Chapter 415 - 263: Showing Off Skills and Cultivation of the Fifth Realm

Chapter 415: Chapter 263: Showing Off Skills and Cultivation of the Fifth Realm

Suddenly, Ye Shuping’s pupils contracted. The Yu Fei before him had just teleported.

He had seen it with his own eyes. It wasn’t a result of extreme speed, but Yu Fei actually piercing through space.

"You...?"

Before he could finish his question, Yu Fei, who had been at the door, suddenly vanished. He was now sitting in the chair right in front of Ye Shuping!

"Mr. Ye, pretty amazing, right?"

Ye Shuping let out a long breath.

"Kid, you can teleport your physical body now?"

Yu Fei nodded. "Yes, Mr. Ye. My trip to the Red Sun Realm was quite fruitful!"

After a brief pause, Ye Shuping followed up with a series of crucial questions.

"Can this ability only be attached to your Sword Qi? Or can you teleport just by thinking it? Also, what’s the maximum distance? And is the cost high?"

Yu Fei took out a Fog Pine Stone marker he had made and answered:

"Mr. Ye, teleportation requires a marker, like this one. As long as I’m within the same world, I can teleport to it. The cost is low."

He had tested it many times. The cost of teleporting was negligible, for both his spirit and his Inner Qi. He could activate the marker continuously; the drain was about the same as walking.

Ye Shuping’s tone turned serious as he asked, "Are these markers easy to make? Is there a limit to how many you can have?"

Yu Fei nodded, then shook his head.

"They’re easy to make. I’ve found that they last longest when made from Fog Pine Stone. If they aren’t destroyed, they can exist for several hundred years. And there’s no limit on the quantity!"

"That’s good. Your teleportation ability is too incredible. Don’t use it recklessly. In the future, if you must use it in public, you have to pretend it has a very high cost. By the way, I’ll prepare some Fog Pine Stone for you. Your next task is to focus all your energy on making markers."

Yu Fei was a little confused. "Why do we need so many markers?"

"I’ll place your markers all over the Yu Kingdom so you have an escape route in an emergency! Also, give me a few extra. In the future, if you run into life-threatening danger, you can teleport directly to my side. It’ll give you a better chance of saving your own hide!"

Yu Fei was suddenly deeply moved. ’I was originally so wary of Mr. Ye, but with each and every thing that’s happened, he has truly been looking out for me.’

’The key is that I can feel the goodwill coming from Mr. Ye growing stronger every time we meet. Now, it’s almost surpassed that of a mere friendship.’

"Mr. Ye, I can get the Fog Pine Stone myself. Once I have a breakthrough in my realm, I’ll go to the Golden Stone Gang Realm again. I discovered a massive Fog Pine Stone vein there!"

But upon hearing this, Ye Shuping seemed to hesitate.

Yu Fei didn’t know that every time he displayed his extraordinary talents to Ye Shuping, the old man’s expectations for him grew. Now, he almost completely regarded him as the future of the Yu Kingdom’s martial arts world.

Although Yu Fei had experience sneaking into the Golden Stone Gang Realm, it was, after all, a world controlled by another faction of Martial Saints. If anything happened to him, Ye Shuping would be devastated.

For a moment, Ye Shuping even considered providing all of Yu Fei’s future cultivation resources. ’Let him become a Martial Saint safely and securely first, then he can go out and mess around.’

Yu Fei was oblivious to this; he couldn’t possibly fathom the thoughts of a Martial Saint. He just felt that this was something he could tell the old man. ’With his wisdom, maybe he’ll find a better use for it.’

"Mr. Ye, there’s another reason I want to go to the Golden Stone Gang Realm. I think I’ve figured out how to teleport across worlds, and I want to test it!"

"What did you just say?"

Ye Shuping was so shocked he shot to his feet. He stared at Yu Fei with a burning gaze, one that looked like it could melt him on the spot!

"Are you sure you’re not talking nonsense? This isn’t just some fantasy? What you have is teleportation. Do you even know what cross-world teleportation is? Like the Cross-Border Black Fog?"

Yu Fei stared in shock at the old man, who had suddenly unleashed an overwhelming aura, like toppling mountains and churning seas. He stood ramrod straight, and only then did Yu Fei realize the old man was actually a bit taller than him.

Under the pressure of that immense aura, he couldn’t even stand up or speak. Aside from his own thoughts, he couldn’t muster any of his power. Even trying to connect with his markers was an impossible dream.

Ye Shuping quickly noticed Yu Fei’s condition and immediately retracted his oppressive aura.

"My apologies. What you said was so outrageous that even an old man like me lost his composure for a moment...

Is it really cross-world teleportation?"

Yu Fei nodded stiffly. "I believe so!"

