by <unknown>
Chapter 2048. Empty Alleys |
Lin Tong listened very attentively and did not notice the situation behind him.
But upon turning his head, he could not help but be filled with surprise.
Behind him, the crowd that was originally in great numbers actually disappeared without a trace.
“That Grandmaster Ye is incredible. I heard that during his sermon, many people broke through on the spot.”
“Yeah, I heard that Grandmaster Ye’s sermon explained profound theories in simple terms. He made it very easy to understand.”
“Sigh! I really had my eyes blinded by pig oil, to actually not go and listen to Grandmaster Ye’s preaching on the Dao!”
“Many people have already gone over! Let’s hurry and go over.”
“Then what are we still waiting for? Hurry up and go over!”
Those few people discussed and got up and were about to leave.
When Lin Tong heard the few people discussing, he was incredibly shocked in his heart and secretly wondered if the Grandmaster Ye from these few people’s mouths was the Grandmaster Ye that Song Zichun spoke of.
Seeing the few people leave, Lin Tong hurriedly stopped them and whispered, “Fellow Daoists, who is the Grandmaster Ye that you guys were talking about just now?”
The few people looked at Lin Tong with eyes like looking at a freak as one of them said, “You don’t even know about Grandmaster Ye?”
Lin Tong smiled bitterly and said, “Fellow Daoist, please tell me.”
The other person said, “Grandmaster Ye is the youngest grandmaster in the Southern Border’s history, the youngest half-step Ancestor Realm. In this alchemy summit, he suppressed 99% of the Seven-star Alchemy Gods with his power alone until they submitted! You’ve actually never heard of his great name before? Not talking to you anymore. I’ve already been stuck at the initial-stage Initial Realm for many years. Perhaps after listening to Grandmaster Ye preach on Dao, it will suddenly dawn upon me.”
Done talking, that person left without even turning his head back, leaving behind the Lin Tong with a stunned face.
Song Zichun was actually not bragging!
But how was this possible?
Song Zichun said that this Grandmaster Ye was only less than 1500 years old. He actually stepped into becoming a half-step Alchemy God and overpowered 99% of the Seven-star Alchemy Gods?
This … This was simply a figure in mythological stories!
If it was merely like this, then forget it; it had nothing to do with him no matter how strong Ye Yuan was either.
But now, Ye Yuan’s preaching on the Dao actually let many people break through on the spot. This was too incredible!
Lin Tong harbored complicated feelings and slowly got up and walked over in the direction where Ye Yuan was preaching on the Dao along with the crowd.
Along the way, Lin Tong discovered that more and more people were currently gathering in the same direction.
“This … This is too inconceivable! Can a thousand over years old young man really have such great rallying power?” Lin Tong was still somewhat doubting.
…
The Tianyue Plaza at the south-west was a very remote plaza of Cloudpill Great Imperial Capital.
The plaza was very small and could only accommodate several tens of thousands of people.
Lin Tong could not move anymore after he walked halfway, because in front of him was packed full of people.
On the roofs, on the pavilions, there were figures everywhere.
Although the numbers were many, the entire plaza appeared extremely quiet, a pin drop could be heard.
There was only a voice that seemed slightly immature in the plaza, transmitting over slowly.
Just hearing a few sentences, Lin Tong’s figure suddenly trembled, akin to being enlightened, all the pores in the body opening up.
“This … This … No way! I have to hurry up and find a place!”
Lin Tong’s eyes swept all around hastily and discovered that it was already overcrowded.
Helpless, he came to a slightly far-off rooftop with a few leaps.
“Eh, Lin Tong?” Suddenly, a mosquito-like voice came over.
Lin Tong had a look of surprise as he said, “Song Zichun? You … Why are you here?”
Who could this person be if not Song Zichun?
It was just that, didn’t Song Zichun come long ago? Why would he be in such a remote place?
