Figuring out the magical use of the Mixed Yuan s.p.a.ce was absolutely of great help to Yan Li, but it had also further stirred up his curiosity about the origin of the Mixed Yuan Map, the thing that teleported him from the Earth to Tianhuang Land and the thing that brought him back to life after he jumped off the cliff in his previous life. Without exaggeration, the Mixed Yuan Map might be even more powerful than a heavenly artifact.

The next morning, Xue Zhan showed up, looking obviously hyped up, “The indoor disciples' contest will be due in three months, s.h.i.+xiong Yan. Do you think you'll be able to make it into the top-ten?”

“What do you say about that?” Yan Li smiled.

“I'd say that's a no-brainer! s.h.i.+xiong Yan will definitely be one of the top-ten disciples!” Two girls, Yao Ling and Situ Xue, stepped into the yard as well.

“I'm so flattered,” Yan Li exclaimed with faux annoyance, “I'm only at Ningyuan realm now, basically a n.o.body among all those other disciples and Poyuan realm pract.i.tioners! And besides, have you ever heard of a Ningyuan realm disciple that could make it into the top-ten?”

“Duh, that's because you didn't show up! Come on, we all have faith in you!” Yao Ling replied jauntily, voice full of a.s.surance and admiration.

Ever since he beat Ye Tianyu on the Stage, Yao Ling and Situ Xue had completely become his stalwart followers.

Three months later, he would be able to reach the Shenyuan realm, which would somehow make him eligible to compete with those Poyuan realm masters; and aside from that, this time, the prizes were much more tempting than they had ever been before: The first three finishers would all receive a high-level enforcing weapon, a Qingyuan Pill and be each granted with 100 thousand, 80 thousand and 50 thousand credit points respectively. The fourth to the tenth would be each awarded with a medium-level enforcing weapon and 30 thousand credit points.

The enforcing weapon was absolutely awesome, but the Qingyuan Pill was another level of thrill, for it would allegedly help you break through the current realm you were in and reach the next one.

But it was only useful to Yuan realm pract.i.tioners and some of Xuan realm ones; as for Mi realm masters, it was basically of no use.

Since he wanted to make it into the top-ten, Yan Li thought that he must improve himself as much as he could in the shortest possible time.

The Mixed Yuan s.p.a.ce could not only be used as a practice facility but also a shelter, so he a.s.sumed that he could go practicing in the Dahuang woods.

Unlike the testing forest, Dahuang woods was full of creatures that were above third-level, a place even Poyuan realm masters wouldn't dare to step in freely.

Normally, indoor disciples would only go in groups if they ever wanted to practice there.

However, in Yan Lin's case, it would be best for him to go alone since he had both the Mixed Yuan s.p.a.ce and the Map.

“I'll go with you, Young Master.” Worrying about Yan Li's safety, Wu Zhongmou offered.

But Yan Li dismissed it with a wave of his hand, “I appreciate the concern, Uncle Wu. But I was planning to use this adventure as an opportunity to advance my skills and gain some more battle experience. So if I had you there to protect me, it'd be like defeating my own purpose then.

“That makes sense.” Wu Zhongmou had to admit that Yan Li did have a point, but still looked concerned.

“Don't worry, Uncle Wu, I promise I'll be fine!”

The next morning, after getting some preparations done, Yan Li set out for the woods, carrying both the Bladeless Sword and the Wushuang Sword with him.

A shadow popped up at the entrance as soon as Yan Li entered into the woods, and then quickly took off.

Yan Li, who should have been in the woods now, appeared at the edge of it with a sneer on his face.

Now the feud between him and Lin Pou and Meng Wushuang had run deep enough that neither of them would so easily let go of this opportunity to wipe him out in the woods.

As for Nangong Yong, though not pleased with Yan Li, he still didn't have the b.a.l.l.s to really touch him a finger since he was aware of Wu Zhongmou's existence.

But, even with this being said, Yan Li would never say a word about Wu Zhongmou to either Lin Pou or Meng Wushuang so as not to scare them off.

By now, Yan Li's stalker should have already tipped his puppet-master off about his whereabouts then; and soon enough, Yan Li believed that there would be a bunch of a.s.sa.s.sins trailing close behind him.

