by Feng Yise
"Yuan Fei, what about your fellow clansmen? If you leave, they'll probably be swallowed up by other powerful races," Ye Yuan enquired.
Not that Ye Yuan was unwilling to bring them away, but because there were simply too many Long-arm Stone Apes!
If he brought them all away, how would he settle them down?
These Long-arm Stone Apes, when brought outside, could virtually destroy a mortal country. There was no place safe to put such a colossal force.
If somebody with some bad intentions found them, these Long-arm Stone Apes could be in even greater danger than at the Endless Forest!
No matter how powerful Yuan Fei was, he was just a single person. Furthermore, the experts from some of the great sects were even stronger than Yuan Fei!
When Yuan Fei saw that Ye Yuan took the initiative to mention his clansmen, he felt incredibly touched.
If it were some other person, having acquired such a powerful helper, who would bother about the life and death of Yuan Fei's clansmen?
"Don't worry, Young Master. I have an extremely powerful spatial spirit artifact on me. It's ample to store my clansmen and me.
As he said, Yuan Fei flipped over his palm. A small-scale mini palace floated about his palm.
Ye Yuan's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile, "To think it's actually 128 restrictions spatial spirit artifact! This toy is probably extremely rare in the Endless World. Looks like you, Yuan Fei, are really fortuitous! No wonder only you among so many clansmen could awaken inherited memories and breakthrough to Tier 3."
Yuan Fei smiled. "If Young Master can help me breakthrough to Tier 4, you would be Yuan Fei's greatest fortuitous encounter!"
Ye Yuan chortled and said, "Relax. I won't let you down."
Chapter 142 - Chain Assassinations!
A 128 restrictions spirit artifact was practically the utmost limit of a spirit artifact.
If more restrictions were added, the spirit artifact would find it very hard to withstand the oppression of the restrictions. The final outcome would be the destruction of the spirit artifact.
Furthermore, spatial spirit artifacts were extremely scarce. A 128 restrictions spatial spirit artifact was even more valuable then.
If this spirit artifact were known to the outside world, it would surely set off a wave of bloodshed!
Ye Yuan did not expect that Yuan Fei actually possessed such a spirit artifact.
"Where did your spirit artifact come from, Yuan Fei?" Ye Yuan asked curiously.
"Back then when I was at peak Tier 2, although I awakened inherited memories, I remained unable to find the juncture for a breakthrough. Hence, I hardened my heart and entered the depths of the Endless Forest alone to seek out the opportunity for a breakthrough. Who knew that I would randomly barge into a human grotto. This spirit artifact was obtained from inside that grotto," Yuan Fei did not hide it and explained to Ye Yuan.
Ye Yuan was surprised. "A human grotto? Isn't the Endless Forest under the rule of demonic beasts? Why would there be a human grotto?"
Yuan Fei shook his head and said, "That I don't know. But I acquired this spirit artifact from the outermost area of that grotto. The inhibitions inside are overly powerful. I simply dared not go in too deep. Back then, I obtained several Demon Spirit Pills and this spatial spirit artifact inside the grotto, and then quietly retreated. I only broke through to Tier 3 after swallowing the Demon Spirit Pills."
"Oh? There's actually such things like Demon Spirit Pills inside that human martial artist's grotto? Looks like you, Yuan Fei, really have a tremendous fortune. Your future accomplishments definitely won't be low!" Ye Yuan said admirably.
From Yuan Fei's recount of the situation, his luck was simply freaking amazing!
Yuan Fei was only at peak Tier 2 back then. Entering deep into the Endless Forest was simply no different from courting death. But not only did he not die, he even bafflingly obtained the opportunity to breakthrough and successfully broke through to Tier 3.
And now, Yuan Fei encountered Ye Yuan. This could no longer be described as good luck!
Accompanying by Ye Yuan's side, as long as Yuan Fei did not die, his future accomplishments would be immeasurable!
Just like Yuan Fei said himself, meeting Ye Yuan was his greatest fortune!
"Thank you, Young Master!" Yuan Fei exclaimed respectfully.
Ye Yuan nodded and said, "Looks like this human grotto should be the temporary dwelling of some extremely powerful existence. This Endless Forest is really such an interesting place!"
