Chapter 9

Ye Xiwén's emaciated body was drenched in sweat, covered with some black impurities, all of which were impurities hidden in his body.

"Great, I've broken through to the Fifth Level, and now I have the strength of five tigers. With the addition of the Eighth Resonance of the Thunderhand, I can even defeat Sixth Level experts. It's a tremendous breakthrough!" Ye Xiwén said joyfully.

The nine levels of the Postnatal Realm each have a significant difference. Entering the Fifth Level of the Postnatal Realm only grants the strength of two tigers, but the Sixth Level of the Postnatal Realm has the strength of five tigers, exceeding 2,500 pounds!

In terms of combat power alone, Ye Xiwén, who now has the strength to defeat Sixth Level experts, can rank among the top disciples in the Inner Sect. However, to advance to become a Core Disciple, this is still not enough.

Unless Ye Xiwén can break through to the Sixth Level of the Postnatal Realm, then he will have a considerable chance of advancing to become a Core Disciple.

Successfully breaking through to the strength of five tigers, Ye Xiwén's casual punch can even shake the air, a vast improvement from before.

However, although his strength has rapidly increased, the cost was also significant. The Earth Core Fruit has been completely digested, and even the forty spirit stones were exhausted to deduce the final resonance of the Thunderhand, which required even more resources than the previous eight resonances.

Of course, after deducing the Eighth Resonance of the Thunderhand, its power is incomparable, reaching the level of an intermediate cultivation technique.

To achieve a rapid breakthrough in strength in a short period, whether for deducing martial arts or advancing in cultivation, spirit stones and treasures like the Earth Core Fruit are indispensable. Since these are rare and hard to come by, the most reliable method currently is to hunt demon beasts, exchange them for spirit stones, and gain combat experience, achieving multiple benefits at once.

After making up his mind, Ye Xiwén quickly left the One Yuan Sect's base and headed deep into the Green Peak Mountain.

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Days passed, and Ye Xiwén had already spent three days in the Green Peak Mountain. He had entered quite deep into the mountain, where he could now see demon beasts of the Fifth and even Sixth Level of the Postnatal Realm.

Yesterday, Ye Xiwén encountered a peak Sixth Level demon beast, nearly losing his life to the beast's mouth.

At that moment, he truly felt the inconvenience of not having a weapon. While it might be fine when facing humans, it was a significant disadvantage when facing demon beasts, as human hands cannot compare to the claws and fangs of demon beasts.

On this day, Ye Xiwén crossed a valley and discovered a blood-red ginseng on a cliff. He had once read about this blood-red ginseng in a miscellaneous record. It is a variant of ginseng, and while ordinary ginseng can increase one's cultivation, this blood-red ginseng is several times more effective.

Judging by the appearance of this Blood Ginseng, it has at least a hundred years of cultivation. If he could consume this Blood Ginseng, Ye Xiwén could directly break through to the Sixth Level of the Postnatal Realm. At that time, he would be firmly in a position to advance to a Core Disciple, and no one would dare to look down on him.

Without hesitation, Ye Xiwén quickly climbed up, moving as agile as a monkey, and soon reached the location of the Blood Ginseng.

Ye Xiwén spread his large hand and reached out to grab the Blood Ginseng.

"Thud!" Ye Xiwén only grabbed a handful of soil, but not the Blood Ginseng. Looking up, he saw the Blood Ginseng had appeared a hundred meters away.

"This Blood Ginseng actually has a vague consciousness!" Ye Xiwén was greatly surprised. In this world, all things have spirits. Even a stone, after countless years, might have a chance to attain enlightenment. Ginseng, being a treasure of nature, is even more concentrated with the essence of heaven and earth. A thousand-year-old Ginseng King can develop a vague consciousness. If discovered, it is hard to catch, as ginseng naturally has earth-element abilities and can travel hundreds of miles in a day. If a Ginseng King has ten thousand years of cultivation, it can even transform into a human form, becoming a spirit of the mountains.

This Blood Ginseng, being a variant of ginseng, has only a hundred years of cultivation but has already developed a vague subconscious. It seems it might not take a thousand years to transform. However, since it has been seen by Ye Xiwén, he will not let it go.

Ye Xiwén gathered his strength, and his true qi burst forth, causing his body to fly up. In the air, he pounced like a hunting eagle toward the Blood Ginseng.

"Thud!" Ye Xiwén grabbed into the cliff, seizing the Blood Ginseng. The Blood Ginseng did not have time to escape and was pulled out of the cliff by Ye Xiwén. Once out of the soil, the Blood Ginseng's vague earth-element abilities were useless.

A smile appeared on Ye Xiwén's face as he climbed down the cliff, intending to find a secluded place to consume it. Suddenly, a loud voice came from behind.

"Hand over the Blood Ginseng!"

Ye Xiwén turned around and saw three young men looking at him coldly.

Among these three young men, two were about twenty years old, one in green and the other in purple. The one in the middle was a teenager of about seventeen or eighteen, wearing a white robe, roughly the same age as Ye Xiwén, with a proud expression. The voice came from the young man in green.

"Are you a disciple of the One Yuan Sect?" The young man in green looked at Ye Xiwén with arrogance.

"Are you from the Zhang family?" Ye Xiwén saw the family emblem on their shoulders and became somewhat wary. The Green Peak Mountain stretches for hundreds of miles, a branch of the Yueyi Mountain Range in the Great Yue Kingdom. On the Green Peak Mountain, there are two major forces: the One Yuan Sect and the Zhang family.

The One Yuan Sect is a branch of the Great Yue Kingdom's One Yuan Sect, while the Zhang family is backed by another major power, the Tianfeng Hall, with a force no less powerful than the One Yuan Sect. Because they belong to two different forces, their relationship has always been tense.

In public, they maintain a surface-level harmony, considering each other's background, but in secret, there are constant conflicts. In the depths of the Green Peak Mountain, both sides' disciples train, and it is not uncommon for them to kill each other over a disagreement.

"Indeed, this is our young master of the Zhang family. Hand over the Blood Ginseng from earlier!" The young man in green shouted.

"This is what I found!" Ye Xiwén said cautiously, secretly thinking, "Could I really encounter a situation where they kill me to take the treasure?"

"Didn't you hear our young master?" The young man in green said.

"Why are you wasting time with him? He's just a piece of trash from the One Yuan Sect. Kill him, and the Blood Ginseng will be ours!" The young man in purple said impatiently, his face showing a hint of cruelty.

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