Song Zichun had a bitter smile on his face as he said, “The places in front are all occupied by major families’ disciples. I was originally at a place very close to Grandmaster Ye. Now, I was forcefully squeezed out.”
Finished talking, Song Zichun switched to an amused smile and said, “Didn’t you not believe my words, saying that I was bragging? Since you turned your nose up at Grandmaster Ye, what did you come here now for?”
Lin Tong’s expression was very awkward. But he recollected his thoughts very quickly and could not be bothered to argue with Song Zichun.
He wanted to listen to Ye Yuan’s preaching on the Dao!
Although he had only heard a few sentences, Lin Tong discovered that Grandmaster Ye’s sermon was totally different from Empyrean Pilljade’s.
Empyrean Pilljade’s sermon was akin to clouds, seeming near, but in reality far away.
But Grandmaster Ye’s sermon was akin to revolving around him. It was within reach!
This kind of feeling was like there was a pair of invisible big hands hastening the influence, letting them understand Alchemy Dao.
“Heh, looking at your appearance, you should have discovered the difference of Grandmaster Ye’s sermon, right? I only listened for a day and already broke through!” Song Zichun said with a smug look.
When he saw the expression on Lin Tong’s face, how could he not understand what the other party was thinking?
When he first started listening, his expression was exactly the same as Lin Tong’s.
With this, Lin Tong could not resist visibly changing his countenance anymore.
“What? You … you already broke through?” Lin Tong said in shock.
Song Zichun’s strength was similar to his. He was also at the peak initial-stage Initial Realm, just a step away from reaching the middle-stage Initial Realm.
It was just that this step was far too difficult for them.
But Song Zichun only listened for a day and already broke through the shackles. How could this not surprise Lin Tong?
Song Zichun chuckled and said, “That’s right! Among those 5000 people that came first, there were at least 300 people that broke through on the spot.”
Lin Tong was already unable to use words to describe the shock in his heart. This Grandmaster Ye was too amazing!
He sucked in a deep breath, forcefully suppressed the shock in his heart, and started listening to Ye Yuan’s preaching on the Dao, and he entered a profound and mysterious state very soon.
…
Empyrean Pilljade looked at the sharply declining numbers, his brows furrowing.
This kind of sermon did not restrict the venue. People that were willing could go to several venues within half a month.
But, in the past, his audience normally had more than 100 thousand people. But now, there were less than 30 thousand people.
And the numbers were still declining.
How keen was the divine sense of Empyrean powerhouses?
He could feel that the people who left were all heading in the southwest directly.
That place was precisely the place where Ye Yuan was preaching.
Furthermore, Empyrean Pilljade even discovered that it was not just him, but the numbers of people at other grandmasters’ sermons were also reducing sharply.
The alchemists in the city were practically all gathered towards the southwest corner.
“Just how terrifying is this kid?”
Toward Ye Yuan, Empyrean Pilljade presently only had a word to describe his sentiment: convinced!
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sp; Ever since the Cloudpill Summit started, Ye Yuan suppressed Empyreans, seized territories, and took in geniuses. Now, he also drew all of the alchemists in the city into his preaching field.
He felt that the Cloudpill Summit this time was simply held for Ye Yuan.
Although Empyrean Pilljade looked down on these ordinary alchemists, he also understood that these people were not fools. It was impossible to all go to Ye Yuan there without any rhyme or reason.
Ye Yuan’s sermon definitely had areas different from others.
No, it was not just different from the rest, but it had magical power.
The other 12 grandmasters, inclusive of Empyrean Flutterfeather, had the same thoughts as Empyrean Pilljade without prior conversation.
Empyrean Flutterfeather looked in the southwest direction and smiled bitterly in his heart as he said, “I thought that I already overestimated this kid. I didn’t expect that … I still underestimated him!”
On the third day of the sermon, Cloudpill Great Imperial Capital had empty alleys. All of the alchemists listening attentively to the sermons all gathered at the southwest corner.
