Chapter 223 - The Starlight Level, an Ancient Mountain Carrying Turtle
"Ye Xuan, take care."
Lin s.h.i.+ru told Ye Xuan again at the gate of the villa.
Ye Xuan waved at her, but he did not look back.
Then he leaped into the air and flew away right away.
He was able to use his Mind Energy to fly since he had achieved the Silver level.
And he could even fly fast.
He would even be able to fly much faster if he exerted the Calamity of Fire and Wind to aid his flight.
"Ye Xuan!"
Huo Tong waved at Ye Xuan as soon as the latter had arrived at the gate of Jiangzhou University. He had been waiting there for some time.
Besides Huo Tong from Gutian University, Miao Shuyao from Jiangzhou University, and Qian Ziyun from Qingyun University were also there.
And the four Gold-level students from different universities who would go to the Turtle Sh.e.l.l Ancient City as well were waiting there, too.
As to students on the Platinum level, Yue Qingyang from Wanshan University was the only one in Jiangzhou.
However, Yue Qingyang would not join them on the trip this time.
Ye Xuan glanced at the four Gold-level students standing far away. He did not know any of them. Naturally, he looked away from them instantly.
Then he saw w.a.n.g Tianshan, who would lead the team this time.
"Mr. w.a.n.g, it"s you again."
He said with a smile as soon as he saw w.a.n.g Tianshan.
It was still w.a.n.g Tianshan who would take the Jiangzhou team to the Turtle Sh.e.l.l Ancient City.
There were only a few Challenger-level Beast Tamers in Jiangzhou.
w.a.n.g Tianshan was the only one Ye Xuan had seen. He had not met the other Challenger-level Beast Tamers in person yet.
Therefore, in his eyes, w.a.n.g Tianshan was probably the busiest Challenger-level Beast Tamer in Jiangzhou.
"Well, it"s only because I have too much free time."
Ye Xuan"s greet made w.a.n.g Tianshan break into a smile. He said to Ye Xuan, "More importantly, I like to hang around with you young men. Therefore, I came."
Ye Xuan walked up to Huo Tong and some others after having chitchatted with w.a.n.g Tianshan.
Since no Silver-level student from Wanshan University signed up for the Turtle Sh.e.l.l Ancient City trip, Huo Tong got the place easily as a soph.o.m.ore.
Ren Xue, who was ranked higher than Huo Tong in both the Rising Star List and the Longhu List, did not compete this time. It was said she had gone to another Secret Realm.
Another person who had got a place was Qian Ziyun from Qingyun University.
Qian Ziyun was in the fourth year, just like Miao Shuyao.
Tang Mengxia complained to Ye Xuan on the phone the day before. She said she wanted to go to the Turtle Sh.e.l.l Ancient City with him, too.
But unfortunately, the compet.i.tion this time was very intense. She was still not good enough.
"Huo."
Ye Xuan greeted Huo Tong when he had been next to the latter.
They had taken adventures together in several different places.
Besides, Huo Tong taught him the Ape and Dragon Honing Fist that he was cultivating then.
Speaking of the Ape and Dragon Honing Fist, he had been a little sluggish these days, so he had not been practicing. Therefore, his Warrior level remained on the peak Dark Iron level.
Compared to his progress as a Beast Tamer, his progress as a Warrior was quite slow.
But he had a good foundation and had been eating a rich diet of all kinds of monster meat. In addition to that, his talent indicated he could achieve the Platinum level as a Warrior.
Thanks to all that, he had abundant Qi and blood in his body. Despite being on the peak Dark Iron level, his Warrior state was almost the Bronze level.
"Dude, you are amazing. I tried to focus on cultivation at Gutian University these days, but I just couldn"t. News about you was everywhere. I got distracted easily."
Huo Tong gave Ye Xuan a spontaneous punch into his c.h.e.s.t when he had landed.
He was literally overwhelmed by the news about Ye Xuan these days.
First of all, Ye Xuan claimed he would achieve the Platinum level in two months and lead the Jiangzhou University to win this year"s Hundred Academy League.
Then he went to Wanshan University right away and defeated Jiang Tianqing at the university"s gate in three seconds.
Later, in less than two days, Ye Xuan took part to kill fifteen foreign Challenger-level Beast Tamers. All these were amazing achievements.
"Heh-hey."
Ye Xuan grinned without speaking.
While talking with Huo Tong, he also nodded at Miao Shuyao and Qian Ziyun, who were just next to them.
Qian Ziyun from Qingyun University was pleasantly surprised to see Ye Xuan nod at him.
Although Ye Xuan was only a freshman, although Ye Xuan"s current cultivation level was lower than his.
Considering Ye Xuan"s strength and the achievements he had got.
Ye Xuan had kind of got a foothold in the Xia. He was quite famous by then.
Didn"t you see how naturally he behaved when greeting w.a.n.g Tianshan?
The only thing Ye Xuan in need of then was strength. He only needed to keep improving to achieve a higher level.
"All right. Everyone, it"s time to go."
When everyone had greeted each other, w.a.n.g Tianshan called out his Golden-Winged Verdant Roc.
He led Ye Xuan and the others to Fengzhou on the back of the Golden-Winged Verdant Roc.
"Ye Xuan, thank you for earlier."
Miao Shuyao expressed her grat.i.tude to Ye Xuan on their way to Fengzhou.
"No problem, Shuyao. I seized the momentum. That"s all."
Ye Xuan knew it was his fight against Jiang Tianqing that Miao Shuyao thanked him for. Injured in that fight, Jiang Tianqing had to give up the Turtle Sh.e.l.l Ancient City trip.
