Unrivaled Medicine God, page 134
What was even more lethal was that Ye Yuan, through the disposition he unintentionally exhibited in addition to his young and handsome appearance, had already deep enthralled Tang Yu-er who was opposite him!
Because in the illusion, Ye Yuan was still Ye Yuan himself, but Tang Yu-er was no longer Tang Yu-er.
Tang Yu-er had already taken the place of her character. She was merely a secular beauty.
Facing the young and abstruse Ye Yuan, Tang Yu-er had already inadvertently fallen in love.
At this very moment, the one controlling the illusion was no longer Tang Yu-er but had silently changed to Ye Yuan.
. . . . . .
In the illusionary world, time flowed like water.
Today, the Ye Family's young master was taking the Tang Family's daughter as his wife. A wedding ceremony was held in the capital, causing a sensation. A perfect match between an able man and a fair lady, everyone was envious.
A year later, Tang Yu-er gave birth to Ye Yuan's child. Holding her son in her hands, Tang Yu-er's face was filled with bliss. This was the crystallization of Ye Yuan and her love. And that very year, Ye Yuan spurred his horse as he wielded his sword, becoming a military official of the empire.
Five years later, Ye Yuan returned victoriously with illustrious achievements in war and was conferred as the youngest general in the empire. Tang Yu-er led the people to welcome him several miles outside of the city. Looking at her valiant and heroic husband, she was full of pride.
15 years later, Ye Yuan became a different surnamed prince, holding enormous power in the court. Tang Yu-er became a princess consort. For many years, the husband and wife treated each other with respect and affection, helping each other in times of need.
After 50 years, Ye Yuan and Tang Yu-er propagated for generations and had many children and grandchildren. The Ye Family became one of the major families in the empire.
After 70 years, the pair leaned into each other while holding hands, their heads completely white, and fell asleep . . .
Just like that, their entire life passed by.
While in reality, two hours had gone by.
Ye Yuan's eyes remained vacant holes as if he was completely dominated by Tang Yu-er.
While opposite him, Tang Yu-er had a blissful face at times, a flushed face at other times, all kinds of expressions varying.
The audience below the platform clicked their tongues in surprise.
Chapter 271. Big Brother Ye Yuan |
"These two people have already been standing on the platform for over two hours. Just who has the advantage right now?"
"I can't figure it out! Ye Yuan had that lifeless expression from the start and seems to be controlled by Senior Apprentice Sister Yu-er. But the victor hasn't been decided until now. The expression on Senior Apprentice Sister Yu-er's face is very rich and looks like she is expending a great deal of effort. I just can't figure out what the hell is going on."
"A match like this is so boring. We can't even see how they fight. The two of them are just staring at each other, staring for over two hours already."
"A duel with illusions is sometimes even more perilous than a fight between martial artists! With your paltry strength, once you fall under Senior Apprentice Sister Yu-er's illusion, she can turn you into an idiot with a snap!"
Speaking of which, the highly anticipated battle that everyone was originally looking forward to became utterly boring right now.
The two people only made one move from the start till now, then fell into a situation where they just stared at each other.
It was fine if they just stared at each other. If Ye Yuan was taken down by Tang Yu-er, he should show all sorts of ugly behaviors.
Or if Tang Yu-er's illusion could not do anything to Ye Yuan and he achieved victory instead. Everyone could accept these two kinds of result.
But the pair just had to be in a stalemate the entire time. Furthermore, the two people's conditions were very odd, leaving everyone unaware just who held the advantage until now.
Suddenly, Tang Yu-er gave a muffled groan on the platform and flopped weakly onto the ground.
Ye Yuan's eyes also regained clarity at this time. He clasped his hands at Tang Yu-er and said with a smile, "Yu-er . . . Senior, thank you."
Ye Yuan deliberately dragged out the intonation in saying Yu-er, making it sound weird when one heard it.
Tang Yu-er's soul force was overly exhausted currently and no longer had the strength to battle again.
She lifted her head and looked at the grinning Ye Yuan with shame and rage filling her heart. Just now, inside the illusion world, she actually spent a lifetime with Ye Yuan and even helped to propagate his bloodline!
