Chapter 62

As a ripple of the void occurred, a person strolled down from the sky. Everyone focused their gaze and saw that it was Lin Zhantian, the head of Yiyuan Sect.

Lin Zhantian walked down from the sky step by step, approached Zhang Ping and Zhang Quan, and said, "I'm taking him back. Tell your family head that this matter isn't over. I'll pay a personal visit in a few days!"

Lin Zhantian's words were incredibly forceful. The Zhang family would have to come up with a satisfactory resolution; otherwise, this matter wouldn't be over. As for letting the Zhang family take Ye Xiwen away, that was out of the question. What a joke.

Zhang Ping and Zhang Quan's faces turned bright red with anger, but they had no recourse. They were in the wrong, and more importantly, they couldn't match Lin Zhantian's strength. Lin Zhantian's cultivation was unfathomable, and no one knew just how powerful he had become. At the very least, it was beyond their comprehension.

Seeing Lin Zhantian's appearance, the disciples of Yiyuan Sect all breathed a sigh of relief. With Lin Zhantian here, they felt completely at ease. Even if these two Zhang family elders suddenly went crazy, there was nothing to fear.

Everyone had extraordinary confidence in Lin Zhantian, including Ye Xiwen. After Lin Zhantian arrived, his originally tense body finally relaxed. Lin Zhantian's reputation as the top expert in the Qingfeng Mountain area had remained unshaken for years. It seemed that from the moment he came to this place from the main branch of Yiyuan Sect, he had been like this. The Zhang family head of that generation once found a pretext to challenge Lin Zhantian, but was thoroughly defeated. Although the two parties involved kept it a secret, it wasn't a secret within Yiyuan Sect. After all, such a glorious event was well-known among the outer disciples.

However, those present were all core disciples, so they were on a different level.

Lin Zhantian was hailed as the strongest head of Yiyuan Sect in history. No one knew just how strong he was. Many years ago, when he first came to Qingfeng Mountain, he had thoroughly defeated the Zhang family head. And that was many years ago. No one knew how much stronger he had become since then.

Although Ye Xiwen didn't know the exact limits of Lin Zhantian's strength, just seeing him walk in the air was enough to know that his power had reached a terrifying level.

Even innate experts couldn't walk in the air, let alone do it so effortlessly.

Flight was something only experts beyond the innate realm could achieve!

After speaking, Lin Zhantian completely ignored Zhang Ping and Zhang Quan, walked down, and approached Ye Xiwen with a smile. "You did well this time. You didn't disgrace your father!"

After that, Lin Zhantian led the Yiyuan Sect disciples away from the Blood Essence Realm and returned to the main hall of Yiyuan Sect. Looking at the disciples, he said, "I've already investigated this matter. Although it was sudden, the scores will still count. The top three will receive a Blood Essence Fruit and a先天丹 as a reward, and the rest will also receive rewards!"

Ye Xiwen was taken aback. The top three getting a Blood Essence Fruit was already decided, but the先天丹 was likely added by Lin Zhantian as compensation. However, Ye Xiwen already had a先天丹, so it wasn't particularly meaningful to him.

Ye Xiwen wasn't surprised that Lin Zhantian could produce a先天丹. After all, Yiyuan Sect on Qingfeng Mountain was backed by the main branch of Yiyuan Sect, a massive organization where even the inner disciples were at the innate level or higher. It wasn't strange that they had先天丹.

The results were quickly tallied. Ye Xiwen led with a total score of 19,000 points, followed by Ye Feng with 6,500 points and Zhang Yang with 5,300 points.

Ye Ruxue ranked 12th, which was somewhat unexpected. Her score was even higher than some experts at the Ninth Level of the Later Heaven realm.

However, based on Ye Xiwen's observations, Ye Ruxue's aura had become much more stable after this incident. Breaking through to the Ninth Level of the Later Heaven realm was just a matter of time.

The time to join the main branch of Yiyuan Sect was in three months. In three months, Ye Ruxue would have enough time to break through to the Ninth Level of the Later Heaven realm and even improve significantly. Ye Ruxue was only 20 years old, just a year older than Ye Xiwen. To reach this level, her talent was on par with Ye Feng.

As for Ye Xiwen, he wasn't a normal person. He had relied on the help of a mysterious space to make rapid progress. If it were his original self, he wouldn't even have the qualifications to be mentioned alongside his two older siblings.

Ye Xiwen had already decided to give the extra先天丹 to Ye Ruxue. He didn't need two先天丹. With a先天丹, given Ye Ruxue's talent, advancing to the innate realm would be a certainty.

As the first-place winner, Ye Xiwen rightfully received his reward first: a Blood Essence Fruit, a先天丹, 50,000 low-grade spirit stones, and the opportunity to enter the library to freely study an innate martial art, along with several medicinal pills.

The richness of the reward far exceeded Ye Xiwen's expectations.

Spirit stones were no longer his primary concern. The two windfalls he had received recently had alleviated his worries about a lack of spirit stones in the short term.

What truly mattered was the Blood Essence Fruit. This was something even innate experts coveted. It bore fruit only nine times in a hundred years, and even innate experts had to spend half their lives waiting for it. The value of the Blood Essence Fruit became more apparent the higher one's realm. As long as one was within the innate realm, consuming a Blood Essence Fruit would immediately elevate one's realm, regardless of the current level.

It was of no use beyond the innate realm, but that made sense. If it were useful for true dao experts beyond the innate realm, it would have long been taken away from Qingfeng Mountain and the Zhang family.

Then there was the先天丹. Although it wasn't as rare in Yiyuan Sect as it was outside, it was undoubtedly very precious. Its value lay in the fact that it had no side effects and wouldn't hinder a martial artist's future development. This was the reason for its fame, but unfortunately, it was only useful when advancing from the Later Heaven realm to the innate realm.

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