Zheng Yu might not understand the Stone Pointing Technique, but he has dealt with the Shi family quite a bit.

Back in the day, the Shi family secured their position among the three great families with a seventy percent stone yield rate, and almost all major sects collaborated with them on stone pointing.

Martial Emperor City was one of them.

The Shi family had many geniuses, and Zheng Yu even knew a few, but a Shi family genius achieving over eighty percent stone yield in their teens?

Zheng Yu had never seen such a thing...

At this age, achieving a sixty to seventy percent yield rate was already considered extraordinary.

Yet, this young fellow with an eighty percent yield rate truly astonished Zheng Yu.

Wang Tieniu's emergence broke the Shi family's monopoly on stone pointing, kicking them off their top spot.

And now, seeing such a young fellow with such terrifying abilities, Zheng Yu couldn't help but sigh, "God Bless Grand Sky Sect."

"Little Zhou Chen... punished by Senior Brother Iron Bull again today for having too low a yield rate?" Ouyang Ming teased while eating the fruit cut by the Light of Xinghe.

"Replying to Uncle Ouyang... yes... Master said my yield rate didn't even reach ninety percent, calling me useless, and punished me with extra practice here..."

Zheng Yu: "???"

At this moment, Zheng Yu's mind was filled with question marks...

What the... can you two speak in human language? What the hell are you talking about?

A genius with an eighty percent yield rate being punished for it being too low?

Why don't you just ascend to the heavens?

Is there anyone normal in Grand Sky Sect?

If someone at this age had such a yield rate, it wouldn't just be a matter of being a genius; they'd be a prodigy among prodigies!

Yet you're punished for an eighty percent yield rate?

Because it's too low?

Is that considered low?

Then tell me, what's considered high?

Soon, Zheng Yu learned from Ouyang Ming and little Zhou Chen's conversation.

Zhou Chen, with a tearful face, said, "Uncle Ouyang... there are two people in my batch with a ninety percent yield rate... and that's not even the best. The two best senior brothers are now researching how to improve the quality of spirit stones with Master..."

Compared to them, I'm really too poor... I don't even want to learn stone pointing anymore...

Little Zhou Chen cried, tears streaming down, and Ouyang Ming hurriedly comforted him.

Zheng Yu was also teary-eyed... Ouyang Ming, can you not comfort him first? Can you comfort me instead?

Do you know how much psychological damage your conversation just caused me?

And you casually mention that Wang Tieniu has already reached a hundred percent yield rate, have you considered the feelings of stone pointing masters worldwide?

And when you say Tieniu is researching how to improve spirit stone quality, is that even human language?

Are you trying to make spirit stones upgrade automatically?

Zheng Yu didn't know how he left the Artifact Refining Palace, and he even directly refused Ouyang Ming's suggestion to meet Tieniu...

What's there to see? Haven't I been shocked enough today? I came here to see the reality of Grand Sky Sect, not to seek thrills!

As it turns out, the thrill was indeed not enough...

Later, Zheng Yu accidentally encountered Feng Yuzheng, a master known for his expertise in the Divine Engraving Technique and creator of the Flute of Time and Space, which piqued Zheng Yu's curiosity.

But listen to what Feng Yuzheng said, is that even human language?

"Brother Zheng Yu... I don't understand the Divine Engraving Technique at all... I haven't even entered the basics... I can only make a Flute of Time and Space, and I can't even infuse spirit into a spirit weapon. I feel like I'm no different from trash..."

"But I firmly believe that under Senior Brother Xinghe's guidance, I can continue to break through. My goal is for every spirit tool in Grand Sky Sect to have its own consciousness... I have a long way to go, so please don't mention the Flute of Time and Space to insult me anymore..."

These words left Zheng Yu completely speechless.

The Huang family has been researching the Flute of Time and Space to the point of splitting their assets.

Now, the three great families are down to just two.

The Huang family dreams of figuring out how to make the Flute of Time and Space... everyone is ecstatic to get their hands on one.

Yet you, the creator of the Flute of Time and Space, casually say it's nothing and beg not to be insulted with it...

Is this an insult to you? You're practically insulting everyone on earth!

Zheng Yu was numb, but his inner strength was immense, and he continued to wander through the various palaces of Grand Sky Sect.

Everywhere he went, Zheng Yu witnessed the tremendous changes brought about by Senior Brother Xinghe.

In the Eternal Spring Palace, rare herbs were casually mixed into poison research, and looking across the world, who else had such abundant resources?

And the other palaces were equally inhumane...

Through interactions with the palaces, Zheng Yu finally understood Senior Brother Xinghe's status in Grand Sky Sect.

However, Zheng Yu didn't finish visiting all the palaces. When he reached the Dark Moon Palace, he was stopped.

