Martial Conquest of the Nine Desolates-Chapter 17 - 016 Rapid Progress

Stepping out of the Fierce Beast Forest, Xiao Ye returned to Xiao Family Village.

"How is that possible! How is Xiao Ye still alive?" Xiao Ba from within the village was utterly shocked to see Xiao Ye. He was well aware of the strength of those sent by the Blood Wolf Gang; by all accounts, it should have been easy to kill Xiao Ye.

"Uncle Ba, it seems like you've been especially waiting for me," Xiao Ye came to a halt, his gaze towards Xiao Ba cold and ice-like.

Xiao Ba's body trembled, but he quickly recovered, indifferently saying, "You're overthinking it; I was just passing by."

Having said that, Xiao Ba turned around and hastily left.

"Hmph! Just you wait!" Xiao Ye snorted coldly. Although he knew Xiao Ba colluded with the Blood Wolf Gang to kill him, there was no evidence, and even if he spoke out, probably no one would believe him.

But as long as he had enough strength, he would absolutely show no mercy towards Xiao Ba. With this in mind, Xiao Ye pushed the door open and walked into his home.

In the yard, Xiao Yang had his back to Xiao Ye, drinking alcohol, with a rust-streaked hunting knife lying beside him.

Seeing Xiao Yang's desolate silhouette, Xiao Ye's heart suddenly trembled.

For years, he had longed to erase that damned desolation from Xiao Yang, and now at last, he had his chance.

Xiao Ye's gaze fell upon the hunting knife, his eyes slightly reddening. It was with this hunting knife in hand that Xiao Yang had slain several powerful Postnatal Realm ferocious beasts, his fame spreading throughout all of Green Sun Town, faintly known as the number one figure beneath the three great village chiefs.

It could be said that the hunting knife had witnessed Xiao Yang's glory as well as his desolation, and as the once glory never returned, the knife too had rusted.

Xiao Ye fell silent for a moment, then quietly entered the house. When he came out again, he had a bowl of medicinal soup in his hand, its aroma permeating the air from afar.

"Father, drink the medicine," Xiao Ye said as he came to Xiao Yang's side.

Xiao Yang coughed a few times, self-deprecatingly saying, "I'm already a broken man, drinking medicine won't do much good."

After his meridians were shattered, his body was also tormented by a hidden illness. In order to alleviate this pain, Luo Meilan would often boil medicinal soup for him.

But seeing Xiao Ye's stubborn look, Xiao Yang helplessly gave a bitter smile, took the soup, and drank it all in one gulp.

A hint of joy flashed in Xiao Ye's eyes; while boiling the soup, he had dropped a Vitality Replenishing Pill into it.

The moment the medicinal soup was swallowed, Xiao Yang's body suddenly trembled violently. The sickly pallor on his face visibly dissipated at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Crash!

Xiao Yang was stunned, the porcelain bowl in his hand dropped to the ground, shattering into pieces.

"My meridians are actually recovering..." Xiao Yang yelled out in disbelief, his voice filled with endless joy.

"Father, it must be because you've persisted in taking the medicine; now it's finally taking effect," Xiao Ye said with red-rimmed eyes and a smile.

Xiao Yang, in his excitement, became incoherent. He hugged Xiao Ye tightly into his arms and looked up, laughing loudly. All the past bitterness dissipated within that laughter.

"Father, from now on, no one will be allowed to call you a useless person," Xiao Ye murmured softly to himself.

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Late into the night, a full moon hung high in the sky, casting a cold moonlight everywhere.

Xiao Ye sat cross-legged on the bed, yet the image of his elated parents weeping with joy appeared in his mind.

Having Xiao Yang's meridians restored, a big stone in his heart had also been set down. Now his only goal was to enter the Chongyang Sect, defeat Zhao Qian to wash away his shame, and make those who looked down on him pay a painful price.

"However, before that, I must settle things with the Blood Wolf Gang and Xiao Ba; otherwise, I cannot enter Chongyang Sect with a peaceful mind!" A cold glint appeared in Xiao Ye's eyes.

Subsequently, Xiao Ye took out the small booklet of the Heavenly Net Technique from his chest and flipped it open.

Heavenly Net Technique, using twelve meridians within the body to magnify True Qi...

After memorizing the entire Cultivation Technique, Xiao Ye's consciousness arrived at the first level of the Time Tower.

Inside the empty space, Xiao Ye sat cross-legged, circulating True Qi, directing it towards the twelve meridians specified by the Heavenly Net Technique.

The Heavenly Net Technique and the Mixed Element Technique used eight of the same meridians, meaning that Xiao Ye needed to open up four more.

In no time, Xiao Ye had broken through one meridian, then proceeded triumphantly, opening up the other three as well.

The twelve meridians required by the Heavenly Net Technique were now interlinked, True Qi thus flowed through these meridians, Xiao Ye's originally ample True Qi immediately thinned out a lot, even his cultivation, which was nearly at the Mid Stage of the Postnatal Realm Third Level, plummeted.

"The more meridians there are, the harder it is to improve," Xiao Ye frowned, but he believed that once the Heavenly Net Technique was successfully cultivated, his True Qi would become incomparably vigorous.

"Right, there's also the Qi Replenishing Pill!" Xiao Ye's consciousness exited the Time Tower. He took out a porcelain bottle and poured out a pitch-black elixir.

"Swallowing it directly, could there be an accident?" Xiao Ye hesitated, but then thinking about the gap between him and Zhao Qian, his face showed a determined expression.

"Screw it, I'm going for broke! Fortune favors the bold!"

Gulp!

Xiao Ye threw his head back and swallowed the elixir, immediately a warm current followed his throat down. An immense force exploded within his body, turning into infinite True Qi, racing through Xiao Ye's meridians.

