The Supreme Being Against Heaven

The residential complex for the 1,000,000 Outer Disciples covered an area of 800 li.

Each ancient pavilion had 2 floors.
The 1st floor was a large hall, while the 2nd floor was divided into 1 cultivation room and 2 bedrooms.

To prevent outer disciples from being spied on during cultivation, the higher-ups of the Holy Sect had set up spiritual-sense isolation formations inside all the pavilions within a radius of 800 li.

The Bloodwing Spirit Lion carried Tan Yun and Mu Mengyi along the gravel road within the residential district, causing quite a few disciples to turn and look.

But the focus of their gazes was not Tan Yun.

It was Mu Mengyi, whose talent and beauty were both widely renowned.

The spirit lion stopped in front of a pavilion.

Above the door hung a wooden plaque carved with 3 characters:

“Mu Mengyi.”

Tan Yun carried Mu Mengyi, jumped down from the lion’s back, and quickly rushed into the pavilion.

But no matter how fast he was, a few disciples still saw the scene!

“Oh heavens… am I seeing things? Senior Sister Mu was carried into the pavilion!”

“Junior Brother Du, your eyes aren’t playing tricks on you. Senior Sister Mu was really carried inside by a kid at the 7th level of the Nascent Soul Realm!”

“…”

Amid the whispering gossip,

a short male disciple spoke in a low voice with a sinister look in his eyes.

“This matter must be reported to Senior Brother Murong immediately!”

This person was named Han Shanren.

He was 1 of the most trusted subordinates of Murong Kun.

Although his name sounded benevolent,

in reality,

he was extremely cruel and vicious.

Meanwhile, Tan Yun gently placed Mu Mengyi onto the bed inside a room on the 2nd floor.

At that moment,

a beautiful young woman wearing a white dress walked in with a bright voice.

“Senior Sister Mu, according to the schedule you should have returned 7 days ago. Why did you only come back now—”

But her sentence suddenly stopped.

Her almond-shaped eyes widened as she stared at Tan Yun.

Then she spoke with a slightly displeased tone.

“Who are you? How did you get into Senior Sister Mu’s boudoir?”

This girl in white was named Xue Ziyan.

She and Mu Mengyi were as close as real sisters.

7 days ago, she had moved into the other bedroom of Mu Mengyi’s residence to wait for her return.

Before Tan Yun could say anything,

Mu Mengyi introduced Tan Yun to Xue Ziyan and told her about Murong Kun’s shameless actions.

After hearing this,

Xue Ziyan became so angry that she placed her hands on her hips and cursed Murong Kun as a beast.

At the same time, the favorable impression she had of Tan Yun—who had risked his life to save Mu Mengyi—greatly increased.

Mu Mengyi looked at Tan Yun with a worried expression and warned him.

“Tan Yun, it won’t be long before Murong Kun learns that we returned alive.”

“Although he wouldn’t dare attack you openly within the sect, you must still be very careful.”

“Yes, I will be careful,” Tan Yun replied.

Mu Mengyi then continued speaking.

“The Wu Ji Palace is under the supervision of the Grand Elder. Inside it are several thousand cultivation manuals suitable for cultivators at the Nascent Soul Realm like us.”

“You can use your identity token to obtain 1 basic cultivation technique.”

“But if you want techniques at the Treasure rank, which are practiced by cultivators at the mid, high, or even peak Nascent Soul Realm…”

“You will need to go out to gather spiritual herbs and hunt demonic beasts in order to accumulate sect contribution points.”

“Then you can exchange those points for cultivation techniques of different ranks.”

She continued,

“Within the Outer Disciple region, there are 12 small secret realms.”

“Those places are open for outer disciples to gather herbs and hunt demonic beasts.”

“As long as you use spirit stones to activate the teleportation formation inside the Space-Time Palace, you can travel to any of those secret realms.”

Upon hearing this,

Tan Yun smiled and said,

“Thank you, Senior Sister, for reminding me.”

Then he suddenly asked as if he had just remembered something.

“By the way, Senior Sister… in the Outer Disciple Market, is there any shop that sells Fire Seeds?”

Tan Yun was thinking about his Primordial Flame and Primordial Ice Flame, which needed to devour Fire-Attribute Seeds and Ice-Attribute Seeds in order to evolve. That was why he asked the question.

“There aren’t any,” Mu Mengyi replied honestly. “I heard they are sold in the Inner Disciple Market, but we outer disciples can only enter there after breaking through to the Spirit Embryo Realm and becoming Inner Disciples.”

“I see,” Tan Yun nodded and said,

“Senior Sister, you should rest first. I’ll come visit you again later.”

Suddenly, Mu Mengyi remembered something and warned Tan Yun.