This was simply unprecedented shame and humiliation!
After the shame and anger, the hatred in Tang Yu-er's heart grew massively, her gaze when looking at Ye Yuan became filled with killing intent!
Even though it was only inside the illusion world, that sort of feeling of her purity being sullied still trailed closely behind like a shadow!
Tang Yu-er never imagined that this lecher also had such high attainments in terms of illusionary arts.
She still could not figure out until now how both parties quietly swapped roles and also how Ye Yuan dragged her inside the board. This kind of method was simply unimaginable!
One had to know that this illusion world was set up by Tang Yu-er! Ye Yuan actually took over the illusionary realm that she set unknowingly and even brought her inside, making her a target that the other party could freely manipulate as he liked!
Tang Yu-er gritted her teeth in hatred and wished that she could grind Ye Yuan's bones to dust and scatter them to the wind!
"Ye Yuan, I'm warning you! If you dare to speak about the matters inside the illusion world, I'll make you wish that you were dead! " Tang Yu-er transmitted her voice to warn.
Ye Yuan replied, "Haha, I have an illness, which is that I can't endure being frightened. Once you frighten me, my mouth will start to run and tell the outside world about anything. Yu-er . . . Senior . . . you see . . ."
Tang Yu-er's face changed. "You dare threaten me?"
"How would I dare to threaten Yu-er . . . Senior, earlier, it was clearly Yu-er . . . Senior who was threatening me." Ye Yuan deliberately dragged out the intonation of the word Yu-er again.
Tang Yu-er was on the verge of collapse. She said frostily, "Speak! What terms do you want?! I'm warning you, don't go too overboard! Something like a toad wishing to eat swan meat, don't even think about it!"
Ye Yuan beamed and said, "Hur hur, I'm not a toad, and you're also not a swan. However . . . my ears are very soft, why not you call me Big Brother Ye Yuan once and I'll erase this segment of memories. What do you think?"
Big Brother Ye Yuan was precisely the term that Tang Yu-er used to address Ye Yuan inside the illusion world. At that time, the pair were as inseparable as glue and lacquer, closely attached to each other, and were extremely sticky together.
But asking Tang Yu-er to say it out, in reality, was even worse than killing her.
The first impression that Ye Yuan gave her was a lecher. Now that he also did such obscene things inside the illusion world, Tang Yu-er wished that she could kill him. How could she possibly call out such a mushy form of address?
"You . . . Dream on!"
"Oh, not calling? Then forget it, I couldn't care less either. Later, I'll find a few companions to have a conversation with. I believe that many people are dying to know just what happened on the stage today."
"You! Fine, I . . . I'll call!"
"En, I'm listening."
"B-Big . . . b-brother . . . Ye Yuan!"
Although it was a voice transmission, Tang Yu-er's voice was like a mosquito's buzz.
"Ah? What did you say? I didn't hear it!"
Tang Yu-er was so furious that her lovely body started to tremble, but she had no choice but to call out, "Big Brother Ye Yuan!"
The voice this time was loud. Except, it completely did not sound like it.
Ye Yuan grinned and said, "Sigh . . . Completely lacking that sort of feeling already. Listening to it doesn't give any flavor at all. Consider you pass then. I'll keep my mouth shut."
Ye Yuan just had a moment of mischievousness and played a prank on Tang Yu-er. They were in the same sect after all; Ye Yuan could not very well go too far, and so to just let it be at that.
Ye Yuan obviously knew that Tang Yu-er would hate him ever since, but he did not really mind.
To others, Tang Yu-er's illusions were very powerful. But to Ye Yuan, her illusions did not have any threat at all.
Tang Yu-er struggled to get up but still felt a little weak in her knees.
However, she remained standing there stubbornly and stared at Ye Yuan coldly as she said, "A loss means a loss. What's there to thank?"
Finishing, Tang Yu-er walked down the platform with some difficulty.
The audience looked at the obstinate Tang Yu-er and looked at Ye Yuan on the platform again. They gaped at each other speechlessly.
Senior Apprentice Sister Yu-er who was ever triumphant by relying on illusionary arts actually lost just like this?
It seemed like . . . Ye Yuan was completely fine.
