by <unknown>
In just a few years, Baili Qingyan was already almost breaking through to the Celestial Deity Realm.
To ordinary disciples, although this step was not considered a heavenly chasm, it absolutely could not be achieved in such a short time.
“This junior apprentice brother, I wonder where Ye Yuan is at?”
Baili Qingyan stopped a Ninth Firmament Divine Lord disciple. That disciple immediately felt light-headed, his chest instantly filled with happiness.
Except, about this question, he clearly did not know.
Asking several people in a row, no one knew Ye Yuan this person. This made Baili Qingyan puzzled.
“Impossible! With his talent, how can he possibly be unknown in Tianying Peak?”
Carrying this doubt, Baili Qingyan found the abode assigning disciple again.
“This junior apprentice brother, I’m Canopy Peak’s Baili Qingyan. I want to check Ye Yuan’s residence.”
The present Baili Qingyan already gradually developed the aura of a sovereign.
When talking to ordinary disciples, she was akin to a fairy maiden high above the clouds, making people not dare to look her in the eyes.
But only toward Ye Yuan, she could not quite let it go all along.
Wang Quan already died, so the disciple here naturally as a different person. But even if Baili Qingyan did not introduce herself, he also recognized her, and naturally would not refuse.
He checked and saw Ye Yuan’s name very soon. His expression could not help changing as he said, “Junior Apprentice Brother Ye was sent to Firecloud Peak, most likely …”
Baili Qingyan’s heart thumped, immediately having a foreboding premonition and she said anxiously, “Most likely what?”
That disciple said, “Firecloud Peak isn’t developed yet. There are fierce beasts everywhere, and also quite a few rank five existences. The disciples who went to open up an abode there have never returned alive before. About Junior Apprentice Brother Ye, there have already been no news for several years. Most likely … he’s already buried in Firecloud Peak.”
Baili Qingyan’s face changed and she said in a cold voice, “Nonsense! With Ye Yuan’s strength, how can he possibly die at the hands of fierce beasts?”
She knew what place Ye Yuan had gone before. How could he possibly have died?
That disciple saw Baili Qingyan fly off the handle and immediately did not even dare to breathe loudly, faltering and unable to speak.
At the same time, he was also very curious in his heart. Who in the world was this Ye Yuan, to actually be able to make the goddess so concerned?
Seeing that disciple not speak, Baili Qingyan bit her lips gently, turned around, and left Tianying Peak, going to find Jiang Xueyan.
“Senior Apprentice Sister, was Ye Yuan’s matters arranged by you?” Baili Qingyan’s face was cold as frost as she questioned.
Jiang Xueyan knew that she could not hide for long and said smilingly, “It has nothing to do with me. It was all arranged by Qian Ye. If you want to take revenge, you can go find him.”
Baili Qingyan’s expression changed and she said in shock, “Take revenge? Ye Yuan he really … really died?”
Jiang Xueyan recounted the events on that day with a smile. Baili Qingyan immediately turned ashen pale, a sorrowful emotion welling up in her heart.
“I … What’s with me? I clearly … clearly hate him very much! But why … do I have a feeling of wanting to cry?”
When Jiang Xueyan saw this scene, she could not help heaving a sigh as she said, “That kid was too arrogant and insolent on the account of his ability. He didn’t know how to restrain himself. He’d die sooner or later in the Shadowmoon Sect. Now, isn’t it great that he’s dead? You can focus on cultivating and strive to break through to the Celestial Deity Realm as soon as possible, and then you can prepare for the Bamboo Groove Martial Conclave.”
Baili Qingyan ignored her and left in low spirits.
After several days, a Baili Qingyan in white clothes appeared at the top of Firecloud Peak.
The Baili Qingyan without any makeup, clad in white, seemed like an otherworldly fairy maiden.
In front of her, a zither was placed.
“You frivolous scoundrel! My, Baili Qingyan’s, zither, will only be played for the person I love! But you blackmailed with this and followed me into the Shadowmoon Mountain Range! I hate you! Now, you and I are separated by death. The promise of that day can no longer be fulfilled. Today, I’ll play a melody on my zither. I hope that you can hear my zither sound in the underworld.”
