Chapter 594: Fight Our Way In!

The state of mind is something mysterious and profound. Even in the Divine Realm, no one could give a precise division of minor realms.

All along, Ye Yuan had only a partial understanding of this state of mind.

As he spent more and more time in the state of心如止水 (mind like still water), he thought he had already traveled far on the path of mental cultivation.

But looking at it now, that was not the case at all!

Ye Yuan realized that until now, he had probably only remained in a minor realm of心如止水.

And by mastering the first hand seal of the 'Lin' character, Ye Yuan finally broke through this minor realm.

Ye Yuan entered the state of心如止水 and carefully sensed the changes after the breakthrough.

However, he sadly discovered that there seemed to be no obvious changes.

"Could it be that apart from reducing the consumption of mental energy, there are no other changes? The elevation of mental state is an auxiliary realm; it must have other uses! Right, comprehending artistic conception!"

A light dawned in Ye Yuan's heart, and he began to comprehend artistic conception.

At this moment, Ye Yuan excitedly discovered that the speed at which he comprehended artistic conception had actually increased significantly!

Although this increase was negligible compared to the entire comprehension of artistic conception, over the long accumulation, the magnitude of this improvement would be terrifying!

Ye Yuan had just tried to comprehend the artistic conception of scorching heat, and he found that the efficiency of that brief moment of comprehension was twice as fast as before!

Previously, Ye Yuan had discovered that under the state of心如止水, the speed of comprehending artistic conception was slightly faster than usual.

But now that he had broken through the bottleneck, he never expected the improvement to be so great!

"Hey, so that's how it is! I really look forward to seeing what changes in mental state will occur after comprehending the second hand seal!"

Having tasted the sweetness, Ye Yuan developed a strong interest in the remaining eight hand seals of the 'Lin' character.

If he could fully comprehend all nine hand seals, wouldn't the speed of comprehending artistic conception skyrocket?

But from this, Ye Yuan also deeply felt the power of the Nine-Character True Word Art.

Just the 'Lin' character alone had such formidable power.

One must know that the speed of comprehending artistic conception depends entirely on talent; without some heaven-defying encounter, it was fundamentally impossible to change.

Yet the 'Lin' character could actually cultivate and elevate the mental state, and through the mental state, increase the speed of comprehending artistic conception—this was unheard of!

This meant that a martial artist's cultivation could completely ignore talent!

Such an effect was simply too heaven-defying!

However, with Ye Yuan's talent to cultivate the Nine-Character True Word Art, the effect was obviously even more outstanding!

This sparked Ye Yuan's immense interest in the other eight characters. Once he had time, he would definitely study them thoroughly.

Just then, Xu Zihui's lowered voice came from outside the door: "Brother Ye, Qin Yan and the other two have been waiting for a while."

Ye Yuan went out and said to Xu Zihui, "Sorry to keep you waiting, big brother. I'll go right away."

After walking a few steps, Ye Yuan suddenly turned around and said, "Oh, by the way, big brother, after I return from this trip, I'll help you break through to the Divine Travel realm! During this time, try to gather these medicinal herbs. When I come back, I'll refine the pill for you!"

With that, Ye Yuan tossed a jade slip to Xu Zihui.

Xu Zihui took the jade slip almost tremblingly. He had been stuck at the ninth level of the Divine Travel realm for a long time, but had never found an opportunity to break through.

For Boundless Realm martial artists, the Divine Travel realm was a huge threshold that most martial artists could not cross.

Although there were countless Divine Travel realm powerhouses in the various sects of the Northern Domain, compared to the total number of martial artists in the Boundless Realm, Divine Travel realm powerhouses were truly rare.

Countless Soul Sea realm experts had met their end before this enormous threshold.

Xu Zihui was not young anymore, and his hope of breaking through was growing slimmer. He himself was almost in despair.

So in recent years, he had focused his efforts on raising his son, somewhat neglecting his own cultivation.

He never imagined that one day he would actually be able to break through to the Divine Travel realm. How could he not be excited?

As for Ye Yuan's words, he had never doubted them.

Ye Yuan's open forum lecture had caused a huge sensation in Wufang City, and Xu Zihui was well aware of it.

He knew that even the city lord could not achieve such a level!

What Ye Yuan lacked now was only his realm!

That is to say, Ye Yuan was confident of breaking through to the Soul Sea realm before returning this time!

Xu Zihui was about to express a torrent of gratitude when he heard Ye Yuan say, "Alright, do we still need to be so polite between us? Swallow all the words in your stomach!"

Xu Zihui was taken aback, then grinned foolishly and said, "I'll remember this favor, big brother!"

"Haha, that's more like it!" Ye Yuan laughed.

...

About ten days later, Ye Yuan and the other five put away their spirit boat and landed in a mountain range ten thousand miles away from Redlight City.

"Brother Ye, the direction of Redlight City is filled with surging baleful aura. It seems these Windstorm Realm martial artists have all gone on a killing spree! How long has it been, and they've already accumulated such terrifying baleful aura!" Qin Yan said.

Ye Yuan also knew that these few were following him only to seek some opportunity, so he did not go too far, letting them address him as Brother Ye.

Although it was a bit strange, it was still much better than 'master' or something like that.

Ye Yuan's expression also darkened slightly as he said, "Although Windstorm Realm martial artists are fierce, they shouldn't have degenerated into butchers. This Zhao Tianyin truly deserves to die!"

From ten thousand miles away, Ye Yuan and the others could feel the baleful aura surging into the sky, showing how many people those Windstorm Realm martial artists had killed during this time.

The dozen or so cities in the southeast had probably already turned into slaughterhouses!

"Brother Ye, what should we do now?" Liu Hong asked.

These four also couldn't figure out what Ye Yuan planned to do.

Five people coming to support such a large city was simply a fantasy.

And Ye Yuan had been tight-lipped throughout the journey, seemingly not intending to explain, which made the four of them extremely curious.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Enter the city!"

The four were stunned. Guo Taoqun said in surprise, "Brother Ye, according to intelligence, to prevent spies from infiltrating, the city has already destroyed all the teleportation arrays. Without teleportation arrays, how do we enter the city?"

After sending out the request for reinforcements, Redlight City had destroyed all the teleportation arrays.

Now, with the city's grand formation activated and the city gates tightly shut, it was simply impossible to get in.

So when Ye Yuan said they would enter the city, the four were all very surprised.

Under such circumstances, how were they supposed to enter the city?

Ye Yuan did not answer, but instead asked, "How is the formation I taught you coming along?"

Guo Taoqun perked up at this and said excitedly, "Hey, Brother Ye's Four Symbols Battle Formation is truly formidable! With the four of us cooperating using the formation, we can even contend with late Soul Sea realm martial artists!"

Ye Yuan smiled slightly upon hearing this and said, "Very good, then... let's fight our way in!"