Arriving at the second floor of the Secret Pavilion, Ye Chen thought about it and decided not to take the Demonic Bull Mountain Breaking Spell. Right now, just the Blood Severing Ghost Finger alone would cost him a lot of energy. If he were to train the Demonic Bull Mountain Breaking Spell as well, his training time might be completely wasted.
Everything would have to wait until he cultivated Blood Severing Ghost Finger to minor completion.
"Dragon God Envoy, just cultivate Blood Severing Ghost Finger. Don't spread it out." Sending Ye Chen to the pavilion's entrance, the elder reminded.
Ye Chen said, "Rest assured, Elder Tian. Ye Chen is not an impulsive person."
After saying these words, he started walking away from the pavilion.
"Palace Master and Young Miss' insight is too formidable."
The elder retracted his gaze and returned to the pavilion.
…
A living person had come to the Dragon God Celestial Palace. If they didn't even know about it, then the palace wouldn't be called Dragon God Celestial Palace.
Outside the Redcloud Residence, Elder Yu was waiting.
"Dragon God Envoy!" Seeing Ye Chen, Elder Yu revealed a smile.
"Elder Yu, take a seat inside."
Ye Chen waved his hand, and the Redcloud Residence's array opened.
Under the mid-grade maple tree, in front of a lake dyed crimson by the clouds, two people sat around a stone table, slowly drinking tea.
After a while, Elder Yu put down the cup, "Dragon God Envoy, what's the current situation of the Azure Dragon Hall?"
The corner of Ye Chen's mouth rose, "One good news and one bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"
"Then let's hear the bad news first!"
Elder Yu sucked in a deep breath. Hearing the good news before the bad news would make his mood heavy. Hearing the bad news first, then the good news, perhaps it would be better.
"A week ago, Deputy Xu Danian and I were transporting resources, but we were ambushed. We lost more than four hundred and thirty people, twenty-three Sea of Soul realm experts, and more than four hundred Astral Reaching experts."
Hiss!
Elder Yu sucked in a breath of cold air, his expression changing several times. This time, the number of Sea of Soul realm experts was a bit less, but more than four hundred Astral Reaching experts had died. This was even more severe than the loss of Deputy Hu. Hearing this news, he almost suffocated.
Smiling bitterly, Elder Yu gulped down a mouthful of tea. "Just as I expected."
Soon after, his expression became fierce. "If I find out who the spy is, I'll definitely let him taste the pain of being bitten by ten thousand snakes."
If there were no spies, how could the Azure Dragon Palace have suffered two ambushes? The losses from the two ambushes were already close to eight hundred people. This was a number that made everyone feel pained and angry.
Elder Yu was speechless for a long time, his emotions fluctuating.
Sighing, Ye Chen said, "Elder Yu, don't you want to hear the good news?"
"Speak!"
Elder Yu didn't expect Ye Chen to give them any good news.
"Our side has lost more than 430 people, and the enemy has lost more than 2,000 people. Is this good news?" Ye Chen raised his teacup and smiled.
"More than two thousand enemies died?"
Elder Yu couldn't react for a moment. The contrast was too great.
"Say that again. How many enemies died?"
"Over two thousand."
"Over two thousand! More than two thousand! Haha, more than two thousand actually died. That's more than five times our losses. Haha! "
Elder Yu laughed out loud. His laughter shook the mid-ranked maple trees, and fiery red maple leaves fell and danced in the wind.
"Dragon God Envoy, how did you kill more than two thousand enemies?"
Elder Yu's gloomy mood was swept away, and he was in a good mood. He asked curiously.
Ye Chen didn't hide anything and recounted what happened that day.
After listening, Elder Yu looked at Ye Chen with respect. "Dragon God Envoy is truly a godly person. I, Yu, am full of admiration."
Although Ye Chen didn't mention his own factors, how could Elder Yu not know that the key to killing more than two thousand enemies was Ye Chen? Without him, they wouldn't have been able to avoid the ambush, and the outcome would have been completely different. At that time, they would have been completely annihilated.
"Dragon God Envoy, this is a big matter. If you don't find it troublesome, please come with me to the Elders Hall. Everyone is very concerned about the situation of the Azure Dragon Palace."
"Alright."
Ye Chen didn't decline.
…
The Elders Hall was completely packed.
The Great Elder revealed a rare smile. His smile became wider and wider, and eventually, he laughed heartily. The Second and Third Elders beside him also laughed in succession. It was a laugh of relief.
How could the other elders be so reserved like the Great Elder? Each and every one of them was dancing with joy, using their own movements to express their excitement. The sounds of discussion were simply like boiling water. The Elders Hall had never been so chaotic before, but no one came out to stop them.
"More than two thousand killed … This number is already comparable to the losses of our Dragon God Celestial Palace in the past few years. This is only one battle."
"The four hostile forces should be feeling the pinch this time."
"Fortunately, we invited Dragon God Envoy. Otherwise, it would be us who would be feeling the pinch."
"You don't need to say that."
The Elders Association was in a hubbub.
Cough cough!
It was too chaotic, and it was hard to speak. The Second Elder cleared his throat and calmed everyone down, then said, "Dragon God Envoy, how many disciples of my Dragon God Celestial Palace have died?"