"Hey, Senior Apprentice Sister Yu-er's soul force exhaustion is so great. Why does Ye Yuan look completely fine? Even if he won Senior Apprentice Sister Yu-er, it shouldn't be without expending even a little bit of soul force, right?"
"Yeah, I find it strange too! Ye Yuan clearly fell under the illusion. But other than his eyes becoming vacant during the middle portion, it seems like there was no difference between the start and end at all. Such a situation is seriously too peculiar."
"Are you daft? I heard that Ye Yuan is even an alchemist! Perhaps his attainments on the divine soul are even more amazing than Senior Apprentice Sister Yu-er!"
"You're the daft one! I'm also not blind and can see the badge Ye Yuan is wearing! It's just that his badge is only low-rank Alchemy Master. Even if he broke through to middle-stage Spirit Condensation Realm, his soul force would only be middle-rank Alchemy Master. Having fought a battle with Senior Apprentice Sister Yu-er, how is it possible to not have any consumption at all?"
"This . . . This Ye Yuan is really leaking with peculiarity!"
Indeed, Ye Yuan continued the momentum of his consecutive victories and once again, caused an 'upset' in the status quo, defeating a top three opponent!
Tang Yu-er who had transcendent illusionary arts lost to Ye Yuan inexplicably just like that.
Nobody knew what kind of competition the pair experienced inside the illusion world. Both parties kept their mouth tightly sealed.
On the other platform, Tian Yu and Sui Liang's match had ended long ago.
Without any surprises, Tian Yu defeated Sui Liang.
The final round: Ye Yuan versus Tian Yu!
Chapter 272. Heavenly Sky Sect |
The news about Ye Yuan entering the finals not only caused a huge uproar among the disciples, but the Tranquil Cloud Sect's upper echelons were also visibly stirred.
But different from those disciples, these elders all knew that Ye Yuan's accomplishments in the Alchemy Dao were tremendously remarkable.
To have such stunning achievements in the Alchemy Dao and the Martial Dao at the same time, was this boy even human?
"There are times when human strength just won't do! I really have no idea what kind of existence that master behind Ye Yuan is like. To actually raise such a freakish existence like Ye Yuan!"
"No matter what kind of existence he is, that is not an existence that our Tranquil Cloud Sect can afford to provoke! I feel that this master of Ye Yuan is most likely one of the pinnacle few beings in the Endless World! That Lord is probably going ascend to the Divine Realm before long, so that's why he was seized with a sudden impulse to find a disciple to inherit his mantle. However, the master initiates the apprentice, but their skill depends on their own efforts. For Ye Yuan to have such startling improvement, it's inseparable from his own bitter hard work," Xiao Jian chimed in.
Luo Qingfeng nodded. It was clear that his judgment was roughly the same as Xiao Jian's.
Ye Yuan's identity could not be clearer. He was a born and bred State of Qin citizen. Only those strongest few individuals in the Endless World had the ability to teach a genius like Ye Yuan.
Furthermore, the way this Lord taught disciples was different from others. He did not bring Ye Yuan along with him. He just taught him all of his abilities, then let Ye Yuan roam freely.
Of course, it could also be that that lord was monitoring Ye Yuan at all times. But an existence that like, as long as he did not wish for others to discover him, other people would never find him!
"What you are said is right. Even a more monstrous talent has to be vied for with one's own efforts. With Ye Yuan's performance in the State of Qin, this child's talent and temperament are excellent. It's no wonder that that lord would take fancy to him. However, for him to be able to soar to the skies with one move, the Nine Heavens Road contributed immensely! With Ye Yuan's personality, I think he'll surely remember my Tranquil Cloud Sect with some gratitude," Luo Qingfeng said.
Xiao Jian said in agreement, "This child is not the slightest bit soft-handed towards enemies, but he uses his life to protect those close to him. As long as we don't do something to chill his heart, when this child prospers in the future, he'll definitely provide some help and guidance. It's just that . . . the Heavenly Sky Sect seems to be increasingly restless recently! I also don't know if we can wait until the day Ye Yuan grows up."
Mentioning the Heavenly Sky Sect, Luo Qingfeng's brows also knitted slightly, his eyes showing deep trepidation.
