480: Ancient scriptures

Ye Su nodded.

It meant that the opponent would get a general massive boost.

While I could only get small, specialized boosts.

As long as I gather enough of them,

I might not necessarily lose to a general massive boost.

"Fine, let's do it this way."

Ye Su said.

A few days later.

An anomaly occurred in the Endless Sea, and the younger generation went to search for treasures and find Opportunity and supreme treasures.

After Ye Su arrived,

he didn't pay any attention to those supreme treasures at all.

Instead, he continuously collected those crystals.

As for the supreme treasure,

as everyone expected,

it was obtained by the Beast Skin Youth.

Colorful Phoenix was arrogant and proud; from time to time, she would come to needle Ye Su with a few words.

She wanted to provoke Ye Su into taking action and fighting to the death with the Beast Skin Youth.

Ye Su didn't bother with her.

That thing was practically predetermined; why bother fighting for it?

However,

Colorful Phoenix's behavior was not looked upon favorably by Ye Su.

"There's a high probability she's a hidden agent from the immortal ones outside."

Ye Su said;

"She also understands the rules very well; she doesn't try to steal the Protagonist's script, but instead stirs up trouble everywhere to create obstacles."

"The script itself is driven by this; if there aren't enough villains, the Protagonist wouldn't have so many Opportunities," his future self said.

"You mean the chess players above are doing this on purpose?"

"Isn't this standard operating procedure?"

Ye Su fell silent.

He recalled the move he and Lu Yiyi made back in the cataclysm Chaos.

After that move, Lu Yiyi basically gained a voice in the Star Spirit Clan, and by relying on her, he began to develop rapidly.

Looking back now,

everything followed a traceable path.

Zhang Huai's actions were also within their control.

Only then could the Protagonist be forced to take the next step.

Chess players.

They really are annoying.

Fortunately, he had jumped out of the game now.

Transmigrating as an outsider to snatch Opportunities—tsk tsk—everything was just like the rehearsal.

The Beast Skin Youth got the supreme treasure, while Ye Su obtained a large amount of Dao Crystals.

Everyone had a bright future ahead of them.

After returning to the Tanyang Academy,

there was a new round of explosive growth in cultivation.

The speed at which the Beast Skin Youth's cultivation soared not only kept up with Ye Su but even began to surpass him.

It was truly terrifying.

It wasn't just his cultivation level.

The Beast Skin Youth also gradually began to possess his own foundation.

For example, that Twin-Tailed Fish.

It would always show off a little trick for him.

And that supreme treasure, the Heavenly Disc.

It would always give him some ultimate moves.

As a result, the Beast Skin Youth's methods gradually increased, eventually giving him the ability to challenge those at higher levels.

The Protagonist Halo is at work!

Under this kind of halo,

Ye Su almost began to seem mediocre.

A few months later,

the Beast Skin Youth even broke through to the Yangguan Realm, becoming a true Great Cultivator.

The time was too short.

It was appalling.

He would also gradually enter the sight of the various Great Clans, becoming entangled with them, gaining enemies and allies.

Rising.

To anyone with eyes, it was clear that this was an unstoppable trend of rising power.

As this trend unfolded,

Ye Su also broke through to the Yangguan Realm.

He also began to be drawn into this trend— "The Protagonist really doesn't make sense."

Ye Su said speechlessly;

"This is clearly meant to use me as a stepping stone to climb higher."

"It's like that trope: although I'm not as good as you at first, as time passes, I will become stronger than you, even to the point where you can no longer even see my back—"

"Do you all have that feeling?"

His future selves burst into boos,

laughing at this classic script.

The only difference was that now, every page of this script didn't have your name written on it.

As a supporting character, one often feels aggrieved.

There was no choice.

That's just how the script was written.

"Alright, now tell me, after the Yangguan Realm, how many steps are left until the Supreme Expert level?"

Ye Su asked.

At this moment, Ye Su was on his way to a Great Clan known as the Rong Family.

This was a task assessment given by the academy.

The goal was to go to the Rong Family and train their younger generation to obtain the next part of the Sun Heart Sutra from them.

The Sun Ancient Scripture!

Only by obtaining this Ancient Sutra could Ye Su continue to make Breakthroughs.

This was a custom, and also a test.

After all, in the training mechanism of the Tianyuan Continent, the Great Clans could not be separated from their roles.

These Great Clans possessed supreme privileges.

However, the number of those who died in battle from their families was also extremely high.

The current Rong Family consisted mostly of the elderly and young children.

The younger generation was either studying or on the battlefield.

And the middle-aged generation was exclusively on the battlefield.

For a Family to reach this level, they were practically the most loyal subjects of the cosmic will!

"There are four steps left."

His future self prompted;

"The subsequent cultivation becomes extremely profound."

"The so-called Ancient Sutra can only help you take one step."

"As long as you rely on the Ancient Sutra to take that one step, it's equivalent to the level of Ascension Nine."

Ye Su frowned;

"Ascension Nine?"

"After the Yangguan Realm, I feel I'm at most at Ascension Five."

"That's where the difficulty lies," his future self said;

"Because thoroughly mastering the Ancient Sutra means a leap from Ascension Five to Ascension Nine in a single step."

"After all, Ascension Five is about rules, and Ascension Nine is also about rules!"

It was too much of a jump.

Ye Su originally thought cultivation in this world wouldn't be too difficult.

He didn't expect there to be such a pathological hurdle later on.

"So, many people get stuck there, right?"

"Correct. The reason everyone's Ancient Sutras aren't guarded that strictly is precisely because the difficulty of cultivation is so high."

"Many people have the Ancient Sutra in hand, yet can never break through for the rest of their lives."

Ye Su nodded.

Interesting.

Four steps.

That's really fast.

Then—after the Rong Family, I'll need to plan carefully.

Ye Su's early-stage 'newbie' period was almost over.

That is to say, the level of power he mastered.

For difficulties below Ascension Five, Ye Su could understand them almost at a glance.

But after the Ancient Sutra stage,

the difficulty should rise sharply.

---Soon,

he arrived at the Rong Family.

Upon arriving at the Rong Family, Ye Su realized that such a Great Clan wasn't what he expected.

Instead, it was like a massive elite academy.

There were quite a few young people who had come to seek the Ancient Sutra.

Overall, there was a bit of a competitive feel to it.

Subsequently,

the task for these young people was assigned.

Each person would lead one junior of the Rong Family, and there would be a grand exam in half a month.

Whichever junior made the most progress, their mentor would gain the right to study the Ancient Sutra.

The others would not be eliminated.

Instead, they would move down the Ordinal Position and continue to compete after another half month.

Calculated this way,

the Rong Family would only produce 24 Cultivators who had studied the Ancient Sutra per year.

This effectively controlled the high-level Cultivator resources of the Tianyuan Continent.

It also ensured that high-level Cultivators would not feel a scarcity of resources during their training.

Hmm—a brand new way of thinking.

For the sake of the war, the Human Race had calculated every single shred of resources.

Only in this way could they hold their own against their enemies.

Otherwise, they would have collapsed long ago.

---Progress was swift.

Ye Su was soon assigned a young girl.

She was about thirteen or fourteen years old, with her hair in ox-horn buns, looking very mischievous at first glance.