Forced to become a pure and innocent female pharmacist in order to cultivate immortality.

Sun Yuan jumped down from the tree branch and came to the water's edge.

"Watch closely. This move of mine is called Divine Ape Skill. Of course, that's just a name I gave it. You can call it whatever you want. It's a move where you gather your inner energy in your hands, then compress the air to form a vacuum sphere, and then inject your inner energy into the vacuum sphere and unleash it. The power of this move depends on how much inner energy you can gather into the vacuum sphere." As Sun Yuan spoke, he raised his hands. The next moment, he forcefully clasped his hands together, and the air in his palms was squeezed out by his inner energy, leaving a vacuum zone.

Then, a transparent gas quickly entered the vacuum from Sun Yuan's hands. As more and more internal energy gathered in the vacuum, it was as if a light bulb was lit between his hands, and the brightness of the light bulb was getting bigger and bigger.

This means that internal energy has accumulated to a certain level.

Ye Liuyun was increasingly surprised as he watched. As his inner strength was nearly gathered, Sun Yuan suddenly pushed with both hands. In the next moment, the inner strength in his hands shot out like an energy cannon, slamming into the water.

However, since Sun Yuan's strength was really too weak, this attack only made the water splash, and it didn't seem to have much power.

"Alright, you see?" After unleashing this move, Sun Yuan looked at Ye Liuyun.

But when he saw this, he was immediately stunned, because Ye Liuyun had already begun to gather internal energy in his hands.

"Huh? You mastered it so quickly?" Sun Yuan was greatly surprised.

After observing Sun Yuan's move, Ye Liuyun understood it almost immediately and felt that it was not difficult.

"That's it, right? It looks pretty simple." Ye Liuyun watched as the ball of internal energy in his hands grew larger and larger, his face filled with excitement.

Ye Liuyun's internal energy is definitely much stronger than Sun Yuan's; Ye Liuyun's internal energy will soon be as big as a basketball.

"That's about it. You should feel a surge of energy trying to burst forth from your hands. Just push it out with that momentum," Sun Yuan reminded him.

Ye Liuyun had already sensed it, and then shouted loudly, blasting the air towards the opposite forest.

"Go." The internal energy burst forth with beams of white light, then erupted with a shockwave the size of a basketball. This attack was incredibly fast, instantly penetrating the forest. Moreover, the compressed internal energy exploded upon contact with the object.

"Boom!" The forest was instantly reduced to dust by the explosive force.

This method is somewhat similar to a cultivator's magical attack, but it is also clearly different.

Ye Liuyun was overjoyed as he witnessed the destructive power of this move.

"Wow, this is amazing! I finally have a long-range attack method!" Ye Liuyun cheered as he watched the destructive power of the attack.

This move allows her to strike enemies from over a hundred meters away, and she thinks the distance could be even greater.

"This move will improve as your internal strength increases, and you can use it for a lifetime. Old Sun once used this move to directly destroy a large star. Alright, go play by yourself. By the way, the Nine Revolutions Divine Power I taught you has more than just this effect. You need to study it carefully yourself." After Sun Yuan finished speaking, he returned to the tree branch and closed his eyes to rest.

Sun Yuan's last words reminded Ye Liuyun that her current use of internal energy was still too simplistic. But there was nothing she could do; she had only mastered the Nine Revolutions Divine Power for a short time.

After learning this technique, Ye Liuyun quickly left the island in the middle of the lake and came to a remote area.

"What 'Divine Ape Skill'? That sounds awful. I think we should just call it 'Ki Gong Cannon.' Hmm? The name 'Ki Gong Cannon' sounds familiar. It seems like a move from a comic book in my past life. Now that I think about it, the feeling of the power it exudes is also similar," Ye Liuyun muttered to himself.

Ye Liuyun then tried using it a few more times, but she couldn't gather enough power. During her attempts, she also discovered that the Qi Gong Cannon could be released in other ways.

For example, you can gather your internal energy into your fingers and then shoot it out. This way, you can shoot out a small but highly penetrating ki cannon. You can also use one hand to perform this, but the power is greater when you use both hands.

With this method, Ye Liuyun no longer needs to engage in close combat when facing an enemy. Judging from her battle with Gu Hongyue, close combat has certain advantages, but it also has weaknesses. In close combat, she currently only knows one move, Falling Flower Palm; all her other techniques are just ordinary fist and foot skills.

"Since we have some time now, let's do some development and hopefully create something fun." Ye Liuyun got right to it.

She quickly calmed down and studied the flow of internal energy and the operating rules of the Nine Revolutions Divine Skill. Since Sun Yuan had said that there were many things about the Nine Revolutions Divine Skill that she needed to comprehend on her own, its effects must be more than just this.

