A donkey?

"Hmm? 5th Level of the True Profound Realm?" Murong Yi's pupils contracted slightly as he saw through Yang Tian's cultivation base by a single glance.

"What?! 5th Level of the True Profound Realm?!" Murong Ye's eyes widened in shock as he heard his cousin brother. He knew that Murong Yi wasn't lying. There was no reason for Murong Yi to lie.

Murong Yi then looked at his cousin and spoke, "Didn't you say that he was only at the 8th Level of the Nascent Soul while you were in the New Moon Profound Palace? Even if he has ingested some pill which allowed him to break through to the True Profound Realm, his cultivation base definitely shouldn't reach the 5th Level of the True Profound Realm."

"This… I really don't understand this," Murong Ye pretty much gave up as he could think of no such reason for Yang Tian to be at the 5th Level of the True Profound Realm. At the same time, only a little more than a month had passed since that time.

For some time, Murong Yi went into deep contemplation, his eyes flashed with understanding as he said, "I see now… He was most probably hiding his true cultivation base using some sort of equipment on his body. That also explains why he was able to defeat you even though he appeared to be at a lower cultivation base than you. He probably unsealed his cultivation and defeated you before quickly sealing it again, revealing no traces."

Murong Yi's explanation was sound, and it even seemed to have convinced Murong Ye, who understood why he had been beaten by Yang Tian so severely. It was because Yang Tian had been above him in terms of cultivation.

His mood turned a bit better as he felt that he had recovered a bit of his pride there. Losing to someone at the True Profound Realm at the Nascent Soul Realm was not at all embarrassing. It was merely because his realm was lacking at that moment…

"Hmph… Looks like Yang Tian has unsealed his cultivation base because he wants to receive all the benefits he can receive in the Blue Wind Profound Palace. This Middle Palace is his limit for now…" Murong Yi said with a hint of arrogant in his voice; it was because he was ranked in the top 100 of all the disciples within the Blue Wind Profound Palace. It was naturally a matter of pride for him.

The more he heard his cousin, the better Murong Ye felt. He felt as if he was living in a terrible lie until this moment, and this was a beautiful truth that he should have always known.

Yang Tian was talking to Elder Xu of the Inner Palace and was trying to convince him to let him take the test to join the Inner Palace. He didn't want to use force against this person…

The gatekeeper was at the 5th Level of the Earth Profound Realm. He was naturally able to look past Yang Tian's cultivation base. Knowing that Yang Tian was merely at the 5th Level of the True Profound Realm, he continued to stop Yang Tian from trying to take the test.

Currently, Qin Wuyou had gone to meet his brother, Qin Wushang, so he didn't know that Yang Tian was planning to take the test to enter the Inner Palace or else he would have definitely convinced Elder Xu to at least let Yang Tian try out his luck.

The reason Elder Xu didn't allow Yang Tian to try out his luck wasn't that he held something against Yang Tian. It was because he would have to convince one of the top 100 ranked disciples, who lived in the Inner Palace to come and fight against Yang Tian. If Yang Tian won, he would take that disciples adobe and rank, and the disciple would be thrown to Middle Palace.

In reality, this condition would have also not been that bad. It was only because Elder Xu found Yang Tian's cultivation realm too low. If he was at the 7th Level of the True Profound Realm, Elder Xu might have brought someone who was within the 90-100 ranked disciples in front of Yang Tian.

But the reality was not soo… For Yang Tian to fight against someone at the 7th Level of True Profound Realm or even higher and win was utterly impossible. Not only was there a gap of 2 levels, but the top 100 disciples had also trained the skills from the Supreme Profound Hall. They had good weapons from the Sky Weapon Pavilion.

He was also thinking for Yang Tian as he didn't want a disciple to lose too badly that he might affect his future…

Yang Tian let out a sigh as he saw that this Elder Xu wasn't going to be convinced like this. He decided to give up for now and return along with Qin Wuyou. That man would surely be able to persuade Elder Xu.

Just as he turned around, he saw Murong Ye and someone unknown walking next to him. Now… seeing Murong Ye wasn't that surprising. In fact, Yang Tian was about to ignore this insignificant guy, but then his vision fell upon the person next to Murong Ye.

'Who could this guy be? Hmm… I do have an idea, but let's confirm that.' Yang Tian started advancing towards Murong Ye and Murong Yi.

Xia Yuanba closely followed him, he appeared a little worried when he saw Murong Ye and Murong Yi. For some reason, he had a bad feeling about this.

Yang Tian didn't even glance at Murong Ye. He gazed at Murong Yi and asked him, "What is your name?"

"I am Murong Yi. And you must be Yang Tian, right? My cousin brother told me 'quite a bit' about you." Murong Yi spoke with a cold and a look of arrogance.

Yang Tian really wondered just what gave him the right to be that arrogant. Wasn't he somewhere in the seventies or so in the ranking of the Inner Palace?

"You appeared to be looking for me. Do you want something from me?" Yang Tian decided to ask what they wanted from him first.

"You embarrassed my cousin in the New Moon City by defeating him and concealing your true cultivation base. I won't be too excessive. Just kowtow to him right now, admit your wrongdoings, and beg him to forgive you. Also, for half of this year, you will give him all the Profound Recovery Pellets that you receive from the Blue Wind Profound Palace."

Yang Tian had always been curious about what sort of face would look like, which was filled with righteousness and arrogance. He didn't think his wish would be fulfilled right now.

That donkey face looked incredibly annoying… For some reason, he found it really hard to control his own fists.

As for that proposal given by Murong Yi? Yang Tian understood that not only did have the face of a donkey, his brain was also the same as that of a donkey. There was literally such little difference between the two beings that they could be confused as blood brothers.

Firstly, this guy was saying that he won't be too excessive. And then he puts out all sorts of excessive conditions. Such a level of shamelessness was tough to achieve. Maybe cultivating in this Dao would take Yang Tian years no matter how terrifying his comprehension was.