True Martial World - Chapter 198: The increase in strength

"Report it to the Elder?" Yi Yun hesitated as he was counting the time in his mind. "How long would it take to report to the Elder?"

"Oh? Why are you asking?"

Wang was surprised for a moment. The Divine City's Elders all lived within the central divine tower and many of them were in closed-door training. At Wang's level, she had to go through the bureaucracy, which would definitely take some time.

"Oh… It's this. I said earlier that I had something to deal with. Can I take off for now?"

Yi Yun did not want to wait here for nothing. He still remembered Baldy Qin's assessment that was set a month ago. Originally, Yi Yun was fully focused on the preparations needed for picking the primordial herb in order to be in time for the lunar Yin day. As a result, he applied for seven days of continuous herb-picking and he had planned on giving up the assessment.

However, his capture and absorption of the primordial herb went surprisingly smooth and he came back three and a half days early.

Hence, Yi Yun figured that he could make it in time for the assessment.

The two hours of cultivation time in the Wilderness Divine Hall was worth 1000 dragon scale runes.

A hundred or two dragon scale runes was alright, but to lose out on a thousand dragon scale runes, Yi Yun would feel the loss.

Although he would receive a hefty reward for handing over the primordial herb, but in the Tai Ah Divine City, every resource was bought with dragon scale runes, so he had to save every rune.

"What's the matter?" Wang asked Yi Yun. At that moment, what was more important than the primordial herb?

Yi Yun explained the assessment to Wang.

Upon hearing this, Wang snapped unhappily, "It's just two hours of cultivation time. I too can reward you. The Elder might even want to meet you this time!"

When Yi Yun heard this, he was overjoyed. "Thank you, Sis Wang. Originally, I heard rumors that Sis Wang was petty, but it's now clear those rumors were untrue. See, since Sis Wang is rewarding me with two hours of cultivation time, it would be a waste not to receive Instructor Qin's reward too. If the Elder wants to see me, then regardless of what I'm doing, I'll stop everything immediately and rush to the central divine tower. Nothing will be delayed, right?"

Yi Yun was good at exploiting people. He accepted Wang's offer and he did not want to waste Instructor Qin's. He had managed to get four hours of cultivation time in one go, which was worth 2000 dragon scale runes.

Wang was speechless. In the past, she did not think that this kid was that crafty. But upon further thought, if the Elder were to summon him, whether he came from the office or from the school grounds, the distance was about the same and there would not be much a delay.

As for the reward, since Wang had said so, she could not retract it. After all, Yi Yun had brought back a primordial herb. Wasn't such a large contribution worth more than a bonus reward of two hours cultivation time in the Wilderness Divine Hall?

"I'll give you fifteen minutes. Get everything done quickly!" Wang said stiffly, but the way she looked at Yi Yun, she had an undisguised sense of appreciation for him. Yi Yun's account may seem like it was all luck, but from his judgment at that point in time and the arrow he shot using his perception, it could not simply be explained with luck.

If it wasn't Yi Yun and it was someone else, that person would have been turned into a retard by the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng, which made it an empty harvest and also a great waste of a golden opportunity. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

"Thank you, Sis Wang!" Yi Yun smiled and turned around, running towards the school grounds.

...

At that moment, in the school grounds five kilometers away, Instructor Qin's group of youths were undergoing their assessment.

"Insert it! Insert it!" A group of energetic youths shouted like they were in heat. A stout youth was holding on to a Primal Arrow. His forehead's vein popped out and with a loud shout, he inserted the Primal Arrow into the purple tungsten wall with great difficulty.

"Dang!"

With a loud metallic sound, the Primal Arrow's arrowhead was barely inserted into the purple tungsten wall.

Although it was a bit shaky, it was still inserted.

In today's assessment, about half of the hundred members could insert one Primal Arrow into the purple tungsten wall.

This result was completely different from the one a month ago.

The first reason was that after a month, these people had matured a lot.

The second reason was, a month ago, these youths had just entered the Wilderness Divine Hall and had frog-jumped five kilometers with weights, which made them exhausted.

But today, they were all in tip-top condition.

"Brother Kui, well done. It's the second arrow!" Someone shouted. The stout youth who inserted the Primal Arrow was none other than Zhou Kui. He was the person with the strongest strength among the hundred people. It was fairly easy for Zhou Kui to insert the first Primal Arrow, but the second arrow was proving to be more difficult.

Next, it was the third arrow, which was the most critical arrow!

By inserting it, he would obtain two hours of cultivation time. If he couldn't insert it, then it would all be thrown out the window.

Zhou Kui pumped himself up. In this past month, he had been in the smithy, forging metal tens of thousands of times. His palms had been roughed up uncountable times. All of that was to prove himself!

Today, regardless if he could insert the third Primal Arrow, Zhou Kui felt that he was a winner, because he had beaten his previous self.

Just as Zhou Kui was taking several deep breaths and preparing to pick up the third Primal Arrow, someone let out a cry.

"Isn't that Yi Yun?!" Hearing that voice, everyone turned around. Not far from the school ground, a youth in linen clothes was walking over.

This youth's hair was messy and his clothes were ripped. He looked very pathetic.

This was of course a result of picking the primordial herb. When the Divine Helion Bead exploded, its shock wave had also inflicted Yi Yun. After he finished absorbing the primordial herb's essence, he had rushed back to the Tai Ah Divine City and he had no time to tidy up.

This herb-picking kid only just came back!

"Oh?" Seeing Yi Yun, Instructor Qin frowned slightly. But he noticed that Yi Yun's cultivation level had increased.

A month ago, he was in the early stages of the Purple Blood realm, but now, he was in the middle stages of the Purple Blood realm.

"Instructor Qin, Recruit Yi Yun reporting in!" Yi Yun gave Baldy Qin a standard Tai Ah Divine Kingdom military salute.

"You are an hour late!" Instructor Qin looked sternly at Yi Yun. Just this gaze made many recruits soft on their feet.

"Sorry Instructor. Previously, when I went to pick herbs, I didn't have time..." Yi Yun tried to explain.

When the crowd heard this, they could not help but laugh.

To be delayed by herb-picking. This Yi Yun had devoted his youth and life to picking herbs. This was probably his life's pursuit.

They could not understand. This herb-picking job was done by women, why was Yi Yun so enthusiastic about it?

"Hehe, Yi Yun, you came just in time! Let's compete again today. I've already inserted two Primal Arrows. This will be my third arrow!"

Seeing Yi Yun appear, Zhou Kui licked his lips. Zhou Kui had been disappointed not to see Yi Yun today. His strength had increased and his abilities had improved. All this was to prove himself.

And Yi Yun was the best opponent!

A month ago, he had been undermined by Yi Yun. Today, he wanted to exceed Yi Yun and regain his face. Without Yi Yun, he felt like he had punched cotton.

"That… Instructor Qin, I just arrived now. Can I still take part in the assessment?" Yi Yun asked weakly, awaiting Baldy Qin's instructions.

Since he was so late, Baldy Qin had all the right to disqualify him from the assessment.

Baldy Qin snorted back coldly, "Go on up. Don't forget what you came to the Tai Ah Divine City for!"

Baldy Qin reminded Yi Yun again not to undermine his cultivation for a pointless job. He really did not understand why Yi Yun loved picking herbs that much.

"Haha, come on!" The most excited person was Zhou Kui. "How about it? You must have gotten quite a lot from picking a month's worth of herbs! I heard you even applied for seven days of continuous herb-picking. Why did you come back early?"

Zhou Kui smiled at Yi Yun. His arms were crossed across his chest and he casually leaned on a Primal Arrow. This Primal Arrow was one of the two he had inserted in.

He had inserted two Primal Arrows. One was firmly inserted into the purple tungsten wall, but the other was not as firm. The other end of the arrow's shaft was slowly sagging downwards.

Even so, this was a result to be proud of. Zhou Kui was the only person among the hundred people who was able to insert a second Primal Arrow.

"Because of obtaining a pretty good harvest, I came back early." Yi Yun said simply.

"Harvest? You got a plentiful harvest while picking herbs? Hehe." Zhou Kui found it amusing. Could picking a few herbs be considered "pretty good"? What was there to be happy about?

"Yi Yun, you picked herbs for a month. So it's not fair competing against you. But since it's your choice, you can't blame anyone else. Today, I'll show you what a real harvest is!"

Zhou Kui shook his fists. In this past month, he had burst numerous blisters on his hands. His blood had been mixed with sweat. Holding the hot forging hammer through some cloth, the pain was excruciating. Despite it being memorable to Zhou Kui, it also made him surge with pride.

This was the life of a man, was it not?

How could the herb-picking lifestyle of a woman compare with his?

But Yi Yun said, "You don't have to. I'll do it with you. I'm in a hurry and someone might be looking for me in a while."

