Luoyao Mountain Range.

"Roar!"

A thunderous roar echoed as a colorful fierce tiger suddenly leapt out from a pile of rocks.

And the target of this fierce tiger was Ye Chen.

Ye Chen took a step forward, with wind and clouds transforming beneath his feet.

"Boom!"

The tiger lunged into empty space, causing the ground to explode with dirt and stones.

Ye Chen, who had flashed to the side, swung his sword horizontally.

The sound of gushing water echoed.

To quickly elevate his Dripping Water Sword Intent to a level akin to his Slaughter Sword Intent, Ye Chen now chose to hone his Dripping Water Sword Intent through actual combat.

The Dripping Water Sword Intent can pierce through stone, be continuous and dense, or transform into rivers and ocean waves.

The sword edge fell upon the fierce tiger's neck.

"Bang!"

The tiger's head instantly separated from its body.

After slaying the tiger, Ye Chen stepped forward, found the tiger's demon core, and picked it out with his sword.

This demon core was the size of a fist, with two lines on its surface, signifying it as a Tier Two Demon Beast.

Five points earned.

Now, within Ye Chen's Storage Ring, there were six Tier One Demon Cores, three Tier Two Demon Cores, and counting the one in hand, he had amassed twenty-one points in total.

He currently had an Eighth-Layer of True Essence Realm Cultivation, and even a top-tier Tier Two demon beast couldn't withstand three of his moves.

This was while Ye Chen focused on comprehending the Dripping Water Sword Intent; if he were to unleash the Slaughter Sword Intent, a top-tier Tier Two demon beast would be slain instantly with one sword stroke!

This was only half a day since he entered the Luoyao Mountain Range.

At this time, the sky was gradually darkening.

Ye Chen directly cut a piece of tiger meat and began roasting it over a fire.

Soon, the aroma filled the air, and Ye Chen began to feast indulgently.

The meat of spirit beasts also contained abundant energy. Even though the energy obtained from one meal was just so-so, it was better than nothing.

As for someone not far away... someone was swallowing their saliva, but Ye Chen was powerless about it.

After splitting with Fatty Yu Hui after entering the Luoyao Mountain Range, he discovered someone was secretly following him.

The aura of that person was very familiar!

Senior Brother Yuan Polu...

The ability to notice was thanks to Ye Chen's extraordinarily strong spiritual power.

Otherwise, even though his senior brother was a bit straightforward, ordinary people wouldn't be able to find out.

After all, this was someone who could single-handedly challenge the advanced class of the Star Spirit System, if not for the instructors intervening in the dark, he could have overturned the advanced class of the Star Spirit System!

Having someone secretly protecting you was, of course, a good thing.

But it also had its drawbacks.

With his senior brother watching nearby... it was inconvenient for him to find time to enter the Sword Tomb to train.

A moment later, Ye Chen had eaten a third of the roasted tiger meat, leaving the rest on the fire without touching it.

"So hard to eat!"

Ye Chen stood up, muttered a sentence, looking disgusted.

After Ye Chen left.

Yuan Polu flashed over to the roasted tiger meat.

"Hard to eat?"

"It's quite fragrant!"

With that, Yuan Polu took a bite of the remaining tiger meat with a look of bliss.

The junior brother is picky... it's clearly delicious!

Ye Chen had already left, entering a mountain valley.

Suddenly, he frowned.

Murderous intent!

Ye Chen had a deep understanding of the Slaughter Sword Intent, thus he was particularly sensitive to murderous intent.

Having sensed the murderous intent, Ye Chen continued to move deeper into the valley without showing any sign of notice, while his spiritual power subtly spread out.

"One... two... five!"

"The aura isn't too strong."

"I wonder if senior brother is full... Forget it, I'll handle it myself."

Soon after, a violent wind arose beneath Ye Chen's feet, his speed surged as he suddenly rushed toward a huge rock.

"Swish!"

A sharp sword unsheathed, and a thunderous Sword Intent erupted.

