After Wang Pengwen left, Ye Wudao walked over to Qin Tianlong and asked in a low voice, "Great Master, if the two of us join forces, can we beat Zhang Jianye?"
Qin Tianlong shook his head. "That would be difficult."
"There is still a vast difference between Xiantian Great Accomplishment and Xiantian Minor Accomplishment. A Xiantian Great Accomplishment practitioner has twice as much Xiantian True Qi as one at Xiantian Minor Accomplishment, and their attack range is twice as far."
"If the two of us join forces, we might be able to fight him to a draw, or perhaps suppress him."
"But killing him would be very difficult!"
He paused, then continued, "The Liu Family stands behind Zhang Jianye. Even if we can defeat Zhang Jianye, we absolutely cannot defeat the Liu Family's two Grandmasters."
"If what Zhang Jianye said earlier is true, and Liu Shaobai has also reached Grandmaster Realm Minor Accomplishment, then the Liu brothers joining forces could contend with a Peak Grandmaster."
"So, unless we are absolutely certain we can kill Zhang Jianye, we must not make a move."
"Otherwise, exposing you ahead of time would only work against us."
After saying that, he looked at Ye Wudao and said softly, "Once this Spirit Rhino Grass harvesting operation ends, don't come to the Rift World anymore."
"I'll use the points to exchange for some martial skills and cultivation techniques. You can cultivate properly in the prison, and I'll stand guard for you."
"Once you advance to Xiantian Great Accomplishment, go to the desert and kill third-rank demonic beasts. Strive to advance to Gold Demon Slayer."
"The status of Gold Demon Slayer can provide you with tremendous help."
"I'm afraid we don't have much time left!"
Ye Wudao pressed his lips together and said quietly, "Alright!"
Nothing unusual happened inside the cave over the next few hours.
Five hours later, all the Spirit Rhino Grass in the cave had finally been harvested.
Ye Wudao harvested a total of sixty Spirit Rhino Grass plants. According to the rules, he received 6,000 points.
At the same time, his three masters gave him all the Spirit Rhino Grass they had harvested, a total of 170 plants, earning another 17,000 points.
Adding the points he had previously earned from killing demonic beasts, his Demon Slayer Points exceeded 25,000, and he officially advanced to Bronze Demon Slayer.
However, he did not exchange for a medal. The medal was merely a symbol; the points were stored in his personal account and would not disappear.
As long as he had enough points, he could advance in Demon Slayer Guard rank. Even if he spent all his points, his rank would not decrease because of it.
After returning to Cell No. 1, Qin Tianlong pulled out more than ten Houtian martial skills in one go, along with two cultivation techniques that could be cultivated to Grandmaster Realm Great Accomplishment.
According to Qin Tianlong, these were all the cultivation techniques and martial skills that could be exchanged through the Demon Slayer Guard System.
There were some other cultivation techniques that could only be cultivated to the Xiantian Realm, so he had not exchanged for them.
There were also some martial skills that Ye Wudao had already learned, so he had not exchanged for those either.
As for those Body Tempering Realm martial skills, he felt they were not very useful, so he had not exchanged for them.
Four days later, as Ye Wudao was cultivating the Overlord Spear, the system's notification suddenly rang out in his mind.
When he opened the system panel, he saw that he had advanced to Xiantian Entry Level!
The next second, a wave of scorching heat erupted violently from his dantian, and True Qi began to gather within it.
The True Qi inside his dantian began to rotate, while the Houtian True Qi was continuously compressed in the rotation.
"Hum..."
Suddenly, a rumble that only he could hear resounded in his mind.
At the center of his dantian, an entirely new strand of True Qi was born. It was purer and heavier than Houtian True Qi.
At that instant, Ye Wudao felt as though his body had exploded.
The Xiantian True Qi brutally forced his meridians open, widening every meridian in his body twofold as True Qi surged through them without rest.
Immediately afterward, the Xiantian True Qi began flowing through every part of his body.
With every circulation, his physical body became more refined and condensed.
Strands of black impurities were forced out from within his body, forming a layer of black sludge over his skin.
This time, the black sludge was more abundant and thicker than during the previous times.
When the Xiantian True Qi returned to his dantian, he slowly opened his eyes.
He raised his right hand, and a wisp of white True Qi gathered above his palm.
Qin Tianlong, who was standing guard for Ye Wudao nearby, saw this and his eyes lit up. He said in a deep voice, "Try using the method of Penetrating Power to control the Xiantian True Qi!"
Ye Wudao nodded slightly. With a light flick of his hand, that wisp of Xiantian True Qi shot straight into the ground like a wild horse that had broken free of its reins.
