29: Chapter 29 Secluded Cultivation Breakthrough, Demon Orb Nephew

Ye Qingxuan looked at the nearly full Storage Ring and sighed that this trip had truly been worthwhile.

Inside the live broadcast room — —

"What a truly hearty and exhilarating battle!"

"Battle? What battle? I only saw Daoist Ye slap down a Golden Core Stage Demonic Beast with a single palm each. At most, that tree managed to hold out for two moves."

"It was simply a one-sided massacre."

"With Daoist Ye's harvest, I really look forward to when the rewards are distributed."

"As expected of Fellow Daoist Qingxuan, this strength—this poor Daoist feels utterly inferior."

"Fellow Daoist Qingxuan's strength is getting stronger and stronger, and the gap between us is also growing wider. This little monk has yet to break through to the Golden Core, yet Fellow Daoist Qingxuan is already about to step into the Nascent Soul."

"I adore Brother Qingxuan so much! However, the flesh and blood of those Demonic Beasts seem usable for Alchemy as well; I hope to exchange for some when the time comes."

"Little brother Qingxuan is still so strong, I really want to cling to him."

It is fortunate that Sister Qingling is in seclusion and not watching the live stream, otherwise she would definitely bristle with anger.

"Daoist Yuzhu, how many moves can you last under Daoist Ye's hands?"

"..." That hits right in the heart.

"This Rebellious Disciple, instead of properly Cultivating, he is actually slacking off?" Celestial Master Zhang and Abbot Kongming turned dark in the face upon seeing their Disciples slacking off by watching the live stream. Exchanging glances, everything went unsaid.

Meanwhile, our Daoist Yuzhu and Master Duyuan couldn't help but shiver coldly.

Inside the National Destiny Space — —

Ye Qingxuan calculated the time. Less than a day had passed, and there were still six days left until the end of the mission, but he always had a bad premonition. This National Destiny Game made Ye Qingxuan faintly sense unease, feeling as if the National Destiny Space was brewing something big for him—perhaps a formidable enemy to face in the near future.

"It is time to Breakthrough to Golden Core Perfection."

Ye Qingxuan immediately transformed into a beam of light, flying toward the place with the densest Spiritual Qi in the Monster Forest. This place was originally the territory of a life-attribute Demonic Beast whose true form was a nameless large tree; Daoist Ye had used two swords just to slay it.

With a wave of his hand, Formation Flags flew out from the Storage Ring. The Formation Flags flew in the air along an abstruse trajectory, instantly setting up a Five Elements Spirit-Gathering Formation. The Formation enveloped a radius of several hundred miles, used to gather spirits and transform the violent Spiritual Qi. In just a moment, the Spiritual Qi of the entire Monster Forest was drawn into the Formation, turning the Spiritual Qi within the Formation into mist.

Ye Qingxuan sat cross-legged in the center of the Formation, running the Shangqing Dadong Scripture at full power. The Spiritual Qi, like a vortex in the heart of a river, submerged into Ye Qingxuan's body. Five-colored brilliant light also lit up on his body surface.

— —

"Is Daoist Ye Cultivating?"

"Although I don't understand, I am greatly shocked."

"No way? My Cultivation doesn't have such an exaggerated momentum either!"

"What Qi Refinement Stage are you on upstairs? The first or second stage?"

"That pierces the heart, buddy."

"An ant in the Qi Refinement Stage dares to compare cultivation anomalies with a Golden Core Senior."

"The little mouth of the person upstairs is so sweet, like it's soaked in poison."

"Hahaha, the four Realms of immortal cultivation: ants, little friends, Fellow Daoists, Seniors."

"666666"

...

"Three Seniors, is Daoist Ye... Cultivating?" Sister Qing widened her eyes, looking at the scene before her with a face full of confusion.

After all, she was just a layperson. Facing such an exaggerated Formation setup by Ye Qingxuan, she truly couldn't make heads or tails of it. Thus, she cast her gaze toward the few experts beside her, hoping to get some explanation from them.

Only to see Master Yuanxin gazing at his Disciple with a solemn expression, a trace of appreciation flashing in his eyes: "Mhm, he is preparing for a Breakthrough. Looking at this appearance, it seems he has gained new insights into the Shangqing Dadong Scripture. However, as for the specific situation, I am not too clear either. Perhaps we can only know after he succeeds."

As he spoke, Master Yuanxin's line of sight never left Ye Qingxuan's calm and focused face.

Meanwhile, Celestial Master Zhang at the side was deeply attracted by the Formation laid down by Ye Qingxuan.

He exclaimed in amazement: "Awesome! This is a Formation that integrates multiple functions such as gathering spirits, transformation, defense, attack, warning, and calming the mind into one! Moreover, the Formation was completed in an instant; such a technique is truly unfathomable!"

"Fellow Daoist Yuanxin, your esteemed Disciple's attainments in Formations can be described as reaching the pinnacle, truly making one full of admiration!" While exclaiming in praise, Celestial Master Zhang cast an appreciative and envious look at Ye Qingxuan.

