Chapter 37

Chapter 37: What’s My Mother’s Name?

 

Lying in front of him was the man who had been in the sedan chair earlier. At this moment, he was covered in blood, with blood continuously flowing from the corner of his mouth, looking severely injured.

While Ye Tianming was shocked, the ground suddenly began to shake violently in the distance, as if there was an earthquake.

Ye Tianming was startled and without much thought, he hoisted the man onto his shoulder and ran, immediately using his sword-riding technique. He sensed that the approaching aura was extremely terrifying, at least at the Immortal Realm level.

Just as he was riding his sword, he suddenly felt the aura behind him explosively increase in speed, getting closer and closer.

Ye Tianming suddenly roared, “Rise!”

With a single thought, the ground suddenly broke open, and nine swords formed from earth energy shot up into the sky, slashing toward the aura behind him.

He didn’t dare look back, but he felt his flying swords being directly repelled by a force, and at the same time, that terrifying aura was getting closer and closer.

Ye Tianming’s expression turned grim as he looked at the man he was carrying, “Brother, that creature is too powerful. I can’t defeat it. I can only leave you behind.”

As he spoke, he was about to drop the man.

Seeing that Ye Tianming was serious, the man hurriedly grabbed his neck and said weakly, “Brother… save my life, I… don’t want to die, my sister is very beautiful.”

Ye Tianming said seriously, “Brother, I can’t beat it.”

The man said weakly, “I’ll introduce you to my sister, she has a very, very good figure, you’ll… definitely… like her…”

Ye Tianming: “……”

The aura was getting closer and closer. Ye Tianming knew he couldn’t outrun it, so he had no choice but to stop abruptly, then threw the man into some nearby bushes. Immediately after, he turned around sharply, raised his hands, and in an instant, the ground around them exploded. Terrifying earth veins surged into the sky like a tidal wave, rushing toward the distance.

Now Ye Tianming could see the owner of that aura—it was a beast, resembling a giant bear, with a majestic build like a small mountain, its body radiating violent power as it charged fiercely toward him.

Ye Tianming’s heart tightened—this beast was incredibly powerful.

Boom!

The beast showed no fear of Ye Tianming’s earth vein energy and crashed directly into it. With this collision, the entire ground shattered, and even space itself trembled. Ye Tianming’s earth vein energy was instantly dispersed, and the terrifying pressure threw him back dozens of feet, landing right beside the man.

But he quickly got up, and as soon as he did, he spat out a mouthful of blood essence. He slammed his right hand on the ground, raised both hands, and the earth within a hundred zhang radius completely shattered, with endless earth vein energy surging up from deep below.

Not far from Ye Tianming, the man watched this scene with eyes widened like lanterns, shocked beyond belief. Was this brother really just at the Great Tribulation Realm?

In the distance, when the beast saw the endless earth vein energy, a trace of surprise flashed in its beast eyes. Clearly, it was also somewhat surprised by Ye Tianming’s strength. At that moment, under Ye Tianming’s control, the countless earth veins surged toward it.

The beast’s eyes flashed with ferocity, displaying its savage nature. It suddenly let out a roar, then leaped forward, crashing fiercely toward Ye Tianming.

With this collision, the countless earth veins were shattered, but many cracks also appeared on the beast’s body.

At that moment, Ye Tianming suddenly grabbed the still-shocked man and turned to run.

Boom boom boom

Behind them, a series of explosions rang out continuously—the sound of the earth shattering.

Ye Tianming listened with a pounding heart; this beast was too powerful.

But soon, he noticed that the sound had disappeared.

Ye Tianming was somewhat surprised. He turned to look and saw the beast standing dozens of zhang away, watching the two of them.

Why did it stop chasing?

Both Ye Tianming and the man were puzzled.

Just then, the beast suddenly began to retreat slowly. However, after retreating about twenty zhang, it stopped and just stared at the two of them.

Ye Tianming’s expression darkened. He slowly turned to scan the surroundings. At this moment, he and the man were in a pile of stone ruins, surrounded by dense forest, but the area where they stood was a heap of stone debris, which was clearly abnormal.

The man had obviously also noticed the abnormality of this place and looked grave.

Ye Tianming didn’t dare to continue forward, but he also didn’t dare to leave. He took out a medicinal pill and swallowed it. Seeming to remember something, he turned to look at the man, hesitated for a moment, then took out a ‘Blood Replenishing Pill’. The man quickly reached out to take it, but Ye Tianming forcefully broke the pill in half and gave him only half.

The man’s expression froze. “You…”

Ye Tianming carefully put the remaining half pill back into the bottle and said, “This is very precious. I need to use it sparingly.”

The man stared at Ye Tianming. “Are you serious?”

Ye Tianming said seriously, “Of course.”

The man said tremblingly, “Brother, this is just a second-grade pill!”

Ye Tianming looked confused. “Second-grade pill?”

The man stared at Ye Tianming. “You don’t know?”

Ye Tianming shook his head.

The Ye family was just a lower-tier family, and precious items like medicinal pills were things they had never even seen.

The man said solemnly, “Don’t joke around… with your combat power, you’re not an ordinary person, right?”

Ye Tianming said, “I’m from a lower-tier family.”

“How is that possible?”

The man exclaimed, “Your realm may be low, but your combat power is extraordinarily exaggerated. How could you be from a lower-tier family?”

Ye Tianming said calmly, “What benefit would I get from lying to you?”

The man looked at him without speaking.

Ye Tianming glanced at the beast in the distance. It didn’t seem to have any intention of leaving and just sat there staring at them, occasionally licking its lips.

Ye Tianming also sat down and asked, “What’s your name?”

The man threw the half pill into his mouth and said, “Mu Yong. And you?”

