C35 To the capital

In Eight Desolations City, Tianwu Empire, the plaza of the Ye Family was packed with the Ye Family disciples. Their faces were filled with excitement and their eyes were full of envy as they looked at the eight people on the stage.

The eight disciples, three women and five men, had all became the Martial Cultivators, the true cultivators. It was the day of their departure to the capital today, and eight young disciples of the Ye Family had just reached the Martial Cultivator, obtaining the qualifications to take the examination of Tianwu Academy.

The eight people cannot conceal their excitement on the stage. Originally, they didn't have any hope for this year's examination, but a month ago, when Ye Yang returned and brought back the Cyan Spirit Fruit, everything had changed.

The entire Ye Family was immediately in an uproar and quickly gathered their alchemists of their family who were in other places and used three days to refine more than ten Cyan Spirit Fruits into Spirit Gathering Liquid. Although the Ye Family had more than a hundred disciples, each of them received three bottles of it.

Because of the gentle nature of the Cyan Spirit Fruit, the liquid could be used safely. The Ye Family disciples' cultivation level immediately shot up like bamboo shoots after a spring rain. Until today, a total of eight disciples with solid cultivation reached the Martial Cultivator, and Ye Qingxuan had even reached the Second Empyrean of the Martial Cultivator.

And there were twenty-seven Ye Family disciples in total who had reached the Ninth Empyrean of Spirit Condensation. It could be said that the Cyan Spirit Fruit was a decisive factor for the future rise of Ye Yang's family.

"Woosh!"

A chirp of a bird shattered the tranquility of the plaza as a flying Demonic Beast with a wingspan of over fifteen meters flied into the plaza.

This was a Second Ranked Demonic Beast, Iron Feathered Eagle. Its wings were like steel and its claws were sharp enough to easily shatter rocks.

As the Iron Feathered Eagle landed, a youth in a black robe, who was sitting cross-legged on its back, entered the eyes of the crowd.

This person was Ye Yang, and he looked deeper now. His aura was more stable, without any traces of leak. A pair of bright eyes seemed to be able to see through everything.

The Iron Feathered Eagle was tamed by him on his way home. This should give the credit to the Poison Hearted Evil Emperor. The Broken Sword had destroyed his soul, and left a part of his skills to Ye Yang. The Seed of Enslavement was a technique that allowed Ye Yang to enslave a Demonic Beast that had lower ranked soul power than himself.

"We pay our respects to Young Patriarch!" all the Ye Family disciples present bowed and said. Some of the disciples even trembled, and was unable to conceal the excitement in their hearts.

Currently, Ye Yang's prestige amongst the Ye Family's youths was definitely higher than that of his father, Ye Lingtian. A large majority of them had already treated Ye Yang as their idol.

Ye Yang bow to everyone in return, and said to the eight people on the stage: "You eight follow me to visit the Lord Mayor, and then we will fly to the capital together."

He turned around and said to the Ye Family disciples below the stage: "It's not a bad thing that you can't participate in this year's selection. In the next Tianwu Academy selection, there will definitely be a place for you all."

The Tianwu Empire's selection was held every three years. Ye Yang and the rest had managed to attend this year's selection, and it could be said that they were lucky. However, it could also be said that they were unlucky, because their cultivation was at the bottom of the list. If they didn't have any special ability, it would be very difficult to make a figure among numerous geniuses.

As for the majority of them, they were all qualified to participate in the next selection. At that time, their cultivation would become the powerful thing which they could rely on.

Seeing that the eight people had gotten on the Iron Feathered Eagle's back, Ye Yang gave a command. The Iron Feathered Eagle hooted gently and soared into the sky, flying towards the mayor's mansion.

"We respectfully send you off, Young Patriarch!" the Ye Family disciples shouted in unison.

"We will leave the Ye Family to all of you, brothers and sisters. I believe that you will not let me down. Goodbye." The Iron Feathered Eagle had already turned into a black dot in the sky. Ye Yang's voice clearly traveled into everyone's ears, and did not disappear for a long time.