"Immortal Master Qingxuan's attainment in Formations can be called a Grandmaster of a generation!" Abbot Kongming looked at the magnificent spectacle before him, and a sense of sourness could not help welling up in his heart.

He pondered inwardly: "Why do all these people with extraordinary Aptitude and outstanding talent devote themselves to the Daoist sect? Is our Buddhism really that lacking in appeal?"

Even though Celestial Master Zhang always loudly called his own Disciples "foolish Disciples" on ordinary days, in reality, he was feeling quite pleased deep down.

After all, exceptional talents like Zhang Yuzhuo were truly rare to see. From his experience of over a hundred years, in the contemporary era, Zhang Yuzhuo's Aptitude was second only to Ye Qingxuan—although the gap was a bit big. As for Master Yuanxin's other four esteemed Disciples, their Aptitude and ability were not much inferior to Zhang Yuzhuo.

Not to mention that peerless Genius who suddenly emerged some days ago—Disciple Suyue, who was likewise not the least bit inferior to Zhang Yuzhuo. Looking back at his own Lingyin Temple, there was only one Duyuan, which truly made Kongming feel incomparably regretful and lost.

At this very moment, Kongming's head was filled with thoughts of how to recruit these outstanding young talents into the Buddhist fold. However, reason told him that such behavior was no different from daydreaming.

Therefore, he could only silently pray in his heart and constantly admonish himself not to give birth to greedy thoughts.

"Amitabha, Buddha is above, please forgive this Disciple's momentary impulse... It's just that old Daoist Yuanxin's art of accepting Disciples is truly admirable! Namo Amitabha, well said, well said, what a sin, what a sin..."

Kongming muttered in a low voice while helplessly shaking his head.

"Two Fellow Daoists, take a closer look again." Master Yuanxin gave a meaningful smile. The Disciple he taught had surpassed him, and as a Master, being able to show off in front of old friends—that feeling was truly awesome!!

"Huh??!! This is Five Elements Inversion!! And shielding the Heavenly Dao!!" Celestial Master Zhang was shocked, and then even more sour: "No way, this old Daoist is going to add extra training for that foolish Disciple as soon as I get back!!"

Zhang Yuzhuo: I always feel a chill down my back!

"This old monk saw it long ago. It seems Immortal Master Qingxuan has learned his lesson from last time," Kongming uttered faintly.

— — — —

"I was just about to say, if he absorbs Spiritual Qi like this, wouldn't the Heavenly Dao go crazy? I didn't expect Daoist Ye to have considered that as well."

"The person upstairs, if even you can think of it, how could Daoist Ye not think of it?"

"It was we who were worrying excessively. Sure enough, Master Yuanxin said Daoist Ye never does things without assurance."

"I have a premonition that Daoist Ye is going to play a big one."

"Then just watch. When has Daoist Ye ever disappointed people?"

— — — —

Inside an office at the Cultivation Academy

"As expected, Junior Brother won't fall into the same trap a second time. This Formation, I couldn't possibly set it up." Qingming looked at the Cultivating Ye Qingxuan with a face full of reflected glory.

"Master! Master! Look quickly, Junior Martial Uncle is simply too amazing! Just when on earth will I be able to become as strong as Junior Martial Uncle?"

The one who uttered such an exclamation was a boy around twelve or thirteen years old.

The child was born with clear eyebrows and bright eyes, exquisite and three-dimensional facial features, and a petite stature.

Seeing the Qi circulating around his body, he had already stepped into the second layer of the Qi Refinement Stage. However, within those pair of eyes flashed a clever and astute expression, vaguely mixed with a bit of craftiness—obviously a whimsical little imp.

It is just a pity that at this moment, this little fellow was being hung up in mid-air by a rope, appearing rather disheveled as he swayed up and down.

Recovering his senses, Qingming just wanted to go back to half a day ago and fiercely choke his past self's neck. Of all things to take in, why did he have to take in this Demonic Pill??

The child was named Chen Shi, twelve years old, and was an orphan.

Ever since universal cultivation began, he was one of those seventeen geniuses. However, because his disposition was overly lively, active, and mischievous, Qingming named him "Ximo", intending to hope that the Disciple could become a bit more steady.

However, if one were to speak solely of Ximo's own Cultivation Aptitude, it could truly only be considered mediocre — —

After all, within Master Yuanxin's lineage, anyone whose Aptitude was inferior to Ye Qingxuan would be classified under "ordinary".

However, this child had an extraordinary Comprehension Ability and talent for the way of the Talisman! It could simply be said that he was not much inferior to Ye Qingxuan!

Because Qingming taught this little Disciple two of the most basic Talismans, namely: the Frost Talisman and the Blazing Fire Talisman,

and wanted to use this to test whether this Disciple truly possessed extraordinary Aptitude.

Unexpectedly, after just one short hour, this little imp had already thoroughly mastered both Talisman spells; and back then, Ye Qingxuan had also only taken half an hour (except that a full twenty minutes of it was spent spacing out and daydreaming)...

