Martial Conquest of the Nine Desolates-Chapter 5 - 004 Time Tower

Xiao Family Village, inside Xiao Ye's house.

Xiao Yang and Luo Meilan were sitting in the hall, anxiously looking towards the tightly closed room door. Ever since Xiao Ye returned from the village chief's house, he had locked himself in his room for two hours.

"Alas, Ye'er seems strong, but this matter has caused him great harm," Xiao Yang said.

Xiao Yang was very clear about Xiao Ye's feelings for Liu Yiyi.

"Brother Yang, our son will definitely be alright," Luo Meilan comforted.

Inside the room, Xiao Ye sat on the bed, his thoughts in turmoil, remembering Liu Yiyi brought a sharp pain to his heart.

Years of obsession, crushed by reality, but how could the affection of childhood sweethearts be forgotten overnight?

In his mind, images of Liu Yiyi snuggling in his arms appeared one by one, eliciting a pitiful, heart-rending look, but they were all replaced by the cold and ruthless face of Liu Yiyi in the end.

Heartache, an incomparable heartache!

The feeling of pain, like tides, came in waves, almost suffocating him.

At the village chief's house, he could still suppress this pain, but now, he could no longer hold it back.

He wanted to shout out loud to vent this pain, but to not worry his parents outside the door, he could only forcefully clench his teeth, preventing any noise from escaping.

From clenching too hard, a miserable thread of blood seeped between his teeth, slowly flowing down from the corner of his mouth.

Xiao Ye's expression was miserable; he breathed heavily and fiercely grasped his chest, as if this could alleviate the pain.

Suddenly, Xiao Ye spat out a mouthful of fresh blood. Having been injured already under the oppressive aura of the white-robed young man Zhao Qian at the village chief's house, and now with his emotional disturbance, his injury flared up.

Looking at the blood on the ground, Xiao Ye's eyes turned cold and fierce.

That arrogant young man who humiliated him and forced him to kneel, he wanted to defeat him with his own hands and reclaim his dignity!

He wanted to make everyone who looked down on him regret their actions!

"But my strength..." Xiao Ye's hands trembled slightly.

Having calmed down, he felt powerless about his current situation.

Zhao Qian was a high and mighty Innate Realm Martial Artist, with the cultivation support from Chongyang Sect, whereas he was just a mountainous village boy who hadn't even stepped into the Postnatal Realm. The gap between them was enough to drive one to despair.

"I'm not resigned!" Xiao Ye's face showed stubbornness, he jumped down from his bed and started practicing fist skills in his room.

Even if that gulf was vast, he resolved to flatten it entirely.

At this moment, his desire for power reached its peak.

Tirelessly, Xiao Ye practiced the Fierce Tiger Fist. Meanwhile, due to the emotional turmoil, his heart beat fiercely, quickly surpassing the normal levels.

Thump, thump, thump!

His heart rate accelerated, eventually sounding like a drum.

"It's bad, that strange illness is about to flare up again!" Realization dawned on Xiao Ye, and his expression changed immediately.

The precursor to the strange illness's flare-up was an extremely fierce heartbeat.

"This is also good, when the strange illness flares up, my cultivation speed will greatly increase." Xiao Ye relaxed, waiting for the onset of the illness.

Soon, Xiao Ye felt something was amiss, as this time his heart was beating even more violently than before.

Just as Xiao Ye felt anxious, a tearing pain suddenly struck him, causing his body to tremble violently. He then let out a scream of pain, his vision darkened, and he passed out.

In a daze, he saw a small tower glowing with brilliant rays of light breaking out from his chest.

"Could my strange illness be caused by this small tower?" After this thought flashed through Xiao Ye's mind, his consciousness was swallowed by endless darkness.

When Xiao Ye opened his eyes again, he was shocked to find himself in a space surrounded by nebulae. These nebulae continuously burst and reborn, as if undergoing a cycle of reincarnation, appearing stunning yet melancholic.

"I am the Time Dominator, worshipped by countless beings, but even the Heavenly Dao Reincarnation has its day of downfall..." A desolate sigh traveled through the boundless void, resounding within the space.

Who is there!

Xiao Ye's mind was shaken, he looked around, but saw no one.

"The Time Tower, engraved with parts of my Time Dao. Little fellow, you're really lucky to obtain this," a shadow shrouded in mist emerged from the void and merged into Xiao Ye's body.

Boom!

A wave of consciousness surged into his mind, conveying information.

After a long while, Xiao Ye finally opened his eyes, his face displaying intense shock.

"Little fellow, strive hard..." That wave of consciousness seemed to have exhausted its power, turning into specks of starlight, dissipating in the void.

According to the information conveyed by this consciousness, he was now inside the small tower.

This small tower, named the Time Tower, was crafted by the Time Dominator and comprised five layers.

The First Level, where the speed of time flowed ten times slower than the outside world.

The Second Level, where the speed of time flowed twenty times slower than the outside world.

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Hence, on the fifth level, the flow of time is fifty times slower than the outside world.

However, the origin of that Time Dominator, the transmitted information by that consciousness, did not reveal anything at all.

"True Spirit Continent, to think that there is such a mystical treasure!" Xiao Ye muttered, unable to calm his emotions even now, because it was all too shocking; he had never heard of a treasure capable of controlling time.

"That Time Dominator must be a supreme existence," Xiao Ye speculated.

The True Spirit Continent is vast, and Xiao Ye has not even stepped out of Green Sun Town, how could he guess the origin of the Time Dominator? As for why this pagoda appeared inside him, he was even more clueless.

