Chapter 5

"Whoosh!" A silver light shot directly at Ye Xiaotian. Ye Xiaotian was still laughing with his mouth wide open, never expecting that Ye Mo, the good-for-nothing, would do such a thing. The silver fragment hit Ye Xiaotian's front teeth, and he immediately clutched his mouth in pain.

Ye Xiaotian spread his palm, and the silver fragment mixed with blood and teeth, making it impossible for him to distinguish which was the tooth and which was the silver fragment.

"Ye Mo, you're asking for a beating!" Ye Xiaotian shouted in anger, flinging the items in his hand to the ground and attacking Ye Mo with his hands like venomous snakes.

Venomous Snake Hands!

A low-grade martial technique of the Ye family, suitable for practitioners in the Body Tempering and Qi Formation stages. The hands transform into venomous snakes, and when fully mastered, they can strangle the opponent to death.

However, Ye Xiaotian's somewhat floating posture clearly indicated that he had only achieved a minor level of mastery.

Although Ye Mo had not unblocked his mystic gate for five years, he had not neglected his martial techniques. Seeing the Venomous Snake Hands coming at him, Ye Mo leaned back to dodge Ye Xiaotian's attack.

Ye Xiaotian was startled but sneered, wrapping his hands around Ye Mo's like vines.

This move was a deliberate feint by Ye Mo. Ye Xiaotian's hands had only the strength of one stone, while Ye Mo, having absorbed a dragon force, had the strength of two stones. How could Ye Xiaotian possibly restrain him?

Ye Mo's right arm trembled slightly, making Ye Xiaotian's left arm go numb, and the left hand that was wrapped around Ye Mo's arm loosened.

Before Ye Xiaotian could react, Ye Mo's right hand turned defensive to offensive, and the fully mastered Venomous Snake Hands wrapped around Ye Xiaotian's left arm. With a forceful pull, the two-stone strength burst forth, and a crack echoed as the bone broke.

Ye Xiaotian immediately screamed in pain, his right hand automatically releasing its grip. Ye Mo grabbed Ye Xiaotian's arm and threw him away like trash.

"Bang!"

Ye Xiaotian fell to the ground, quickly getting up and clutching his left arm, a mix of pain and surprise in his eyes. Wasn't Ye Mo a good-for-nothing? How could his right arm have so much strength?

"If you come to steal from the alchemy room again, I'll beat you every time."

After saying this, Ye Mo ignored Ye Xiaotian. Disabling one of his hands was a lesson. In the Ye family, such minor conflicts among the young often occurred, and as long as no one died, the elders would turn a blind eye.

"Ye Mo, you good-for-nothing, I'll kill you!" Ye Xiaotian, enraged, charged at Ye Mo, his left fist aiming directly at Ye Mo.

"Good-for-nothing? If I hadn't stopped practicing for five years, you and your group would be nothing but clowns in front of me!"

Ye Mo felt the shouts behind him and sneered inwardly. He sidestepped and countered with a punch, directly hitting Ye Xiaotian's fist. The two fists met with a dull thud.

A powerful force surged into Ye Xiaotian's right arm, causing him to scream in pain and retreat.

"Really, if you don't seek death, you won't die. Today, I'll make you crawl back." Ye Mo charged forward and punched Ye Xiaotian in the face.

"Bang!"

Ye Xiaotian rolled on the ground, his nose broken. Feeling the aura emanating from Ye Mo, he suddenly felt a sense of fear. He never expected that Ye Mo, who had not unblocked a mystic gate in five years, would turn the tables.

"Ye Mo, you good-for-nothing, I'll make you pay one day." Ye Xiaotian threatened and fled in a panic.

Ye Mo ignored Ye Xiaotian's escape. Today's lesson should make Ye Xiaotian more cautious.

Then, Ye Mo was startled, realizing that his right arm no longer had the two-stone strength. Indeed, the dragon force absorbed by his right mystic gate had disappeared.

"This can't be happening!"

Ye Mo estimated that from the moment he absorbed the black dragon force, only about a minute had passed. After one minute, his right arm's attack strength would return to normal. A minute was neither long nor short, but it was definitely a problem.

Now that Ye Mo had unblocked one mystic gate, the two dragon forces were sufficient. After using one, he could use the second. If he unblocked another mystic gate, the dragon forces would not be enough.

Ye Mo's current strength could barely match a Body Tempering practitioner, but he was no match for a Qi Formation practitioner.

