Chapter 1363: Xie Jingyi

The Qin family and Wang Song had been keeping an eye on the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, waiting for Ye Yuan to go out.

But they had waited for half a year without seeing Ye Yuan come out.

After returning from the Qingfeng Tower, Ye Yuan had gone straight into seclusion.

Before the entrance assessment, Ye Yuan still needed to quickly improve his strength.

The more he learned, the more Ye Yuan felt that this entrance assessment was no simple matter, and he was under immense pressure.

Inside the space of the Boundary-Steering Stele, Ye Yuan was comprehending the "Haotian Sword Art."

This was a technique that Jue Tian had comprehended from the Boundary-Steering Stele, and to the former Ye Yuan, it was profound and unfathomable.

But now, Ye Yuan had created the "Chaos Tongtian Sutra," and his vision had improved countless times; this technique was no longer suitable for him.

The reason he studied the "Haotian Sword Art" was to take its strengths and create his own path of the sword.

Although the dragon clan's martial arts were powerful, Ye Yuan felt that his ancestral dragon soul also had certain limitations; in terms of sustainability, it might not necessarily go further than martial arts.

Therefore, he still decided to walk on two legs and comprehend the laws!

Now, Ye Yuan's realm had caught up with the law realm, and his mastery of the law of the sword had stagnated for a long time.

The martial arts that were extremely powerful in the Immortal Forest World were now merely ordinary.

After all, the gap between a declining Celestial Lord World and the Tongtian Realm was too vast.

The limitations of the Immortal Forest World doomed its techniques and martial arts to be inherently deficient.

All of this required Ye Yuan to change it himself.

"Senior, this 'Heavenly Sword Art' is now full of loopholes!" Ye Yuan said with a bitter smile.

"Naturally! Although this technique comes from the Boundary-Suppressing Stele, what has been comprehended is only a drop in the bucket. If one cultivates according to this method, their achievements will be limited," Wuchen said.

"My current understanding of the laws of the sword is too shallow. Even facing the Lesser Tongtian Mountain, I cannot create my own sword technique," Ye Yuan said helplessly.

Once upon a time, Ye Yuan's mastery of the sword laws had dominated the Immortal Forest World, astonishing countless experts.

But now, Ye Yuan was like a baby learning to walk.

Wuchen said, "Therefore, entering the Wumeng Academy is the right choice! There, geniuses gather, and many predecessors have left behind numerous techniques and martial skills for your reference."

Ye Yuan nodded and said, "That's what I think too. I hope the martial skills of Wumeng Academy won't disappoint me."

In half a year, Ye Yuan had fully mastered the first layer of the 'Heavenly Sword Art.'

His martial realm had also reached the peak of the mid-Dongxuan stage, only awaiting an opportunity to break through the bottleneck.

The Divine Path realm was an entirely new martial system that Ye Yuan had never experienced before, and unlike before, he could no longer be completely free of bottlenecks.

However, his 'Chaos Tongtian True Scripture' was a technique rarely seen in the world, making his bottlenecks much easier to break through than others'.

Now he could faintly sense the threshold of the late Dongxuan stage, ready to break through at any moment.

On this day, the entrance examination finally began!

"Brother Yang, thank you for your care along the way. I express my gratitude here!" Ye Yuan said to Yang Rui with a cupped fist salute.

Yang Rui laughed heartily and said, "You kid, it's not like we're parting forever. Why so sentimental? If I'm to thank you, shouldn't I? Without you, I wouldn't have become this steward!"

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "You deserve it! Brother Yang, I take my leave! As for Wanru, I entrust her to you."

The entrance examination would last a long time, and Ye Yuan couldn't bring Wanru along, so he had to leave her at the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion for now.

Yang Rui smiled and said, "Just go with peace of mind. I wish you success—or rather, may you not succeed immediately!"

Ye Yuan was taken aback, then couldn't help but laugh.

This guy was still fixated on getting him to join the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion.

Ye Yuan crushed the jade token in his hand, and his figure instantly vanished.

This jade token was the keepsake he had received from the Wumeng Academy after successfully registering.

Once the jade token was crushed, the registrant would be automatically teleported into the assessment grounds.

The entrance assessment of Wumeng Academy often involved hundreds of thousands or even millions of people, so it naturally couldn't be held within the academy itself.

Thus, Wumeng Academy had specially opened up a separate space solely for the entrance assessment.

As for the registration matters, the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion had already taken care of everything for Ye Yuan.

Ye Yuan only felt a blur before his eyes, and then he found himself in an unfamiliar space.

"This is your number. Take the number and find your lotus seat! No fighting, no causing trouble, or else—death without mercy!"

A young man handed him a wooden token, his words heavy with warning.

Judging by his appearance, he was probably a student of Wumeng Academy.

From the young man's eyes, it was clear that he held Ye Yuan in great contempt.

"Thank you, senior fellow apprentice!" Ye Yuan took the wooden token and thanked him.

The young man sneered, "You can call me senior fellow apprentice after you pass the entrance assessment! Go on, go on!"

In his eyes, Ye Yuan, a mere rookie at the mid-stage of Dongxuan, stood no chance of passing the entrance assessment.

So there was no need for him to be polite.

Ye Yuan just smiled and went to find his lotus seat according to the number on the wooden token.

Before him was a massive square, stretching endlessly out of sight.

The square was densely packed with people, no fewer than a million, a truly spectacular sight.

The wooden token read: horizontal row seven hundred thirty-five, vertical row five hundred twenty-one.

Without hesitation, Ye Yuan followed the coordinates on the token and quickly found his spot.

It was a lotus seat about a meter square, conjured by an array, lifelike in appearance.

Ye Yuan didn't hesitate either; he sat down directly and began to meditate.

"Brother, were you also forced by your family to come here just to make up the numbers?" Suddenly, a chubby guy from the adjacent seat spoke to Ye Yuan.

The time had not yet come; more registrants were arriving one after another, and many were whispering among themselves.

Hearing the voice, Ye Yuan turned to look.

The chubby guy was clearly a natural extrovert. He laughed and said, "I am Xie Jingyi from Huangning City. Um... don't look at me like that. I don't know what got into my old man's head either, giving me such a weird name. Hey, what's your name?"

Ye Yuan was amused by the chubby guy and laughed, "I am Ye Yuan."

"Listen, listen! What a great name, unlike mine. Sigh! By the way, were you also forced by your family to come here just to make up the numbers?" Xie Jingyi brought up the question again.

"Make up the numbers?" Ye Yuan asked, puzzled.

"Yeah! With your strength, you'll probably be eliminated by the second day. If that's not making up the numbers, what is?" Xie Jingyi said.

Ye Yuan just smiled and didn't bother to explain.

Xie Jingyi rambled on, "Sigh, even though I'm a bit stronger than you, I figure I'll last about five or six days at most. I said I didn't want to come, but that damn old man of mine said he'd find me the ugliest wife in Huangning City! My god, isn't that asking for my life?"

Ye Yuan realized that this chubby guy was a total goofball, purely there for comic relief.

"Five or six days? You're at least at the late stage of Dongxuan. Surely you can last more than a few days just on the Heavenly Might stage?" Ye Yuan asked curiously.