Nine Stars Killer Novel - Chapter 358
Chapter 358 Ten Great Saint Sons
The darkness surged towards Ye Feng, and bright scimitars descended from the sky.
Buzz!
Just as these people approached Ye Feng five steps away, the surrounding space suddenly became incomparably sturdy, and they were unable to take any further steps. All of them were imprisoned in the same place.
A terrifying aura shot out from Ye Feng’s body. The aura of the Heavenly Martial Realm firmly suppressed these people in place.
The bandit leader’s eyes revealed shock. He looked at Ye Feng in horror. Ten thousand grass and mud horses were rolling in his heart, and he almost cursed. Whoever said that just now, they could kill Ye Feng together.
With a sweep of his eyes, a huge vortex appeared in Ye Feng’s eyes. Layers of suction force appeared. This was a soul absorbing technique.
“Not good, why do I feel like my soul is leaving my body!”
Someone felt that something was wrong, and his soul was about to leave his body.
Houtian martial artists would die once their souls left their bodies.
“Bang, bang, bang!”
A large number of corpses fell to the ground. They didn’t know how to die, but they felt their souls suddenly lose consciousness and directly fall to the ground to die.
With such a terrifying pupil technique, Ye Feng used soul power to cast soul absorbing techniques. He was cultivating with these people, adapting to soul power attacks.
More and more people fell to the ground. Ye Feng was still standing there. However, the terrifying aura suppressed these people, making them unable to move. As long as Ye Feng swept past them, they would die inexplicably.
“Everyone, don’t look into his eyes!”
The bandit leader was about to tear his eyelids apart as he watched his soldiers die one by one. He let out a furious roar and saw a few doorways to prevent these people from looking into Ye Feng’s eyes.
“It’s too late to react now, isn’t it?”
Ye Feng was becoming more and more skilled in using soul power. Even without looking at his own eyes, he could still attack with soul power.
The sound of falling to the ground rose and fell one after another. In the blink of an eye, half of the people had already fallen to the ground and died under Ye Feng’s pupil technique.
This was a mysterious spell. Soul power was released through his pupils and used to launch an invisible attack.
The soul sea was constantly changing. The vortex that had appeared in his pupils disappeared and was replaced by a soul sword. It was colorless and invisible, piercing straight into the soul sea of the remaining people.
“Ah ah ah …”
Another series of miserable screams rang out. The sound was endless, and the soul was pierced through. It was simply worse than death. It was even more painful than attacking the fleshly body.
The bandit leader struggled hard, wanting to get rid of Ye Feng’s oppressive aura, but unfortunately, he could not break free from Ye Feng’s suppression even if he used his strength to suck milk.
Three breaths later, a pile of corpses lay on the ground, all of them dead. Only the bandit leader stood there, barely standing upright, his entire body soaked.
“Putong!”
Ye Feng withdrew his momentum and the bandit leader knelt in front of Ye Feng with a thud.
“Please … please spare my life, Young Master. I know that I was wrong. I shouldn’t have thought of you. Please let me live!”
The bandit leader repeatedly kowtowed and his scalp was broken. Ye Feng remained indifferent and expressionless.
“I’ve given you a chance. You can’t grasp it by yourselves!”
Ye Feng was too lazy to bother with him, so he turned around and walked towards the skinny old man.
“Ye … Young Master Ye, this old man actually doesn’t recognize a Daoist. I’m ashamed!”
At the beginning, the skinny old man did not want to agree to Ye Feng accompanying them, because Ye Feng looked elegant, with two beauties by his side. The old man was also afraid of causing trouble. If Ye Feng did not give them some resources, he would not have agreed at all.
Thinking back now, it was fortunate that they had agreed at that time. Otherwise, they would have been killed by the bandits in front of them long ago.
“Zhang, you’re too polite. I still have to thank you for taking care of me along the way. We’ll meet again in the mountains and rivers. We’ll meet again in the future!”
Ye Feng clasped his fist at the old man. If it wasn’t for the last critical moment, when the skinny old man had returned, Ye Feng might not even be able to say hello, proving that the old man didn’t lose his conscience and valued his feelings and righteousness.
Seeing Ye Feng gradually disappear in front of him, the skinny old man was actually a little disappointed.
“Ah!”
Right at this moment, a golden spear appeared out of thin air, directly piercing through the bandit leader who was kneeling on the ground. The spear pierced through his body, and no flesh flew out. It directly pierced through his body without any physical damage.
The bandit leader’s eyes revealed a look of fear. He felt that his life force was gradually dissipating. When Ye Feng and the others completely disappeared, the bandit leader unwillingly closed his eyes, dying to the point that he could no longer die.
Two days later, Ye Feng and the others successfully returned to the academy.
Ya’er returned to the peak of the direct disciple mountain and began to cultivate in peace of mind.
Qi Ruomei also returned to her cave, while Ye Feng went to the Virtue Hall.
“I’m here to become a direct disciple!”
Ye Feng explained his intentions. He had already broken through to the Heavenly Martial Realm and successfully promoted to a direct disciple.
In the entire academy, there were only a few hundred direct disciples, and each of them was a dragon and phoenix amongst men.
“Please release your True Essence!”
When one reached the Heavenly Martial Realm, their true energy would be converted into true essence, and they could not be faked.
A wave of Astral Qi formed from True Essence appeared and extended out from Ye Feng’s palm. It was ten meters away. This was the evolution of Astral Qi.
“That’s right, it is indeed a Heavenly Martial Stage!”
The elder in charge of advancing to direct disciple nodded in satisfaction. In the past two years, many genius disciples had appeared in the academy, and many direct disciples had appeared every year.
