73: Chapter 73 Three Opportunities to Prove

After Yan Chang finished speaking, the other Yan family members nearby chimed in.

They spoke one after another.

From their words, it seemed as if testing medicine for Yan Chenzhou was a benefit for Li Yuan.

As if it were a massive Opportunity in Li Yuan's life, an Opportunity to form ties with the Yan Family, an Opportunity to befriend a future Ninth-Grade.

"I'm sorry, but whatever honor or Opportunity I, Li Yuan, want, I can fight for it myself."

"I don't need to rely on others' charity."

"He's not the only one in this world who can step into the Ninth-Grade."

"If he were to help me test medicine, perhaps it would bring your Yan Family an even greater glory and Opportunity."

Li Yuan's tone became serious as he finished.

He really wasn't lying to them.

If the Yan Family were willing to bow to Li Yuan now and establish a good relationship with him...

...let alone the future, they would receive Opportunities and benefits in the near term.

Yan Chang and the others couldn't help but burst out laughing upon hearing this.

"What kind of trash are you? You want a junior of our Yan Family to test medicine for you? Are you worthy?"

"When Chenzhou was your age, he was already near the middle stage of the Sixth-Grade."

"What is your strength? Where does this confidence come from?"

Yan Chang spoke, critiquing Li Yuan while laughing.

After his critique, Yan Chang didn't say anything more to Li Yuan.

He turned his head to look at the middle and high-level management of the academy.

"Dean Guo, I'll have to trouble you all for help next."

"Please supervise the diet, medicinal baths, and the prohibition of Cultivation during this period."

"This young man seems somewhat uncooperative, so I can only ask everyone at the academy to help out."

Hearing this, Dean Guo, who had been frowning, hesitated for a moment before stepping forward.

"The Yan Family is a founding Family of the Meifengshan Martial Arts Academy; I shouldn't refuse a few requests."

"However, this child Li Yuan indeed has some talent and potential."

"He is also unwilling to give up his path of Cultivation."

"The Meifengshan Martial Arts Academy is a place that leads young Martial Artists to the peak of the Martial Dao."

"If we sever someone's path of Cultivation, it would truly be a disgrace to the academy's reputation."

Dean Guo was speaking up for Li Yuan.

His tone was tactful and polite; he wanted to help Li Yuan but also didn't want to offend the Yan Family.

Upon hearing this, Yan Chang's face instantly turned cold.

Dean Guo's words were already very polite, but for the Yan Family, it was far from enough.

"It seems this young man is highly valued by the academy. If he truly has talent, then he is indeed unsuitable for testing medicine."

"How about this: as long as his strength is greater than Chenzhou's."

"Not only will he not have to test medicine, but our Chenzhou will instead help him test medicine. How about that?"

Yan Chang's words carried a sense of venting anger.

He was also pressuring Dean Guo to comply.

Yan Chenzhou was already nearly thirty; although still considered a junior, he was much older than Li Yuan.

Expecting Li Yuan to be stronger than him was truly making things difficult.

"We will give him three opportunities to prove that he is more excellent than Chenzhou."

"If all three opportunities prove he is inferior yet he still acts up like this, then don't blame our Yan Family for using forceful methods."

Yan Chang threw down these words and then left with the rest of the Yan Family.

The Sweeping Elder in the Secret Realm did not leave with them, staying behind at the Meifengshan Martial Arts Academy.

In fact, Yan Chang's demand was still extremely unreasonable.

Regardless of whether Li Yuan was more excellent than Yan Chenzhou, Li Yuan had the right to refuse testing medicine.

This talk of giving three opportunities to prove himself was, in the end, entirely to Li Yuan's disadvantage.

But they probably didn't anticipate that this matter was truly different for Li Yuan.

Li Yuan was actually a bit curious.

Would the Yan Family really let Yan Chenzhou help him test medicine after confirming he was inferior to Li Yuan?

