the situation."
"I know, it's cruel, but you have to remember that sometimes it's worth sacrificing some people and things for the greater good. Besides, you're a noble of the Ten Nations."
"You hold every fallen genius close to your hearts and if the kings of the Ten Nations are here, they would certainly agree with our idea as well."
He said with a cold expression.
His words caused the nobles of the Ten Nations to feel a chilliness in their hearts.
However, the saddest thing was that he was right.
Every genius belonged to the Ten Nations. If a noble died, their parents would be able to give birth to more children, but if a genius died, it would be difficult to produce another genius. In particular, some smaller nations might send three or five geniuses to join the Ten Nations Grand Tournament.
They were the mainstay of the future revitalization and rise of the country. Among the nobles, there was no lack of genius, but most of them were not geniuses. They had merely built their cultivation level using a variety of pills and resources.
They were basically not considered geniuses.
Hence, if they died, the impact wouldn't be huge and their foundation would not be affected either because their parents and nation were still around.
However, if geniuses died, the entire nation would be shaken and they would be devoured by the enemies at any time.
That was the reason that they were dejected. In fact, even if the kings of the Ten Nations were there, they would be willing to sacrifice their own sons too.
All personal interests would be insignificant compared to the bigger picture. If the sacrifice of a single person would resolve the calamity, everyone would be willing.
That was reality.
At that instant, no one spoke and they all fell silent.
They knew that the powerhouses of the Wei Nation and the elders of the Ten Nations were not willing to see such a scene.
At this moment, the Teleportation Array was activated again.
Although they knew that they would definitely die, some of them were still willing to enter the array formation. One reason was because they thought that they could survive by fluke and the other reason was that they wanted to sacrifice themselves. If they managed to escape, they would be able to spread the news and save the Wei Nation.
They wouldn't have died in vain.
In the array formation, Ye Ping listened to everything quietly.
Although this elder was right, he could not accept it. But he also knew that he had to accept it even if he could not.
However, at the next moment, the Nascent Soul realm elder spoke.
"Dying is not the only option now."
"We will send out three Nascent Soul realm powerhouses to come out of the great array formation and suppress this group of beasts of the Fiendcelestial Cult. If there's anyone who's willing, you can come along and kill this group of beasts."
"It will all be voluntary. Life and death are destined. When the array formation is activated five minutes from now, we'll charge over together."
His voice was indifferent.
His words suddenly led to an uproar.
Some people panicked and some were terrified. However, many of the cultivators were arrogant.
"Damn it, I've long hated these beasts of the Fiendcelestial Cult. I'm going. Are any of you willing to go together with me?"
"I'll go, even if I have to die, I'll die upright."
"Although I am not a genius, I can play a small role in this."
"If we sit and wait, we will die anyway, so we might as well charge there."
The cultivators in the array formation spoke up. They all hated the Fiendcelestial Cult and had anger pent up within them. In particular, after the array formation had been attacked, they were even more furious.
Now, they were full of zeal and were willing to charge over together.
However, 90% of the cultivators were still silent. Clearly, they were scared.
In the face of death, not many people could remain cool and collected. There were also very few who were willing and had the guts to sacrifice themselves.
"Senior Brother Ye, do you want to fight or not?"
At this moment, Huangfu Tianlong, who was at the side, asked Ye Ping if he wanted to join him.
He was a true elite in the first place. If not for the fact that the Fiendcelestial Cult had Nascent Soul realm powerhouses who were attacking the geniuses in the dark, he would have gone out and fought hard.
"Brother Huangfu, Brother Ye, are you going to go out to fight? Senior Brother Zhang Ren and I have decided to fight."
Nangong Xing and Zhang Ren walked over with their gazes full of determination. They decided to leave the array.
Although it would be dangerous to leave the array, they really couldn't stand it.
They were not the only ones. Many elites had walked over too. They were willing to get out of the array formation to fight, but if they could join forces, it would naturally be better.
All of a sudden, hundreds of elites also gathered. They subconsciously looked at Ye Ping and were waiting to hear his answer.
"We cultivators can fight."
In the array formation, Ye Ping looked at purgatory outside the array formation, and then slowly said.
"Good. Senior Brother Ye, I indeed wasn't wrong about you."
"Brother Ye is worthy of being the best elite in Jin Nation. I truly admire you."
"We cultivators can put up a fight! Good! Good! Good!"
After hearing Ye Ping's words, many couldn't help but somehow feel zealous. They even influenced some people who were still hesitating.
At this moment, several figures appeared in front of Ye Ping and the others. They were women.
"Everyone, we are disciples of the Tianyun Sect and this is the healing Spirit Pills of our sect. We don't know if you will survive this time but I hope these pills can help you."
Although they did not choose to go out of the array formation, they wanted to do something to help and thus gave their most valuable pills to the elites.
The only thing that upset the elites was that all the women had gone to Ye Ping and gave away pills one after another, making Huangfu Tianlong feel depressed.
"We can't stand beside Senior Brother Ye. Look at this group of fairies, all of them are giving their precious pills to Senior Brother Ye. Poor us."
He joked, making many of them laugh.
However, the crowd knew that in the next moment, they were going to go out of the array formation, which was very dangerous. Hence, the joke was just to ease the tension.
"Thank you all for your kindness. These pills are not that useful for us, it would be better to give them to other Fellow Daoists whose cultivation levels are lower. It would be more effective for them."
Ye Ping turned them down.
He was right. At their level, they had secret techniques to heal their wounds even if they were seriously injured and hence, the Spirit Stones would not be very effective. Even if they swallowed them after suffering fatal injuries, there would be no use.
However, it would be very useful for the cultivators whose cultivation levels were inferior to theirs.
After hearing his words, the elites nodded. The fairies of the Tianyun Sect didn't say anything either as they simply bowed to Ye Ping.
Immediately afterwards, they distributed the pills.
Perhaps because they had been influenced by the fairies of the Tianyun Sect, many cultivators had taken out their own pills, flying swords, or magic treasures, and gave them to the cultivators who were going out to fight.
Once they went, they might never be able to come back.
Time passed bit by bit.
The atmosphere was getting more and more depressing.
Everyone was somehow nervous and even the elites began to tense up.
All of a sudden, there was a loud and clear voice.
"We are all orthodox disciples who have cultivated hard for a hundred years for the sake of becoming immortal, protecting people, and killing demons!"
The bright voice belonged to the Nascent Soul realm powerhouse who immediately struck and a hundred-feet tall pagoda appeared behind him. It was a Dao artifact. In an instant, streams of dark-colored light emanated, suppressing thousands of Fiendcelestial Cult disciples.
That scene made countless cultivators in the array formation exclaim with ardor and zeal coursing through their blood.
"We cultivators can put up a fight! Everyone, let's go!"
"Kill this group of beasts."
"Fiendcelestial Cult disciples, your nemesis is here."
"Bastards, all of you should die."
The deafening roars sounded, and at this moment, figures rushed out of the big array formation with all kinds of magic weapons in their hands as they charged towards the Fiendcelestial Cult disciples.
Boom.
At this moment, a heavenly sword cut out from the void, and in an instant, tens of thousands of cultivators died under the sanguine sword.
However, in an instant, powerhouses that were also of the Nascent Soul realm immediately attacked to stop them and even fought with them in the sky.
It was a battle between Nascent Soul realm cultivators. It wasn't of the same level at all.
The battle between them was extremely terrifying and enough to destroy the world.
"Kill!"
At this moment, Ye Ping left the array formation.
His simple words were indifferent.
In the next moment, Ye Ping turned into a ray of golden light. He had the Heavenly River Swordsmanship in his left hand and the Ancient True Dragon fist in his right hand. The Fiendcelestial Cult disciples were killed by Ye Ping like tofu.
"Kill!"
Huangfu Tianlong followed behind Ye Ping. A Dragon-Elephant appeared behind him. It seemed to have slashed hundreds of Fiendcelestial Cult disciples.
Nangong Xing, Zhang Ren, Chen Hongfei and others were not weak either as their bodies were all covered in blood.
They had too much anger pent up within them. The Fiendcelestial Cult disciples who were outside the array formation previously were extremely arrogant. Now that they had left the array formation, everyone held their breaths.
They all breathed at this moment.
They were a group of fearless cultivators, because they knew that once they left, it would be hard to survive and thus they were all ready to die.
Hence, the Fiendcelestial Cult disciples had lost their greatest advantage but they could still destroy them because the cultivators were afraid of death previously.
However, now that they were no longer afraid, it was a true battle of strength.
Both parties were fighting hard.
At this moment, the Fiendcelestial Cult disciples, who were hidden in the dark, suddenly appeared.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
Deafening shouts filled the air, and a large number of Fiendcelestial Cult disciples surged onto the streets. They were not ordinary Fiendcelestial Cult disciples.
They were the true elites of the Fiendcelestial Cult, each with cold gazes in their eyes. They weren't scared of the cultivators at all.
Besides, the weakest of them all were in the late-stage Foundation Establishment realm. That was the true power of the Fiendcelestial Cult.
The sudden arrival of the Fiendcelestial Cult disciples did make the cultivators feel somewhat pressurized. They had long ambushed there and were waiting to start a massacre after the cultivators appeared.
Pfft!
Heads flew up into the sky.
Corpses landed.
Crimson blood flowed in the capital of Wei Nation.
It was a bloody battle that was harsh and brutal.
The first group of cultivators who charged out had indeed killed plenty of Fiendcelestial Cult disciples. However, they were not true elites.
With the appearance of this group of elites, the cultivators in the capital were once again surprised.
Not far away, a middle-aged man who was holding a flying sword in his hand stabbed the head of a Fiendcelestial Cult disciple, and before he could laugh, a ray of light charged over and exploded immediately.
A young cultivator, who seemed to be about 17 or 18 years old, was holding a three-feet green sword and had his heart pierced through but he was still swinging his sword. Although he soon lost consciousness, he was still standing moments before he died.
Even a female cultivator, who had an ordinary appearance and bloodshot eyes, charged out with her sword. She managed to kill three Fiendcelestial Cult disciples alone but dozens of figures appeared and stabbed her in the heart.
She fell straight to the ground and died. Even her corpse was incomplete.
"Damn it, you beasts, I'll fight you hard."
"Even the female cultivator has attacked. I'm a man so I shouldn't be so wishy-washy. I refuse to believe that the Fiendcelestial Cult has an infinite number of disciples."
"If we wait, we'll die. If we go out, we'll die too. We might as well kill two of them."
"You people are hiding in the array, you're worse than a woman. I really despise you."
Perhaps because of the magnificent scene, the second group of cultivators inside the array formation clenched their fists. Without hesitation, they charged straight out of the array formation and mocked the group of cultivators hiding behind.
In an instant, another figure walked out of the array formation.
Both parties were like meat grinders. With each strike, there would be casualties and both the Fiendcelestial Cult and cultivators of the national capital suffered extremely heavy losses.
It was a deadly battle.
It was a bloody battle too.
After stepping out of the array formation, he would either live or die.
Fortunately, the cultivators of the capital had one advantage, and that was the elite Ye Ping.
They made a great contribution.
Each elite had a different style, especially Ye Ping, who used the Expiation Heavenly River Swordsmanship to defeat them. Even the elites of the Fiendcelestial Cult were insignificant to them.
The Golden Light of Expiation was the nemesis of the cultivators of the Fiendcelestial Cult.
It was just like how paper was afraid of fire.
However, at this moment…
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Another ten mushroom clouds appeared in the sky.
That meant that the second teleportation had failed too.
"Activate again!"
Before the cultivators could sink into a state of despair, the powerhouse in the array formation said coldly.
Right now, they could not afford to waste a single second.
Both sides were racing against time.
Within four hours, the Fiendcelestial Cult could completely break into the capital of Wei Nation.
As long as someone escaped Wei Nation and went outside for help within those four hours, they would… have some chance of survival.
More than an hour had passed.
Hence, time was extremely tight.
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Chapter 190: The Holy Son Of The Fiendcelestial Cult! Fight!
There were only less than four hours left for all the cultivators of Wei Nation and the Fiendcelestial Cult disciples.
If the Fiendcelestial Cult could take down Wei Nation within four hours, the fall of the Wei Nation would be a disgrace to the Ten Nations, and the whole Great Xia Dynasty would quake because no one would take the responsibility.
However, if the Fiendcelestial Cult did not take Wei Nation down within four hours, it would be a huge disaster for the Fiendcelestial Cult.
The Fiendcelestial Cult had sent almost their entire cult and the scheme that they had carefully planned for decades was kept fully confidential. After all, the fact that it could remain a secret in the presence of the Great Xia Dynasty's intelligence agencies was enough to prove the determination of the Fiendcelestial Cult.
The secret planning lasted for as long as 25 years, during which all the participants stayed still in order to prevent the news from being leaked.
That was also the reason why the Ten Nations and the Great Xia Dynasty were unaware of it.
In fact, the Fiendcelestial Cult used secret treasures to suppress the heavenly secret and thus made it impossible for the Great Godfiend's Heavenly Secret Pavilion to predict the disaster.
All in all, no matter how the future generations tried to deny the conspiracy, they had no choice but to admit that the Fiendcelestial Cult was smart and determined.
They were determined to fight the Great Xia Dynasty to the end.
Outside the capital of Wei Nation, there were corpses everywhere.
About 50% of the Wei Nation army had already been killed and the Fiendcelestial Cult didn't have it any better either.
However, the Fiendcelestial Cult brought three treasures that would determine the victory of this sudden attack. They were just waiting for the time to be ripe to deal the Ten Nations with the final blow.
In the Wei Nation, there were several massacres.
The several batches of cultivators had already had their eyes turn red from killing.
Under the fearless willpower of the people, there would basically be a fair exchange of blows between them and the Fiendcelestial Cult. There wouldn't be a one-sided situation.
The Nascent Soul realm cultivators would fight against the Nascent Soul realm cultivators, while the Golden Core realm would fight against the Golden Core realm, and the Foundation Establishment realm would fight against the Foundation Establishment realm.
The battle between both sides was intense and there would be people falling every single second. However, that was also the reason why there would be people standing out every second.
The Fiendcelestial Cult disciples clearly didn't expect the cultivators to be so tenacious either, thus causing the battle to reach a stalemate.
If they were unable to achieve true suppression, it would be bad for both the external and internal sectors.
However, the Wei Nation cultivators saw a glimmer of hope.