In a pavilion of the Ye Family, Ye Lingtian let out a sigh as he watched the Iron Feathered Eagle fly away, "Finally, they left."

The Second Elder nodded and said, "The eagle will spread its wings and soar in the sky one day. We can only learn to let go."

In front of the mayor's mansion, there was a drill ground with a radius of nearly five kilometers, and three flying Demonic Beasts had already been ready to set off.

Li Chengfeng was light armored standing with his hands behind his back. His gaze swept across the crowd in front of him and saw that there were nine members of the Ye Family and five members of the Zhao Family on the three Demonic Beasts. However, there were only two from the Gu Family, and the two were brother and sister.

"Split three people from the Ye Family's disciples to sit together with the Gu Family's disciples. Ye Yang, you sit together with me." Li Chengfeng said.

In this way, the group set out for the capital with four flying Demonic Beasts, facing the rising sun.

Li Chengfeng's mount was a powerful Fourth Ranked Demonic Beast, Lightning Eagle. After Ye Yang sat on it, he had not spoken a word and continued to cultivate silently.

Li Chengfeng took a glance at Ye Yang. He did not know what had happened to Ye Yang. Ever since he had returned from training in the deep mountain, he had been cultivating with all his might at all times.

Ye Lingtian had asked Ye Yang before, but Ye Yang refused to say anything. He only said that his time was very precious and could not be wasted.

However, he knew that this time, Ye Yang had received a huge shock while training in the deep mountain, and even his usual glib personality had changed a lot.

"Ye Yang, stop cultivating for a while and I want to tell you something important.." Li Chengfeng said.

"Please speak, Uncle Li." Ye Yang said as he opened his eyes.

"It's a good thing that you went all out to cultivate like this, but everything has its limitation. You should understand goingtoo far is as bad as not going far enough, right?" Li Chengfeng said worriedly.

Ye Yang laughed, "Don't worry, Uncle Li. I will have a good control of the degree. It's just that my time is really limited." Ye Yang's current cultivation had already reached the Fifth Empyrean of the Martial Cultivator. However, compared to the cultivation of a Martial Emperor, it was not worth mentioning.

Ye Yang was painful in his heart but he could not say it. If people knew that his goal was to reach the Martial Emperor in three years, they would definitely think that he had been too obsessed.

But every time Ye Yang thought back to the depressing scene where Chu Yanran had separated with him, Ye Yang's heart felt very painful as if needles were stabbing it.

He could keenly feel that Chu Yanran did not want to reject him, but because of some unknown reasons, she had no choice but to refuse him.

Ye Yang could clearly feel that although she was an expert of Emperor Level , she was in great pain.

"Alright, you decide your own matters. What I want to tell you is that, when you enter the Tianwu Academy, there are some enemies that you need to watch out for." Li Chengfeng said a little sternly, especially the word "enemies".

Seeing Ye Yang's confused face, Li Chengfeng explained everything to him and only then did Ye Yang come to a realization.

Tianwu Empire consisted of a total of sixteen cities, and the Eight Desolations City was only one of them. However, in terms of population density and mineral resources, Eight Desolations City was ranked at the very bottom.

The Eight Desolations City's population was only around four million, while each of the rest of the cities had at least ten million. The powerful Nan Li City even had a population of over a hundred million.

And this mayor of Nan Li City, Mu Shixiong was actually Li Chengfeng's opponent. His elder brother Mu Shiying had coveted Li Chengfeng's wife before. He set up an ambush and attacked the two of them. However, he was killed by the couple instead.

After that, the hatred was settled. The two families fought several times, but the Mu Family did not get any advantage. Later on, after Li Chengfeng's wife passed away, he joined the empire. He went on a crazy expedition to conquer the Uda Empire, and made a brilliant military achievement, due to which he was deeply loved and respected by the emperor. The Mu Family could only endure the hatred provisionally.

Li Chengfeng had suspected that his wife's death was probably the consequence of a trap set up by the Mu Family, but due to the lack of evidence, he was unable to make a move against the Mu Family.

