King of Creation-Chapter 33 - The Secret

“I thought you had forgotten our agreement for this month and was about to chop down that untrustworthy fellow you’ve become, but it turns out you did show up.”

Ye Zhen instantly broke into a cold sweat.

He felt that the way Liao Feibai was sizing him up made it seem as if she were figuring out where to slice him, as if she truly intended to cut him down, sending chills through his body.

Just one look from her could affect Ye Zhen so much; he had to admit, Liao Feibai was terrifying.

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“Don’t worry, mainly because your cultivation is too tender and can’t withstand much handling.

Wait until your cultivation progresses further, and I will definitely give you a surprise.”

After speaking, Liao Feibai gestured toward the stele inscribed with ‘To seek the Dao one must first forge their courage’ and invited Ye Zhen to begin.

“Chop this stele with one palm.

I’ll give you three chances.

If you can’t break the stele in three tries, get ready…

”

“Tsk!”

With an indifferent slash of his palm, a sudden burst of Qi Gang appeared, and before his palm reached it, a corner of the stele was already sliced off by Ye Zhen as easily as cutting through tofu.

Just as Liao Feibai, who wanted to shock Ye Zhen, was going to react, her expression suddenly froze as she looked at Ye Zhen with renewed brilliance in her eyes, “Just a month and you’ve improved so much?”

“Your potential is even greater than I imagined.”

As Ye Zhen was about to bask in the praise from Instructor Liao Feibai, her eyes flashed and with a gentle flick of her finger, she touched Ye Zhen’s wrist pulse.

Instinctually, Ye Zhen’s wrist trembled rapidly like a slippery snake, trying to escape Liao Feibai’s grip, but her fingers were like the natural predator of snakes, lightly pecking and rendering Ye Zhen immobile.

Ye Zhen only felt his wrist tremble, and a stream of icy force penetrated his body.

The finger resting on Ye Zhen’s wrist was cool as jade, but the power surging into his body was cold as ice.

That frigid force surged into Ye Zhen’s body, causing an odd jolt.

The Blood Qi in Ye Zhen’s dantian, along with the few drops of True Yuan, instantly began boiling like water raging in a kettle.

The few drops of True Yuan that Ye Zhen had not intended to use suddenly burst forth uncontrollably, covering the surface of his arms.

“Three drops of True Yuan?

Nicely done, hiding your cultivation level right before me, as if my eyesight, Liao Feibai’s, is blind.”

Before his words were done, Ye Zhen sensed trouble.

In the next instant, he was suddenly hurled into the air as helplessly as a lone boat caught in a stormy sea, tumbling wildly in all directions.

Watching Liao Feibai spin Ye Zhen around in her hands like he was a wheel, he was nothing more than a blur of head and feet, resembling not a person but rather a toy in Liao Feibai’s hands.

As his insides churned and his head spun, Ye Zhen was tossed aside by Liao Feibai with a single phrase, as she coolly turned and entered the inner courtyard.

“After you’ve finished throwing up, come in!”

Entering Liao Feibai’s inner courtyard, Ye Zhen was still feeling light-headed.

One could only imagine the dazzling speed with which Liao Feibai spun him; in that moment, Ye Zhen felt as if his limbs were about to detach, an experience he had no desire to endure a second time.

“Your cultivation pace is quicker than I imagined, so naturally, your reward should be a bit higher.”

At these words, Ye Zhen’s eyes suddenly sparkled.

A reward!

He hadn’t thought that in addition to gaining a cultivation technique from Instructor Liao, there would also be a reward.

As for the fact that it seemed beyond the scope of her instructional duties, Ye Zhen simply ignored it.

“In three months, if you can convert all the Blood Qi in your body into True Yuan and break through to the True Essence Realm, I will reward you with a cultivation technique manual of Human-Level top grade.”

“A cultivation technique of Human-Level top grade?

Really?” Ye Zhen was immediately astonished.

It might seem that once a servant disciple becomes an Outer Disciple, they immediately gain access to Middle-grade or High-Grade Mortal Level cultivation technique manuals—a considerable jump.

However, the higher the grade of the cultivation technique manual, the more precious and rare it becomes.

As an Outer Disciple becomes an Inner Sect Disciple, they are granted new cultivation technique manuals, yet the grade of these new manuals is generally no more than Human-Level Lower.

Only if an Inner Sect Disciple makes it onto the Heavenly List or achieves good results in the Sect competition do they stand a chance to be rewarded with Human-Level Middle Level techniques.

As for Human-Level top grade techniques, ordinary Inner Sect Disciples have almost no chance of acquiring them.

It is rumored that even the Sect Guardian Skills that only the Sect Leader of Qiyun Sect can cultivate are of nothing but Middle-grade Earth Level.

By that measure, one can imagine the preciousness of a Human-Level top grade cultivation technique.

Furthermore, techniques of a higher grade provide an extraordinary advantage in terms of cultivation speed and technique power.

If Ye Zhen could get his hands on a Human-Level top grade technique even just a step earlier, the resulting benefits would be incalculable.

“Of course!

As long as you break through to the True Essence Realm within three months.”

“Three months…”

Ye Zhen suddenly realized the condition Liao Feibai had set and was instantly dumbstruck.

It wasn’t that the condition was very difficult, but rather it was simply impossible.

Under normal circumstances, an Outer Disciple who has condensed their first drop of True Yuan, to transform all their Blood Qi into True Yuan and truly step into the True Essence Realm, would need at the very least one year, and that’s with the daily consumption of Blood Essence Pills.

