Ye Tian Yun was contemplating his plans when faint footsteps were suddenly heard from the front.
He had now returned to his original face since the effects of the Thousand Faced Death have now worn off long ago.
Now that he had noticed that his vision, hearing, along with other things, had significantly improved, even more so after the recent breakthrough. Essentially, any movement within the circumference of one hundred meters could be easily detected by Ye Tian Yun.
'A chance! System, do you have any way of hiding my cultivation?' Ye Tian Yun exclaimed since this encounter could very well be his way into the Gracious Sword Sect.
As soon as he finished his thoughts, a system prompt appeared in front of him.
[Aura Suppressing Pill: 32 Kill Points]
[Useful in hiding cultivation. Can hide cultivation for twenty eight days. The user can show and hide his cultivation at will, however, this is only for once. After the user has revealed his cultivation once, he can only hide it once more before the effectiveness of the pill runs out.]
'32 Kill Points!? Isn't that too much?'
[Host is in the Lower Heavens, he shouldn't expect the same price due to the low density of Qi.]
'F**k- Alright! Buy it for me!,' Ye Tian Yun couldn't help but curse at this greedy system.
[Congratulations Host, you have bought the pill. Would you like to experience the effects of the pill?]
'Of course, let's not waste time, give me the pill.' Ye Tian Yun grew impatient as the sound of approaching footsteps became clear in his ears.
[Host doesn't need to manually eat the pill. System will take care of it. Host up to which cultivation level would you like to suppress your cultivation?]
'Hmm, make it 9th Realm of Qi Refining, this should be optimal level, not too low and not too high.' Ye Tian Yun made up his mind.
[Aura suppressing Pill is now under effect.]
He suddenly had a weird feeling within his body and felt like vomiting. However, he somehow managed to control himself before collapsing on one knee as he suddenly felt weak.
Regaining his composure, he thought, 'System! Couldn't you warn me that something like this would happen? What if I messed up my plan!?'
[Host should be ready for all circumstances.]
'Damn you!'
'Status,' He then moved his eyes in front of him.
[Status]
[Host: Ye Tian Yun]
[Kill Points: 3567/20000]
[Cultivation (Suppressed): 9th Level of Qi Refining Realm]
[Cultivation (Original): 2nd Level of Qi Stabilization Realm]
[Cultivation Techniques: One Sword for all (Initial Phase), Thousand Faced Death (Middle Phase)]
"Let's check them out," decided Ye Tian Yun as he retracted his aura. His figure was like a demon as he quietly followed the voice.
Not long after, a group of people appeared before Ye Tian Yun. Within the group of people were three middle aged burly men, they gave off the aura of the 6th Level of Qi Refining Realm cultivator. Furthermore, the opposite party's expression revealed a certain corruptness, it was evident that they have been killing people for over a long period of time.
Between the three middle aged burly men was a young boy.
Draped over the body of the young boy were a white fur cape and an indigo colored long robe. This revealed the details of his handsome and refined figure.
However, the young boy's face was filled with impatience and arrogance.
Ye Tian Yun was shocked as he saw this young boy, "It's him?"
Ye Tian Yun recognized this boy and was more than just familiar with him. The name of this young boy was 'Fang Chen' and he was the bastard son of the Sect Master of the Gracious Sword Sect.
The Sect Master of the Gracious Sword Sect was a lustful and horny man in his younger days, and he bore many children, though only two were recognized in the public that too only because of their potential, as for the rest of the children, they were just called bastards and were abandoned, killed or sent to Outer Court of the Gracious Sword Sect as servants. Even they themselves were unaware of their identity.
However, there were a few lucky ones, particularly Fang Chen. He was adopted into one of the four big clans of the Xin Kingdom, the Fang Clan. Though he was born and bred as a true young master, he actually didn't grow to be arrogant and conceited, however, his luck didn't work for long, and as he grew, his cultivation faced problems, he suffered Qi Deviation when he broke through the 3rd Level of Qi Refining, his next breakthroughs became harder and suffered a lot of humiliation. But he countered the reaction of the crowd by acting like an arrogant prick.
Even after his bad luck and arrogance, his adopted father, the Clan Head of the Fang Clan, doted on him and spent a lot of resources.
Later, he was sent to the Gracious Sword Sect, where he learned the true nature of the cruel world, with low cultivation, however, he didn't change his acting but also secretly worked hard and schemed to rise among the ranks.