With a tap of his feet, Yan Li teleported himself towards the deep of the woods, only keeping this possible a.s.sa.s.sination thing in the back of his mind, for that as long as no Poyuan realm master was involved, he would have no problem dealing with whoever coming at him.

A sudden hissing sounded off as a green python crept up on him from behind and Yan Li swiftly pulled out his sword to chop its head off with just one quick swing.

Just a few miles into the woods, Yan Li had already been confronted with a dozen first- and second-level creatures, which were much wilder and more aggressive than those in the testing forest, so he had to be extra careful here.

Still, they didn't pose much of a threat to him when all the while he could in turn take their cores for credit points or the Mixed Yuan elements inside them.

What was worth mentioning was that the Wushuang Sword, even without the infusion of the Zhen vigor, was sharp enough to cut through the skin of the second-level creatures.

Soon, a couple of hours pa.s.sed and Yan Li had already traveled hundreds of miles in the woods when, out of the blue, an idea popped into his head: What if the Mixed Yuan s.p.a.ce can be used as a storage ring?

There was an amazing object called the Storage Artifact on Tianhuang Land, something that resembled the s.p.a.ce Ring in the magic world.

Yan Li allowed his conscious to enter into the Mixed Yuan s.p.a.ce and then laid his eyes on his backpack, “Capture!”

His backpack disappeared right under his nose the moment he said the word. Smiling, Yan Li went back to check the Mixed Yuan s.p.a.ce and was pleased to see his backpack floating right in the middle of it.

“What a gem!” Yan Li gasped as he retrieved his bag to put the newly acquired core in it.

Miles away from Yan Li, a gang of black-wearing guys were marching at a high speed.

“We should be able to catch up on him pretty soon now, s.h.i.+xiong Liu!” One disciple said after checking on a creature's body.

“That's good,” nodding, Liu replied in a solemn tone, “This time, make sure we are the ones that get out of here alive!”

“That's for sure, s.h.i.+xiong Liu,” scoffed one guy, “All nine of us are at Shenyyuan realm, not to mention that you could almost pa.s.s for a Poyuan realm pract.i.tioner, so what's to worry about?”

Liu nodded in agreement, “Yeah, that kid wouldn't make it out alive even if he was a Poyuan realm master, when in fact he is just a Ningyuan realm disciple now. But, since s.h.i.+xiong Lin is particularly cautious about this mission, we too have to keep our heads on the swivel and keep a close eye on that kid; otherwise, it would be hard for us to track him down in the middle of the woods once he gets suspicious.”

After a short break, they began to head in the direction where Yan Li disappeared.

Yan Li, on the other hand, was still hyped up about discovering yet another use of the Mixed Yuan s.p.a.ce and was busy stuffing all those creatures' bodies into it, for their skin also was worth some decent money as well.

Suddenly, he caught a rustling noise coming his way and after doing some quick calculation, Yan Li put on a serious look, “All nine are at Shenyuan realm pract.i.tioners? Looks like somebody really wants me dead!”

Pondering for a second, Yan Li went straight into the Mixed Yuan s.p.a.ce.

“Let's see if we can have a visual on what's going on outside.” As soon as he finished his sentence, a mirror appeared in front of him, reflecting the outside world.

“Bravo!”

A few minutes later, a bunch of masked guys in black showed up in the mirror, checking on the dead creature first before fanning out to search for Yan Li.

“This is weird! Where did that little s.h.i.+t go?”

“Keep looking! Search every nook and cranny for that b.a.s.t.a.r.d!”

Hearing this, Yan Li couldn't help but let out a chuckle, “Come looking for me! I'm right in front of you, idiots!”

The search was fruitless and Liu grew more and more upset with minutes pa.s.sing by, “Now pair up and go search in all four directions! Once you lay eyes on that little p.r.i.c.k, have one person come back to report to me and the other stay there and keep watching on him.”

“Copy that!”

The eight disciples quickly spread out as four groups and headed towards four different directions, leaving Liu here all alone by himself.

Now it's time! Yan Li thought to himself.