Chapter 68 Innate Expectation

  "That kid's behavior is somewhat strange!"

  The old man first touched the stone wall, then hesitated for a moment before also sticking his hand on it, inputting internal breath. At the beginning, he still tried to learn from Yue Yu, controlling the internal breath. But soon, he completely gave up resisting and let the true energy of his whole body be poured into it.

  Yue Yunjie's heart skipped a beat, and his face twisted. When Yue Yu used it before, he could still suppress this worried emotion. But when it came to the old man in front of him, he couldn't keep even a superficial calmness.

  The spiritual power that Yue Yu had just input, although with different attributes, ultimately came from the same origin. Even if it was a bit damaged, there were ways to find someone to repair it, but this method of his seventeenth uncle was truly extremely dangerous. As long as Yue Yu had even a single thread of true energy remaining inside, it could lead to the complete destruction of the Dingjie Stone due to the conflict with the alien true yuan.

  It's not just him at this moment, several high-level martial artists who also walked out of the temple wall, all with distorted faces. Thinking back to when they spent countless generations for this stone, the cost within the clan is unknown.

  However, the old man seemed to be unaware of it. After a long silence, he finally withdrew his inner breath. As soon as he opened his eyes, his pupils couldn't help but reveal a strong joyful color, and even his body trembled slightly. "Indeed, there is not even a single thread of spiritual power left! Indeed, there is not even a single thread of spiritual power left! This Dingsheng Stone actually has no hidden injuries at all——"

  "Unbelievable!"

  Yue Yunjie's expression changed, and he looked at the tenth-grade fixed stone with an unusual gaze. However, with the old man in front of him, he didn't dare to try again. Previously, he had been deeply impressed by Yue Yu's true energy control ability, but now it seemed that he had still underestimated it greatly.

  "Can't I still fool you?"

  The old man's strange eyes rolled over, but his face didn't show any anger. "To be able to convert spiritual energy within the Fixed Stage Stone without harming the stone itself... Being able to manipulate true energy to such a level, I've only seen it once in my life. No, it's not just control, his perception of spiritual energy far surpasses that of ordinary people. That child is simply a prodigy..."

  The people in the room were suddenly stunned, not only shocked by their own abilities, but also seemingly unexpected that this old man would give Yue Yu such a high evaluation.

  "No wonder! He can use the Gale Technique. This Great Chaos Fist is a useless skill for others, but in that kid's hands, it's actually the most suitable peerless technique!"

  As he said this, the old man looked back over his shoulder. "I think it's about time to stop here! Yun Jie, what do you think?"

  "That's no big deal!"

  Yue Yunjie furrowed his brow. "It's just that there are some things that can't be explained on the side of Dan Yun City. And as for that child, there are still many mysteries surrounding him that haven't been cleared up - where did he learn the Gale Technique from? Based on his aptitude detected a few years ago, it should have been impossible for him to advance to level 5 before the age of 18, so why is the result completely opposite?"

  "You little rascal! In Dancheng, you should know when to give in and when to shift the blame. As long as we don't let them think we're guilty, then whatever you do is fine. As for the qualifications and Gale Technique—"

  The old man let out a cold laugh: "What significance does this have for us? Misjudging the qualifications of disciples, my wife's family has had countless cases like this over the past few hundred years! As for the Gust Technique, even if you were to ask clearly about it, what would be the use? Could you still learn it by hand? For my wife's family, the most important thing is innate talent! From today on, whoever dares to touch that child's hair will have to pay with their life!"

  Yue Yunjie's eyes narrowed, and the joy in his eyes became even thicker. Since this old man said so, it means that he has already been very certain that the child's breakthrough of congenital hope will exceed his expectations.

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  When he walked out of the main hall of the ancestral temple, Yue Yu's heart was more helpless than depressed.

  He was not angry about the observation of this Westerner from the Yue family's upper echelons. In fact, if it were him, he would have been even more excessive. The methods might be more covert, but they are absolutely not as gentle as the clan is now.

  So what Yue Yu was concerned about was just that the clan still hadn't given him a satisfactory explanation for some things. Little Yue's death, although it had nothing to do with him, but since he was living in this world relying on this body, then no matter what, he must give an account to the original owner of this body.

  And this is where he feels powerless, in a situation where his own strength is not advantageous, he can only wait for the choices of those people.

  With a wry smile, Yue Yu shook his head and looked ahead. At this moment, on the bluestone square, some of the arenas already had people engaging in combat. Basically, their strengths were between fifth to eighth level warriors. Rarely did one see those below fifth level or above eighth level.

  The previous assessment of the martial arts, apart from casually observing and taking stock of the young generation's strength in the Yue family, had another important purpose: to filter out those whose martial arts level was below fifth grade. Only then could they truly enter the formal stage of the clan competition. As for the rest who were not selected, if their families had the means, they could stay and continue to observe; otherwise, those who should be farming would go farm, and those who should be working would go work - this mountain city has never supported idle people.

  As a member of the main house of the Yue family, Yue Fei vaguely knew that in terms of clan affairs, he didn't actually mind letting those low-ranking warriors gain more combat experience in this grand competition. The problem was that the manpower and resources of the Yue family were ultimately limited, so they could only allocate their resources to people with more promising futures first.

  This can be seen from the arrangement of the entire competition. As long as they are disciples of Yun, Feng, Yu, Lei, and Lian Xue, they will be arranged to face opponents who have a certain level of strength, enough to give them sufficient training, but not strong enough to pose a real threat to them. For example, Ran Li's first opponent was an eighth-level warrior nearing the age of 25, who excelled in speed and agility, but still within the limits that the big guy could handle. The martial artists who arranged the competition within the clan were indeed thoughtful.

  Lin Zhuo didn't have this luck, although he was also considered one of the hot favorites to win. However, his opponents were all abandoned by their clans and were extremely difficult to deal with in terms of strength. It's estimated that the clan's idea is to let these troublesome guys consume each other within the same group. Even if there is one who can make it out, the impact on the entire competition and the possibility of stirring up trouble will be minimized.

  Yue Yu initially had some worries, but after watching Lin Zhuo's qualifying match, he realized that he might have overestimated the martial arts talent of his generation.

  With Lin Zhuo's first-class martial artist cultivation, plus the high-level martial skill Chong Xiao Pi Xie Sword, as long as it wasn't against himself, he was already enough to be called a champion among his peers. In fact, this was also the case, even if it was the young man who was his opponent, who also possessed martial artist-level cultivation, but still ended up being easily defeated by Lin Zhuo's few swords. After the match, Yue Yu could clearly see that the martial artist in charge of supervision and judging had suddenly become extremely ugly.

  After a sarcastic smile, Yue Yu shifted his gaze from Lin Zhuo, who was bowing to him, and lost interest in the rest of the competition. He figured that as long as he waited for ten days at home, Ran Li and Lin Zhuo would be able to take down the prize for him. Just as Yue Yu was about to leave the crowded square and head back home by carriage, he suddenly noticed something off.