Chapter 745: Lotus Steps Blooming

“Gurgle…”

That Boundless Realm martial artist didn’t even let out a cry before being swallowed by the Weak Water.

Everyone who saw this scene felt a chill in their hearts.

Pei Wenqiang gritted his teeth and said, “Kid, are you playing me? This lotus platform isn’t for crossing the river at all!”

Ye Yuan said helplessly, “Your subordinate was too impatient. I told him not to step on it, but he insisted. What can I do?”

“You!” Pei Wenqiang was momentarily speechless.

Everyone had heard clearly that Ye Yuan had indeed shouted, just a “little late.”

Ye Yuan’s timing was perfect, leaving Pei Wenqiang with nothing to say.

“Kid, don’t play tricks on me, or I’ll throw you down!” Pei Wenqiang threatened.

“Go ahead and throw me. I’d like to see how you cross the river! Don’t say I didn’t warn you—these lotus platforms are both illusion and reality. One wrong step and you’ll fall into the Weak Water!” Ye Yuan said.

“What do you mean?” Pei Wenqiang said in a deep voice.

“These lotus platforms are indeed for crossing the river, but each one is refined with special techniques and engraved with formations. Together, they form another large formation. If you don’t know the way through, you’ll end up like your subordinate—stepping into empty air and falling into the river!” Ye Yuan explained.

The crowd gasped, never expecting such a wondrous thing to exist.

It seemed the methods of ancient martial artists were truly beyond compare to the present!

“So, besides you, Ye Yuan, no one can cross this river?” Ying Tianya said.

Ye Yuan shrugged and said, “I didn’t say that. Isn’t there a formation master here? Maybe he has a way?”

Everyone looked at He Shuming, whose face burned. He too could see the lotus platforms were made of formations, but he had no confidence in walking across them.

“Less nonsense! Start crossing now. You go on the lotus platform first!” Pei Wenqiang said impatiently.

“Alright, alright. You’re the one with the big fist, so whatever you say goes!” Ye Yuan said helplessly as he walked to the first row of lotus platforms.

Everyone held their breath, waiting for Ye Yuan to take the first step!

In truth, both Pei Wenqiang’s people and He Shuming hoped Ye Yuan would fall, but they also feared that if he did, they’d have no way to cross and would be stuck waiting to die.

Ye Yuan didn’t step onto the lotus platform immediately. Instead, he slowly closed his eyes, entering a state of emptiness.

In an instant, the positions of all the lotus platforms were imprinted in Ye Yuan’s mind!

“Heart like a rock! Good kid! I wonder how you cultivated to be such a prodigy!”

People from the Divine Realm had far more insight than those from the lower realms. As soon as Ye Yuan entered the Heart-Like-a-Rock state, Pei Wenqiang noticed.

Of course, it wasn’t just Pei Wenqiang who was surprised, but also Ying Tianya and Jun Tianyu.

Pei Wenqiang didn’t know, but the other two knew that Ye Yuan had ascended from the lower realms.

For a martial artist from the lower realms to comprehend Heart Like a Rock was simply unbelievable.

Especially Jun Tianyu, who found that the longer he spent with Ye Yuan, the less he felt he understood him.

Suddenly, Ye Yuan opened his eyes, lifted his right foot slightly, and stepped onto a lotus platform in front of him!

The other martial artists were almost suffocating, eager to see what would happen when Ye Yuan’s foot landed.

Ye Yuan’s right foot slowly descended and finally landed on the lotus platform.

It was solid!

At that moment, everyone’s hanging hearts finally relaxed!

“Great! So these lotus platforms really can cross the river!” someone said excitedly.

But when Ye Yuan placed his other foot on the platform, a scene that left them dumbfounded occurred!

Except for the lotus platform Ye Yuan stood on, all the others vanished without a trace!

“Th-this… What’s going on? Where are the other platforms? With only one platform, how do we cross?” Pei Wenqiang’s face changed.

Ye Yuan didn’t speak. Instead, he turned right and stepped out directly!

Ye Yuan’s foot landed squarely on a lotus platform, while the one he had stood on disappeared as well.

“Th-this… How can this be?”

The martial artists’ hearts, which had just settled, rose again.

Only when someone stood on a lotus platform would it appear. When empty, it wouldn’t show!

In other words, if one didn’t remember the positions, they might step into empty air and fall!

The lotus platforms were small, just enough for two feet.

This meant they had to follow one after another without the slightest error! Even half a foot off could cause a fall!

Thus, those in front had an easier time avoiding mistakes, but those behind—who could guarantee they’d make no error and step exactly in the footprints of the person ahead?

And the farther back they went, the more subtle deviations would occur in everyone’s steps, increasing the chance of falling!

So, who went first became crucial!

Without a word, Pei Wenqiang leaped and landed precisely where Ye Yuan had stood, not a hair off.

“Martial artists of Qingwan City, follow me closely and don’t step wrong! Heaven’s Enlightenment Realm in front, Boundless Realm behind, one after another, watch the feet of the person ahead!” Pei Wenqiang said.

“Hmph! Why should your Qingwan City people go first? Once on these lotus platforms, who can control anyone? If it comes to it, we’ll all perish together!” Ying Tianya snorted coldly.

“You! Fine, you go first. We’ll take turns, one from each side. No objections now?”

Under these circumstances, Pei Wenqiang had to compromise.

If they started fighting on these lotus platforms, they’d all be doomed!

Jun Tianyu had been silent all along when he suddenly received a telepathic message from Ye Yuan: “Brother Jun, this is the layout of the lotus platforms. Memorize the positions and don’t step wrong!”

Before the words faded, a diagram appeared in his sea of consciousness—the exact layout of the lotus platforms from before.

Jun Tianyu was astonished. He hadn’t expected Ye Yuan to be able to use his divine soul to sketch such a diagram—truly incredible.

“Alright, I’ve memorized it,” Jun Tianyu replied.

“Aren’t you all leaving? I’m going ahead!”

With that, Ye Yuan took a step and landed on another lotus platform.

“Kid, you’ve got guts!” Pei Wenqiang shouted, but his feet didn’t dare pause as he quickly followed.

Ye Yuan’s steps didn’t stop; instead, they grew faster.

He knew the layout of the lotus platforms like the back of his hand, and his steps were perfectly accurate.

Pei Wenqiang followed closely, step for step, with no time to think about anything else. His eyes were fixed on Ye Yuan’s feet, not daring to make the slightest mistake!