He would consider the debt settled!
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Two months passed after the funeral of Ye Mochen,
What Ye Yaming realised in these two months was very significant. One of them being the correlation of his Beast Soul devouring another person’s Beast Soul.
People on the brink of their death or people who happened to be alive during the extraction gave better results than the already dead ones.
Yes, he decided to call the horrific process of devouring another person’s Beast Soul ’extraction’.
That was one thing, another was that a senior from the Azure Sky Sect was coming to check on him. He was not aware of the visit but was later informed about it. Fortunately for him, the gains from Ye Mochen’s extraction had made him quite the prodigy.
Earlier, he would have been worried whether that old elder Ye Zhenyu would try to snatch that chance to join a sect from him. Now that a disciple of an elder was coming to check on him, he was very confident to impress the man with his prodigious talent and cultivation speed.
He had been involved in a small fight due to the rumours. It was getting awkward to remain in the clan. It felt as if he was in house arrest.
"I am Bai Chen, Elder Yunxiao’s disciple." A lean man appearing to be in his early twenties with long black hair and sharp facial features greeted the clan elder Ye Canglan.
"That’s you? Elder has informed us about his eldest disciple coming over to visit us." Ye Canglan seemed to be genuinely surprised. He had not expected the thirty something year old man to look like this. Elder Yunxiao was a Foundation Establishment realm cultivator in his eighties. He had accepted his first disciple, Bai Chen, when he was in his fifties.
By that logic, the eldest disciple Bai Chen should have been in late thirties at the very least even if he started early like Ye Yaming.
"Cultivator Bai, you look very young." Ye Canglan really looked surprised as he gave a compliment to Bai Chen.
"Haha, it’s normal for us cultivators. You should see some of our elders." Bai Chen laughed it off. It was not that big of a deal. His eighty year old master looked like he was in his thirties. Appearance and looks worked differently for mortals and cultivators.
He was only a Peak Qi Refining realm cultivator, preparing for the infamous Foundation Establishment breakthrough but he had reached the Qi Refining level 9 in his twenties. So, his appearance remained the same. Since the last decade, he had been honing himself and waiting for the breakthrough pill to increase his success rate of a superior breakthrough.
"Where is the boy you have chosen?" After talking for a while, Bai Chen asked to see the boy. He had learnt from his master that the Junior brother from the martial arts Ye clan that was chosen to be his newest disciple seemed to be very talented like himself.
"He.. let’s go. I will take you to his courtyard." Ye Canglan decided to take Bai Chen to Ye Yaming’s courtyard. He had already informed the boy that a cultivator might visit him so be quick with his cultivation.
"Ye Yaming. This is Cultivator Bai, greet him." Ye Canglan introduced Bai Chan to the boy who just came out after hearing his call.
’Thankfully, the boy always remains well spoken and presentable even though he lives alone.’ He thought as he glanced at the boy with a lean body, dark hair and sharp features, dressed in plain but clean clothes.
Even though the boy looked fragile and weak, the intense aura of Beast Qi emanating from him was palpable.
"Greetings, Cultivator Bai." Ye Yaming bowed lightly after seeing Bai Chen look at him.
"You’re Ye Yaming? Not bad, indeed." Bai Chan spoke with a hint of surprise in his voice. The first impression of the boy was that he seemed weak but when observed closely, he could feel the threatening amount of Beast Qi stored in his body. And that was not it, the boy also had Pure Qi reserves in a large quantity.
"Master will be happy to accept a talented disciple like you." He spoke while nodding. He was indeed talented, more than talented.
"How long has it been since you began cultivation?" He asked Ye Yaming. There was no standard way of judging talent. A cultivator could be really bad at gathering Qi but he could learn cultivation methods and battle spells very quickly. Another could be really good at Physical cultivation techniques.
So, talent was measured by the cultivation level or combat levels and how much time it took to reach that level.
"Around four months. Cultivator Bai." Ye Yaming replied. It was a little more than four months but he had not been just cultivating. He was doing mental as well as physical activities to increase the relevant talents too.
"Call me Senior brother. There’s no need for formalities between us." Bai Chen patted the boy’s shoulder with a smile.
However, while patting he sensed the body’s weakness and asked. "You’re already at Qi refining level 3, how come your body is so weak?"
Hearing the question, Ye Canglan explained the diagnosis of the Mutated bloodline as one of the possible reasons.
"Hmm. Mutated bloodline." Hearing about the Mutated bloodline, Bai Chen thought for a while. He was not a noble. So, he personally had not experienced the strain but he knew of some cultivators who bypassed this with cultivation techniques aimed at strengthening physique.
"Here, try this technique. This will strengthen your physique." He handed him a cultivation technique for Body strengthening that he himself was practicing. He was practicing it for the breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment realm with a superior base.
Master Yunxiao had acquired the technique from an auction. Unlike him, his three disciples would not have to risk their life to breakthrough thanks to the technique.
"You should be fine. Think of this as a gift and train harder." Since ye Yaming was promised to be taken as a disciple, there was no difference whether he gave him the technique or Master Yunxiao did it later on after formal rituals.