True Martial World - Chapter 255: Totem Mystic Technique

"Oh? You know about natural Yin Meridians as well?" Cang Yan stroked his chin, "Natural Yin Meridians counter natural Yang Meridians, while a pure Yin body counters a pure Yang body."

"Is that so?" Upon hearing this Yi Yun felt some regret. Previously, Cang Yan had mentioned that an elder senior with a pure Yang body had managed to master the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' in twenty days and he eventually became a sage.

Yi Yun had original thought that if Lin Xintong's natural Yin Meridians could counter the pure Yang body, then Lin Xintong would have a chance to be a sage. Now, it appears that he thought too simply.

Yi Yun asked, "What is a pure Yin body? And what are natural Yin Meridians?"

Jian Ge took over and stroke his beard and said, "People with natural Yin Meridians definitely have pure Yin bodies, but people with pure Yin bodies do not necessarily have natural Yin Meridians."

"Pure Yin bodies can only occur on women. Their bodies can perfectly synthesize with Heaven Earth Yuan Qi, and they are usually rare cultivation geniuses. Pure Yin bodies also have different grades. The purer the body is, the higher the cultivation talent."

"The extreme state of pure Yin bodies is having natural Yin Meridians. As the saying goes, things always reverse themselves after reaching an extreme, people with natural Yin Meridians would encounter all sorts of limitations on the path of cultivation. As you said, the girl will not have a lifespan exceeding 400 years. They would reach a bottleneck once they reach a certain cultivation realm!"

"Such girls with pure Yin bodies are very rare. Some people say they have so much talent that they cause the Heavens to be jealous; as such, they have short lifespans and their path of cultivation is cut short by Heaven's law!"

Heaven's laws cutting short the path of cultivation?

Yi Yun was stunned. Just for those words, he could imagine the difficulty needed to join up natural Yin Meridians.

"Does the senior know of any ways to join up such terminated meridians?"

Hearing Yi Yun's question, Jian Ge shook his head, "Difficult! Too difficult! It is a Heaven-defying feat. Since the path of cultivation is cut short by Heaven's laws, to join them up using a mortal's power, it is too difficult. However, there have been legends that once these terminated Yin meridians are connected, the girl would become a cultivation genius, one not seen in millions of years. She will skyrocket and become a Great Empress!"

"And it seems that in ancient times, there was such a legendary Great Empress. She had natural Yin Meridians, but by using some unknown method, she had joined up her own terminated meridians."

Upon mentioning ancient Great Emperors, Jian Ge felt emotional. There has not been a single Great Emperor ever since the establishment of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom.

"Ancient Great Empress?"

Yi Yun had a thought in his mind. Since there were people who managed to defy Heaven, it proved that this was not an impossible path. Since he had the Purple Crystal, he was different from others. He should have the means to do it...

As Yi Yun was thinking through it, he noticed Cang Yan's eyes flashing some sinister thoughts as he stared at Yi Yun. It was as if he was seeing something.

"Uh...What is this senior looking at?" Yi Yun touched his face awkwardly.

"Kid, you are asking in so much detail. Do you actually know a girl with natural Yin Meridians?"

Yi Yun paused without knowing how to respond.

"Hehe..." Cang Yan began smiling lewdly and he lowered his voice, "Girls with pure Yin bodies are stunning beauties, they are the best of the best in the world. And for the extreme state of pure Yin bodies, natural Yin Meridians, are even more so...This girl's body is so pure that it is like a melting iceberg..."

Once Cang Yan said this, Jian Ge began coughing, as if he wanted to stop Cang Yan from continuing. But Cang Yan turned a deaf ear and carried on saying with his mysterious tone, "Kid, have you heard of Yin and Yang complementary? It is using Yin to balance Yang, and using Yang to balance Yin. The greater the difference between the man and woman's body, the better and clearer the effects. A girl with pure Yin body is the best partner to do such complementary intercourse, even more so for a man with pure Yang body. Besides, this kind of thing is also very beneficial for the girl..."

"Ahem!"

Jian Ge began to cough vigorously. He was speechless. How old was Yi Yun? To think this dirty old man was telling a thirteen year old child such things!

But Cang Yan became even more excited and treated Jian Ge as air, "I say, Kid. You have so much talent in cultivating the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'. In the future, your body will be full of Yang Qi. So, although you do not have a pure Yang body... if you were to master the ninth level of the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique', you will definitely be stronger than any typical pure Yang body...But being pure Yang to the extreme might not necessarily be good. You will still need a hint of pure Yin Qi to attune yourself, which pushes you to the highest levels."

Old man Cang began to chuckle with a "you know it" expression. Yi Yun's mouth turned agape. He did not know whether to nod or shake his head at that moment.

"Old man Can, what sort of nonsense are you telling him!?" Jian Ge said grumpily.

"Old man Jian, I wasn't speaking nonsense. Everything I said was reasonable. Tell me, what did I say that was nonsense?" Cang Yan rebutted with a question in a serious manner, which caused Jian Ge to choke.

He had to admit that although Cang Yan's words did not sound right, it was nothing but the truth.

"Besides," Cang Yan patted Yi Yun on the shoulder and pulled Yi Yun over with his back facing Jian Ge, then he whispered, "Actually, I suspect that this Yin and Yang complementary intercourse might be able to help a girl with natural Yin Meridians to join up her terminated meridians."

"Ah? There's such a thing?" Yi Yun thought about it. Could that be true?

"Hehe, I'm guessing! But who can say that it can't be so? Yin and Yang complements. That is a truth that never changes. I can't guarantee if it will join up terminated meridians, but there will definitely be some benefits. At least it will extend the girl's lifespan. Speaking of this, do you actually know a girl with natural Yin Meridians?"

Old man Cang was very concerned about this. When Yi Yun's pure Yang was perfected, he needed a trace of pure Yin Qi, which would be an absolute fortuitous event for Yi Yun.

Yi Yun laughed dryly twice. He did not admit nor deny it.

If Yi Yun admitted it and began discussing Lin Xintong’s condtion with this wretched old man, he would find it odd. It felt like an obscene act of coveting a goddess behind her back.

Regardless, Cang Yan's words gave Yi Yun a method to join up Lin Xintong's terminated meridians.

Ignoring the act of intercourse, as long as he found treasures that contained pure Yang Qi to nourish Lin Xintong's body, it would be very beneficial for her. With Yi Yun's Purple Crystal, it was not hard for him to find pure Yang treasures.

"That...Senior, I have another question about the mystic techniques of totems. In a few days, I plan to go into the Divine Wilderness to hunt desolate beasts. I want to try condensing a Aspect Totem!"

Yi Yun changed the topic. To condense an Aspect Totem, it could not be done out of thin air, he needed a mystic technique!

The totem mystic technique was the same as a cultivation technique. It was a very important technique for warriors.

"Oh? You want to try condensing a Aspect before Yuan?" Old man Can's eyes lit up. Those who could condense an Aspect before Yuan were fantastic people. These people were still very rare for a place like the Tai Ah Divine City, which gathered all sorts of geniuses!

Not only did they need perceptivity, they also needed talent. Different warriors had different affinities with the Power of Desolates.

Although some people had outstanding talent, they were bad at absorbing a desolate beast's Power of Desolates. Such a person might find it very difficult to condense an Aspect Totem even after reaching the Yuan Foundation, let along Aspect before Yuan.

"I'll try it..." Yi Yun said with a smile. "If I really can't do it, I'll just wait till I breakthrough to the Yuan Foundation realm."

"You kid! You have mastered the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' and you have also gained insight on the Saber Truth's 32 Words. You even want to try the Aspect before Yuan. Anything good is yours." Cang Yan cursed in a friendly manner. "Don't get your hopes too high though. It is alright if you can't condense it. There are not many people who can do it. The results you have obtained is already amazing." Cang Yan said as he threw a jade scroll at Yi Yun.

"The totem mystic techniques are in there. You can choose it. Of course, I'll charge you as per normal for. A good totem mystic technique is not cheap!"

The Tai Ah Divine City had its own rules. The allocation of resources were strictly adhered to the rules.

Yi Yun caught the jade scroll with joy.

The beginning of the jade scroll introduced the different grades of Aspect Totems.

Aspect Totems had a dazzling variety!

Different warriors could condense different kinds of Aspect Totems according to their body's characteristics and the cultivation techniques they learned.

For example, the Aspect Totem Chu Xiaoran condensed was in the shape of a desolate beast.

Some people would condense Aspect Totem forms like plants, weapons, star constellations or even mountains and rivers.

The stronger an Aspect Totem was, the harder it was to condense. Once formed, it would be great in scale, to the point of causing an unnatural phenomenon!

Of course, it was very difficult to reach this a stage.

True Martial World - Chapter 254: Pure Yang Body

"For this match, Yi Yun wins!" The referee loudly announced the results of the match from the Divine Wilderness Stage.

