Chapter 27: with translation of chapter title

Any of the items in Lin Xueying's storage ring would cause a sensation in Fengyang City if taken out.

Lin Xueying

Storage Ring

Fengyang City

However, Ye Liuyun wasn't interested in those items; he picked up the two cultivation manuals and skimmed them.

Ye Liuyun

(the garbled seems like noise; ignore? It's not a term.)

One is the Cutting Heaven Finger, a mid‑rank Earth Tier technique; the other is the Illusion Eye Technique, a top‑rank Heaven Tier technique.

Cutting Heaven Finger

Earth Tier

Illusion Eye Technique

Heaven Tier

Ye Liuyun's eyes instantly lit up!

Ye Liuyun

Seeing his expression, Lin Xueying grew anxious because she thought Ye Liuyun could never master those two techniques.

Lin Xueying

Ye Liuyun

She warned, "You probably can't cultivate either of these. The Illusion Eye Technique is an obscure method that only those who specialize in the soul can practice; it requires a powerful soul as a foundation. The Cutting Heaven Finger, on the other hand, needs a strong physical body, otherwise it will ruin your fingers."

Illusion Eye Technique

Soul

Cutting Heaven Finger

Physical Body

Ye Liuyun's eyes instantly lit up!

He then asked, "Are these two manuals yours?"

Then he asked, 'Are these two cultivation techniques yours?'

- (no new)

Lin Xueying shook her head.

Lin Xueying

"The Illusion Eye Technique was kept by my master; even he couldn't practice it. After I stole it, I realized I couldn't cultivate it either, and I haven't returned it yet."

Illusion Eye Technique

"As for the Cutting Heaven Finger, it belongs to Jin Wuyou. I only borrowed it to take a look. He knew I couldn't practice it, which is why he lent it to me."

Cutting Heaven Finger

Jin Wuyou

Ye Liuyun thought for a moment and said, "How about this: I'll give you a Golden Yuan Fruit, but I don't want your crystal stone. Just lend me those two manuals for three days, and I'll return them afterward. Deal?"

Golden Yuan Fruit

Crystal Stone

(technique already)

Lin Xueying and Liang Xue were both surprised.

Lin Xueying

Liang Xue

Lin Xueying replied, "That would be a huge loss for you! I can't accept that. You saved me, so I'll let you see them!"

Lin Xueying

Liang Xue almost fainted upon hearing that.

Liang Xue

"These two guys are unbelievably straightforward—no bargaining at all. It doesn't concern me, so I keep quiet and just watch anxiously."

- (no new)

Still, she admired Ye Liuyun for not taking advantage of the situation or being swayed by profit.

Ye Liuyun

"Listen to me, it's settled!" he said, packed away the manuals, handed the Golden Yuan Fruit to Lin Xueying, and then went back to excavating the cave.

Golden Yuan Fruit

Lin Xueying

Lin Xueying received the Golden Yuan Fruit and was immensely grateful to him.

Lin Xueying

Golden Yuan Fruit

Since three people needed to stay, Ye Liuyun enlarged the cave, added a massive stone to block the entrance, and after finishing, cleared away the rubble and traces.

Ye Liuyun

Cave

Afterwards, the three moved into the cave. He sealed the entrance with the big stone so that the lord's guards and Jin Wuyou's men wouldn't discover it.

Cave

Chengzhu Fu

Guard

Jin Wuyou

Once inside, Liang Xue continued to refine her realm, Lin Xueying tended to her wounds, and he took out the two manuals.

Liang Xue

Lin Xueying

With his current soul, he could memorize the entire content in a short time. He said three days only to keep it secret from others.

Soul

The cave was pitch black; he used his divine sense to record the manuals, then put them away and began cultivating.

inside the cave

Indeed, these two manuals were far more complex than the previous ones; it took him a full day just to reach the entry level.

These two cultivation techniques are indeed far more complex than the previous ones; he spent a whole day before barely managing to get started.

- (no new)

However, he still couldn't unleash the power of the Cutting Heaven Finger because his Immortal Overlord Body wasn't strong enough. To use it to harm someone, he must first cultivate the body to the second level.

Cutting Heaven Finger

Immortal Overlord Body

As for the Illusion Eye Technique, he could already use it.

Illusion Eye Technique

The Illusion Eye Technique can create illusionary spells with the soul to bewilder opponents, dispel falsehoods, and extend vision with greater penetration.

Illusion Eye Technique

Soul

(Illusion Technique)

Now, even though the interior of the cave was completely dark, he could see the two of them just with his eyes, ignoring the darkness entirely.

Inside the cave

Divine Sense

He could also generate simple illusion realms, though they were useless against those with higher realms unless the opponent also looked into his eyes.

Illusion Realm

Three days later, Lin Xueying received a message via a Transmission Talisman.

Lin Xueying

Transmission Talisman

"Brother Ye, I got a message on the Transmission Talisman. A senior brother from our academy has arrived. They'll take me back!"