Ye Tianming said, “Ye Tianming.”

Mu Yong stared at Ye Tianming. “Ye Tianming?”

Ye Tianming nodded. “Yes.”

Mu Yong gave a thumbs up. “Who gave you that name? Calling yourself ‘Heaven’s Mandate’… that’s bold.”

Ye Tianming said, “Probably my mother named me.”

Mu Yong laughed, “Your mother must have had big ambitions. This name carries too much karma. I suggest you change it to avoid getting beaten up in the future.”

Ye Tianming: “……”

Mu Yong suddenly asked again, “You’re really from a lower-tier family?”

Ye Tianming nodded.

Mu Yong frowned, puzzled, “That doesn’t make sense. How can someone from a lower-tier family be so powerful?”

Ye Tianming said, “I have an extremely, extremely, extremely powerful Tower Ancestor. The old master knows everything, can do anything, and is a super sage of the human world.”

Little Tower: “……”

Mu Yong asked curiously, “What does your Tower Ancestor do?”

Ye Tianming was slightly taken aback. He actually didn’t know what the Tower Ancestor did, so he asked inwardly, “Tower Ancestor, what did you do before?”

Little Tower said, “I took care of children.”

Ye Tianming: “……”

Ye Tianming thought the Tower Ancestor didn’t want to tell him, so he didn’t ask further. He looked at Mu Yong, “Specialized in raising emperors, teaching emperors how to cultivate. Known as the Tower Ancestor, the Emperor’s Teacher.”

Little Tower: “……”

Mu Yong shook his head, “Never heard of any Tower Ancestor.”

Ye Tianming said seriously, “It seems your level isn’t high enough yet.”

Mu Yong’s mouth twitched.

Ye Tianming said, “Rest for a while. Let’s think of a way to leave this place.”

Mu Yong suddenly asked, “Can you give me a complete pill?”

Ye Tianming asked, “Don’t you have your own pills?”

Mu Yong said solemnly, “My storage ring was just stolen. Damn… it’s infuriating. If I hadn’t been ambushed, would I be afraid of an Immortal Realm beast? It’s killing me.”

Ye Tianming looked at him without speaking.

Mu Yong was confused, “Why are you looking at me like that…”

Ye Tianming said, “Are you trying to trick me out of my pills?”

“What the hell?”

Mu Yong looked at Ye Tianming in disbelief, “Brother, I… I would trick you for a second-grade pill? I… I used to eat heaven-grade pills like beans, you know?”

Ye Tianming asked inwardly, “Tower Ancestor, do you know about heaven-grade pills?”

Little Tower said, “Never heard of them.”

Ye Tianming looked at Mu Yong, “My Tower Ancestor says it has never heard of any heaven-grade pills. You’re not being honest.”

Mu Yong’s face darkened, “Brother, listen to me, your Tower Ancestor is probably a fraud. You’d better not follow it. What Tower Ancestor? It sounds like someone who’s just showing off and deceiving people.”

Little Tower: “……”

Ye Tianming thought for a moment, then said, “Your injuries are quite severe. Even if you take a couple more pills, it might be a waste.”

Mu Yong was dumbfounded. Damn, this guy nearly got seriously injured to save him, and now he wouldn’t even spare a second-grade pill… Could he really be that poor?

He thought for a moment, then said, “Brother, how about this? You give me one pill first, and when we get out of here, I’ll give you ten heaven-grade pills. I promise.”

But Ye Tianming smiled and said, “No need.”

As he spoke, he took out a pill and handed it to Mu Yong, “It’s not that I’m reluctant. I just thought you could pull through, so I could save one pill.”

Mu Yong’s expression froze. Brother, I’m almost dying, and you think I can pull through?

Ye Tianming added, “That beast you gave me earlier is quite valuable. I should thank you.”

Mu Yong took the pill and asked, “Is that why you saved me?”

Ye Tianming nodded, “Yes. But if I had known that beast was so powerful, I might have just run away.”

“Haha!”

Mu Yong leaned against a rock and looked at Ye Tianming, laughing, “I like your style. By the way, since you’re from a lower-tier family, how did you cultivate? As far as I know, lower-tier families probably don’t even have decent cultivation techniques.”

Ye Tianming calmly said, “I created my own cultivation technique.”

Mu Yong stared at Ye Tianming in disbelief, “You created it yourself?”

Ye Tianming nodded.

Mu Yong asked, “Can I see it?”

Ye Tianming said, “Can we exchange and look at each other’s?”

Mu Yong fell silent.

The cultivation technique he practiced was certainly not ordinary and couldn’t be easily shared.

Ye Tianming smiled, “If it’s inconvenient, forget it.”

Mu Yong gave a self-mocking smile. The other person had saved his life, and saving a life was the greatest kindness. Yet here he was, being stingy about a cultivation technique. Damn, he was truly despicable.

Thinking of this, he looked at Ye Tianming and smiled, “Sure!”

Ye Tianming quickly took out a scroll and handed it to Mu Yong, “This is what I created. It’s called the Heaven’s Mandate Technique. You look first.”

Mu Yong took it and looked. After a moment, his expression gradually became solemn. He raised his head to look at Ye Tianming, “Did you really create this yourself?”

Ye Tianming nodded, “Yes. What’s wrong? Can’t you create cultivation techniques? It’s very simple!”

Mu Yong’s expression froze. Looking at Ye Tianming’s innocent and radiant face, he wasn’t sure if the other person really thought that way or was just showing off.

After a moment of silence, Mu Yong said, “No wonder your mother dared to name you Tianming… What’s your mother’s name?”

Ye Tianming asked inwardly, “Tower Ancestor, what’s my mother’s name?”

Little Tower instinctively replied, “Her name is…”