I am a high-level martial arts master.

The banquet ended smoothly, with both hosts and guests enjoying themselves.

After the event ended, Ye Li was so flattered by the city's powerful figures that he felt weak in the knees.

To be honest, being praised like this by these powerful figures is truly exhilarating.

These people, used to being flattered by their servants, had long since mastered a whole set of praise techniques; they just hadn't had the chance to lower themselves and show it off. What about Guangming's future, the pride of the Azure Dragon, the legend of the Xia Kingdom…

After a series of attacks, even someone as tongue-tied as him was almost unable to defend himself.

As night deepened and a cool breeze blew away the hustle and bustle of the banquet, along with the lingering effects of alcohol.

Ye Li had just taken a deep breath to calm his mind, which had been clouded by the praise from all sides, and was about to turn around to cultivate and calm down when a clear and charming voice came from behind him:

"Sir, you've really made a splash today."

Ye Li turned around and saw Jiang Xiyue standing gracefully in the moonlight, her bright eyes sparkling, a hint of reproach or a smile playing on her lips.

He smiled and cupped his hands, saying, "I saw Miss Jiang at the banquet earlier, but there were so many guests that I couldn't get close enough to talk to her. I was just thinking of finding an opportunity to thank you in person for those two secret manuals."

"What do you think?" Jiang Xiyue said, one hand on her hip, with a touch of coquettishness.

"I even turned down an invitation from the Poison Wolf Gang and waited here just to see your boring apprenticeship ceremony."

"And you, you went to the west side of the city without a word! I missed out on a great show, what a loss!"

Ye Li looked at the girl's coquettish expression, the moonlight shining on her smooth profile, making her even more lively.

"Alright, the moonlight is just right now. How about we hold a banquet in Yueyangfang in a few days to personally make it up to you, Miss?" Ye Li said, feigning seriousness. "Invite me to dinner?" Jiang Xiyue's beautiful eyes flickered at Ye Li's attitude. She lightly raised her fair wrist, which was tied with a bell, and put it behind her back, saying, "Okay, you set a time, and come to the Hundred Treasures Pavilion to find me then."

Her gaze was intense, as if she wanted to see through Ye Li inside and out.

Having come from the Hundred Treasures Pavilion, she has an innate curiosity about strange things, and Ye Li practically tested her curiosity relentlessly.

Ye Li nodded: "Then it's settled!"

Jiang Xiyue nodded in satisfaction, her eyes crinkling with joy: "It's late, sir. You've had a long and tiring day, so please get some rest. Baibao Pavilion is always ready to welcome you, young master."

She gracefully curtsied, her blue skirt tracing a beautiful arc in the moonlight, then turned and left, leaving behind only a faint fragrance as she silently watched her disappear. Ye Li stroked his chin.

This woman knew that her entry was extraordinary, that she had a powerful background, and that she was a beautiful and wealthy woman. With all three of these qualities combined, Ye Li was forced to win her over.

"Sigh, woman, who told you to know my secret? You've forced me to use my irresistible charm to win you over."

"Having met a genius like me, who knows so much, you're doomed. You're probably doomed for life."

Ye Li sighed inwardly, but then heard another voice behind him say, "You are Ye Li!"

Turning around, Ye Li saw a familiar-looking guy looking at him.

With the enhanced memory gained from being a martial artist, Ye Li recognized the other party's identity after a moment's thought.

It seems to be around chapter 30, the guy who gave a speech in public.

Moreover, he also made an appearance at the banquet earlier; he seems to be the city lord's disciple named Du... Yuanzhou.

"My name is Du Yuanzhou." The young man looked directly at Ye Li and said, "I saw everything you did in the Poison Wolf Gang today."

After witnessing Ye Li's actions, Du Yuanzhou felt that the young man in front of him could be a formidable rival, so he wanted to come up and give him a few words of advice.

"You'll probably be participating in the Guangming Grand Competition next, right?" Du Yuanzhou said. "I hope you won't let temporary glory go to your head, but instead focus on your cultivation."

"If you're only at this level, you won't be able to beat me in this year's competition."

"What's this guy babbling about?" Ye Li was a little confused, looking at the young man spouting profound道理 (moral principles), and asked the core question: "Are you a woman disguised as a man?"

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Du Yuanzhou's words caught in his throat. He looked at Ye Li, not understanding what she meant, and vehemently denied it, saying, "Of course I'm not." "If you're not a beauty, then why are you wasting so much time talking to me?"

Having roughly understood the other person's thoughts, Ye Li was speechless: "I don't ship with men. You've already brought out a formidable rival. Don't be so presumptuous." After saying that, under Du Yuanzhou's flushed face, Ye Li was too lazy to pay attention to him and turned to leave.

If it were the other party's master, he could barely manage a few words. But this guy, who's not even a fully-fledged practitioner yet, and whose knowledge is so deeply ingrained, what's he so arrogant about? Ye Li shook his head, as if leaving a lunatic, and left under Li Liang's escort.

The original courtyard was definitely no longer a place to live. After all, he had offended the Poison Wolf Gang so badly. What if the Poison Wolf Gang leader came and raided the place? So, long before today, Ye Li had already moved all his belongings to a quiet courtyard in the Azure Dragon headquarters.

They returned to the small courtyard inside the Azure Dragon Gang's compound.

Only after the surroundings quieted down did Ye Li's mind completely relax.

Name: Ye Li

Realm: Middle stage of body tempering (1938/2500)

Cultivation techniques (techniques perfected to the point of perfection are omitted):

"Breath Convergence Technique (200/300)"

Entry: [Amazing Wisdom] [Swiftness] [Unpredictable East and West] [Ingenuity] [Yang Furnace]

"Everything has settled down." Ye Li lay down on the bed as if no one else was around, and the fatigue he had been suppressing gradually surged up.

But he mustered his spirits and began planning everything he would do in the future.

Simply put, is it just making empty promises to readers?

"After the apprenticeship banquet, the next event will be the Guangming Grand Competition three months later..." Ye Li thought to himself.

At this moment, the "Mid-stage Body Tempering" field on the panel was somewhat glaring to him.

Although he arrogantly proclaimed during the day, "I am in the mid-stage of Body Tempering, who dares to kill me, who can kill me?"

But I still feel somewhat uneasy about my own level of understanding.

"I will continue to patiently reflect throughout the next three months."

"At least before the Guangming Grand Competition, it should be enough for me to raise my cultivation level to near perfection."

Ye Li thought to himself, "The Body Tempering Realm is divided into early, middle, late, and perfect stages, but there's no so-called peak that blocks it. Given my current cultivation efficiency, if I focus all my efforts on cultivation before the competition, approaching the perfect Body Tempering Realm will be relatively easy."

With the advantage of his late-stage Body Tempering realm, he'll be almost certain to obtain the cultivation technique that improves his aptitude.

After all, Ye Li was someone who understood this world and its efficiency in cultivation.

There wasn't a single person in the entire Guangming who could reach the Acquired Realm within three years of cultivation; reaching Perfection would be considered quite good.

As long as one hasn't reached the acquired level, then relying on [Unpredictable East and West] and movement techniques, one has nothing to fear.

"After all, those people only have blue tags at most... so wouldn't I be invincible?" Ye Li thought to himself with a sense of relief.

But just when he thought Guangming was invincible.

Enemy from the sky!

The Central Plains have arrived!

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