His bottom line was that half of them had died. Although only three of them had Sea of Soul realm cultivation base, and the rest were Astral Reaching realm, those who could become disciples of Dragon God Celestial Palace were all geniuses among geniuses. The death of one was equivalent to the death of dozens of ordinary Astral Reaching experts.
"Four died. None of the core disciples died."
Ye Chen replied honestly.
"Good."
The Second Elder let out a sigh of relief. Four dead was far below his bottom line, "Let them continue to temper themselves in the Azure Dragon Palace. After this, we'll send another batch."
Hearing these words, the Great Elder faintly nodded. Battles were the best way to temper oneself. If one didn't die twice, be it in terms of survivability or mental state, they would both improve by a large margin. Of course, tempering themselves twice was enough. The other disciples of Dragon God Celestial Palace had to be given a chance as well.
After venting his emotions, the Great Elder gradually calmed down and said, "This time, the four hostile forces have suffered disastrous losses. They will certainly not let this matter rest. Dragon God Envoy, you will inevitably become their target. They will certainly think of a way to eliminate you."
"I know. Rest assured, Great Elder."
Ye Chen had long since prepared his heart for this.
"You have the ability to seek fortune and avoid calamity. I believe you'll be fine. As a last resort, you can abandon anyone as long as you survive." The Great Elder couldn't explain how Ye Chen could avoid the ambush and launch a surprise attack. He could only attribute it to the mystical power of seeking fortune and avoiding calamity.
"Such a thing shouldn't happen."
Ye Chen said confidently.
"That's for the best."
After the meeting, Elder Yu once again brought Ye Chen to the treasury and let him choose the second war chariot.
Ye Chen's ability was unquestionable. One war chariot was no longer enough. Two war chariots would undoubtedly make Ye Chen's team even more powerful. If not for the fact that Dragon God Celestial Palace only had one war chariot left, Ye Chen would have no problem with all three war chariots.
The new war chariot was called Black Rubber War Chariot. Its quality was a bit weaker than the Golden Dragon War Chariot, but its flood dragon head could shoot water bullets.
After resting for a night in Redcloud Residence, Ye Chen set out for the Azure Dragon Palace the next day.
…
In a flash, half a month had passed. The Azure Dragon Palace was very quiet.
Lin Canghai's residence was in a corner of Azure Dragon Island. There was no one within a hundred li. During this half a month, sword Qi would frequently soar into the sky, and the weather would change color.
In the bet with Ye Chen, Lin Canghai had undoubtedly lost. Ever since he had embarked on the path of sword dao, Lin Canghai had never lost to someone of the same generation. His nature was not bad, but he was used to being high and mighty. No matter how peaceful he was, he wouldn't act as if nothing had happened.
He didn't hate Ye Chen. He only wanted to become stronger so that he could challenge this rising young Sword Master someday.
Compared to Lin Canghai's side, Ye Chen's side was much quieter.
This was because Ye Chen was cultivating Blood Severing Ghost Finger, which didn't cause much of a commotion. It only brought deathly stillness and terror.
"Sever!"
Calmly standing under a tree, Ye Chen held his breath and concentrated. With a sharp gaze, he raised his right hand's index and middle fingers and made a stroke.
Noiselessly, the upper part of the tree seemed to have lost all its moisture and suddenly dried up. The leaves instantly turned yellow and floated down mercilessly. Apart from the lower part, the rest of the tree became withered and lifeless, as if its vitality had been erased.
"Blood Severing Ghost Finger intercepts blood Qi, but blood Qi contains the essence of life. Trees also contain the essence of life, and thus have the same effect. However, the effect is only half. Only when facing a real body of flesh and blood can it display its greatest effect."
Blood Severing Ghost Finger was indeed difficult to cultivate. Although Ye Chen's comprehension was five times higher than ordinary people, he still had no clue in the first few days. Later on, he carefully studied the description in the booklet and realized what kind of state of mind was needed to judge life and death. With a trace of understanding, every time Ye Chen cultivated Blood Severing Ghost Finger, he would use sword intent to sever all distracting thoughts. Finally, he grasped the basics.
Of course, the current Blood Severing Ghost Finger was only at the entry level, and was still far away from minor completion. At most, it could only deal with ordinary Sea of Soul realm experts.
As the days passed, Ye Chen also improved a little bit. This improvement was extremely small, to the point that there was almost no difference between the first day and the second day. Only after a period of time would he be able to feel that slight difference.
As he gained some understanding of Blood Severing Ghost Finger, Ye Chen felt more and more strange and frightening. While cultivating this finger art, he could occasionally see some frightening scenes. On a barren land without any vitality, dead souls wandered about, ghost fires filling the sky. Those dead souls were all covered in tattered white cloth, and the Death Qi was very dense.
Ye Chen didn't know whether this was a strange scene or something else.
However, Ye Chen wasn't afraid because of this. If he had to cultivate, he would still cultivate. Moreover, he discovered that whenever the frightening scenes appeared before his eyes, the cultivation of Blood Severing Ghost Finger would become much smoother. It was as if there was an invisible force cooperating with him.
Just like that, another half a month passed. Ye Chen's Blood Severing Ghost Finger had improved by about two times compared to when he had just started. With a single slash, the vitality of an entire tree would be erased. At this moment, Ye Chen could already occasionally see dead souls wearing white robes. These dead souls were different from the others, as if they had their own intelligence. Their Death Qi was unimaginably dense.
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