Chapter 196: Chapter 135: Liou Yuan in Seclusion, Lion’s Roar Spell Achieves Great Success

At the stage where various sects were having headaches over escaping from Yanhe City, a mysterious map circulated in Junyou County.

The loose cultivators from the two major counties followed the map into an ancient cavern suspected to be where a Foundation Establishment cultivator once meditated, only to be blocked by an illusion array outside the cavern.

This event alarmed a Foundation Establishment great cultivator sent to Lingjun County to investigate the situation.

Upon breaking the illusion array, they found the lair of the Evil Corpse.

The Foundation Establishment great cultivator engaged in a fierce battle with the Evil Corpse but was unable to defeat it and retreated with severe injuries.

By the time the injured Foundation Establishment cultivator returned with others from various sects to the Evil Corpse’s lair, the place was already deserted.

Based on the traces at the scene, the Foundation Establishment cultivators deduced that the emerging Evil Corpse was most likely the transformed cadaver of Han Zhenzi, an array master who perished seven hundred years ago.

This incident stirred up a storm in Jiuli State.

Han Zhenzi’s name still held some fame in Jiuli State.

Many of the arrays he set up during his life still stood resolute in various parts of Jiuli State to this day.

The Lingxiao Sect, one of the three major sects, took the lead in launching a campaign to exterminate the Evil Corpse across Jiuli State.

The Evil Corpse had developed intelligence, making it not so easy to find.

Having been alarmed once, it went into hiding, and the search proved fruitless.

The news of this event reaching Five Extremes Mountain caused little stir, only occasionally becoming a topic of conversation among outer disciples.

After all, the three major sects primarily guarded Jiuli State, which had little to do with Five Extremes Mountain.

Five Extremes Mountain saw no need to make a big move over this matter.

If there was anything that recently caught the outer disciples’ attention at Five Extremes Mountain, it was the sudden announcement of the outer sect training from the inner sect.

The outer sect training was suddenly advanced, catching the outer disciples off-guard.

Even the training range was broader than in previous years; any disciple above Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer, regardless of whether their entry time reached three years, had to participate in this outer sect training.

Of course, this requirement hardly concerned the newly admitted disciples.

But among the new disciples, there were seven with Five-Star Star Acupoints, plus Liou Yuan, making a total of eight with Five-Star Star Acupoints.

During this period, they almost all successively broke through to the Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer.

The eight were sure to participate in this outer sect training, clashing with those veteran outer disciples.

"Hey, there’s going to be a good show. Those eight with Five-Star Star Acupoints stand out among the new disciples, but it’ll be tough for them against our seasoned outer disciples."

"Perhaps the Sect Leader intended this. Such a prosperous batch of eight with Five-Star Star Acupoints has not occurred in nearly a century."

"The Sect Leader wants to blunt their edge and make them realize there’s always someone stronger."

Regardless, the outer disciples were not optimistic about the eight with Five-Star Star Acupoints performing in the outer sect training.

Virtually at the same time as the outer sect training news spread,

another bit of insider information emerged from the inner sect.

It concerned the disciple with a Six-Star Star Acupoint who directly entered the inner sect after admission and had not appeared in the public eye.

Half a year after the outer sect training news, rumors spread throughout Five Extremes Mountain of this person having reached Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer.

This news moved Five Extremes Mountain, from the high-level officials to the disciples.

These disciples had only entered Five Extremes Mountain for less than two years.

In two years, reaching Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer almost traversed the entire path of an ordinary cultivator’s life.

What kind of cultivation speed was this, nearing monstrous?

Many high-level officials at Five Extremes Mountain even speculated that perhaps in less than a year, that celestial seedling could breakthrough into Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer, ready to prepare for Foundation Establishment.

"To break through to Foundation Establishment, a Foundation Establishment Cultivation Technique is indispensable."

"This time’s outer sect training will definitely reveal that celestial seedling’s true form."

The outer sect at Five Extremes Mountain was sure the celestial seedling would join the outer sect training.

Everyone was eager to see what the Six-Star Star Acupoint celestial seedling looked like.

Interestingly, to this day, no one at Five Extremes Mountain knew whether the celestial seedling was male or female.

Disciples not participating in the outer sect training were, of course, enthused about the matter.

On the other hand, the disciples required to attend this training wore worried expressions.

Disciples at Five Extremes Mountain were all fiercely courageous, aiming for the Foundation Establishment Cultivation Technique reward.

If that celestial seedling participated in the outer sect training, they were certain to secure one of the top three spots.