The disciple who stopped him said it was to prevent Zheng Yu from being overly shocked inside!

Zheng Yu just wanted to say, I've already been shocked beyond belief today, what more could shock me?

Besides, I'm aware of the Dark Moon Clan's matters... so why would I fear being shocked?

The disciple then said that if Brother Zheng Yu wasn't afraid, he could go in and have a look...

Zheng Yu entered the Dark Moon Palace with defiance, and within five minutes, he came out vomiting braised pork...

Has anyone ever seen a welcoming ceremony where they casually stab themselves?

Has anyone ever seen a palace where there are two corpses lying at the entrance, and after a while, they revive and greet you?

This isn't a matter of being normal or not... this isn't even human...

Elsewhere, death is the ultimate terror, but in the Dark Moon Palace, death is just a form of entertainment for the Dark Moon Clan...

Seeing Zheng Yu, an outsider, the Dark Moon Clan was visibly excited.

"Brother Zheng Yu... since you've come from afar, allow me, An Lan, to perform a three-stab self-killing act for you!"

"Brother Zheng Yu, what's so interesting about An Lan's three-stab self-killing... look at me, I've doused myself in this thing called fire oil, and after I set myself on fire, I can sing a full song without going off-key before burning to death!"

"Brother Zheng Yu, look at me... I'll show you how to choke myself to death with a mouthful of water, it's a death method I recently came up with, very thrilling!"

"Brother Zheng Yu..."

This time, Zheng Yu was scared to tears... surrounded by people frantically performing various immature ways of dying, asking for your feedback... can you not be scared to tears by such a scene?

The knives were stabbing all over... one guy was on fire, singing and running around wildly, can a normal mind come up with this?

Zheng Yu fled from the Dark Moon Palace, and now he just wanted to tell the junior brother who stopped him, "I regret it, if only I had listened to you, I wouldn't have gone through all this..."

Most people are filled with fear of death, the strong can respect death without fearing it, but the Dark Moon Clan treats death as entertainment, getting more excited the more they die... what on earth is this?

As night fell, Zheng Yu walked along the road, the surrounding darkness making him wonder if a shadow would suddenly jump out and say, "Brother Zheng Yu... watch me perform a new way of dying..."

Zheng Yu suddenly felt that the Dark Moon Clan's way of instilling fear was unlike any normal person's.

Normal people use others' lives to instill fear, but the Dark Moon Clan can instill fear using their own lives?

But this fear is genuine...

Can you imagine having a group of people around you who want to show you new ways of dying every day?

Casually stabbing themselves, then asking you if their way of dying was unique, and wanting you to give them suggestions, preferably giving them new ideas for dying...

Can anyone be normal after staying with such people for long?

Compared to the shock from other palaces, the shock from the Dark Moon Palace was nothing, Zheng Yu felt.

He was preparing to return to the resting place arranged for Martial Emperor City by Grand Sky Sect, but perhaps due to the overwhelming shock from the Dark Moon Palace, Zheng Yu found himself on the wrong path.

He had reached the outermost area of Grand Sky Sect...

This seemed to be the outer sect of Grand Sky Sect?

Zheng Yu shook his head to regain clarity, trying to shake off the various death performances of the Dark Moon Clan from his mind, wondering if he'd have nightmares tonight.

Just as Zheng Yu was about to turn back, he heard a voice not far away.

The voice was muffled and unclear, and curiosity got the better of Zheng Yu, who took a few steps closer to listen.

But as soon as he got closer, Zheng Yu was stunned by what he heard!

"My fate is determined by me, not by heaven!"

"I, Chu Cheng, have endured countless hardships, but they cannot defeat me. I will not chase the peak, for the peak will be beneath my feet. I will become the peak others chase!"

Zheng Yu listened, bewildered, unable to help but wonder who dared to speak so boastfully?

But as Zheng Yu's curiosity grew, the following words left him even more bewildered.

"Chu Xinghe, you dog! Do you think suppressing me will make me yield? I tell you, no! In half a month, I'll be able to get out of bed! Half a month later, my path to counterattack begins!"

"That despicable, shameless Xinghe dog, I, Chu Cheng, will reclaim everything I lost! I will let the world know your true, vile face... let the world know how you harm the sect!"

Zheng Yu was dumbfounded... who on earth was this Chu Cheng?

But regardless of who he was, how dare he insult Senior Brother Xinghe? And listen to what he's saying, is this even human language?

Calling Senior Brother Xinghe despicable and shameless?

Saying Senior Brother Xinghe harms Grand Sky Sect?

Do I, Zheng Yu, not understand whether Senior Brother Xinghe harms the sect after a whole day here?

How can there be such a despicable person in this world!

To slander Senior Brother Xinghe like this, even I, an outsider, can't stand it!