At this moment, in the middle of the void, several Nascent Soul realm powerhouses of the Fiendcelestial Cult were also communicating.
"The Sect Master has started urging us to stop delaying and quickly suppress the capital of this nation in order to start the sacrifice. If we activate the Ten Thousand Fiend Banner earlier, we can end this raid sooner too."
A divine voice sounded and urged the crowd to hurry up so as to not disrupt the plan.
"Hmph, those old fogies are holding on stubbornly but they have no idea that they're already a sitting duck. However, I didn't expect them to dare to fight. This is a really troublesome thing."
"Yeah, the resistance of these nobodies has delayed my plan. They developed a battle intent because they see some hope. Hence, we have to suppress them and not let them have any trace of hope. Otherwise, they might really disrupt our plan."
They communicated with each other. They weren't afraid of the Nascent Soul realm powerhouses of the same realm at all, but rather, they were scared of the fearless nobodies in the array formation.
It was not that they were worried that the numerous cultivators could work together to defeat them, but rather, they were worried about the delay. They had to kill the cultivators in the array formation and use their blood and resentful spirits to activate the Ten Thousand Fiend Banner.
Once the Ten Thousand Fiend Banner was activated, the outcome would be decided.
That was also the reason why they said that they only had four hours for the battle.
However, a powerhouse spoke up calmly at this moment.
"The reason that this group of cultivators dare to resist is simply because of the presence of these geniuses, but these geniuses from the Ten Nations are indeed quite strong. However, this is all under the control of Sect Master."
He looked extremely confident. In the void, the Nascent Soul realm powerhouse of the Fiendcelestial Cult couldn't help but look at Ye Ping who was not far away.
'What do you mean?'
Some people frowned, not understanding the meaning of this statement.
"Hmph, the Sect Master has long expected that there would be some invincible elites among the Ten Nations, so he has already sent 108 Holy Sons."
After he said that, several Fiendcelestial Cult elders couldn't help but be stunned.
"The Holy Sons are here?"
"What? The Sect Master actually sent the Holy Sons?"
They were shocked and seemed to be in disbelief.
The Fiendcelestial Cult was not famous only for the Four Kings of Hell. There were also the Twelve Golden Warriors, 36 Heavenly Spirits, and 72 Earthly Fiends.
The most famous was the 108 Holy Sons.
There was a saying that it was better to let the Sect Master die than the Holy Sons.
The meaning of this saying was very simple. The Sect Master was replaceable but the Holy Sons were not.
They were called Holy Sons in the Fiendcelestial Cult, but to everyone else in the world, all the Holy Sons were Devil Sons.
The Fiendcelestial Cult's Devil Sons were elites that could gain the recognition of the world.
It was because the selection of the Devil Sons was extremely harsh.
Not all elites who had fast cultivation speeds could become Devil Sons.
Each Devil Son would have to be emotionless and without desire. However, they were not killing machines without sentience or minds of their own. On the contrary, they were actually very intelligent.
However, the strict selection process resulted in there being only 365 Devil Sons since its establishment.
Besides, all the Devil Sons were not of the same generation. The difference in age was probably 1,000 years.
In other words, the difference in strength between the Devil Sons was extremely different.
However, even so, those that could become Devil Sons were feared by the cultivators of the world.
The reason for the scarcity of Devil Sons was not only because they had to be elites, but also because they had to pass an inhumane test.
For example, they had to kill their loved ones or conduct a massacre in ten ancient cities alone. Sometimes, one would even have to become the king of a nation.
Who would be the ones to pass such a test?
Who would kill the person they loved?
No matter how ruthless they might be, they couldn't possibly be that merciless.
Hence, the Devil Sons were the core strength of the Fiendcelestial Cult and each Devil Son was probably better than 100,000 disciples of the Fiendcelestial Cult.
However, the Devil Sons usually wouldn't appear even if the Fiendcelestial Cult was destroyed.
Due to the fact that they lurked in the dark, they might be disguised as a farmer or even the king of a nation. They were the key existences for the revival of the Fiendcelestial Cult.
That was the fundamental reason why the Fiendcelestial Cult was so difficult to get rid of.
So what if one knew where the lair of the Fiendcelestial Cult was?
After destroying a lair, a random Devil Son would appear and that would allow the Fiendcelestial Cult to be revived.
In other words, killing a Devil Son was equivalent to killing a deputy Sect Master.
Hence, when they heard that the Devil Sons were coming, they were indeed shocked.
"Yes, the Sect Master has sent the Holy Sons specifically to deal with the elites. The Sect Master's idea is simple, and that is to give them enough hope, and then bring them into endless despair. That's the only way that the Ten Thousand Fiend Banner will become stronger."
The other party said in a cold voice.
"When will the Holy Sons appear? How many will there be?"
Someone asked.
"I don't know, and I'm not sure, this is a top secret that no one knows about except the Sect Master."
The other party answered.
However, his statement made the powerhouses in the void fall silent.
On the other hand, in the capital of Wei Nation, Ye Ping was bathed in golden light.
He had already killed countless Fiendcelestial Cult disciples.
Like an immortal god of war, his fists were invincible and his sword contained immeasurable power. No one could resist Ye Ping's attacks.
He was a true elite.
However, the other elites were not inferior either.
Like a dragon, Huangfu Tianlong released the Dragon-Elephant shadow to suppress things while the other elites like Nangong Xing, Zhang Ren, and Chen Hongfei also played a crucial role.
"The Fiendcelestial Cult is nothing more than this!"
At this moment, in the distance, Chen Hongfei beheaded dozens of people with his flying sword.
His eyes were filled with hatred for the Fiendcelestial Cult because they had killed the elder whom he respected the most
At the next moment, a black ancient spear appeared like a black lightning bolt.
It was so fast that almost no one could react in time.
Pfft.
Chen Hongfei's chest cavity was pierced by the spear and his bloodstained bones were scattered all over the ground. He grimaced in pain that made his hair stand on end.
"Huh?"
He shrieked in misery as the spear pierced through his chest cavity, causing his body to fly backwards. After smashing more than ten buildings, he was pinned outside the array formation.
He was overwhelmed with pain!
The extreme pain caused Chen Hongfei to wail.
Some people in the array formation attacked and tried to pull Chen Hongfei in.
However, in the next moment, this black ancient spear exploded and hundreds of people were blown up alive on the spot. Chen Hongfei had died.
His corpse and bones were turned into ashes.
It was shocking.
Extremely shocking.
Many cultivators in the array formation were stunned. Chen Hongfei was the elite of the Chen Nation. Although he was not the best elite, he was considered a powerhouse, and it was obvious from his performance that he definitely wasn't weak.
However, they did not expect him to be killed on the spot by an ancient spear.
At the next moment, a figure appeared and slowly walked out of a mass of black fog on the main street.
The black figure was emitting a suffocating aura that made everyone shudder before they could see his face clearly.
All the elites couldn't help but look at the figure with curiosity in their eyes.
Tap Tap Tap Tap!
At this moment, the Fiendcelestial Cult disciples retreated in unison instead of continuing with the killing.
The change made all the cultivators become nervous.
"You're getting up to nonsense!"
Nangong Xing, who was the closest to that person, immediately attacked. He struck with his palm full of the power of the stars in a bid to test his strength.
Boom.
Another ancient spear darted out and stabbed Nangong Xing at the speed of lightning.
At the same time, Nangong Xing was also prepared and a starry screen appeared in front of him as he tried to stop the attack.
However, a shocking scene appeared.
The starry screen could not stop this black ancient spear.
It directly pierced through.
Boom.
With a loud sound, Nangong Xing's chest was pierced by the spear too and he landed among the crowd.
"Brother Nangong."
Zhang Ren roared in anger, his eyes full of menace. Nangong Xing was his best friend, so how could he not be angry that his best friend died in front of him?
However, as soon as he said that, there was yet another sound of an explosion and before many of the cultivators could react, they were killed on the spot.
Everything seemed incredibly heartless.
"Beasts."
At this moment, Zhang Ren roared in anger while the Blood and Qi Furnace appeared behind him. It was full of vigor and the real ability of Zhang Ren. It was extremely powerful as it charged towards the black shadow.
Boom.
Another ancient spear was launched.
However, Zhang Ren did not die as his Blood and Qi Furnace blocked the spear. Although it was punctured by the spear, it was not entirely broken.
"Die."
Zhang Ren hollered furiously. He concentrated his energy and channeled all his Dharmic powers into the Blood and Qi Furnace in a bid to launch a single blow to end it all.
"No!"
"Watch out! It's a Devil Son of the Fiendcelestial Cult."
"It's the Devil Son, Zhang Ren, come back quickly."
However, at this moment, several voices came from the array formation, belonging to Nascent Soul realm powerhouses. They knew who this black shadow was and immediately hollered while some Nascent Soul realm powerhouses even crossed the great array formation in a bid to save Zhang Ren.
Unfortunately, it was already too late.
A black ancient spear once again appeared, but this time, it appeared behind Zhang Ren.
Boom.
The Blood and Qi Furnace exploded but Zhang Ren's body had already been crushed into bits.
Ruthless.
Absolutely Ruthless.
Countless cultivators in the array formation were completely silent.
Previously, with the elites around, they could at least see some hope.
However, to their surprise, a Devil Son appeared. He was actually so powerful that the famous geniuses of the Ten Nations were actually wiped out in one move.
It was too exaggerated and too incredible.
Boom!
Colorful mushroom clouds appeared in the sky again, once again signifying the failure of the Teleportation Array.
The multiple successive blows made many cultivators calm down.
They were full of zeal that allowed them to be fearless towards death. However, in such a situation, they could not afford to be suppressed.
However, at this moment…
Roar!
The roar of the Dragon-Elephant filled the air.
Huangfu Tianlong appeared behind the figure in the black fog.
He seized the time gap when the person killed Zhang Ren'to kill him.
The True Dragon-Elephant appeared and sent the Devil Son flying dozens of meters away
"Excellent!"
"Senior Brother Huangfu is indeed very powerful."
"Senior Brother Huangfu is mighty."
At this moment, countless cultivators within the array formation roared. The Devil Son was too strong, and as soon as he appeared, he was so invincible that he crushed the confidence of all cultivators.
Now that Huangfu Tianlong had successfully attacked, how could they not be surprised?
However, at the next moment, the figure instantly reacted and disappeared on the spot.
"Careful"
Everyone could not react, including Huangfu Tianlong. However, Ye Ping reacted immediately as he saw the enemy attack. His physical body moved quickly and tore through space, creating a huge storm.
The Golden Light of Expiation was shone on Huangfu Tianlong.
Previously, when Chen Hongfei, Nangong Xing, and Zhang Ren were killed, Ye Ping did not manage to release the Golden Light of Expiation in time. Now that he had been watching the battlefield closely, he could cast the Golden Light of Expiation in time.
Boom!
However, even with the Golden Light of Expiation, the Devil Son had already struck Huangfu Tianlong and sent him flying with one punch, shattering the golden light and causing Huangfu Tianlong to suffer heavy injuries.
The bones in his chest were all shattered, but under the enhancement of the secret technique, his condition was stabilized.
"This is a Devil Son, you can't fight him. Hurry up and come back."
At this moment, a Nascent Soul realm elder inside the array formation spoke up and informed the crowd that this was the Devil Son of the Fiendcelestial Cult.
He got everyone to return to the array formation.
He didn't want there to be a bloodshed.
Whoosh
One by one, the figures returned to the array formation as they didn't dare to compete with the Devil Son.
"Junior Brother Huangfu, go back."
However, just as Huangfu Tianlong was about to fight again, Ye Ping suddenly told Huangfu Tianlong to go back.
It was because Ye Ping knew that Huangfu Tianlong could not defeat the Devil Son at all.
Huangfu Tianlong, who originally wanted to fight, couldn't help but clench his fists and fly towards the array formation after hearing that
Ye Ping was the only person he would listen to.
However, the Devil Son in the black fog struck again, obviously not wanting to let Huangfu Tianlong escape.
His purpose for coming was simple. He just wanted to hunt geniuses and crush the confidence of the crowd of cultivators, so as to pull them down into the abyss of despair.
"You're confident."
However, at this moment, Ye Ping instantly struck.
His tone was calm as he appeared on the main street, retracting his flying sword and staring at the other party calmly.
Boom!
Roar!
At this moment, a 330 feet Blood and Qi Furnace appeared behind Ye Ping together with a 1,000-feet Qi and Blood True Dragon.
Ye Ping wasn't conceited at all. He condensed the Golden Wheel of Expiation and went all out.
With the enhancement of the Golden Wheel of Expiation, the Blood and Qi Furnace glistened like a golden sun.
The rays of golden light shone and instantly dissipated the black fog while the other party's face appeared in front of everyone.
It was a thin young man who looked rather sickly. He had a calm gaze in his eyes, but when he saw the Golden Wheel of Expiation, he seemed surprised. However, he still continued to charge towards Ye Ping.
Roar!
Ye Ping clenched his fists and enhanced it with terrifying Dharmic powers. The Blood and Qi Furnace rumbled while the Qi and Blood True Dragon hollered furiously.
Everyone could not help but look at Ye Ping.
They were staring straight at him.
The Devil Son of the Fiendcelestial Cult was repeatedly killing geniuses and suppressing them in an invincible manner.
Although Huangfu Tianlong attacked successfully, he still did not seriously hurt them in the end.
The Devil Son had become a nightmare in the hearts of countless cultivators and he was just like an invincible Fiendcelestial.
If Ye Ping lost again, their confidence would be completely shattered. Hence, they were looking forward to Ye Ping defeating him.
In fact, they would be excited even if Ye Ping reached a draw with the Devil Son.
Hence, this battle was very important.
The Nascent Soul realm powerhouses in the array formation couldn't help but clench their fists too because they understood that their morale would be greatly reduced if Ye Ping lost.
However, there were also many people who were shocked by Ye Ping. After all, the Qi and Blood True Dragon was too terrifying.
At this point, the two of them collided.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The light of their fists collided, producing an extremely terrifying explosive force.
All the houses and buildings were turned into dust and all the buildings within a radius of thousands of meters were destroyed.
Some of the Fiendcelestial Cult disciples were turned into badly mangled corpses at this point. They died silently but also implicated many innocent cultivators and people.
In the South City Gate, there would have been countless deaths and injuries if they didn't have the protection of the array formation.
Bang!
Ye Ping retreated by dozens of steps and so did the sickly young man.