"Such strong efficacy!" Xiao Ye's face changed, his hands forming the Heavenly Net Technique's Hand Seals, refining the rampaging True Qi within his body.

Inside the room, strands of Qi Vortices swept out from Xiao Ye, and if there were any outsiders present, they would certainly be stunned to see Xiao Ye's cultivation rising at a dumbfounding speed.

Postnatal Realm Third Level Middle Stage!

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Postnatal Realm Third Stage Late Stage!

Postnatal Realm Third Level Peak!

Soon, Xiao Ye began to feel a distension pain in his meridians. His twelve meridians were filled with robust True Qi, having reached an extreme limit.

"It's time to attempt to break through to the Postnatal Realm Fourth Stage!" Without any hesitation, Xiao Ye's hand seals became quicker.

"Compress!"

Xiao Ye suddenly bellowed, pressing his hands inward.

Boom crack!

A thunderous noise came from within his body. Simultaneously, the robust True Qi in the twelve meridians, after a momentary stalemate, began to be slowly compressed.

As the True Qi was compressed, the distended pain in the meridians began to subside.

Two hours later, a strong aura surged skyward from Xiao Ye's body, shaking the tables and chairs inside the room.

"Mid Stage of the Postnatal Realm Fourth Realm." A flash of sharpness crossed Xiao Ye's eyes, seemingly capable of penetrating into one's mind and spirit.

"One more pill!" Xiao Ye took out the last Elixir and swallowed it down directly.

Before long, Xiao Ye's aura climbed again, his cultivation promptly reaching the early phase of Postnatal Realm Fifth Layer Heaven, and even the wounds inflicted by the Golden Barbarian Bear had completely recovered.

"So strong!" Xiao Ye stood up, feeling the powerful True Qi within his body, his face full of joy.

Just a Qi Replenishing Pill that allowed Innate Realm Martial Artists to recover their True Qi actually enabled him to leap across two major realms in one go; such a thing was shockingly unheard of.

His current strength was at least ten times stronger than before. Moreover, the twelve meridians could provide him with a far greater amount of True Qi than Martial Artists of the same tier.

"Now it's time to attempt cultivating the Great Collapse Palm." Even though it was late at night, Xiao Ye was not the least bit tired and spiritedly headed to the Time Tower.

Creating a Great Collapse Palm that surpassed the Perfection Level was certainly an exhilarating matter.

Inside the Time Tower, Xiao Ye assumed his stance and began to practice.

"Not right!"

"Still not right!"

Xiao Ye paused time and again, carefully pondering how to stack the True Qi for the fifth time.

To achieve a breakthrough on the basis of predecessors was no simple task, so Xiao Ye explored patiently. Although he had yet to succeed, he had many inspirations.

After practicing thousands of times, Xiao Ye once again struck out with the Great Collapse Palm.

Bang bang bang bang!

Four loud booms came from within his body, and at the very last moment—

Bang!

A soft, barely audible roar rang out, bringing immense joy to Xiao Ye.

"Success!"

Although the True Qi in his body dissipated as soon as the fifth stacking began, it represented that he had found the threshold.

It then became smoother.

After hundreds of adjustments and corrections, Xiao Ye flipped his hand and performed the Great Collapse Palm, and the True Qi in his body was able to stack five times. The majestic palm wind converged into a giant palm, pressing forward.

A Great Collapse Palm rivaling a Second Grade Combat Skill was born in his hand, lifting Xiao Ye's spirits.

"With my current strength, paired with the advanced version of the Great Collapse Palm, sweeping the Postnatal Realm Fifth Realm should be no issue, and I'm afraid even Uncle Shan might not be my match." Xiao Ye's face was full of confidence.

The village junior instructor, Xiao Dashan, had a cultivation reaching Postnatal Realm Sixth Layer.

"In a few days, I'll make another trip to the Fierce Beast Forest. I must get my hands on that long knife." Xiao Ye's eyes revealed a determined look.

That long knife contained the Martial Arts True Intent of a Mystic Martial Realm expert, which was an opportunity for him to leap from Fish Jumping Dragon Gate! As long as he grasped this chance, not to mention the Innate Realm, even securing the unrivaled Xuanwu Realm was just around the corner.

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"Zhao Qian, I will become so strong that you will look up to me!" Xiao Ye spoke in a cold voice.

Simultaneously, in Xiao Ba's home, the lights were bright.

Even though it was late at night, Xiao Ba felt no sleepiness at all. Having personally seen Xiao Ye return to the village during the day, he couldn't suppress the impulse in his heart and ran to the Fierce Beast Forest in search of clues.

As the captain of the Xiao Family Village Beast Hunting Team, Xiao Ba was exceptionally familiar with the Fierce Beast Forest. Coupled with his rich experience, he quickly found the corpses of Fat Cat and the frail man.

After inspection, it was easy for Xiao Ba to deduce that these two were killed by the Great Collapse Palm. As for the murderer, it seemed evident.

"Xiao Ye!" Xiao Ba couldn't help but shudder.

How long had it been since Xiao Ye's breakthrough to the Postnatal Realm, and yet he was already sweeping through the Postnatal Realm Third Level; this talent was frightening to the extreme.

"No, Xiao Ye must have learned about my collusion with the Blood Wolf Gang. I must act quickly!" Xiao Ba's gaze flickered, his expression somber.

In Green Sun Town, murdering one's kin was a heinous crime frowned upon by thousands! Once his deeds were exposed, not to mention controlling Xiao Family Village, it would be difficult for him to even preserve his own life.

With this in mind, he could no longer care that it was night, hurriedly leaving Green Sun Town towards Bull Horn Mountain.

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