"Hehe, hahaha! Ye Ming, oh Ye Ming, your retribution has finally arrived. This time, I want to see who can save you." Watching Ye Ming and Xiao Hui being escorted away by the Golden Dragon Guard, the Third Elder of the Xiao Family couldn't help but burst into laughter, his expression full of schadenfreude to the extreme.

"Hmph! Ye Chen, you and your father are truly too foolish, daring even to offend the Duanmu Family. Fortunately, our Xiao Family has already severed all relations with you, otherwise, we would be implicated by you at any moment." Xiao Lan thought coldly to herself.

She felt not the slightest concern over her aunt Xiao Hui being apprehended by the Golden Dragon Guard.

In her view, it was all her aunt Xiao Hui's own fault.

Blame it on her aunt for marrying someone as blind as Ye Ming.

"Ye Chen, come with me to New Talent Peak right now. Today, the freshman competition will be held on New Talent Peak, and I will also plead with my father. The better your results in the freshman competition, the more likely my father will bring out two Middle Grade Spiritual Artifacts to save your foster parents." Ouyang Xue fixed her black eyes tightly on Ye Chen, and spoke with an exceedingly gentle voice.

She knew that Ye Chen must be extremely anxious at this moment, which would affect his performance in the competition.

Therefore, she wanted Ye Chen to transform his grief and anger into strength.

Also, what she said was indeed the truth.

Although her father doted on her, two Middle Grade Spiritual Artifacts are no small sum, scarcely anyone in the Half-Step Celestial Spirit Realm could produce them.

Therefore, only if Ye Chen showed enough powerful potential, her father might agree to her request.

Otherwise, even if Ouyang Xue wanted to help Ye Chen rescue his foster parents, she would have no way to do so.

"Thank you, Teacher Ouyang. I will definitely win first place in the freshman competition." After quite a while, Ye Chen finally calmed down from his anger and said gratefully.

This time, if it was not for Ouyang Xue's timely arrival, his foster parents would probably have already been killed on the spot by Duanmu Lang.

And now, Ouyang Xue was trying everything to gather two Middle Grade Spiritual Artifacts to save his foster parents.

This act truly made Ye Chen very grateful.

Although Ouyang Xue acted with the purpose of recruiting Ye Chen into the War King Hall,

Ye Chen still regarded her as his benefactor.

"Ha! Did I hear that right? This guy actually claimed he would win first place in the freshman competition. Doesn't he realize his own limitations?"

"Does he really think that this place is the Kunzhou Prefecture? This time, the freshmen participating in the competition are from the 108 counties of the Celestial Flame Dynasty, and there are even some young prodigies from the Royal Capital among them. Claiming first place for himself is merely daydreaming." The young Xiao Family members around him burst into laughter, their tone full of mockery.

"First place? Ye Chen, you're really overestimating yourself. Just with your abilities, how do you plan to compete for first place against the young prodigies from the entire Celestial Flame Dynasty?" A faint mocking smile graced Xiao Lan's lips. Her gaze at Ye Chen was as if she were watching a clown.

She admitted that Ye Chen indeed had some strength; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to defeat her.

However, among the young prodigies participating in the freshman competition this time, there were indeed some who had awakened a Profound Bloodline.

The strength of any one of them could easily crush Ye Chen.

Yet Ye Chen had not the slightest self-awareness, dreaming of winning first place in the competition.

This was truly laughable.

"Ye Chen, you just need to showcase all of your potential. Whether you win first place is not very important. Of course, if you really manage to achieve it, that would be even better." Ouyang Xue smiled slightly.

In fact, even she thought that it was almost impossible for Ye Chen to win first place in this freshman competition.

Though Ye Chen had a fivefold Qi Sea Foundation, his cultivation was too weak, being only at the True Qi Realm Fourth Layer.

Among the young prodigies participating this time, there were some who had reached the True Qi Realm Tenth Layer, and possessed a two or threefold Qi Sea Foundation.

Such individuals, just in terms of Qi Sea, could already crush Ye Chen.

Not to mention that some of them had awakened an extremely powerful Profound Bloodline.

For Ye Chen to defeat these people would be as difficult as ascending to the heavens.

Therefore, Ouyang Xue only hoped that Ye Chen could, in the competition, fully showcase all of his potential, and gain the attention of the Celestial Flame Academy's higher-ups.

As for winning first place in the competition, it was just too distant a goal for Ye Chen.

Whizz.

Moments later, Ouyang Xue led Ye Chen into the Celestial Flame Academy. With her escort, no one dared to lay a hand on Ye Chen anymore.

