62: Chapter 62 Acknowledge Your Talent

Besides the Throat-Cutting Strike, the other set, the Purple Cloud Seal, also contained a special Cultivation Technique.

This technique used a seal to mark a target, causing a scent that others could hardly detect to float around the practitioner.

One who Cultivates the Purple Cloud Seal can ensure a successful pursuit.

Li Yuan looked through them and was quite satisfied with the gains from this corpse-looting.

Currently, he didn't lack Martial Skills or Cultivation Techniques for direct combat.

On the contrary, these specialized skills with unique effects were more useful to him.

By the time he came back to his senses, it was already the you hour.

Liang Duqiu and the other Senior Brothers had specifically come looking for Li Yuan.

It was time for dinner.

Fearing that Li Yuan, being a newcomer, might be unfamiliar with things, they naturally wanted to look after him.

It had to be said that the Senior Brothers of the Yin Court were all very friendly.

After dinner, everyone had to return to their rooms to continue their evening Cultivation.

During dinner, Li Yuan heard the other Senior Brothers mention an opportunity for a Secret Realm trial in five days.

In that Secret Realm, the remains of a predecessor were enshrined.

Hearing this, Li Yuan asked an extra question.

Would entering the Secret Realm without permission trigger attacks from defensive Magical Artifacts?

Upon hearing this, Eldest Senior Brother Liang Duqiu nearly choked on his food.

"Junior Brother, you must never trespass into the Secret Realm. In fact, you shouldn't wander into any other cultivation courts besides our Yin Court."

"Although Meifengshan Martial Arts Academy has many Secret Realms and precious cultivation lands, there are corresponding requirements to enter them for practice."

"Not just us, but even Master Yin He and the others cannot trespass as they please."

"Even a Ninth-Grade Supreme would be injured by those Magical Artifacts."

Li Yuan nodded, indicating he understood.

Afterward, he would just have to get the qualification to enter as much as possible.

For every Secret Realm and every precious land, he only needed to go once.

Once he obtained what he wanted from the remains of those predecessors, there would be no need for him to go again.

There were still five days until the Secret Realm trial, so Li Yuan was in no hurry.

He would just patiently Cultivate, settle his Foundation, and wait for the Secret Realm trial to begin.

Two days passed, and Instructor Yin He came again.

After making a round of inspection, he called everyone together to announce something.

"Our Yin Court will not participate in the Secret Realm trial on the ninth.

Each of you will patiently Cultivate in the court; for you, this is far more useful."

Before Yin He had even finished speaking, the expressions of Liang Duqiu and the others turned incredibly unsightly.

They wanted to voice their complaints, but seeing Yin He, they swallowed their words back down.

"Face your own talent. Do you really think your strength hasn't grown because you missed a few Secret Realm trials?"

Yin He snorted coldly several times. Although no one refuted him, he still gave everyone a stern lecture.

In the crowd, Li Yuan looked at this Instructor coldly.

It seemed he was a major hindrance.

Hesitating for a moment, Li Yuan prepared to speak up and fight for this Secret Realm trial opportunity for himself.

He hadn't come to Meifengshan Martial Arts Academy to waste time on solitary bitter cultivation, nor was he here for a few words of guidance.

If he couldn't go to the Secret Realm, this trip would be for nothing.

Before he could speak, a Senior Brother beside him noticed Li Yuan's movement and immediately tried to pull him back.

But he was a step too slow; Li Yuan had already spoken: "Master Yin, my Cultivation has reached a Bottleneck."

"This Secret Realm trial would be very beneficial to me. I ask for your permission to participate."

These words were polite and could be considered giving him a lot of Face.

However, hearing this, Yin He turned his head coldly.

His gaze swept over Li Yuan's body.

"With such meager strength and low talent, you certainly think highly of yourself."

"I said you are not suited for it, so you are not suited for it."

"If your head isn't clear, you can come to me for a couple of slaps to clear it up."

"When you truly have the ability and skill, you'll have so many Secret Realm trial opportunities you'll grow tired of them."

Yin He threw down these words and turned to walk away leisurely.

He still hadn't agreed to Li Yuan's proposal to participate in the Secret Realm trial, and had even insulted and scolded him.

Once he was far away, the Senior Brother beside him sighed helplessly.

"According to the Academy's rules, to participate in a Secret Realm trial, the Instructor must personally accompany us."

"He is responsible for our safety in the Secret Realm."

"He definitely just doesn't want the trouble or to exert the effort, so he won't let us go."

"No matter what you say, Junior Brother Li, he won't agree."

After this Senior Brother finished, Eldest Senior Brother Liang Duqiu walked over.

He comforted Li Yuan, telling him to set his mind at ease.

Yin He didn't block every Secret Realm trial; they should be able to go to the next one.

But Li Yuan didn't want to give up this opportunity.

The next trial would be in a different Secret Realm, and missing this one meant missing it forever.

That would mean one less massive harvest.

"Is there any way to change Instructors?"

"Or, can we join another court to participate in this Secret Realm trial?"

Li Yuan asked the question after a moment of hesitation.

The surrounding Senior Brothers weren't surprised; they had asked the same thing before.

"We are already under Yin He's command. To change, he would have to leave Meifengshan Martial Arts Academy."

"Instructor Yin He is a core member in his prime whom the Academy values greatly."

"Even if he wanted to leave, the Academy's upper management would do everything to keep him, so there's no chance of that..."

After a pause, another Senior Brother nearby mentioned a way to participate in this Secret Realm.

"If one insists on participating, the Academy allows Disciples to sign up on their own, but they must handle their own safety issues."

"However, if a Disciple signs up for a Secret Realm trial themselves, the Academy will question the Instructor about the reason after the trial ends."

"If we sign up ourselves, Master Yin He will surely be scolded."

"When that happens, who knows how he'll make life difficult for us..."

Hearing this, Li Yuan felt relieved.

So it was possible to sign up on one's own; then there was no problem.

As for what Yin He thought or whether he made life difficult for him, it didn't matter.

The casual conversation ended, and Liang Duqiu and the others continued their practice.

Li Yuan watched their practice from the side and reached a completely different conclusion than Yin He.

Among these young Martial Artists present, every single one of them had a sufficiently solid base.

Their current Foundation was already at the peak of what they could achieve.

Continuing to practice the basics here would yield virtually no improvement and would instead grind away their inner drive.

When a practitioner doesn't improve for a long time, it's easy to fall into self-despair and be consumed by one's Heart Demon.

In the eyes of Li Yuan, who possessed the experience of numerous Ninth-Grade Supremes, Liang Duqiu and the others should actually be participating in the Secret Realm trial.

They needed to hone themselves in the Secret Realm and transform their Foundation into actual, usable strength.

This Yin He was simply lazy and didn't want to expend energy on his Disciples.

He fabricated all sorts of excuses to force these young people to stay here, keeping their heads down and repeating basics they were already intimately familiar with.

Such a person was completely unworthy of the title 'Master'.

At the you hour, after finishing dinner, Li Yuan asked some Senior Brothers from other courts on the way.

He then went to sign up; he was going to participate in this Secret Realm trial no matter what.