Of course, the increase in dragon wave made the power of the Void Dragon Shadow Punch have a substantial increase too. But because Ye Yuan’s Scorching Supreme True Intent still remained at a standstill, this limited the increase of Ye Yuan’s strength.
The remaining half a month, Ye Yuan was constantly cultivating the Spirit Bristle Nine Yang Divine Art’s seventh layer martial technique —- Blazing Sun Heavenly Fire!
This time, Ye Yuan did not cultivate in seclusion with a one-track-mind.
He thought of a possibility, since the Vast Heaven Stele was able to help him comprehend concepts, then if he entered the Vast Heaven Stele’s space to cultivate this martial technique, would he comprehend it faster or not?
Ye Yuan visualized the Blazing Sun Heavenly Fire and entered the Vast Heaven Stele’s space. He discovered that inside the Vast Heaven Stele’s space, there was actually a transparent silhouette battling him with Blazing Sun Heavenly Fire!
Furthermore, this transparent person’s Blazing Sun Heavenly Fire was actually at minor accomplishment!
This discovery made Ye Yuan pleasantly surprised!
Such an opponent was simply tailor-made for him!
This half a month’s time, Ye Yuan was demolished by this transparent person goodness knows how many times. Finally, it made his Blazing Sun Heavenly Fire reach minor accomplishment!
This sort of cultivation speed was simply rated as horrifying!
One had to know what when Ye Yuan comprehended the Void Fire Mark back then, he spent quite a few month’s time.
But the difficulty of the Blazing Sun Heavenly Fire was god knows how many times greater than the Void Fire Mark.
Ye Yuan actually only used half a month to cultivate the Blazing Sun Heavenly Fire to minor accomplishment.
As such, his Scorching Supreme True Intent also smoothly broke through to the second-stage!
Two months later, Ye Yuan exited seclusion fully satisfied and contented.
After exiting seclusion, the first one he went to find was naturally Demon king Nalan Chu.
What made Ye Yuan surprised was that when he found Nalan Chu, that gray-robed middle-aged man, Mo Shang, actually just happened to be present.
The moment Nalan Chu saw Ye Yuan, it was like he saw his savior. He hurriedly pulled him to one side and said, “Oh my Young Lord, you finally exited seclusion! If you still don’t leave seclusion, my doorway will be trampled broken!”
Ye Yuan took a look at Nalan Chu and glanced at Mo Shang, and instantly knew what happened in this period of time.
Looks like those few exalts all did not give up!
Unable to find him, they actually set their eyes on Nalan Chu.
Looking at Nalan Chu, Ye Yuan smiled and said, “Huhu, don’t act meek after receiving benefits! These two months, accepted gifts until your hands became weak, right?”
Nalan Chu’s face involuntarily reddened when he heard that. He was just about to explain when he heard Ye Yuan say again, “Heh, if you accepted, then keep it. Since lord exalts they all are so courteous, we can’t fail to appreciate favors either!”
Ye Yuan knew that these exalts finding him one by one was definitely not taking fancy on his potential, but because he had some areas for them to exploit.
In this sort of place like the Chaotic Devil Sea, if one naively thought that their talent was regarded highly by some important figure and want to groom heavily, then the final outcome would definitely be very tragic.
Since that was the case, why not take it since there were benefits?
But Nalan Chu passed Ye Yuan a storage ring and said, “The gifts I accepted are all here. These gifts were gifted targeted at you. It should belong to you.”
But Ye Yuan smiled and pushed it back, saying, “If they gave you, just take it. Being polite for what? Could it be that you think they will still treat me shabbily?”
Finished talking, Ye Yuan circled around Nalan Chu and clasped his hands towards Mo Shang, saying with a smile, “What a nice mood Senior Mo Shang is in, to actually come here and be a guest.”
Mo Shang smiled bitterly when he heard that and said, “You, this brat, really can’t do anything about you! Don’t tell me that you don’t know my intentions for coming!”
Ye Yuan smiled and refrained from commenting.
Mo Shang could not help being somewhat gloomy about his blow landing on cotton. But he opened his mouth again, “Senior, this word, I don’t deserve it! You’re a powerhouse on the Heaven Carnage Proclamation now too! Logically speaking, we should be of the same generation. If you don’t mind, just call me Elder Brother Mo.”