When people heard this, they felt that they were still in a dream. Previously, when Li Hong had condensed the Heaven Opening Mountain, it was so overwhelming and shocking to the senses. It made people feel like using force to match him head-on was impossible.

But he had been defeated by Yi Yun. His Heaven Opening Mountain and the staff had both been split apart by Yi Yun!

"Even Li Hong who is ranked around 1000 on the Earth roll has been beaten by Yi Yun! Yi Yun is heaven-defying!"

He had nearly reached the 1000th rank in a rookie ranking competition. In previous years, it was the utmost limit of just a few notable people to reach a ranking of around 1000 at their first end of the year competition. This was enough to make the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's large factions pay close attention to them and to draw them in.

No one doubted that Yi Yun could secure a spot within the top 1000 in another month or two. It might even not take that long.

To enter the top 1000 of the Earth roll in less than a year. Was he still human?

"What say you, is there a possibility that...Yi Yun has the capability to enter the top 1000 now?" Someone said, but when the people present heard it, they were stunned. To enter the top 1000 now?

Upon further thinking, Yi Yun still had one more match in his rookie ranking competition!

"This...is impossible!" Someone said it. Although Yi Yun had defeated Li Hong in an overwhelming manner, he had consumed a lot of energy. It was unlikely he could enter the top 1000 today.

After all, the people in the top 1000 were all Yuan Foundation realm warriors. To exchange blows with a Yuan Foundation realm warrior, just the other party's massive Yuan Qi quantity was enough to swamp you.

No matter what, Yi Yun's results in this Tai Ah Divine City rookie ranking competition was one that has not been seen in the past century!

It was even more alarming that he had mastered the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' in two months.

At that moment, in the corner of the spectator stands, Yang Dingkun was livid.

When Li Hong had been sent flying by Yi Yun's attack and had his staff broken into two, Yang Dingkun felt as if that attack hit his body as well.

He lost...

He lost 50,000 dragon scale runes and the 'Truth of the Laws' as well!

Li Hong would still have to return the 50,000 dragon scale runes to him, so he was not miserable over it. But the 'Truth of the Laws'!

It was the heritage of the Chu royal residence. Under normal circumstances, if an outsider wanted to learn the 'Truth of the Laws', they had to join the Chu royal residence. However, Yi Yun had previously rejected the Chu royal residence's invitation.

But now, Yang Dingkun had lost the 'Truth of the Laws' to Yi Yun. If his family learned of this, he would be punished!

Thinking about being confined, having his resources deducted, or other more severe domestic disciplines, Yang Dingkun's face twitched.

He clenched his fists tightly, and his arm trembled. "How could...this happen? Li Hong, this trash! He actually lost to that little bastard!"

Yang Dingkun grit his teeth. He was thinking how he could not give the 'Truth of the Laws' to Yi Yun, but all the gambles in the Tai Ah Divine City were under the jurisdiction of the law-enforcers. The law-enforcers were grim and impartial. It would be wishful thinking to take the 'Truth of the Laws' back from the hands of the law-enforcers!

At that moment, a flame lit up in the arena, exploding out of thin air!

Oh?

In the spectator stands, the law-enforcers were stunned.

"It's an announcement by the Elders!"

A few of the law-enforcers stood up and absorbed the information contained within the flames. It entered their ears immediately.

"Yi Yun! The two Elders, Jian Ge and Cang Yan request your presence!" The referee said to Yi Yun. This referee was also a law-enforcer.

When the surrounding cultivators heard this, they were speechless.

Another summoning by the Elders!

How many times in the past three months has Yi Yun been summoned by the Elders since he entered Tai Ah Divine City?

Most of the spectators had been in the Tai Ah Divine City for several years and they had only gotten the rare chance of meeting the Elders yesterday all because of Yi Yun, let alone be summoned by them.

If not for Yi Yun, would the Divine City's Elders come personally to the arena to watch a rookie competition?

"This junior will set off now." Yi Yun cupped his fists at the referee.

As he was about to leave, the referee asked, "Yi Yun, you still have another match left today. Do you plan on continuing?"

Yi Yun's ranking was now 1028. If he made another challenge, he could really enter the top 1000.

Yi Yun hesitated for a while.

To enter the top 1000, he had to challenge Yuan Foundation realm warriors?

He felt that that in his current state, it was very difficult to skip a level to fight Yuan Foundation realm warriors.

By using Radiant Sun Qi and powering the Saber Truth's 32 Words with Radiant Sun Qi, Yi Yun could at most use 'Reigning Supreme' or 'Killing At Its Core' 3-4 times.

If the opponent could withstand his 4 attacks, he would lose.

In the battle with Li Hong, Yi Yun had exposed his weaknesses. His cultivation level was low and he had insufficient Yuan Qi.

If his opponents understood this thoroughly, they could use defensive tactics, and make Yi Yun expend all his energy. If that happened, Yi Yun's chances of victory would be very tiny.

Yi Yun shook his head, "Not for the time being."

He would of course return to the arena. But now was not the time. Yi Yun had a lot to digest today. Also, Yi Yun wished to understand the nomological truths as soon as possible.

With the power of laws assisting him, his Yuan Qi consumption efficiency would improve.

As such, it would be able to make up for his lack of Yuan Qi.

"Alright." The referee nodded. A law-enforcer came before Yi Yun and said, "Follow me, I will take you to the central divine tower!"

...

Fifteen minutes later, in the hall of the central divine tower, Yi Yun met Elders Jian Ge and Cang Yan.

Once Yi Yun entered, Cang Yan looked at Yi Yun as if he was a monster. On the other hand, Jian Ge began to size up Yi Yun from top to bottom.

"Kid, you actually managed to master the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' in two months?" Cang Yan still found it incredible at that moment.

"Uh..." Yi Yun did not know how to answer. Did he have to tell Cang Yan that he actually only used 12-13 days to master it?

Yi Yun's lack of an answer made Cang Yan think he had made a silent affirmation.

"That’s amazing! Way back then, Old man Jian used 4 months to master the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'. You used half of the time Old man Jian used."

As Cang Yan praised Yi Yun, he also revealed Jian Ge's shortcomings.

Jian Ge had initially wanted to say something else, but when he heard Cang Yan's words, he became a bit embarrassed. With a cough, he slowly said, "Old man Can, I recall that you took 5 months to master the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'? That is one month longer than me."

Hearing Jian Ge's words, Cang Yan's old face turned red, and just laughed it away.

"Learning the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' fast doesn't say anything. Although I was slower, I managed to become a sage 400 years earlier than you." Cang Yan said proudly.

Jian Ge was rendered speechless upon hearing this. Old man Can's skin was really thick.

"Old fool, why don't you mention that you are 800 years older than me!?"

Jian Ge and Cang Yan became sages around the same time. They had a friendly relationship, so it was common for them to spat. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

But...in front of juniors, they would have to maintain their dignity and refrain from squabbling.

Yi Yun felt flattered that the two of them behaved in such a manner in front of him.

He knew that Cang Yan and Jian Ge had already treated him as a disciple amongst the juniors. As such, they acted freely, and they had no qualms doing so.

This clearly indicated that the two old men appreciated him!

"Haha! Earlier means earlier! About that...Kid!" Cang Yan turned towards Yi Yun, "I previously mentioned that those who learn the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' might not become a sage. That is indeed true. In the past 5000 years, there are plenty of juniors who have learned the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' faster than me, but the number of them that became a sage can be counted with my fingers! Although you mastered the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' in two months, do not be complacent. You are still far from becoming a sage."

Cang Yan was afraid that Yi Yun’s early accomplishment would get to his head, so he exhorted him.

Having led two lives, Yi Yun of course understood this. He respectfully answered, "This junior understands."

"Alright." Cang Yan nodded. "Speaking of this, about 100,000 years ago, there was a person who left the fastest record of mastering the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'. That person did become a sage, and he was one of the best amongst the sages."

"Oh? There's a record for mastering the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'?" Yi Yun stumbled for a while. There was even a record for the time it took to master the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'?

If he knew that earlier, he would have declared so upon mastering it.

Yi Yun felt a pity because the rewards from such a record was definitely handsome!

He made a mental note to figure out what records he could break to quickly gain glory points.

"How long did that senior take to master the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'?" Yi Yun asked.

Cang Yan extended two fingers and said, "20 days!"

"20 days!?"

Yi Yun was shocked, "So fast!?"

He knew that it was only due to the Purple Crystal that he mastered the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' in just over than ten days. But there was someone in the history of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom that managed to master the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' using his own effort?

What sort of talent was that!?

That person may have had his own fortuitous encounters, but Yi Yun believed that no matter what it was, it could not be compared to the Purple Crystal.

"Are you surprised? I was surprised when I heard it too. In fact...that person had a pure Yang body. So it was half the work with double results to learn the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'. Eventually, he was given the title of Pure Yang Immortal. He created the Pure Yang Palace...but unfortunately, the Pure Yang Palace has been destroyed. The way of the world is ephemeral..." Cang Yan slowly said. Yi Yun was slightly stunned. A pure Yang body?

