Chapter 0360: The Nine Ultimate Profound Gate

Chapter 0360: The Nine Ultimate Profound Gate

Xing Feike's fist exploded with a ferocious burst of energy, crashing towards Qin Yun, followed by a relentless barrage of explosions!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A large section of the mountain wall's rocks was shattered and sent flying, and Qin Yun fell along with the debris.

"Hahaha... This guy is the twentieth one I've knocked down!" Xing Feike chuckled with glee.

As he fell, Qin Yun seethed with anger, berating himself for his carelessness.

In such intense competition, all sorts of underhanded tactics were bound to exist. He should have been more vigilant.

"That bastard actually took advantage of my sympathy!"

As Qin Yun fell, he was dragged down by the plummeting cold draft, and he was now far from the mountain wall.

Even if he wanted to fly back to the wall, it would take some time. During that time, the downward cold draft would drag him down even more. No matter what, he would fall far behind the others.

"I've ruined my chance to pass the selection. I was too careless!" Qin Yun was consumed by self-reproach.

Suddenly, a streak of white light shot towards him!

Qin Yun felt his body suddenly snared by something.

"Is that a rope?" Qin Yun was startled as he was pulled towards the source.

After hearing a gruff shout, he saw the person who had thrown the rope.

It was a tall, strapping man with a full beard.

"Little brother, can you still climb up?" The bearded man chuckled warmly. "If not, do you want me to pull you up?"

"Thank you, big brother, for saving me. I can continue climbing!" Qin Yun was taken aback but quickly expressed his gratitude.

At that moment, Qin Yun was securely back on the cliff face!

He never expected to encounter such a good Samaritan in this competitive environment.

Not only had the man pulled him back with great effort, but he also offered to help him climb further.

Qin Yun felt a surge of gratitude and smiled. After all, there were still many good people in the world.

Of course, he himself was also a kind-hearted person, but he had been exploited by a rogue.

"I am Qin Yun. May I ask how to address you, big brother?" Qin Yun quickly climbed a few steps to get closer to the strapping man.

"Jiang Zhihu!" The man laughed and then asked curiously, "Brother, you seem bursting with vitality, not like someone who collapsed from fatigue. How did you suddenly fall so far?"

At the mention of this, Qin Yun's face filled with anger. "I encountered a scoundrel up there..."

He then told Jiang Zhihu about how he had been ambushed by Xing Feike.

After hearing the story, Jiang Zhihu was also furious. "As warriors, we should stand up for justice and help those in need! But there are always some who return kindness with treachery. Such people are unworthy of being warriors, unfit to walk the path of martial arts!"

"Brother Hu, we must be careful when we climb up! Some people will resort to any means to achieve their goals!" Qin Yun warned. "If it weren't for your help just now, I would have had no hope of entering the Profound-tier sect!"

"You're young, yet you've already reached the Martial Dao realm, and your strength is no less than mine. You also have a good heart! You will definitely enter the Profound-tier sect!" Jiang Zhihu laughed. "Come on, let's step up our pace and ascend more quickly!"

Qin Yun, accompanied by someone, was also full of determination and immediately started climbing quickly.

While climbing up, Qin Yun also learned that Jiang Zhihu was the son of a martial arts hall owner.

The hall owner built the martial arts hall mainly to guide poor children with martial arts potential, helping them practice martial arts and change their fate.

Jiang Zhihu was originally an orphan.

Later, he was taken in by the hall owner and adopted as a foster son.

After being raised, he achieved the martial arts realm at the age of thirty-seven.

Despite limited resources, it was quite impressive to achieve the martial arts realm at this age!

Now, Qin Yun also realized why Jiang Zhihu was so kind-hearted.

Because he had been helped by others since childhood, or had helped others.

Helping each other seemed to have become a guiding principle in his life.

Of course, Jiang Zhihu had also been tricked many times because of his kindness, but his spirit of helping others had never been diminished!

"Brother Hu, what was that thing you used to tie me up and pull me back with?" Qin Yun asked.

Jiang Zhihu laughed: "That was my martial soul power... my martial soul is the Tree Soul!"

"In the eyes of others, the Tree Soul is very weak, but I think it's great, and I really like my Tree Soul! What I released just now was a tree vine!"

Qin Yun had the Tree Totem and knew the unique power of the tree, so he quickly said: "The Tree Soul is not weak at all!"

"There are no weak martial souls, only weak warriors! As long as you cherish your martial soul, do not let it down, and work hard to practice martial arts, it will also become stronger with you!"

"Yes, that's the truth!" Jiang Zhihu laughed heartily: "Brother, you are from a prestigious family, right? Your martial soul must be very good!"

Qin Yun smiled: "Brother Hu, I have the One Yang Spirit Vein, and I have been laughed at and looked down upon. Now those who laughed at me have been left behind by me!"

After being surprised, Jiang Zhihu laughed: "It seems that you have gone through a lot to have such cultivation at such a young age!"

As they talked and climbed, they soon reached the height with mystic ice energy.

At this height of over 70,000 meters, the storm and snow were bitterly cold, and visibility was nearly zero.

The mountain walls at this height were covered with thick mystic ice, and they could only insert their weapons into the mystic ice to make themselves more stable.

When Qin Yun and Jiang Zhihu came up, they encountered two warriors who had frozen solid on the way!

"This jade talisman absorbs mystic ice energy very slowly!" Jiang Zhihu frowned: "It may take a day or two to absorb!"

Qin Yun was secretly surprised because his absorption speed was very fast, and he thought: "Is it because I have the Nine Sun Spirit that I can absorb it so quickly?"

