Chapter 9 Participating in the Annual Competition

Ye Liuyun planned to consume the remaining five highest grades of Yellow level Vitality Reinforcement Pills before dawn. At that time, even if his realm didn't change, his True Qi would still be much more plentiful.

But when he took another pill, his realm couldn't help but break through to the Fifth level of the physical refinement phase.

"Fifth level! Another breakthrough? Compared to before, my progress was too fast!"

Ye Liuyun sighed and discovered that the True Qi seeds in his Sea of Qi had emitted a brighter light because they contained the power of Qi as well as True Qi.

He felt that the special True Qi in his body was much stronger than his own and that he had exhausted himself much less when using it.

He didn't stop and continued to take the pills, absorbing all the remaining ones. There were many more True Qi seeds growing in his body.

In fact, only his bloodline could afford to take excessive pills. If it were someone else, they would have exploded from the anima energy!

But Ye Liuyun didn't feel anything at all. It seemed that his body was naturally familiar with such anima energy and could absorb any amount of it.

Ye Liuyun estimated that, with a few more pills, the True Qi seeds in his body would be filled. His realm would also break through to the Sixth level of the physical refining phase.

At this moment, the sky had just brightened, and there was still some time before the competition.

Ye Liuyun took out the Metal Puppet and began to practice with it.

Not only did he have to familiarize himself with his current realm, he also had to learn the characteristics of his True Qi, his punches, his body techniques, the defensive abilities of his Indestructible Body Method, and master the use of his Divine Sense.

The Metal Puppet was able to adjust its combat power according to the true strength of its enemy. Now, the puppet was at the early stage of the Eighth level.

This allowed Ye Liuyun to understand his limits and also experience the power of the Eighth level physical refining phase.

By using the power of his bloodline and the forging hammer, he found that he could fight a practitioner who was at the peak of the Eighth level.

However, Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense also discovered that there weren't many crystal stones left in the puppet's body!

The puppet was powered by crystal stones. At this moment, the puppet was using the lowest grade of crystal stones, which were a level higher than crystal coins.

One lowest grade crystal stone was worth a thousand crystal coins.

In the future, as his level of cultivation increased, the puppet might even need to use middle-grade crystal stones.

He calculated in his heart. "It seems that in the cultivation world, wealth is indispensable! When the annual competition is over, I will trade some of my medicinal pills with the Myriad Treasures Hall in exchange for some crystal stones."

Ye Liuyun trained with the puppet until breakfast time before putting it into the Interspatial Ring.

At this time, his Nine-fold Waves Method could have six punches of overlapping power.

In terms of bodywork, he also improved a lot through the exercise with the puppet. However, his control and use of wind were still lacking. However, it was enough for him to have the confidence to fight his way to the inner clan!

After finishing his breakfast, Ye Liuyun said to Feng Wanru, "Don't you want to see me defeat everyone in the competition?"

He wanted to show Feng Wanru his progress.

"Gee! A group of little kids fighting? What's there to look at? I'm not going."

Feng Wanru picked up the wine gourd and waved at Ye Liuyun.

"You're talking as if you're very powerful!"

Ye Liuyun curled his lips and departed for the Martial Arts Practice Field by himself.

The first day of the annual competition was a contest in the outer clan. Thus, most of the people present were outer clan disciples. Very few inner clan disciples were present to watch the matches.

In the Martial Arts Practice Field, Ye Liuyun stood out with his coarse and rugged clothes.

After his battle with Ye Tao, no one dared to call him a piece of trash anymore. When the outer clan disciples saw Ye Liuyun walking over, they immediately stepped aside. No one dared to mock him anymore.

This was the advantage of having true abilities!

But he could still feel a few murderous gazes coming from Ye Xingyu and the inner clan disciples, who were standing beside her.

Ye Xingyu entered the inner clan ahead of her age because she had broken through to the Fifth level of the physical refining phase when she was thirteen.

This was also the Ye Family's rule. Young and high-levelled cultivators could enter the inner clan in advance to enjoy better resources.