The 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' was pure Yang in nature, so it was a matter of course for a person with a pure Yang body to master it quickly.

With this in mind, it was no longer a pity for not reporting his record of mastering the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique’. He did not have a pure Yang body, so there was no way to explain how he mastered the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' in just over ten days.

But...the name pure Yang body sounded familiar, as if...

Yi Yun suddenly had a thought.

Lin Xintong!

Didn't Lin Xintong have natural Yin Meridians!?

Due to her natural Yin Meridians, Lin Xintong had to travel around the world to search for a way to join up her terminated meridians.

Yi Yun owed a lot to Lin Xintong, and he had previously promised to find a way to help Lin Xintong join up her terminated meridians.

Now with something related to Lin Xintong's body, Yi Yun could not help but ask, "Elder, this junior has heard of a constitution known as natural Yin Meridians. People with this condition cannot live past 400 years, and they would reach a limit when they cultivate to a high level...But after hearing what the elder said, that senior with a pure Yang body managed to become a sage."

"I wonder if it is possible for a pure Yang body to neutralize natural Yin Meridians? Is there a relationship between the two?"

True Martial World - Chapter 253: Defeating Li Hong

In the arena, Li Hong looked at the Heaven Opening Mountain that had been split into two, it was as if he had lost his soul.

As for Yang Dingkun, who bragged about mastering the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' in five months, he grasped his seat's armrests tightly with his hands until his fingers turned white.

"Radiant Sun Qi…Radiant Sun Qi! Has he mastered the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'!?"

Two months ago, when Yi Yun managed to obtain some glory points due to his tremendous luck, he had been ridiculed for exchanging them for the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'. A hick had actually wanted to cultivate the royal family's secret technique.

But now, all those people who had ridiculed Yi Yun could no longer say anything. Not only did Yi Yun master the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique', he had also succeeded in forming the Tang Valley stage of Radiant Sun Qi!

In just two months, Yi Yun shamed Qin Haotian, Luo Huo'er, Li Xiao and all the geniuses that hogged the top spots on the Heaven and Earth rolls in the Tai Ah Divine City in terms of cultivating the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'!

Li Hong looked at Yi Yun as he clenched his fists. He was a genius with a wide circle of connections. Everyone said he was a dragon amongst people and that he was destined for great things. He had mastered the 'Heaven Opening Technique', a technique that ranked in the top three in the Tai Ah Divine City. It was an outstanding result, but now it was a joke compared to Yi Yun’s mastering of the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' in two months.

Before the battle, he tried to imagine Yi Yun's hidden cards and he had guessed that the most that Yi Yun had were a few hidden saber moves. He never expected that Yi Yun's hidden strength was the Radiant Sun Qi!

"You…mastered the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'…before the competition?" Li Hong gnashed his teeth as he said it. He suddenly realized that Yi Yun had laid a trap for him from the beginning. It was a trap for him to jump into.

Yi Yun said, "That's right. I managed to master the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' before the rookie competition. But you don't have to think so highly of yourself. I did not hide all of my strength because of you. The main reason was for me to hone my saber moves that I learned only after the rookie competition began. I just needed opponents to refine it. Whether it was Qiuniu or Chu Xiaoran, they were the best amongst the rookies. So I benefited greatly by sparring with them."

"As for laying a trap for you…It was just in passing. I did not expect that not only did you use dragon scale runes as stake, you even bet the 'Truth of the Laws'."

Yi Yun did not need to take the opponents before Liu Yuxing seriously. They were not qualified to hone Yi Yun's saber skills. Qiuniu and Chu Xiaoran were the perfect candidates to test his Saber Truth's 32 Words.

After Yi Yun said that, he casually glanced at the audience. Yang Dingkun, who was standing in the corner of the spectator stands, had a grim expression.

Yi Yun had treated him as a sucker! The sarcastic tone was harsh on Yang Dingkun's ears.

Yang Dingkun clenched his fists as killing intent flashed in his eyes!

Yi Yun had seen all of it.

Before, as Yi Yun was waiting to go on to the stage, Zhao Qingcheng had already pointed Yang Dingkun out to Yi Yun. Yi Yun had recognized this Chu royal residence's little prince who tried to take advantage of the situation to profit by cheating him.

Yi Yun did not fear Yang Dingkun. Although the Chu royal residence was part of the royal family, it was only a distant relation of the royal family. They had a high noble title and they were powerful, but even so, a young master from the Chu royal residence had limited power.

How many people were there in the younger generation of the Chu royal residence? It was not easy to count.

The current King Chu had already lived for a thousand years. In a thousand years, how many wives did he marry? How many children did he have? Even King Chu himself might not remember.

It was hard to count the bastard children, legitimate children, and grandchildren, great-grandchildren even if they were all added up.

Yang Dingkun was only one of the better ones of the younger generation, but he was not a greatly appreciated child of King Chu because he was not the heir.

This was why Yang Dingkun had to use gambling as a way to obtain the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' from his bet with Yi Yun. He could not rely on the Chu royal residence, which resulted in him machinating his own schemes.

Hearing Yi Yun's remark, Li Hong's face turned red, "Just in passing? Hahaha, just in passing!"

Li Hong was furious!

"Who do you think you are!? So what if you have mastered the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique', I will make sure that you die today!"

Li Hong suddenly lurched forward and he swept the Yuan Qi of the land with his staff!

Phew! Phew!

The Heaven Opening Mountain that had been split apart by Yuan Qi turned back into pure Yuan Qi and it entered Li Hong's body.

Li Hong knew that under the power of the Radiant Sun Qi, the Heaven Opening Mountain was useless. It was better for him to convert the Heaven Opening Mountain back into energy so he could use his strongest attack.

“Mountain Opening Staff!” Li Hong roared loudly.

After the staff in his hand was injected with Yuan Qi of the land, it grew from six feet to several meters long. The staff had thickened so much that it was as thick as a column!

Most people would not use a thick column-like the staff as a weapon since just holding it was strenuous, but because Li Hong's law of the lands powered it, he could use the thick staff as if it was a part of his body!

The staff gave off a loud roar as it came crashing down like a mountain.

Yi Yun gathered Qi in his dantian and the Thousand Army Saber was outlined with a shiny flame. Purple gas emerged as Radiant Sun Qi burned.

This was the first time that Yi Yun had really used all his strength, by using Radiant Sun Qi to power the Saber Truth's 32 Words' saber move!

Reigning Supreme!

"Cha!"

With a slash, a purple blade beam flashed and it made a deep gash in the purple tungsten stage!

When Li Hong's thick staff collided with the saber, the rocks, that were formed from the Yuan Qi of the lands, melted as they came into contact with the Radiant Sun Qi!

But Li Hong still moved forward!

"Boom!"

When Li Hong's staff and Yi Yun's Thousand Army Saber collided, a chaotic blast erupted which caused people to hold their breaths.

Upon impact, Yi Yun retreated about a hundred feet, he had reached the edge of the stage.

Li Hong had managed to force Yi Yun to retreat with the power of the lands, but he watched helplessly as a purple blade beam flashed forwards from the impact and it mercilessly pierced his protective Yuan Qi!

"Cha!"

The armor of the lands that Li Hong was proud of had been pierced by the purple beam and blood splattered out!

Li Hong was injured!

Yi Yun had only retreated but Li Hong was wounded. It was clear who had the upper hand!

However, this attack was just the beginning. Yi Yun shot forward like lightning using the large success stage of Minute Subtlety!

A series of blade shadows shot towards Li Hong!

Li Hong had disintegrated the Heaven Opening Mountain and injected Yuan Qi of the lands into his staff to strengthen its attack, but by wielding such a large weapon, no matter how skillful Li Hong was in the law of the lands, he did not have the speed of the Thousand Army Saber!

"Damn it!"

Li Hong focused his eyes and the scale armor around his body expanded!

Heaven Opening Armor!

Li Hong had used the 'Heaven Opening Technique', which had outstanding defensive capabilities to take on Yi Yun's blade beam. This was what he was always doing when Yi Yun attacked.

But this time, with the Radiant Sun Qi powering it, every blade beam was extremely sharp!

"Cha! Cha! Cha!"

Li Hong was hit dozens of times by the blade beams, and they entered his body after cutting open his protective Yuan Qi. The scale armor from the 'Heaven Opening Technique' melted under the Radiant Sun Qi's pure Yang property!

"You said that a saber cannot slash apart a mountain? That's only because the saber is not sharp enough. And how can the rocks on a mountain withstand the Sun's fire?"

Yi Yun attacked faster and fiercer. The incessant saber Qi was like a purple tidal wave as it charged at Li Hong.

"Boom!"

Li Hong's Mountain Opening Staff cracked upon impact with Yi Yun's blade. The rocks melted into flowing lava!

