Chapter 39 Situation Geography

  Yue Bingqian's return did not affect Yue Yu's life. The next day, he got up early and left the city to practice his inner breath martial skills. When the two returned at night, they found that Yue Bingqian's worried look had faded a lot, and Yue Yu guessed that this girl must have known that the family's pharmacy business was booming.

  However, this obviously did not change Yuē Bīng Qiàn's impression of him. At dinner time, she still ignored him and even gave Rǎn Lì a cold face. In the morning when they were practicing martial arts, she had personally seen Rǎn Lì take Yuē Yǔ away from the training grounds at Si time. As for this kind of unrepentant guy who was 'in cahoots' with Yuē Yǔ, Big Sister Yuē naturally looked down on him.

  Ran Li could only smile wryly in response, he was helpless against Yue Bingqian, so he just covered his head and ate. Yue Yu was even more lazy to care about it, although he somewhat liked the personality of this little girl, but for him, Yue Bingqian was still just a stranger after all. In his heart, she couldn't stir up even half a ripple. He just felt that if every meal time had such an eerie atmosphere, it would feel somewhat uncomfortable.

  Fortunately, from the fourth day on, Yue Bingqian seemed to know that this was not going well and began to restrain herself at the dinner table. As for Yue Yu, who rarely had the opportunity to meet with the three of them, she gradually put aside her intention to improve her relationship with her brother and sister, and instead focused more on improving her strength.

  The Wu Xing Ling Pill was successfully refined, and his internal breath cultivation was also successfully raised to the sixth layer of the Great Chaos True Power. However, Yue Yu's wish to leapfrog his cultivation was thoroughly shattered. He then delved into researching medicinal classics, but ultimately could not find any other ways to increase his strength. The medicinal books recorded many spiritual medicines that could enhance one's cultivation, but either they were monopolized by the sects or there were no formulas or materials available. With no progress in this area for a long time, Yue Yu had no choice but to temporarily give up and focus on slowly cultivating his internal breath in an orderly manner.

  Of course, this so-called 'step by step', is just the speed in Yue Yu's eyes. With the help of Pei Yuan Pill, Yue Yu only used five months to reach the seventh layer of Da Hunyuan True Power. Then after half a year's time limit passed, relying on a single Wu Xing Spirit Pill, he actually stepped into the peak of the seventh layer. This flying-like cultivation speed, if others were to know, would likely be shocked to jump up.

  However, Yue Yu was still dissatisfied. In addition to the factor of crisis looming ahead, there was also Rong Li's reason. That guy first used a month to formally break through the eighth level. Then, relying on the help of two Huichen Lingwan, he actually made another impact on the ninth-level peak. With the effect of Peiyuan Wan, it is possible to enter the realm of Wushi at any time.

  As for this astonishing progress, Yue Yu is now simply unable to feel jealous. He now only hopes that the guy's cultivation speed can be even faster, and then get the Easy Elixir Pill from the Sect Elder.

  At this time, Yue Yu's situation was indeed awkward. The Five Elements Spirit Pill had a very obvious effect on him, but unfortunately, it could only be taken once every six months at most. And the efficacy of the Easy Brain Pill on his body was rapidly declining.

  He spent only half a year to cultivate his inner breath to the seventh layer peak. However, it will take at least four months to truly break through the seventh level. And each subsequent breakthrough will be much more difficult than the previous one.

  If he didn't rely on medicine, an ordinary person like him would need to break through the 9th level or spend more than a decade. Even with the help of Pei Yuan Wan and Wu Xing Ling Wan, it would still take about a year and a half to enter the realm of a martial artist.

  If it were exchanged at another time, Yue Yu could still be careless, after all, he was basically quite satisfied with the growth rate of this inner energy. But the problem is that their family's crisis is also imminent.

  As expected, the matter of Yue Youcheng did not shake the foundation of the Jin family's father and son. The clan used hundreds of people, but in the end, they only gave Jin Xu an accusation of being too lenient and neglectful, then reduced some of his powers and personnel, and that was it.