Chapter 304 Wave Confrontation (6000 words)

Looking at the situation on the Dao Discussion Peak, a battle as protracted as the one between Ye Liuyun and Gu Hongyue is rare in sect conferences. It's uncommon to see evenly matched battles with back-and-forth fighting.

Most matches can be ended within a minute of the start, because this is not a life-or-death battle. Even in a life-or-death battle, under normal circumstances, if the strength and background are not equal, ending the battle within three minutes is considered a relatively long battle time.

Ye Liuyun is an anomaly who cannot be judged by common sense. He cannot represent other cultivators. Most cultivators would feel extremely uncomfortable if they were suppressed by one realm, let alone by a whole major realm.

For example, you and I are both at the Core Formation stage of the Dao Palace. You are at the early stage and I am at the middle stage. If the combat power of the early stage Core Formation stage is 100, then the middle stage is 140. This difference is already huge. Unless you have powerful treasures and cultivation techniques to make up for it, the chance of winning is probably less than 30%.

The gap between the Core Formation stage and the Nascent Soul stage is even greater. Under normal circumstances, one move can kill you instantly. Only within the same realm can you still compete.

This sect tournament has a large element of luck involved. If they arrange an opponent of the same realm but a different stage for you, that's already giving you a chance. If they arrange an opponent of a different realm, I suggest you just give up and go to sleep.

If someone's cultivation level is higher than yours, they are destined to possess stronger techniques and greater resources. It's better to just admit defeat to avoid losing face.

This is the result the sect's higher-ups wanted. The reason for this arrangement was to quickly eliminate some lucky individuals. Otherwise, if all one thousand people were evenly matched, it would take too much time.

Basically, the elimination rounds can be finished in one day, but starting from the next round, it won't be possible to arrange it like that. The next round will be 500 people 1V1, and those who can stay will either be freaks or cultivators above the Nascent Soul stage of the Dao Palace.

There is also a limit to the number of core disciples in the Yun Sect. Generally speaking, each faction has only 50 core disciple slots, which means that the Yun Sect has only more than 300 core disciples in total. Then, each peak has one personal disciple and one sect seed. These more than 300 people are the highest combat strength of the Yun Sect disciples.

But out of these 300-plus people, 200 will be eliminated, which shows how fierce the competition is.

Therefore, starting from the second round, it's basically a battle between strong teams. As long as the difference isn't too drastic, it will definitely be more exciting than the first round.

In addition, people have a strange heartbeat. If there is no hope, it's fine, but once you are given hope, they may want to take a gamble. So the further you go, the more disciples will risk their lives.

Especially in the final battle for the Nanling Grand Gathering spot, many people will probably choose to give it their all, because if they win, the sect will definitely use the best healing medicine to treat their Dao Palace source injuries.

Even if you lose the bet, it still means you tried your best.

Soon, dusk arrived, and the vast sea of ​​white clouds was transformed into fiery clouds by the dim sun, a spectacular sight. The various arenas were also nearing the end of their matches.

"Numbers 99 and 100, please come up to the stage." Qin Su announced the final match of Court 1.

When Lin Aoxue heard that it was her turn to go on stage, she breathed a slight sigh of relief. She had been waiting for seven or eight hours, and it was finally her turn. She suddenly felt a little envious of Ye Liuyun, who was the first to go on stage.

As soon as Qin Su finished reading the name, Lin Aoxue's body flickered and she appeared in the center of the arena.

However, when Lin Aoxue saw her opponent, she immediately frowned, because the opponent that Yunzong had arranged for Lin Aoxue was not very good. He was only at the peak of the Core Formation Realm, which was far inferior to the opponent that Ye Liuyun faced.

Lin Aoxue was a warmonger; the stronger the opponent, the happier she was.

As for the person opposite her, he was a disciple of Qingyun Peak. She already knew that her opponent was Lin Aoxue, but she had no intention of admitting defeat.

Because most people only know that Lin Aoxue is invincible within the same realm, but they don't know that Lin Aoxue possesses explosive power that surpasses the Nascent Soul realm.

There is another type of person who refuses to admit defeat: those who believe they might have a chance to win.

"Hey! The sect is deliberately favoring outstanding disciples. Look, they only assigned Senior Sister Lin a cultivator at the peak of the Core Formation Realm. Don't they know that Senior Sister Lin has the combat power to defeat a cultivator at the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm with a single sword strike?" someone couldn't help but complain.

"What can we do? The sect conference is nominally for selecting outstanding disciples to participate in the Southern Ridge Grand Gathering. The sect didn't directly name anyone, so it's good enough that they gave us a chance," someone else said.