However, it was really no big deal for him.
"Ye Xuan, I look forward to taking adventures with you in the Turtle Sh.e.l.l Ancient City."
At this moment, Qian Ziyun also walked over.
By then, Ye Xuan had been well-known in the whole Jiangzhou, and even the whole Xia. He certainly would like to know Ye Xuan in person.
"Sure. So do I. Let"s help each other."
Ye Xuan smiled.
Shriek!
More than an hour pa.s.sed while they were chitchatting like that. w.a.n.g Tianshan"s Golden-Winged Verdant Roc arrived at the bay where he had been the day before.
Many people were waiting there.
There were many more people than the day before.
Apparently, this trip was not only limited to the best students in all prefectures.
Instead, there were students on different levels.
"Ye Xuan, here!"
Led by w.a.n.g Tianshan, Ye Xuan greeted the Challenger-level Beast Tamers he had seen the day before. Then Fang Luohong waved at him from far away.
Ye Xuan walked over after having excused himself to Huo Tong and others.
Fang Luohong was standing with other Platinum-level students from different universities who had taken part in the action the day before.
All of them were the best students on the Platinum level.
It was quite striking to see all of those geniuses standing together.
The other students there kept darting them a look from time to time.
As Fang Luohong greeted Ye Xuan and Ye Xuan walked to that group, he instantly became the center of attention.
"That man is Ye Xuan?"
"Is he seriously just a freshman?"
Everyone who had got the opportunity to partic.i.p.ate in this trip was talented.
But not all geniuses were the same. There was a gap between them, too.
Especially Ye Xuan, he was apparently the most noticeable young Beast Tamer rising recently in the Xia.
Seeing him walk into Fang Luohong"s group and speak freely to them, many people felt jealous of him.
Ye Xuan had just achieved the Silver level.
However, who were those people that he was talking with?
Each of them was the best of the best at their respective universities.
However, despite others" envious looks, Ye Xuan"s face fell.
"What did you say? The enemy"s mind froze under the effect of that clone of mine when he had been killed? For real?"
"All of you chased those ten-odd Challenger-level Beast Tamers from the six major clans as soon as I got killed, and none of them had the nerve to kill you?"
"Yep, that"s right."
Fang Luohong and others nodded, smiling. "But all that was thanks to you. If you hadn"t sacrificed your life, we wouldn"t have found that out."
"Besides, you are the only one who really helped to kill a Challenger-level Beast Tamer. We did nothing important except for chasing those Challenger-level Beast Tamers."
"Darn it!"
Ye Xuan was extremely frustrated.
So, it turns out I was the only one that got killed in yesterday"s fight?
Whoos.h.!.+
They waited some more time while talking gaily. And more people arrived.
Then w.a.n.g Tianshan and the other Challenger-level Beast Tamers sent out their beasts to take Ye Xuan and other students to the Turtle Sh.e.l.l Ancient City.
More than one hundred people from the nine prefectures of the Xia partic.i.p.ated in the trip. Therefore, it was actually a ma.s.sive group.
However, due to what happened the day before, not a single accident came up on their way to the Turtle Sh.e.l.l Ancient City.
What happened the day before had a too far-reaching influence.
The foreign clans on the Cerulean Planet had been greatly crippled.
On the other hand, few of the local forces on the Cerulean Planet had the nerve to provoke the Xia when the situation was still uncertain to them.
"This is the Turtle Sh.e.l.l Ancient City?"
Ye Xuan and others saw a giant city from far away.
At first glance, this ancient city seemed to cover an area of more than one hundred miles.
It looked like a giant city constructed on an island in the sea.
And they had been informed that the ancient city was mysterious inside even before they came here.
They had been informed that they would feel they were in another world if they entered the city.
[Ancient Mountain Carrying Turtle: One Star
Grade: Starlight
Abilities: Nine-Fold Ancient Mountain Carrying Turtle Formula, Three Thousand Ancient Turtle Armor, Turtle and City in One, Size Manipulation, Overturning Seas and Rivers...
Evolution Path: Ancient Mountain Carrying Giant Spiritual Turtle
Status: Heavily Injured, in Convalescence]
Ye Xuan fixed his eyes on the uncovered part of the giant turtle sh.e.l.l under the ancient city when they were approaching the city.
He activated his Beast Editor right away.
However, he was instantly dumbfounded when he had identified the ancient turtle"s attributes in the Beast Editor.
Starlight level?
What level was that?
He vaguely guessed that the Beast Tamer level above the Challenger level was probably the Legend level after he had contracted with the Evil Fiery Red Luan.
So, what about the Starlight level?
Was it the level above the Legend level?
Ye Xuan was instantly shocked.
"Mr. w.a.n.g."
Feeling puzzled, Ye Xuan looked at w.a.n.g Tianshan. He asked the latter through a voice transmission, "Do you know what that ancient turtle"s level is?"
"It must be above the Challenger level."
Looking back at him, w.a.n.g Tianshan said to Ye Xuan through voice transmission as well, "But don"t worry. According to our investigation, this ancient turtle should have been badly injured."
"Besides, it happened to wake up from a sound sleep last time our people came here. They had some experience with it. It isn"t one of those ferocious monsters. Instead, it should be an ancient beast that was tamed in another world."
"It agreed that we could send people into the ancient city on its sh.e.l.l to take adventures."
"Good."
Ye Xuan took a deep breath.
He was still very shocked.
It would not be difficult for the Starlight-level turtle to overturn the Cerulean Planet if it was really malicious, no matter how badly injured it was.
And he wondered out of curiosity how the ancient turtle had traveled to the Cerulean Planet.