Chapter 13 - The Wooden Guard

　　Watching Zhang Haoran leave, the crowd was both admiring and jealous, everyone was human, why could the other party cultivate to the tenth layer of the Qi Practicing Realm at the age of thirteen, and the Lingyun Gong reached the fifth level of the highest realm. 　　Is the gap between geniuses and mortals really so great! 　　Ye Chen shook his head and turned towards the bulletin board. 　　There were lines and lines of fist-sized characters written on the giant white paper with silver hooks and iron strokes, obviously written by a certain elder with excellent calligraphy. 　　Fixing his eyes on the white paper, in addition to some precautions, it was also written that the reward for success in breaking into the Wooden Man Alley was a unique Qi Enhancement Pill of the Flowing Cloud Sect, which could save a month's hard work, and if it happened to be a rush, the success rate was bound to increase by quite a bit, but of course, the prerequisite was a rush at the level of the Qi Practicing Realm, and not a breakthrough from the Qi Practicing Realm into the Condensing Reality Realm. 　　"Currently, what I need the most is time, this Qi Enhancement Pill can save a month of hard work, it's very useful to me." Ye Chuan revealed a smile and continued to look down. 　　"The top ten in breaking through the Woodman Alley are free to choose a human grade high level martial skill, the top six are rewarded with three Clear Wind Jade Dew Pills, the top three are free to choose a human grade high level technique, and the first place is specially rewarded with a Qi Enhancement Pill." 　　Ye Chuan's eyes narrowed, he didn't attach importance to human level high grade martial arts, but the Clear Wind Jade Dew Pill was an elixir that assisted in practicing qi, according to the description of people who had the intention to take it, within ten days of taking the Clear Wind Jade Dew Pill, the martial artist would feel refreshed and clear of distractions, the speed of cultivation would increase by a thousand miles a day, and it would be a lot easier to comprehend the martial arts, even a lot of inner disciples longed for it, it was worth more than ten thousand taels of silver, and it could not be found, and its only drawback was that it could not be The only drawback is that it can't be taken frequently, and it is said that the effect is worse than once, until it ends up being ineffective. 　　As for the Human Grade High Level Technique, it was even more important, with it, Ye Chuan could foresee that his cultivation speed would increase dramatically, and the total amount of internal qi and the quality of internal qi would also usher in new heights, in other words, as long as there was a Human Grade High Level Technique, it would not be a problem for Ye Chuan's comprehensive strength to double. 　　As his eyes fell on the first place reward, Ye Chen smiled bitterly. 　　Undoubtedly, the Yuan Enhancement Pill was the most valuable, it could allow Qi Practicing Realm martial artists to directly raise a level, and it could be used to break through to the Concentration Realm with a certain effect, but Ye Chuan did not have an ounce of certainty, but he had to know that although Ma Wu was also a 10th level Qi Practicing Realm martial artist, in terms of talent, he could not compete with Wu Zongming and Zhang Haoran, who were the prides of the heavens, cultivating techniques and martial arts that were far more advanced than the others, and whose comprehension was first class, so it was too difficult to achieve the first place in front of them. It would be too difficult to get the first place, unless one could ascend from the sixth level of the Qi Practicing Realm to the eighth level, in which case one should have some chance of winning. 　　Slowly exhaling a mouthful of turbid air, Ye Chuan decided, the first place and second place will not be an extravagant hope, the third place must be taken, if he misses this opportunity, even he himself will not forgive himself. 　　...... 　　The darkness of the night dispersed, and the first ray of sunlight in the morning came from the east. 　　In the courtyard, Ye Chuan, who had finished a set of punches, was rubbing the body refining cream, his figure erect as a sword. 　　"After this Woodman's Alley, there's half a year left before the Ye Family Meeting, whether or not I can make a splash depends on today's results." 　　Ye Chuan understood very well in his heart that his eldest uncle's second son, Ye Tang, and his fourth uncle's daughter, Ye Xuan, were both rare geniuses of the Ye family, reaching the fifth layer of the Qi Practicing Realm at the age of twelve, and now that three years had passed, he was likely to be at the peak of the tenth layer of the Qi Practicing Realm, and had even reached the level of the Real Condensation Realm. 　　