Chapter 461: Tuohai Pill!

The high-ranking officials exchanged glances, clearly receiving this information for the first time.

And this information brought them a shock too intense.

According to Lin Feng, Ye Yuan was only at the seventh level of Liquid Gathering when he entered the secret realm.

With such a cultivation level, how could he walk through fourth- and fifth-order grand formations as if on level ground? What a joke!

Yet, placing this unbelievable matter on the current Nethercloud Sect provided the most reasonable explanation!

From Ye Yuan's performance back then, it was clear that his attainment in formations had likely long surpassed the fourth order.

Without such strength, how could he control the sect-protecting grand formation and slay three Soul Sea realm experts?

But from then until now, only a few short months had passed. Could this Ye Yuan possibly have reached the Soul Sea realm?

This information was full of contradictions, with many inexplicable points, yet from the results, it was the most reasonable explanation.

"The Nethercloud Sect actually took in such a monstrous disciple? This is quite troublesome!" He Mingde frowned.

He Mingde believed that Lin Feng would not joke about this matter.

Now that the Nethercloud Sect was holding fast behind this grand formation, without a Divine Travel realm expert coming, it was like a hedgehog covered in spikes—there was no way to deal with it.

This battle had truly cost He Mingde dearly. With this lesson, he no longer dared to launch a strong attack on the Nethercloud Sect.

Moreover, He Mingde had sharp eyes; he had long noticed that Zhu Mingyu had begun to fear from the bottom of his heart.

Even a peak ninth-level Ocean Transformation expert like him was so terrified, let alone ordinary disciples.

Two mid Soul Sea supreme elders had died beneath the grand formation; probably no one dared to go to their deaths anymore.

Lin Feng's eyes flickered as he said, "This child's talent can no longer be described as monstrous, but he has one greatest weakness. Perhaps we can exploit this point!"

He Mingde narrowed his eyes, seemingly already knowing what Lin Feng was referring to: "You mean... the prisoners on Chongtian Peak?"

Lin Feng nodded and said, "Correct! This child is a man of deep loyalty. He had the chance to leave the secret realm alone, yet he unhesitatingly infiltrated the Windstorm Realm. I think, since he has this weakness, why not exploit it? As long as we force him out of the grand formation, why worry about not being able to deal with him?"

"What if he doesn't come out?" asked a Soul Sea realm elder.

"Then we kill them one by one, until he comes out!"

Lin Feng said this with a smile, but his smile looked so cruel.

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These days, the entire Nethercloud Sect was filled with jubilation.

This was a thorough and exhilarating victory. The Nethercloud Sect, relying on the sect-protecting grand formation, had actually slain two mid Soul Sea realm experts!

This was absolutely an unprecedented victory in the history of the Southern Domain!

In the eyes of the Nethercloud Sect disciples, Ye Yuan was already akin to a god.

They deeply knew that even if Supreme Elder Tianfeng and Sect Leader Luo were here, they could never achieve what Ye Yuan had.

Ye Yuan was simply sent by heaven to save the Nethercloud Sect!

With these two great victories, the disciples of the Nethercloud Sect had long cast aside their fear of the Purple Firmament Sect.

Now, even if He Mingde came in person, they would stand behind Ye Yuan without any fear, continuously channeling their primal power to him.

After the great battle, Ye Yuan suddenly announced that he would go into seclusion, handing over all sect affairs to Mo Yuntian.

With no outlet for their enthusiasm, everyone simply busied themselves with their own matters.

Of course, more disciples were still contemplating the inscriptions Ye Yuan had left on Desheng Peak, hoping to improve their artistic conception as quickly as possible.

The fastest progress was naturally still Tianyu; now, no one could approach within twenty zhang of him!

Aside from Tianyu, Mo Yuntian's progress was also quite rapid.

After a period of contemplation, Mo Yuntian had already comprehended the thirtieth 'sword' character and was now working on the thirty-first.

During this time, Ye Yuan used the Four Directions Cauldron to refine a large batch of Jade Spirit Pills.

Since returning from the Hurricane Realm, Ye Yuan had essentially stopped his artistic conception cultivation. Whenever he had free time, he would mostly train his yuan power.

Before the battle, Ye Yuan was already only one step away from the ninth level of Crystal Formation.

After this battle, Ye Yuan estimated that the Zichen Sect would need some time to plan, so he announced his seclusion immediately.

Three days later, Ye Yuan directly broke through to the ninth level of Crystal Formation!

"Tsk, tsk, Big Brother is indeed on par with me—cultivating without any bottlenecks!" Bai Guang exclaimed with a click of his tongue.

"Young Master's artistic conception is far above his cultivation level. If he had a year or two, he could directly break through to the Divine Travel stage without any trouble," Yuan Fei nodded.

"I really don't know how he cultivates. He's not much older than me, yet his artistic conception is so high! Big Brother said that this time in seclusion, he intends to directly break through to the Sea of Energy stage. When he comes out, the expressions on those disciples of the Nether Cloud Sect will definitely be very interesting."

Bai Guang was very excited, acting like someone who relishes chaos.

But Yuan Fei didn't refute him; he also knew that Bai Guang was right.

The medicinal efficacy of the pills Ye Yuan refined was several times, even dozens of times, that of others. Coupled with his incredibly powerful technique, he had no fear of being unable to withstand absorbing too much medicinal power. His cultivation speed was almost dozens of times that of ordinary people!

With such a cultivation speed, it was impossible for these lower-realm martial artists not to be astonished.

After entering seclusion, Ye Yuan essentially refined yuan power every moment, and his cultivation level was rising extremely quickly.

After another eight days, Ye Yuan finally reached the peak of the ninth level of Crystal Formation!

At this time, Ye Yuan's dantian was already bulging; the fist-sized yuan power crystal had almost filled his dantian.

Afterward, Ye Yuan spent two more days consolidating his cultivation level and began to directly break through to the Sea of Energy stage!

The Sea of Energy stage is only a transitional stage, but it is an extremely important one.

The size and quality of the yuan power sea formed after shattering the crystal and transforming it into a sea largely determine the height one can reach in the future.

After shattering the crystal, the entire dantian collapses, the original dantian disappears, and a space forms within the martial artist's body to contain the yuan power sea.

Generally, martial artists with four or five drops of spirit liquid can only condense a fist-sized yuan power sea when they reach the Sea of Energy stage.

Theoretically, the more spirit liquid a martial artist has, the larger the yuan power sea they can condense.

Moreover, the size of the first condensed yuan power sea also determines the martial artist's future limits.

Therefore, this stage, which is not a major realm, is extremely important!

Ye Yuan had originally condensed a perfect nine drops of spirit liquid, so the quality of his yuan power crystal was far superior to that of ordinary martial artists.

Ye Yuan was also very curious about how large a yuan power sea he could condense.

"Hehe, I wonder, with my current state and the Sea Expansion Pill, how large a yuan power sea I can condense. I'm really looking forward to it!" Ye Yuan chuckled.

With that, Ye Yuan swallowed a pitch-black pill. The yuan power within his body began to churn, and his dantian started to collapse!