62: The teacher wants to ask you for a favor

Long Yuan quickly ran to the wall to check, and found that the situation was still good. This place was indeed a proper training room, and the walls were made of special Materials, so the small knife did not penetrate the wall, but remained embedded in it, and did not fly out to hit anyone.

Of course, this was mainly because he hadn't used much power, only a trace of Soul Power, and what shot into the wall was merely the residual force of the small knife after piercing the bullseye.

By then, the force had already been greatly weakened; otherwise, with his Divine Sense power, which was close to the Nascent Soul Realm, the lethality of this small knife would be unimaginable…

But looking closely at the small knife, it was now severely twisted and damaged, mixed with the wall, and clearly had become useless!

Yun Yi finally came back to his senses, his eyes flashing with excitement. Seeing the 'Materials' he had personally cultivated grow so rapidly, he was so thrilled that he even overlooked Long Yuan's unusually strong performance. He laughed loudly, “Good… very good! Excellent!!! I didn’t expect your Soul Power to advance so quickly. It seems I, your teacher, was not mistaken about you!”

“Thank you, teacher, for the Cultivation Technique. I will continue to work hard!” Long Yuan respectfully thanked him, but in his heart, he was secretly wondering if Yun Yi had noticed anything unusual about his uncontrolled power just now.

“Haha, your Soul Power is quite extraordinary now, and can be of great use! How long do you think you can maintain control of a flying knife like that?” Yun Yi asked.

“Well… I haven’t tested it, but I estimate it should be around half an incense stick’s time,” Long Yuan replied.

“Half an incense stick? Not bad, not bad. I, your teacher, would like to ask you for a small favor. I wonder if you can agree?” Yun Yi suddenly said.

“A favor? What kind of favor? I, your student, will definitely help if I can!”

Yun Yi took a deep breath and pondered, “I discovered a mystic essence fruit tree in a valley outside the city. A cluster of xuan yuan fruit has grown on it. This fruit is quite High Grade, a Profound Rank fruit, and consuming it is of great benefit to Cultivate. It will be greatly beneficial for me to break through to the Innate Realm. Moreover, there are twelve xuan yuan fruit in that cluster. I only need six of them, and the remaining six will be your reward for helping. How about that?”

“Oh? Is the cluster of fruit growing too high for even the teacher to pick?” Long Yuan asked, surprised.

“No, no. The mystic essence fruit tree is actually very short. I need your help because there is a Three-Tiered Teng Snake guarding it. With my strength, I can at most fight it to a draw, and if I’m not careful, I might even be defeated. So, if you are there, remotely controlling a flying knife, and simply blind its eyes as you did just now, then I will surely be able to kill this snake. By then, we will not only harvest twelve xuan yuan fruit, but also get a Three-Tiered Teng Snake. It’s killing two birds with one stone!” Yun Yi explained.

“So that’s how it is! No problem, when shall we depart?” Long Yuan asked.

Yun Yi thought for a moment and said, “The xuan yuan fruit still needs some time to ripen. Before it ripens, the Teng Snake will only guard it and not eat it, so we still have about a month or so, which should be after the Inter-school Competition. I also didn’t expect your Soul Power to improve so quickly. This is good; I can prepare for the snake-killing and fruit-snatching in advance, and you can also use this time to Cultivate the Soul Refining Skill more, striving for success in one go!”

“Teacher, if I had a specialized Nian Needle, our success rate would greatly increase!” Long Yuan said.

“Nian Needle? Oh right… I was too excited just now and didn't think of that! That flying knife was just an ordinary knife, and you can already use it to such an extent. If you used a Nian Needle, it would definitely be like adding wings to a tiger… Hmm, with your current Soul Power intensity, if you used a Nian Needle, it should last longer, and the power would be much greater!” Yun Yi pondered.

“Nian Needle? What does it look like?” Long Yuan deliberately asked.

