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Chapter 22 - Visiting the City Lord

The City Lord's Mansion was located in the center of Eight Desolate City, and took up more than ten acres of land.

When the Ye Family's carriage stopped in front of the City Lord's Mansion, two guards carefully led Ye Yang and his son to a guest hall. They ordered the maids to serve them refreshments before turning around and leaving.

There was only Ye Yang and his son in the living room. After Ye Lingtian sat down, he closed his eyes and rested. Ye Yang felt bored, so he continued to eat his snacks while sipping his tea.

Ye Lingtian looked at Ye Yang helplessly, pretending not to see anything as he continued to meditate.

Not long later, Li Chengfeng walked in and smiled at Ye Lingtian: "I'll be troubling you to wait for a long time, Brother Ye."

"City Lord is being too courteous," Ye Lingtian stood up and cupped his fists.

Seeing Li Chengfeng's arrival, Ye Yang hurriedly got up and said, "Greetings Uncle Li."

"Haha, Brother Ye, you should learn more from Ye Yang. Isn't City Lord a stranger?" Li Chengfeng said heartily.

"Since it's like this, little brother will not be courteous," Ye Lingtian happily changed his address. After all, being able to call the City Lord as little brother was also an honor.

Seeing that Ye Lingtian had changed his mind, Li Chengfeng said straightforwardly, "Since we are all on the same side, I shall go straight to the point. Actually, the reason I have invited you all to visit my residence is to discuss something with you all."

Ye Yang and his son were stunned. Ye Lingtian said, "I wonder what orders Brother Li has, just say it."

"Hehe, there is no need to be so serious. I saw that Nephew Ye Yang is talented and has amazing fighting strength, so I wanted to recommend him to the Tianwu Academy," Li Chengfeng said.

"What!?" Is that true? " One must know that the Tianwu Academy was the highest school of the empire, the dream of countless young warriors.

There were countless experts within, and countless elites who had been raised for the Empire. The Tianwu Empire had an undefeatable legacy that lasted for thousands of years, and it was all thanks to the support of the Tianwu Academy.

"Tianwu Academy!" Ye Yang was stunned. Wasn't that the academy Ye Qingxuan went to after breaking through to the warrior realm?

"That Uncle Li, I remember that I, Cousin Qingxuan, was also selected as a fixed student. Am I the same?" Ye Yang asked in confusion.

"Mn, more or less, because the Tianwu Academy's yearly recruitment exercise is coming to an end. This is a rare opportunity," Li Chengfeng said.

It had to be known that in Tianwu Academy, a high level institution had countless resources. There were countless cultivation techniques, battle skills, and pills, and there were even high-level cultivators as teachers.

However, entering the Tianwu Academy is not so easy. One must reach the realm of a ranker before the age of eighteen before they can step into the realm of martial artists.

"But this kid hasn't broken through to a martial artist yet. This probably doesn't conform to the rules!" Ye Yang said.

"It's alright, let's not talk about your cultivation, just your fighting strength is enough to garner the attention of the academy. Our Tianwu Academy is not just looking at the surface, we value the potential of the academy."

After taking a sip of tea, he continued, "For the past dozen years that I have been guarding Eight Desolate City, we have never had any decent talent. This time, you have to fight for uncle's honor."

Every city recommended a group of students who had met the requirements to be sent to the Tianwu Academy to be nurtured every year.

It was just that the Eight Desolate City was a remote place with few talents. The people who were recommended to the Tianwu Academy every year and the talented people who entered the Tianwu Academy were unable to get any good results.

This also caused the Eight Desolate City to be the lowest ranked among the seventeen cities in the Tianwu Empire. This caused Li Chengfeng to always be very angry, and to always feel unsettled along with the other city lords.

Li Chengfeng had fought all the way to the north, and his achievements were brilliant. As the surrounding countries gradually stabilized and the number of wars decreased, famous generals like Li Chengfeng gradually left the stage of history.

Although he had become a great official and wouldn't fight on the battlefield, Li Chengfeng's ambition was still there. He placed his gaze on the once every three years Tianwu Academy's disciple selection.

As the foundation of the Tianwu Empire, every three years the Tianwu Academy would select a few talented youths from the entire nation to cultivate, and continuously replenish fresh blood for the Empire.

The Tianwu Academy also had strict requirements for students that they recruited, which was to break through to the Martial Disciple realm before the age of eighteen.

Because for someone who only broke through after 18 years of age, unless they encountered a special opportunity, it would be difficult for them to become a Martial Master for the rest of their life.

In other words, the younger he was the better his future cultivation path would be.

Ye Yang also didn't expect that a huge pie would suddenly fall from the sky and hit his head. It has to be said that with the Mayor's guarantee, he had opened a back door for himself. With Tianwu Academy's protection, his future cultivation would definitely reach a thousand miles in a single day.

Seeing Ye Yang hear this news, he was only stunned for a moment. He didn't display the excitement and confusion of a normal teenager.

Li Chengfeng nodded his head in satisfaction. As expected of someone who could maintain his consciousness in this life or death situation, it was difficult to find such calmness in a teenager.

