Chapter 22
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Chapter 22: Another Village Fallen
After using the awakening technique for the first time, Yun Ye took ten days to recover.
Fortunately, his first combat ranking battle was against members of Hundred Refinements Steel, so there were no significant issues.
Of course, he didn’t gain any advantages either.
According to Hundred Refinements Steel, they could only lose to Yun Ye three times at most; after that, it would become difficult…
They needed to pay more!
Winning a round in the combat ranking earned points, while losing a round deducted points.
If, by the end of the year, someone has too few points and is among the last twenty, even passing the Fifth Exam would result in downgraded treatment.
Conversely, if one is not among the last twenty, passing the Fifth Exam would lead to upgraded treatment.
Yun Ye is currently in the Third Exam, so his opponents will only be from the Third Exam range.
However, even among his peers in the Third Exam, those who have studied for a year are quite different from him at the start, enough for Yun Ye to face overwhelming disadvantage in practical combat.
In terms of physique, Spirit Sense, and comprehension, Yun Ye is quite ordinary; even if he trains hard in Tiger Fist, he won’t see a transformative change.
Thus, Yun Ye can only bide his time and think of ways to carve a new path.
He has at least one combat ranking every month, meaning he has two months left to prepare intensively.
…
At the No. 6 Martial Arts Arena,
Yun Ye and Wang Yao practiced together, exchanging punches ruthlessly, resulting in numerous wounds all over their bodies in just a short time.
However, they had grown accustomed to this level of injury; it was a basic requirement for practicing Tiger Fist.
As their physical strength severely depleted, the battle ended shortly after, resulting in a draw.
Yun Ye sighed, realizing that talent was indeed very important.
He had managed to seize opportunities with remarkable calm, growing at a pace that far exceeded the limits of his talent, yet Wang Yao could match him on instinct alone, managing to tire them both out.
After a long period of fighting and interaction, Wang Yao’s stats were completely assessed.
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Sanhe Village Villager: Wang Yao
Region: Baishi Town – Sanhe Village
Lifespan: 12/57
Fate: D
Physique: C
Spirit Sense: E
Comprehension: D
Spiritual Roots: C
Dao Artifact: 0
Strength: D
Introduction: A farmer’s son from a humble background, hiding a single Earth Spiritual Root. He might be able to move to Baishi Town.
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Wang Yao’s talent can be considered quite good.
With dual C-level talent, he surpasses others significantly and should be placed in a B-level academy.
However, his physical talent includes combat ability, yet his Spiritual Tool cannot be detected.
In this situation, he can only consider himself unlucky and is thrown into a C-level academy.
The gap in teaching quality among the four academies—A, B, C, and D—is enormous, and their teaching attitudes are different as well.
Being downgraded will slow personal development.
With better teachers, Wang Yao should be stronger now and not be evenly matched with Yun Ye.
After the match, Yun Ye and Wang Yao jogged a bit, and during that time, Wang Yao suddenly seemed to remember something and said, “Did you hear? The village near Hongshan was completely wiped out by monsters overnight; hundreds of people died!”
“No survivors?” Yun Ye asked.
“None. It’s probably a horde of monsters or maybe a chaotic-level monster,” Wang Yao shook his head.
Yun Ye didn’t speak.
He felt that Shi Baiyan and his group might have acted again.
In Baishi Town, where could so many monsters come from? If it were truly that frequent, even the people of Baishi Town wouldn’t survive.
The many villages around Baishi Town indicated its safety.
Perhaps the army regularly cleans them out, or there are some formations, or maybe there are special treasures.
In any case, there must be mechanisms in place to maintain safety, as this would directly affect the quality of life of the lord of Baishi Town.
In just ten years, including Xiaoye Village and Sanhe Village, four villages had been destroyed overnight.
That’s far too many. Even in this world, it’s enough to make people anxious.
However, because of this, news was suppressed, and no one dared to openly discuss these villages.
In the ten years since Yun Ye was reborn, he had hardly heard anyone mention Xiaoye Village, as if the disappearance of such a large village was just a natural occurrence.
—The people of Mingzhu Village were completely unaware.
In this dangerous world, the cost of information exchange became higher, making each village seem like an isolated fortress, trapped in ignorance due to deliberate suppression.
Wang Yao knew about the fallen village because news circulating in Baishi Town was hard to contain.
The Academy, gathering various types of people, facilitated smooth information dissemination.
It was only in the Academy that Yun Ye learned that it was indeed already the fourth village annihilated by monsters.
“(If chaotic-level monsters truly exist, Baishi Town wouldn’t be so peaceful—We must become practitioners as soon as possible, or we’ll end up like those ordinary villages, reduced to mere numbers spoken of in tales of being destroyed by monsters.)”
Yun Ye wrote.
“Though I really want to, I can’t rush it. Those with decent talent haven’t even awakened their Spiritual Roots; I’m afraid I’m still far behind,” Wang Yao said with concern.
"Then… let’s break through the limits!"
Yun Ye stopped running.
"Ha, here we go!"
The battle began again.
It continued until dusk ended.
…
Chaotic-level monsters.
They are said to easily threaten an army of a thousand.
If a chaotic-level monster appears near Baishi Town, it is likely that several teams of practitioners will be deployed to hunt it down.
But for now, Baishi Town has not taken any such actions and continues to patrol the area.
In Yun Ye’s view, the higher level of Baishi Town is full of doubts. Shi Baiyan’s team of armored soldiers might be acting under the orders of the town’s high-ranking officials.
From Shi Baiyan’s perspective, they were absolutely not planning to act just once. Over ten years, it’s definitely possible they could replicate their actions several times.
And so many actions have conveniently passed undetected in Baishi Town?
"Everything is just speculation; without direct investigation, there is no way to know."
Yun Ye sat cross-legged.
He activated the awakening technique again.
The awakening technique does not require any extra actions; it only needs intense focus to draw upon the life energy within.
The basic feeling is to gather life energy towards the chest.
Simply put, spreading it to the brain awakens Spirit Sense.
Spreading it throughout the body awakens spiritual awareness.
Gathering it at the chest awakens the Spiritual Roots.
Essentially, he needed to concentrate the life energy into a closed sphere, allowing Yun Ye to complete the awakening of his Spiritual Roots.
During the gathering process, the life energy continuously spilled out, and if it flowed to certain areas, it could be injured, so Yun Ye needed to carefully adjust the flow route.
During his first attempt at the awakening technique, Yun Ye met failure right from the start due to guiding issues; it did not move in the direction he wanted.
In this second attempt, Yun Ye felt a bit more confident…but he once again faced failure.
He came to a stop with a blank expression.
Poor talent feels like this; you think you can control it, but your power tells you—
But I refuse!
"Indeed, restorative medicine is essential. Starting today, I need to take herbal medicine."
Yun Ye had no choice but to painfully spend more money to buy services that could only be enjoyed at the Awakening Hall.
Herbal medicine.
Or rather, it’s taking strong medicine.
This medicine does not provide a large amount of energy and cannot replace food, but it can quickly restore the life energy lost by the body.
It is essential for practicing the awakening technique.
But it is a bit expensive.
Yun Ye’s wallet might not be able to bear it and needs to find more ways to earn money.