Yuan Fei's words filled Ye Yuan with a deep curiosity about that grotto. After he became stronger, he must absolutely pay a visit to that grotto.
"Alright, there's no time to lose. Yuan Fei, quickly pack up and put your clansmen inside the spatial spirit artifact. Then follow me. You and your clansmen just stay inside the spatial spirit artifact normally to cultivate. When I need you, I'll naturally call for you," Ye Yuan instructed.
"Yes, Young Master!" Yuan Fei acknowledged and started to carry out the great migration feat.
This Crimson Summit Ridge was also a rich treasure land. Apart from the Crimson Soul Grass, there were quite a few other precious medicinal herbs.
As for those things, Ye Yuan naturally would not waste them. He made the apes pack them all up and deliver it inside the spatial spirit artifact.
Of course, to the present Ye Yuan, the most precious was still the Crimson Soul Grass.
Ye Yuan got three to four stalks of it from Yuan Fei and made him keep the rest away inside the spatial spirit artifact.
Once everything was settled, Yuan Fei and his clansmen all entered the spatial spirit artifact. Then, the spatial spirit artifact shrunk to become a small bead the size of a soybean and was carried on Ye Yuan's body.
. . . . . .
Ye Yuan and Feng Zhirou continued down the ridge. The Crimson Summit Ridge originally bustling with noise and excitement was abnormally still now.
But this sort of situation would not last long. What the Endless Forest lacked the least were demonic beasts. This place would soon be occupied by other demonic beasts.
There would naturally be a bout of fighting and killing over this, but that had nothing to do with Ye Yuan.
It could be said that he returned fully loaded from this trip to the Crimson Summit Ridge. Not only did he obtain the Crimson Soul Grass, he even subdued a Tier 3 demonic beast.
Feng Zhirou felt that she was still dreaming even now. This entire day and night's experience was overly bizarre.
"Am I still dreaming, Ye Yuan? Did we really subdue a Tier 3 demonic beast?"
"You can pinch yourself. If it hurts, that means you aren't dreaming. Ouch! I asked you to pinch yourself! What did you pinch me for?"
"You're actually in so much pain. Looks like this really isn't a dream! But I still feel like this isn't real. Ye Yuan, if you let out the Ape King and his clan, wouldn't they be able to directly obliterate the State of Qin?"
Ye Yuan said helplessly, "Don't be silly! Yuan Fei can't be exposed. He can only be used during crucial moments. Just think about it, if a Tier 3 demonic beast appeared in the human territories, what would be the outcome? Furthermore, Yuan Fei and the rest are hiding inside the spatial spirit artifact. If the spatial spirit artifact is exposed, forget about me, even the State of Qin will face annihilation! So we must keep our mouths tightly shut after we return, understood?"
Feng Zhirou had a casual personality. She just felt that having a Tier 3 demonic beasts subordinate was very glorious. She honestly did not think that the consequence would be so severe.
"No way? I was still thinking about bringing Yuan Fei out to show off just now. They actually can't even show their faces?" Feng Zhirou felt dejected.
Ye Yuan put on a solemn face when he saw that and said, "Senior Apprentice Sister, you must treat this matter as if it didn't happen when we return. Or else, the consequences are not something that you and I can bear!"
"Fine, fine! I understood already! I wo
n't even tell Aunty. Just relax!"
Feng Zhirou just had a more roguish personality, but she was no fool. Ye Yuan already spoke to such an extent, she obviously knew propriety.
Especially that spatial spirit artifact. That was virtually a ticking time-bomb!
The duo chatted as they walked and quickly descended the mountain.
The Crimson Soul Grass was already obtained, so the next step was the Pine Yang Fruit.
The place the Pine Yang Fruit grew at was called Gray Pine Forest. It was not really an extremely dangerous place, just the territory of a Tier 2 demonic beast.
Now that they had Yuan Fei, plucking the Pine Yang Fruit was effortless.
Walking, the pair reached a dense forest.
Killing intent appeared in a flash without any warning signs!
An arrow passed through layers of trees and shot toward Ye Yuan's heart at extreme speed!
