NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1081: Return to the Sect
The assassination of a Human Race Saint General by the Yellow Dragon Clan and Blood Race is gradually fading from memory.
No one knows about the matter of the Ten Thousand Dragon Crown, and the Yellow Dragon Clan seems to have put it behind them as well.
But Chen Yu knows it's all a facade.
The Yellow Dragon Clan hasn't spread the word about the loss of their clan's treasure primarily to stabilize the Dragon Clan's morale, secondly due to saving face.
If the Black Dragon Clan, Red Dragon Clan, or Ying Dragon Clan found out, they would surely mock them endlessly, even taking the chance to suppress the Yellow Dragon Clan.
So the Yellow Dragon Clan should be in dire straits now, secretly investigating the Ten Thousand Dragon Crown.
Now holding a great treasure, Chen Yu feels somewhat uneasy.
Since the Ten Thousand Dragon Crown was lost in Human Race territory, though the Blood Race was involved, the Yellow Dragon Clan can't find them and can only investigate among the Human Race.
And the only participants in that battle were Chen Yu and Situ Lin Yu, so Chen Yu's sense of crisis is not unfounded.
This day, Chen Yu took out the treasure, the Ten Thousand Dragon Crown, from the mysterious crystal space.
Though he doesn't know the grade of the Ten Thousand Dragon Crown, any treasure needs to be refined to use.
Whoosh!
A golden translucent crown appeared in Chen Yu's palm, surrounded by countless dragon shadows, exuding a supreme dragon might that faintly pervades the surroundings.
At the same time, the "Dragon Emperor" of the Yellow Dragon Clan in the Dragon Palace suddenly sensed it and used a secret technique to summon the Ten Thousand Dragon Crown.
Boom!
An immensely strong dragon might suddenly released from within the Ten Thousand Dragon Crown, and bursts of dragon roars resounded from Chen Yu's residence.
The next moment, the Ten Thousand Dragon Crown detached from Chen Yu's palm, attempting to fly away on its own.
This scene frightened Chen Yu greatly.
Swoosh!
He flashed out, grabbed the Ten Thousand Dragon Crown, and placed it back into the Light Silver Crystal Space.
"As expected, I can't be too careless."
Chen Yu let out a sigh of relief.
It seems that within the Qianyuan Realm, he shouldn't casually take out the Ten Thousand Dragon Crown.
Fortunately, he has the space within his heart, otherwise, even if he obtained the Ten Thousand Dragon Crown, he wouldn't be able to keep it.
"No, given what just happened, the Yellow Dragon Clan might have already sensed the approximate location of the Ten Thousand Dragon Crown..."
Chen Yu fell into deep thought.
Not long after, he made a decision to resign from his position as a Saint General.
This action shook the Human Race.
The various powers that had "invested" in Chen Yu initially regretted it immensely and tried to persuade him.
Who would have thought that Chen Yu, after serving as a Saint General for just over two years, would quit.
The Dragon Slayer Hall was the first to support him, helping Chen Yu with some procedures to successfully resign.
"Hahaha, the position of Saint General is finally mine."
Chou Lengdao, who ranked sixth in the last vote, took over Chen Yu's position.
In his view, Chen Yu must have been scared witless after staying on the battlefield for two years and encountering assassination attempts, which is why he resigned from the Saint General position.
After losing to Chen Yu last time, Chou Lengdao devoted himself to hard practice in the Dragon Slayer Hall for two years and greatly improved his strength. He was even preparing to challenge Chen Yu again to regain his honor.
But now, having just assumed the position of Saint General, everything he said and did was highly scrutinized, making it inconvenient to seek personal revenge on Chen Yu.
"Hmph, I'll let you off for now."
Chou Lengdao temporarily set aside his grudge with Chen Yu and went to the battlefield to assume his duties as a Saint General.
Having resigned from the position of Saint General, Chen Yu felt a sense of relief.
He had long fulfilled the enemy-killing requirements of the high-difficulty tasks, and he only needed to stay for another year before returning to the main world.
He temporarily stayed with the Miao Family, where Miao Shui'er was, deciding to cultivate for a year before returning.
Three months later, Chen Yu heard a piece of news.
