Houtian Seventh Stage

The triennial Sect Internal Competition has concluded, and Ye Xiwen's shocking upset victory has become the biggest news!

No one had expected it to be any of the individuals they had initially thought, but rather Ye Xiwen, someone they had never heard of before. However, from this day forward, they would remember this name firmly in their hearts.

After the Sect Internal Competition ended, the Ye family finally gathered for dinner again.

Aside from Ye Feng, who was in seclusion, Ye Ruxue also joined them.

The entire family was in high spirits because Ye Xiwen had actually won the Sect Internal Competition. Although both Ye Feng and Ye Ruxue had been promoted to Core Disciples as champions of the Sect Internal Competition in their respective years, they were both considered geniuses from a young age, so their achievements were not surprising. However, Ye Xiwen had always performed very ordinarily. His sudden burst of power this time, without anyone noticing, and winning the championship had greatly astonished everyone in the Ye family.

"Wen'er, didn't you just break through to the Houtian Fourth Stage not long ago? In just a month, you've reached the peak of the Houtian Sixth Stage. Your sword technique is also an intermediate-level skill, right? To be able to practice it to your level already surpasses many Core Disciples!" Ye Kongming asked.

"I don't know either. It's as if I've suddenly awakened and started progressing very quickly!" Ye Xiwen had already thought about how to answer if Ye Kongming were to ask. After all, anyone would be suspicious. If it were Ye Feng or Ye Ruxue, no one would doubt them, but Ye Xiwen's previous performance had been too mediocre.

"Awakened!" Ye Kongming frowned. He didn't suspect Ye Xiwen of lying to him. Ye Xiwen had grown up under his care, and he knew Ye Xiwen's character.

However, the concept of 'awakening' was indeed a bit far-fetched. But it wasn't unheard of. There was simply no way to explain such a thing.

"Good boy!" Ye Ruxue patted Ye Xiwen on the shoulder. "Tsk tsk, you even managed to defeat that arrogant kid Dongfang Bai!"

Ye Xiwen felt a bit helpless. It seemed Ye Ruxue was even younger than Dongfang Bai.

"Even though you won the championship, don't get arrogant. There are still many experts among the Core Disciples. Moreover, this world is vast, and there are countless geniuses. Remember not to become complacent!" Ye Kongming cautioned, not wanting Ye Xiwen to become proud and complacent because of this.

"Yes!" Ye Xiwen replied.

"For the Core Disciple Competition three months from now, we will be holding it in conjunction with the Zhang family. You three siblings must support each other in the Blood Origin Realm!" Ye Kongming said.

"Don't worry, Father!" Ye Ruxue said somewhat carelessly. "We will definitely help Big Brother win first place!"

"I'm not worried about your Big Brother, but I am worried about your carelessness!" Xia Chunxue interjected at this point.

"Your Big Brother is in seclusion. You should go into seclusion tomorrow as well, and strive to advance further before the three months are up!" Ye Kongming instructed.

"Got it!" Ye Ruxue pouted.

After dinner, Ye Xiwen didn't linger. He returned directly to his small courtyard and immediately began cultivating.

The prize for winning the championship this time was very generous. He received a full two thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and from now on, he would also receive a monthly stipend of three hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones. This was a significant improvement compared to his time as an Inner Disciple.

In addition to the two thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, the most important prize was a Three Revolutions Golden Pill. The Three Revolutions Golden Pill was a very famous medicinal pill in the Yi Yuan Sect, and it had a very significant effect on improving the Houtian realm. It was generally only awarded to geniuses among Core Disciples. Among the five disciples who were promoted to Core Disciples this time, only Ye Xiwen received it.

Ye Xiwen planned to improve his strength first. With his current strength, he was already capable of dominating among Inner Disciples. However, he also understood that there were many geniuses among the Core Disciples, and he would definitely face more challenges. Regardless, improving his strength was the top priority. As long as he had sufficient strength, he could handle any situation.

Ye Xiwen took out a small porcelain bottle, poured out a yellow pill, and swallowed it. At the same time, he entered the mysterious space.

The Three Revolutions Golden Pill quickly transformed into a stream of heat that flowed into Ye Xiwen's body.

A stream of heat rose from his Dantian, and the Zhenqi in his body began to circulate wildly. Ye Xiwen's face also started to turn red.

As the Zhenqi in Ye Xiwen's body circulated frantically, his previously stable realm began to show signs of loosening.

Various insights from the Ming Yu Gong flooded Ye Xiwen's mind, deepening his understanding of martial arts.

"Boom!" After an unknown amount of time, Ye Xiwen's originally stable realm was finally broken through by the torrent of energy.

Houtian Seventh Stage.

With the terrifying energy of the Three Revolutions Golden Pill, Ye Xiwen directly advanced from the peak of the Houtian Sixth Stage to the Houtian Seventh Stage. With another breakthrough, Ye Xiwen's strength also rapidly increased.

Ye Xiwen, who had already approached the strength of twenty fierce tigers, now directly broke through to thirty fierce tigers, more than doubling his power.

This was all thanks to the power of the Monkey Wine that caused Ye Xiwen's strength to skyrocket.

Seeing that it was still early outside, Ye Xiwen plunged back into his cultivation.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, a month had passed.

In a forest in the back mountain of Green Peak Mountain.

"Crescent Moon Slash!" With a soft shout, a figure weaved through the jungle, sword energy crisscrossing, causing the surrounding trees to fall.

"This Crescent Moon Slash has finally been cultivated to the 'Entering Hall' stage!" Ye Xiwen used his Zhenqi to automatically evaporate the sweat from his body.

Over the past month, Ye Xiwen had focused on cultivation and finally managed to cultivate the second move of the Cold Moon Slash, Crescent Moon Slash, to the minor accomplishment stage. However, it was still some distance from great accomplishment. Although it hadn't reached great accomplishment, it had greatly increased Ye Xiwen's combat power.

Unlike the area-of-effect attacks of the New Moon Slash, the Crescent Moon Slash was for individual attacks. One slash followed another, each strike being the same, but the power of each subsequent slash was more terrifying. When cultivated to great accomplishment, it could stack up to nine slashes, increasing its power tenfold.

Currently, Ye Xiwen had only cultivated it to the 'Entering Hall' stage, allowing him to stack at most five slashes, but its power could be amplified by three times.

In over a month, Ye Xiwen's cultivation had steadily improved from the early stage of Houtian Seventh Stage to the peak of Houtian Seventh Stage. With his strength soaring to fifty fierce tigers, each of Ye Xiwen's slashes carried immense power. Combined with the Heavenly Immortal Steps, which had been fully cultivated to great accomplishment, and the minor accomplishment Crescent Moon Slash, Ye Xiwen was confident that he could defeat any expert at the Houtian Eighth Stage, and even contend with experts at the Houtian Ninth Stage.

It wasn't that he didn't want to continue cultivating, but his spirit stones had been depleted once again. The four thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones had all been consumed in the cultivation of the Heavenly Immortal Steps and the Crescent Moon Slash.

He was penniless again, with nothing!

With the help of the special space, his martial arts cultivation progressed extremely quickly, but the consumption of spirit stones was also enormous.

Now, he had to find a way to earn spirit stones.