"Do you know what lies above the Void?treading Realm?"
"The minor realm is Nihility, the major realm is Tianyuan, a watershed between them!" Ye Xunhuan answered at once without the slightest hesitation.
"Then do you know how the experts among ancient Martial Artists are classified?"
Ye Xunhuan was taken aback. There’s actually a saying about rank divisions among experts in ancient martial arts?
Isn’t it just the division between realms, using that to judge each other’s strength?
A look of doubt slowly surfaced on Ye Xunhuan’s face; he appeared very puzzled.
"Senior, please enlighten me!"
Ye Xunhuan really didn’t know. In his understanding, all ancient Martial Artists were distinguished by realm and strength; he had no idea there was a separate classification for experts within ancient martial arts.
"Ancient Martial Artists are divided into four types!" The other party spoke slowly: "Experts, standard experts, ancient?martial experts, peerless experts!"
"So?called experts are those just a bit stronger than ordinary people, similar to special forces soldiers. Standard experts are those who have stepped into ancient martial arts and can hold their own in a region. As for ancient?martial experts—that’s what you are right now."
Ye Xunhuan’s expression changed slightly. He had thought he was almost standing at the very tip of the pyramid, but with just one sentence this mysterious person practically blasted him into an abyss—he, Ye Xunhuan, could only be counted as an ancient?martial expert.
And not a peerless expert.
"Then what about you, Senior?"
"Me?" The other chuckled lightly. "I don’t even know whether I should be counted as an ancient?martial expert or as a peerless expert."
"Senior, is the Tianyuan Realm equivalent to a peerless expert?"
"Peerless experts are not divided by realm. Once you reach that level, you’re peerless. ’Peerless’ means an invincible existence." The other explained softly to Ye Xunhuan: "Of course, even peerless experts can encounter opponents—but they are truly as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns."
"Then what would Lin Yuhai be classified as?"
"He’d be considered an ancient?martial expert." The other said calmly. "But he should only be a hair’s breadth away from being a peerless expert."
Ye Xunhuan couldn’t help sucking in a sharp breath. Lin Yuhai had stepped into the Tianyuan Realm, yet could still only be counted as an ancient?martial expert, not a peerless expert. Then just how powerful are peerless experts?
"Marshal, you have a treasure on you, yet you don’t know how to use it. It truly makes one sigh!" The other let out a faint sigh, sounding very helpless.
"Senior, you mean..."
"The Taiji Seal!" The other directly pointed it out to Ye Xunhuan. "Within it lies the secret of becoming a peerless expert, and also the secrets of Qimen Dunjia. It’s a supreme treasure among Huaxia’s ancient Martial Artists. Yet it’s been in your hands for so long, and you still don’t understand what the Taiji Seal truly is, nor do you understand what Marquis Zhuge left behind."
"Senior, please instruct me clearly..."
"Marquis Zhuge—go seek him." The other said indifferently.
"Senior, how am I supposed to find him? He’s already dead. Don’t tell me you want me to time?travel back to the Three Kingdoms era?"
The other was amused by Ye Xunhuan, and couldn’t help bursting into hearty laughter. "I’ve been defeated by your naivety!"
Being called na?ve, a faintly embarrassed look slowly appeared on Ye Xunhuan’s face. In all these years, this was the first time someone had called him na?ve.
"Senior..."
"I’ve already said enough. If you still don’t gain insight, then just keep waiting. One day, you will understand."
As his voice fell, the other stopped speaking. Even when Ye Xunhuan called out, there was still no response, as if he had already departed.
This made Ye Xunhuan involuntarily let out a sigh, his face filled with unprecedented helplessness.
What did the other party mean exactly? Why only say half of everything—wouldn’t it be better to just spell it all out?
Ye Xunhuan wanted to ask clearly, but unfortunately the other no longer made a sound, and Ye Xunhuan simply couldn’t find where he was.
This left Ye Xunhuan no choice but to leave with doubt in his heart, and slowly search for the answer on his own.
Because this mysterious person had intervened, Wu Mei hadn’t suffered any injury at all, and neither had Ye Xunhuan’s people.
After getting into the car, Ye Xunhuan headed for the airport again.
Perhaps because the mysterious man’s overwhelming strike had intimidated Jun Tianyou and Jun Wuhui, all the way to the airport Ye Xunhuan didn’t encounter any obstruction at all; everything was unusually calm.
Although the journey was very calm, Wu Mei’s delicate brows remained tightly furrowed.
They hadn’t even left this place yet and had already run into people from the Jun family. Someone had already tracked them down, and on top of that had learned that she, Wu Mei, was carrying Ye Xunhuan’s child. What about in the future?
Wu Mei felt deeply uneasy. She wasn’t worried about herself, but about the child in her belly.
She wanted to tell Ye Xunhuan again that they should leave, but she also knew Ye Xunhuan would never let her go—especially now that the Jun family knew she was pregnant. Ye Xunhuan would be even less likely to let her leave.
At the same time, Wu Mei herself worried: if she left, would the Jun family really be unable to find her?
Ye Xunhuan and Wu Mei arrived at the airport, waited briefly, then boarded the plane, fully prepared to embark on the journey home.
Just as Ye Xunhuan and Wu Mei sat down on the plane, Jun Tianyou and Jun Wuhui had already passed the news back to the Jun family, their faces full of anger and frustration.
Ye Xunhuan had been completely like fish laid out on a chopping board, yet everything had been ruined by that mysterious man. What was worse, they hadn’t even seen who he was or what he looked like.
"Tianyou, who do you think that mysterious guy is? How can he be that strong?" Jun Wuhui asked, with a trace of dread.
"I don’t know." Jun Tianyou said, his face full of bitterness and helplessness. "Fortunately he didn’t intend to kill us; otherwise, the two of us would be dead for sure."
Although the other had only used a single move, Jun Tianyou had felt an unprecedented sense of danger and oppression.
If they had truly been blind to their own limits and insisted on fighting him, then they would now definitely be corpses. On that point, Jun Tianyou had not the slightest doubt.
"Damn it, when did Huaxia produce such a freak!" Jun Wuhui cursed angrily. "He’s practically a second Lin Yuhai!"
"He might be even stronger than Lin Yuhai," Jun Tianyou said, his expression extremely grave.
Jun Wuhui’s face changed slightly. "How is that possible? Lin Yuhai is already in the Tianyuan Realm. Across all of Huaxia, there’s basically no one who can stand against him..."
"And yet now we’ve met one, haven’t we?" Jun Tianyou said heavily. "And with just a single move, he made us both taste defeat."
"Could Lin Yuhai defeat the two of us brothers with one move?"
Jun Wuhui fell silent. Lin Yuhai was strong and could definitely kill them, but to defeat both brothers with a single move—no matter how he thought about it, that just didn’t seem realistic!