A tranquil courtyard.
After Ye Li finished checking the books and Treasure Medicine on the stone table, he put them into his storage ring.
Although [Spring Return Grass] is definitely much worse, it's better than nothing.
To make up for this loss, he directly confiscated Yu Chuan's storage ring.
They want to climb over me to get ahead, and they even steal my Treasure Medicine...
This is absolutely outrageous!
If he didn't grab something and leave, Ye Li worried he might lose his temper and smash the other person's head in on the spot.
Take out Yu Chuan's storage ring.
After a brief examination, Ye Li looked somewhat disappointed.
The storage ring contained mostly unused Third-Tier Martial Skill, as well as some Treasure Medicine for healing external injuries.
After flipping through them, only one rubbing of the Meditation Technique, A-Grade, was truly valuable.
It's basically equivalent to being worthless.
Damn Yu Chuan, should I go back and beat him up again?
Ye Li let out a silent sigh.
Just as he was about to return inside, he suddenly sensed something and looked up at the courtyard gate.
Ding ding ding--
A knock on the door was accompanied by Lin Yinyun's familiar voice. "Ye Li, do you have a moment?"
Ye Li hesitated for a moment, then, remembering that the Enlightenment Pavilion was not open at night, he said softly, "I'm free."
"Shall I come in?"
After receiving Ye Li's permission, Lin Yinyun, dressed casually, pushed open the door and entered, her slightly mature oval face bearing a hint of seriousness.
"... Ye Li, how much do you know about the Hengshan Treasure Pavilion?"
She sat down at the stone table, looked up at Ye Li, and asked seriously.
Ye Li answered frankly, "I only know that it is one of the Three Mountains and Six Sects."
"... That's it?"
"That's all."
Lin Yinyun was slightly taken aback and asked incredulously, "What about Cheng Qing? Have you heard of him?"
Ye Li shook his head slightly.
"Never mind, you've probably never been to Jiangnan Province where Hengshan Treasure Pavilion is located, so it's understandable that you wouldn't know."
Lin Yinyun's lips twitched slightly, then she sighed and introduced:
"Cheng Qing is the youngest elder in the history of the Hengshan Treasure Pavilion, a genius who broke through to the Divine Mansion Realm before the age of sixty."
A hint of envy flashed across her face as she spoke.
It's important to know that once a martial artist reaches the fourth rank, their advancement speed will decrease significantly.
No matter how monstrous your genius is, no matter how smoothly you break through the first Third-Tier, once you advance to the fourth stage, you will feel what it means to struggle to move forward.
For example, those geniuses who break through to the fourth rank at the age of thirty, if they can break through to the Fifth Tier before the age of eighty, that would be considered a very good level.
Like their teacher, Yu Weng, who is now over a hundred years old and Fifth-Tier Sixth Level martial artist, he was considered a top-notch figure back then.
After glancing at Ye Li, who remained unmoved, Lin Yinyun continued:
"It is said that the quality of her condensed Divine Mansion is extremely high. Several years ago, she was able to easily defeat martial artists of the same level. As a result, Hengshan Treasure Pavilion made an exception and promoted her to an elder within the sect."
"She is extremely skilled in head-on combat, possesses physical strength far exceeding that of ordinary Divine Mansion martial artists, and is also exceptionally beautiful, making her incredibly famous in Jiangnan Province."
"I never imagined Yu Chuan would be her disciple..."
She frowned slightly, a headache running through her. "You really beat Yu Chuan up this time; he'll definitely complain about it afterwards."
"Senior Student Chen will be back tomorrow. After she finishes training you, be careful on missions from now on."
Actually, "good enough" is a rather euphemistic way of putting it.
According to the medical staff who rushed to the scene, Yu Chuan had broken all the bones and tendons in his limbs, suffered a severe fracture of his sternum, and all five internal organs had been severely impacted, in addition to serious damage to the Meridians throughout his body.
Even with Fengyun University's excellent medical facilities, it would probably take at least half a year for Fourth-Tier Martial Artist to recover from this injury.
This is assuming all remaining credits from the gold medal are deducted.
Under these circumstances, Lin Yinyun felt that although the probability of that elder from the Hengshan Treasure Pavilion coming to settle accounts was very small, it was definitely not impossible.
"I see."
Ye Li nodded calmly, his expression unchanged.
He completely understood the other person's concerns; for any student at Fengyun University, this would be quite bad news.
The hostility emanating from a martial artist at the Divine Mansion Realm was enough to deter ordinary Fourth-Tier Martial Artist from showing their true colors for years, lest they alert the other party.
But Ye Li has never really understood these intricacies.
All he knew was that a powerful Fifth Tier martial artist certainly wouldn't be able to kill him completely.
Since that's the case, let's fight when they come.
Even if you can't beat them at first, there will always be a time when you can, and the effect of humiliation will definitely be better then.
The following morning, at the Enlightenment Pavilion.
In a Cultivation Room on the top floor, Ye Li sat cross-legged, with Treasure Medicine delivered by the Treasure Medicine yesterday placed in front of him.
On the way there, the receptionist was very welcoming to him.
This caused a slight delay.
Fortunately, the Enlightenment Pavilion provides a 30% buff, which makes the time lost on the way negligible.
"Call--"
Ye Li took a deep breath, then with a thought, summoned the control panel.
[Current Malice Points: Points]
[Fifth Tier Premium Martial Skill: Ice Dragon True Intent (Beginner)]
I'm finally going to get to use high-level martial arts techniques again after so long; I'm a little excited about it.
The anger from last night has mostly dissipated by now.
According to some materials Ye Li had consulted, this Spring Return Grass seemed to be for healing Meridians damaged by frostbite during cultivation.
His [Indestructible Golden Soul] can mostly be a perfect replacement, or even a superior replacement.
Suppress your inner emotions.
Ye Li mobilized his Malice Points and poured them into his new martial arts technique.