The Eternal Heart - Chapter 38

Chapter 38: Chen Yu’s Decision

Translator: Alsey

Editor: Chrissy

Chen Yu finally understood why the outer sect’s number one genius, Nangong Li, didn’t break through to the Visceral Tempering stage and deliberately chose to stay at the outer sect.

One could imagine that these people definitely knew about the reward from the Great Outer Sect Tournament prior to this from inside means.

“This generous reward for being the champion has rarely been seen in the last 20 years,” Tong Yuling exclaimed in surprise.

The treasured weapon, Profound Qi Pill, and saint-ranked martial arts technique… when any single one of these three items appeared in all the previous Great Tournaments, it would stir and excite people.

But in this year’s Great Tournament, all three appeared at the same time.

Other than the champion of the Great Tournament, the rewards for the top three and top ten were tempting as well.

[Reward for the top three]: 20,000 Contribution Points, top-ranked martial arts technique, and mid-ranked Profound Body Pill.

The reward for second and third place was basically about to overtake the reward for placing number one last year.

Going further down.

[Reward for the top ten]: 10,000 Contribution Points, high-ranked martial arts technique, and low-ranked Profound Body Pill.

Even the lowest reward for the top ten was enough to tempt any single outer sect disciple.

10,000 Contribution Points? How great of a danger would ordinary disciples have to face and how much energy did they have to expend for them to be able to obtain such an amount?

High-ranked martial arts technique? Looking at the outer sect broadly, there were only a few people who could cultivate high-ranked martial arts techniques. It could even be said to be as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.

Profound Body Pill? Every time one appeared in the outer sect, it would be fought over and gone in an instant.

“Let’s go! Let’s quickly enter our names!”

One could see a few outer sect disciples’ agitated figures in the monastery.

The disciples, who were hopeful to charge up to the top ten, had excited looks on their faces as every single one of them rubbed their fists and palms together.

Even a few disciples, who were slightly weaker, definitely wouldn’t let this opportunity pass.

Not only did one have to rely on their strength in the Great Outer Sect Tournament, but they could also get a good placing at times if they had pretty good luck.

“Younger Martial Brother Chen, let us enter our names along the way,” Tong Yuling said with a smile.

She believed that Chen Yu would definitely enter with his strength.

“Alright.” Chen Yu nodded.

His heart was practically bursting with joy when he saw the reward of the Great Tournament.

With his strength, there definitely wouldn’t be a problem with entering the top ten.

There was slightly greater hope for him to enter the top five as well.

As for the top three, he would definitely have to engage in a round of ruthless fighting.

Soon, the duo came to the outer sect’s Central Administrative Hall and queued up to register together.

“Do you guys know why the reward for this year’s Great Tournament is higher?”

Some discussions could be heard coming from the crowd.

“Could it be that our Yunyue Sec’ is declining and the sect wants to nurture a few up-and-coming elites to rejuvenate the sect?”

“Hehe. That’s one of the reasons. The important thing is that I heard the sect earned a huge sum of money from that Space Metal Meteorite two months ago.”

“Oh… So that’s what happened. I heard a few sects around ours were becoming green with envy over the Space Metal Meteorite.”

Space Metal Meteorite?

When Chen Yu heard these hearsays, he was stumped for words.

The descent of that Space Metal Meteorite certainly brought favorable circumstances to Yunyue Sect, but at the same time, it brought about some risks and pressures along as well.

As for how the Space Metal Meteorites were dealt with in the end, it wasn’t something Chen Yu and these outer sect disciples could find out.

Shhh!

All of a sudden, the crowd went silent.

A few disciples talking big went silent all of a sudden as they looked over toward a certain direction in fear and cautiousness.

Hmm?

Chen Yu followed with his gaze and saw a band of people with enormous auras around them.

The one leading them was a formidable man who wore a fierce look across his face and had a “Yin-Yang” hairstyle.

This person had a formless daunting aura around him. When his eyes flickered randomly, he transmitted a tyrannical and cruel aura.

The group of outer sect disciples whose gaze came in contact with his couldn’t help but slightly tremble.

Huang Yuan, Wang Lingyun, and Yang Fan were standing beside this “Yin-Yang Head”. Chen Yu was more familiar with who they were.

Looking at the situation, Huang Yuan, who ranked seventh, and Yang Fan, who ranked ninth, served as props in front of this person.

On the other hand, Wang Lingyun smiled obsequiously and complementary to one side.

“Hu Yiba is here, so is Huang Yuan.”

A few outer sect disciples looked cautious and didn’t dare to look at this man with the Yin-Yang head in the eyes.