“Follow me and choose your own mountain!”
The elder led Ye Feng into a room. A curtain of light appeared in front of Ye Feng. It was actually a miniature of the entire Heavenly Spiritual Academy. It was like a miniature map. Every region appeared on the curtain of light vividly.
The old man drew his right hand and a large circle appeared on the upper right side of the light screen. The old man circled this area.
‘”This is the direct disciple area. There are more than 200 mountain peaks. Right now, most of them are inhabited. Only a few mountain peaks are temporarily empty. Choose one. There are people with red marks and no one with green marks!”
The elder introduced Ye Feng.
Ye Feng looked carefully and found that the places with good positions were occupied. The rest of the peaks were close to the edge of the academy. They were very far away from the spirit veins. The spirit energy definitely couldn’t catch up to the peaks in the middle. It wasn’t much stronger than his current cultivation cave.
Frowning, Ye Feng did not seem to be very satisfied.
“What’s going on in these places? Why are they so obscure?”
Ye Feng pointed to the most central area. This mountain peak was actually not marked.
“I forgot to tell you, this is the peak of the Ten Great Saint Sons!”
The elder continued to explain.
“Ten Saint Sons?”
This was the first time Ye Feng had heard of it.
“You are a newly promoted disciple. It’s normal that you don’t understand. It just so happens that there are fewer people today. Let me introduce you to the distribution map of direct disciples!”
The elders’ senses towards Ye Feng were still not bad. After all, Ye Feng looked young and had limitless potential in the future. Moreover, he did not have any airs. These elders all wanted to curry favor with him. Perhaps one day, Ye Feng would become a Saint Son. As long as he took care of them, or promoted them, it would be a great honor.
“Let me tell you about the Ten Great Saint Sons first!”
The elder cleared his throat.
“Only direct disciples ranked in the top ten can obtain the title of Holy Son. The Holy Son represents the future head of the academy. He is the candidate for head of the academy, and his potential cannot be underestimated.”
After the elder finished speaking, there was a trace of yearning and envy. Being able to be a Saint Son was basically on par with the Tenth Elder. Even the head of the academy did not dare to punish him easily. It could be said that his power was monstrous, and even the outer sect elders had to curry favor with him.
Although they were both elders, compared to the Tenth Elder, these elders were simply the difference between heaven and earth.
Ye Feng nodded. It was not difficult to understand that the Holy Son was nurtured as the future head of the academy. To be able to stand out from the 200 plus people, this talent could not be underestimated.
“It has been five or six years. The ten Saint Sons are unbreakable. Only the few people at the bottom have changed their rankings. The top five people have not changed their rankings for five or six years in a row!”
Speaking of this, the elder also sighed. The ten great saint sons were far beyond his reach, even more difficult to see than the branch masters of the four courtyards, four halls, four temples, and one heaven.
“Since they are the Ten Great Saint Sons, then this should be ten mountain peaks. Why are there eleven here?”
Ye Feng pointed at the obscure place and discovered that there were eleven mountain peaks.
“I forgot to tell you, the Ten Great Saint Sons are correct. As for the remaining one, it will start ten years ago!”
The elder’s memories were suddenly pulled back ten years ago.
“Ten years ago, he was also one of the Ten Great Saint Sons. Back then, a peerless genius emerged. When he became a direct disciple, he challenged one of the Ten Great Saint Sons. In one move, he defeated his opponent and directly became a new Saint Son, becoming a legend.”
The old man was filled with passion. When he recalled what had happened back then, he seemed to be deeply touched.
Ye Feng did not interrupt. He listened quietly. His heart was also shocked. He was promoted to a direct disciple, challenged the Holy Son, and defeated him in one move. Perhaps even he himself would find it difficult to do so.
“Three months later, this genius disciple repeatedly challenged him. Finally, three months later, he challenged the number one Holy Son, the current Ninth Elder. He defeated him in one move, causing a sensation throughout the academy!”
To defeat the number one Saint Son in one move, even if the strength of the number one Saint Son was weak at that time, he would not be defeated in one move.
Being able to become the number one Saint Son’s talent was definitely not bad. After being defeated, he gave up the competition for the sect master and broke through to the Immortal Martial Realm to become an elder.
“After defeating the first person of the Saint Son back then, this genius disappeared. This disappearance lasted for ten years. His mountain peak had always been idle, and the academy could not be less than ten Saint Sons. Because half a year was the Myriad Symbols Ceremony, and the Ten Saint Sons represented him, the academy maintained the spot of Ten Saint Sons.”
Ye Feng finally understood.
This genius disciple quietly left the academy after defeating the number one Holy Son at that time. The academy had to maintain the number of the top ten Holy Sons. There could be no more or less. He left his mountain unused. If he returned, the Holy Son’s ranking would be adjusted. If he did not come, he would maintain his current ranking of Holy Sons.
“Then I’ll choose this mountain peak. If he comes back, I’ll naturally be free. If he doesn’t come back, I’ll use it first!”
Ye Feng pointed his finger at an obscure mountain peak. He actually chose the mountain peak that had always been idle.
“This …”
Elder was a little embarrassed. After all, it had been ten years. No one dared to choose this mountain peak. That person’s strength back then was unfathomable. No one dared to offend him. He was afraid that even the Tenth Elder would be afraid of returning. If he came back and discovered that his mountain peak was occupied by someone, he would definitely not let it go.
“Is there any difficulty? It’s idle anyway, why not use it!”
This was simply a waste of resources. It would be a great waste to keep a mountain for someone who would not come back.
“Allow me to report it!”
After saying that, the elder left the room. It seemed that he had gone to the upper echelons of the Communication Academy.