Buddhist Institute.
After asking around, Ye Guan quickly found the location of the Buddhist Institute.
In Guanzhi Academy, the most powerful body was the Inner Cabinet. Below the Inner Cabinet were the Nine Institutes: Martial Institute, Literary Institute, Benevolent Institute, Demonic Institute, Heavenly Dao Institute, Dark Institute, Judicial Institute, Divine Dao Institute, and Buddhist Institute.
Below the Nine Institutes was the Central Hub Courtyard.
Among them, the strongest were the Martial Institute and the Demonic Institute. These two institutes possessed the greatest strength in the academy. The Martial Institute produced talents year after year and stood out as the most dazzling among all the institutes.
The Demonic Institute was also very strong. However, its main headquarters was not located within Guanzhi Academy but in the Demonic Domain. Because of this, people in the academy felt somewhat unfamiliar with the Demonic Domain.
Nevertheless, no one dared to underestimate the Demonic Institute.
Over the past thousand years, in internal competitions between the Demonic Institute and the human race side, the demonic side had won far more often.
The Guanzhi Cosmos was extremely competitive these days.
Among the Nine Institutes, the one with the least presence was the Buddhist Institute.
It was simply too low-key.
The head of the Buddhist Institute was very low-key. The monks studying Buddhism there were also very low-key. As people who had left home, they always prioritised harmony in their actions and rarely got into heated disputes with others.
When Ye Guan arrived at the Buddhist Institute, he saw an ancient temple. At the temple entrance, a young monk was sweeping the stone steps.
Ye Guan walked forward and put his hands together. “Little master, hello!”
The young monk glanced at Ye Guan and said calmly. “Do you have business?”
Ye Guan nodded. “This humble one is Ye Guan. I wish to meet Abbot Wu Da!”
The young monk shook his head. “My grandmaster is in seclusion. He cannot be disturbed!”
With that, he continued sweeping.
Ye Guan thought for a moment, then took out a storage ring and placed it in the young monk’s hand. “Little master, please make an exception!”
The young monk looked at the storage ring and was immediately stunned. He hesitated, then said. “Young sir, what are you doing? I… I am not that kind of person!”
Ye Guan said earnestly. “Just help me pass on the message. I would be very grateful, little master!”
The young monk hesitated again, then quietly put away the storage ring. “Young sir, seeing your kind and gentle appearance, you must be a good-hearted person. My grandmaster often says we should take pleasure in helping others. Very well. Even if I get punished by grandmaster, I will still pass on the message for you.”
With that, he turned to leave.
Ye Guan suddenly said. “Little master, wait!”
The young monk looked back at Ye Guan, puzzled. “What is it?”
Ye Guan took out the small tower and said. “Show this tower to your grandmaster. Tell him it is the son of an old friend come to pay respects!”
The small tower: “???”
The mysterious voice said gravely. “Does he know something, or is he just bluffing here?”
The small tower said gravely. “I do not know!”
The mysterious voice said. “This guy can be really scary sometimes!”
The small tower sighed softly.
It was truly starting to fear this little rascal now!
Being this tower really was too difficult!
Survive one day at a time!
The young monk did not think too much about it. He picked up the small tower and turned to walk into the temple!
Ye Guan stood quietly in place.
The reason he had given the small tower to the young monk was simple. He knew that as a nobody, how could the head of an entire institute possibly agree to meet him?
So he could only bring out Tower Grandpa!
Tower Grandpa definitely came from thirty million years ago, and his background was certainly not small. Perhaps this Abbot Wu Da knew Tower Grandpa. If so, then he would have a chance.
If not, it did not matter. He would lose nothing either way.
As for Tower Grandpa’s safety, he had naturally considered that too. His intuition told him that ordinary people could not harm Tower Grandpa at all, let alone the fact that there was still that mysterious big shot inside the tower.
Tower Grandpa might usually act unserious and flashy, but Ye Guan knew that Tower Grandpa was someone who could really carry the burden when it mattered!
Right now his own strength was weak. At critical moments, he still had to rely on Tower Grandpa!
At that moment, an old monk suddenly walked over from the distance. He hurried up to Ye Guan. When he saw Ye Guan, he froze on the spot.
Ye Guan quickly said. “This junior pays respects to Abbot Wu Da!”
Abbot Wu Da looked at Ye Guan. After a long, long time, a complicated look flashed in his eyes. “Come inside the temple to talk!”
Ye Guan said. “Alright!”
At this moment his heart relaxed. Sure enough, he knew Tower Grandpa. Tower Grandpa was amazing!
Abbot Wu Da led Ye Guan into a small hall. He placed the small tower in front of Ye Guan. “Sit!”
Ye Guan hesitated, then said. “I will stand, that is fine!”
Abbot Wu Da said softly. “Is only Tower Grandpa following you?”
Ye Guan nodded. “Yes!”
Abbot Wu Da looked at Ye Guan and gave a slight smile. “Sit. It is fine!”