As Yi Yun said this, he stood in front of the large metal box that contained the Primal Arrows. His tone was casual, but this tone made Zhou Kui frown. He was unhappy. It seemed like Yi Yun did not even care much about this assessment.

This kid! Who do you think you are? And there was someone else who wants to meet him, who was it? Another medicine kid he picks herb with?

He sure had turned into a celebrity and he was busy enough!

Zhou Kui rubbed his wrists. He took a deep breath and bent his back. He hugged the third Primal Arrow.

Today, I'll show you the results of the grueling demon-like training I endured through from forging metal!

Zhou Kui got into a firm horse-riding stance. Both his feet was planted firmly on the ground. With his lower body stable, he passed his strength from his spine to his shoulders then to his arms!

His muscles swelled up, with vein after vein popping out. Just as he was about to shout out to lift up the third Primal Arrow, he heard a deafening "Dang" sound. He nearly let out his breath!

What's the matter?

Zhou Kui turned around and his eyes widened.

Behind him, a Primal Arrow was firmly embedded into the purple tungsten wall. The end of the arrow shaft was still vibrating. It was not because it was unstable, but because the power at which it was inserted with was too large. It had nowhere to dissipate the energy and so it could only vibrate to get rid of it!

This vibration could hurt anyone who came too close!

The Primal Arrow had been inserted at least three feet deep!

Wh… What?

Zhou Kui was dumbfounded. This arrow was inserted by Yi Yun?

How did he do it so quickly!?

He took at least ten seconds or more to insert an arrow. The time needed to pick up the arrow was especially time consuming as he had to gather his strength.

But just now, he had just bent his back and he had not even lifted the arrow, yet Yi Yun had already finished inserting an arrow!?

Yi Yun was already beginning to move the second Primal Arrow within the large metal box.

And surrounding Yi Yun were a bunch of youths, with their mouths agape, in a lifeless state. They had just seen with their own eyes how Yi Yun, using his two hands, lifted the first Primal Arrow as if he was lifting wooden logs. It looked completely effortless.

Then, holding the Primal Arrow arrow, he charged at the purple tungsten wall and like skewing kebabs, he inserted the arrow deeply into the wall!

From beginning to end, Yi Yun did not shake once while holding the arrow!

Stable! Quick! Forceful!

The people were still stunned and before they could recover, Yi Yun had already picked up the second Primal Arrow.

Yi Yun's energy was circulating in his body. The warm flow of energy that came from absorbing the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng surged through his body!

Because he already had broken through to the mid-stages of Purple Blood, using all his strength to insert a Primal Arrow did not make him exhausted. It even gave him a delightful feeling!

But as he was holding on to the second Primal Arrow, Yi Yun suddenly paused. "Oh? It seems there's some disharmonious flow of energy..."

When he was using his all his body's energy, Yi Yun had a feeling that although the strength given to him by the primordial herb was great, it was like a horse without reins that made him find it hard to control.

He had always been using the cultivation technique, "Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist" to control his body's energy, but he slowly found that "Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist" had some shortcomings.

The primordial herb's energy was too strong. As the "Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist" was a cultivation technique before the Purple Blood realm, it was becoming more inadequate.

When Yi Yun stopped, it made the crowd more speechless.

It was difficult to lift the Primal Arrow. Due to the Primal Arrow's weight, their arms would feel like breaking. As such, once they lifted it, they would rush to insert the arrow to save energy.

None of them would be like Yi Yun, who held the arrow while in a pause, it was as if he was contemplating the meaning of life.

This is way too overbearing!

Just as the people were thinking about this, it was as if Yi Yun was suddenly enlightened. Without any hesitation, he held the second Primal Arrow and charged at the purple tungsten wall.

"Dang!"

With a second loud sound, the second Primal Arrow was firmly inserted!

Again, the arrow head was inserted more than three feet deep and the tail was vibrating violently.

Not far away, even Baldy Qin was quite dumbfounded by this scene.

What is this kid… doing?

He had clearly been picking herbs for a month, how did his strength increase so much? Although it had something to do with him breaking through to the mid-stages of Purple Blood, but there was a tiny difference between the early-stage and the mid-stage. It could not result in such a great increase in strength...

Baldy Qin had the cultivation level of a Human Lord, but looking at Yi Yun, he had no clue.

"Second arrow! It's still easy."

The people's hearts trembled. Yi Yun's strength had opened a gap between them, a eighteen-street wide gap!

Yi Yun licked his lips and was overjoyed. These 1000 dragon scale runes sure were easy to earn!

Yi Yun casually rubbed his wrists. He bent down and touched the third Primal Arrow.

He did not take a break and he was doing it all at one go!

"Again!"

With a clear shout, Yi Yun's hands stably lifted up the Primal Arrow!

By feeling the energy flow within his body, he could still sense that inharmonious feeling. Nevertheless, it did not affect Yi Yun's explosive power.

Third arrow, in!

With a shout, Yi Yun's blood boiled within his veins. The primordial herb's energy gushed out like an erupting volcano!

At this point, Yi Yun could feel his energy reach a climax. He could not wait to vent it out!

With the Primal Arrow in his hands, he sent his whole body's strength into the Primal Arrow and stabbed it with all his strength!

"Dang!"

The tumultuous sound tore apart the heavens!

Even the purple tungsten wall slightly trembled!

This third Primal Arrow was forcefully nailed into the wall. The arrow's tail was vibrating so quickly that it formed shadows.

This arrow went in more than four feet deep!

Compared to the previous two arrows, this was more than two times stronger!

The surrounding youths were dumbfounded. What… is this kind of strength…?

How could that be?

Yi Yun, who was in front of them, was a humanoid desolate beast!

Zhou Kui was in a daze. The lofty sentiments that had previously surged in his heart had disappeared. The masculine declaration he had prepared when he won was now a joke.

Didn't… Yi Yun pick herbs?

One can improve that much just by picking herbs?

Among this group, some forged metal while others were sparring partners. They went through an arduous month. They either suffered from muscle aches from repeatedly swinging the forging hammer, resulting in blisters and blood on their palms, or those who were sparring partners, who were beaten up seriously. After they put on some medicine, they had to stand up to be beaten again...

Through their hard work, they managed to save some dragon scale runes. They used it to exchange for relics and elixirs in the Ten Thousand Pagoda. It had to be said that the Tai Ah Divine City's relics and elixirs were much better than the ones they ate back home.

Their progress had been obvious; but compared to Yi Yun, it was completely inferior.

It was a torture to compare; trash thrown out upon comparison!

"How… How did your strength increase so much…? How is that possible…?" Zhou Kui could not believe it. In the past month, he had not slacked off at all, yet he could not compare with Yi Yun who went to the mountains to pick herbs?

Yi Yun smiled. In this past month, didn't every second count?

Besides picking herbs, he was wearing 200 cauldrons in the Flowing Mercury Gown daily. He climbed up and down the herb mountain, training his strength and movement.

When he returned at night, he would meditate till morning. He had never laid down in bed to sleep.

In the Tai Ah Divine City, sleep was too extravagant. By replacing it with meditation, he could also slowly increase his cultivation level while resting.

And because of capturing the primordial herb, Yi Yun had to use all his tricks and he underwent great danger. Under extreme danger and various difficulties, he seized that one-in-a-thousand chance and he grabbed the opportunity that no one thought possible!

Could this be compared to simply wielding a forging hammer or taking a beating while sparring?

Of course, Yi Yun did not say any of this.

He grinned and said to Zhou Kui, "This is all because..."

Yi Yun dragged out his words to whet the people's appetite, before finally saying the three words.

"Of good luck..."

Zhou Kui nearly vomited blood due to anger!

He felt that Yi Yun was teasing him. The hard work they had put in this whole month had been upended by Yi Yun's mention of good luck.

Zhou Kui was really angry. He ignored the strength gap between him and Yi Yun and said bluntly, "Stop brushing me off! What do you mean by good luck? You have just been picking herbs, it is a job meant for women. By goofing off all day, how can you grow in strength? Or grow in cultivation level? What did you..."

Before Zhou Kui finished his words, a group of men dressed in black cloaks suddenly walked over from the edge of the school ground.

These men were dressed oddly. They had a mysterious feel to them. Their casual steps seemed slow, but the space between their feet seemed to contract. In a few steps, they had reached the center of the school ground.

Among them was the herb-picking office's Wang. She impressively followed behind these men. Wang, who never showed any respect to anyone, was now respectful. Clearly, these people in front of them were important.

Upon seeing these men, even Instructor Qin turned serious. The arms he held behind his back now hanged downwards.

"Lord Law-enforcer!" Baldy Qin slightly bowed. His position in the Tai Ah Divine City was lower than these people.

Law-enforcer?

