The Speedrun Begins with Choosing Hunter

Chapter 340: Chapter 331: Cloud Ladder Leap

Marvelous!

Bai Yuan had been forgoing food and rest. After a full day and night, he finally closed the manual for the Cloud Ladder Leap and let out a long sigh.

The Cloud Ladder Leap was truly worthy of its title as the Daoist Sect’s number one Lightweight Technique.

It could only be described as brilliantly conceived.

Cloud Ladder Leap, as the name suggests, was a method for ascending straight into the azure sky.

However, the name of this Cultivation Technique wasn’t metaphorical—it was completely literal...

Daoist Family masters once believed that Immortals resided above the nine heavens. They worked with painstaking effort to create this technique in the hopes of stumbling upon a celestial opportunity.

A person of great genius created this method of ascending to the heavens alone, using their sensory power as a ladder.

The Daoist Sect’s Founding Ancestor who created the Cloud Ladder Leap materialized his sensory power, solidifying it beneath his feet. This created footholds in mid-air, like an invisible ladder.

Legend has it that this ancestor relied on the divine technique of Cloud Ladder Leap to ascend ten thousand zhang into the vast sky.

Of course, in the end, it was like a satellite taking pictures of the Earth. Aside from reaching the conclusion that the world was round, he didn’t even catch a glimpse of an Immortal’s sleeve.

But as the saying goes, some of the best things happen by accident. Because of what that ancestor saw and heard, the Daoist Sect made rapid progress in the art of stargazing.

After all, before that ancestor, the mainstream belief was that the heavens were round and the earth was square. From then on, the debate within the Daoist Sect about the true shape of the world finally came to an end.

He could be considered the Magellan of this Otherworld.

Bai Yuan looked at his panel.

He saw that the words "Cloud Ladder Leap" had appeared on it.

Because he had previously cultivated "Walking on Sand and Treading on Snow," the level for Cloud Ladder Leap wasn’t "Beginner," but "Proficient."

After the great battle in the Shiwan Mountains, he had earned a considerable number of enhancement points.

In one go, Bai Yuan had trained White Ape Mountain Breaker to the Legendary level.

Now, White Ape Mountain Breaker had been integrated into the Divine Mansion in his right foot, and his combat power had once again soared.

If he could also train Cloud Ladder Leap to Legendary, the four great Divine Mansions of his Divine Mansion Technique would be complete. His power would be immeasurable.

Just thinking about it was exciting.

’Train, train, train!’

Bai Yuan’s motivation skyrocketed.

He didn’t stay for more than a few days before leading his men out of Huanglong Prefecture City, all for the sake of killing enough demons to get the enhancement points he needed.

...

The Shiwan Mountains.

As the largest mountain range in Ling Province, the Shiwan Mountains concealed an unknown number of demons.

Bai Yuan had ventured deep into these mountains countless times, yet he still couldn’t grasp the full layout of the range.

According to the old Daoist, the eighth-rank giant python had been a great demon that achieved sentience in the Shiwan Mountains. It was just unfortunate enough to be turned into a vessel by the demon seed, which stripped it of its intelligence.

The true demon seed was still wandering the world.

The old Daoist and Yan Shao’an were pretending the demon seed was dead precisely to make it lower its guard.

Although Liu Zhengwen and Fang Yong had left, the old Daoist’s external incarnation was still searching for the demon seed’s whereabouts.

But for now, none of that had anything to do with Bai Yuan.

His top priority was to increase his strength as quickly as possible.

"Sir, there are no more signs of demons within a ten-li radius," Zhou Lin, the Demon-slaying Guard General of Ling Province, said with a sigh of resignation.

He had followed Bai Yuan into the Shiwan Mountains more than ten times, and each trip lasted for at least half a month.

This time, they had already been here for over a month.

They had certainly slain a large number of demons, but compared to the total demon population in the Shiwan Mountains, it was a drop in the ocean.

