Martial arts ascend to the gods

Chapter 299 Revealing the secret
Li Yuanhe said, "Elder Song and Zhang Xinglie both came these past two days, but they were in a hurry. They both left you things, and Zhang Xinglie even gave me a magic spirit bag to store medicinal fruits."

As Li Yuanhe spoke, he took out four medicinal fruits from his magic bag.

"The white-veined flower, the green jade melon, and the black gold silkworm fruit were left by Zhang Xinglie, while Old Song left the blood-red long strawberry. According to the information, the black gold silkworm fruit belongs to the insect and beast fruit category and is extremely rare, second only to the dragon scale vermilion fruit."

"Black Gold Silkworm Fruit?" Zhou Leng took it and examined it closely.

It is ten centimeters long and as thick as a thumb, resembling a black and gold silkworm, but in reality, it is a dual form of insect and fruit.

Insect-borne and animal-borne fruits have always been rare and extremely valuable.

Besides the Dragon Blood Flower, Zhou Leng had no other medicinal fruit whose value could compare to this Black Gold Silkworm Fruit.

If the black gold silkworm fruit were auctioned off, it would likely fetch around 500 million.

“He’s certainly generous,” Zhou Leng said.

Li Yuanhe remarked, "Zhang Xinglie is really lucky. When he came, he was carrying a lot of magic spirit bags in his backpack. His strength has improved significantly. I estimate that his martial arts index has already broken through 13 and is heading towards 14."

Zhou Leng also took out several kinds of medicinal fruits that he had eaten before and handed them to Li Yuanhe, asking him to pass them on to Zhang Xinglie and Old Man Song. Among them, there were three blue-purple fruits, which were given to the three of them.

Zhou Leng took out a small piece of the serpent leader's flesh and handed it to Li Yuanhe, saying, "Try it first. If you can't stand it, you won't be able to eat the serpent's blood or the dragon blood flower either. These things can poison dragons."

"So scary?"

"A little bit is fine, I have an antidote here."

Li Yuanhe tried eating a piece of meat from the monstrous snake leader, which was as small as a fingernail. At first, he remained calm, but soon his stomach began to churn.

"no……"

Zhou Leng gave him an antidote pill, which he swallowed in one gulp and hurriedly ran into the forest.

A short while later, Li Yuanhe returned with a pale face and trembling legs, waving his hand and saying, "I am not worthy of this, the poison is too strong."

"That's pretty much what I guessed."

"You're using me as a guinea pig for experiments, aren't you?" Li Yuanhe rolled his eyes at Zhou Leng.

"Next, I'll tell you some important information and post it in the group. Try to get people ready. This time, the Demon Alliance wants to wipe us out in one fell swoop."

"what?"

"Fortunately, the Dark Fury was more eager to charge up the mountain, delaying their actions. But the Monster Alliance has grown in strength and will likely go out en masse at some point to annihilate the Humanoid Alliance..."

Zhou Leng shared the information he obtained at the Monster Alliance camp with Li Yuanhe, and also posted it in Guhe's main group and sub-group.

Xiaoqun consists of the original group plus Zhou Leng's friends, totaling fifteen people.

The middle group consists of fifty people who entered here.

After Zhou Leng finished speaking, Li Yuanhe sighed and said, "Have you been observing the rankings these past few days?"

"I glanced at them briefly, but didn't look closely at anything except the top 100," Zhou Leng said.

"Two members of the Ancient River Sect sacrificed their lives."

Zhou Leng was startled. Although he wasn't familiar with everyone, they had been cultivating in the Ancient River Sect for many days and had come to regard each other as true fellow disciples.

After a moment's thought, he sighed and said, "This is the trial, this is the path of martial arts. We should have thought of this when we received the seed of true qi."

Li Yuanhe gradually shared the information he had received.

Finally, Li Yuanhe said, "I don't know where I got the news, but it's said that this year's Youth Battle is very unusual and may produce treasures of even greater value than the Dragon Scale Vermilion Fruit, such as the Golden Crystal."

"Really?" Zhou Leng asked solemnly.

