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Ye Yuan did not have the slightest sympathy, reading Senior Apprentice Sister Xun’s divine soul roughly.
One scene after another flashed across in Ye Yuan’s mind. The more he looked, the angrier he got.
It turned out that the Northern Border had a region called Northernmost Steppe. That place was a land of bitter coldness, factions complicated and complex. Things were not well-defined like the Southern Border, belonging to some Heavenly Emperor Bodhimanda.
That place was a no man’s land. Heavenly Emperors did not have any interest in this region at all. Hence, it was divided up by major and minor forces.
But as a matter of fact, there were nine great Empyrean-level factions that were the strongest here.
This Ice Cloud Tower was one of the Empyrean-level forces.
Roughly a thousand years ago, Lu-er appeared at the Northernmost Steppe by some unknown means and was taken fancy on by the Ice Cloud Tower’s master. She was then taken in as a disciple.
Back then, Lu-er was merely Heaven Glimpse Realm, but the Ice Cloud Tower’s cultivation method was extremely suitable for Lu-er.
By relying on the Profound Yin Divine Physique, her cultivation speed was extremely fast.
Over a thousand years, she already cultivated to True God Realm. At present, she was already a Fifth Firmament True God powerhouse.
Of course, this was also all thanks to Ye Yuan.
Back then, he helped Lu-er’s Nine Yin Divine Link Meridian to improve further with divine pills, evolving to become the Profound Yin Divine Physique. That was how there was the present Lu-er.
But walking along this path, Lu-er suffered considerable hardships.
This Senior Apprentice Sister Xun was envious that not only was Lu-er pretty, but her cultivation talent was also even extremely high.
In fact, back then, because Lu-er violated a rule, she hung Lu-er up to beat, beating until Lu-er nearly died.
If not for Second Senior Sister helping out later, Ye Yuan probably would not be able to see Lu-er anymore.
Of course, although this Senior Apprentice Sister Xun was jealous, she only listened to others.
The one who really wanted to deal with Lu-er was Eldest Senior Sister, He Xiangyun!
As for that Ice Cloud Tower’s master, she had an attitude of letting things take their course.
Although this Ice Cloud Tower’s was a female force, under the environment of the Northernmost Steppe, they were mostly self-centered, and would not care about the life and death of the people below at all.
In this Ice Cloud Tower, to really talk about treating Lu-er well, there was only Second Senior Sister, Yang Fei-er.
This time, the reason why Xun Qingling came to find Ye Yuan was because another of the Northernmost Steppe’s Empyrean-level force’s young lord took fancy on Lu-er, intimidating the Ice Cloud Tower’s tower master with threats and beguiling with benefits, making her marry Lu-er to him.
The Ice Cloud Tower’s master could not resist the temptation and finally still agreed.
It was just that Lu-er threatened to die. That was how the Ice Cloud Tower’s master did not succeed.
Lu-er’s thoughts were pure and her feelings for Ye Yuan were known by Eldest Senior Sister He Xiangyun long ago. Hence, she suggested to the Ice Cloud Tower’s master to capture Ye Yuan to threaten Lu-er, and force Lu-er to give in.
The moment the Ice Cloud Tower’s master heard this, she was overjoyed and immediately allowed it.
Because she knew that the place Ye Yuan was at was merely an imperial city, so sending Xun Qingling over was already more than sufficient.
It was just that the Ice Cloud Tower’s master never dreamed that with Ye Yuan’s present strength, killing Xun Qingling was merely a matter of flicking a finger.
Moreover, Heavenly Eagle Imperial City’s strength at present was not the slightest bit weaker than Ice Cloud Tower.
What was laughable was that Xun Qingling and co. thought that they were powerful and came over to capture people without even making inquiries, resulting in being directly annihilated by Ye Yuan.
“You all, very good!”
When he said this, Ye Yuan’s teeth creaked from grinding.
When the Ning Tianping and Bai Chen by the side saw this scene, they could not help secretly being speechless.
