“Check my status panel.”
【Name: Ye Wushuang】
【Realm: Qi Condensation Realm, Perfected】
【Fate: NPC】
【Recent Script: Defy the Heavens and Change Your Fate. The Heavenly Secrets Are in Chaos; the Recent Script Cannot Be Viewed.】
【Cultivation Arts: “Taiyin Profound Qi Breathing Art” (Beginner), “Sword Controlling Art” (Perfected)】
【Opportunity Points: 1/2】
Ye Wushuang found an uninhabited valley nearby and lowered her head in thought.
As for the newly acquired opportunity point, if she used it on the “Taiyin Profound Qi Breathing Art,” it would indeed increase her cultivation speed, but it would not give her any significant boost in combat power.
If she encountered a powerful demon beast alone—or even three to five cultivators at the same realm—she would have trouble protecting herself.
After careful consideration, she decided to use the new opportunity point on the Sword Controlling Art, an upper-grade Profound Rank technique from her family.
“Spend the point. Target: Sword Controlling Art.”
Boom!
A vast amount of information instantly surged into her mind. The perfect circulation route, sword techniques, and sword moves of the Sword Controlling Art were all transmitted completely into Ye Wushuang’s consciousness.
An invisible sword aura slowly took shape around her. Before long, it formed a vortex of sword force.
Broken branches and withered leaves on the ground were swept up by the resulting gale, whirling through the air.
【Ding! Point allocation successful. “Sword Controlling Art” (Perfected)】
She opened her eyes, and a flash of sword light flickered within them.
In some mysterious way, Ye Wushuang sensed a profound sword intent about to burst forth.
Without any further hesitation, Ye Wushuang infused a strand of spiritual power into her sword.
“Famous Sword Sword Controlling Art! Sword, come!”
In the next instant, her sword transformed into a streak of purple light. Its sword radiance surged more than thirty meters into the air before crashing viciously into the waterfall before her.
Boom!!!
A deafening roar rang out.
The hundred-meter-high waterfall was cleaved cleanly in two by the terrifying sword radiance. Even the cliff behind it was carved with a deep gash.
More unbelievable still, the waterfall seemed to be affected by an invisible force. The two halves remained separated for a full ten breaths.
“Not bad.”
Seeing this, Ye Wushuang nodded in satisfaction.
Although the Famous Sword Manor’s Sword Controlling Art was only an upper-grade Profound Rank technique, once cultivated to perfection, it could draw upon a trace of sword intent, greatly increasing its destructive power.
As far as Ye Wushuang knew, perhaps only a few old monsters from Famous Sword Manor—and her cheap father—had managed to cultivate the Sword Controlling Art to perfection.
If she encountered that giant serpent again, Ye Wushuang was confident that she could kill it with a single sword strike.
Immediately afterward, Ye Wushuang took out three supreme-grade Essence Condensation Pills and poured them into her mouth like candy.
“Hmm. A little bitter.”
Ye Wushuang frowned slightly.
If anyone saw her eating pills this way, they would definitely curse her for wasting heaven-sent treasures.
For an ordinary Qi Condensation cultivator, obtaining even a single supreme-grade Essence Condensation Pill was exceedingly difficult, let alone eating them as snacks.
The domineering spiritual energy instantly filled her entire body.
The “Taiyin Profound Qi Breathing Art” within Ye Wushuang immediately began devouring the spiritual energy released by the supreme-grade Essence Condensation Pills at an unimaginable speed.
Ye Wushuang felt as though she were soaking in a hot spring, a tingling sensation spreading pleasantly through her body.
Half an hour later, as the medicinal energy of the Essence Condensation Pills continued to be broken down, the aura surrounding Ye Wushuang grew stronger and stronger.
Crack!
The bottleneck of the Perfected Qi Condensation Realm was instantly pierced through by the violent surge of spiritual energy.
A vortex of spiritual energy actually appeared within her body, and her gaseous spiritual energy was completely transformed into liquid true essence.
An oppressive aura belonging to the early True Essence Realm radiated from her body.
“Phew. I won’t eat so many next time.”