The western battlefield, guarded by Chou Lengdao, encountered a powerful Dragon Clan army, suffering defeats and heavy casualties, with Saint General Chou Lengdao narrowly escaping death.
"It seems the Dragon Clan indeed sensed something."
Luckily, Chen Yu left quickly and resigned early, leaving Chou Lengdao to take the blame.
However, the Yellow Dragon Clan didn't find the Ten Thousand Dragon Crown, and Chen Yu's resignation was too suspicious, so they would surely suspect Chen Yu.
To this, Chen Yu was helpless and could only hide within the Human Race Alliance.
Time passed, and Chen Yu quickly met the high-difficulty task's requirements.
Just as the three-year term was up, Chen Yu didn't even say goodbye to Lin Yuxuan and Situ Lin Yu; he hastily left using the Qianyuan Realm's outer Transmission Array.
Chen Yu traveled aboard a silver ship, navigating the pitch-black space beyond the realm.
Whoosh!
He took out the Ten Thousand Dragon Crown once again.
Chen Yu didn't believe that after leaving Qianyuan Realm, the Yellow Dragon Clan could still sense this treasure.
"I must refine it first; otherwise, I fear I won't be able to unleash even a fraction of its power."
Chen Yu thought to himself.
This was a Dragon Clan treasure with a spiritual nature, and if Chen Yu were careless, he might even be suppressed and killed by it.
Buzz!
White elemental energy, like streams of starlight, poured into the Ten Thousand Dragon Crown, and Chen Yu's spiritual sense also flowed in, aiming to leave his soul imprint inside it.
However, the Ten Thousand Dragon Crown, being a Dragon Clan treasure, was highly resistant to the Human Race, with extreme resistance making it difficult for Chen Yu's elemental energy to fully infiltrate.
Furthermore, this treasure currently had an owner, as it was imprinted with the soul mark of the Dragon Emperor, which Chen Yu, with his current ability, could not erase.
Without erasing the soul mark of the Yellow Dragon Clan's Dragon Emperor, Chen Yu couldn't imprint his own soul mark and thus couldn't refine the Ten Thousand Dragon Crown or use it.
"This is somewhat troublesome."
Chen Yu felt a headache.
Although he could slowly wear it down over time, like water dripping through stone, and persistently erase the Dragon Emperor's soul mark, it would take way too long.
"This matter will have to be set aside for now, and dealt with when I return to the Heavenly Martial Sect."
Chen Yu placed the [Ten Thousand Dragon Crown] into the Light Silver Crystal Space.
The journey was long, and he focused all his thoughts on the "Nine Revolutions Bright Star Technique".
This seclusion lasted over four months.
It wasn't until he arrived in the main world on this day that he ended his seclusion.
At this time, Chen Yu's cultivation was very close to the peak of the Mid-stage Star Condensation Realm.
Upon entering the main world, Chen Yu arrived in the territory of the Human Race. This place was very far from the Heavenly Martial Sect, but Chen Yu's identity was different now. As a disciple of the Heavenly Martial Sect, he could freely use the transmission arrays in most Human Race cultivation cities.
In less than two months, Chen Yu returned to the Heavenly Martial Sect smoothly.
"Indeed, the cultivation environment here is still the best."
Chen Yu walked on Martial God Mountain, feeling at ease in his mind.
Upon his return to the Heavenly Martial Sect, Chen Yu first visited the mountain top to pay respects to his Master.
"You're back."
The Sky Martial Sect Master Sikong Wanli sighed lightly.
Three years had passed, and he was eager to see how much Chen Yu had grown.
The Sky Martial Sect Master gazed intently, releasing no pressure, yet making Chen Yu feel stiff, as if bearing ten mountains.
"Not bad."
After observing for a moment, the Sky Martial Sect Master gave a simple evaluation.
In three years, Chen Yu's cultivation was just a step away from the peak of the Mid-stage Star Condensation Realm.
In the eyes of the Sky Martial Sect Master, this cultivation speed wasn't particularly fast. The reason he said it was not bad was because he saw something else in Chen Yu.
"However, hoping to break into the top twenty of the Heavenly Martial List within ten years is still a distant hope."
