by Feng Yise
After reading Ye Hang's letter, Ye Yuan's brows knitted together.
Although Ye Hang did not mention in the letter what he was going to the Northern Domain to do, Ye Yuan could sense that the thing he was going to do was probably not so simple.
Otherwise, Father and Mother would not use this sort of method to say goodbye to him.
Linking it to some news he heard from Nanfeng Yi, Ye Hang and Ren Hongling were being hunted down in the State of Yan back then. From this, it could be seen that they could very well have a powerful enemy. Or else, they would not have come to the Southern Domain from the distant Northern Domain.
"Young Master, something happened to Owner? When can he come back?" Seeing Ye Yuan remain silent, Feng San could not help opening his mouth to ask.
"It's fine. They have something and need to go on a long trip. They probably can't return within a short period of time. In the future, there will be nobody from our Ye Family in the Fragrant Medicine Pavilion. We'll have to trouble Manager Feng to take care of it," Ye Yuan said with a smile.
"What are you saying, Young Master. Fragrant Medicine Pavilion is just like my home to me, Old Feng. After Owner comes back, I'll definitely give him back a proper and intact Fragrant Medicine Pavilion!" Feng San said.
"Haha, then thank you very much, Manager Feng. Since Father and Mother have already left, I won't stay either. I'll set off for the Tranquil Cloud Sect right away. Till we meet again, Manager Feng!" Ye Yuan waved goodbye to Feng San.
Feng San watched Ye Yuan's distant back view, tears flowing from his aged eyes.
In a blink of an eye, the Ye Family household became empty.
Chapter 215 - Sect Protecting Grand Array
Outside the capital, when Ye Yuan saw Nanfeng Ruoqing and Nanfeng Zhirou, he could not help being stupefied.
"Ye Yuan, you're really cold-blooded and heartless. You didn't even come and inform us before leaving!" Nanfeng Zhirou said huffily.
Ye Yuan smiled bitterly when he saw the situation and said, "Teacher Nanfeng, Senior Apprentice Sister, I was just afraid of not doing things properly, causing grief and pain from bidding farewell. That's why I left without telling the two of you. I didn't think that you two would actually come to send me off."
"Humph! Who came to send you off? We're here to see Senior Apprentice Brother Mo off!" Nanfeng Zhirou said.
Ye Yuan gave a faint smile. This lass really wanted to save face. To actually use this sort of method to deal with it. Didn't it seem too childish?
"Like that huh. I wonder what Senior Apprentice Sister is looking for Senior Apprentice Brother Mo for?" Ye Yuan asked.
"Tch, seeing your look of disbelief, you go and ask Senior Apprentice Brother Mo!"
Ye Yuan was stupefied. Looking at this lass's confident appearance, could it be that they really came to look for Mo Yuntian?
Nanfeng Ruoqing smiled and said, "You little girl, you really like to keep people guessing! Ye Yuan, we're actually preparing to go with you to the Tranquil Cloud Sect!"
"With Junior Apprentice Sister Nanfeng's Alchemy Dao standards, she could have actually entered the sect long ago. But she chose to stay in the academy for the State of Qin's Imperial Family. Now that the State of Qin's matters has concluded, she can also leave in peace. As for Nanfeng Zhirou, she's entering the sect under a retainer identity," Mo Yuntian explained.
Ye Yuan came to a realization after hearing this.
Thinking about it, Nanfeng Ruoqing's Alchemy Dao standards were not inferior to Yang Hao's. Since Yang Hao could become a core disciple, then she naturally had this qualification too.
Furthermore, under Ye Yuan's guidance, Nanfeng Ruoqing's Yin-Yang Separation Flow Technique was already at the entry-level stage. In terms of alchemy, she likely tossed Yang Hao far behind her already.
Ye Yuan knew that every core disciple could bring five retainers into the sect. Lu-er was also brought along under the retainer status.
Speaking of Lu-er, the frost poison in her body was already temporarily suppressed by the Essence Yang Pill. But with Ye Yuan's present strength, he was still unable to completely remove the root of the frost poison.
Hence, Lu-er still could not cultivate for the time being.
"So that's the case! Then didn't Teacher Nanfeng become Senior Apprentice Sister Nanfeng? Well, this way, I have an additional martial niece. Thinking about it, it's not too bad," Ye Yuan said smilingly.