Yun Yi took out his phone, quickly operated it for a moment, and a small light projection popped up, displaying the appearance of a pair of Nian Needle. He said, “It’s like this! These needles are made of special Materials, light as nothing, faint as a trace, incomparably sharp, and extremely tough. They also have the effect of breaking armor and Qi, absolutely a Sharp Weapon for assassination!”

Long Yuan was secretly startled. Although these were the hidden weapons he wanted to use, if it were in the past and someone used such hidden weapons to assassinate him, he probably wouldn’t even have time to react before he died…

It seems I absolutely cannot underestimate this Otherworld (different world). Even though I now possess Divine-Grade talent and my Cultivate strength has increased, Martial Dao has developed for over a thousand years in this world, and there are as many Genius as grains of sand in the Ganges. Who knows what incredibly powerful killing moves have been developed? So, before I have absolute strength, I must never get carried away…

Actually, what he had his eye on before was also this pair of Nian Needle. He deliberately led Yun Yi to help him find a Nian Needle just now, and didn't expect that Yun Yi also favored this pair of Nian Needle. But he hadn't noticed that these needles also had the effect of breaking armor and Qi. It seems this should be related to their Materials.

He deliberately feigned surprise and said, “No way, teacher… Look, this tiny pair of needles is worth a hundred superior xuan stone!!!”

“This is already a relatively cheap Nian Needle, but it’s also the most suitable for your current use. With this pair of Nian Needle, you can not only wreak havoc in the Inter-school Competition, but also easily blind the eyes of that Teng Snake…” Yun Yi smiled.

“Then what about the money? I dare not hope to buy it myself…”

“Don’t worry! I will have the school purchase it for you. After all, you are using it to contend for honor for our school in the Inter-school Competition. If Fengyang No. 1 High School isn’t even willing to invest in this, then it deserves to lose again!” Yun Yi snorted.

“Teacher, do you really think I can win in the Inter-school Competition?”

“Haha, don’t hide your strength from me, kid! When you taught Qin Gui and Wang Yu a lesson last time, I was watching from the side. Coupled with my usual deliberate observation, I found that you already possess the strength of a Martial Artist in the early stage or above, and this doesn’t even include the strength bonus after you use the Nian Needle! With the Nian Needle as a means, I’m afraid you can even fight across Realms. Those Martial Apprentice contestants in the Inter-school Competition are even less of a concern…”

“This… I didn’t expect that when Duan Hu and I were being bullied by Qin Gui and the others last time, the teacher was watching from the side!” Long Yuan said, “surprised.”

“Yes, I saw that your response at the time was extremely appropriate, so I didn’t step in. But you also need to be careful in the future. Qin Gui and Wang Yu are juniors after all, and their schemes haven’t been honed that deeply. But if a large Family truly wants to deal with you, there will be countless methods to catch you off guard. So, if you can avoid offending those large Families, try your best not to. You should know that a single arm cannot twist a thigh; no matter how strong one person is, they cannot be stronger than an entire Family, let alone the fact that those large Families often have various complex relationships among themselves, basically forming a community of interest…” Yun Yi said, seemingly hinting at something.

“I understand, thank you for your guidance, teacher!” Long Yuan said.

Yun Yi suddenly remembered the events of the morning and said, “That Luo Ying’s father should be Luo Pingchuan, right? Why would he seek to cooperate with you on a project? Hmm, I’m not trying to pry into anything, but rather to say that Luo Pingchuan is not as low-key and easygoing as he appears on the surface. The rise of the Luo Family, like other large Families, was not achieved easily. Many things they do in the dark basically cannot be openly discussed…”

Long Yuan was startled. It seemed Yun Yi didn’t have a good impression of these large Families. Why was that? Was it because, as shown by the Heavenly Dao Eye, he was oppressed and ostracized by the direct lineage in the Yun Family, and even had his Martial Dao Foundation destroyed?

“Alas, I deeply sympathize with your plight, but it’s a pity that you shouldn’t have turned around and joined a cult…”

Long Yuan sighed inwardly, then carefully recounted the details of his cooperation with Luo Pingchuan…

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