Indeed, Yun Sect had every reason to select disciples to participate. This would easily eliminate some of the more capable disciples. Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue alone eliminated several core disciples of Huoyun Peak. This was actually a bad thing for Yun Sect.

This so-called competition for spots is for those unassuming dark horses.

Today, nearly a dozen dark horses emerged across ten venues. What is a dark horse? It's someone who, to any discerning person, is undoubtedly the one who, however, manages to defeat their opponent.

Such people are usually very low-key in their sects, rarely showing off, but they wouldn't miss an opportunity like the Nanling Grand Gathering that could lead to further advancement.

For example, in venue number nine, a rare array master was born. This person actually defeated a Nascent Soul cultivator with the power of array restrictions, using the methods of the Core Formation Realm.

In the second arena, another disciple from Qingyun Peak used a combination sword formation that was incredibly powerful, defeating a senior brother who was much stronger than himself.

Others used powerful magical artifacts, which they probably obtained by chance during their training trips. However, it's hard to say whether these people will be able to show their skills in the second round.

"Senior Sister Lin, please enlighten me." Disciple number 99 from Field Number One bowed to Lin Aoxue.

The opponent was Lei Yunfeng's disciple. Judging from his appearance, he had no intention of admitting defeat and still wanted to try his luck.

Lin Aoxue nodded slightly, then drew her sword. The sword in Lin Aoxue's hand was a Xuan weapon named Jinglong. It was a sword without any attribute, but it could bear the power of any attribute. It was the one she obtained in the Black Wind Mountains last time.

Lin Aoxue has already reached the Dao Palace realm, and if she wishes, she can activate at least half of the sword's power.

"Let's get started," Lin Aoxue gestured.

This disciple of Lei Yunfeng took out a long sword that shimmered with lightning, a high-grade spiritual weapon. For a Core Formation stage cultivator to possess a high-grade spiritual weapon was already considered a dark horse, since many Nascent Soul stage cultivators only used mid-grade spiritual weapons.

If he were to fight an ordinary early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, he would have a very high chance of defeating them. In other arenas, many such dark horses have already emerged.

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"A high-grade spiritual weapon, that's interesting. Is Xue Jin hiding his true abilities? I've never seen him use this weapon on any other occasion," a disciple of Lei Yunfeng who knew Xue Jin said in surprise.

Even so, no one had high hopes for Xue Jin.

Upon hearing Lin Aoxue's words, Xue Jin immediately revealed a sharp gaze. He raised his hand and made a cut on the blade, causing blood to flow from the wound on his hand, which was then absorbed by the weapon.

This guy knew that if he wanted to defeat Lin Aoxue, he would have to pay a certain price. He was preparing to use his own blood essence to fully activate this high-grade spiritual weapon and let it unleash its full power.

Under normal circumstances, it would take about a month to recover from just this one drop of essence and blood.

As the blood activated the magical artifact, a powerful electric current began to coursing through the blade.

"Lightning Slash." After activating the power of his blade, Xue Jin slashed at Lin Aoxue from a distance.

A bolt of lightning, like a ferocious beast, swept towards Lin Aoxue. With the enhancement of a high-grade spiritual weapon, the destructive power of this strike was at least at the level of the early Nascent Soul Realm.

However, this strike was probably not at full power. Under normal circumstances, a fully activated high-grade spiritual weapon can unleash the destructive power of a late-stage Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.

Seeing the lightning bolt rushing towards her like a beast, Lin Aoxue did not choose to dodge. Instead, she swung her sword backhand, and a blue bird formed from the power of wind immediately flew towards the lightning beast.

The bird and the beast collided and exploded simultaneously, their attacks canceling each other out.

"This?" Xue Jin's expression changed, and he increased his strength, unleashing several more strikes, this time three bolts of lightning aimed at Lin Aoxue.

Lin Aoxue shook her head slightly. Her body flew up and transformed into a tornado, instantly shattering the three bolts of lightning, and rushed towards Xue Jin.

Seeing this, Xue Jin knew that he had no choice but to use his strongest attack. After exchanging two blows with Lin Aoxue, he realized that Lin Aoxue indeed had the ability to fight beyond her level. His advantage in cultivation level was basically meaningless in front of her.

"Purple Thunder Blade, awaken!" Xue Jin tossed his weapon into the air and poured all his power into the longsword. The longsword immediately burst forth with dazzling lightning, which quickly transformed into a thunder beast that resembled both a Qilin and a dragon.

The aura emanating from this thunder beast was at least at the late Nascent Soul stage, making this Xue Jin's largest territory.

"Roar..." After the Thunder Beast appeared, it spat out a bolt of lightning at Lin Aoxue. If Lin Aoxue didn't use some special methods, she might not have been able to block this attack.

