Chapter 130: Chapter 130: Giving Pointers on Cultivation
"Trash!"
Ye Xuan kicked Cheng Yu in the chest, sending him flying with the sickening crunch of breaking bone.
"Next time you try to be a hero, you should consider your own strength. You’re not qualified to lecture just anyone." Ye Xuan’s indifferent words reached Cheng Yu’s ears, filling his heart with endless humiliation.
Ye Xuan’s gaze then fell upon Chengkun and his men.
"You... I... Spare us! We know we were wrong. We promise we’ll never bother you again. We swear it!"
Chengkun and his men retreated, trembling with fear etched on their faces.
"So now you admit you’re wrong? Weren’t you the ones just shouting arrogantly and attacking my friend?"
’These people are arrogant thugs, used to getting their way. First, they thought I was a pushover they could beat up and kick out of the dorm. Then, after I scared them off, they couldn’t let it go and brought backup for revenge. They even hurt my friend.’
’And now that they know they can’t win, they want to apologize and leave? Does the world work that way? If I hadn’t been stronger than them, Chen Xing and I would be the ones lying on the ground right now.’
"Here’s a piece of advice: when you set out to teach someone a lesson and throw your weight around, you’d better be prepared to be taught one in return." As the words left his lips, Ye Xuan moved. WHOOSH! He charged into the midst of Chengkun and his men, fists flying.
Screams erupted. In the blink of an eye, Chengkun and the others were sent flying, spitting mouthfuls of blood. It was impossible to tell how many bones they had broken. In an instant, there wasn’t a single one of them left standing in the courtyard.
"What are you still doing here? Do you want me to keep you company? Scram!"
Ye Xuan growled, his eyes glinting with a cold, sharp light.
"We’ll scram, we’ll scram right now!"
Chengkun and his men struggled to their feet. They stumbled out of the courtyard, supporting one another in a pathetic display.
"Ye Xuan, you even defeated Cheng Yu, who’s a First Layer Martial Artist. Be honest, what level are you at now?" Leng Yingying and Feng Rouyi walked up to him, their faces filled with disbelief.
"First Layer of the Xuanwu Realm, I suppose," Ye Xuan said nonchalantly.
"What? First Layer Martial Artist!"
The three of them were completely dumbfounded. Chen Xing, in particular, wore a look of utter disbelief.
"It’s only the First Layer Martial Artist. What’s there to make a fuss about?" Ye Xuan said, rubbing his nose.
"’Only’ the First Layer Martial Artist?" Leng Yingying and Feng Rouyi exchanged a look, pure shock in their eyes. They were utterly speechless.
Back at Xingxuan Academy, this Ye Xuan had been just a Martial Artist of the Same Lineage. In less than a year, he had actually broken through to the First Layer Martial Artist. They had never even heard of such cultivation speed, let alone witnessed it.
After all, Leng Yingying and Feng Rouyi were a year older than Ye Xuan, yet they were only at the First or Second Layer of Samurai.
"I can’t take it, I just can’t! I always thought I was a genius, but it turns out I’m more like an idiot. Young Master Xuan, your cultivation speed is just monstrous! I, Chen Xing, am truly humbled."
Chen Xing cried out to the heavens, his face a mask of pure adoration. His own strength had advanced by leaps and bounds recently, but he had only managed to break through from the Three Veins to the First Layer of Samurai.
He had thought his talent was exceptional, a rarity for the ages. Back in Blue Moon City, he had been smugly showing off everywhere. But now, learning of Ye Xuan’s progress, his confidence took a massive blow.
Compared to Ye Xuan, he was nothing but dregs.
"Alright, Chen Xing, stop complaining. With your talent, as long as you diligently practice the Cultivation Technique I taught you, breaking through to the Second Layer of Samurai within a month isn’t out of the question."
Ye Xuan said calmly.
During the Samurai stage of the Spirit Martial Realm, a Martial Artist’s cultivation consists of absorbing Heaven and Earth Profound Qi to expand their Profound Sea and increase the amount of Profound Qi within their body.
Ye Xuan had modified Chen Xing’s Cultivation Technique. By practicing this improved version, the amount of Profound Qi he could absorb far surpassed that of an ordinary person. Thus, breaking through again within a month was not an exaggeration.
"The Cultivation Technique you taught him?" Leng Yingying and Feng Rouyi quickly latched onto Ye Xuan’s words, looking at him with a mixture of belief and doubt.
"How about I modify both of your Cultivation Techniques as well?" Ye Xuan said after a moment of contemplation.
He naturally trusted the character of Leng Yingying and Feng Rouyi. Besides, they were all from Blue Moon City; it was only natural for them to help each other out.
Furthermore, Ye Xuan was just making simple modifications to their family’s Cultivation Techniques based on the experience from his previous life. To him, it was a simple task.
The only question was whether Leng Yingying and Feng Rouyi trusted him enough.
After all, Ye Xuan could see that both Leng Yingying and Feng Rouyi practiced their respective family’s ancestral Cultivation Techniques. Such techniques were typically forbidden from being shared with outsiders. If they didn’t trust him, there was nothing he could do.
"Okay!" But Leng Yingying and Feng Rouyi looked at each other and agreed in unison, without a shred of hesitation.
