Martial Arts are Too Involuted, and If You are Not Careful, You Can Quickly Pass the High Martial Arts

46: No buddy, those people are such rubbish.”You’ve actually stepped into the third rank!”

Ye Chen and Murong Qing left the arena, with Murong Qing looking at Ye Chen with a gaze full of admiration.

Facing Murong Qing’s admiring gaze, Ye Chen merely gave a faint smile.

”But speaking of which, where have you been lately? Why haven’t I heard any news about you?”

Murong Qing looked at Ye Chen, her eyes showing a hint of suspicion.

Ye Chen rubbed his nose and said, ”Some old geezer wouldn’t let me challenge the Ink Dragon Tower anymore and sent me to the Cloud Domain Space to Cultivate instead.”

Hearing this, Murong Qing was stunned for a moment before her eyes widened. ”The Cloud Domain Space! You mean that Rank 4 space in the Jiangnan Training Camp??”

A look of pure astonishment appeared on Murong Qing’s small Face; she was clearly shocked by the news that Ye Chen had entered the Cloud Domain Space.

Ye Chen nodded slightly.

”Hiss... for the Cloud Domain Space to be opened directly to you... even for regular members of the Jiangnan Training Camp who can exchange points for it, they still have to enter at specific times.”

Murong Qing looked at Ye Chen with some envy. Even as the little princess of the Murong Family, access to such a Rank 4 space was considered top-tier treatment.

Yet Ye Chen had been granted direct access to the Cloud Domain Space; this was truly Heaven-Defying.

”No wonder!”

Murong Qing nodded with realization, then asked again, ”So when do you plan to challenge the Ink Dragon Tower again? If you can clear the eighth floor, you’ll be second only to Yan Chunqiu in our Jiangnan Training Camp.”

Murong Qing asked curiously.

Ye Chen thought for a moment and said, ”In about half a month!”

”Hiss!”

Murong Qing sucked in a breath of cold air.

Challenging the eighth floor of the Ink Dragon Tower in half a month? Didn’t that mean Ye Chen was confident he could raise his combat power to the third level of Bone Forging in just two weeks?

One had to know that as one’s cultivation increased, Cultivating became slower and slower. Yan Chunqiu had already been at the Third-rank Bone Forging Realm when Ye Chen first entered the Jiangnan Training Camp.

Yet he had only barely managed to clear the eighth floor of the Ink Dragon Tower not too long ago. This showed how difficult it was to Cultivate after reaching the third rank.

And Ye Chen felt that half a month was enough!

Ye Chen shrugged and said, ”I have no choice. Some old geezer told me I can only challenge it once every half month at the minimum. Otherwise, it would probably be even sooner!”

Murong Qing: ”...”

Damn it, I shouldn’t have asked that question.

The moment Ye Chen said those words, Murong Qing felt like she had suffered a massive blow.

This guy...

Is he even human?

Are we sure he’s not some kind of cultivation machine?

Murong Qing’s small eyes scanned Ye Chen suspiciously.

The corners of Ye Chen’s mouth curled up, for in the Void Realm that only he could see, lines of text were slowly appearing.

[Struck Murong Qing’s confidence, Kai Heng Breathing Technique proficiency +1!]

[Struck Murong Qing’s confidence, Nine Thousand Wind Thunder Steps proficiency +1!]

[Struck Murong Qing’s confidence, Chenyang Swordplay proficiency +1!]

[Struck Murong Qing’s confidence, Sword Light proficiency +1!]

Smiling, Ye Chen ruffled Murong Qing’s head and said, ”Alright, go back and Cultivate well!”

After speaking, Ye Chen strode toward his courtyard, the smile on his Face growing even wider.

”This girl is truly my lucky star!”

Shaking his head, Ye Chen walked into his courtyard.

Behind him, Murong Qing watched Ye Chen’s back, a hint of determination showing in her eyes.

”I will keep up with your footsteps. At the very least... I won’t fall too far behind!”

Then, Murong Qing pumped her small fist before returning to her own room.

...

Back at his residence, Ye Chen sat cross-legged on his bed, feeling the intensity of the Rank 4 Breathing Technique.

A moment later, Ye Chen slowly opened his eyes, the aura around him becoming even more solid.

”The Kai Heng Breathing Technique is indeed a Rank 4 Breathing Technique. Even though I’ve only just reached the entry level, compared to the Xuan Tan Breathing Method at Perfection, the quality of the Qi and blood in my body has increased by at least three times!”

”In fact... after the quality of my blood and Qi tripled, the strength of the bones I’ve tempered has also significantly improved.”

”Now, even if I take a direct hit from some small-caliber firearms, they won’t cause me any harm.”

Ye Chen said with some satisfaction.

Kai Heng was the name of the stage following Xuan Tan. A tiger at this stage could be considered infinitely close to the level of the primordial beasts found in mythological novels.

And a Breathing Technique named after such a stage could only be described as terrifying.

Ye Chen even felt that even among Rank 4 Breathing Techniques, the Kai Heng Breathing Technique would be considered among the very top tier.

