Chapter 227: Meeting Chen Xiyuan

Desolate Market.

Inside the cultivation room of the courtyard at the heart of the lake.

The young man named An Yunan finished his cultivation; he exhaled a heavy breath of turbid Qi and wiped away the bloody tears flowing from the corners of his eyes.

Behind him, an ink-colored palace stood within the space.

"Unified."

A trace of a smile appeared at the corners of An Yunan's mouth:

"The physical body is the palace, all mysteries are hidden within the palace, and all manner of strength lies between every brick and tile; this is my path of horizontal tempering."

Ever since the night before last, he had suddenly felt a loosening in the Extreme Forging Realm.

Yes, loosening.

It felt as if a road that had reached its end suddenly had a path forward once more.

That night, An Yunan cultivated again, and the number of his own Extreme Satin Patterns increased once more, reaching one hundred and fifty.

Subsequently, he unified them immediately!

"The path of martial arts has changed because of my existence; although the feeling of breaking the limits of a realm is extremely difficult, it was still broken by me."

He murmured aloud, his eyes filled with a look of arrogance toward heaven and earth.

He was strong; he knew it himself.

The moment the number of Extreme Satin Patterns reached one hundred and fifty, he knew clearly that he was the ultimate of the ultimate.

He was a genius just like Lu Xunyang!

He opened the door to the cultivation room.

A figure appeared.

Deacon Hu.

Seeing the visitor, the smile in An Yunan's eyes grew even wider; the dignified Chen family of the Five Clans had actually come to this place to beg him.

Nothing more than that.

"You have unified?" Deacon Hu asked, but a trace of disgust emerged in his heart.

At this moment, An Yunan did not even have the respect he had shown when they first met.

"Mm." An Yunan nodded arrogantly.

Deacon Hu's pupils constricted; at this moment, he no longer cared about An Yunan's arrogant expression and asked hurriedly:

"How many?"

"One hundred and fifty."

"When?"

"Just the night before last."

"Hiss!"

Deacon Hu's breathing trembled; the night before last, he had clearly felt a shift in the truth.

Although faint, he had still sensed it; he had come to find An Yunan, and the other party had indeed been in seclusion.

Emerging from seclusion, he unified.

This child...

There is a seventy percent—no, it is already an eighty percent probability that he is that genius who broke the limits of the realm!

A bright light appeared in Deacon Hu's eyes, and just as he was about to speak, he frowned slightly.

Outside the room, there were still people waiting.

And it was at this moment.

A figure appeared in the sky above:

"An Yunan, since you have emerged from seclusion, come out."

An Yunan's expression changed slightly, and he hurried out, only to see a man in the high sky holding golden light in his hands.

An Yunan's pupils trembled.

The General Star Medal!

The smile at the corners of his mouth grew even wider; as expected, the Great Xia had noticed him!

As expected!

An Yunan almost laughed out loud, but he stopped himself.

In the high sky, the man spoke:

"The Xia Sovereign speaks in person."

An Yunan's smile stiffened slightly; it was a spoken message, not a handwritten one.

No!

He narrowed his eyes, but quickly recovered.

There is actually no difference between a spoken message and a handwritten one.

Right.

No difference.

And the man continued:

"A star-like prodigy, capable of stirring wind and thunder, hope you contemplate your own heart, and wait to embrace the bright moon!"

The smile in An Yunan's eyes slowly returned.

"May be granted the Sixth-Rank General Star!"

In an instant, the smile on An Yunan's face stalled, turning into astonishment, followed by an eruption of anger, yet he still held it back and spoke:

"Is it a Rank 6 General Star?"

"It is." The man nodded.

"I possess Grade 5 Axe Intent!" An Yunan's breathing grew rapid.

"I am naturally aware of that." The man nodded with a smile.

The anger in An Yunan's eyes intensified:

"Grade 5 Axe Intent is not important, but as of the night before last, my Extreme Satin Pattern had already reached one hundred and fifty, and now it has even unified.

Even before the night before last, I had already broken through the realm limit!"

High in the sky, the man's expression turned solemn:

"One hundred and fifty?"

"Yes!" An Yunan barked.

The man was silent for a long while:

"Actually, I have also been thinking that you are likely the genius who broke the realm limit, but the State Administration only approved a Rank 6 General Star."

Silence.