But because they had killed so many, the remaining demons had become much more wary. It was no longer easy to find them in groups. Even for a Demon Hunter like Bai Yuan, it now required a great deal of effort.

"Let’s head back."

Bai Yuan waved his hand.

Demon Hunting was actually the same as hunting beasts; both required a recovery period.

The only difference was that unlike wild beasts, demons needed at least several hundred years of cultivation to gain sentience. So, the "recovery period" for Demon Hunters was really about letting the demons lower their guard.

Zhou Lin was overjoyed. "Alright!"

He had been dying to return to Huanglong City.

Staying in the deep, old forests for a month straight was truly maddening.

His "tigress" of a wife couldn’t stand it anymore, which was why she had, for the first time ever, agreed to let him take three concubines.

「Three days later.」

The group returned to Huanglong Prefecture.

Bai Yuan didn’t enter the city, heading straight for Shenfu Mountain instead.

Although he was no longer the Sect Leader of the Divine Mansion Sect, he was still Murong Fu’s master.

Even if the Murong Family was pouring all its resources into training Murong Fu, he, as the master, couldn’t just disappear all the time.

...

The rear mountain of Shenfu Mountain’s main peak.

This was where the Murong Clan resided.

The Murong Clan was the only family on all of Shenfu Mountain permitted to have a permanent residence there.

While the Divine Mansion Sect had many great families, this honor was exclusive to them.

This was because the Murong Family were descendants of the Founding Ancestor, and more importantly, because of their special bloodline.

Amongst buildings of green brick and tile, a young boy was diligently training against a giant boulder.

This boy was none other than Murong Fu.

Not far from him, several girls from the Murong Family were chattering excitedly at him like sparrows.

Murong Fu lowered his fists, looking troubled.

He was born with exceptionally sharp hearing and sight, so even though the girls were some distance away, he could still clearly hear their words.

Such... brazen words.

’Dammit, I’m only nine years old! Is this the kind of stuff I should be hearing?!’

Two years ago, he was just an ordinary boy from the Murong Clan.

The Murong Clan’s power and influence hadn’t had much of an impact on him. He just wanted to live a good life and, after becoming capable, properly honor his parents.

But everything changed, turned upside down, on the day of the bone-reading ceremony.

In a daze, he became the prodigy of the Murong Family and was even accepted as a disciple by the then-Sect Leader. Although his master later resigned from the position of Sect Leader, his status became even more illustrious.

A rising tide lifts all boats, and he became the disciple of a General—and the first and foremost one at that.

The girls of the Murong Family who used to ignore him now bloomed with radiant smiles whenever they saw him.

The Murong Family was large. Although they all shared the surname Murong, their blood relations were actually quite distant.

Those girls all harbored dreams of becoming the future Sect Leader’s wife.

But Murong Fu was only nine years old and hadn’t experienced much of the world. How could he possibly handle all this?

Just as he was about to flee in disgrace again, a tall shadow fell over him.

Murong Fu looked up.

"Master?!"

A familiar face appeared before him.

It was Bai Yuan, who had just returned to Shenfu Mountain.

"Not bad."

Bai Yuan looked at Murong Fu, whose impressive physique was beginning to show, and was very satisfied.

The current Murong Fu had a well-proportioned body with long limbs—at a glance, one could tell he was prime material for practicing saber and sword arts.

Murong Fu had learned his Rolling Blood Saber. In the future, if he also learned the Chaotic Blood Hidden Tiger Saber, his accomplishments would surely be great.

"Master, what brings you back?"

His master was as elusive as a ghost; seeing him even once a month was a rare event, but Murong Fu had long since gotten used to it.

Bai Yuan glanced at the girls in the distance.

The girls recognized him and covered their mouths in surprise.

He said earnestly, "My good disciple, women are like tigers. You must handle them with care."

Murong Fu blinked. "Then how should I handle them, Master?"

"Knowingly walk into the tiger’s den!"

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