Chapter 6

Boom!

With a loud bang, the door to Liu Daolie's residence was violently blasted open, sending countless fragments flying inside, shattering all the furnishings.

"Liu Shifu, it's been a long time!"

Ye Yun's figure appeared at the door, a smile on his face as he walked in slowly.

Just a moment's absence, and the other party said it had been a long time. Just hearing these words, Liu Daolie's face turned crimson, almost dripping with blood.

"You're just asking for death!" Liu Daolie was truly enraged, roaring out loud.

"Even if I'm not asking for death, would you let it go?"

Ye Yun gave a cold laugh and walked in.

Finally, a hint of fear appeared in Liu Daolie's eyes. "Ye Yun, why must we both suffer?"

"Ye Yun, the Heavenly Sword Sect values strength above all. Since you have such strength, I was wrong to treat you as I did. Now that you have shown your strength, the best outcome would be for us to join forces, rather than both suffer."

Liu Daolie looked at Ye Yun with a flicker in his eyes and continued, "With my help, your chances of entering the Heavenly Candle Peak or other peaks for cultivation will greatly increase."

"Do you take me for a three-year-old child?"

Ye Yun smiled, and before his words had even finished, his body shot forward like lightning to Liu Daolie's side.

Liu Daolie's face was full of disbelief as he was sent flying backward, blood splattering the ground like crimson flowers. He then crashed heavily into the wall and fell to the ground with a thud.

"How is this possible!"

Liu Daolie's muffled voice was filled with shock. He never expected Ye Yun to be so reckless. What shocked him even more was that Ye Yun's strength had grown, and he could feel Ye Yun about to strike, but he couldn't react at all.

"Liu Shifu, I respect you as my senior, so I'll give you a choice."

Ye Yun glanced at the several Liu Daolie's disciples who were trembling in fear, unable to move, and walked directly to Liu Daolie, stepping on his face again.

"Respect me as your senior?"

Hearing Ye Yun say he respected him as a senior, and then stepping on his face, Liu Daolie almost fainted from anger. But Ye Yun's recklessness also made him truly afraid.

"What do you want?" he asked in a trembling, distorted voice.

"I want spirit stones," Ye Yun said.

"Just spirit stones, why go to such lengths?" Liu Daolie said, "Starting from today, I will give you an additional one hundred low-grade spirit stones every month."

Ye Yun smiled slightly and said, "One hundred? I want fifty thousand low-grade spirit stones, or five hundred mid-grade spirit stones will do."

"Fifty thousand?"

Hearing this, the several disciples standing beside Liu Daolie all trembled, thinking Ye Yun had gone mad.

Liu Daolie's eyes flashed with a faint flame.

"Fine!"

To the surprise of his disciples, he immediately agreed, "Let me up, and I will give you all the spirit stones in my storage bag."

Ye Yun didn't say more, moving his foot aside but remaining alert. If Liu Daolie made any move, he would strike again.

Liu Daolie struggled to his feet, a cold light flashing in his eyes. His right hand trembled as he took out his storage bag and unsealed it.

Rustle!

The contents of the storage bag spilled onto the ground, clattering everywhere.

Liu Daolie, despite his higher rank as a miscellaneous disciple, had items that, when spilled out, were colorful and exuded a powerful aura, dazzling everyone present.

Ye Yun's eyes narrowed slightly as he counted the items on the ground, feeling excited inside but remaining cold on the surface. "Ten mid-grade spirit stones, one hundred and thirty low-grade spirit stones, a broken whip, a broken sword? Liu Shifu, this seems far from the fifty thousand spirit stones."

Liu Daolie coughed a few times, spitting out some blood. He wasn't surprised and said slowly, "Ninety percent of the spirit stones each month must be given to the Heavenly Candle Peak seniors. This is why my cultivation is slow, and I have such a small surplus. If you're still unsatisfied, you'll have to wait each month."

Ye Yun looked at him, picked up all the items, and said, "Then I'll take it as a debt."

With that, he turned and rushed out the door.

Liu Daolie watched his back, his face dark with anger.

Even if you really had fifty thousand low-grade spirit stones, what would it matter if they all fell into your hands? With your cultivation, how many spirit stones could you refine?

When Senior Brother Liu Yu comes, those spirit stones will be taken back!

Ten mid-grade spirit stones, one hundred and thirty low-grade spirit stones—this was a wealth Ye Yun had never dared to dream of before.

But he also knew that the Heavenly Candle Peak, which Liu Daolie relied on, would send someone soon.

"The most urgent task is to quickly improve my cultivation. The strength of outer disciples is at the Body Tempering stage. If I can sense the heavenly and earthly qi, I will have the qualifications for the inner disciple examination. These disciples focus solely on cultivation and will not interfere in the affairs of the miscellaneous outer court. If Liu Yu were to appear, his cultivation would not have reached the seventh level of Body Tempering and the Qi Sensing stage. As long as the changes in my body from the black and white light do not mysteriously disappear, and as long as I can refine spirit stones as quickly as before, defeating him is not impossible."