”Produced by the System, it’s bound to be high quality!”

Ye Chen marveled for a moment and prepared to continue his cultivation.

Just as he was about to start, he heard a knock on the courtyard gate.

Ye Chen’s eyebrows twitched slightly. He hopped off the bed and opened the gate.

He saw Jiang Feng standing right before him.

”Instructor Jiang! Come in, have a seat!”

Seeing the visitor, a bright smile instantly appeared on Ye Chen’s Face.

However, looking at Ye Chen’s smile, Jiang Feng couldn’t help but twitch his mouth. He suddenly felt that perhaps it was better not to go in.

If he ended up getting infuriated by this kid again, it wouldn’t be worth it.

”Ahem, I won’t go in. I came to find you today for one specific matter.”

Jiang Feng said slowly after a cough.

Ye Chen raised an eyebrow. ”What is it?”

Jiang Feng’s expression became a bit more solemn. ”Do you know about the existence of Ruins?”

Ye Chen thought for a moment, and information about Ruins surfaced in his mind.

The so-called Ruins were special spaces formed between heaven and earth after the death of powerful Martial Artists. These special spaces were somewhat similar to Another Dimension.

However, the danger level within Ruins was much lower than in Another Dimension; at the very least, there were no life-threatening risks in a Ruin.

After all, Ruins were special spaces formed from the lingering obsessions of powerful Martial Artists after their death.

They wanted to find a suitable successor for their Legacy so that their teachings could be passed on and flourish.

Even if you didn’t obtain the Legacy upon entering a Ruin, you could still gain a lot from the experience.

Even if you failed, you would merely lose the qualification to continue exploring the Ruin and be forcibly teleported out, without any threat to your life.

Another Dimension was different. The Vicious Beasts inside were essentially creatures that would devour humans without blinking, and there were no protection mechanisms for either the beasts or the Martial Artists.

If you died in Another Dimension, you were truly dead.

”So... the Jiangnan Training Camp has a Ruin?”

Ye Chen’s eyes gradually brightened.

Ruins were good things; one could obtain many cultivation resources and Legacies. Naturally, this was full of temptation for Ye Chen.

And most importantly, for a Ruin to form after a Martial Artist’s death, they had to be at least a Rank 5 or higher powerhouse.

If someone like Jiang Feng died, they would just honestly turn into ash.

However, in the Face of Ye Chen’s words, a hint of embarrassment involuntarily appeared on Jiang Feng’s Face.

He rubbed his nose and said with a smile, ”It’s not exactly a whole Ruin. Half! Only half!”

The moment he said this, he immediately felt a skeptical gaze coming from Ye Chen’s eyes.

”What’s with that expression!”

Being looked at like that by Ye Chen, Jiang Feng immediately felt restless.

Seriously, bro? I’m a Rank 4 powerhouse after all. You’re just a Rank 3 who just broke through; what right do you have to look at me with that expression?

This is totally backwards!

However, after another cough, Jiang Feng explained, ”This Ruin was discovered jointly by our Jiangnan Training Camp and the Jiangbei Training Camp, so it belongs to both of us.”

”Every year, as the College Entrance Examination approaches, both camps send their most elite Prodigies inside to compete for the Legacy within the Ruin.”

Hearing this, Ye Chen sensed something was not quite right.

”Wait, did you say ’every year’?”

Ye Chen looked at Jiang Feng with a strange gaze, and it was precisely this look that made the embarrassment on Jiang Feng’s Face even deeper.

”So it turns out that every year, no one is able to get the Legacy from this Ruin!”

Ye Chen slapped his thigh and shouted.

”Seriously, bro? Are all those people really that useless?”

Ye Chen’s words made Jiang Feng’s Face turn red, and he immediately covered Ye Chen’s mouth with his hand.

”Keep your damn voice down!!”

Jiang Feng stared at Ye Chen with a threatening gaze, only releasing his hand after Ye Chen nodded.

Jiang Feng looked at Ye Chen and suddenly felt exhausted.

Clearly, he was the Head Instructor of the Jiangnan Training Camp, yet every time he came to Ye Chen, he felt like he was being mocked by this little fellow.

This was making him lose a lot of Face!

Ye Chen blinked and then whispered, ”So Instructor, what’s the deal with this Ruin? Is it really as I said, that the previous people were too useless?”

Jiang Feng’s mouth twitched. Could the people screened by the Jiangnan and Jiangbei Training Camps be called useless?

Definitely not.

After all, even though these guys didn’t get the Ruin’s Legacy, they were still figures who could at least rank in the top three hundred in the College Entrance Examination.

They were one-in-a-million existences.

”It’s not that they’re too useless, it’s just that... this Ruin is a bit strange!”

After a moment of silence, Jiang Feng finally told him everything.

”Strange?”

Ye Chen’s eyebrows rose. His curiosity was piqued by Jiang Feng at this moment.

Ye Chen had always been full of curiosity about such strange places.