They did not know what Ye Yuan saw in Xun Qingling’s divine soul, but they rarely saw such a furious expression on Ye Yuan before. It could be seen that Ye Yuan was already enraged to the extreme.
“Y-Your Excellency spare our lives!” How could the few girls still have any proud appearance? They were already terrified to the extreme.
“Heh, this Ye isn’t someone who kills indiscriminately. It’s just that you all normally treated Lu-er like that, so you can’t be spared!”
Finished talking, Ye Yuan waved a hand. Several streaks of sword energy fired out, directly blasting the four people to mere residue.
These four people were all Xun Qingling’s accomplices. In these 1000 years, there were no few instances of bullying Lu-er and even quite a few times of harming Lu-er to death. How could Ye Yuan spare them?
After killing four people, Ye Yuan sucked in a deep breath, forcefully calmed down, and said, “Invite Senior Bai Tong they all over.”
Hearing that Ye Yuan was going to the northern land, everyone was very worried.
After all, arriving at that sort of place, no one knew Grandmaster Ye.
If anything mishap happened, that would not be good.
Bai Tong frowned and said, “Why not … I go together with you.”
Ye Yuan shook his head and said, “At present, Heavenly Eagle has just stabilized. Forces everywhere are casting covetous eyes, so there must be an Empyrean-level powerhouse holding down the fort. All of you stay. Just Tianping following me will do.”
Bring Bai Tong over would naturally be much more secure.
But the Southern Border was not calm and tranquil. Empyrean Pilljade and the rest were all casting covetous eyes. Without an Empyrean-level powerhouse holding down the fort, Ye Yuan could not set his mind at rest.
Through several years of seesawing and negotiations, the Myriad Treasure Tower and Heavenly Eagle joined the Southern Border Alliance once more.
With this battle, the Myriad Treasure Tower was naturally the greatest beneficiary, but Heavenly Eagle Imperial City’s limelight was the brightest.
As the saying went, the winds howl around the highest peaks, it was impossible for Empyrean Pilljade they all to willingly be suppressed just like this. Perhaps some troubles would occur.
Bai Tong was not just an Empyrean powerhouse, but a Seven-star Alchemy God too. With him garrisoning Heavenly Eagle, Ye Yuan could naturally be much more reassured.
“Yun Yi, when Master isn’t around, this land of Southridge will be presided over by you. If you encounter anything that can’t be resolved, consult Senior Bai, understood?” Ye Yuan instructed.
Yun Yi nodded and said, “Yes, Master!”
After arranging everything for Heavenly Eagle, Ye Yuan brought along Ning Tianping. The two embarked on the journey to the Northernmost Steppe.
Chapter 2068. Just Telling the Truth |
The Northernmost Steppe was said to be a grassland, but actually, it was merely a wasteland.
The area here was vast, with fierce beasts everywhere.
The humans living here had to band up together to keep warm, gathering together.
It was also precisely because of this that the people here were stubborn and unruly, killing people at the drop of a hat.
Only the strong could survive here.
This place was a magical place where martial artists formed factions and gangs, for the sake of benefits and murdering each other.
But each beast tide, they were able to put aside all grievances and resist the fierce beasts.
Jiu Luo Ji was such a place.
The northern land was extremely cold. The air here seemed to be able to freeze people into ice sculp
tures.
Even if one’s cultivation reached True God Realm, you could feel the bone-piercing chill too.
This place was the world of ice law. Hence, the moment people were born, they would grasp a law, that was ice law.
Hence, the martial artists here were powerful and often grasped more than two laws.
At this time, inside a small tavern in Jiu Luo Ji, martial artists were gathered in twos and threes, drinking and chatting.
This was the way of life of martial artists in their leisure time; warming their bellies with strong alcohol and chatting about the affairs of this Northernmost Steppe.
Hence, the tavern’s business was very good.
A man and a woman, two young people wearing fur skirts entered the small tavern and did not find a space after looking around for a long time, their expression somewhat disappointed.
The girl pointed at a corner and said, “Big Brother, look! The table over there only has two people sitting. Why won’t we go over and share tables?”