Golden Crystal is a treasure far more valuable than Dragon Scale Vermilion Fruit or Headless God.

All the supernatural powers of the races and nations in the Ten Realms originate from the Golden Light Crystal.

The only complete martial arts technique for humankind also originated from the Golden Crystal.

"I don't know if it's true or not; I just found out yesterday."

Zhou Leng said, "The Dragon Scale Vermilion Fruit is far inferior to the Golden Crystal."

Li Yuanhe said, "We think the Golden Light Crystal is important, but it may not be so for ordinary martial artists. The Dragon Scale Vermilion Fruit can greatly enhance an individual's strength, making them a Grandmaster and potentially a Martial Saint. However, the Golden Light Crystal generally benefits the nation and the entire human race. While it is also very useful to an individual, it is not as effective as the Dragon Scale Vermilion Fruit. The key is that after opening the Golden Light Crystal, it is uncertain what one can obtain."

"I still think the Golden Crystal is more important." Zhou Leng always felt that the power that affects the entire country or even the human race is definitely stronger than the power that affects individuals.

Li Yuanhe didn't argue, but said, "What's going on with your ranking? Zhang Xinglie and Elder Song initially thought you either didn't make it or you were killed in action, and they were quite upset about it for a while."

Zhou Leng smiled slightly and said, "I can't say."

After chatting for a while, Zhou Leng left and headed to the Demon Spirit Master camp.

Half an hour later, a team of Eagle Alliance members returned.

Li Yuanhe looked up and saw it was Miller, the top martial arts expert from Eagle Alliance Martial Arts University, again.

Compared to last time, Miller's aura is stronger, and it seems that his index has also broken through 12, officially possessing strength equivalent to that of a True Liquid Innate.

Li Yuanhe thought to himself, it's not just the disciples of the Ancient River Sect who have had extraordinary encounters; there are far too many people in the Ten Realms who have had such encounters.

This time, Miller didn't rush to leave. After resting, he invited the martial artists in the camp to spar.

Li Yuanhe, itching to test his skills, volunteered to spar with Miller.

After twenty moves, Li Yuanhe was defeated.

Li Yuanhe remained silent, his face grim.

He thought that he had cultivated in the Ancient River Sect for so long and was a top disciple, ranking in the twentieth or twentieth place out of fifty disciples, which was already very strong.

Unexpectedly, he couldn't even last twenty moves against Miller.

If it came to a life-or-death struggle, he would likely be killed by Miller within ten moves. Li Yuanhe roughly estimated that Miller was now roughly equivalent to the Three Heroes of Guhe when they first entered Baifeng Valley.

No wonder he ranks among the top 100 on the youth list.

Li Yuanhe then challenged other Eagle Alliance trial participants to three matches, winning all three.

Now it was the Eagle Alliance warriors' turn to have grim expressions.

They originally thought that someone like Li Yuanhe, who joined later, was not qualified to be compared with the rising stars of the Eagle Alliance's first tier.

Who would have thought that a second-rate warrior from the Dragon Kingdom could defeat a first-rate warrior from the Eagle Alliance, and both victories were achieved within thirty moves.

Li Yuanhe's mood improved.

It's not that I'm too weak, it's that Miller is too abnormal. He's an abnormal being on the same level as the three heroes of Furukawa, so it's normal for him to defeat me.

Li Yuanhe walked towards his tent with a smile, preparing to learn the basic martial arts of the Ancient River Sect, when he heard someone shouting behind him.

"Third brother."

Li Yuanhe turned around and saw that it was Zhou Leng's good friend Rao Mingxian, who had been calling him Third Brother along with Zhou Leng for several days.

Behind Rao Mingxian were six other people.

The appearance of one of them... Li Yuanhe recalled someone on the list of young talents, Rao Mingjun, the number one in the youth development stage of Rucheng.

Then I thought of Rao Mingxing from the Ancient River Trial. They were both from the Rao family, and even brothers.

Li Yuanhe nodded to the others, then gestured to Rao Mingxian and walked to a secluded spot.

