63: Chapter 63 Looting the Corpse Again, Level Up!

The day after registration, Li Yuan informed Liang Duqiu and the others of everything he had done.

These Senior Brothers were good people, and he didn't want to keep them in the dark.

While sharing the news, Li Yuan emphasized one point to them.

If Instructor Yin He questioned them, they should shift all responsibility onto him and must not try to take the blame on his behalf.

Liang Duqiu and the other Senior Brothers could only sigh helplessly.

They blamed Li Yuan for being too impulsive.

At Meifengshan Martial Arts Academy, many of a Disciple's affairs required the care and attention of their Instructor.

This act of defying Yin He would certainly invite retaliation.

Of course, as an Instructor, his methods of retaliation wouldn't be as low-level and direct as physical punishment.

But if he employed other means, the Disciples would find them even harder to deal with.

"Junior Brother Li Yuan, all of us here have grievances against Master Yin He."

"But when living under someone else's roof, it is most appropriate to lower one's head."

"I truly feel some self-reproach now; I shouldn't have told you about the path of private registration..."

Liang Duqiu's face was filled with guilt.

He truly felt he had harmed Li Yuan, pushing him into a pit of fire.

Li Yuan smiled, maintaining a positive demeanor to avoid making them feel even worse.

During their casual conversation, he took the opportunity to give them a few pointers on their cultivation paths.

According to Yin He, constantly solidifying the foundation was actually a hindrance.

It was like a child who should be learning to walk and run, yet was still there practicing crawling.

What if they became the most skilled crawler in the world?

To learn to walk and run, one still had to attempt a Breakthrough.

Just because you are proficient at crawling doesn't mean you will naturally know how to walk, run, and jump.

After hearing Li Yuan's words, Liang Duqiu and the other Senior Brothers nodded.

However, how much they truly took to heart was unknown.

Li Yuan's external identity, after all, was just that of a young Martial Artist.

In terms of age, Liang Duqiu and the others were much older than Li Yuan.

The views of a young Martial Artist indeed lacked a great deal of authority.

Two days passed, and during this time, Yin He did not visit again.

The time for the Secret Realm trial had arrived.

Following the scheduled time, Li Yuan set out alone to participate in the Secret Realm trial.

From the Yin Court side, only Li Yuan participated this time.

Arriving early at the gathering point, the Disciples under other Instructors were somewhat surprised to hear that Li Yuan was the only one from the Yin Court participating.

During the roll call, it was specifically mentioned that Li Yuan had registered on his own.

All the other Disciples of the Yin Court had given up on this Secret Realm trial.

The other Instructors all knew what kind of person Yin He was and had guessed that the Yin Court might opt out.

But they hadn't expected a Disciple to register on his own.

"It seems Junior Brother Yin is going to get scolded again~"

"He really is something; he should at least put a little more heart into his Disciples."

"Out of seven or eight Secret Realm trials a year, he manages to decline half of them."

Several Instructors conversed, their words carrying a hint of helplessness.

"When this Disciple returns today, I'm afraid he'll run into some trouble."

"With Junior Brother Yin's temper, who knows how he'll bully the boy..."

"Let's help look out for him. Since he came alone, he'll have no one to help if he encounters danger."

Most of the Academy's Masters still possessed professional ethics.

They too had once been cared for by their own Masters, advancing step by step to where they were today.

Now, it was only right to follow their Masters' examples and look after the current young Disciples.

Yin He was different; he had been called a Prodigy since childhood.

Everyone was good to him, and everyone felt he would have a bright future.

In his eyes, he likely felt that being treated well was only normal.

Everyone else had to follow his will, and looking after his cultivation and improvement was the most important matter.

The roll call ended, and the Secret Realm trial officially began.

This trial would last for two days. The Secret Realm's location wasn't far, just twenty miles north of Meifeng Mountain.

Li Yuan followed the crowd all the way there.

The Secret Realm was a massive mountain cave.

Stepping into the cave, one could feel a very distinct change in the atmosphere.

It was as if an Eighth-Grade Expert was inside the cave, continuously releasing their pressure and Aura.

The young Disciples entered the cave, attempting to resist this pressure and Aura.

Through this resistance, they would find the path to elevate their martial arts and identify their own shortcomings.

This Secret Realm was actually very useful for martial arts practitioners; the continuous, lingering pressure provided countless opportunities for training.

At the same time, one could encounter danger at any moment inside.

This was pressure equivalent to that of an Eighth-Grade Martial Artist.

Young Martial Artists could withstand it for a short time without issue.

But once a mistake occurred during cultivation, the body would surely be crushed by the pressure in an instant.

Therefore, cultivating in this Secret Realm required the protection of Instructors.

Li Yuan entered along with the others.

The others began to feel the pressure, testing their own cultivation methods.

Li Yuan, however, was looking for the area where the past sages were enshrined.

Deep within the cave, Li Yuan found what he was looking for.

He bowed to the sages and then began to use the Corpse Looting Technique.

[Corpse Looting Technique (Level 5): Picked up Ye Qiong's martial arts experience, one hundred and fifty years of martial Internal Energy, "Snow Moon Phantom Sword," and "Danbird Wings".]

Another former Ninth-Grade Supreme.

With one hundred and fifty years of martial Internal Energy, he was one step closer to the middle stage of the Ninth Grade.

Gaining these made the effort of securing this Secret Realm trial well worth it.

The actual training in the Secret Realm was, conversely, quite useless to Li Yuan.

He was already in the Ninth-Grade Realm. The Eighth-Grade pressure lingering in this Secret Realm didn't even dare to touch him, so how could it have any training effect?

That wasn't even considering his current state.

Although there was Eighth-Grade pressure in the cave, it was incredibly weak.

Li Yuan felt that even when his martial Realm was only at the Fourth or Fifth Grade, he could have ignored it.

Now, it was the pressure that was afraid of him.

Inside the cave, Li Yuan sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, mimicking the others by quieting his heart to feel the pressure.

In reality, Li Yuan was constantly contemplating his own path of martial cultivation.

It had almost nothing to do with the training in this cave.

The Instructors patrolling back and forth had initially spent a lot of effort keeping an eye on Li Yuan.

He was the only one from the Yin Court participating, with no Instructor to look after or protect him.

The Disciples under Yin He's command usually had mediocre strength, ranking at the bottom of Meifengshan Martial Arts Academy.

The likelihood of him encountering danger in the Secret Realm should have been higher than for other Disciples.

But after half a day of observation, these Instructors found Li Yuan's state to be perfectly stable.

His breathing and complexion were completely normal, as if nothing were happening.

In contrast, Disciples from other courts had to leave the cave to catch their breath every few hours.

It was very difficult for young Martial Artists to withstand Eighth-Grade pressure for long periods.

Yet, this young man from the Yin Court somehow withstood the pressure and was steadily cultivating in the cave.

Li Yuan, deep in meditation with his eyes closed, had no interest in guessing what others were thinking.

What he was thinking about in his Sea of Consciousness were the newly acquired "Snow Moon Phantom Sword" and "Danbird Wings".

The power of this "Snow Moon Phantom Sword" was not low, but it was far inferior to the "Nine Nether Azure Sword" he had obtained from Senior Emperor Chen.

This set of sword techniques was quite low on his priority list.

However, these "Danbird Wings" were quite interesting.