Thunderbolt Sword, Celestial Thunder Move!

Among the three sword techniques he mastered now, the Thunderbolt Sword had the strongest explosive power.

"Rumble!"

Accompanied by the slash of Ye Chen's sword, a muffled sound of thunder echoed, and a layer of sparkling electric arcs covered the sword blade.

The boulder exploded instantly!

A figure shot out from the drifting stone shards, but was still a moment too slow, being sliced in half by Ye Chen's sword!

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

Four whistling sounds emerged.

Four people wearing ghost-face masks charged out, surrounding Ye Chen.

The four of them, with energy surging from their bodies, were of the Sea of Qi Realm cultivation, one of them coldly shouted, "Your perceptions are indeed sharp, always hunting hawks, but today it seems like the hawk has pecked our eyes out, and you even took one of our brothers from us."

Ye Chen looked calm, without the slightest fear on his face, and said lightly, "Who sent you?"

The leader snorted coldly and said, "You're a dead man, no need to know so much."

"Just a mere True Essence Realm, yet your life is worth 300,000 taels of silver, the best deal our brothers have gotten in two years."

A cold arc appeared on Ye Chen's lips, "Too bad, this job will cost you your lives!"

"Hmph, still talking tough, courting death!"

One person bellowed and rushed out, reaching for Ye Chen's face with a fierce grab.

His palm suddenly transformed a massive eagle claw with sharpness.

Killing intent burst from Ye Chen, Thirteen Death Swords, a sword across worlds!

"Swish!"

The sword edge pierced right through his palm, easily as though through thin paper.

The attacker hadn't even managed to cry out in pain before his throat was pierced by Ye Chen's sword.

The remaining three were provoked into a furious rage and simultaneously attacked.

In Ye Chen's spiritual sea, spiritual patterns quivered, then spiritual power poured out from his brow as a formless sword.

Spirit technique, Spiritual Wave Impact!

"Ahh!"

The three of them screamed miserably at the same time.

Ye Chen leaped into the air, and while airborne, he slashed down at the three below.

Wind and Cloud Sword, Wind Dragon and Cloud Tiger!

The raging wind transformed into a dragon, and the drizzling Sword Intent condensed into a mist, forming a tiger.

The dragon soared and the tiger roared, crashing onto the three.

A large mist of blood exploded!

Ye Chen landed steadily from mid-air, searched thoroughly, and found only one person with a Storage Ring.

The other three only had some silver notes on them.

Since the assassins were dead, the mark on the Storage Ring dissipated, and Ye Chen's Spiritual Power quickly invaded the Storage Ring.

Both pills and Primordial Stones were inside.

Ye Chen took out a token from the Storage Ring.

The front of the token was engraved with an eagle image, and the back had a blood-red "kill" character.

He didn't recognize its origins.

After thinking for a moment, Ye Chen placed the token on one of the corpses.

"It's quite conspicuous, senior brother should be able to find it, right?"

After handling the situation, Ye Chen left the valley.

He had long prepared for the ambush and assassination earlier.

Even if Meng Changtian and his people were watched by the teacher, they would surely make some moves.

Come if they will.

In the Sea of Qi Realm, from one to ten layers, one comes then one dies.

Whether someone in the Elemental Wheel Realm can be killed is uncertain for now, but if not, there's a senior brother in the back anyway.

In the future, leaving some food for the senior brother doesn't need to be too much, or it will waste time.

Ye Chen had not left long.

Yuan Polu hurried to the valley, carrying a large iron hammer.

His mouth was full of grease!

Earlier hearing the battle commotion, he was almost scared to death. If something happened to junior brother, the teacher could tear him to pieces!

Seeing the shattered corpse on the ground... Yuan Polu paused.

He crouched down, examined the only relatively intact...though split in half corpse, and frowned, "Where did these bastards come from?"

Finding nothing, Yuan Polu was about to chase after Ye Chen, and accidentally kicked another half of a corpse beside him.