Li Hong's scale armor was quickly melting under the intense heat.

The hot lava thinned Li Hong's protective Yuan Qi by burning it.

"Puah!"

Yi Yun's saber hit Li Hong on his shoulder. Blood splattered on the stage as Li Hong retreated a hundred feet!

At that moment, a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood appeared behind Yi Yun!

Blood burst out as ghosts wailed. It was as if Ashura Hell had appeared in the mortal realm.

Saber Truth – Killing At Its Core!

Yi Yun immersed all his Yuan Qi into that attack. It slaughtered all life, breaking through the heavens!

By being pushed to his limits, Li Hong gathered all his Yuan Qi and used his staff to block Yi Yun's attack.

"Boom!"

There was a fierce explosion and the color of red spread everywhere as if the sea of blood had burst!

Li Hong was sent flying like a kite with a broken thread. He tumbled backward and he heavily slammed into the protective wall of the Divine Wilderness Stage!

"Ding-Dang!"

Li Hong lost hold of his staff due to the impact and it dropped onto the Purple tungsten stage. The six-foot long staff had been split into two by Yi Yun's attack!

"What!?" Everyone was shocked to see the staff split in half!

Li Hong's weapon was no ordinary weapon and it was most likely made by a famous master.

Under normal circumstances, it was extremely difficult for weapons made by masters to break in a Purple Blood warrior duel.

But Yi Yun had managed to do it!

And in terms of quality, Li Hong's staff was likely better than Yi Yun's Thousand Army Saber!

"How did that happen?"

Some people found it incomprehensible. The Thousand Army Saber was not some divine weapon, but it still managed to break Li Hong's staff!

"It is due to the injection of Yuan Qi!" Someone gasped.

With the Radiant Sun Qi injected into the Thousand Army Saber, a saber's sharpness would be completely different! It was impossible for Li Hong's Yuan Qi of the land to withstand the attack!

"Yi Yun has won!"

The result of the battle was clear. All of Li Hong's scale armor had been destroyed and his body's meridians had been invaded by Radiant Sun Qi. He was covered in injuries and he would be crippled if he carried on fighting.

Yi Yun had defeated Li Hong!

When Yi Yun revealed his Radiant Sun Qi, many people had guessed that this would happen, but when it really happened, they still found it unbelievable.

Li Hong had spent one more year training in the Tai Ah Divine City than Yi Yun and he was the best of the second years. His cultivation level was about to break through into the Yuan Foundation realm, yet he was finished by Yi Yun.

Yi Yun was too terrifying.

But…people could see that Yi Yun had very little energy left.

The Radiant Sun Qi was strong, but it also rapidly consumed Yuan Qi!

Yi Yun was still limited in his cultivation level, so to power the Radiant Sun Qi at the peak of the middle-stage of Purple Blood cultivation level was his limit to fight up to now.

If he did not manage to defeat Li Hong with the final attack, Yi Yun would not have much energy left to carry on fighting.

True Martial World - Chapter 252: Radiant Sun

Minute Subtlety was indeed amazing. But no matter how great a person's movement was, it would be impossible to dodge an attack that was densely packed, leaving no space for one to burrow through!

Yi Yun was surrounded by rocks. The audience could no longer see what was happening on the stage due to the rocks blocking their line of sight.

"What is happening on stage? Damn it, I can't see!" Someone was so anxious that he wished he could drill through the rocks just to see how the battle between Yi Yun and Li Hong was going.

"Li Hong's law of the lands… should have already reached the second stage!"

Every law had its own grade system.

The higher one gained insight into one, the harder it was to progress. Li Hong could use Heaven Earth Yuan Qi to conjure a mountain. Being able to use the mountain to attack and defend, this was the first stage of the law of the lands!

And to be able to split and conjoin the mountain, to the point of changing it into numerous smaller stones, in which each stone could be controlled according to one’s thoughts, this was the second stage of the law of the lands.

Going further, the law of the lands became even more powerful. For example, it could cause the earth to spew out molten lava and then control the power of the lava. Another example would be to control gravity. These were all different levels that the law of the lands had.

Of course, ignoring Purple Blood warriors, even Yuan Foundation realm warriors would not be able to reach that stage. It was too difficult. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

"Yi Yun, if you kneel down and beg for mercy, I can still terminate this attack. If I strike, I will no longer be able to control whether you die or not!" Li Hong reminded Yi Yun. It was not that he did not want to kill Yi Yun, he did, but he did not want to endure the punishment of imprisonment.

Although people could not see Li Hong, they could still hear him. Hearing that Li Hong was about to issue a strike that would leave Yi Yun's life up in the air, the spectators held their breaths.

By seeing Li Hong control the mountain and make it slam into the stage, which caused the entire arena to quake, everyone couldn’t help but believe in Li Hong’s words. It was possible that when the mountain came crashing down on Yi Yun, Yi Yun would become nothing more than a bloody pulp.

If Yi Yun wanted to break through this move, he would have to use a hidden saber move with an indomitable strength to slash a path out!

And then, with extreme speed, Yi Yun could fly out through that path.

That was the only way he could possibly survive.

But the point is, how would Yi Yun's saber split open a path for him?

Everyone was eager to see if he could do it.

On the Divine Wilderness Stage, Yi Yun's Yuan Qi was surging. He looked at the rocks that completely blocked his vision. He interfaced his spiritual energy with the Purple Crystal and opened his energy vision.

With the energy vision, Yi Yun could see that each rock was made out of energy. They did not stand independently and they all had an energy link with Li Hong.

"Oh? All of this energy is part of the laws of the lands…"

Yi Yun frowned. He could clearly see the energy circulating within each rock, but he could feel that the energy circulating within them was not perfect. There were many spots that were far from perfect. Comparing it to the energy flow of the saber tomb's 32 words, the difference was even more obvious.

"Yi Yun, did you not hear me? Do you really not know the meaning of death!"

Seeing that Yi Yun had no intentions of replying and just stood there, pondering over something, Li Hong fumed.

"Since you want to die, I will grant you your wish!" Li Hong roared as the staff in his hand shot out a wave of earth yellow Qi that swept through everything like a surging tide!

All the rocks that were floating in the air above the Divine Wilderness Stage began to shake!

A few of the law-enforcers by the stands stood up. They were circulating their Yuan Qi and using their spiritual energy to see through the layers of rock, locking onto Yi Yun's body!

They were ready to take action at any time!

They would not stop the match, but once it was clear that one party was going to lose, they would save him. They could not sit idly by and look at the number one genius rookie getting killed by Li Hong.

The atmosphere tensed up into an unprecedented fashion!

Everyone's heartbeats seemed to stop. Li Hong laughed and leaped up high. His staff seemed to connect the heaven and earth!

At that moment, Li Hong seemed to start emitting the same pressure as a mountain.

"Suppressing Mountain Attack!" Li Hong roared as he swung his staff downwards!

The numerous rocks surrounding them were swept up by the staff and they charged towards Yi Yun!

The attack had no blind spots and the rocks were interconnecting to the point that even a rat could not escape!

Numerous rocks smashed downwards with Yi Yun at the center!

Every blink of an eye, thousands of rocks would bombard him!

And Yi Yun did not escape at all!

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

The rocks crashed into each other emitting ear-splitting booms. The entire arena was shaking!

People watched with their mouths wide open as the spot that Yi Yun was standing on became engulfed by flying rocks!

A huge rock was forming at that spot rapidly!

Did Yi Yun not dodge the rocks?

Many people were shocked. They originally thought that when the rocks fell down on Yi Yun, he would use a hidden saber move to cut a path open. But he didn't!

The rocks quickly piled up and the mountain of rocks grew taller!

Heavens!

Yi Yun…

Many people stared wide-eyed at the mountain of rocks. Many suspected that Yi Yun had now been turned into a bloody mess!

Li Hong's eyes were ferocious. He was so immersed in trying to kill Yi Yun that he no longer took imprisonment into account!

"Die!"

The rocks started to combine again, reforming the mountain that stood over twenty meters tall, as this happened, Li Hong descended from the sky. With a heavy whack, he hit the mountain!

"Boom!"

The power of this attack passed through the mountain’s outer shell, all the way to its center. The entire Divine Wilderness Stage shook once more!

Li Hong stood above the Heaven Opening Mountain's peak. His staff was now stuck deeply in the mountain. The mountain was formed from Li Hong's Yuan Qi, so it would not hinder his attack. All the power within his attack had been perfectly transmitted to Yi Yun's body!

Being crushed by a mountain that exceeded ten million pounds and then being hit with Li Hong's one attack, had Yi Yun already been turned into meat sauce?

There was total silence. Only the sound of Li Hong’s last attack echoed around the arena!

"Is… Is he dead?" Someone said with a trembling voice. Yi Yun's friends, Song Zijun, and company all felt like they had their hearts in their mouth. Zhao Qingcheng nearly screamed out loud.

