True Martial World - Chapter 109: Blood Lineage

After the semi-finals ended, the participants, whether they had succeeded or failed, went back to their own residences.

As for the people, no matter how indignant they were, they could not change the results of the competition and began to disperse.

But the battle never stopped.

When Yi Yun finished eating dinner, he met a bunch of children, who wanted to mess with him, after he came out from a Tao tribal clan cafeteria.

Their leader was a fourteen-year-old girl, and behind her were a bunch of boys and girls, all teenagers.

The little girl was their boss; no different from the school honchos in his memories.

Even in this alternate world, the children also entered their rebellious stage in their teens. Kids at this age easily formed their gangs such as the Azure Sect, the Hong Sect, the Youth Alliance, etc.

The little girl flicked her hair coolly and stared at Yi Yun without a sound. Her eyes were full of hostility.

They were here to demonstrate their might.

In fact, they treated Yi Yun like someone of their own age, and someone of the same IQ level.

If nothing else but height mattered, Yi Yun was an inch shorter than that girl.

How could kids know anything about Purple Air Comes From The East or manifestation of Yuan Qi? To them, strength was measured by a person's height.

They would not dare to offend them those who looked tall and strong looked powerful. Those who were short in stature were not intimidating, and they were push-overs.

The leader of the children, of course, knew Yi Yun was strong, and the bunch she had brought with her wasn't his match, but, Yi Yun was shorter than them by a head. This made them subconsciously gain a mental advantage, as they had often bullied the weak.

It was hard to describe the thoughts of these children. They felt that their idol had been insulted, so they needed to do something to stand in solidarity for their idol.

Of course, the real people who "insulted" their idol was the Jin Long Wei, but they did not have the courage to mess with the Jin Long Wei, so they came to mess with Yi Yun.

They just needed to make a gesture, to prove their undying support for Hu Ya. As for their desired outcome, they didn't really know either.

Yi Yun was speechless. To be pestered by kids who didn't know anything, he really felt unlucky.

Yi Yun simply released a tiny amount of aura to push the kids away. He strode out of the crowd, leaving them suppressing their rage.

In fact, ever since the semi-finals concluded, Yi Yun realized that the eyes of the Tao tribal clan's people were full of hostility.

Yi Yun had crushed the three young masters of the Tao tribal clan in one blow. It was like walking into someone's house to smack them in the face. How could the Tao tribal clan's people be friendly with him?

What was worse was that Yi Yun had never shown his true strength the entire time. The results were decided by the Jin Long Wei. The people of the Tao tribal clan were extremely disgruntled with the results announced by the Jin Long Wei.

Yi Yun ignored these people and only wanted to quickly get out of the crowd. At that moment, Yi Yun noticed that not far away from him stood a girl in white. She was smiling at him.

The setting sun made the girl cast a long shadow upon the ground. Her dress was coated with a golden luster that shimmered in the setting sun like dancing elves.

The girl only smiled without saying a word. Upon seeing Yi Yun look over, she turned and left.

Yi Yun understood her intentions and followed.

The two moved forward and soon disappeared from the Tao tribal clan's city.

With a change of the scenery, Yi Yun and the girl had arrived at the Tao tribal clan's back mountain. At that moment, the sun had set and its glow was burning the western sky red.

"You don't seem popular…" Lin Xintong leisurely said as she turned towards Yi Yun.

Yi Yun smiled helplessly and said, "My appearance in the Tao tribal clan has stolen their thunder. Naturally they wouldn't welcome me, besides…they are indignant about it."

"The Jin Long Wei's evaluation results are quite authoritative. You can ignore those people…Right…I've previously agreed to carry on sparring with you." Lin Xintong had set an appointment with Yi Yun for them to continue their sparring today.

"Good!" Yi Yun could not ask for anything better. Lin Xintong was a master; although Yi Yun did not know what rank Lin Xintong was, he knew that the things she revealed benefited him a lot.

Lin Xintong gently touched her wrist and pulled out a sword.

Sword!?

Yi Yun's eyes lit up. This was the first time he was seeing Lin Xintong use a weapon.

In the past sparring matches with Lin Xintong, she had used her hands to spar with Yi Yun.

"Tao Yunxiao uses a sword, so does Hu Ya. The swords they use are the Tao tribal clan's ancestral artifacts. But why do I feel that the quality of those two swords can't match the sword in Lin Xintong's hand?"

The body of Lin Xintong's sword was extremely soft, like a swimming silver snake. Although it was a distance from Yi Yun, that luxuriant cold beam felt like it was stabbing into Yi Yun's brows, giving his brows a chill.

"The sword's name is Frost Water; it is my sword. Usually, when I face enemies, I would use a sword. You can say that I have a special talent in swords. This talent is also known as "Sword Heart".

"Sword Heart is a form of blood lineage. It's not something any person can awaken. Maybe in the future, you will have your own blood lineage." Lin Xintong's words seemed to have opened a new door for Yi Yun.

Blood lineage? Sword Heart?

Yi Yun did not know what it meant to have a blood lineage, but he suddenly felt a strong interest in it.

Lin Xintong said, "You just need to break through to the Purple Blood for now. You can ignore blood lineage for the time being. It is still something out of your grasp…"

With those words, she swung her sword and said, "A weapon is part of a warrior's body. The first contact for warriors in the way of the sword is to wield a sword with their bodies. The next step is to use Qi to wield a sword. The third step is using the heart to wield a sword!"

"Look well today, for this is 'Nine Mysterious Swords of Heaven'!" Upon saying that, Lin Xintong's sword began to move. She did it slowly, but each move and stance had induced the power of the Heaven and Earth. Her movement was perfect and harmonious.

Lin Xintong's sword technique was the 'Nine Mysterious Swords of Heaven'!

Yi Yun was shocked. It seemed as if there was no cultivation technique that she didn't know.

She knew "Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist", as well as the 'Nine Mysterious Swords of Heaven'. And these two cultivation techniques were not her main cultivation technique; her main cultivation technique was the 'Fairy Maiden Heart Sutra'!

But even though she had learned the 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist' and 'Nine Mysterious Swords of Heaven' on the side, she had practiced them to an extremely high level!

Just Lin Xintong's notes on 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist', had benefited Yi Yun a lot.

As for 'Nine Mysterious Swords of Heaven', her swordsmanship was perfect. Even Yi Yun who was not well-versed with swords could feel the wonders of it.

Especially with the vision that the Purple Crystal Origins gave Yi Yun, he could see the surrounding Heaven Earth Yuan Qi condense towards Lin Xintong, forming innumerable points of light.

