Ye Tian: "I acknowledge that your cultivation is hard-won, so I did not harm you. I hope you will conduct yourself properly."
Dao Jiannan sighed softly, then bowed to Ye Tian: "Thank you, Human Immortal!" With that, he turned and left.
At this moment, Yuan Kemin and the others walked out from behind. Watching Dao Jiannan depart, Yuan Kemin said, "Dao Jiannan intended to use this battle to improve himself and break through to the Human Immortal realm. Unfortunately, he chose the wrong person."
Ye Tian understood that if Dao Jiannan had defeated him, it would have meant defeating a Human Immortal, which would have given him immense confidence. In such a state of mind, breaking through would have been easy.
He sneered, "He wants to climb over me, but it's not that easy."
Yuan Kemin: "A Human Immortal is a Human Immortal. Moreover, Boss's cultivation should be in the late Human Immortal stage. How could someone like Dao Jiannan scheme against him?"
Ye Tian: "I will be attempting to break through to the Xuan Miao realm soon, which is the true pinnacle of the Human Immortal path."
Yuan Kemin was surprised: "So Boss is already in the fourth realm of Human Immortal, that's remarkable! Legend has it that the Xuan Miao realm is wondrous beyond description, and cultivators at this level are called True Monarchs. Does Boss have confidence?"
Ye Tian: "There shouldn't be much of a problem."
Yuan Kemin: "It seems Brother Lan has a chance of being saved."
Ye Tian already knew that Kuzuo Tamaki's father was named Lan Feng. Furthermore, Kuzuo Tamaki's Chinese name was Lan Yu Ji.
Kuzuo Tamaki: "Mr. Ye, when shall we depart?"
"Tomorrow," Ye Tian said. "The day after tomorrow is the full moon. I can examine his condition tomorrow."
After chatting for a while, Ye Tian found a secluded courtyard to cultivate, practicing the eighth sword stance of the Valkyrie.
Upon mastering the eighth sword stance, he had absorbed most of the Valkyrie's power, and his second divine aperture was now perfect.
He then took out the two spirit stones gifted by the White Crane Master to open his eighth spiritual aperture.
This time, opening the aperture went smoothly, and by midnight, he had successfully opened it. He then absorbed some moonlight before putting on his mask. He intended to use the mask to search among the countless demon gods in the void for a suitable one to open his ninth spiritual aperture.
Finally, he found a demon god. This demon god was ten thousand feet tall and practiced a set of fist techniques. As Ye Tian communicated with this demon god using his primordial spirit, a domineering power surged into his body.
He immediately guided this power to open his ninth spiritual aperture.
In his previous inheritances, there were only locations for seven spiritual apertures. However, the diagrams and later inheritances provided information on more spiritual apertures, which was extremely valuable to him. Spiritual apertures are difficult to find; without inheritance, one might not find a single one in three to five years.
With this spiritual aperture opened, the demon god's power began to descend continuously from a mysterious dimension, entering his body and being absorbed by the ninth spiritual aperture.
The next morning, Ye Tian, Kuzuo Tamaki, and Yuan Kemin's father and daughter went together to see Lan Feng.
After driving for several hundred kilometers, they finally entered a small town. The town was nestled amidst mountains, and they had traversed many winding mountain roads along the way.
Upon reaching the town entrance, Kuzuo Tamaki pointed to a small mountain not far away and said, "My father lives on that mountain."
Ye Tian nodded, "You three wait for me in town. I'll go up the mountain alone."
Yuan Kemin: "Alright, Boss, be careful."
Leaving the three of them in town, Ye Tian walked up the mountain. Halfway up, he saw a mountain cave blocked by a large stone outside.
He reached out and pushed, moving the stone aside to reveal a deep cave entrance.
He called out into the cave, "Lan Feng, your daughter has come to see you."
A frantic, suppressed voice echoed from within the cave: "Quick, make her leave, quickly!"
Ye Tian: "You can come out. I was invited by Kuzuo Tamaki to treat you."
"Impossible, you can't cure me. Leave quickly, or I might harm you." The voice was extremely urgent.
Ye Tian then walked inside. After turning a corner, he saw a spacious cave chamber. Inside, a man with a ferocious expression was bound to an iron pillar with chains. The iron pillar was half-buried in the ground and secured with cement and nails.
Seeing Ye Tian enter, the man roared, "Why haven't you left yet? Do you want to die?"
Ye Tian directly released his divine sense and said calmly, "You are not capable of killing me."
The man was greatly shocked: "You are a Human Immortal!"