The Yan family members left, and today's disturbance temporarily came to an end.

The academy's dean and Instructors sighed one by one and turned to leave.

Li Yuan returned to the Cultivation courtyard along with the others from the Yin Court.

On the way back, the Senior Brothers of the Yin Court looked as if they wanted to say something but hesitated.

They wanted to say something, but after thinking it through, they realized they had nothing they could really say.

Li Yuan was the person who had defeated Fu Qingfan; in this Meifengshan Martial Arts Academy, he was a Disciple on the B-tier Ranking List.

The Senior Brothers had many suggestions in their hearts.

But after some thought, they all chose to keep quiet.

Whatever they could think of, Li Yuan had certainly thought of it even earlier.

Returning to the Yin Court to rest, Li Yuan acted as if nothing had happened.

The people from the Yan Family who came today, the things they said, and the demands they made...

...seemed to have put no pressure on Li Yuan at all.

Li Yuan's behavior brought quite a bit of encouragement to Senior Brother Liang Diqiu and the others.

Even if the mountain were to collapse tomorrow, one could still focus on reading today.

With this kind of state of mind, Liang Diqiu and the others seemed to understand why Li Yuan's strength was so great.

With such a state of mind, it would be difficult for one's strength to be weak.

As for Li Yuan, he felt he didn't deserve such praise.

The reason he wasn't worried or anxious was essentially that the threat from the Yan Family wasn't big enough.

He was a Ninth-Grade Supreme himself, so how could he be afraid of them?

In the following days, Li Yuan continued his Cultivation and life as usual, waiting for the next opening of the Secret Realm.

During this time, the Instructors who came to the Yin Court to provide guidance were also surprised by Li Yuan's state.

They were also amazed by the strength of Li Yuan's state of mind.

Faced with the pressure from the Yan Family, he truly acted as if nothing were wrong, not worried in the least.

Seeing Li Yuan's state, they felt an even greater sense of pity.

Such an excellent Disciple, yet he had no future.

The Yan Family's attitude was very firm; they would not give up on this medicine tester.

So many years had passed, and they had spent so much effort without finding a medicine tester with the New Wood Physique.

Now that one had finally appeared, how could they bear to let him go?

Several Instructors suggested to Li Yuan that he should speak to his backers about this matter.

To see if there was any way to resolve it.

As for those three opportunities to prove himself, he could basically forget about them.

The Yan Family's Yan Chenzhou was already at the initial stage of the Seventh-Grade.

How was Li Yuan supposed to prove he was more excellent than him?

Compare what? How would they compare?

In any kind of combat match they could think of, there was no chance of winning.

Li Yuan nodded in response to the Instructors' reminders, thanking them for their concern.

However, once they were gone, he continued to live as he had before.

On the fourth day after this incident, Yin He returned.

He had left the academy more than ten days ago, saying he was going to find a completely satisfactory Disciple.

In less than twenty days, he really did bring back a young Disciple.

This young Disciple was the same age as Li Yuan and was said to have been found in a poor village, possessing high talent.

Yin He took that Disciple and began Cultivating in the Yin Court.

He wouldn't guide Liang Diqiu and the others; he only guided the one Disciple he had brought back.

The others were still being guided by the academy's other Instructors.

During dinner, Liang Diqiu and the others told Li Yuan about this.

"Yin He told everyone that he will bring this Disciple to the Fourth-Grade Perfection within a month."

"At that time, he will have him challenge you, Junior Brother."

"He says that any Disciple who catches his eye can improve rapidly under his guidance."

"He's still making excuses, saying there was nothing wrong with his previous teaching and guidance..."

Li Yuan smiled.

Before Li Yuan could respond, Liang Diqiu beside him became a bit more serious.

"Junior Brother, don't let your guard down. That newly brought Disciple really has something to him."

"He also has a special Physique, and his Cultivation speed far exceeds that of ordinary people!"