Ye Wudao pursed his lips. He realized that his enemies seemed to be growing more numerous.
His own enemies, and those of his three masters.
The Ye Family, the Li Family, the Zhang Family—and now the Liu Family.
And the Liu Family was even a top-tier Martial Path family. It was impossible to say he felt no pressure at all!
Qin Tianlong looked at the somewhat silent Ye Wudao and said gravely, "Don't put too much pressure on yourself. If you can advance to the Grandmaster Realm, then if you only deal with the Zhang Family, the Liu Family might not necessarily offend a Grandmaster Realm expert for the Zhang Family's sake."
"I believe that with your talent, you can absolutely advance to the Grandmaster Realm. It is only a matter of time."
"But it doesn't matter. Your second master and I can wait. Three years, five years, even ten years—we can afford to wait."
After saying that, he patted Ye Wudao on the shoulder and sighed. "I'm afraid I won't be able to take revenge by myself in this lifetime. I can only rely on you!"
Ye Wudao nodded and said, "A teacher for a day, a father for life. This disciple will definitely avenge you!"
Qin Tianlong's eyes instantly reddened upon hearing those words.
If he had not met Ye Wudao, he might truly have had no hope of revenge in this lifetime!
Leaving aside the Liu Family, even Zhang Jianye was not someone he could handle alone.
The Azure Dragon Gang had already fallen apart. How could he alone contend against the Zhang Family?
He actually understood in his heart that Xiantian Great Accomplishment was likely the limit of his lifetime.
Although advancing into the Xiantian Realm granted one a lifespan of around two hundred years.
Still, with his age already past one hundred, taking another step forward was exceedingly difficult.
Even advancing to Xiantian Great Accomplishment might still require a measure of luck.
During his nearly ten years in prison, his cultivation had basically failed to improve at all. That alone was enough to explain the problem.
Over those ten years, he had also exchanged the points earned from hunting demonic beasts for some cultivation resources.
In the end, he found that using those cultivation resources had not brought much improvement.
Perhaps it was because his body had aged, or perhaps it was due to his talent.
In summary, there was only one conclusion: it was already extremely difficult for him to advance any further in this lifetime.
He looked at Ye Wudao and said softly, "The Zhang Family's people are here today. We should head back first!"
"Zhang Jianye has already seen you associating with me. I'm afraid he might strike at you from the shadows."
Ye Wudao nodded, glanced at Zhang Jianye in the distance, and said softly, "Alright!"
In truth, he had come to the Rift World only to test the level of his true combat strength.
Now that he had tested it, he found that although his martial skills cultivated automatically, there was no difference from cultivating them himself day after day, year after year.
Therefore, the most urgent matter was to raise his cultivation.
Half of his martial skills had yet to be cultivated one hundred times. He could properly cultivate them when he returned tonight.
After the two left, Zhang Jianye turned around, watched their departing backs, and muttered softly, "That kid is so close to Qin Tianlong. Could he also be a prisoner of First Prison?"
"To live in the same cell as Qin Tianlong and even come to this side of the canyon, he must at least be in the Houtian Realm."
"At such a young age, he already has Houtian Realm cultivation?"
As he watched Ye Wudao's figure, an idea had already formed in his mind. He needed to thoroughly investigate this young man.
When Ye Wudao and Qin Tianlong returned to the prison, Hu Lianfeng had also just returned. The three ran into each other at the prison entrance.
Hu Lianfeng looked at the two of them and asked softly, "Zhang Jianye didn't do anything to you, did he?"
Qin Tianlong smiled. "Don't worry. Zhang Jianye still doesn't dare to attack me directly. He brought so many people with him—if he really fought me, the ones suffering disastrous casualties would definitely be them."
"However, he did tell me that if I could kill you, then after I got out of prison, he would no longer deal with me!"
Hu Lianfeng froze for a moment upon hearing that, then sneered. "Looks like the Zhang Family still bears a grudge against me!"
Qin Tianlong sat on the bed and said, "You killed thirty members of his daughter-in-law's family. It would already be pretty good if he didn't send people into the prison to assassinate you."
Hu Lianfeng laughed. "That's because he doesn't dare!"
"The Demon Slayer Guards in prison are protected by Grandmaster Realm experts. Does a mere Xiantian Realm cultivator like him dare to go against a Grandmaster?"
"If he doesn't come himself and sends others instead, they're only coming to die."
"These past years, I've tried my best to avoid the Zhang Family. In the Rift World, whenever I encountered Zhang Family members, I immediately left."
"Who would have thought that old bastard Zhang Jianye would personally lead people into the Rift World?"
"If Wudao hadn't come to warn me, I probably would have met my end there today."
Qin Tianlong narrowed his eyes and said gravely, "Zhang Jianye brought so many Zhang Family members into the Rift World this time. It probably isn't for some simple training exercise."
"I feel that the Demon Slayer Guard must be making some major move, and Zhang Jianye learned about it in advance!"
"A person like Zhang Jianye never rises early without profit. There must be some new policy about to be issued by the Demon Slayer Guard, or he would never have brought so many people into the Rift World."
Hu Lianfeng sighed upon hearing that. "Unfortunately, we're in this prison, and the information we can get is too limited."