Rao Mingxian twirled a jade tablet in his hand like a pen; it was proof of a cultivation site and one of his extraordinary encounters.

"How was the journey?" Li Yuanhe asked.

The two became familiar with each other in the Ancient River Sect, and Rao Mingxian did not hide anything, briefly recounting what had happened to him in the past few days.

"At first, I was chased by the demons like a rabbit, it was awful..."

"Later, hehe, I ambushed and killed a demon, and got a kind of medicinal fruit from his demon spirit bag, which could actually enhance the true qi of the Star Gathering Technique..."

"After that, I obtained treasures one after another... Later, I met my cousin Rao Mingjun, whose strength is now comparable to mine."

"However, at most six months, I will be able to surpass him with the Ancient River Technique."

In closing, Rao Mingxian straightened his back and held his head high.

In the Rao family, Rao Mingjun was always someone else's child.

Unlike Rao Mingxing, who made friends with his clansmen everywhere, Rao Mingjun was not good with words, focused on cultivation, and was rather aloof. Rao Mingxian had hardly spoken a few words to him.

From childhood to adulthood, Rao Fuxing always talked about Rao Mingjun and belittled Rao Mingxian, as if Rao Mingjun was his real grandson.

Rao Mingjun almost became Rao Mingxian's inner demon.

Now, I have the opportunity to overcome my inner demons with dignity and surpass Rao Mingjun.

Li Yuanhe smiled and said, "Good, that's spirited. Believing in yourself is more important than anything else. Don't forget to check the group messages; they were shared by Zhou Leng. Share your information too, but don't let others know."

Rao Mingxian said, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about our Guhe Sect's affairs. Rao Mingjun is particularly curious, but I'll only talk about the less important parts."

"We're all human, so aside from matters concerning our Ancient River Sect, most information can be shared, and there's no need to keep it a secret. Next, I plan to unite with other human races to guard against the Demon Alliance, and we'll need you then."

"no problem."

After their conversation, Rao Mingxian returned to Rao Mingjun's side and shared some intelligence, including the fact that the Demon Alliance was planning to attack the human race.

"Did Zhou Leng find out all of this?" Rao Mingjun asked.

“Yes,” Rao Mingxian said.

Rao Mingjun remained silent for a long time before saying, "Is this Zhou Leng the same Zhou Leng who stole Xiao Xing's spot in the New Youth Fund?"

Rao Mingxian paused for a moment, hesitated for a second, and said, "I'm not very clear about this matter."

Rao Mingjun's expression changed, and he narrowed his eyes slightly.

The air froze for a few seconds before he spoke, saying, "Before you entered the Ancient River Trial, Xiao Xing told me everything."

Rao Mingxian's heart skipped a beat; he had been exposed.

Rao Mingxing asked him to find out about Zhou Leng. He pretended to agree, but he had already secretly made it clear to Zhou Leng to pass on some unimportant information.

He never expected that Rao Mingxing would tell Rao Mingjun.

He had just said he wasn't quite clear, and Rao Mingjun realized that he was just giving Rao Mingxing the runaround, or even betraying Rao Mingxing.

Moreover, he had mentioned Zhou Leng multiple times on the way, yet Rao Mingjun had remained silent and pretended not to know until now.

“Let’s go talk over there.” Rao Mingjun led Rao Mingxian to the side.

Rao Mingxian was filled with unease.

Rao Mingjun was not only the eldest son and grandson of the main family, but also had a great reputation since childhood.

Despite sharing the same surname, Rao Mingjun was able to sit at the same table as Zhao Tong, the Third Young Master Zhao, while he wasn't even qualified to meet him.

The two walked to a secluded spot.

“Speak, I watched you grow up, and I believe you will not betray the Rao family.” Rao Mingjun spoke with the authority of the Rao family head.

Rao Mingxian cursed himself for being stupid, but since things had come to this, he racked his brains and said, "Big brother, you know Second Brother's temper; he's a bit temperamental. Zhou Leng saved my life. If I were to completely betray him, tell me, would I still be human?"

(End of this chapter)