Alert: Secret Mission Completed
Defend Liang Ping and Yin Megxia from Dong Chuanli and ???
Mission Reward: 5 Points
Alert: Secret Mission Completed
Significantly Injure ???
Mission Reward: 5 Points
“Liàng Píng, are you alright?” asked Yàn Lìqín.
“Yes, Grand Elder. I’ll- cough, be fine in a few days.”
Yàn Lìqín turned. “Good. You and Yin Mengxia go about your business. Yù Quán, let’s talk in my office.”
Yù Quán nodded, but before walking, he looked around. “Grand Elder, where is the master who helped us?”
Yàn Lìqín looked over his shoulder and smiled. “What master? There’s no one here you haven’t already met.”
Yù Quán opened his mouth to say something, then changed his mind and followed Yàn Lìqín. He had answered his question without directly saying. That left Yù Quán wondering just how powerful a library elder could be.
…
Yù Quán was no standing opposite of Yàn Lìqín. Yàn Lìqín was sitting, smiling, while Yù Quán felt a bit awkward. He didn’t know if he was in some type of trouble or something. Yù Quán was about to ask Yàn Lìqín what they needed to speak about.
“Fifteen in the legs and fifteen in the punch, huh?”
Yù Quán was surprised. “How did you know?”
“That’s not all I know. Strength like that couldn’t come from just any essence. If it was the average cultivator, a forty, let alone fifteen, couldn’t achieve the things you did today. It should have all been pure essence.”
Yù Quán’s jaw would have hit the floor if it wasn’t attached to his face. Yàn Lìqín must have been watching. He could guess that Yàn Lìqín could see through his dantian since he hadn’t formed a core yet. But, Yàn Lìqín could tell the exact amount of essence he used, where he used it, and the purity of the drops he used just from his attack alone. Yàn Lìqín couldn’t only be strong; he was a genius, and sometimes, that was scarier than strength. Yù Quán managed to nod in response.
“You seem to be a true talent. My gut feeling is never wrong.”
Yù Quán wanted to roll his eyes. That wasn’t just a gut feeling; with what he had just shown him, he probably had some evidence back then in that alley.
“To be able to injure a man in the Muscle Tempering Stage to such an extent is a remarkable feat, even if you did catch him by surprise.”
Yù Quán couldn’t help but interject. “Man?”
“He’s been cultivating since he was young, so his aging was slowed down earlier. Plus, his mother is well known as an ‘ageless beauty.’ It seems he’s inherited some of those genes. While he looks around sixteen years of age, he’s actually around twenty.
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Ever since Yù Quán had entered this room, he had been surprised over and over again. That boy was around his age? A four-year age difference isn’t much, but you go through the most development and change when you're young to mid-teens. For him to still look sixteen despite being twenty was crazy to Yù Quán. It made him wonder what his mother looked like. If she was around forty, would she look thirty? Or even twenty? That family seemed to be too weird.
“Yù Quán, you did well today. But you can’t set yourself back in cultivation like this too often. We need you as strong as possible. I know your type well, so I know you would only use so many drops of pure essence if you could afford it. You still have to be careful, though.”
Yù Quán nodded. “Yes, Grand Elder.”
“Also, I heard from Rèn Chāngmíng that you cultivate with beast eyes. Although I gave you a technique that used beast eyes, I remember it being for a specific beast. And that beast was not a boar.”
‘...Rèn Chāngmíng, you loud mouth.’
“Don’t worry, he didn’t feel comfortable giving me more details. He just wanted me to help you if possible. I also won’t ask how you use different beast eyes. I’ll just assume it was an opportunity. You most likely don’t have the funds to buy them, and we can’t have you fighting and wasting all your essence, so I brought you a few pairs. This should help you cultivate quickly, right?”
Yàn Lìqín threw a little sack to Yù Quán. He opened them and quickly nodded. He didn’t think it would be so easy to get resources.
“After today, you have proven yourself not just useful but extremely promising. I hope this will help you impress me further at the Blossom Tournament.”
Yù Quán cupped his hands and gave Yàn Lìqín a deep bow. “Thank you, Grand Elder! I won’t disappoint you!”
Yàn Lìqín smiled and waved him off. Yù Quán left to continue his training. Yàn Lìqín stood up and turned to a window. It had a view of the town of Blossom Falls.
“If you grow, the Blossom Tournament will be nothing but a stepping stone. Maybe I can achieve my goal with your help alone.”
A short, older man with closed eyes was lying on a desk. His usual emotionless face had a giant grin on his face. “Is it just me, or are things much more enjoyable when you’re around that brat, Yàn Lìqín?”
…
Yù Quán reached his cultivation cave. He didn’t even stop at his living quarters and went straight there. He could test his leveled-up [Stolen-eyed Mùmùlián Body] with these eyes. When he was refining essence, he couldn’t notice a difference. It was unfortunate, but Yù Quán felt it was fair. If the eyes could get even better at refining essence, how could it only be a heaven-tier cultivation art?
He was still saving the eyes for after his core was formed, though. Yù Quán was going to cultivate in the caves and wouldn’t leave until his core was formed. He has all of his refined cores with him as well. While cultivating, he would continue to use the [Murder Mantra]. Yù Quán didn’t have much killing intent yet. Killing intent increased through killing, and he hadn’t done much of it. A pack of boars and a couple of bandits weren’t enough to create too much killing intent. However, he still hadn’t converted all of it into the Murderous Flame, which showed how time-consuming the process was.
Right now, he could only create small and dim flames and barely cover his arm. He guessed that he could at least make them brighter and fuller when he was done. He could only kill more if he wanted to improve the Murderous Flame. Luckily, it didn’t need to be people; he didn’t want to have to slaughter people unless he had to.
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Yù Quán
Realm: Qi Focusing Realm
Stage: 3rd Level Essence Refinement
Main Cultivation Art: [Stolen-eyed Mùmùlián Body](Level 3)
Techniques:
[Mùmùlián Eye Stealing](Level 3)
[Mùmùlián Eye Refining](Level 3)
[Murder Mantra](Level 1)
Attributes:
[Star Gazing Eyes](Level 1)
[Top-Quality Mortal Avarice Eyes](Level 1)
[Top-Quality Mortal Avarice Eyes](Level 1)
[Top-Quality Three-Finned Boar Aggression Eyes](Level 5)
[Top-Quality Three-Finned Boar Aggression Eyes](Level 1)(x5)
[Top-Quality Five-Finned Boar Aggression Eyes](Level 1)