Ten fingers moving lightly, the sounds of the zither lingered sweetly, spilling throughout the entire Firecloud Peak.
A thousand-mile lonely grave, nowhere to speak dreary words.
In the zither sound, tenderness and saddened pain exuded everywhere.
With the song ending, Baili Qingyan already had tears covering her face.
“Turned out that my zither strings have already been stirred by you.” Baili Qingyan choked.
Chapter 1803. Rage |
There were no years inside the abode. Time flew, 200 years passed in a flash.
On Firecloud Peak, it was still so desolate and barren.
But on this day, there were several additional figures on the peak.
One of them looked around in a panic and said fearfully, “I heard that this Firecloud Peak has quite a few rank five fierce beasts. I hope we won’t run into them!”
The person in the lead said, “Scared of what? Firecloud Peak is so big. There are only that few rank five fierce beasts, they will just happen to be encountered by us? As long as we pluck the Crimson Tail Grass, we’ll be able to complete the sect’s mission!”
Another person complained, “Really damn it! Why did this Crimson Tail Grass have to grow on Firecloud Peak? Firecloud Peak is more dangerous compared to most of the other places in the Shadowmoon Mountain Range!”
Suddenly, the eyes of that person leading lit up and he said in great joy, “Crimson Tail Grass!”
Everyone looked, there was indeed a small tuft of spirit medicine not far away. The crimson-colored leaves trailed very long, like a tail.
The few people were overjoyed and hurriedly dashed over.
But right at this time, an aura that almost made them suffocate suddenly appeared.
Then, an enormous bear appeared in front of them.
“Desolate Cloud Ancient Bear! R-Rank five fierce beast! W-Wouldn’t be so coincidental, right?”
When that person in the lead saw the old bear, his face immediately turned deathly pale, his pair of legs quaking.
He was a Ninth Firmament Divine Lord powerhouse too, but in front of the old bear, his strength was completely not enough to look at.
The Desolate Cloud Ancient Bear’s eyes revealed a murderous gleam and said angrily, “A few damn bugs came to interrupt your Grandpa Bear’s cultivation again! You guys really deserve to die!”
As he said, he swung a big slap over.
Under this horrifying pressure, those few Shadowmoon Sect disciples could not muster up any desire to resist at all, closing their eyes and waiting for death.
“Old bear, don’t harm their lives.”
Suddenly, a voice came out of the dense woods. The old bear’s expressions turned solemn, his aura immediately dissipating with the wind.
Those few disciples let out a long sigh in relief, feeling joyful from surviving a disaster.
“Disciple Lin Fan thanks Senior for your life-saving grace!”
That disciple in the lead bowed down in the direction of the voice. The others also followed suit one after another.
In Lin Fan’s view, to be able to stop a rank five fierce beast with a word, that must be a deacon-level existence.
Otherwise, with the ferocious nature of fierce beasts, how could it possibly listen obediently?
The old bear said with a disgruntled look, “Ye brat, you finally came out of seclusion!”
In the dense woods, a youth in whi
te slowly walked out. Who could it be if not Ye Yuan?
When that group of disciples saw Ye Yuan, their eyeballs almost popped out.
They even thought about which senior or expert he was. Messing around for half a day, he was actually the same as them, all Divine Lord Realm martial artists!
Except, why would a rank five fierce beast be so obedient?
Ye Yuan looked at the Desolate Cloud Ancient Bear and said with a smile, “Old bear, you don’t need to show an appearance like you suffered bitterly and have a deep hatred. In these 200 years, your strength also increased considerably. So shouldn’t you thank me?”
Ye Yuan’s seclusion took 200 years’ time.
The Obstructed Tillage Spirit Eye’s abundant energy also made Ye Yuan’s realm rise rapidly within the 200 years, breaking through to Ninth Firmament Divine Lord in one stroke.
The three fierce beasts naturally also had a great increase in strength under such berserk spiritual energy.
Presently, their strength was already comparable to a human Second Firmament Celestial Deity.
Seeing Ye Yuan mention it, the old bear smiled embarrassedly and said, “Heh heh, isn’t it still all thanks to you?”
