Chapter 250 - 248: News of the Four Grotto Heavens

Ying Feihang, who had been perfectly amiable just a moment ago, instantly became domineering and cold.

His eyes blazed with majestic fury, and his aura surged like a tidal wave.

Under his terrifying pressure, Wang Fu and Liu Yi prostrated themselves on the ground, trembling uncontrollably.

’What a terrifying aura! He’s the Third Elder’s disciple, after all. Just how horrifying is his strength?’

Wang Fu’s heart pounded with terror.

In the Lower Sect, he had been ranked number one in strength. After entering the Upper Sect, it was inevitable that he’d feel a bit arrogant.

But now he understood that the Upper Sect was a whole new world. People stronger than him were everywhere, and there were even peerless geniuses he couldn’t hope to compare with!

"Wang Fu, I gave you a Spirit Pill to help you break through. Is this how you repay me?"

A shadow fell over Ying Feihang’s face.

He had thought this matter was settled.

But the news he received was that Luo Tian had entered the Upper Sect!

This made the prospect of killing Luo Tian much, much more difficult.

This was the last thing Ying Feihang wanted to see!

’Hm? No, wait!’

Ying Feihang realized, ’Shouldn’t Luo Tian have been in the same assessment as Wang Fu?’

For Luo Tian to have still gotten into the Upper Sect under those circumstances, Ying Feihang suspected that Wang Fu might not have done his part at all.

"You imbecile! Are you looking to die?!"

Ying Feihang was furious. His anger flared, and he unleashed a chilling killing intent that made Wang Fu shudder instantly.

Wang Fu quickly nudged Liu Yi with his arm.

’I clearly succeeded. It was Liu Yi who ruined everything.’

"Uh, Senior Brother Ying, this is all my fault..."

Liu Yi briefly explained his misunderstanding and what had happened during the assessment.

He repeatedly stressed that he had misunderstood, that he was innocent, and begged for forgiveness!

"So it was you who ruined my plans?"

A glare as sharp as a sword shot from Ying Feihang’s eyes.

He recalled that he had originally gone to Liu Yi to ask about Luo Tian, only for Liu Yi to claim he was Luo Tian’s brother-in-arms who had been through life and death with him.

"Senior Brother Ying, I was wrong! Please give me a chance to atone for my mistake!"

Liu Yi’s face paled as he begged for mercy.

"Fine. I’ll give you a mission right now!"

Ying Feihang said coolly.

"What mission?"

Just as Liu Yi asked, he saw Ying Feihang gather pale white True Qi in his palm and slash it through the air.

SCHLICK!

One of Liu Yi’s arms immediately fell to the ground, blood spraying from the stump.

"AHHH..."

A cold sweat beaded on Liu Yi’s brow from the pain, soaking his clothes.

"That was to let me blow off some steam."

Ying Feihang slowly sat down and said coldly, "This time it’s just an arm. Next time, it might be your life!"

"Yes, yes!"

Liu Yi didn’t dare say another word.

The Upper Sect’s rules were indeed strict, but there were still loopholes to exploit.

Especially for someone with a powerful background like Ying Feihang, it wouldn’t be difficult to actually kill Liu Yi.

"Based on what you just said, I’ve thought of a method,"

Ying Feihang said.

Now that Luo Tian was in the Upper Sect, dealing with him was exponentially harder. He might have to get involved himself.

"Liu Yi, you will follow Luo Tian. Stay by his side and monitor his every move. That will make it more convenient to act,"

Ying Feihang ordered.

"A brilliant idea!"

Wang Fu immediately exclaimed.

Liu Yi had helped Luo Tian a few times, so he could pretend to have betrayed them and sided with Luo Tian, acting as a mole.

Liu Yi nodded as well, cursing with immense hatred in his heart, ’Luo Tian, you’re the reason I’ve fallen to this state! I want you dead!’

...

After returning to his courtyard, Luo Tian’s consciousness entered the Celestial Book World.

"Celestial Book, can the *Wind Manipulation Technique* be perfected and upgraded?"

Luo Tian asked.

"Five hundred pages can raise the Tier of the *Wind Manipulation Technique* to the Celestial Level!"

The Celestial Book’s answer shocked Luo Tian.

’It can be upgraded to the Celestial Level!’

