C22 Visiting the city lord

The mayor Palace was located in the center of the Eight Desolations City, occupying about ten acres of land and it was tall and grand

When the Ye Family's carriage stopped in front of the mayor Palace, two guards carefully led Ye Lingtian and his son to a guest hall. They commanded maids to serve snacks and fine tea, and then walked away.

There was only Ye Lingtian and his son in the living room. After Ye Lingtian sat down, he closed his eyes and started to meditate. Yet Ye Yang felt bored, so he ate snacks and drank the tea, showing no signs of formality.

Ye Lingtian reluctantly glanced at Ye Yang, pretending to see nothing, and continued to close his eyes and mediate.

Not long after, Li Chengfeng walked in and smiled at Ye Lingtian: "I’m sorry to have kept you waiting."

"You are too polite, Lord Mayor." Ye Lingtian stood up and cupped his fists.

Seeing that Li Chengfeng had arrived, Ye Yang hurriedly got up and greeted him, "Hello Uncle Li."

"Ha-ha, Brother Ye, you should learn from Ye Yang! Isn't calling me mayor too restrained?" Li Chengfeng said straightforwardly.

"Then, as your little brother, I will not be restrained." Ye Lingtian happily changed his address. After all, being able to call mayor brother was also an honor.

Ye Lingtian kept calling him Lord Mayor, not because of his official position, but because he respected this mighty martial king who had fought for so many years for Tianwu Empire.

Seeing that Ye Lingtian had changed his address to him, Li Chengfeng said straightforwardly, "Since we are all sincere friends, I shall go straight to the point. Actually, the reason I invited you all to visit me is to discuss something with you all."

The father and son were shocked. Ye Lingtian said, "I wonder what you want us to do, please speak freely."

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

"What!? Is that true?" Ye Lingtian asked excitedly. Tianwu Academy was the most advanced academy in the empire and was the dream of countless younger martial cultivators.

There were countless talented martial cultivators within, and countless elites had once been raised from this Academy for the Empire. The reason why Tianwu Empire had been passed down for thousands of years and had been undefeated was the forceful support of the Tianwu Academy. So it could be said that Tianwu Academy was the spiritual pillar of the Tianwu Empire.

"Tianwu Academy?" Ye Yang was shocked. Wasn't that the academy Ye Qingxuan went to after breaking through the martial cultivator?

"Uncle Li, I remember that my cousin Qing Xuan was also selected as a fixed student. Am I the same?" Ye Yang asked in confusion.

"Yeah, that may the case, because the Tianwu Academy's triennial enrollment is just around the corner. This is a rare opportunity." Li Chengfeng said.

It had to be known that in higher institutions like the Tianwu Academy, there were countless resources and, cultivation methods, battle skills, as well as pills were all innumerable. Moreover, with higher level cultivators as teachers, it was hard not to improve.

However, entering the Tianwu Academy was not easy. Only becoming the martial cultivator before the age of eighteen would one be eligible to participate in the selection of that Academy.

"But this brat has yet to break through the martial cultivator. I'm afraid that this does not conform to the rules," Ye Yang said.

"It's alright. Except 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 of humans, we also value potential."

He took a sip of tea and continued, "For the past dozen years that I have been guarding the Eight Desolations City, we have never seen any decent talent. This time, I expect you to win honor for me."

Tianwu Empire was martial. Every year, every city would recommend a group of students who had met the requirements to enter the Tianwu Academy for cultivating.

Yet Eight Desolations City was remote and was lack of talented people. Those who were recommended to enter the Tianwu Academy each year were not able to get good performance in that place where talented people gathered.

This had also caused the Eight Desolations City to be the lowest among the seventeen cities. It made Li Chengfeng very angry and made him feel uncomfortable along with other mayors.

Li Chengfeng had fought for this empire for thousands of times, and his achievements were brilliant. As the surrounding countries gradually stabilized and the number of wars decreased, famous generals like Li Chengfeng gradually faded from history.

Although he had become the highest official of a city, and wasn't fighting in the battlefield, Li Chengfeng's ambition was still there. He placed his gaze on the triennial Tianwu Academy disciple selection.

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

There were also very strict requirements for recruitment. That is, breaking through the stage of martial cultivator before the age of eighteen.

The reason was that it was very difficult for those people who broke through the stage of martial cultivator after the age of eighteen to break through to Martial Master, unless they encountered some unique opportunities.

In other words, the younger he was able to break through the martial cultivator, and the better his cultivation would be in the future.

Ye Yang also never thought that there were pennies from the heaven and smashed on his head. With mayor's recommendation, it was equivalent to opening a back door for him. With the condition of the Tianwu Academy, he would definitely be able to increase his cultivation very fast.

Seeing that Ye Yang was only shocked after hearing this news, and didn’t show a hint of excitement and being lost that other young people may reveal,

Li Chengfeng nodded his head in satisfaction. Indeed he was someone that 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 began to cultivate spirit at the age of three, and have reached the third Empyrean of Spirit Condensation at the age of five. It can be said that you have a talent that is rarely seen in a thousand years. Afterwards, without any reason, your cultivation stopped. But now your cultivation has reached the sixth Empyrean of Spirit Condensation. No, you're not at the sixth Empyrean of Spirit Condensation!"

