68 Heart-Seeking Fruit

"Brother Gu, if I remember correctly, the Qingyun sect, the Huolie sect, and the Shenshan sect are about to hold a competition, right?"

At this moment, Li Wuji's gaze landed on Gu Da, who was beside him.

"That's right. There's less than a month before the three great sects' competition!" Gu Da said after thinking for a moment.

"This is an opportunity. We can take advantage of the competition to prepare a surprise for the Qingyun sect!" Li Wuji sneered.

Gu D was momentarily stunned, but then his face turned gleeful.

"Brother Li, you're right. After the patriarch ends his secluded cultivation, Ye Xuan and the entire Qingyun sect will be history!"

"Ye Xuan's talent is too monstrous. As long as he isn't dead, I won't be able to sleep at night!"

Gu Da stroked his beard and smiled.

They had already summoned all the disciples who were collecting qi and blood essence in the outside world because the supply was sufficient for the patriarch to use. There was no need to collect them anymore.

Moreover, the longer those personal disciples stayed in the outside world, the greater the risk of them dying at Ye Xuan's hands.

According to the news from the patriarch, he would break through in less than a month.

At that time, the Great Qian Dynasty would have one more top-tier powerhouse whose cultivation had reached the peak of the core formation realm.

The patriarch would then only need to make a slight move, and he would be able to easily destroy the Qingyun sect. Ye Xuan would also die.

They would blame the death of their personal disciples on Ye Xuan. The Qingyun sect was extremely protective, so they would not hand over Ye Xuan.

At that time, the Xuanyin sect would be able to attack the Qingyun sect in a justified manner.

Then, since the two sects would be at war with each other, the patriarch would be able to justifiably join the fray.

That's right. This was what Li Wuji and Gu Da had in mind.

As long as they told the patriarch that Ye Xuan had learned about the sect's collection of qi and blood essence, the patriarch would definitely kill him before he could even reveal the secret.

"This matter is too important. We still need to discuss it with the others!"

Then, Li Wuji and Gu Da left the main hall and went to find the other elders.

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Ye Xuan, who had just returned to the Qingyun sect, was unaware that the Xuanyin sect had already set their eyes on him before he even moved personally to settle the score with them.

However, even if he knew about the plans of the Xuanyin sect, he did not need to be afraid. After all, he had already entered the middle stage of the golden core realm and was only one step away from reaching the advanced stage of the golden core realm.

Most importantly, his sword intent had already reached the second level.

The cultivation method he practiced was the "Three Thousand Thunder Sword technique", which was a middle-grade Earth-rank technique. The martial techniques and artifacts he had on hand were also extremely powerful. Besides that, he still had part of the remaining power of the seventh-grade Nirvana pill in his body.

Armed with all these, he would be able to suppress an advanced stage Golden Core realm cultivator.

Of course, with his current strength, it would be a little difficult for him to destroy the Xuanyin sect.

After all, the sect master of the mysterious dark sect had already reached the advanced stage of the golden core realm, and the power of the blood essence and qi collected by the mysterious dark sect was enormous. It was highly likely that the patriarch wanted to use this power to reach the peak of the golden core realm, or even break through to the unity realm.

Of course, it was highly unlikely that he could break through to the unity realm just by relying on the power of the blood essence and qi.

After all, it had been hundreds of years since a top-tier unity realm expert had appeared in the Great Qian Dynasty.

The previous unity realm cultivators had basically all left the Great Qian Dynasty.

Of course, it could not be ruled out that the Great Qian Dynasty's royal family still had old unity realm experts hidden within their ranks.

After handing Huang Ling and Xue Min over to Lin Qing, Ye Xuan went to the main hall to look for the sect leader.

"Elder Ye, your cultivation..."

When Wan Shanhai's gaze fell on Ye Xuan, he narrowed his eyes, and a hint of shock flashed across his pupils.

He actually discovered that his spiritual sense was unable to see through Ye Xuan's cultivation level. How long had this guy left the sect? Could it be that his strength had already surpassed his own?

Or was this just an illusion?

For a moment, Wan Shanhai was stuck in a state of shock and disbelief.

He was a middle stage true core realm expert. Even if Ye Xuan had used some sort of technique to conceal his aura, he should have noticed it.

Yet now, he could not sense Ye Xuan's cultivation at all. In his spiritual sense, Ye Xuan was like an ordinary person, without the slightest trace of a cultivator's aura.

"Don't be surprised, sect leader. I just made a slight breakthrough in my aura concealing technique," Ye Xuan made up a lie on the spot with a straight face.

"I see!" Wan Shanhai revealed a flash of understanding when he heard that. He did not question the authenticity of Ye Xuan's words.

After all, this guy was the strongest genius of the Qingyun sect in a thousand years. Was it not quite normal for him to have some attainments in the art of aura concealment?

"After I familiarize myself with controlling this power, if the sect leader is interested in learning it, you can contact me at any time!" Ye Xuan continued.

"That's great!" Wan Shanhai's eyes lit up when he heard this.

As everyone knew, although the sect's qi storage technique could restrain a cultivator's aura, it was still unable to completely conceal it.

However, Ye Xuan had succeeded. If he could also learn the technique, then he would be able to perfectly disguise himself. This way, when facing an enemy, there would be an additional uncertainty that the enemy would have to consider and deal with before choosing to fight.

"May I know the purpose of Elder Ye's visit?"

Wan Shanhai raised his head to look at Ye Xuan.

In his impression, the sect's strongest genius in a thousand years was obsessed with cultivation. Unless there was something important, there was no way he would leave his own cultivation abode.

Therefore, he was also quite surprised by Ye Xuan's sudden appearance here.

"I want to ask the sect leader if there is a reward that increases a cultivator's comprehension value in the sect competition this time?" Ye Xuan paused at first, and then slowly said.

"Yes, I specially prepared a rare natural treasure called the Heart-seeking Fruit! I obtained it in the mystic lunar realm a few years ago. Only by obtaining first place in the sect competition can one receive this reward!"

Wan Shanhai said with a smile.

"Heart-seeking Fruit?"

Hearing this, Ye Xuan revealed an expression of realization.

He had heard a little about Heart-seeking Fruit. It could indeed increase a cultivator's comprehension value, but would only do so by ten points at most.

Even so, it was still an extremely rare treasure that was attractive to most cultivators.

After all, comprehension and bone values were basically innate. Although they could be improved through the use of heavenly treasures, the difficulty of doing so was extremely high.

Most cultivators spent their entire lives trying, but failed to find a single heavenly treasure that could increase their comprehension and bone values!

From this, it could be seen how rare heavenly treasures that could increase one's comprehension and bone values were.

For example, Wan Shanhai had already been a cultivator for about fifty years, and he had reached the middle stage of the true core realm. He was even the sect master of the Qingyun sect. Despite all this, he had only obtained a few heavenly treasures that could increase one's comprehension value.