"Heh! Very good!"

In a corner of the arena, Yang Dingkun grinned maliciously. He was very pleased with this result. Even if Yi Yun did not die, he was most likely crippled. Maybe all of his meridians were now broken to the point that even the best medicine would be unable to cure him.

"Oh? That is…"

Yang Dingkun was suddenly shocked. He saw that a dark red liquid was oozing out from the cracks in the rocks at the bottom of the Heaven Opening Mountain.

What is that?

Usually, the dark red liquid would be blood, but this liquid was clearly different from blood. It was thick and torpid. There were even boiling bubbles popping in it and it appeared to be extremely hot!

This is…

Magma!?

It was not only limited to Yang Dingkun because, at that moment, everyone had noticed the magma that was oozing out from the rocks. More and more oozed out, thickening the liquid!

Magma!? What happened!?

Did Li Hong's law of the lands reach the point of being able to melt the mountain into magma?

When the law of the lands reached a higher realm, it could indeed manipulate magma!

Magma was the anger of the earth. A peak Human Lord who had an affinity with earth could cause a volcano to erupt with a simple wish!

But… it was impossible for Li Hong to have already reached that stage.

"How could it be? Manipulating magma!?"

"Yi Yun? What happened to Yi Yun?" People were now very anxious and looked at the law-enforcers. Why haven't the law-enforcers done anything yet?

But the few law-enforcers who were in charge of the match only had odd looks on their faces and did not take any action.

Above the Heaven Opening Mountain peak, Li Hong was also stunned.

Magma!?

He was the person most aware of his own strength. He knew that he was far from being able to manipulate magma!

"How could the Heaven Opening Mountain create magma?" Li Hong asked himself in an incredulous manner.

At that moment, more and more magma gushed out. The mountain became hotter and Li Hong could feel a blast of hot air streaming out of it. He could no longer stand above the Heaven Opening Mountain.

He could even feel that, as the amount of magma increased, the Heaven Opening Mountain melted more and more!

The Heaven Opening Mountain, which was now soaking in magma, was like a candy that was dissolving in water. It was getting smaller.

"How is this happening!?"

Li Hong was greatly alarmed. At that moment, he could hear a faint sound. Suddenly, purple gas surged out from the entire Heaven Opening Mountain!

Oh?

Li Hong was surprised and leaped off the Heaven Opening Mountain’s peak. A few seconds after he jumped off, searing flames appeared on the mountain peak!

Hu! Hu! Hu!

Hot Pure Yang fire burned, covering the entire Heaven Opening Mountain! It was like a Sun, rising out of the Heaven Opening Mountain!

Swaths of purple gas tumbled willfully into the flames as they soared to the sky!

All the pure Yang Qi in a radius of several kilometers was pulled over. The Yang Qi mixed with the purple gas and became a part of it.

Now, it was noon, and the sun was scorching and purple gas was being emitted!

Above the arena, the purple gas was slowly condensing into a long valley.

The blurred valley had trees and flowing rivers. But these trees and flowing rivers seemed to faintly burn within the purple gas…

"This is!?"

Li Hong stared at the valley with his eyes wide open.

All of the veteran cultivators in the audience suddenly had inexplicable horrific looks on their faces. The rookies were in muddled states, they did not know what the purple gas represented.

"Radiant Sun Qi! It's Radiant Sun Qi!" A veteran cultivator shouted in an incredulous manner.

"Not only is it Radiant Sun Qi, it is the Tang Valley stage of the Radiant Sun Qi! Who has mastered this level of Radiant Sun Qi?"

Many people did not react in time, but when the rookies heard it, they were stunned.

Although they had never seen Radiant Sun Qi before, they had still heard of the famous Radiant Sun Qi.

Radiant Sun Qi came from the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' and it was the strongest power in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom. It was also the greatest inheritance of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom!

More and more magma appeared on the stage. The mountain was now glowing red hot and slowly melting. People began to arrive at a realization of the impossible possibility…

"Yi Yun… didn't he exchange for the… 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'?" When someone said that, everyone held their breaths.

Yi Yun!?

He had exchanged for the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' less than two months ago!

He was a rookie and his cultivation level was just at the peak of the middle stages of Purple Blood! He had already mastered the Radiant Sun Qi?! And it was even at the Tang Valley stage of the Radiant Sun Qi!?

What a joke!

At that moment, in the central divine tower, Cang Yan and Jian Ge were playing chess and watching a video projection of the battle going on using a disk array. The disk array was locked in place and it had been set up perfectly represent the ongoings happening in the arena.

After confirming that Yi Yun had learned the Saber Truth's 32 Words, Cang Yan and Jian Ge did not feel the need to watch Yi Yun and Li Hong's battle in person.

It was enough to watch Yi Yun using the video projection.

They were originally just watching without paying a lot of attention, that was until Li Hong used his killer move. Only then did they start paying attention to the match, they were worried that Yi Yun might not be able to handle the attack, but…

Seeing Radiant Sun Qi gush out… Cang Yan nearly flipped the chess board!

"This kid! Am… Am I seeing things!? Old man Jian, did you see that!?" Cang Yan asked Jian Ge.

Jian Ge said with a speechless expression, "I am looking at it!"

"It's the Tang Valley stage of Radiant Sun Qi. Yi Yun has only been practicing the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' for less than two months, it's really… impressive!"

By giving Yi Yun this evaluation, Elder Jian Ge had already praised him a few times. Under normal circumstances, it was very difficult for a junior to be praised by a Sage even once.

Only two months had passed since Yi Yun picked the primordial herb and used the glory points he obtained from it to exchange for the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'. But no one knew that after exchanging the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique', Yi Yun had actually only used about ten days to master the Radiant Sun Qi!

If Elder Jian Ge knew this, he would become even more astonished.

At that moment, in the arena–

The amount of magma had increased and had started to flow off the Divine Wilderness Stage.

Most people had by now guessed that Yi Yun had mastered the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique', but there were still some who insisted that this was impossible.

At that moment, an ear-piercing sound rang out!

In the middle of the Divine Wilderness Stage, a purple blade beam had risen out from the Heaven Opening Mountain!

At that moment, it seemed like that blade beam had become the only thing in existence!

The blade beam was tens of meters long and it split the humongous Heaven Opening Mountain in two!

Cha!

The Heaven Opening Mountain violently trembled and the two parts of the mountain collapsed!

People could then see that the middle of the Heaven Opening Mountain had completely melted, leaving behind a gaping hole!

And a youth in linen clothes, holding a long saber, stood where the hole originally was!

Above him, lava rain splattered down, while beneath his feet, lava surged.

But this surging lava was blocked by the pure Yang Qi and did not even come close to the youth!

This…

Everyone stared widely and were completely stunned!

Yi Yun's… Radiant Sun Qi had split the Heaven Opening Mountain apart with one attack!

People knew that when the Heaven Opening Mountain crashed down, Yi Yun had used his Radiant Sun Qi to melt out a place for him to take shelter. He was unscathed from beginning to end!

True Martial World - Chapter 251: Heaven Opening Mountain

On the stage, Li Hong held his long staff and began approaching Yi Yun. As he approached, his aura grew stronger.

"What's wrong? Isn't your saber very fast? Use any of the hidden saber moves you have. When I’ve blocked all of your saber moves, then it will be the end!"

Li Hong was extremely confident in his defense capabilities.

Yi Yun eyes flashed with a cold beam.

He slowly rotated his blade. What Li Hong had said was in fact correct. What Yi Yun was lacking the most in his martial arts was combat experience!

Li Hong had slaughtered numerous desolate beasts in the Divine Wilderness. This benefited both his staff techniques and combat experience greatly.

Although other weaker children of family clans might not kill desolate beasts as rookies, they would still often spar with their peers while growing up.

Actual combat was the best way to hone one's fighting techniques.

But for Yi Yun, the number of big battles he had experienced could be counted with his fingers. Besides the sparring with Lin Xintong and the slaughtering of fierce beasts in the Desolate Human Valley, there was only the Jin Long Wei selection and the current rookie ranking competition.

Yi Yun was very serious in every battle, especially in battles with people of similar strength as himself. This was a test he had to undergo, and also the best way for him to hone his saber techniques.

"Since you want to see my saber moves, I'll grant you your wish!"

Yi Yun took a few steps forward and the Yuan Qi in his body started surging. His energy followed the Saber Truth's 32 Words' flows and circulated within his meridians.

Reigning Supreme!

With the Thousand Army Saber in hand, Yi Yun slashed downwards. A green flash gushed out like a bright crescent light, and gushed towards Li Hong with domineering momentum!

Li Hong roared and his earth-yellow Qi surged, making the scales on his body expand.

Yi Yun's saber slashed heavily onto Li Hong's body.

"Boom!"

With a violent explosion, Li Hong's scales ruptured. Due to the intense blade beam, Li Hong was sent flying!