Ye Wushuang had intended to show off a little, but she had nearly come to grief instead.
If not for the “Taiyin Profound Qi Breathing Art” being a supreme-grade Earth Rank technique, the enormous amount of spiritual energy would probably have burst her meridians.
Still, the results were remarkably obvious.
At only eighteen years old, she had broken through to the True Essence Realm. Such an achievement was unprecedented in Qinghe City.
If she had relied on slow cultivation, she might have needed another month or two to break through the bottleneck of the True Essence Realm.
One or two months might not sound like much.
But the path of cultivation had always been a race in which a hundred boats fought for the lead. Those who failed to advance would inevitably fall behind. In ancient times, a gap of even a single point was enough to surpass a thousand people, let alone the chasm between entire major realms.
Still, compared with the prodigies of those sacred lands, she was far behind.
Those sacred-land prodigies were born into top-tier powers and had enjoyed all kinds of heavenly treasures from the moment they were in the womb.
At birth, they were at least in the True Essence Realm. As for the imperial clans that possessed special physiques and ancient inheritances, they were even more terrifying.
“The road ahead is long and arduous…”
Ye Wushuang sighed with deep emotion.
It was time to leave.
Ye Wushuang made up her mind. She would grow stronger in secret, then seize every opportunity belonging to those prodigies.
At the thought of this, Ye Wushuang swallowed another supreme-grade Essence Condensation Pill to calm her nerves.
“Check Liu Ruyan’s opportunity panel.”
【Ding! Viewing another person’s panel remotely requires a binding slot. Five binding slots remain. Bind now?】
“Bind!”
As Ye Wushuang hurried along, she checked the panel. She had not expected much from this lousy system, but it actually possessed a remote-viewing function.
Unfortunately, she could only bind five people for now. The system’s stinginess reminded her of an ancient legend from a mobile game in her previous life, in which the game company apologized to its players by handing out five diamonds.
A horrifying thought rose in Ye Wushuang’s mind.
Could it be… this lousy system was made by Goose Factory?!
“Nooo!”
【Ding! Binding successful.】
【Name: Liu Ruyan】
【Realm: Qi Condensation Realm, Perfected】
【Fate: Freakishly Blessed】
【Recent Opportunity: Half a month from now, Liu Ruyan will accidentally learn that a Great Emperor surnamed Liu fell in the Qingyun Mountain Range during the ancient era. Relying on the faint trace of Great Emperor bloodline within her body, Liu Ruyan will locate the entrance to the imperial tomb deep within White Dragon Lake at Azure Phoenix Ridge. With guidance from the Ring Sovereign, she will successfully open the Great Emperor’s tomb and ultimately obtain the Azure Phoenix Physique (Incomplete), breaking through repeatedly until she reaches the early Profound Connection Realm.】
What the hell?!
Ye Wushuang suddenly felt that the supreme-grade Essence Condensation Pill in her hand had lost all its appeal.
This opportunity was ten thousand and ten times more incredible than the two opportunities she had intercepted before.
She had never expected Liu Ruyan’s newly revealed opportunity to be so outrageous.
That was the bloodline of a Great Emperor!
No wonder Liu Ruyan had been able to carve out a path to glory from a remote border city and ultimately become an unrivaled Great Emperor.
But this also left Ye Wushuang in a difficult position.
Although her cultivation was at the early True Essence Realm, higher than Liu Ruyan’s, that mysterious master of hers could probably suppress her with a single finger.
“System, how can one effectively suppress a spirit? This is an academic question, so please answer seriously.”
【Ding! The server is busy. Please try again.】
“As long as you answer this question, I’ll testify that you weren’t made by Goose Factory.”
Ye Wushuang still refused to give up.
【Ding! The spirit within Liu Ruyan’s ring is currently in a weakened state. All you need to do is gather black dog blood, horse sugar, chicken droppings, and the golden juice of someone born under the zodiac sign of the Dog. Mix everything together and ferment it for three days and three nights. Splash it onto the ring, and the spirit can be temporarily sealed for the time it takes an incense stick to burn.】
Ye Wushuang: “…”
