Wang Ye didn’t wait for him to finish speaking and had already struck first.

This time he used True Water Transforming into Qi.

The man’s body directly exploded into a mist of blood.

The reason this Cultivation Technique can blow people into a blood mist is that the user can merge into the enemy’s bloodline.

Then, by detonating the Spiritual Energy, he can turn a person into a bloody fog.

Now that Wang Ye had cultivated True Water Transforming into Qi to a level of complete mastery.

His speed was naturally extremely fast.

In less than a quarter of an hour, he had already blown the enemy into a blood mist, vanishing like smoke.

"Nice moves."

A look of surprise flashed across Zhou Wushuang’s eyes.

He hadn’t expected Wang Ye’s strength to have reached such a level.

He had originally thought Wang Ye was just an utterly mediocre nobody.

"The matter’s settled, I should head back."

Wang Ye turned around and left.

After all, a person’s energy is limited.

Tomorrow he was going to watch the Alliance Hierarch selection tournament, and who knew who would make it into the top three.

Not to mention he still had to prepare for the final match.

On top of that, he had to think of a way to gain the support of the ten mysterious people. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

In short, Wang Ye still had many things to do, and all of them would cost him a huge amount of energy.

In the Blackwater Secret Realm, once night fell, the Spiritual Energy would become very thin.

So many cultivators would choose to rest at night and cultivate during the day.

If one cultivated at night, not only would the cultivation speed be greatly reduced, it would also affect one’s cultivation during the bright day.

By the time Wang Ye returned to the pavilion, the mercury-like moonlight was spilling across the ground.

He yawned.

And walked toward the pavilion.

When he arrived outside the pavilion door, a bitter smile surfaced on his face.

No wonder he had been feeling especially sleepy these past few days—turns out he hadn’t slept on a bed for several days.

Most nights had been spent on the floor.

He returned to the Great Tang.

Planning to have the Shop Assistant find him another room.

At this time, the Shop Assistant was sitting behind the counter dozing off, and the lamp on the counter was flickering chaotically.

"Shop Assistant, get me a room."

Wang Ye took out a piece of Top-grade Spirit Jade.

The Shop Assistant glanced at the Top-grade Spirit Jade, and a bitter smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

He stroked the Spirit Jade. Although it was incomparably warm and moist, obviously top-grade at a glance—

No matter how good the Spirit Jade was, it still wasn’t enough to pay for a room at this inn.

"Honored guest, I’ve already arranged a room for you free of charge, just make do with that. This one piece of Top-grade Spirit Jade really isn’t enough to cover the room fee."

The Shop Assistant’s face was full of bitterness.

Seeing the Shop Assistant pulling such a long face, Wang Ye didn’t want to make things hard for him.

But Wang Ye wasn’t a sucker either; there was absolutely no way he was going to spend ten thousand pieces of High-quality Spirit Jade to stay at this place.

Forget it!

Wang Ye shook his head slightly.

For ordinary people, if they wanted to go somewhere a thousand miles away, it would be impossible without spending at least two days on the road.

But he was different.

He could completely just go back to Tianyong Mountain, sleep there for a night, and then come back.

Or he could find somewhere far away from Blackwater City to lodge.

The farther he stayed, the cheaper the room would naturally be.

"Let’s go."

Wang Ye directly turned into a streak of cyan light and flew toward Tianyong Mountain.

That night, Wang Ye slept extremely soundly.

The next day, when he woke, he felt clear-headed and refreshed.

When he opened his eyes, it was a field of white outside the window.

The fog was very thick.

But as the saying goes, after a heavy fog comes clear skies, so today was likely to be a fine day.

"Creak."

At that moment, the door was pushed open.

Chu Mingyue walked into the room carrying a basin of water for washing his face.

She already knew that Wang Ye had returned to this room last night.

She had originally wanted to chat with Wang Ye for a while.

But when she saw how exhausted he looked, she dropped that idea.

Wang Ye washed his face and immediately felt invigorated.

The fatigue of the past few days was swept away.

Just then, Ya Yun also came in carrying breakfast.

Wang Ye ate in a very leisurely mood.

"Not bad, your cooking has improved."

Wang Ye put down his chopsticks.

The breakfast was indeed very tasty.

"Thank you for the praise, Sect Master."

"I’m off."

After Wang Ye spoke, his body directly turned illusory.

The next moment, he had already appeared in Blackwater Square.

In Blackwater Square, not many people recognized him.

And he was quite happy to have the peace and quiet.

He found a quiet spot to sit down, then leisurely started watching today’s matches.

In the end, his gaze settled on a man dressed like a scholar.

This scholar wore a white robe, held a folding fan in his hand, had a delicate face, and an incomparably carefree bearing.

His entire body exuded a majestic aura of righteousness.

The scholar’s name was Xu Rui.

He was the number one libertine in the Blackwater Secret Realm.

He spent his days doing nothing, roaming the mountains and rivers.

His footprints covered every inch of land in the Blackwater Secret Realm.

He had wandered for a thousand years, admiring flowers and the moon.

He had met countless heroes and outstanding figures.

Many of the experts in the Blackwater Secret Realm had known him.

But a thousand years ago, he had disappeared.

Since then there had been no news of him, and everyone thought he was dead.

No one had expected him to return to the jianghu.

"Xu Rui, at your age, you should be looking for a Dao companion to Dual Cultivate with."

"As for this Alliance Hierarch position, don’t take it too seriously."

A middle-aged man on the arena smiled.

This man was Xu Rui’s opponent on the stage.

The two of them had known each other in the past.

Xu Rui smiled faintly and waved the folding fan in his hand.

"I have my own life plan."

"A thousand years to cultivate my character and nourish my spirit, to learn how to deal with the world."

"A thousand years to accomplish great deeds."

"I’ve already spent a thousand years cultivating my character. I came today precisely for this Alliance Hierarch position."

Xu Rui’s expression was incomparably firm.

The Smiling Tiger smiled slightly.

"All right then, Brother Xu, you make the first move."

As his words fell.

The Smiling Tiger had already made the first move.

The entire arena turned pitch black.

Black bat-like phantom shadows darted everywhere in the air.

And a cold, fierce light appeared in the Smiling Tiger’s eyes.

"Deadly Bat Formation!"

The Smiling Tiger let out a cold snort.

His longsword thrust straight toward Xu Rui’s back.

Panic flashed across Xu Rui’s eyes, and in the next instant he collapsed onto the arena.

"Not even worth a single blow."

The Smiling Tiger shook his head.

"That’s it?"

Seeing this, a look of disappointment also appeared on Wang Ye’s face.

He had thought this Xu Rui would be something formidable.

He turned out to be no match for the Smiling Tiger.

As Xu Rui fell, another man stepped onto the arena.

This man was a Baldy, grinning as he showed two large front teeth.

Although there was a smile on his face, there was a bone-deep aura of "strangers keep away."

The man’s features were fine, and his whole body seemed to brim with endless strength.

Wang Ye also knew a little about this man.

His name was Ye Hongfei, and he specialized in fire-type Cultivation Techniques.

"Ye Hongfei."

Seeing this person, Wang Ye grew a bit more interested.

Usually, the colder a person seemed on the surface, the more passionate they were inside.

If you could move someone like that, they were often more reliable.

Whereas some people looked warm and friendly on the outside, as if they could chat with anyone, but in truth such people were the most useless.

It was just that winning Ye Hongfei’s trust wouldn’t be so easy.

However, Wang Ye had, by chance, once gained Ye Hongfei’s trust.