Chapter 219: When Drowsy, Someone Hands You a Pillow!

Zeng Yu struggled to get up from the ground, rubbing his aching chest, his gaze toward Ye Yuan filled with resentment.

He had thought a mere Liquid Realm second-layer kid would be easy to bully, but he hadn't expected to stumble right from the start.

This time, he had lost face badly—truly a careless loss of Jingzhou. Who knew the kid was so fast!

Fortunately, Ye Yuan was only at Liquid Realm second layer; otherwise, that blow would have put him in bed for half a month.

In his view, it was just his own carelessness—he hadn't expected Ye Yuan's speed, so he fell for it.

"You little brat, you asked for it. Brothers, don't hold back—give him a good beating!"

Although Zeng Yu thought he had been careless, he didn't dare to be overconfident now and directly called the others to join in.

Zeng Yu had only five men, but to Ye Yuan, it was no different from one.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Ye Yuan suddenly became nine.

"Nine Sword Style!"

A faint voice rang out, nine streams of energy flashed and vanished, followed by cries of pain as all five were hit simultaneously!

Of course, Zeng Yu suffered the most—he alone took five streams of energy.

Though the energy couldn't kill, he was now bruised and swollen, grimacing in pain.

"Senior Brother Zeng, can we start now?" Ye Yuan stepped forward two paces and said calmly.

Startled by Ye Yuan's move, Zeng Yu scrambled backward and quickly said, "Yes, yes, I... I'll give you two hundred points now, Junior Brother, please don't hit me!"

Zeng Yu hastily took out his token and transferred two hundred points to Ye Yuan's token, instantly raising Ye Yuan's points to three hundred.

By now, if he still thought Ye Yuan was a pushover, he would be a fool.

This was no pushover—it was clearly an iron board!

Today, he had really kicked an iron board!

Zeng Yu's intestines were green with regret. Earlier, when he heard a newcomer was only at Liquid Realm second layer, he had brought his men over without a second thought to collect protection fees.

Who knew he wouldn't collect any fees but would have his own fees collected instead!

Damn, that was ruthless!

Two hundred points a night—that's the same price as a Grade-A cultivation room!

He only had two thousand points in his token. If this kid collected protection fees every day, his points would be gone in ten days!

There's a saying: fear what comes. After Ye Yuan collected points from the others, he spoke again: "From now on, report to me every day. Remember, bring your points! You can also choose to stay in the woodshed—it's cheap, a hundred points a night. Um, if you don't come, you'll bear the consequences!"

"Ah? Every... every day?" Zeng Yu said with a bitter face.

"What? Need me to repeat myself?" Ye Yuan looked at Zeng Yu and smiled.

"No, no, we'll come, we'll come! That... Junior Brother Ye, can we... leave now?" Zeng Yu asked weakly.

"Of course, unless you want me to keep you for dinner?" Ye Yuan said indifferently.

Zeng Yu and his men felt as if pardoned and scrambled away.

Then, in the silence, Ye Yuan led Lü'er into his small courtyard.

A 'slap' of the door closing startled everyone awake.

"This... where did this Junior Brother come from? Is he... really at Liquid Realm second layer?"

"Isn't that obvious? Don't you have eyes? From start to finish, his Yuan power fluctuation was Liquid Realm second layer!"

"But... that's too monstrous, isn't it? A Liquid Realm second-layer defeating Zeng Yu—isn't that crossing realms a bit too exaggerated?"

"...Not just a little exaggerated! Within the sect, I've never heard of anyone crossing four minor realms in battle! That only happens in the mortal world, right?"

"Still, this Junior Brother is too impulsive. Beating Zeng Yu like this and taking their points—Zeng Yu definitely won't let it go!"

"Yeah, Senior Brother Zeng Cheng should be returning to the sect soon, right? When he comes back, there'll be a good show! I wonder if this Junior Brother will still be so fierce facing Senior Brother Zeng Cheng!"

These people were discussing Ye Yuan, unaware of how deeply he had shocked Zhang Jing.

He was certain that Ye Yuan had held back just now!

Among those present, Zhang Jing had the highest cultivation, and like Mo Yuntian, he practiced the 'Azure Firmament Purple Sun Sword Art'!

Though Zhang Jing's attainments in the way of the sword were inferior to Mo Yuntian's, they were still quite profound.

That move of Ye Yuan's appeared to be finger techniques releasing energy, but Zhang Jing clearly sensed a familiar sword intent!

A seemingly similar yet different Azure Firmament Purple Sun Sword Intent!

A ridiculous thought flashed through Zhang Jing's mind: Ye Yuan's Azure Firmament Purple Sun Sword Intent, though seemingly similar yet different, was actually stronger!

It was just that Ye Yuan was limited by his strength and couldn't unleash the true power of this sword intent.

Even so, it was enough for him to fight across realms!

If Ye Yuan had held a sword just now, even the most ordinary one, killing Zeng Yu would have been a piece of cake!

Though finger techniques could simulate sword intent, compared to a real sword, they lacked the killing aura and sharpness, so their attack power was far inferior.

And Zeng Yu's realm was far higher than Ye Yuan's, so Ye Yuan found it quite difficult to break through his protective Yuan power.

That was why Ye Yuan lamented his low realm.

Now he finally understood why Senior Brother Mo had hesitated about where to place Ye Yuan.

He wasn't hesitating about whether to put Ye Yuan in the Earth Battalion or the Human Battalion, but whether to put him in the Heaven Battalion!

Ye Yuan's talent was in no way inferior to those freaks in the Heaven Battalion!

No, it should be even better!

Ask yourselves, which of those freaks in the Heaven Battalion could, at Liquid Realm second layer, overpower a fellow disciple four realms higher?

With Ye Yuan's talent, challenging those freaks in the Heaven Battalion was only a matter of time!

At this moment, Zhang Jing felt that everything unreasonable had become reasonable.

Mo Yuntian's indecision, the Dragon Hall's indifference, Nanfeng Ruoqing's calmness—Zhang Jing had found it all very strange before.

Now he knew: they simply thought it was only natural!

...

Ye Yuan naturally couldn't be bothered with others' shock; he was quite satisfied at the moment.

He had been worrying that earning points would be troublesome and time-consuming, but unexpectedly, when drowsy, someone handed him a pillow.

As soon as he entered, someone gave him a thousand points!

Adding the initial points, he now had eleven hundred points in no time.

Good heavens, that was enough to cultivate in a Grade-A cultivation room for five whole days.

For Ye Yuan, the most urgent matter now was to raise his realm. It had been nearly a month since his breakthrough before the battle with Old Man Crow.

During this month, he had experienced several life-and-death battles and had long since consolidated his realm.

His breakthrough was now a matter of course, waiting only for himself.

After settling his lodging, Ye Yuan planned to go to the Grade-A cultivation room to cultivate, intending to break through to Liquid Realm fourth layer in one go!