One must understand that on the Dongchen Continent today, anything related to the Celestial Level had practically become the stuff of legends.

Even the Core Disciples of the Yunxiao Sect weren’t guaranteed to learn a Celestial Level Martial Skill.

’But it actually needs five hundred pages...’

Five hundred pages would require ten thousand Spiritual Essence Coins.

But Luo Tian only had a little over one thousand Spiritual Essence Coins on him right now. Multiplying that by ten was simply too difficult.

Moreover, the other Martial Arts Skills and Techniques Luo Tian cultivated were almost all incomplete fragments. They all required the Celestial Book’s power for Inference, and his Spiritual Essence Coins were simply not enough.

’I’m so broke!’

Luo Tian sighed. He had to find a chance to earn some Spiritual Essence Coins.

He temporarily gave up on upgrading the *Wind Manipulation Technique* to the Celestial Level. Earth Level Upper Grade was good enough for now.

As for completing this Body Martial Skill, there was no rush either.

So, Luo Tian began cultivating it directly.

He walked out of his room and into the spacious courtyard.

WHOOSH! SWISH! SWISH!

Following the description in the *Wind Manipulation Technique*, Luo Tian executed its Luck Skills and Step Technique, moving swiftly across the ground.

At first, Luo Tian found it extremely difficult, even a bit awkward.

This feeling was exactly the same as when he first cultivated the *Nine Heavens Sword Technique*.

After all, an Earth Level Upper Grade Martial Skill was difficult even for an Earth Element Realm Martial Artist to cultivate.

A typical Spirit Sea Realm Middle Tier Martial Artist would have no hope of mastering it.

Only someone like Luo Tian, with his supreme talent and astounding comprehension, would dare to redeem such a High Tier Martial Skill.

Luo Tian practiced continuously.

「An hour later.」

Luo Tian’s speed suddenly increased. His body felt much lighter, as if he had just touched the threshold of the *Wind Manipulation Technique*.

SWOOSH! SWOOSH!

Luo Tian’s figure was as graceful as the wind, giving off a profound sense that he was difficult to capture and his movements were impossible to predict.

He cultivated nonstop, stopping when he was tired and continuing to practice once he was rested.

「Three days later.」

Luo Tian stood in the center of the courtyard.

WHOOSH! SWOOSH!

He suddenly opened his eyes, his figure flashed, and he vanished without a trace in an instant.

As if a gust of wind had blown past, Luo Tian appeared at the top of a tree to his right.

WHOOSH!

Another gentle breeze swept by, the leaves rustling, and Luo Tian appeared again on a rock twenty meters away.

It was as if Luo Tian had merged into the wind. His figure was blurry and indistinct, his movements graceful and hard to follow, and he was incredibly agile.

It seemed Luo Tian’s shadow could appear anywhere the wind could go.

Luo Tian’s *Wind Manipulation Technique* had reached the Entry Level.

But one shouldn’t look down on the Entry Level. The speed at which Luo Tian could execute the *Wind Manipulation Technique* was already faster than his Perfection Level *Cloud Traveling Step*. This was the massive gap between Tiers.

Furthermore, once the *Wind Manipulation Technique* reached Great Success, it would grant the ability of Crossing the Void, something Luo Tian greatly yearned for!

Luo Tian suddenly stopped his Body Technique cultivation and stared at the courtyard gate.

"Junior Luo? Are you cultivating a Martial Skill?"

A few breaths later, Liu Yi appeared, asking with a smile on his face.

"What happened to your arm?"

Luo Tian stared at Liu Yi’s empty sleeve.

Liu Yi had just entered the Upper Sect; how did he end up with a missing arm?

"Sigh, I was too eager for quick results. Thinking that the Four Grotto Heavens were about to open, I went out to train. Unexpectedly, I ran into an unusually ferocious Demon Beast and it bit my arm off,"

Liu Yi sighed.

"Bitten off by a Demon Beast?"

A strange look appeared on Luo Tian’s face.

Under the perception of his Spiritual Sense, the cut on Liu Yi’s severed arm was clean, looking more like it had been sliced off by a weapon. There was no way a Demon Beast had bitten it off.

"Junior Luo, Wang Fu and I have become bitter enemies now. He might even come after me, so from now on, I can only stick with you."