Their physical bodies buzzed while their Qi and Blood rolled within them and their organs shivered. It was a true battle between elites.
At this realm, there was not much difference between their strengths.
Fortunately, the other party was only in the early-stage Golden Core realm.
If he was stronger, it would really be impossible to fight.
Ye Ping was now in the early stage of Foundation Establishment, but he had a strong foundation and could break through to Major Perfection anytime. It was all up to him.
The difference between the two was a big realm.
However, the difference in strength was insignificant. Hence, it was enough to prove that Ye Ping's real strength was greater.
It was mainly because of his Ancient Godfiend Body and the Ancient True Dragon fist technique coupled with his rich Dharmic powers.
Otherwise, it was impossible to compete with him.
However, no matter what, a big battle that was enough to affect the outcome had appeared.
The elites of the Ten Nations.
The Devil Son of the Fiendcelestial Cult.
A great war began.
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Chapter 191: The Wei Nation Is Destroyed, The Truth is Revealed
In Wei Nation.
Not far away, Ye Ping was like a heavenly god while the Blood and Qi Furnace behind him was shining like a golden sun.
On the other hand, the Fiendcelestial Cult's Devil Son seemed calm and ordinary, but that was also the reason that they somehow felt pressurized.
Fortunately, Ye Ping had tied with the other party, and none of them suffered any losses but no one had the upper hand either.
That was a good thing too as they at least wouldn't be killed by the Devil Son like the few geniuses did before.
At this moment, everyone could not help but look at the battlefield.
It was a great battle between an elite of the Ten Nations and the Fiendcelestial Cult's Devil Son, but it was also a great battle between the powerhouses of the Ten Nations and the Fiendcelestial Cult.
If Ye Ping won, he would be able to encourage and unite everyone.
However, if Ye Ping lost, the confidence of all cultivators would be crushed, and then the Fiendcelestial Cult would be even stronger.
Many were watching that battle intently.
All the cultivators in the array formation were watching the battle, keeping their eyes glued to it.
"You're very strong and competent."
The Devil Son said
He stared at Ye Ping calmly.
"Your abilities, strength, and talent are in fact not inferior to the other Devil Sons."
"I can give you a chance to join us as long as you're willing to."
"I can guarantee that you will become a Devil Son. With extraordinary status and authority, you can easily obtain anything that you want."
"Be it treasures, secret manuals, or Spirit Pills, you can get anything you want as long as you join the Fiendcelestial Cult."
The Devil Son's voice was compelling and tempting.
He looked at Ye Ping and offered this condition.
He seemed to admire Ye Ping and wanted to rope him in to join the Fiendcelestial Cult.
However, there were no changes in Ye Ping's gaze.
Ye Ping's gaze was calm but what he meant was simple.
He meant that it was impossible to join the Fiendcelestial Cult.
Ye Ping did not answer.
The Devil Son didn't continue and was just waiting quietly for Ye Ping's answer.
Time passed bit by bit.
Boom!
Above the dome of the sky.
Another ten colored mushroom clouds rose and the Teleportation Array failed again.
That made them feel hopeless and at a loss for words.
However, at this moment, the Devil Son said slowly.
"I have given you ample time to think about it but you didn't answer me. Regardless of whether you're still thinking about it or not, I've already considered that you've given up."
"In that case, let it end."
As his voice sounded, the Devil Son struck immediately.
He charged to the spot in front of Ye Ping and seemed rather invincible. He then used some Mystical Ability to shake the mountains with his fist.
Ye Ping charged towards the Devil Son fearlessly.
At this moment, the two of them were fighting hard and each punch of theirs destroyed countless buildings.
The great battle between them caused rays of light to cast all over the ground while they punched ferociously.
The Carefree Sword Kinesis Flight.
During the fierce battle, Ye Ping cast the Carefree Sword Kinesis Flight, which was a type of Sword Kinesis Flight that could enhance one's physical body and allow one to fly faster.
In an instant, Ye Ping's speed became faster than lightning as he appeared behind the Devil Son immediately.
Boom.
The True Dragon Fist landed on the back of the Devil Son like a huge mountain that suppressed it.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The void trembled and the spine of the Devil Son was immediately crushed by Ye Ping. However, he was a ruthless person who turned over and struck Ye Ping in his chest.
However, at this moment, Ye Ping used the Carefree Sword Kinesis Flight again to turn his body and escape that blow, though he suffered a punch in his right shoulder that caused his shoulder to break.
The excruciating pain made Ye Ping couldn't help but frown.
The Devil Son fell to the ground, smashing it and forming a deep crater that was dozens of meters deep. Ordinary cultivators would have already died.
No, even the elites and the cultivators in the array formation also somehow felt that they could not withstand the power of Ye Ping's punch.
Besides, although Ye Ping was injured, he immediately used the Ancient Godfiend Body Tempering Technique to make the Qi and blood in his body boil. There was also roaring and his injuries immediately healed.
It was their first official exchange of blows.
Ye Ping had the upper hand.
That was a good thing.
The cultivators of the Ten Nations within the array formation couldn't help but clench their fists, their eyes filled with excitement.
They were very agitated. After all, they had seen some hope.
However, the Devil Son, who had been punched and blown away by Ye Ping at the end of the street, couldn't help but stand up at this moment.
The cultivators within the array formation could not help but swallow their saliva.
They had all suffered severe injuries, and yet they could still stand up, which was really surprising.
The black fog dissipated.
The Devil Son appeared, but at this moment, nine black talismans appeared behind him.
"Nine Talismans Devil Son?"
At this moment, someone screamed.
Someone recognized who this person was.
Except for a few who had appeared, no one else knew about the rest of the 108 Devil Sons of the Fiendcelestial Cult.
"Who's the Nine Talismans Devil Son?"
"Yeah, who's the Nine Talismans Devil Son?"
The crowd in array formation seemed rather curious as they didn't know who the Nine Talismans Devil Son was.
"The Nine Talismans Devil Son is one of the 108 Devil Sons. He got his name because he had once invited a hidden powerhouse of the Heavenly Talisman Sect to carve nine heaven-suppressing talismans on his body."
"Each talisman suppresses a portion of his strength. Legend has it that Nine Talismans Devil Son's strength will increase greatly with the release of each Heaven Suppressing Talisman. If all nine are revealed, it will be incredible."
A powerhouse who knew the origin of the Nine Talismans Devil Son couldn't help but exclaim.
"What? Each time a Heaven Suppressing Talisman is uncovered, his strength will be doubled? If nine are uncovered, wouldn't it be enhanced by nine times?"
"Nine times? Do you know how to count? How can it be nine times?"
"That's not possible. He's now at the Golden Core and his power is already terrifying. If this goes on, wouldn't his power be invincible?"
They were discussing and finding it unbelievable.
"No, this is just an illusion."
"Yes, it's an illusion, the Nine Talismans Devil Son is said to have been famous in this world hundreds of years ago."
"Ye Ping's going to be in trouble this time."
They were all discussing as they felt a great sense of pressure.
At this moment, in the black fog.
The Nine Talismans Devil Son was looking at Ye Ping calmly.
He nodded and said slowly, "You're very strong, a Foundation Establishment realm cultivator might not be able to hurt me, but your talent surpasses mine. Unfortunately, I'm far stronger than you think."
"I'll give you a chance. I'll show you my true strength next."
"As long as you're willing to join us, we can give you a way out."
After being blasted away by Ye Ping, the Nine Talismans Devil Son wasn't angry at all. Instead, he became more interested in Ye Ping.
He wanted Ye Ping to worship the Fiendcelestial Cult.
Hence, he was willing to give Ye Ping a second chance.
"You're speaking too much nonsense."
On the other side of the street, Ye Ping spoke coldly before striking in the next moment. The Golden Wheel of Expiation appeared. It was Ye Ping's greatest killing weapon.
The Golden Wheel of Expiation turned into a golden oven that shook the void and made it tremble. Just like a huge sun, it was being held up by Ye Ping and charging towards the Nine Talismans Devil Son.
At this very moment, a Heaven Suppressing Talisman fell behind the head of the Nine Talismans Devil Son.
In an instant, a terrifying aura appeared. He had indeed become stronger, and in fact, his strength had multiplied and not increased by just a few percent.
Boom.
The massive sound of an explosion filled the air as the entire Wei Nation heard it.
The power that erupted when the golden Blood and Qi Furnace collided knocked down all the buildings within 500 meters.
Ye Ping's Qi and blood rolled while his body buzzed. It was his ultimate strike that contained his full energy.
Besides, the Nine Talismans Devil Son also flew straight backwards, blasting the city wall into bits.
It was the city wall of the capital of the Wei Nation, not an ordinary wall. Even a Golden Core realm cultivator would not be able to shake it with all his might.
However, Ye Ping's blow caused the Nine Talismans Devil Son to suffer a terrifying mark and that was proof of how terrifying Ye Ping's physical body was.
There was yet another sound of something tearing and the Nine Talismans Devil Son uncovered the second Heaven Suppressing Talisman because he couldn't resist the attack.
He was very strong and was indeed not inferior to a late-stage Golden Core realm cultivator. However, after uncovering the second Heaven Suppressing Talisman, he still hadn't reached the Nascent Soul realm.
His true strength was at the Major Perfection of the Golden Core realm.
He did not want to cross more realms to defeat Ye Ping, but he suppressed his realm at the Golden Core in order to defeat Ye Ping.
At this moment, the power of the Nine Talismans Devil Son was even more terrifying than before.
The demonic aura surrounded him like a True Demon and the power of the Nine Talismans Devil Son doubled once again.
At this moment, Ye Ping also felt an unprecedented pressure.
"Ye Ping, come back quickly, you're no match for him. The difference in realm is too great."
"Yes, Ye Ping, don't put on a brave front, return quickly."
"Ye Ping, come back."
At this moment, many cultivators within the array formation spoke up, including Huangfu Tianlong who hurriedly asked Ye Ping to go back.
The Nine Talismans Devil Son seemed to be a late-stage Golden Core realm cultivator, but now that he had uncovered two Heaven Suppressing Talismans, he was even more terrifying. His combat power was definitely not what Ye Ping could contend with.
However, Ye Ping did not choose to retreat at this moment.
He stared at the Nine Talismans Devil Son and the Qi and Blood True Dragon behind him was gilded with a layer of golden light, transforming into an expiated golden dragon.
"Kill!"
Ye Ping was fearless. The True Dragon Fist Technique charged towards the Nine Talismans Devil Son invincibly.
This terrifying attacking aura made Ye Ping seem like an invincible deity.
At this moment, the Nine Talismans Devil Son struck ruthlessly and a black war spear evolved in his hand. It seemed to have come from a powerful origin that gathered the essence of the Nine Talismans Devil Son.
Boom.
The strike of the black war spear was like an immortal spirit and a supreme immortal artifact as it pierced through the void and gathered the energy of the Nine Talismans Devil Son.
Ka-cha.
The black spear collided with the golden dragon, and sparks flew everywhere, leveling all the buildings within 150 kilometers into ashes. The ground was covered with debris.
However, the black war spear had already pierced through the Golden Dragon of Expiation.
Roar!
The Golden Dragon of Expiation roared.
Ye Ping flew out sideways after suffering an unparalleled blow.
The Devil Son was very strong.
He was really overpowering.
After uncovering two Heaven Suppressing Talismans, he was invincible.
The Nine Talismans Devil Son was a supreme elite in the first place and the fact that he fought with Ye Ping using the cultivation level of the Major Perfection of the Golden Core realm was unfair in the first place.
However, nothing was fair in this world.
Ye Ping was blasted away.
His body was numb and he could no longer feel any bit of pain.
Pfft.
Landing on the ground and forming a deep pit in the ground, Ye Ping couldn't help but spit blood.
He knew that he had been defeated.
The difference between the two was too great and it was not a fair fight at all.
Indeed, he was still too weak.
In the middle of the deep pit, Ye Ping sighed.
In fact, he did not feel the slightest bit of fear at all. It wasn't that he was afraid of dying but because he had already found out something.
To be more precise, he already understood what exactly happened.
Boom.
In the next moment, the Nine Talismans Devil Son appeared in front of Ye Ping, staring down at him calmly.
"You're only at the early-stage Foundation Establishment realm, and yet you forced me to reveal two Heaven Suppressing Talismans. You're indeed very powerful."
"Unfortunately, you've already been defeated badly. However, it's not an issue with your aptitude."
"The difference between you and me is just too great. If you were the same age as me, you could have beaten me and been stronger than me."
"However, you need a bigger place that can help you. Come on, join us."
"As long as you are willing, I can help you so that you can truly become stronger and embark on your path to invincibility."
The Nine Talismans Devil Son looked at Ye Ping, his calm gaze full of expectation.
In the past, he merely felt that Ye Ping was powerful and hoped that Ye Ping could join the Fiendcelestial Cult and become one of them.
However, things were different now. He truly admired Ye Ping and really wanted him to join. He admired talents.
Unfortunately, Ye Ping didn't answer and simply looked at him quietly.
It was simple what he meant.
There was no way he could join the Fiendcelestial Cult.
"I know that you're prejudiced against us, but there are many things you don't understand because your world is too small."
"Well, you can choose not to join us yet but you have to do so eventually. I'll give you enough time to think about it, how about that?"
"This is the last time I'm going to ask you this. If you don't agree, you won't have any more chances."
The Nine Talismans Devil Son continued.
He gave Ye Ping one last chance, and it was also the last time he was going to compromise.
Ye Ping could choose not to join the Fiendcelestial Cult now and he would give him enough time to consider.
However, Ye Ping had to go to the Fiendcelestial Cult, otherwise, he wouldn't give Ye Ping a chance.
At this moment, everyone was silent.
After all, in this situation, not many people would refuse. No matter what, staying alive was the most important.
There were even some powerhouses who thought that they wouldn't blame Ye Ping if he chose to defect.
The reason being, if they were in his place, they might have agreed long ago.
However, Ye Ping spoke up at this moment.
"We cultivators can fight."
Ye Ping's voice sounded again.
His voice was extremely calm too.
He was full of determination.
It was what Ye Ping felt from the bottom of his heart. The Fiendcelestial Cult's actions could not be justified, regardless of the perspective.
They strengthened themselves by slaughtering the world's living beings. No matter how open Ye Ping was, he couldn't accept it.
Evil was evil.
Righteous was righteous.
"Such a pity."
At this moment, the Nine Talismans Devil Son shook his head, and in the next moment, he threw a punch.
