After refining two gravestones, Ye Chen found that his body couldn't handle it any longer, so he had to stop. He greeted Luo Qingyi and left the Sword Tomb.

The sky had already darkened.

Leaving the courtyard, Ye Chen went to find Brother Yuan Polu.

At that moment.

In the Star Spirit System, Meng Changtian, who had been in seclusion for a long time due to the grief of losing his beloved son, finally emerged from his cultivation chamber!

"Qinglan, greetings to Vice Dean Meng."

Huang Qinglan, who had also been absent for a long time, had returned and stood respectfully in front of Meng Changtian, bowing politely.

Meng Changtian nodded, showing a look of gratification. He said, "Qinglan, I heard from the Spirit Ruins Sect that you gained a lot in their Spirit Gathering Secret Realm. Now it seems true; you should be a Tier Four Earth Seal Spirit Master, right? In the blink of an eye, your strength has caught up with mine."

"Thanks to Vice Dean Meng's cultivation, I was lucky enough to just break through to Tier Four Earth Seal Spirit Master. But Qinglan knows herself well; compared to Vice Dean Meng, she's still far behind," Huang Qinglan said.

Ordinarily, Huang Qinglan reaching Tier Four Earth Seal Spirit Master would be stronger than many ordinary Tier Five Spirit Masters.

But she still couldn't compare to Meng Changtian!

Meng Changtian was a top-tier Tier Five Spirit Master, and there were specific reasons why he could firmly hold the position of Vice Dean of the Star Spirit System as a Tier Five Spirit Master.

Meng Changtian mastered a powerful spiritual technique that could easily slay ordinary Tier Six Spirit Masters, making his strength not appear weaker than top-tier Tier Five Earth Seal Spirit Masters.

"Now that you have broken through to Tier Four Earth Seal Spirit Master, do you have any plans?" Meng Changtian asked with a smile.

Huang Qinglan did not hide her intentions, stating directly, "To kill Ye Chen!

This person is arrogant and tyrannical, causing all my family's members in Qingyun City to die, and he killed Brother Zitao. He repeatedly offended Vice Dean Meng, causing the Star Spirit System to become a laughingstock at Cangxing Martial Arts Academy time and again.

So, Ye Chen must die!"

"How will you kill him?" Meng Changtian asked.

Huang Qinglan had already made plans and said, "I heard that the Demon Suppression Valley is currently in turmoil, and the academy is about to send this year's new disciples to Cangxing Martial Arts Academy over there.

And the Demon Suppression Valley is now under the control of Prince Yong, Zhou Chengyun. Ye Chen has also offended Prince Yong. When the time comes, we will use Prince Yong's power to secretly eliminate Ye Chen, leaving him nowhere to be buried!"

"I don't have much connection with Prince Yong over there," Meng Changtian frowned slightly. Using Prince Yong's influence to discreetly remove Ye Chen in the Demon Suppression Valley posed some difficulty.

However, it was indeed a good plan.

Killing Ye Chen couldn't be done too publicly, alerting everyone.

Otherwise, if the Legendary Powerhouse Yang Tianji returned, everyone involved would meet a bad end.

The Demon Suppression Valley was now extremely chaotic; if Ye Chen died, so be it. As long as the traces were handled cleanly, no one would say anything.

"Rest assured, Vice Dean Meng, the son of the Sect Leader of the Spirit Ruins Sect is already in Unmatched County. He is familiar with Prince Yong, and he has already gone to the Demon Suppression Valley to assist Prince Yong. Everything is set, just waiting for Ye Chen to enter the Demon Suppression Valley, and he won't come back." Huang Qinglan said.

A subtle, complex light flickered in Meng Changtian's eyes.

Originally, he wanted to match his son, Meng Zitao, with Huang Qinglan.

However.

Meng Zitao was dead.

Looking at the current situation, Huang Qinglan was already involved with the son of the Spirit Ruins Sect's Sect Leader.

But it couldn't be helped.

"Qinglan, I have a request, and you must agree to it."

"Vice Dean Meng, just say it. I owe everything I have today to Vice Dean Meng's cultivation, and I'm not an ungrateful person."

"Kill Ye Chen and bring his head back; I want to use it to pay tribute to Zitao."

"Alright, I will definitely do it!" Huang Qinglan agreed immediately.

......

The news of Huang Qinglan's return to the Cangxing Martial Arts Academy wasn't widely known yet.

Ouyang Shang, the dean of Cangxing Martial Arts Academy, was one of the few who knew.

Late at night.

Ouyang Shang appeared in front of the Spirit Tower.

"Teacher."

Ouyang Shang bowed and saluted Elder Bai Mei, who guarded the Spirit Tower.

"You've used the Heaven Concealing Secret Technique again?" Elder Bai Mei looked at Ouyang Shang, frowning.

Each use of the Heaven Concealing Secret Technique came with a significant price, and Ouyang Shang's aura now seemed much weaker than it had been previously, making him look much older.

Ouyang Shang laughed a little and said, "There's no need to worry, Teacher. Today, I have something I want to arrange."

"Go ahead," Elder Bai Mei said.

Although Ouyang Shang was his disciple, he had completed his apprenticeship many years ago, and now as the dean of Cangxing Martial Arts Academy, he could handle many things on his own. As his teacher, Elder Bai Mei could only offer reminders, not force interference.

"Teacher, tomorrow at dawn, empty everyone out of the Spirit Tower."

"Why?" Elder Bai Mei asked, puzzled.

Ouyang Shang said, "Ye Chen is coming."

Elder Bai Mei habitually stroked his long eyebrows and said, "You know too? This boy does consume a lot of energy within the Spirit Tower, but it's not enough to warrant clearing out the entire Spirit Tower for him."

