Chapter 89

* * * * Hiss! * * * *

With a point of his finger, a surge of spiritual light rushed out, instantly coalescing into a spiritual mirror. In the mirror, the scene of the Qiankun Stone Forest appeared before the sect leader of Qiyun Sect, Guo Qijing.

In the spiritual mirror, Ye Zhen casually took a step, his figure mysteriously swayed, and he crossed over forty meters, landing on another stone pillar.

Sect leader Guo Qijing's face showed surprise again, "This is the manipulation of the elemental energy of heaven and earth... Earth Rank. This Ye Zhen has actually created a step technique that rivals Earth Rank..."

"This kid is indeed not simple... However, he has only created one step technique. How many more can he ultimately create?"

At the same moment, Ye Zhen, who followed the movement of the starlight, was also extremely surprised. Crossing over forty meters was not a difficult task for Ye Zhen; with the Snake Spring Grass, he could now reach fifty meters.

However, the Snake Spring Grass required preparation and a bit of time, while the step that crossed over forty meters felt more like a leisurely stroll, where a single step could cover over forty meters of space.

In actual combat, the Snake Spring Grass was more for emergency evasion, but if this step technique were used in combat, it would be terrifying. The term "elusive" would not be enough to describe this terror.

However, Ye Zhen was very clear that relying solely on this step technique would have very limited practical use in combat. Only by comprehending a set of such step techniques could it truly be used in actual combat.

Soon, Ye Zhen discovered that the step technique he had comprehended could still cross over forty meters even when he left the stone pillar, but it could no longer track the movement of another starlight.

After a moment of confusion, Ye Zhen carefully observed and was pleasantly surprised to find that each stone pillar in the Qiankun Stone Forest moved with the starlight projected from the sky as the time changed, and each pillar moved in a different trajectory.

Whether retreating or advancing, circling or avoiding, flashing or escaping, they were elusive, always able to catch up with the starlight and have it shine on the stone pillar.

This discovery made Ye Zhen overjoyed. He climbed onto another stone pillar and began to wait quietly.

When the time changed and the starlight from the sky began to move, Ye Zhen once again started his aerial descent journey!

This continued for three months!

At first, Ye Zhen's progress was slow, taking almost a day to comprehend the mysterious changes of a single stone pillar's movement. However, as Ye Zhen mastered more of these mysterious fluctuations, his comprehension speed increased.

Later, he could comprehend a step technique in just half a day.

* * * * Hiss! * * * *

In the Qiankun Stone Forest, Ye Zhen took a strange step, his figure traced a mysterious curve, and in an instant, he was far away and then returned to the starting point.

"This step is complete!"

With a movement, Ye Zhen shot towards another stone pillar to comprehend the next step. However, at this moment, the light in the Qiankun Stone Forest secret realm began to fade, and Ye Zhen suddenly had a realization.

"So soon, the time is up. Six months is still too short!"

Taking advantage of the last moment before the light completely faded, Ye Zhen took a step, and his figure moved like a phantom on the nearby stone pillars, advancing and retreating, turning and advancing at will, and the speed was lightning fast.

Each step he took was as fast as the Snake Spring Grass, but it required no preparation, and he could step out without any warning, reaching his destination in an instant.

"I have comprehended a total of 107 steps, which is enough..."

"Since this step technique was created by chasing the starlight, let's call it the Star Chasing Step..."

As he murmured, the Qiankun Stone Forest suddenly darkened to the extreme, and an unprecedented repulsion force came, making Ye Zhen feel his figure drift, and he reappeared in front of Lingbao Peak.

"Ye Zhen, how was your six months?" The peak guardian elder was smiling at him as he came out.

"Was it you who made me wait for six months to enter the Qiankun Stone Forest!" Without waiting for Ye Zhen to answer, the true disciple Lu Xin, who was waiting to enter the Qiankun Stone Forest, shouted at Ye Zhen with a fierce look.

Ye Zhen ignored Lu Xin and bowed to the peak guardian elder, "Thank you, Elder, for your efforts. The harvest was quite good!"

"Quite good? You're boasting. Let me test your harvest!" Lu Xin, with a belly full of anger, laughed and extended his hand, with spiritual energy surging from his fingertips, grabbing towards Ye Zhen's throat like a phantom.

Fast!

Too fast!

