Chapter 413: Chapter 362: In fact, what truly confines a person’s achievements is often not talent, but thought_3

And just then, a flustered voice suddenly arose on the field.

"Gu Fan!"

A beautiful girl in a yellow dress hurried over, supporting Hong Yuan.

Upon hearing this voice, Hong Yuan was forced into a deep sleep.

Before falling asleep, Hong Yuan had only one thought: What kind of apocalyptic opening is this? Starting off with a shattered Aperture...

「...」

The sun was shining brightly, and birds chirped merrily on the trees.

In a simple hut, a beautiful girl sat by the bed, her face full of reluctance, as she gazed at the sleeping Hong Yuan and spoke.

Actually, Hong Yuan was not asleep. He just couldn’t open his eyes in this body named "Ye Gufan."

He could sense the outside world, especially the words of this girl named Xiner.

"Gu Fan, I really can’t bear to leave you."

"But we are both too weak, SOB SOB..."

The beautiful girl, Xiner, said, tears streaming down her eyes.

She gently caressed "Ye Gufan’s" face, her expression tender, yet her eyes were filled with sadness.

"Wake up, I’m still waiting to go see the Sea of Clouds and Flowers with you."

"Have you forgotten? You promised me we’d be together forever, never to part."

"..."

Xiner’s words, intermittent and sketchy, nonetheless greatly revealed the background of the role Hong Yuan was currently playing.

Having experienced the dream realm of "Han Jiuming," Hong Yuan was incredibly calm inside and quickly established a character model for "Ye Gufan."

Ye Gufan? Who is this person? I have no recollection of him, and it seems he is not one of the nine Great Emperors of the Human Race.

Indeed, according to the information from the Human Clan Sky Palace, everyone plays a different role in the dream realm. How peculiar.

Hong Yuan thought to himself in amazement.

With Xiner’s words, Hong Yuan also quickly understood the background of this layered dream realm.

At this moment, Hong Yuan was playing the role of Ye Gufan. He was a C-rank Martial Artist of the second order with a beautiful childhood sweetheart named Ye Xiner. His family was a branch of the Ye Family, one of the Four Great Families of the Southern Border, specifically the Luochen City Ye Family branch.

Originally, Ye Gufan had hoped to go to the main family for cultivation. However, because he had boldly challenged Ye Cheng to protect Ye Xiner, he ended up being beaten until his Aperture was broken...

Layers of information were collected by Hong Yuan, quickly amassing.

A beauty causes trouble?

There’s that aspect. But more so, it is because you have blocked someone else’s path to rising.

The cultivation spots of the main families of the Four Great Families from the Southern Border Divine Continent, how valuable they are!

Hong Yuan mused.

Ye Gufan and Ye Xiner were both ordinary clan members, with mediocre talents.

However, Ye Gufan had an extraordinary mentality, understanding the truth that "what truly confines a person’s accomplishment is often not talent, but thought."

With this mindset, despite being a C-rank talent, Ye Gufan’s displayed combat strength far exceeded his peers, directly threatening the vested interests of the Luochen City Ye Family branch!

If it weren’t for Ye Xiner, Ye Gufan would never have accepted Ye Cheng’s challenge. He would have simply waited for the annual competition to start, aiming to rise to fame and enter the Ye Family’s main branch for cultivation.

At the start, everything on the arena was under Ye Gufan’s control.

But when Ye Cheng produced the Thunderbolt Talisman, the situation reversed instantly!

Clearly, this was a trap aimed at Ye Gufan!

As a martial artist who walks the path of cultivation, how could you expect a smooth journey? Sure enough, there are all sorts of fatal crises.

One careless move, and you could perish on your path. How treacherous it is.

Hong Yuan had a realization.

For someone like him, who practiced Longevity Martial Arts and could send his Mysterious Water Snake Avatar to fight for resources whenever he wished, he was truly a chosen one. He possessed an excellent foundation for Tao Achievement.

However, Hong Yuan’s achievements to date were also all due to his own efforts!

If he hadn’t been extremely cautious back then, resisting temptations and always bearing in mind the mantra to remain steady, he probably would have been torn to pieces by the formidable demons in the Zero Desolate Sea Area by now. This would be true even with the help of the Mysterious Water Snake Avatar.

「...」

From morning till late at night, the beautiful girl named Xiner kept vigil beside the bed, hardly leaving at all.

In the wee hours, Xiner leaned against the wall and fell into a light sleep.

Meanwhile, Hong Yuan, controlling the body known as "Ye Gufan," began to wake up slowly.

First, his eyelids twitched, then the fingers of his right hand trembled slightly.

After a while, Hong Yuan fully awoke.

He didn’t call out to Xiner, but first observed the body he was currently occupying.

The Aperture was shattered, True Essence was hard to maintain, and the Sea of True Essence was at merely a tenth of its capacity.

Besides the shattered Aperture, the body was covered in injuries, rife with internal traumas.

With such a body, it wasn’t just a matter of pursuing a Martial Artist’s cultivation; even ordinary activities would be filled with difficulties.

For an average Saint, faced with such conditions, it would surely mean a helpless wait for death, forced to retreat from this layer of the dream realm.

But Hong Yuan was no ordinary man. The dream realm experience of playing "Han Jiuming" had brought him a vast foundation. Not to mention, he himself possessed Great Emperor Level aptitude, scoring ninety-five points.

According to the words of Miss Xiner and the intelligence I’ve gathered myself, if nothing goes awry, the point of resolution in this layer of the dream realm is to be selected by the main family in this year’s assessment competition.

In other words, if I want to enter the second layer of the dream realm, I need to secure one of the top three spots in the assessment competition.

Now, with my Aperture shattered, conventional methods will not grant me the power to dominate the competition in six months’ time, so I must resort to exceptional methods.

Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures, which makes perfect sense.

Hong Yuan’s eyes opened, gazing at the dark ceiling.

Various thoughts flashed through his mind:

Blood Tao, the Blood Skull Worm Skill.

Using the Blood Skull Worm to suck the blood of my kinsmen dry, and then refining a Blood Spring from it. Leveraging this Blood Spring could enhance my Aperture aptitude, and remaking my currently shattered Aperture would be even less of a problem.

Array Tao, the Human Body Formation Method.

Using my own body as an Energy Array, with the internal organs as focal points, and blood and bones as the power source. The process of advancing my own Energy Array is the process of improving cultivation. This can temporarily circumvent the issue of a broken Aperture.

Tao of Great Moon, the Life Star Skill.

Anchoring both my Tao and Skill in the supreme Stars that symbolize the primal essence of heaven and earth, refining myself with Star Power to improve aptitude...