Chapter 635: Purple Cloud Skill

Prince Xu was the last among the regional princes summoned by the Little Demon Empress. He had only pledged allegiance to Prince Huai after news of the Little Demon Empress's demise in the Golden Crow Lightning Flame Valley reached him, which earned him her pardon. The final outcome filled him with joy, yet the terrifying pressure and icy gaze of the Little Demon Empress still left him with lingering fear.

He hurried away with his household, but not long after leaving the Demon Emperor Hall, a deafening crash suddenly echoed from behind them.

Boom! !

Amidst the roar, a figure shot forth like a fleeting meteor, soaring swiftly over the heads of Prince Xu's retinue before violently smashing into the ground not far ahead, creating a sizable crater.

Prince Xu and his people stood stunned, staring blankly at the figure in the large pit. If they hadn't been mistaken, that person had clearly been blasted out of the Demon Emperor Hall.

Yun Che climbed out of the pit, covered in dust, his clothes tattered beyond recognition. He brushed off the dirt, muttering incessantly, "That woman... still so heavy-handed. Hiss..."

As he emerged from the pit, he looked up to see Prince Xu's group staring at him, eyes wide, as if they had seen a ghost in broad daylight. Yun Che's mouth twitched subtly, and without a flush on his face or a skip in his heart, he smoothly said, "Ahem, if it isn't Prince Xu. Oh... the Little Demon Empress mentioned that the ground here is old and poorly maintained, prone to cracking. It needs proper repair, so I decided to test it out. It seems she was right. This area is close to the Demon Emperor Hall, after all; the Profound Jade should be replaced with something of higher quality. It's quite damaging to the Demon Emperor Hall's image for it to break so easily."

Prince Xu was dazed for a long moment before finally regaining his composure. He quickly responded, "Yes, yes, indeed. Young Master Yun is right, and the Little Demon Empress is truly perceptive. Your humble servant will immediately issue orders to repave this area with the finest Yellow Profound Jade."

"Then I'll leave it to Prince Xu. I have urgent matters to attend to, so I shall take my leave now." Yun Che nodded solemnly, then turned and walked away unhurriedly.

"Your Highness, he wasn't... blasted out by the Little Demon Empress, was he?" a person to Prince Xu's right whispered once Yun Che was out of earshot.

"...You know too much," Prince Xu murmured.

"Cough..."

"...Every part of her body, I've seen, touched, had intimate contact with, and yet she acts like this just because of a simple truth... Hiss, it's utterly unreasonable!" Yun Che muttered indignantly to himself on his way. He found a secluded spot to change into fresh clothes before returning to the Yun Family.

Yun Che did not hide anything from Yun Qinghong, simply describing how the Little Demon Empress had dealt with the Seven Patriarchal Families and the various Prince's residences. This drew gasps of admiration from Yun Qinghong, as, given the current situation, consequences, and long-term implications, it was undoubtedly the most perfect way to handle the matter.

"Che'er," Yun Qinghong said with a chuckle, "I 'accidentally' let slip about your medical skills. You should prepare yourself for the coming period."

Yun Che, of course, knew Yun Qinghong had not been "accidental" but deliberate. After a brief thought, he understood and said, "Father, are you hoping I'll establish my own reputation and connections?"

Yun Qinghong nodded slightly. "Although your fame is currently immense, it's primarily based on awe, perhaps with a touch of reverence. But if you truly wish to thrive in Illusory Demon City, your medical skills are an excellent foundation. A mere ten parts of praise and astonishment cannot compare to a single part of gratitude... especially life-saving gratitude."

"I understand," Yun Che nodded, then took out a white jade box from the Sky Poison Pearl and handed it to Yun Qinghong. "Father, inside are one hundred Tyrant Emperor Pellets. Give eleven to Xiao Yun; one for him to consume himself, and ten as a betrothal gift for the Under Heaven Family. The remaining eighty-nine should be given to the talented young disciples of our family."

The words "one hundred Tyrant Emperor Pellets" instantly made Yun Qinghong's mind go blank. With his acute hearing at the Monarch Realm, he was certain his ears were playing tricks on him. Only after Yun Che finished speaking did he somewhat dazedly ask, "What did you say... is in here?"

