Chapter 445: Many People Say You Are Chen Yan

Chen Yan stroked the slightly rough trunk of the Saint-Breaking Tree, sensing the consciousness of the Saint-Breaking Tree.

The 【Storage】 Saint-Breaking Fruit can store energy.

In short, whenever Chen Yan is cultivating.

The 【Storage】 Saint-Breaking Fruit will absorb that energy at twice the speed of Chen Yan and store it.

Afterwards, Chen Yan can consume the 【Storage】 Saint-Breaking Fruit and then absorb the energy within the 【Storage】 Saint-Breaking Fruit into his body.

This seems useless, because the prerequisite for using the 【Storage】 Saint-Breaking Fruit is that Chen Yan has enough energy to absorb.

For instance, when Chen Yan consumes precious medicine, the total energy of the precious medicine is limited, so Chen Yan does not need to store energy.

Since Chen Yan entered the Dao, most of his cultivation has relied on precious medicine resources; instances of purely absorbing heaven and earth energy have been too few.

However, the 【Storage】 Saint-Breaking Fruit is absolutely useful in another situation.

For example, Blood-Sniffing!

For example, cultivation without precious medicine!

In the Blood-Sniffing chamber, energy is relatively infinite; what is limited is time.

Cultivation without precious medicine is the same; heaven and earth energy is infinite, and what remains limited is the time Chen Yan has to cultivate.

In this situation, the 【Storage】 Saint-Breaking Fruit can absorb energy twice as fast as Chen Yan, store it, and subsequently feed it back to Chen Yan.

Isn't this just directly increasing Chen Yan's ability to acquire precious medicine by three times?

Good stuff!

The 【Storage】 Saint-Breaking Fruit is a treasure that greatly enhances Chen Yan's cultivation efficiency!

A smile appeared on the corner of Chen Yan's mouth; he was more than just a little satisfied.

But the 【Storage】 Saint-Breaking Fruit also has a drawback.

That is, after Chen Yan swallows the 【Storage】 Saint-Breaking Fruit, the Saint-Breaking Tree will no longer produce other Saint-Breaking Fruits.

However, this is already good enough.

Chen Yan smiled faintly.

Time passed slowly.

It was not until the next day.

Chen Yan appeared at the entrance of the villa, and the butler disguised as Li Honglian stood quietly behind Chen Yan.

It was also at this moment.

Roar!

A golden lion that blotted out the sky and sun stepped over from the distant sky.

Upon it, Lu Jianxia stood quietly with her sleeves fluttering, and behind her stood a line of Lu Clan prodigies.

A total of more than a dozen people, all of whom were geniuses on the Five Clans Ranking.

Lu Jianxia glanced at Chen Yan, then lingered for a moment on Li Honglian behind Chen Yan, and frowned as she said:

"Get on."

Chen Yan took a step, lightning flashed in the void, and he appeared behind Lu Jianxia.

The other Lu Clan prodigies saw Chen Yan, and strange looks appeared in their eyes, but none of them stepped forward to strike up a conversation.

After all, although Bing Yi had submitted to the Lu Clan, he was essentially still a Yu clansman.

"Brother Lu, after the Five Clans talks begin, I will challenge you to compete for the second-place spot in the third echelon."

A girl spoke from afar, carrying a smile.

Chen Yan scanned over; this person was Lu Xibing, who was in the third-place spot of the third echelon.

The other party saying this was mostly to mock.

After all, Bing Yi was originally in the first-place spot of the third echelon, but the appearance of Chi Yi had snatched away Bing Yi's first-place position.

As Lu Xibing's voice fell, laughter erupted all around.

"Lu Xibing, speak more nicely to Brother Bing Yi. Nowadays, there are only two Realm-Breaking prodigies in the human world; one is Chen Yan, and the other is Brother Bing Yi. Chen Changyuan doesn't count, he's only at the fourth crossing of the Golden Body."

"That's right, Chen Yan is too powerful, and Brother Bing Yi is also a Realm-Breaking prodigy, so he must not be weak either."

