Chapter 1083: Child's Play

Ye Yuan lightly leaped and directly stepped onto the Golden Cloud Heavenly Ladder.

Seeing this, Hou Yu revealed a mocking expression.

The Cloud Heavenly Ladder was an adjunct to this divine-level grand formation, containing extremely profound laws of force. If one's cultivation level was insufficient, one simply couldn't stand firm on it.

Ye Yuan's cultivation level was far from enough to stand on it.

If the cultivation level didn't match, the formation would directly eject Ye Yuan, or even injure him with the force of the laws.

Hou Yu pulled this trick just to make Ye Yuan look foolish. If he could make him suffer a great loss, that would be even better.

Sure enough, as soon as Ye Yuan stepped onto it, the Golden Cloud Heavenly Ladder surged with light, about to throw him off.

The ladder shook violently under Ye Yuan's feet, causing his whole body to wobble, and it seemed he would be thrown off at any moment.

"Hahaha, this is our Lord Qingyunzi! You are a great power of the Divine Realm, yet you can't even stand on the Golden Cloud Heavenly Ladder," Hou Yu laughed loudly.

"Haha, Lord Qingyunzi, what's wrong? The Golden Cloud Heavenly Ladder has three thousand steps in one go, and you haven't even taken a single step yet!"

"Steady, steady yourself! Being thrown off the Golden Cloud Heavenly Ladder is no fun."

"Is this really the Lord Qingyunzi who is said to be closest to the Alchemy God realm? Could he... be a fake? Hahaha."

In an instant, jeers arose on all sides. The disciples of the Violet Gold Hall laughed uncontrollably, endlessly ridiculing Ye Yuan.

Ao Qian and the others had dark faces. These fellows had clearly prepared to watch a good show!

If it weren't for fear of delaying important matters, they would have loved to teach these guys a good lesson.

On the Golden Cloud Heavenly Ladder, Ye Yuan was unhurried. A faint force of law slowly emanated from him and merged into the ladder.

Soon, his body stopped shaking, and the Golden Cloud Heavenly Ladder stabilized.

This force of law was precisely the divine path laws of those divine inscriptions!

The disciples of the Violet Gold Hall all stared wide-eyed, their previous jeers abruptly cut off.

What was going on?

Why could a martial artist at the third level of Dao Xuan stabilize himself on the Golden Cloud Heavenly Ladder?

This... this had never happened before!

The slap in the face was resounding.

Many of them still wore the strange smiles from earlier, now frozen on their faces, unable to laugh anymore.

Ye Yuan turned his head, looked at Hou Yu with pity, and smiled, "I was just playing with you earlier. After all that effort, I'd be letting you down if I didn't let you have a laugh."

With that, Ye Yuan took a step and appeared directly on the three thousandth step!

Jiang Taicang was also stunned. Seeing Ye Yuan disappear before his eyes, he burst into laughter, "Did you see that, you fools? Take a good look—that's the gap! Do you think the name 'Qingyunzi' is casually given?"

Ao Qian also breathed a sigh of relief and snorted, "A bunch of overreaching fools, utterly stupid!"

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"Senior Brother, Qingyunzi has reincarnated and is now just a minor character at the early Dao Xuan stage. Lord Xiaoyao actually sent you to welcome him personally. We really feel it's beneath you!"

"Yes, Senior Brother, why don't you go back? We can wait for such a small fry. You are now a Void Xuan expert—how can you stoop to welcome a mere early Dao Xuan martial artist?"

"It'll take him a whole day to come up the nine-tier Cloud Heavenly Ladder! But I'm really looking forward to seeing him all battered and bruised when he arrives, hahaha."

Outside the gates of the Holy City, a few young men gathered. The one at the front was actually a Void Xuan expert—who else but Guo Xu?

Guo Xu was quite pleased with the flattery from his junior brothers.

However, he also had his reasons for being here. He really wanted to see with his own eyes what had become of the once-dominant Qingyunzi.

Especially, seeing him all battered and bruised.

Just thinking about it made Guo Xu feel immensely gratified.

Of course, he wouldn't say such things in front of his junior brothers.

"Nonsense! Lord Xiaoyao's orders cannot be taken lightly. Although I've broken through to the Void Xuan realm, I am still just the chief disciple of the Violet Gold Hall," Guo Xu scolded.

Though it was a scolding, there was no hint of reproach in his words.

Just then, a figure burst through the clouds and appeared in everyone's sight.

"It's the Golden Cloud Heavenly Ladder!" someone exclaimed.

He didn't need to say it; Guo Xu had already recognized it as the Golden Cloud Heavenly Ladder.

And the unfamiliar young man on the ladder was at the third level of Dao Xuan—who else could it be but Ye Yuan?

Guo Xu stared blankly at Ye Yuan, his face full of disbelief.

How could someone at the third level of Dao Xuan ascend via the Golden Cloud Heavenly Ladder?

Ye Yuan leaped down from the ladder, landed in front of Guo Xu, and smiled, "Guo Xu, long time no see."

Guo Xu stammered, "You... you really are Ji Qingyun? But how did you come up the Golden Cloud Heavenly Ladder?"

Ye Yuan reached out and patted him on the shoulder twice, then walked leisurely toward the city without looking back, saying, "After all these years, you still haven't made any progress! Now that you're a Void Xuan martial artist, playing such childish tricks—aren't you ashamed?"

Guo Xu was furious upon hearing this.

This guy was still as pretentious as ever, lecturing him like an elder!

You're only at the third level of Dao Xuan now, yet you dare to speak to a Void Xuan expert like that—you don't know how to spell 'death'!

"Ji Qingyun, stop right there!" Guo Xu shouted coldly at Ye Yuan's back.

Ye Yuan acted as if he hadn't heard and continued walking into the city.

Guo Xu's face darkened, "You're asking for it—don't blame me!"

With that, he directly reached out to grab Ye Yuan.

This grab was meant to humiliate Ye Yuan, so Guo Xu poured in plenty of primal force.

If he caught Ye Yuan's shoulder, it would definitely make him kneel in pain.

The power of a Void Xuan expert's grab was formidable!

The junior brothers only saw a blur, and Guo Xu's figure vanished before their eyes.

At that moment, Ye Yuan seemed oblivious and continued walking unhurriedly.

In a whoosh, the gust of wind arrived!

Guo Xu's grab aimed directly at Ye Yuan's shoulder.

But just as his hand was about to touch Ye Yuan, he saw a blur and his body passed straight through Ye Yuan's.

Guo Xu whirled around and found Ye Yuan standing there perfectly fine, as if he hadn't moved at all.

He stared at Ye Yuan in disbelief, his face full of astonishment, "Unity of Heaven and Man! You... you've already comprehended Unity of Heaven and Man! In just twenty years, how is that possible?"

Ye Yuan shrugged, "Stop playing these childish games. Take me to Xiaoyao. I have important matters to discuss with him this time!"