Ye Yuan said coolly, “Good that you know!”
When those few disciples heard Ye Yuan and the Desolate Cloud Ancient Bear chatting, each and every one of them was shocked until it could not be greater.
When could a human chat so peacefully with fierce beasts?
Furthermore, Ye Yuan was just a Ninth Firmament Divine Lord!
Hearing them talk, Ye Yuan seemed to live in this Firecloud Peak.
Wasn’t it said that Firecloud Peak was still a barren land, people who opened up abodes all died here?
Then … what was going on here?”
Ye Yuan glanced at the Crimson Tail Grass not far away and said coolly, “You guys are here to look for the Crimson Tail Grass?”
Lin Fan drew a deep breath and said with clasped hands, “Yes. Junior Apprentice Brother, could this place be … your abode?”
Ye Yuan slowly nodded, considered to have tacitly acknowledged it, and responded with a question, “Which sub-peak are you all from?”
Lin Fan did not dare to dawdle and answered, “The few of us are from Heavenly Heart Peak. Because we received the sect’s missions and need to use the Crimson Tail Grass, that’s why we came to Firecloud Peak. We didn’t expect to disturb Junior Apprentice Brother’s quiet cultivation.”
Ye Yuan waved his hand and said, “It just so happens that I exited seclusion today. Otherwise, Old Bear probably won’t let you guys off.”
His words made everyone’s hearts clench, secretly thinking that they got lucky.
That slap of Old Bear smacking down earlier, none of them could escape!
But what surprised them even more was that this rank five fierce beast was actually guarding Ye Yuan’s door.
Who in the world was this guy?
Opening up an abode on Firecloud Peak, this young man should be Tianying Peak’s disciple. But when did Tianying Peak produce such a monstrous existence?
Ye Yuan suddenly thought of something and asked Lin Fan, “Oh, right, I have a good brother called Han Yong, also at your Heavenly Heart Peak. Not seeing him for 200 years, I wonder how he’s been doing recently?”
After the entrance examination back then, Ye Yuan, Han Yong, Yang Fan, and the rest were assigned to different sub-peaks.
Han Yong, Yang Fan, and the rest had their own lineages as backers. The sub-peaks that they were assigned to naturally would not be too lousy as well.
Heavenly Heart Peak was already considered average level among the nine peaks, the resources were still rather abundant.
Mentioning Han Yong, Lin Fan’s face could not help changing.
Ye Yuan’s heart thumped, immediately having a foreboding premonition.
His expression turned cold, a terrifying aura crept out from his body.
“What’s wrong with him?”
Feeling Ye Yuan’s powerful aura, Lin Fan felt like he was almost suffocating.
That was the aura of death!
Only now did he know that similarly Ninth Firmament Divine Lords, but Ye Yuan was god knows how many times stronger than him!
“After Han Yong entered the sect, he improved very quickly and became an outer-sect elite very fast. But, in the last Nine Peaks Competition, Han Yong ran into Heavenly Bud Peak’s Zhong Hanlin. In the end, he was dealt a deadly blow by Zhong Hanlin on the stage. Now … Now, he’s already a cripple, being relegated as a miscellaneous affairs disciple.”
When Lin Fang said finish, he discovered that a layer of frost already hung on Ye Yuan’s face, and his heart could not help pounding.
He seemed to have seen a blazing fury on Ye Yuan’s body.
This was bristling with anger, right?
“You guys pick the Crimson Tail Grass and leave,” Ye Yuan suddenly said.
Lin Fan was akin to being granted amnesty, being endlessly grateful toward Ye Yuan. Only then did he bid farewell and left.
After the few people left, Ye Yuan’s face was cold as frost as he gritted his teeth and said, “Qian Ye, Zhong Hanlin, you guys are really ballsy enough!”
Ye Yuan naturally understood in his heart. Han Yong was remembered by Zhong Hanlin, and hence, he was being implicated by him.
His feud with the Soaring Flower lineage grew deeper and deeper.
Han Yong this person was very crude, but he was very straightforward and also very loyal. He was deserving of being a good brother.
“Old Bear, you guys help me watch over the abode well. I have some matters and need to go somewhere,” Ye Yuan said to the old bear.
