Unrivaled Medicine God, page 881
Furthermore, Baili Qingyan’s performance also provided powerful proof for her breathtaking first round!
Now, who would still suspect that was not done by Baili Qingyan?
Most likely, even Duan Qinghong they all also would not suspect it, right?
Her gaze looked over toward Ye Yuan away, and she could not help sneering.
“Foolish fellow, think that you can snatch away Baili’s limelight like this? Even though you comprehended spatial law, your realm is too low! But the Jadelight Drum’s requirement for cultivation realm is very high!”
Although she witnessed Ye Yuan’s powerful strength, Jiang Xueyan was not optimistic about Ye Yuan.
She, as the Shadowmoon Sect’s disciple, naturally knew the Jadelight Drum’s power.
The higher the realm, the deeper the comprehensions toward Dao, and the louder the drumming would be too.
Although Ye Yuan’s attack power was high, his realm was too low!
If he used full strength to attack the Jadelight Drum, he would only suffer an even stronger countershock force!
Hence, Baili Qingyan’s first place was already locked in.
Ye Yuan wanting to be the finale, this action was merely the laughable dignity of a man.
Baili Qingyan’s performance made everyone marvel with admiration, and also made Duan Qinghong and Zhong Hanlin feel ashamed of their unworthiness.
They had always been pursuing Baili Qingyan previously. But her potential was more than a level stronger than theirs!
Baili Qingyan said to Deacon Hong with clasped hands, “Thank you, Deacon Hong!”
Deacon Hong nodded his head as he smiled and said, “Baili lass is indeed pretty good! High-grade tier six, among all of the former seasons’ assessments, it also ranks among the best. It’s just a pity that it missed by a step and didn’t break through to tier seven.”
Baili Qingyan said, “Qingyang will cultivate even harder in the future and won’t let the sect down!”
Deacon Hong smiled and said, “Mn, cultivate well! The Bamboo Groove Martial Conclave this time, hope that you can have a place!”
Baili Qingyan nodded slightly and floated down.
Jiang Xueyan went up to welcome with a smile and said, “Baili, you indeed didn’t disappoint me!”
But Baili Qingyan’s attitude was somewhat cold as she said coolly, “Senior Apprentice Sister, there’s still someone who hasn’t taken the stage, don’t be happy too early.”
But Jiang Xueyan said without a care, “Although that kid’s talent is high, his realm is too low after all! Even if he’s stronger than Duan Qinghong they all, it’s also impossible to surpass you!”
Baili Qingyan shook her head slightly but did not dispute.
She kept feeling that Ye Yuan doing this had a deep meaning.
Most likely, it would not be that simple.
Furthermore, it was clearly impossible for Han Yong to surpass Zhao Zhao, but he broke through to tier five.
And Han Yong’s relationship with Ye Yuan was very good. Could this just be a coincidence?
“Last one, Ye Yuan!”
After repeated calls, it was finally Ye Yuan’s turn to appear on the stage.
However, he did not come out yet and there was another wave of booing.
Clearly, everyone was very disdainful of his finale that overestimated his own ability.
“This guy is really utterly without shame, this bit of strength also dare to snatch the finale!”
“Heh, Miss Baili is magnanimous and doesn’t haggle over it with him. This guy even went from bad to worse.”
“Sixth Firmament Divine Lord, don’t even know whether or not he can make it sound and he dares to snatch the position of the finale.”
…
Originally, Baili Qingyan was a genius at the same level as Duan Qinghong and Zhong Hanlin in everyone’s eyes.
But now, Baili Qingyan’s status in their minds already far surpassed those two people.
The present Baili Qingyan outshone the others.
Coupled with that kingdom-toppling looks of hers, she already became the goddess in everyone’s hearts.
A goddess that could not be profaned!
But Ye Yuan this guy actually dared to blaspheme the goddess and snatch her finale position.
Towards these questioning voices, Ye Yuan naturally paid no attention to it.
He slowly walked out of the crowd but did not fly up high to the sky.