After the armistice between the two nations, the contest between the Mu Family and Li Chengfeng did not stop. It became stealthier. The Mu Family changed the battlefield to the Tianwu Academy

Every time, in the Tianwu Academy, students from the Eight Desolations City would be oppressed to the point that they couldn't even lift their heads and they could only endure the humiliation.

As for those with violent personalities who couldn't stand the oppression, they would often be beaten half to death, and some of them were even disabled in the ring.

The Tianwu Academy was beyond the empire, and were not governed by the laws of the empire. Within the Tianwu Academy, there were its own rules.

No one cared about the injuries during the competition within the academy. If it was a competition in the ring, as long as no one was killed, everything would be in accordance with the rules.

Every time Li Chengfeng came to the Tianwu Academy, he would be ridiculed by the Mu Family from the Nan Li City, causing him to be filled with anger. However, there was no way for him to vent it.

In this battlefield in the Tianwu Academy, Li Chengfeng could be said to have lost miserably.

After he finished introducing the opponent's situation, Li Chengfeng's expression became a bit solemn as he said, "This year's students that recruited by Tianwu Academy are different from the past. There are quite a few geniuses out there, so you must be careful when you meet them in the future."

"The first person was Guan Yanxue from the Red Earth City. This person is seventeen years old and has the cultivation at the Fourth Empyrean of the Warrior Level. Her attack power is astonishing.”

"The second person is Lan Caidie from the Qingfeng City. This girl is only fifteen years old, but her cultivation is already at the Fifth Empyrean of the Warrior Level. Furthermore, her Genuine Qi is the rare wind attribute, so her attacks are as fast as the wind. At the same level, very few people are able to defeat her."

"The third person is called Ye Yuhan. He is seventeen years old from the Flying Snow City, and has the cultivation at the Fifth Empyrean of the Warrior Level. His Genuine Qi's attribute is an unusual one among the water attribute — ice attribute. This person has a cold personality, and he doesn't like dealing with people."

"And the last one is from the Nan Li City. His name is Mu Bai, and he is eighteen years old. He has reached the Ninth Empyrean of the Warrior Level, and his Genuine Qi is of the fire attribute. He is very talented and was proficient in more than ten battle skills. He can keep unbeaten while in the battle with an ordinary Martial Master.

After saying that, Li Chengfeng sighed. Although he was the mortal enemy of the Nan Li City, he could not help feeling amazed that men of talent come out in succession in the Nan Li City, and the Eight Desolations City was too far behind to catch up with the Nan Li City.

This time, a total of one hundred and twenty-seven people from Nan Li City were selected. Just in terms of the cultivators who have reached the Warrior Level alone, there were seventeen. Compared with Nan Li City, Eight Desolations City was really miserable and shabby.

"Ye Yang, with your current cultivation at the Fifth Empyrean of the Martial Cultivator, can already be considered a genius. But compared to them, you're still slightly inferior. Most importantly, they have the advantage of the age and resources."

"In the future, when you meet them, you must be careful. Don't have trouble with them and try your best to avoid them. Especially Mu Bai, you definitely cannot fight him head on. You are younger than him, and in two or three years, you will definitely be able to defeat him. The current you have to learn to endure." Li Chengfeng said sincerely as he patted Ye Yang's shoulder.

He was worried that Ye Yang, who was young and arrogant, would suffer a huge loss if he couldn't stand the provocation.

Ye Yang nodded. Although he looked like he was humbly accepting the teachings, he did not agree with it in his heart. A bunch of little brats, you'd better not provoke me and live in peace with me. My time is precious, and I don't have time to waste.

But if some blind fellow provoked him, he wouldn't mind letting them know why the flowers were so red.

When the night was about to fall, the group stopped flying and came to a post house to have a rest. Just as they entered the post house, a voice that was neither cold nor hot said, "I never thought that so many geniuses would actually come out of Eight Desolations City this time. I wonder how many of you will be able to pass the examination? Maybe none of you can make it."