79: Chapter 79 Fortunately, you still have some sense of shame

Li Yuan possessed such talent and potential, yet he had no powerful factions backing him.

This was a wonderful thing for the Meifengshan Martial Arts Academy.

The academy could cultivate a Disciple like Li Yuan as a successor.

Perhaps in fifty years, Meifengshan Martial Arts Academy could produce another Ninth Grade!

After some discussion, Dean Guo had someone write a letter to Yingyang Pass.

They wanted to test the waters and confirm Li Yuan's identity and background.

At this moment, Li Yuan was in his own room, quietly analyzing what he had gained today.

The training at Zhai Tian Terrace indeed couldn't provide him with any benefits.

However, on the seventh floor, the remains of a Ninth Grade Senior were indeed enshrined.

Through this instance of the Corpse Looting Technique, Li Yuan obtained another hundred and sixty years of martial Internal Energy.

As for Cultivation Techniques, there was a set called "Tian Shen Exploration Formation" that was quite interesting.

After Li Yuan obtained it, he immediately spent some time studying it.

Further into the higher levels, it became easy and fast again.

If he put more effort into researching it, most Formations in this world would likely no longer pose a threat to him.

Coupled with the martial experience of other Ninth Grade Martial Artists, some of which also dealt with Formations.

From now on, he shouldn't have to worry about most situations requiring him to break through Formations.

For Li Yuan, his current energy was not focused on this Formation.

Having gained another hundred and sixty years of martial Internal Energy, after being refined by the Tai Xuan Divine Art, it was enough to take another step forward.

In the coming days, Li Yuan would push aside all other matters.

He would attempt to break through and step into the Ninth Grade Middle Stage.

Above the Ninth Grade, every step was like a vast chasm.

Similarly, every advancement after reaching the Ninth Grade Realm brought even greater benefits.

That night, Li Yuan had a good night's rest.

At dawn, Li Yuan found Liang Duqiu and told him he was going into seclusion, asking him to explain to anyone who came looking for him.

After finishing his instructions, Li Yuan left the academy.

If he went into seclusion inside the academy, he might still be disturbed by some blind fools.

Leaving the academy to find a random spot in the wilderness was the only way to truly be undisturbed.

Two hours later, Li Yuan stopped at a hillside.

The surroundings were dry and clean, making it comfortable for him to sit on the ground.

Wasting no more time, he calmed his mind and began to circulate the Tai Xuan Divine Art.

The hundred-plus years of martial Internal Energy he had gained were continuously refined and converted into the Internal Energy he needed.

As time passed, his body was continuously purified.

During this cultivation session, Li Yuan could very clearly feel the changes in his physique and state of mind.

His entire being felt as if his consciousness was transcending his physical body.

It was as if he wasn't sitting on the hillside, but in the sky, watching everything before him from a different perspective.

When he first stepped into the Ninth Grade Realm, Li Yuan had experienced this feeling as well.

Back then, Li Yuan's heart was filled with excitement and agitation, celebrating his entry into this Supreme Realm.

Today, there was much more calmness.

His breathing was steady, with no excitement or hype; he was mostly reflecting on his path of cultivation.

Li Yuan did not arrogantly believe that his current strength was solely due to his own hard work and diligence.

Li Yuan knew very well that he possessed such strength because of that mysterious Corpse Looting Technique.

Even with the strength of a Ninth-Grade Supreme, he still could not afford to be conceited or arrogant.

Act with caution and think deeply when things arise.

He could not simply discard the virtues he already possessed.

Over the next few days, Li Yuan stayed on that hillside, focusing his mind on the Breakthrough.

On the third day of his focused cultivation, a heavy rain began to fall.

However, the rain seemed to know to avoid him, not daring to get Li Yuan wet.

It was also on this day that Li Yuan's martial Realm, which had been stagnant for nearly two months, took another step forward.

He had entered the Ninth Grade Middle Stage!

Now that he possessed the strength of the Ninth Grade Middle Stage, there was no one left in the Da Shun Dynasty who could be his opponent on the surface.

Even those few Ninth Grade Great Perfection Supremes.

In their own eyes, they were already invincible in this world.

The next step in cultivation was to explore the unknown and seek the most fundamental improvement in one's practice.

Little did they know that Li Yuan, who had not yet reached the Ninth Grade Great Perfection, already surpassed them in martial strength.

Li Yuan had a clear understanding of his own strength.

He had gained so much Ninth Grade martial experience, including that of top experts at the Ninth Grade Great Perfection.

For example, that Senior Emperor Chen.

Li Yuan used his experience to evaluate himself.

After practicing the Tai Xuan Divine Art, even a Ninth Grade Great Perfection like him would be significantly inferior in actual combat power.

Since his current strength could even defeat Senior Emperor Chen, there would naturally be no other contemporary Ninth-Grade Supremes stronger than him.

As of today, as long as he didn't deliberately seek death by rushing into some Formation traps or clashing head-on with some bizarre Magical Artifacts, no one should be able to take his life.

Those stationary things that acted like cages were indeed quite powerful.

If not for that, why would those large Sects and powerful forces bother setting up Sect-protecting Formations?

Having endured the difficulty of the Realm Breakthrough, Li Yuan did not return to the academy immediately.

He would stay here to quietly stabilize his strength before going back.

Within the Meifengshan Martial Arts Academy, there were other enshrined remains of ancestors from which he could still gain some improvements.

...

Xili Prefecture, Yan Family.

Yan Chenyao and her group had already returned to the clan the day before yesterday.

The fact that she had lost to Li Yuan at the Zhai Tian Terrace had already spread throughout the Family.

After returning home, she received scoldings from several elders.

The one who scolded her the most was Yan Chang.

It was he who had made the promise to give Li Yuan three chances to prove himself.

Now, on the very first attempt, Li Yuan had succeeded in proving himself.

Yan Chenzhou had gone to great lengths to find a Medicine Tester; if something went wrong, Yan Chang wouldn't be able to explain it either.

Scolding Yan Chenyao was a way to shift the blame.

Although throwing the responsibility onto a Junior was quite ungraceful, Yan Chang still didn't want to bear the responsibility for such a major matter.

Yan Chenzhou was the successor designated by the Yan Family's Ninth-Grade Supreme.

If something went wrong with his affairs, even the Family Head would intervene.

The Yan Family Ancestral Hall.

Today, the core members of the Yan Family had all come here to gather and discuss important matters.

This major matter was regarding Li Yuan, the Medicine Tester.

"Currently, Chenyao has lost the competition in public. Logically, our Yan Family is already at a disadvantage.

Now, several powers are waiting to see us make fools of ourselves.

They want us to keep our promise and push Chenzhou out to test medicine for that person."

In the center of the ancestral hall, this year's person-in-charge was describing the current situation.

Yan Chenzhou sat below, without any panic or worry.

He knew very well that he wouldn't face any difficulties.

No matter what, the Yan Family would never allow him to test medicine for someone else.

In the future, he was someone who would charge towards the Ninth Grade Realm; he was the future of the Yan Family.

Not far away, the smile had vanished from Yan Chenyao's face, which remained gloomy.

Yan Chenzhou looked at her and then spoke up, "I told you, the gap between us is enormous.

Viewing me as an opponent will only drag down your cultivation. Even a Disciple from a martial academy can suppress you.

Fortunately, you still have some sense of shame; after losing to that kind of person, you know how incompetent you are."