“Be careful, Chen Yu. That Yin-Yang head is Hu Yiba. He’s one of the people chasing after Mu Xueqing. Yiba was the one who placed fourth in the last annual Great Tournament in the outer sect,” Tong Yuling warned him in a low voice.

Chen Yu nodded slightly as Le Feng had warned him a long time ago.

At this moment, Hu Yiba, Huang Yuan, Yang Fan, and Wang Lingyun and made a beeline for the center of the queue.

It seemed as though they were intending to cut queues right away.

Whoosh!

All of a sudden, Wang Lingyun and Yang Fan’s gazes were fixated on Chen Yu.

“This boy!”

A hint of hatred and a sinister look flashed in Wang Lingyun’s eyes. The look in Yang Fan’s eyes wasn’t pleasant either.

The duo immediately muttered a few things to Hu Yiba.

“Oh?”

Hu Yiba’s viciously cold gaze fell on Chen Yu in a split second.

A hint of amusement and cruelty showed on Huang Yuan’s circular and fat face as he stood on one side.

This was bad!

Tong Yuling felt that something was amiss as she stood next to Chen Yu.

She understood Huang Yuan very well. He liked to deliberately cause trouble and bully the weak.

On the other hand, that Hu Yiba was more unreasonable and tyrannical than Huang Yuan. The means he used were incomparably vicious as well. Other than Nan Gongli and Duan Xiaolong, no one from the outer sect dared to provoke him.

“You’re Chen Yu? Show yourself!” Hu Yiba’s deep and low voice resembled a lion’s roar.

His tyrannical aura intimidated the disciples nearby to the point that they shrunk their heads back.

The queue went deathly still and silent.

Numerous gazes fell on Chen Yu with some pity and sympathy.

Wang Lingyun sneered as he took joy in calamity and delight in disaster.

“Show myself?”

Chen Yu clicked his tongue and waved his hand as he said, “Why don’t you get your butt over here?!”

Get your butt over here?

The disciples present went pale all of a sudden as they looked at Chen Yu in astonishment and pity.

What?!

Hu Yiba’s entire face almost distorted as the veins on his forehead popped up immediately. There was a cold glint in his eyes resembling a cold, wintery knife that could cut a person’s skin.

In a split second, the rage and murderous intent resembled a reactivated volcano that was about to pour down in torrents and erupt.

Wang Lingyun and Huang Yuan had incredulous looks on their faces.

This Chen Yu actually dared to have a confrontation with the outer sect’s tyrant, “Hu Yiba?”

At this moment, there was an incomparably stifling atmosphere on the scene as the disciples appeared to be breathing heavily.

A few meters away, Chen Yu didn’t move an inch. His eyes were bright and penetrating as he didn’t let his gaze yield to Hu Yiba’s.

“Boy, you’ll soon know what the outcome is for offending me, Hu Yiba.”

A surge of astonishing Inner Breath sprung up from Hu Yiba’s arms. The sound of air flowing could be heard all around as strong wind whistled.

That powerful Inner Breath had a kind of overbearingness that crushed everything.

“What powerful Inner Breath!”

“Hu Yiba’s cultivation has reached the peak Connective Meridian stage a long time ago. The [Overlord Halberd Technique] passed down in his clan is on an equal level with high leveled martial arts techniques.”

The disciples nearby felt oppressed. Their qi and blood froze.

Chen Yu also felt the other party’s tyranny.

Hu Yiba practiced the [Overlord Halberd Technique] ever since he was a child. In terms of skill and strength, it was very likely that he was above Great Fiend Chu Lifeng.

This was the strongest opponent Chen Yu encountered ever since he entered the sect!

“What”s all the noise about? Get in line!”

An old attendant in the side hall let out a low grunt and broke off the confrontation outside.

Hu~

Many people let out a long sigh of relief as the atmosphere relaxed.

“Boy, don’t let me face off against you during the Great Outer Sect Tournament…”

Hu Yiba’s ruthless gaze swept across Chen Yu’s body.

Chen Yu ignored him and continued lining up, but he faintly heard some hushed discussion with his extraordinary senses.

“I heard Hu Yiba beat one or two people up badly in the last annual Great Tournament. They were bedridden for a month and even lost the Great Tournament’s fortune.”

“Sigh, this Chen Yu is also reluctant to admit his mistake and offended Hu Yiba. How is he going to have a footing in the outer sect?”

These discussions were filled with pessimism toward Chen Yu’s future.

Everyone didn’t believe that to be the case, except for one person…and that was Tong Yuling!

As her gaze flickered, she deeply glanced at Chen Yu.