The expression on An Yunan's face changed several times, and it was a long while before he spoke:

"But I heard that in cities of the level of Yunmeng City, there are people who obtained a Rank 5 General Star before the Heaven's Pride Trial."

The man was silent for a long time before saying:

"The State Administration's evaluation of General Stars has always been impartial; it not only examines your natural talent but also examines your character based on your past actions."

An Yunan pursed his lips. Was this saying his character was problematic?

He was a genius who had broken the realm limit, yet he only received a Rank 6 medal?

"Furthermore," the man continued:

"We are also aware of the matter regarding the Chen Clan people seeking you out."

An Yunan's body trembled. Was it because of this?

A long time later.

The man left. An Yunan looked at the General Star medal in his hand and fell into silence, the fierce look in his eyes undiminished.

Deacon Hu appeared:

"Since the Xia Clan treats you this way, why not come with me to the Chen Clan? As long as the experts in the clan verify that you are indeed the one who broke the realm limit.

The things you will obtain will be many, many more."

An Yunan clenched his fists:

"No!"

He spoke heavily:

"I am going to participate in the Qinzhou College Entrance Examination."

Deacon Hu narrowed his eyes. This person was indeed greedy.

And An Yunan continued:

"I want to let the Great Xia see whether this Rank 6 General Star is worthy of me."

…………

Chen Min……

When Chen Yan saw this figure from the ends of the meridians, he was naturally surprised.

Because the sensing of Martial Dao meridians has geographical limitations; the further away, the harder it is to sense.

Ever since Chen Yan pioneered the path of Will.

The vast majority of what he sensed.

Were beings in Yunmeng City or some creatures in the surroundings of Yunmeng City.

The only time he had a sensing that transcended geographical location was Lu Xunyang.

The other party was in the Ancient God Forbidden Land, an unknown distance from Chen Yan, yet he was still sensed.

The power of Will was somewhat terrifying.

But it only appeared for a single instant.

Chen Min was in the Desolate City, very far from Chen Yan, yet he was just sensed, which meant that for that instant, the Will on Chen Min was very strong.

The struggle between this person and Chen Yan was not a struggle of life and death, nor was it a struggle for treasures.

In the final analysis, it was actually a struggle of ideologies.

The other party failed partly because Chen Yan was strong, and partly because Chen Min had lost the will to struggle at that time.

The other party's Will collapsed because he began to doubt whether the foundation upon which he generated his Will was correct.

Now, it seemed this was still the problem.

People like Chen Min were extremely terrifying.

The other party did not treat himself as the most important thing, but rather took changing the world as his life's goal.

If the other party's goal was correct, that would be very good.

But if it were wrong, it would be a disaster for this world.

"If this person can awaken the Word Realm, perhaps it will be an even greater boost for me."

Chen Yan murmured.

After Chen Yan tested it, he concluded the strength boost to the Word Realm that Zhuang Ang, as the second person of Will, brought to him.

It increased by 0.3 times.

Added to the 3 times strength boost the Word Realm itself could bring, it was a total of a 3.3 times boost.

Zhuang Ang had ultimately experienced too little, so the benefit brought to Chen Yan was not significant.

Moreover, Chen Yan sensed the tips of the meridians and realized that after Zhuang Ang opened the Realm of Words, the boost to his own combat power was only about two times.

This was for an ordinary Will-user, but a Master of Will was different.

"Everything depends on whether the Will foundation reshaped by Chen Min is correct; if it is wrong, I will not let him awaken."

He was a Master of Will.

In the path of Will, he was the sovereign of all.

Chen Yan ended his cultivation.

He placed the Ancient Divine Beast Clear Eye in his hand back into his spatial ring.

In one day of cultivation, Chen Yan had consumed three 【Array】 character Saint-Breaking Fruits.

The grade of his protective patterns had reached the edge of the Azure Vault grade, fourth rank.

He had wanted to continue cultivating.

But Chen Yan sensed that someone had arrived.

He walked out of the living room.

On the sofa, someone was already sitting there.

It was a woman with slanted bangs, eyes brimming with radiance, and an extremely beautiful appearance.

The other party was merely sitting there, yet Chen Yuhu in the kitchen had not noticed at all.

As Chen Yan approached the other party, he also felt himself enveloped by a powerful domain.

Seeing Chen Yan arrive, the woman smiled and said:

"Chen Yan, I've finally met you; my name is Chen Xiyuan."