Old Bear nodded and said, “Relax, with the three of us around, unless it’s the Shadowmoon Sect’s deacon powerhouses that come, otherwise, no one can touch this place!”
Ye Yuan nodded his head, feet striding out, his figure disappearing from Firecloud Peak.
Chapter 1804. Avenging Grievances if There Are, Taking Revenge if There“s Grudge |
Smack!
“Made you transport a few pieces of heavy gold stones and you took your own sweet time! You didn’t eat rice? I say, you good-for-nothing, what use do you have? Why don’t you go and die?”
A Seventh Firmament Divine Lord supervisor held a whip in his hands, landing it viciously on a burly man.
That lashing was deep until bone could be seen.
Bang!
He still did not vent his anger like this and followed up with a kick onto that burly man’s body, directly kicking him flying.
When the burly man landed on the ground, he immediately vomited out a large mouthful of fresh blood.
A dozen over miscellaneous affairs disciples stood in front of that supervisor, each and every one incomparably respectful. No one dared to come forward.
The supervisor was wearing the outfit of Heavenly Heart Peak’s disciples. He was very eye-catching.
Han Yong struggled to stand up, gaze looking at the supervisor coldly, clenching his jaws tightly.
“Yoo, temper isn’t small! Still dare to glare at me? I’ll make you stare!”
Smack!
Another whip lashed over. The flesh on Han Yong’s face was taken out, looking gruesome and savage.
That supervisor’s technique was clearly extremely accomplished. The divine essence used was just right. This whip landing would not kill people, but it would absolutely flay apart skin and flesh, with the pain penetrating into the marrows.
Han Yong had a dark expression as he gritted his teeth and said, “Du Zichuan, I went up the mountain to deliver heavy gold stones, but I just happened to run into Li Jinyao. Then he made me go do stuff. You dare say that this wasn’t arranged by you?”
Du Zichuan said angrily when he heard that, “Insolent thing, a mere miscellaneous affairs disciple actually dares to slander an outer-sect disciple! Have you eaten a bear’s heart or leopard’s gall?”
Smack!
F
inished talking, it was another whipping.
Du Zichuan said disdainfully, “Do you think that you’re still that high and mighty genius disciple? You’re merely a good-for-nothing now! A complete and utter trash! Hahaha …”
With Han Yong being seriously injured by Zhong Hanlin that time, even though he went through a period of healing, he was already unable to return to his peak state.
The current Han Yong’s realm fell drastically and only had Third Firmament Divine Lord cultivation.
So in front of Du Zichuan, he did not have the strength to retaliate at all.
Han Yong had a dark look on his face as he gritted his teeth and said, “You lackey, if you have the capabilities, kill me! Otherwise, there will come a day where you’ll regret it!”
He had a stubborn temper. Although he was humiliated in all kinds of ways, he never gave in.
Du Zichuan laughed loudly and said, “Kill you? Why do I have to kill you? I’m currently happy every day; wouldn’t killing you miss out on a lot of fun? Moreover, Senior Apprentice Brother Zhong made me entertain you well! But this time, I’m really not happy anymore. So, you suffer my wrath then!”
Finished talking, Du Zichuan’s whip landed on Han Yong’s body like a venomous snake’s tongue flashing out.
This guy was clearly a master of torturing people. Each lash landing, the flesh and skin on Han Yong’s body would be taken out.
This was not fatal, but it was even more horrible than death.
Han Yong was beaten until he kept rolling on the ground, but refused to make any bit of sound, forcefully enduring it.
Smack!
The whip sounded out but did not land this time.
Du Zichuan’s expression changed. He only felt a blur before his eyes, and a person suddenly appeared in front of him.
That person grabbed the whip firmly in his hand. No matter how Du Zichuan tried to move his whip, he was unable to pull it out.
Du Zichuan’s face flushed red from exertion as he said, “L-Let go!”
A cold light glinted in Ye Yuan’s eyes, his wrist lightly shaking, and the whip slipped out of his hand.
Du Zichuan was startled inwardly and said with a grim expression, “Who … Who are you, to dare act wildly on my Heavenly Heart Peak? Do … Do you know who I am?”