Li Hong's body slammed heavily into the Divine Wilderness Stage's wall. The intense vibrations caused the weapons hanging on the walls to drop to the floor!

Seeing this scene, people unconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva. Yi Yun's saber was extremely powerful!

"Hehe… Good move!"

Li Hong was half-sitting by the corner of the wall. The scale armor on his body now had a two-foot long gash, going from his chest all the way to the waist. The scales around the gash had been completely broken by Yi Yun's attack.

But after breaking through the scale armor, the saber move had expended most of its energy. It did not manage to break through Li Hong's protective Yuan Qi and only gave him slight injuries.

Li Hong rubbed the blood off his lips and stood up. The scale armor on his body was rapidly repairing itself with a surge of his earth-yellow Yuan Qi.

"Your saber moves are not bad, but unfortunately you do not have enough Yuan Qi. Just a little bit more and you would have been able to hurt me. I was just testing the defense of my 'Heaven Opening Technique'. That was the only chance you had of hurting me..."

"You sure are full of nonsense." Yi Yun frowned. Li Hong's defense was indeed strong. Li Hong had taken the move Yi Yun learned from the Saber Truth's 32 Words head on, without even dodging!

"It's not too late for you to become complacent after you take on my second attack!"

Yi Yun swiped with his Thousand Army Saber and a horrifying burst of killing intent surged out. The saber was a weapon that was used to kill. In mortal countries, sabers were banned unlike swords. Swords were ceremonial weapons. Emperors, gentlemen and scholars would choose a sword. But a saber was different. People, who used a saber, were people who really wanted to kill!

The owner of the saber tomb had inscribed the killing way of the saber into the Saber Truth's 32 Words!

Suddenly it seemed like a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood appeared behind Yi Yun. And where Yi Yun stood, the area had now turned into a blood pool hell!

Killing At Its Core!

The Thousand Army Saber slashed forward and the blood waves gushed. The entire Divine Wilderness Stage seemed to turn into a world of blood!

Seeing the saber slash forward, Li Hong's eyes burned with fighting spirit.

"Come forth, Heaven Opening Mountain!" Li Hong hit his staff onto the stage and earth-yellow Yuan Qi surged into the Divine Wilderness Stage!

"Boom!"

The ground trembled and a mountain sprang up from beneath Li Hong's feet!

This mountain was majestic!

This was a mountain formed from Heaven Earth Yuan Qi by Li Hong, but it was no different than a real mountain!

"Oh!? This is?" Yi Yun was shocked. Seeing a mountain suddenly appear before him, how could he not be shocked?

Although Yi Yun was shocked, the Thousand Army Saber still cleaved downwards without hesitation.

Kill!

The saber slashed downwards sending out a blood beam that spread tens of meters wide. However, this blood beam was completely blocked by the mountain!

Li Hong had formed a mountain to take on Yi Yun's killer move!

"Cha!"

A ear-piercing sound rang. The Thousand Army Saber's blade beam slashed into the mountain, making a hole about seven meters deep. Although it caused a deep hole, it could no longer go any further.

Even after the blade beam's Yuan Qi was completely expended, this mountain still floated above Li Hong's head.

The mountain was more than twenty meters tall, and its base was tens of meters in radius. It did not sound large, but it looked very shocking in person!

This mountain had a terrifying weight. If it was not by using the powers of the laws, Li Hong would definitely not be able to lift it. This was really the strength of lifting a mountain!

The audience became dumbfounded.

This was too great an exaggeration. To use a small mountain to block Yi Yun's attack?

"This is the law of the lands! Right, Li Hong's Yuan Qi was earth-yellow in color. And earth-yellow Yuan Qi of the lands is most suitable for the 'Heaven Opening Technique' that focuses on defense! By injecting the Yuan Qi of the lands into the Heaven Opening Real Qi to form the scale armor, he can increase his defense by another level!"

"Blending the law of the lands into the 'Heaven Opening Technique', Li Hong is a real genius. Many people cannot even learn the 'Heaven Opening Technique', let alone combine the laws they know into the 'Heaven Opening Technique'!"

Li Hong, who was ranked number one amongst the second year cultivators, was not an average person.

Also, he was about to breakthrough into the Yuan Foundation realm. The Yuan Foundation he had formed within his dantian was already in its embryonic form.

This Yuan Foundation embryonic form gave Li Hong plenty of energy. This was also the foundation that allowed him to the use the Yuan Qi of the lands to form this small mountain!

If it was Chu Xiaoran, although she was accomplished in the frost ice laws, she could only form tens of ice columns by consuming a large portion of her Yuan Qi. Previously, after exchanging two blows with Yi Yun, she had completely depleted her Yuan Qi.

This was the benefit of being at the peak of Purple Blood realm, or the quasi-Yuan Foundation realm. The difference in cultivation level was something difficult to overcome when both parties were geniuses!

Seeing the seven meter deep gash on the mountain, Li Hong laughed. "How can a saber slash apart a mountain? Your attack is not bad, but unfortunately, I have formed this mountain. You will never be able to split it apart!"

Li Hong picked up his staff. He had consumed a great deal of Yuan Qi by forming the mountain.

Heaven Opening Mountain was a manifestation of Li Hong's law of the lands. Once it was formed, it pushed Li Hong's combat power to its extremes.

"I see, law of the lands..."

Yi Yun squinted and looked at the mountain in the sky. After all, Chu Xiaoran had managed to control the power of the laws, while Li Hong had spent a year in the Tai Ah Divine City. He had experienced slaughters in the Divine Wilderness, so how could Li Hong be unable to learn any laws?

As the best second year cultivator, he definitely had something worth presenting.

"The power of laws is something that I am in urgent need of." Yi Yun thought.

"That is as far as you go! By having to use the Heaven Opening Mountain to defeat you, it is something you can be proud of!"

Li Hong smashed with the staff!

"Boom!"

The mountain trembled and the entire mountain crashed towards Yi Yun. He was using an entire mountain as a weapon to attack?

This was a real eye-opener for the audience.

Such a mountain formed from Yuan Qi was not something the Thousand Army Saber would be able to block.

Indeed, Yi Yun did not try to resist it.

He used his Minute Subtlety movement techniques to retreat.

"Boom!"

The mountain crashed into the Divine Wilderness Stage. People felt the entire arena tremble like a minor earthquake.

"To… be crushed by that mountain, it will probably cause death..."

People broke into cold sweat.

In the Tai Ah Divine City, killing someone in a battle was subject to at least imprisonment. But at that moment, Li Hong's eyes were red with murderous intent. How could he be bothered with imprisonment?

In the crowd, Yang Dingkun grinned.

Li Hong had not disappointed him. By conjuring the Heaven Opening Mountain, Li Hong had gained complete control over the situation. He was looking forward to seeing Li Hong smash Yi Yun into smithereens.

If that happened, not only would he win the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique', he could also have one less talented competitor that made him jealous in the future.

Actually if he had his way, Yang Dingkun wished that all of the geniuses in the Tai Ah Divine City, like Qin Haotian, Li Xiao and the Qiao brothers would all die in their training excursions.

The Heaven Opening Mountain smashed downwards again and again, but Yi Yun managed to dodge it each time. Although it looked like each attack imperiled Yi Yun, he managed to escape unscathed every time.

Facing different opponents who used different battle techniques had broadened Yi Yun's horizons.

A person like Li Hong gave Yi Yun an impression of a greedy and sinister person. It was unexpected that he could use such methods in the arena.

Yi Yun was cognizant of the fact that he had just embarked onto the path of martial arts. He would face a variety of opponents in the future. Some of them might not even be part of the human race.

They had all sorts of strange moves. If he did not take the opportunity to hone himself and broaden his horizons now, he might suffer greatly in the future.

The battle became more and more intense. Everyone stared wide-eyed, afraid to miss out on any of the exciting scenes.

The audience gradually realized that Yi Yun's movement was extremely fast. While Li Hong's mountain was huge and fast because it was powered by the laws, it was still difficult for it to crush Yi Yun.

And it seemed that Yi Yun had such a strategy in mind as he dodged again and again using Minute Subtlety.

Yuan Qi had to be consumed to power a mountain. It was not something that could be sustained.

At that moment, Li Hong grinned. "Trying to expend my stamina? Do you think my Heaven Opening Mountain is that simple?"

By willing it and pointing with his staff, "Split!"

Boom!

A thunderous rumble sounded, and the Heaven Opening Mountain exploded in the air, splitting into rocks of various sizes. Like stars in the sky, they enveloped the Divine Wilderness Stage!

The larger rocks were the size of a face basin, while the smaller ones were the size of a fist. The rocks were densely packed and surrounded Yi Yun.

"Do you think your Minute Subtlety is that great? How are you to dodge my attack now?"

Limitless - Chapter 136: Class Gathering

He pressed the receiver and a crisp voice came over the line.

"Why, now that you’re a big shot, you don’t even want to pick up a call from an old friend?"

