"Eh? Well, hehe, you should show mercy." Chen Dong smiled awkwardly.
After all, Ye Liuyun's realm is the peak of Lingxi Realm, and he is only in the late stage.
After the two greeted each other, Ye Liuyun took a deep breath, then took out a pill, put it into his mouth, and swallowed it.
"Hey? Little girl, what are you doing? You are sparring in the ring, why are you eating pills?" Yun Cheng must have seen Ye Liuyun's little action.
Yun Yun and others were also stunned.
"Ah? Deacon, isn't there a rule that we can't take pills in the arena?" Ye Liuyun asked back.
Yun Cheng was speechless, then spoke carefully.
"In a competition, a cultivator must rely on his own abilities to win, and cannot rely on the power of external objects."
When Ye Liuyun heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Oh, so that's the case. But, Deacon, I am an alchemist. Since I'm an alchemist, doesn't it count as relying on my own abilities when I fight with the pills I made?" Ye Liuyun asked with a smile.
Yun Cheng was stunned, and so were everyone else.
Because what Ye Liuyun said is correct. Most alchemists have low combat power. It seems that there is no problem in using the pills they refine to improve their combat power, right?
"This? How do you prove that you are an alchemist?" Yun Cheng didn't know how to refute, so he could only ask Ye Liuyun to prove his identity.
"This is easy. I have the disciple token of the Alchemy Pavilion." Ye Liuyun took out the exclusive token of the Alchemy Pavilion.
Any old disciple of the Yunxia Sect knows this thing, and it can be used to prove one's identity.
"Eh? Okay, let's just assume you didn't violate any rules." Yun Cheng felt a little toothache.
The main reason was that this was the first time he had encountered such a situation and he didn't know how to deal with it. In addition, he saw that Ye Liuyun's cultivation was indeed not high, so he felt that even if Ye Liuyun used the elixir, there shouldn't be any major changes.
However, Ye Liuyun's behavior reminded many disciples of the Medicine Refining Pavilion.
"Eh? This junior sister has given me a good idea. Equipment refiners can use the magic weapons they refine to fight, talisman masters can use their own talismans, formation masters can use their own formations to restrict, and beastmasters can drive their own war beasts. Then why can't we, the pharmacists, use elixirs during the competition?" Some pharmacists suddenly realized.
Ye Liuyun's behavior directly changed the future pattern of Yunxia Sect's competitions. In the past, the combat effectiveness of alchemists was very poor, and they were almost the weakest in the same realm, because their minds were not on combat effectiveness, but on refining medicine.
Chapter 34: Power of Diamond
Ye Liuyun's words made a lot of sense. Even Yun Xiao, the second elder of Yunxia Sect who was in charge of the Medicine Refining Pavilion, was stunned by her words.
"Eh? What this little girl said makes sense. Why didn't I think of it? The arena prohibits the use of external forces to increase strength, but the alchemist's pills rely on his own abilities. Why can't he use them?" Elder Yunxiao muttered, stroking his chin.
The rest of the elders were also lost in thought. Using external forces to improve combat effectiveness was indeed prohibited in all kinds of competitions, but the problem was that for cultivators who were not alchemists, taking pills was considered as using external forces, but for cultivators who were alchemists, it seemed like their own ability.
After all, alchemists spend most of their time on refining medicine, which leads to their weak combat effectiveness. It is indeed unreasonable not to allow them to use pills.
But in fact, Ye Liuyun's words led them into a trap.
Because alchemists are different from other secondary professions. What are the differences?
The No. 1 weapon refiner needs his own strength to use his treasure. If his strength is too weak, no matter how powerful the treasure he refines is, it will be useless.
Array masters, talisman masters and other secondary professions basically require strength to support them. If they don’t have enough strength, they won’t work.
But it is different for alchemists. A high realm only makes refining medicine easier and has a higher success rate, but realm is not a hard requirement for alchemists.
But overall, it is logical for alchemists to use elixirs to fight.
But in the past, they had always been one-size-fits-all, and even the alchemists themselves thought that there was nothing wrong with restricting the elixir. But today, Ye Liuyun's words changed the situation.
Chen Dong was also speechless. He didn't know what kind of elixir Ye Liuyun had taken, but Yun Cheng said that there was no problem, so there must be no problem for him too.
The battle between the two continued.
Chen Dong took the first step to attack. This was their first real display of skill. Chen Dong used the Yunxia Sect's introductory technique, the Yunxia Sword Technique, to attack Ye Liuyun.
When the Yunxia sword technique was used, the sword flashed with light, which made Ye Liuyun's eyes feel uncomfortable.
This is the mystery of the Yunxia sword technique, using the glow of the clouds to stimulate the enemy's vision.
"Good opportunity." Seeing that Ye Liuyun couldn't open his eyes, Chen Dong immediately stabbed Ye Liuyun with a sword. As long as he stabbed Ye Liuyun, he would win.
But Chen Dong’s idea was too simple, because just when everyone thought that Chen Dong was going to stab Ye Liuyun, something unexpected happened.
