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Chapter 67 - A sliver of hope

In a courtyard in Tianwu Academy, the thick true spirit qi seemed to have turned into a thin mist.

As the two girls were speaking, one of them was Wu Youlan, the one who Ye Yang had hit on the chest in class before. She was currently talking to another girl with a face full of smiles.

The woman wore a light blue dress. Although she was also a beauty, her face was always cold enough to make people not dare to approach her.

"Cousin, did you gain anything from your closed door cultivation this time? Did you break through?" Wu Youlan asked.

"Wow, big sister is awesome! As expected of the third place expert on the Battlemaster's ranking list," Wu Youlan said excitedly.

"Let's not talk about me anymore. I heard that you suffered greatly at the hands of the new students. Is that true?"

"Where?" "Cousin sister, don't listen to their nonsense." Wu Youlan obviously had a trace of panic.

"Really? "I heard that someone's chest was touched," her cousin said coldly.

"Aiya, that's not it. It's that brat, he's in a coma. He didn't intentionally touch me," Wu Youlan explained.

"Hmph, regardless of whether he did it on purpose or not, when I meet him in the future, I will break his hand and let him know that the people of our imperial family are not so easy to bully!" The cousin said.

"No need, I feel that he's very honest, not like a bad guy. Let's just forget about it," Wu Youlan pleaded.

His cousin was a little surprised, "Eh? Are you in love with him? "

"Of course not, I just don't want to pursue this matter anymore. After all, the greater the impact, the worse it would be," Wu Youlan explained in a hurry.

"You're right, but you can't let this brat get away with it. This debt will be settled sooner or later, but for now, let him go."

"This time around, I've been in seclusion for a long time. Tell me, are there any special talents among the new students?"

As soon as the topic of freshmen was brought up, Wu Youlan immediately said excitedly, "Cousin, you don't know, but this time there are quite a few talented people!"

"There are thirteen of them, and six of them have a affinity of five. There are two who have a affinity of six."

When he heard that Mu Bai's affinity had reached an astonishing seven, his expression finally changed, but shortly after, a look of disappointment and worry flashed across his face.

"Unfortunately, they are destined to never be able to be roped in by us. They can only become our enemies." The cousin sighed helplessly.

"But this time, a monster level character appeared. I think you will be interested, cousin?" Wu Youlan tilted his head and said somewhat mischievously.

"Monster level?" Stronger than Mu Bai? That's not possible, could his affinity be higher than Mu Bai's? " His cousin was taken aback.

"Hehe, that's not it. He's not alone, and his cultivation is extremely low, but he's a spiritualist."

"What?" spiritualist's cousin suddenly stood up and pulled Wu Youlan's hand, "What is his name, and which power does he belong to?"

"He's called Ye Yang, and is from the Eight Desolate City. It seems like he hasn't joined any forces yet," Wu Youlan said after thinking for a while.

"Ye Yang, Ye Yang, why does that sound so familiar?" The cousin furrowed her brows for a moment before she suddenly said, "I remember now. That bastard that touched you is also called Ye Yang, don't you think it's him?"

"Hahahaha, that's great, now he won't be able to run away even if he wanted to," his cousin said to Wu Youlan teasingly. "Say, did you seduce him to touch you on purpose?"

"Cousin, I'm not as bad as you think I am!" Wu Youlan protested, embarrassed and ashamed.

"Okay, no matter what, he will be one of us after he touches you. We have to get him into our faction. We are really lacking in strength right now!"

The elder cousin paused for a moment before saying, "I wonder how this person's wits and tactics are. Tell me about him."

Wu Youlan had no choice but to recount the incident of Ye Yang's spirit energy appearing during the spirit energy test, how he tricked over seventy people of Nan Licheng's group to death during the hunt, how he broke through twice during the climb of Nine Underworld Heaven Stairway, and how he helped the children of his clan to successfully ascend to the top.

After saying all these, Wu Youlan herself was extremely shocked, and almost felt like she was telling a story.

His cousin was even more shocked, and only after a long while did she finally say, "Bold and meticulous, wise and scheming beyond compare, fair and square, righteous and righteous." "No matter what, we have to win him over."

After saying that, all of the female cousins stared at Wu Youlan with shining eyes. Wu Youlan instantly had a bad premonition, and sure enough, her female cousins said, "I'll leave this Ye Yang for you to rope in."

"Me? "I can't," Wu Youlan said hesitantly.

"Why not? He's already touched you, so your relationship must be much closer than ordinary people. Your success rate is the highest!" The cousin said with a face full of certainty.

"But …"

"Aiya, there are no buts. For the sake of great things, it's worth it to sacrifice some of it. Xiaolan, you should know what will happen if we fail." As she said this, her cousin's face became solemn.

"Alright, Cousin, I understand." A trace of grief flashed across Wu Youlan's eyes as he replied in a low voice.

Looking at Wu Youlan's pale face, her cousin's heart ached. She gently caressed Wu Youlan's face.