The youths present were shocked. What position was a law-enforcer?

Although they did not know the cultivation levels of these men in black, they could feel an oppressive feeling from their auras.

And Instructor Qin's attitude clearly showed that these "law-enforcers" were important people.

Many of the youths immediately stood at attention. Baldy Qin was also confused. Why would the law-enforcers from the central divine tower come to a recruit school ground?

A middle-age man who was the leader of the black-cloaked men unveiled his face hood, revealing a wizened face. On his face, there were three parallel lines that formed a astonishing scar. It was as if he had been scratched by a desolate beast's claws.

His gaze swept the crowd of youths and calmly asked, "Who is Yi Yun?"

True Martial World - Chapter 197: Yi Yun’s Reason

"To be able to pick this herb, it was really the luck of this junior. It was like this..." Yi Yun stretched out his words. He made sure that there was nothing left out in the story he had fabricated.

"In the past few days, this junior had been diligently picking herbs in the herb mountain #60. Late last night, this junior was near the peak of a mountain. I saw a flash of lightning a few hundred kilometers away. It seemed like it was raining over there."

"But… the lightning that occurs when it rains is usually bluish purple. But this lightning was blood-red in color. But because it was too far, I couldn't see it well. Even so, I felt that I was not mistaken."

"From young, I have an inexplicable sense and intuition for strange phenomena. I found this lightning strange, as if something abnormal was happening. As such, I rushed over there to investigate."

"I ran at my top speed, but by the time I reached there, the lightning had stopped. From the soil and plants, I saw obvious signs of lightning having struck the area."

"I perceived the surroundings carefully and I found an unusual Yin-Yang Qi in the surroundings. I did not know what happened. I just recalled in some books that when treasures appear, it will create some phenomena. With this thought in mind, and seeing this phenomena, I felt that maybe this had something to do with a treasure!"

"Hence, I carefully searched the surroundings. I dug three feet in the ground and did not miss a single leaf. After that, I found this Blood Yang Flower..."

"It was deeply buried in, and it was already damaged. Its juices were mixed with mud, but even then, I could still recognize it."

"I was overjoyed when I found the Heaven-ranked herb. I took out the jade box and I was thinking of sealing the Blood Yang Flower to prevent it from losing its herbal essence. But suddenly, I found that my surroundings had changed. It was like I had traveled through a space-time tunnel. I was suddenly in the middle of the Divine Wilderness. There was thunder and lightning in the sky and there were a large numbers of desolate beasts charging at me from all directions!"

"I panicked and I took out my Thousand Army Saber to engage in battle. However, I felt something was amiss. How could the scenery suddenly change?"

"My perception has been different from others, even when I was younger. I quickly calmed down and perceived the surroundings. I suddenly felt that the beasts charging towards me did not exist. Everything was just an illusion."

"I realized that something was trying to harm me! I could not find it, but I could guess that it was a magnificent existence."

"At that moment, I felt my head ache terribly. It was as if something had entered my head. I nearly went mad, but I suddenly realized that if I couldn't endure through it, I was doomed. With all my might, I maintained the last bit of clarity within my mind and, with my Tai Cang Bow, shot out a desperate arrow."

"This arrow had been specially modified by me. I had embedded the arrowhead with a Divine Hellion Bead, that I bought earlier, in it."

"Divine Hellion Bead?" Upon hearing this, Wang suddenly interjected. Of course, she knew the weakness of the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng. This was too much of a coincidence. The arrow prepared Yi Yun had prepared earlier was the bane of the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng!

"Yes..." Yi Yun scratched his head with shame. "I heard that the Divine Wilderness camp has a high death rate. As this junior is afraid of death, so with the first amount of dragon scale runes I earned, I exchanged them for something defensive. I did not expect it to be used so early on. I'm really lucky."

Seeing Yi Yun with his boy-next-door look, and the continuous mention of the word 'luck', Wang could not stop her eyelids from twitching. The reason he bought the Divine Hellion Bead was because he was afraid to die...

As a mid-stage Purple Blood kid, you actually exchanged a Divine Hellion Bead for defense!

Absolutely… speechless!

What was more outrageous was that this Divine Hellion Bead had really come in handy. This luck was too ridiculous!

Yi Yun was not afraid of mentioning the Divine Hellion Bead. As for the lunar Yin array and the cicada array, he did not mention them.

Even Zhao Qingcheng did not know what items he had bought in the Ten Thousand Pagoda.

Even if people were to investigate it in the future, the Ten Thousand Pagoda was not like a cashier machine like in his previous life. It did not have any storage system, so who would know what was bought by who amongst those millions of items.

"And you actually shot this herb just like that?" Wang asked.

"That is how it was. Back then, my mind's hint of clarity was like a tiny boat in the huge ocean. It could disappear at any time. I shot that arrow with all I got. As for the direction I shot, I followed my feelings. I did not know what I was shooting at. I just felt that if I didn't shoot, I was likely to die."

"Following that, there was a large explosion. I was violently pushed by that explosive wave and I nearly fainted."

"After struggling to not lose consciousness, I began searching my surroundings. I guessed that something formidable had attacked me, so I wanted to find out what it was."

"My surroundings had turned into a scorched piece of land. The Blood Yang Flower was buried by the soil again and it was damaged even more. With my perception, I searched carefully and turned over every rock and finally I found a carrot-looking thing three feet deep. It didn't look eye-catching, but I knew it was something spectacular!"

Yi Yun's story was cooked up with a mixture of truth and falsehood. But everything within it was based on some factual foundation.

Wang listened carefully to the story. When Yi Yun finished, she gave Yi Yun an odd look.

According to the way Yi Yun said it, Yi Yun's luck was really ridiculous!

The lightning Yi Yun said he saw from a few hundred kilometers away was likely a heaven calamity.

A large number of primordial herbs would slowly evolve, but there were some primordial herbs that through a variety of exotic lucky chances and they would create a small heaven calamity with a tiny probability.

This heaven calamity was unpredictable and it would usually catch the primordial herb off-guard.

Such a heaven calamity would make its evolution more thorough, but if it were to fail in surviving through the crisis, it would be destroyed.

According to ancient books, the blood-red lightning that Yi Yun saw was a specific feature of the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng's heaven calamity.

By surviving through a calamity, it was the point at which the primordial herb was at its weakest!

At this point, a primordial herb's concealment abilities, attack power and its escaping abilities would all greatly decrease.

After surviving a calamity, a primordial herb would hide itself to slowly recover.

This Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng would likely do so, but Yi Yun had to appear at that moment and found the Blood Yang Flower it was nurturing.

Hearing Yi Yun's description, Wang felt that this calamity came too suddenly. This Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng must have responded in a panic, which resulted in it to be greatly weakened.

At that moment, the Blood Yang Flower, which could help it quickly recover, was too important to the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng.

How could it let Yi Yun steal the Blood Yang Flower? As such, it ignored its serious injuries and attacked Yi Yun.

By right, it wouldn't have been a problem. Yi Yun was still young and he had a low cultivation level. Even if the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng was greatly weakened, it was no surprise that it could handle Yi Yun.

But Yi Yun had extraordinary mental fortitude. At a young age and with his mere mid-stage Purple Blood cultivation level, he could actually escape from the illusion. This gave the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng no choice but to increase its psychic attack on Yi Yun, causing it overdraft on its pure Yang Qi.

But what made Wang most puzzled and alarmed was that Yi Yun was able to use his intuition to guide him under the illusion attack. By using the Divine Hellion Bead arrow he had prepared well in advance, he killed the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng!

This was too ridiculous!

But... upon further thinking, with a Divine Hellion Bead made by a master, a full-strength shot from Yi Yun's Tai Cang Bow and a seriously injured and overdrafted Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng made it possible for Yi Yun to turn the tide!

Wang was stunned for a while. What Yi Yun said may sound strange, but there was nothing unreasonable with the story if one gave it further thought.

And besides that, there was no other way in explaining how Yi Yun had managed to capture the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng.

Is that possible?

A less than thirteen-year-old kid managed to capture a primordial herb!

This was absolutely preposterous. How could all those long-bearded alchemists accept this?

The only mysterious thing was Yi Yun's intuition.

But this was not surprising. In this world, there are some people who are born with naturally keen senses. In extreme conditions, they could have a magical sixth sense, which leads them to good fortune and allows them to avoid disaster.

This intuition was often life-saving.

Wang gawked at Yi Yun before moving her dried lips, "Do you know… what it is that you have dug up?"

Yi Yun thought and said, "It should be a primordial herb. Actually, this junior had some speculations. This junior has seen some Divine Wilderness books. One of those herbs described within was very similar to the herb I picked. As this junior knew it was a matter of great importance, I came back earlier..."

