Chapter 250: Premature Transformation

Ye Liuyun they just recorded the map, and the Grand Elder's Divine Sense also summoned him, saying there was something to instruct them.

He hurried to the Grand Elder's residence, senior brother Hao Chengfeng was also called by the Grand Elder.

"This time entering the Xuan Kong Secret Realm, besides our Holy Martial Academy, there are also the Blood Demon Sect and the Great Zhou Royal Family, even the Ancient Demon Sect and the Water Moon Sect. Liuyun, you must be prepared, bring all your Holy Realm monster beasts, in case anyone targets you!"

The Grand Elder's biggest worry is that the Blood Demon Sect and the Great Zhou Royal Family will deliberately target him. Even disciples within the academy could.

Ye Liuyun struck the Enforcement Elder, refused the Golden Holy Son's matter, and the Grand Elder naturally knows. Everything in the academy cannot escape the Grand Elder's Divine Sense investigation.

Especially he has been watching Ye Liuyun, ready to intervene at any time. Even the matter of Ge Lao looking for Ye Liuyun, he knows it clearly.

"Yes! Disciple understands!"

Ye Liuyun said, and took out that map to share with Hao Chengfeng.

"Map? Junior brother, really you! Where did this good thing come from?" Hao Chengfeng immediately recorded the map.

"From the Storage Ring of Jin Wuhui. It should be what the Golden Holy Son wants." Ye Liuyun laughed.

The Grand Elder, seeing Ye Liuyun not being selfish, felt very pleased.

"I reckon that Golden Holy Son won't let you go easily! You must be more careful in the future!" the Grand Elder instructed.

"Yes, disciple will remember!" Ye Liuyun replied, then went back with Hao Chengfeng to prepare.

After returning, Ye Liuyun began to focus on cultivation, restoring True Essence.

Although he has been staying in the academy lately, his battles are no less than outside. Especially after passing the Red Soul Cave and other dangers, his realm has improved considerably.

He feels that with effort, he might break through another realm before entering the Secret Realm, making himself safer.

So, after replenishing his True Essence, he started expanding his Qi Sea, reinforcing the Qi Sea wall, preparing to break through to the Seventh Layer of Sea Transformation.

His Qi Sea wall, after many reinforcements, has become extremely tough; after another expansion, the space inside the Qi Sea also became broader.

Also thanks to the fact that he had just exhausted his True Essence, the newly replenished True Essence instantly made the Qi Sea surge wider. Moreover, the True Essence became more condensed, showing signs of a gelatinous transformation.

When the Qi Sea was filled with True Essence, the seventh vortex inside the Qi Sea began to form slowly.

After this vortex formed, the seven internal vortices spun simultaneously, wildly sucking surrounding Qi. This intake startled Lei Ming, Wu Qingcheng and others, who rushed out to see what happened.

When they learned it was Ye Liuyun cultivating, everyone was astonished. Even Lei Ming's monster beast, which had already broken into the Yuan Dan Realm, did not make such a commotion when breaking, nor needed so much Qi.

"Brother, what realm did you break into? What's going on!"

Lei Ming murmured to himself, others also stared blankly at Ye Liuyun's Cultivation Room.

After nearly half an hour of frantic inhalation, Ye Liuyun's Cultivation Room finally quieted.

The seven vortices eventually merged into one cultivation and then gradually vanished. He kept absorbing external Qi; all his pores absorbed, and no more vortices formed.

Moreover, even without cultivating now, his body automatically absorbs Qi.

Ye Liuyun did not expect that breaking just one realm would cause such a huge change.

When he later introspected his body, he was shocked again. He found that the True Essence in his Qi Sea had all turned into a viscous gelatinous state; although the volume hadn't changed, the amount of True Essence had multiplied several times.

Moreover, the True Essence's color turned milky white, with a faint golden light.

The entire Qi Sea formed a spherical shape, rotating slowly.

"This… should be the complete combination of true Qi, mysterious Qi and Buddha Light! And it fully merged the powers of Blood Thunder and Golden Crow Holy Fire."

Ye Liuyun felt his True Essence had mutated, now different from others'.

"It must be early! Yes, the Yuan Dan Realm True Essence and the Qi Sea's transformation happened early. Might be related to my comprehension of Heaven and Earth Power."

Ye Liuyun speculated.

"Looks like the dean really gave me a great gift!"

He cultivated a while longer, found his True Essence was full, so he stopped, and left the Cultivation Room.

Seeing everyone waiting outside, looking curiously at him.

"What happened?" Wu Qingcheng asked concernedly.

"I'm not quite sure. The Qi Sea mutated. I don't know if it's still a Qi Sea or a Yuan Dan now."

Ye Liuyun said, releasing his True Essence for Lei Ming and Bai Hu to see.

In the end they all concluded it was very close to Yuan Dan Realm True Essence. Ye Liuyun also used his Golden Pupil to scan their Yuan Dan, finding the True Essence inside hadn't fully solidified.

It seems only when reaching the Yuan Dan Realm will the dantian fully solidify.

Ye Liuyun exchanged a punch with Bai Hu; that force, carrying an overbearing aura and Heaven and Earth Power, could barely match him.

Lei Ming and Shi Yuan hurriedly released True Essence, encircling the two so that the blast's aftershock didn't hit others or structures.

Ye Liuyun dared not experiment further in the Dongtian Dadian, so he took the Skeleton Puppet to the back mountain and sparred with it.

The Skeleton Puppet kept its realm at the second level of Yuan Dan Realm, barely resisting his third form of Overbearing Heaven Fist, Thunder Fire Opening Heaven. If he used the fourth or fifth move, the Skeleton Puppet would need to raise its realm further to defend.

However, as the departure time for the Secret Realm approached, Ye Liuyun stopped draining, returned directly, and replenished all the True Essence he had just consumed.

Immediately, he shrank the Grand Hall, temporarily stored everyone in the Storage Ring, and went to find Hao Chengfeng to gather at the Martial Arena.

At this moment, Ye Liuyun's breath was completely contracted; Hao Chengfeng didn't notice his realm had risen. He only felt a great change in his temperament, as if becoming more lofty.

Ye Liuyun also thought that with his current strength and Spiritual Soul Attack, he should manage the Secret Realm easily. Even without bloodline power, he could almost fight a Yuan Dan‑level Martial Cultivator.

After arriving at the Martial Arena, they greeted Jiang Yuan and Liu Shengnan.

Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense, however, detected that some disciples' auras were off. Though they tried hard to demonstrate, they couldn't escape Ye Liuyun's keen perception.

He then activated his Golden Pupil, discovering three disciples had already reached the second level of Yuan Dan Realm!

This shocked him greatly. "Three days ago during the contest, these people were all at Ninth Sea Transformation, and now in three days they broke through? They clearly have been breaking for a long time!"

When he saw their appearances, he immediately understood. It turned out the three were impostors. His Golden Pupil saw their original faces, all some fifty‑ or sixty‑year‑old elders.

"Seems someone wants to impersonate and seize resources. Not sure if those disciples lacked confidence and asked a clan elder, or if it was deliberately arranged."

Yet Ye Liuyun made no announcement, but kept a watchful eye.