"What big shot, those are rubbish rumors from outside." Chu Yu said impatiently.

"Okay fine, those are all rumors. So are you coming for the gathering on the 10th?" Cai Xue asked directly.

"I guess I won't go." Chu Yu laughed bitterly, "You should know that they would be happier if I don't go."

"That's a little..." Cai Xue laughed, "For a busy man like yourself, you've never really interacted much with the rest. It's okay even if you don't say anything, but haven't you been watching what the rest are saying? Now that everyone is revering you, we are all very proud to have someone as famous as you beside us!"

"Ya right." Chu Yu rolled his eyes.

Cai Xue’s pursuit of him had made him a public enemy of the guys. His rejection of her also made him an enemy of the ladies.

"Really, Chu Yu, I am not lying to you. All that I am telling you are truths!"

Cai Xue whispered, "They couldn't see how great you were then, and so they thought that you couldn't match up to me. They felt that you rejecting me was something unacceptable. However, now they realize your value and greatness."

Chu Yu chatted with Cai Xue for quite a bit. Cai Xue insisted that Chu Yu should come for this gathering. Chu Yu finally agreed in exasperation.

After all, they were classmates and he couldn't be so cold hearted.

On the ninth, Chu Yu took a car into Yan Jing and returned to his room in the city.

After a good night's rest, he hailed a taxi next morning and headed to the gathering place alone - the Flying Dragon Club.

It was a long time since he last came here.

When the Lord Thief had beaten up Xie Tianyu so viciously, there was quite a commotion.

However, even though the Flying Dragon Club was not particularly happy about it, they did not find any trouble with Chu Yu after the matter.

Chu Yu took the taxi and stopped right outside the Flying Dragon Club. A luxury sedan pulled up right next to him.

The window wound down and a handsome face was revealed. He smiled at Chu Yu, "Chu Yu, long time no see!"

"Niu Pengfei, it had been a long time." Chu Yu nodded, smiling.

"Someone of your stature is taking a taxi?" Niu Pengfei;s eyes flashed with mockery, it was not obvious, but he did not try to conceal it.

"I could have flew here, but I was afraid it would scare everyone." Chu Yu smiled.

"..." fear flashed past Niu Pengfei’s eyes.

He was not from a simple family, having been born into one of the superior families in Yan Jing.

He used to look down on Chu Yu, but he tried to maintained the culturedness and demeanor expected of a scion of a superior family. Thus, he never really bothered with ‘ordinary people’ like Chu Yu.

Yet, once they graduated, news of Chu Yu virtually never stopped.

Even though Chu Yu kept a low profile and never revealed himself online, the coverage of news about him was difficult to miss.

However, Niu Pengfei still looked down on Chu Yu.

According to his analysis, Chu Yu was only famous because of Song Hong.

Without Song Hong, who would know who was Chu Yu?

This was until the two live broadcast did people start to see Chu Yu in a different light.

This group of classmates were in complete disbelief.

They could not imagine that their classmate for four years actually had such scary power.

"Ah..." Niu Pengfei laughed wryly, then raised the window and asked his chauffeur to drive.

Chu Yu didn’t care about that too much. He was about to enter the club when he was stopped by the doorman.

"Good day sir, this is a private clubhouse..."

Before he could finish, he stared at Chu Yu, visibly stunned. Then almost as if he thought of something, he began to apologize profusely, "I am sorry young master Chu... I didn’t recognize you, please enter!"

Chu Yu nodded and entered.

The doorman wiped away the sweat on his forehead and murmured, "My gosh, it was that huge star... luckily I am just a doorman and he did not take offence."

After Chu Yu entered, he realized that many people were gathered in the banquet hall.

They were all familiar faces, after all, they had been together for four years.

When Chu Yu walked in, they were all happily engaged in conversation. However, all chatter stopped when they realized Chu Yu was inside.

Almost like a virus, the entire banquet hall became silent.

Everybody’s gaze was focused on Chu Yu.

Their looked at Chu Yu with puzzled looks.

At this point, from within the crowd, a beautiful lady emerged and greeted Chu Yu from afar, "Chu Yu, long time no see!"

Chu Yu also smiled, "Caixue, it has been a long time."

At this point, Caixue looked at the rest and said, "Weren’t you all just talking about Chu Yu? Why is it that now that he’s here, no one is saying anything? Everyone has graduated, and we are all pursuing our own careers, but you all can’t possibly think that just because Chu Yu is famous now, he won’t bother about the people he spent 4 years with?"

"Ha, how can it be, Chu Yu is our classmate, how would he ignore us?" One of the slightly skinny but bright eyed boys said.

Chu Yu nodded.

Meng Fei was one of the few people that Chu Yu got along well with in university.

"Now that Chu Yu is now famous. He was so cold and aloof in school, how will he still bother about us?"

This person was a slightly plump, freckled lady. Her mouth twitched as her despise of Chu Yu was revealed.

"Qiao Na, what are you saying? Chu Yu is still our classmate." Meng Fei frowned.

Even though he had heard much about Chu Yu, like how Chu Yu is the scion of the Northern Chu Family and that he was extremely powerful, he still treated Chu Yu like his classmate and friend.

He didn’t care too much about Chu Yu’s standing and ability.

Was it that just because Chu Yu was good he should not be happy for Chu Yu?

Qiao Na’s mouth twitched and laughed coldly, "Meng Fei, now that Chu Yu is powerful, it is no wonder you want to butter up to him, it’s okay... who doesn’t want to have a backer? But we couldn’t care less!"

She turned to look at the crowd, "Isn’t that right?"

"Qiao Na, that’s enough!"

Caixue’s expression was icy, her eyebrows scrunched as her chest heaved, clearly angry at Qiao Na.

Qiao Na shrunk, seemingly afraid of Caixue. She said weakly, "It’s not that I don’t like him..."

"Do you have to be like this even if you don’t like him? I invited Chu Yu, so do you plan to chase me out too?" Caixue’s tone was icy.

"No way..." Qiao Na looked on mockingly.

There were few who knew Caixue’s true identity in the class.

But Qiao Na was one of them.

It was rather coincidental that she found out about Caixue.

Qiao Na’s father is a low levell leader in the government.

When Qiao Na matriculated, she had seen Caixue and had a lasting impression of this beautiful girl.

Sometime later, when her father accompanied his boss to see an even higher ranking leader, he saw a group picture on that leader’s desk.

After subtly looking at it for a long time, he finally confirmed that the beautiful girl in the picture was Cai Xue!

However, the leader’s surname was not Cai. Only afterwards did her father realize that the leader’s wife... was a Cai.

After which, Qiao Na’s father called her home to tell her about this.

Ever since then, Qiao Na has been buttering up to Cai Xue. She had initially thought she was a princess simply because she was the daughter of a low level leader. However, in the face of Caixue, she was willing to put aside her ego.

Qiao Na did not expect that Caixue would still protect Chu Yu now, and shame her in front of others. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

Furthermore, Chu Yu did not come on his own accord, he was invited by Caixue.

Caixue glanced at Qiao Na and said flatly, "I won’t hide the fact that I like Chu Yu from my classmates, but it is not Chu Yu’s fault for not liking me and rejecting me. Do you all have to target him like this?"

Then, Caixue took a deep breath, "Initially, I wanted to use this opportunity for us to gather happily. Regardless of what had happened before, those were back in our university days. But now I understand, regardless of whether Chu Yu is an ordinary man or an exemplary man, you will never change your opinion of him."

Many of the people looked embarrassed, their heads lowered, silent.

Caixue continued, "Since that’s the case, there is no point continuing with this gathering."

She walked to Chu Yu, "I’m sorry Chu Yu, I didn’t think it would be like this, let me make it up to you by treating you to a meal!"

Chu Yu looked at the fuming Caixue and smiled warmly, "You don’t have to be so angry, we are all classmates, and I can understand why they don’t really like me..."

Before he could finish, Caixue said, "Don’t say anymore, I know I am a large part of the reason. But I never thought that as students of Yanjing University and as schoolmates for four years... they would be so petty!"

"Caixue, don’t you think that this is a little too much? What do you mean by petty?" Niu Pengfei stood out and said flatly, "Don’t you think that is is normal that people would be unhappy that Chu Yu hid the fact that he was from an Underworld Clan from us?"

"I hid my own origins from you too!" Caixue said coldly, "So what? That is my own matter, what has it got to do with others?"

Niu Pengfei glanced at Caixue and smiled condescendingly, "That little bit of backing? You are merely... a descendant!"

Then as he spoke, his forehead became icy as he bellowed at Chu Yu, "Chu Yu, do you know the error of your ways?"

A strong aura exploded from Niu Pengfei’s body.

Everyone around paled and looked at Niu Pengfei in horror.

Everyone was completely stunned!

Caixue looked coldly at Niu Pengfei, "So what if you have some cultivation?"

