When Ye Tian took the Storage Ring, it felt heavy in his hand. The ring was so ancient and plain that if it were dropped on the ground, no one would bother to pick it up. Yet this very unassuming ring was the legendary Storage Ring.
"This Storage Ring must be incredibly valuable! If you give it to me, what will you do?" Ye Tian asked.
"Young Master, don't you see I have another one on my finger? This Storage Ring was specially prepared for you by the Palace Master. Inside, there's information on the origins of the Shen Li Palace and how to use some Martial Skills. It will be of great help to you right now," Zhang Fengyu said.
Ye Tian glanced at Zhang Fengyu and noticed that he did indeed have a ring on his finger. Even Cyan Snake had one. 'They're truly loaded,' he thought. 'People from the Holy Lands are on another level.'
Ye Tian immediately slipped the Storage Ring onto his finger, his heart pounding with an excitement that was easy to imagine. This was a legendary item; he'd have to be crazy not to be overjoyed at getting one.
"Young Master, your Storage Ring is of a higher grade than ours. This was also left for you by the Palace Master! You bear a very important mission. You will understand in the future. For now, you should bind it with your blood!" Zhang Fengyu said.
After a glance at the Storage Ring on his hand, Ye Tian steeled himself and bit his right middle finger. Crimson blood immediately welled up, and he quickly let it drip onto the ring.
The moment the blood dripped onto the Storage Ring, a seven-colored light burst forth from it. Ye Tian felt a sharp pain from his finger, as if the finger wearing the ring was about to break.
The seven-colored light illuminated a hundred-meter radius, shining brightly for the span of a few breaths before slowly dimming and disappearing completely.
After the light vanished, the pain in Ye Tian's finger also disappeared. He looked at his finger and found that the Storage Ring had vanished, which was rather bizarre.
"Don't worry, Young Master. The Storage Ring is already on your finger, but no one can see it. This Storage Ring is called the Blood Spirit Storage Ring. There aren't even five of these in the entire Holy Land; it's extremely precious!
"As your strength increases, you will come to understand the power of this Blood Spirit Storage Ring. It's getting late, you should go back! Elder Qing will protect you from the shadows! If you need to contact Elder Qing for anything, use this Token. Just channel your Spiritual Power into it, and Elder Qing will come!" After speaking, Zhang Fengyu took out a black Token.
Ye Tian took the Token but didn't examine it closely, instead tucking it into his robes. He still didn't know how to use the Storage Ring and figured he would have to slowly work it out after getting back to his room.
"I understand. Don't worry. Since I, Ye Tian, was deemed worthy by the Palace Master of Shen Li Palace, I will not let him down!" Ye Tian said earnestly.
'To be honest, I can hardly believe what I heard today is real. The Three Holy Lands, the Desperate Realm, the Sea Regionā¦ I've never even heard of them. It feels like a dream.'
'In the world I know, the place with the most masters is the Imperial City. Yet these two didn't even mention it. I really don't understand why.'
Afterward, filled with excitement, Ye Tian quickly returned to the Ye Mansion. When he entered his room, he jumped in surprise, because there was a woman inside.
Seeing this woman stirred an indescribable feeling in Ye Tian's heart. Or perhaps, it was more accurate to say he felt nothing at all anymore. It was justā¦ for a woman to be in a man's room in the dead of night was rather inappropriate.
'In the past, I might have been ecstatic. I would have even wanted her to stay. It would have been wonderful even if we did nothing. But things are different now.'
Seeing her now, he actually had the urge to avoid her. "Why are you here? Do you need something?" Ye Tian asked after composing himself.
"Brother Tian, I've been waiting for you for a long time. Where did you go? Why are you only back now!" the young woman said, standing up and walking toward Ye Tian.
Seeing her walk toward him, Ye Tian instinctively took a step back. "Sister Xue, what do you need from me? Being here in the middle of the night isn't good for your reputation!"
The visitor was none other than Ye Shixue, his childhood sweetheart. Her appearance here at this hour struck Ye Tian as very strange.
He had nearly called her by her full name, but swallowed the words back down. After all, they had grown up together.
"Brother Tian, are you avoiding me? Or do you hate me now?" Ye Shixue said softly.
Ye Tian hadn't expected her to say that. 'What does she mean by this? Don't tell me she's had a change of heart and wants to get back together with me?'
"I'm not avoiding you, and I don't hate you. The family competition is tomorrow. Shouldn't you be resting? You have to compete tomorrow, too. Don't tell me you don't want to be promoted to an Inner Sect Disciple?" Ye Tian said very seriously.
'Now that Ye Feifei has entered my heart, Ye Shixue is slowly fading from it. It's not that I'm fickle; what man would accept such an unfaithful and flighty woman?'
"I know! That's why I made a special trip to see you tonight! I'll have no problem becoming an Inner Sect Disciple. I've been cultivating very hard this past month and have now broken through to the Sixth Layer!
"I also know that Brother Tian will definitely be able to enter the Inner Sect. You're someone the Patriarch has his eye on, after all. I heard you had a spectacular fight with the Qin Family's young master, Qin Lin, on the street today!" Seeing Ye Tian retreat, Ye Shixue stopped walking toward him.
"Just get to the point! I still have to cultivate later!" Ye Tian said. 'If Ye Feifei finds out Ye Shixue is in my room right now, it will definitely cause a misunderstanding.'
Little did he know, Ye Feifei was walking toward his room at that very moment. She knew Ye Tian had an important meeting tonight. She had wanted to follow him, but felt it would be inappropriate, so she could only wait patiently for his return.
However, just as she reached the door, she heard voices coming from inside. She stopped and listened quietly to their conversation.
Normally, Ye Tian would have been able to sense someone from tens of meters away, but today his good mood, combined with the shock of Ye Shixue's sudden appearance, had caused his Perception Power to drop significantly.
Ye Feifei heard a woman's voice coming from the room, calling out "Brother Tian" repeatedly. A wave of displeasure washed over her. She desperately wanted to see which woman dared to address Ye Tian so intimately.
'Only I am allowed to call him Brother Tian,' she thought. 'I really want to rush in there and teach her a lesson, but my rational side is telling me not to. Maybe this is a chance to see how Ye Tian feels about this woman.'
Ye Feifei tiptoed to the window, poked a hole in the paper with her finger, and peeked through the small opening to see what was happening inside.
'So it's that bitch, Ye Shixue. What is she doing here? Don't tell me she wants to rekindle her old flame with Brother Tian?' Ye Feifei wondered.
"I came to find you because I wanted you to have a drink with me. You don't know how much I've missed you lately. You might say I betrayed you, that I'm a flighty woman, but you're wrong. I'm not like that at all. You have to believe me," Ye Shixue said.
Ye Tian was stunned. "Ye Shixue, what on earth are you talking about? Why should I believe you? Have you forgotten what you said and did back then?"
"I haven't forgotten. That was all an act. You know it hasn't been easy for either of us here. I had to work hard to become an Inner Sect Disciple. Brother Tianā¦ if I told you that I'm still a virgin, would you believe me?" Ye Shixue saidā¦