"Chen Yan has entered the Will Martial Dao, so Brother Bing Yi must also have hope!"

Chen Yan's expression was calm; these people's words were all laced with thorns.

Chen Yan's expression was calm as he scanned the Lu Clan prodigies behind him:

"A bunch of trash!"

His voice was not loud, but after it fell, there was silence.

"What did you say?" Someone was instantly enraged.

At the very back, two middle-aged men sitting cross-legged also slowly opened their eyes and looked at Chen Yan.

These two were Lu Mingyuan, third in the first echelon, and Lu Fukun, fourth in the first echelon.

They were already at the early stage of the Seventh Rank, but both were under one hundred years old, so they were still on the Five Clans Ranking.

The Five Clans Ranking is the ranking of the Five Clans' prodigies under one hundred years old.

At this moment, almost all the Lu clansmen were looking at Chen Yan with unkind expressions.

Lu Jianxia frowned; what was this Bing Yi doing again?

"Bing Yi, if you have the ability, say that again!" a Lu Clan prodigy roared, filled with anger.

"I said, you are all tra—!" Chen Yan said faintly.

"Lu Jianxing, seventh in the third echelon, challenges Bing Yi!" that person directly issued a challenge.

As his voice fell, a strange connection was established between him and Chen Yan.

This was because of the Sub-Cup; if Lu Jianxing could defeat Chen Yan, he could rise in rank on the list.

If Chen Yan defeats the opponent, there will be no change.

On the Five Clans Ranking, a lower-ranked person can only challenge a higher-ranked person, and the higher-ranked person cannot refuse; furthermore, even if the higher-ranked person defeats the lower-ranked one, no change in ranking will occur.

That person roared, his entire body surging with rolling, golden-hued lightning, transforming into a golden lion as he attacked.

Boom!

That person charged straight over and threw a punch.

A trace of a smile appeared at the corner of Lu Jianxia's mouth; this was exactly what she wanted to see.

Lu Jianxing had not challenged any Five Clans Ranking prodigies for several months, which was why his ranking had been falling.

In reality, Lu Jianxing had long possessed the strength to enter the second tier.

She felt that Bing Yi really did not live up to his reputation.

Yet at this moment, Chen Yan narrowed his eyes, and his Triple-Layer Extreme Pierce Spear Realm erupted in an instant!

Hum!

The intent of piercing struck out instantly, terrifying to the extreme.

"Bing Yi!"

Lu Jianxia's expression changed instantly; she reached out with one hand, suppressing this spear realm.

As for the charging Lu Jianxing, his face turned deathly pale, and his eyes widened.

Just now, he had felt the taste of death.

Everyone was horrified.

Even the few Lu Clan prodigies in the first sequence had slightly changing expressions.

"Your spear realm has leveled up? Fourth layer, or fifth?" Lu Jianxia's expression shifted as she spoke in astonishment.

She remembered that Bing Yi's spear realm had only just been entered.

How could it have suddenly become so much stronger?

Chen Yan glanced at Lu Jianxia:

"Honorable Lu, I have already made myself very clear. If you do not welcome me, just let me leave; do not engage in these pointless things.

If we cannot be friends, then do not become enemies."

Chen Yan's voice was cold, carrying a sense of baleful aura.

Lu Jianxia's expression flickered; Bing Yi had actually been hiding his true strength.

Could it be that everything before was just an act?

Chen Yan glanced at Lu Jianxia and sighed inwardly; Lu Jianxia still would not let him leave.

Since that is the case...

"Bing Yi, you are overconfident."

A man with graying hair spoke; his name was Lu Mingyuan, and he was the third sequence of the first tier of the Five Clans Ranking.

He was also the person with the highest ranking in the Five Clans Ranking from the Lu Clan.

Lu Mingyuan stood up, his body glowing with golden light, and spoke indifferently:

"Leaving my Lu Clan will do you no good."

Lu Jianxia's expression was ugly, and she had no intention of speaking for the moment; she wanted to see what Bing Yi was going to do.

Lu Mingyuan had just finished speaking.