Then, he just flicked lightly, carrying a light breeze, blowing towards the Jadelight Drum.
This movement was like brushing off dust; relaxed and natural.
It was just that this action made everyone feel very perplexed.
Even Deacon Hong’s face revealed a very doubtful look.
“What is this guy doing again? Have to admit, he really knows how to gain notoriety by doing something sensational!”
“What he did just now is already beating the drum?”
“No divine essence undulation at all! This guy knows that he’s going to reveal his true colors and gave up?”
…
Dong!
Just as the ridiculing voices grew higher than the previous wave, an earth-shattering drumbeat sounded out, overshadowing all of the sounds all at once.
In the entire world, only the Jadelight Drum’s drumbeat was reverberating.
The faces of everyone present all changed visibly.
The sound of this drum was actually identical to Baili Qingyan’s!
That power plowed once more within the radius of several miles!
Everyone all used incomparably horrified gazes to look at Ye Yuan. But even more were confused faces.
Was this drumbeat just now really done by Ye Yuan?
But how could that kind of casual and light action cause such a big commotion?
Chapter 1797. Old Youth |
The drumbeat gradually subsided, everyone was still immersed in the midst of shock.Because no one could have thought that Ye Yuan could actually accomplish exactly the same as Baili Qingyan!
Among them included Jiang Xueyan and Duan Qinghong they all.
Deacon Hong’s pupils constricted as if understanding something.
“Ye Yuan, high-grade tier six! Passed the test!”
He looked at Ye Yuan, his gaze revealing a gratified look.
Deacon Hong thought in his heart, this child is different from the others and already saw through the Jadelight Drum’s reality, simplifying things by cutting out the superfluous, triggering the resonance of the Jadelight Drum with the power of Great Dao! It looked casual, but it’s actually no idea how many times more profound than others! Other people saw a hundred steps away, but he already saw a thousand steps away! Except, it looked like he still held back somewhat, but don’t know why is that.
With Ye Yuan not displaying his full strength, he was unable to judge Ye Yuan’s limits.
But without a doubt, Ye Yuan was a genius too!
At least, he was not beneath Baili Qingyan.
He originally thought that Ye Yuan was just a supporting character who only worked his way to first place by following Baili Qingyan.
Looking at it now, it was ridiculously wrong!
“S-So incredible!” Han Yong said in shock.
Although after he reached tier five, he had long changed his views on Ye Yuan.
When he saw Ye Yuan reach high-grade tier six effortlessly, standing shoulder to shoulder with Baili Qingyan, he was still extremely shocked.
Yang Fan had a strange look. He previously still thought that Ye Yuan boasted without coming up with a draft and that his behavior was flashy with substance, and could not get close with.
Looking at it now, he was really blind.
Ye Yuan saying that it was a breeze for him to pass the assessment, it was really accomplished with the greatest of ease!
Too effortless!
A casual flick and it was high-grade tier six, too relaxed and casual.
Ye Yuan slowly turned around and looked over in Jiang Xueyan’s direction with a profound meaning.
Jiang Xueyan’s entire body turned stiff and was actually floored by Ye Yuan’s imposing momentum!
Jiang Xueyan’s face felt fiery hot.
Ye Yuan used this light flick and gave her an incomparably resounding slap.
A moron could also tell that Ye Yuan seemed to have plenty left in the tank!
But he got a high-grade tier six.
This move of Ye Yuan’s had a deep meaning!
Firstly, Ye Yuan helped Baili Qingyan achieve the title of first place, repaying Baili Qingyan’s friendship and loyalty.
Secondly, Ye Yuan used this flick to tell everyone that he, Ye Yuan, did not rely on Baili Qingyan to get first place. He was very strong!
Thirdly, Ye Yuan was telling her, Jiang Xueyan, you cannot suppress my edge! As long as I, Ye Yuan, am willing, I can surpass everyone at any time!
This was a blatant declaration of war!
