Chapter 21 – It Was Yang Ye’s Fault! (1/2)

Besides Yang Ye, the countenance of all the other three of them had turned ghastly pale upon noticing the snakes charging over. Especially Qing Hong, her figure directly fell weakly by Yang Ye’s side. As for Man’zi and Xiao Hei, they weren’t any better, and their entire bodies felt weak and didn’t even have the strength to flee.

If it was at an ordinary time, then with their mental strength, they would definitely not be so terrified even if they were facing a few tens of thousands of snakes. However, after the oppression of the heavy pressure during that period of time from before, their nerves and minds couldn’t bear such heavy strain any longer. Moreover, coupled with the snakes that densely covered the surroundings, the three of them had directly accepted their fates and stopped struggling in vain.

When the snakes charged over, Yang Ye still maintained a calm mind, and he tried hard to think about what had offended this swarm of snakes.

Yang Ye suddenly stood up when the snakes were only over 10m away from them, and he withdrew the Twin Wing Python’s Inner Core from behind the clothes at his chest before forcefully tossing it away.

At the same time, his wrist spun as his sword appeared in his hand. As he watched the Inner Core fall into the darkness in the distance, the Profound Energy within his entire body surged. He wouldn’t resign himself to death, yet he was clearly aware that if his guess was wrong, then he would probably die.

Fortunately, he was right. When that Inner Core entered into the darkness in the distance, the snakes that were originally surging towards them had instantly stopped on the spot, and then they surged like tidewater towards the direction the Inner Core vanished at.

At this moment, Yang Ye felt a slight lingering fear in his heart. The scene of that dense swarm of snakes wriggling about was an extremely magnificent sight, and they seemed as if they were boundless. Wave after wave surged towards the Inner Core, and such a magnificent sight had continued for almost over 2 hours before all of them vanished.

Yang Ye instantly heaved a long sigh of relief when he saw all the snakes in the surroundings had vanished. Even with how brave he was, he was still slightly terrified when gazing at such a magnificent sight.

Not to mention him, even a King Realm expert that could fly would definitely perish when facing the encirclement of so many snakes. Under the circ.u.mstances where one’s opponent didn’t possess absolute strength, then numbers were superior!

Yang Ye lowered his head to look at the three of them who had fainted on the ground, and he shook his head. Even though that situation from before was a hopeless situation, their display was truly a bit too horrible. He’d heard that the Sword Sect’s Outer Court Exam contained a test on one’s mental state, and based on their display, the three of them would absolutely not conform to the requirements.

After he woke them up, the three of them shot their gazes towards the surroundings, and when they noticed there weren’t any snakes in the surroundings, they instantly sat up and wiped the cold sweat on their foreheads.

“In the path towards the Martial Dao, one’s mental state and disposition are especially important. Your behaviors from before were truly too inferior.” Yang Ye felt that there was a need to warn them. Because no matter what, all of them were companions that had gone through thick and thin. If he was able to allow their mental states to improve, then it would be a good thing.

Their faces instantly revealed slight embarra.s.sment when they heard Yang Ye. There was no need for Yang Ye to say anything because they themselves knew that they’d really embarra.s.sed themselves just now. Even though the swarm of snakes was terrifying, as Profounder, directly losing their ability to do battle was truly too cowardly.

When he noticed their embarra.s.sed expressions, Yang Ye continued. “I’m not ridiculing the three of you. You three must realize that as a Profounder, if you don’t have the courage to seek survival in a hopeless situation, then how far can you go on your path towards the Martial Dao? Just like what happened moments before. That was a hopeless situation, but all of you shouldn’t give up. Even if you die, you shouldn’t give up. If you don’t give up, then you’ll still have a trace of hope. But if you give up, then you wouldn’t have any chance. Not to mention the path towards the Martial Dao, you wouldn’t even have your lives any longer!”

These were words that came from Yang Ye’s heart. Since he was young, difficulties had followed closely behind him like cancer. However, he hadn’t given up, and no matter what he did, he’d never given up. Even if he was reduced to a Labor Disciple of the Sword Sect and fell from heaven right to h.e.l.l, he still didn’t give up, and it was precisely this mentality of never giving up that allowed him to survive until now.

When they heard Yang Ye, Man’zi and Xiao Hei took a deep breath before they stood up and bowed to Yang Ye. Man’zi said in a serious tone, “Thank you. Now I understand why our strengths are so inferior. Even though it’s related to natural talent and cultivation resources, but it’s mostly because of our selves instead. Our will isn’t firm, and we give up as soon as we encounter difficulty. We deserve to be forever unable to stand above others!”

Man’zi was speaking from the heart. Especially when he recalled the scenes of the past, it allowed him to further confirm his own problems. In the past, he and Xiao Hei… No, it should be said that numerous people amongst the mercenaries thought that if they were given cultivation resources, then they would absolutely not be weaker than the disciples of sects and elites of the Empire. However, when he thought about it now, this way of thinking was truly laughable.

Not to mention anyone else, just Yang Ye who stood before him had a cultivation that was lower to his own, yet Yang Ye’s strength and mental state wasn’t something he could compare to at all.

Qing Hong glanced at Yang Ye, and then she lowered her head. She had similar thoughts as well before this, and that was that if she was a disciple of a sect, then her strength would absolutely not be weaker than Yang Ye. But just moments ago, their respective displays within the hopeless situation from before allowed her to understand the distance between the two of them, and it wasn’t just a gap of strength.