Chapter 774: A Reunion Embrace

"What?! Tongyou Realm Tenth Stage?"

"Am I seeing this right? When he left two years ago, wasn't he only at Tongyou Realm Stage 5?"

"Two years! A full five minor stages! Is this… did he ascend on a firecracker?!"

"Monster! He really is a monster!"

Cheng Yuan and the others were filled with disbelief; they simply could not believe everything they were seeing!

Elder Zhong Cang and the other local Elders were equally shocked, their jaws nearly hitting the floor.

They understood Ye Wudao more deeply and knew of his various Heaven-Defying feats; each time, they had to recalibrate their understanding of him.

Yet, they truly had not expected that Ye Wudao could once again break the limits of their imagination!

He improved by five minor stages in just two years!

This speed of Cultivate could no longer be described as that of a Genius; he was simply a Prodigy!

Amidst the crowd, only Elder Yin Changhong, after an initial trace of surprise, wore a look of realization, as if it were expected.

He looked at Ye Wudao and nodded, his eyes filled with admiration.

He knew that the gains from Ye Wudao's two years of training would be absolutely extraordinary.

After all, Ye Wudao was a Person of Heavenly Destiny, and also the person who had once broken through five minor stages in a single day!

Now, breaking through five minor stages in two years, wasn't that perfectly normal?

Ye Wudao's situation could never be judged by conventional logic!

Elder Yin Changhong became excited almost immediately.

Previously, he had not known the results of Ye Wudao's two years of training, so he had been very worried that he would encounter danger when participating in the Prodigy Ranking Tournament.

But now that he knew Ye Wudao had broken through to the Tongyou Realm Tenth Stage, Elder Yin Changhong was no longer very worried.

A wild ambition even sprouted in his heart.

Perhaps, Ye Wudao might even be able to defeat Long Aotian and become the new leader of the prodigy ranking list!

After all, while others did not know, Elder Yin Changhong was very clear about it.

Ye Wudao was capable of fighting above his Realm!

Back when he was only at Tongyou Realm Stage 5, he had used various trump cards to forcefully severely injure Master Due.

Compared to Master Due, those of the younger generation on the prodigy ranking list were simply nothing!

The more Elder Yin Changhong thought about it, the more he felt this was plausible, and his gaze towards Ye Wudao became increasingly satisfied.

On the other side, Lin Feng, Fentian City, and the other Disciple present were, like Cheng Yuan and the others, equally plunged into immense shock.

"My… my god! Tongyou Realm Tenth Stage?"

Fentian City rubbed his eyes vigorously and then pinched his thigh hard.

"Hiss! It hurts! It's real!"

He let out a strange cry, pointed at Ye Wudao, and shouted as if looking at some monster:

"Ye Wudao, are you even human?"

"Honestly confess, did you eat some Divine Pill or miraculous medicine these past two years?"

Hun Qianjue, meanwhile, kept gasping in cold air from the side, not knowing what to say.

He could not compare, he really could not compare!

Ye Wudao was simply not human!

Lin Feng and Senior Brother Su Yun exchanged a glance, both seeing a bitter smile in the other's eyes.

They had originally thought they had worked hard enough, but compared to Ye Wudao, they were simply standing still.

Amidst all the shock, exclamation, and envy, Yue Liuli's feelings were the most complex.

The moment she saw Ye Wudao appear, endless joy and longing surged in her heart.

She had been in seclusion for two years, having not seen Ye Wudao for over seven hundred days and nights; now that she finally saw him, she was truly too excited.

But immediately after, she clearly sensed Ye Wudao's Realm.

Tongyou Realm Tenth Stage!

In an instant, a trace of bitterness and pressure was added to Yue Liuli's overflowing joy.

She had been in seclusion for two years, trying her absolute best, and finally broke through to the Tongyou Realm Stage 8.

She had been complacent about this, believing that she could finally catch up to Ye Wudao's pace and would be qualified to stand side-by-side with him and fight alongside him.

But reality dealt her a heavy blow.

She had desperately chased for two years, but Ye Wudao had not stopped either.

He had run even faster and had left her even further behind!

The distance that she had originally thought had narrowed now looked like an unreachable chasm.

For a moment, various complex emotions surged in Yue Liuli's heart.

Joy, longing, unwillingness… and so on; under the impact of these complex emotions, Yue Liuli's eyes were slightly reddened.

Just at this moment.

Fentian City, who spoke bluntly and without any reservations, suddenly remembered Yue Liuli and urged her:

"Senior Sister, Junior Brother Ye is back, hurry up and go talk to him!"

Thinking back to the beginning, Fentian City had looked down on Ye Wudao because he felt Ye Wudao had used the back door to become a Disciple, and he had even challenged Ye Wudao because of it.

Although Ye Wudao had easily defeated him, he had never given up and still wanted to challenge Ye Wudao to vindicate himself.

However, this unwillingness had completely disappeared after he witnessed Ye Wudao kill Huangfu Yun two years ago, leaving only admiration.

Huangfu Yun's Foundation had been damaged, and he no longer had his original combat power.

But regardless, he was still a Creation Realm powerhouse.

The fact that Ye Wudao could kill Huangfu Yun proved that he was no longer on the same level as the other Disciple present.

Fentian City could not compare, he really could not compare!

In his heart, only the word "admiration" remained!

Now, seeing Yue Liuli, who had just been asking about Ye Wudao's whereabouts, standing there motionless.

Fentian City hurriedly did a good deed and urged her to go over.

Being urged like this by him, Yue Liuli immediately broke free from those complex emotions.

Looking at Ye Wudao standing not far from her with a smile on his face, the unwillingness and disappointment in Yue Liuli's heart vanished completely.

What remained was only deep longing.

She no longer thought about any gap, nor did she care about any gazes.

She only knew that she missed him, missed him very, very much.

During these two years, what had supported her through countless dull days and nights of Cultivate was the belief that she could improve herself and one day fight alongside Ye Wudao.

Now, Ye Wudao was right before her eyes.

Yue Liuli could no longer control herself.

Her eyes were red, and under everyone's gaze, she rushed towards that figure regardless of everything.

She opened her arms, like a swallow returning to the forest, and threw herself heavily into that warm and solid embrace!

With a fragrant, soft body in his arms, Ye Wudao was stunned for a moment.

He could feel Yue Liuli's body in his arms trembling slightly.

He also clearly felt the tears dripping from the corners of Yue Liuli's eyes.

Although those tears only fell on his clothes, they seemed to burn into his heart, making his own eyes faintly heat up.

Without the slightest hesitation, Ye Wudao immediately tightened his arms and held Yue Liuli tightly in his embrace.

A familiar fragrance lingered at the tip of his nose, and Ye Wudao's heart softened at this moment.

"Senior Sister, I'm back."

He lowered his head, looked at Yue Liuli's profile, and said in a soft voice:

"Congratulations, Senior Sister, on breaking through to the Tongyou Realm Stage 8."