Hearing Yi Yun's words, Wang's jaw dropped. She really did not know what to say. She had previously heard Yi Yun say, "Because I managed to obtain some extra bonus. I was worried about the loss of the herbal essence, so I came back early."

At that time, she felt that Yi Yun was merely fabricating some story. But she never expected that Yi Yun was actually saying the truth and he had actually brought back a Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng!

This was the so-called "some extra bonus"?

This was "some extra"!?

What sort of worldly joke is this!

"You… You wait for me here. I… I'll report to the Elder!"

Wang had trouble saying those words. It was almost like she had lost her ability to speak. To Wang, a cultivator picking a primordial herb was an absolutely important event!

It has been very long ever since the Tai Ah Divine City was built. But this was likely the first time that it happened!

She was completely at a loss how to handle it. The manuals in the office did not label the rewards for a primordial herb because there was no need to!

Upon thinking of this, Wang suddenly remembered that when Yi Yun came to the office, he had asked what the reward was for picking a primordial herb.

At that time, she had thought that this youth was crazy and he was somewhat like a retard.

But now, she suddenly felt that she was the retard.

This world had really gone mad!

True Martial World - Chapter 196: Handing Over the Herbs

"Hello, Sis Wang!" Yi Yun entered the office with the herb basket on his back. A silly smile plastered over his face.

Wang looked unfriendly, but Yi Yun was already accustomed to it.

"Sis Wang, I see you are reading a book..." Yi Yun tried to make small talk, but Wang's mean look made people swallow their words.

Wang stayed silent. She threw the book in her hand on the table and looked coldly at Yi Yun.

"Uh..." Yi Yun did not know what to say. He took down the herb basket and placed it on the counter. The two jade boxes that contained the Blood Yang Flower and the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng were of course within the herb basket.

"You sure came back early!" Wang glanced at the light herb basket and said with a cynical voice. Her sharp voice was ear-splitting.

"Yes… It’s because I managed to obtain some extra bonus. I was worried about the loss of the herbal essence, so I came back early. Besides… I have something else to deal with."

Yi Yun's words were the truth, but of course it sounded like excuses.

"Hmph!" Wang could not be bothered to expose Yi Yun. She felt that it would be a waste of her breath to say anything to this lazy and self-deprecating youth.

"You applied for seven days of continuous herb-picking. Each day is 35 dragon scale runes. Even if you came back early, I will still deduct all the dragon scale runes, not one less!"

By applying to pick herbs continuously, the rent was even more. This was because typically herb-picking was done in the day, but picking herbs continuously allowed one to pick through the night.

Typical cultivators would spend the night cultivating in the Divine City, so very few cultivators applied for this.

"That is expected." Yi Yun was not bothered about a mere 200 or so dragon scale runes.

Seeing Yi Yun's indifferent attitude, Wang felt that he was really hopeless.

By lifting Yi Yun's herb basket, it was as Wang expected. The herb basket was mostly empty.

Wang randomly grabbed some herbs, she was planning to dry them before weighing them. But as her fingers went in to the basket, they brushed against a hard object.

Herb box?

With her sharp instincts as an alchemist, Wang immediately identified what the hard object was. She was slightly stunned, and using her slender fingers, she opened the box with a snap.

When the herb box opened, there was a red object. This object was seriously damaged and looked like a bloody pulp.

This is...

A trace of uncertainty flashed in Wang's eyes, but it disappeared in the next second.

As an alchemist, she may not be able to identify the herb immediately, but her instincts told her that this was at least a Heaven-ranked rare herb.

The feeling she got from the herb couldn't be wrong!

Wang picked up the red object and tried to discern it. It was likely the fruit a size of a fist. It was most likely due to the damage that the red fruit's juices had leaked out.

"Could this be..."

Wang's face flashed a look a disbelief. With her finger, she dabbed a tiny bit of the pulp before tasting it.

That strong Yang Qi and the taste of blood confirmed Wang's own guess.

Blood Yang Flower!

And it was a Blood Yang Flower that had born fruit!

Middle-grade Heaven-ranked herb!

Wang looked up with disbelief at Yi Yun, "You… you actually picked a Blood Yang Flower?"

Ever since Wang took over the office for decades, this was the first time a cultivator had brought back a Heaven-ranked herb. And it was even a middle-grade Heaven-ranked herb. This was astonishing!

"Yes, my luck was good..." Yi Yun scratched his head. As a Heaven-ranked herb, the Blood Yang Flower was extremely difficult to find. But in the long history of the Tai Ah Divine City, there were quite a few cultivators with keen senses who managed to pick Heaven-ranked herbs.

Only those among the best, like Zhong Yi, had gathered more than one.

Hence, for this Blood Yang Flower, Yi Yun did not need to do much explanation.

Luck?

Hearing Yi Yun say that, Wang's eyelids twitched. Even if she had gone personally, it was not easy to find a Heaven-ranked herb. And Yi Yun had just used an understatement like luck to explain it away.

This Blood Yang Flower was one of the more hidden kinds among the Heaven-ranked herbs. How could one find it just from luck?

Wang stared deeply at Yi Yun. She was unhappy. This kid had been lacking in perseverance and diligence, yet he managed to pick a Blood Yang Flower. How was this fair to those cultivators who were diligently picking herbs?

It was not fair!

"You sure have good luck to find such a herb!" Wang said it unhappily. It was impossible for a typical person to pick a Blood Yang Flower just with luck. But for someone with keen senses like Yi Yun, with luck, it was normal for him to pick a Blood Yang Flower.

"Don't be too happy yet. This luck doesn't happen often! Also, this Blood Yang Flower is seriously damaged. Don't you know how to pick a herb? You actually picked it in such a sorry state! I will, at most, give you a third of its price!" Wang said coldly and was constantly suppressing Yi Yun.

She had a great amount of authority on deciding a herb's price, but she did not wish to give even more dragon scale runes to Yi Yun. It would be better off giving them to those who lacked talent but worked hard.

As Wang said that, she reached to open the second jade box.

Pa!

With a soft sound, the green cover opened. It revealed a dried and cracked item that resembled a carrot.

"Yet another damaged herb!" Wang became angry. Yi Yun's herb-picking methods were destroying heavenly treasures!

So many good herbs had been destroyed by him!

"Are you blind? Can't you be more careful when picking herbs? Don't you know that once it's damaged, it will..."

Just as Wang was beginning to reprimand Yi Yun, she stopped. Her words got stuck in her throat.

She was like a clucking chicken hen which was suddenly being strangled.

Wang stared with her eyes wide open. Again, she looked carefully at the dry and cracked ugly carrot-looking herb within the jade box...

After looking carefully for about ten seconds, her body slowly froze. Her eyes became rigid and her mind went blank.

This… This is...

Wang felt like her heart had been mercilessly pinched. Her breathing turned irregular as her bloodstream turned turbulent as she stared with a daze!

An absolutely ridiculous and unbelievable conclusion appeared in her mind.

Pri… Primordial herb!!?

The dry looking herb that a twelve-year-old child turned in, was actually a.... primordial herb!?

How could this be?!

Wang reached out with trembling hands. Picking up the jade box, she carefully looked at the herb within. She looked at every tiny root carefully.

No matter how much she looked, she was more and more convinced of her earlier conclusions.

This was a primordial herb. Comparing it to the books, it had to be a Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng!

A kid had managed to pick a Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng!?

Wang's neck seemed to rust. Her actions became slow. With difficulty, she turned her gaze from the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng inch by inch towards Yi Yun.

This must be a dream...

This thought appeared in Wang's mind. But how could this a dream feel so real?

As a Human Lord warrior, how could she be confused between fantasy and reality?

She opened her dry mouth, asking Yi Yun, "This herb… was picked… by you?"

Yi Yun nodded, "Yes…!"

"How… How did you pick it?"

"Uh… Good luck..."

When Wang heard Yi Yun's soft explanation, she nearly vomited blood.

To explain it like that, was this a game?

"You think I'm an idiot?" Wang gnashed her teeth and stared at Yi Yun with burning eyes. At the same time, she quickly closed the jade box to prevent the herbal essence of the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng from leaking.

Of course, Yi Yun was not expecting to fool Wang with such ease.

As for how he picked the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng, he had already prepared a tale.

For this, Yi Yun had spent the past few days to search through the library for every detail on the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng. Even some alchemists, who have never seen a Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng, could not beat Yi Yun in his knowledge of the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng.

After all, there were too few primordial herbs. Some alchemists might have seen other primordial herbs, but not seeing a Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng was very normal.

True Martial World - Chapter 195: Returning to the City

Upon being questioned by Baldy Qin, Song Zijun became nervous. He had no idea how to explain where Yi Yun was.

For today's assessment, Song Zijun had looked for Yi Yun so they could go to the school ground together, but Yi Yun was not in his room. When he found out where Yi Yun was, he turned speechless.

