Chapter 641: with translation of chapter title

"You little girl, why aren't you listening yet?" Li Changsong said helplessly, "I told you to apologize not because of the relationship between Paolong Sacred Land and our Huanghu Sacred Land, but because your strength is far below that of Yan Buji Hall Master; he kept his hand back for fear of hurting you, yet you beat him."

"What? Impossible!"

"Really impossible?" Li Changsong looked at her.

"Of course not... possible." Jiu Yue Xianzi frowned, carefully recalling the previous battle scene.

It was somewhat strange.

Clearly I felt the opponent was about to strike, but for some reason he suddenly stopped and instead acted panicked, as if...

... intentionally performing for her to see?!

"I'm furious!!" Jiu Yue Xianzi thought of this, fumed, and was about to leave.

"Stop! Look at your unruly behavior! What, you still want to cause trouble?" Li Changsong frowned, glaring at Jiu Yue Xianzi.

"But master, I..."

"Cultivators don't argue over fleeting superiority; wait until you reach Nascent Soul, then go challenge him properly, how about that?"

"Is that so?" Jiu Yue Xianzi looked at him oddly, "But master, won't he still be at Golden Core when I become a Nascent Soul?"

"He practices Martial and Law Dual Cultivation, and his Martial Dao cultivation hasn't been revealed yet." At this point Li Changsong added, "I just heard he used half a technique to forge a tremendously powerful Wenwu Fire, comparable to the formidable Samadhi True Fire. Instead of worrying about that, you should worry whether you can defeat him after you become a Nascent Soul."

"Ah..."

Back at his residence, Yan Buji wiped the medicine on his face, and the visibly swollen swelling subsided.

"Still lacking solid confidence; if a big figure backed me, why would I fear that little brat?" Yan Buji sighed.

However, it wouldn't be possible to ruin his development plans in Paolong Sacred Land over a fleeting quarrel; now he has become the Hall Master of Lian Dan Tang. Though not a major figure in Paolong Sacred Land, he does wield some influence.

He hasn't reached the stage of using power for personal gain, so how could he just leave?

"Actually, I could try to comprehend the Burning Heaven."

Yan Buji obtained the complete Burning Heaven technique and practiced it for a few days.

After completing the Burning Heaven technique, Yan Buji's magical power could also trigger Wenwu Fire, but it still required ignition from the palm to use.

However, this technique could replace the fire-based method Yan Buji previously cultivated.

After switching to the new technique, Yan Buji felt his magical flow became more transparent than before; indeed, the Five Elements skill still had too great a flaw, preventing him from comprehending the Five Transformations Time Secrets.

"Thus, with the Magic Power Golden Wheel, Tree Person Technique, and Burning Heaven covering metal, wood, and fire, the requirements are met; we just need to find suitable water and earth techniques."

Yan Buji's Five Elements skill only underwent the most basic revisions; back then, lacking resources, it was cobbled together. Even the Golden Wheel Technique was modified into the current Magic Power Golden Wheel.

"But if the Five Transformations Time Secrets can be attained through borrowing objects, could we find a shortcut to comprehend them?" Yan Buji thought.

For example, his Magic Power Golden Wheel and Tree Person Technique: one nurtures the Magic Power Golden Wheel, the other coexists with Nine-leaf Ghost Orchid, both have high growth potential and thus need not be replaced. The similarity lies in that both can cultivate tangible objects or directly rely on objects for practice.

Although the Five Transformations Time Secrets require cultivators to clearly understand the changing scenes of the four seasons, just as with cultivating Earth Fiend Divine Ability, would borrowing objects make it more convenient?

Yan Buji thought, "The highest level of Burning Heaven cultivation can produce a pair of diamond bracelets, which fits my borrowing-objects practice idea, but the remaining water and earth techniques are hard to find."

After pondering, Yan Buji felt that since he still couldn't comprehend the Five Transformations Time Secrets, he might as well first revise his Five Elements skill.

Anyway, take it step by step; haste won't help.

With the Outer Gate Grand Competition over, Paolong Sacred Land once again returned to peaceful times.

However, thanks to many disciples shining at the Outer Gate Grand Competition, the disciples' demand for pills only grew, each determined to train vigorously.

Seeking fame and profit, cultivators ought to act so. Yet in Paolong Sacred Land, resources are available, so there's no need to scramble everywhere; Yan Buji spends his days here quite happily.

In the blink of an eye, five years had passed.

Boom!

Sky anomalies surged; Yan Buji turned his head and saw those phenomena shifting in the heavens, eventually forming a Bagua compass that gathered the four-directional spiritual energy, depositing it near a disciple's residence not far away.

"Looks like Ye Lin has broken through; this commotion is similar to when I crossed the Thunder Tribulation," Yan Buji chuckled.

Observing up close a gifted cultivator's breakthrough is a rare experience.

The massive spiritual energy surpassed the intensity of Yan Buji's Ninefold Technique, so he realized that, in terms of pure magical cultivation, he couldn't match Ye Lin.

No matter what, he couldn't surpass.

Perhaps actual combat differs, but innate talent directly sets one's ceiling; even if Yan Buji exhausts all effort to seize resources and cultivate Ninefold Technique, it's merely that he has just glimpsed the threshold of these geniuses.

He hasn't even stepped into it yet.

Shortly thereafter.

Ye Lin also ran to Lian Dan Tang, joyfully saying, "Hall Master Yan, I've made it! I've attained the Golden Core!"

"Congratulations, congratulations. In the future, Junior Brother Ye, may you soar to great heights and don't forget this old guy," Yan Buji smiled.

"Hall Master Yan is joking."

"Hey, now that you've attained the Golden Core, given our relationship we should call each other senior brothers. I'm a few years older; just call me senior brother, no need for extra courtesy."

Ye Lin nodded, happily saying, "Yes, Senior Brother Yan!"

Thinking of this, Yan Buji patted his storage bag, took out a Fivefold Transformation Accumulation Device, and said, "Senior brother, I have nothing fancy; this Flowing Shadow Sword is yours, to celebrate your Golden Core achievement."

"Senior brother, this is rather valuable, isn't it?" Ye Lin hesitated, a bit reluctant to accept.

"Hey, even if I wanted to give you things later, you probably still wouldn't like them. Now I'm giving you this, and you can actually use it, so don't reject it; take it." Yan Buji laughed.

"Senior brother, with words like that, am I an ungrateful person?"

"Hmm, I naturally know you aren't." Yan Buji sighed, "But your talent is extremely high; the Outer Gate can't keep you. You'll surely go to the Inner Gate to develop, and after a few hundred years of cultivation, I might still have to ask you for favors then."

Ye Lin, about to speak but stopped, fell silent, "No, senior brother. Even if I go to the Inner Gate, I'll still often come to see you."

Ye Lin also knows that over these years Yan Buji has practically poured his knowledge into him; Yan Buji's Alchemy Technique has been almost entirely learned by him. Whenever there are good pills or spiritual materials, they are promptly given to him. It can be said that Ye Lin, though clearly aware that Yan Buji values his strength and connections, has never been asked for anything by Yan Buji.

Without seeking repayment, Ye Lin couldn't enjoy this treatment with a clear conscience; now hearing Yan Buji say that, his heart feels lighter.

In human relations, if one only accepts others' kindness, Ye Lin would feel uneasy.

But now it's different.

Ye Lin will sooner or later enter the Inner Gate and shine brightly, and Yan Buji's relationship with Ye Lin remains fairly harmonious; at least this bond of mutual support exists, so seeking his help in the future shouldn't be difficult.