"Brother Hu, hand me your jade talisman—let me try!" he shouted to Jiang Zhihu.

Jiang Zhihu handed the jade talisman to Qin Yun.

Qin Yun pressed the jade talisman against the mystic ice wall, then guided the jade talisman to absorb the mystic ice energy, and the speed was also very fast.

"Brother Hu, I can absorb it quickly—let me help you fill it up first!" Qin Yun said, focusing on the task to speed up the absorption.

"Brother, why are you doing this? Focus on your own task—why help me?" Jiang Zhihu said, visibly upset. "I’ll handle my own business!"

Qin Yun said, "Brother Hu, you're thirty-seven. The next Xuanying Trials are in five years, and you won't be able to participate if you're over forty! I'm still young; if I don't make it this time, there's always next time! So let me quickly help you fill yours first, so you can return to the arena and be more stable!"

"No! This opportunity is rare for you too!" Jiang Zhihu frowned.

Qin Yun knew very well that if Jiang Zhihu hadn't pulled him up, he might have fallen off.

He was also thinking about Jiang Zhihu's future.

Qin Yun had plenty of options. If he couldn't enter a Xuan-level sect, he could still develop the Way of Odd Patterns and obtain cultivation resources.

However, entering a Xuan-level sect was extremely important for Jiang Zhihu.

Once he achieved success in cultivation within the sect, he could return and develop a martial arts hall, benefiting more underprivileged children and uncovering more individuals with martial talent.

"Brother Hu, help me infuse my jade token with Xuanying energy!" Qin Yun handed his jade token to Jiang Zhihu.

Jiang Zhihu had no choice but to take it and do as asked.

...

After half a day, Qin Yun smiled, "Brother Hu, your jade token is full. You can head back now!"

"Brother, should I wait for you to come down with me?" Jiang Zhihu took his jade token but was reluctant to leave.

"No, you need to hurry down and grab a spot in the top sixteen!" Qin Yun said, "I'll be down soon; don't worry!"

Jiang Zhihu clenched his teeth and said, "Then I'll go back first! You'll definitely pass the selection too!"

Qin Yun smiled and nodded.

Jiang Zhihu quickly descended. With the help of his tree vines, his descent was both fast and safe.

Qin Yun started channeling Xuanying energy into his jade token with all his might.

He could have done both at the same time, but that would have taken more time.

By focusing on one jade token, he could fill it faster, giving Jiang Zhihu a better chance to make it into the top sixteen.

After a little over half a day, Qin Yun also filled his jade token and quickly descended to return.

...

As he descended, Qin Yun saw many corpses on the mountain walls.

It was a shame to die in such a trial.

"Not all of them must have died from falling!" Qin Yun thought of Xing Feike.

Xing Feike had boasted about pushing over twenty people down, and there were likely many more who had been pushed down by him later.

Besides Xing Feike, others might have been scheming to eliminate rivals!

Qin Yun took his time to descend safely.

Once he reached the ground, he sprinted toward the arena.

Jiang Zhihu was pacing back and forth below the arena, visibly anxious.

Seeing Qin Yun sprinting over, he shouted in excitement, "Brother, hurry up! There's only one spot left!"

Qin Yun was delighted in his heart, never expecting to be the sixteenth to pass!

He sprinted onto the martial platform, where Granny Ye smiled with satisfaction: "Rare indeed, you are the youngest warrior to pass this selection at such a young age!"

"Everyone, this young man is named Qin Yun, nineteen years old! Which Profound Rank Sect will take him?" Granny Ye looked at the dozens of tables below the martial platform.

Those people were all sent by Profound Rank Sects to recruit disciples.

Hearing of a nineteen-year-old reaching the Martial Realm, they were all visibly impressed.

"How many spiritual meridians does he have?" shouted one of the elders.

Granny Ye promptly took out a mirror to test, believing that Qin Yun, being so young to have entered the Martial Realm, must have many spiritual meridians.

Granny Ye, who had been smiling, was utterly shocked after the test, her smile disappearing instantly!

"Young man, you... you only have a single Yang spiritual meridian?" Granny Ye exclaimed in astonishment: "How is this possible? Could my instrument be faulty, giving an incorrect reading?"

Qin Yun laughed: "Indeed, I only have a single Yang spiritual meridian! But spiritual meridians don't define everything, am I not at the Martial Realm now?"

Just moments ago, the elders from the Profound Sects were all eager, ready to start vying for him.

Now, knowing Qin Yun had only a single Yang spiritual meridian, they were utterly disappointed!

"It seems he's pills-dependent, relying on pills to advance!"

"Let's forget it! Such breakthroughs are of little value!"

"If he had four Yang spiritual meridians, that would be quite impressive! A single Yang spiritual meridian at such a young age... he must be pills-dependent!"

"His family is truly reckless, wasting so many pills on him! With a single Yang spiritual meridian, his potential for advancement is too limited, unless he continues to rely on pills for cultivation!"

Jiang Zhihu noticed many Profound Sects looking down on Qin Yun and felt deeply saddened.

Suddenly, a tall, thin elder with short hair and a goatee, wearing a benevolent smile, stepped onto the martial platform.

He smiled kindly and said, "Qin Yun, right? My Nine Extremes Profound School will accept you, would you like to join us?"

Qin Yun nodded eagerly.

Others immediately started to ridicule.

"The Nine Extremes Profound School, now not even as good as a Spirit Rank Sect, still picking up rejects everywhere!" mocked one elder.