Chapter 5

In the early morning, a thin rose-colored dawn appeared in the east, and the smoke rising from the rooftops gave the sky a pearly hue, making one feel refreshed and at ease.

"Rumble..."

Deep in the White Cloud Mountains, under a waterfall over a hundred meters high, Ye Chenfeng held two severely damaged soul crystals in his palm, bare-chested, sitting cross-legged on a smooth rock, letting the cascading waterfall water strike his body.

Despite the immense pressure from the surging waterfall water, Ye Chenfeng did not retreat. He used the pressure to control the soul energy within his body, slowly absorbing the soul energy contained in the damaged soul crystals, practicing the Six Pulse Divine Technique, and tempering his skin.

Once he cultivated the Six Pulse Divine Technique to the first level, completing the first step of body tempering, his defensive power would greatly increase, and his physical strength would reach a thousand pounds.

It's important to know that the greatest weakness of a soul user is their physical body.

A sixth-level spirit beast user, by fusing with their soul beast, can achieve a thousand pounds of physical strength. However, Ye Chenfeng only needed to cultivate the Six Pulse Divine Technique to the first level to reach this level of physical strength.

If he cultivated it to the second level, the physical strength could reach a terrifying five thousand pounds, and with the replenishment of internal blood and qi, it could approach ten thousand pounds, enough to shatter a sixth-level spirit beast user with one punch.

However, the Six Pulse Divine Technique is quite difficult to cultivate, and without strong resources, it is hard to make breakthroughs.

Fortunately, Ye Chenfeng had many damaged soul crystals. With the help of these soul crystals, he still had hope of cultivating the Six Pulse Divine Technique to the first level of skin tempering in a short time.

As a large amount of pure soul energy flowed into Ye Chenfeng's body, the cells in his skin rapidly transformed, and a thin layer of soul energy covered the surface of his skin, greatly reducing the impact of the waterfall water.

The pressure from the waterfall water gradually decreased, and Ye Chenfeng slowly entered a subtle state, his breathing resonating at a special frequency, his entire body blending with the surrounding environment.

If Qi Tongtian were to be reborn and see Ye Chenfeng's current cultivation state, he would be amazed, for Ye Chenfeng had entered the elusive Void State, which some people could never achieve in their entire lives.

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Zijin Imperial City, the first city of Zijin Kingdom and the core of its power, is where almost all of Zijin Kingdom's soul users live.

At this moment, in a beautifully landscaped pavilion on a lake in the northwest of Zijin Imperial City, sat a mother and daughter of extraordinary beauty and grace.

The girl had a head of flowing long hair, a light makeup, and fair skin and a stunning appearance that far surpassed the average person.

Her white tight-fitting floral dress accentuated her exquisite curves, and the long, slender legs exposed by the white dress had a powerful allure.

This beautiful and graceful woman, like a celestial being, was Ye Chenfeng's fiancée, the first beauty of Zijin Imperial City, Ji Qingsnow.

"Qingsnow, have you really thought it through? Do you really insist on marrying that waste of a man, Ye Chenfeng?" Ji Qingsnow's mother, Liu Yun, who exuded an air of nobility, frowned and advised, "A dragon does not live with a snake. No matter how high Ye Chenfeng's talent, he cannot condense a soul beast, and he has been expelled from the Ye family. He is no longer a match for you."

"Mother, don't worry. I have no intention of marrying Ye Chenfeng. I won't marry anyone until I break through to the Earth Beast General level. The reason I insist on marrying him is to use him as a shield to make that detestable Jiang Shanshui give up." Ji Qingsnow said calmly, as if discussing a trivial matter.

"Qingsnow, things are not as simple as you think." Liu Yun sighed lightly, "Yesterday, the head of the Jiang family, Jiang Zhongxiong, personally came to our Ji family and proposed to your grandfather, making a heavy promise. Although your grandfather did not agree immediately, he is more inclined towards Jiang Shanshui over Ye Chenfeng."

"Jiang Shanshui is a scoundrel, and I won't even consider him!" Ji Qingsnow frowned in disgust.

Jiang Shanshui is the second grandson of Jiang Zhongxiong. Relying on the support of the first family in the imperial city, the Jiang family, he is usually arrogant and does all sorts of evil deeds. He has a particular hobby of collecting all kinds of beauties, especially virgins, and countless beauties in the Zijin Imperial City have been ruined by him.

Many girls who resisted him were raped and then thrown into snake pits to be fed to snakes.

"Qingsnow, this time your grandfather might agree on your behalf, because the Jiang family has promised an extremely precious ninth-grade elixir, which has a seventy percent chance of curing your grandfather's old injuries and restoring his strength." Looking at Ji Qingsnow's beautiful face, Liu Yun sighed helplessly.

"Ninth-grade elixir? The Jiang family has a ninth-grade elixir?" Ji Qingsnow's eyebrows twitched slightly, and she said in surprise.

Due to the limitations of their lineage, all the alchemists in Zijin Kingdom can only refine sixth-grade elixirs. Ninth-grade elixirs, which are supreme elixirs, are only found in the Heavenly Fire Martial Academy, and even then, they are bestowed by the third-grade sect, the Heavenly Fire Sect.

"They are so despicable, using a ninth-grade elixir to tempt Grandfather." Learning the inside story, Ji Qingsnow's delicate face turned pale with anger, and she said, "I would rather die than marry that beast, Jiang Shanshui."

"Qingsnow, there might still be a way out. Don't do anything foolish." Liu Yun, knowing Ji Qingsnow's proud character, was afraid of any mishaps and said anxiously.

"If Grandfather really forces me, I will have to use that method." Ji Qingsnow lightly bit her lip, determined.

"What method?" Liu Yun raised her eyebrows and asked.

"Use my shield again, pretend to have a done deal with him, and make Jiang Shanshui give up on me. I think with his proud character, he would never marry a woman who is a waste." Ji Qingsnow said.

"Qingsnow, that is indeed a method, but have you considered the consequences? If the Jiang family finds out that you would rather be with a waste than agree to Jiang Shanshui's pursuit, they will be enraged and take revenge on Ye Chenfeng. At that time, Ye Chenfeng might lose his life because of this." Liu Yun explained the risks.

"I know the Jiang family might take revenge on Ye Chenfeng, but I will do my best to protect him. After the matter is settled, I will give him a large sum of money and have him leave far away. Even if the Jiang family has the power to reach the heavens, they won't be able to take revenge on him." Ji Qingsnow took a deep breath and said.

"Qingsnow, this matter is too serious. I suggest you think it through carefully. Don't let things get out of hand, and don't harm Ye Chenfeng." Liu Yun warned with concern.

"Don't worry, Mother. I know what I'm doing. There won't be any mishaps." Ji Qingsnow said firmly.

Looking at her daughter, who was even more beautiful than a celestial being, Liu Yun sighed softly in her heart.

She knew that Ji Qingsnow had lofty ambitions, and with her fifth-grade talent and a high-level soul beast, the Icebird, she was unwilling to be confined to Zijin Kingdom and did not want to marry early like other women, wasting her youth.

What she was doing was a struggle against fate, but it might also involve the innocent Ye Chenfeng.

"I hope nothing goes wrong," Liu Yun silently prayed.