The light of his fist was invincible and the feeling of death struck him. Ye Ping was indeed a little scared as his body turned numb.
That was human instinct. No matter how high one's realm was, they would feel such a sense of horror as long as they were alive.
Immediately afterwards, there was the sound of a terrifying explosion.
Ye Ping's figure disappeared without a trace.
"Senior Brother Ye!"
Huangfu Tianlong, who was inside the array, had his eyes turned bloodshot and he stepped directly out of the array formation and charged towards the Nine Talismans Devil Son, completely disregarding everyone else.
At this moment, Ye Ping felt that his mind was clear.
A feeling of falling emerged within him.
He felt like he had fallen into a deep abyss that was 100,000 feet deep.
Besides, his consciousness was also dissipating bit by bit.
At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded in Ye Ping's mind.
"Do you really… not regret?"
"If I give you one more chance, will you surrender?"
"Join the Fiendcelestial Cult, at least you can live to see the sun and moon, and this beautiful world."
"You will possess supreme power and authority, with countless beauties around you. You really won't regret?"
"Not even… a little bit?"
The voice in his head was extremely calm.
It was asking Ye Ping.
At this moment, Ye Ping's consciousness was incomparably weakened, and he barely had the ability to think.
However, even so, Ye Ping gave a simple answer.
"No, I won't regret."
That was truly what Ye Ping meant from the bottom of his heart.
He did not regret it at all.
Not at all.
"Good, congratulations for passing the Heavenly Heart Illusory Array."
However, at this moment, a pleasant voice sounded in his head.
At the next moment, a bright and gleaming white light appeared before him.
Immediately afterwards, Ye Ping's body shuddered.
Soon, a straight main road appeared in front of Ye Ping.
There were many people standing on the main road.
Nangong Xing, Chen Hongfei, Zhang Ren, Huangfu Tianlong…
They were all on the main road.
All the cultivators on both sides of the main road all seemed really astonished as they stared at him.
There was also a portion of them whose eyes were glassed over.
A large ancient diagram appeared in the sky.
The scene in the ancient diagram was clearly the scene of the previous capital of Wei Nation.
"Indeed."
Upon seeing this, Ye Ping couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief.
He had guessed correctly.
He had really been trapped in the illusory array.
Ye Ping felt really relieved. After all, he was not fully confident but he had now figured it all out.
However, at this moment, there were suddenly several explosions in the ancient diagram.
In the diagram, the Ten Thousand Fiend Banner was activated, and in an instant, infinite resentment enveloped the capital of Wei Nation. All the array formations completely malfunctioned and countless disciples of the Fiendcelestial Cult rushed into the capital. A Nascent Soul realm powerhouse had been killed.
Geniuses had fallen one by one and there was an inexplicable massacre.
Immediately afterwards, a bright white light shone downwards.
At this moment, everyone snapped back to their senses.
"Don't kill me, don't kill me."
"I surrender, I surrender."
"Please, don't kill me."
There were numerous pleas for mercy.
When many of the cultivators snapped back to their senses, they could not help but voice their innermost thoughts.
However, at this moment…
Clang!
A clear and long sound of the bell filled the air.
At this moment, the entire capital of Wei Nation was silent.
Everyone calmed down.
Immediately afterwards, voices filled the air.
"The illusory array segment of the Ten Nations Grand Tournament is over."
"All participating candidates, come here quickly."
A voice sounded and everyone came to a sudden realization.
They were shocked.
No one would have imagined it.
It turned out to be an illusory array.
Indeed, no one could have imagined that everything that happened before…
They were all… just an illusory array.
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Chapter 192: Advance Admission, Elite of The Ten Nations
Everyone seemed to be dumbfounded.
After all, a moment ago, everyone was still being hunted by the Fiendcelestial Cult.
In the next moment, they arrived at this familiar place.
If not for a bell that calmed everyone down, they would have still been dazed and confused.
The bell rang.
Everyone couldn't help but walk towards the venue of the mystic realm assessment.
"Senior Brother Ye, what exactly happened here?"
At this moment, Huangfu Tianlong walked towards Ye Ping with a bewildered expression. He was at a loss for what to do.
It wasn't just him, basically all the cultivators were a bit dumbfounded.
"Mystic realm."
Looking at Huangfu Tianlong who had arrived, Ye Ping patted his shoulder. Before Ye Ping died in the mystic realm, he had seen what Huangfu Tianlong had done for him.
To be honest, Ye Ping was touched to have such a friend and felt that Huangfu Tianlong was worthy of being a close friend.
"Mystic realm?"
Huangfu Tianlong was stunned.
'That was an illusory mystic realm?'
"Yes, everything that we experienced was an illusion."
"Unfortunately, I still failed at a critical moment."
Nangong Xing walked in. He had died much earlier than Ye Ping and the others, so he came out a long time ago.
"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect the Ten Nations Academy's assessment to be that harsh and strict. I originally thought the first assessment of the tournament would be relatively easy, but I didn't expect them to come up with such an illusory mystic realm assessment."
Zhang Ren couldn't help but sigh, his eyes filled with helplessness.
"In other words, my elder didn't die?"
Chen Hongfei walked in, looked at the crowd, and couldn't help but ask that question.
"Of course he isn't dead. The illusion was too realistic, it does live up to its reputation as the Heavenly Heart Mystic Realm. To be honest, I didn't expect that it would be an illusion at all."
Nangong Xing nodded, but he couldn't help but look at Ye Ping and ask, "Brother Ye, judging from the way you look now, it seems you have already guessed that it was an illusion a long time ago, right?"
Everyone walked towards the venue of the illusory assessment, and at the same time, they looked at Ye Ping curiously.
After Nangong Xing said that, many elites couldn't help but look at Ye Ping.
Indeed, after everyone appeared in the assessment, they were all dumbfounded. Ye Ping was the only one who looked calm.
That caused them to be filled with curiosity.
"Yes, we've guessed something."
Ye Ping nodded. He had indeed guessed something in advance.
"How did you guess it?"
"Brother Ye, how did you guess it?"
"Yes, Brother Ye, how did you guess it?"
Everyone was curious and asked Ye Ping how he guessed.
Seeing the curiosity of the crowd, Ye Ping pondered for a while before answering them.
"In fact, I also thought that it was true at first, but there were two points that I had been suspecting."
"Everyone, I don't know if you all have noticed that that group of Fiendcelestial Cult disciples referred to Wei Nation as the Jiang Nation when they were discussing."
Ye Ping brought up that point.
"Jiang Nation?"
"I seem to have heard something like that."
"I do have some recollection about it. However, it was too chaotic at that time so I didn't pay attention to it."
Everyone frowned because the situation was very critical at that time.
They did not have time to pay attention to such things. Besides, it was just a casual mention and no one would care about it.
However, Ye Ping could acutely sense it.
"You could sense it just by hearing the term they gave?"
Some people were curious. Although they felt that Ye Ping was extremely meticulous, they didn't think that he would be so sharp as to be able to detect that it was an illusion just by hearing the term.
"No, it's just a term and I indeed couldn't detect anything, it's just another detail."
"I wonder if you all have noticed that when everyone was fleeing, those who declare that they want to surrender thrice would immediately be annihilated."
That was the reason for Ye Ping's deduction.
After he said that, everyone could not help but be surprised.
They did not observe so carefully, but as Ye Ping said that, everyone couldn't help but recall it.
"Yes, those who have surrendered were all dead."
"In the very beginning, everyone exclaimed and no one could survive."
"That seems to be the case."
"Brother Ye, I'm really convinced, I'm convinced."
Everyone exclaimed in astonishment.
To be honest, if it could be concluded that it was an illusion with just a term, they would find it far-fetched.
However, after hearing Ye Ping's explanation, everyone came to a sudden realization.
"Let's stop talking about it, we'd better go over and take a look and see what exactly is going on. I believe the Ten Nations Academy will give us an answer."
Faced with the compliments of the crowd, Ye Ping remained extremely calm without acting arrogantly.
"Yes, yes, yes, let's go and take a look."
"Let's see what the elders have to say."
"To be honest, even though I've returned to reality now, I still feel that this is an illusion, do you guys think so too?"
"Hey, cut it out, even I'm a little confused about whether it's true or not."
"It shouldn't be fake, why don't you guys try saying that you want to give up on the competition?"
Everyone was discussing and cracking some jokes to make the atmosphere less somber.
Soon, everyone arrived at the combat arena.
The Heavenly Heart Illusory Array was gone.
However, there were dozens of elders standing in the combat arena who were all the elders of the Ten Nations Academy and other academies.
All the elders stood in the combat arena with their eyes fixed on Ye Ping.
The eyes of the elders were filled with awe, shock, and an indescribable emotion.
In fact, when the array formation was activated, most of them were watching from outside. Hence, they witnessed very clearly, every scene that appeared in the illusory array.
Among them, Ye Ping was the one who performed the best.
In fact, Ye Ping's performance exceeded everyone's imagination.
In particular, the elders of the Ten Nations Academy were all dumbfounded, and before that, they had even gotten into a huge fight when vying for Ye Ping to be their disciple.
Now that the illusory array assessment was over, they returned to normal. They couldn't possibly argue about it in front of the disciples.
However, even so, the crowd still couldn't help but look at Ye Ping.
Five minutes later, the disciples of the various academies had arrived one after another.
Their eyes were still full of confusion, and they couldn't quite figure it out.
Clang!
At this time, the bell rang again.
It made the crowd fall silent while the confusion in their eyes also completely disappeared. Instead, there was tranquility in their eyes.
"All students."
"The first round of the Ten Nations Grand Tournament, the mystic realm assessment has ended."
"In other words, everything you experienced just now was just an illusion."
At this moment, an elder in the combat arena said and slowly walked over with a calm gaze.
His words led to an uproar.
"Is it really an illusion?"
"Why was it so realistic?"
"It's too real. I'm now a little confused about what's real and what's not."
"Senior, why did we enter the illusory array too? Is there something wrong?"
"Yes, it's fine for the participating students to enter the illusory array, but we're just spectators, why were we also involved in the examination?"
There was an uproar, especially among the cultivators who had come to watch the event.
They were somewhat enraged because they felt that there was nothing wrong with the students from various academies entering the illusion, but it had nothing to do with them no matter how powerful the array formation was.
As spectators, there was no reason for them to be dragged into the illusory array too.
Everyone couldn't help but say so.
Besides, many of the participating students were also a bit surprised, because they did not expect the spectators to have also been pulled into the illusory array.
It was indeed a bit inappropriate.
However, at this moment, another person spoke up.
He was the elder and also an extremely famous cultivator of Wei Nation.
He slowly walked out, and immediately afterwards, he said,
"This time, there are two purposes of the first round of the Ten Nations Academy, which is a mystic realm assessment. The first one is a test."
"The second one is meant for you guys to remember the suffering, which is a decision that the national academies and the Ten Nations Academy have reached after some discussion."
"Not only you cultivators, but also the citizens of the entire Wei Nation have all been pulled into the illusory array."
"Do you think that this illusion is fictitious?"
He said with a calm expression and seemed somewhat mysterious.
Everyone was surprised to hear his words.
"Senior, what do you mean by that?"
"It's not fictitious?"
"Could it be that it's based on a true event?"
Everyone was surprised and filled with curiosity.
However, at this moment, someone suddenly spoke up.
"I know, I finally understand. I was just wondering why I had déjà vu. It's the calamity that struck the Jiang Nation, right? Elder, was the illusion a reenactment of the calamity that the Jiang Nation faced?"
Everyone mentioned the so-called Jiang Nation, and all of a sudden, everyone was curious.
They didn't know what it meant.
"Yes."
The elder of Wei Nation, who was in the arena, nodded.
"Yes, it was the calamity of the Jiang Nation."
"I think some of you should know about that calamity but most of you are still unaware."
"The so-called calamity of the Jiang Nation was a huge disaster that happened seven hundred years ago."
"Seven hundred years ago, Jiang Nation was ranked seventh place among those in the Great Xia Dynasty, and the assessment of the Ten Nations Academy was held in Jiang Nation."
"Seven hundred years ago, the Fiendcelestial Cult plotted a shocking conspiracy to raid the Jiang Nation and even tried to threaten the Great Xia Dynasty with the geniuses of the Ten Nations by releasing three Devil Sons."
"However, the Great Xia Dynasty did not agree, and in the end, none of the entire Jiang Nation was spared, and this matter had also become a huge disgrace to the Great Xia Dynasty as well as the orthodox cultivators of the world."
"There were 30,000,000 people and cultivators in the entire Jiang Nation, as well as countless elites who died in this calamity."
The Wei Nation elder sounded extremely benevolent, but at this point, he sounded furious.
"So, 500 years ago, the Great Xia Dynasty united with the other four dynasties and all forces in the world went all out to attack the Fiendcelestial Cult."
"They destroyed the Fiendcelestial Cult in one fell swoop."
"However, over the years, the Fiendcelestial Cult has returned and revived. Some time ago, they even raided the 33 states of Jin Nation, but fortunately, it didn't result in major casualties."
"However, the re-emergence of the Fiendcelestial Cult means that similar events might occur again in the future. In this case, we worked with the Ten Nations Academy and set up the Heavenly Heart Illusory Array as the first assessment."
"Our purpose is to let all of you remember this shame and also let you really feel the terror of the Fiendcelestial Cult. How can you grow without experiencing a thunderstorm?"
He said with a serious expression.
He also stated the reason that the Heavenly Heart Illusory Array was set as the first round of the examination.
It was because the main purpose of the illusory array this time was to teach the cultivators a lesson and not to really put them through an assessment.
They wanted them to have a firsthand experience of the power of the Fiendcelestial Cult and the feeling of almost dying. Only with a firsthand experience could they truly understand the meaning of cultivation.
They would also be able to understand the viciousness of the Fiendcelestial Cult.
After hearing his words, everyone fell silent.
However, they were very emotional too.
The assessment was not just an assessment for the students of the Ten Nations, but also the 300 million cultivators and citizens.
Although the revival of the Fiendcelestial Cult had spread in the Ten Nations, many cultivators indeed didn't take it seriously.
After all, after 700 years, the new generation of cultivators had no idea how terrifying the Fiendcelestial Cult was and what kind of trouble the Fiendcelestial Cult would bring.
Hence, the new cultivators didn't care about the Fiendcelestial Cult at all.