Ye Guan asked. “Senior, do you know Tower Grandpa?”
Abbot Wu Da nodded. “I know him!”
Ye Guan asked again. “Senior, do you know my parents?”
Abbot Wu Da nodded slightly. “I know them!”
Ye Guan asked further. “Tower Grandpa has always refused to tell me who my parents are. I suppose Senior will not tell me either, right?”
Abbot Wu Da smiled. “Do you really want to know?”
Ye Guan nodded. “Of course. When I was young in South Province, whenever I fought with outsiders, they often cursed me as fatherless and motherless, a bastard… That feeling was really not pleasant!”
Abbot Wu Da was silent for a long time before saying. “You will know them soon. Just wait a little longer, alright?”
Ye Guan smiled. “Senior, you people have made this matter really complicated!”
Abbot Wu Da gave a slight smile. “We mean no harm!”
Ye Guan said. “Tower Grandpa says my parents are extremely good people, right?”
Abbot Wu Da nodded. “Very good!”
Ye Guan nodded slightly. “I will not ask about their identities. I just want to ask, did they leave anything for me… for example, property or something like that?”
Abbot Wu Da looked at Ye Guan and fell silent.
In that moment, it was as if he were seeing that man from the past, that man with eight hundred tricks up his sleeve.
The young man before him was also no simple character!
Abbot Wu Da smiled. “Property and such, it seems there is none. However, I remember your father seemed to owe a lot of debts. He often said that a son’s duty is to repay the father’s debts, as it is only right and proper. What do you think?”
Ye Guan’s face immediately darkened. Was there really such a pit-son father in the world? There should not be! Yes, this senior must be joking with him. His real father could not possibly do something so inhumane.
Abbot Wu Da suddenly smiled. “You came to find me. Do you have some matter?”
Ye Guan pulled his thoughts back and nodded. “Senior, the reason I came this time is to ask you to teach me the Critical Point technique!”
Abbot Wu Da was slightly stunned, then said. “Critical Point?”
Ye Guan nodded. He then recounted his conversation with Ye Guanzhi to Abbot Wu Da in detail.
After listening, Abbot Wu Da was silent for a moment before saying. “You can already break the surface at a single point?”
Ye Guan nodded slightly. “Yes!”
Abbot Wu Da suddenly stood up. With a sweep of his sleeve, in an instant he and Ye Guan appeared in a void space.
Ye Guan looked around, shocked. This monk’s strength was truly terrifying. With a casual gesture, he could shift space and time.
Abbot Wu Da smiled. “Try your ‘breaking the surface at a single point’!”
Ye Guan nodded. He opened his palm, and the Dragon Roar Sword appeared in his hand. In the next moment, he unleashed ten swords in succession, all striking the same point.
Whoosh!
Where the sword fell, space cracked open and rapidly spread outward.
Ye Guan sheathed his sword and looked at Abbot Wu Da. Abbot Wu Da smiled. “Do you know what Critical Point means?”
Ye Guan said respectfully. “Please bestow your teaching, Senior!”
Abbot Wu Da smiled. “Critical Point is when power reaches a certain level and undergoes a qualitative change. That is Critical Point. Just like what you did earlier. The power of one sword was not very strong, but when ten swords stacked together, the power changed in quality. Your method is correct, but you have not truly achieved Critical Point yet!”
Ye Guan asked. “Is my speed still not fast enough?”
Abbot Wu Da smiled. “Not only is your speed not fast enough, your power is also not strong enough!”
Ye Guan thought for a moment, then thrust out another sword. This sword carried sword intent and sword momentum. With sword intent and sword momentum added, the power of this sword instantly surged enormously. It could be said to have already undergone a qualitative change.
Seeing this, Ye Guan shook his head with a smile. In the past when he used his sword, he rarely employed sword momentum and sword intent. Of course, it was not that he refused to use them, but that they consumed a great deal. So he used them only when necessary.
He also knew that his advantage was his high sword dao realm, while his disadvantage was his low personal realm.
At this point, Abbot Wu Da continued. “After adding sword intent and sword momentum, the power of your sword has been enhanced. Now try again. See if you can unleash ten swords in an instant. Remember, it must be fast. Ideally, unleash ten swords in the blink of an eye.”
Ye Guan nodded slightly and thrust out another sword. In an instant, he unleashed ten consecutive thrusts.
Crack!
All around, space cracked open in a spiderweb pattern once more.
Yet Ye Guan’s expression sank. The power had increased greatly, but he had also discovered a major problem. Each subsequent sword was weaker than the last. Especially the final few swords, whose power was only about sixty percent of the first sword.
Seeing Ye Guan’s expression, Abbot Wu Da smiled slightly. “Do not be discouraged. This is only the beginning. I just observed. If you can make the next nine swords as fast as the first one and maintain the same power, then your force will reach Critical Point.”
Ye Guan nodded. He suddenly thrust out another sword. This time he did not unleash ten swords in a row but only three. He discovered that for the first three swords, he could maintain the same speed and power. But on the fourth sword, both speed and power began to weaken.