"Shoo! Shoo! Shoo!" Out came nine golden sword beams from Lin Xintong's body. This was the manifestation of Yuan Qi that Hu Ya previously demonstrated!

But Hu Ya's manifestation of Yuan Qi had only appeared for an instant before shooting to the sky.

But Lin Xintong's manifestation of Yuan Qi–the nine small golden swords were like fairies flowing around Lin Xintong's sword beams.

When Lin Xintong struck, the small golden swords flew out', but when she pulled her sword back, the small golden swords would follow her back.

This move amazed Yi Yun.

Thinking it through, Lin Xintong was one year younger than Hu Ya. It was hard to imagine at which grade Lin Xintong's talent was.

"I am really a frog in a well." Yi Yun said to himself. He had first understood 'routines have limits, but martial arts is without limit', and he had induced Purple Air Comes From The East. Yi Yun could not help but feel proud of these two accomplishments.

But when compared to Lin Xintong, it was nothing.

Lin Xintong had definitely achieved the realm of "routines have limits, but martial arts is without limit" a long time ago. Or she could not have written the note in the manual.

Just by casually studying a cultivation technique for half a year, Lin Xintong had reached such a state. He still had a long way to go!

Lin Xintong demonstrated her swordplay as Yi Yun watched.

Although it was the same 'Nine Mysterious Swords of Heaven', Hu Ya's was much worse than Lin Xintong's. As for Tao Yunxiao’s demonstration, it was not worth even mentioning.

Having lived two lives, Yi Yun's soul was stronger and he had a high perceptivity. Lin Xintong just demonstrated her swordplay without a word. But by simply watching Lin Xintong's swordsmanship, Yi Yun could recall the various flaws in Tao Yunxiao's swordsmanship.

"Tao Yunxiao was not able to show the full potential of this 'Nine Mysterious Swords of Heaven' and the ancestral artifact of the Tao tribal clan. If the way of the sword had levels, then Tao Yunxiao was at the stage of wielding a sword with his body, and just at the beginning stages…" Yi Yun began to make his evaluations. With Lin Xintong's perfect demonstration in front of him, Yi Yun was able to review Tao Yunxiao's swordsmanship.

In terms of martial arts, Yi Yun was a good distance away from Lin Xintong.

Yi Yun could not understand even a tenth of Lin Xintong's swordsmanship. But even this amount allowed Yi Yun to create his own views on swordsmanship.

Many things could only be understood but not described. Everyone had a different level of perceptivity, so Lin Xintong did not speak, and only demonstrated.

Now, the insight Yi Yun gained had sown a seed within his mind. When his abilities improved in the future, that seed would grow into a towering tree!

The environment greatly influenced a warrior's practice of martial arts.

Often when sparring with an expert, even if it was an expert-dominated one, one would become a partial expert after being abused for long.

If one sparred with a dummy often, even if they could beat the living daylights out of the dummy, one would still be a dummy after a few years of beating.

Yi Yun and Lin Xintong practiced till it was almost daybreak.

After Lin Xintong departed, Yi Yun returned to the Tao tribal clan quietly.

A few hours later, it was the last round of the kingdom's selection. It was the moment the finals began. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

This battle would decide the final results.

"I wonder what the last round's topic would be?" Yi Yun thought with anticipation!

He meditated for about an hour before sleeping and ended up entering a deep sleep state. With four hours of sleep, he was able to restore his mental state back to its optimal state…

True Martial World - Chapter 108: Yet another slap in the face

The semi-finals of the Kingdom's selection had not ended. The examination of the Purple Blood warriors was even more intense.

Although the Purple Blood warriors were sure to pass the kingdom's selection, they still vied for a better spot amongst themselves, so that they can gain more resources and a higher status in the Jin Long Wei!

Yi Yun watched all the Cloud Wilderness' Purple Blood warriors' demonstrations.

A Purple Blood warrior was indeed much stronger than a Mortal Blood warrior. The Tao tribal clan's first young master Hu Ya, who appeared last had pushed, the atmosphere to a crescendo!

Hu Ya had also demonstrated "Nine Mysterious Swords of Heaven"!

Hu Ya used the ancestral artifact of the Tao tribal clan, the female-male pair's male component.

The male-sword was three feet long. In Hu Ya's hand, it was as if the sword with a startling aura was alive. As Hu Ya continued demonstrating, each slash caused sword Qi to emit out shockwaves, and the battlefield was filled with beams of sword flashes, like a silver waterfall.

Hu Ya's sword moves were too fast for the eyes to follow.

At times, Hu Ya would slow down his speed; but even at a slower speed, it was hard to read his moves. This feeling was similar to Zhang Yuxian performing the Elephant Swallowing Technique. One could see him move, but one couldn't tell what the sword move was.

The warriors from the large tribes of the Cloud Wilderness were full of praise. Even a few Jin Long Wei members nodded slightly.

When Hu Ya finished the last stance of "Nine Mysterious Swords of Heaven", nine sword beams flew out from Hu Ya's body and into the sky!

These nine sword beams looked like golden swords from afar. It was colorful and had an extraordinary beauty!

"Cha! Cha! Cha!"

The golden swords sliced through the air, tearing open a rift in the clouds.

The surrounding Tao tribal clan people let out a gasp.

If one were to call Tao Yunxiao's sword Qi the light from a firefly, then Hu Ya's golden sword beams were like the moonlight. They stood in stark contrast.

"This is a manifestation of Yuan Qi!"

In the crowd, a warrior said, "To release the body's Yuan Qi out and condensing it into a shape. It's an extremely ingenious technique. It is something that only the best Purple Blood warriors can manage. If the clouds the nine golden sword beams struck was black ironstone, it will still be sliced up like tofu even if the black ironstone was the size of a house! Young Master Hu Ya just didn't want to flaunt his destructive power!"

"Manifestation of Yuan Qi!" Yi Yun was stirred. He recalled that when he sparred with Lin Xintong the previous night, his last fist attack had formed a dragon-tiger phantom image!

He had not paid attention back then, but Lin Xintong had noted that it was a manifestation of Yuan Qi!

The manifestation of Yuan Qi not only looked powerful, but it could also greatly improve an attack’s damage!

In the battles of Mortal Blood and Purple Blood realm warriors, they would often use their bodies to attack. But as their martial level increases, the battle between warriors would become a competition of Yuan Qi!

For a high-level martial world, a manifestation of Yuan Qi was part of the basics.

But for the warriors of the vast wilderness, manifestation of Yuan Qi was a spectacular sight.

The crowd's reaction was filled with excitement as they cheered vivaciously!

Commoners had no chance of witnessing the manifestation of Yuan Qi. Besides, Hu Ya was extremely popular in the Tao tribal clan, so all the cheering came from his admirers.

