Your Mother Is Very Gentle!

A moment later, he waved his hand, and the Dharma Aspect vanished. He looked down at the earth. Standing on it as he was, he had an endless supply of earth vein power, but what if he wasn't standing on it?

At the thought, he slowly rose into the air and closed his eyes. He began extending his mental power deep into the earth... A moment later, the ground began to tremble violently, and streams of earth vein power surged up from its depths.

The corners of Ye Tianming's mouth lifted slightly. Sure enough, it was possible. As long as his mental power was strong enough, he could draw on earth vein power without standing on the ground.

He stopped and clapped his hands. He was about to leave when several sounds of rushing air suddenly came from the distance. A group of people burst out of the dense forest ahead, each with a small "Xiao" character on their chest.

When the black-clad man leading them saw Ye Tianming, he sneered. "You bastard, you really didn't dare come out."

A Xiao Family disciple beside the black-clad man said grimly, "Brother Xiao Lin, should we notify Brother Xiao Lin and the others?"

"No need!"

Xiao Lin said disdainfully, "He's only in the Major Tribulation Realm, while I'm in the Immortal Realm, several realms above him. He..."

Before he could finish, Ye Tianming suddenly vanished from where he stood and charged straight at him. At the same time, an Earth Dharma Aspect nearly three hundred zhang tall instantly took shape behind Ye Tianming. Before he could react, he felt a mountain slam into him...

Boom!

With a thunderous crash, Xiao Lin was instantly smashed to dust, and the Xiao Family disciples beside him were also smashed to pieces...

Ye Tianming stopped and glanced indifferently at Xiao Lin, who had been reduced to dust. "Who do you think you are, talking to me like that?"

With a wave of his right hand, he collected everyone's storage rings.

Little Pagoda: "..."

Ye Tianming slowly clenched his right hand. He could feel that a three-hundred-zhang Dharma Aspect was not his current limit, because the earth vein power was inexhaustible. His most pressing task now was to raise his cultivation realm.

As if something had occurred to him, he suddenly asked, "Tower Ancestor, in your eyes, I should still count as a beginner, right?"

Little Pagoda laughed. "How could that be? You just killed a Divine Being Realm expert in an instant. In that moment, your bearing was no less impressive than that of any expert under heaven."

Ye Tianming said softly, "Bearing... Tower Ancestor, I understand what you mean. Bearing is very important to a martial artist. In that moment, I really did have a bearing that looked down on the whole world, and that bearing can greatly increase my strength, but..."

He paused, then continued, "Bearing comes from confidence, but confidence can often turn into arrogance. There has to be a proper measure between the two... Tower Ancestor, is that what you're trying to tell me?"

After a moment's silence, Little Pagoda said, "Yes, yes. Your comprehension is excellent. You actually understood what I, Tower Ancestor, meant."

Ye Tianming smiled. After pondering for a moment, he said, "Tower Ancestor, I think everything needs a proper measure."

Little Pagoda spoke up. "Go on... Let me see how many layers you've understood."

Ye Tianming said solemnly, "Without a proper measure, the world would lose its balance and might go to extremes. A proper measure is a boundary, a standard... In other words, everything and everyone in this world needs restraints. Once those restraints are gone, they may go to extremes and bring destruction. I should also set a measure for my sword techniques. No, for my Dao, not my sword techniques. If I want to restrain this world and give it a proper measure, I must first restrain myself and have a measure of my own..."

Little Pagoda fell silent.

Before this, it had thought that no talent the little fellow displayed could shock it anymore, because of his identity... Yet now, after hearing Ye Tianming's words, it was still somewhat shocked.

Of course, it soon understood. After all, he was her...

Ye Tianming suddenly asked, "Tower Ancestor... am I right?"

Little Pagoda said, "Your thinking is right. It's exactly the same as mine. You... go on."

Ye Tianming thought for a moment, then said, "Those words just came to me for now. Only after reaching a certain peak would I be qualified to speak of balance, and I haven't even reached the peak yet, so how can I talk about restraints? What I need to do now is focus on improving my strength. Still, I can set this ideal up high for now and slowly advance toward it one step at a time!"

Little Pagoda said, "Mm, it's rare that you can understand the painstaking care I've put into this, Tower Ancestor."

Ye Tianming grinned. "It's a good thing I had your guidance, Tower Ancestor. You've saved me from taking detours on the path of cultivation. I'll take care of you in your old age, Tower Ancestor. Really."

Little Pagoda laughed. "Good, good, good..."

Ye Tianming suddenly asked, "Tower Ancestor, what kind of person is my mother?"

Little Pagoda thought for a moment, then said, "A very gentle person."

Sword of Upholding the Dao: "..."

Ye Tianming smiled and asked nothing more. He knew that even if he asked, Tower Ancestor wouldn't tell him now.

Ye Tianming looked at the pile of corpses in the distance. He knew that Xiao Lin had actually been quite strong, but he had underestimated Ye Tianming somewhat. Otherwise, it would have been rather unrealistic to kill him so easily.

He couldn't be careless and underestimate his enemies. If he struck, he had to give it his all!

Ye Tianming gathered his thoughts and checked the storage rings. Inside were more than ninety thousand Spirit Crystals. The sight of so many made him exclaim, "These disciples from great families are really rich."

To him, more than ninety thousand Spirit Crystals was an enormous fortune.

After putting away the storage rings, he looked around at the sky. He knew he had to return to the academy as quickly as possible; only there would he be safe. The Xiao Family would surely learn of these people's deaths very soon, and once they did, they would never let the matter rest.

With that thought, he rose on his sword and vanished at the edge of the sky.

Before long, he left the Transcendent Secret Realm. Once outside, he didn't travel on his sword. Instead, he went straight down to the ground and quietly took the mountain paths.

Flying through the sky on his sword was far too conspicuous, and the Xiao Family could easily spot him. The mountain paths were much safer by comparison.

Ye Tianming remained extremely vigilant throughout the journey. He knew very well that the Xiao Family would never miss this chance to get rid of him.

Although he took the mountain paths, he was a martial artist now, so he was by no means slow. Before long, he reached an Immortal Treasure Pavilion. He applied some makeup and put on an old robe; he now looked quite different from before.

After entering the Immortal Treasure Pavilion, he immediately purchased passage through a teleportation array to the Central Divine Province. Nothing unexpected happened during the process, because this place was very far from the Guanxuan Realm, and he, Ye Tianming, was not that well known here.

After boarding the teleportation array and seeing that nothing had gone wrong, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. Before long, the array brought him back to the Central Divine Province.

As soon as he returned to the Central Divine Province, he headed straight for Guanxuan Academy. Again, he took the mountain paths rather than flying on his sword. Before long, he caught sight of the academy.

It was right before his eyes!

He finally breathed a sigh of relief!

But just as he reached the foot of the mountain below Guanxuan Academy, a voice suddenly drifted over from the side. "I've been waiting for you a long time."

Ye Tianming stopped and slowly turned. Not far away sat a man in his twenties, dressed in a thick black robe and holding a sheathed longsword. He stared at Ye Tianming. "Do you know why I waited for you here?"

Ye Tianming looked at him without speaking.

The man grinned. "Because we of the Xiao Family are going to kill you right in front of Song Shi and that useless teacher of yours!"