  This was within Yueshu's expectations. The Eastern Continent values martial prowess, and Jinxu is only thirty-six this year; perhaps by the time he reaches forty-five, he can become a high-ranking warrior. As someone personally promoted by Yue Yunjie and trusted by him, his younger sister is also Yue Yunwen's most favored concubine. If Yueshu himself hadn't shown enough value, which clan leader would be foolish enough to cut off their own wings? Taking away Jinxu's power has already given them an explanation. No matter how dissatisfied Yuezhangshi is, she can't do anything about it.

  Yue Yu is now worried that Jin Xu will make a comeback. If it's an ordinary situation, Jin Xu wants to restore his former power and influence, which would take at least three to five years. However, if he has made another breakthrough in his abilities, then it's hard to say. According to Yue Yu's knowledge, Jin Xu has been stuck at the fifth level of martial arts for at least three years.

  At the thought of this, Yue Yu felt helpless. This world has rules, but they are only made for the strong, and he is still far from being one. Now his only option is to work hard to increase his own strength. Since it's impossible to think about true energy, he can only try to find a way through other martial skills.

  The perfection of basic swordsmanship was, however, extremely easy. After that day, combining the experience of fighting with Yue Cheng, he completed it in about 50 days. As for the improvement of left-handed knife skills, it was even simpler. Since several things were done simultaneously, the completion time was earlier than the basic swordsmanship.

  However, Yue Yu never thought that he would encounter a setback in the skill of "Gale Technique", which he had only just begun to study on the first day and already understood the general usage method.

  Actually, the spiritual power and true energy required to use the Gale Technique had barely reached the threshold for use since he advanced his inner breath to the seventh layer. The problem was that the branch meridians chosen by Yue Yu were simply unable to support such high-intensity spiritual power and true yuan impact. As a result, Yue Yu also had no choice but to spend a large amount of yuan energy to strengthen these branch meridians, making them reach a usable state as soon as possible.

  However, Yue Yu never thought that Jin Xu's counterattack would come so quickly.

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  "Is that so? The young master and miss of Cloud City have arrived at our Yue Family Castle?"

  When he said this, Yue Yu was walking with Ruan Li on the way to the back mountain.

  At this time, Yue Yu was not very clear about the situation of the Yue family and the surrounding situation. This is because there were no other high-level figures around him. The ordinary people he usually came into contact with, as well as the servants in his household, would never know such things. If Yue Yu really found out, then the Yue family would indeed be in a precarious situation.

  But that's just about the details, roughly the situation, the surrounding geography, Yue Yu still understands a bit.

  They had said enough, the place they were in was a region in the southern part of Beihuang. The specific name is Beima Yuan. And within this three-thousand-mile radius, the largest city is Licheng, which is also where the maternal clan of Yue Zhangshi is located. It's a large city with a population of over 40 million people, built by dozens of clans united together, and the Zhang clan is one of the major clans inside.

  Outside of Licheng, there are hundreds of large and small cities and towns, some with a history dating back thousands of years, and their strength can be said to be extremely powerful.

  The Yue family arrived relatively late and can be said to be outsiders. However, they were originally a large clan from the north, and their ancestors had quickly sensed the situation and withdrawn most of their people before the Fengyi Xuanhuo rebellion, so their strength was not greatly damaged. In addition, in recent years, they have intermarried with neighboring cities, barely establishing a foothold, and their influence has radiated to dozens of small towns and villages around them.

  However, Yuejia City was not completely without a rival, and this Dan Yun City was one of the major cities that competed with Yuejia City for resources in the early years. It wasn't until recently that their relationship eased up, but when the old folks inside the city mentioned it, they were mostly gritting their teeth.

  When he heard the news, Yue Yu was slightly surprised and turned around to look at Ruan Li. As for how the other party knew about this news, Yue Yu didn't investigate deeply. He knew that this 'thick-skinned' person had always been extremely gossipy.