Hu Ya's demonstration was done.

The faces of the Tao tribal clan people were red with pride. It was as if they had drunk a bottle of vintage wine, and could not disguise their euphoria. Previously, Yi Yun had upset them by overshadowing their prominence. But now, with Hu Ya, they were immediately elated with pride.

Also, the First Young Master Hu Ya was close to reaching the Tempered Body state. In a few days, he would likely make that last step. It was something the people of the Tao tribal clan were looking forward to.

The entire Tao tribal clan, in its several hundreds of years, had never given birth to a talent who could reach the "Tempered Body, Dragon Pulse" state.

"Young Master Hu Ya is too powerful!"

"Of course! Young Master is just about to reach the ‘Tempered Body, Dragon Pulse’ state. His cultivation level is in the middle stages of the Purple Blood realm. Soon, he will enter the late stages of the Purple Blood realm. How can he not be powerful? Young Master Hu Ya will definitely exceed Yi Yun!"

"That's for sure! Nine golden sword beams formed from energy; that is a true strength! It's not those illusory phenomena. That's right, what sort of person is Young Master Hu Ya? He will teach those self-important people from the small tribes a lesson. They shall see the strength of our Tao tribal clan!"

The people were excited. The Jin Long Wei's examiner had used fifteen minutes to rank the Purple Blood warriors.

Again, the order was based on the order of appearance. Hu Ya was the last one.

When Zhang Tan mentioned Hu Ya, everyone in the Tao tribal clan held their breath. This was the moment that concerned their Tao tribal clan's honor.

They were waiting for Hu Ya to overshadow Yi Yun!

The Tao tribal clan's strength was ten times stronger than tens of small tribes combined. How could they let a kid like Yi Yun overshadow them?

The people were filled with anticipation. Zhang Tan opened his mouth.

"Hu Ya, eighteen years old, demonstrating 'Nine Mysterious Swords of Heaven', Grade…"

"Mystic rank…gradeless!"

When Zhang Tan announced Hu Ya's grade, the Tao tribal clan's people were stupefied before exploding.

Hu Ya had finally managed to reach the Mystic rank, but he had no grade. He was a gradeless Mystic!

The difference between the Yellow rank ninth grade and the Mystic rank first grade was huge. Some people could be judged to be better than Yellow rank, but to say he was a Mystic rank, he would fail to meet the mark.

As such in the talent evaluation rules, there was a gradeless level.

Gradeless Mystic meant they could barely make the rank of Mystic, but it was not enough and it would fade away. To be accurate, it was a transient level between the Yellow and Mystic rank.

Hu Ya was the number one young expert in the Tao tribal clan and he wasn't much weaker than the older peak-Purple blood experts. It symbolized that the highest standard the Tao tribal clan had was just evaluated at a transient level between Yellow and Mystic rank?

Was this a joke?

There were numerous fans and supporters of Hu Ya in the Tao tribal clan.

Now, with the Jin Long Wei giving Hu Ya a gradeless Mystic rank, these supporters could no longer accept it! They were preparing to celebrate, but just before they could leap up in joy, they were ridiculed!

If the entire Cloud Wilderness had no Mystic rank, and Hu Ya had obtained a gradeless Mystic rank, they could settle for it because the Jin Long Wei's evaluation criteria were strict.

But now, a rascal named Yi Yun had reached Mystic rank fifth grade, and Hu Ya was just at the transient period of the Mystic rank. How could they accept it?

"It's not fair!"

"How can Hu Ya be gradeless? We don't accept this!" Some people shouted. Previously, when Yi Yun overshadowed Tao Yunxiao, there weren't many who shouted. But now, with Hu Ya also overshadowed, they could no longer bear it.

The power of fans was fearsome, especially passionate fans. For their idols, they were willing to risk their lives.

So what if it was Zhang Tan? So what if he was the Jin Long Wei Thousand Households? By belittling their idol, they would rebel!

"I don't accept it. Hu Ya should be at least a Mystic rank sixth grade!" A young girl shouted, red from agitation. In the Tao tribal clan, there were numerous young girls who had a crush on Hu Ya. For Hu Ya, they were willing to run naked.

"Right! At least Mystic rank sixth grade. How can our Young Master Hu Ya lose to Yi Yun?"

"What the heck is that Yi Yun? He's just a commoner from a small tribal clan. His cultivation isn't even high. On what criteria, do you rank him a Mystic rank grade five? I don't accept it!" Another girl echoed with extreme agitation. How could their idol be inferior to a commoner? It was an insult to their idol!

Seeing the Tao tribal clan's young girls being agitated, Yi Yun was speechless. He was blamed for no reason. His competition with Tao Yunxiao and Lian Chengyu had nothing to do with the Purple Blood realm's Hu Ya, how did he get pulled into this?

Yi Yun felt that Hu Ya was like a Korean drama star in his past life, and the fans were rabid.

Most of the time, fans would not be rational. Why did you have to be given a Mystic rank fifth grade, overshadowing their idol?

Yi Yun subconsciously looked at Hu Ya, but he realized that although his fans were agitated, Hu Ya was still holding his sword and standing at his spot, silent and expressionless. It was as if everything around him had nothing to do with him.

This made Yi Yun slightly surprised. This Hu Ya was interesting.

Facing such a crowd, he could still take things calmly. This kind of bearing was unlike that of a passionate young man.

True Martial World - Chapter 107: Let’s test their actual combat ability

Many people began to question the rankings as they discussed in private. That included the Tao tribal clan's elders who were stunned. Among them, although the most knowledgeable ones were not surprised that Yi Yun had exceeded Tao Yunxiao, they had never expected him to exceed Tao Yunxiao by that much.

"How could it be? I don't believe it!"

Among the crowd, there was a person who finally exploded like a simmering volcano.

That person was Lian Chengyu. He was the most agitated person in the crowd. "He's a Mystic rank grade five, and I'm a Yellow rank grade five. He is one entire rank higher than me, how could it be!?"

Lian Chengyu could feel his blood start to boil. His handsome face turned a deep red. Lian Chengyu's face had distorted as if he was a red-faced demon that crawled out from hell.

He felt distanced from the surrounding people. Their noises had drowned into the background. He clenched his fists, with his nails biting into his flesh to the point of them bleeding. But Lian Chengyu could not feel the pain.

He had gone mad. He wanted to die.

He had watched Yi Yun, a poor kid whose life was cheaper than grass, slowly rise up and soar into the sky, with his own eyes. Yi Yun was a villager of his Lian tribal clan, and Yi Yun could be said to be his slave.

But now, the slave had surpassed the master!

