Chapter 657: The Unexpected Change in Quality
All the Great Powers within the Xuanyuan Nation had already begun to stir, and various secret meetings were being held among them.
At the Utility Pavilion.
"The domestic situation in our Xuanyuan Nation is still relatively stable, thanks largely to Ye Feng's earlier decision to establish the Martial Academy. This has significantly increased the number of martial artists within our nation, and recently the Martial Academy has even trained a number of strong individuals at the Martial King Level!"
"However, the intelligence coming back from the Outer Battlefield suggests that Martial King Level experts are considered nothing more than cannon fodder over there."
Zhuge Wuming shook his head, obviously with a sense of helplessness.
Martial King Level experts, on Earth, in the Mortal World, were already quite powerful. But the message he received from the Great Wall of Heaven told him that in the massive army of tens of thousands from the Alien Race, Martial King Level experts were the lowest rank!
Zhao Gongming also sighed, "The great war is imminent; we can only hope that everything will develop in a positive direction. Didn't we win on Earth more than two thousand years ago?"
"In my opinion, we old folks needn't worry about these matters. When the great war begins, we should be the ones standing on the front lines. The era ahead is inevitably destined to belong to the young people!"
"Can we get in touch with Ye Feng? For matters concerning this situation, we need to consult with Ye Feng to decide."
Grand Sect Leader Zhao Gongming continued and inquired, as Ye Feng was now the highest-ranking person in charge of the Utility Pavilion. Though Ye Feng hadn't officially called himself the Pavilion Master, his status within the Utility Pavilion was no different in practice.
Furthermore, since Ye Feng was also the head of the Martial Academy, the decisions about how to manage it were also up to him.
"It's uncertain. Some of Ye Feng's subordinates have previously returned and taken away nearly a hundred experts, all from his Northern Border Army and the Imperial Guards of the Northern Cloud Residence."
"Moreover, they were all experts at the Martial King Realm and the Divine Path Realm; only some ordinary strong individuals are left to stand guard at the Northern Cloud Residence."
"Unless something unexpected happens, Ye Feng must be planning to cultivate his force in the Outer Battlefield, which is why he had his people take these strong individuals from the bounds of the Xuanyuan Nation to the Outer Battlefield."
Zhuge Wuming speculated, although Xiao Chuanqi and others didn't elaborate on the reasons upon their return, it was obvious that taking away so many experts all at once meant something significant.
Zhao Gongming also raised an eyebrow and said softly, "It seems that Ye Feng is not without preparation. From the establishment of the Martial Academy to leading people to the Outer Battlefield, all these actions have been decisions made for the coming chaos."
"Could it be that Ye Feng had already anticipated the chaos and took his Northern Border Army to the Outer Battlefield to train his troops in preparation for the upcoming great war?"
At that moment, Zhuge Wuming's eyes flickered, and he nodded, "Perhaps that's the case but our immediate priority is to make contact with Ye Feng. We must decide how to deal with the upcoming battle."
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The two elderly members of the Utility Pavilion started to send out messengers to look for Ye Feng in the Outer Battlefield. However, Ye Feng was still in the Heavenly Origin Secret Realm, almost completely cut off from the outside world, with no way to receive messages from outside.
Heavenly Origin Secret Realm.
Ye Feng remained seated cross-legged in the center of the great hall, shrouded by the powerful Yin-Yang Divine Source. He glowed with radiance, as the acupoints within his body were being burst open!
In merely a day's time, Ye Feng had opened over ten acupoints, and his aura continued to climb ever higher!
At this juncture, Ye Feng could feel clearly that with each acupoint opened, his strength improved greatly. Every fifty acupoints felt like a minor realm breakthrough, giving a qualitative leap in strength!
Three more days passed, and Ye Feng continued to sit and cultivate, immersed in the relentless pursuit of opening acupoints.
The Yin-Yang Divine Source from within the Heavenly Heart Palace's Sea of Consciousness flowed continuously, engulfing him completely, absorbing at an astonishing speed and in incredible volume.
After three full days, a look of joy could be seen on Ye Feng's face; he had broken through to the 2899th acupoint!
He was just one step away from the 2900th acupoint.
Currently, Ye Feng was pouring the Yin-Yang Divine Source into this 2900th acupoint with all his might. Despite the massive influx of the Divine Source, this acupoint showed no sign of giving way.
However, Ye Feng was not disheartened by this but rather felt excited. He knew what this meant; the situation wasn't new to him.
The greater the difficulty in opening an acupoint, the more crucial that acupoint proved to be!
If Ye Feng wasn't mistaken, once he thoroughly opened the 2900th acupoint, he would very likely officially step into the rank of Great Power in the Yin-Yang Realm.
Ye Feng was full of anticipation, continuously absorbing the Yin-Yang Divine Source, striving to break through this 2900th acupoint.
Before Ye Feng had opened this acupoint, he hadn't even noticed it, always assuming that only every 500 acupoints would truly mark a significant change.
The 2500th acupoint had been different from the others, with a shape not quite like the ordinary acupoints. This time, the 2900th acupoint was similar; it was distinct from the ones that followed.
