The ink hadn't dried!
Upon hearing Ye Changyun's words, Ye Qingchen's eyelids twitched violently!
He had come too hastily! He hadn't even had the chance to dry the ink completely!
"Ahem, maybe it's because the weather's damp,"
Ye Qingchen coughed twice.
Ye Changyun nodded,
"Yes! The season is changing, the weather is different! Next, even the sky over Qingyun Town should change!"
...
Ye Qingchen and Xiao Xiao returned to their small courtyard.
Ye Qingchen's injuries were mostly physical and after a few days of recovery, he had almost completely healed.
And after several days of continuous cultivation and consuming a total of seven Spirit Gathering Pills, Ye Qingchen's cultivation had broken through from the Sixth Layer of Martial Apprentice to the Seventh Layer!
Faster breakthroughs before had resulted from ten years of accumulation and Spiritual Power he gained from Li Susu.
After exhausting these two forces, Ye Qingchen's cultivation speed had slowed down.
Now, this was Ye Qingchen's true cultivation speed!
But breaking through from the Sixth Layer to the Seventh Layer in just a few days was something Ye Qingchen couldn't even have dreamed of before!
As far as Ye Qingchen knew, Wang Teng, the top genius in the Northern Desolate Country, had also taken ten days to break through from the Sixth Layer to the Seventh Layer, which was twice as slow as him!
Over these few days, members of the Third Elder's branch had mysteriously disappeared, and Ye Qingchen knew it was the work of the clan leader, Ye Changyun.
His gaze fell on the courtyard.
Xiao Xiao was counting the roosters in the cage, drooling at the mouth, pondering which one to eat first.
These days, Ye Changyun had people send large quantities of fish and meat daily so that both of them could recover. Not only had Xiao Xiao not grown tired of the meals, but she had grown addicted to them.
In just a few days, she had gained weight, her face becoming round and chubby.
Now she was troubled about having to kill one of the chickens each day.
"What a little foodie!"
Ye Qingchen laughed, pulling a key out of his pocket.
This was the key to the Martial Soul Testing Room that Ye Changyun had given him earlier!
Now that the Li Family's mole was gone from the family, Ye Qingchen no longer worried about Xiao Xiao's safety and prepared to visit the testing room.
He was very curious about the extraordinary abilities of the Dual Pupil Martial Soul awakened later and what star level it could be.
The Martial Soul Testing Room was not far from Ye Qingchen's courtyard, and a few minutes later, he arrived.
The Ye Family, being one of the three great families in Qingyun Town, had several testing rooms for family members to test their Martial Souls.
When Ye Qingchen arrived, there was nobody around. He used the key to open a testing room and stepped inside.
The room was not large, only about thirty or forty square meters, with a Bagua-shaped formation in the center and ten crystal balls about the size of fists suspended above it.
When the person testing their Martial Soul stepped into the formation, it would automatically activate. The Martial Artist would then activate their Martial Soul and begin testing their Martial Soul Star Level. However many crystal balls lit up would indicate the level of the Martial Soul.
One, two, and three-star Martial Souls were ordinary, and most Martial Artists awakened such Martial Souls;
Four and five-star Martial Souls were of medium quality, and those who awakened them often had decent combat abilities, potentially becoming absolute powerhouses in small places;
Six and seven-star Martial Souls were high quality, and those with them were geniuses with unlimited potential;
Eight and nine-star Martial Souls were classified as exceptional, and each person who awakened one was an extraordinary talent destined to become strong on the Heaven Desolate Continent unless they fell along the way!
As for ten-star Martial Souls, they were dubbed as the Holy Soul! It's rumored that among billions, only one Martial Artist would possess a Holy Soul. Such Martial Artists almost always became revered supremes on the Heaven Desolate Continent, admired by countless!
After locking the door, Ye Qingchen stepped directly into the Bagua Formation. With a thought, he activated the Willow Wood Martial Soul, with a segment of willow wood, the size of an adult's arm, quietly hovering above his head.
Buzz!
The Bagua Formation trembled fiercely at the aura of the Martial Soul, and eight different energies rose from the eight directions around Ye Qingchen, enveloping him and the Willow Wood Martial Soul.
Instantly, the formation brightened significantly, and the ten crystal balls suspended above began to light up one after another!
One! Two! Three! Four! Five! Six! Seven!
Seven stars!
This was precisely the grade of Ye Qingchen's Willow Wood Martial Soul!
Retracting the Willow Wood Martial Soul, with anticipation in his heart, Ye Qingchen willed it, and the Dual Pupil Martial Soul, deep within his consciousness, quivered and appeared above his head!
Buzz!
The previously calm Bagua Formation trembled, eight streams of energy enveloped Ye Qingchen and the Dual Pupil Martial Soul, and the formation glowed brightly!
The crystal balls suspended above began to light up one by one!
One! Two! Three! Four! Five! Six! Seven! Eight! Nine! Ten!
In almost a blink of an eye, all ten crystal balls lit up, their dazzling light illuminating the entire testing room as if it were day!
"Ten-star Holy Soul!"
Even though Ye Qingchen knew the Dual Pupil Martial Soul was extraordinary, seeing the test result with his own eyes left him parched and involuntarily gulping!
In the next instant, Ye Qingchen was filled with immense joy!
The Dual Pupil Martial Soul was a ten-star Holy Soul!
Didn't this mean that he would inevitably grow to become a supreme power on the Heaven Desolate Continent?
As Ye Qingchen was excited, the Dual Pupil Martial Soul quivered slightly and opened its eyes!
Boom!
A powerful force instantly swept through the entire room, like a storm, smashing the locked door to pieces!
The Bagua Formation became extremely unstable, shaking from side to side, with the ten suspended crystal balls extinguishing one after another, leaving only two still lit.
"What happened just now?"
Ye Qingchen quickly retracted the Dual Pupil Martial Soul, looking bewildered.
In his excitement, he had attempted to access the power of the Dual Pupil Martial Soul, which seemed to have destroyed the testing room?
"Haha, only a two-star Martial Soul. No wonder, you're such a waste who has been cultivating for ten years, yet your cultivation has remained at the First Layer of Martial Apprentice!"
Then, a mocking voice sounded from outside. Ye Qingchen turned his head, his gaze piercing through the shattered door debris, and spotted a tall and slender young man standing outside, looking at him and the two lit crystal balls behind him with contempt.
"Ye Xiao?"
Ye Qingchen furrowed his brow.
Ye Xiao, the son of clan leader Ye Changyun, was his age, seventeen.
In the past, when Ye Qingchen awakened a seven-star Willow Wood Martial Soul, Ye Xiao awakened a six-star Sword Soul, making him the second genius in the Ye Family, after Ye Qingchen!
Over ten years, while Ye Qingchen's cultivation stood still, Ye Xiao's rose rapidly, reaching the peak of the Seventh Layer of Martial Apprentice, becoming the indisputable top genius among the Ye family's younger generation!
"I can't believe I once considered you my rival. Now it seems the seven-star Willow Wood Martial Soul you tested was definitely a fake!"
"Pretending to be the Ye family genius when you're just a waste, don't you feel it's pathetic to live like that, Ye Qingchen?"
Ye Xiao's face was full of pity and mockery as he coldly sneered and shook his head.