Silence!

The entire place was dead silent, with everyone's eyes shockingly fixed on the young man.

Ye Qingchen had indeed defeated these assassins on his own, turning the small valley into a chaotic scene, limbs scattered everywhere.

Hong Man gazed at Ye Qingchen.

He felt a sense of déjà vu, as if he had returned to the sect election, where Ye Qingchen brutally killed Hong Qitian and reclaimed the title of Newcomer King.

Jiang Churan's beautiful eyes flickered, an indescribable light constantly gathering.

But Du Yuan's eyes were filled with fear.

In this valley, he was the only assassin left alive!

"Who sent you to kill me?"

Ye Qingchen, expressionless, pulled out the spear from his chest, his eyes fixed on Du Yuan.

This sight made Du Yuan's hair stand on end.

This was a ruthless person! Cruel to enemies, even more so to himself!

"I... I don't know..." Seeing the murderous intent in Ye Qingchen's eyes grow, Du Yuan immediately cried out, not daring to hide a thing, "We assassins take on tasks without asking the reasons, just taking money to do the job! Someone issued a bounty, a million gold to take your head!"

Du Yuan continuously knelt on the ground begging for mercy, no longer maintaining his previous arrogant demeanor.

He no longer hoped for wealth and honor, just wanted to survive.

"A million gold!"

"Who on earth would offer such a generous sum! No wonder so many assassins flocked to the Taotian Palace!"

Both Jiang Churan and Hong Man were utterly shocked.

Qin Wentian also furrowed his brow slightly, looking at Ye Qingchen, "Ye the kid, do you want me to handle this matter?"

"No need!" Ye Qingchen shook his head, "The one who hires killers won't easily expose themselves. I'll settle this score with them sooner or later!"

With that, Ye Qingchen's gaze shifted, falling on Du Yuan.

Du Yuan suddenly shivered all over, knowing that his end was near, ready to close his eyes and wait for death.

At this moment, he heard Ye Qingchen's voice in his ear:

"Get out!"

"You're not going to kill me?" Du Yuan suddenly opened his eyes, filled with disbelief.

"Ye Qingchen, letting him go like this is like releasing a tiger back to the mountain," Hong Man's pupils shrank, seemingly ready to strike down Du Yuan with a staff if Ye Qingchen gave the word, ending his life.

Ye Qingchen glanced at Du Yuan, who had lost his arms, and shook his head, "No need, he's already useless, and I need him to send a message to those assassins..."

Watching Du Yuan flee as if for his life, Ye Qingchen had a profound look in his eyes.

When Du Yuan returned alive, the entire assassin realm of the Celestial Peak Country was in an uproar. Originally, it seemed like a million gold to eliminate a young boy was as easy as pie.

Thus, the assassins who got the first-hand news hurried to the Taotian Palace, fearing that others would seize the opportunity.

Those who didn't get the task naturally beat their chests in regret for a while.

But suddenly, seeing Du Yuan returning in disgrace with both arms lost, they couldn't believe it. At least a hundred assassins were dispatched that night, especially Du Yuan's group, who could easily kill a Spiritual Sea Realm expert, now ending up in such a state?

"There must be a master behind Ye Qingchen!"

Many speculated quietly.

But insiders immediately said, "No, that night, only Ye Qingchen acted. Du Yuan, Gu Ying, Xu Pan, and others were all killed by Ye Qingchen himself."

Upon learning this, many assassins' faces changed.

If it were an ordinary Newcomer King, killing him would be fine. But Ye Qingchen's displayed strength was too terrifying. No matter how great the bounty, one must live to enjoy it.

However, some, not believing in superstition, were determined to go to the Taotian Palace to see if Ye Qingchen's strength was as terrifying as rumored.

However.

When they sneaked into the Taotian Palace, they were suddenly scared still.

Because hanging at the foot of Taotian Palace was a row of corpses: Gu Ying, Xu Pan, Moro, Cui Qiao... Each was a renowned assassin, now hung on trees like this.

This scene was too shocking, scaring the group of assassins so much that they dared not take another step forward and fled in disgrace.

As the entire assassin realm was shaken, Taotian Palace returned to its usual calm.

Inside Taotian Palace.

Ye Qingchen, Hong Man, and Jiang Churan were all training.

Especially Ye Qingchen.

He trained even harder, never taking off the armor he wore, even when eating or sleeping.

"There are less than three months left before the secret realm opens! I must enhance my strength as much as possible, or I won't be able to pick that Heavenly and Earthly Treasure to suppress Qing'Er's injuries!"

Ye Qingchen's eyes were resolute.

From Qin Wentian, he learned that this secret realm was once the mansion of a great master, restricted to only Spiritual Sea Realm cultivators.

The secret realm opens once every ten years, and upon opening, it attracts not only experts from the Celestial Peak Country but also strong ones from surrounding countries.

"It's better to stabilize my cultivation first!"

Ye Qingchen shook his head, beginning to operate the Nine Revolutions Star Technique, controlling the star core within him.

Whoosh~

As the star core operated, boundless Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth was attracted, rushing over frantically.

Since stepping into the Spiritual Sea Second Heaven, his speed of absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was about twice as fast as before.

But!

The difference between star power and True Qi was significant, like comparing a steel knife to a wooden knife.

Several times the amount of True Qi was required to condense a strand of star power, which made Ye Qingchen's cultivation speed even slower than a genius of the same realm.

Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi continuously gathered, constantly transforming into pure star power, condensing in his Dantian. The rotating star core gradually expanded and stabilized, allowing him to firmly remain at this realm.

This session of cultivation lasted half a day.

His star power only increased by a tiny fraction compared to before.

"At this pace, it would take at least three months to reach the Spiritual Sea Third Heaven! It's just too slow!"

Ye Qingchen pondered.

"Resources, still lacking resources!"

After all.

Even Old Man Qin admitted that they lagged behind the eight major sects' disciples in terms of resources.

Not only were cultivation resources scarce, but there was also a significant gap in martial arts resources.

As a result, he only had the Thunder Shock Pointing and the Torrential Rain Sword Technique, which integrated the killing sword style, as his means. He needed more trump cards to deal with possible future events.

Brooding for a moment, Ye Qingchen made a decision—he needed to go to the Martial Combat Pavilion.

After all, only there could provide all the resources he needed.

Upon learning Ye Qingchen's plan, Qin Wentian said with extreme generosity. "You three go together! Ye Qing stays at the Taotian Palace, I'll look after her!"

After instructing Ye Qing a few words, the group headed towards the Imperial Capital Martial Arts Arena.

Soon.

The three arrived at the Martial Arts Arena.

The Martial Arts Arena in the Imperial Capital was several times larger than that in Cyan Cloud City.

Using the Jade Pendant given by Zhou Yuntian, the guards respectfully led the three into the VIP room.

They were greeted by a Silver Robe Steward.

"The quickest returns are naturally from Life and Death Duels. However, all three of you have reached the Spiritual Sea Realm, making it a bit challenging to arrange..." The Silver Robe Steward explained respectfully.

Ye Qingchen looked disappointed.

After all, reaching the Spiritual Sea Realm usually meant either having family backing or joining a sect, seldom like them, existing without any support.

Seeing the three about to turn away, the Silver Robe Steward quickly continued, "We do have a rather tricky task here, but I don't know if you'd be willing to take it! The rewards are absolutely generous!"

Hearing this.

Ye Qingchen's pace slightly halted, marked by a hint of interest on his face.

He turned back, "What kind of task?"

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