The distance of this arrow was neither too far nor too near. It made Ye Yuan unable to detect it in advance and also did not give him the slightest bit of time to react!
However, Ye Yuan managed to react to it. His sensitivity towards qi activities was incomparable with regular Essence Qi Realms.
Spirit Void Shattering Space was executed right away as he leaped to the side, barely evading this arrow!
Just as Ye Yuan was planning on summoning Yuan Fei out, warning bells appeared again!
A figure charged out from the grass straight for the direction he dove towards!
That was to say, this evasion by Ye Yuan positioned him perfectly for the next wave of assassination!
A saber beam flashed past, and a powerful aura came from straight ahead. That was a full powered attack from a Fifth Level Spirit Condensation Realm!
Right at that moment, Ye Yuan also unleashed a palm!
Except that this palm of his was not aimed for the assassin, but towards the ground.
Stacking Waves Layered Palm, Eighth Layer Wave!
Rumble!
Dirt flew everywhere, and then Ye Yuan's figure could be seen forcefully changing its direction, and he had a close shave with that saber!
Chi! This saber still managed to graze lightly Ye Yuan's arm.
However, it was not over yet!
A third attack headed for Ye Yuan once more!
This was a chain assassination precise to the limits!
The other party calculated all of Ye Yuan's reactions!
Ye Yuan was in deadly danger!
Chapter 143 - Nine Swords Stance Completed!
The assassination this time was inter-connected, making a chain attack. It virtually took into account Ye Yuan's every reaction!
Just now, Ye Yuan borrowed the recoil from the Eighth Layer Wave to barely avoid the second attack.
But now, Ye Yuan was in midair. The third attack connected seamlessly without giving Ye Yuan any opportunity to catch his breath.
The grasp on timing was precise, and coordination was marvelous. It was virtually flawless!
More importantly, the strengths of these three people were extremely strong. All of them at the Fifth Level Spirit Condensation Realm and above.
For three Fifth Level Spirit Condensation Realm and above martial artists to lay down such an ingenious killing trap, it was simply an unavoidable certain death scenario!
"Ahh! Ye Yuan!" Feng Zhirou also reacted in a flash and was about to go over and help Ye Yuan.
But right then, another figure flashed out and shot directly at Feng Zhirou.
"Your opponent is me!" An azure figure attacked Feng Zhirou with unimaginable speed.
"It's you, Su Yishan!" Feng Zhirou angrily exclaimed in shock.
The two people instantly exchanged a blow. They were actually on par.
"Heh heh, if not, who do you think it is? Nanfeng Zhirou, this young master has chased after you for so much, but you refused to give any face. Today, I'm going to let you taste this young master's prowess!" Su Yishan smiled nastily.
As the Su Family's young patriarch, Su Yishan was naturally aware of Nanfeng Zhirou's true identity.
The Su Family's relationship with the Imperial Family had always been very delicate. Su Yishan had also pursued Nanfeng Zhirou for a very long time in the academy, but Nanfeng Zhirou always spoke bluntly to him.
Su Yishan had been pursuing Nanfeng Zhirou. On the one hand, it was in consideration for the Su Family's interests. On the other hand, it was obviously because of Nanfeng Zhirou's beauty.
Not only was Nanfeng Zhirou's looks outstanding, but she was also a famous ice beauty. How could Su Yishan not be moved?
Nanfeng Zhirou involuntarily flew into a great rage upon seeing Su Yishan tease her with words. "Such gall, Su Yishan! I'll definitely return and report to Imperial Father about this incident and make him administer punishment onto your Su Family!"
Su Yishan sneered coldly and said, "Then, you have to be able to go back first! Hehe, the dazzlingly gorgeous Senior Apprentice Sister and the super genius both fell in the Endless Forest. Truly lamentable!"
"With the likes of you?" Nanfeng Zhirou said with similarly a cold sneer.
. . . . . .
Over here, Su Yishan intercepted Nanfeng Zhirou. On the other side, Ye Yuan already arrived at the critical juncture of life and death!
Ye Yuan could naturally call out Yuan Fei at this time, but after he summoned him, he would already be a dead man.