"These three years in the Qianyuan Realm, the cultivation environment was average. Now that you've returned to the Heavenly Martial Sect, focus on cultivating and raising your cultivation level."
The Sky Martial Sect Master continued.
Chen Yu nodded repeatedly, knowing that if he could refine the [Ten Thousand Dragon Crown], entering the top twenty of the Heavenly Martial List within ten years might not be difficult.
But relying solely on external forces to make the list was pointless and would earn disdain, bringing shame to the Sky Martial Sect Master.
"Have you completed the task?"
The Sky Martial Sect Master asked.
"I think I may have completed it."
Chen Yu pondered before answering.
"Think you may have completed it?"
The Sky Martial Sect Master frowned, dissatisfied with Chen Yu's reply.
Although it was a high-difficulty task, his disciples were the cream of the crop, so the task shouldn't have been too difficult.
He could not accept that his disciple failed at the first task, as it was a sign of incompetence.
"It's like this, the task required at least fifty kills at the Condensed Star Realm, ten at Mid-stage Condensed Star, and five at Late Stage Condensation..."
"I completed all the initial requirements, even exceeding them, but for the last one... I only killed four at the Late Stage Star Condensation."
Chen Yu explained.
"Then it's not completed."
The Sky Martial Sect Master's expression remained unchanged, but the hall suddenly grew heavy.
Originally, the Sky Martial Sect Master was still somewhat satisfied with Chen Yu's current performance, but he did not expect Chen Yu to fail his first task.
Chen Yu clearly could have stayed in the Qianyuan Realm longer to complete the task before returning, but he chose not to, showing that he didn't prioritize the task.
"No, I also killed a Four-star King. Does that count as completing the task?"
Chen Yu finished what he hadn't said.
The task didn't specify anything related to Four-star Kings, and he just felt internally that he should count as having completed it; the specifics would depend on the sect.
"What?"
The Sky Martial Sect Master's expression was momentarily surprised, breaking his usual cool image.
A Four-star King?
The Sky Martial Sect Master gathered himself, concealing his astonishment, his expression returning to normal.
"This naturally counts."
The Sky Martial Sect Master said calmly, though he cursed his disciple inwardly, wondering if Chen Yu was intentionally playing with him.
Could a Four-star King not equate to a Three-star King?
No, how did Chen Yu have the strength to slay a Four-star King of the Dragon Clan? This was simply unbelievable.
Three years ago, Chen Yu narrowly won a bet against Geng Handong, who was then at the peak of the Late Stage Star Condensation, yet Chen Yu went to the Qianyuan Realm and managed to kill a Four-star King.
As Chen Yu's Master, he had no doubt about his disciple and believed Chen Yu dared not lie about this matter.
"You did well. Go to the Sect Affairs Hall to hand in the task and claim your reward."
"If you have any doubts about cultivation, you can come to me."
The Sky Martial Sect Master gave a commendation, more satisfied with Chen Yu.
If he remembered correctly, Qin Wentian had gone to the Qianyuan Realm earlier than Chen Yu and had not yet returned.
"Disciple takes his leave."
Chen Yu quickly went to the Sect Affairs Hall, handed in the task, and claimed his reward.
The monster core of a Four-star King from the Dragon Clan was extremely valuable, leading the Heavenly Martial Sect to increase Chen Yu's reward by fifty percent.
Subsequently, Chen Yu collected his accumulated cultivation resources over the past three years.
In the three years at the Qianyuan Realm, all of Chen Yu's stored cultivation resources were exhausted, but fortunately, he had scavenged many resources there.
"My cultivation is just a step away from the peak of the Mid-stage Star Condensation, it's time for a breakthrough."
Chen Yu went to the Heavenly Treasure Hall to purchase Spirit Pills and precious materials for impacting his cultivation level.
The Heavenly Treasure Hall was not only a place for exchanging various treasures but also where sect disciples could set up shops to sell items.
"Oh? This 'Soul Cleansing Liquid' can erase soul imprints?"
While purchasing Spirit Pills and precious materials for impacting his cultivation, Chen Yu suddenly discovered a type of Spiritual Liquid that possessed peculiar effects.