The Martial Emperor with Dragon Blood

“Brother, this is my first time here, and I still have much that I don’t understand in the Qingyun League. I heard that the league has things like elite league members, league chiefs, and chief elects — what are all these?”

Led by the Outer League senior, Ye Mo followed him towards the Outer League living quarters. It was not a building, but a giant Spirit Mountain. The mountain was filled with natural spiritual presence, an extremely suitable place to train. Two people were already at the mountain.

“League Chiefs are the chief leaders in the Qingyun League. Some may put it this way – they are the huge figures that make up the internal authority of the Qingyun League. Within the league, it is a small world as well. There are three major authority powers within the league – the Xuan Ji Sub-League led by Master Xuan Ji, the Ling Xuan Sub-League led by Master Ling Xuan, and the Jin Xiu Sub-League led by Master Xiao Jin. These three league chiefs have reached the pinnacle of the True Energy Realm. How strong they actually are, I’m not too sure myself. I’ve been in the Qingyun League for three years now and have only seen Master Xuan Ji once – she’s indeed a goddess on Earth.”

“You’re saying that the Qingyun League is formed by these three main powers?” asked Ye Mo, surprised.

“Not exactly. These three powers are formed by league members. The three league chiefs are league members themselves. However, their power levels have long overtaken that of the mentors and elders in the league. Even the mentors and elders are highly respectful towards the chiefs. Besides these three sub-leagues, there are also a few small power factions led by rather powerful brothers and sisters, but they do not engage in any high-profile activities.”

“What about Outer League members, Inner League members, elite league members, and chief elects?” Ye Mo continued to ask.

“Outer League members are people like you and me – members who have just entered the league and are inferior to Inner League members in terms of training resources and status. The elemental energy aura in the Spirit Mountain here may be thicker than the outside world, but that of the Spirit Mountain where the Inner League members reside is multiple times thicker. Regarding elite league members, they are given their own personal training areas. These training areas are called Energy Mines, enshrouded with a high level Energy Gathering Formation.”

This was the difference – the higher the status, the better the training conditions!

“Regarding chief elects, they are the top league members under the league chiefs who are highly likely to become the successors of the current chiefs. In order to be a chief elect, one has to reach the True Energy Realm before he or she reaches the age of 20. That is the recruitment criteria for the league chiefs finding potential chief elects.”

“Tsk tsk, that is frightening indeed. Reaching the True Energy Realm before 20 years of age – I’m guessing only a rare few in Tianwu Kingdom possess this scary amount of talent.” Ye Mo could not help but be shocked.

The only person he had witnessed reaching that level was Qi Ying, but she possessed the Empress Aura.

“Indeed, Master Ling Xuan and Master Xiao Jin have chief elects under them, and Master Xuan Ji is currently nurturing some elite league members in secret to pick an elect from them, perhaps to prepare for the future.”

“What do I have to do to become an Inner League member?” asked Ye Mo.

“There are two ways to become an Inner League member. The first one is to complete missions and use the materials gained from the missions to exchange for league points. Once you’ve reached 10,000 league points, you can directly exchange the points for a place in the Inner League. The other more straightforward method is by strength. If you reach the Energy Shaping Fourth Realm, go to the Martial Arts Hall for a test of strength and you will automatically be promoted to become an Inner League member.”

As the Outer League brother spoke, he brought Ye Mo into a cave.

The cave was warm during the winter, cooler during the summer, and had a stone bed, a stone table, a stone mirror, with an ample amount of space. On top of the stone table were a few sets of clothes.

“Brother, this shall be your living quarters. You see that stone mirror there? The Seal Masters in the Qingyun League used their seal techniques to place a seal on it – the mirror will show the mission arranged for you. Every week, the league will arrange missions for the newcomers of the Outer League members to check on their potential based on how they fare during the missions. This potential check will last for a month – yours is coming up soon, so you better take advantage of the opportunity.”

Ye Mo had given him 25 Mixed Energy Pills, so his attitude was extremely welcoming, telling Ye Mo everything that needed to be taken note of.

Ye Mo clapsed his hands together to thank the senior, who left the cave after a few more reminders.

“The rules in the Qingyun League are pretty straightforward. If one doesn’t train hard, the weaker ones will get weaker while the stronger will rise to the top.” Ling’er’s voice was heard in his Energy Center.

“Based on my current strength, we can only rely on missions to be promoted to the Inner League. 10,000 league points – I wonder how long that will take. So long as the missions are not too difficult, I should be able to deal with them.”

As Ye Mo spoke, he sat down cross-legged. In his cave, the elemental energy was indeed thick, meaning that training speeds were naturally going to be sped up.

League points were as good as the currency of the Qingyun League. One could exchange the items collected during the missions for league points, which could be used to exchange for Qingyun League training resources and martial techniques.

Ye Mo understood the fact that one had to be of a high tier in the Qingyun League in order to do what they wanted to.

“Currently, the most important thing is to make the breakthrough to the Energy Shaping Realm. The Qingyun League is filled with experts, and I cannot expose the secret of the Rising Dragon Pillars. Based on my current strength level, I can easily kill a fighter in the Energy Shaping Third Realm, which is somewhat incredible. If I catch the eye of the higher figures in the league, I will definitely be experimented on like a lab rat.”

In the half a month that followed, if Ye Mo was not training by himself in the cave, he was listening to the teachings by mentors of the Outer League.

The mission meant to check on the league members’ potential never came. Li Suifeng and Zheng Sanmu, along with their respective companions, entered Ye Mo’s cave, sharing training reflections with each other.

The five energy cores in Ye Mo’s body became even wilder. The energy cores of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth experienced complete changes, surrounding the body of the Rising Dragon Pillars like five orbiting stars. The energy waves inside his Energy Center also became stickier, hinting at turning into a liquid state.

The energy waves inside one’s Energy Center turns into a liquid state upon reaching the Energy Shaping Realm as major changes occur to both the quality and quantity of one’s energy, allowing for new abilities to be realized.

Upon reaching the True Energy Realm, the liquid energy will experience further changes, gathering and solidifying into an energy pill. The pill represents the fruition which a True Energy Realm fighter will continue to cultivate for the rest of his or her life.

The Prodigal Son once proclaimed of his own cultivated energy pill and its frightening power.

“Since there’s nothing to do now, I should ask around about the whereabouts of Yan Shihan and see how her training progress is coming along.”

Ye Mo once again found the Outer League brother who brought him to the cave to ask about Yan Shihan’s whereabouts.

“Yan Shihan?” The Outer League brother appeared to be confused for a moment, before his eyes flashed, as if recalling something. He said, “Yan Shihan, you say? I heard about her. A few months back, she, along with four Outer League members, headed towards the Spirit Valley for their mission. Sge was the only one to make it back alive. Among the other four was an Outer League member named Xu Jiachen, who was the younger brother of Inner League member Xu Fu, an Energy Shaping Fourth Realm fighter. After hearing about his younger brother’s death during the mission, he automatically pointed the blame at Yan Shihan. I heard that she ended up being disfigured by Xu Fu’s fire martial techniques, tsk tsk!”