Ye Liuyun

Transmission Talisman

Academy

"Also, Jin Wuyou is still alive but now a cripple! Our senior brother found those three black‑clothed guards and dealt with them, so you can safely leave!"

Jin Wuyou

Black‑clothed guard

Lin Xueying learned over the past few days that Ye Liuyun and his group were being hunted by black‑clothed pursuers, which is why Ye Liuyun pretended to be one, attacked Jin Wuyou, but didn't kill him.

Lin Xueying

Ye Liuyun

Black‑clothed person

Jin Wuyou

So Ye Liuyun kept his promise and returned the manuals to Lin Xueying, opened the cave entrance, and escorted her out.

Ye Liuyun

Lin Xueying

Lin Xueying had recovered considerably and was in a hurry to deliver the medicinal herbs to her master, so she couldn't stay longer.

Lin Xueying

"Take care!" Ye Liuyun clasped his fists and bid farewell to Lin Xueying.

Ye Liuyun

Lin Xueying

Lin Xueying thought for a moment, handed a token to Ye Liuyun, and said, "Brother Ye, this is a token from the Holy Martial Academy. If you ever have a chance to come back to the academy, use this token to find me!"

Lin Xueying

Token

Ye Liuyun

Holy Martial Academy

Token

Over the past few days she chatted with Liang Xue and learned a lot about Ye Liuyun. She felt that with his talent, he might truly be able to join the Holy Martial Academy.

Liang Xue

Ye Liuyun

Holy Martial Academy

Ye Liuyun accepted the token. "Hmm! If I ever leave Fengyang, I'll definitely come looking for you!"

Ye Liuyun

Token

Fengyang

Ye Liuyun and Liang Xue waved goodbye together.

Ye Liuyun

Liang Xue

- (her refers to Lin Xueying)

Lin Xueying took three steps, looked back three times, and left reluctantly.

Lin Xueying

After spending days together, she formed a very good impression of Ye Liuyun and Liang Xue.

Ye Liuyun

Liang Xue

Unfortunately, she had to rush back to rescue her master. Otherwise, she would have liked to stay and adventure with them.

- (her refers to Lin Xueying)

Ye Liuyun

Liang Xue

After seeing Lin Xueying off, Liang Xue asked, "Did you master both techniques?"

Lin Xueying

Liang Xue

"Of course!" Ye Liuyun laughed.

Ye Liuyun

"Actually, even if she took everything out of that ring, she'd still give it to you!" Liang Xue exclaimed.

Liang Xue

- (her refers to Lin Xueying)

Ring

"I think swapping two techniques is already a great deal; there's no need to be greedy. If I really did that, why would she give me this?"

Ye Liuyun

- (her refers to Lin Xueying)

Ye Liuyun waved the token in his hand.

Ye Liuyun

Token

"I saved her, she helped us deal with the guards' pursuit; I gave her a Golden Yuan Fruit, she gave me the manuals; I wasn't greedy for wealth, and she left me a token. That's cause and effect, a good karmic bond!"

- (her refers to Lin Xueying)

Golden Yuan Fruit

Cultivation technique

Token

Liang Xue

Liang Xue

After a while, Liang Xue smiled, "Alright, good person, what shall we do now?"

Liang Xue

"We'll sweep the surrounding battlefields. Come on, let's go!" he said, leading the charge in a direction.

- (he refers to Ye Liuyun)

"Hey! Slow down! Do you know the way?" Liang Xue shouted after him.

Liang Xue

In the following days, they cleared all the nearby ferocious beasts and gathered a lot of medicinal herbs.

- (they refers to Ye Liuyun and Liang Xue)

Although Liang Xue's combat ability wasn't strong, she was a True Origin Quadruple martial cultivator, and with Ye Liuyun's support everything went smoothly.

Liang Xue

True Origin Quadruple

Martial Cultivator

Ye Liuyun

After several days of fighting, Ye Liuyun advanced his cultivation a step further.

Ye Liuyun

His coarse cloth shirt was torn into strips, and he hadn't prepared any replacement clothing.

- (his refers to Ye Liuyun)

He also refused to wear the dead guards' clothes, finding them repulsive.

- (his refers to Ye Liuyun)

dead guards

So he simply went shirtless and fought the ferocious beast.

Looking at her solid muscles and sturdy build, Liang Xue couldn't help but blush, often zoning out.

After the Black Python recovered from its injuries and emerged, Ye Liuyun directly threw several guards' corpses to it as food. Then he made the Black Python shrink and coil around his arm.

Ye Liuyun held a knife in his right hand, had the Black Python coiled around his left arm, bare-chested, looking quite manly.

This caused Liang Xue to occasionally steal glances, her mind wandering with fantasies.

They also didn't continue deeper into the Henglin Shanmai. According to the Black Python, even more terrifying things exist deep in the Mi Lin. So they merely wandered in the dangerous beast zone of the True Essence First Level, mainly to give Ye Liuyun practice.