Chu Yu looked at Niu Pengfei, thinking hard, yet he was slightly surprised.

Xiantian?

There was actually a Xiantian amongst his schoolmates?

Yanjing university... was really a place where powers hid!

Limitless - Chapter 135: Racing

The 5th day of the first month.

The entire China was still engulfed in the Lunar New Year spirit.

Even the most powerful sects were taking a break to celebrate the New Year.

The Chu Clan was no exception.

After so many tumultuous events, the Chu Clan had settled down significantly.

Not only did tough times make someone grow, they made a clan grow too.

Throughout the entire Lunar New Year, Chu Yu was in isolation.

He was only left with one final meridian not broken through.

All of his other meridians gushed with boundless energy. They glowed purplish golden and they were like a raging river, the limitless energy running deep and powerfully.

He was in no rush to breakthrough his final meridian, he was trying his best to harness this energy.

Even though energy was formless, it was supporting life.

Without energy, one could not do anything.

With boundless energy, one could smash through mountains!

The power of cultivators lay in their boundless energy. Furthermore, they were extremely good at controlling their power.

Chu Yu used a Heart Technique to cycle the energy through his body.

Finally, Chu Yu reaped the rewards!

He had a better understanding about the use and control of flowing energy.

He was almost there!

Chu Yu harnessed all the energy in his body. All of his thousand acupoints were like a volcano, spewing energy outwards. Each of his meridians boomed like thunder.

In an instant... all of the shackles on his final meridian were gushed open.

Boom!

All of Chu Yu’s meridians and acupoints had been completely broken through.

The energy combined again and again, growing consistently!

This was truly the Great Circle of the Invigorated Meridian Realm.

Chu Yu’s body radiated with a faint light.

He looked like a god as he sat there!

This breakthrough was not as simple as adding one to his power. He transitioned from a mere increase in power to an improvement in the very makeup of his body!

Chu Yu used the Killing Days Heart Technique to feel the changes to his body.

The powerful energy in his body, in the moment he entered Xiantian, had been upgraded into an even greater energy!

If his initial energy was metal, after entering Xiantian, it had become steel!

This feeling was extraordinary.

After controlling the energy in his body for over a day, he had officially entered the Xiantian Realm.

He was now a cultivator!

Then, he learnt two scared arts.

Racing!

Learning the sacred art was just like having a god helping you, one could learn it instantly!

When one learnt a sacred art during the course of breaking through, one did not have to put any effort into learning it or training with it.

It became instinctual, like the ability to drink milk when we are born.

No one needed to teach us, and we didn’t need to learn.

Realizing a sacred art was the same concept.

Chu Yu stood up and tried using the Racing Sacred Art to get out of his isolation location.

All the energy in his body rushed to his legs in an instant, then... he was gone!

This speed was too fast!

It was so much faster than a normal Xiantian cultivator!

Furthermore, Chu Yu’s body had a faint purple gas originating from his vertical eye.

This purple gas permeated Chu Yu’s entire body!

When he used the energy in his body, the purple gas combined with the energy in his body.

The originally formless and invisible energy was given a faint purple color!

The additional power from this energy was relatively terrifying!

Chu Yu used the Racing Sacred Art and arrived at the old camp of the Three Leaves Sect.

This place was now completely ruined.

The Three Leaves Sect had already left the place and disappeared.

There was no news of them, they could have returned to their pocket dimension or shifted to a place that no one knew about.

Chu Yu’s eyes did not have a celebratory glow, instead, he felt a wave of emotions rising.

For a sect like the Three Leaves Sect, how strong must their backing be?

Yet, because of a series of mistakes, they took the wrong path and ended up like this.

In comparison, an underworld clan like the Chu Clan needs to be more careful, each move of theirs was akin to stepping on thin ice.

Even so, no one dared to guarantee the future.

Chu Yu stood here, pondering.

After a moment of silence, he turned and left.

When he returned to the clan, he chatted with his parents before returning to his room.

He opened his messenger and found a pile of messages waiting for him.

Chu Yu’s messenger had always blocked strangers.

As such anyone who could contact him was a friend or family.

Many of these messages were messages of care and concern.

However, two messages caught his attention.

The first was from Fatty Fan Jian.

"Boss, when are we going to dig out the Red Bow? I received news that a few of the talents from large sects had also received news about this. We must act quickly, else, others may get there first."

Chu Yu’s eyebrows danced. He had quite an interest in this bow. However, with all that had been happening, he did not have the time or energy to pay attention to it.

Even though he had not forgotten about it, if not for Fatty’s reminder, Chu Yu would likely not have thought about it.

Chu Yu thought about it, then replied,"Soon!"

Fatty replied a few seconds later, "Aiya damn it... boss are you finally out? Don’t say soon... give me a definite date!"

Chu Yu replied, "I have to settle something, once I am done I will go and find you."

"Okay then, Happy New Year boss!" Fatty replied, slightly impatient.

Chu Yu looked at the other message and sunk into deep thought.

"Old friend, I didn’t expect that you would hide so well. Having been friends for so long, I had no idea that you were such a powerful guy. On the 10th day of the New Year, we will have a gathering at Yan Jing, will you join us?"

The person who sent this message was known as Cai Xue.

Cai Xue and Chu Yu had an incident before.

Cai Xue was Chu Yu’s classmate, and she was the prettiest girl in the school. She was tall, had white skin and long legs, basically the quintessential asian beauty.

In the first year of university, many of Chu Yu’s classmates were awed by her beauty and wanted to court her.

Of the entire class, Chu Yu was the only guy who never expressed any romantic interest towards Cai Xue.

As for the outside world, people of the same level, as well as those of higher level, all tried to court Cai Xue.

This girl was not arrogant, and she was even slightly naive. It didn’t take long for her to gel the entire class together.

Cai Xue was also extremely talented. She could make music, draw, read, sing, dance, there was nothing she wasn’t good at.

After he knew her for some time, he realized that she had a ton of hobbies too.

Rock climbing, hiking, flying aircraft...

Food, Travel, Diving...

She was adept at most of the things people knew about... as well as things unknown to many!

Exactly, she didn’t just know, she was fantastic at it!

Not only that, she was great in her studies too!

When she got into Yan Jing University, she had topped the entire nation!

She was great at physics, chemistry, mathematics...

That’s right, she even published papers and won all sorts of accolades in the various fields.

Her beauty would have been more than sufficient to seal her attractiveness.

Not only was she beautiful, but talented. This caused many to fall head over heels for her.

After she entered university, she quickly joined the Student’s Council. Planning events was no trouble for her.

As they knew more about this all rounded girl, her suitors began to despair.

There were even rumors that Cai Xue came from a powerful family.

Of course, these rumors were born out of thin air.

Cai Xue had never said so herself.

Such an exemplary girl should have had nothing to do with Chu Yu.

To be honest, Chu Yu was quite exemplary himself too, he was handsome and smart.

However, apart from that, Chu Yu... was an idiot in the other fields.

He never participated in any of the activities.

Even though he maintained good relationships with his classmates, he did not contact them often with the exception of a couple of them.

When in school, Chu Yu gave people the impression that he was extremely soft spoken.

However, what surprised everyone was that shortly after matriculation, the extremely talented Cai Xue began to pursue Chu Yu.

She didn’t do it secretly, she was openly expressing her love to Chu Yu.

This made the hearts of many of her suitors shatter, how could this happen?

This was even more surprising than elder Xiao Zhen releasing the magnetic seal!

However, the most shocking event was yet to happen.

Chu Yu rejected her!

Back then, no one believed that this was true.

Cai Xue’s failure in finding her love did not cause her to cower. Instead, she pursued Chu Yu even more vigorously.

This entire incident caused a huge commotion in the school.

No one could understand why Chu Yu would reject such a great girl repeatedly.

All the way until graduation, Chu Yu never accepted her love.

And Cai Xue had pursued him this way for four years!

During the graduation banquet, she drank a lot and cried in front of everybody.

Many of Chu Yu’s classmates could not take it any longer and chastised Chu Yu.

However, they were stopped by Cai Xue.

Many of the girls scolded Cai Xue for being so dumb, why be so obsessed with one guy?

Were there no guys left in the world?

They parted ways on rather bad terms after the graduation banquet.

Only after the scandal between Chu Yu and Lin Shimeng was released did everyone realize what was happening.

However, that did not ameliorate the anger people felt towards Chu Yu.

If you already had someone in mind, why didn’t you tell Cai Xue? Why did you let such a talented girl pursue you for four years?

After graduation, Chu Yu had virtually broken off all contact with his classmates, including Cai Xue.

Now that almost half a year had passed, Cai Xue’s sudden invitation for him to join the gathering made Chu Yu hesitate.

He knew that his classmates still resented him.

As such, deep down, Chu Yu did not want to go.

However, at this point, Chu Yu’s phone rang.

Seeing the name Cai Xue on the screen, Chu Yu smiled bitterly.