Because Chen Dong's sword was like stabbing into a steel plate and was easily blocked by Ye Liuyun's body.
"This? What's going on? It's so hard?" Chen Dong was stunned. He was originally planning to stab Ye Liuyun and then stop, but when his sword landed on Ye Liuyun's body, it couldn't penetrate at all.
The disciples who were watching the battle outside were all stunned. You know, Ye Liuyun had no defense at all, so how could they not be stabbed?
Lin Aoxue was shocked just now. She thought Ye Liuyun was going to be stabbed in the abdomen by Chen Dong.
"Eh? This should be the effect of the pill that this little girl just took. Did she take some kind of pill that enhances defense?" Some cultivators with sharp eyes guessed that it was the effect of the pill that Ye Liuyun had just taken.
Their guess was correct. The pill that Ye Liuyun took was the Vajra Pill she developed. After taking this pill, one's physical strength could be increased several times within a certain period of time, reaching the strength of steel.
"Senior brother, you are careless." Ye Liuyun looked at the sword that was stabbed into his abdomen, smiled sinisterly, stretched out his hand and grabbed the opponent's sword, and broke it hard. Chen Dong's sword was easily broken into two pieces.
"This?" Chen Dong took a few steps back in disbelief.
He broke his sword with his bare hands and used his physical defense to block his sword attack. This is too fake. Is he still at the Lingxi level?
"You? You?" Chen Dong looked at his broken sword, then at Ye Liuyun in front of him, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
"Brother, stop daydreaming. It's my turn." Ye Liuyun reminded him, then took heavy steps and punched Chen Dong.
Chen Dong was still in a daze. When he saw Ye Liuyun punching at him, he blocked it immediately, but the punch shattered his defense and landed on him.
This punch was extremely heavy, like an iron fist. Chen Dong couldn't block it at all and was knocked flying. But Ye Liuyun held back at the critical moment, so this punch at most pushed him out.
The King Kong Pill also has a flaw, which is that after taking it, speed and agility will be greatly reduced. This thing is mainly good at defense, but not at offense.
"Such a heavy punch! Is this the effect of the elixir she just took? What kind of elixir can increase her physical strength to such an extent?" Chen Dong began to doubt his life.
After he landed, he took more than ten steps back before he could steady himself.
Chen Dong was about to make another move, but at this moment, Yun Cheng came on stage.
"The game is over, Ye Liuyu wins." Yun Cheng announced the result.
But Chen Dong was not satisfied with the result of the competition.
"This? What? Deacon, I lost?" Chen Dong was stunned.
Many new disciples did not realize how Chen Dong lost. Only some old disciples realized that if Ye Liuyun had not held back on that punch, this guy’s bones would have been broken.
"Yes, you have already lost. Didn't you notice that punch just now?" Yun Cheng reminded.
When Chen Dong mentioned Yun Cheng's reminder, he suddenly remembered that the punch he just threw was obviously very powerful. It shattered his spiritual defense and knocked him out more than ten meters. But why was he not hurt at all?
That only means one thing, that when the opponent's fist lands on you, it only has a pushing force but no lethality.
When monks fight, unless their strength and experience are similar, one of them will definitely be defeated if there is a slight mistake.
Chen Dong is not an idiot. If he calms down and thinks about it, he will understand.
"Okay, Junior Sister Ye, thank you for showing mercy. I lost." Chen Dong took a deep breath and admitted defeat to Ye Liuyun.
After all, Yun Cheng came out to announce that he lost, which meant that he really showed mercy when he punched him.
"Thank you." Ye Liuyun smiled slightly, then took heavy steps to step down.
It was probably because his body was too heavy, and when he stepped down from the stage, he crushed the edge of the step with one foot, lost his balance, and fell down the stairs.
"Oh my god, is this true?" Ye Liuyun cursed inwardly and fell down.
Fortunately, Lin Aoxue reacted quickly. She appeared in front of Ye Liuyun at the first moment and wanted to support her, but she underestimated Ye Liuyun's weight at this time.
As soon as she touched Ye Liuyun, she felt like a heavy metal statue was falling towards her.
"Fuck? It's so heavy." Lin Aoxue didn't have time to use his strength.
The next moment, he was pressed down by Ye Liuyun's heavy body.
This scene is very funny. This is a public embarrassment.
"Damn it! Hurry up and get up. It's so embarrassing. You're so heavy." Lin Aoxue was pressed down by Ye Liuyun.
Everyone present was stunned. Two beauties just fell to the ground in public.
"I can't get up. The effect of my Vajra Pill hasn't worn off yet," Ye Liuyun said very embarrassedly.
"Damn it, all you know how to do is refine some messy stuff. Get up." Lin Aoxue took a deep breath and used her internal energy to push Ye Liuyun up.
Chen Dong on the stage didn't look at anything else but the broken steps, and he knew how powerful Ye Liuyun was at that moment.
Chapter 35 In-depth conversation
After Ye Liuyun stood up, she quickly returned to normal. The effect of this pill could only last for five minutes.