But immediately after, a wild joy uncontrollably surged in Xiao Ye's heart.

If he cultivates in the first level of the Time Tower for ten days, doesn't it mean that only one day has passed in the outside world?

With such significant differences, what kind of genius could he not catch up to? Moreover, the Time Tower has levels from the second to the fifth!

Nevertheless, according to the information transmitted by the consciousness, he could only enter the second to the fifth levels when he possesses sufficient strength.

For example, the second level, he can only enter after becoming an Innate Realm Martial Artist.

As for the requirements for the third to the fifth levels, he temporarily does not know.

"It seems that the strange sickness that triggered in the past, causing my cultivation speed to greatly increase, was because I inadvertently came here," Xiao Ye clasped his fists, his face full of excitement.

If he had this Time Tower, and still could not pass the Chongyang Sect entrance examination after a year, then he might as well bash his head and die.

"Zhao Qian, you wait, I am steadily approaching you!"

Xiao Ye suddenly assumed the starting position of Fierce Tiger Fist, his body like a fierce tiger, and began practicing.

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Inside Xiao Ye's house, several people were standing at the moment, occasionally casting their gazes towards the aged figure standing in the middle.

Because he was the current village chief of Xiao Family Village, Xiao Tianxiong.

"Is there still no sign of Ye'er waking up?" Xiao Tianxiong asked with furrowed brows, looking at Xiao Ye who lay on the bed with his eyes tightly shut.

"No, the doctor said Ye'er's injuries are not severe, it's just that his consciousness seems to have fallen into a deep sleep," Xiao Yang said, his sickly pale face filled with deep worry.

That day, Xiao Ye screamed heartrendingly in his room and has been in a coma ever since, now a month has passed.

During this month, both he and Xiao Ye's mother Luo Meilan could neither eat nor sleep well, fearing that Xiao Ye would remain unconscious.

"Ah, it was not easy for our Xiao Family Village to have such a genius, now to think..." Xiao Tianxiong sighed, his aged face filled with heartache.

After exiting seclusion and returning to the village, upon learning that Xiao Ye had broken through to the Ninth Body Refining Realm, he overjoyedly rushed to Xiao Ye's home.

Xiao Ye, cultivating alone and reaching the Ninth Body Refining Realm at the age of fourteen, if such a genius were to grow, he could definitely lead the Xiao Family Village to glory.

But the news of Xiao Ye falling into a coma was like a heavy blow to him, leaving him completely stunned.

What use is a stunningly brilliant genius if they remain unconscious?

"Village Chief, after your hard work venturing into the Fierce Beast Forest, and slaying a Postnatal Eighth Realm Jiao Snake to obtain Jiao Snake Blood, it shouldn't be wasted," Xiao Ba followed the Village Chief, his eyes slightly flashing as he spoke.

What the Village Chief, Xiao Tianxiong, called seclusion was actually venturing outside Green Sun Town into the Fierce Beast Forest to hunt the Jiao Snake.

A Jiao Snake is a powerful ferocious beast, its blood as scorching as magma, containing immense energy. Body Refinement Realm martial artists bathing in its blood could increase their chances of breaking through to the Postnatal Realm.

Xiao Tianxiong had made this move to nurture a young Postnatal Realm powerhouse in the younger generation, and Xiao Ye was undoubtedly the most suitable candidate.

The day Xiao Tianxiong returned to the village, he handed the Jiao Snake Blood over to Xiao Yang for safekeeping, waiting for Xiao Ye to wake up so that he could use it.

Upon hearing Xiao Ba's words, Xiao Yang's expression turned icy, his eyes full of angry flames.

"Xiao Ba, you are going too far!"

This Xiao Ba, taking away three Body Refining Pills was enough, now he even wanted to take away the Jiao Snake Blood meant for his son!

Once Xiao Ye lost the Jiao Snake Blood, breaking through to the Postnatal Realm would become challenging.

"Hmph, my son has also broken through to the Ninth Body Refining Realm now, besides Xiao Ye, he is the most qualified to use the Jiao Snake Blood. Moreover, the energy of the Jiao Snake Blood can only be preserved for three months, if we delay further, it won't be good for anyone," Xiao Ba coldly huffed.

Xiao Teng, after taking the Body Refining Pill, recovered from his injuries and successfully broke through to the Ninth Body Refining Realm.

"You!" Xiao Yang trembled with rage, agitating his hidden illness, and began to cough violently.

"A waste, and a walking dead, you and your son are truly a perfect match," seeing Xiao Yang's condition, Xiao Ba spoke with a tone neither too cold nor too hot, feeling extremely pleased inside.

"Enough, all of you shut your mouths!" Xiao Tianxiong shouted loudly, his gaze sweeping over the two men like a sharp knife, a burst of Nine Layers Postnatal energy erupting, making Xiao Ba's heart tremble, silencing him.

Xiao Tianxiong, feeling frustrated, stepped towards the outside of the house, leaving behind a sentence: "In another month, if Xiao Ye still cannot wake up, the Jiao Snake Blood will belong to Xiao Teng."

This sentence made Xiao Yang's complexion even paler.

"Haha, I'll be waiting for you to deliver the Jiao Snake Blood to me with both hands in a month," seeing his objective achieved, Xiao Ba laughed heartily, turning around and striding away.

Xiao Yang suppressed his anger, looking worriedly at the still unconscious Xiao Ye.

"Ye'er, you must wake up."

At this moment, unnoticed by anyone, a faint glow began to emerge at the position of Xiao Ye's chest, forming a mysterious pagoda seal.