"I saw your information yesterday. You are a Qi Cultivator at the age of three, and have reached the third level of Qi Condensation at the age of five. It can be said that you have a talent that is rarely seen in a thousand years." Afterwards, I don't know why your cultivation stopped, but now your cultivation is at the Qi Condensation stage. "No, you're not at the sixth level of Qi Condensation!"

The moment Li Chengfeng entered the door, he was too preoccupied with talking. Now that he had a closer look at Ye Yang's cultivation, even with Li Chengfeng's mental fortitude, he was still shocked.

Hearing Li Chengfeng's words, Ye Lingtian was also stunned. Recently, he had been busy with some trivial matters within the clan, and was extremely busy.

He didn't pay attention to Ye Yang's cultivation at all. After all, he just broke through to the Sixth Heavenly Layer a few days ago.

But now that he looked at it, he was shocked to discover that Ye Yang was actually at the ninth level of Qi Condensation. This caused Ye Lingtian to be extremely shocked.

"Yang'er, when did you break through? Why didn't I know? Furthermore, how did he break through to the ninth level of Qi Condensation? " With Ye Lingtian's calmness, it was unavoidable that his words were a bit sloppy.

This completely turned their minds upside down. The Qi Condensation stage was a very special stage. Using one's body as a furnace, it would lead the Qi to all directions and condense it into the dantian. He couldn't use any tricks. No cultivator in the Qi Condensation stage could use external force to raise their cultivation, or else their meridians would be damaged and their foundation destroyed.

Therefore, cultivators wouldn't use such foolish methods to stimulate their growth. The Qi Gathering Powder was normally used by Qi Condensation experts to extract the fruits of a plant. It could only slightly increase one's affinity to the spiritual energy of the outside world.

Ye Yang hadn't seen him for a few days, and he had even levelled up to three levels in an instant. Even with Li Chengfeng's experience, he was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

Seeing the two of them looking at him in shock, Ye Yang helplessly smiled bitterly. When he reached the ninth level of Qi Condensation, he knew he'd be in trouble.

He had read some information about this world and knew that the Qi Condensation stage progressed slowly. Advancing once every few months was considered fast, and some could only be upgraded once every one to two years.

It was shocking that he had advanced three levels in one go. In modern words, this was not scientific at all.

"Cough, actually, I don't know either. Ever since I escaped from the last battle, I felt like something in my body has been broken. I can't control my cultivation and it keeps increasing. I'm still very afraid that if it goes too fast, won't it cause my foundation to be unstable?" Ye Yang pretended to be confused.

Li Chengfeng pressed a hand on Ye Yang's shoulder and a vigorous energy instantly spread throughout Ye Yang's body. His true qi was completely unobstructed within Ye Yang's body, after examining him carefully, he said with some surprise, "Your body has no problems at all, and your foundation is very solid. Although you have risen by three levels consecutively, there actually isn't any sign of faltering, this is truly puzzling."

Ye Lingtian, who originally had a face full of concern, immediately let out a sigh of relief upon hearing Li Chengfeng's words, and said to Li Chengfeng: "Brother Li, I wonder if Ye Yang's situation is good or bad, after all, I've never heard of something like this, I wonder if there will be any repercussions."

He checked Ye Yang's body again before letting go and smiled, "Don't worry, I just did a thorough check of his body. There's nothing wrong with his body, his meridians are normal, and his body is even wider than a normal Qi Condensation martial artist."

After thinking for a while, he continued, "I have read some ancient books and made breakthroughs in the Qi Condensation stage. I think that a thousand years ago, there was a martial arts genius who made two breakthroughs in the Qi Condensation stage, from the sixth level of Qi Condensation to the eighth level!"

Ye Lingtian frowned and thought for a moment, "You should be talking about the Saber Emperor Gu Haoyan from back then, right? I have also heard that he broke through to the Martial King at the age of sixteen, and became a Martial King at the age of thirty-seven.

"As for the fact that Ye Yang consecutively advanced three levels, that is indeed shocking. Just now, it also gave me a fright. However, according to my calculations, it should have something to do with Ye Yang's cultivation stagnating at the age of five." "Although Ye Yang's cultivation has stagnated over the past few years, he continued to cultivate every day, accumulating and accumulating energy. He left a large amount of true energy in his body, and recently, he probably reached a critical point in his cultivation. Only by suddenly exploding would he be able to have such a shocking effect," Li Chengfeng analyzed.

"The Uncle Li is indeed worthy of being a king level expert. They are well-informed and speak the truth. I also have this feeling, but I can't explain it clearly in a moment!" Ye Yang praised with a loyal face, silently flattering them.

"Haha, since when did you learn to be glib, this is unlike your style of being decisive when it comes to killing people in the plaza," Li Chengfeng laughed.

Ye Yang scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "Isn't that what I was forced to do? Rabbits bite when they're anxious. I usually do good to others and never hold a grudge."

"Oh, really?" Li Chengfeng held up the cup of tea in his hand and took a sip, then looked at Ye Yang and said word by word, "Do you still remember Zhao Zihao's enmity?"

"What?" Ye Yang was greatly shocked in his heart.