"By the time information reaches us, the new policy has already been implemented for a long time."
At the side, Ye Wudao listened to their conversation while cultivating his martial skills.
It was still early, only a little past eleven. If he cultivated until the next morning, he could probably cultivate all his martial skills one hundred times.
Seeing Ye Wudao diligently cultivating, Hu Lianfeng and Qin Tianlong chatted for a while before they too fell silent.
Inside Cell No. 1, only the sounds of air tearing apart as Ye Wudao cultivated his martial skills remained.
"Ding!"
At two in the morning, a system notification suddenly sounded in Ye Wudao's mind.
When he opened the system panel, he saw that he had advanced from the Body Tempering Great Accomplishment Realm to the Body Tempering Peak Realm!
To advance from the Body Tempering Peak Realm to the Houtian Initiation Realm, he still needed 40,000 realm experience points.
At the current cultivation efficiency of his two cultivation methods, he could gain 32 realm experience points per minute.
In twenty hours, he would be able to advance to the Houtian Initiation Realm. The speed was not slow!
Unfortunately, his cultivation methods were incomplete, which limited his cultivation efficiency. Otherwise, he should have already advanced into the Xiantian Realm by now!
After closing the system panel, Ye Wudao continued cultivating his martial skills.
It was not until six the next morning that he had cultivated the remaining half of his martial skills one hundred times each.
The cultivation efficiency of all his martial skills had also risen to 1280 per minute.
At this rate, Body Tempering martial skills only needed fourteen hours to automatically cultivate to completion.
Houtian martial skills, meanwhile, would need around five days to automatically cultivate to completion.
As for Xiantian martial skills, they would probably need around a month and a half to automatically cultivate to completion.
For him, that was already more than enough.
After all, Great Master Qin Tianlong had spent half his life cultivating the Overlord Spear, and had only reached Great Accomplishment.
After cultivating all his martial skills, he finally let out a breath of relief, washed up, lay on his bed, and began resting.
Before he could even close his eyes, the door to Cell No. 1 opened, and his third master, Zhang Hankuang, returned.
The moment Zhang Hankuang returned, he said with a panicked expression, "Something big happened!"
Hu Lianfeng frowned tightly, sat up from his bed, and said gravely, "What major event? Why are you making such a fuss? Did the sky fall?"
Zhang Hankuang glanced at Hu Lianfeng and said, "The Zhang Family's people came yesterday night. You know that, right?"
Hu Lianfeng replied, "Nonsense. If the Zhang Family's people hadn't come, would I have returned from the Rift World?"
"Only you came back today. Don't you have any idea why?"
Zhang Hankuang laughed. "Look at you. Isn't it just the Zhang Family? What are you so afraid of them for?"
"Every time the Zhang Family enters the Rift World, you flee with your tail between your legs."
"If you were so afraid of the Zhang Family, then you shouldn't have done those things in the first place!"
Hu Lianfeng replied irritably, "If you offended the Zhang Family, you'd probably run even faster than me!"
"I don't want to argue with you about this. What major event happened? Hurry up and tell us."
Zhang Hankuang curled his lips and said softly, "Two Grandmaster Realm experts discovered a large amount of Spirit Rhino Grass in the desert yesterday. Apparently, in seven days, they'll organize a group of Demon Slayer Guards to go harvest it."
"One hundred points for every stalk harvested, and Grandmaster Realm experts will escort them."
"However, the minimum requirement for registration is Houtian Realm cultivation."
Hu Lianfeng raised a brow and snorted coldly. "So that's why that old bastard Zhang Jianye brought so many Zhang Family members into the Rift World!"
"Spirit Rhino Grass is the main ingredient for refining Spirit Rhino Pills. Even if it isn't exchanged for points, it can still be sold for a great deal of money on Blue Star."
"I knew that dog Zhang Jianye never rises early without profit. He would never do anything without benefit."
At that moment, Ye Wudao interjected, "Second Master, what exactly are Spirit Rhino Pills? Are they valuable?"
Hu Lianfeng nodded and replied, "Not only are they valuable, they're priceless and scarce."
"A finished Spirit Rhino Pill would sell for one thousand points, and plenty of people would fight to buy it—yet still fail to get one."
"This thing can increase one's comprehension of cultivation methods and martial skills. It's like opening one's mental apertures."
"Although the effect is very short, only one minute. But many people whose cultivation methods have reached a bottleneck choose to buy a Spirit Rhino Pill and gamble on an opportunity."
Ye Wudao instantly lost interest when he heard that.
Comprehending martial skills and cultivation methods?
It was completely unnecessary for him!
At that moment, Qin Tianlong spoke. "Wudao, you can give it a try."
"If you can harvest fifty stalks, you can get out of prison early."
"After you get out, I'll arrange for you to meet someone. It will make it easier for you to deal with the Ye Family and the Li Family!"
Hearing that, Ye Wudao immediately became interested again.
He was not interested in Spirit Rhino Grass or Spirit Rhino Pills, but he was interested in getting out of prison early!
He nodded in response. "Alright! I'll be able to advance to the Houtian Realm tomorrow anyway!"
The three people in Cell No. 1 were instantly speechless upon hearing that!
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