However, this assessment was extremely meaningful as it allowed the 300 million cultivators and citizens to witness and experience the annihilation of the Jiang Nation themselves.
The Ten Nations Academy really lived up to its reputation.
They could create such a big hoo-ha from just an illusory assessment.
"Elder, this illusion is just too realistic. Is the Heavenly Heart Illusory Array really that terrifying? To be honest, I still feel that it's real."
"Also, when did we get caught in the illusion? Why did it feel so bizarre?"
After everyone snapped back to their senses, someone couldn't help but ask with a bitter smile.
Hearing his voice, many cultivators also nodded. After all, the previous scene was too real.
Most importantly, they did not know when they slipped into the illusory array.
The elder of the Wei Nation shook his head.
"The Heavenly Heart Illusory Array is the best illusory array in the Ten Nations. It will make one slip into a triple illusion, but this is just a test so we couldn't have really set up a complete Heavenly Heart Illusory Array. Otherwise, even a Tribulation Transcendence powerhouse would have probably been unable to break through the array, not to mention you guys."
"Besides, we had already activated the illusory array yesterday, did you all feel somewhat sleepy yesterday?"
An elder explained to everyone.
Everyone came to a sudden realization after hearing that.
"Oh, I was wondering why I was a little sleepy."
"Yeah, I thought it was because I was a little tired."
"Hey, why didn't I think of that? As a Foundation Establishment realm cultivator, it's impossible to feel sleepy unless you are consuming a lot of mental energy."
"I noticed it but I didn't expect this to be the illusory array. I'm too inexperienced."
Everyone was in an uproar. Most of them were a little surprised, while a small number of cultivators had in fact also noticed that something was wrong.
However, at that time, they didn't think that there was anything amiss with it. After all, they were just a little sleepy, and most importantly, who would have thought that the Ten Nations Academy would test them in advance?
"Silence!"
The Wei Nation elder ordered.
He continued, "Since everything has been explained, Elder Ouyang of the Ten Nations Academy will announce the top 100 candidates in this assessment."
"Also, at about midnight today, the Wei Nation State Soul Suppressing Bell will strike three times every two hours to calm your souls, so as to prevent you from developing mental demons from the Heavenly Heart Illusory Array.
The Wei Nation elder took a step back after saying that.
Immediately after that, another elder walked out with a jade book in his hand and he soon glanced at everyone.
The students appeared a little nervous at this moment, but now that they understood the reason for everything, they naturally had nothing more to say.
Getting a good place in the ranking of the assessment was more important.
The old man held a jade book in his hand.
He then said slowly, "This illusionary realm assessment has been invigilated personally by 33 elders of the Ten Nations Academy, who have also evaluated each candidate based on their performance."
"Coming in the first place of the first round of the Ten Nations Grand Tournament is Ye Ping. His evaluation is as follows. Ye Ping is a supreme elite of the Ten Nations who is one in a million. He is of superior class and has been selected to join the Ten Nations Academy without having to go through other assessments. He has been set, in advance, to be the best candidate of the Ten Nations Grand Tournament."
The elder's voice sounded.
He declared the person in the first place.
Besides, as soon as he finished speaking, there was countless clamor in an instant.
"Superior-class?"
"Supreme elite of the Ten Nations?"
"Rare to come by once in ten thousand years?"
"That's the highest evaluation of the Ten Nations Academy."
"He's been given the chance of direct admission to the Ten Nations, without having to take any other tests?"
At this moment, all the cultivators of the Ten Nations were completely in an uproar as they were overwhelmed with astonishment, just like the onlooking cultivators.
They knew that Ye Ping would definitely come in first place and it would be well-deserved.
However, they didn't expect him to receive such an evaluation.
Huangfu Tianlong also couldn't help but gulp his saliva and look at Ye Ping.
There would be an evaluation at the end of every assessment of the Ten Nations Grand Tournament.
The best and worst comments would be read first, followed by a neutral one. Basically, they were all comments about them having fairly good characters, aptitude, and talent.
Supreme elites of the Ten Nations were rare.
That evaluation had never appeared in the Ten Nations Academy before.
Ye Ping was the first in history.
Next, there was a classification.
They would be classified into superior-class, medial-class, and average.
Basically, for each Ten Nations Grand Tournament, there would only be one or two superior-class candidates, and in some tournaments, there would be none.
However, Ye Ping was not only superior-class.
He was even more superior than that.
How glorious must that be?
That also showed how highly the elders of the Ten Nations Academy thought of Ye Ping.
The chance for early admission was a great honor.
It was because there had never been a case of early admission in the Ten Nations Academy.
No matter how talented and strong one might be, they would basically have to go through all the tests and assessments.
An early admission was unprecedented.
However, this time, the Ten Nations Academy made an exception and allowed Ye Ping to be admitted in advance.
He was really… unbeatable.
Everyone was shocked.
They were also green with envy.
Many were feeling sour.
Even Huangfu Tianlong was somehow a little sour.
However, at this moment, Ye Ping's voice suddenly sounded.
"Early admission? Elder, I don't want to join the Ten Nations Academy."
On the main path, Ye Ping spoke up. He was surprised too.
'Why is there an early admission?'
He didn't come here to join the Ten Nations Academy.
He didn't want to create any misunderstanding.
After all, this illusionary realm assessment had a great impact on Ye Ping.
Hence, he decided that he had to go back to the clan no matter what.
He would study hard and work hard.
Ye Ping didn't want to go to the Ten Nations Academy at this juncture.
However, his voice made everyone in the assessment venue fall silent.
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Chapter 193: The Seven Ancient Kings Mystic Realm, The Future Can Be Seen In The Ancient Well Of This Life
In the Wei Nation.
In the combat arena, the students of the Ten Nations were dumbfounded.
All the onlooking cultivators were also dumbfounded.
Logically speaking, Ye Ping should soar high after he entered the Ten Nations Academy, given the evaluation that the Ten Nations Academy had given him. It would be no exaggeration to say that he would be above all.
However, they didn't expect Ye Ping to turn down the chance to join the Ten Nations Academy.
'What… what… what does this mean?'
Sensing that everyone was looking at him, Ye Ping was indeed a little embarrassed, but he continued to speak.
"This time, I didn't come to participate in the Ten Nations Grand Tournament with the intention to join the Ten Nations Academy."
Ye Ping bit the bullet and said.
In fact, when he said those words, he felt that he seemed to be contradicting his actions but he knew he had to explain clearly.
Otherwise, if he were to explain in private, there would probably be lesser people who would believe him.
Hence, Ye Ping spoke up immediately.
After all, it was really impossible for him to enter the Ten Nations Academy.
This time, the impact of the Heavenly Heart Illusory Array on Ye Ping was too great.
The strength of the Nine Talisman Devil Son made Ye Ping understand just how much strength he lacked.
At the end of the day, he just wasn't competent enough yet.
Although the Fiendcelestial Cult used magic to suppress the array formation, he could at least still set up array formations. If he couldn't, it would mean that he was incompetent.
In other words, if the person who entered the array formation was Xu Luochen…
Would he have encountered such a thing?
Hence, Ye Ping gained quite a lot from this trip. He realized the shortcomings that he had, and hence, he was even more eager to return to the sect.
He wanted to devote to cultivating wholeheartedly and didn't even want to go back to the Jin Nation Academy.
He wanted to cultivate well in the sect.
It wouldn't be too late to go down the mountain again after truly learning something.
Hence, Ye Ping turned down the Ten Nations Academy's invite.
However, Ye Ping's refusal seemed rather strange in the eyes of the crowd.
In everyone's opinion, there was no reason for him to reject.
In the combat arena, the elders of the Ten Nations Academy were rather dumbfounded.
They were already prepared to see Ye Ping joining the Ten Nations Academy excitedly, and yet Ye Ping pulled such a move.
It was rather absurd.
"Ye Ping, do you have any concerns?"
The elders who were announcing the ranks couldn't help but stop at this moment.
In their opinion, if Ye Ping didn't want to join the Ten Nations Academy, there would be no point in announcing the ranks later on.
They wouldn't be bothered if the other candidates chose not to join but they really wanted Ye Ping to join the academy.
The elders of the Ten Nations Academy were confused.
They really didn't know what Ye Ping was considering.
'Could it be that he despises the Ten Nations Academy?'
'That shouldn't be the case.'
'If he despises us, why would he join the Ten Nations Grand Tournament?'
'It can't be for the reward, right?'
The elders were all dumbfounded.
"Elder, I do have some concerns but I can't bring myself to say it."
Ye Ping nodded. He wasn't lying either.
Indeed, he had some qualms.
"What are your worries? Feel free to tell us, maybe we can resolve them."
The elder said.
It wasn't a bad thing to have concerns. In fact, it was a good thing, after all, it could be solved.
"Um…"
Ye Ping fell silent.
He couldn't bring himself to say it.
"Ye Ping, you can say it, don't feel bad. We have experienced all sorts of things. Just tell us."
An elder from the Ten Nations said eagerly in the combat arena.
They were unanimously optimistic about Ye Ping, and even mentioned that they had vied with each other for Ye Ping.
Hence, if Ye Ping did not join the Ten Nations Academy, they would really be unable to accept it.
"Since that's the case, I shall be honest with you."
"This Heavenly Heart Illusory Array has made me understand my shortcomings so I would like to return to the sect and dedicate to cultivating, so as to ensure that I will have the ability to fight and deal with such things if a situation like this occurs again in the future."
The meaning of Ye Ping's words was simple and clear.
As soon as he said that, the elders heaved a sigh of relief.
'So that's what he's concerned about.'
The elders could not help but speak up one after another after hearing his answer.
"Ye Ping, you're wrong about that."
"Ye Ping, you've got a great mindset for thinking that you're not good enough while you were in the Heavenly Heart Illusory Array. It's also a good thing that the first thing you thought about is to cultivate well but there's one thing you didn't get clear, that is the Ten Nations Academy is second only to the Great Xia Dynasty Academy."
"In the Ten Nations Academy, there are countless secret manuals and countless powerhouses to guide you along. Your sect might be a hidden sect of experts but no matter how incredible and competent you might be, can you be stronger than thousands of elders of the Ten Nations?"
The elder of the Ten Nations said with extreme confidence.
After hearing his words, many cultivators couldn't help but nod.
There was nothing wrong with this statement.
The elders of the Ten Nations were all smiling. In the beginning, they were worried that Ye Ping was having some other concerns.
However, it seemed that they had been thinking too much.
They were very confident.
They also had a reason to be confident.
Sects would not fight with nations.
Even if everyone in the sect was a supreme master, so what? They couldn't possibly beat the Ten Nations Academy.
Clearly, there was no room for comparison.
Hence, they were certain that Ye Ping would definitely choose to join the Ten Nations Academy.
Ye Ping's voice sounded again.
"Elder, I understand what you said but I still don't want to join the Ten Nations Academy."
Ye Ping's voice sounded again.
He was insistent on not joining.
He wasn't being stubborn, but rather, he was more interested in returning to the sect to listen to the teachings of his Senior Brothers.
That was the most important thing at hand.
The Ten Nations Academy was certainly superb, but it was clearly inferior to the Qingyun Dao Sect in Ye Ping's opinion.
"Ye Ping, don't you understand what we said?"
"The elites of the Ten Nations are all gathered in the Ten Nations Academy and everything you want to learn can be found and learned in the academy."
"Yeah, Ye Ping, what's wrong with you?"
The elders spoke up one after another, and even the elders from the other academies could not help but persuade him.
"Senior Brother Ye, even if you're not impressed by the Ten Nations Academy, you can't disregard the Great Xia Dynasty Academy."
Even Huangfu Tianlong walked over at this time too.
He had always thought that Ye Ping wanted to join the Ten Nations Academy but he didn't expect Ye Ping to turn down the opportunity.
Hearing the persuasion of the crowd, Ye Ping could not help but sigh.
He then looked at the elders of the Ten Nations Academy and slowly explained.
"Elders, it's not that I'm being conceited and arrogant, but rather, the techniques that I want to learn might not be taught in the Ten Nations Academy."
Ye Ping slightly lowered his head. He didn't want to offend them, but he didn't want to join the Ten Nations Academy either. Since his decision was final, he didn't want to give a vague explanation.
That would make him more detestable. Hence, he decided that he might as well make things clear, lest he found himself stuck in a messy situation.
"Delusional!"
"He's really arrogant."
"Ye Ping, don't be too arrogant."
"Why are you making the Ten Nations Academy sound so incompetent?"
Ye Ping's words angered everyone and many started rebuking him.
Many elders even hollered furiously, thinking that Ye Ping was too arrogant.
Even many cultivators could not help but feel that Ye Ping was a bit arrogant.
The Ten Nations Academy was second only to the Great Xia Dynasty Academy.
All the elites of the Ten Nations were in the Ten Nations Academy and some of the elders there were even on par with the elders of the Great Xia Dynasty Academy.
However, in Ye Ping's eyes, it was as if they were worthless.
"Silence!"
However, at this point, an elder spoke up calmly and managed to suppress the crowd immediately.
Everyone quieted down, not daring to be disrespectful to him.
He was a first generation elder who had high prestige in the Ten Nations Grand Tournament. He wasn't an ordinary elder and was the chief examiner of the Ten Nations Grand Tournament.
Elder Tian Chen.
He took a step forward and gazed at the Ten Nations cultivators, and he then couldn't help but say his piece slowly.
"Since when has the Ten Nations Academy become so uncompromising?"
"He's just a junior who has gone slightly overboard with his words. Must all of you be so riled up?"
"Do you have the manners of an elder? Is this how Daoist Masters should be behaving? Where has your hundreds of years of cultivation gone to?"
Elder Tian Chen's expression was calm but his words were sharp.
He did not blame or criticize Ye Ping, and instead, he chided the elders for behaving poorly.
Indeed, after being angrily rebuked by Elder Tian Chen, all the elders were silent.
In fact, they were completely able to contain their anger. They merely spoke up because of Ye Ping's arrogant remark and also because they wanted to assert dominance.
They were the elders of the Ten Nations Academy, and if they turned a blind eye to an insult to the Ten Nations Academy, that wouldn't be appropriate.
"Ye Ping."
Elder Tian Chen looked at Ye Ping with a calm gaze before speaking slowly.
"What Dharmic Dao and Mystical Abilities do you want to learn? I'll see if the Ten Nations Academy has the means to teach them to you. If not, I won't force you to join us."