This equated to pre-booking a slot.

They could only compete for the remaining two spots involving a C-level Cultivation Technique.

When this news reached the Five-Star Star Acupoint disciples who joined this batch, all they did was frown.

"To hell with what celestial seedling, if I run into them, I’ll definitely cross a few moves with them,"

A rough voice echoed from the Fifth Peak at that moment.

The speaker was Qiu Ming, one of the eight Five-Star Star Acupoint disciples in this batch.

The crowd was astonished to find that Qiu Ming had already reached Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer.

Among the eight Five-Star Star Acupoint disciples, Zhao Feiyue was the fastest, the first to break through to Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer.

Unexpectedly, Qiu Ming not only caught up but also surpassed Zhao Feiyue, breaking through to Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer even faster.

His cultivation speed was second only to that inner sect celestial seedling; no one knew why he cultivated so quickly.

Among them, Xie Miaobo was the most shocked; he personally witnessed Qiu Ming’s Primordial Yang being taken by Wei Miaomeng from Shoushan Tower.

It stands to reason that losing the Primordial Yang should have greatly slowed down his cultivation speed.

Yet, this did not apply to Qiu Ming, who sped up, surpassing Zhao Feiyue and Liou Yuan.

Though he hadn’t surpassed Zhao Feiyue by much.

In the tenth month of Liou Yuan’s seclusion, a rumble of thunder emerged from Zhao Feiyue’s cavern.

The cavern’s door opened, with thunder rumbling internally, presenting a grand scene.

Zhao Feiyue’s tall figure slowly walked out of the cavern, Spiritual Power of Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer vibrating around her.

She was the second fastest in cultivation progress among this batch of disciples, second only to Qiu Ming.

Half a month after Zhao Feiyue emerged from seclusion,

Spiritual Power constantly surged within Liou Yuan’s cavern.

The Spirit Gathering Array couldn’t absorb Star Spiritual Qi at the rate he did.

Discarded Star Stones piled up everywhere, many rolling to various parts of the cavern.

More than two hundred Star Stones were completely absorbed by Liou Yuan.

His Spiritual Power finally reached the forty-unit checkpoint needed to break through to Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer.

At the moment the fortieth unit of Spiritual Power condensed,

Bang! His blood energy gushed out, exploding like flames over his body surface.

Simultaneously, Liou Yuan stood up from the bluestone bed, opened his mouth, and let out a resounding long howl.

"Roar!" The Lion’s Roar Spell emerged instinctively, with no guidance needed.

The vibrating sound waves spread within the cavern, crashing onto the magic-enhanced cavern walls. Though it didn’t disrupt the interior setup, it shook the cavern violently, dislodging countless dust particles.

The Roar of the Lion’s power penetrated through the cavern’s array, losing much of its lethality when it reached the outside world.

Yet, that resounding voice echoed throughout half of the Fifth Peak.

Recognizing the familiar Roar of the Lion, the Five Extremes Mountain disciples familiar with Liou Yuan’s life showed signs of surprise.

Exclaiming, "It’s Liou Yuan’s magic; he’s also broken through to Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer!"

Within the cavern, Liou Yuan stood proudly on the bluestone bed, his physique tall and formidable, his eyes bright as stars.

After a brief moment, the Lion’s Roar Spell ceased from his mouth, restoring the surrounding silence.

In the cavern, Liou Yuan’s content voice chimed, "Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer!"

As Liou Yuan anticipated, the time to break through to Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer was about right, achieving it in almost exactly a year.

Benefiting from the cultivation breakthrough, Liou Yuan’s blood energy became even more vigorous.

With a casual grab, he unleashed the Blood Absorption Skill, shaping the condensed blood energy into two bloody gloves, winding around his fists.

That wasn’t all.

The Lion’s Roar Spell’s power uttered from Liou Yuan’s mouth just now had more than doubled.

The Lion’s Roar Spell, which Liou Yuan had been practicing since Yanhe City, finally gained new insight when he broke through to Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer.

Now it had virtually reached the Great Achievement Realm.

The Lion’s Roar Spell was a mid-tier D-level magic; even at Small Success Realm, it allowed Liou Yuan to dominate in mid-stage Qi Cultivation battles.

At Great Success, the Lion’s Roar Spell was enough for Liou Yuan to sweep through late-stage Qi Cultivation realms.

Unless faced with a cultivator skilled in C-level magic, no one could withstand his Lion’s Roar Spell’s power.

"Another trump card." Closing his eyes to savor that Lion’s Roar Spell’s power, Liou Yuan murmured softly.