Compared to the boundlessly vast expanse of the Northern Domain, the Southern Domain was not considered vast. Although sects stood in great numbers, on the whole, they were managed by eight great sects.
The Tranquil Cloud Sect was one of these eight great sects!
It's just that the Tranquil Cloud Sect's strength could only rank near the bottom of these eight great sects.
While this Heavenly Sky Sect was the sect with the greatest strength among the eight great sects!
Because they were the strongest, they were arrogant!
All manners of the Heavenly Sky Sect's overbearingness was renowned in the Southern Domain.
Especially in the recent few years, the Heavenly Sky Sect's various activities were gradually increasing in frequency. This made the sects with weaker strength like the Tranquil Cloud Sect naturally become nervous.
As the master of a sect, the pressure on Luo Qingfeng's shoulders was unimaginable by outsiders.
With Ye Yuan's monstrous talent, as long as he was given ten years, breaking through to the Soul Sea Realm should not be an issue.
At that time, with such a heaven-defying Soul Sea Realm powerhouse like Ye Yuan holding the fort, the Tranquil Cloud Sect would probably become an upper-ranked force among the great sects with a single bound. Then, they obviously did not need to fear the threat from the Heavenly Sky Sect anymore.
But the problem was whether or not the Heavenly Sky Sect would give Tranquil Cloud Sect time to develop peacefully for ten years!
Luo Qingfeng gave a faint sigh and said, "The matter on hand is that our Tranquil Cloud Sect still needs another Soul Sea Realm powerhouse to appear as soon as possible. Or else, we probably can't escape the outcome of being annexed!"
Xiao Jian also gave a sigh when he heard that. He said helplessly, "Soul Sea Realm . . .Talking is easy, but doing it is as hard as ascending to the heavens! Even with Martial Uncle Skymaple's outstanding talent, he only broke through to the Soul Sea Realm by a fluke. Back then when our Tranquil Cloud Sect migrated over from the Northern Domain, we were chased down by those fellows until there was no road to heaven and no gate into the earth, resulting in a loss of two volumes of the Azure Dipper Purple Yang Sword Art. Otherwise, what has the present Southern Domain got to do with the Heavenly Sky Sect?"
One's starting point determines the height!
A thousand years ago, the Tranquil Cloud Sect had a great migration, but lost two volumes of the sect forte cultivation method, resulting in the members today finding that breaking through to the Soul Sea Realm was as hard as ascending to heaven.
Or else, with the Tranquil Cloud Sect's foundations, even if they were chased to the Southern Domain, it would not be to such an extent where it was so dismal.
And although the Azure Dipper Purple Yang Sword Art was relatively complete, without the Martial Dao cultivation method to raise cultivation realm, one could only look at but not eat what was at the back.
Fortunately, the Tranquil Cloud Sect's foundations were deep. There were those few geniuses in every generation who could forcibly breakthrough to the Soul Sea Realm through comprehending the sword intent on the Nine Heavens Road or by relying on their own perception.
Skymaple was one of them.
Except, to want to completely comprehend the Azure Dipper Purple Yang Sword Intent on the Nine Heavens Road was something that was virtually impossible.
Cultivation methods and martial techniques were things that were expressed through texts. Comparatively, the clearer and easier it was to understand, the easier it would be to cultivate in as well.
But to talk about the completeness of sword intent, one might as well directly comprehend it.
When training in cultivation skills, regardless to what extent one trained to, it was impossible to fully comprehend You Wuya's true intent!
But on the Nine Heavens Road, one could completely grasp this true intent through that final sword!
However, this sort of thing could only be understood and not described. Even if Ye Yuan fully comprehended the Azure Dipper Purple Yang Sword Intent, there was no way for him to describe it.
Otherwise, Xiao Jian and Luo Qingfeng would have long kidnapped Ye Yuan and forced him to write out the Azure Dipper Purple Yang Sword Art from memory every day.
"Every generation can only do their best! Among this batch of children, there are really quite a few fine saplings! As long as they mature, our Tranquil Cloud Sect will definitely rise up once again! And what we, these old fellows, have to do is to provide for them an environment that they can grow up in!" Luo Qingfeng said.