What made him hate Yi Yun the most was the fact that Yi Yun had stolen his desolate beast essence!

Originally, he could have broken into the Purple Blood realm. All that glory could have been his!

When people get overcome by anger, they would often lose all reason.

At that moment, Lian Chengyu had lost all reason. He hated Yi Yun so much that he wanted to tear off Yi Yun's flesh with his mouth.

"I… don't accept it!"

Rage had given the courage needed for Lian Chengyu to challenge everything. He dared to shout out his indignation when facing Zhang Tan under such a situation. Immediately, the gazes of the people were gathered on Lian Chengyu.

Lian Chengyu clenched his fists, with a blue vein protruding from his forehead.

"I don't accept it…"

Lian Chengyu repeated again as if he had experienced a tremendous amount of humiliation.

In the crowd, there was another person with a gloomy face, he was Tao Yunxiao.

"I don't accept it as well!" Tao Yunxiao shouted. He really could not accept it!

He felt that he could reach the Mystic rank. Also, he didn't think that Yi Yun could qualify to be a Mystic rank grade five. How could the Jin Long Wei make such an arbitrary conclusion? They didn't even give any specific reason!

"I want to know what the judging criteria is!"

Tao Yunxiao's eyes burned with rage.

"Hmph!" Zhang Tan coldly grunted. A cold gaze infused with energy entered Tao Yunxiao and Lian Chengyu's ears, exploding within their ears!

Both their bodies quivered as if they were struck in the chest. They nearly fell to their knees.

"I am under no obligation to explain to you! If you can't accept it, you can withdraw from the kingdom's selection! No one is forcing you! But the moment you choose to be a Jin Long Wei member, you have to remember that in the Jin Long Wei, you only serve and never question! This is the first time you are questioning me, and it shall be your last!" A fearsome aura was imbued in Zhang Tan's voice. Not only were Lian Chengyu and Tao Yunxiao affected, even the elders from the Tao tribal clan felt the pressure.

If you did not accept it, you could withdraw.

If you stayed, you had to obey!

The Jin Long Wei was an army, and it was the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's most powerful army. Its standing was exceptional!

For such a large force, how could a lowly person question the rules they set?

Even the son of a duke could not do that to the Jin Long Wei, let alone the young masters from the Cloud Wilderness's tribal clans!

As for an explanation, would a lion ever need to explain anything to a mouse?

"Yunxiao, admit your mistake!" At that moment, Tao Yunxiao's ears rang with his father's voice. Tao Yunxiao clenched his fists, the veins on his arms squirming like a worm. Even with his father's voice, he was indignant.

"Yunxiao, admit your mistake! Who do you think you are?" Tao Yunxiao's father's voice rang again.

Tao Yunxiao took a deep breath. He hated his circumstances. He hated that he was unable to prove his strength.

"I… am sorry!" Tao Yunxiao winced his face as he endured the insult, before saying those words with great difficulty.

Zhang Tan was emotionless. With a wave of his hand, the members of the Jin Long Wei stepped down temporarily.

Next was the Purple Blood warriors' selection, which had nothing to do with Yi Yun and Tao Yunxiao.

Seeing Zhang Tan leave, Tao Yunxiao stared at Yi Yun. His gleaming eyes figuratively stabbed at Yi Yun like knives.

The relationship between Tao Yunxiao and Yi Yun was different from Lian Chengyu's. Lian Chengyu hated Yi Yun while Tao Yunxiao was not convinced. He felt that he was stronger than Yi Yun in every aspect!

"Hehe, these 'young masters' of the Cloud Wilderness think so highly of themselves. They think that our evaluation results—that we as examiners make—have to take into account their views?" When Zhang Tan stepped down, a Jin Long Wei elite said disdainfully. The people from the heartlands despised the Cloud Wilderness because they treated the people of the Cloud Wilderness like barbarians. And in fact, that was the truth.

The difference between the Cloud Wilderness and the heartlands was too large a gap.

"This kid, Yi Yun, could induce Purple Air Comes From The East. The Purple Air symbolizes the Son of Heaven. Yi Yun has the chance to become a lord in the future!" said another Jin Long Wei elite.

"But then, it's just a possibility. There are too many unknown factors ahead of a young lord. They might fall behind, in the middle or exhaust all of their potential, eventually falling out of sight…But some young lords grow at terrifying rates. They eventually become sages, great emperors. Anything is a possibility…" Zhang Tan said lightly. When he mentioned great emperors, the Jin Long Wei elites around him looked at each other and swallowed a gulp of saliva. To them, a great emperor was something too distant. Even the founding emperor of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, whose accomplishments had overshadowed thousands of generations, was considered a sage.

Zhang Tan carried on, "We do not need to bother about those young masters' doubts, but since they are unconvinced… for the last round, let's test their actual combat ability…"

Zhang Tan said that casually. He knew that those who were indignant was not limited to Tao Yunxiao or Lian Chengyu. It included the other participants and the commoners of the Tao tribal clan. None of them could accept it.

To the people of the Cloud Wilderness, the only way to convince them was through strength. Other things were flashy to them, but to know if it mattered, only strength was needed.

"Oh? Test their combat ability?" A Jin Long Wei elite's eyes lit up upon hearing it.

"That's right. These people have differences in their age and their cultivation time. There is no uniform standard to test their strength, but…I had previously asked Yi Yun. His cultivation level is at the peak of the Qi Gatherer realm; so even if we were to test their combat ability, it will not appear unfair. Actually, I want to see how the kid's actual combat ability is." A smile formed on Zhang Tan's lips as he said that.

What was the limit of the twelve-year-old child's combat ability? Zhang Tan was anticipating it!

True Martial World - Chapter 106: Yi Yun’s rank

Zhang Tan announced the results one by one but remained expressionless from the beginning until the end.

"Lian Chengyu!"

As Zhang Tan shouted out that name, Lian Chengyu held his breath and waited in suspense. It was finally his turn!

The result Zhang Tan announced indicated his future to a certain extent. Was he an elite? A hero? Amongst the elite heroes, where did he stand?

Tao Yunxiao also began looking at Lian Chengyu. From Lian Chengyu's results, he was able to tell how high the accepted standards of the world was.

"Lian Chengyu, seventeen years old! Demonstrating cultivation technique: 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist'! Grade: Yellow rank, grade five!"

Yellow rank grade five?

Lian Chengyu took in a deep breath. He felt as if his heart had been squeezed tightly. It was painful.

Just Yellow rank grade five…

He had subconsciously hoped that his results would be higher. He wished that the Jin Long Wei would see that he was different from the crowd.

But, he didn't even reach the peak of the Yellow rank. He was just in the middle.