"Hehe. Elder Sister Nanfeng became a generation younger instantly. How pitiful!" Lu-er could not resist covering her mouth to giggle.
Nanfeng Zhirou was so angry that she glared with round eyes and said furiously, "Who's your martial niece? I'm going to fight it out with you, Ye Yuan!"
Nanfeng Zhirou drew her sword and stabbed. Ye Yuan lightly dodged it. Now, forget about Nanfeng Zhirou joking around, even if she used her full strength, she also could not stab Ye Yuan.
Nanfeng Ruoqing smiled and said, "Alright, Zhirou. Senior Apprentice Brother Mo is still here, don't make a fool of yourself! Moreover, what Ye Yuan said is right. According to seniority, you're indeed his martial niece now."
Nanfeng Zhirou also knew that she could not beat Ye Yuan and said angrily, "Humph! I don't want to be his martial niece!"
After a round of quarreling, Nanfeng Zhirou refused to call Ye Yuan as Martial Uncle no matter what.
Mo Yuntian opened his mouth to say, "All right, it's getting late. Let's be on our way."
Finishing, Mo Yuntian casually waved. A small-scale flying boat appeared in front of everyone. This was a flying spirit artifact which could accommodate around ten people.
The group boarded the flying vessel and set off for the Tranquil Cloud Sect.
. . . . . .
After two days, the flying boat landed at a mountain with abundant spiritual qi.
This place was endowed with natural spirits and had multiple ranges of mountains; just like a mortal world paradise.
The flying boat landed directly at the foot of the mountain. Mo Yuntian put away the flying boat and said to everyone, "This place is the Spirit Blessing Mountain, and also the location of the sect. Sect disciples are not to fly through the air in the sect without permission. Therefore, we can only land here and walk on foot up the mountain."
"So this place is Spirit Blessing Mountain! I've been looking forward to this place since young, this is the first time I've come here! The heaven and earth essence energy in this place is so abundant, much stronger than at the Dan Wu Academy!" Nanfeng Zhirou exclaimed in surprise after sensing it.
"The sect has a Sect Protecting Grand Array. Within the grand array, there's a Spirit Gathering Formation. The essence energy here is naturally much richer than other places," Ye Yuan said nonchalantly.
Mo Yuntian revealed a surprised look. "Junior Apprentice Brother Ye even knows array formations? To actually see through the illusion at a glance!"
"Know a little bit. I can sense the power of array formations. But as for what formations, I can't tell," Ye Yuan said.
In reality, Ye Yuan saw through it with one look. This array formation was called Yin-Yang Turbid Heaven Grand Array, a Quasi-Tier 5 array formation. It was just that it wasn't that good to behave overly monstrous in front of Mo Yuntian, which was why he pretended he did not know.
When Mo Yuntian heard Ye Yuan say this, his surprise lessened a little.
This Junior Apprentice Brother Ye's talent in the Martial Dao was astonishing while his attainments in Alchemy Dao were extremely high. If he even knew array formations, then it was too monstrous.
"This is my Tranquil Cloud Sect's sect protecting grand array, Yin-Yang Turbid Heaven Grand Array, a Quasi-Tier 5 array formation. Its power is extremely great! The average Soul Sea Realm powerhouse is unable to break this formation." Speaking of the Yin-Yang Turbid Heaven Grand Array, Mo Yuntian was also rather proud.
Hearing Mo Yuntian's introduction, Nanfeng Ruoqing and niece revealed astonished looks.
Soul Sea Realm powerhouse was something of the le
gends to them! But such a powerhouse was actually unable to break the Tranquil Cloud Sect's sect protecting grand array! The might of this grand array could be seen!
But Ye Yuan remained calm and composed and did not say anything. But he was somewhat disapproving of Mo Yuntian's words in his heart.
No idea which idiot laid out this array formation, simply full of loopholes!
After Ye Yuan's slight observation, he discovered at least seven or eight places where the grand array was slightly weaker. If he had Sea Transformation Realm strength, breaking this array formation would be like playing around, why would there be the need for a Soul Seal Realm powerhouse to break the formation?
The so-called Quasi-Tier 5 array formation basically represented the pinnacle power of Tier 4 array formations.
That was also to say, even if the person breaking the array had peak Soul Sea Realm strength, they could forget about forcefully breaking this array formation!
