Chapter 997: Competing Across Levels

When Lei Ming finished speaking, Ye Liuyun and the others were all stunned.

Ye Liuyun hadn't expected that this little girl would once again entangle her with women.

Ling Shuang hadn't expected that Lei Ming had actually seen through Xia Tianqiong's thoughts.

As for Xia Tianqiong, she first thought Lei Ming's words made sense, but after noticing Ling Shuang's gaze at Ye Liuyun, she immediately refused to admit it.

"You little girl, what nonsense are you spouting! How could I like him!"

"Tch! You people are just saying one thing and meaning another!" Lei Ming curled his lip and added: "The little brother is quite reticent in this regard. If you don't make a move, he won't know you're secretly in love with him!"

After she said that, Xia Tianqiong truly didn't dare to claim she didn't like Ye Liuyun any longer.

The scene instantly fell into awkwardness.

"Um... do you still want to eat barbecue in the future?"

Ye Liuyun had to remind Lei Ming to shut up.

Lei Ming also glanced at Ye Liuyun and fell silent, grabbing a piece of barbecue and shoving it into his mouth.

"Hehe, don't listen to that girl's nonsense! She's just joking!" Ye Liuyun also explained for Lei Ming, easing the awkward atmosphere.

"Fine! I won't spar with her!"

Xia Tianqiong quickly found a step down and started talking to Ye Liuyun about joining the round tournament, steering the conversation elsewhere.

However, her concealment was spotted even by Long Nv, who snickered on the side.

How could Ling Shuang not see it?

At this moment she was thinking about how to handle the relationship between Ye Liuyun and Xia Tianqiong in the future.

"Lei Ming's words aren't wrong!"

Suddenly, she felt that although Lei Ming seemed naive, his statements often carried some truth.

So Ling Shuang silently decided in her heart to later have open talks separately with Ye Liuyun and Xia Tianqiong.

At the same time, she wanted to give Ye Liuyun and his sister more opportunities to interact. As for what could develop, that would only depend on them.

When it came to representing the academy in the Reincarnation Tournament, Ye Liuyun also became interested.

"Specifically, which day does the selection start? If possible, I'd like to break through the First Realm first."

Xia Tianqiong thought for a moment and also felt that regardless of which realm Ye Liuyun entered, he would reliably take first place.

"Competing across levels? Fine. The selection starts three days later, and after the selection you must enter Secret Realm training, then the competition, roughly a month in total. If you're confident you can break through to Zao Hua Second Realm, that's also feasible."

"Alright, then I'll start cultivating right away and seize the time."

Ye Liuyun felt everyone had eaten enough and immediately began to tidy up. The others all said their farewells and left; Ye Liuyun then took Lei Ming and Long Nv back to the Xuan Kong Shi to accelerate cultivation.

"If the clone also advances realms together, the speed would be much faster!"

The idea flashed in Ye Liuyun's mind, but he gave up on it again.

Cultivating the Ten Thousand Poison Heart Sutra is also a way to increase strength. Ye Liuyun didn't want to halt his clone's practice of this technique merely to boost his own realm.

Moreover, the clone's cultivation speed isn't slow. When his realm improves, the clone should already be able to use Poison Technique to attack opponents.

Thus, inside the Xuan Kong Shi, Ye Liuyun and his clone each trained their own way, a dual approach.

In front of Ye Liuyun lay a pile of Yuan Dan for him to absorb.

The amount of spiritual energy inside the Xuan Kong Shi was synchronized with that in his Space World.

In his Space World, there were the Primordial Power of two Secret Realms, abundant Spiritual Stone Veins, and a Gathering Spirit Tree, so the spiritual energy was plentiful.

With the aid of the Primordial Spirit Secret Technique, his absorption speed was extremely fast, but after compressing and refining into Mysterious Origin, there was little left.

After thirty days in the Xuan Kong Shi, Ye Liuyun's quantity and quality of Mysterious Origin had already reached the peak level of Zao Hua First Realm.

"Let's first go to the selection; we'll see what kind of Secret Realm the academy will send us to for training."

Actually, Ye Liuyun's cultivation speed was already quite fast, but he still wasn't satisfied.

At this cultivation speed, when the Underworld God arrives, he won't even reach the Venerable realm; the gap with the Underworld God is too great, making him impossible to be a match.

Xia Tianqiong and Ling Shuang were already waiting outside Ye Liuyun's residence for him.

These three days Ling Shuang had been with Xia Tianqiong, having an open-hearted talk with her.

At first Xia Tianqiong didn't understand, thinking Ling Shuang was testing her and still wouldn't admit liking Ye Liuyun.

But later she was persuaded by Ling Shuang's sincerity and was willing to strive for Ye Liuyun; at least if she couldn't win him, she would give up.

After Ye Liuyun emerged, Ling Shuang grabbed Xia Tianqiong's hand and walked over.

"Let your elder sister accompany you for the selection. She's familiar with the inner gate; I've been in seclusion these days to cultivate and boost my strength, otherwise I can't keep up with you!"

Ye Liuyun heard this and, without much thought, also suggested Ling Shuang go to his Xuan Kong Shi to cultivate.

Ling Shuang immediately agreed. She no longer needed to be courteous to Ye Liuyun; any advantage should of course be taken.

"Let's go, I'll take you to the selection!"

After Ling Shuang entered the Xuan Kong Shi, Xia Tianqiong also took Ye Liuyun and rushed to the selection venue.

Inside the academy's inner gate training arena, nine platforms were set up. Each realm corresponded to a platform.

Each platform selected only three disciples. The chosen disciples would enter Secret Realm training for ten days, then a final contest would decide who would represent the competition.

The selection contest's method was also simple: whoever had confidence stepped onto the stage, defeated all challengers, and could be selected.

Li Qingyun was at this moment among the judging Elders.

After Ye Liuyun arrived, he saw Li Qingyun and first greeted him.

Seeing Ye Liuyun standing beneath the Zao Hua Second Realm platform, he immediately understood that Ye Liuyun wanted to raise his realm by one level before the official competition.

He glanced at Ye Liuyun's realm and sent a Transmission Voice: "Kid, have you been busy chasing girls lately, and…"

Ye Liuyun replied with a wry smile: "My True Essence is too condensed, requiring too much energy. The ordinary cultivation method naturally makes progress slow!"

Li Qingyun, hearing this, slowly nodded.

Ye Liuyun's True Essence had already solidified enough to contend with Zao Hua Fifth Realm. So ordinary methods naturally progress slowly.

He thought for a moment, took out a Transmission Talisman: "Hey, Old White Man, how about changing the training environment?"

After a while, the Transmission Talisman replied: "Li Qingyun, what are you messing with again?"

"The Golden Pupil kid you favor has True Essence that's too condensed. An ordinary Secret Realm won't boost him; at the very least we need to give him Primordial Power to absorb!"

Li Qingyun roared like a lion, demanding Primordial Power outright.

That's equivalent to making Old White Man sacrifice a Secret Realm to cultivate Ye Liuyun.