“The entrance examination ends here, you all will be my Shadowmoon Sect’s disciples starting from now! No matter which sect or faction you all belong to in the past, now, you all only have one identity, that is the Shadowmoon Sect’s disciples! Entering my sect, everything will be the sect’s interests as the top priority! If there’s any act of betraying the sect, kill without amnesty! Now, you all ascend from the mountain gate, there will naturally be someone to fetch you all in!”
Deacon Hong’s voice reverberated in front of the mountain gate.
The disciples all had fearful expressions, clearly frightened by Deacon Hong’s words.
Ye Yuan was very indifferent and did not have any surprised look.
The Shadowmoon Sect seemed to have many factions, the forces intricate and complicated.
Actually, that was just tacit allowed by the sect in order to increase the competition between disciples and accelerate their strength increase.
But, if someone jeopardized the sect’s interests, the sect would definitely annihilate them at all costs.
The Shadowmoon Sect would not nurture geniuses for other sects.
There were 43 inner-disciples who passed the examination at the end, and 102 miscellaneous affairs disciples. These people officially entered the sect under Qian Ye’s lead.
…
The Shadowmoon Sect’s main peak towered into the clouds, unable to see any end in sight.
Ye Yuan climbed up the steps along with the crowd, as if arriving at a fairyland.
And the spiritual energy thickness also became increasingly stronger as the height of the mountain got taller.
Just the spiritual energy concentration at the halfway point was already god knows how many times stronger than ordinary high-order imperial cities.
The Shadowmoon Sect had a main peak and nine sub-peaks, presenting the appearance of nine stars twinkling around the moon. All were majestic and grand.
Ye Yuan could feel that this place was absolutely a rich land that fostered great talents.
The nine sub-peaks were under the charge of the nine great skill-imparting elders. Disciples who entered the sect all have to be assigned under the name of a skill-imparting elder.
Of course, it was just belonging under them.
Skill-imparting elders were all True God level existences, ordinary disciples could not see them at all.
However, each skill-imparting elder had a rank six cultivation method in their possession.
If one could stand out in their performance, they could become the skill-imparting elder’s personal disciple.
At that time, they would be able to learn a True God level cultivation method and martial techniques.
This was what all of the disciples dreamed of.
Of course, in a large True God level sect, disciples ranging in the tens of missions, wanting to become a personal disciple, that was doubly difficult.
“This is your identity token! Kid, I have to admire you. Before even entering the sect, you already offended the three great factions and our Devil Elephant lineage. Do you know how many elders and deacons the Shadowmoon Sect has that all come from these three major factions?”
Song Ting threw the identity token to Ye Yuan and scoffed with a look of amusement.
Ye Yuan received the token and discovered that ‘Tianying’ two words were written on the back. Presumably, he was assigned to Tianying Peak.
According to Han Yong, Tianying Peak was the weakest sub-peak. The strengths of the disciples were the weakest, resources were the most deficient, and cultivation method and martial techniques were the most scarce.
Looks like he was indeed targeted!
Shadowmoon Sect did not lack geniuses. His performance was also not stunning enough in order to help Baili Qingyan achieve her aim and was unable to catch the sect’s attention. This was also what Ye Yuan had expected.
It was just that being assigned to whichever sub-peak did not make much difference to Ye Yuan.
Ye Yuan put away the token and said coolly, “What has that got to do with me? Only second-rate disciples like you will be interested in this sort of thing, right?”
“Second-rate? Heh, you actually said that the Tianzhu Peak’s disciples are second-rate?”
Song Ting deliberately said it very loudly, the surroundings immediately cast a series of unfriendly gazes.
Ye Yuan shook his head and said with a sigh, “What I said was that you are doing this kind of welcoming new disciples thing, you’re definitely a second-rate minor character in the sect. Don’t you say so … Senior Apprentice Brother Song? You’re not young anymore as well, but you can’t even break through to the Celestial Deity Realm and are still just an outer-disciple. I didn’t say that Tianzhu Peak is second-rate, I mean that you disgrace Tianzhu Peak!”