“In 25 days, the Outer Disciple Elder will announce an important matter, and no disciple is allowed to be absent.”

Tan Yun acknowledged it and turned to leave.

Mu Mengyi watched his back as he gradually walked away.

Her lips moved slightly, as if she wanted to say something.

But in the end… she did not speak.

“Senior Sister, he’s already gone!” Xue Ziyan waved her hand in front of Mu Mengyi’s face and smiled mischievously.

“Senior Sister, I feel like the way you look at Junior Brother Tan isn’t the same as how you look at other male disciples.”

“Hehe… don’t tell me you actually like him already?”

She continued teasingly.

“Although Junior Brother Tan is quite handsome, his strength is still far too low.”

“Senior Sister, don’t stick a beautiful flower into a pile of cow dung!”

A flash of shock immediately appeared in Mu Mengyi’s eyes.

She glared at Xue Ziyan and said angrily,

“What nonsense are you talking about! If you keep speaking such rubbish, I’ll really get angry!”

…

After leaving the pavilion,

Tan Yun’s heart felt heavy.

“My strength is still far too weak right now.”

“If I run into Murong Kun, Liu Rulong, or Wang Futong, I will only have 1 path—death!”

The main techniques Tan Yun was currently cultivating, aside from

The Primordial King Body and the Primordial Divine Eyes, which could already be used in battle,

also included:

The Primordial God-Slaying Sword Formation

and

The Primordial God-Slaying Sword Art.

However, he could only cultivate those 2 techniques after breaking through to the Spirit Embryo Realm and gaining the ability to control swords from a distance.

Although he could now use the Primordial Ice Flame and the Primordial Flame,

their power was still too weak.

More importantly… he still lacked a source of fire.

Tan Yun pondered silently for a moment before making a decision.

For the time being, he would keep a low profile

and find a place where no one could find him to enter secluded cultivation.

Of course, cultivating inside his own pavilion was not safe.

Therefore, he decided to enter a small secret realm to cultivate in seclusion.

As for going out to gather herbs or hunt demonic beasts to accumulate sect contribution points and exchange them for techniques,

Tan Yun did not care about that at all.

Because the one thing he had never lacked was cultivation techniques.

His purpose for joining the Huangfu Holy Sect was extremely clear.

That was—

To use the sect’s resources to accelerate his own growth!

Tan Yun walked quickly along the crisscrossing roads.

1 hour later,

he stopped in front of a magnificent and imposing palace.

Spacetime Hall

After entering,

Tan Yun swept his gaze around.

He discovered that on the pitch-black walls of the palace were 12 teleportation formations, each leading to 12 small secret realms.

At this moment,

in front of each formation, hundreds of disciples were standing in line.

Most of them were at the 8th level of the Spirit Embryo Realm.

However, quite a number of disciples were already at the 9th level, or even the Great Perfection stage.

When those disciples saw that Tan Yun was only at the 7th level of the Spirit Embryo Realm,

many of them revealed expressions of open disdain.

Not long after,

once a group of disciples used the teleportation formation and left the Spacetime Hall,

Tan Yun walked toward a Law Enforcement disciple guarding the formation and asked,

“Senior Brother, if I want to go to the Savage Snowfield Valley, how many spirit stones are required?”

The Law Enforcement disciple paused for a moment before giving a kind reminder.

“Junior Brother, the Snowfield Valley is extremely dangerous. Although there are many spirit herbs there, people die there every month.”

“If you haven’t reached the Great Perfection of the Spirit Embryo Realm, I suggest you don’t go.”

Tan Yun clasped his fists respectfully.

“Thank you, Senior Brother, for the warning. But I still want to try my luck.”

The Law Enforcement disciple shook his head and stopped persuading him.

“The Snowfield Valley lies 30,000 li northwest of the outer disciple region.”

“To activate the formation requires 1 mid-grade spirit stone.”

“If you don’t have one, I can exchange it for you using 100 low-grade spirit stones.”

Under the astonished gaze of the Law Enforcement disciple,

a flash of light passed through Tan Yun’s Qiankun Ring.

In the next moment,

1 mid-grade spirit stone appeared in his hand!

The Law Enforcement disciple was greatly surprised.

Because normally, outer disciples used low-grade spirit stones as their primary currency.

Even when using teleportation formations, most outer disciples did not possess mid-grade spirit stones.

Yet Tan Yun actually had one!

After Tan Yun stepped into the teleportation formation,

just as he was about to embed the 1 mid-grade spirit stone into the core slot of the formation,

suddenly,

he sharply sensed several strands of killing intent coming from behind him!

The killing intent appeared suddenly

and disappeared just as quickly.

As if…

someone was deliberately concealing it.

--Translated by likesnovel--