Although his results were better than the participants before him, it had disappointed Lian Chengyu. As a middle-ranked human elite, this was too far from his goals.

He had put in great effort, hoping to leave the vast wilderness; how could he be willing to just be a middle-ranked human elite?

"Even Lian Chengyu was not enough to enter the Mystic rank?" Tao Yunxiao noticed Lian Chengyu's disappointment.

Mystic rank was the mark of Human Lords. What was a Human Lord? A Human Lord was someone who was able to rule over men and territory. The generals, ministers, and the nobles of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom were considered Human Lords.

It was no joke being a Tai Ah Divine Kingdom noble. They were given vast lands and command over numerous territories. Many people lived in those territories!

To be able to become a Mystic rank, even the lowest Mystic rank grade would be extremely difficult!

But Tao Yunxiao was confident of himself. He wanted to obtain the title of a young lord at this semi-final at the kingdom's selection.

"Yunxiao, don't get your hopes too high. The Jin Long Wei's selection process is extremely tough!" Tao Yunxiao's ears rang with the voice transmission from his father.

Tao Yunxiao's father was quite a figure.

For Tao Yunxiao to be able to live in a sheltered environment, besides having talent, it was because of his powerful father.

His father was a warrior at the peak of the Purple Blood realm, and there were only a few peak-Purple Blood warriors in the Tao tribal clan. He was also young, so his position in the Tao tribal clan was formidable.

The peak of the Purple Blood realm might sound impressive as many of the elite warriors of the Jin Long Wei were at the peak of the Purple Blood realm. But Tao Yunxiao's father knew clearly that the gap between them was still huge even if they were at the same rank.

Because of some specific reasons, a tribal clan in the vast wilderness, like the Tao tribal clan, had little chance of giving rise to an expert who could exceed the Purple Blood realm.

Tao Yunxiao's father knew that his life had been delayed and that he would be unable to go another step further. Thus, he wished for his son to become an overlord.

He knew that his son was arrogant; he was afraid Tao Yunxiao had overly high expectations that might result in him suffering a setback.

"Don't worry Father. I know how strict the standard is, and I know my strength. I do not ask for much. I would be satisfied as long as I barely hit the Mystic rank!"

Tao Yunxiao knew that having been born in the Cloud Wilderness was a natural disadvantage. To be able to reach the first grade of the Mystic rank would be difficult.

Being at the first grade of the Mystic rank did not matter; he could slowly climb upwards from a low rank till he became a general, a minister or a noble!

"Tao Ping, twenty-two years old, Yellow rank grade four!"

"Sun Chenghai, nineteen years old, Yellow rank grade five!"

Zhang Tan finished reading three people's names. No one had exceeded Lian Chengyu; they had at most tied with him.

At that moment, Zhang Tan was down to two people.

"Tao Yunxiao, fourteen years old, demonstrating 'Nine Mysterious Swords of Heaven', results are…"

Upon saying this, Zhang Tan paused and looked towards Tao Yunxiao. Tao Yunxiao immediately let down his arms and stood at attention while holding his breath.

The surrounding people of the Tao tribal clan tiptoed on their heels in anticipation. They wanted to know the final results of their young master.

"Yellow rank grade eight!"

The moment Zhang Tan said those four words, Tao Yunxiao's brain buzzed.

Yellow rank grade eight?

Am I just at Yellow rank grade eight?

Tao Yunxiao clenched his fist. How could it be so low?

He was not satisfied. He had great ambition for his future. Although the kingdom's selection was just his starting point, this starting point was far too low.

"Even Young Master Yunxiao didn't reach the Mystic rank? How hard is it to reach the Mystic rank?"

"Heaven, Earth, Mystic, Yellow ranks. They said that there are four ranks, but after all the evaluations, either they didn't even get into the Yellow rank, or they would be in the Yellow rank. Even if they were in the Yellow rank, not a single rank nine has appeared. What the hell are the Jin Long Wei judges doing, what's the point of all those ranks above? For show?" someone said indignantly.

"Don't talk nonsense. To be able to get the Mystic rank, the person will be a young lord. In the future, they could be made a minister or some bigwig of a big sect. Let's ignore the Cloud Wilderness, but even in the entire Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, there are few with a Mystic rank. There are so many people in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, but how many of them can be generals, ministers or nobles?"

As a large tribe, the Tao tribal clan were well informed. They knew that the rankings like "Heaven", "Earth" and "Mystic" ranks could be ignored. Announcing it was just paying tribute to the saints and nobles of old.

The only meaningful rank was the "Yellow" rank. In the vast wilderness, it was something to be proud of if one was ranked above the fifth grade of the Yellow rank.

"Last person!"

When Zhang Tan reached Yi Yun. As the last person to appear, he had stirred the sky purple and shattered the teacups on the platform. Yi Yun was naturally getting the most attention.

Everyone suddenly stopped their discussion of Tao Yunxiao and began to prick their ears to hear Yi Yun's results.

"Yi Yun, it's finally his turn. I wonder which grade of Yellow rank he will be?"

"Him spewing those clouds may look powerful, but it cannot beat Young Master Yunxiao's sword Qi. How good can he be?"

Everyone was anticipating the result. When Zhang Tan announced Yi Yun's name, he paused and looked Yi Yun deep in the eye.

At the platform, the Tao tribal clan's elders were paying full attention. They wanted to know what that purple mist was.

"Yi Yun! Twelve years old, demonstrating cultivation technique: 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist', Grade: Mystic rank… grade five!" Zhang Tan's voice was loud and clear and he could be heard more than five kilometers away. At that moment, the people were stunned.

Mystic rank!?

Yi Yun actually reached the Mystic rank, and even at grade five!?

Then he's a young Human Lord? He could become a general, a noble or some bigwig of a sect?

How could this be? He just spat out some purple clouds, and he was appraised as Mystic rank grade five!?

Many people were slow to react. They believed that the Jin Long Wei had made a mistake in their evaluation. How could their Young Master Yunxiao be a Yellow rank grade eight, but Yi Yun was a Mystic rank grade five?

This gap was too large!

True Martial World - Chapter 105: Evaluation Results

Just as Yi Yun and Lian Chengyu were ready to jump at each other's throats, Zhang Tan had walked to the center of the square. He was announcing the semi-finals ranking and results of the Mortal Blood warriors! The semi-final was different from the preliminaries. It was clear who won the preliminaries with one look, but the results of the semi-finals had to be decided by the Jin Long Wei examiners.

Previously when everyone went on stage, the Jin Long Wei examiners gave scores based on the contestant's age and performance. After a discussion, and arranging the scores and averaging them, a ranking was completed.

"They are about to announce the rankings!"

