Best Young Master
Chapter 316 - 281 [Ye Fan’s Future Trump Card]_2

Chapter 316: Chapter 281 [Ye Fan’s Future Trump Card]_2

"Little rascal, do you even care about your aunt anymore? I told you to wait for me to investigate Murong Sheng’s strength before you considered accepting the challenge. Why won’t you listen?"

Even though Chu Ji had known the reason Ye Fan had accepted the challenge before the match with Murong Sheng, she was now taking the opportunity to lecture him like an elder, "Do you realize how dangerous that was? If it wasn’t for your dad arriving just in time, nine lives wouldn’t have been enough for you..."

"Um... Auntie’s lesson is well understood."

Ye Fan knew he was at fault and did not argue but instead asked, "By the way, auntie, the ’Burning Nine Heavens’ my dad used to defeat Murong Gu in seconds was taught to him by my mom. Wasn’t my mom a disciple of that old fellow as well? Why doesn’t the old fellow know it?"

"That was a martial arts technique your mom created herself," Chu Ji said. "Besides that, she also created a set of Jade Maiden Sword Technique and passed it on to me."

"Created herself?"

Ye Fan was surprised.

Although the Martial Arts World is flourishing nowadays, those who can create their own martial arts are all grandmaster-level figures, such as ’Yan’ of the Yanhuang Organization, Chu Xuanji, and others.

"Don’t be surprised. In master’s words, your mom had the most demonically talented martial arts in the world. Even your outstanding martial arts talent is because you inherited your mom’s bloodline," Chu Ji said with a bitter smile.

"I see."

Upon hearing this, Ye Fan was silent for a long time and couldn’t help but sigh.

Seeing that the mention of his mother had affected Ye Fan’s mood, Chu Ji changed the topic, "I heard you absorbed the Pure Yang Qi from the Taiyin Xuan Sword and greatly increased your strength? To what extent has it increased?"

"I’m nearly at the peak of the Early Innate Realm now and will soon break through to the Innate Great Success Realm," Ye Fan adjusted his emotions and replied truthfully.

"The reason the Taiyin Xuan Sword is a high-level magic artifact is entirely because of that Pure Yang Qi. Logically speaking, with the amount of Pure Yang Qi condensed from the essence blood of successive Sect Leaders, which is substantial and of excellent quality, you should have broken through to the Innate Great Success Realm by now if you had absorbed it, right?"

Chu Ji found it strange, "Could it be because your martial arts insight and spiritual cultivation haven’t caught up, you can’t break through to the Innate Great Success Realm, so you’ve only absorbed some of it?"

"Maybe."

Ye Fan’s response was noncommittal, but he knew clear well that since his mental barriers had been removed, he had almost never hit a bottleneck in his martial arts cultivation.

As for... spiritual cultivation, not only had his consciousness become stronger now, but he had also condensed a Mind Power Seed, so that was no problem either!

The reason he had not broken through to the Innate Great Success Realm was because of his unique cultivation method—he needed to condense 45 Power Seeds to reach the Innate Great Success Realm!

That meant he needed 45 times the Essence of Power that a normal cultivator would need to reach the Innate Great Success Realm!

And when it came time to step into the Peak stage of Innate, it would become 72 times!

Innate Great Perfection Realm, 108 times!

If it were not so, with the amount of Pure Yang Qi, disregarding martial arts insight and spiritual cultivation, he could have broken through to the Peak stage of Innate Realm in one fell swoop!

Of course, although the cultivation was difficult and time-consuming, it also enabled him to fight above his level without using magic, and even without using the killing move ’Qi Rushes to the Sky’.

"In that case, it makes sense," Chu Ji agreed.

Without knowing about Ye Fan’s special cultivation method, she pondered and then said, "Compared to using the Taiyin Xuan Sword in battle, directly absorbing the Pure Yang Qi is much more beneficial. After all, you’re best at ’Xuansha Fist,’ not swordsmanship."

"Yeah."

Ye Fan approved of Chu Ji’s statement and then looked thoughtfully at the Taiyin Xuan Sword, which had lost its Pure Yang Qi, "Although the Taiyin Xuan Sword has lost its Pure Yang Qi and its power has greatly decreased, its material is the rare Black Iron. I want to use it to forge six Flying Knives."