There were less than 200 disciples in the Ye Family's inner clan, which was twenty times less than the outer clan disciples, but they occupied more than half of the Ye Family's cultivation resources. It was clear that there was a difference between the inner clan and the outer clan.

After Ye Xingyu entered the inner clan, her cultivation had risen two levels within a year. She was now at the Seventh level of the physical refining phase. It was largely due to the abundance of resources.

Otherwise, it would usually take at least a year to break through from the Sixth level to the Seventh level. The transition from the middle stage to the late stage of the physical refining phase required a large accumulation of True Qi.

At the moment, Ye Xingyu was like a lotus out of water. Surrounded by several male disciples, her eyes were full of light.

Ye Liuyun glanced at her and couldn't help lamenting in his heart, "Ye Xingyu is indeed pretty. It's a pity that compared to Feng Wanru, her temperament is far worse!"

Ye Liuyun knew a few male disciples who were by her side.

They were Ye Wanjian, who ranked third in the inner clan, Ye Tianheng, who ranked seventh, and several powerful disciples. They were all well-known.

At this moment, all of them surrounded Ye Xingyu. She said to them coquettishly, "Senior brothers, my happiness will depend on you! I don't want to marry that piece of trash!"

"Don't worry! Xinyu, we will take advantage of the annual competition this time and get rid of that trash for you."

"That's right. Only Wanjian is worthy of such beauty like you, Xinyu! We won't let him step down from the ring."

Ye Wanjian also said, "Don't worry, Xinyu. I've already told my juniors, and they won't be merciful."

Ye Wanjian believed that Ye Liuyun wouldn't get a chance to compete against him at all. Thus, he could only arrange for his other juniors to deal with Ye Liuyun.

"It seems that Ye Xingyu is going to use someone else as a tool again!"

Ye Liuyun felt their unfriendly gazes on him. When he saw Ye Xingyu's expression, he immediately understood her intentions.

At this time, the outer clan disciples were already lining up for realm tests. This test was simple. The participants would punch the stone to test their realms, and it would judge them based on the True Qi they had released.

Soon, it was Ye Liuyun's turn.

Regardless of whether they knew about Ye Liuyun's battle with Ye Tao, everyone wanted to see what realm this piece of trash was in. The crowd instantly quieted down.

Even the Head of the Ye Family looked over.

Ye Liuyun threw a punch with ease. The stone tablet displayed that he was at the Fifth level of the physical refining phase.

When the Head saw this, he immediately let out a sigh of relief. "This kid! He could even cultivate to the Fifth level without any resources. He has great potential!"

The outer clan disciples were astounded.

"Didn't this good-for-nothing break through to the Fourth Level just days ago? Why is he already at the Fifth Level now?"

"You're courting death! How dare you still call him a good-for-nothing? Have you forgotten how Ye Tao died?"

"Oh no, I didn't adjust all of a sudden..."

The disciples were discussing softly, and none of them escaped Ye Liuyun's ears.

The power of his Divine Soul not only increased his eyesight, it had also improved his senses. Thus, his hearing was naturally better than ordinary people's.

After passing the realm test, Ye Liuyun received a number token for the outer clan competition.

He walked back to his line calmly with his token in hand, but he felt happy in his heart. "This is just the beginning! I will give you all more surprises in the future!"

Ye Liuyun had the confidence to do so now. After all, his cultivation progress was rising rapidly!

If he were to really think about it, it had only been ten days, yet he had already gone up five levels!

He didn't include his original realm at the Third level of the physical refining phase. After all, his True Qi had been destroyed by Ye Xingyu's sword.

At this moment, Ye Liuyun had easily passed the annual competition that had troubled him for countless days and nights!

"Humph! He's only at the Fifth level. You're still a piece of trash in my eyes!"

When Ye Xingyu saw it, although she was a little surprised at his realm, she still looked down on him.

Unlike Ye Liuyun's relaxed demeanour, a few disciples left the Martial Arts Practice Field dejectedly, awaiting the fate of being sent to a secondary branch.