"Could it be that if I succeed in opening this acupoint, a new attack technique will emerge?"
Ye Feng, while absorbing the Yin-Yang Divine Source, was muttering to himself in his heart. He was guessing that what he could now confirm was that as long as he could successfully open this Acupoint, his strength would definitely take a qualitative leap, and by then, contending against a Great Power of the Yin-Yang Realm would absolutely not be a problem.
Previously, when he had successfully opened the 2500th Acupoint, he had mastered the Emperor's Sky-Flipping Seal from the Technique of the Three Thousand Acupoints. The Emperor's Sky-Flipping Seal was an extremely powerful attack technique, and further, it was a group attack technique with terrifying power.
Would it be an attack technique this time as well?
For Ye Feng at the moment, he no longer needed to worry about defense. With the Golden Dragon Shield integrated and upgraded into the Emperor Sovereign War Armor, his defensive power had already become exceptionally formidable!
He could feel that the integrated and upgraded Emperor Sovereign War Armor, even when facing attacks from Great Powers of the Yin-Yang Realm, could probably weaken more than fifty percent of the attack!
With equal strength in a confrontation, to have a piece of war armor that could weaken the opponent's attack by fifty percent was already terrifyingly horrifying, and that too, for Great Powers of the Yin-Yang Realm. Attacks below the Yin-Yang Realm would probably be weakened by ninety percent of their power in front of the Emperor Sovereign War Armor.
Thus, Ye Feng's defensive capability had already risen to an extremely terrifying level.
What he truly lacked now were still offensive moves. Although he had the Emperor's Sky-Flipping Seal, a top-level attack technique, having only one move was far from enough in a real battle.
The Emperor's Divine Dragon Fist was now unable to keep up with Ye Feng's current realm. It was still fine for fighting those in the Golden Core Realm, but in a battle against the Yin-Yang Realm, the Emperor's Divine Dragon Fist could no longer be of much help.
Ye Feng was analyzing in his heart and continued to push towards opening the 2900th Acupoint.
After a whole half day had passed, there was a sound inside Ye Feng's body as if an egg had cracked.
Ye Feng, who was closing his eyes to absorb the Yin-Yang Divine Source, was overjoyed. At last, the 2900th Acupoint had been successfully opened!
Boom!
Ye Feng's brain roared, his aura kept rising, and the Yin-Yang Divine Source he absorbed became even vaster. A tremendously powerful presence and power were gradually spreading from his body, making the entire hall seem to tremble for it.
At that moment, a white silhouette slowly condensed in the trembling hall, and it was Elder Bai.
Elder Bai took form and looked at Ye Feng, who was exuding terrifying power, and at the quaking hall, and immediately became excited.
"The 2900th Acupoint!"
"Congratulations, My Emperor, felicitations, My Emperor!"
Elder Bai's face was extremely excited, his eyes filled with surprise. He had followed that Emperor over two thousand years ago and knew what the 2900th Acupoint meant.
Elder Bai's silhouette now fell in front of Ye Feng, his eyes filled with respect as he bent his knees and knelt directly on the ground.
Elder Bai knew that in this moment, Ye Feng had officially opened the 2900th Acupoint and truly stepped into the highest Great Realm of the Technique of the Three Thousand Acupoints!
While Ye Feng was still bursting with terrifying power on his body, Elder Bai suddenly raised his head, his expression slightly changed, and the white silhouette immediately dissipated within the hall.
Ye Feng continued to absorb the Yin-Yang Divine Source cross-legged in the hall, oblivious to the situation in the hall.
At the same time, Elder Bai, who had disappeared in the hall, surprisingly condensed outside the Heavenly Origin Secret Realm, hovering in front of a valley shrouded in mystic mist.
His aged eyes looked toward the distant horizon, and in the direction he was looking, a figure was already flying rapidly from the edge of the sky.
Soon, an elderly man appeared in front of Elder Bai, an ordinary-looking elder dressed in a cotton robe, holding a smoking pipe in his hand, with a tobacco pouch hanging at his waist.
It was the Old Man with Big Tobacco Pipe!
"Greetings, Heavenly Origin Divine Lord," said the Old Man with Big Tobacco Pipe, bowing slightly to the Heavenly Cloud Divine Lord.
Elder Bai, seeing the Old Man with Big Tobacco Pipe act this way, gave a wry smile, "I am but a gone Divine Lord. You are one of the strongest in the Mortal World today; there's no need for such formalities with me."
"In the past, the Emperor ordered you all to defend the Great Wall of Heaven generation after generation, which I opposed. But the Emperor was adamant, and I was powerless at that time."
"Over the years, it has indeed been hard on you all, defending the Great Wall of Heaven."
Elder Bai sighed deeply. He knew the identity of the Old Man with Big Tobacco Pipe and knew that he had come from the Great Wall of Heaven; he had locked gazes with the Old Man from a distance when he had just awakened.
Upon hearing this, the Old Man with Big Tobacco Pipe fell silent instantly, and after a moment, he spoke, "Let us not speak of the past. The people of the Northwest have never regretted defending the Great Wall of Heaven."
"Today, I came to find Ye Feng!"