It was densely packed with crowds around Tianyue Plaza.
Chapter 2049. Sea of Law |
“Turns out it’s like this! Turns out that it’s like this!”
In the crowd, Lin Tong’s eyes became brighter and brighter. It was as if clouds and mist were scattering away in the dark night, with stars lighting up.
Listening attentively for a day and night, he suddenly saw the light like pushing away the clouds to see the moon.
The confusion in the past was cleared away by Ye Yuan little by little.
Lin Tong gradually discovered that Grandmaster Ye’s sermon was totally different from Empyrean Pilljade’s.
The things that Empyrean Pilljade talked about were vague and insubstantial. After listening, one would feel that it was very impressive. But after carefully experiencing it, they would discover that it could not be understood at all.
But the things that Grandmaster Ye talked about seemed to be tailor-made for him.
Where the Dao was, the meaning could be understood, but it could not be expressed with words.
No matter how high the realm, how powerful the strength was, if the things expressed were not correct, others could not understand at all either.
And Ye Yuan was just like a teacher who was well-versed in teaching methods, analyzing Alchemy Dao with penetrating criticism.
Especially to these bottom-level alchemists, it was even more beneficial.
Regarding preaching on the Dao, Ye Yuan did not do anything if he was not preaching, but as long as he began lecturing, he would prepare seriously.
Since those that came to listen to the lecture were mostly initial-stage and middle-stage Initial Realm alchemists, the content that he talked about was targeted at this demographic.
To the current Ye Yuan, this kind of content was very simple and easy to understand. Expressing it was naturally very smooth too.
But when others listened, it was like Great Dao Heavenly Melody, being filled with wisdom.
The aura on Lin Tong’s body got stronger and stronger. A mysterious aura of Dao gradually descended upon his body.
“Mn? Hang on, what a mysterious aura! This … What’s going on here?”
Lin Tong was greatly alarmed in his heart because he felt that the surrounding law undulations were too powerful.
He currently felt like the sky had fallen.
Boundless power of law surrounded him. It was like he fell into the ocean of Alchemy Dao.
Beyond the surprise, Lin Tong was more wildly elated.
Seeing such vast Alchemy Dao law was like entering a treasure mountain to him, so how could he return empty-handed?
Hence, he frenziedly wanted to collect these Alchemy Dao laws!
Lin Tong listened very attentively. He did not discover at all that the current Tianyue Plaza scattered out with Ye Yuan as the center, and was already densely packed full of figures.
This was an ocean of several hundreds of thousands of people!
And among these people, there were many people who were the same as Lin Tong, all stuck at one point for many years, being unable to advance an inch.
During this period of several days’ time, many people’s realms that did not move for many years finally broke through the shackles after listening to Ye Yuan’s sermon.
The plaza where Empyrean Pilljade was at did not have a single figure anymore.
He also stopped preaching and entered meditation.
But at this time, his two eyes suddenly snapped out, shooting out rays of brilliant light, gaze staring fixedly at the southwest corner.
A boundless and vast power of law descended from the sky, enveloping the entire Cloudpill Great Imperial Capital.
Even separated so far away, Empyrean Pilljade also vividly felt that boundlessness.
This vast power of law was extremely horrifying. Even when he broke through to the Ancestor Realm back then, it was also just a drop in the ocean compared to this.
“This … This is the Sea of Law descending?” Empyrean Pilljade said in astonishment.
Suddenly, his figure moved, vanishing from where he was.
At the east side of the great imperial capital, the plaza in front of Empyrean Flutterfeather was similarly stark empty.
Suddenly, his eyes went wide, looking in the southwest direction with an astonished face.
“This is …”
Empyrean Flutterfeather muttered a sentence under his breath, his figure moving, immediately disappearing from where he was.
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
The grandmasters’ figure virtually all disappeared at the same time.
It was not just them. How could the Seven-star Alchemy Gods in the city not sense this vast power of law? All of them hurried over toward Tianyue Plaza.
