Thump.
Xuan Ye actually knelt directly towards Ling Fan.
"Ling Fan, Young Master Ling! I apologize for what happened just now. Please, for my father's sake, and for Xuan Yue Island, do not hold it against me. Absolutely do not expel me from this cultivation spot. I must master this law. I want to become stronger!"
Ling Fan withdrew his gaze from the stone tablet.
He glanced at Xuan Ye with a hint of disgust.
"You are too much of an eyesore, like a fly or a bug."
With a casual wave, a powerful law force erupted from the stone tablet.
Xuan Ye desperately clutched the cultivation cushion beneath him, stubbornly refusing to leave. However, he had no choice but to go. The law force enveloped him and directly blasted him far away, almost to the Dragon Elephant Stone Tablet.
On the other side, Li Mobing stared at the ground, his heart filled with trepidation, wishing he could find a crack in the earth to hide in, to avoid being seen by Ling Fan.
Unfortunately, he was just as much an eyesore as Xuan Ye, and Ling Fan would not let him off. With a casual wave, he too was blasted away.
"Damn it, Ling! You dare to cut off my opportunity! Xuan Ye and I are irreconcilable!"
Xuan Ye shouted furiously.
"Damn it, don't you know the saying, 'Heaven sends rain, man invites disaster'? You brought this upon yourself, and you dare to yell at Boss Ling!"
Beneath the Dragon Elephant Stone Tablet, the toad opened its eyes, a fierce glint flashing. It controlled a sliver of the Dragon Elephant Stone Tablet's power, and instantly, a powerful Dragon Elephant law erupted, fiercely blasting Xuan Ye into a daze, stars dancing before his eyes. He no longer dared to make a sound, like a stray dog with its tail tucked between its legs, he scurried away shamefully.
The scene instantly fell silent.
The other people from Xuan Yue Island were struck with fear, especially Xuan Ye's confidantes, who were extremely terrified, fearing Ling Fan would settle scores with them.
Fortunately, Ling Fan did not pay them any mind and did not drive them away.
"Young Master Ling, you've seen my shame. I will have my father strictly discipline my brother when we return," Xuan Na said apologetically to Ling Fan.
"It is easier to change the mountains and rivers than a person's nature. This has nothing to do with you," Ling Fan shook his head faintly.
"Brother Ling, you are truly omnipotent. I thought that after entering the Golden Core realm, I would be able to close the gap between us a little. Now, I realize that not only has the gap not closed, but it has widened." Wei Bin sighed, feeling somewhat disheartened.
Ling Fan looked at Wei Bin with some surprise. Indeed, Wei Bin had already broken through to the Golden Core realm, and the quality of the condensed Golden Core was quite good. He must have gained considerable benefits from the Sun Moon Spiritual Pool.
"Brother Wei, this is not like you. Where is your former uninhibited spirit? A martial artist walks their own path. Do not mind the speed. A journey of a thousand miles is not accomplished in a single day. Temporary speed cannot determine anything. There will always be a day when you attain the Great Dao. The key is not to lose your spirit. If you lose your spirit, you are finished."
Wei Bin's body trembled violently, his eyes widening as if he had just awakened from a dream.
"Thank you for your guidance, Brother Ling!" Wei Bin smiled with relief and bowed deeply to Ling Fan.
Ling Fan waved his hand faintly and began to comprehend the stone tablet before him.
The Golden Core law force recorded in this stone tablet was only considered average among the twenty-six complete martial dao stone tablets on the first level. It was far inferior to the Purple Lightning Sword Dao law and the Cudgel Dao law, let alone the Dragon Elephant Divine Strength law.
Ling Fan mastered this law completely in just one or two days.
By this time, over a month had passed since everyone entered the Guansheng Cliff.
Ling Fan prepared to ascend to the second level of Guansheng Cliff.
Upon hearing this news, many rogue cultivators specifically ended their cultivation of the first-level stone tablets and came to follow him.
However, compared to the rogue cultivators numbering in the thousands before, the number of rogue cultivators who now had the qualification to follow Ling Fan to the second level of the stele forest was much smaller, only a fraction of the previous number, less than a hundred.
Among these rogue cultivators, their aptitude, bone structure, and talent were considered superior, not inferior to the genius disciples heavily cultivated by many major powers.
What they lacked were only cultivation resources and opportunities.
Wei Bin and Xuan Na had also comprehended the stone tablet on the first level to a certain extent, possessing the qualification to ascend to the second level, and planned to follow Ling Fan to the second level.
...
Soon, Ling Fan, along with the toad, Wei Bin, Xuan Na, Yang Shili, and dozens of accompanying rogue cultivators, disappeared through the entrance from the first level to the second.
The scene before them changed. The second level was clearly much smaller than the first, its end visible at a glance.
In a desolate scene of broken walls and ruins, only seven still-intact stone tablets sat alone amidst many collapsed, broken, and half-buried steles.
Moreover, the cultivation spots around these stone tablets were fewer.
The stone tablets on the first level almost all had around a hundred cultivation spots.
However, the seven stone tablets on the second level had an average of less than thirty cultivation spots each.
At this moment, the cultivation spots beneath these steles were almost all filled.
Ling Fan paid no attention to this and strode towards the first stone tablet.
Wei Bin, Xuan Na, the toad, Yang Shili, and the rogue cultivators quickly followed.
The first stone tablet was entirely like a piece of cold jade, as if it were ten thousand-year-old profound ice, emitting an extreme coldness.
Even from a considerable distance, one could feel the bone-chilling coldness.
"How did so many rogue cultivators enter the second level? This is abnormal! In previous years, it was a miracle if two or three rogue cultivators made it to the second level. What is happening this year?"
The powerful figures from major powers beneath many of the steles noticed the arrival of Ling Fan and his group and could not help but express their surprise.
"It's him! What a coincidence of fate! I haven't even gone to settle the score with you, and you've come right into my trap!"
Beneath the first stone tablet.
A malevolent gaze filled with killing intent shot out.
The owner of that gaze was the young sect master of the Heavenly Cripple Sect, who had been beaten by Ling Fan and the toad at the Guansheng Cliff.
"Great Elder, this person, and that damned toad, are the two I told you about earlier, the ones I want to kill!"
The young sect master of the Heavenly Cripple Sect felt a dull ache on his face again. He said resentfully to the Great Elder of the Heavenly Cripple Sect.
This Great Elder ranked forty-ninth on the Eastern Lin Domain's Martial Lord Ranking, and his law fluctuations were extremely powerful.
Moreover, at this moment, his entire aura was almost integrated with the ancient stone tablet before him, which resembled ten thousand-year-old profound ice, exuding a heavy and oppressive aura.
The skin on his face was like old tree bark. After hearing the young sect master's words, he slightly opened one old eye, glanced at Ling Fan, and then closed it again.
"If he comes here seeking death, I will naturally take action. Young Sect Master, do not be impatient."
"Then I shall trouble the Great Elder!" the young sect master of the Heavenly Cripple Sect said.
"You'd best not come to our Heavenly Cripple Sect's stone tablet to seek death, or I'll let you know the terror of our Heavenly Cripple Sect!"
He stared at Ling Fan with his resentful eyes, thinking coldly in his heart.
Under his gaze.
Ling Fan was actually walking directly towards their stone tablet.