The Xuanwu Army members around Song Zijun began to show schadenfreude when they noticed Yi Yun was absent.

They knew very well that Baldy Qin was stern. Whoever went against Baldy Qin's commands would have to bear all the consequences. Yi Yun was going to be in trouble.

Yi Yun had previously outshone all of them, so they were glad to see Yi Yun get in trouble.

"This Yi Yun sure is interesting. When choosing jobs, everyone chose either sparring or forging, but only he chose herb-picking, which is done only by girls. He even dared to miss Instructor Qin's examination..." A Xuanwu Army member privately transmitted his voice with his peers.

"Hehe, he's only courting death. I don't know what Yi Yun is thinking. It's clear he has a great foundation. If he works hard, he will obtain good results, but he had to self-degrade himself! How much strength could he gain from a month of picking herbs? Back then, he couldn't insert a Primal Arrow, I doubt he is capable this time."

A flurry of discussion erupted amongst the members of the Xuanwu Army. They were unable to insert the three Primal Arrows as required by Baldy Qin, but they were barely able to insert one. It was only possible for their strongest few to manage three.

In the past month, they had been tortured by their seniors. This living death cultivation had made them grow so much!

"I was asking you. Where is Yi Yun?" Baldy Qin looked at Song Zijun's hesitation and slowly began to frown. He was like a lion about to burst into a rage.

Song Zijun helplessly told the truth, "Instructor, three days ago, Yi Yun had applied for a seven-day period of consecutive herb-picking with the herb-picking job office, now… Uh… he should still be on the herb mountain."

When Song Zijun said those words, it made everyone dumbfounded.

Applied for a seven-day period of consecutive herb-picking?

Yi Yun had simply ignored the assessment day Baldy Qin had decided on a month ago and he was still on the herb mountain picking herbs!

Picking herbs on the herb mountain...

The people were at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

How much did Yi Yun love that job!?

He ignored everything else just to pick herbs for seven days!

Was herb-picking that addictive?

Many of them did not know what to say. According to what Yi Yun said, he had been picking herbs since young. Even when he came to the Divine Wilderness campgrounds, he carried on picking herbs. They had previously ridiculed Yi Yun saying that it was a habit of being a bumpkin.

Those words were originally a joke; but now, it seems like Yi Yun was really thinking so!

A talent came to the Tai Ah Divine City to be a farmer!

Hearing Song Zijun's words, Baldy Qin's forehead, which had a scar, popped a hideous vein.

Baldy Qin still appreciated Yi Yun. He felt that Yi Yun was the most outstanding person among his recruits. Although he was inferior to Qiuniu or Chu Xiaoran, it was not impossible for him to enter the top 1000 of the Heaven or Earth rankings within the next three years.

Although this achievement was not amazing, it was considered pretty good.

Previously when Yi Yun wanted to pick herbs, Baldy Qin had not interfered. But now, he had promised that whoever succeeded in this assessment of inserting three Primal Arrows into the purple tungsten wall would be given two hours to enter the Wilderness Divine Hall!

This reward was a tidy sum!

Yi Yun had chosen herb-picking; for that, Baldy Qin felt that he may have his reasons. But for him to not grab the opportunity to enter the Wilderness Divine Hall, what was the point of him staying here in the Tai Ah Divine City?

Baldy Qin ignored the matter with Yi Yun. To him, Yi Yun was just a good recruit and that was it. There were many talents better than Yi Yun in the Tai Ah Divine City. Losing one Yi Yun was nothing.

"Everyone, listen up! I said a month ago, that in this one month if anyone can insert three Primal Arrows into the purple tungsten wall, I will reward them with two hours of cultivation time in the Wilderness Divine Hall. I mean what I say! In today's assessment, let me see the results of your cultivation for this past month!"

Baldy Qin's words made the youths gear up!

The past month's experience in the Tai Ah Divine City was too unusual for them.

A month ago, many of these youths were young masters from rich and large family clans. They were all extremely proud, but having arrived in the Divine Wilderness camp, their lives were only constantly filled with beatings after beatings. They were beaten till their bones fractured and their tendons tore, they vomited blood from their serious injuries!

After being beaten up, they would eat some healing medicine, and once they recovered, they would stand up to continue to be beaten!

As sparring partners, they could counter-attack. In the beginning, they were indignant about it, and tried to counter-attack against the senior cultivators they were sparring with. The result was them being beaten up even worse!

After continuous beatings, they matured and honed their cultivation levels. At the same, in this one-month ordeal, they had trimmed their pride.

It could be said that they had really matured. Today was the day to test the fruits of their labor.

Just as this bunch of hot-blooded youths was rearing to step up, Yi Yun had been transported back to the Tai Ah Divine City through the teleportation array.

According to the Tai Ah Divine City's herb-picking rules, cultivators had to hand in the herbs immediately upon returning to the city.

This was to prevent the cultivators from privately trading herbs, which falsified their harvests.

As such, Yi Yun naturally went to the job office.

It was about noon. Typically, cultivators would only hand in herbs at night. After all, there was a 25 dragon scale runes rent that was fixed. The same amount was deducted whether the herbs were handed in at night or at noon. An additional hour of herb-picking was an additional hour of revenue.

It was usually extremely deserted here in the herb-picking job office. It being noon meant there was nobody around.

Wang was reclining lazily in a chair. She was flipping through a pharmacological text.

Wang was actually an alchemist. Back when she was cultivating in the Tai Ah Divine City, she had obtained a good ranking in the Man roll rankings.

Hearing footsteps by the door, Wang peeped over the book and looked towards the door. What she saw made her frown.

Yi Yun was the one who had entered.

"Didn't you apply for a seven-day herb-picking period? It's only been three and a half days, why are you back early?" Wang now found Yi Yun irritating.

This kid obviously had keen senses and he had extraordinary talent, but he had been lacking in perseverance towards herb-picking. The herbs he handed in was getting less and less each day.

When Yi Yun applied for seven days of continue herb-picking, she had guessed that Yi Yun would only show up for work, but not exert himself.

But she did not expect that Yi Yun was worse than she expected. He could not endure the boredom and he actually came back three and a half days early!

He was hopeless!

True Martial World - Chapter 194: Glabella’s Blood Ball

Yi Yun carefully observed the tiny bead. It was about the size of a green bean and it was covered in blood threads.

This little ball was on the central axis of Yi Yun's body and the governor and conception vessels were running through it. Yi Yun found that when the energy within his meridians flowed past the blood ball, a certain amount of it stayed in it.

What is this?

Why did something suddenly appear in the middle of his eyebrows?

Yi Yun suddenly thought of something. He realized that this blood ball was like an eye.

Eye?

Could it be…

Heaven's Eye!?

When this thought suddenly flashed across Yi Yun's mind, he was shocked!

Heaven's Eye was located at a person's glabella.

When warriors reached a certain cultivation level, they could open their Heaven's Eye.

It was not easy opening their Heaven's Eye. First, they had to form the "Heaven eyeball" before they could completely open Heaven's Eye.

Yi Yun recalled the books he had read about Heaven's Eye. He increasingly believed that this blood ball in his brain was Heaven's Eye!

A typical warrior's cultivation level was difficult to tell from external appearances, but once Heaven's Eye was opened, one could easily use Heaven's Eye to read the cultivation levels of warriors of similar levels.

In addition to that benefit, warriors who opened their Heaven's Eye would have an extraordinary perception of their surroundings.

Back when Yi Yun first met Lin Xintong and Old Man Su, Old Man Su was able to tell Yi Yun's cultivation level at a glance. He could also tell that Yi Yun had reached the "Tempered Body, Dragon Pulse" state.

This was because Old Man Su had opened his Heaven's Eye.

The Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng also had the ability to read Yi Yun's cultivation level. This was because the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng's psychic power was much stronger than typical warriors'.

As such, the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng could be considered to have opened Heaven's Eye.

It was very difficult to open Heaven's Eye.

Many Yuan Foundation realm warriors, including the Jin Long Wei's Thousand Households, might not open their Heaven's Eye or they might not even form their Heaven's eyeball.

Yi Yun had originally thought that he would need to reach the Yuan Foundation realm before he could form Heaven's eyeball and he would only be able to open Heaven's Eye in the late stages of the Yuan Foundation realm.

But now, after digesting the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng and using the Purple Crystal to perfectly absorb the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng's spiritual energy, Yi Yun had completed this step. With this, he could open his Heaven's Eye by the time he reached the early stages of the Yuan Foundation realm!

Warriors with opened Heaven's Eye were not only aware of dangers approaching them, but their ability to grasp opportunities greatly increased also. Even their battle powers would be upped a notch. Their sharp senses could read an enemy's weakness and this was a great advantage.