"Tyrant Emperor Pellets, no more, no less, exactly one hundred."

"..." Yun Qinghong opened the jade box. Immediately, an aura of pure and intensely rich medicinal power wafted out. With his experience and knowledge, he instantly determined it to be a medicinal aura of the highest caliber. And having encountered Tyrant Emperor Pellets multiple times, he immediately thought of the words "Tyrant Emperor Pellet."

Yun Qinghong stood stunned for a good while before carefully picking up one of the pills. Both its appearance and aura were similar to the Tyrant Emperor Pellets he knew. The reason for the similarity was that its appearance was even more lustrous than regular Tyrant Emperor Pellets, and its aura was far purer and more concentrated than any he had ever encountered. He subtly released a trace of profound energy to investigate the pellet, and his face immediately showed prolonged astonishment. Yes, this was undoubtedly a Tyrant Emperor Pellet, not merely similar in appearance and aura. Moreover, it was a Tyrant Emperor Pellet of near-perfect quality!

He picked up a second... a third... a fifth... With each one he picked up, the shock on his face deepened. When he put down the tenth, he stopped, closed the jade box, and stared directly at Yun Che, speechless for a long time.

Yun Che chuckled. "Compared to medical arts, I am far more adept at alchemy. No matter what spirit medicine it is, I only need to analyze its components, and given enough materials, I can perfectly refine it in a short time, without any failure. Feel free to use these one hundred Tyrant Emperor Pellets; there's no need to be overly conservative. Our Yun Family's Medicinal Pavilion has accumulated resources over ten thousand years; the materials alone that can be used to refine Tyrant Emperor Pellets are enough to make several thousand more."

Yun Qinghong once again felt as if he were dreaming. The Tyrant Emperor Pellets, which took Prince Baoqing's residence fifty years of time and effort to refine a single one, could apparently be mass-produced by Yun Che, and from his tone, it seemed effortlessly so!

If he weren't holding a full hundred Tyrant Emperor Pellets in his hands... even if Yun Che had told him with utmost seriousness, he wouldn't have been able to believe it. He gave a soft laugh and put away the jade box. "Che'er, you've once again made your father doubt his own ears and eyes... calling you a little monster is truly not an exaggeration at all."

"Heh, if I'm a little monster, then Father must be a big monster, and it seems you've even dragged Mother into it," Yun Che said with a smile.

"Hahahaha," Yun Qinghong burst into laughter. The shock in his heart still lingered, but his expression and emotions had returned to normal. After all, the more "monstrous" Yun Che was, the more pleasantly surprised and proud he would naturally be, and the more at ease and hopeful he felt about his future. He understood perfectly what a hundred Tyrant Emperor Pellets signified. They could allow a medium-sized force to directly grow into a top-tier one in just a few decades. They could allow the Yun Family, whose average strength had greatly declined, to return to its former peak within a century, even without the Little Demon Empress's special treatment.

After his laughter subsided, Yun Qinghong suddenly sighed. "Che'er, if not for you, the Yun Family today, and even the Profound Sky Continent, would be unrecognizable. Your grandfather, watching from the heavens... must be exceedingly pleased."

"My life was exchanged for grandfather's," Yun Che said softly. "Grandfather's will and wishes, I must inherit them no matter what. Moreover, I am also a descendant of the Yun Family, so all of this is what I should, and must, do."

"Good!" Yun Qinghong nodded heavily. "Truly my son, Yun Qinghong's son!"

"Where's Xiao Yun?" Yun Che asked.

"At this time, he should be cultivating," Yun Qinghong said with a faint smile. "Although his talent isn't exceptional, and the resources he uses are far inferior to other young masters, he has always been very diligent. To achieve his current strength, he has put in several times the effort of others."

Yun Che pondered for a moment, then suddenly said, "Father, I'd like to see our Yun Family's Violet Cloud Art."