"Huh...Okay, the effect of the medicine is over." Ye Liuyun stretched his body and then let out a breath of relief.
Lin Aoxue just stood up, then brushed the dust off her body, straightened her clothes, and then reached out and grabbed Ye Liuyun.
"Let's go, our business is over. Let's go somewhere else to talk. There are too many people here." Lin Aoxue said in a low voice.
Ye Liuyun nodded, and just like that, the two of them left the martial arts arena under Yun Yun's observation. Yun Yun did not bother with Lin Aoxue.
The two left the martial arts arena and found a quiet area to sit down and talk.
"Hey! What are you thinking about? I noticed that your personality has become weird since you came to Yunxia Sect. You are very different from my impression of you." Lin Aoxue asked.
The main reason was that Lin Aoxue discovered that Ye Liuyun seemed to be pretending all the time. Didn't she understand Ye Liuyun's character? Ye Liuyun was a person who was very afraid of trouble in his previous life. When he was in Qixia Town in this life, he was still afraid of trouble.
But after arriving at Yunxia Sect, she felt that Ye Liuyun was creating an illusion for her. What illusion?
Pretending to be innocent and pure, sometimes acting very smart and sometimes acting a little silly, giving people a strange feeling.
If she didn't know Ye Liuyun's true nature too well, she might have been deceived by Ye Liuyun's appearance.
"Aoxue, my cultivation aptitude is not as good as yours. We are different. If you get into trouble, someone will cover for you, but I am different. Since I became a woman, I have been thinking about what to do in the future and which path to take."
"You just need to concentrate on your cultivation and don't need to think about other things. Anyway, the higher your cultivation level, the higher your status in Yunxia Sect will be. To put it bluntly, in this world, trouble will often come to you even if you don't cause trouble. To be precise, this is the case in any place where people gather."
"I am also a novice in this cultivation world, and I am still exploring it."
Ye Liuyun put away his smile, looked at Lin Aoxue with a serious expression, and roughly told him what he was thinking.
"Hey! Aren't you tired? Didn't you say that you are an alchemist? Alchemists are still very popular in the cultivation world. I think your alchemy skills should be quite good. If you reveal a little bit of your alchemy qualifications to the sect, I believe that the sect will definitely pay special attention to you. Then, won't your life in Yunxia Sect be much better?" Lin Aoxue expressed her opinion.
But Ye Liuyun shook his head.
"Everything is a double-edged sword. Being low-key has its advantages, and being high-key has its advantages as well. You have to know that there are always people better than you. Don't think that just because you are the sect master's direct disciple, you can sit back and relax in the Yunxia Sect. It's impossible." Ye Liuyun reminded Lin Aoxue.
In fact, Lin Aoxue is not stupid, it’s just that sometimes, she is too concerned and becomes confused.
"Don't worry, today was just an accident. You affected my judgment. But you, you deliberately disappeared from everyone's sight, right?" Lin Aoxue also asked.
It's definitely not normal to not go back to your residence for three years.
"Well, you are wronging me. I just moved to a new place. But there is nothing wrong with fading from people's sight. In a word, you should keep a low profile. I'm afraid that someone will take special care of me because of you." Ye Liuyun said with a little worry.
Lin Aoxue understood what Ye Liuyun said. Ye Liuyun was telling her that some people might not deal with you openly, but who knows whether they will deal with her secretly?
Now everyone can see that Ye Liuyun is very important to Lin Aoxue, so Ye Liuyun is also Lin Aoxue's biggest weakness. This weakness has been exposed by Lin Aoxue's behavior today.
"Then I have to practice harder. Only when I become stronger will they dare not trouble you." Lin Aoxue said seriously.
Ye Liuyun nodded. This was indeed true, but relying on others might not always be effective. The most reliable thing was to rely on oneself.
Over the years, when she was researching elixirs that could turn her back into a man, she had concocted many strange elixirs. She had to make good use of these elixirs. If she used them well, that would be the greatest self-protection ability.
She couldn't rely too much on her immortality.
There are still too many restrictions for the two of them in the Yunxia Sect. In fact, if only one of them joined the Yunxia Sect, it would be very easy.
The key is that both of them are in the same sect, becoming each other's bond and each other's weakness.
For example, if the Yunxia Sect knew that Ye Liuyun was a genius alchemist who could refine many elixirs that could improve one's cultivation, any sect would try to control such a person under their control.
So to control Ye Liuyun, you just need to hold Lin Aoxue firmly in your hands.
On the contrary, the same is true for Lin Aoxue. As long as they can keep Ye Liuyun firmly under control in the sect, Lin Aoxue will never betray Yunxia Sect.
Of course, these are all subjective speculations and cannot prove that the Yunxia Sect is like this. It can only be said that where there are people, there are interests, and where there are interests to be gained, there will definitely be people with ulterior motives.
As newcomers to the world of cultivation, the two of them can only trust each other. As for the rest of the people and things, they can only trust part of them.
The competition in the martial arts arena was still going on, but it soon came to an end.
After the curtain fell, at night in the main hall of Yunxia Sect.
