Upon waking, Ye Qiu quickly realized that he had been in an illusion, but the anger in his heart did not disappear so easily.
Tang Yu, that name had become a shadow he could not erase from his life.
Only by killing that bastard with his own hands could he free himself from that shadow.
"Boy, what did you see in the illusion that has you so agitated?"
The second elder looked at him curiously and asked.
He had seen many disciples go through the heart trial.
But someone like Ye Qiu, with such intense emotions and an expression full of resentment, was the first he had seen.
Ye Qiu glanced at the second elder and the guard beside him, but he realized that he couldn't see through their cultivation levels. He immediately understood something.
Probably, both of them were experts at the [celestial] level.
Otherwise, how could he not have seen through them?
"I saw an enemy."
Ye Qiu answered quickly.
"An enemy? I see. Hatred can also activate a person's will, but if you become too obsessed with it, it can be harmful to your heart cultivation, leading you down the wrong path and making you an extreme person."
The second elder stroked his beard and smiled while advising him.
It was rare to find such an extraordinary talent in martial arts. If he took the wrong path, it would be a real shame.
Ye Qiu remained silent, not saying anything. Not becoming obsessed? That was easy to say.
He had come this far with hatred in his heart since he was young! It could even be said that the purpose of his life was revenge.
"What's your name?"
Seeing that Ye Qiu said nothing, the second elder asked with a smile.
Ye Qiu replied slowly: "My name is Ye Qiu."
Before coming here, he had planned to change his name to avoid drawing attention from the Nine Heavens Alliance, but the elder had asked him to use his original name and explained how to pass the trial.
Upon hearing the name Ye Qiu, the second elder and the guard beside him exchanged a glance with a slight furrow in their brows.
Ye?
The Ye family was a very sensitive surname for the Nine Heavens Alliance.
The disaster that had happened in the past was almost a catastrophe for the Nine Heavens Alliance.
The man with the surname Ye nearly destroyed the Nine Heavens Alliance.
After that event, his family paid the price of annihilation.
But for the Nine Heavens Alliance, the wounds left by that event still bled to this day.
"Second elder…"
The guard looked at the second elder with a complex expression and handed him a branch of incense from the heart trial.
This incense had been prepared with a secret method of the Nine Heavens Alliance.
The heart trial incense was crucial for the test to function.
In addition to that, this incense had many other uses, such as discerning truth from lies.
The second elder took the incense and looked at Ye Qiu with a smile: "Did you come here to join the Nine Heavens Alliance?"
"Yes, I want to strengthen my martial arts training."
Ye Qiu nodded.
"Then, take this incense and say that you're not from the Ye family of Yanjing. This is one of the rules of our Nine Heavens Alliance."
The second elder handed him the incense. If, after saying it, the incense began to burn, it would mean that he wasn't lying.
If it didn't burn, then this young man would be dead without a doubt.
The Ye family of Yanjing and the Nine Heavens Alliance had a mortal hatred.
Of course, if the young man lied and said he wasn't from the Ye family and passed the trial, it wouldn't matter.
However, if he wanted to become an inner disciple of the Nine Heavens Alliance, he would have to face this trial again later.
Ye Qiu felt an instant unease in his heart. He had already heard the elder speak about these things, but he still couldn't help feeling worried.
If it got revealed, he would truly die here!
After taking a deep breath and calming himself, Ye Qiu took the incense and said, "I am not from the Ye family of Yanjing."
The moment he finished speaking, the heart trial incense began to burn on its own.
Upon seeing the incense start to burn, the second elder and the guard smiled slightly.
If the incense passed the trial, it meant that this young man simply shared the surname Ye.
"Welcome to the Nine Heavens Alliance."
The second elder nodded with a smile and then asked, "So, the last question, who told you to come to the Nine Heavens Alliance?"
The entrance to the Nine Heavens Alliance was extremely hidden, and it was rare for someone outside the alliance to manage to enter. Usually, it was the members of the alliance who went out to bring people in.
"My master."
Ye Qiu sighed and showed a sad expression as he spoke.
"When I was young, I met him. He taught me everything he knew, and before he died, he told me that when my cultivation was up to par, I should come here to continue training."
With that, he took out a red jade pendant from his pocket.
The jade pendant had an extremely complex pattern. If looked at carefully, it seemed to be a fierce and demonic face.
Upon seeing the jade pendant, the second elder's eyes widened, and he quickly took it into his hands.
He examined it carefully for a minute before returning it to Ye Qiu, muttering:
"Is this the pendant that the seventh gave you? When did he leave?"
"Ten years ago."
Ye Qiu replied.
"I see."
The second elder sighed and, after looking at Ye Qiu for a while, said, "Show me the technique you practice."
Ye Qiu gathered his internal energy into the palm of his hand, and surprisingly, the energy had a faint black and white color. It was the unique aura of the True Dragon of Yin and Yang technique that Ye Qiu had perfected.
After being deceived by that bastard with the surname Tang last time, Ye Qiu realized the problem and understood that he should intertwine the Yin and Yang energies in the 108 meridians.
He shouldn't follow the technique modified by that young man, which suggested distributing the Yin energy in 72 meridians and the Yang energy in 36 meridians. In the end, it nearly caused him to fail completely, as the Yin energy predominated and almost harmed him.
After correcting the technique, his energy returned to its original form.
However, his companion still hadn't changed, which almost made him despair. For a while, he even lost interest in women.
Using a popular phrase from the internet, he could say:
"Grabbing a woman's hand leaves scars, but grabbing a sword makes one unstoppable."
Seeing this familiar internal energy, the second elder was a bit surprised and said: "I didn't expect the seventh's technique to be perfected by you. It seems that you were destined to be his disciple. Well, did your master leave you any message before he died?"
Ye Qiu shook his head: "He passed away in the middle of the night. I didn't hear any message from him."
The second elder showed a melancholic expression.
After the tragedy that occurred between the Ye family and the Nine Heavens Alliance, the seventh, full of resentment, left the Nine Heavens Alliance and swore to take revenge on the one responsible for that calamity.
However, after leaving, the seventh never returned. Now, his disciple had come, but he brought bad news.
After a moment of sadness, the second elder became serious and said: "I am the second elder of the Nine Heavens, Qiufeng Han.
I am the brother of the seventh. Since you've come to the Nine Heavens Alliance, from today on, you will be my disciple, as long as your performance satisfies me."
Ye Qiu was surprised, but inside, a wave of hatred and desire for revenge surged through him.
This old man, is he the second elder of the Nine Heavens Alliance?
The nine elders of the Nine Heavens Alliance were the highest-ranking. No wonder he hadn't been able to see through the cultivation level of this elder!
The Ye family was the main force behind the tragedy of the Ye family's annihilation, and the nine elders were responsible for that catastrophe.
They were also one of the targets of his revenge!
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