Liu Yi looked as if he had no other choice.

"I’m actually curious. Why would you go so far as to betray Wang Fu just to help me?"

Luo Tian asked in return.

"Hehe, isn’t it because you have such a powerful background, Junior Luo? To actually have a connection with the Law Enforcement Elder."

Liu Yi chuckled.

This was his attempt to probe whether Luo Tian truly had a connection with the Law Enforcement Elder.

"What do you mean by that?"

Luo Tian had no idea what he was talking about.

So, Liu Yi recounted the deaths of Qi Nan and Steward Lu, as well as the other disciples’ speculations.

"Your guesses are correct, but unfortunately, I have no connection with the Law Enforcement Elder whatsoever,"

Luo Tian said frankly.

He also felt that the Law Enforcement Elder’s actions were a bit strange, but he didn’t know the reason.

"No connection?"

Liu Yi was stunned. This answer was beyond his expectations.

’How could this be? If I had known he had no connection to the Law Enforcement Elder, I should have killed this brat back in the Celestial Extreme Mountain Range!’

Liu Yi cursed furiously in his mind.

But on the surface, he said nonchalantly, "It seems we were all overthinking it."

However, with his superhuman senses, Luo Tian keenly perceived the anger that Liu Yi was trying his best to conceal.

’This person can’t be trusted. There’s a conspiracy afoot!’

Luo Tian made a judgment in his heart.

But that didn’t stop him from using Liu Yi to get some information.

"The Four Grotto Heavens open in seven days. I wonder if Senior Brother Liu knows anything about them?" Luo Tian asked.

"I joined earlier, so I learned a few things the last time the Four Grotto Heavens opened!"

Liu Yi said with a smile.

"The Four Grotto Heavens are divided into: the Slaughter Grotto Heaven, the Survival Grotto Heaven, the Heart Demon Grotto Heaven, and the Creation Grotto Heaven!"

"Each Grotto Heaven is a separate, small trial space, completely different from the real world. They are incredibly profound and strange inside, and cannot be measured by common sense!"

"By entering a Grotto Heaven and undergoing its trials, you can greatly improve your strength. And the better you perform, the more rewards you can get."

Liu Yi briefly explained the basics.

"In short, for disciples like us who have just entered the Upper Sect, we shouldn’t expect to perform that well. Just being able to enter the Four Grotto Heavens to temper ourselves is enough!"

Liu Yi lamented.

The Four Grotto Heavens were open to all Upper Sect Disciples.

He and Luo Tian were both at the bottom of the ladder among the Upper Sect Disciples. Their performance and results didn’t matter at all.

Focusing on their own performance would likely only lead to a heavy blow to their confidence.

"Interesting!"

After listening to Liu Yi’s explanation, Luo Tian developed a keen interest in the Four Grotto Heavens.

However, he also felt it was a pity that he could only muddle through and wouldn’t be able to contend with the other Upper Sect Disciples.

After Liu Yi left, Luo Tian returned to the Cultivation Secret Room.

He had to prepare for the opening of the Four Grotto Heavens. Even if he was just going in to muddle through, he would still do his best!

Sitting cross-legged, Luo Tian circulated the *Guiyuan True Skill*, devouring the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi around him!

Luo Tian entered a state of Cultivation and began to stabilize his Cultivation.

The last time, he had used the Ten Thousand Spirits Blood-devouring Pill to directly raise his Cultivation to the Peak of the Fourth Layer, and he hadn’t had enough time to consolidate it yet.

Besides that, a portion of the Ten Thousand Spirits Blood-devouring Pill’s medicinal effects was still sealed within his body, ready to be absorbed at any time.

After cultivating for three days, Luo Tian took out a milky-white Elixir Pill. It was the Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill.

This Pill could perform Washing Marrow and expel impurities from the body.

Taking the Ten Thousand Spirits Blood-devouring Pill last time had left Luo Tian with significant side effects, as blood-fiend resentment had invaded his entire body.

Even the Clearing Qi Three Elements Pill could only eliminate eighty percent of the effects, with some still remaining.

’With this Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill, I should be able to eliminate it completely!’

Luo Tian swallowed it.

Besides Washing Marrow and expelling impurities, the Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill could also improve one’s constitution and even one’s aptitude, making it an extremely rare and precious Spirit Pill.