Ye Xuan rubbed his nose. ’These two girls really do trust me.’
"Ah, Young Master Xuan is off to enjoy the good life with two beauties again," Chen Xing lamented. "I, the lonely third wheel, had better get back to cultivating. I’m destined to be a solitary star, fated to live and die alone."
Spurred by this, Chen Xing let out a howl, darted into his own room, and went into seclusion.
Before long, Leng Yingying and Feng Rouyi brought their ancestral Cultivation Techniques to Ye Xuan’s room.
Like Chen Xing’s, both Leng Yingying’s and Feng Rouyi’s Cultivation Techniques were Earth Grade: the Ice Element Cold Frost Skill and the Fire Element Nirvana Skill, respectively.
With his vast knowledge, Ye Xuan only needed a moment’s thought to make a few subtle changes to both techniques. The modifications wouldn’t disrupt their practice but would significantly enhance the techniques’ effectiveness. Once finished, Ye Xuan returned the manuals to them.
"That’s it?" Leng Yingying and Feng Rouyi stared in astonishment at the modified techniques in their hands, finding it completely unbelievable.
’Is Ye Xuan playing a prank on us? It’s only been fifteen minutes, and he’s already finished modifying them? These are Earth Grade Cultivation Techniques! Even Ao Tian, the most powerful Martial Sect in the Liuyun Kingdom, couldn’t possibly have this kind of ability, could he?’
Half-convinced and half-skeptical, the two women took the techniques and began to cultivate right there in Ye Xuan’s room.
The moment they began, they were stunned. The simplest way to determine a Cultivation Technique’s power is to observe the speed at which it absorbs Heaven and Earth Profound Qi.
The more powerful the technique, the faster the absorption of Heaven and Earth Profound Qi, and the higher the purity of its conversion.
The techniques they originally practiced were already powerful enough, but they never imagined that after Ye Xuan’s modifications, their cultivation speed—the rate at which they absorbed Heaven and Earth Profound Qi—would actually double.
This change left them utterly dumbfounded.
And this was just while cultivating in an area with a normal concentration of Heaven and Earth Profound Qi. Given the Profound Spirit Academy’s status, it surely had various high-level cultivation chambers. How much faster would their cultivation speed be then?
At that moment, they were profoundly shaken by Ye Xuan.
In their minds, Ye Xuan had suddenly become an enigma—seemingly distant and untouchable.
Two pairs of beautiful eyes sized up Ye Xuan with curiosity, like connoisseurs who had just discovered a priceless treasure and were becoming utterly captivated by it.
Following this, the two women began to ask various questions about their techniques, and Ye Xuan answered each one in detail.
His every word was a revelation to them, bringing sudden clarity and new insights.
Their minds buzzing with excitement, the two women continued asking questions until late into the night, only reluctantly ending their discussion to return to their rooms.
This night of conversation had been deeply insightful for them both. The moment they got back, they immediately went into secluded cultivation.
After they left, Ye Xuan smiled faintly. He was never stingy with his friends, nor did he hold back when he could help.
However, this was the extent of his help. If he were to reveal things that were even more heaven-defying, it would not only fail to help them but could bring them catastrophic disaster instead.
This was his stance not only toward Leng Yingying and Feng Rouyi, but also toward Chen Xing, Hua Luoxuan, and Luo Zhan.
He had done what he could to help. As for how far each of them could go, that was not for him to decide.
「The next morning」
Ye Xuan left the academy.
As he left the courtyard, Ye Xuan noticed that the other rooms were now occupied, presumably by other new students. He paid them no mind.
The teaching style at Profound Spirit Academy was very flexible. There were no fixed class schedules; teachers simply assigned tasks for students of each year to complete, leaving the rest of the time for independent cultivation.
Additionally, teachers from various departments held lectures at fixed times every week. Students were free to attend as they pleased.
Unlike Xingxuan Academy, other subjects besides the Martial Dao were widely available at Profound Spirit Academy.
These included subjects like Alchemy, Soul Refining, Artifact Refining, and Array Pattern Study. Anyone with an interest could attend the public lectures held by the teachers, as there were no restrictions.
Naturally, Ye Xuan couldn’t be bothered to attend these lectures. Following his own plan, he made his way to the Alchemist Association in the Royal City.
The Royal City’s Alchemist Association was more than ten times the size of the one in Blue Moon City. Located in the most prosperous district of the city, it greeted visitors with an immediate and overwhelming wave of bustling noise.
Ye Xuan approached an attendant. "Excuse me, is Hua Luoxuan in the association?"
"Hua Luoxuan?" The attendant paused. "Do you mean Elder Hua?"
"Elder Hua?" Ye Xuan was taken aback. ’When did Hua Luoxuan become an elder of the Liuyun Kingdom’s Alchemist Association?’
The attendant seemed to sense Ye Xuan’s confusion and explained, "Elder Hua Luoxuan just passed the association’s assessment to become a Fourth-Grade Celestial Level Alchemist a few days ago, so he is now an elder here. He’s currently in the association. Do you have an appointment?"
Because of the farce with the Law Enforcement Hall, the news of Hua Luoxuan’s promotion to elder had been announced throughout the entire Alchemist Association the very next day to prevent any further trouble.