"Flying Knives?" Chu Ji was puzzled, not understanding what he meant.

"I am at the Early Innate stage in terms of Magic Cultivation and haven’t broken through to the Innate Great Achievement, solely because my control over Mind Power has not yet met the requirements of Innate Great Achievement. However, in terms of the quality and quantity of Mind Power, I am not weaker than a Magician of the Innate Great Achievement Realm," Ye Fan explained, "This means that I can currently use Mind Power to control blades and attack. If I forge six Flying Knives using the Taiyin Xuan Sword’s material, I can not only practice controlling them with Mind Power to improve my Magic Cultivation, but also use them to kill enemies. It’s a win-win."

"That’s a good idea," Chu Ji’s eyes brightened as she heard this, "Generally speaking, a Magician’s attacking methods can be divided into three types. First, using Mind Power to trigger Magic, using the Evil Yin Qi from the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi to attack the opponent’s Consciousness. Second, is controlling lifeless objects to attack. Third is using Mind Power to attack forcefully."

"As Martial Artists progress through realms, their Essence Blood becomes more vigorous, and their Martial Arts Will becomes more resolute. As a result, when a Magician faces a Martial Artist, not only is it difficult for their Magic Attacks to harm the Martial Artist in a short time, but even pure Mind Power Attacks struggle to break through the Martial Artist’s Martial Arts Will, damaging their Consciousness. Moreover... Martial Artists can still use Power to protect their Consciousness, resisting Mind Power Attacks!"

Chu Ji analyzed, "Thus, for powerful Magicians, using Flying Knives or similar short and sharp blades in an attack, with their unpredictable methods, can often catch Martial Artists by surprise and become the ultimate killing move."

"I didn’t expect you to know so much about Magicians," Ye Fan said, slightly surprised after hearing Chu Ji’s thorough analysis of the strengths and weaknesses between Magicians and Martial Artists.

"Cut it out, although I couldn’t become a Magician due to my talent, I was still trained by our master. Besides, I have personally slain Magicians. Haven’t you heard that even if you haven’t eaten pork, you have seen pigs run?" Chu Ji replied irritably.

"That makes sense," Ye Fan replied, amused. He knew that Chu Xuanji was the only one in the Huaxia Martial Arts World who had reached the Gang Qi Realm in both Dual Cultivation of Magic and Martial Arts. Although Chu Ji hadn’t learned Magic, she definitely had been exposed to a lot of it as Chu Xuanji’s disciple.

"By the way, Black Iron is a very rare material, even more scarce than diamonds. Not only is its hardness higher than that of diamonds, but it is also higher than the most advanced alloys. Can you refine it?" Chu Ji suddenly asked.

"I mentioned forging Flying Knives to you because I want your help to find some Essence Stones. Using the Essence Qi contained within the Essence Stones, I can generate ’Flame Essence’ to refine the Taiyin Xuan Sword and then forge it into Flying Knives," Ye Fan said with a wry smile. The ’Essence Qi’ contained in Essence Stones is actually the essence of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, condensed. The ’Flame Essence’ generated by Essence Qi has a much higher temperature than ordinary flames, which can refine ’Black Iron’, known for its top-notch hardness.

"Dammit, kid, what can you do other than exploit your aunt?" Chu Ji cursed with a laugh, then said, "You’re in luck. I just got my hands on some Essence Stones at an auction the other day; they should be enough for you to use. If that’s not enough, there’s an auction in Yanjing in two days, and I’ll see if I can get some more Essence Stones for you."

"Thank you, auntie."

"Thanks, your big-headed ghost," Chu Ji cursed good-naturedly and then seemed to remember something, "I heard that this Yanjing auction is going to be the grandest one in the Martial Arts World this year. There might be some treasures showing up, and if you’re free, you should come with me. After all, as a Magician, your Spiritual Sense is stronger than mine, making it easier for you to spot treasures."

"Okay," Ye Fan agreed promptly.

For one, he had only ever attended one auction and wanted to experience another, and he also hoped to find some treasures that Su Yuxin and the others could use. If there were, he would try to acquire them.

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