In a corner, two young men were currently drinking alcohol. One of them was all wrapped up and still freezing until he was trembling. The other was dressed in thin attire, but he seemed to be completely fine.
The man nodded his head and said, “Come, go over and take a look.”
The two people came beside the table. The man clasped his hands and said, “This little brother, I’m Southwater Street’s Wu Song, and this is my younger sister, Wu Ling. You look, this Raging Fire Tavern’s business is too good. Can we share tables?”
The young man dressed lightly sipped a mouthful of wine and said coolly, “Sit.”
The brother and sister two people were overjoyed and directly sat down opposite and shouted, “Waiter, bring four jugs of Raging Fire Brew!”
“Alright!”
Far away, the waiter shouted at the top of his voice.
Very soon, four jugs of Raging Fire Brew were served. Wu Song opened the seals and directly swigged a mouthful, saying with a smile, “Refreshing! Haha … this little brother, come, cheers!”
The young man opposite raised his glass in a slight gesture and sipped another mouthful of alcohol.
When Wu Ling saw the appearance of rejecting people a thousand miles away opposite, she curled her mouth and said, “Putting on an appearance!”
Wu Song laughed and said, “Little Brother, don’t blame her. This younger sister of mine doesn’t think before talking. Wonder how do I address you two brothers?”
“Ji Qingyun!”
“Ning Tianping!”
The two people answered one after another.
These two people were precisely the Ye Yuan master and servant who crossed over the Heavenspan Mountain and borders to come.
Currently, more than 50 years had already passed since Senior Apprentice Sister Xun and the rest went to Heavenly Eagle.
The master and servant two people went through many twists and turns, and were travel-weary, finally hurrying to the Northernmost Steppe half a year ago.
But they did not take action immediately. With the two of their strength, even if they barged into the Ice Cloud Tower, it was also impossible to rescue Lu-er.
Fortunately, Ye Yuan ascertained that Lu-er was fine for the time being. Hence, he started planning how to save Lu-er.
Arriving here, it was naturally not suitable for Ye Yuan to use his original name, so he simply used his previous life’s name.
“Haha, turns out that it’s Brother Ji and Brother Ning! I’ll gift these two jugs of wine to you two. Just take it as thanking the two of you for offering your seats,” Wu Song pushed two jugs of wine forward and said.
Ye Yuan nodded slightly and said, “Then this Ji won’t be courteous.”
Wu Song sized Ye Yuan up and could not resist the questions in his heart and said, “Isn’t Brother Ji cold wearing so lightly?”
Speaking of which, this master and servant two people were weird too. One wore very little but was aloof and indifferent, while the other wore very thickly but was trembling heavily.
Ye Yuan smiled and said, “Not cold.”
By the side, Ning Tianping could not resist rolling his eyes, his gaze full of envy.
He also did not expect that this trip out was actually such a tough errand.
With his presently Third Firmament True God cultivation, he was actually trembling from the cold like a mortal.
But his lord was not at all unadapted to this kind of environment.
This guy had a late-stage perfect sixth transformation golden body and did not know what cold was at all.
Wu Ling snickered and said, “Putting on airs! In my view, he’s definitely keeping out the cold with divine essence, but doesn’t know that this is a big taboo in the Northernmost Steppe. If you encounter any enemies and only have 70-80% divine essence left, there’s no difference from seeking death.”
Divine essence keeping out the cold, this could indeed resist the chill.
It was just that in the Northernmost Steppe, no one dared to do so.
Because at this place, there were murders to seize property at the drop of a hat, or fighting with fierce beasts in the wilderness. One must maintain their peak state.
Divine essence to ward off the cold had to deplete large amounts of divine essence under this kind of extremely cold weather.
Once encountering the enemy, it would be too late to even cry.
Ning Tianping was just about to flare up when he heard that, but Ye Yuan smiled and said, “Huhu, this Ji has plenty of divine essence and isn’t afraid to consume it.”
Wu Ling could not help choking when she heard that and said with a cold snort, “Don’t listen to an elderly person’s advice and you’ll suffer right away! Really won’t be rewarded for good intentions!”