"At your age, you should have been carefree, enjoying the feelings of a young girl in the prime of your youth. It's a pity that we're in the royal family, so we have no choice but to accept the cruelty of fate."

"Cousin, I know." As they spoke, the two sisters were crying bitterly.

For the next two days, Ye Yang stayed in the Tibetan Classic Treasure Pavilion and crazily searched for some books on meridians.

He finally found an introduction to the Upper Sky blocked meridian. After reading it carefully a few times, Ye Yang's heart felt extremely heavy.

The Upper Sky blocked meridian had existed since ancient times, but whether it was a miracle medicine or a needle technique, there was nothing it could do.

Even in ancient times, when there was more spiritual energy in the world than in the present, people with inborn blocked meridians still appeared, but there was no cure.

Ye Yang left the Tibetan Classic Treasure Pavilion with heavy steps, exited the academy, and arrived at a deserted mountain wilderness, letting out a long whistle.

After completely venting its endless frustration, the little guy began to echo in the surroundings. The little fellow climbed onto Ye Yang's shoulder from Ye Yang's embrace, as if it felt Ye Yang's mood. It obediently combed Ye Yang's hair.

Ye Yang looked at the little fox, his eyes filled with bitterness. Could it be that he will just watch it die?

Ye Yang suddenly felt that he was extremely useless. He was powerless to help Chu Yanran when he left, but at least he still had a sliver of hope.

However, the little fellow in front of him had no hope at all. Originally, he had thought that he would be able to find a cure for himself after returning to the academy and searching through the books, but now this hope had been shattered.

He thought of the broken sword, but no matter how he tried to call for it, the broken sword just ignored him, as if it had fallen into a deep slumber.

A gentle breeze blew and a leaf fell gently. Ye Yang extended his hand and gently received the leaf.

Even if a tree could live for thousands or tens of thousands of years, what about tens of thousands of years later? It was still reduced to dust.

However, looking at the patterns on the leaf, Ye Yang was slightly stunned. Its patterns looked like some kind of rune.

Ye Yang thought about it carefully. The patterns on the leaf resembled a type of rune called 'Condensing Wind'. It was a type of rune used in formations.

This type of rune was usually inscribed on tools, such as ships, chariots, etc. When this rune was engraved on a tool, it would automatically absorb the wind power from the outside world to act as a driving force.

However, these symbols were not very powerful. A large ship would need to be engraved with hundreds of these symbols in order for them to be effective.

Seeing the leaf, Ye Yang's mind suddenly flashed with inspiration. Since objects can draw runes, they can absorb the power of the outside world.

In that case, could a human body draw runes to absorb the spiritual energy of the outside world?

Thinking of this, Ye Yang immediately felt a glimmer of hope. He excitedly ran back to the Tibetan Classic Treasure Pavilion and looked through all sorts of runes to see if there were any that suited his thoughts.

However, after Ye Yang flipped through the introductions of the various runes, there was nothing that matched his imagination.

Ye Yang wasn't discouraged. He began to rummage through some ancient books to see if there were any relevant introductions.

When Ye Yang flipped through , this book caught Ye Yang's attention.

This book isn't a secret cultivation technique, but a history book. This is the first time Ye Yang has read about this world from a history book.

This continent was called the Great Desolate Continent. No one knew exactly how big it was, and it was recorded that 100,000 years ago, this continent experienced a catastrophe.

There were less than one life on the continent and many races had been wiped out. However, the details of the disaster were not written on the book.

He only knew that before the calamity, the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth was dense, the treasures were countless, and the speed of human cultivation was extremely fast. Just a few months after birth, a baby could condense a whirlpool.

After the calamity, the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth became thinner. Moreover, most of the cultivation holy lands had their inheritances cut off.

Everyone's cultivation techniques and secret techniques were trash that no one wanted in ancient times. Ye Yang was completely shocked when he read to this point.

According to the records, didn't that mean that all the ancient cultivators could split the mountains and overturn the seas?

What kind of calamity could cause a flourishing cultivation civilization to almost go extinct?

When he finished reading the book, Ye Yang's mood became even heavier. He knew that there was an ancient rune called "Spirit Stealing".

This was a type of special symbol, and it was a type of auxiliary symbol. After it was engraved on the pill furnace, it could slowly absorb the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth and improve the quality of the pill.

However, this rune was practically extinct in the modern world. Even after flipping through all of the books on inscriptions, Ye Yang was still unable to find any relevant records. He couldn't help but feel his heart sink to the bottom.

Ye Yang returned to his room in a slightly absent-minded state. While in a state of anxiety, he didn't even have the mood to cultivate.

His mind was filled with all kinds of symbols that were constantly churning. He was trying his best to find a type of symbol that could absorb the spiritual energy of the outside world.

Just as Ye Yang was at his wit's end and was holding back his anger, a annoying voice came from the door, "Ye Yang, get the hell out!"