Ye Yuan froze. He had yet to understand what was going on when Nalan Chu explained, “The other day, the new issue of the Heaven Carnage Proclamation and Earth Carnage Proclamation were already published. Your name appeared on the 495th place of the Heaven Carnage Proclamation! This matter has already caused a huge commotion in the Asura Arena.”
Only when Ye Yuan heard did he come to realize it.
He himself also did not think that he would actually get on the Heaven Carnage Proclamation.
But Ye Yuan estimated his strength presently a little, beating Sixth Level Phaseless martial artists shouldn’t be anything difficult. Getting on the Heaven Carnage Proclamation did not seem to be something hard to believe either.
It was just that, what made Ye Yuan surprised was that he was in closed-seclusion for two months and his strength had a tremendous increase. Such a thing actually could not hide from the Heaven’s Secret Tower’s eyes and ears.
This Heaven’s Secret Tower was seriously mysterious until it made people feel terrified.
Ye Yuan in closed-door seclusion, if he was spied on by others, it was impossible to not detect anything at all. Then how did Heaven’s Secret Tower come to know that he had the strength to leap realms and battle?
“Elder Brother Mo, even if Younger Brother, I, got on the Heaven Carnage Proclamation, compared to you, I’m afraid the disparity is still too great, right? You already said that Exalt Netherkill is extremely stringent in selecting slaughter generals, why would he pick me?” Ye Yuan asked with a smile that was not a smile.
Actually, Ye Yuan already had some guesses in his heart. It was just that he still needed to confirm it through Mo Shang’s mouth.
Although Ye Yuan gleaned considerable benefits in the Chaotic Devil Sea, he did not forget his objective of coming here.
Long Teng was still in slumber and needed Skandha Divine Stones to nourish.
And Skandha Divine Stones was the Chaotic Devil Sea’s local specialty!
This matter, very few in the outside world knew. But with Ji Qingyun’s status, he was naturally aware.
Skandha Divine Stones were inside the Heavenly Slaughter Pit!
Mo Shang did not hesitate. Opening his mouth, he said, “One month later, the Heavenly Slaughter Pit will be opening! When the time comes, the 12 Exalts will bring a large group of subordinates to enter inside! And you will play a major crucial role!”
Chapter 896 - Conditions
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“Heavenly Slaughter pit?” Ye Yuan intentionally pretended to not know.
Mo Shang nodded his head. Darting a glance at Nalan Chu, Nalan Chu got the meaning and left on his own accord.
After Nalan Chu left, Mo Shang explained, “This is a secret only limited to slaughter general-class to know! The Asura Arena has limitless good stuff and also a set of slaughter rules that the outside world doesn’t. And these all originate from the Heavenly Slaughter Pit!”
“The Heavenly Slaughter Pit is an ancient battlefield, and also a land where gods fall! There are inexhaustible treasures inside. Of course, it also comes with tremendous danger. The Heavenly Slaughter Pit opens once every ten years. And two months later is precisely the ten-year date.”
Ye Yuan’s face made a surprised expression at the right time, but asked, “What does that have to do with me?”
Mo Shang said, �
�Entering the Heavenly Slaughter Pit the last time, the exalts discovered a grotto. And opening the grotto requires dragon race bloodline.”
Ye Yuan came to a realization when he heard that. No wonder these exalts were all like flies, watching closely and not letting go.
“In that case, I’m a rare commodity in short supply right now? It’s just … ten years passed all at once, these Exalts can’t have not prepared any backup plans, right?” Ye Yuan said with a smile that was not a smile.
Although dragon race bloodline was scarce, as long as one searched seriously, they could still find some.
Since these exalts got their eyes on that grotto, it was impossible to not find martial artists carrying dragon blood in these ten years.
“That is, of course! It’s just that martial artists carrying dragon race bloodline aren’t easy to find. The ones who found dragon blood martial artists now are only four or five exalts.” Mo Shang.
“Since they already found four or five, why do they still want to come looking for me?” Ye Yuan could not help asking curiously.
