Chapter 138: Heart Refining World, Starting Out as a Little Beggar

Five days later.

Huang Dong notified Ye Tian that it was time to set off.

When they gathered, Ye Tian saw the other four people.

Yao An'an, Lin Yu, Long Qing, and another Peak Extreme Dao Grandmaster, who was the fourth-place finisher from last time, Zhang Bai.

Led by Huang Dong, the five of them headed toward Xicheng City.

Xicheng City is a small city; there is an Underground Cave entrance here, and the area on the opposite side belongs to a rather desolate type, with no powerful alien races.

This Underground Cave area had long been occupied by Xia Country, which had built many research bases here.

Because the land is vast and sparsely populated, it is suitable for settling the Huoyan Clan.

For the current Huoyan Clan, having a safe area to survive in is already quite good; there is no need to be picky.

Through this Underground Cave entrance in Xicheng City, Ye Tian and the others traveled to a temporary living area for the Huoyan Clan—the Baiyan Mountain Range.

Currently, the Huoyan Clan is building their home here.

Here, Ye Tian saw other Extreme Dao Grandmasters and several Grandmasters from Xia Country, all of whom had obtained spots, clearly having extraordinary backgrounds.

Yao An'an and Lin Yu seemed to know them and greeted them.

Ye Tian did not know them and only exchanged brief introductions.

Through their conversation, Ye Tian only learned that these people came from top families in Xia Country and all had Saint Realm powerhouses as their backers.

Soon.

Everyone was arranged to be brought to a palace.

This palace was temporarily erected and had not yet been decorated.

In the middle of the palace, there was a statue over thirty meters tall, and a bead was embedded in the center of the statue's forehead.

This bead was purplish-red, emitting a purplish-red light that illuminated the entire palace.

"A Spirit Treasure!"

Everyone recognized it.

This was the Low-grade Spirit Treasure, the Illusion Spirit World Bead, and its value was immeasurably high.

Soon.

A Huoyan Clan Human King Realm powerhouse appeared; the other party was already very old and seemed to have little lifespan left.

"Everyone, choose a meditation cushion and sit down. I will activate the Illusion Spirit World Bead to send you all into the world created by the Illusion Spirit World Bead for heart refining and tempering."

"Remember, you must not die in the Heart Refining World. Once you die, you will be sent out early. Even I cannot control the world of the Illusion Spirit World Bead; you must rely on yourselves!"

"The time limit for staying in the Heart Refining World is one hundred years. Once one hundred years pass, even if you don't want to die, you will be forcibly kicked out."

The Huoyan Clan Human King Realm powerhouse said.

"Understood!"

Everyone nodded.

Soon, the Huoyan Clan Human King Realm powerhouse took out a massive amount of Spirit Stones, fused them into the Illusion Spirit World Bead, and then activated the Illusion Spirit World Bead.

Boom!!!!!

Everyone's consciousness was sucked into the world of the Illusion Spirit World Bead. They sat cross-legged one by one, their bodies motionless as if they were dead, but their faint breathing was enough to prove they were still alive; only their consciousness had entered the Illusion Spirit World Bead world, and their bodies were in a dormant state.

"The body is not tall, about one meter!"

"The strength is weak, the physique is very poor, and it is very thin!"

"It's a male!"

Ye Tian sat up from the straw mat, checked his body, and also observed the surroundings, confirming that he had truly entered the world of the Illusion Spirit World Bead.

He must have occupied the body of a child, and this child seemed to live in a dilapidated temple; the body was in poor condition, the clothes were tattered, and at a glance, he was the type of orphan or beggar.

"The start is not very good!"

Ye Tian muttered.

But at least it was sound, which was not bad.

He tried it out; this body had no Innate Ability, so he could not perform those Strange Arts.

"Sword Technique skills should be usable!"

Ye Tian took out a tree branch from nearby, used the branch as a sword, and with a wave of his hand, he instantly executed a Perfect Level Sword Technique move.

But when he wanted to unleash Sword Intent, his whole body trembled; this was a reminder that he could not yet mobilize Sword Intent, and if he did, his body would be shattered.

After all, he didn't even have cultivation now, yet he dared to unleash Sword Intent—wasn't that courting death?

As for Perfect Level Sword Technique moves, they did not involve cultivation and could be performed by ordinary people.

"Relying on the Perfect Level Sword Technique, I can still exert strength that is not weak; beating up ordinary people is no problem. Next, I must temper and improve this body!"

Ye Tian thought to himself.

He was using the Illusion Spirit World Bead to refine his heart; if he died early, he would have wasted this opportunity in vain!

"So hungry!"

Ye Tian dragged his slightly weak body out of the dilapidated temple, then went to look for food, and by the way, to understand the environment he was in.

The dilapidated temple was on a barren mountain; there wasn't even a blade of grass around, and even the tree bark was gone.

Looking at this appearance, he roughly judged that there must be a famine here.

In this situation, wanting to find food was simply too difficult.

If he were truly an ordinary child, he would probably have starved to death.

Not far from the barren mountain was a small city.

Ye Tian walked toward this small city; he prepared to go into the city to see if there was anything to eat.

Very quickly.

He arrived in the city, but at this moment he was even hungrier.

The situation in the city also seemed dire; everywhere there were beggars begging for food.

And the moment he entered the city, it seemed someone had set their sights on him.

He deliberately walked into a secluded alley, and sure enough, two people followed him inside.

"Who are you?"

Ye Tian asked.

"Big brother, although this kid is very thin, it seems he could let us have a few full meals."

"Stop the nonsense, kill him!"

The two people's words made Ye Tian's expression change; he had not expected that these two actually wanted to eat him.

"Courting death!"

Just as these two people rushed over, Ye Tian picked up the tree branch in his hand and executed a Perfect Level Sword Technique.

Pfft!

The tip of the tree branch pierced through one person's throat, then his body dodged the other person's attack, and he pulled out the branch again, once more piercing through the other person's throat.

The two clutched their necks, revealing expressions of disbelief, and collapsed.

They never imagined that they would be instantly killed by a thin, weak child using a tree branch.

After Ye Tian killed them, he only searched two daggers, two copper coins, and a tattered secret manual from their bodies; it seemed to be a Blade Technique manual, but it was extremely damaged.

"So poor!"

Ye Tian complained.

But the other party had been reduced to the point of wanting to eat him, so it would be strange if they weren't poor!

It was estimated that these two copper coins were also just robbed not long ago!

Ye Tian took the two copper coins and prepared to go buy steamed buns to eat, but he didn't expect that the prices in this city had skyrocketed; a regular steamed bun cost ten copper coins, and two copper coins could at most buy a bowl of thin porridge, and it was thin porridge without much rice.

However, Ye Tian still spent them and drank a bowl of thin porridge; after all, he was too hungry now.

Afterwards.

Ye Tian went to a pawnshop and pawned the two daggers for one hundred copper coins, and only then did he buy a few steamed buns to fill his stomach.

At the very least, this start could be considered surviving.

In the days that followed, Ye Tian specifically targeted those local ruffians and hooligans, robbing them of their money to use for buying food, and he constantly exercised his body to improve his physical fitness.

A few months later, Ye Tian's physique gradually became robust, and the strength he could exert became stronger.

Additionally.

He discovered that this Illusion Spirit World Bead world was dominated by the Weapon Dao of melee combat.

Thus, Ye Tian practiced his Sword Technique to temper his body, improved his own strength, and then began to venture through this world.

"The next goal: first, live to the limit in this world—one hundred years old!"

Ye Tian thought to himself.