“Flutterfeather, I’m afraid that this child … isn’t what your Myriad Treasure Tower can contain!” Empyrean Pilljade said calmly without even turning his head.
Although his words were calm, the shock in his eyes could not be concealed no matter what.
Empyrean Flutterfeather smiled bitterly in his heart, but his face was calm as he said, “That doesn’t need Brother Pilljade to worry about.”
Empyrean Pilljade gave a cold snort and stopped speaking.
“This … This is Sea of Law! Alchemy Dao’s Sea of Law! I didn’t expect that this Empyrean can actually see this extraordinary view in my remaining years! The realms of hundreds of thousands of people more or less had advancements and triggered Heavenly Dao, bringing down the Sea of Law! This kind of grand occasion is likely hard to come across once in ten million years too, right?” Empyrean Windrider said with vicissitudes of emotion.
“Grandmaster Ye is well-deserving of the title of grandmaster. Previously, we actually even doubted his strength. Looking at it now, our title of grandmaster fails to live up to the title in front of him!” Empyrean Lumen shook his head and said with a bitter smile.
“No wonder Grandmaster Ye can attract a full turnout of the city. His understanding of Alchemy Dao is much deeper than us!”
The moment these words came out, the group of Empyrean secretly nodded.
They only came here a short while. But just this short while, the things that Ye Yuan talked about, even they also felt endlessly beneficial.
The content was superficial content.
But the depth of Ye Yuan’s understanding was completely not what they could compare to.
In comparison, their understanding of Initial Realm somewhat had the meaning of lapping up information without digesting it.
An Empyrean shook his head and said, “This kind of grand occasion, probably only the Medicine Ancestor and that demon race’s Sacred Ancestor can trigger it. It’s just that with their identities, why would they preach on the Dao to these ordinary alchemists?”
“Stop talking nonsens
e, the Sea of Law descending is a massive lucky chance for us as well! Comprehend it well!” Empyrean Pilljade said in a solemn voice.
Sea of Law, as the name suggested, was an ocean of law.
How vast was Alchemy Dao? It was hard to understand one-ten-thousandth of it in a lifetime too.
But this Sea of Law was Heavenly Dao’s blessing. It was a massive lucky chance that was hard to come by once every ten million years.
Even if Ye Yuan preached on the Dao one more time, it would also be very difficult to trigger anymore.
This kind of Sea of Law, even to Ancestor Realms, it was also a massive lucky chance.
Reaching Pilljade’s level of boundary, even wanting to improve a trace was harder than ascending to heaven.
But with the Sea of Law, they could feel Heavenly Dao in close range. Breaking through would clearly be much easier than cultivating themselves.
The group of Empyreans turned solemn in their hearts, hurriedly recollecting their thoughts and stepping into the Sea of Law, and started comprehending Alchemy Dao.
This Sea of Law descending, Ye Yuan naturally detected it long ago.
This kind of major lucky chance that only came by once in a thousand years, logically speaking, he should immediately stop and comprehend laws.
No one knew how long this Sea of Law would last.
But he did not.
He kept on preaching on Dao and did not stop.
One day, two days …
In a blink, half a month was already up. Ye Yuan’s sermon finally ended. Only then did he shut his eyes and meditate, starting to feel the Sea of Law.
“Grandmaster Ye is truly trustworthy!”
“Grandmaster Ye actually didn’t stop preaching on the Dao for our sakes!”
“No can do! After this Cloudpill Summit ends, I’m going to Heavenly Eagle Imperial City immediately to repay his grace of preaching!”
…
In the crowd, those alchemists were shedding tears of gratitude toward Ye Yuan.
How much comprehension time that Ye Yuan had forsaken, they had a score in their hearts.
Winning sincerity with sincerity, how could others not feel moved?
But Ye Yuan did not pay attention to this. His mind and body already sunk into the Sea of Law, entering a state like an old well without ripples.
