Chapter 532: Chapter 521: The Sword Cultivator Father
From this day onward, Ye Qiu and Ye Sheng faded from everyone’s sight. Some said they were too scared to challenge the geniuses from the previous Thousand-Year Ranking, but most people didn’t believe it.
This was a perfect opportunity to gain fame. Even if they didn’t care about fame, what about the rewards for success? Could they simply give up so easily? And even if they didn’t want the rewards, what about the combat experience? Losing wouldn’t be shameful, as the geniuses in the previous ranking were at least five hundred years older than this generation’s. It was quite normal to lose.
Therefore, the absence of Ye Qiu and Ye Sheng could only be due to other reasons.
Lin Shen, while challenging the geniuses from the previous Thousand-Year Ranking, felt relieved after knowing that Ye Qiu and Ye Sheng had not fled but were in seclusion at the Tianyan Sect’s station. No matter what their schemes were, he had to force Ye Sheng to enter the Life and Death Arena to resolve his Heart Demon.
However, because Ye Qiu did not compete, it gave others the chance to stand out. As for Lin Shen, now the mention of his name made everyone extremely cautious. Honestly, maintaining an undefeated record till now with his Void Refining Stage cultivation, he was the first.
On the tenth day of the tournament, someone died for the first time in this Thousand-Year Ranking, killed by Lin Shen, which silenced everyone even more. Only the family of the deceased expressed some dissatisfaction, but they had nowhere to seek redress.
Everyone knew that the Black Flames were very dangerous, but previously, everyone had surrendered except for this one person. He simply did not believe it and out of arrogance, he lost his life.
He was a Middle Mahayana cultivator, not yet a thousand years old at this ranking— you can imagine how high his talent was. It is also imaginable how painful it was for his family and relatives when he was tortured to death by those Black Flames.
But what could be done? They couldn’t even take revenge because not only did Lin Shen have the protection of the Black Flames, but he was also guarded by people from the Four Seasons Peak.
The cultivators of the Heartless Dao are a group of madmen; it was just a declining medium-sized family that had hoped this Mahayana cultivator would restore their family’s glory. But now everything was gone, all efforts were in vain, and they couldn’t even take revenge.
This was also the first time people witnessed how the Black Flames killed a cultivator. Listening to those agonizing screams, even top-grade Spirit Pills could not alleviate any pain, and cultivators looked at Lin Shen with even weirder eyes.
From then on, the geniuses from the previous Thousand-Year Ranking stayed far from Lin Shen, and he continued to advance until he became the number one in this current generation’s ranking. While cultivators internally were reluctant to accept it, he still received the rewards for being number one, unconcerned by others’ opinions.
"Ye Sheng, tomorrow you can enter the Life and Death Arena. Aren’t you coming out yet?" Lin Shen watched the direction of the Tianyan Sect’s station, his aura chilling.
Liu Xian City has existed for a long time, a city where legend has it that an Immortal once fell. Aside from the hundred mysterious arenas, there is also a Life and Death Arena.
Whenever someone enters the Life and Death Arena, the Array is activated until someone dies. Generally, without intense hatred, very few would go up.
But today, Lin Shen sent out a challenge and informed everyone in Liu Xian City.
At the same time, the people from Tianyan Sect, also geniuses in this generation’s Thousand-Year Ranking, many who were prepared to leave decided to stay for the spectacle, though most believed Ye Sheng would not accept the challenge because the Black Flames were too domineering.
Moreover, Ye Sheng didn’t show up even for the final challenge—perhaps he had foreseen this scenario and had already fled?
"What exactly do the people of Four Seasons Peak want to do?" Upon hearing the news of Lin Shen’s challenge to Ye Sheng, Elder Zhao’s anger surged.
"Is it necessary to be so ruthless among fellow sect members?" It was the Life and Death Arena, and an internal conflict at that; wasn’t this just making the people of Canglan World laugh at the Tianyan Sect?
The people below were trembling, not knowing how to respond to Elder Zhao’s words.
Elder Zhao calmed down for a while and thought that after he returned to the sect this time, he must propose to the higher-ups that Four Seasons Peak has never been aligned with the sect. They have been independent all these years, enjoying the sect’s resources without bringing any benefits to the sect. They can’t keep supporting and tolerating them just because of the little affection from the old patriarch!
"By the way, where are Ye Qiu and Ye Sheng? Are they still in closed-door cultivation?" He turned his head and asked.
"Yes." Right after the disciple answered, thunderous roars came from the sky. It seemed to be coming from their direction with an oppressive momentum?
"What’s going on? Is someone undergoing Tribulation?" He walked out of the courtyard and saw the dark clouds looming. What kind of tribulation is this? Why does it look so terrifying?
"Who is undergoing the Tribulation?"
"Quick, leave this place to avoid being affected."
The anomaly in the sky attracted the attention of many cultivators, and upon recognizing that it was someone from Tianyan Sect, they felt that Tianyan Sect indeed had special favor.
"Be careful." Ye Qiu smiled reassuringly upon seeing that Ye Sheng had succeeded in refining the Immortal Artifact.
Ye Sheng’s eyes sparkled: "It’s alright, Father. This isn’t the first time, I can withstand it."
"Father will wait for you outside." Saying this, Ye Qiu, along with Little Golden Crow, left the circle of the Heavenly Tribulation.
As soon as he left, Elder Zhao approached: "If you’re not undergoing the Tribulation, then who is?"
"It’s nothing, Sheng’er just successfully refined an Immortal Artifact."
"Immortal Artifact?" Not only Elder Zhao, but other cultivators who were constantly monitoring the situation were also stunned.
"Yes, it’s an Immortal Artifact undergoing its Tribulation."
"Are you saying your son refined the Immortal Artifact?" Elder Zhao still couldn’t believe it, "Isn’t he just in the Void Refining Stage?"
"What, can’t someone in the Void Refining Stage refine an Immortal Artifact?" Ye Qiu retorted.
Elder Zhao felt choked up, his righteous attitude baffled him. It sounded as if refining an Immortal Artifact in the Void Refining Stage was easy, but if it were easy, the Artifact Sect wouldn’t take centuries to refine one.
"Don’t tell me this Immortal Sword was refined by Ye Sheng." Elder Zhao held his breath, hoping for an affirmative answer yet not wanting to be too disappointed. Imagine, being able to casually refine Immortal Artifacts while only in the Void Refining Stage, wouldn’t that make those who took two to three thousand years to reach the Tribulation Stage seem like trash?
"Who else could have refined it if not Sheng’er?" Ye Qiu said proudly, "When Sheng’er first started learning Artifact Refining, he said he wanted to make a sword for me, and I have been waiting for decades."
He spoke as if decades were a long time, Elder Zhao stared at Ye Qiu with a displeased expression. If someone were refining an Immortal Artifact for him, he would gladly wait hundreds of years, wouldn’t he? Truly not knowing the value of what one has.
But now, it’s all good, Ye Sheng is a disciple of their Tianyan Sect. Considering the care he and his father received these days, he should have the priority to request an Immortal Artifact refinement from him in the future!