Chapter 503 - 254: The Fall of the Prodigies, Farewell Before Departure (Double - )

There were three days left until the departure date arranged by Sect Leader Xuanyi. Originally, after Heling finished crafting two human skins for Liou Yuan and his party, they could have left that very day.

Perhaps considering that this journey to the Linlang Domain would take a long time, Sect Leader Xuanyi gave Liou Yuan and his three companions three days to say goodbye to those around them.

On this point, Liou Yuan was quite satisfied with Sect Leader Xuanyi’s approach.

"Although our Sect Leader is somewhat domineering, he does have a touch of humanity."

On the same day that Liou Yuan walked out of the Criminal Investigation Department, he surprisingly did not cultivate but instead took off the human skin Heling crafted and went to Xiang Mountain, staying by the side of his mother Bai Xin and elder brother Liou Zhen.

The family of three had a good day together.

For this sudden and peculiar behavior of Liou Yuan, the astute Bai Xin keenly sensed something was amiss but did not ask much.

Liou Zhen understood even more clearly, and knowing that the activities within the Inner Sect Disciplinary Hall couldn’t be disclosed, he pretended not to know and put aside many affairs on Xiang Mountain to have a proper farewell with his younger brother.

The family of three enjoyed a joyful moment as if they had returned to those days in Yanhe City.

The next day, Liou Yuan went to the Outer Sect to bid farewell to a few of his friends.

Of course, the first person he sought out was Qiu Ming.

However, during the time Liou Yuan was in seclusion breaking through to Foundation Establishment, this lad was also on the brink of a breakthrough, spending this time in seclusion. This left Liou Yuan empty-handed.

Much like Qiu Ming, there was also Bai Ling, the fat bird on the verge of a breakthrough.

Their cultivation progress was about the same, and it was uncertain who would emerge from seclusion first.

"If I remember correctly, Junior Sister Zhao Feiyue should also be at the point of breaking through."

"Well, the Foundation Establishment barrier must be overcome sooner or later."

Liou Yuan muttered to himself as he left the caves where Bai Ling and Qiu Ming were secluded.

Unable to find Qiu Ming and Bai Ling, he had no choice but to visit his fellow disciples who entered Xiaopei Mountain with him, Xie Miaobo and Fu Pingxue, and they had a small gathering.

Before leaving, he told them he might need to be in seclusion for a long time and asked them to relay this to Qiu Ming and Bai Ling.

That night, Liou Yuan readied himself and tidied up the cave.

In truth, there was not much to tidy up, just taking the Profound Yin Cold Marrow Stone with him.

During his absence from the Purple Curtain Cave, who knew if someone might break in, and besides, he needed the Profound Yin Cold Marrow Stone for cultivation, so it was safest to carry it with him.

As Liou Yuan sat cross-legged on the Cold Jade Bed, waiting quietly for the dawn the next day,

a buzz—his Little Five Elements Array arranged outside the cave suddenly rippled.

"Who is it?" Liou Yuan raised an eyebrow. Although he was asking with his mouth, his Divine Sense had already extended outwards ahead of time.

He saw a red-clad graceful figure standing outside the array illuminated with the brilliance of the array.

"Yan Yingsi!" Liou Yuan called out her name.

The visitor was indeed Yan Yingsi. After observing her aura, Liou Yuan found that she had also reached Foundation Establishment, with her Qi Mansion awash in crimson.

"Another Fourth Grade!" Liou Yuan exclaimed in surprise.

Before Liou Yuan broke through to Foundation Establishment, there were only seven Fourth-Grade Qi Mansions among the inner sect disciples.

Now, counting him and Yan Yingsi, the inner sect had nine Fourth-Grade Qi Mansions.

While Liou Yuan was astonished by the quality of Yan Yingsi’s Qi Mansion, he was not surprised at her breakthrough to Foundation Establishment.

He had been in seclusion for more than two years, nearly three years, which was relatively long for Foundation Establishment.

Yan Yingsi, with her outstanding talents, was the top-ranked one in the Outer Sect’s trials; it would be stranger if she had not broken through during this time.

For others, the peril of Foundation Establishment was, in the eyes of someone like Yan Yingsi, an Outer Sect prodigy, not a big deal.

Liou Yuan guessed that she was also a Five-Star Star Acupoint.

"What’s this crazy woman here for?" After a moment of surprise, Liou Yuan examined Yan Yingsi with his Divine Sense.

This woman always brought trouble. Liou Yuan was somewhat wary of her by now.

However, since she was already in front of the cave, Liou Yuan couldn’t possibly not see her, so he had no choice but to open the cave door and go out.

"Mr. Yan, what brings you to me in the middle of the night?" Liou Yuan still addressed Yan Yingsi by her Wind Chasing Division title in the Outer Sect, adding mischievously at the end, "Since it’s just the two of us, I won’t invite you in."

"It’s nothing really, just thought that with a colleague around, I’d come to take a look." Yan Yingsi was now immune to Liou Yuan’s cheeky remarks, feigning as if she hadn’t heard the teasing in his words, while a playful smile appeared on her cold, elegant face.

"I heard you’ve been meeting friends everywhere lately, claiming you’re going into seclusion. But why haven’t you visited the Wind Chasing Division to see your old comrades?"

"I wanted to, but is there anyone at the Wind Chasing Division now?" Liou Yuan rolled his eyes.

The Wind Chasing Division was known for being the busiest in the Outer Sect Disciplinary Hall. Even without thinking, he knew he’d find it empty if he went.

Moreover, he was now at the Foundation Establishment stage, and by convention, those former colleagues would have to address him as Senior Brother, which made Liou Yuan feel awkward, so he simply decided not to go.

"True." Yan Yingsi tilted her head slightly, thinking Liou Yuan made sense.

Standing on the edge of the Five Elements Array, she wasn’t intending to come in but instead gently revealed a piece of surprising news to Liou Yuan.

"Senior Sister Lv Zexuan failed to breakthrough to Foundation Establishment, and the cave where she was in seclusion was shattered by her dispersing Spiritual Power before she faded away."

Lv Zexuan, the woman who defeated all the top experts of the Outer Sect of Five Extremes Mountain after Lan Chenyu, and became the current top expert of the Five Extremes Mountain Outer Sect.

Liou Yuan blinked in surprise upon hearing this news.

"She actually failed?"

She was a woman who had subdued so many rebellious experts in the Outer Sect with sheer strength.

Logically, she shouldn’t have been halted at the doorstep of Foundation Establishment, but Yan Yingsi’s information could not be wrong.