Elder Tian Chen had a faint smile on his face as he looked at Ye Ping, curious to know what Dharmic Dao or Mystical Ability he wanted to learn.
"I want to learn the Sword Dao."
Ye Ping answered.
"Swordsmanship? The best swordsman in the Ten Nations, Murong Tianhai is the head of the Ten Nations Imperial Sword Hall, can he teach you?"
Elder Tian Chen asked.
"Does Elder Murong know how to cut through the universe with a single blade of grass?"
Ye Ping asked calmly, looking at Elder Tian Chen.
His statement led to another commotion.
'Cut through the universe with a single blade of grass?'
'This… is a little too exaggerated, isn't it?'
Even Elder Tian Chen couldn't help but be stunned.
Murong Tianhai was the best Sword Dao powerhouse in the Ten Nations, and it was obviously impossible to achieve what Ye Ping mentioned.
'Even in the Great Xia Academy, there wouldn't be many who can, right?'
He shook his head and said bluntly.
"No!"
Ye Ping did not say anything more but continued to ask.
"Is there anyone who can teach the Dao of array formations?"
Ye Ping asked.
"Yes, the best array formation master of the Ten Nations is in the Ten Nations Academy."
Elder Tian Chen continued to answer.
"Can he make heaven his array and earth his artifact to set up array formations for the world?"
Ye Ping continued to ask with a calm expression.
Elder Tian Chen was speechless.
There was none.
He shook his head.
Basically, no one could make heaven his array and earth his artifact to set up array formations for the world.
No one in the Ten Nations Academy could.
He reckoned that no one in the Great Xia Dynasty Academy could either.
"Do you teach alchemy?"
Ye Ping continued to ask.
"Yes."
Elder Tian Chen nodded again.
However, he continued, "If it's still something like using heaven and earth as a furnace, you don't have to ask."
He felt a little helpless. The things that Ye Ping mentioned were completely impossible to exist, unless he was an immortal.
Hence, he added that sentence because he was afraid that Ye Ping would ask.
"Can you refine non-poisonous pills?"
Ye Ping didn't say anything about using heaven and earth but asked the elder if he could refine non-poisonous pills.
After he said that, Elder Tian Chen was stunned again.
This time, Ye Ping indeed didn't make any outrageous request, but if the members of the Ten Nations Academy could refine a non-poisonous pill, they would have probably long advanced to the level of the Great Xia Dynasty Academy.
"No."
Elder Tian Chen once again shook his head with a bitter smile.
After receiving his reply, Ye Ping did not say anything and simply bowed.
It was clear what he meant.
'Since what I mentioned can't be found here, don't blame me.'
"Elder Tian Chen…"
An elder couldn't help but speak up, feeling that Ye Ping's demands were too harsh.
However, before he finished speaking, Elder Tian Chen interjected.
"Enough, everyone has their own aspirations, the Ten Nations Academy will never force anyone to join the sect. Since you're not fated, forget it."
"However, Ye Ping, the doors of the Ten Nations Academy will always be open for you. If you're ever willing to join us again, we'll still welcome you."
Elder Tian Chen knew that Ye Ping was determined not to join the Ten Nations Academy.
Hence, he didn't continue trying to poach Ye Ping and instead left a door open for him and told him that he could enter the Ten Nations Academy anytime as long as he was willing to.
His words made countless cultivators envious.
They struggled and worked hard to cultivate in order to join the Ten Nations Academy.
Ye Ping could clearly enter the Ten Nations Academy, but he refused outright, and yet, the Ten Nations Academy even decided to break the rules and leave a door for Ye Ping to welcome him anytime he was willing to join them.
That was a supreme honor.
Hearing what Elder Tian Chen said, Ye Ping felt a little guilty but he bowed at Elder Tian Chen.
"Thank you for your kindness, Elder, please forgive me for my recklessness."
Ye Ping apologized.
He had indeed been a little reckless and hence said those things on impulse. Now, he felt that he had been behaving inappropriately and thus apologized to them.
"It's alright, the Ten Nations Academy is not that petty."
With a faint smile on his face, Elder Tian Chen shook his head and told Ye Ping not to blame himself.
However, at the next moment, Ye Ping couldn't help but continue.
"Elder, I have something that I don't understand, please enlighten me."
Ye Ping wanted to ask about something.
"Go ahead."
Elder Tian Chen was a little curious, and so was everyone else as they did not know what question Ye Ping would have.
"Elder, I was selected as the candidate in the first place of the Ten Nations Grand Tournament and given the chance of an early admission. Will I be rewarded?"
Ye Ping looked a little cautious as he asked that question.
That was his greatest concern now.
After all, he had publicly refused to join the Ten Nations Academy and so he wondered if the rewards would be reduced.
He wondered if they would simply not give it to him.
If that were the case, wouldn't he have made the trip for nothing?
All the cultivators were stunned to hear what he said.
'That's all you have to ask?'
'Is this your question?'
'The reward for first place in the Ten Nations Grand Tournament isn't a lot. It's just a million Spirit Stones.'
'Brother, are you silly? Did you join the Ten Nations Grand Tournaments for the sake of the reward for the first place?'
'Must you be so outrageous?'
The cultivators really didn't know how else they should mock him.
It was too absurd.
Among them, some had spent more than a million Spirit Stones to enter the Ten Nations Grand Tournament, just to get into the Ten Nations Academy.
Ye Ping was given the chance to enter the Ten Nations Academy because he came in first place.
Yet, he turned down the offer and simply cared about the reward of the Ten Nations Grand Tournament.
The cultivators really wanted to vomit blood.
Even the elders were all speechless.
Elder Tian Chen came back to his senses and looked at Ye Ping, at a complete loss for words. He was caught between tears and laughter.
"Elder, I can take half of the reward too."
At this moment, Ye Ping added.
After all, it was his own fault for insulting the Ten Nations Academy in public, and hence, he thought that it would be fine to take half of the reward.
"Don't worry, we will follow the rules and give you the reward accordingly. However, you have to continue to go through the other assessments. Even if you don't wish to join the Ten Nations Academy, you can still get the reward."
Elder Tian Chen said with a bitter smile.
The Ten Nations Academy definitely wouldn't shortchange Ye Ping of the rewards. However, he couldn't figure out what Ye Ping was thinking.
"Thank you, Elder."
Ye Ping could not help but sigh with relief after hearing that he would still be given the reward.
He would sit for the next test too and just take it as an experience.
"Okay, the mystic realm assessment of the Ten Nations Grand Tournament has ended. The remaining rankings will be posted in the capital of Wei Nation, you may go take a look for yourselves. You are dismissed."
Elder Tian Chen waved his hand. There was nothing else he had to say and wasn't even in the mood to continue reading out the rankings.
In case another elite wanted to follow Ye Ping's example and publicly turn down the Ten Nations Academy, that would be embarrassing.
Just like that, the crowd dispersed.
However, many elites surrounded Ye Ping immediately.
"Brother Ye, my name is Xie Sun. I'm a cultivator of the Qing Nation, will you allow me the honor of drinking with you?"
"Senior Brother Ye, I have prepared a banquet and a feast, will you allow me the honor?"
"Senior Brother Ye, Senior Brother Ye, I have contacted many fairies who are eager to have a feast with you. Will you do us the honor?"
All of a sudden, all the elites gathered and took the initiative to invite Ye Ping to a banquet.
At this moment, Ye Ping became the brightest star and the center of attention of the Ten Nations Grand Tournament.
80% of the cultivators came to suck up to Ye Ping in a bid to befriend him.
A small number of cultivators looked at Ye Ping sourly, their eyes full of envy.
In the end, under the warm invitation of the crowd, Ye Ping proposed to set up a banquet and have a chat with everyone over some drinks.
At the same time, in the mystic realm.
Su Changyu and the others once again came to a cave.
However, in the cave, there were seven stone platforms.
There were ancient words engraved on each of them.
'Sword', 'Pills', 'Array Formations', 'Talismans', 'Treasures', 'Heaven', 'Luck'.
The words were large.
There was also an ancient well in the middle of the stone platform.
"Well of This Life"
They had gone through a lot of hardships and relied on the divination technique of Daoist Tai Hua to make it to the fifth stage.
Now that they had arrived here, they couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief.
There was no road ahead.
It meant that it was the last stage.
"Well of This Life? Where the hell is this? How can there be such a thing?"
They walked into the mystic realm.
Da Xu immediately frowned and looked at the Questioning Well at the center of the seven stone platforms. His face turned sullen.
"Well of This Life? What's that?"
Chen Lingrou frowned and wanted to walk over to take a look, but Da Xu pulled Chen Lingrou back immediately before speaking.
"Senior, don't go there. The Well of This Life is an ancient relic and you can see a snippet of your future in this life."
Da Xu said with a solemn expression.
"I can see the future? I shall take a look then."
Hearing this, Xu Luochen hurriedly got up and looked at the Well of This Life.
However, in the next moment, before Da Xu could stop him, Xu Luochen had already arrived at the Well of This Life.
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Chapter 194: Sword King Inheritance, Su Changyu Is Sick Again
"Senior, don't go, you can't look at the Well of This Life."
Da Xu said in the mystic realm. He wanted to try his best to dissuade the other party.
However, unfortunately, Xu Luochen had already walked over.
Besides, he immediately looked into the ancient well without giving Da Xu a chance at all.
"Da Xu, why can't I look at it?"
"You're scared of a well? Where are you from?"
"If you can see the future, why not?"
At this moment, Wang Zhuoyu, Chen Lingrou, and even Daoist Tai Hua could not help but frown slightly.
They felt that Da Xu was a bit timid and afraid.
'If you're afraid of everything, what's the point of practicing immortal cultivation?'
"No, Seniors, you will be able to see the future using this Well of This Life, but generally speaking, the future will affect your Dao Heart if it's not promising. If you see yourself falling in the future, wouldn't you be plagued with worries and have your cultivation level affected?"
Da Xu did not know how to explain.
Although the Well of This Life could allow one to see the future, such things were forbidden for many cultivators.
After all, being able to see one's future was sometimes not a good thing.
If one saw themselves dying in the future, they would be too distracted to cultivate as they would be thinking about it everyday and end up developing mental demons. It would then affect them.
"We cultivators can defy fate. Must you make it sound so shocking?"
Daoist Tai Hua frowned.
He had heard that heavenly secrets were not to be leaked, but the problem was that it was not a big deal to see one's future destiny.
On the contrary, if one could gain insight into the future, they would be able to avoid any disasters.
"No, Master, the Well of This Life will allow you to see your greatest destiny and it's basically very difficult to escape. There are ancient records of an immortal who looked at the well and saw that he would be struck dead by lightning in the future."
"Eventually, he was plagued with worries and ended up developing mental demons. After encountering the Thunder Tribulation, he got really scared and his body went into metastasis because of his cowardice. Hence, unless a person has great fortune, he should not look into the well."
Da Xu explained with all his might, for fear that the crowd wouldn't understand.
However, after he said that, they were no longer scared.
'Great luck?'
'We all have great luck.'
Chen Lingrou patted her chest in relief.
She thought that it was something more troublesome.
Da Xu was a little confused.
'What kind of people are these?'
However, although they were confident, the crowd did not act rashly but concentrated on Xu Luochen who was not far away.
Time passed bit by bit.
About three minutes later, Xu Luochen walked back from the Well of This Life.
He was frowning and seemingly thinking about something.
"What's wrong? Second Senior Brother, what did you see?"
"Second Senior Brother, did you see me become the best array formation master in the world?"
"Second Senior Brother, say something."
"Luochen, quickly tell us, what are you being so mysterious for?"
Everyone spoke up, extremely curious about what Xu Luochen had seen.
"No, Eldest Senior Brother, Master, I saw the Qingyun Dao Sect being on fire."
Xu Luochen said with a frown.
He had just looked into the Well of This Life and thought he could see his future, but he didn't expect to see a blazing fire that burned down the entire Qingyun Dao Sect.
"What? The Qingyun Dao Sect is on fire? Did you not seal the furnace when you left?"
Hearing this, Daoist Tai Hua immediately panicked.
He thought that the furnace had not been sealed, causing a fire to break out in the Qingyun Dao Sect.
After all, there were still many valuable things within the Qingyun Dao Sect. If it was burned by fire, it would be a huge loss.
"I'm not clear either. I seem to have seen the Qingyun Dao Sect being on fire. Why don't you go take a look?"
Xu Luochen was also a little confused. He wasn't clear and hence could only tell them to take a look for themselves.
All of a sudden, everyone got up and walked towards the Well of This Life.
"Go one by one, don't go forward together."
Da Xu reminded.
At that moment, everyone paused in their tracks.
"Since I'm the Sect Leader, I'll go and take a look first."
Daoist Tai Hua thought about it and took the initiative.
Everyone nodded without saying much.
Daoist Tai Hua quickly walked over to the Well of This Life.
He looked down and soon saw the calm surface of the well. A ripple appeared, followed by a scene.
There was a huge fire in the Qingyun Dao Sect and all the buildings were on fire.
However, soon, he saw a familiar figure.
It was Su Changyu.
The difference was that Su Changyu's aura had also changed, and he looked more and more like a supreme Sword Immortal. If he didn't know that it was his disciple, Daoist Tai Hua would have really thought that he saw a supreme Sword Immortal.
However, in the image in the well, Su Changyu was remaining unmoved while watching the sect get burned. He seemed to be crying too.
At this moment, Daoist Tai Hua could not help but frown.
'The sect is on fire, what are you still standing there for?'
'What are you crying for? Hurry up and put out the flames.'
At this moment, Su Changyu, who was in the well, gradually disappeared, and eventually all the images vanished too.
Soon, Daoist Tai Hua looked away and walked towards everyone with a frown.
"What's wrong? What's wrong? Master, is our sect really getting burned?"
Xu Luochen immediately came over and asked as he looked at Daoist Tai Hua with curiosity.
"Yes." Daoist Tai Hua nodded and said, but before the crowd could continue talking, he couldn't help but look at Su Changyu.
"I not only saw the sect being burned, but I also saw Changyu weeping while standing at the entrance of the sect."
Daoist Tai Hua said with a frown.
After hearing his words, the crowd reacted bizarrely.
Su Changyu, in particular.
He looked at Daoist Tai Hua with a look of surprise on his face.
"Master, did you see clearly? How could I be weeping?"
Su Changyu was dumbfounded. 'I'm a peerless Sword Immortal, I only shed blood and not tears. Why would I be weeping for no reason?'