Bang...
A pitch-black hole the size of a fist and too deep to see the bottom appeared beneath Ye Wudao's feet.
Qin Tianlong raised his brows. Ye Wudao's control over Penetrating Power had already far surpassed his own.
He said softly, "Xiantian True Qi can leave the body, so you can apply the method of sending Penetrating Power out of the body to Xiantian True Qi."
"At the same time, when using a weapon, you can also attach Xiantian True Qi to it."
"Furthermore, if you can skillfully control Xiantian True Qi, you can even catch someone off guard by triggering the Xiantian True Qi attached to your weapon using the method of Penetrating Power."
"This method is called Double Penetrating Power. It is stronger than directly using Penetrating Power to trigger Xiantian True Qi."
"However, using Penetrating Power to trigger the Xiantian True Qi attached to a weapon is somewhat difficult."
"After all, you have already converted Penetrating Power through the weapon. To then convert the Penetrating Power on the weapon into Xiantian True Qi requires an extremely profound understanding of sending Penetrating Power out of the body."
"Before my father died, he had only barely touched upon this realm. He could trigger it once out of ten attempts and had not fully mastered it!"
Ye Wudao nodded and picked up the long spear beside him, attempting the method Qin Tianlong had described.
First, he attached True Qi to the spear. Then he transmitted Penetrating Power into the spear, and had the spear's Penetrating Power transmit into the True Qi, triggering the True Qi outward.
Bang...
The next second, the True Qi on the long spear suddenly broke away from the weapon and shot fiercely toward the ground.
A hole the size of a bowl's mouth appeared not far in front of Ye Wudao.
Qin Tianlong's eyes went completely blank when he saw that.
"D-Double Penetrating Power?"
He stared at Ye Wudao in disbelief.
He had only mentioned it casually. After all, even Grandmasters found Double Penetrating Power extremely difficult to master.
This was a deep-level application of Penetrating Power, even harder than cultivating a Xiantian martial skill to perfection.
Yet Ye Wudao had succeeded on his very first attempt!
He said incredulously, "Do it again!"
Ye Wudao nodded. In his view, this Double Penetrating Power was not actually difficult.
As long as one grasped the rhythm of Penetrating Power properly, it could be triggered smoothly.
And by sheer coincidence, his comprehension of Penetrating Power had already reached an extremely high realm.
The next second, he condensed Xiantian True Qi onto the long spear. With a gentle flick, the True Qi was triggered once more.
Another hole the size of a bowl's mouth appeared in the ground.
Qin Tianlong was dumbfounded. He could not believe this was real.
The Double Penetrating Power he had pursued his entire life—Ye Wudao could use it the moment he raised his hand?
At that moment, he felt as though the sky had collapsed!
His faith in his own Martial Path talent crumbled!
He had begun coming into contact with the Martial Path at the age of ten. In that era when the Martial Path had only just begun to revive, he had endured countless hardships to reach where he was today.
Over the past hundred years, countless people had praised him, calling him a Martial Path genius.
If not for the Azure Dragon Gang incident and the serious injuries he suffered, he would probably have already advanced to Xiantian Great Accomplishment by now.
He had always believed his Martial Path talent was not poor; otherwise, he could never have cultivated to the Xiantian Realm.
But when he saw Ye Wudao's cultivation advance as though he were riding a rocket, he realized for the first time that his Martial Path talent simply could not compare with Ye Wudao's.
Of course, in this world, there was not a single person who could be mentioned in the same breath as Ye Wudao when it came to Martial Path talent!
As he watched Ye Wudao grow step by step, his faith in Martial Path talent also crumbled step by step.
Especially when Ye Wudao learned in one second the Penetrating Power technique that he had failed to figure out after researching it for half his life, Qin Tianlong was completely speechless.
Seeing Qin Tianlong standing there in a daze, Ye Wudao said softly, "Great Master, shall we go to the activity square and spar?"
Qin Tianlong's mouth twitched slightly upon hearing that, and he shook his head. "I'm not going!"
"You have now advanced to the Xiantian Realm. You have Xiantian True Qi and you know Double Penetrating Power. Sparring with you would just be asking for trouble."
"If you hit me with Double Penetrating Power, wouldn't these old bones of mine fall apart?"
"Practice your Overlord Spear properly. Once you cultivate the Overlord Spear to perfection and combine it with Double Penetrating Power, even a Xiantian Peak practitioner might not be your match."
Ye Wudao nodded helplessly. Had he known, he would not have displayed Double Penetrating Power.
Now he could not even find someone to spar with.
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