“That, I’m not too sure. Maybe they took a liking to your strength. Because that grotto, exalts can’t enter! Furthermore, since it requires dragon race bloodline, the treasures inside are very likely to be related to the dragon race. People carrying dragon race bloodline naturally have a greater chance of obtaining treasures.” Mo Shang guessed.
Hearing Mo Shang’s explanation, Ye Yuan could not help frowning and say, “Looks like, there were exalts who perished in that grotto?”
This sort of thing, one would only know after testing it out personally.
Mo Shang nodded and said, “The last time the Heavenly Slaughter Pit opened up, everyone accidentally stumbled upon and barged into the Dragon Sovereign Territory. As a result, two Exalts were directly obliterated by the rules inside! Exalt Si Yin and Exalt Blazing Fire were supplemented in after that.”
This Asura Arena had operated for several tens of thousands of years. But there had always been just 12 Exalts. Only after one of the exalts died, would the people below have a chance to fill in the vacancy to become an exalt.
However, even if there wasn’t the Dragon Sovereign Territory incident, the replacing of the 12 Exalts was also very frequent.
Virtually every time the Heavenly Slaughter Pit opened, there would be several exalts who die inside.
However, there were too many good stuff inside the Heavenly Slaughter Pit. Each time it opened, the exalts would advance and fill the gaps left by fallen comrades, and enter the Heavenly Slaughter Pit to seek treasures.
“Huhu, actually, It doesn’t matter to me. It’s just that since the exalts are unable to enter, how would he know how many treasures I annex inside?” Ye Yuan said with an indifferent look.
Mo Shang said, “Joining under the command of an exalt is not a verbal agreement, but swearing upon one’s own Absolute Kill Token! After swearing, the exalt and the slaughter general will reach a kind of agreement. Once the slaughter general violates the oath, his life and death will be up to the exalt to control. Of course, as long as you don’t go against the oath, the exalt won’t erase you either.”
Ye Yuan thought about it and said, “It seems like that I have no choice.”
Mo Shang nodded his head and said, “Under this sort of circumstances now, you indeed don’t have a choice anymore! If you reject all of the exalts, you’ll probably become their common enemy!”
Becoming the common enemy of the 12 Exalts, this did not sound like a fun thing no matter what.
But his life and death being controlled by others was clearly not Ye Yuan’s style.
“Then … speaking of which, why should I join under Exalt Netherkill’s command?” Ye Yuan said with a smile that was not a smile.
Mo Shang was clearly long prepared and said with a smile, “Lord Exalt has already promised, as long as you agree, entering the Dragon Sovereign Territory this time, all of the things you acquire will belong to Younger Brother Ye yourself. Lord Exalt he only wants one thing inside! I think that this promise, the other exalts are all unable to do it! Younger Brother Ye, you have just exited seclusion. I believe the other exalts will also come and look for you. At that time, Younger Brother Ye can do a comparison.”
Mo Shang was very confident. Because when Exalt Netherkill stated this condition, even he was taken aback too.
Who knew that Ye Yuan did not show a surprised expression and said with a smile, “Sounds pretty good! Then just as Elder Brother Mo says, this Ye will make a decision again after shopping around.”
Sending away Mo Shang, Ye Yuan could not help pondering.
Looks like the competition between the 12 Exalts was also quite fierce. Whatever fishy activities were going on in-between this, probably only they themselves would know.
Ye Yuan’s objective this trip was the Skandha Divine Stone. But hearing Mo Shang say so, he also became interested in this Dragon Sovereign Territory.
As for the Absolute Kill Token oath that Mo Shang talked about, Ye Yuan did not take it to heart. Some things, he would only do for Mo Shang to see.
With Ye Yuan’s tricks, how could wanting to control him be easy?
…
Indeed as Mo Shang predicted, a full day’s time, apart from Exalt Heavenly Hedonist, Exalt Blazing Fire, and Exalt Si Yin, the other nine Exalts all sent people over.
It was just that the terms these exalts offered were all not as generous as Exalt Netherkill.
Comparing them, it seemed like Ye Yuan could only agree to Exalt Netherkill.
What made Ye Yuan somewhat surprised was that Exalt Si Yin actually did not come over.