She had experienced Chen Yu’s true strength. Even if he wasn’t a match for Hu Yiba, his strength wasn’t too far off either.

An hour later, Chen Yu finished registering himself and bid Tong Yuling farewell before he left.

…

A few days later.

Chen Yu used the 2,000 Contribution Points and about 300 Metastones he had to gather the other supplementary medicinal ingredients he needed for the Body Tempering prescription from the Sect Affairs Hall.

He had already obtained the Barbaric Cow Marrow, which was the most difficult ingredient to get in the prescription. It wasn’t difficult to get the other supplementary medicinal ingredients.

Even though the price was a little high in the Sect Affairs Hall, the gathering of materials was very quick.

Two days later, Chen Yu gathered a very ample amount of the materials needed.

Chen Yu started concentrating fully on giving it his utmost in cultivating a period of time after that.

He used the Body Tempering Medicinal Liquid once a day to cultivate his [Bronze Statue Technique] and was making headway at a steady pace.

He maintained his routine in cultivating the [Fiendish Cloud Fist]. The progress he obtained was a little faster than before. He was accumulating progress little by little, be it in his Mental Techniques, or his boxing techniques.

Time passed very quickly as he buried his head in painstaking cultivation.

More than ten days passed in the blink of an eye.

Chen Yu finally finished using his “Barbaric Cow Marrow” Body Tempering Liquid.

At this moment, his [Bronze Statue Technique] steadily progressed at the Bronze Muscle level and was about to enter the initial Bronze Muscle form.

The Bronze Muscle level was divided into basic, initial, and perfect forms.

He could break through to the Bronze Muscle level and even approach its initial form so quickly. Not only was it due to Chen Yu’s innate skill in physical techniques, but it was also because he had the help of the Body Tempering Medicinal Liquid.

Other than that, Chen Yu’s cultivation at the Connective Meridian stage had somewhat progressed as well, and his foundation was now pretty good.

“It’s about time I use that item,” Chen Yu muttered.

He took out a faint white pill that was sparkling and translucent.

This pill was the mid-ranked Profound Body Pill he obtained from that remarkably beautiful young lady named Ye Luofeng.

Chen Yu ingested the pill medicine with no hesitation.

Soon, a burst of medicinal power that surged, yet didn’t lose its gentleness, rushed forth in his body and was sent throughout his entire body little by little.

Chen Yu circulated the Fiendish Heart Mental Technique in a hurry and absorbed the remaining spiritual medicinal power contained within it.

Time passed.

Chen Yu felt that his Inner Breath was growing little by little. It was as though his body had received some kind of baptism because the circulation of Inner Breath was much smoother.

Two days later, he basically absorbed all of the pill’s medicinal power.

Chen Yu felt that his Inner Breath was somewhat more profound and purer. It was closing in on the upper bound of the initial Connective Meridian stage.

He was only a smidgen away from breaking through to the middle Connective Meridian stage!

Sigh!

Chen Yu let out a long sigh. It was just that smidgen.

It seemed as though his Half Soul Physique was a little behind in terms of Inner Breath cultivation.

From another standpoint, it had been less than two months since Chen Yu broke through to the Connective Meridian stage, so he hadn’t accumulated enough.

If his competency was a little richer, or if his aptitude was a little better, it would be very easy for him to break through further in the Connective Meridian stage this time.

Soon after that, Chen Yu subconsciously circulated the [Bronze Statue Technique]. He felt that the Profound Body Pill had boosted his body significantly.

In the end, he was taken aback.

Buzz!

A layer of simple and unadorned lines appeared on the surface of Chen Yu’s skin. It was as though he was in harmony with a realistic bronze statue as the muscles all over his body was gentle, yet filled with strength. He was exuding a dignified and awe-inspiring aura.

Under the light, there was even a layer of metal luster on his skin.

Chen Yu was pleasantly surprised, yet he bitterly sighed.

He didn’t break through to the middle Connective Meridian stage with the Profound Body Pill, but rather, he attained the “initial Bronze Muscle form” of the [Bronze Statue Technique] as expected.

“But I still have a helping hand if I want to break through to the middle Connective Meridian stage,”

Chen Yu looked calm.

He had an 80-year Bloody Lingzhi Mushroom in his hands.

He was more than seventy percent certain that he could break through to the middle Connective Meridian stage once he ingested the Bloody Lingzhi Mushroom!

The only problem was that the medicinal efficacy of that Bloody Lingzhi Mushroom was extremely powerful. If he forcibly pushed his cultivation to the middle Connective Meridian stage, he might cause his foundation to be unstable.

To use it or not to use it? That was the question in his mind.