Ye Chu stood on the mountain peak, looking down and feeling the spiritual beauty of heaven and earth. The image of that woman, who embodied all the spiritual beauty of heaven and earth, came to his mind. Ye Chu could not help but shake his head, his heart filled with complex emotions.
“It is better not to meet. I do not even know what kind of attitude to face you with,” Ye Chu muttered. Although it was a sin left over from his previous life, Ye Chu had to bear it.
Ye Chu turned around, preparing to leap down from the mountain. However, upon turning, he saw Xiang Ting and the others. Looking at Xiang Ting’s angry face, Ye Chu said, “You have already won. Stop being so aggressive!”
“I am being aggressive?” Xiang Ting pointed at her delicate nose, her beautiful face showing a hint of astonishment. She felt that the anger she had just suppressed was surging up again at this moment.
“What do you mean by this? Do you look down on me? You deliberately took my strike and got injured! Hmph, do you think you can get away with it like this?” Xiang Ting took a step forward, her two long legs straightening out, blocking Ye Chu’s path with her tall and straight figure.
“I have no intention of fighting you today. You want me to admit defeat, and I have just admitted defeat,” Ye Chu said to Xiang Ting and the group. After speaking, Ye Chu ignored Xiang Ting and the others. He activated the Instant Wind Art, stepped on the whistling wind, and shot down from the cliff like a gust of wind, disappearing from everyone’s sight in a short time.
Seeing that Ye Chu actually dodged them, Xiang Ting gnashed her teeth in anger even more. Just as she was about to chase after him, Zhang Zheng shook his head and stopped her, saying, “Forget it! Since he has admitted defeat, just let him go.”
Zhang Zheng was also unsettled in his heart. Thinking of Ye Chu standing there in a trance just now, and then thinking of that woman, he could not help but wonder if Ye Chu was thinking of her. But how could Ye Chu possibly know her?
What kind of figure was she? Even as a Purple Jade generation disciple, he had only seen her from afar once. But that single time was enough to imprint this woman, with her peerless elegance and ethereal grace, in his heart. In his mind, this woman was perfect.
Xiang Ting looked at Zhang Zheng in confusion, wondering what kind of admission of defeat this was, and how Zhang Zheng could actually agree to it.
Seeing everyone looking at him in confusion, Zhang Zheng smiled and shook his head, saying, “Do not worry about him! As long as he does not cause trouble, we can just turn a blind eye. After today’s battle, he will definitely become a Purple Jade generation disciple as well. Moreover, the fact that he could make Pavilion Master Ge Xin personally arrange for someone to take care of him means he is not simple. There is no need for us to act tough for Pavilion Master Ge Xin. If you are unhappy with him, do not rush. If Pavilion Master Ge Xin does not achieve his goal, he will naturally have other methods to deal with him. We just need to wait and watch the show!”
“But what about the dignity of our senior generation disciples!” Xiang Ting gritted her teeth. She still could not tolerate Ye Chu admitting defeat in this manner.
“At least you won in name, and our dignity has been preserved,” Zhang Zheng replied.
“You call this winning?” Xiang Ting was so angry that her face flushed red. The blush on her fair and tender skin added a touch of charm.
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Just as Zhang Zheng had said, the Evil Spirit Pavilion soon made him a Purple Jade generation disciple. Although Ye Chu could now occupy a mountain peak independently, he remained in his cave dwelling. As always, he spent his days watching the clouds roll by and the stars twinkle.
Of course, Ye Chu also practised the few sets of Evil Spirit Arts he had obtained every day. After a month, Ye Chu finally mastered all of them.
Naturally, Wang De occasionally saw Ye Chu. Seeing Ye Chu sitting and watching the clouds every day, he was also puzzled, wondering what Ye Chu was doing. With this time, he could have been cultivating properly.
Just as Wang De was surprised, Ye Chu actually made another breakthrough, stepping from the peak of the fifth level of the Profound Origin Realm into the sixth level. On that day, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth on this mountain was completely drained by Ye Chu, and it took three days to recover.
Only after Ye Chu broke through again did he stop his daily sitting in a daze and leave the cave dwelling.
“Just a little bit more!” Ye Chu sighed as he walked out of the cave dwelling. He practised every day and felt he was just a tiny bit away from an epiphany, but a thin membrane blocked his way, preventing Ye Chu from grasping that fleeting insight in his mind.
“Working behind closed doors is ultimately not going to work!” Ye Chu let out a light breath and walked towards the Elder’s Courtyard.
This trip to the Evil Spirit Pavilion had benefited Ye Chu greatly. Most importantly, he now had a general understanding of the cultivation of Evil Spirit Practitioners, and he was no longer so lost.
For Evil Spirit Practitioners, the most crucial aspect is the cultivation of the primordial spirit. With Black Iron, combined with the primordial spirit cultivation theory of Evil Spirit Practitioners, Ye Chu’s spirit forging was even more extraordinary.
Ye Chu had truly become an Evil Spirit Practitioner. At this moment, even when using martial techniques, he could rely on his Evil Spirit Practitioner abilities to fight. Compared to people like Hong Tianbao, he was only stronger, not weaker.
Upon entering the Elder’s Courtyard, what surprised Ye Chu was that Xiang Ting was also there. Seeing Ye Chu walk in, Xiang Ting could not help but snort.
Ye Chu smiled and did not take it to heart. He casually found a place to sit and noticed quite a few familiar faces in the venue, including Qingting, Liuhuo, and a few others. Of course, there were also people Ye Chu did not know. The aura radiating from some of them even made Ye Chu’s heart skip a beat. Ye Chu thought to himself that they must also be Purple Jade generation disciples.
“That is all I have to say. As I said before, that place cannot be visited by anyone other than Purple Jade generation disciples. Alright, disciples who wish to go down the mountain to cultivate, please come forward to register,” the elder sitting at the head said. Seeing Ye Chu enter, he paused for a moment and then continued.
Watching the group of disciples go forward to register, Ye Chu smiled helplessly. He had not expected to arrive late, only to find that the elder’s lecture was already over!
Having his own ideas about his cultivation, Ye Chu did not care too much about this. He also walked forward and wrote down his name for going down the mountain.
After Ye Chu wrote down his name, the elder sitting nearby suddenly spoke up, “Ye Chu, will you come back after going down the mountain?”
Ye Chu was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood what the elder meant. Thinking of how much he had benefited from the Evil Spirit Pavilion, Ye Chu bowed respectfully and did not deceive him, “This junior does not know!”
The elder smiled and said, “Even though your status is different, if you are willing to return, then return. This place might just be a pavilion to you, but we still consider you a disciple.”
This sentence made Xiang Ting and the others look at the elder in confusion, not understanding what he meant.
“Thank you, elder! I have also been very happy here!” Ye Chu replied with a smile, “I think I will come back if I have the chance.”
The elder waved his hand and said, “You have performed very well, worthy of being a disciple from that place. However, this is only the beginning. Perhaps, in the future, someone else will come to take care of you. As his disciple, you are destined to face all kinds of challenges.”
Ye Chu shrugged his shoulders, showing his helplessness.
“As long as the elder does not send an Emperor to come, this junior is not too afraid. Of course, if an Emperor were to come, this junior would not mind having my senior martial brother come. You would not be able to bully me then,” Ye Chu said, looking at the elder and smiling.
Over these past few days, Ye Chu had pretty much figured it out. The Heavenly Sky Pavilion probably had no malicious intent towards him. They just wanted to suppress him and strike a blow against the arrogance of the old madman.
The elder was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and did not say anything further. After helping Ye Chu register, he let Ye Chu leave.