The more Ye Yuan said, the uglier Song Ting’s expression became.
Those unfriendly gazes also immediately became amused.
Calculating it, Song Ting was indeed an ‘old youth’ already.
With his talents, even if he broke through to Celestial Deity Realm, it was very hard to promote to an inner-disciple too.
Ye Yuan’s words poked Song Ting’s sore spot.
Ye Yuan being assigned to Tianying Peak, he originally came deliberately to give Ye Yuan a blow, and regain face in the passing.
He did not expect that he suffered a huge loss of face.
This kid’s mouth was so venomous!
“Brat, you just be smug! Being remembered by the three great factions at the same time, I hope that you can live for a month!” Song Ting gritted his teeth and said with a grim expression.
Ye Yuan smiled faintly and said, “No need for Senior Apprentice Brother Song to worry. I’ll live very well.”
Chapter 1798. Abode Gone |
The main peak was extremely far away from the sub-peaks. Ye Yuan arrived at Tianying Peak through the transmission array and immediately had a feeling of falling to the human world from heaven.
Compared to the main peak’s splendor, this place was clearly much shabbier.
“Ye Yuan, I really feel unfair for you! With your talent, you should at least be on the top three sub-peaks. That bunch of fellows abuses their power to bully people and actually relegated you to Tianying Peak.” Beside Ye Yuan, a short and skinny young man said with an indignant look.
This young man was called Ceng You, he came from an unknown small sect.
His strength was not bad, peak Seventh Firmament Divine Lord. During the second round’s assessment, he even reached tier two.
Among the disciples that came out of small sects, he was already a dragon among men.
Logically speaking, he should not have been relegated to Tianying Peak, but he became the only inner-disciple sent to Tianying Peak.
The other 41 people were all relegated to the other eight sub-peaks.
Regarding this kind of unfair treatment, Ceng You was naturally unhappy about it in his heart.
However, Ceng You admired Ye Yuan greatly. That simple and casual flick shocked him deeply.
Similarly coming from a small sect, Ye Yuan’s potential was clearly much stronger than him.
Ye Yuan smiled and said, “If it’s gold, it will shine anywhere. I heard that Tianying Peak’s skill-imparting elder came from a small sect. But didn’t he also enter the ranks of True God Realm, becoming the ruler of a region?”
Ceng You smiled bitterly when he heard it and said, “Even so, Tianying Peak is still the most rundown sub-peak, ostracized by the other eight peaks!”
In the Shadowmoon Sect, Tianying Peak could be said to be a land of exile. No one was willing to come to this place.
Those who came here were mostly not wanted or disciples without factions.
And arriving here was also basically equivalent to having one’s future cut off. It would be very hard to have great accomplishments again.
Ye Yuan patted Ceng You’s shoulder and said with a smile, “Brother, upon entering the Shadowmoon Sect, you already forgot who you are!”
Finished saying, Ye Yuan walked over toward Tianying Hall.
Looking at Ye Yuan’s departing back view, Ceng You’s entire body trembled.
Yeah, his sect was just an unremarkable Divine Lord level sect, deficient of resources, and severely lacking cultivation methods.
But he relied on his own efforts and walked until today step by step.
He thought that entering the Shadowmoon Sect, with his talent, he would be able to soar to the heavens in one bound.
But the current situation was too far from what he imagined.
So he felt indignant, felt wronged, felt that the future was bleak and dark.
However, looking back, even if he arrived at Tianying Peak, his current situation was also far better than before.
Hence, what was he still not satisfied with?
As long as he took out his past efforts, he would be able to stand out among his peers one day, and viciously slap those snobs.
To martial artists, while resources were important, what was more important was to have an unyielding heart that sought Dao.
Losing one’s true self, then the future would really be bleak.
“Rousing the dreamer from his sleep with a word! Ye Yuan, thank you!”
Looking at Ye Yuan’s back view, Ceng You’s gaze became determined once more, just as before.
