Chapter 436
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Chapter 436: Gaining Entry as Desired
“Hold your blade, Brother Ye Yun!”
The voice arrived before its owner.
Ye Yun raised an eyebrow as Zhuge Chong descended before him.
“Brother Zhuge? Why are you here?” Ye Yun feigned surprise while already guessing the answer.
Zhuge Chong surveyed their surroundings and flicked a glowing talisman. The enraged Flame Beast recoiled in fear as if confronting something formidable.
“Had I delayed, you’d have slain this creature,” Zhuge Chong remarked dryly, his blue robes fluttering.
Ye Yun’s voice turned icy. “This is how you greet guests? Had I been less capable, I’d be dead already.”
Zhuge Chong waved his hand dismissively. “Impossible! I knew you weren’t as weak as your cultivation level suggests. That realm-concealing treasure must be rare indeed.”
“Did you summon me merely to battle beasts?” Ye Yun pressed.
“You secluded yourself for a full month!” Zhuge Chong countered. “Our disciple selection concluded days ago. Shan Yu Chun dared not interrupt your closed-door cultivation at Alchemy Cauldron Building. Hence today’s… demonstration.”
“Using such creatures for ordinary candidates? Unlikely.” Ye Yun cut him off.
“Ordinary?” Zhuge Chong chuckled. “Your sword sealed beasts across ten zhang and slew fifty with mere sword arcs. No common disciple matches this.”
“Yet the Flame Beast remained,” Ye Yun pointed out coldly.
“Newly matured and no match for you.” Zhuge Chong’s eyes sparkled. “Had I lingered, you’d have claimed its life.”
“You overestimate me.”
“Nonsense! Only thus could I recommend you as inner disciple. The palace watches everything.”
“Inner disciple?” Ye Yun masked his surprise. This exceeded his expectations – and his secret plans with Ancestor of the Sword Path regarding Misty Sect and Divine Grace Palace.
“Your performance convinced them.” Zhuge Chong gripped his shoulder. “That Ice Sealing a Thousand Miles? Pure Ice Spirit Qi! Then you unleashed Lightning Technique – dual spiritual energies! How?”
Ye Yun shrugged. “Recall the Thunder Spirit crystal?”
“That pitiful stone from Golden Sword Sect’s Yun Tianxing? You gleaned Thunder Spirit Qi from that?” Zhuge Chong’s jaw slackened. He and Zeng Xuan had deemed its energy insufficient for comprehension.
“Tenfold spiritual energy in Alchemy Cauldron Building’s secret room worked wonders.” Ye Yun smirked. “Talent helps.”
Zhuge Chong snorted. “Luckiest bastard I know. Remember – honesty about dual energies guarantees inner disciple status.”
They soared skyward, passing effortlessly through the vanished transparent shield. Beyond the hundred zhang wall waited three elders. The white-haired leader radiated vitality.
“Master!” Zhuge Chong bowed deeply. “This is Tian Yunzi, master of Heavenly Palace.”
Ye Yun inclined his head. “Elder.”
Tian Yunzi’s piercing gaze swept over him. “Dual exotic spiritual energies at third level Foundation Establishment? Explain.”
“Childhood mischief delayed cultivation,” Ye Yun answered evenly. “Family elders boosted my realm before permitting travel.”
“Yet you rival Flame Beasts.” The elder’s eyes narrowed. “Five years mastering Ice Spirit Qi, then Thunder Spirit Qi in weeks?”
“Natural talent,” Ye Yun maintained. “Childhood exposure to lightning techniques helped.”
Tian Yunzi raised a hand. “Origins matter not. Divine Grace Palace values obedience. Our rules contain greater powers than yours.”
Zhuge Chong nudged the speechless Ye Yun. “Accept the offer!”
“This easily?” Ye Yun challenged. “Does Divine Grace Palace treat inner sect selection so lightly?”
The elders’ laughter echoed. “Boldness becomes youth!” Tian Yunzi declared. “Will you join us?”
After calculated pause, Ye Yun bowed.
“Disciple greets Master.”