"Clang!"

Yuan Polu looked at a token that fell onto the ground and picked it up, his face filled with intense anger!

"Blood Slaughter Seven Eagles!"

In his anger, a cold sweat broke out on Yuan Polu.

The Blood Slaughter Seven Eagles were at least the Sea of Qi Realm...

"Junior brother is only at the True Essence Realm... He must have fought desperately just now; even though he won, his condition must be awful!"

Yuan Polu murmured and flashed, disappearing from his spot instantly.

Two moments later.

Yuan Polu finally found Ye Chen.

Ye Chen, looking unaffected, sat cross-legged by the fire, meditating for cultivation.

"Junior brother is not hurt at all... Could it be, those five of Blood Slaughter Seven Eagles weren't killed by junior brother?" Yuan Polu scratched the back of his head... But anyway, he felt relieved.

Meanwhile, Ye Chen was also relieved.

After making such a big fire, senior brother finally didn't get lost... and came over.

Teacher... couldn't you arrange a senior sister?

Senior brother, not reliable at all!

Even if I left food for senior brother... Couldn't he eat while following me?

Forget it.

Not leaving food for senior brother anymore.

Senior brother, you should have things like hunger-satiating pills, right?

Over the next three days.

Ye Chen kept hunting demon beasts, accumulating eighty-five points.

No more assassins appeared, and Yuan Polu was dutiful, following nearby.

After three days of honing, the control of the Drizzling Sword Intent reached the level of Slaughter Sword Intent, and Ye Chen was planning to shake off senior brother for a while to enter the Sword Tomb and realize the other four kinds of Five Elements Sword Intent.

At this moment.

Yuan Polu, hidden behind a rock in the distance, was stuffing a handful of fresh green grass into his mouth, while his stomach grumbled!

So hungry!

Every time junior brother eats, he barely prepares enough... It's always just enough for himself to eat...

To secretly protect junior brother, he couldn't make a fire to cook, and he couldn't eat raw meat. Persevering until now, he was already chewing on grass!

Why didn't I bring some hunger-satiating pills with me?

I clearly won 3,000 points last time... I am not poor...

Unable to bear it, Yuan Polu slowly released his Spiritual Power, scanned the area, found nothing unusual, and muttered to himself, "Junior brother, don't wander off, senior brother is going to roast some meat, will be back soon."

Yuan Polu left.

Ye Chen sensed it immediately.

Earlier when Yuan Polu's Spiritual Power swept around, he had been aware.

So, Ye Chen flashed, rushing to Yuan Polu's hiding spot, only to see a pile of grass that had obviously been gnawed...

What a pitiful senior brother!

It's good too, taking advantage of Yuan Polu's departure, Ye Chen immediately found a cave and entered the Sword Tomb.

Upon entering the Sword Tomb, Luo Qingyi's voice echoed.

"After you enter the Sword Tomb, the sword-shaped Jade Pendant on your neck will also disappear; just find a place where no one is, no need to sneak around."

Ye Chen: "..."

He had always thought that after entering the Sword Tomb, the sword-shaped Jade Pendant would remain outside and was worried it would be taken and messed with... Turns out there was nothing to worry about.

Luo Qingyi, with gleaming eyes, stared at Ye Chen, "Spit some more essence blood."

"Elder Qingyi, have you figured something out?"

"Almost there, just a little more essence blood should do."

A little bit?

Ye Chen didn't believe it!

Luo Qingyi's gaze was shifty, lying!

"Deal with the essence blood after the new student hunting event," Ye Chen said, ignoring Luo Qingyi, and went straight to a tombstone, activating his cultivation technique and refining.

This time, he chose the Fiery Sword Intent!

Beside him, Luo Qingyi, looking at Ye Chen, had a fierce glint in her eyes.

This kid, only at the True Essence Realm, dares to act like this. If he reaches the Sea of Qi Realm, wouldn't he be even more arrogant?!

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