Wu Song was a little awkward by the side and said with a laugh, “My younger sister is frank with a ready tongue. Come, this Wu drinks a toast to two brothers.”
Finished drinking, Wu Song put down the wine jug, wiped his mouth, and said, “Refreshing! In this Jiu Luo Ji, it’s still the Raging Fire Brew that has the strongest kick. Drinking a mouthful down is like a ball of fire burning. Comparing the alcohol of other taverns to it, they are still much more lacking! Brother Ji, you’re also into this alcohol, right?”
Ye Yuan shook his head slightly when he heard that and said, “This alcohol is just average, still passable.”
Wu Song’s brows furrowed when he heard that, thinking to himself that this kid was indeed something who put on airs. Would you die if you did not trigger people?
The Raging Fire Brew was a strong drink that was renown far and wide and deeply loved by the martial artists in the steppe.
But reaching Ye Yuan’s mouth, it became average, passable.
Even if Wu Song was broad-minded, he nearly spewed a mouthful of alcohol over too.
Who knew that this tavern’s boss had sharp ears and actually heard Ye Yuan’s words. He immediately laughed coldly and said, “Lad, don’t be so arrogant when speaking! In this Jiu Luo Ji, who doesn’t know that our Raging Fire Tavern’s Raging Fire Brew is akin to a fire on the grasslands, and mandatory for the grassland’s martial artists. Even compared to the medicinal pills of masters, it doesn’t pale in the slightest too.”
All around, people who loved to drink all had unhappy expressions too.
“Kid, your hair isn’t even fully grown yet and you dare to posture here?”
“Then kid, you’re wearing so little, is it using divine essence to ward off the chill? If you have the capability, don’t drink this alcohol.”
“Raging Fire Brew is Your Father’s favorite! Are you f*cking trying to court death!”
…
Ye Yuan’s one sentence immediately ignited the tavern.
Wu Long snickered by the side and said, “See, I knew it! Putting on an appearance, you incurred public wrath now, right?”
Rather, it was Wu Song who was kind hearted, hurriedly standing up to clasp his hands at everyone, saying, “H
aha, brothers don’t mind it, this brother of mine misspoke after drinking, misspoke after drinking!”
The tavern’s boss had a cold smile on his face as he said, “Misspoke after drinking? Heh heh, if you feel that my alcohol isn’t good, don’t drink if you have the capability! Go, go, go! This place doesn’t welcome you!”
Ye Yuan shrugged and said, “I was just telling the truth, don’t drink … then don’t drink then. Either way, it’s also dull and tasteless.”
Chapter 2069. Sunshine Glow |
“Dull and tasteless? F*cking hell!”
When the tavern boss heard Ye Yuan’s words, he was angered until he stomped his feet.
When the others saw this scene, other than finding it funny, they could not help pitying Ye Yuan.
This tavern’s boss was called Zhang Tu. In his early years, he killed people and committed arsons. His evil deeds knew no limits. His strength also reached middle-stage True God Realm and was not a good person.
All the way until acquiring this Raging Fire Brew’s formula later did he open the Raging Fire Tavern here.
The tavern’s boss directly dashed in front of Ye Yuan in rapid steps and said with a cold smile, “Kid, I, Zhang Tu, have sold the Raging Fire Brew in this Jiu Luo Ji for ten thousand years and have never heard anyone say that it’s dull and tasteless before! If you don’t give an explanation today, don’t think about walking out of this door!”
Everyone used pitying gazes to look at Ye Yuan. Jiu Luo Ji’s veteran folks all knew that this Zhang Tu was not to be trifled with.
Otherwise, with his Raging Fire Brew being highly in demand, could it be that no one dared to have designs on him?
It was that no one dared, that’s all!
Wu Ling rolled her eyes and said, “How? Made people angry, right? Why don’t you have a lid over your mouth? See how you clean up the mess!”
Wu Song shot a fierce glare at her. Turning around with a fawning smile, he said to Zhang Tu, “Boss Tu, this little brother of mine just has arrived and doesn’t know the rules. Don’t stoop to his level.”