38 As Busy as a Marketplace! (1/2)

The Old Marshal looked down at his own hand, unable to fathom what had just happened.

His table, which had been made of solid jade, was a gift from His Majesty the Emperor and was considered a treasured gem. How could it have shattered with just a slap? Even if he had slapped it using his entire cultivation base, it still should not have shattered into such fine particles! At most, it would have just developed cracks.

Yet how could he explain the sight in front of him?

His Majesty the Emperor could not have done this, and as for Yun Yang… The Old Marshal was certain that his cultivation base had not yet achieved the first heaven of mystical Qi and that the fellow had not even crossed the first peak. To turn this jade dining table into fine dust while maintaining its shape without anyone noticing was just plain impossible.

“This is sheer madness…”

The corners of the old marshal’s lips curled up in amazement, he sincerely believed that this could be constituted as one of the wonders of the world!

…

When Yun Yang got home, Lao Mei looked bemused and even Fang Mofei wore a strange expression on his face.

“Young master, ever since you went out today, our residence has been plagued by a constant stream of guests.” Lao Mei had to tone his grin down a notch. This was the first time in his three years in the Residence of Yun that it had gotten as busy as a noisy marketplace, with an endless tide of people coming and going.

“Who were they?”

“Ling Family, Ma Family, Qin Family… all seven young masters had people sent over. Among them, the young masters from the Family of Ling, Ma, and Qin had come personally while the others had men coming over, bearing a multitude of gifts.”

“Certainly. What else?”

“The young masters of East, South, West, and North all came today as well.” This practically covered the eleven families who had appeared today.

“Yes, yes.”

“Furthermore, there were six or seven... beautiful ladies who came bringing their guards and maids. They looked rather put out when the knew that the young master wasn’t in.” Lao Mei looked at his young master with a mystified air, unable to comprehend all of these.

Since when was his young master such a ladies’ man for so many beautiful ladies to come to their residence just to pay him a visit?

Yun Yang pinched the bridge of his nose and slowly massaged the spot with two fingers as he asked, “Are they all gone?”

“They are all gone. Young Master Dong Tianleng came by to wait here the entire afternoon. He only just left not too long ago, heaving deep sighs to himself.” Lao Mei said.

“There’s no need to bother about him.” Yun Yang felt it was a wise decision to hide outside for the whole day. So many people had come for him, the continuous efforts at socialization would probably have given him a splitting headache.

“How are you today, Old Fang?”

“Better than yesterday,” Fang Mofei replied with a confident now.

“Rightly so.” Yun Yang nodded and went to his room reeking of alcohol. However, the moment he entered his room, the smell of spirits and the bewildered look he sported vanished in an instance.

“Meow…”

Meawoo…”

Weak whimpers emanated from the corner of Yun Yang’s blanket on his bed. It soon raised itself and four tiny snow-white heads popped out. They looked like a set of quadruple kittens on the outside but their individual mewlings were sufficiently different to set them apart.

All four little critters continued to hide their bodies in the blanket and only their heads showed, eight pairs of glassy eyes looking at Yun Yang.

Yun Yang was overwhelmed by their lovable mannerisms at once.

“Have I not told you little critters a few times by now?” Yun Yang frowned and pulled a long face in front of the three tiny Eclipse Panthers. “Don’t go ‘meawoo’ next time. Say ‘meow’. Is that so hard to remember?”

“Meawoo…” The three little beasts looked at Yun Yang as if he was wrong in the head as they mewled once more.

“Alright, you’ve got me there.” Yun Yang smacked his forehead. The three tiny beasts waddled out of the blanket and happily clambered on Yun Yang.

Yun Yang felt an inordinate sense of accomplishment. Eclipse Panthers would normally make sounds that resonated ‘ooawoo’, rather similar to that of a tiger’s, but Yun Yang had already forcefully changed them into ‘meawoo’.

He was already halfway there. If he managed to change the other half… these little guys would most probably have caused a commotion in the mystical beast world. They would become Eclipse Panthers that mewled ‘meow’ like a cat, an utterly groundbreaking feat. Apparently, Yun Yang was steadily making progress on this route.

…

Yun Yang sat down with folded legs and began cultivating. The Endless Divine Art gradually began to flow once more. Yun Yang was intent on breaking through the first peak today! However, even as he began, Yun Yang could already feel a difference in his surroundings..

This time, his meridians seemed to possess an additional load of spiritual Qi. Besides, his mystical Qi had gushed out violently the moment he began cultivating. It was much stronger compared to it’s levels this morning! This was normally a situation that could only occur after going through the first peak.

What was going on?

Yun Yang grasped hold of his mystical Qi as he began to charge through his level but strangely, there was no difficulty whatsoever, He had practically gone through without encountering a barrier! Furthermore, the spiritual Qi in his meridians still had the excess energy to push his cultivation base forward a tiny bit beyond after stabling the first level.

Yun Yang’s dantian’s Qi had only dissipated after he managed to break through the first level. Before he could examine himself, he dived into his subconscious. The excess energy he felt had come from the inside and was definitely not an external force.

Other than Emmie, there was no other possibility. As the surroundings began to gain clarity, Emmie could be seen swaying around happily like it was dancing.

Squinting to take a closer look, he saw that Emmie’s fresh green leaves had turned shades darker!

Catching sight of Yun Yang, Emmie got even more excited as it shook once before a fine vine extended towards Yun Yang.

It had even grown its vine now, and it could extend itself to such a great length! Yun Yang was suddenly frightened as he pulled himself out of his subconscious with a ‘sha’ sound, leaving Emmie’s fine vine hanging in midair as it could not react in time.

Why did he leave so fast when he had just gone in?