However, this time Lin Aoxue did not use the power of her Immortal Palace. The Dragon in her hand was filled with a faint golden light.

"go."

Lin Aoxue knocked her sword away, and the sword immediately turned blue. The blue light easily cut through the lightning, and then, under Xue Jin's incredulous gaze, it pierced through the lightning beast's body.

"This? This is impossible? Pfft!" With the artifact spirit destroyed, Xue Jin himself was also affected and spat out a mouthful of blood.

He had kept this knife on his person for many years to nurture it. Not all spiritual weapons can use the weapon's original power; a cultivator must have a sufficient compatibility with the weapon.

If he had encountered an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator, he probably would have been able to win with this attack, but since he encountered a cheat, there was nothing he could do.

Lin Aoxue had just used the power of her weapon; it was a Xuan-grade weapon, and breaking Xue Jin's superior-grade spiritual weapon would be a piece of cake.

To be precise, if Lin Aoxue didn't want to play with her, she could end it in one move.

"You've lost." After breaking through the opponent's weapon power, Lin Aoxue appeared beside him, coldly pointing her sword at Xue Jin.

Xue Jin lay on the ground, looking at Lin Aoxue with resentment. He couldn't understand why this was happening, but when he saw the sword in Lin Aoxue's hand up close, his expression changed.

"This? A Xuan-rank weapon?" Xue Jin said in disbelief.

The difference between a Xuan weapon and a Ling weapon can be seen by observing the sword blade up close. Even without releasing its power, Lin Aoxue's sword flows with a faint golden hue, and its luster is clearly extraordinary.

Seeing how much attention the other woman was paying to the weapon in her hand, Lin Aoxue knew what she was thinking.

"Don't overthink it. If I wanted to defeat you, one move would be enough. I just wanted to see what your trump cards are. To be honest, your trump cards are enough to deal with ordinary Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, but they're far from enough to deal with me." After Lin Aoxue finished speaking, sheathed her sword and turned to leave.

Xue Jin was speechless. He must have known about Lin Aoxue's record; he just wanted to try his luck, but he didn't expect to be defeated so easily.

"Whose realm is higher in the end? Heavens, this is so unfair." Xue Jin stood up dejectedly. He had been preparing for more than ten years, hoping to use the move "Hidden Dragon Emerges from the Abyss," but he never expected that he would be defeated as soon as he emerged.

"Hey! These two sisters are monsters! Lin Aoxue probably didn't even use 30% of her power. That was just the power of a weapon, right? What kind of weapon could break through the full force of a high-grade spiritual weapon so easily? Even a top-grade spiritual weapon would have a hard time doing that, right?" someone speculated.

"Do we even need to guess? It must be a Xuan-rank weapon. It's a treasure that even ordinary elders of the Four Extremes Secret Realm might not possess, yet she, a Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Dao Palace, has it. Sigh, it's infuriating to compare yourself to others." Another person sighed helplessly.

Qin Su herself was also surprised. First of all, Yun Zong definitely did not give the Xuanqi to Lin Aoxue. After all, they didn't even have enough Xuanqi treasures for themselves, so how could they give them to Lin Aoxue? Yunxia Sect's sect treasure was only a low-grade Xuanqi.

However, they must have obtained even stronger weapons last time at Black Wind Mountain.

A moment later, the Yun Sect's higher-ups announced that the elimination rounds were over and that the qualifying rounds would begin with one-on-one matches, which all Yun Sect executives would be watching.

Observing the battle through the Mystic Mirror is not a reliable way to determine a disciple's abilities.

After defeating her opponent, Lin Aoxue returned directly to Bixia Valley without lingering at Lundao Peak.

But when she returned to Bixia Valley, she found that the outer area was in complete disarray.

"Ki Gong Cannon." Ye Liuyun was seen continuously releasing a transparent energy to attack the rocks in the stream area.

Lin Aoxue was surprised to see this, because she realized that Ye Liuyun's method was different from other methods and did not seem to be a magical attack.

"What new technique have you learned this time? Is this internal energy projection? I remember that body cultivators can only fight by relying on physical strength, right?" Lin Aoxue descended from the sky and landed beside Ye Liuyun.

When Ye Liuyun saw Lin Aoxue return, he immediately beamed and ran over as if presenting a treasure.

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"Haha, this is great stuff. This was taught to me by a monkey. He named it Divine Ape Skill, but I thought it didn't sound good, so I named it Qi Gong Cannon. It's a technique that uses internal force to create a vacuum sphere, then injects internal force into the vacuum sphere, and finally releases the internal force by squeezing the vacuum, achieving an attack method similar to projecting magic power." Ye Liuyun quickly explained.

Lin Aoxue became curious and wanted to test the power of this move.