Upon entering, Li Chengfeng was too focused on talking. Now he had a closer look at Ye Yang's cultivation, even with his composure, 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, which made him tired and deeply-troubled.

As a consequence, he hadn’t noticed Ye Yang’s cultivation progress at all. After all, Ye Yang had just broken through to the Sixth Empyrean a few days ago, so it was impossible for him to have made further progress recently.

But now, he was shocked to realize that Ye Yang was actually at the Ninth Empyrean of Spirit Condensation. It made Ye Lingtian stunned.

"Yang'er, when did you break through? Why didn't I know? And, how did you break through to the Ninth Empyrean of Spirit Condensation? "Even as calm as Ye Lingtian, he still cannot avoid stuttering in extreme shock.

This completely turned their minds upside down. The Spirit Condensation stage was a very special stage. A cultivator used his body as a furnace and attracted the Spiritual Qi from all directions to condense it into his dantian. He couldn't use any tricks. No cultivator in the Spirit Condensation stage could use external force to raise their cultivation, or else their meridian channels would be damaged and their foundation destroyed.

Therefore, the cultivators would not use such a foolish method to improve their cultivation. As for the Qi Gathering Powder that was usually used for the Spirit Condensation stage, it was extracted from a type of plant fruit and could only slightly increase the human body's affinity to the outside world's spiritual Qi, instead of directly raising the human body's cultivation.

But Ye Yang had consecutively raised his cultivation by three Empyreans within a few days. Even with Li Chengfeng's experience, he was too shocked to say a word.

Seeing the two men looking at him in shock, Ye Yang could only force a smile. When he reached the Ninth Empyrean of Spirit Condensation, he knew he was going to be in trouble.

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

Yet he himself had advanced three Empyreans in one go. That was too shocking! In modern words, it didn’t conform to the scientific law at all.

"Emm, actually, I am not sure either. Ever since I escaped from the last battle, I felt as if some shackles in my body were broken, and my cultivation could not help but increase. I am still afraid that the high rate of improvement would cause my foundation to be unstable." Ye Yang asked as he pretended to be confused.

Li Chengfeng pressed a hand on Ye Yang's shoulder, turning out that a vigorous energy instantly spread throughout Ye Yang's body and the Genuine Qi was unobstructed. After carefully examining him, Li Chengfeng said in astonishment, "There is nothing wrong with your body and your foundation is very solid. Although you have risen by three Empyreans consecutively, there are actually no signs of impetuousness. This is truly puzzling."

Ye Lingtian, who was concerned before, immediately heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing Li Chengfeng's words. He said to Li Chengfeng: "Brother Li, I wonder if Ye Yang's situation is good or bad. After all, I have never heard of such a thing before. I don't know if there will be any repercussions."

After inspecting Ye Yang's body once more, Li Chengfeng released his hand and smiled, "Don't worry, I've just given him a thorough check up. There's nothing wrong with his body. His meridian channels are normal, and even wider than that of a normal martial cultivator who is in his Spirit Condensation stage."

He thought for a while and then continued, "I have read some ancient books and have found that consecutive breakthroughs in the Spirit Condensation is probable. A thousand years ago, there was a martial genius who broke through two Empyreans in the Spirit Condensation stage, that is, from the Sixth Empyrean of Spirit Condensation to the Eighth Empyrean."

Ye Lingtian frowned and thought for a moment, "You should be talking about the Saber Emperor Gu Haoyan. I have also heard that he broke through the martial cultivator at the age of sixteen and became a Martial Emperor at the age of thirty-seven. He was indeed an outstanding person in his generation."

“As for the fact that Ye Yang has leveled up three Empyreans consecutively, it was indeed shocking. I was also shocked just now. But from my estimation, it should be related to the situation that Ye Yang's cultivation stagnated when he was five years old. Although his cultivation stagnated for the past few years, Ye Yang still cultivated relentlessly, accumulating strength day after day, so that he left a large amount of Genuine Qi in his body. Recently, he has probably reached the critical point and broke out suddenly, so he was able to have such shocking effects.”

"Uncle Li is truly knowledgeable and worthy of being called an expert of King Level. I also have the same feeling, but I can’t explain it." Ye Yang praised with loyalty, and silently flattered Li Chengfeng.

"Haha, when did you learn to be glib? This is unlike your style of being decisive when it comes to killing people." Li Chengfeng laughed.

Ye Yang scratched his head awkwardly, and said with an awkward look: "Isn't that what I was forced to do, right? Even rabbits bite when they're anxious. I’m usually kind to others, and never hold a grudge."

"Oh, really?" Li Chengfeng held up the cup of tea in his hand, taking a sip, and looked at Ye Yang as he spoke each and every word, "Do you still bear grudges against Zhao Zihao?"

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