"Eldest Senior Brother was there? That means that it's a scene from the future. Oh, okay, I get it."
Lin Bei said as he suddenly recalled something.
"What did you get?"
Everyone turned to look at Lin Bei, wondering what he had figured out.
Sensing the gazes of everyone, Lin Bei couldn't help but explain.
"Sect Leader, do you think it could be that one day, we're all away from the sect and Eldest Senior Brother accidentally set a fire that caused the sect to be burned. Later on, Eldest Senior Brother was ridden with guilt, so much that he couldn't help but cry at the thought of you beating him up after you come back."
Lin Bei said.
In an instant, everyone felt that he seemed to have made sense
At that moment, Daoist Tai Hua couldn't help but stare at Su Changyu solemnly.
"Changyu, you must follow me down the mountain in the future. If you really accidentally set fire to the sect, I will disown you from now on."
Daoist Tai Hua said with a serious expression.
The Qingyun Dao Sect was his foundation, and if that really happened, he definitely wouldn't let Su Changyu off.
Su Changyu was speechless.
"Master, why would I burn the sect for no reason?"
Su Changyu did not know what to say, but he had nothing to explain either. Hence, he walked straight towards the Well of This Life and looked over.
There were soon ripples on the calm surface of the well and a scene quickly appeared.
The difference was that Su Changyu saw Ye Ping.
Yes, in the image displayed, four flying swords appeared behind Ye Ping who was facing countless fiendish demons.
The scene was extremely shocking and the only imperfection was that it was Ye Ping and not him.
Soon, the image vanished.
Su Changyu also could not help but frown.
He was completely unaware of the cause and effect, and what was going to happen.
Su Changyu retracted his gaze and walked over to inform the crowd of what he had just seen.
After Su Changyu finished speaking, everyone frowned.
"Ye Ping faced so many demons alone? It seems that he has a bright and promising future."
"Tsk, tsk, he's worthy of being our signature disciple. He's remarkable."
They were at a loss for words too.
The main thing was that this so-called Well of This Life would only reveal a tiny bit of the future without presenting the cause and effect. Hence, what could one do even if they saw their future?
"I'll go take a look."
Wang Zhuoyu got up and walked towards the Well of This Life.
Soon, Wang Zhuoyu walked back with a frown.
"What did you see again?"
Everyone was curious.
"The scene I saw was even more outrageous. I saw Lin Bei walking on a rainbow bridge. "
Wang Zhuoyu frowned, finding it a little outrageous.
"Rainbow bridge?"
"Where is this hell hole?"
"Forget it, I'll go check it out."
Lin Bei got up and looked into the Well of This Life.
After a while, he returned slowly with a strange expression too.
"Don't ask, I saw Fourth Senior Brother turning into a talisman."
Before they could ask, Lin Bei told them what he had seen.
"I turned into a talisman? Did you make a mistake?"
Xue Zhuan was a bit confused. The scene seemed to be becoming stranger and stranger.
"I'll go take a look."
Xue Zhuan walked over.
After a while, he also returned with a frown and said with curiosity, "I saw you blindfolded, Third Senior Brother."
Everyone was even more puzzled.
"What exactly is it? Why are you guys making it sound more and more outrageous?"
Chen Lingrou really couldn't understand what her Senior Brothers were saying as she walked towards the Well of This Life.
After a while, she stared at the ancient well.
Soon, a scene appeared.
There was a heavy downpour.
There was a white-robed man lying on a stone platform, stained in blood. There was a flying sword beside him, which had been wrecked beyond repair. There were also the words "Heavenly Fate" engraved on the ground beside him.
Chen Lingrou frowned all of a sudden.
The reason being, she discovered that the man in the white robe seemed to be Daoist Tai Hua.
Soon, the image vanished.
Chen Lingrou stayed silent.
She didn't know if she should tell them what she saw, and more importantly, she wasn't sure if it was Daoist Tai Hua.
"Lingrou, what did you see?
"Yeah, Lingrou, what did you see this time?"
Everyone was curious and couldn't help but look at Chen Lingrou while bombarding her with questions.
"I saw Eldest Senior Brother set fire to the sect."
Chen Lingrou did not reveal the scene that she saw as she was afraid that she had made a mistake. She was also worried that it would lead to some terrible consequences. However, she intended to tell her Eldest Senior Sister about it.
'Maybe Eldest Senior Sister would know more.'
Hence, she made up something and patronized them.
After saying that, everyone couldn't help but look at Su Changyu.
In particular, Daoist Tai Hua pointed at Su Changyu and said, "Great, indeed, you're the one who set the fire. Changyu, you actually want to set the sect on fire?"
Daoist Tai Hua spoke with some dissatisfaction.
"Oh, I totally get it now. Master, I suspect that you never wanted to let Eldest Senior Brother succeed you as the Sect Leader of Qingyun Dao Sect. So, Eldest Senior Brother bears a grudge against you and decides to burn the entire Qingyun Dao Sect. Eldest Senior Brother, Eldest Senior Brother, you're so narrow-minded."
Xu Luochen hurriedly spoke, seemingly having understood something.
"Eldest Senior Brother, is it true?"
Wang Zhuoyu asked calmly.
Su Changyu was speechless.
"Nonsense."
He couldn't be bothered to care about them.
That was clearly impossible.
'Why would I set the sect on fire for no reason?'
'Even if he can't become the Sect Leader, he shouldn't be so shameless.'
At this moment, Gu Jianxian suddenly spoke up.
"There is reincarnation in heaven and earth. Who can be sure about the karma of this world? How can an ancient well deduce the future of others?"
Gu Jianxian rarely spoke but his words made them snap back to their senses.
At this moment, everyone could not help but ponder.
After thinking about it carefully, they felt that it made sense. How could others see their future in a well? That seemed rather ridiculous.
"Yes, but this is all just an illusion. Besides, the burning of the sect and the fire are all just nonsense, let's find a way out."
Chen Lingrou nodded, she approved of what Gu Jianxian said.
On the other hand, Da Xu glared at Gu Jianxian. He was aware of what the Well of This Life meant, but he realized that the seniors did not say anything and hence had nothing to say.
He was just prejudiced against Gu Jianxian.
If not for the fact that they belonged to the same sect, Da Xu would really spar with him.
"Okay, don't waste time on this kind of stuff. It's best to find a way out."
Daoist Tai Hua couldn't help but nod.
They had all teleported to this hellish place and no one knew what would happen next. They thought that it would be better to leave sooner.
Everyone immediately nodded one after another.
Besides, at the same time, Xu Luochen couldn't help but look at the seven stone platforms.
"Master, there are some ancient words carved under this stone platform, should we walk up and take a look?"
Xu Luochen pointed at the seven stone platforms and asked.
"I know these ancient characters. They read 'Sword', 'Pills', 'Array Formations', 'Talismans', 'Treasures', 'Heaven', 'Luck'."
Chen Lingrou said. She could read those words and hence pointed them out.
"How do you know how to read them?"
The crowd was a little curious. In their eyes, Chen Lingrou was a wastrel who knew nothing except eating. They didn't expect her to be talented in that aspect.
"All those years of studying have finally paid off, eh? You guys don't think I'm a wastrel, right?"
Chen Lingrou asked with a slight frown.
Everyone stayed silent but it was obvious what they meant.
Chen Lingrou was speechless.
"Sword? This should be the last level, I think these are the rewards for us. Maybe, it's a legacy. As the Eldest Senior Brother, I should lead by example, I shall try it first."
Su Changyu pondered silently. He vaguely felt that it was a mystic realm and that this was the last round.
Since they had reached the last round, those were obviously rewards.
Hence, as soon as he finished speaking, he walked towards the sword platform.
Looking at Su Changyu who was walking away, everyone stayed silent for a while.
"He's really worthy of being the Eldest Senior Brother. He has so much reason for taking advantage. He's the only one who can do such a thing."
"Tsk, so thick-skinned. We have to learn more from Eldest Senior Brother."
"Yes, we're not as thick-skinned as him."
Everyone discussed and couldn't help but comment about how thick-skinned Su Changyu was.
However, they were not mocking him. Even if Su Changyu took the initiative to go over, they wouldn't be angry.
On the contrary, they were curious about what would happen next.
At this moment, Su Changyu had already arrived on the sword platform.
He stood on the sword platform with a composed gaze. Although he was a little flustered, he was poised and refined.
Boom!
As soon as Su Changyu stepped onto the sword platform, the entire cave lit up in an instant.
At this point, Su Changyu spoke up.
"Fated one, you have made it this far, I think you have gone through a lot of trials and tribulations. Excellent."
His loud and clear voice made everyone's expressions change.
However, the voice soon continued.
"Are you curious about my identity?"
"Since you're curious, I'll tell you."
"I am the King of Swords. I entered the Sword Dao at the age of three and condensed the supreme sword momentum at four, followed by the supreme sword intent at five. I became invincible in the nation at six, defeated 275 nations at ten. I became invincible in the Sword Dao in the world at twenty, and a master of creation at the age of thirty."
"Unfortunately, at the age of thirty-five, I failed to prove the Sword Dao, and after that, I was trapped in the Sword Dao for 3,500 years. I couldn't break through for a long time, and finally, I teamed up with six friends to break through."
"However, once I think of the fact that I might die if I fail, I left this secret inheritance behind. I'm waiting for a fated person. Do you want to get my inheritance?"
The voice revealed his identity.
At this moment, Daoist Tai Hua and others were extremely excited.
They had previously guessed that this place was a mystic realm, but there was no concrete evidence to prove it.
However, they were now entirely certain that it was a mystic realm.
Everyone laughed.
Even Su Changyu could not help but feel an urge to laugh. Unfortunately, he couldn't because that was what his nature was like. The more excited he was, the calmer he would seem.
In the entire cave, Su Changyu was the only one who was extremely calm.
After hearing his name, Gu Jianxian couldn't help but be tempted.
Da Xu gasped uncontrollably.
"Sword King? The seven human kings?"
Da Xu had heard a bit about him and was aware of the legend of the seven human kings.
"Do you know the Sword King?"
Chen Lingrou, who was at the side, couldn't help but ask Da Xu. She seemed rather curious.
"I know a little bit. The seven supreme human beings are called the Seven Ancient Kings who are the seven strongest people in the ancient times. It was said that they have long since ascended to the immortal world without leaving any inheritance behind. I didn't expect there to be any inheritance."
"We're going to strike a fortune this time."
Da Xu knew part of it but what he knew was mostly based on rumors.
"The seven strongest people in the ancient times?"
"Have they ascended to the immortal world so soon?"
Daoist Tai Hua, Xu Luochen, Wang Zhuoyu, and others were completely excited.
The legacy of an immortal?
'What concept is that?'
In the past, even the inheritance of a Golden Core realm cultivator was rare to come by.
This time, they had struck a fortune.
Even Su Changyu was so excited that he felt an urge to cry, let alone them.
'How many years has it been?'
'How many years has it been?'
'Is the inheritance that I had dreamed of finally going to be in my hands?'
'The Seven Kings' inheritance.'
'Human Sword King's Inheritance?'
'Am I going to ascend after getting it?'
"Woohoo~~~"
'Ascend!'
Su Changyu was so excited that he was on the verge of crying.
At this moment, the Sword King spoke again.
"Do you want to obtain my inheritance?"
The Sword King continued to ask Su Changyu again.
'Yes!'
'I do!'
'I really want it!'
Su Changyu had already screamed in his heart.
However, when he answered, his words seemed to have meant something different.
"Are you worthy?"
He spoke indifferently.
All of a sudden, it was quiet in the cave.
It was dead silent.
In an instant, Su Changyu froze in shock.
He knew that he was acting up again.
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Chapter 195: I've Already Ruined The Inheritance, A
In the mystic realm, everyone froze in shock.
Even the Sword King fell into a deep silence.
Although he was only an incarnation of the Essence Soul, he also had sentience.
To be honest, he was ready to see Su Changyu weeping and kneeling on the ground, pleading for the inheritance from him.
However, he didn't expect Su Changyu to say that.
"Are you worthy?"
'Damn it.'
'I am the King of Swords, one of the Seven Kings of the human race who has invincible sword techniques. Yet you're asking me to fight?'
The Sword King was stunned. Moreover, he didn't know how to answer Su Changyu.
Daoist Tai Hua and others were also confused.
The inheritance of a Golden Core cultivator was already considered an excellent inheritance.
Now that they had encountered the inheritance of one of the Seven Kings, it was the start of their ascension to greatness.
However, they didn't expect Su Changyu to act up at this juncture.
Even Su Changyu was dumbfounded, let alone Daoist Tai Hua and the others.
Did he want that inheritance?
Of course he did.
Well, who wouldn't?
However, the problem was, he couldn't control himself.
'What do I do? What do I do?'
Su Changyu panicked.
He was even on the verge of crying.
Fortunately, the Sword King was not an ordinary person. He naturally wouldn't be angered by just a few remarks. After having lived for such a long time, he had experienced all sorts of events.
It was undoubtedly because Su Changyu's words caught him off guard.
"I'm the Sword King, am I not qualified to teach you sword techniques?"
The Sword King remained calm and asked Su Changyu.
'You're qualified!'
Su Changyu screamed thrice without saying anything. At this moment, Xu Luochen wished that he could answer on Su Changyu's behalf.
The words he had in mind were faultless.
However, when Su Changyu said those words, they had a different meaning.
"You can't even prove the supreme Sword Dao, yet you have the audacity to call yourself the Sword King?"
Su Changyu spoke again.
He remained calm and the aura of the Sword Immortal seemed extremely rich at this moment.
In an instant, the crowd remained silent.
In particular, Xu Luochen and the others.
They looked at Su Changyu with anger in their eyes.
'Forget it that you've pretended once. Do you still want to continue pretending?'
'Usually, when you pretend in the sect, everyone will just turn a blind eye to it.'
'You're still pretending now?'
'Is it interesting at all?'
'Is it fun?'
'Please, stop pretending, will you?'
'Will you give us a way out?'
Daoist Tai Hua wept.
He wished he could cripple Su Changyu now.
On the sword platform, Su Changyu felt like crying.
He really did not know what he wanted to do.
He would act up every now and then.
'You're pretending again?'
'Will I have any benefits from pretending?'
He wouldn't stand to gain anything from it at all.
Su Changyu wished he could slap himself a few times. He was really furious and he wanted to cry.
At this moment, a figure appeared in front of Su Changyu. He was a middle-aged man who looked extremely ordinary.