Even if Ye Zhen had that secret Stone Marrow Spirit Liquid, he couldn’t do it within three months; at the quickest, he would still need more than half a year.

“Instructor Liao, stop kidding around, three months is simply impossible,” Ye Zhen said with a wry smile.

“How about this then?”

A Pill Bottle appeared in front of Ye Zhen, bearing the words ‘True Essence Pill’.

“One bottle?” Ye Zhen inquired.

“One bottle!”

“One bottle is not enough, maybe four or five would be closer to the mark.” Seeing Instructor Liao being so generous, Ye Zhen brazenly asked for more.

Upon Ye Zhen’s request, Liao Feibai instantly became like an enraged lioness, furiously roaring at Ye Zhen, “Four or five bottles of True Essence Pills?

Why don’t you ask for ten or eight bottles?”

“With so many True Essence Pills fed to you, even a pig could be stuffed into the True Essence Realm; would there even be a need to give you rewards to motivate you?”

“One bottle of True Essence Pills, take it or scram!

From now on, every time I see you, I’ll cut you down.” Liao Feibai directly erupted into curses.

In the end, Ye Zhen awkwardly took the bottle of ‘True Essence Pills’ in his hand, “I’ll give it a try…”

“It’s not about trying; you must achieve it.

If you don’t, I’ll cut you down every time I see you from now on.”

Ye Zhen was instantly embarrassed; whether he took it or not, he would be cut down either way; was Instructor Liao being overly violent?

After pondering for a moment, Ye Zhen took a deep breath, holding the True Essence Pill with a solemn expression as he asked, “Instructor Liao, can you tell me why?

Why are you treating me so specially, with rewards and providing pills?

I remember that no other Outer Disciple ever received your guidance before.”

Seeing Ye Zhen ask this, Liao Feibai was not surprised at all, instead she sneered, “What, are you scared?

I’ve dug you a big hole, just waiting for you to jump in.

If you’re scared, throw down the pills and scram, and remember, every time I see you, I’ll cut you down!”

“Scared my ass!

Three months it is.” Liao Feibai’s mockery sparked Ye Zhen’s pride, and holding the True Essence Pill, he turned and left.

As Liao Feibai’s face was wearing a smug smile, Ye Zhen suddenly turned back, causing a slight stiffness in Liao Feibai’s expression.

“Instructor Liao, there’s another issue with my cultivation that I can’t figure out and need your guidance on,” Ye Zhen said.

Hearing that Ye Zhen was asking about a cultivation issue, Liao Feibai finally breathed a sigh of relief, as she had thought Ye Zhen was going back on his word just a moment before.

“Ask.”

“Instructor Liao, for some reason, when I practiced the Essence Blood Primordial Body Technique, I broke through directly from the Fourth Stage of Blood Training to the Fifth Stage, without experiencing the Marrow Cleansing and Body Refining process at all.”

Pausing for a moment, Ye Zhen added with a wry smile, “To be honest, I haven’t even taken a single Marrow Cleansing Pill!”

The next instant, Liao Feibai started roaring at Ye Zhen again, “Are you stupid?

You have an Innate Pure Body, pure as jade within, why would you need Marrow Cleansing and Body Refining?

If you were my disciple, I’d slap you to death to save myself from your disgrace!”

Before Instructor Liao could finish her rant, Ye Zhen had already fled in terror without looking back, the sound of her roaring still continued in the background.

“You think I’m out of my mind or what?

If you weren’t an Innate Pure Body, even if I gave you ten bottles, you wouldn’t be able to break through to the True Essence Realm in three months!”

Ye Zhen, having dashed out the door, was inwardly chuckling.

Wasn’t she just saying that with enough True Essence Pills, even a pig could reach the True Essence Realm?

Ye Zhen hadn’t realized the effect of the Innate Pure Body was so great; thus, the role of the Stone Marrow Spirit Liquid was even more important than he had imagined.

Inside the Training Institute of Liao Feibai, just after Ye Zhen had skedaddled, Fairy Caiyi appeared behind Liao Feibai, holding Hua Li in her arms, dressed in a colorful dress.

“Alright, Elder Sister Liao, he’s gone, look at you, you scared him!” said Fairy Caiyi.

“What’s wrong, he saved your precious Hua Li, and now you’re suddenly feeling sorry for him?”

Teased by Liao Feibai, Fairy Caiyi’s face turned an inexplicable shade of red as she remembered the illness of Hua Li, “No, I’m not.”

“Still denying?

Your face is turning red just from me mentioning it.”

As they spoke, the two women started to laugh and play.

After a while, Fairy Caiyi composed herself and said, “Elder Sister Liao, have you noticed?

There are quite a few secrets about this Ye Zhen.”

“Within one month of becoming an Outer Disciple, his cultivation soared from the Third Stage of Blood Training to the Fifth Stage.

This speed is almost on par with Ren Xihua’s cultivation rate.”

Moreover, this afternoon, an Illusion Serpent King inexplicably turned into an empty husk.

Although he says it was the work of a demon, I always felt something was off.”

Listened to Fairy Caiyi’s concerns, Liao Feibai’s eyebrows fell slightly, and her gaze suddenly grew deeper, “Sister, everyone has secrets in this world, don’t they?

Let’s talk about the secrets we two carry; aren’t they quite a few?”

After a pause, Liao Feibai continued, “Moreover, to talk about people with secrets, Caiyi, you are the biggest secret within Qiyun Sect…”