Chapter 364: Brother Goudan, Situ Chengdao Falls into a Trap

All through yesterday night, because Ye Bai had initially shaken off the threat of Hehuan Shangren and did not have as many things to do as he did back on Blue Star, he was perfecting his Martial Technique while exploiting bugs to grow stronger.

The next day, just as he woke up from the state of continuing to perfect his Martial Technique, he discovered a shocking turn of events!

It was the beast he had just claimed yesterday, a beast named Huo Niao that had only just broken out of its shell not long ago.

It was visibly three times larger!

There were even visible flames rising on its body, swirling around its torso!

"Comparable to... Fourth Grade!!"

Ye Bai made a rough estimate; Huo Niao already possessed combat power comparable to a Fourth Grade Martial Artist!

And one must know, yesterday this Huo Niao was at most comparable to an Apprentice Martial Artist, the kind with less than a hundred points of Qi and Blood...

In the span of one night, it had grown hundreds of times stronger!

If it were only this one surprise, Ye Bai could have calmed his mood quickly.

"Brother Goudan, my beast is Fourth Grade!"

"Haha, I am no longer a mortal now!"

Situ Chengdao's loud laughter rang out quickly.

The youth Ye Bai replaced was named Zhuge Goudan, and the one Situ Chengdao replaced was Xuanyuan Gousheng.

And at this moment, Situ Chengdao was hugging the beast he had claimed yesterday, laughing heartily...

"Brother Situ?!" Ye Bai's eyes widened, and he sent a voice transmission.

"Hey, why is someone talking inside my head?"

"Brother Goudan, did you hear that?"

Situ Chengdao was stunned, then shook his head.

"Forget it, that's not important...

Brother Goudan, we have already been in the Tianren Sect for ten years. I heard that ten years from now is another round of the Elite Disciple Competition. Those who rank high can not only become Core Disciples above the Inner Sect, but also receive massive amounts of cultivation resources and other benefits."

"I don't know what you are thinking, but I am going to continue working hard to improve my beast. When the time comes, I must become a Core Disciple!"

Hearing this, Ye Bai's heart skipped a beat.

He realized his guess had been right all along.

Clearly, the Tianren Sect had a major problem; within this sect, there was something capable of influencing the thoughts of anyone inside, as well as means to manufacture falsehoods.

Situ Chengdao had already been influenced, so in Situ Chengdao's cognition, he was already the real Xuanyuan Gousheng, and he had spent ten years in the Tianren Sect.

The fact that their beasts had grown stronger should also be fake; it was the Tianren Sect making them believe it was the result of ten years of cultivation.

The reason Ye Bai was not affected was that he would 【Reset】 once every half hour, returning himself to his initial state, and the ability to change cognition likely required a certain amount of accumulation to take effect.

"No, I must wake Brother Situ up first..."

Ye Bai's eyes rolled again, and he realized the urgent priority was to let Situ Chengdao shake off the influence.

Otherwise, the things that would happen next might very well exceed his control.

"Brother Situ, you are not Xuanyuan Gousheng, wake up quickly.

You are Situ Chengdao, you are the Heaven-mandated protagonist, you are the successor of the Divine Doctor, your wife and child are still waiting for you in Long Country, you have already wasted too much time."

Ye Bai had no other better method, so he could only use voice transmission to constantly repeat his true identity and experiences in Situ Chengdao's mind.

"Who? Who exactly is talking in my head?!"

"Get out quickly, I am Xuanyuan Gousheng, I am not some Situ Chengdao..."

This method did not have very good results.

Although Situ Chengdao reacted quickly, it clearly conflicted with his existing cognition as Xuanyuan Gousheng.

And just at this moment, Ye Bai heard a bell chime ring throughout the entire Tianren Sect.

When he entered yesterday, because a Tianren Sect cultivator had explained things in advance, Ye Bai knew this bell chime was for summoning all disciples.

Ye Bai could only temporarily give up on waking Situ Chengdao.

Fortunately, after Situ Chengdao could no longer hear the voice transmission, he quickly returned to that energetic, future-yearning appearance of Xuanyuan Gousheng, and completely forgot about what had just happened.

The two left their residence together, left Beast Taming Peak, and arrived at the plaza in the center of the seven peaks.

The plaza occupied a huge area, and at the very front, a statue of an old man whose face Ye Bai could not see clearly had been built.

At this moment, thousands of people were gathered in the plaza, including youths like Huzi whom Ye Bai had seen yesterday, as well as the masters of the seven peaks like Shaoyao.

It is worth mentioning.

One night had passed, and that youth Huzi was very spirited at this moment, standing at the very front with his hands behind his back, and what was radiating from his body at this moment was not only a thick aura of the sword, but also the aura of the Sixth-rank Realm.

"Not only has Huzi's aura grown stronger, the auras of the few peak masters like Shaoyao have also grown stronger; they are now at the Second Step Second Stage..."

Ye Bai then saw the Sect Master of the Tianren Sect, a middle-aged man with an elegant temperament, appear.

This person, whom Wensheng had probed yesterday and was only at the Second Step First Stage, now had an aura that was...

Second Step Peak!

To them, it seemed as if ten years had truly passed in the span of one night!

"Evil, too evil!"

Ye Bai also felt from the bottom of his heart that one really shouldn't have come to the Tianren Sect.

Where was this a good place to hide from the disaster brought by Hehuan Shangren? It was clearly just escaping the control of Hehuan Shangren one moment, only to enter a tiger's den the next!

And what the Sect Master was going to talk about in this meeting was the Elite Disciple Competition ten years later.

According to the Sect Master, the first place would become the personal disciple of the Ancestor, follow the Ancestor to cultivate, and after coming out of seclusion, would have the hope of becoming the next Sect Master.

The second to the thirtieth place could become Core Disciples, and while obtaining massive resources, they would enter a Secret Realm of the sect to obtain heaven-defying fortune within it.

The rest were just perfunctory remarks.

Ye Bai did not listen to much of it, simply letting it go in one ear and out the other.

Ye Bai now had the thought of disregarding everything to take Situ Chengdao and run, but the prerequisite for taking Situ Chengdao to run was to have already awakened him; otherwise, not only was the personality of Xuanyuan Gousheng a trouble, but without the help of Situ Chengdao, they would also find it difficult to escape.

Fortunately, after the Sect Master finished speaking, there were no other matters.

The several Peak Masters also had no intention of speaking further, only instructing their respective disciples to work hard on the way back, so as to amaze everyone at the Grand Competition ten years later.

Ye Bai and Situ Chengdao returned to their residence smoothly.

"Situ Chengdao, wake up quickly!"

Therefore, Ye Bai had ample time to awaken Situ Chengdao!

The only thing that made Ye Bai feel helpless was that no matter how he tried to awaken him, it was useless...

Clearly Situ Chengdao had a look of pain on his face, and clearly sometimes Situ Chengdao himself would murmur a few words, saying he was not Xuanyuan Gousheng, saying he was Situ Chengdao, and that he still had to return to Long Country to bring his wife and children up.

As soon as Ye Bai stopped his voice transmission, he immediately returned to the mental state of Xuanyuan Gousheng!

The turning point was when late night had arrived, and it was clear that it would not be long before the next day.

The dolls transformed by the Four Saints had returned...

"Ye Bai, one piece of good news, one piece of bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"