"Is it that difficult?"

Ye Qingzhou couldn't comprehend it. After all, his aptitude was incredibly high. After his transmigration, he fused with the original host's soul, making his spiritual power grow at more than twice the rate of others.

Moreover, with his Yin Skill reaching the realm of Mastery, his efficiency in growing his spirit through Inner Cultivation was sixteen times that of others, making it a total of 32 times.

This is why the speed at which Ye Qingzhou became stronger after training the Heart Sword was so astonishing.

"Forget it, I'll help you guys out."

Ye Qingzhou activated his thought, immediately connecting his mind with theirs. Having mastered the second layer of the Heart Sword Secret Technique, he could already extend his Divine Sense outward, significantly increasing its practicality.

Xu Yuebing and Zhu Jinfeng were shocked: "Ye Qingzhou, what did you do to us?"

"Shh, don't talk. Close your eyes and feel with your heart."

Zheng~

The two concentrated and meditated, and indeed heard the barely detectable hum of the Wind Blade, even sensing its direction and speed clearly, giving them enough composure to deal with it calmly.

Xu Yuebing and Zhu Jinfeng were overwhelmed with indescribable feelings: 'Has Ye Qingzhou become this powerful?'

'And this isn't even his limit!'

Seeing Ye Qingzhou carrying both of them—dead weights—and still breezing through the challenges, they were filled with complex emotions.

Even though they knew there's a gap between geniuses,

This gap was just too vast, wasn't it?

At this moment, at the entrance of the Return Dragon Tower, Gu Guangqi and the accompanying teachers from the twelve prestigious schools, along with the judge Xu Yinquan, all focused on a stone tablet.

Shortly, a line appeared on the tablet. It was still written in strange ancient characters, but everyone around understood the message it conveyed.

"Gu Junchen, 5 points."

"5 points? That's a score only attainable at the Perfection Realm, right?"

"Congratulations, Master Gu. The Star City Gu Clan has another prodigy in their midst."

Many envied this, gathering around Gu Guangqi, offering various compliments.

Gu Guangqi stroked his beard, revealing a look of satisfaction: "This kid, Xiaochun, has outstanding talent and is usually very diligent. This achievement is all thanks to his persistence and hard work."

"Oh, not at all. Without Master Gu's meticulous guidance, even the best jade would remain unpolished."

"Indeed, indeed, Master Gu, there's no need to be modest."

The conversation was filled with social niceties.

Listening to the praises, Gu Guangqi felt secretly proud.

For this examination, he had even secretly given Gu Junchen the Wind Stabilizing Pearl, a treasure he acquired by chance.

Just as they were extolling Gu Junchen as a peerless talent, thinking the result of the Chaotic Wind Canyon challenge was settled, three lines appeared on the stone tablet.

"Ye Qingzhou, 5 points."

"Xu Yuebing, 5 points."

"Zhu Jinfeng, 5 points."

The atmosphere turned awkward immediately, especially for those who had just been praising Gu Junchen—they didn't know what to say now.

Three new martial arts rookies reaching Wind Force Perfection all at once?

Do young people have to show off like this?

Absolutely no martial virtue!

Inside the Return Dragon Tower, after passing the challenge, the three were transported by three beams of white light to the second level.

Hong~

As soon as they stood firm, they were greeted by a rush of scorching heat.

After leaving the Chaotic Wind Canyon, Ye Qingzhou and the others were transported to an endless sea of sand.

The second challenge, Flaming Sun Desert.

"Master Ye!"

Leon was also there, seemingly having just experienced a battle, covered in injuries: "Why did you guys take so long?"

"Oh, I just led these two through the challenge."

"Cleared it? How many points did you get?"

"5 points."

"All three of you got 5 points!?"

Leon's voice rose an octave, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets, and then with a grievance-stricken face: "Master Ye, I also paid you, how could you favor them over me?"

"You didn't say you wanted my help back then."

Ye Qingzhou blinked, shrugged his shoulders with an innocent look on his face.

Leon thumped his chest as if he had missed out on a billion; he was heartbroken: "Damn, I really am too young."

"By the way, what's the situation here?"

Ye Qingzhou stepped on the soft yellow sand underfoot and looked up at the scorching sun, beginning to observe his surroundings.

Leon started explaining the rules of this level: "In the Flaming Sun Desert, you can only use Fire's Inner Breath to execute techniques, contending with the Fire-Scaled Horned Lizard. As long as you can knock it out of the circle, it's considered a win."

Soon, Ye Qingzhou indeed saw, not far ahead in the sea of sand, the emergence of creatures over four meters long.

The creatures had spear-like spikes on their backs, were completely red, and would ambush by burrowing into the sand, possessing incredibly strong power.

Ye Qingzhou observed for a while and noticed that the Fire-Scaled Horned Lizards had webbed feet, allowing them to gain momentum quickly in the quicksand.

In comparison, human Martial Artists found it tough to even stand firm in the quicksand, let alone engage in a contest of strength with the Fire-Scaled Horned Lizard, which weighed several times more than themselves.

Leon sighed, "In this round, I only scored 2 points. There was one guy, though, particularly impressive."

Following Leon's pointing, Ye Qingzhou quickly spotted the "particularly impressive" person he was referring to.

This person was over 2.5 meters tall, extremely robust, arms thicker than most people's waists, standing there like a mountain, one of those mountains that seemed ready to erupt as a volcano at any moment.

"Niu Taijie from Yongxing First High School. It's said that he's yet to master any of the other five techniques, but effortlessly cultivated Fire Technique to the Great Success Realm, born with Divine Power. If his brain worked better, he'd probably be the captain by now."

Before Leon even finished speaking, Niu Taijie had already grabbed the Fire-Scaled Horned Lizard in front of him and threw it out of the circle with a back throw, securely earning 4 points.

"Holy shit! Fire Technique Great Success!"

The surrounding people couldn't help but exclaim. Among the Six Techniques, Fire Technique demanded the most of one's physical talents.

Clearly, Niu Taijie was born with immense strength, making training in Fire Technique effortlessly easy.

After defeating the fourth Fire-Scaled Horned Lizard, Niu Taijie took a short break. Soon the shifting sands surged again, and the fifth Fire-Scaled Horned Lizard soared up from beneath the yellow sand.

Its body length had already exceeded twelve meters, nearly as big as a bus with 50 seats, weighing over 6 tons, charging like a runaway dump truck.

Faced with such a formidable foe, even the naturally powerful Niu Taijie was no match, getting knocked away and lamenting in defeat.

The onlookers weren't surprised; after all, they couldn't even defeat a ten-meter Fire-Scaled Horned Lizard, let alone one that's twelve meters long.

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