Ye Yun's mind was clear as he made his calculations.

The outer disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect, the disciples of the Heavenly Candle Peak, were true cultivators who had truly grasped the essence of cultivation. In the past, Ye Yun had seen them as high and mighty, beyond his reach. But now, he felt no fear.

...

Snap!

A low-grade spirit stone turned to ash, its spiritual energy completely drained, flowing through Ye Yun's body like a surging river.

This was the forty-ninth low-grade spirit stone. In just five days, Ye Yun had refined forty-nine low-grade spirit stones. The spiritual energy in his body surged like the sea, endless and boundless, unable to contain any more.

The basic cultivation method of the Heavenly Sword Sect was the most rudimentary, intended for miscellaneous disciples. If it were the true disciples' cultivation method, Liu Daolie would have absorbed and refined these over a hundred low-grade spirit stones long ago.

Now, Ye Yun's astonishing absorption speed was probably only comparable to that of the true disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect.

"It's time."

Ye Yun picked up a low-grade spirit stone, a smile on his lips.

In an instant, the spiritual energy in his body surged, gathering in his internal organs. The spiritual energy continuously washed over them, and under internal observation, a faint blue glow appeared on his internal organs. If this glow could fully penetrate his internal organs and squeeze out the impurities and toxins, it would mean that the spiritual energy had penetrated his internal organs, reaching the fourth level of Body Tempering, the Organ Refining stage.

Snap!

The fiftieth low-grade spirit stone turned to ash, and Ye Yun felt an overwhelming sense of comfort. His body was filled with spiritual energy, and his internal organs contracted rhythmically and rapidly. With each contraction, a thread of impurity was squeezed out, traveling through his meridians and finally seeping out through his skin, leaving a black, sticky residue.

His mind was clear, his senses sharp.

The spiritual energy flowed freely within him, moving through every part of his body, penetrating his bones and meridians, and entering his internal organs. The vast spiritual energy seemed ready to burst out at any moment, increasing by more than ten times.

Fourth level of Body Tempering, Organ Refining stage.

It took fifty low-grade spirit stones for Ye Yun to reach the Organ Refining stage.

According to the experience of the cultivation world, advancing from the third level to the fourth level usually increased spiritual energy by about four to five times. However, Ye Yun could clearly feel that his spiritual energy had increased by more than ten times.

Why is this?

In an instant, Ye Yun's eyes snapped open, filled with shock.

The black and white light suddenly appeared in his consciousness, transforming into a stream of light that rushed into his crown, then flowed rapidly through the Conception and Governor Vessels. In the blink of an eye, it had circled through his entire body.

In an instant, the black and white light vanished without a trace, as if it had never been there.

Refined, dense!

Ye Yun found that the spiritual energy in his body had become much smaller, no longer surging like a flood. But each strand of spiritual energy seemed to have been refined and compressed, pure and powerful, each drop containing immense strength.

Ye Yun was stunned for a long time before slowly regaining his senses.

After being washed by the black and white light, Ye Yun's spiritual energy had increased by at least ten times. Even a late-stage Organ Refining Liu Daolie was no match for his single punch. Now, with his strength increased by another ten times, he might have a chance against a fifth-level Inner Breath cultivator.

"What exactly is this black and white light? The changes in my body are definitely related to it." Ye Yun held his breath and focused, trying to find the trace of the black and white light within his body. No matter how hard he tried, he found nothing, but this time he was certain that the black and white light truly existed within him.

Ye Yun clearly remembered the scene in the Beast Valley. Although he had been unconscious for three days, he had clearly seen a flood of golden-armored divine soldiers surging from the distance, their killing intent solidifying into a tangible force, as if they were slicing through the heavens.

In the golden flood, two young men and women in black and white clothing shot forward like lightning. They were pursued by divine soldiers, but they showed no panic, as if they were strolling hand in hand.

However, when they passed by Ye Yun, their lightning-fast figures paused slightly, and then a black and white light shot out from their bodies, intersected, and entered his body.

After that, it became what it is now.

The benefits of the black and white light were obvious. It first purified the low-grade spirit stones, then increased the absorption speed by ten times or more. Ye Yun walked out of the room, and in the dilapidated courtyard, there was only a stone table and two stone stools.

Ye Yun slowly walked over and lightly touched the stone table.

Crack!

With a crisp sound, the hard stone table could not withstand the light touch and shattered into pieces, scattering on the ground.

"The spiritual energy is indeed much denser and more powerful, but my control is still not refined enough." Ye Yun was overjoyed, the strength indeed exceeding his expectations.

Walking out of the small courtyard, Ye Yun looked at the sky and then at the main peak of the Heavenly Sword Sect, shrouded in mist. The feeling in his heart was completely different from before.

In the past, looking at this main peak and the sword light piercing the sky, his only wish was to become a formal disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect. But now, looking at this main peak, he had a competitive spirit in his heart.

Why bow down to this mountain? Why not stand as tall as it?