Chapter 857: Rapid Advancement

This time he invoked Spatial Power, and because he himself did not deliberately control it, the release was especially fierce.

Fortunately, Li Qingyun had preemptively shielded him with True Essence.

Otherwise, the power released in that instant could have shattered the entire arena.

Even so, Li Qingyun's True Essence shield was completely destroyed by Ye Liuyun!

The surroundings of the arena were blown into a cloud of dust and smoke.

At this moment Ye Liuyun also came to his senses. The first sound he heard was Li Qingyun's cough.

"Pah, pah! You filled my stomach with dust!"

Li Qingyun exaggeratedly spat, waving his hand to disperse the surrounding smoke. After Ye Liuyun regained consciousness, he immediately understood that Li Qingyun had been protecting him all along.

The chance for a Martial Cultivator to have a sudden enlightenment is rare; once missed, it's uncertain if another will come.

Therefore, Ye Liuyun sincerely thanks Li Qingyun for his help.

"Thank you, Master!" Ye Liuyun bowed and expressed gratitude.

"Haha! Not bad, not bad, your talent is first‑rate. Don't waste it, go back and consolidate!"

Li Qingyun didn't make a fuss; he tossed the six pills meant for Ye Liuyun to him and then rose into the air and flew away.

Ye Liuyun took the six pills and returned to his residence to cultivate.

After returning, everyone was immersed in cultivation; he didn't disturb anyone and directly tried to invoke the power of the Space World.

Now he can summon a strand of power at any time, but only for a very brief moment, and it's just that single strand.

It momentarily raises his realm to roughly the Ninth Level of Creation, yet it vanishes instantly.

After Ye Liuyun became familiar with this method, he no longer invoked that power.

He feared he would over‑rely on this power and neglect his own cultivation.

His two Primordial Pills are still empty!

He took out the pills Li Qingyun gave him and found that all six were for rapid True Essence recovery, called Return Essence Pills.

"So that means, as long as I get a Return Essence Pill each day, I can instantly restore True Essence!"

Ye Liuyun then realized that only the Top Ten receive such treatment.

Ye Liuyun immediately swallowed one to feel its effect.

The Return Essence Pill is perfectly designed; one pill contains the True Essence of one Primordial Pill.

However, the pill was designed for Martial Cultivators at the Yin Yang Ninth Level. Ye Liuyun's True Essence Quality is high, so it fits him well.

If his realm were one level higher, this pill would no longer fully replenish a Primordial Pill.

After a quarter of an hour, the Return Essence Pill was completely refined, and Ye Liuyun's Primordial Pill was fully replenished.

The remaining five pills Ye Liuyun kept.

"What a fast speed! This Return Essence Pill is a good thing; I must conserve it for real battles later."

He decided to save the Return Essence Pills and use the Foreign Tribe's and Nether Dragon's Primordial Pills to restore True Essence.

Then he returned to the Xuan Kong Shi to cultivate.

Inside the Xuan Kong Shi there are at least five days. With the Primordial Spirit Secret Technique, that time is enough for him to fully replenish his True Essence.

The next morning, Ye Liuyun and the others hurried again to the arena at the training ground.

The morning was still for explanations and Q&A, and the afternoon featured the same battles.

Sometimes Li Qingyun even brought other Elders to give them explanations.

For most, the morning is a chance to seize cultivation time.

Ye Liuyun, however, listened attentively every day and even asked questions.

So during these last ten‑plus days, Ye Liuyun's cultivation theory system was greatly enriched.

The daily afternoon battle drills also made his True Essence unusually compact.

The high‑intensity training of these days gave him a rapid improvement; all aspects of his ability were further enhanced.

Moreover, with Li Qingyun's 'cooperation', Ye Liuyun accumulated another twenty Return Essence Pills.

Having these twenty‑five Return Essence Pills, he can solve major problems in future battles.

They also asked the Dan Hall about the price of these Return Essence Pills and learned that they are specially made by the Qian Long Academy, extremely expensive—each worth several hundred million premium Spirit Stones.

The Qian Long Academy indeed gave them strong support, but only the strong receive it; others must rely on themselves.

Seeing that only three days remained, before the afternoon battle began that day, Li Qingyun came up with another 'idea!'

"Whoever ranks in the top three today, I'll take you to the Ten Thousand Beasts Valley to capture a ferocious beast as your mount! You should know, the Ten Thousand Beasts Valley is a ferocious‑beast taming base the Qian Long Academy prepared especially for inner‑gate disciples! It's full of rare beasts. Seize the chance!" Li Qingyun tempted them.

Upon hearing that, the weaker ones sighed, knowing such benefits were beyond their reach.

Ye Liuyun, however, became excited.

These days he has been first almost every day, so many strong cultivators, upon first meeting Ye Liuyun, turn and run.

"Ye Liuyun!" Li Qingyun called Ye Liuyun: "Step onto the arena, don't compete with them. They all acknowledge you're first!"

Li Qingyun immediately pulled Ye Liuyun away.

The main reason was Ye Liuyun's killing power was too great; he feared Ye Liuyun would also eliminate the other disciples he favored.

The crowd, seeing this, applauded and cheered, making Ye Liuyun extremely embarrassed!

"When did I become so despised!"

Although one spot below was lost, many people became much safer.

Next, Ye Liuyun watched the battle together with Li Qingyun.

Ye Liuyun didn't idle; he learned from others' strengths and studied how to remedy his own shortcomings.

Li Qingyun observed Ye Liuyun from the shadows and was even more satisfied with him.

"Winning without arrogance is truly rare!"

Yuan Datou and Su Manning, their strength roughly one is at the fifth position, the other around ninth or tenth.

So the two of them have no affinity with ferocious beasts.

The two youths ranked second and third: one is called Chen Feng, a swordsman expert; his sword intent level is comparable to Qiao Yunhai's, and also at the level of a sword intent seed.

The other is a girl named Ling Shuang, also a swordsman expert of the sword intent seed level.

She is very mysterious, always wearing a mask, never showing her face.

Only Ye Liuyun knows her true appearance; she is actually a very beautiful woman.

In a place like Qian Long Academy, not showing one's face is actually safer; lest in the future some noble prince takes a liking and brings trouble.

Su Manning and Liang Xinyu don't have this worry.

Su Manning's charm technique requires matching appearance; and Liang Xinyu, being a commandery princess, also doesn't worry much about being forcibly taken.

The second and third places basically rotate between the two of them; each time it depends on whose True Essence luckily stays a bit more.