Chapter 35 The Six-Pointed Star Array

The Boundless Trial was actually a hunting activity for the students of the Danwu Academy.

The Boundless Forest was teeming with countless demonic beasts, making it the perfect place to temper the students.

Of course, such tempering often came with casualties.

In previous trials, many talented students had perished in the bellies of demonic beasts.

The Danwu Academy was never a paradise; it was even more brutal than the outside world, where the weak were destined to be eliminated.

This was a world where the strong reigned supreme.

The Danwu Academy provided a relatively safe competitive environment for geniuses, but a greenhouse could not cultivate true powerhouses. Without the baptism of blood, these geniuses could not grow.

The academy was rife with various conflicts, and these conflicts needed an outlet. The Boundless Trial was that outlet!

Grievances that could not be resolved within the academy could be settled during the Boundless Trial.

Although the academy repeatedly emphasized that attacking fellow students was not allowed during the Boundless Trial, in fact, the academy tacitly permitted students to use this opportunity to resolve personal grudges.

"As expected, Senior Brother Su has a broad vision and has already chosen a burial place for Ye Yuan," Liu Ruoshui praised.

Su Yishan glanced at Liu Ruoshui with a somewhat playful look, causing her to show a shy expression that was truly captivating.

Liu Ruoshui came from a poor background, born as a concubine's daughter in a small family, and had enjoyed very few resources since childhood. However, she had good talent, reaching the fourth level of Yuan Qi at fourteen, which allowed her to be admitted to the Danwu Academy.

If she hadn't entered the Danwu Academy, Liu Ruoshui would have long been given away as a gift by her family. She was filled with hatred for the Liu family and wanted to one day return and slap the faces of those elders, showing them that without the family's support, she, Liu Ruoshui, could still rise to prominence!

However, after entering the Danwu Academy, Liu Ruoshui realized how many exceptionally talented people there were. She believed her talent was no worse than theirs, but her background limited her development.

What Liu Ruoshui lacked most was resources, so she tried every means to maneuver among men, just to obtain enough resources for cultivation.

Liu Ruoshui was born with a seductive physique, making her the dual cultivation partner that all men dreamed of. This was her greatest asset. Thus, she used this capital to move among men, hoping to latch onto a big tree.

Figures like Su Yishan looked down on Liu Ruoshui. And Liu Ruoshui understood that even if they did take an interest, she would only become their plaything.

Therefore, Liu Ruoshui set her sights on those geniuses who were still growing, and that person was Wan Yuan.

In fact, Liu Ruoshui had also considered Ye Yuan, because Ye Yuan was easier to control than Wan Yuan. In terms of background, the two were roughly equal. However, in terms of prospects, Wan Yuan was far ahead of Ye Yuan by several streets.

Wan Yuan had cunning, strength, and a father who was a great alchemist. No one was more suitable than him.

And Wan Yuan was also very cooperative; he was now deeply in love with her.

Liu Ruoshui had only recently advanced to the Earth rank and had little contact with top geniuses like Su Yishan. But just this one glance made her feel as if she had been stripped naked by him, which made her very uncomfortable.

"Junior Sister Liu is not bad." After the playful smile, Su Yishan only said lightly, and it was unclear what he meant.

After speaking, he no longer paid attention to Liu Ruoshui and said to himself, "When the time comes, I will cooperate with you to eliminate Ye Yuan. Having lost this son, Ye Hang will surely lose his composure. Then our two families can join forces to uproot the Medicine Fragrance Pavilion. Since Ye Hang made the first move, the royal family probably won't have much to say."

Hearing Su Yishan's words, Wan Yuan's gaze sharpened, and he said excitedly, "Senior Brother Su will personally take action? That's wonderful! To be honest, with Ye Yuan's perfect-level Flash, even if I go all out, I might not be able to keep him. With Senior Brother Su personally taking action, Ye Yuan will surely have no escape this time."

Liu Ruoshui felt a slight chill inwardly; Su Yishan's methods were truly terrifying. She and Wan Yuan had only been thinking about how to deal with Ye Yuan, but Su Yishan had already calculated the entire Yaoxiang Pavilion into his plans.

The Su family's main source of wealth was also medicinal herbs and pills, and they were deeply connected with the Drunken Star Tower, so the two families had always been on good terms.

The Su family was the largest supplier of medicinal herbs in the Qin Kingdom. In most cases, the Su family only provided medicinal herbs and did not involve themselves in the refining and sale of pills.

But Ye Hang had somehow obtained channels to procure medicinal herbs without going through the Su family, so the Su family naturally harbored deep resentment toward Ye Hang.

In the imperial city, the Yaoxiang Pavilion and the Drunken Star Tower were like two tigers on one mountain, unable to coexist. They had been fighting for years, and the royal family had tacitly accepted this delicate balance.

But the Su family greatly disliked the existence of the Yaoxiang Pavilion, because it had seized a large share of the pill market, which meant the Su family's profits had been significantly squeezed.

It had to be said that Ye Hang was quite skilled in management. The Yaoxiang Pavilion offered fair prices and never bullied customers despite its size, earning a good reputation among beast hunters.

The Su and Wan families had tripped them up countless times, both openly and covertly, but had never inflicted substantial damage on the Yaoxiang Pavilion.

Su Yishan intended to use Ye Yuan as a fulcrum to uproot the Yaoxiang Pavilion entirely.

To possess such cunning and vision at his age, it had to be said that Su Yishan was a figure of heroic villainy.

After Su Yishan left, Liu Ruoshui's eyes sparkled as she said, "Congratulations, Senior Brother Wan. With Senior Brother Su's help, Ye Yuan is truly doomed this time. Not only Ye Yuan, but your father will also be able to remove that thorn in his side."

But Wan Yuan did not share Liu Ruoshui's excitement; he was a completely different person from when Su Yishan had been present.

"Senior Brother Su feels threatened!" Wan Yuan took a deep breath and said in a low voice.

"You mean... Ye Yuan?" Liu Ruoshui was also intelligent; as soon as Wan Yuan said this, she understood immediately, but she was startled by her own thought.

For the students of the Danwu Academy, the top ten on the Martial and Pill Rankings were figures they had to look up to. Could such unparalleled geniuses actually feel threatened by someone at the third level of Yuan Qi?

It was too unbelievable...

...

At Ye Yuan's residence, Lü'er stared wide-eyed as the young master fiddled with the room full of Yuan Qi Pills.

Ye Yuan took out six Yuan Qi Pills and placed them at the six corners of a drawn hexagonal formation.

Gently channeling his Yuan force, the formation immediately emitted a faint white light, and the six Yuan Qi Pills gradually melted, converging toward the center point of the hexagon.

After a moment, the light dimmed, and the liquid pill reformed at the center, condensing back into a single pill!

The recondensed pill, just from its luster, was far superior to the original high-grade Yuan Qi Pills.

"Young master, is this a super-grade Yuan Qi Pill?" Lü'er had grown up in the Ye family, so she was no stranger to pills.

High-grade Yuan Qi Pills were common, but super-grade... if Ye Hang performed exceptionally well, he might get one in a batch.

But now, Ye Yuan casually used six high-grade Yuan Qi Pills and, like magic, turned them into a super-grade Yuan Qi Pill.

This was truly amazing!

Ye Yuan picked up the pill, placed it in a bottle, and said, "That's right. This is called the Six-Pointed Star Formation, a formation specifically used to refine low-grade pills."

Lü'er found it very magical and exclaimed in admiration, "Young master, you are truly amazing!"