She Knelt Down!

The other Ye Family boys and girls could not help looking at Ye Hao in confusion.

Ye Hao said calmly, "I didn't hide my strength."

"You didn't hide your strength? Surely you couldn't have broken through so many realms in just a few days, could you? Forget it. Everyone has their secrets. Since you don't want to say, we won't ask. I only need to know that you're a member of the Ye Family."

The many Ye Family boys and girls tactfully stopped asking questions.

Ye Hao did not bother explaining anything.

After returning to the Ye Family, Ye Hao chatted with the Ye Family boys and girls for a while before leaving, saying that he had something to attend to.

Once Ye Hao returned home, he began writing some Cultivation Methods and Combat Skills.

The Cultivation Methods practiced by the Ye Family were all Yellow-grade High-rank Cultivation Methods and Combat Skills. The grade of a Cultivation Method directly affected the speed of cultivation, including the strength of one's spirit energy.

When martial artists absorbed spiritual energy, they needed to filter out the impurities within it. Low-grade Cultivation Methods filtered impurities very slowly, directly affecting the speed of cultivation. High-grade Cultivation Methods, however, filtered impurities very quickly. Ten days of cultivation with a low-grade Cultivation Method might not even match one day of cultivation with a high-grade one.

The greater the difference in grade, the greater the difference in cultivation speed.

In addition, cultivating a high-grade Cultivation Method greatly helped expand one's qi sea. At the same realm, depending on the Cultivation Method used, the qi sea produced by a low-grade Cultivation Method might be only the size of a water vat, while the qi sea produced by a high-grade Cultivation Method could be as large as a river, or even a lake.

When facing an enemy, the one with the larger qi sea and more stored spiritual energy would naturally have an easier time winning, because they could unleash powerful Combat Skills more times.

The more powerful a Combat Skill was, the more spiritual energy it consumed.

A martial artist with insufficient spiritual energy might exhaust all the energy in their body after using a Combat Skill of overwhelming power two or three times. By comparison, the importance of the grade of a Cultivation Method was obvious.

Furthermore, Cultivation Methods differed greatly in the strength of the spiritual energy they produced.

At East Moon Academy, most people had a basic strength of one thousand jin when they reached the Qi Condensation Realm First Level, while Ye Hao's basic strength had already reached ten thousand jin at the same level.

This was mainly because his spirit energy was stronger. With cultivation at the Qi Condensation Realm First Level, he could already beat martial artists at the Ninth Level of Qi Condensation. Now that he was at the Eighth Level of Qi Condensation, he was basically invincible within the Qi Condensation Realm.

Even against someone in the Third Great Realm, the Qi Realm, he could contend head-on with Qi Condensation Realm Eighth Level cultivation!

Ye Hao wrote ten Cultivation Methods and twenty Combat Skills in one sitting.

The Cultivation Methods were all Mysterious-grade High-rank, and so were the Combat Skills.

The grades of Cultivation Methods, from lowest to highest, were Yellow-grade, Mysterious-grade, Earth-grade, and Heaven-grade. Each grade was divided into low-rank, mid-rank, and high-rank. The Mysterious-grade High-rank Cultivation Methods Ye Hao had written would attract considerable attention even throughout the entire Great Zhou Imperial Dynasty.

After finishing his writing, Ye Hao had his maid, Lin Shige, deliver the Cultivation Methods and Combat Skills to his father, Ye Wuchen, and then had Ye Wuchen submit them to the ancestor.

"My mind feels much clearer." After submitting the Cultivation Methods, Ye Hao felt that strengthening the family would allow him to cast off many worries once the family grew stronger.

He had also beaten Li Shaoyou and Jiang Taibai today. His entire body felt refreshed. The feeling of striking whenever he wanted without having to worry about too much was exhilarating.

Ye Hao also no longer suffered from mental exhaustion. He was no longer like before, stewing in anger all day, burdened by too many concerns, and afraid to do what he wanted.

"It's time to break through to the next realm."

Ye Hao took out spirit stones and began cultivating.