Seeing Zhang Tan hold a roll to the stage, the crowd immediately began anticipating it.

It was an exciting moment.

They wanted to know what the third young master Tao Yunxiao's ranking would be.

"I will announce the rankings of the semi-finals and your grades. From highest to lowest are Heaven, Earth, Mystic, and Yellow. With the Heaven rank being the highest and the Yellow rank being the lowest. Each rank has ten grades, from zero to nine. In total, there are forty grades!"

"Heaven rank is the mark of ancient great emperors!"

"Earth rank is the mark of ancient sages!"

"Mystic rank is the mark of Human Lords!"

"Yellow rank is the mark of human elites!"

Although Zhang Tan had yet to announce the results, just from introducing the ranks, it caused the numerous contestants and the listening audience to become excited!

Ancient emperors, ancient sages, Human Lords!

Even the worst Yellow rank was a human elite.

Very clearly, these evaluation rules were not set by the Zhang Tan or the Jin Long Wei, and probably not even the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom.

The Tai Ah Divine Kingdom may be a behemoth, but they did not dare evaluate an ancient great emperor or sage!

The evaluation must have followed a uniform standard that was recognized by the world!

Upon realizing this, many of the contestants took short, light breaths. Some could not help but clench their fists as they waited to hear the results!

Many people subconsciously wished they were different from the rest; they wanted to see how far they were from the ancient sages and lords of old.

Was it possible that they could receive a grade close to those legendary figures?

Some of the proudest ones, especially Tao Yunxiao, believed that they would leave the vast wilderness, or even leave the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, eventually creating an empire. These people found it the hardest to remain calm!

Tao Yunxiao crossed his arms; although he looked cold and proud, one could tell from his shaking fingers that he was uneasy.

Tao Yunxiao's eyes gleamed with excitement. He wanted to know, based on a standard agreed upon by the world, what his future achievements would be? How high could he go?

"Sun Yu, twenty years old, demonstrating cultivation technique: 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist', Grade: None!"

Zhang Tan announced with a commanding voice. In the crowd, a tall thin youth was stretching out his neck, listening to Zhang Tan's words with bated breath. But when he heard, "None", his mind went blank.

To think that he did not even have a grade…

Sun Yu let out a depressed sigh. But it was expected, to enter the Yellow rank, one had to be a human elite.

As for him, he had been first in the semi-finals, which meant that he was the last person in the preliminaries. Not being able to be an "elite" was reasonable.

But Sun Yu felt embarrassed having his results announced in front of so many people.

But very quickly, that feeling lessened.

Because after Sun Yu, Zhou Kang, Chen Pingguang, and Tao Hai were told by Zhang Tan that they had no grade; they had not reached the Yellow rank.

Zhang Tan was announcing the results according to the order in which they performed at the semi-finals. Those without a grade basically had no results, they had come to the end of their journey in the kingdom's selection for they had been eliminated.

Up to the twenty-fifth person, which was almost half of the semi-final contestants, no one achieved any grades!

Based on the standard, none of them reached the rank of "human elite" and they were considered ordinary!

Such a strict screening made Tao Yunxiao's eyes light up with fire. The stricter the standard was, the more it made his blood boil. This standardized screening gave it credibility. As such, he would be able to tell his future success!

When Zhang Tan announced the thirtieth person, there was still no one with a ranked grade!

The ten thousand strong spectators began to burst into a discussion. Many of the gradeless people were heirs of small tribal clans that were specially nurtured, yet they could not even obtain a grade in the semi-finals. It was terrible.

They were speculating what sort of person would be able to obtain the Yellow rank.

"Say, what do you think our Young Master Yunxiao's rank will be?" Some people in the Tao tribal clan suddenly asked; in their eyes, Tao Yunxiao's talent was not inferior to the talent of the first young master of the Tao tribal clan.

Tao Yunxiao was also one of the idols in the Tao tribal clan, so he had many admirers.

"Of course, Young Master Yunxiao will not be bad, but I wonder what Yi Yun's rank will be?"

The people broke out into speculation. They had never seen Purple Air Comes From The East; they did not know what the purple mist that surged into the air meant. They felt that it should be something amazing to induce such a phenomena.

Without a doubt, in the semi-finals, only Yi Yun had the qualification to compare with their Young Master Yunxiao.

As for people like Lian Chengyu, they were much worse.

"You say, that kid Yi Yun shattered those cups, how would it compare with our Young Master Yunxiao's sword Qi?" asked a Tao tribal clan citizen.

"Are you silly, which do you think is stronger, a teacup or black ironstone? Young Master Yunxiao used the sword Qi to split through black ironstone! Since both shattered the items through the air, whichever object is harder means whoever broke it is stronger! How can Yi Yun match that? But then, that kid Yi Yun puffing out that cloud sure was odd."

"Yes, say, why did he puff out that cloud?"

The citizens of the vast wilderness were filled with questions. Could humans do that?

Although it didn't seem to have any power, it still seemed pretty impressive.

Just based on the cloud, it was hard to determine whose rank was higher.

Finally, Zhang Tan announced the first person with a rank, "Bai Chong, nineteen years old, demonstrating cultivation technique 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist', Grade: Yellow rank, grade one!"

The vast wilderness used a system of nine; nine meant the highest, while zero was the lowest.

Bai Chong had just managed to enter the Yellow rank, but even so, it made him excited. The thirty people before him had no results, but he had managed to obtain one!

From that day onwards, he could be considered a human elite.

After Bai Chong, there were again, a few people without a grade. They may have done better than Bai Chong in the preliminaries, but they had failed to exceed him in the semi-finals.

After three consecutive participants without grades, the remaining people all had grades.

As it reached the ten last participants, Yellow ranks grade two and sometimes grade three appeared!

In a blink of an eye, Zhang Tan had already announced the results for fifty people. There were only six people left.

Yi Yun, Lian Chengyu, and Tao Yunxiao were part of the six participants.

True Martial World - Chapter 104: You Are Out

Yi Yun quietly returned to his spot and stood with his hands behind his back. Everyone was focused on Yi Yun.

The people were still in discussion about what the purple cloud in the sky was.

Purple Air Comes From The East was something that high-ranking warriors in the vast wilderness had never heard of before, let alone the commoners of the vast wilderness.

No one had witnessed a scene like this before in the Cloud Wilderness. In fact, even in the kingdom's capital, very few people had ever witnessed Purple Air Comes From The East.

Among the people from the vast wilderness present, only the tribal elders of the Tao tribal clan had seen records of Purple Air Comes From The East in the history books.

