Chapter 596

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“Now that we know the Dark Soul Hall is aiding him, as long as he doesn’t reach the Wanfa realm, he can’t change anything fundamentally.”

“Let the other four clans make a fuss if they want to. From today onward, the Liu Clan will keep a low profile. Prepare our younger generation well for the Hundred Nations’ Martial Contest.”

The old man with white hair and clothes admonished, “Remember, do not be impatient. I have already waited for over five hundred years; this period of time means nothing to me…”

“Yes, Ancestor!”

Liu Zhengcheng left the underground palace, his mood completely transformed from when he had arrived.

Inside the palace valley, the old man with white hair and clothes sat dejectedly by the pond, murmuring, “Ye Wentian, you’ve been dead for so many years. The Ye Clan has long fallen into decline and obscurity. But why… why does your descendant still turn out to be an extraordinary person…”

In the capital, at the Ye Mansion.

Ye Wushuang returned to the Ye Mansion, and Ye Yunzhe immediately sensed his arrival, feeling somewhat relieved. Ye Yunzhe’s current situation was not suitable for appearing in public, so he spent almost all his time in the mansion’s secret chamber, recovering and cultivating. However, Ye Yunzhe understood that sooner or later, there would come a day when he would stand before others once again. And on that day, it would be the true revival of the Ye Clan!

After entering the mansion, Ye Wushuang paid respects to his uncle and mother before heading to the backyard of the Ye Mansion. In the rear courtyard, Ye Feifei, dressed in a fitted martial robe with her long hair tied into a ponytail, displayed a nimble and vigorous demeanor despite her small stature. Compared to the frail little girl she was a few months ago, the almost eleven-year-old Ye Feifei now exuded a completely different aura. This was the result of Ye Wushuang’s constant care and guidance for his younger sister. With the finest ordinary pills and Ye Wushuang’s excellent instruction, Ye Feifei’s progress had been rapid. Now, at nearly eleven years old, she had successfully drawn in spiritual energy and truly reached the first level of the Physical Refining realm, laying a solid foundation.

In the path of martial cultivation, it is not always better to advance quickly in the Physical Refining realm at an early age. Eleven is the optimal age to begin martial cultivation, and sixteen is the perfect time to open one’s meridians. For now, Ye Wushuang only allowed his sister to enter the Physical Refining realm without letting her absorb more spiritual energy to advance further. Instead, he focused on her daily foundational practice, honing her physical base. One could say that throughout the Qingyun Empire and even the entire Qingzhou region, no one understood the importance of a martial cultivator’s foundation better than Ye Wushuang.

Talent determines the peak a martial cultivator can reach, while a solid foundation determines whether they can reach that peak at all. Both are indispensable.

At this moment, Ye Feifei was practicing an ordinary technique, the Penetrating Strength Fist. Suitable for cultivators from the first to third levels of the Physical Refining realm, this technique allowed her to draw upon the spiritual energy within her body. With a deep breath, she clenched her fist and swung it out, causing the air to emit a low hum. At the first level of Physical Refining, she possessed the strength of an ox—something that ordinary adult laborers, even those who worked physically demanding jobs, could never achieve.

After practicing the technique seven or eight times, Ye Feifei stopped, her face covered in sweat and panting heavily. “Big brother, have you seen enough?” she asked as she walked over to the pavilion, picked up her teacup, and took a large sip.

“Hey, little girl, you actually sensed my presence?” Ye Wushuang emerged from the corridor with a smile.

Ye Feifei approached her much taller brother and said with a grin, “I’m a martial cultivator now. You were just standing there without hiding your energy at all. Of course I could sense you!”

“Just at the first level of Physical Refining, and look at how proud you are,” Ye Wushuang teased.

“Big brother, when you were eleven, you couldn’t even draw in spiritual energy and cried secretly!” Ye Feifei taunted.

“Naughty girl, daring to tease your big brother now?” Ye Wushuang playfully patted Ye Feifei’s head and said, “Wait until you’re sixteen and reach the fourth level of the Yuanfu realm, and become even more powerful than me. Then you can compare yourself to me!”

“Pfft, I definitely will!” The siblings shared a smile.

Their current situation was a world apart from what it had been six months ago. Ye Feifei could never have dreamed of such a change. But knowing that her brother had risked his life to achieve all this, and that it was all thanks to him, she dared not slack off in her martial practice.

“Big brother.”

“Hmm?”

“You’ve watched several times now. How is my fist technique really?” Ye Feifei asked, “That Third Grandpa keeps praising me, saying I have a talent for martial arts and will eventually surpass you!”

“Third Grandpa” referred to Ye Yunzhe, who had indeed been guiding Ye Feifei’s cultivation these days.

Ye Wushuang looked at his sister and smiled, “Do you want to hear the truth?”