True disciples, at the lowest, were all at the Spirit Transformation Realm, and their speed was extremely fast, so fast that Ye Zhen couldn't even see it clearly.

But at the moment Lu Xin made his move, Ye Zhen instinctively took a light step, and the elemental energy of heaven and earth around him strangely fluctuated.

In an instant, Ye Zhen's figure was already a hundred meters away.

This instinctive step, which Ye Zhen called the Direct Step, was the fastest and the one that covered the greatest distance in the Star Chasing Step he had comprehended.

Lu Xin, whose claw missed, looked stunned. His grab would have been hard for even a Spirit Transformation Realm inner disciple to dodge, let alone a True Essence Realm Ye Zhen. The peak guardian elder, who saw this, narrowed his eyes in surprise.

"True disciples are just like this!"

With one step, Ye Zhen sneered at Lu Xin. Lu Xin, who had been like a cat in front of Liao Feibai, was now unjustly making things difficult for Ye Zhen, which made Ye Zhen despise him.

"What did you say?"

Lu Xin instantly became furious, and his spiritual energy surged wildly, "Daring to mock me, you're asking for death..."

"Lu Xin, are you going to enter the Qiankun Stone Forest or not? If not, I'll go into seclusion. I don't have the time to watch you bully newbies!"

The peak guardian elder's timely reprimand made Lu Xin have to turn back in anger.

"Ye Zhen, you wait, don't let me catch you!"

With these threatening words, Lu Xin quickly stepped into the glowing portal.

"Ye Zhen, couldn't you just back down? You're provoking a true disciple." Ye Zhen was now a minor celebrity in Qiyun Sect, and the peak guardian elder also showed concern.

Facing the peak guardian elder's well-intentioned advice, Ye Zhen shook his head solemnly, "No, if I shrink back everywhere, how can I forge my heart towards the Dao!"

"Heart towards the Dao?"

The peak guardian elder was immediately taken aback, recalling his own life, he suddenly had an epiphany. If he had heard this ten years earlier, he might not be a peak guardian elder now.

The heart towards the Dao was also a bit of insight Ye Zhen gained from his half-year of solitary cultivation in the Qiankun Stone Forest.

What is the Dao, Ye Zhen did not understand.

But Ye Zhen understood that in the past year, whether it was Ma Wuyuan, Gu Duo Zhi, the family members, or the much stronger Jin Tai Chu and others, if he had once retreated, he would not have reached his current level.

All of this, Ye Zhen summarized into four words—fearless and brave!

This was also another gain Ye Zhen had from his half-year of solitary cultivation in the Qiankun Stone Forest.

In the secret realm of the Qiankun Stone Forest, Ye Zhen's gains were great, but his body was so uncomfortable that he could no longer tolerate it.

His clothes for changing were long used up, his body was ragged, and he was filled with a sour and stinky smell. Anyone who hadn't bathed for half a year and was covered in sweat every day would end up like this.

His tender beard and hair were also very long. What Ye Zhen wanted most now was to take a comfortable bath, have a good meal, and then consider other things.

Leaving Lingbao Peak, Ye Zhen rushed to the courtyard on the halfway up Luanyun Peak. Passing by the residence of the peak executive He Miao, Ye Zhen shouted inside, asking He Miao to quickly send a maid to cook, and then rushed towards the 97th courtyard.

Ye Zhen didn't need help to clean himself, but someone had to cook, right? He had been eating dry rations for half a year and was almost sick of it.

What Ye Zhen didn't know was that his shout made the executive He Miao instantly flustered.

"Ye Zhen is out, what should I do, what should I do?" He Miao, along with several subordinates, hurriedly came out and rushed towards the 97th courtyard on the halfway up the mountain.

Ye Zhen's cultivation had broken through to the fourth level of True Essence, and his movements always carried a hint of the Star Chasing Step, making his speed extremely fast. In a few hundred breaths, he rushed to the halfway up the mountain.

Reaching the courtyard gate, Ye Zhen extended his hands to push the door open.

But when he pushed, he was stunned.

The door was bolted from the inside, and faint voices could be heard.

Someone?

"The courtyard I chose earlier has been occupied?"

Realizing this, Ye Zhen immediately became furious. With a cold snort, he kicked the door hard.

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PS: Boys, our position on the list has also been occupied. Can we kick them down too?

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