But Ye Yuan reckoned that for the current sect protecting array, as long as the person breaking the array had middle-stage Soul Seal Realm strength, they could completely break it apart forcefully!
Yin-Yang Turbid Heaven Grand Array belonged to the peak existences among Quasi-Tier 5 array formations. A fine and proper sect protecting array was laid out in such a manner, one could only say that the level of the person who set up the formation was too low.
This array at present, as long as the opposing party brought along a Tier 4 array formation master, it could be broken very easily.
If Ye Yuan laid out this grand array, forget about peak Soul Seal Realm powerhouses, even half-step Divine Traversing Realm powerhouses could only return defeated!
However, Ye Yuan naturally would not say these things to Mo Yuntian so as to avoid being overly shocking.
The Tranquil Cloud Sect had already set up their sect here for a thousand years already, and it had been safe and sound the entire time. Though this array formation was slightly inferior, it did not seem to be too much of an issue.
Furthermore, it could be seen from this Yin-Yang Turbid Heaven Grand Array that the Tranquil Cloud Sect's foundation was profoundly deep.
"All right, you guys follow me up the mountain." Mo Yuntian brought the few people and headed up the mountain.
"Good day, Senior Apprentice Brother Mo!" the disciple on duty guarding the gate took the initiative to go up and salute when he saw Mo Yuntian.
Mo Yuntian nodded and said, "I'm under Master's orders to fetch Junior Apprentice Brother and Sisters from the secular world up the mountain. This is the permit."
The gatekeeping disciple took over the permit, used divine sense to sweep over it before returning to Mo Yuntian and opening up the path, saying, "If you please, Senior Apprentice Brother Mo."
Chapter 216 - Put up with It a Little
"Who's that young man? A Second Level Spirit Condensation Realm actually have to trouble Senior Apprentice Brother Mo to personally fetch him from the secular world?"
"Yeah. A Second Level Spirit Condensation Realm, even being an outer-sect disciple is enough for him to choke on. Senior Apprentice Brother Mo actually went to receive him personally. Most likely, it's due to ties from higher-ups, right?"
"Heh heh, for sure! But entering the sect with this bit of strength, he will probably be eliminated very soon, right? These nobility children from the secular world probably don't know the cruelty in the sects and even believe that this place is like those mediocre talents in the secular world!"
"However, those two ladies are really like celestial fairies! If I can get close to them, ask me to die and I'll also be willing! It's just, I wonder if they are going to enter the Pill Hall or Martial Hall."
"Yeah, really too beautiful. Just now, I stared until I couldn't pull my eyes away. But such ravishing beauties, it wouldn't be our turn no matter what. You'd better not think too much."
When the two disciples on duty saw Ye Yuan's realm, belittling mentality was naturally born.
In the Dan Wu Academy, Second Level Spirit Condensation Realm was already a very powerful existence. But in the sect, it was not even fit to carry shoes for others. They naturally felt that Ye Yuan only got in through some sect upper echelon relations.
Ye Yuan and co walked for roughly two hours along the mountain path before finally seeing the dense architectural complexes.
Other than Ye Yuan, the rest were filled with curiosity towards sect life and could not resist looking around.
Right at this moment, a disciple looking young man walked over and gave Mo Yuntian a salute, saying, "Senior Apprentice Brother Mo!"
"Zhang Jing huh, perfect. These few people are Junior Apprentice Brothers and Sister from the State of Qin's Dan Wu Academy. Come and get to know each other," Mo Yuntian said.
Mo Yuntian introduced both parties to each other. Ye Yuan and the others also greeted Zhang Jing.
This Zhang Jing had Ninth Level Spirit Condensation Realm strength. His ranking among core disciples was even quite near the front.
When Zhang Jing heard Mo Yuntian's introduction, he said in surprise, "Junior Apprentice Sister Nanfeng is already a high-rank Alchemy Master at such a young age. Even among the Pill Hall's core disciples, your strength is rather uncommon. Why did you only enter the sect today?"
He directly neglected Long Tang and Ye Yuan. Not that he was enamored by Nanfeng Ruoqing's beauty, but because Long Tang and Ye Yuan's realms were too low.
Such meager strength, they were basically existences at the bottom level in the sect.
And Ye Yuan's strength was most likely scrapping the bottom of the barrel among outer-sect disciples.
