I Break through Crazily
Chapter 420: Chapter 419: Intercepted
In a small courtyard garden within the Celestial Fragrance Courtyard of the West Mansion’s Dui Palace, several members of the Tang Family, Mu Xianling, and Bai Ye had gathered together.
"Sister Xianling, did Brother Tang Yi really just give you the Gathering Spirit Technique cultivation method and leave right away? Without saying anything else? It’s been over ten days already, and there’s been no news at all. The Outer Mansion Grand Competition is tomorrow. If he doesn’t come back, Brother Tang Yi will lose his eligibility to compete." Tang Shu said to Mu Xianling, her cute little face scrunched up with worry.
"It’s true. He didn’t say anything when he came back. He just shoved the cultivation method into my hands, told me to give it to the Hall Master, and then left in a hurry. It seemed like he had some urgent business. But, knowing Tang Yi’s character, he should know what’s important. I imagine something must have delayed him. He should be able to make it back by tomorrow," Mu Xianling said comfortingly.
In truth, Mu Xianling was also extremely worried about Tang Yi. When she first heard he was going to the Valley of Desolation for training, she was worried sick. She thought about him day and night, unable to even cultivate properly. Only when she saw Tang Yi return from the Valley of Desolation did she feel a little relieved.
However, Mu Xianling never expected that just after returning from the Valley of Desolation, Tang Yi would leave again in such a rush. Seeing his hurried pace and grim expression, and based on her understanding of Tang Yi, she knew something incredibly significant must have happened to make him so tense and anxious.
So, even though Mu Xianling was comforting Tang Shu, she was actually even more worried about Tang Yi.
"Don’t you worry. I believe Brother Yi can make it back. Besides, who is my Brother Yi? He’s a once-in-a-century genius. What could possibly happen to him? Actually, even if he doesn’t make it back, it’s no big deal. Knowing him, he doesn’t care about this competition at all. Who in the Outer Mansion could possibly be his opponent?"
Whenever Tang Piaomiao spoke of Tang Yi, his eyes filled with worship, pride, and confidence. He had absolute faith in Tang Yi.
"That’s right. Miss Xianling, Miss Shu’Er, don’t worry about Tang Yi. With his strength, he’ll be fine. He was probably just delayed by something, or maybe he just doesn’t care about the competition, which is why he’s late. Besides... maybe Tang Yi is being late on purpose," Bai Ye said from the side.
As one of the few people willing to follow Tang Yi into the Dui Palace, Bai Ye had earned a great deal of goodwill from the Tang Family members. They had been meeting up frequently during this period to exchange cultivation experiences, and as a result, they had all grown quite close.
"Late on purpose? Brother Bai, why do you say that?" Tang Shu asked, puzzled.
Tang Piaomiao, Tang Baijie, and Mu Xianling also looked at Bai Ye with confusion, not understanding why he would say such a thing.
"This is just a guess on my part. If it sounds wrong, don’t mind me."
Seeing everyone’s confused expressions, Bai Ye smiled and said, "Has it occurred to any of you? Tang Yi said he was going out for training, but he rushed back halfway through to give us the repaired version of the Gathering Spirit Technique. Then he left in a hurry again. What was the purpose of being in such a rush?"
"So we could cultivate better, of course! After I started using this repaired Gathering Spirit Technique, my Spiritual Power cultivation speed increased by nearly ten times, if not more. It’s so much faster!" Tang Piaomiao immediately replied.
"Yes, the purpose was to help us cultivate better. But... have you considered this? Tang Yi could have given us the Gathering Spirit Technique’s cultivation method after he finished his training, or after he finished whatever business he had. That way, he wouldn’t have to rush back and forth and disrupt his own cultivation. Instead, he interrupted his training, came back early to give us the cultivation method, and only then did he leave. What was the purpose of doing that?" Bai Ye asked again.
"Could it be..." Tang Baijie seemed to have guessed something.
"Exactly."
Bai Ye glanced at Tang Baijie, smiled faintly, and said, "The reason Tang Yi interrupted his training and came back early to give us the cultivation method is that he wanted our strength to increase rapidly before the competition so that we could shine. His being late now is intentional. He wants to test us, to see how much progress we’ve made in the last ten-odd days, and to see what kind of results we can achieve in the competition!"
"If I’m not mistaken, the Hall Master will directly register Tang Yi for the Outer Mansion elite ranking competition this time. Only disciples who are on the Outer Mansion’s leaderboard are qualified to participate in the elite ranking competition, but with Tang Yi’s strength, it’s no problem at all for him to join. So the Hall Master will definitely sign him up."
"And since Tang Yi will be in the elite ranking competition, even if he comes back late, he won’t miss it. You have to understand, the new disciple ranking competition takes place before the elite one. When the time comes, Tang Yi can secretly watch us compete from the shadows. That’s why I’m guessing he’s intentionally late—he wants to secretly observe what kind of progress we’ve made over the past ten-odd days. That’s his goal!"
Hearing this, Tang Baijie nodded in agreement. "Now that Bai Ye puts it that way, it does seem to make some sense. Instead of worrying about Brother Yi, we should focus on cultivating hard and performing well in tomorrow’s competition. That way, we won’t embarrass him."
"That makes sense. Maybe it’s just like Brother Bai said—the reason Brother Yi isn’t back yet is to see if we’ve made any progress these past ten-odd days! But... heh, I’m afraid we’re going to give him a huge surprise. Our progress over this time has been no joke!" Tang Piaomiao said confidently.
"Mhm, I’ll do my best tomorrow. I definitely won’t embarrass Brother Tang Yi," Tang Shu also said, seemingly convinced by Bai Ye’s words.
"Alright, everyone go back and cultivate. Tomorrow, let’s give Tang Yi a surprise together. No, I should say, let’s give the other Seven Palaces of the Outer Mansion a surprise together!" Bai Ye said with a smile, his eyes also filled with confidence.
"Brother Bai, you’re still wrong. It should be our Dui Palace giving the other Seven Palaces a huge surprise!" Tang Baijie corrected from the side.
"Right, right, right!" Bai Ye laughed.
Hearing this, the others also looked at each other and smiled.
Meanwhile, Tang Yi—the one mistakenly thought by Bai Ye and the Tang Family members to be returning late on purpose—had only just arrived back at the Valley of Desolation after a long journey.
He really wasn’t doing it on purpose!
He was already rushing as fast as he could!
And although the Valley of Desolation was close to Celestial Extinction City, the journey still took the better part of half a day.
And that was considered fast. If it were in the past, a trip from Jiuji City to the Valley of Desolation would have taken Tang Yi at least a full day!
After his Level and strength increased, and after acquiring Gale of a Thousand Miles, his speed had become much faster.
Under normal circumstances, Tang Yi definitely would have been able to make it back to Jiuji City before tomorrow’s competition.
But...
On his way back, Tang Yi ran into an unexpected incident. Just as he was flying past the Valley of Desolation, a group of masked Martial Artists intercepted him in mid-air.

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