But the ancient books in the vast wilderness only simply mentioned Purple Air Comes From The East without much detail. It was likely because the person who wrote the books had never seen Purple Air Comes From The East, and the person was just describing it from imagination.

So to recognize it from those records was another matter.

After all, the state of Purple Air Comes From The East was beyond them, and their preconceived expectations of Yi Yun subconsciously prevented many of them from thinking of that.

Only some of the heads of the Tao tribal clan such as the Grand Elder had some suspicions, but he did not dare make any confirmation. He carefully observed Zhang Tan's reaction and tried to gain some clues from him.

At that point in time, Zhang Tan had left temporarily. With Zhang Tan as head, a few Jin Long Wei members were compiling the scores of the Mortal Blood candidates.

The final results of the candidates were a consideration of age, the grade of the cultivation technique, their level, their strength and several factors. Only then was a final score given.

This score determined the final ranking and to decide on the receiver of first place in the Mortal Blood round. It would determine if a person could enter the Jin Long Wei elite camp, allowing them to enjoy the best cultivating resources of the Jin Long Wei.

The participants were nervously waiting as this score determined their fates. How could they stay calm?

However, Yi Yun stood very calmly while in the crowd.

Suddenly, Yi Yun felt a gaze filled with killing intent aimed at him, stabbing his back like a needle.

Yi Yun turned his head and saw Lian Chengyu's angry and venomous eyes as if he could not wait to skin Yi Yun alive.

This startled Yi Yun. In the past, Lian Chengyu had always wanted to kill him, and he knew this. However, he had never seen Lian Chengyu's hate reach such a level. Seeing his eyes, it was as if they wanted to drink Yi Yun's blood and eat Yi Yun's flesh.

What craziness was Lian Chengyu up to?

"Little bastard, did you do something to the Frost Python desolate bone!?" Lian Chengyu sent the voice suddenly into Yi Yun's ear.

Initially, Lian Chengyu had never thought that the problem with the desolate bone had anything to do with Yi Yun.

This was because Yi Yun had run away and jumped into the East River before the desolate bones were done refining. There were people monitoring the refinement process day and night. Besides, the desolate bone was in the large cauldron boiling in the Li Fire Water. That Li Fire Water had an extremely high temperature, so with it submerged, there was no way of taking it out.

But, with Yi Yun showing more and more of his extraordinary strength, Lian Chengyu suddenly realized there was something strange in the desolate bone refinement process.

Firstly, the Frost Python desolate bone should not have had problems. When he first received it, he could feel the bone-biting frost Qi when he got close. This chill was proof of the desolate bone's quality. And in the desolate bone's refinement process, there were many events recorded in the literature that had happened. Many of the able-bodied men who refined the bone had fallen sick. They had been injured by the chill.

It was a perfectly good Frost Python desolate bone, how could it not have any effects after refining?

Initially, Lian Chengyu lacked experience because it was his first time consuming a desolate bone essence. He believed that the refinement process had gone awry, or that there was something wrong with his own physique.

But upon careful thinking, it was not the case.

After consuming the desolate bone, not only did his strength not increase, his anger had burnt his heart, injuring his meridians. But Yi Yun had inexplicably grown stronger, maiming Zhao Tiezhu.

Besides, during this period, Yi Yun had previously refined the desolate bone. Was it possible that Yi Yun had used a special method to swap the Frost Python desolate bone with something similar to the Frost Python desolate bone?

The desolate bone essence he had eaten in the end was fake. The real desolate bone essence had already been eaten by Yi Yun!

Lian Chengyu did not know what method Yi Yun had used. But after thinking it over, this was the only reasonable explanation!

Yi Yun had backstabbed him and stole everything that belonged to him, robbing him of his hope and glory!

If it was not for Yi Yun, Lian Chengyu would have already broken through to the Purple Blood realm by today. He would have easily passed the Kingdom's selection, becoming a member of the Jin Long Wei, or even a Jin Long Wei elite!

The more Lian Chengyu thought the more he felt his deductions were right. He clenched both his fists as his fingernails pierced his flesh while his body trembled with anger!

Yi Yun, you destroyed my future, I will make sure you lead a living death!

Lian Chengyu gritted his teeth.

In his extreme anger, Lian Chengyu felt as though his heart was about to explode. The veins and meridian channels protruded from his forehead like worms. A mouthful of blood had accumulated in his chest, to the point of him almost spitting it out.

The chaotic channels and erratic heartbeat alarmed Lian Chengyu as he quickly circulated his energy and forced his mind to calm down. He needed to prevent a relapse of his old injury.

Facing the raging Lian Chengyu, Yi Yun's face was expressionless. He and Lian Chengyu had reached an irreconcilable point. Unfortunately, Lian Chengyu had never taken Yi Yun seriously before, missing his best chance.

"You are out." Yi Yun's mouth moved, conveying his words.

Lian Chengyu face contorted, "You really think with your so-called Spirit, and with the cultivation technique you gained insight on the white jade stage, you will be able to do anything to me? You have practiced martial arts for three months! In a real life-and-death battle, it is one's strength that matters, not potential!" Lian Chengyu hated Yi Yun to his bones. Every word of his was like a sword, stabbing at Yi Yun.

In Lian Chengyu's mind, even if Yi Yun had eaten the desolate bone essence that belonged to him, and even if Yi Yun had an unmatchable talent in martial arts, so what if he had absorbed all the energy in the desolate bone essence?

It had to be known that Lian Chengyu was already at the peak of the Qi Gatherer realm. Under this situation, with the aid of the desolate bone essence's energy, he could have broken through into the Purple Blood realm.

But before Yi Yun fell to his half-death while picking herbs, he had no contact with martial arts. Even if he could absorb the entire desolate bone essence's energy, he would at most reach the peak of the Meridians realm or the beginning stages of the Qi Gatherer realm.

Furthermore, Yi Yun was a beginner in martial arts who lacked actual combat experience. Yi Yun had no way of comparing with him.

But Lian Chengyu could not help but admit that Yi Yun's martial arts talent exceeded him. Be it Yi Yun's Spirit, or the phenomenon from demonstrating the Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist, they were a testimony to that fact.

So he had to take an opportunity to kill Yi Yun before he had the chance to grow!

If not, he would fall behind, and when that happened, he would definitely die.

True Martial World - Chapter 103: Old Man Su’s Guess

Although Purple Air Comes From The East was rare in the circle of warriors, but in the long annals of history books, there had been uncountable numbers of outstanding figures. Hence, there were records of Purple Air Comes From The East in the history books. But for Purple Clouds' Birth, it was an outright phenomenon.

Even going through the history books, it was hard to find a similar event. An event like a purple cloud covering the vast Cloud Wilderness had never happened before!