The Chang trio brothers were clearly unaware that Ye Yuan had subdued Yuan Fei, but their chain assassination this time coincidentally sealed shut the possibility of Ye Yuan summoning Yuan Fei!
Chang One was born cautious. His investigation concerning Ye Yuan was also quite thorough.
Regardless of how much of a wastrel Ye Yuan was in the past, he was now currently an opponent that barred absolutely no negligence!
If they looked down on Ye Yuan just because he was at the Essence Qi Realm, they would definitely suffer a huge loss.
In reality, Ye Yuan's performance affirmed Chang One's thoughts.
If it were some other Essence Qi Realm martial artist, that deadly arrow from Chang Three would have already pierced through his heart. But not only did Ye Yuan evade Chang Three's arrow under the situation where it was impossible to change his body's inertia, he forcefully altered directions in midair!
This could no longer be described as being tough!
Two Fifth Level Spirit Condensation Realm's immaculate assassination was actually dodged ingeniously by a Ninth Level Essence Qi Realm!
But that was alright because Chang One himself was the person in charge of the final strike!
Chang One, a Sixth Level Spirit Condensation Realm expert!
Since the beginning when Ye Yuan entered the area they were lying in wait, Chang One was already acc.u.mulating his energy and waiting to release it, all for this final lethal blow.
This strike was a Sixth Level Spirit Condensation Realm martial artist's most powerful strike!
Due to the addition of that Eighth Layer Wave from Ye Yuan earlier, his current airborne speed was even faster than before!
And Chang One's speed was greater than Chang Two's. That was to say that Ye Yuan's and Chang One's speed which was greater than Chang Two's were coming together!
Chang One also used a sword. It seemed as if he already saw the result of Ye Yuan being gored through and breathing his last.
"Ah! Careful, Ye Yuan!"
Nanfeng Zhirou was entangled by Su Yishan and could not free herself. But she saw the scene of Ye Yuan about to be killed.
"Better take care of yourself first, Princess Nanfeng!"
Seeing Nanfeng Zhirou's reaction, Su Yishan also felt a wave of delight. That hateful Ye Yuan was finally about to die!
Boom!
Nanfeng Zhirou was sent flying and spat out blood on the spot.
But at the same time, the script did not play out according to Chang One's plan.
The tip of Chang One's sword was about to stab Ye Yuan when the scene before his eyes su
ddenly blurred. Nine Ye Yuans actually appeared at the same time in front of him!
Afterimages?
Ye Yuan was currently airborne, how could he possibly create afterimages?
And these nine Ye Yuans were incomparably realistic. Just which one was the real body?
Chang One's divine sense swept across these nine figures instantaneously, but to his shock, he discovered that these nine silhouettes were actually all real bodies!
What sort of situation was this? Seeing ghosts?
However, Chang One was currently like an arrow fitted to a string, being at the point of no return. He could not tolerate any hint of hesitation.
"Humph, paltry tricks! It's just camouflage!"
Chang One chose the centermost Ye Yuan without hesitation. That was also his initial target.
Creating afterimages under this sort of situation, it was ten to one a camouflage. The aim was to confound Chang One's senses.
And the true body had never changed from the very beginning!
Swoosh!
Chang One's body passed through the afterimage just like that.
There was no unsmooth feeling of penetrating a body. He passed through the air!
Chang One's heart involuntarily sunk.
To deal with a Ninth Level Essence Qi Realm, the three brothers employed all of their skills to its limits and meticulously laid out this certain death situation. The result was just making Ye Yuan suffer some light injuries?
When setting up the scenario, Chang One had absolute confidence that let alone a Ninth Level Essence Qi Realm, even a Seventh Level Spirit Condensation Realm would suffer major losses when caught unprepared.
Towards Ye Yuan, Chang One had already placed great emphasis until he could not think any higher of him. But the outcome still exceeded his expectations.
All the way up to now, Chang One could not figure out just how Ye Yuan created eight afterimages while in an airborne state.
Also, just which one was his real body?
Bang!
The Ye Yuan behind Chang One fell heavily onto the ground. Chang One also landed softly, appearing to be very relaxed without Ye Yuan's shabby appearance.