Yao Yuan's Advice

Lian Chengyu certainly wouldn't let Yi Yun affect his Divine Kingdom Grand Selection; this was the most important thing in his life! It was an opportunity he absolutely couldn't afford to fail!

"Instructor Yao, what do you think his strength is? Thunder Sound? Meridians?"

The fact that Yi Yun could easily cripple Zhao Tiezhu, even directly crushing Zhao Tiezhu's hand bones, Lian Chengyu to conclude that Yi Yun's strength exceeded a thousand jin, and that his cultivation level was above the third level of the Mortal Blood Realm. As for whether he had opened up the Ren and Du Ren and Du Meridians, that was unclear.

Yao Yuan, "We all underestimated Yi Yun. I don't know his strength, but I do know one thing: his wisdom and cunning far surpass those of a twelve-year-old child. If anyone takes him as an enemy but thinks he's just a child, they will surely suffer a terrible defeat."

Yao Yuan's words were actually a veiled reference to Lian Chengyu, which made Lian Chengyu feel awkward. He never imagined that he would one day have to compare himself to a child.

However, he had to admit that he had been outmaneuvered by Yi Yun in their previous encounters!

"This kid is playing dumb to fool me. He's always known I have murderous intent towards him, but he pretends not to know, letting me be careless! How can someone so young have such cunning?"

Lian Chengyu found it unbelievable; this was simply a monster!

"Instructor Yao, I am not fit to fight today. Could you please take action and capture this little beast?"

Yao Yuan remained silent in response to Lian Chengyu's request.

Yao Yuan guessed that Yi Yun must have had some kind of extraordinary encounter, such as accidentally eating some Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures while he was gathering herbs at the Medicine Mountain, which suddenly led to a surge in his strength.

This is the most likely explanation, which makes it reasonable that he survived falling into the East River.

Moreover, this Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures can even neutralize the cold poison of the Cold Python Savage Bones to a certain extent, meaning it should be Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures of even greater value than the Cold Python Savage Bones.

But so what?

The Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures have already been consumed by Yi Yun, making it very difficult to extract them again. Even if they could be extracted, Yao Yuan wouldn't covet them, as he had been injured by his enemies, his meridians were severed, and he could no longer advance further.

Yao Yuan's status was merely that of a guest retainer residing in the Lian Clan, not that of Lian Chengyu's subordinate.

Yao Yuan, "Chengyu, back then, because I owed your deceased grandfather a favor, I promised to protect the Lian Clan and teach you martial arts. But I never said I would help you kill or aid you in evil. I knew about your refining of the Desolate Bone, but I didn't interfere because I knew that this world is inherently a dog-eat-dog world, and it's understandable that you would sacrifice some weaklings to achieve your own goals. However, you want me to attack a child, a child with martial arts talent, simply because of your jealousy. I cannot agree to that."

"Although you may not listen, I still want to give you some advice: you need to be more tolerant. If you want to achieve something great, you need magnanimity. If you are always ruthless, extremely self-centered, and intolerant of others, you will destroy yourself sooner or later."

Yao Yuan's words made Lian Chengyu frown. Since ancient times, honest advice has been hard to swallow, and Yao Yuan's words were already grating to Lian Chengyu's ears.

"Instructor Yao, what do you mean by this? All these years, I have treated you with the respect due to a teacher, but today, you are siding with an outsider?"

Lian Chengyu's words were laced with anger.

Yao Yuan shook his head. "I've watched you grow up all these years. I know what you're thinking. I just don't want you to make the same mistake again."

"Besides... although my strength is unmatched below the Purple Blood Realm, I'm not entirely confident I can capture Yi Yun..."

Yao Yuan's words startled Lian Chengyu.

"How is that possible!? Does Instructor Yao think this kid has the strength to protect himself under Instructor Yao's command? Then wouldn't he be at least at the Great Perfection of the Qi Induction Realm, the same cultivation level as me? That's absolutely impossible!" Lian Chengyu found it absurd. Even if Yi Yun had some incredible luck and encountered some kind of opportunity, he couldn't possibly have such a speed of martial arts training.

"I also think it's impossible." Yao Yuan sighed softly. "But haven't you considered that, given this child's intelligence, having reached this level of martial arts, he must know the difference in strength between different realms before the Purple Blood Realm. Our cultivation levels are no secret. The fact that he dares to appear here proves that even if he's not confident of defeating you, he's probably confident of escaping unscathed."

Yao Yuan's words seemed to provoke Lian Chengyu, a cold glint flashing in his eyes. "If Coach Yao makes a move today, he won't escape unscathed!"

Yao Yuan, "I thought so too. I also thought he must have died a month ago when he was poisoned by the Desolate Bone Cold Poison and fell into the East River, but... he survived..."

Yao Yuan's words left Lian Chengyu speechless.

That's right. At the time, he also thought Yi Yun was going to die. But today, he's standing right in front of him, perfectly fine, and he's even crippled Zhao Tiezhu!

This was tantamount to slapping him in the face in public.

Yao Yuan, "His strength might be at the Thunderous Sound Realm or the Meridian Realm, but he might have some means of self-preservation, such as a life-saving treasure."

"A twelve-year-old child with such a mind and such strength—if you make an enemy of him, unless you kill him, you will inevitably suffer his revenge in the future."

Yao Yuan never wanted Lian Chengyu to get into a deeper mess, and now he had to risk failing to kill Yi Yun and letting him escape so that he could return for revenge. He had even less reason to take action against Yi Yun.

"I understand." Lian Chengyu took a deep breath, his face terribly gloomy. Yao Yuan's rejection today had left him resentful!

Yao Yuan make a move, and he can't make a move either, the only person left in the clan who can contend with Yi Yun is his great-grandfather, who is also the patriarch of the Lian Clan.

Not to mention that at this time, it would be completely inappropriate for the old clan chief to deal with a mere child in front of everyone.

The key point is that Lian Chengyu couldn't guarantee that his great-grandfather could deal with Yi Yun.

Because the old clan elder was old and frail, for warriors in the Mortal Blood Realm who rely on physical strength to fight, physical strength has a great impact on combat power. The idea that the older one gets, the stronger one becomes is simply not true for warriors in the Mortal Blood Realm.

Although the old patriarch was at the fifth level of the Mortal Blood Qi Induction Realm, in his current body, even a warrior at the Mortal Blood Fourth Layer Meridian Realm would have a hard time defeating him, let alone the fact that Yao Yuan said Yi Yun might still have a trump card to save his life.

After much deliberation, Lian Chengyu realized that she had found herself in an extremely awkward situation.

He was publicly humiliated by Yi Yun, yet he couldn't do anything about it!

At least, that will be the case until he regains his strength!

"Damn it! If I hadn't been injured, I would have skinned that little beast alive!"

Lian Chengyu felt resentful. He never imagined that the kid he had treated like an ant just a few days ago would one day suddenly become someone he couldn't do anything about!

At this point, Yao Yuan had already fallen silent, while all the people were still watching him.

Lian Chengyu needs a stepping stone!