Chapter 1610: A Genius of Both Alchemy and Martial Arts

In truth, Wuchen didn't know if this path was viable either; he only knew it was an unprecedented one.

Ye Yuan's current achievements in the Tongtian Realm were largely due to this cultivation method.

He understood Ye Yuan; giving up now would be an unbearable consequence for him.

Since that was the case, it was better to go all the way down this path.

Even if it meant smashing his head against a wall, it was better than ending up in silent sorrow.

The confusion in Ye Yuan's eyes vanished, replaced by a look of determination.

He calmed his mind and returned to the Minor Tongtian Mountain, beginning to comprehend the Dao.

However, this brought him no luck. Another ten years passed in the blink of an eye, and the fourth layer of the technique still showed no progress.

"It seems working behind closed doors won't do. I need to go out and see if I can find an opportunity for a breakthrough," Ye Yuan sighed.

"Mm, going out for a walk is good. Your deductions are indeed hard to believe. Continuing like this will do you no good in cultivation," Wuchen agreed.

Ye Yuan nodded. "This is truly an incredible thing. If the next realm isn't the Divine Lord realm, then what is it? Can this path really work?"

Over the past twenty-plus years, Ye Yuan had gone through countless deductions, but the final results always diverged greatly from the established cultivation system.

Before this, Ye Yuan had never imagined that the Chaos Heavenly Truth Scripture would reach this point.

It was as if he had walked into a dead end.

Now, the cultivation system of the Tongtian Realm had matured to the point of no further refinement.

After the Guixu Divine realm, one opened an inner world, evolved world power for one's own use, and thus gained immense strength.

But no matter how Ye Yuan deduced, it seemed to go against this realm.

Wuchen smiled. "Time will prove everything! Go out and take a look. Perhaps one day, you'll suddenly see the light."

Ye Yuan nodded, hesitated no longer, and directly ended his seclusion.

As soon as Ye Yuan emerged from seclusion, Ning Tianping rushed over in a panic.

"Elder Ye, you're finally out! The imperial city is in complete chaos," Ning Tianping said urgently.

Ye Yuan was somewhat surprised. "What, has someone dismantled the Sky Eagle Imperial City?"

Although more than twenty years had passed in the Boundary Suppression Stele space, only a little over two years had passed in the outside world.

That wasn't a long time; there shouldn't have been any major incidents.

Ning Tianping said, "Not dismantled, but close enough! Our Sky Eagle Imperial City has lost all face."

Listening to Ning Tianping's description, Ye Yuan learned what had happened.

It turned out that some time ago, the Grand Elder of Jiangyong Imperial City had brought several disciples to Sky Eagle Imperial City, claiming to discuss important matters.

That wasn't a big deal in itself, but among their group was a genius disciple named Gu Han, who, upon arriving at Sky Eagle Imperial City, began challenging disciples from both the Alchemy Tower and the Martial Tower everywhere.

And indeed, Gu Han was a genius rarely seen in ten thousand years.

Over the past month, he had challenged almost all the renowned young disciples of the Alchemy Tower and Martial Tower, without a single defeat!

Gu Han was merely a Half-Step Divine Lord, but among martial artists of the same realm, no one was his match.

Most terrifying of all, Gu Han excelled in both alchemy and martial arts. Not only was he highly talented in martial arts, but he also dominated in alchemy.

Ning Siyu couldn't stand it and challenged Gu Han, but she also ended up defeated.

After Song Qiyang broke through to the Divine Lord realm and became a Four-Star Divine Alchemist, Ning Siyu was almost the top among the Three-Star Divine Alchemist disciples.

Even she had lost to Gu Han—where could the Sky Eagle Imperial City's face be placed?

The key point was that Gu Han, alone, had defeated all the experts of both the Alchemy Tower and Martial Tower!

That was why Ning Tianping said the imperial city had been dismantled.

At this point, Ning Tianping said indignantly, "I only regret breaking through too early; otherwise, I would have taught that kid a lesson! Elder Ye, you really don't know how arrogant that kid is!"

When Ye Yuan heard that even Ning Siyu had lost to Gu Han, he was somewhat surprised.

He had a good understanding of Ning Siyu's current alchemy strength.

That wasn't to say she was invincible among Three-Star Divine Alchemists, but there were very few Three-Star Divine Alchemists who could defeat her.

After all, even Song Qiyang had lost to her.

Although Song Qiyang's strength was insignificant in Ye Yuan's eyes, his strength was formidable—there was no doubt about that.

Even more frightening was that this kid excelled in both alchemy and martial arts. Not only was his alchemy strong, but his martial arts also dominated, defeating the top-ranked Guixu realm disciple of Sky Eagle Imperial City.

After hearing this, Ye Yuan found it strange. "Since he's already defeated the younger generation of Sky Eagle Imperial City, shouldn't this matter be over? Why are you so anxious?"

Ning Tianping said gloomily, "How could it be that easy? That kid is now challenging Song Qiyang! He can't cross realms in martial arts, but that doesn't stop him from defeating a Four-Star Divine Alchemist in alchemy!"

Now, over a hundred years had passed, and with Song Qiyang's talent, breaking through to the Divine Lord realm was naturally not difficult.

He was now a lower-level protector of the Alchemy Tower, a Four-Star Divine Alchemist.

With his strength, he was considered quite formidable among early Four-Star Divine Alchemists.

Defeating him would be another slap in the face to the Four-Star protectors of the Alchemy Tower.

Ye Yuan laughed upon hearing this. "This kid is ruthless enough!"

Indeed, alchemy competitions were different from martial arts ones.

In martial arts, a Guixu realm cultivator simply couldn't contend with a Divine Lord realm cultivator.

But alchemy was different. Even a Four-Star Divine Alchemist couldn't refine all third-tier divine pills.

Even if they could, the grade of the refinement was uncertain.

Ning Tianping said angrily, "Who says so? You don't know how the city's martial artists are talking about our Alchemy Tower and Martial Tower now. It's utterly disgraceful."

Ye Yuan patted his shoulder and smiled. "Take me to see."

...

On the square of the Alchemy Tower, Song Qiyang was sweating profusely, inwardly cursing Gu Han's ancestors for eighteen generations.

This kid was too despicable, picking an extremely difficult pill.

Now, he was struggling greatly in the refinement, on the verge of failure at any moment.

After breaking through to Four-Star Divine Alchemist, one's understanding of alchemy deepened with the increase in realm.

So refining third-tier divine pills actually gave him an advantage.

Yet even so, he was still struggling immensely.

The pill they were refining was called the Bright Heart Immortal Cloud Pill, which was among the most difficult third-tier divine pills.

The difficulty of refining pills wasn't easy to classify clearly, because each pill had a different level of difficulty.

If one had to assign levels, from one to nine, the Gale Wind Stone Pill and Crimson Thunder Spirit Pill would be around level five, while the Bright Heart Immortal Cloud Pill was roughly level six.

As for the Sun Heaven Qiankun Pill, it would be at the peak of level nine!

After Song Qiyang broke through to Four-Star Divine Alchemist, he could barely refine third-tier divine pills of level six difficulty.

So his current refinement was very strained.