Chapter 1798: The Cave Dwelling Is Gone

The main peak and the secondary peaks were extremely far apart. Ye Yuan arrived at Tianying Peak via the teleportation array and immediately felt as if he had fallen from paradise to the mortal world.

Compared to the prosperity of the main peak, this place was clearly much more desolate.

"Ye Yuan, I really feel it's unfair for you! With your talent, you should at least be on one of the top three secondary peaks. Those bullies, relying on their power, actually demoted you to Tianying Peak," said a short, thin young man beside Ye Yuan, his face full of indignation.

This young man was named Zeng You, from an obscure small sect.

His strength was not bad—at the peak of the Seventh Heaven of the Divine Lord realm—and during the second test, he even reached the second level.

Among disciples from small sects, he was already a standout.

Logically, he should not have been assigned to Tianying Peak, yet he became the only inner disciple sent there.

The other forty-one were all assigned to the other eight secondary peaks.

Naturally, Zeng You was displeased with this unfair treatment.

However, Zeng You deeply admired Ye Yuan; that casual flick of his had profoundly shocked him.

Both from small sects, Ye Yuan's potential was clearly far greater than his own.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Gold shines wherever it is. I heard that the Transmission Elder of Tianying Peak also came from a small sect, yet he reached the True God realm and became a ruler in his own right."

Zeng You smiled bitterly upon hearing this. "Even so, Tianying Peak is still the most desolate secondary peak, ostracized by the other eight peaks."

In Shadowmoon Sect, Tianying Peak could be called a place of exile; no one wanted to come here.

Most of those who came here were either unpopular or disciples without influence.

And once here, it basically meant the end of one's prospects, making it difficult to achieve much.

Ye Yuan patted Zeng You on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Brother, once you entered Shadowmoon Sect, you forgot your original aspiration!"

With that, Ye Yuan walked toward Tianying Hall.

Watching Ye Yuan's retreating figure, Zeng You shuddered.

Yes, his sect was just an insignificant Divine Lord-level sect with scarce resources and a severe lack of techniques.

Yet, through his own efforts, he had gradually reached where he was today.

He had thought that entering Shadowmoon Sect would allow him to soar with his talent.

But his current situation was far from what he had imagined.

So he felt indignant, aggrieved, and saw his future as bleak.

However, looking back, even being at Tianying Peak, his current circumstances were far, far better than before.

So what more could he be dissatisfied with?

As long as he put in the same effort as before, one day he would rise above and slap those snobs in the face.

For a martial artist, resources were certainly important, but even more crucial was having an unyielding heart devoted to the Dao.

Losing one's original aspiration—that was when the future truly became dim.

"A word that awakens one from a dream! Ye Yuan, thank you!"

Watching Ye Yuan's retreating figure, Zeng You's gaze once again turned resolute, just as it had been at the beginning.

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"Senior Brother, we are newly admitted disciples, here to receive our cultivation caves. This is my identity token."

Shadow Moon Sect was built atop a spirit vein. The sect had opened many caves on various subsidiary peaks, setting up formations for disciples to cultivate.

Disciples with better aptitude would receive better cultivation caves, and naturally, their cultivation speed would be faster.

Heavenly Eagle Peak was the place with the thinnest spirit vein among the nine subsidiary peaks, and naturally, the spiritual energy there was the most sparse.

The disciple glanced at the two identity tokens, raised an eyebrow, and with a clatter tossed the tokens onto the table, saying lazily, "You're called Zeng You, right? There's one last second-grade lower-rank cave on Heavenly Eagle Peak. Here's the token for it. Go ahead."

Zeng You accepted the token and said joyfully, "Thank you, Senior Brother! Senior Brother, what about Ye Yuan?"

The disciple lifted his eyelids and said with a smirk, "Him? That was the last cave on Heavenly Eagle Peak. This junior brother will have to make do and go open a cave on one of the other scattered peaks."

With that, he took out a formation flag and placed it in front of Ye Yuan with a smile, saying, "This is the formation flag for the Spirit Gathering Formation. Go to Blazing Cloud Peak now. Once you find the spirit vein eye there, open a cave, and activate the formation flag, it will naturally gather spiritual energy and become your own cave."

Zeng You's expression changed upon hearing this, and he said, "How could it be such a coincidence? Senior Brother, I've heard that opening a cave is very dangerous. Those are desolate peaks, full of fierce beasts. Many disciples have perished there!"

The disciple's gaze turned cold, and he said, "Dangerous? Is opening a cave dangerous? This main peak, nine subsidiary peaks, and hundreds of scattered peaks—which one wasn't opened by disciples of Shadow Moon Sect? What, is he an exception?"

Having just received guidance from Ye Yuan, Zeng You was deeply grateful and couldn't bear to see Ye Yuan take risks. He couldn't help saying, "Senior Brother, could you take another look? Perhaps there are still vacant caves on the nearby scattered peaks?"

The disciple flew into a rage and said, "How dare you! Go where you're told, and stop with all this nonsense! I said there are none, so there are none. What, do you want to take over my duty?"

Zeng You was just a newcomer and dared not argue. Guiltily, he said, "No... I wouldn't dare! Senior Brother, how about this: let me give my cave to Ye Yuan, and I'll go open a cave!"

The disciple's face darkened, and he was about to lose his temper when he heard Ye Yuan pick up the formation flags and say calmly, "Alright, no need to waste words with him. This guy has clearly been bribed to deliberately send me to Huoyun Peak to open a cave dwelling, only to be killed by a fierce beast. Arguing with him is just asking for trouble."

Zeng You's expression changed, and he suddenly understood.

That disciple's expression also changed, and he said coldly, "Kid, how dare you speak to a senior brother like that?"

Ye Yuan glanced at him contemptuously and said calmly, "You're trying to kill me, and you expect me to be polite? Besides... who do you think you are to be my senior brother?"

This disciple in charge of cave assignments was merely at the Ninth Heaven of the Divine Lord realm, and Ye Yuan did not take him seriously.

The disciple's face turned cold, and he sneered, "Very well, it seems you're a proud newcomer! Then let me show you whether I'm worthy to be your senior brother!"

Within the main and secondary peaks of the Shadow Moon Sect, disciples were forbidden from killing each other.

But with a legitimate reason, it was fine to teach someone a lesson.

Seeing that Ye Yuan was only at the Sixth Heaven of the Divine Lord realm yet dared to act insolently before him, the disciple was genuinely angered.

No wonder Senior Brother Qianye wanted to teach this guy a lesson—this kid was clearly used to being arrogant and looking down on everyone.

As he spoke, the disciple suddenly released the full momentum of his Ninth Heaven Divine Lord cultivation, and his palm shot out like lightning, slapping toward Ye Yuan's cheek.

"Ye Yuan, be careful!"

Zeng You hadn't expected the guy to strike without warning, and it was too late to stop him.

The opponent was at the Ninth Heaven of the Divine Lord realm, far stronger than him.

"Slap!"

A resounding slap echoed, and the disciple was sent flying.