The sudden suppression from Ye Shuping’s aura completely crushed the joy Yu Fei had felt from gaining his teleportation ability.

After gaining the ability to go wherever he pleased, he had admittedly gotten a bit cocky.

’The markers gave me a permanent escape route, available anytime, anywhere. I thought I was finally safe.’

’But the old man didn’t even have to lift a finger. Just by releasing his aura, he suppressed all of my abilities.’

’Teleport? Yeah, right. More like sit tight and don’t move a muscle.’

Perhaps seeing the shock on Yu Fei’s face, Ye Shuping explained with a smile:

"Your ability is quite strong. From this point on, a Grandmaster won’t be able to hold you. Even a Grandmaster might let you slip away if they’re not careful. But in the presence of a Martial Saint, you don’t stand a chance!"

"But you don’t need to be discouraged. This is due to the fundamental differences between life forms at different realms. I estimate that once you reach the Gang Qi Realm, even a Grandmaster won’t be able to stop you if you decide to run. And once you’re past the Grandmaster Realm, no matter who your enemy is or how many of them there are, you will, at the very least, be impossible to defeat!"

As he said this, Ye Shuping gave Yu Fei a strange look. He had set the rule that Yu Fei must fight opponents two realms above his own and was not allowed to lose. The goal was to force out the boy’s potential; he never actually expected him to maintain that streak forever.

’But... with the ability to teleport using markers, this kid is practically unbeatable from the start!’

After a moment of contemplation, Ye Shuping said gravely:

"This time, I’m going with you to the Golden Stone Gang Realm to make sure nothing goes wrong!"

’If Yu Fei’s cross-world teleportation ability is real, then there’s a high chance he could unravel the secrets of the borderlands in the future. He might discover the truth about the various alien races, and perhaps even lead humanity to a new future.’

’His mind raced. The chaos among the top-level Martial Artists of the Yu Kingdom stemmed from one core reason: the path forward was severed.’

’Many Martial Saints had harbored great ambitions in their youth, always believing they could solve the ancient riddles, their hearts set on serving the greater good.’

’But after wasting so many years and finding no hope at all, their mindsets changed.’

’They began to pursue all sorts of absurdities: the secrets of the Evil God, hedonism, madness, indulging in slaughter, abandoning emotion, creating life... all manner of unimaginable performance art.’

Ye Shuping believed that if Yu Fei could reveal the truth of this world, he might not even need to suppress them by force. That group of Martial Saints, whose paths were cut off, would naturally stand by his side, supporting and protecting him.

It was as the old saying goes: "To hear the Dao in the morning is to be able to die without regret in the evening."

’Still, it’s best to have a two-pronged approach. If Yu Fei could possess the martial power to dominate the age while also pointing the way forward, nothing could be better!’

Looking at the somewhat unreliable Yu Fei, Ye Shuping gave a wry smile to himself.

’Oh, well. All his plans would have to be thrown out and reset. The most important task now was to properly nurture Yu Fei.’

"Mr. Ye, how are you planning to get in?"

Yu Fei asked out of the blue.

Ye Shuping replied irritably, "I am, after all, the proper headmaster of one of the Seven Great Academies and a renowned, veteran Martial Saint. Is there anywhere in this world I can’t go?"

...

"Ahem... let’s get back on topic. I’ll tell you the key points for advancing from the Inner Qi Realm, as well as the cultivation method for the Divine Realm. After that, you need to hurry up and perfect the Yang Fire within your body. Then, we’ll go and take a look at your cross-world teleportation!"

When he mentioned cross-world teleportation, a look of excitement appeared on the old man’s face—a rare sight for someone who so rarely let his emotions show.

Hearing that Mr. Ye was about to give a lesson, Yu Fei immediately sat up straight and prepared to listen intently.

"The Inner Qi Realm is primarily about nurturing and refining. Once your Qi Sea is full and forms a core spiritual source, your cultivation of Inner Qi is complete!

"The Divine Realm, as its name suggests, is related to various intents. Depending on the Cultivation Technique you chose in the previous realm, you must comprehend a divine intent related to your spiritual source. You must take the inanimate object formed by your technique and gradually divinize it, then imbue your own will into every single wisp of qi...

"Most Martial Artists in the world practice a single Cultivation Technique, so the requirements for the Divine Realm are lower for them. But for every bit of complexity added to a Cultivation Technique, for each additional attribute, the difficulty of cultivation nearly doubles...

"Top prodigies all practice mixed-attribute Cultivation Techniques. Compared to ordinary Martial Artists, the difficulty is more than a hundred times greater...

"As for the All Things Return to Origin Scripture, this ancient, true Daoist art... its difficulty surpasses even that of other mixed-attribute Cultivation Techniques..."