"The Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng is indeed a primordial herb…"Yi Yun was rejoicing. Having caught a divine herb and having the Purple Crystal to help him absorb its herbal essence, it could be said that all the factors were in his favor.

Yi Yun was confident that he had formed Heaven's eyeball in the mid-stages of Purple Blood much faster than the geniuses from the royal families or reclusive families!

With Heaven's eyeball formed, Yi Yun could feel the surroundings with his eyes closed.

It was an indescribable feeling.

It was as if he had soared into the sky and he was looking at this colorful world from a totally different perspective.

Using his senses to sweep the ground, Yi Yun could tell how many fine gravel and bone particles were around him. He also knew every crack and texture of the gravel and bones.

Yi Yun could even tell the weak points of the stones and the bones. If he slightly knocked on those weak points, they would shatter.

When Yi Yun attempted to interface his spiritual energy with the Purple Crystal, he was shocked by the scene he saw.

In the past, Yi Yun's energy vision was just a bunch of dim light dots. Those light dots were the symbols of energy, and Yi Yun could only tell where there was energy, and where the energy was stronger. As for what that energy represented, he had no clue.

But now, using Heaven's eyeball and coupled with the Purple Crystal, everything was different!

In Yi Yun's energy vision, every energy blob was clearer and they had even evolved into what the actual thing looked like.

There were mountains, flowing water and forests!

Yi Yun suddenly realized what had happened.

Everything in this world contained energy in them.

Even if it was an ice crystal or a rock, it possessed energy.

But as their energies were weak, Yi Yun could not detect them before as his senses were weaker.

But now, by forming Heaven’s eye, Yi Yun could clearly see everything in this world.

This feeling was miraculous. Yi Yun was very fascinated by this.

Yi Yun believed that by opening his Heaven's eye, his control over the Purple Crystal would level up too.

In that case, if he were to go to the Wilderness Divine Hall, what would the outcome be when he used the Purple Crystal to absorb the chimera's energy?

Yi Yun licked his lips as he was full of anticipation.

He couldn't wait to go back to the Tai Ah Divine City.

Yi Yun sprang up from the ground!

He had now completely digested the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng's energy.

At the same time as forming the Heaven eye bead, his entire body had been injected with the pure Yang energy from the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng. Looking within his body, his blood seemed to be covered in a faint golden layer.

He clenched his fists tightly and his joints cracked!

The pure Yang energy boiled within his body and Yi Yun could feel that his body strength had made a quantum leap!

Yi Yun had just recently broken through to the mid-stages of Purple Blood.

This absorption of the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng's energy had only consolidated Yi Yun's cultivation level and so, it did not bring any improvement to his level.

But, with the pure Yang energy integrated within Yi Yun's body, it had increased his strength up a notch!

Yi Yun felt like his body was a simmering volcano that was filled with infinite energy, wishing it could erupt!

With the Thousand Army Saber in hand, Yi Yun casually slashed!

Cha!

A sharp visible blade Qi was sent out. The blade Qi carved a trench more than a hundred feet into the ground.

Good!

Yi Yun was very pleased with the strength of that move.

Yi Yun had a thought and so he took out the Flowing Mercury Gown from his luggage. Usually, the 200 cauldron weight would burden Yi Yun's movement skills.

But now, with 200 cauldrons, Yi Yun felt as if he was wearing a layer of light armor.

His strength had increased greatly!

Yi Yun began to experiment by increasing the Flowing Mercury Gown's weight.

From 200 cauldrons, he increased it to 300 cauldrons, all the way to 500 cauldrons!

Such a heavy weight made Yi Yun's feet sink into the soil!

At 500 cauldrons of weight, Yi Yun finally felt the pressure. However, this was not Yi Yun's limit.

If it was a momentary burst of strength, Yi Yun felt that he could increase his strength to 600 cauldrons.

Yi Yun's eyes lit up. The primordial herb was worthy of its name. For an item that could even move a human Sage's heart, how could it be a common item?

In the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, be it the royal family or the reclusive families, the young heroes from these families were not eligible to enjoy resources like a primordial herb. It would be a waste.

But Yi Yun now had the primordial herb, the primordial strain, and all the cultivation resources. They were all the best!

Yi Yun walked towards the cracked lunar Yin disk array. With his Thousand Army Saber, he sliced downwards.

The rock opened, and at three meters deep, Yi Yun dug up the Blood Yang Flower which had lost its luster.

Back then, Yi Yun's attack on the Blood Yang Flower was a feint, but even so, when the Divine Hellion Bead exploded, the Blood Yang Flower had been affected too and it lost a great deal of spirit.

If it was not for the three meters of soil protecting it, the Blood Yang Flower might have been blown to pieces.

Yi Yun sealed the seriously damaged Blood Yang Flower into the jade box. Looking up into the sky, it was already noon.

Yi Yun had applied for seven days of continuous herb-picking. In three-and-a-half days, he had captured the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng in a successful procedure.

"It's time to go back. I wonder what the prize will be?"

By capturing a primordial herb, even if it was seriously damaged, the divine city would still give a sizable reward.

This was a herb that sages had difficulty obtaining. Yi Yun was filled with anticipation for the reward!

But on explaining everything, Yi Yun had to choose his words carefully.

…

As Yi Yun was digesting the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng's energy, the cultivators in the Tai Ah Divine City were still doing their routine divine city cultivation…

In the Tai Ah Divine City school grounds, a group of youths was standing at attention in the scorching sun.

These youths were all wearing heavy training suits. Under the Sun, the sweat on their muscles gave off a little luster.

The leader of this group of youths was Baldy Qin.

Zhou Kui, Xu Zheng, and Song Zijun, who were Yi Yun's rivals or friends, were also within this group of youths.

Baldy Qin had his hands behind his back and he stood with his legs apart in the middle of the school ground. He was inspecting the recruits in front him.

The purple tungsten wall was behind him!

When Baldy Qin first brought this group of people to this school ground for training, the training objective was to insert the Primal Arrow into the purple tungsten wall. Back then, be it Zhou Kui or Yi Yun, none of them managed to insert the Primal Arrow in.

Baldy Qin had previously given them a month's time. Whoever who could insert three Primal Arrows into the purple tungsten wall would be rewarded with two hours of cultivation time in the Wilderness Divine Hall!

And now, the one month was up.

It was time to check the training of these recruits!

Today, the recruits led by Baldy Qin had gathered early on the school grounds.

All these days, Baldy Qin's authority was deeply ingrained. No one dared to be late without his urging.

Baldy Qin glanced and was satisfied with all these punctual youths, but… hold on a second, his face of satisfaction disappeared.

He frowned for he noticed someone missing, Yi Yun had not arrived!

"Oh? Where's Yi Yun?" Baldy Qin looked at Song Zijun with the eyes of a hawk.

Baldy Qin knew that Song Zijun and Yi Yun both came from the Divine Capital's Jin Long Wei, so he naturally asked Song Zijun about Yi Yun's absence!

True Martial World - Chapter 193: Absorbing the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng

If Yi Yun had directly used the Purple Crystal to absorb a complete herb, it would easily gain the attention and arouse the suspicions of the Tai Ah Divine City alchemists.

But in the current situation, the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng had suffered serious damages. Yi Yun was only absorbing the escaping herbal essence, which would not lead to any suspicion.

Of course, Yi Yun could only do this occasionally. He could not always bring back herbs that were seriously damaged. Besides, damaged herbs would greatly reduce their value, and the compensation in dragon scale runes paid out by the Tai Ah Divine City would be less.

In conclusion, it was not very beneficial to Yi Yun.

Under the Purple Crystal's control, none of the herbal essences of the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng was wasted as it was all absorbed by Yi Yun. The energy that gathered into light dots were like dancing pixies.

Just as Yi Yun was planning to absorb these energies, the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng which was like a piece of dead wood suddenly made a whoosh and tunneled into the ground!

This Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng was still trying to escape, even after it was seriously damaged.

But it was no use. Not a second after the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng escaped, a black light flashed. A light curtain appeared, forming a sealing barrier a hundred feet in radius.

"Peng!"

The Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng crashed in the light curtain and it bounced back.

This was the cicada array, which was especially used to seal in spirit beings. If the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng was in perfect condition, it would be able to escape from this array, but now, it was completely impossible for it to do so.

The Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng had never been this seriously damaged before. Its spirit was in chaos and it could feel its energy slowly depleting, and this energy was slowly drifting towards Yi Yun.

With the Thousand Army Saber in hand, Yi Yun approached the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng.

He was not going to go easy on it at all. The Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng was cunning, so Yi Yun was even considering cutting it into pieces before storing it away. If not, it could escape midway and everything would have gone to waste.

