Chapter 1298: A Single Coin Can Defeat a Hero

"Hey, don't get too excited too soon! The Town Boundary Stele can only open the first layer of space, with a time ratio of only ten to one. Your talent is indeed good, but there are many with strong talent in the Tongtian Realm, and Xianlin is one of them! Yet even he took a thousand years to reach this step! Even if your talent surpasses his, eight hundred years is already the limit. That means you only have eighty years, and during these eighty years, you still have to divide your attention to learn the Dao of Formations. Ten years—you absolutely cannot accomplish it!" Wuchen ruthlessly struck him down.

In this world, how many dare to claim their talent surpasses that of Xianlin Celestial Venerable?

He was the one closest to the Heavenly Emperor!

And Ye Yuan was just a native of the Xianlin World, with inherent deficiencies.

Surpassing Xianlin Celestial Venerable was nearly impossible.

Wuchen's estimate was already an infinitely high regard for Ye Yuan!

Eighty years was the limit Ye Yuan could reach.

This would already surpass Xianlin Celestial Venerable's achievement.

But Ye Yuan couldn't wait eighty years; he only had ten years!

And within ten years, Ye Yuan absolutely could not complete it!

However, Ye Yuan's face showed no sign of being discouraged; he smiled and said, "If I don't try, how will I know?"

For Ye Yuan, the most terrifying thing was not difficulty, but having no way at all.

As long as there was a way, he could rise to the challenge!

Hadn't he come this far all along?

Even the Divine Realm, which no one had achieved in a hundred thousand years, he had succeeded!

Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it!

If Ye Yuan had been timid and hesitant, he would not have been able to move the Heavenly Dao and become a Controller.

Talent is one thing, but determination and effort are equally important!

Wuchen hadn't expected that Ye Yuan would show no sign of dejection.

On the contrary, Ye Yuan's gaze was now sharp, and his whole body was filled with fighting spirit.

Wuchen realized that his understanding of Ye Yuan seemed too limited.

If Long Teng were here, he would never say such words.

Wuchen sighed and said, "Well, at this moment, it seems there is no other way."

Though he said this, Wuchen did not hold much hope for Ye Yuan.

Reaching the level of a one-star初级 Divine Alchemist within ten years was indeed too demanding.

"But now, the first difficulty before you is not the Dao of Alchemy or Formations, but... Divine Essence Stones," Wuchen added.

Ye Yuan was startled, also realizing the severity of the problem.

He had heard from Wuchen that the universal currency in the Tongtian Realm was Divine Essence Stones.

Moreover, Divine Essence Stones were not something just anyone could have; ordinary people generally would not possess them.

Martial artists needed Divine Essence Stones for cultivation and for deducing the Dao of Formations.

But now, Ye Yuan was penniless, and even if he wanted to cultivate the Dao of Formations, he had no way to start.

In the Xianlin World, Ye Yuan's alchemy was superb; he could easily refine a few pills and exchange them for money.

Thus, he had never worried about money.

But now, he couldn't even refine the most basic first-order Divine Pill, so how could he earn money?

He couldn't count on the Liang family; it was already good that Liang Mingyu hadn't kicked him out.

Ye Yuan suddenly realized that indeed, a single coin could defeat a hero!

"This... is really a problem!" Ye Yuan said with a bitter smile.

"Hmm?"

Ye Yuan frowned as a knock suddenly sounded at the door.

Opening the door, he saw an unfamiliar young girl, who looked like a maidservant.

The maidservant was also sizing up Ye Yuan, asking suspiciously, "Are you Ye Yuan?"

Ye Yuan sensed from her tone that she seemed to come with ill intent.

"I am Ye Yuan. May I ask who you are, miss?"

"My name is Lan Qing, the personal maidservant of Miss Wanru."

Ye Yuan raised an eyebrow and said, "So it's Miss Lan Qing. Is Miss Wanru well?"

Lan Qing looked at Ye Yuan, rolled her eyes, and said, "Well, my foot! Miss has been grounded!"

Ye Yuan frowned and asked, "What happened?"

"What happened? You still have the nerve to ask! It's all because of you that Miss was grounded by that tigress! And she had her three years' worth of Divine Essence Stones docked!" Lan Qing lowered her voice toward the end.

That tigress was someone she couldn't afford to provoke.

If someone overheard, she would be dead.

Ye Yuan guessed that the Liang family had done this to prevent him from meeting her.

He had come to the Liang family to protect Liang Wanru, but he suddenly realized that he seemed too weak to be of any help.

After a moment of silence, Ye Yuan spoke again, "Miss Lan Qing, have you come to see me just to call me to account?"

Lan Qing had already seen that Ye Yuan was just a useless cripple who couldn't cultivate, and she didn't understand why her miss was so concerned about him.

She snorted coldly, reluctantly tossed Ye Yuan a storage ring, and muttered, "I really don't know what Miss is thinking, clearly a waste."

With that, she turned and left without even bothering to look at Ye Yuan again.

Ye Yuan just smiled and didn't mind.

He could see that Lan Qing was standing up for Liang Wanru, feeling it was unfair for her.

And she wasn't wrong; wasn't he indeed a waste right now?

The storage ring was ownerless. Ye Yuan probed it with his divine sense and found over a hundred milky-white stones lying quietly inside.

"This girl really sent charcoal in snowy weather—she actually brought you Divine Essence Stones!" Wuchen exclaimed in surprise.

Ye Yuan was startled and said in amazement, "So these are Divine Essence Stones? Such rich spiritual energy!"

Ye Yuan had never seen Divine Essence Stones before, but from Wuchen's exclamation, he realized that these milky-white stones were Divine Essence Stones.

Divine Essence Stones were completely different from Yuan Crystals. Martial artists could absorb the energy within them and directly convert it into Divine Essence.

The cultivation of Divine Dao experts was inseparable from Divine Essence Stones.

The heaven and earth energy in the Tongtian Realm was not called Yuan Force but Spiritual Energy.

The energy concentration of Spiritual Energy was many times higher than that of Yuan Force, belonging to an entirely different level of energy.

And Divine Essence Stones were only produced in areas with extremely high concentrations of Spiritual Energy.

"Unfortunately, these are only low-grade Divine Essence Stones, and the quantity is too small, not enough for your cultivation," Wuchen said.

Ye Yuan, however, was quite delighted and said, "Having some is better than none! Senior, time is of the essence. Where do we start?"

Wuchen also knew time was pressing, so he didn't hesitate and said, "Let's start with the Divine Essence Pill. This is the most basic Divine Pill! It extracts the Divine Essence from medicinal herbs and condenses it into a pill for martial artists to cultivate. Here is the pill formula. Go buy some medicinal herbs first."

A pill formula appeared in Ye Yuan's mind. The formula required few medicinal herbs and seemed very simple.

Ye Yuan knew that this Divine Essence Pill should be similar to mortal-grade pills like the Gathering Yuan Pill or Explosive Yuan Pill.

Of course, these were pills from entirely different worlds.

Ye Yuan had made up his mind to comprehend the Divine Essence Pill in the shortest possible time.

As long as he could refine the Divine Essence Pill, he could make a living by selling pills.