There was spiritual energy in the world as well, but it was far too thin. If he wanted to absorb the world's spiritual energy without using spirit stones, who knew how long he would have to absorb it.

With the spirit stones his father, Ye Wuchen, had given him, Ye Hao's cultivation speed rose by leaps and bounds.

Qi Condensation Realm Ninth Level! Ninth Level of Qi Condensation Complete! Qi Realm! First Level of Qi Realm Complete!

"The Third Great Realm, the Qi Realm!"

As his strength rose, Ye Hao grew increasingly powerful and confident. In a world where martial strength was revered, cultivation was a person's courage—the higher one's cultivation, the greater one's courage!

Upon reaching the Qi Realm, one could project spirit energy externally and even fly, no longer needing to rely on one's legs to travel. This was the most obvious change between the Qi Realm and the Qi Condensation Realm!

However, not everyone could fly with the Qi Realm. Flying in the Qi Realm consumed a massive amount of spiritual energy, and most martial artists at this realm did not have especially large qi seas. Their qi seas were generally only about the size of a water vat.

If they flew with the Qi Realm, they would soon exhaust the spiritual energy in their bodies.

Ye Hao was different, however. His qi sea was as large as a river, more than enough to let him fly. But if he wanted to break through to higher realms in the future, the spirit stones he needed would also be ten or even a hundred times greater than what ordinary people required!

"I wonder how many spirit stones Father has left."

Ye Hao went to ask his father for spirit stones and, while he was at it, asked what realm his father was currently in.

Ye Wuchen directly tossed Ye Hao a Storage Ring. It contained a massive number of spirit stones. Ye Wuchen also told him that he had now recovered to the Fourth Great Realm, and that in a few more days he would recover to the peak of his former cultivation—the Fifth Great Realm.

Once he recovered to the Fifth Great Realm, he would have far more confidence among the various powers of the Eastern Region.

At present, Ye Wuchen was spending all his time restoring his cultivation. After obtaining the spirit stones, Ye Hao left.

Returning to the courtyard where he lived, Ye Hao stayed alone in his room and began comprehending Clear Mind.

Clear Mind was an attitude toward life, as well as an emotion: living in accordance with one's true nature.

It was equivalent to being carefree and at ease, doing whatever one pleased.

Ye Hao was doing exactly that.

Following his true nature and allowing his mind to remain clear.

Knock, knock, knock.

At that moment, knocking sounded from outside the door, followed by Lin Shige's voice. "Young Master, Ye Paopao is here to play with you."

Ye Hao said calmly, "Tell him I'm cultivating."

"All right, Young Master." Lin Shige.

Although Ye Hao had a seventeen-year-old body, his soul was not seventeen years old. Moreover, after a century of Soul transmigration to the Otherworldly realm, his true age was one hundred and seventeen.

It was difficult for him to get along with someone Ye Paopao's age.

Ye Hao did not want to force himself to blend into the circle of the Ye Family's boys and girls.

This was also following his true nature and keeping his mind clear.

"Shige, come in."

Upon reaching the Qi Realm, one could use fluctuations of spirit energy to gather one's voice into a line, sending it directly to Lin Shige's ears while preventing anyone else from hearing it.

Lin Shige sent Ye Paopao away, then pushed open the door and entered the room.

Lin Shige's appearance was above average, infinitely close to being beautiful. She was tall, with a full bosom and a figure that was alluring from every angle. Dressed in a black long dress, she appeared much more composed.

"Young Master."

Lin Shige bowed slightly in greeting. She had not overstepped her status because of the intimate relationship that had developed between her and Ye Hao. Instead, she kept firmly in mind that she was merely Ye Hao's maid and maintained the appropriate distance.

Ye Hao looked at her and spoke calmly. "Come before me. Kneel."

Ye Hao did not feel the slightest embarrassment. His purpose in bringing the Lin Shige and Lin Shiyu sisters back to the Ye Family had always been clear.

Lin Shige was the same. She kept her status and original intention firmly in mind. Since Young Master provided her with cultivation resources and taught her to cultivate, she would do what a maid ought to do.

She knelt before Ye Hao.