At that moment, the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng suddenly let out a shrill baby-like scream. It charged at Yi Yun, using its remaining pure Yang Qi to form a spirit sword that stabbed at Yi Yun's glabella!

It wanted to bet on that one shot, a last desperate strike!

Yi Yun did not hesitate, he slashed forward with the Thousand Army Saber!

"Ka-cha!"

One was a spent force, while the other, who was waiting for an exhausted enemy, was fresh and fit. There was no doubt what the result of the clash was. With a shattering blow, the Thousand Army Saber sliced straight down!

Peng!

The Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng was swept away by the Thousand Army Saber!

Yi Yun did not choose to cut the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng into two. If he had done so, its value would drop sharply.

But, Yi Yun realized that even so, the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng's spirit was growing weaker, as if it was dying soon.

Once a primordial herb died, it meant that the spirit formed from thousands of years of cultivation would disappear.

In this regard, Yi Yun showed no mercy. Between him and the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng, they were in a life-and-death battle. If he had not killed the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng, he might be subdued by the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng's magic illusion. If that happened, he would end up as fertilizer for the Blood Yang Flower.

When Yi Yun looked at the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng, he noticed that its surface color was dimming. Strand after strand of pure energy left it. It seemed like it did not wish to live on any longer.

Having been caught to be brewed as drugs, it might as well be dead.

"Oh? This energy?" Yi Yun grabbed the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng's roots. Under the Purple Crystal's vision, he could see pure purple energy leaking out from the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng's wound. This energy had formed into something like the vital essence from a legendary green dragon.

This was the first time that Yi Yun was seeing essence energy in the form of a green dragon.

The energy he had seen before were all light dots.

Yi Yun hesitated slightly. Using the Purple Crystal Origins, he gathered the green dragon essence and the energy light dots that the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng had previously leaked into his body.

Immediately, a herbal aroma seeped into his olfactory nerves. It was extremely comfortable!

Taking this opportunity, Yi Yun quickly took out a squarish jade box that was a foot in length.

This was a herb box built using lotus jade. It could preserve the herbal essence to a great extent.

Since the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng was seriously damaged, it was unrealistic to preserve all its herbal essence. He had to make do with whatever there was left.

Whatever essence could not be preserved was totally absorbed by Yi Yun's Purple Crystal.

When these energy light dots entered his body, Yi Yun felt his body warm up. The Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng's herbal essence was slowly showing its effects.

What surprised Yi Yun was the energy that resembled a green dragon, which was very unlike the light dots.

This energy surged into Yi Yun's soul.

"Boom!"

When this energy entered Yi Yun's soul, Yi Yun felt a tremor in his soul. Following the tremor, his vision was filled with images.

These images were chaotic and random. Some of them were scenes from the Divine Wilderness or the Tai Ah Divine City. Some of them were from the Lian tribal clan, the difficult life Yi Yun had with his sister. There were also scenes from his previous life. It was an amalgamation of bits and pieces of Yi Yun's life.

Oh? This is…

Seeing these confusing images, Yi Yun suddenly understood that the green-colored dragon energy was the psychic power left behind after the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng's spirit shattered!

The Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng may be a plant, but once it gave life to a spirit, it had extremely strong psychic powers.

If not, it would not be able to create illusions.

Psychic power was the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng's offensive measure and also its defensive measure. After the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng died, its shattered spirit was the best medicine for the soul.

Yi Yun was delighted. He began to quietly absorb this energy. Soon, it was like his soul had sprouted a gurgling stream. The Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng's psychic energy was like a spring fountain, it cleansed and moistened Yi Yun's soul, this made him feel very fresh.

Slowly, Yi Yun felt that his soul had some minor changes, but he did not know what they meant.

At that moment, besides the psychic energy, the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng's herbal essence also began to take effect. It flowed into Yi Yun's meridians, and with a dull roar, strong Yang Qi flared through Yi Yun's body.

The Heaven Earth Yuan Qi contained a rich amount of pure Yang energy. This energy was the essence gathered from thousands of years of the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng absorbing Heaven Earth Yuan Qi. After numerous times of purification, every bit was precious.

Slowly, Yi Yun's body transpired a warm air. His skin turned red as if he had been scalded by hot water.

The Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng's herbal essence was Yang in nature, while it was still in the middle of the night where the lunar Yin Qi was dense. Yi Yun's body was burning with a Yang fire within, but Yin Qi flowed outside his body. Unconsciously, the two, Yin Qi and Yang Qi converged in Yi Yun's body.

Under Yi Yun's deliberate manipulation, the two Qis formed into a wonderful Yin-Yang symbol.

Yi Yun's body was internally hot and externally cold. It was as if he had been alternately dipped into ice and fire.

As the herbal essence was digested, Yi Yun's pores oozed out black blood. This was the accumulated bad blood and dirt that had been accumulated in Yi Yun's body for the past six months. At that moment, it was being forced out by the herbal essence, which refreshed Yi Yun.

Under the forging of the herbal essence, his muscles grew stronger, and his blood was filled with vigor.

This process went on for a long time as Yi Yun fully immersed himself in his own world.

From midnight to dawn.

And then from sunrise to noon…

With the Sun shining high in the sky, the Yin Qi on the cliff had been blown away. Yi Yun sat on the top of the cliff like a motionless statue.

It was a slow process to digest the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng's herbal essence. After all, it was a primordial herb. Back when Yi Yun absorbed the chimera's energy for two hours, he took an entire night to fully digest the energy.

Slowly, another day passed. Deep into the night, a thin crescent moon hung in the sky.

It was the second day of the lunar month. The Yin Qi had lessened and some mist had gathered. Yi Yun's body was as if it was encased in an ice cube. His hair and eyebrows had formed a layer of frost.

Slowly, Yi Yun had finished digested 70% of the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng's herbal essence.

The Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng's spiritual energy had given Yi Yun unimaginable benefits to his spiritual well-being.

Yi Yun could clearly feel his mind expand and grow! His spiritual energy was continuously increasing!

As long as Yi Yun wished, his brain would produce all sorts of complex illusions. Yi Yun even felt that if he wished, those illusions could fly out from his mind and affect others!

It was as if the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng's power of illusion had been inherited by Yi Yun!

The second night passed.

Yi Yun was still in meditation on the morning of the third day. Suddenly, he heard a light sound within his soul, as if something had cracked.

Immediately after that, he could feel a strong suction force in his head. All his body's spiritual energy, blood, marrow, were all being pulled by a force to the middle of his eyebrows without any warning!

This feeling of all of his blood and soul being sucked out from his body frightened Yi Yun!

What is the meaning of this?

The blood, bone marrow and soul began to consolidate in the middle of his eyebrows as if it was going to give birth to something.

Following that, an intense pain was felt by Yi Yun. He felt as if a drill had been pierced in between his eyebrows and it was continuously swirling deeper.

It's too painful!

Yi Yun's forehead was covered in sweat. He has lost control of his body, which made him panic.

Yi Yun used his spiritual energy to interface with the Purple Crystal in a bid to stabilize the turbulent blood and energy within his body. But at that moment, Yi Yun suddenly 'saw' that in between his eyebrows, a bead-like object had been formed from his own blood and soul.

This bead was covered in blood tracks and it was connected to the surrounding meridians and blood vessels. It had become an inseparable part of his body.

When this bead appeared, the feeling of his body's blood being sucked had away disappeared. The pain also suddenly eased.

Everything returned to normal. The only thing different was that tiny bead that had appeared in the middle of Yi Yun's eyebrows.

Oh? What is this?

True Martial World - Chapter 192: Primordial Herb in Hand!

The Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng was particularly good at hiding. Even if a top Human Lord was standing in front of it, he would find it difficult to spot any traces of it. Hence, the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng found it unbelievable.

A kid with an extremely low cultivation level had not only discovered its presence, but he had even sent out such a terrifying blow towards it?

Carefully selecting the lunar Yin day, and seemingly placing array disks randomly, and finally having the confidence to grasp its trajectory all meant that the youth had calculated everything. Back when he picked the Blood Yang Flower for the first time, he had already noticed its existence. He had deliberately planned for half a month to set up this perfect kill!

A terrifying youth!

The Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng had no time to think further. The Wind Chasing Arrow that Yi Yun had shot over was less than a foot from it!

There was no time left to dodge!

This arrow was more than three times faster than the ones Yi Yun had previously shot!

By pretending to be weak to reduce the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng's wariness, making it think Yi Yun's archery skills were mediocre, he could then shoot the arrow that was a one-hit kill!

Even this detail was not omitted by Yi Yun. Yi Yun's plan of capturing the primordial herb was perfect!

In a split second, the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng conjured all of its pure Yang energy, pushing it to its maximum. It was planning to resist the arrow even at the cost of losing its spiritual energy!