Hence, as he saw it, Mo Yuntian naturally went to personally fetch this beautiful junior apprentice sister.
Sect disciples were not very concerned with secular world matters. Regarding the matter of Ye Yuan and Long Tang clearing the Nine Heavens Road, there were scarcely any people who knew in the sect. Zhang Jing obviously did not know either.
Yang Hao only knew because Yao Qian played the role as envoy this time.
He ran into a stone wall in the secular world. After returning, he naturally would not go spreading it around.
Nanfeng Ruoqing smiled and said, "Because there were still some matters to deal with in the secular world, that's why I delayed for some time."
"So that's the case! But Junior Apprentice Sister don't have to worry, with your strength, you'll be able to stand firm in the Pill Hall very soon. By then, all of us senior apprentice brothers will probably have to rely on you, Junior Apprentice Sister," Zhang Jiang said with a grin.
As a matter of fact, within the Tranquil Cloud Sect, the number of people in the Pill Hall was much lesser compared to the Martial Hall, but their position supersedes the Martial Hall.
Everyone could become a martial artist, but not everyone could become an alchemist.
Especially in the Tranquil Cloud Sect which was established with medicinal pills, the position of alchemists was even higher!
The reason was none other than martial artists could not steer clear from medicinal pills. The Martial Hall naturally could not separate from the Pill Hall either as well. Even today's Martial Hall Hall Head, Xiao Jian, also does not dare to say he's not reliant on the Pill Hall.
Therefore, Zhang Jing befriending Nanfeng Ruoqing here was not only because she was pretty, but because she was a high-rank Alchemy Master with huge potential!
With Nanfeng Ruoqing's age, to be able to cultivate to such a realm in the secular world, her future accomplishments would definitely be extraordinary. Building good relations with her now was obviously not a bad thing.
However, while Zhang Jing was flattering Nanfeng Ruoqing, Nanfeng Ruoqing's gaze would dart towards Ye Yuan either intentionally or unintentionally.
If not for Yao Qian offending Ye Yuan, he would probably sweep through those so-called geniuses if he went to the Pill Hall, right?
"Senior Apprentice Brother is too kind, Ruoqing doesn't deserve it." Nanfeng Ruoqin
g smiled faintly and expressed humility in an impeccable manner.
Mo Yuntian saw that Zhang Jing made an error in judgment but did not expose it.
Strength had to be proven by one's self. Other people's oral narrative might not be convincing.
With the strength of Ye Yuan's talent, he would naturally not fall and die among the masses. In future, Zhang Jing will see it for himself.
"Zhang Jing, I still have to report back to Master. You arrange a place for the new Junior Apprentice Brothers and Sister on my behalf then," Mo Yuntian said.
"Alright. Just go ahead Senior Apprentice Brother, I'll settle it."
"Hmm, place Junior Apprentice Sister Nanfeng in the Pill Barracks, Long Tang in the Human Barracks. As for Junior Apprentice Brother Ye . . ." Speaking until here, Mo Yuntian fell silent for a moment, appearing to be considering how to place Ye Yuan.
"Don't worry, Senior Apprentice Brother, I'll help Junior Apprentice Brother Ye arrange for a nice place in the outer-sect." Zhang Jing followed up.
The way Zhang Jing saw it, Ye Yuan's age was too young. This cultivation realm was definitely piled up using medicinal pills, and his strength must be very appalling. It was impossible for him to be a core disciple.
Hence, the way Zhang Jing saw Ye Yuan was around the same as the disciples on duty at the gate.
He thought that Mo Yuntian was contemplating how to consider Ye Yuan's face so as not make him look too bad.
Unexpectedly, Mo Yuntian waved his hand and said, "You're mistaken. Junior Apprentice Brother Ye is a core disciple. How can he be placed in the outer-sect? How about this, Junior Apprentice Brother Ye will have to put up with it a little and be placed in the Earth Barracks for the time being."
Zhang Jing was frozen in place when he heard that and did not react for a long time.
Put up with it a little? Earth Barracks? Senior Apprentice Brother Mo was not having a fever, was he?
Placing a Second Level Spirit Condensation Realm little rookie in the Earth Barracks was even making him suffer?
The residences of the Tranquil Cloud Sect's core disciples were separated into three levels: Heaven Barracks, Earth Barracks, and Human Barracks.