Yun Qinghong was slightly surprised, then nodded and smiled. "As a son of the Yun Family, you are certainly more qualified than anyone to cultivate the Violet Cloud Art. However, you already possess profound energy with both ice and fire attributes. Different profound energy attributes can easily cause turmoil in profound energy. Adding a lightning-attributed profound art would likely not benefit you. Moreover, your ice profound art can freeze profound energy, and your fire profound art was bestowed by the Golden Crow, both of very high levels. I always thought you wouldn't be interested in the Violet Cloud Art."

"As a son of the Yun Family, I should know our ancestral profound art, no matter what. Besides... I just happen to need a lightning-attributed profound art right now. As for interference and mutual restraint between different attributes, that shouldn't happen to me."

(Having obtained the Evil God's Thunder Seed in the Golden Crow Lightning Flame Valley, he indeed needed a lightning-attributed profound art to unleash his lightning profound energy.)

Yun Che's last statement, though outlandish to anyone else, was spoken with utmost confidence, which left Yun Qinghong both startled and faintly amused. His son already possessed too many unbelievable qualities; so many that Yun Qinghong was becoming somewhat numb to them.

"Come with me."

Yun Che followed Yun Qinghong to a secret chamber beneath the Yun Family's ancestral tablet. The chamber was pitch black and incredibly vast; Yun Che's eyes could not discern anything beyond the walls in the darkness. Yun Qinghong stepped forward, extending his left arm, and a streak of azure profound aura shot out, touching the stone wall ahead.

Clang! !

Instantly, a burst of purple light shimmered, and large swathes of purple profound formulas appeared on the previously smooth, mirror-like wall. These profound formulas densely covered the ten-zhang-long and wide wall before them, and the lightning element throughout the entire chamber became completely active, with crackling flashes of lightning constantly appearing in the air.

"This is our Yun Family's Violet Cloud Art," Yun Qinghong withdrew his profound aura, but the purple profound formulas on the wall did not vanish. "Only our Yun Family's profound aura can make these profound formulas manifest."

Yun Che did not respond, already beginning to examine the Violet Cloud Art profound formulas on the wall. Yun Qinghong glanced at him and slowly said, "Among profound energy attributes, fire possesses powerful destructive force, ice can cause freezing, and profound lightning energy of the same level, in terms of sheer power, surpasses ice, fire, and all other attributes. However, profound practitioners who cultivate lightning profound energy are the fewest, and there's a reason for that. Although lightning profound energy is incredibly powerful, the force of lightning is too violent, making it the most difficult of all profound energy attributes to control and master. Moreover, cultivation can easily cause self-harm... even damage profound veins. The higher the cultivation realm, the more this is true."

"Seven days ago, the 'Underworld Thunder Imperial Array' that your father used, though immensely powerful, required a great expenditure of essence blood and harmed oneself before harming others. If the Little Demon Empress hadn't forcibly stopped me then, even with my profound energy realm and Violet Cloud Art mastery, I might have lost my life. This is also a forbidden profound skill that your grandfather repeatedly warned me never to cultivate... you must remember not to try and comprehend it."

Yun Qinghong finished speaking, but still received no response from Yun Che. He turned his head and then froze.

Yun Che stood there motionless, his expression and gaze calm and entranced, his entire body's profound aura like still water in the night, without the slightest ripple... he had actually entered a state of profound enlightenment, with his six senses shut off and his mind empty!

A look of deep astonishment settled on Yun Qinghong's face. The Violet Cloud Art was hailed as the strongest lightning profound art in the Illusory Demon Realm; even if its level was far inferior to the Golden Crow's Record of Burning the World, its power was immense, and the profound lightning laws it contained were incredibly recondite and extremely difficult to comprehend. Even with his exceptional talent, he had spent an entire month in this secret chamber back then and had only just barely grasped the basics.

Yet, from the moment the Violet Cloud Art profound formulas illuminated until now, less than a hundred breaths of time had passed... and Yun Che had actually entered a state of profound enlightenment just like that!

Could it be that the profound and incredibly complex lightning laws contained within the Violet Cloud Art, he could thoroughly comprehend and integrate with a single glance?