Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Ye Futian had already comprehended fire, tal, and earth-elental noble wills. As such, he was experienced in comprehending noble will, which enabled him to learn its way through its workings. Furthermore, he himself had all manners of Life Spirits corresponding to each elent. If he had been able to open up more great ruins in the Holy Road, he would have been able to comprehend greater types of noble wills.
As he had made it out of the Holy Road, the pressure emanated by the holy tablets bearing on his will could have also worked as a kind of power of will, and they each bore different elental traits. As such, Ye Futian was able to use them to comprehend the power of the noble will.
Of course, the starry will of earth elent remained the most powerful out of all types of noble wills, followed by fire. It was because both will powers matched well with his training thods, especially the starry will. It was not sothing he had acquired from the ruins, but sothing he had learned solely from his own efforts. The fla intent was acquired from the Sun Scripture coupled with what he comprehended from the great ruins in the Flaming Prison City. As such, it beca comparatively easy for him to comprehend the lightning will at the mont.
After acquiring comprehension of the noble wills, Ye Futian’s attitude towards sensing the holy tablet pressures changed. It was not just a trial, but also an opportunity.
All nine holy tablets seed to have different types of spiritual will pressures based on different types of elents. When the lightning will inside him was secured, he protected his willpower with holy will, then turned his focus onto the holy tablet bearing water-elental will. His mind seed to be assaulted with an absolute will of ice, as if to implore him to stop thinking, turning everything absolutely silent. He even began to feel his body turning stiff, the spiritual qi coursing through his body and the blood flowing within all seed to be told to stop by the intruding will.
Fire was the yang, and water the yin. He recalled the Shadow Scripture practiced by the headmaster of the Bright Moon School and went on to activate it. The spiritual power of water beca crystal clear to him, and it seed that he was surrounded by mist and frost. A full moon hung above him, and Ye Futian felt his body shrouded in extre coldness. Everywhere he searched was cold to the extre, as if the space itself was entirely frozen.
There were people who looked in Ye Futian’s direction and they looked at him funny. The guy seems to be resisting the intrusion of the power of wills, yet he seems to be training at the sa ti.
“Is all that really bearable to soone who is only of Arcana Plane?” so murmured to themselves. But the assault from the pressure felt from the tablets would probably have been less intense to soone of the Arcana Plane.
Ye Futian’s body felt incredibly cold after a while, and even those who sat beside him were covered in frost. His body seed entirely be encased in a cage of frosty mist, while the cold light of the moon shone on his body. Power originating from the will of the yin gradually emanated from within. It was apparent that the noble will of water elent was born within him as well.
The number of people staying behind on the battlefield continued dwindling. Those who managed to stay were all extraordinary figures.
Ye Futian knew he was running out of ti. If he were to use the tablets for training, he needed to be quick with comprehending noble wills. He laid his eyes on yet another tablet soon after. It was one with wind-elental will infused within, and he went on to comprehend its secret. Gales whipped up around him shortly after.
Those who took notice of Ye Futian early on seed to be more certain about their previous speculations about him. So this Arcana Plane guy is really using the will pressure of the tablets to train. Furthermore, he is training with powers of different elents.
“That kid is sure an interesting one,” one of the mighty ones from the Holy Zhi Palace standing near the sky stairwell quipped as he laid eyes on Ye Futian.
“Interesting indeed. He hasn’t been able to develop any comprehension of noble will powers before, yet noble will seed to appear within him one after another when he endured the pressure from the tablets. It seems that he has just gained comprehension of them.” Soone nodded to the comnt.
“What is his na?” one of them asked.
“Ye Futian from the Eastern Barren territory. The kid seems to have talents, and it was him who acquired the Ukiyo song on Sky Mountain. Now he has made it this far to the Holy Zhi Palace through the Holy Roads,” the one who had been keeping tabs on him elaborated.
“Both emperors left a guqin tune in the remote Sky Mountains in the Eastern Barren territory. It could be said to be the work of fate for him to get his hands on it, but many would have gotten it now.” Soone turned their eyes on the other side of the sky stairwell. There was a figure sitting there quietly with a guqin in front of him, and it was no other than Bai Luli.
Bai Luli had played the Ukiyo song before.
“Luli, what do you think about that kid’s talents? One of his seniors seed to have challenged you before,” that person asked with a grin.
Bai Luli recalled Gu Dongliu’s challenge, and there was admiration seen in his deep, clear eyes. “The teacher from the cottage in Eastern Barren territory was quite a marvelous figure himself, being able to nurture a disciple like the kid here. Given more ti, Gu Dongliu would have made it to the Barren Sky Ranking. Mingyue was also soone from the cottage, and now the junior before us has talent as well. It’s a pity that his level is rather low at this point. If he had been able to co here when he had reached grade seven Noble Plane, he would have been able to do a lot more great things.”
Everyone nodded in agreent to Bai Luli’s apt comnt.
It was anyone’s guess how Ye Futian would have perford from here on out, and whether it would be good enough to keep their eyes on him. However, if Ye Futian proved excellent enough as a cultivator, there was still the question of taking him in and letting him train at the core islands of the Holy Zhi Palace.
The reason why Gu Dongliu had challenged Bai Luli was because Zhuge Mingyue and the Holy Zhi Palace were hoping that Bai Luli would have been a couple with Zhuge Mingyue. If it was done, there might have been a fissure between Bai Luli and Gu Dongliu, as well as the ones with Ye Futian. If they were to let Ye Futian train in the Holy Zhi Palace, it would have been anyone’s guess what Bai Luli would have thought about that. Perhaps Bai Luli himself, with his current status, would not care about things like that. However, it was imperative to consider such matters from the Holy Zhi Palace’s point of view.
