Chapter 77: Barbarian Invasion

Liang Xue finally managed to see Ye Liuyun, and not wanting him to leave right away, she wanted to keep him for dinner.

But Ye Liuyun was preoccupied with his aunt's affair, had no mood to stay, so he postponed the meal to next time and hurriedly left. Liang Xue knew he was anxious, so she didn't insist on keeping him.

After Ye Liuyun left, she began contacting her family members to inquire about the situation outside the territory.

After Ye Liuyun returned, he also went to find Prince Tianyun to ask about the situation outside the territory.

Prince Tianyun wasn't entirely clear either, but he had vaguely heard of it.

"It is said that only those mighty enough to fly through heaven and enter earth can go there. As for whether it truly exists, where it is, and how to get there, that's not something someone of my level can access!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Liuyun couldn't help but feel secretly shocked. Even someone of the Prince's level cannot access it. When will I be able to access it?

"Do you think my level already makes me a strong one in this world?" the Prince asked him with a smile.

"Isn't that the case?" Ye Liuyun asked doubtfully.

"Haha, that only shows you don't understand this world.

The world you see now is merely a small corner. Only when you become strong will you come into contact with higher-level information. Your aunt is right: if you don't cultivate wholeheartedly, you will never reach that level.

If the outside territory truly is a place only that level can reach, then with my level, I'm afraid they could just casually release a pressure and crush me into blood mist! Their strike on me would be like me striking an un-cultivated person.

Now you know, just how strong are those stronger than me? Moreover, I can definitely tell you, there are many, many such people. The outside world is full of such people!

Ye Liuyun was already stunned. Someone could, with just pressure, crush a figure like the Prince into blood mist?

Does this world really have such powerful people? Are those legendary mighty beings from myths truly existent? And there are many of them?

But upon thinking, it makes sense: if such beings didn't exist, where would the person who gave him the Ten Thousand Gods Command come from?

Even if they are gods, they do exist! It's just that I cannot reach them, not knowing where they are.

Thinking of this, Ye Liuyun's yearning for the outside world grew stronger! His desire to become stronger also became more urgent.

The Prince also said to him: "When your level is a bit higher, I will send you to the Holy Martial Academy, where there are more advanced techniques, higher-level instructors teaching, and then your strength will increase even faster!"

"Where is the Holy Martial Academy? When can we go?" Ye Liuyun asked curiously.

The Prince laughed and said: "The Holy Martial Academy is not far from the Great Zhou Imperial City, but it is not under the court's jurisdiction. The academy holds admissions once every three years, and there are still about two months left.

However, it is also a place of survival of the fittest, with extremely fierce competition. Although you are barely qualified to enter now, your strength is too weak, and entering would actually be detrimental to you.

The students there all have Sea Transformation level, and most of them have backgrounds. So you must seize the time to cultivate, otherwise entering would also bring you suffering.

After leaving the Prince's presence, Ye Liuyun no longer worried about his aunt. Instead, he began cultivating nonstop.

Although he didn't understand why the Prince wanted to send them away for training, logically it would be more beneficial to let them fight and earn merit. Could it really be as he said, considering the long term?

But at this moment, for him, increasing his strength is the most important.

Since his aunt can go to that kind of outside place, it shows her level is definitely high enough. This is also what the Prince helped him analyze. It is said that his aunt might have concealed her cultivation.

Although he had some doubts, there was nothing he could do now. He could only confirm the safety of his aunt and parents by going there after improving his own strength.

What he needs to do now is to strive to get into the Holy Martial Academy.

These past two days, he has been cultivating the Purple Electric Furious Thunder and the Cutting Heaven Finger.

His understanding of these two techniques has also deepened, and he can use them more smoothly, but there is still a distance to go before reaching perfection.

He wasn't in a hurry either, taking the opportunity while resting to go to Wanbaoge to get medicinal ingredients.

Upon arriving at Wanbaoge, Liang Xue gave him the medicinal ingredients, and then told him her family's reply about the outside territory. It was basically the same as what Prince Tianyun said.

Now Ye Liuyun could finally put his mind at ease. Being anxious was useless; he could only wait until he became stronger.

"Do you remember me telling you? Xu Bo thinks your aunt is very strong; perhaps she really has concealed her strength," Liang Xue comforted him.

"Mm! Hopefully that's the case!" Ye Liuyun now thinks, and also feels that the few times someone rescued him before might have been his aunt.

"These past few days, I have already sold the medicinal pills at the auction, earning a full five hundred thousand middle-grade crystal coins," Liang Xue said.

"That much!" Ye Liuyun couldn't have imagined that fifty low-grade Mysterious Tier pills could fetch so much money!

"That is the lost Condensing Essence Pill, and it used such precious materials. Fifty pills are enough for a True Essence realm martial cultivator to break through several levels. There are many wealthy people in the prefecture city, so it's easy to sell," Liang Xue explained.

Ye Liuyun received the crystal stones, had a meal with Liang Xue, chatted a while, then returned to the Royal Mansion to continue cultivating.

First he increased his bloodline awakening a bit, then he did body refinement.

This cultivation session was somewhat better than the last, not as painful, but it also left him exhausted, and he lay down on the ground and fell asleep directly.

And this time it was Lei Ming who took the opportunity to strip him naked and hold him while sleeping through the night.

Ye Liuyun was also speechless. Reasoning with her was useless, so he simply ignored her and went on cultivating.

After several days of peaceful cultivation, Ye Liuyun's level gradually rose to the peak of True Origin Double.

Bloodline, soul, Immortal Overlord Body, Illusion Pupil, and the newly learned techniques—all improved.

The fine meridians inside his body have also been rebuilt by him to one-third.

All in all, the progress is still not small.

Ye Liuyun also cultivated nonstop; in just a few days, he did body refinement three times, bringing the Immortal Overlord Body to the fourth layer.

He also prepared his level, ready to break through at any time.

What he wants most now is to find a place to go all out in a battle, and thoroughly see how much his bloodline power can exert.

His bloodline awakening level, under the stimulation of better bloodline pills, has already reached twenty percent. But he has never had the chance to use it. His new Illusion Pupil technique also has no chance to be used. He feels it's somewhat wasteful.

Also, as luck would have it, whatever he thinks of comes to pass.

Under Prince Tianyun's jurisdiction, the nine prefectures, the northernmost border prefecture of Black Mountain recently suffered a barbarian invasion and needs high-level martial cultivators for support.

Thus Prince Tianyun sent Ye Liuyun and Li Mengxi, two Holy Sons, to reinforce, also wanting them to gain experience.

The Royal Mansion has an unwritten rule: all Holy Sons are not sent to the same place at once, lest they be completely wiped out.

Therefore, those sent to reinforce this time are only two Holy Sons, three palace guards, fifty first-class golden-armored guards, and fifty second-class golden-armored guards.

Their actions must all follow the orders of the palace guard Song Tao.

Along the way, they boarded the fastest flying warship and rushed to the northern border. The golden-armored guards heading to reinforce were all very relaxed.