"Xue'er, you are still too young, you don't know how difficult it is to improve one's cultivation with a person who has a fivefold Qi Sea Foundation! If this Ye Chen has awakened a Profound Bloodline, then he still has a glimmer of hope to become an Immortal. But he hasn't even awakened his bloodline, he will hardly become a Celestial Spirit Realm expert in this lifetime." Looking at Ouyang Xue's departing figure, Ouyang Xing couldn't help but sigh.

His talent, if placed in a small place like Kunzhou Prefecture, would definitely be considered quite good.

However, even he dared not try to have twice the Qi Sea Foundation.

Because the more vigorous the Qi Sea Foundation is, the more difficult it is to improve one's cultivation.

For example, if Ouyang Xing had chosen to have a double Qi Sea Foundation at that time, then the time needed for his cultivation improvement would be more than twice as long as now.

In this way, he would have no hope of stepping into the Half-Step Celestial Spirit Realm in this lifetime.

So, it's best to have self-awareness, otherwise, it will only be counterproductive.

Like Ye Chen, although his Dantian has undergone a mutation and he has a fivefold Qi Sea Foundation, the time he needs to spend on cultivation is at least more than five times that of an ordinary cultivator.

And he has not awakened any bloodline, his cultivation speed is destined to be extremely slow, being able to break through to the Half-Step Celestial Spirit Realm in this lifetime would already be a miracle.

Such a person is really not worth recruiting with two Middle Grade Spiritual Artifacts.

"Xue'er, your father will definitely not agree to your request, you'd better give up early." Ouyang Xing shook his head, then turned into a shadow and disappeared from the spot.

New Talent Peak, located in the south of Celestial Flame Academy, is a towering peak.

Above the mountain, the lush woodlands, lush jade grass everywhere, flowing springs and waterfalls, pavilions and gazebos can be seen everywhere, the environment is extremely beautiful, just like an earthly paradise.

At this moment, at the mountainside of New Talent Peak, a large number of cultivators are gathered, numbering over a thousand.

These cultivators are mostly new students who came to report at Celestial Flame Academy today, their purpose of gathering at New Talent Peak is to participate in the Newcomer Competition.

As for the others, they are the teachers and elders of Celestial Flame Academy, in addition to some old students who came to watch the excitement.

"Ye Chen, the Newcomer Competition will be held soon, you stay here and wait, I will go see my father now." Ouyang Xue took Ye Chen to a magnificent hall and then left hurriedly.

In this hall, are all the new students of Celestial Flame Academy, many people are in groups.

Only Ye Chen is all by himself.

After all, he has completely separated from the Ye Family, and there is not even a companion by his side.

"Ha! Isn't this Ye Chen? I heard that your adoptive father and mother were taken away by the Duanmu Family's Golden Dragon Guards, you must be very anxious now." At this moment, an extremely annoying voice suddenly rang in Ye Chen's ear, full of a strong sense of schadenfreude.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh.

Immediately, a group of young cultivators came out of the crowd, looking at Ye Chen with whimsical eyes.

This group of young cultivators are surprisingly the young geniuses of the Ye Family.

And the person who spoke was Ye Teng.

He is the first genius among the young generation of the Ye Family other than Ye Lin, having achieved third place in the admissions assessment in Kunzhou Prefecture last time.

However, his brilliance is completely overshadowed by Ye Chen.

Which makes him extremely resentful towards Ye Chen.

"Get lost." Ye Chen's eyes could not help but shoot out cold glow, speaking coldly to Ye Teng.

"Wow, you're still so arrogant at this time, don't you know that your time of death is coming soon." Ye Teng's face suddenly became ferocious, sneered coldly at Ye Chen.

This group of Ye Family cultivators, because of Ye Lin'Er, had already reported to Celestial Flame Academy a day in advance.

Moreover, even some old students took the initiative to curry favor with them.

After all, Ye Lin'Er is now a Seed Student of Celestial Flame Academy, extremely valued by the upper echelons of Celestial Flame Academy.

Ye Teng and others as relatives of Ye Lin'Er, naturally followed to benefit.

Because of this, Ye Teng has already learned from some students a piece of news, that is, Duanmu Jie plans to kill Ye Chen in the Newcomer Competition.

Of course, Duanmu Jie is unlikely to do it himself, he has already been internally decided as a Seed Student, there is no need for him to participate in the Newcomer Competition, in order to enjoy the best treatment of Celestial Flame Academy.

By then, naturally, someone will kill Ye Chen during the Newcomer Competition.

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