Looking at her behavior that day, she should regard Ye Yuan very highly. In the end, apart from Exalt Heavenly Hedonist and Exalt Blazing Fire, only Exalt Si Yin did not come.
Just as Ye Yuan thought that she would not come, at midnight, Si Yin actually came over personally.
“Exalt Si Yin gracing me with your grand presence, I’m truly honored by your visit!” Ye Yuan said with a smile.
Si Yin said expressionlessly, “Ye Yuan, you should know this exalt’s intention for coming, right? State your conditions. As long as you swear fealty to this exalt, this exalt can promise you any terms!”
But Ye Yuan smiled when he heard that and said, “Exalt Si Yin coming to find this Ye, isn’t it in order to catch up on old times?”
Si Yin’s expression changed, and she said with a cold snort, “Ye Yuan, this Exalt came personally and the conditions are up to you to state. Could it be that this sincerity is still not enough?”
Ye Yuan said smilingly, “Lord Exalt’s attitude isn’t right! If you want to talk about sincerity, Lord Exalt stating clearly your request this trip seems to have more sincerity, right?”
Ye Yuan was not some easy to hoodwink person. Si Yin, as an Exalt, lowered her attitude to come to find Ye Yuan personally, she definitely had considerable motives.
At least, Ye Yuan’s function to Si Yin was indispensable.
The more Ye Yuan obtained, the more he naturally had to pay as well. Maybe he kicks the bucket inside, then all of the promises would naturally vanish like mist and smoke too.
Including that Exalt Netherkill, he only wanted one thing inside. That thing was definitely not that easy to get.
These things, Ye Yuan had a score in his heart.
If he must pick an exalt, Ye Yuan actually leaned more towards Exalt Si Yin.
Chapter 897 - Coercing an Exalt
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Si Yin’s expression turned cold, clearly very displeased with this attitude of Ye Yuan.
She had become an exalt for close to ten years already. Who in this Asura Arena did not quake in their boots when they saw her?
But this brat still wet behind his ears before her eyes actually started shaking his tail feathers in front of her!
However, Si Yin really could not do without Ye Yuan this trip. Hence, that was why she humbled herself a
nd bent her knee to come and see Ye Yuan personally.
Ye Yuan was very popular right now. If she did not come personally, Ye Yuan definitely would not choose her.
“Humph! The terms they offer are good, but do you have the life to take it? The last time the Heavenly Slaughter Pit opened, the several dozen Phaseless Realm experts who entered the Dragon Sovereign Territory, only a measly few people came out! Your strength is decent, but that’s also just within Heaven Enlightenment Realm! You got to know that the ones going in this time are all Heaven Carnage Proclamation martial artists, while you merely rank at the end of the Heaven Carnage Proclamation!” Si Yin said with a cold snort.
This kind of thing naturally did not need Si Yin to remind. Ye Yuan understood in his heart. Except, want to cheat him, Ye Yuan, those few guys were probably not qualified enough yet.
It was just that Ye Yuan perceived some overtones from Si Yin’s words.
“Hearing the meaning in Lord Exalt’s words, seems like you’re not planning on entering the Dragon Sovereign Territory?”
Ye Yuan was rather curious. Since all of the exalts were very interested in the Dragon Sovereign Territory, that place should have quite a bit of treasures. But this Exalt Si Yin seemed to have other plans.
“The Dragon Sovereign Territory is merely just a giant scam. Wanting to obtain treasures from inside is even harder than ascending to the heavens! You follow this exalt, this exalt will naturally ensure your safety and even give you enormous benefits!” Si Yin offered the biggest ace in the hole.
No matter how great the treasures were, one also had to have the life to take it. This promise of Si Yin’s counted as giving Ye Yuan an insurance to both get benefits and also return safely.
However, Ye Yuan did not seem to buy it and said indifferently, “Say in detail.”
Si Yin was helpless and could only control her temper and said, “The last time this exalt entered the Heavenly Slaughter Pit, I discovered a grotto in a remote area. This Exalt merely just search for a bit at the peripherals, and I found a lot of good stuff. This exalt being able to become an exalt was all thanks to this grotto. It’s just that there is a stone gate there that is completely immune to essence energy. This exalt couldn’t open it even after racking my brain.”
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