A mid-stage Purple Blood warrior had limited attack power. Typically, such an attack would not do any harm to its Yuan Qi defense!

But when it tried to conjure its pure Yang Qi, the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng realized that it had very little pure Yang Qi left. Firstly, it was due to the Yin Qi being extremely dense on this day of the month and time. Secondly, it had expended a lot of energy while attacking Yi Yun with its illusion magic.

Three-quarters of an hour past midnight on the lunar Yin day that Yi Yun had carefully chosen played its role now!

But, this was still enough. The Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng was confident that the scarce amount of remaining pure Yang Qi it had was enough to defend against the arrow.

It would, at most, be inflicted with minor injuries.

It had already decided. After escaping this time, it would never return to this place. It would tunnel deep underground for a few hundred years before coming out. It did not even want the Blood Yang Flower.

Although the Blood Yang Flower was important, it was not as important as its own life.

This youth was too terrifying. Just by being able to make the herb turn into such a pathetic state by himself, if he were to bring a human Sage, it was doomed to die!

Thinking back to when it wanted to make the youth into fertilizer for the Blood Yang Flower, the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng cringed. It had underestimated the enemy. This youth was an evil demon who would not let anything slip past him.

Humans were indeed a crafty species!

With its pure Yang Qi gathered, the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng formed a misty layer of pure Yang around it. It was prepared to resist the impact of the Wind Chasing Arrow!

But at that moment, Yi Yun had activated his Minute Subtlety movement skill and fled in the opposite direction. He smiled, and with a simple thought, he silently recited—

"Boom!"

The moment the Wind Chasing Arrow hit the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng's Yuan Qi shield, a bright flash emitted from the shiny arrow head. A bead emitting a thunder-fire aura had been embedded in the arrow head.

It was the Divine Hellion Bead!

A sure-kill treasure made by a Tai Ah Divine City master! Yi Yun had spent 2000 dragon scale runes just to buy this tiny bead!

This Wind Chasing Arrow, with the embedded Divine Hellion Bead, had been placed in a special spot in Yi Yun's quiver. Just before he activated the lunar Yin array, he had strung this special arrow and just pulled open the bow!

The thunder-fire exploded at that moment!

Boom!

There was a tumultuous explosion, which tore up the night sky!

Ice-blue flames roared as numerous snake-like black lightning bolts shot out from within the flames!

The fire was ice-cold fire!

The thunder was Yin hellion thunder!

The Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng was afraid of thunder-fire power. And among the thunder-fire power, it was most afraid of Yin fire and Yin thunder!

This combination of thunder-fire power was the bane of the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng!

Cruel, too cruel!

He had entrapped it with no possible chance of survival!

"Ah—"

The Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng let out a blood-curling scream. The pure Yang shield around it broke apart with a "Peng" sound.

The Yin thunder and the frost ice-fire interweaved together, sending out countless fire webs and lightning snakes. Upon coming into contact with the pure Yin Qi from the surroundings, it swept over the area like a hurricane.

Ka-cha! Ka-cha!

The cliff's rocks crumbled within the frost Qi. They were also burned by the cold fire, which slowly melted them into ash in the frosted ice!

The extreme Yin thunder power that had completely restrained the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng's power exploded at close range, causing the entire cliff to be blown away with it!

Yi Yun had fled the area before the explosion occurred. Just before the thunder-fire power had swallowed the cliff, he had jumped off the cliff.

Boom!

Yi Yun was covered by a lot of soil and dirt!

With a thought, Yi Yun's body was covered with a faint green light. It was like a layer of armor wrapping him within.

This was the last item Yi Yun bought in the Ten Thousand Pagoda, the Green Mystic Protection Charm.

The charm contained the power of green Nature that was endless. When the Yin Qi swept over, the charm produced a strong life force from the green Nature power, reducing Yi Yun’s damage to a minimum!

The Green Mystic Protection Charm was not made by a master, but it was not sold cheap.

Yi Yun had noticed who the maker of this Green Mystic Protection Charm was before buying it. It was made by Luo Huo’er who was first on the Man rankings! Her products were very popular in the Tai Ah Divine City because she made good quality products and there was a guarantee with her reputation.

This Green Mystic Protection Charm did not disappoint Yi Yun. The misty green light blocked a large portion of the Yin Qi's rush. In addition to Yi Yun having jumped off the cliff earlier, he had not received the brunt of the force and he was essentially unhurt.

A small amount of Yin Qi had entered Yi Yun's bloodstream, but it was all absorbed by the Purple Crystal.

Over a long period of time, Yi Yun knew the rules of energy absorption that the Purple Crystal Origins had. It could only absorb energy which belonged to no one, or in other words, the energy that had lost its spiritual connection with its owner.

For example, when herbs were picked, they were already dead, so Yi Yun could absorb their energy.

The primordial strain's statue was also dead. If the primordial strain was still alive, Yi Yun would have no way of obtaining the energy from within its body.

Yi Yun did not know the Purple Crystal's reason behind such energy-absorbing principles. It was likely the Purple Crystal's law.

Falling in midair, Yi Yun forcibly twisted his body. Ever since he reached the large success stage of Minute Subtlety, Yi Yun had precise control over the surroundings Qi flow. Hence, he could move through the air for ten meters before landing in front of the cliff.

"Cha!"

The Thousand Army Saber stabbed into the cliff wall, causing sparks to fly!

Using the Thousand Army Saber, Yi Yun stopped his falling body.

Following that, Yi Yun used his limbs to agilely climb back up to the top of the cliff!

Just before Yi Yun fell down the cliff, he had activated the second disk array, the cicada array.

When Yi Yun had placed the two disk arrays, the lunar Yin array was above the cicada array.

The cicada array was the last item, created by a master, that Yi Yun had bought.

The three items that Yi Yun bought were made by masters, the most expensive was the Divine Hellion Bead, followed by the lunar Yin array, while the cicada array was the cheapest.

The cicada array was just a sealing array. Desolate beasts or herbs sealed by the cicada array would be as weak as a tree plagued by cicadas. Their movement will be slow or they might not even be able to move.

That was how the cicada array got its name.

The cicada array was the last line of protection Yi Yun had set. Yi Yun could not guarantee that the Divine Hellion Bead and the lunar Yin array were sufficient to debilitate the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng's ability to move. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

If the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng still had any strength left and it managed to escape through the soil, Yi Yun would suffer a huge loss.

Hence, with the cicada array, he could block off the possibility of the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng escaping. Only then was it foolproof!

With a leap, Yi Yun returned to the top of the cliff. At the top of the cliff, the thick Yin Qi was still raging. Every blow of the wind was biting to the bone. The wind that blew on a person was like knives that were slashing on a person's skin and it was extremely painful.

The grass and rock on the ground had been flattened. The cliff top had been shaved, leaving a thick white plume of white smoke that was dispersing from the explosive center. Layer after layer of the smoke made it look like a giant lotus flower.

Such a devastating explosion that gave rise to a lotus flower plume, it was aesthetically pleasing to Yi Yun.

Right in the middle of the lotus flower plum, Yi Yun finally saw the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng's real body with his naked eyes!

It was about a foot long and it was as thick as a wrist, somewhat like a wooden stick.

Its body was greenish-purple in color and it was half-buried in the ground. There were thunder-fire bolts lingering around it and a large part of it was frozen in ice. It looked miserable.

Most of the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng's roots were destroyed in the Divine Helion Bead's explosion, even a huge block of its stem had been blown off.

Of course, this damaged the herbal potency of the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng.

But this could not be helped. Yi Yun had used all his tricks and strength to barely capture the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng.

In this process, he did not dare to go easy at all, or he was bound to fail.

But…

To Yi Yun, injuring the primordial herb was not a big deal.

The primordial herb's energy was indeed pure, but in terms of quantity, it was much lesser than the primordial strain.

When people collected a primordial herb, they would be extremely afraid of harming the primordial herb, as Heaven Earth Yuan Qi would leak out from the primordial herb's wound, wasting its herbal potency.

It was the same for this Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng.

Ignoring primordial herbs, even when normal people dug up ginseng, they had to use a brush to clear the ginseng's roots, in order not to break them, or the ginseng would be drained of its energy.

Yi Yun could feel the pure energy within the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng leaking out from its wound.

Yi Yun smiled. With the spiritual energy interfaced with the Purple Crystal, the Yuan Qi and herbal essence that was about to dissipate slowly formed light dots and drifted towards Yi Yun.

The dissipated energy was no longer controlled by the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng after it left the body. Hence, the Purple Crystal Origins could easily absorb this free energy.

Seeing this pure energy, Yi Yun subconsciously licked his lips. His expression was that of a glutton seeing a feast that suddenly appeared before him.