Originally, no one would associate the "Purple Clouds' Birth" with "Purple Air Comes From The East".

But Old Man Su somehow came up with the association.

Lin Xintong was shocked, "Master, how could it be possible. The Purple Clouds' Birth covered such a large area, how could it be Purple Air Comes From The East?"

"Purple Air Comes From The East is when a warrior's spiritual energy gains the recognition of the Heaven Earth Yuan Qi. As for the Purple Clouds' Birth, even if the entire vast wilderness' Heaven Earth Yuan Qi has been activated, it would not have such a scale!"

Lin Xintong found it incredulous. Even a Great Emperor's breakthrough was not that exaggerated.

Old Man Su nodded and gave a self-deprecating laugh. "Haha, I was just saying what came to my mind."

Old Man Su did not mention this matter any further. However, Old Man Su was usually extremely accurate when he received some inspiration.

"Xintong, you left behind the 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist' manual inscribed with your notes for the kid. For him to gain such insight, his perceptivity sure isn't bad. With that, Xintong you are now that kid's master. Oh, since I'm your master, that kid is now my grand-disciple. Sigh, that kid has taken advantage of me again."

Old Man Su shook his head saying that. Lin Xintong nearly burst out in laughter hearing that. If others were to acknowledge a grandpa as a master, they would have been at a disadvantage; but when it came to her master, if anyone took him as a grandpa generation master, that person would have taken advantage of him.

"Xintong, you don't say. But I'm beginning to like him. Also, his influence on your Yin Meridians, have you understood anything?"

Lin Xintong shook her head. It was like running after a shadow and there was no way for her to make any confirmation.

That night when she returned, Lin Xintong had begun to circulate her 'Fairy Maiden Heart Sutra', but no matter how hard she tried, her meridians were dry, without any response.

This result was also expected...

But Su Jie was optimistic. He said, "Xintong, I will be meeting up with Marquis Wenyun in a few days time. Nothing has come up from investigating the Purple Clouds' Birth. But Marquis Wenyun has brought a state treasure, a treasure compass, to the Cloud Wilderness and it managed to find an ancient ruin. That mystic land is extremely dangerous so it's impossible for you to enter with your strength. Several of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's bigwigs, including Marquis Wenyun, have gathered together. But they have deliberated it for a very long time because they are afraid of entering it rashly. Marquis Wenyun has managed to obtain an incomplete formation map of the ancient ruins and he has invited me. I'm very interested in it and have decided to go. This ancient secret ground might have the heritage of an ancient Desolate Heaven Master. If I were to get some inspiration, I might be able to join up your terminated meridians."

With Su Jie saying this, Lin Xintong felt worried but touch, "Master, that ancient ruin..."

"Haha, don't worry. I will be fine. The main reason for me going is to crack the formation. Besides, when have I suffered while walking the vast wilderness all these years? When I was young, I could obtain the treasures amidst the dangers of mystic lands. I have resolved all kinds of dangerous situations. You don't know how many people scrambled to have me join them to enter mystic lands." Old Man Su said with pride. He was not bragging about this, and he had the ability to dissolve danger. He had returned with many treasures in the face of many dangers.

But as for many people scrambling to have Old Man Su to join them to enter mystic lands, it was quite the opposite.

When Su Jie was not that famous in his younger days, he had joined many expeditions to explore the mystic realms. They would later meet some unexpected danger causing the entire expedition to be wiped out except for Old Man Su.

There were even times when he even managed to get some benefits out of that. Of course, Su Jie would never admit to that.

Whenever he recalled those events to others, he would appear in grief and even pay tribute to those who had died. It was as if he had received a great deal of trauma in the perilous encounters in the mystic realms.

But in a turn of an eye, people would see him saunter into an underground workshop or auction house and sell the treasures that were of no use to him for things he needed. With a lewd smile, he would return fully loaded.

After this happened a few times, people gave Su Jie a nickname: "Runaway Su", and the infamy known as Runaway Su quickly spread. As such, few expeditions brought him along from then on.

Who would dare bring him along when they would end up turning into cannon fodder while he made a quick escape?

So there was reason to believe that Marquis Wenyun's invitation to Old Man Su was due to having encountered an extremely unsolvable problem in the mystic realm. It was only as a last resort that they had to get Su Jie to solve it.

...

At that moment, the crowd was confused or in wonder, or even in baffled as Yi Yun walked down the white jade stage.

"You're Yi Yun? Twelve years old?" At that moment, a voice rang in Yi Yun's ears. He raised his head and saw Zhang Tan looking at him.

Yi Yun slowed down his footsteps and nodded.

"What level are you at? Qi Gatherer realm?"

Yi Yun nodded again.

"The early stages of Qi Gatherer realm? Or at the peak of Qi Gatherer?"

"Peak." Yi Yun gently moved his lips. But even from afar, Zhang Tan could read it.

This kid does not know how to force his voice into a line.

That's interesting, as this was a small trick people in the Meridians realm would know. Did his master not teach him, or did he not have a decent master?

No, without a master, he would not have been able to master such a 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist'.

Many thoughts began to run through Zhang Tan's mind.

This Yi Yun sure is a freak!

It looks like when he broke through in the preliminaries, he had gone from the early stages of the Qi Gatherer realm to the peak of the Qi Gatherer realm!

Others were under great pressure and were struggling; yet, he had used the pressure to breakthrough.

And what made it rarer was that Yi Yun was just twelve!

At twelve with excellent perceptivity and a good cultivation level, he was an extremely good candidate.

"Do you know what the clouds you induced meant?" asked Zhang Tan.

Yi Yun had a thought in his head before he looked up the sky. In the sky, there was a stretch of purple. As it had been long, the lit clouds had slowly dispersed. It was extremely pretty, like dispersed purple feathers.

A purple sky...

While Yi Yun was cultivating, the surrounding Heaven Earth Yuan Qi had surged into his body and after being processed by the Purple Crystal, it had escaped from his pores.

It seemed like this spirit energy had mixed with the surround Heaven Earth Yuan Qi to form the purple mist.

This purple mist might have something to do with the Purple Crystal Origins.

"It's alright if you don't know. Remember, guard against arrogance and rashness. In this world, there are many talents, and the world is too large. Just the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom has almost no boundaries and it cannot be measured. Do not think too highly of your current achievements. Working hard is the way!" Yi Yun easily accepted Zhang Tan's teachings. Actually, even without Zhang Tan's words, Yi Yun knew that he had not even reached the starting point of his martial path. His path ahead was still long.

With these thoughts, Yi Yun left the white jade stage and walked towards his spot. As a member of the Lian tribal clan, his spot was next to the Lian tribal clan.