[After achieving success with Soul Tools, Ye Tianyun no longer took Little Scumbag Tang San seriously.]
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Tang San was utterly confused.
Little Scumbag? Was that talking about him?
No, was the Live Broadcast Room really that brave? It dared to call him Little Scumbag? That was asking for death.
Unfortunately, the Live Broadcast Room didn't care about Tang San and continued the broadcast.
[Ye Tianyun once again focused on the Guidance Method, hoping to keep improving it to meet his own cultivation needs.]
[After more than two months of hard work, Ye Tianyun successfully created Guidance Method 2.0. It increased his cultivation speed by a third and could also improve his constitution and greatly strengthen his vitality.]
"Come on, it only took him a little over two months to create a second version? He's cheating, isn't he? Has he no shame?"
Tang San grumbled, simply unable to accept that Ye Tianyun was so talented.
He had studied the Mysterious Heaven Skill for so long without making the slightest improvement, while Ye Tianyun had improved his method again in just two months.
Ye Tianyun's response was: What do you mean, cheating? If it isn't disabled, then it isn't cheating.
Watching the Live Broadcast Room, Ma Hongjun couldn't help murmuring to himself:
"By the looks of it, the Mysterious Heaven Skill isn't all that impressive. It's nowhere near as good as the Guidance Method."
The moment he said that, Tang San's murderous aura flared.
What was that damn fatty saying? He had the Mysterious Heaven Skill, yet still looked down on it? Just you wait—don't use it again, then.
Dai Mubai gently tugged at Ma Hongjun and signaled with his eyes: Don't say that. We're all on the same side.
Only then did Ma Hongjun realize his mistake. He covered his mouth, knowing that with Tang San's pettiness, he'd be done for if Tang San found out.
[Guidance Method 2.0 had even surpassed the Mysterious Heaven Skill.]
Tang San: "..."
The Live Broadcast Room was downright hateful. It had kicked him while he was down again. What did it mean, surpassed the Mysterious Heaven Skill? It was going too far with him!
Spirit Hall.
Bibi Dong watched anxiously, then looked at the Platinum Bishops below.
Had they developed the Guidance Method?
"Please forgive us, Your Holiness."
The Platinum Bishops lowered their heads as one. They simply couldn't do it.
Bibi Dong was helpless. She knew she was asking too much, so she waved a hand resignedly:
"Very well. Keep researching, and get more people involved. Find clever people, those with standing in academic circles."
She thought of someone: Yu Xiaogang. If he were the one conducting the research, he ought to accomplish something, given that he was the Grandmaster.
Though the Live Broadcast Room seemed to look down on him a little.
[Over the next two years, Ye Tianyun cultivated diligently and finally broke through to level twenty. His research and cultivation had taken two and a half years.]
After two and a half years of practice, this trainee finally broke through to Soul Grandmaster. He only needed one more Spirit Ring.
[Just as Ye Tianyun broke through to level twenty, Tang San also successfully reached level twenty-seven.]
Tang San lifted his chin proudly and said in an arrogant, boastful tone:
"Only level twenty? That's not very impressive. I'm already level twenty-seven. Sigh, he can't catch up to me."
Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Zhu Zhuqing exchanged glances, not wanting to interrupt Tang San.
Tang San still had the advantage in levels, but it was no longer much of one.
Ye Tianyun had gained ten levels in less than three years. In two and a half years, Tang San had only gained around five. He was now far behind Ye Tianyun.
It wouldn't be long before Ye Tianyun left him far behind.
The Live Broadcast Room helpfully reminded him:
[Although Tang San still had the advantage in level, he no longer had the edge in cultivation speed or talent. It wouldn't be long before Ye Tianyun completely surpassed Tang San.]
Tang San: "..."
Could it stop going out of its way to remind him? Did he not know? He didn't need anyone to spell it out. It was impossible to ignore, and the Live Broadcast Room was hateful for rubbing it in.
The Live Broadcast Room's scene suddenly shifted.
On a busy street, Tang San and Ye Tianyun crossed paths.
Tang San clearly knew Ye Tianyun. He had always thought of him as an incompetent but ambitious person.
Turning to Xiao Wu beside him, he said quietly:
"This kid's Innate Soul Power is only 0.1. His talent is terrible, yet he still dreams of becoming a Spirit Master. He's probably level five at most by now. He has no hope for his whole life."
And he still wanted to learn Hidden Weapon skills. What a pipe dream.
Xiao Wu said little, only praising him adoringly:
"Third Brother is the best. Third Brother is the most outstanding."
[Tang San secretly mocked Ye Tianyun, unaware that Ye Tianyun's rate of progress had already far surpassed his own.]
[Ye Tianyun hadn't heard Tang San's mockery, but by this point, he already regarded Tang San as an enemy.]
When Main Timeline Tang San heard this, he immediately laughed:
"He thinks he can treat me as an enemy? Does he have what it takes? I'm incredibly strong."
Feng Xiaotian, sitting opposite him, was utterly speechless. How could Tang San be so confident when Ye Tianyun would beat him to a pulp in the future?
And yet he was still that confident.
Feng Xiaotian really wanted to see Tang San get beaten to a pulp. Would he still act so arrogant afterward? Would he still dare to boast?
[Ye Tianyun thought of Tang San's Tang Sect Hidden Weapons. Though they weren't as powerful as the Soul Guidance Pistol, they could easily pierce his body, so he needed to devise a way to defend against them.]
Tang San laughed again, brimming with confidence:
"His Soul Tool is pretty powerful, but it still falls a little short when it comes to stopping the Godly Zhuge Crossbow. My Godly Zhuge Crossbow can easily shatter metal and jade."
That was how confident he was in the Godly Zhuge Crossbow. How could an ordinary body withstand it?
Feng Xiaotian was speechless again. Tang San had looked down on Soul Tools before, and now he was saying they were powerful. Tang San really was fickle.
[But before researching a new Soul Tool, Ye Tianyun decided to hunt for a Spirit Ring first and add a second one to his Martial Soul.]
[With the help of the Soul Guidance Pistol, Ye Tianyun successfully killed an unknown Spirit Beast—at least, it was unknown to him.]
[But this Spirit Beast was an extremely rare Spirit Beast with a Mental Attribute: a juvenile Evil Eye Tyrant.]
[By a lucky twist of fate, Ye Tianyun also obtained the first External Soul Bone of his life, the Evil Eye. It greatly strengthened his spiritual power and would be of great help to Ye Tianyun in the future.]
In the crowd, Yu Xiaogang's pupils contracted. He murmured to himself:
"That kid really is lucky. He actually managed to obtain an External Soul Bone."
Most people didn't know much about them, but as the Grandmaster, Yu Xiaogang had read widely and understood External Soul Bones. They were incredibly rare, the finest among Spirit Bones, and, crucially, they could grow along with a Spirit Master.
He had never seen an External Soul Bone in his life.
Parallel Timeline.
Ye Tianyun gazed at the sky, a faint purple glow flashing in his pupils. This was the Evil Eye Spirit Bone, but after years of growth, it had completely transformed.
He now called it the Eye of Destruction.
It commanded thunder tribulations and destruction.
"What are Spirit Bones?"
Main Timeline Tang San was a little confused. He had never heard of Spirit Bones before, nor had he seen any information about them.
He usually only studied Spirit Beasts, so this had completely thrown him.
[After successfully hunting a Spirit Ring, Ye Tianyun became a Soul Grandmaster with two Hundred-Year Spirit Rings. At least now, he had the strength to fight.]
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