His expression was calm and he even smiled a little.
He then looked at Su Changyu and immediately said slowly, "Indeed, I haven't even proven the supreme Sword Dao yet and I call myself the Sword King. I'm indeed fishing for compliments."
"But, Your Excellency, who are you?"
The Sword King asked. He was a supreme expert who naturally had an extremely high status of cultivation. He wouldn't be angered by Su Changyu's words.
If that were the case, it would be a real disgrace.
"A peerless Sword Immortal, Su Changyu."
Su Changyu sounded calm and composed. At the same time, he also had an inexplicable aura.
After he said that, everyone continued being silent.
In the eyes of Xu Luochen and others, Su Changyu was already berserk.
He was out of his mind.
Not only did he pretend to be impressive in the clan, but he also did so when he was outside.
'Senior Brother is harming us.'
Everyone was seriously speechless.
'Su Changyu, are you crazy?'
Xu Luochen was particularly agitated. He wanted to ask Su Changyu if the latter really thought that he was a peerless expert.
'A peerless Sword Immortal, Su Changyu?'
'Why don't you say that you're the top expert in the Qingyun Dao Sect?'
He was furious and extremely upset.
Da Xu was the only one whose eyes were full of admiration.
He was looking at one of the Seven Kings.
Fortunately, the Sword King did not seem angry at all and instead looked at Su Changyu.
"Senior, can you prove the supreme Sword Dao then?"
The Sword King even called Su Changyu his senior.
He was just an apparition and not the main body. If it was his main body, he would be able to tell Su Changyu's realm at a single glance.
"Supreme Sword Dao?"
Su Changyu muttered to himself before speaking up slowly, "I've already proven the supreme Sword Dao ten years ago."
He said.
At this moment, Su Changyu no longer had any intention to resist.
He had given up on himself.
'Say whatever you want, I'll resign to fate.'
"Ten years ago? Senior, how old are you?"
The Sword King continued to ask.
"Twenty-seven years old."
Su Changyu said indifferently.
"Twenty-seven years old?"
The Sword King was stunned as he looked at Su Changyu in shock.
"Each generation indeed outshines the previous one. Little friend, does that mean that you've already proven the supreme Sword Dao at the age of twenty-seven?"
The Sword King asked with a serious expression.
"To be more precise, it was at the age of sixteen. However, that year, I wanted to give the world's Sword Dao cultivators a chance to catch up with me, but unfortunately, I waited for a year and still, there was no one who could prove the supreme Sword Dao."
Su Changyu was boasting more and more.
Dao Tai Hua and the others remained calm. He didn't know what to say either.
'Su Changyu has already gone mad from boasting, we can only let him continue.'
"Sixteen? Proven the supreme Sword Dao? Little friend, oh, no, I mean, Fellow Daoist Su, it's just a pity that you were born at the wrong time. If you were born in the same era as me, it would be a huge honor for me."
The Sword King said with his eyes full of shock and admiration.
He obviously believed it.
Everyone stayed silent. They really couldn't imagine that the Sword King would believe the words of a good-for-nothing.
'This is seriously infuriating.'
At this moment, the Sword King spoke again.
"I thought I could find an inheritor, but I didn't expect the first person to arrive here to be even stronger than me. In this case, my inheritances will be pointless."
His tone was full of melancholy.
However, everyone panicked after hearing his words.
"Senior, don't say that, we want it, we want it."
"Senior, he might be a supreme Sword Immortal but we're not. If he doesn't want the inheritance, we want it."
At this moment, Daoist Tai Hua said with a sorrowful expression.
Su Changyu pretended to be impressive but they wouldn't.
Su Changyu didn't want any creation but they did.
"Yes, yes, Senior we are all good-for-nothings, you can give it to us if he doesn't like it. We like it."
"Yes, yes, we are good-for-nothings. We are the most useless of good-for-nothings. Senior, give us the stuff, we want your inheritance, we can definitely guard your inheritance well."
Xu Luochen, Wang Zhuoyu, Xue Zhuan, Lin Bei, Chen Lingrou and others spoke up one after another.
They were good-for-nothings who needed the inheritance even if Su Changyu bragged and claimed that he didn't want it.
Their lack of regards to their image made Da Xu, who was at the side, slightly stunned.
However, he also understood that no one would refuse the inheritance of the Seven Kings.
'Su Changyu is the only one who doesn't want it because he is a peerless expert.'
However, Su Changyu actually wanted it.
He was anguished.
How could he not want the Sword King's inheritance? He just couldn't control himself.
At this moment, the Sword King spoke again.
"But I… have already destroyed the inheritance."
The Sword King answered.
Su Changyu was speechless.
Daoist Tai Hua was speechless.
Xu Luochen was at a loss for words.
So was Wang Zhuoyu.
'You ruined the inheritance so soon?'
'Are you kidding me?'
'Why didn't I see it?'
Everyone looked at the Sword King. It was not that they did not believe him, but rather, they didn't see him destroying it.
'Is this not a lie?'
Sensing the gaze of the crowd, the Sword King remained extremely calm.
"Most of the inheritances that we left behind are personal cultivation methods. Since Daoist Su said that he did not need the inheritance just now, I destroyed it directly. After all, the apparitions that I left behind during the creation of this realm can only appear once."
"Since Daoist Su said he didn't want it, there's no point in keeping it."
The Sword King explained and everyone had an epiphany.
"Oh, I get it."
Daoist Tai Hua nodded and looked like he had been enlightened but he soon turned to glare at Su Changyu furiously.
"I'm going to kill you!"
Daoist Tai Hua roared with reddened eyes.
All in all, the inheritance was gone and so was the opportunity. He wanted to kill Su Changyu!
"Ah!"
'Sinful disciple! Sinful disciple! Sinful disciple!'
Daoist Tai Hua roared.
On the sword platform, Su Changyu also panicked. He didn't expect things to end up like this. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been the first to go up.
'I feel terrible. Why does it always act up at the critical juncture?'
He was really furious.
Su Changyu wanted to cry too.
At this moment, the Sword King spoke again.
"The supreme inheritance might be gone but there are still a few treasures left. Would you like to have it?"
The Sword King asked everyone.
"Yes, yes, yes."
"Senior, I want it, I want it, I'm a good-for-nothing."
"Senior, I'm the good-for-nothing, give it to me and I will promote your inheritance well."
"Elder, I grew up reading your book, I admire you very much. I want it, I want it."
At this moment, all the disciples, as well as the sect master of the Qingyun Dao Sect, hollered. They were extremely agitated and excited.
'The Seven Kings' inheritance?'
It was a priceless treasure to them.
"Everyone, calm down, if you want the inheritance, you can walk up to the array formation platform. All seven of us have left behind a treasure each for those who are fated with us."
The Sword King chuckled and did not feel disdain for them.
The seven of them created the mystic realm for the sake of leaving behind an inheritance. In fact, he felt embarrassed when Su Changyu turned down the inheritance.
Soon, the seven of them walked towards the stone platform.
Xu Luochen walked on the pill platform while Wang Zhuoyu walked onto the array formation platform, Xue Zhuan walked onto the talisman platform, Lin Bei walked onto the treasure platform, Chen Lingrou walked onto the transportation platform, and Daoist Tai Hua walked onto the heavenly platform.
The seven of them each stood on a different stone platform.
In the next moment, the Sword King waved his hand.
In an instant, a snow-white, frosty sword appeared in front of Su Changyu.
"Fellow Daoist Su, although I am not qualified to impart the supreme sword technique to you, this is a flying sword refined by me from the ancient divine essence. It's a flying sword that can grow. A gentle wave of this sword can freeze everything within 1,500 kilometers. Fellow Daoist Su, if you don't mind, please accept it."
The Sword King said.
On the sword platform, Su Changyu looked at the snow-white flying sword in front of him and couldn't help but be stunned.
The sword was crystal clear as if it was made of jade. However, it also seemed to be made of ice. It was extremely beautiful and was emitting a cold aura that was extremely intimidating.
He could be considered a supreme Sword Immortal.
Su Changyu was so excited that he was about to burst into tears, but on the surface, he still seemed extremely calm.
"It's not bad."
He couldn't help but say something that he didn't mean. However, the Sword King did not mind and instead smiled calmly.
A golden phoenix furnace appeared in front of Xu Luochen.
"Little friend, this object was my second brother's collection of the world's exotic treasures. It was refined using the Phoenix Wing Immortal Furnace, and it's a Dao artifact that can grow. This pill furnace contains 3,600 alchemical array formations."
"You don't need to do any manual work. You just have to add the medicinal herbs and it will automatically refine and condense into a pill. This pill furnace also contains a Connate True Phoenix Immortal Fire that will help you with refining pills."
The Sword King introduced the pill furnace but Xu Luochen's face was already covered in tears.
He cried in excitement.
In this life, his biggest dream was to have a pill furnace of his own, but unfortunately, the Qingyun Dao Sect was too poor to afford a pill furnace.
If he wasn't poor, why would he be willing to buy a black pot and use it as a pill furnace?
Besides, now that the dream he had since eighteen had finally come true, how could he not weep?
Xu Luochen refused to believe that he couldn't pass the alchemy assessment with that pill furnace.
If he couldn't pass the alchemy assessment, he would eat the furnace.
Soon, on the third stone platform.
A chessboard appeared in front of Wang Zhuoyu.
The chessboard was crystal clear as it was made of jade while the chess pieces were like dazzling stars.
Wang Zhuoyu was stunned as he stared at the chessboard intently.
The Sword King said, "Little friend, this object was refined by my third brother, and it's called the Starry Chessboard which is an array artifact. This will produce an illusion of heaven and earth, and each of the chess pieces is an array artifact. If you use the Starry Chessboard to set up an array formation, endless array formations can be formed. There can be 1,500 kinds of evolution of a trapping array formation. I hope you will treat it well."
The Sword King introduced the function of the chessboard.
"Thank you so much, Senior. Thank you so much, Senior. Thank you so much, Senior."
Wang Zhuoyu stared at the chessboard excitedly, only to realize that his hands were trembling.
With that chessboard, he was certain that he would pass the array formation assessment.
Once he became a real array formation master, with the help of such a formation disk, he would be able to get more money.
'Hahahah, I will ascend. Woo~ I'll earn so much money.'
Wang Zhuoyu clenched his fist, his eyes full of passion. He had decided that he must become the best array formation master in Baiyun Ancient City and not tarnish the value of this chessboard.
Soon, on Xue Zhuan's stone platform, a golden dragon brush appeared.
It was a talisman brush.
"Little friend, this item was refined by my fourth brother. It's called the Golden Dragon Spirit-Containing Talisman Brush that can allow one to draw talismans in the void and increase the power of talisman paper by five times. It contains the soul of the Golden Dragon and it's sufficiently powerful even though there's only a fragment of the soul."
The Sword King continued to speak and named the fourth treasure.
"Thank you, Senior, please rest assured that I won't bring shame to this brush."
Xue Zhuan squeezed this talisman brush tightly in his hand. He felt that he was about to advance greatly to becoming the best talisman master in Baiyun Ancient City.
"Alright."
The Sword King smiled faintly before turning to look at Lin Bei.
There were no treasures in front of Lin Bei, but as the Sword King waved his hand, two beams of golden light darted into his eyes.
Sss!
In an instant, Lin Bei inhaled sharply, but in the next moment, he realized that there were some subtle changes in what he saw.
"Little friend, this is a treasure that my fifth brother condensed. It's called the Heavenly Eye that can identify and authenticate all treasures in this world. From now on, you will be able to spot all treasures in this world. Of course, there are also some that are hard to identify, but I can guarantee that 99% of treasures won't escape your eyes."
The Sword King said.
Besides, Lin Bei also instantly understood what he obtained.
He was a treasure appraiser himself, and now that he had obtained them, he would advance greatly.
'I can pick up treasures everywhere?'
"Thank you, Senior, I will always remember your kindness."
Lin Bei was so delighted that he wished he could kneel down and thank him, but at the thought that the Sword King was only a spirit body, he did not do so.
Soon, the Sword King looked at Daoist Tai Hua.
Looking at his five disciples and the powerful treasures they got, Daoist Tai Hua couldn't help but get even more excited.
He was curious about what he could get.
In an instant, an Eight Trigrams diagram appeared in front of him.
The Sword King explained again.
"This Daoist, this object is called the Heavenly Secret Eight Trigrams that will allow you to make divinations. It also contains a portion of my sixth brother's inheritance. If you get it, you can carefully observe it if you need to, but if not, you may also use it as a reference."
The Sword King said politely and also informed Daoist Tai Hua what this treasure was.
"Thank you, Senior."
Daoist Tai Hua took the Eight Trigrams Diagram and thanked with a bow.
Finally, the Sword King looked at Chen Lingrou.
Chen Lingrou became even more excited.
She looked at the Sword King with anticipation.
At this moment, a fossilized egg appeared in front of Chen Lingrou.
Chen Lingrou was speechless.
Everyone was speechless.
'What's this?'
Everyone was curious as they were each holding a Dharma treasure in hand. Yet, Chen Lingrou got an egg.
Sensing the curiosity of the crowd, the Sword King could not help but speak.
"Little friend, my seventh brother doesn't like refining so he did not leave any treasures behind. He obtained this object by chance and said that something remarkable can be hatched out of this. However, we don't know if that's true or not."
The Sword King was slightly embarrassed.
After all, the egg didn't seem like a good thing at first glance, and more importantly, it had been fossilized.
Even if there was a dragon or a Qilin inside, it would be pointless.
It was an item that had already been fossilized, and no matter how strong it was, it would be pointless.
"Huh?"
Chen Lingrou was a little upset.
Everyone had gotten something good, but she was the only one who got an egg.
Who wouldn't be depressed if they were in her place?
However, she did not blame the Sword King, but she nodded instead and said, "Thank you so much, Senior."
After hearing her words, the Sword King felt a little embarrassed.
"It's alright, since my seventh brother was somewhat irresponsible, I'll take responsibility. This is my supreme inheritance that hasn't been destroyed yet. Since Daoist Su does not need it, I will pass it on to you."
The Sword King then waved his hand, and in an instant, a large amount of sword intent entered Chen Lingrou's mind.
In the next moment, the Sword King continued, "That's all. Everyone, if you want to leave, just leave directly from this Well of This Life. We will meet again if fate allows."
The Sword King left as quickly as he came.
After saying that, he vanished right on the spot.
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