Bai Luli’s place in the Holy Zhi Palace was an extraordinary one. He was like the face of the palace itself.
“The numbers are close,” soone quipped without considering such problems, as it was still rather too early for them. Compared to the rest of the participants, Ye Futian was actually not that much of a standout.
A voice ca from the sky stairwell after all, “That will be all.”
The nine holy tablets took to the air and flew in the Holy Zhi Palace’s direction after the announcent was heard. Many sighed a breath of relief, feeling the air around them relax. Those geniuses, however, did not show much of a reaction, and they looked calm instead.
Ye Futian felt the power of the will of the wind around him, and then quickly put it away. Ti was too short indeed, and he was not able to keep training. However, he deed himself to be doing well at the mont. Only the wood elent was left out of the seven elents to be comprehended.
Ye Futian stood up and turned to look at the ones behind him, finding several of them gone. Only Hua Jieyu, Yuan Zhan, Mu Zhiqiu, Yu Sheng, Ye Wuchen, Zui Qianchou, Xuanyuan Bashan, and the Black Wind Condor remained. Qin Yin and Xie Wuji were unable to make it. It was quite a pity, as it was ti for the Holy Zhi Palace to select disciples to be taken in.
Only 1,000 were left on the humungous battlefield, and the small number of people left had the place feeling rather empty. Everyone who remained on the battlefield, however, were true elites.
Countless watched the ones who remained on the battlefield from the outside. Many were mighty ones from all over the Barren State, and so were from the Thousand Holy Islands.
The true objective of the trials would take place soon, as it was ti for the Holy Zhi Palace to pick their disciples. Those candidates had proven themselves by getting past the last round, aning that they had earned the chance to be disciples of a training place that was thought to be the most powerful in all of the Barren State.
The elder spoke on the sky stairwell, his eyes on everyone below, “Everyone, disperse and head to the edge of the battlefield.”
Everyone went rearward towards the edge of the platform. Ye Futian and his group took a corner for themselves.
The air was tense.
“And now, it will be ti for the Holy Zhi Palace to select its disciples. The selection will be done through battle, using only one’s own powers, no implents or instrunts of any kind allowed. Who among you is willing to be the first to accept the challenge?” the elder said at the stairwell.
The remaining thousand all looked serious. The last stage was also the most important one, as it would determine if they were able to make it as a disciple of the Holy Zhi Palace, determined by the battles that were about to take place. Only actual battles proved to be the one true standard for asuring one’s talents.
“I will.” A figure walked out among the huge group of people. Countless eyes went in that figure’s direction. That figure was soone walking out from beside Zhuge Xing. A mber of the Zhuge family, Zhuge Ping.
At the side of the Holy Zhi Palace sky stairwell, Zhuge Mingyue and Zhuge Canyang stood, feeling startled. They then saw Zhuge Ping cast his glance at a single spot, where Ye Futian and Hua Jieyu stood.
“I will challenge him for my first battle.” Zhuge Ping pointed at Ye Futian and sounded rather lazy as he said so.
Ye Futian’s performance prior had been rather eye-catching as he took out Du Ao alone. However, that was mostly attributed to the imnse powers of the superpowered ritual implent. With the actual battle coming up and Ye Futian’s level of training stuck at the Arcana Plane. It was anyone’s guess how soone not even on the Noble Plane would perform.
Being able to co this place, there was hardly any doubt about Zhuge Ping’s talents. He was among the ones anticipated to co out on top among the younger generations of the Zhuge family.
“It seems like it was Zhuge Xing who told to co out,” Zhuge Canyang murmured. “This is the first battle of the Zhuge family, and also Ye Futian’s first. Who do you think will co out on top?”
“Zhuge Xing has had a thing for Hua Jieyu for quite a while, and Zhuge Ping was never one to know his place. This battle will serve as a good lesson to humble him.” Zhuge Mingyue grinned. Not of Noble Plane, so what? My little brother in training is not soone that can be judged by usual standards.
The interest of the ones standing outside was piqued as well. Zhuge Ping was a mber of the Zhuge family, and Ye Futian was Hua Jieyu’s lover, as well as Zhuge Mingyue’s little brother studying under the sa teacher. They should have been nice to each other instead. However, the first person Zhuge Ping, a mber of the Zhuge family, had challenged was none other than Ye Futian, and it seed to be a rather peculiar thing to happen. Regardless, the battle seed to be an interesting one.
“Chen Yuan, a mber of Zhuge family just challenged your Son. What do you make of that?” Mu Chuan of the Zhaixing House asked Chen Yuan, who was beside him, seemingly taking pleasure in his upcoming misfortune.
“We’ll see,” Chen Yuan answered plainly.
“Alright, I’ll look forward to it.” Mu Chuan turned to look at the battlefield. Despite what he had just said, he was actually hoping that Ye Futian would win. The reason was none other than Ye Futian had defeated Mu Zhiqiu despite suffering a disadvantage in plane differences.
Ye Futian walked out slowly, and there was nothing much to make from his expression. He lifted his brow slightly and looked at his opponent rather funnily. He had not expected that the first one to co to fight was soone from the Zhuge family, and the person they picked, was him!
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