Chapter 77

"Qingfeng Mountain's One Origin Sect is probably located in this courtyard. I'll take you here!" The demonic bird retracted its wings and landed on a peak. This peak was relatively remote, but there were also many buildings on it.

The disciples of the branch sect were concentrated on a few nearby peaks. Although it was somewhat remote, there was no other choice. The branch sects were like this; even within the main sect, it was all about strength. Clearly, the strength of the branch sect's people was far inferior to that of the main sect's disciples.

"Thank you!"

Ye Xiwen climbed the steps from the foot of the mountain and soon reached the courtyard where the Qingfeng Mountain One Origin Sect resided.

Before he even went up, he heard a commotion.

"How can you do this? This is the place of the Qingfeng Mountain One Origin Sect. Why should you occupy our place!"

Ye Xiwen recognized the voice; it belonged to Qian Wanru, the outstanding core female disciple of the Qingfeng Mountain One Origin Sect.

"Hehe, why? Because we have more people. You only have a few, a total of twenty. Why should you occupy so many courtyards? It's obvious you're from the countryside. This time, our Shaoyang One Origin Sect has brought more than fifty people. It's only right that you give us two-thirds of your courtyards!"

"That's not fair. Our Qingfeng Mountain One Origin Sect has lived here for generations. Why should we give it to you!"

"I'll tell you why. Because we are stronger!" the arrogant voice said.

Ye Xiwen quickly stepped forward and soon saw a group of about thirty young people surrounding the courtyard where the Qingfeng Mountain One Origin Sect was located.

Shaoyang One Origin Sect!

This name made Ye Xiwen frown.

This name was not unfamiliar to Ye Xiwen. The enmity between the Shaoyang One Origin Sect and the Qingfeng Mountain One Origin Sect had lasted for countless years, starting from the time of the founding patriarchs of the two branch sects. No one knew the exact reason, but over the years, the grudges between the two sides had long surpassed the reasons of their ancestors.

In the crowd, the two opposing sides were the people of Qingfeng Mountain, about twenty in number, all at the middle stage of the Ninth Level of the Later Heaven realm or above. Leading them were Zhang Yang, Qian Wanru, and Wu Hao.

Among them, Zhang Yang had already reached the Innate realm, with one-tenth of his true qi converted to its peak. Qian Wanru and Wu Hao had both reached the peak of the Ninth Level of the Later Heaven realm.

On the other side was the Shaoyang One Origin Sect, led by a young man with a cold smile, who was also at the First Level of the Innate realm, but with two-tenths of his true qi converted, making him even stronger than Zhang Yang.

The strength of this generation of the Qingfeng Mountain One Origin Sect was indeed relatively weak.

"Huo Cheng, don't push us too far!" Wu Hao said at this moment.

"So what if we bully you? That Ye Feng, who was probably the most powerful among your disciples this year, was no match for me at all! I almost crippled him!" Huo Cheng said with a smug smile.

Ye Xiwen, who was at the back of the crowd, immediately changed his expression. No wonder he didn't see Ye Feng in the crowd; he had already been injured.

Ye Xiwen's face immediately changed. Family was his only bond in this world. If someone dared to harm his family, it was like touching his sore spot.

"Get out of the way!" Ye Xiwen shouted.

Ye Xiwen's shout immediately caused a commotion among the disciples of the Shaoyang One Origin Sect. A teenager of about seventeen or eighteen turned around, his face full of killing intent.

"Ye Xiwen!" Zhang Yang's face lit up when he saw Ye Xiwen.

"It's Junior Brother Ye!"

"Junior Brother Ye!"

The people of the Qingfeng Mountain One Origin Sect were overjoyed to see Ye Xiwen. They felt a sense of relief, as if they had found a way out of a desperate situation. Although the sect now had two Innate experts, Zhang Yang and Ye Feng, they all acknowledged Ye Xiwen as the top expert.

After all, Ye Xiwen had already slain an Innate expert before. Although Liu Zhi's strength at that time might not have been as solid as Zhang Yang and Ye Feng, who had converted one-tenth of their true qi, Ye Xiwen was only at the Later Heaven realm at that time. He could slay Liu Zhi with his Later Heaven realm strength.

Moreover, Ye Xiwen had also obtained the Innate Pill. Since Ye Feng and Zhang Yang had already successively advanced to the Innate realm, they didn't believe Ye Xiwen would still linger at the Later Heaven realm.

Indeed, as they thought, Ye Xiwen's strength had made a tremendous leap in the past two months.

He had fully consolidated his First Level of the Innate realm, and his true qi had been completely converted to the peak of five-tenths. His other martial techniques had also made breakthroughs. The first level of the *Bodhi Body Technique* had finally reached its peak, allowing his lean body to contain the power of nineteen flying dragons, reaching the peak of the five-tenths Innate true qi, even capable of countering a Third Level Innate expert. Ordinary weapons couldn't even injure him.

The *Heavenly Immortal Step* had also reached the peak of the Innate realm, making him nearly twice as fast as when he had just advanced to the Innate realm two months ago.

The *Breath Concealment Technique* had reached the minor success stage, allowing Ye Xiwen to remain undetected even next to an Innate expert, and even change his appearance.

Most importantly, the *Cold Moon Slash* had officially reached the third move, *Full Moon Slash*, and had also reached the peak of the minor success stage.

The only technique that had not made much progress was the *Panhong Palm*. Ye Xiwen could only master the first move, *Hidden Dragon Emerges*, to the minor success stage, not even reaching the minor success stage. It was the most difficult martial technique he had ever practiced.

Now, Ye Xiwen truly had the strength to contend with a Third Level Innate expert, unless they had converted six-tenths of their true qi, they would not be a match for Ye Xiwen.

However, such a rapid increase in strength came at a great cost. His originally ample spirit stones were once again facing the danger of depletion. After advancing to the Innate realm, the consumption of spirit stones increased not just several times but exponentially. Now, Ye Xiwen's storage ring only had fifty medium-grade spirit stones left. Although it seemed like a lot, it was not enough for an Innate expert, as lower-grade spirit stones were not sufficient for Innate experts, who generally used medium-grade spirit stones.

For Ye Xiwen, it was the same.

In other words, Ye Xiwen was once again broke!

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