Hum!

The aura on Chen Yan's body began to change.

Willpower Pressure!

Chen Yan had only learned last night that the reason Lu Jianxia valued Yu Yi the most was because of the Willpower Martial Dao.

Currently, no one among the Five Clans could awaken the Willpower Martial Dao.

Initially, Lu Jianxia had placed all her hopes on Yu Yi, as she saw him as a person who had broken through his realm, just like Chen Yan.

He had the most hope of awakening the Willpower Martial Dao.

Clearly, Yu Yi had disappointed her.

In the month that followed, Lu Jianxia had gradually distanced herself from Yu Yi.

At this moment, Willpower Pressure erupted from Chen Yan's body.

Lu Mingyuan's eyes trembled instantly, everyone's expressions changed wildly, and even Lu Jianxia's body stiffened.

Chen Yan looked at Lu Mingyuan:

"Come, tell me, as the first person among the Five Clans to awaken the Willpower Martial Dao, does it really do me no good to leave the Lu Clan?"

As his voice fell, Lu Mingyuan's expression stiffened, and he could not speak.

The Willpower Martial Dao had already appeared more than a few dozen times in the Great Xia.

The Five Clans even suspected that the Willpower Martial Dao was related to bloodline and distance.

But Bing Yi was the first person among the Five Clans to awaken the Willpower Martial Dao; this was of monumental significance.

Lu Mingyuan could not speak.

Lu Jianxia's body also stiffened, and she hurriedly spoke:

"All of you, keep this matter a secret!"

The look in her eyes as she watched Chen Yan had completely changed.

…………

Time passed slowly.

A giant island shimmering with brilliant light appeared in everyone's line of sight.

High above the island, over a hundred people were already sitting cross-legged in the void.

As the Lu Clan arrived, all those sitting cross-legged opened their eyes.

Chen Prefecture was led by Chen Qi.

Ji Prefecture was led by Ji Haiyi, the principal of the Ji Prefecture Brightness Military Academy.

As for Chi Prefecture, it was led by an eighth-rank member of the Chi Clan named Chi Xun.

Chen Yan saw Chen Changyuan sitting within the Ji Clan's camp at first glance.

At this moment, Chen Changyuan also opened his eyes and saw Chen Yan; he frowned, murderous intent hidden in the depths of his eyes.

Chen Changyuan and Bing Yi had always been enemies; this was an open secret among the Five Clans.

Lu Jianxia cast a complicated look at Chen Yan before sitting down cross-legged, and Chen Yan and the others also sat behind Lu Jianxia.

"Sit beside me; you represent the Yu Clan," Lu Jianxia said.

Chen Yan nodded and sat down next to Lu Jianxia.

Bing Yi, or rather Yu Yi, was the only person from the Yu Clan among the Five Clans to have emerged into the world.

Chen Qi and Chi Xun both looked toward Chen Yan.

Chen Qi frowned slightly but did not say anything.

The Chen Clan system had once judged that Bing Yi was Chen Yan, but later, the Chen Master had personally sent people to test Bing Yi.

The other party was not Chen Yan.

Chen Qi had no good feelings toward Bing Yi; after all, it was seeing Bing Yi's future that day that had caused him fear, leading him to leave Xiaoyang City and miss Chen Yan.

But he would not underestimate Bing Yi either, as the future Bing Yi was a god of slaughter.

The Yu Clan had produced a god of slaughter.

He had no objection to Bing Yi sitting at the very front, just as he did.

As for Chi Xun of Chi Prefecture, his eyes were filled with laziness; he merely glanced at Chen Yan once and then paid him no more mind.

"Bing Yi."

Suddenly, someone spoke.

The one speaking was Ji Haiyi, the principal of the Ji Prefecture Brightness Military Academy, who was also the strongest person to come from Ji Prefecture this time.

Ji Haiyi swept a faint gaze toward Chen Yan:

"Many people say that you are Chen Yan; take off your mask!"

His voice fell in an instant, and in that moment, everyone went quiet.

PS: Happy New Year!