Chapter 481: Chapter 481: Sigh, Only the Mediocre Aren’t Envied
Upon hearing Ye Tianling’s words, Xu Hanyan looked at him with adoration and said, "We haven’t left the mountain recently, so of course we haven’t had any conflicts with him. We wouldn’t provoke an Unparalleled Divine Son like that if we ran into him. It’s not like we’re you, Senior Brother... so good at getting into... trouble."
"Haha, it’s not that I like causing trouble. It’s that I’m just too outstanding. I’m like a blazing sun in the dark of night; no matter how low-key I try to be, I still blind people, and that’s why they get jealous. Sigh. To not be envied is to be mediocre."
Ye Tianling chortled.
Then, he reached out and patted Xu Hanyan’s head. "You know, you’re already an Unparalleled Goddess, yet you still think of yourself as a minor character. Where’s your confidence? Where’s your Strong Heart?"
Ye Tianling’s action made Xu Hanyan’s face flush red. She gave him a playful glare and said, "I’ve always seen myself as weak, and that’s how I’ve been able to grow stronger step by step. If I thought I was already strong, it would be harder to see my own shortcomings. This has nothing to do with having a Strong Heart or confidence, Senior Brother."
Ye Tianling was taken aback for a moment.
’Is this still the same timid, adorable Xu Hanyan from back then?’
So, she too had found the path that best suited her personality and temperament, and she was continuously refining this strength.
"Well now, not bad. The little Illusion Mist Divine Beast has grown up."
Ye Tianling praised.
Xu Hanyan was secretly overjoyed, her heart thumping like a drum. Her gaze was as soft as water, yet brimming with shyness.
"Alright, you two spend some time together. I’m going to handle matters for the Celestial Secret Divine Hall. Tianling, afterwards, go to the Celestial Secret Pavilion and look into the Profound Meanings of our inheritance and the history of our ancestral teachings. As for the Forgotten Dust World, don’t be anxious for now. It will appear again."
Zhuge Wuxu watched this joyous and harmonious scene with great relief, his mood exceptionally good.
He hadn’t expected this matter to be resolved so perfectly. After all, before he left, he had thought it would be a bloody battle.
Unexpectedly, in the end, Ye Tianling’s unparalleled Talent had stunned those people.
His grace as a Young Venerable, backed by unparalleled strength, had suppressed the numerous Divine Sons and Divine Ladies, Princes and Princesses, and silenced the Clan Leaders and Soul Masters.
Thinking of this, Zhuge Wuxu felt that having a Divine Child like Ye Tianling was truly a stroke of immense luck for the Celestial Secret Divine Hall.
"Mm, Sect Master, you should go on ahead. Sect Master, about that Donghuang Bell of yours... how about letting your disciple... study it for a while?"
Ye Tianling’s eyes sparkled, filled with anticipation.
Zhuge Wuxu staggered and nearly spat out a mouthful of old blood. ’I care about you so much, I’d risk life and limb for you, and you’re fucking coveting my treasure that’s more precious than my own life!’
"Don’t even think about it! Let me tell you, your own weapon, that Celestial Evil Sword, is already incredible enough! The most I can do is let this Holy Soul, Yue Lintian, follow you. He may not be as strong as he once was, but he’s still a peerless, evolvable Weapon!"
Zhuge Wuxu’s gaze became wary again, as if he were guarding against a thief.
"Er—how about you just lend it to me to play with for a few days? The Donghuang Bell is just so cool!"
Ye Tianling stared at Zhuge Wuxu with pleading eyes.
The look made Zhuge Wuxu hesitate, but the memory of Ye Tianling acting like a Demon, raising hell with the Profound Ice Cold Iron Rod, made him instantly harden his heart.
"No. It’s not impossible for you to have the Donghuang Bell. When you step into the Ancestor Dao Realm, I will pass it down to you directly. At that time, the position of Divine Master of our Celestial Secret Divine Hall will also be yours. But it’s absolutely impossible right now, so don’t say another word!"
Zhuge Wuxu refused, shaking his head resolutely.
Zhuge Qingling, Zhuge Qingyun, and Xu Hanyan were all completely dumbfounded.
’This Senior Brother of ours is simply too outrageous! Asking the Divine Master directly for the Donghuang Bell? He really has the nerve!’
The gazes of the three were incredibly strange.
Zhuge Wuxu, probably feeling his tone had been too firm and fearing it would displease Ye Tianling, helplessly added an explanation, "Tianling, it’s not good to rely too much on the power of a Weapon. The truth is that one’s own strength is what truly matters!"
Ye Tianling nodded and said, "What the Divine Master says is absolutely right. But right now, I’m already as strong as I can possibly be. I’ve reached the Nine Forbidden Battle Technique, and I can exert up to twenty-seven percent combat power. So, under these circumstances, choosing a powerful Weapon is also extremely necessary!"
"The Nine Forbidden? Twenty-seven percent? PFFT—"
Zhuge Wuxu hadn’t coughed up blood from an enemy’s attack, but Ye Tianling’s words shocked him so much that he spat out another mouthful of old blood.
"Let me just cough up some more blood to calm my nerves."
Zhuge Wuxu coughed, suppressing the shock in his heart.
For a second, he was truly tempted to magnanimously wave his hand and let Ye Tianling play with the Donghuang Bell, but he forcefully suppressed the impulse.
The Celestial Evil Sword alone had allowed Ye Tianling to dominate the Ancient Cyan Dragon Warfield and slaughter his way through the Thirty-Sixth Layer, rampaging without restraint.
If he also got his hands on the Donghuang Bell, he would probably poke another giant hole in the heavens!
Zhuge Wuxu himself was shocked to the point of coughing up blood, to say nothing of Zhuge Qingyun, Zhuge Qingling, Xu Hanyan, Yue Lintian, and the others.
The entire group was completely stupefied.
The Nine Forbidden!
Twenty-seven percent combat power!
’This is even more heaven-defying than a Young Venerable, isn’t it?’
’Has Ye Tianling really reached such a level?’
They couldn’t imagine what a terrifying level of Battle Power this was, but they knew that once unleashed, it would be enough to shake the ages!
’Worthy of the one who slew Ye Cangqian! Worthy of an existence that even the Celestial Dao could not erase!’
Such were the awed thoughts of Zhuge Qingling and the others.
The shock was so intense that they all felt a sense of unreality.
Yet it was the truth. After all, nothing Ye Tianling had ever said had turned out to be false.
In the past, people had always dismissed Ye Tianling’s words as mere bombast and bragging, but in the end, his actions always proved to be even more shocking and astounding than his claims.
So now, when Ye Tianling spoke, Zhuge Qingyun and the others not only listened seriously, they even mentally amplified his words a little.
Only in this way could they gain a more complete and realistic understanding of this Unparalleled Divine Son.
Zhuge Qingyun’s heart had been completely captured by Ye Tianling’s talent and charisma, to the point that she even felt the impulse to give herself to him.
As a cultivator of the Human Race, she had fallen in love.
Zhuge Qingling, on the other hand, found himself wishing he were a woman. ’If I were a woman, wouldn’t I have a chance to take things further with Senior Brother?’
’Then again, maybe as a man, I could also have a chance to take things further with Senior Brother... It just depends on whether he swings that way.’
This very strange idea popped into Zhuge Qingling’s head, and the moment it did, he himself was stunned.
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