Seeing this situation, Qingming couldn't help being exceptionally excited, repeatedly sighing with emotion: "Hahaha, good, today this poor Daoist has truly struck gold! Acquiring such an excellent Disciple is truly my great fortune! It is simply another little Ye Qingxuan born!"

However, good times didn't last long. Not long after, Qingming regretted it so much he wanted to fiercely slap himself a few times — — it turned out he had been happy far too early!

To test the power of the Talismans, Ximo first blew up the cafeteria with a Blazing Fire Talisman, then froze the toilet with a Frost Talisman, and then ran over to him wanting to learn new and powerful Talismans. If Yun Huan hadn't come looking for him, Qingming wouldn't have known what happened.

As a result, Qingming hung him up and was just about to lecture him a few times when he saw his Junior Brother preparing for a Breakthrough. That instant Formation-forming startled him for a moment, and now he was interrupted by his Disciple. Looking at this Demonic Pill Disciple before him, Qingming had a headache.

"Ximo, from now on, you will take Cultivation as your main focus. Until you break through to the Foundation Establishment, you are not allowed to learn any more Talismans, otherwise I will hand you over to... hand you over to..."

Qingming was torn. Hand him over to whom? Master Yuanxin? With Ximo's Talisman Aptitude, wouldn't Master spoil him to the heavens? Second Senior Brother Qingyun? Come on, don't actually turn him into a reckless brute.

Third Sister Qingling? With her demonic temperament, wouldn't handing Ximo over to her turn the heavens upside down? Fourth Senior Brother, that retentive gourd? Forget it, with Qingmo's temperament, unless Ximo poked a hole in the sky, he absolutely wouldn't utter half a sentence of nonsense. Hand him over to Junior Brother?

Qingming shivered. Not to mention the matter of the National Destiny Space, if he really handed him over to Ye Qingxuan to teach, with such a talented Disciple, his Dao Heart might get shattered from the blows.

Now it was great, their lineage seemed to have only himself fit to teach Disciples.

"Master, what did you say? Hand me over to whom?" Ximo's words pulled Qingming's thoughts back to reality.

"If you dare to use Talismans randomly again, this Master will hand you over to Senior Brother Qingcang. Let me tell you, Senior Brother Qingcang is the eldest Disciple of the Elder in charge of imparting techniques. He is rigid in his ways and values rules above all else. If you don't obey, I will have your Senior Martial Uncle teach you a lesson."

Later on, Qingming deeply regretted today's decision, because Ximo also corrupted Disciple Xiyue, along with little Nine, that little Demonic Pill. This trio of three was later called the Three Scourges of Supreme Clarity by the cultivation world.

Not only did they turn Mount Mao upside down, but they also caused quite a few troubles outside. If Ye Qingxuan hadn't been cleaning up their mess behind the scenes, they would have long been eaten by others until not even a scrap of bone was left.

Those Disciples of Qingcang were more rigid than the last. Having finally taken in an obedient and cute little Disciple, they pampered him like a treasure, only for him to be led astray into a Demonic Pill. For this, Senior Brother Qingcang complained plenty to Qingming, but that is a story for another time.

— — — —

"Alright! Qingxuan's Cultivation this time will probably be hard to finish without three to five days. Those who aren't particularly interested in watching can move elsewhere to wander around."

As soon as his voice fell, Master Yuanxin decisively turned around and strode away.

After all, sitting idly here all the time was extremely boring. Besides, the three Golden Core Stage Cultivators might not mind, but the rest of the people might not be able to endure this torment.

Why not head to the Cultivation Academy to take a look? By the way, we can also check what kind of Aptitude and Comprehension Ability that future grand-Disciple actually has.

"Fellow Daoist Yuanxin's words are extremely right. Since that's the case, this poor Daoist will take his leave first." While speaking, Celestial Master Zhang began to pack up his things, looking as if he intended to return to the Daoist temple and thoroughly train his own Disciples.

"Amitabha, well said, well said... This old monk must also take a step ahead." Abbot Kongming put his palms together, nodded slightly to everyone, and then turned to walk outside.

Thinking about it, this eminent monk going out this time was mostly to try his luck and see if he could find a Disciple with extraordinary Aptitude and exceptional bone structure.

At this moment, only Xiao Sa and Sister Qing were left staring at each other, not knowing what to do for a moment. Seeing that the three big shots just now had already left, they naturally didn't dare to easily imitate them, and could only sigh helplessly: Sigh, nothing can be done then, let's just continue the live stream!

Thus, Xiao Sa cleared his throat and said loudly toward the camera: "Respected patrons and lords watching, the three Seniors have temporarily left this place due to being entangled in matters. As for our Daoist Ye, he is currently in seclusion Cultivating, and I'm afraid he won't be able to exit seclusion in a short time.

However, if any friends are interested in this Cultivation and want to take a peek, you are welcome to stay here and appreciate it slowly~"