Chapter 56

The middle-aged man got frustrated by Li Yuan's answer. All of those whom he encountered chose one of the two choices he offered. Only Li Yuan chose not to choose.

"You fail!"

"On what basis?"

"You didn't choose the correct answer!"

"What is correct and what is wrong? What you perceive as correct others might perceive as wrong. You think that everyone in the world would agree to opinions if you say it is right?"

"Also, don't you think that what are you doing is quite retarded?" Asked Li Yuan which caused the middle-aged man to freeze for a few seconds then Killing intent exploded from his body. Thankfully, his killing intent disappeared in an instant. His eyes looked calmly at Li Yuan as he waited for him to explain himself.

"By forcing me to choose something that I don't want, you are affecting my future achievement!" Said Li Yuan while shrugging his shoulders.

"I made my decision yet you wanted me to change it to match yours. Wouldn't this affect my belief and determination? What do you think will happen when a genius feels that his believes are wrong despite it being in the range that most people call it 'right'? I didn't say that I wanted to kill them, I said to leave them alone and let the heavens determine their fates."

"My choice falls in the neutral category. I wasn't in the 'righteous' nor the 'unscrupulous' categories. So why should my choice be wrong? Enlighten me, senior!"

The middle-aged man rubbed his chin for a few seconds before saying " Your choice is indeed in the neutral category... But, it is inclined more toward the unscrupulous category as by your decision is to leave them to die."

"But, if I helped one of them and he becomes the next Sun Yucheng, my decision will dive head face toward the unscrupulous category making me an evil person. And if he becomes a good person, my decision will be shot toward the sky and enter the righteous category which in turn will turn me into the next Buddha."

"You can't call my decision a righteous nor unscrupulous because, in the end, people will determine which category it belongs to by their actions." Said Li Yuan as he pointed at the old man and the children.

The middle-aged man became silent and thought about it.

"So, I should be the one to determine if my decision is righteous or an unscrupulous one. So I will not give a fuck about what people say and think about me when I chose such a choice."

"Sigh... People can't seem to think correctly these days..." Said Li Yuan while shaking his head.

The middle-aged man's lips twitched violently after hearing his words.

"Your words are reasonable but... You are going against the norms by doing so!".

" Bitch, please! I am already going against the heavens! Will it make any difference if I go against the norms?"

"..." The middle-aged man became dumbfounded and stared at Li Yuan with wide eyes.

"Hahahahaha..."

A loud laughter came out of the formation which caused the middle-aged man's face to change.

"Let him pass!"

The middle-aged man nodded respectfully as he followed the voice's ordered.

"You have passed the test! Continue to the next test." Said the middle-aged man.

Li Yuan didn't glance at the direction that the voice came from and walked forward toward the next test. He stopped as he remembered that the 8th test is the Bloodline Test. As beasts have a special bloodline, humans can also have special bloodlines. Usually, they only have four effects, increase combat strength, increase Qi gathering speed, increase the strength of soul attacks or give them the ability to control one or two elements.

Li Yuan only stopped for a few minutes as the test is the only test that is optional in the Nine Tests of Talent. He changed his destination toward the 9th test, the Seat Snatching Test. Why would he bother with the 8th test? He, himself couldn't figure out the wonders of his bloodline. So what benefits he will gain from wasting his time on this test?

The cultivators that were watching him from afar didn't say anything as this is his choice. They wouldn't force anyone to undertake the 8th Test because it will break the rules of the Heaven Piercing Mountain. They shook their heads and continued to watch Li Yuan who is about to take the 9th Test.

The 9th test requires the genius to defeat one of the geniuses in the Heaven Piercing Mountain and take his courtyard, seat, and cultivation resources for him.

The Heaven Piercing Mountain is not only controlled by humans. All the races have control over a specific location on the Heaven Piercing Mountain which in turn means that for each Race, only a few geniuses could stay and cultivate peacefully in it. Of course, there is a small portion of the mountain that is left for those who gain enough contribution points. Sadly, they could only cultivate for a month. After that, they will wait for a full year before they gain the right to use their contribution points to cultivate again on the mountain.

So, if Li Yuan wanted to cultivate on the Heaven Piercing Mountain, he must defeat one of the 30 human geniuses in the portion governed by the Human Race. That's why the elders stop those who have a cultivation realm lower than Peak-middle stages of the Saint Realm.

Of course, Li Yuan wasn't afraid as he was confident in defeating a cultivator at the 5th Stage of Martial King Realm if he used the new artifact that he made by robbing the Saints that attacked him.

Li Yuan looked at the names of the geniuses and pointed at the name Chu Li.

He is a genius from the Chu Clan and his cultivation is at the 5th Stage of Martial King Realm.