Ouyang Shang said, "As for his situation, it's uncertain, but he should already be a Tier Two Celestial Seal Spirit Master.

Moreover, besides Ye Chen, Huang Qinglan has also returned. Vice Dean Meng used some personal connections to help Huang Qinglan break through to the strength of a Tier Four Earth Seal Spirit Master at the Spirit Ruins Sect.

If things go as expected, once Ye Chen arrives at the Spirit Tower tomorrow, Huang Qinglan will quickly hear of it and come as well.

At that time, with one being a Tier Two Celestial Seal Spirit Master and the other a Tier Four Earth Seal Spirit Master, battling for energy within the Spirit Tower, will there be any chance for others to cultivate?

So, let's simply clear out these people to avoid unintentional injuries."

Elder Bai Mei's eyes widened in shock!

Huang Qinglan's advancement to Tier Four Earth Seal Spirit Master in just over a month, although rapid, isn't surprising given the costs involved.

But Ye Chen...

He's now a Tier Two Celestial Seal Spirit Master!

This is what shocks Elder Bai Mei the most.

"What on earth is happening with Ye Chen?" Elder Bai Mei asked.

Ouyang Shang shook his head and said, "I can't figure it out either. Elder Yang has placed restrictions in Ye Chen's Sea of Consciousness World, so I can't investigate."

Elder Bai Mei said, "Since we can't figure it out, let's not forcibly investigate. However, both Ye Chen and Huang Qinglan are prodigies of the Cangxing Martial Arts Academy. As the dean of Cangxing Martial Arts Academy, will you really just watch them continue fighting each other? Until one falls?"

Ouyang Shang shook his head and said, "Initially, I didn't expect things to turn out this way, so I didn't intervene. But now, it's beyond control.

Suppressing their mutual hatred doesn't work at all. The best I can do now is try to minimize the impact."

Elder Bai Mei glanced at Ouyang Shang, then said, "Let them fight as they will, but within the Martial Arts Academy, don't let it become chaotic."

Ouyang Shang nodded.

......

The following morning.

Everyone inside the Spirit Tower was driven out by Elder Bai Mei.

Although many were discontented,

they dared not speak up.

Elder Bai Mei's seniority is so high that even the dean is like a grandson in front of him. Unless you don't want to stay at Cangxing Martial Arts Academy, it's best not to provoke Elder Bai Mei.

Noon.

Ye Chen arrived at the Spirit Tower.

Elder Bai Mei raised an eyebrow, realizing that Ouyang Shang's prediction was indeed correct.

At this time, Ye Chen didn't know that the Spirit Tower had been cleared of people. He approached Elder Bai Mei and said, "Elder Bai Mei, I want to enter the fourth to sixth floors of the Spirit Tower for seven days."

Previously, one day on the fourth to sixth floors of the Spirit Tower cost three hundred points.

Now, with Ye Chen's permission elevated to intermediate, it costs two hundred points per day.

He has one thousand four hundred and twenty points left on his Identity Token, using one thousand four hundred points for seven days.

There's also a seventh floor in the Spirit Tower, which is the best place for Spirit Masters to break through, but it requires advanced permission—one thousand points per day—Ye Chen currently can't access it.

Though curious as countless cat claws scratched his heart, Elder Bai Mei held back.

Ye Chen's secrets are his own to tell, asking would be futile.

And given his own status?

If he asked Ye Chen but Ye Chen refused to disclose, wouldn't that be embarrassing?

Elder Bai Mei took Ye Chen's Identity Token, deducted one thousand four hundred points, then tossed it back to him, saying, "Go ahead, during these seven days, do whatever you want."

Ye Chen found Elder Bai Mei's words somewhat peculiar, but didn't think much of it.

Old age.

Speaking strangely is normal.

As for losing one thousand four hundred points, he wasn't troubled.

Points are meant to enhance strength by being used for cultivation; using them meaningfully is the goal.

Ye Chen carefully put away his Identity Token, entered the Spirit Tower, reached the sixth floor, found a random spot, closed his eyes, and immersed his consciousness into the Sea of Consciousness World, activating the Thousand Spirits Technique to cultivate his Spiritual Power and nourish the two Tier Two Extreme Celestial Spirit Seals!

Because the spirit seals had formed, Ye Chen's Spiritual Power had fundamentally enhanced significantly, and his intangible soul had also grown much stronger. After activating the Thousand Spirits Technique, the speed of Spiritual Power increase surged several times over.

Besides that.

The rate at which Ye Chen absorbed the special energy within the Spirit Tower also skyrocketed.

This time coming to the Spirit Tower.

Ye Chen's aim was to nurture the two spirit seals to their current peak, then split off a third spirit seal!

He went to find Yuan Polu yesterday, initially wanting to explore the method of spirit and martial unification, starting his own path of spirit and martial unity. But from Yuan Polu, he learned that the true cultivation technique of spirit and martial unification was only known by his teacher Yang Tianji, while Yuan Polu practiced only the technique of merging Spiritual Power and Qi Blood.

So, with no way to explore on his own, Ye Chen could only focus his efforts on advancing to the Tier Three Ultimate Celestial Seal Spirit Master!

The nurturing of spirit seals requires a significant amount of Spiritual Power.

It's a lengthy process.

Fortunately, before the formation of Ye Chen's spirit patterns into spirit seals, they had already been forcefully nourished to the Tier Two limit through his Spiritual Power. So, he is currently a top-tier Tier Two Extreme Celestial Seal Spirit Master, just one step away from becoming a Tier Three Ultimate Celestial Seal Spirit Master.

Otherwise.

Attempting to elevate the nine sets of Blade Spirit Patterns from Tier Two Beginner to Tier Three, even with his unique Sea of Consciousness situation and the Spirit Tower's assistance, Ye Chen wouldn't be confident in achieving it within seven days!

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