Chapter 966: Elder's Guidance

"Then I'm taking my leave!" Ye Liuyun bowed toward the sky, showing gratitude to the old ape, then clasped his hands toward Lan Wangxin and Jin Dali.

Then he took out the Black Tower for teleportation, and recalled Qiong Qi, Lei Ming and the others back to the Space World.

The Black Tower required at least several hundred million top‑grade Spirit Stones of energy. Ye Liuyun filled it for half a day before the Black Tower indicated the energy was sufficient to return to the Qian Long Academy.

"Fortunately my resources are sufficient; otherwise I really couldn't afford the consumption!"

At this moment Ye Liuyun realized that although the Black Tower's effect is considerable, its appetite for devouring energy is also huge.

Immediately, Ye Liuyun took the Black Tower in his hand and activated the teleportation.

In the blink of an eye, Ye Liuyun vanished from the place.

Lan Wangxin and Jin Dali blinked, glanced at each other, marveling at Ye Liuyun's possession of such a treasure, yet feeling helpless about Ye Liuyun taking away their disciples.

When Ye Liuyun reappeared, he was already inside his own Cultivation Room within the academy.

"Haha! This thing really is a treasure; the teleportation is so precise!"

Ye Liuyun hadn't expected the Black Tower's teleport destination to match his recorded coordinates down to the tiniest fraction!

Ye Liuyun immediately pushed the door open and shouted toward Yuan Datou's residence, "Datou, I've seen your old ape!"

Yuan Datou quickly ran over: "How's it? Got a beating? Did he tell me to go back?"

"Haha, thanks to you greeting him in advance; otherwise he would have torn me apart!"

Ye Liuyun smiled and explained the course of events to him.

"I'm not going back! Next time you go back, don't bring me along! You don't know, that old ape, once he sees me, will throw me into a Secret Realm for training; without shedding several layers of skin, I can't get out!"

Yuan Datou shook his head like a clapper.

"What Secret Realm is that, so terrifying? Next time should I go in with you?" Ye Liuyun asked, curious.

"If you want to seek suffering, I could consider keeping you company!" Yuan Datou hesitated. The thought of that Secret Realm made him grin grimly.

"Let's grill some meat and celebrate my safe return!" Ye Liuyun suggested.

"Sure!" Yuan Datou wholeheartedly agreed; he was also looking forward to Ye Liuyun's return for a meat feast!

"Are you still planning to leave after this return?"

While Ye Liuyun was grilling the meat, Yuan Datou asked.

"I'm staying for now, focusing on cultivation at the academy for a while! By the way, how's the Holy Son of the Demon Race doing lately?" Ye Liuyun recalled that the Holy Son was still at the academy.

"He's been busy dealing with assassinations lately, so he probably doesn't have time to come challenge you!" Yuan Datou said.

"Oh! Then I can have a few quiet days!" Ye Liuyun thought, intending to use the chance to strengthen himself.

One of the Demon Race's holy beasts carries a bell talisman for protection; how could the Holy Son of the Demon Race not have a comparable treasure?

So he now wants to defeat the Holy Son of the Demon Race, yet cannot kill him, making the difficulty great.

"When do you plan to go to the Qian Long Pool?" Yuan Datou asked concernedly.

"If I go to the Qian Long Pool, will I definitely break through to the Zao Hua Realm?" Ye Liuyun retorted.

He worries that the energy required might be too great, and after going, he might not be able to break through to the Zao Hua Realm in one go, wasting the chance!

"It should be possible! I heard even a ninth‑level Zao Hua enhancer can break through to the Venerable Realm in one go," Yuan Datou said seriously.

"Alright, I'll give it a try!" Ye Liuyun decided to push for a rapid breakthrough to the Zao Hua Realm.

Then Ye Liuyun released Qiong Qi, Lei Ming, and Long Nv, introducing them to Yuan Datou.

These Monster Beasts quickly became acquainted.

Except for Qiong Qi's old‑cunning, the others had no scheming.

They feasted together, then all returned to their cultivation.

Within Ye Liuyun's Xuan Kong Shi were abundant resources, enough to support Lei Ming and Long Nv's cultivation.

Qiong Qi was also quite self‑sufficient, never needing Ye Liuyun's resources.

Even the materials for forging Exotic Scale Armor were paid for by Qiong Qi himself.

Ye Liuyun said apologetically, "You needn't be polite; take any resources you need!"

"Oh dear, conscience awakened? Come on! With your meager resources I still can't be interested! Look at mine!"

Qiong Qi said that while flaunting, pulling out numerous high‑rank Exotic Tribe and Monster Beast core pills.

Before Qiong Qi could put them away, Ye Liuyun instantly used Space Translocation to send them into his own Storage Ring.

"Alright, thanks!" he said, then turned and ran.

"Whoa! You brat have gone rogue, start snatching!"

Qiong Qi chased after him, shouting, but in the end he never retrieved them…

The next day, Ye Liuyun rushed straight to the Qian Long Pool, intending to break through to the Zao Hua Realm there.

Moreover, he chose this moment to see if, with Qiong Qi present, he could bring back more of the liquid from the Qian Long Pool.

The Qian Long Pool is not within the inner gate; it sits atop an isolated mountain peak, rarely visited.

Ye Liuyun ascended the steps, admiring the scenery along the way, and finally arrived at a spacious Grand Hall.

Inside the hall stood a single Elder guarding the Qian Long Pool, his hair white with blossoms, a long beard fluttering on his chest.

Ye Liuyun, upon seeing the Elder, produced the Qian Long Pool Token and bowed in respect.

"Outer Gate disciple Ye Liuyun, requesting entry into the Qian Long Pool for cultivation."

The white‑haired elder smiled and examined him: "You are Ye Liuyun?"

"Indeed, disciple!" Ye Liuyun hadn't expected that even the Elder of such a remote place knew him.

He also examined the white‑haired elder, yet could not discern his cultivation realm.

"No realm? That seems unlikely!" he thought to himself.

"It appears you intend to use the Qian Long Pool to break through to the Zao Hua Realm?" the elder said without haste, and began chatting with him.

"Yes," Ye Liuyun replied.

"Do you know what the Zao Hua Realm is?" the old man asked back.

"Zao Hua Realm?"

Ye Liuyun was left dumbfounded by his question.

"The Zao Hua Realm is a realm higher than the Yin-Yang Realm!"

Although Ye Liuyun thought that in his heart, he did not say it out.

He knew the answer was definitely not that simple; it was something he himself had never considered before.

"Please, Elder, give me your guidance!" Ye Liuyun bowed respectfully and humbly asked the elder for instruction.

The elder smiled, nodded, extended a hand, and showed it to Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun did not understand what he meant. There was clearly nothing on that hand!

Then, the elder's hand began to produce the two kinds of yin and yang gases, alternating and transforming.

At that moment, the elder finally spoke: "The Yin-Yang Realm is to merge with nature, able to transform yin and yang, and utilize the two forces of yin and yang."

As he spoke, the two kinds of yin and yang qi in his hand also continuously transformed.