If he could obtain the resources of a Core Disciple, Ye Xiwen's cultivation speed would only grow faster. Though it could not compare to suddenly striking it rich as he had now, it would be a steady source of income, and over time, it would add up to no small sum.
What was more, if he wanted to rise above the other Core Disciples, Ye Xiwen urgently needed all kinds of resources. He could not let even the slightest bit slip away. Every one of those Core Disciples was exceptionally gifted, and every one had encountered fortunate opportunities. If he did not hurry, how many monkey years and horse months would it take to catch up to them?
Ye Xiwen would never be content to reign supreme only after every last one of them had left!
No matter what, this Sect Internal Competition was extremely important to him. He had to go all out, adjust himself to his peak condition, and enter the ranks of Core Disciples in one stroke.
Core Disciples did not participate in the Sect Internal Competition. Three months later, they would have a separate Core Grand Competition. The top twenty could head to the Main Sect of Yi Yuan Sect, enter the Main Sect, and receive tremendous cultivation.
Ye Xiwen was determined to win this Sect Internal Competition!
The days passed one by one, and the Sect Internal Competition gradually drew near.
Within a small forest, a figure stood facing off against a Blazing Flame Fox from afar. The Blazing Flame Fox's fiery-red fur was covered in blade wounds, blood streaming down its body. Its once-beautiful pelt was in tatters, and it looked listless, utterly unlike the tyrant of Green Peak Mountain with Houtian Seventh Stage Peak strength.
"New Moon Slash!" the figure shouted. The long saber in his hand flashed, saber qi soaring into the sky. Nine saber shadows descended, completely sealing off every inch of space around the Blazing Flame Fox where it might have leapt or dodged.
The Blazing Flame Fox had nowhere to evade. It could only watch helplessly as the saber fell upon its body, killing it in an instant.
Ye Xiwen sheathed his saber and dug out the Blazing Flame Fox's Crystalline Core. A Houtian Seventh Stage Peak Crystalline Core could definitely sell for more than two hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
"I never expected to break through to the realm of nine blades at the very last moment!" Ye Xiwen had not expected to gain enlightenment at the final juncture and break into the nine-blade realm. He had cultivated the New Moon Slash to Great Completion, its power surging dramatically. With one sweep of his saber, nine saber shadows followed like a shadow, sealing all the space around an opponent. No matter where they fled, they would have to take a blade.
That was why the Blazing Flame Fox, a demon beast famed for its agility, could only be stifled and hacked to death by Ye Xiwen.
Though the Blazing Flame Fox possessed only Houtian Seventh Stage Peak strength, it was called a tyrant of Green Peak Mountain for good reason. Its speed was astonishing. Even ordinary Houtian Eighth Stage Peak martial artists could not match its speed; only top-tier Houtian Ninth Stage experts could reliably catch up to it.
An ordinary Houtian Seventh Stage Demon Core sold for around one hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones, yet a Blazing Flame Fox's Demon Core could sell for two hundred. That was because it was exceedingly difficult to catch and rarely seen, making its price almost comparable to a Houtian Eighth Stage Demon Core.
If the Blazing Flame Fox had wanted to flee, Ye Xiwen would never have been able to catch it. Yet in the time it took to exchange one move, Ye Xiwen had unleashed the New Moon Slash, leaving this demon beast famed for agility unable to move from start to finish, obediently taking blade after blade.
The New Moon Slash at Great Completion was absolutely terrifying. With one sweep, saber shadows shrouded above, below, left, and right. There was no escaping at all.
With the New Moon Slash at Great Completion, Ye Xiwen was confident he could defeat any Houtian Seventh Stage expert.
Over the past half month, Ye Xiwen had mainly been cultivating the New Moon Slash. Yet with the help of the special space, he had still easily advanced to Houtian Sixth Stage Peak, only one step away from reaching Houtian Seventh Stage.
Ye Xiwen understood one thing clearly: he who grasped too much grasped nothing. Thus, whether it was the Thunderclap Hand or the New Moon Slash, he only began cultivating another technique after bringing it to Great Completion.
The Great Completion New Moon Slash alone was already so powerful. Ye Xiwen eagerly anticipated the power of the Crescent Moon Slash. The Crescent Moon Slash was originally a level higher than the New Moon Slash, a high-grade cultivation art. If he could cultivate it to Great Completion as well, its power would be beyond imagination.
Although Ye Xiwen had constantly killed demon beasts and plundered Demon Cores over the past half month, his consumption grew greater and greater as his cultivation rose. Converted into Low-Grade Spirit Stones, he only had around two thousand left. Ye Xiwen calculated that to cultivate the Crescent Moon Slash to Great Completion, these Spirit Stones were somewhat stretched thin. Though two thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones might be more than an ordinary Inner Disciple could earn in a lifetime, the special space in his mind was simply a super machine that devoured Spirit Stones. Ye Xiwen suddenly felt that no matter how many Spirit Stones he possessed, it would never be enough to feed it.
But the benefits were obvious as well. If it had been left to himself, then in the little over a month since he had first encountered the Thunderclap Nine Hands, being able to produce even one thunderclap would already have been quite impressive.
He had to exchange Spirit Stones for cultivation realms!
Without the windfall he had made in the caves of Young Master Zhang and the Ironback Silver Ape King, Ye Xiwen would have been unable to keep going long ago. This was simply burning Spirit Stones!
But now the time was about right. There were still two days until the once-every-three-years Sect Internal Competition began. Returning now was just right.
Since Ye Xiwen had ventured quite deep into Green Peak Mountain, by the time he returned to Yi Yuan Sect after setting out in the morning, it was already afternoon.
Looking at the scattered buildings in the distance, Ye Xiwen was filled with emotion. After being away for a month, he had cultivated from Houtian Fourth Stage to Houtian Sixth Stage Peak!
If Father, Mother, and the others learned this news, they would surely be stunned!
But Ye Xiwen was in no hurry to return just yet. He first needed to find a place to dispose of some materials from the demon beasts in his Spatial Ring, as well as Demon Cores and the like.
Yi Yuan Sect did have a place specially for purchasing such things, the Hall of Merit. However, exchanging many items there was not worthwhile. An early-stage Demon Core and a peak-stage Demon Core were exchanged for the same amount at the Hall of Merit, but if sold privately to other disciples, their prices would be entirely different.
There was no lack of such places within Yi Yuan Sect. The sect had a huge plaza specifically for disciples to trade privately, and the sect did not prohibit it.
In truth, with nearly six thousand people in Yi Yuan Sect, the entire sect was practically like a small town, bustling with activity. Such commercial gathering places were bound to form sooner or later. It was better to gather them all in one place: first, to make trading convenient for disciples; second, to make management convenient for the sect; and third, to greatly improve safety.
Ye Xiwen headed first to the Trading Plaza. At this time of afternoon, it was when the crowd was thickest, with people flowing like a tide.
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