At age seventeen, he entered the Inner Court and participated in the Grand Spirit Hunt, organized by many different powers of the Lower Heavens to train the younger generation. This was an important turn in his life because he met the rising star of their sect, Xiao Ming, in the Grand Spirit Hunt. Xiao Ming saved his life that day, and from then on, Fang Chen and Xiao Ming became brothers. Their friendship between them was deep and they were inseparable. Fought many battles and hunted many treasures together.
Xiao Ming later grew at an unprecedented rate and soon became Number One Disciple of the Gracious Sword Sect. However he didn't become the Sect Leader, but in God's Wrath, an event which shook the Lower Heavens and changed its whole power structure, it was also the day when God's Legion made its first public appearance, he made Fang Chen the Sect Leader of the Gracious Sword Sect. Though many sects and power clans perished, this sect still lived on because of the friendship between these two young people.
Xiao Ming had become the core member of God's Legion, possessing the Token Of Fate, he upgraded his cultivation at a swift pace, and Fang Chen became a Peak Core Formation Realm cultivator with the help of God's Legions resources and had the power to back up his position as the sect master.
However, when the God's Legion charged into the Middle Heavens, Fang Chen soon joined in the battle against the Great Ye Empire, though he had low cultivation, however, his strategies and schemes were more than just good enough to get recognition of the members of God's Legion. In fact, even Ye Tian Yun also suffered at his hands and was more than once ambushed by the God's Legion.
Ye Tian Yun lost many of his close friends and confidantes, including his butler, Old Liu, who sacrificed himself to save his life. This created a great enmity between Ye Tian Yun and Fang Chen, two men of totally different worlds and status.
Ye Tian Yun didn't back down and after many failed attempts and big sacrifices, finally killed Fang Chen.
But, this also led to him and Xiao Ming becoming mortal enemies, though he didn't really care about other members since, in his eyes, even Wang Yao, the Leader of the God's Legion was an unworthy opponent.
In his final battle against the God's Legion, on the Hundred Realm Refining Stage, Ye Tian Yun couldn't really kill many members of God's Legion due to the power in Wang Yao's possession, more precisely, the Emblem Of Time. To be able to turn back time allowed Wang Yao to revive or save his brothers.
Xiao Ming was the one the first members of the God's Legion who pierced his sword through Ye Tian Yun's heart before Wang Yao beheaded him.
…
However, this is the supposed future that would have come true if not for Ye Tian Yun's rebirth. Now, with his knowledge of the future, he had made his plans straight and knew his objectives. This time it won't be him who would be unaware and unprepared, but his enemies.
This was also another reason why Ye Tian Yun came for Xiao Ming from the start. This time his main objectives were to get the Token Of Fate and kill these two friends.
'Last time you gave me so many problems, let's see how many of your schemes work this time.' Ye Tian Yun smirked as he hid behind the curtain of the forest.
As Ye Tian Yun hid, Fang Chen suddenly questioned in a sharp tone, "Are we still not there? Did you three idiots properly check the map? If you were to bring me to the wrong place, this young master will not forgive you!"
"Master, we didn't go to the wrong place. Other than the shabby cavern that we came across, there really are no other caverns. It's possible...it's possible because this map is fake…" One of the middle-aged burly men reasoned with his face filled with bitterness.
"What?" Fang Chen's complexion turned cold, "How could the map I brought with me be fake? You better properly look, and if you don't find it, then at that time, this young master will properly teach you a lesson!"
The three middle-aged burly men wiped the sweat off their foreheads as they promptly nodded, scattering off into different directions in order to search for it. They had come with their young master in full-greed, but now even after hours of searching and hard work, they didn't reach their destination.
'Hopefully, we find this place, or our malignant Young Master would only blame us,' One of the middle-aged men was walking towards the direction of Ye Tian Yun with his mind full of thoughts on their current predicament.
Ye Tian Yun remained as still as ever while concealing his figure. To find Ye Tian Yun with the current cultivation of the middle-aged man was practically impossible. There was a qualitative difference between the 9th Level of Qi Refining Realm cultivator and the 6th Level of Qi Refining Realm cultivator.
Additionally, from the brief conversation between the Fang Clan's servants, Ye Tian Yun was able to determine that the opposite party's objective was to search for treasures within the Gracious Mountain Range.
Ye Tian Yun was slightly curious, he wanted to see what kind of treasure they would find.
At this moment, the middle-aged man who was walking toward the direction of Ye Tian Yun suddenly stopped in his tracks. He gazed toward Ye Tian Yun's location and said with a voice filled with a killing intent, "Who is it? Show yourself immediately!"
Ye Tian Yun's face slightly changed. They had actually discovered him?