Chapter 56: The Female General

As soon as the words were spoken…

The cultivators collectively looked toward that direction.

Those glances were mostly from young girls of the clans and cities.

As Yu Yuan provoked almost every lady in the place already by calling them a shrew, their eyes were full of hatred.

These graceful ladies suddenly turned to vicious demons with evil looks in their eyes.

Beside Li Yu stood a woman who also looked toward Yu Yuan in discontent.

The women wore heavy armor that had metal thorns pointing outwards, giving a fierce and terrifying impression.

Her cold gaze was like a blade cutting through the air.

Without knowing why, Yu Yuan’s eyes met with those of hers subconsciously.

Out of all the looks that were coming toward him, Yu Yuan noticed that hers was especially tough.

That was a lethal look.

“Aunt?”

Since he got here, it was the first time he spoke, and seemed to be affected.

The fierce-looking woman in full armor gave a light huh and studied Yu Yuan carefully while whispering to Li Yu. “Be careful around him when you get into the Forbidden Land.”

“I used my glance to hurt him slightly.”

“But I wasn’t planning to hurt him at first.”

She explained.

After pondering for a few seconds, Li Yu asked in a respectively low voice, “So it is a soul blade?”

“I unconsciously did so.” The woman continued with her soft voice. “Cultivators below the Profound Realm haven’t solidified their spirits yet, which causes the Upper Core’s mud sphere to be openable and unable to detect the existence of a soul blade.”

“But when I looked at him and used my soul blade, he immediately noticed. From this, I can conclude that even though he is in the Meridian Establishment Realm, he still can understand the power of soul blades.”

“Meridian Establishment Realm with an abnormal Soul of Heaven…” Li Yu muttered to himself while taking another glance at Yu Yuan.

At first, he didn’t even notice Yu Yuan’s existence.

Not until when Yan Lu mentioned him, then Su Yan asked about him, and Lin Zhuyun gave a weird comment…

Of the new moons, he seemed to be the only one who hadn’t had much interaction with this mysterious newcomer, who now made him raise his cautiousness.

The four of them seemed to be speaking casually, but every word they said had hidden intentions.

They had the same goal in mind, creating natural hatred toward Yu Yuan before he even arrived.

Li Yu didn’t like to be involved in these matters, but he was still able to see it clearly, more clear than most could see.

He was curious about what Yan Lu, Su Yan, Lin Zhuyun, and Fan Li were trying to do after they made Yu Yuan a dump of everyone’s hate.

After his aunt informed him of Yu Yuan’s surprising ability, he also started to pay close attention.

When Li Yu was thinking through these, the young girls gathered at the entrance hadn’t stopped questioning Yu Yuan.

After calling them all shrews, Yu Yuan didn’t give another word.

He still felt a sharp pain in his head.

While pressing his fingertips against his eyebrows, he could feel a tearing sensation in his Soul of Heaven.

Along the way here, he had been continuously using the white paper fan to comprehend the sad mood during the night, training his Soul of Heaven along the way.

His soul gradually became more and more durable, which made him vigorous every day.

Even if he was heavily drunk with Yuan Ting and the others, he still could recover quickly with the help of the white paper fan.

With a clear mind, he was able to process situations faster and take advantage if needed.

Facing all the baffling scolding, he remained calm while trying to lessen the pain in his head.

Finally, the pain eased.

From this, he could tell that the fan had the unique property of healing one’s Soul of Heaven upon injury.

“Yu Yuan?”

Yuan Lianyao frowned and asked, “What’s wrong?”

The gaze from the woman in armor contained a condensed spiritual attack, making Yuan Lianyao immediately notice it.

However, she was also able to tell that it wasn’t intended to harm Yu Yuan at all, it was controlled in such a small quantity that it was hard to notice at first.

She knew very well that only those with powerful enough souls would be harmed in a soul attraction since they would be the only ones being able to detect such impact.

The lower in level one’s souls the lesser one might be hurt.

How was it possible for Yu Yuan, only in the first realm, to be injured?

“I’m fine.”

Yu Yuan shook his head, taking off his fingers from his eyebrows, and said, “Sister Mayoress… who is that person?”

He pointed to the armored woman who just attacked him.

Yuan Lianyao’s expression was a bit unnatural, and said, “What do you want her for?”

“Just tell me who she is.”

“She is Her Majesty’s biological sister. Being at the late stage of the Profound Realm, she is also a female general with overwhelming power.” Yuan Lianyao said that as quietly as possible and added, “You better not offend her. She killed more people than you have seen so far.”

Yu Yuan was surprised. “Looks like you suffered a loss from her?”

Yuan Lianyao became angry and embarrassed, “If it wasn’t because of her royal background, I would’ve easily won!”

“What is her name?”

“Li Yuchan.”

“Li Yuchan. Okay, got it.” Yu Yuan nodded.

While Yuan Lianyao said her name, he heard two Li Yuchan. One beside his ear and one in his head.

The one beside his ear was obviously what Yuan Lianyao said, but who was the one in his head?

“It’s me.”

Far away, the woman in armor looked at him with an arrogant posture. “Yu Yuan, right? I’ll remember you forever, and you better remember me too, so just in case you want revenge, you can find me.”

The voice was still from inside his head.

It covered all the yelling and cursing from the young ladies around him.

Surprisingly, even with all the powerful cultivators from the different clans and cities, no one else could hear that Li Yuchan was talking to him.

Since no one else noticed, that means Li Yuchan must be much beyond the powers of the other cultivators here.

“Okay, got it.” Yu Yuan said the same reply again.

He knew that Li Yuchan could hear him no matter how soft he spoke.

“What did you say?” Yuan Lianyao was confused.

She didn’t know that the second time was for Li Yuchan.

After he said so, Yu Yuan looked at Li Yuchan.

Li Yuchan nodded slightly.

Both of them understood.

“Li Yu, if this Yu Yuan kid somehow survived Fan Li, bring him to me right after the event ended.”

“Yes, aunt.”

…

“Silence! That’s enough!”

After the overwhelming chaos started to cool down a little, an old general from the Li Clan spoke again.

Before long, everyone stopped speaking.

“Ahem.” The old general coughed, and said, “The rules are simple, and I don’t want to waste anyone’s time here. You have half a year: the first four months you can compete among yourselves, but no one should intentionally harm others.”

“Within these four months, you can come out of the area any time as you wish.”

“The last two months, however, will be much more dangerous. The spiritual energy in this area will become turbulent, and by then the situation will be out of the Queen’s control.”

“Without the ability to see what’s happening inside, regulators will not be able to regulate the situation nor prevent deaths.”

“The young cultivators of the empire, the rest are for you to explore.”

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