"No, the Dragon Ascension Pillar is automatically absorbing the elemental energy!"

When Ye Mo used up the dragon force, the black dragon awakened by the Dragon Ascension Pillar began to absorb elemental energy automatically, without the need for the dantian to circulate. When the dragon fully absorbed the energy, another black dragon force emerged, and the two dragon forces swirled in the air.

"Ha, it can automatically absorb elemental energy. I don't have to worry about the dragon force disappearing. As long as I have a reserve of dragon force in my dantian, I can replenish it during battles."

Currently, Ye Mo, with the help of the Yuan Cultivation Pills, could awaken two dragon forces. Normally, he could use one and reserve one. When the first dragon force disappeared, the reserve would take over, and another dragon force would automatically be refined.

More importantly, the dragon force was very powerful and could be stacked. In a battle, he could use them together against strong enemies.

No matter the realm, no strong practitioner could automatically absorb elemental energy and refine it.

Ye Mo calmed himself, picked up the bag of Yuan Cultivation Pills, and entered the alchemy room. Instead of putting the pills back, he decided to eat them himself.

Now that the lock was broken and he had beaten Ye Xiaotian, he might as well confront him. He had endured enough from Ye Xiaotian and Ye Ming over the years. With his strength gradually recovering, he was no longer afraid of them.

Ye Mo sat cross-legged on the ground and started swallowing the Yuan Cultivation Pills, trying to see if he could awaken a third dragon force.

"If I could awaken all the dragon forces on the Dragon Ascension Pillar, how terrifying would the attacks be? Could they reach the legendary Divine Venerable Realm?"

Ye Mo couldn't help but think, but he quickly dismissed the idea. The Divine Venerable Realm was still too far away for him.

The strongest practitioner in Stone Rock City, Qin Hao, the head of the Qin family, was only at the ninth level of the Form Transformation stage. After the Qi Formation stage came the Form Transformation stage.

However, with the power of the dragon pillar, he was confident he could avenge his father and fulfill his father's will to see his mother.

After absorbing the power of the Yuan Cultivation Pills, Ye Mo swallowed a few more.

"Ha, Ye Mo, start the fire. I've figured out how to refine the Essence Consolidation Pill."

Elder Yin, with his messy long hair, walked in excitedly, clearly having gained some insights at the Alchemist Guild.

However, when he saw Ye Mo sitting on the ground, eating the Yuan Cultivation Pills like beans, Elder Yin's excited expression immediately turned serious.

"Alright, Ye Mo, so you were the one who stole the Yuan Cultivation Pills."

"Trouble!" Ye Mo felt like crying. He had planned to report Ye Xiaotian and Ye Ming to Elder Yin, but now that he was caught red-handed, he couldn't explain himself.

"Elder Yin, you, you misunderstood. These are the Yuan Cultivation Pills I've saved over the years." Ye Mo said, somewhat fearfully. Elder Yin had a notoriously explosive temper.

"Saved?" Elder Yin said, checking the cabinet where the Yuan Cultivation Pills were stored. Twenty or more pills were missing.

"Still trying to argue? I'll send you to the Punishment Hall. As a pill child, stealing and eating the Yuan Cultivation Pills, you know the consequences." Elder Yin said.

Ye Mo couldn't argue and had to admit his mistake.

"Elder Yin, I'm sorry. Please, for all the years I've helped you with the fire, spare me this time!"

"No, you must cut off both your hands!" Elder Yin said.

If he provoked Ye Xiaotian, Ye Xiaotian would definitely call Ye Ming to take revenge. If they knew his hands were cut off, his fate would be even worse.

"Elder Yin, didn't you just figure out how to refine the Essence Consolidation Pill? If my hands are cut off, no one will help you with the fire. I guarantee that no one in the Ye Manor is as familiar with the fire as I am." Ye Mo said.

The Essence Consolidation Pill was a second-grade pill that aided cultivation, and Elder Yin had previously been unable to refine it.

Elder Yin frowned. He indeed wanted to refine the Essence Consolidation Pill immediately. If he disabled Ye Mo, it would be hard to find another pill child familiar with the fire.

"Don't threaten me. There are many pill children in Stone Rock City who are better than you." Elder Yin's expression changed slightly.

Ye Mo smiled and said, "Elder Yin, I know there are many pill children in Stone Rock City who are better than me. You can easily replace me, but as long as you don't cut off my hands, you can punish me however you like."

"Hmph, start the fire. I'll refine the Essence Consolidation Pill, and we'll see what happens."