Chu Li's name shone with light and a message was delivered to him informing him that someone has challenged. Chu Li, who was on the top of a beautiful girl on the bed grumbled as his sweet time was interrupted by Li Yuan's challenge.

"Shit! Why now?"

He grumbly wore his clothes and left his courtyard to see the bastard who disturbed him. It took him about 15 minutes to reach the location of the 9th test only to see Li Yuan waiting for him. When he saw his cultivation, Chu Li's eyes became extremely cold as a mere Peak Sage Realm Cultivator dared to challenge him.

"Chu Li, 5th Stage Martial King. I accept your challenge."

"Li Yuan, Peak of the Sage Realm. Please, take it easy on me."

The Elders looked at Li Yuan and Chu Li with interest. Mostly, because of Li Yuan. That young man was able to pass through the Nine Tests of Talent easily and broke all the records. They wanted to see if he can succeed this time and enter the Heaven Piercing Mountain.

Chu Li released a battle cry and punched toward Li Yuan which caused a massive fist image to form. The Space trembled as the strength of his attack could obliterate a 3rd Stage Martial King Realm Cultivator easily. He was the type to never hold back in fights. Even if his enemy is way weaker than him, he would still use his full strength against them.

Li Yuan looked at the first image that was heading toward him with calm eyes. He raised his hand and a small golden Pagoda appeared on top of it.

The Elders became speechless the instant they saw the Golden Pagoda. Shock and apprehension appeared on their faces as the Pagoda was a Tier 8 Artifact! How could a Peak Sage Realm Cultivator have such treasure?

Chu Li's face changed greatly and clenched his fists which caused a Tier 7 arm armours to manifest. His Qi gushed out like a tsunami and sent a barrage of fist attacks toward Li Yuan.

Li Yuan lazily waved his hand and 6 Silver Pagodas appeared and surround the Golden Pagoda in a hexagonal shape. Light intertwined between the Silver Pagodas and the Golden Pagoda which caused a formation to manifest. It didn't stop as Li Yuan waved his hand again which caused 12 bronze Pagoda to appear followed by 24 Steel Pagodas.

"..." Chu Li

"....." The Elders.

Fuck! You actually used 1 Tier 8 Artifact, 6 Tier 7 Artifacts, 12 Tier 6 Artifacts and 24 Tier 5 Artifacts to create the Sky Suppressing Formation?! Are you kidding with us? Even a Peak Martial King Realm Cultivator would find it troublesome! So how about the poor Chu Li who is just a 5th Stage Martial King Cultivator? This is basically bullying! Also, how the fuck could a Peak Sage Realm Cultivator control this manny artifacts without depleting his Qi and Soul Energy in an instant?!

Li Yuan yawned as he threw the formation at Chu Li. Looking at the massive formation in front of him and feeling the terrifying pressure on his body, tears started falling from his eyes.

"What did I do to suffer like this?" Chu Li nearly cried because he knew that he could make a scratch on the formation let alone destroy it.

"No! He would not be able to use it more than once!" Hope reignited on his eyes as he must find a way to survive the incoming formation. Well, even if he lost, he wouldn't be mocked because of how he was defeated.

He roared and punched the formation many times. Due to the pressure he felt, he broke through the limits of his maximum Speed and Strength. In the Span of three seconds, he sent more than 500 punched which depleted most of his Qi. Sadly, he wasn't able to leave a mark on the formation.

"Fuck you!" Yelled Chu Li as the formation slammed into his body.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

His body shot toward the heavens and travelled the distance of more than 10 km in less than 2 seconds. His momentum didn't stop and continued flying until he disappeared from the spectators' field of view. The elders were utterly speechless by this fight. They weren't worried about Chu Li being dead from the attack because they sensed that Li Yuan controlled how the formation manifested and attacked. Of course, not dying doesn't mean that he was without any injuries. The moment Chu Li was struck by the formation, all of his bones shattered and his Primordial Souls received severe injuries. He would need at least 5 years of strenuous cultivation or a Tier 8 Pill to heal all the wounds he suffered today.

They looked at Li Yuan with their lips twitching violently.

"I will go and take Chu Li's courtyard. You don't have any problem with that?" Said Li Yuan. With his Heaven Eyes, he could see the Elders that were watching him from afar. He waved his hand and the Pagodas returned back to his storage rings. Then, he left to the courtyard with number 21 on it.

"Now, I need to wait for someone to break through to the Martial Emperor Realm. Sigh... Will, I can spend some time on increasing the Strength of the M Sword." Said Li Yuan.

"I used one of the two Golden Pagodas on defeating Chu Li. The last one would be used to trap the Tribulation's Lighting."

The Golden Pagoda is a Tier 8 Artifact but as Li Yuan used special methods to make two Pagodas with just Tier 7 materials which resulted in them being a single-use arifact.