A Zhen Zhen Realm martial artist was not something that could be defeated just by saying so, even if Ye Chuan's comprehension was amazing, he couldn't ignore the gap between them. 　　Before Ye Chuan went out, half of the Liuyun Sect was completely clamoring, breaking into Woodman's Alley was an important day for most of the people, there would be a number of outer sect elders, inner sect disciples to come to watch, and occasionally there were also one or two inner sect elders driving around. 　　As for the Woodman's Alley, it was located directly in front of the Announcement Square, and was usually closed, so there was no trace of it from the outside. 　　When Ye Chuan arrived at the Announcement Square, it was already crowded with people, three thousand outer disciples had come to most of them, all staying in the square, and there were quite a number of inner disciples and outer sect elders as well, each one of them condescendingly sitting on the high platform at the back of the square. 　　"Elder Lin, which people do you think will take the top ten places this time." The one who spoke was a teenager, no more than sixteen or seventeen years old, with a handsome appearance and unusually fair skin. 　　The old man called Elder Lin laughed and said, "Yun Tao, you are already considered one of the best of the inner disciples, and you are interested in this as well." 　　Yun Tao said, "My talent is not considered outstanding, and I wasn't favored back then, so I understand better the feelings of those outer disciples who want to capture the rankings." 　　"Also." Elder Lin nodded, "From what I see, most of the top ten this time are the top ten from the previous time, but we have to add one Zhang Haoran." 　　"Zhang Haoran? I've heard of him, rumored to be the first genius of the outer sect." 　　"Yesterday, a piece of news came through that Zhang Haoran has already cultivated the human grade high level technique Ling Yun Gong to the highest realm of the fifth gravity, this kind of qualification is really rare." 　　"Fifth level of Ling Yun Gong, no wonder the elders esteem him so highly." Yun Tao revealed a look of amazement, when he was still an outer disciple, he cultivated the Ling Yun Gong as well, but until he later became an inner disciple, he had not broken through to the highest realm. 　　Elder Lin surveyed Zhang Haoran on the field and said with relief, "The more geniuses there are in Liuyun Sect, the greater the potential, one day if we can advance from a ninth grade sect to an eighth grade sect, I, the Grand Elder of the Outer Sect, will die with a smile on my face even if I die." 　　Yun Tao's blood boiled at Elder Lin's words, "Don't worry, Elder Lin, although I can't compare myself to Elder Sister and the others, but when that day comes, I will willingly serve the Flowing Clouds Sect with all my might to help the Flowing Clouds Sect advance to an Eighth Grade Sect." 　　"Hehe, it's good that you have this heart." 　　The time for the Woodman's Alley to open arrived. 　　Ka ka ka ka! 　　Under the fiery gazes of the crowd, the huge wall directly in front of the square suddenly cracked open, revealing a deep alley that led to nowhere. 　　And at this time, Elder Lin stood up and said aloud at the sea of people, "Everyone, today is the half-yearly competition to break into the Wooden Man Alley, all outer disciples are eligible to participate, as for the rewards for success in breaking into the Wooden Man Alley you should have seen it on the bulletin board, I won't go into it here, now enter the first session, only disciples who have the ability to defeat a Wooden Man guard can enter the Woodman Alley." 　　Elder Lin's voice was not loud, but under the infusion of his true qi, it traveled for miles around, and everyone could hear it clearly. 　　"Damn, I almost defeated the Wooden Man guards last time, I'll definitely be able to this time." 　　"Me too, but it's said that in addition to the Woodman Alley, there are also Woodman Bladesmen, so it's a bit up in the air!" 　　Regardless of what the crowd thought, the competition to break into Woodman Alley had officially begun. 　　Kala, Kala, Kala ...... 　　A row of twenty wooden man guards walked out. 　　These wooden man guards were two meters tall, their bodies were constructed from a strange wood block, and their eyes were two thin crystals that emitted an eerie cold light, clearly not mortal. 　　Ye Chuan was not too surprised by this, it was said that the wooden man was a special kind of puppet, it was invented five thousand years ago by the fifth-grade super sect Puppet Sect, although it was not intelligent, it could sense people in the vicinity and make all kinds of attacks, it was quite marvelous. 　　The Flowing Cloud Sect also obtained the wooden man manufacturing method by chance, but unfortunately, these wooden men do not have a high level of force, and are only equivalent to qi practicing realm martial artists, so they are best used to test the outer disciples.