Blazing Sun Holy Land

[You handed the Profound Grade High Rank Martial Skill Great Compassion Palm that you had obtained in the Secret Realm to Jiang Changtian, asking him to copy it and keep a copy in the Snow Mountain Sect. From then on, Snow Mountain Sect True Disciples could spend contribution points to learn it. Your status in the Snow Mountain Sect rose, and you received a large amount of sect contribution. At the same time, since the Great Compassion Palm was different from Thousand Mountain Snow and had been obtained by you personally, after recording the Martial Skill, you gave the original to your father, Ye Changming, to take back to the Ye Family.]

[That same year, you consumed a High-grade Earth Grade Nirvana Treasure Pill. Your Bone Structure rose from Mysterious Grade Middle Rank to Earth Grade Low-Rank. You consumed an Earth Origin Treasure Pill, and your cultivation broke through to the Earth Origin Realm Initial Stage. Although you could no longer enter the Small Blessed Land after breaking through to the Earth Origin Realm, with the inheritance's enhancement and an Earth Grade Low-Rank Bone Structure, you were confident that your cultivation speed would only be faster than before.]

[In the thirty-third year, your Great Compassion Palm reached Initial Mastery. That same year, your children married.]

[In the thirty-fourth year, your wife Jiang Wen bore you a third child. This child was protected by the Nine Dragon Pill. Auspicious celestial phenomena accompanied his birth, and Five-Colored Radiance swirled around the surroundings on the day he was born. Your youngest son's Bone Structure reached Mid-grade Earth Grade, though it was impossible to determine what kind of Special Physique he possessed. You named your youngest son Ye Chen.]

[That same year, because your strength was no weaker than that of the Heavenly Origin Realm, you plundered several Secret Realms near Yicheng that you remembered. As long as they were Ordinary Secret Realms that you could handle with ease, you stripped them clean, gaining a respectable haul of resources.]

[In the thirty-fifth year, you comprehended Great Completion Thousand Mountain Blade Intent, and your Profound Grade Low Rank Martial Skill Thousand Mountain Snow reached Peak Attainment. Your Profound Grade High Rank Martial Skill Great Compassion Palm rose to Initial Proficiency, and you painted your first Yellow Grade High Rank work. You left the Hundred Generations Jade Slip of Thousand Mountain Snow in the Snow Mountain Sect, gaining another sum of sect contribution and once again raising your status within the Snow Mountain Sect.]

[That same year, your grandson was born. Your child named him Ye Chen. His Bone Structure was tested to be Mysterious Grade Middle Rank, and he had neither a Special Physique nor talent. Also that year, your wife Jiang Wen became the current Sect Master of the Snow Mountain Sect. Because of you, many Direct Lineage disciples of the Ye Family also joined the Snow Mountain Sect. Since your eldest son Ye Ping'an had been raised by his grandfather Ye Changming from childhood, his feelings for the Ye Family ran deeper. This had been your intention all along. Because he possessed a Profound Grade High Rank Bone Structure, the Ye Family had already begun nurturing him as the next head of the Lineage. Your daughter, meanwhile, spent most of her time in the Snow Mountain Sect and more time with her maternal great-grandmother Liu Rusi, so she was closer to Liu Rusi.]

[In the thirty-sixth year, bandits appeared in the Pingcheng region, slaughtering several small towns. The forces of Pingcheng did everything they could to hunt them down.]

[In the thirty-seventh year, the bandit leader was slain, but many of the remaining bandits escaped and scattered in every direction.]

[In the thirty-eighth year, your cultivation rose to the Earth Origin Realm Middle Stage, and your Great Compassion Palm reached Initial Proficiency.]

[That same year, the bandits who fled toward Yicheng were completely annihilated the moment they entered Yicheng territory by the forces stationed there from the Yicheng City Lord's Manor, the renowned Liu Family, and the Snow Mountain Sect. Not a single one escaped.]

[In the thirty-ninth year, Jiang Changtian brought a white-haired old man to your residence. You were greatly surprised when you saw him, because unless Martial Artists were in the final years before their lifespans withered away, they could generally keep their bodies in excellent condition. Unless their bodies had suffered irreversible damage or they did so deliberately, most Martial Artists of profound cultivation would not have white hair.]

[Jiang Changtian told you that the old man came from Jiang State's only holy land, the Blazing Sun Holy Land. The Blazing Sun Holy Land was located in Jiang State's National Capital and was also the power behind the Jiang Clan. It had been founded by the Jiang Clan's First Generation Ancestor. They had come to Yicheng to recruit disciples, and their requirements were exceptionally strict. Only those with an Earth Grade Bone Structure, or those with a Special Physique, qualified to enter.]

[This was also the first time you had heard that Special Physiques could actually be detected. Hearing your question, the old man explained. Only the Blazing Sun Holy Land in all of Jiang State possessed a Sacred Artifact for testing physiques, so it was only natural that you had never heard of it. There were tens of thousands of Special Physiques, and the intensity of the light revealed by the test differed according to the strength of the physique. According to ancient records, the Divine Artifacts used by the gods in ancient times could even detect Divine Bodies. When those Divine Artifacts tested physiques, the colors they emitted, from lowest to highest, were gray, green, blue, orange, pink, white, and red.]

[Gray meant that the person was an ordinary person. Green meant that they possessed a Special Physique. The physiques currently detected in Jiang State were basically all this color. Blue had appeared only seven times throughout the generations. As for physiques of an even higher level, the Blazing Sun Holy Land's Sacred Artifact could not detect them. Perhaps the Sky Flame Empire possessed a means of testing them.]

[Those with Special Physiques were inherently different from others. The easiest way to identify them was their cultivation speed, which differed from what their own Bone Structure should allow. Every hundred years, the Blazing Sun Holy Land sent people to investigate all parts of Jiang State, hoping to recruit those with potential into the holy land. The white-haired old man was one of those dispatched by the Blazing Sun Holy Land this time.]

["Hello, Ye Feng. I am the envoy responsible for recruiting disciples for the holy land in Jingzhou and Yang Prefecture. I came to Yicheng this time because I wish to take those in Yicheng whose cultivation is abnormal to the holy land for testing. According to my investigation, you are the only one in all of Yicheng who meets this condition. Do you have any interest in joining our holy land? Are you willing to go to the holy land for testing?" After speaking, the old man looked at you and waited for your reply.]

[You considered the old man's words briefly, but ultimately decided to refuse him. You were already over forty this year. Even if you cultivated to a higher realm, you would still be an outsider in the eyes of the holy land's high-level members. It would be difficult for you to receive the Blazing Sun Holy Land's full support. If that was the case, you might as well remain in Yicheng.]

[However, you hoped that your youngest son Ye Chen would go to the holy land for testing. You knew that with the Nine Dragon Pill's blessing, he definitely possessed a Special Physique. Furthermore, he had a Mid-grade Earth Grade Bone Structure. Perhaps cultivation in the holy land would be faster, and the resources he received would be better. Ye Chen was only five years old. If he went to the holy land, he would have a greater chance of receiving intensive cultivation. As a parent, you should give him a better path for growth.]