The fourth sword was the key!
Next, Ye Guan began to train frantically. He did not rush for quick success or aim to reach the sky in one step. Instead, he started from the fourth sword.
Haste makes waste. The more anxious he became, the harder it would be to succeed.
Before long, Ye Guan could maintain the same speed and power on the fourth sword as on the first. So he began training the fifth sword. Once he entered that cultivation state, Ye Guan grew more and more excited. He loved this feeling of crazy cultivation.
It did not take long before he succeeded with the fifth sword. But the further he went, the harder it became. Especially at the sixth sword, he started to feel somewhat irritable!
Seeing this, Abbot Wu Da was about to speak when Ye Guan suddenly set down his sword. He took a deep breath and said. “No, absolutely cannot rush. Once I rush and fail to meet my own expectations, my mentality will collapse. I must calm down and keep a normal heart!”
Beside him, Abbot Wu Da heard Ye Guan’s words and was completely speechless.
Big brother, you do not need this old monk to teach you at all!
Of course, what he felt even more was relief. The little fellow in front of him truly was a monster.
At that moment, Ye Guan suddenly looked at Abbot Wu Da. “Senior, after Critical Point comes qualitative change. After qualitative change, can there be another qualitative change? For example, can I make a hundred swords all reach the speed and power of the first sword?”
Abbot Wu Da smiled. “Qualitative change also has levels, divided into first to third grade. First grade is the most basic: breaking space-time. You should know that time and space are separate. Ordinary people can easily break space but find it hard to break space-time. If you can achieve qualitative change, you can break space-time. Second grade is breaking boundary. A hundred thousand li of space-time forms one boundary. If you can unleash a hundred swords in an instant, a radius of a hundred thousand li of space-time will instantly turn to ashes!”
Ye Guan asked. “What about third grade?”
Abbot Wu Da smiled. “Breaking domain!”
Ye Guan frowned slightly. “Breaking domain?”
Abbot Wu Da nodded. “Yes. A million li forms one domain. If you can unleash a thousand swords in an instant, the qualitative change in power will be enough to instantly destroy a small world.”
Ye Guan fell silent, deeply shocked inside.
Abbot Wu Da smiled. “What measures strength is never only realm, because many people’s realms have a great deal of water in them. Or perhaps some people have low personal realms but extremely high realms in other areas. For example, you. Your personal realm is not high, but your sword dao realm is extremely high. Therefore, many people whose realms are higher than yours are far weaker than you in actual strength.”
He paused, then added. “People might think this is abnormal, but actually it is normal. They only see your personal realm and do not consider your sword dao realm! You are a Sword Emperor. This realm can directly compare to Dengfeng Zaiji. If your personal realm also reaches Dengfeng Zaiji, your combat power will become even more terrifying!”
Ye Guan nodded. “I understand!”
Abbot Wu Da gave a slight smile. “If there is anything you still do not understand, feel free to ask me!”
Ye Guan gave a slight bow. “Many thanks!”
Abbot Wu Da put his hands together. He was about to speak when suddenly his brows furrowed. Then he said. “Someone has come to visit. I will go see them. You stay here and cultivate!”
Ye Guan quickly said. “Alright!”
Abbot Wu Da turned and disappeared from the spot.
At the temple entrance.
As soon as Abbot Wu Da arrived at the entrance, he saw two people. It was none other than the Grand Martial Sect Master and Lu Tian!
When the Grand Martial Sect Master saw Abbot Wu Da, he gave a slight smile. “Abbot Wu Da, pardon the intrusion!”
Abbot Wu Da glanced at the two of them and smiled. “Grand Martial Sect Master has come to find this old monk. Is there some matter?”
The Grand Martial Sect Master nodded. “Abbot Wu Da, may we enter the institute to speak in detail?”
Abbot Wu Da nodded. “Of course!”
The three of them came to a large hall. The Grand Martial Sect Master spoke directly. “Abbot Wu Da should know about the battle between Lu Tian and that Ye Guan!”
Abbot Wu Da nodded. “I know!”
The Grand Martial Sect Master looked straight at Abbot Wu Da. “Abbot Wu Da, the two of us wish to obtain the support of the Buddhist Institute!”
Abbot Wu Da glanced at Lu Tian, then smiled. “What does Grand Martial Sect Master mean?”
The Grand Martial Sect Master looked toward Lu Tian. Lu Tian stepped forward and directly activated his heart method. Soon, a faint bloodline appeared on his body.
Abbot Wu Da was stunned for a moment, then said. “Mad Demon Bloodline?”
Lu Tian nodded. “Yes!”
The Grand Martial Sect Master looked at Abbot Wu Da. “Abbot Wu Da, you understand Lu Tian’s identity now, right?”
Abbot Wu Da fell silent.
Two damned brats!
Damn it, you two bastards even deceive a monk. You really are not human!
