by Feng Yise
Seeing the slave seal form successfully, Ye Yuan also felt like collapsing.
The series of attacks earlier were all completed in the time it took for a spark to fly off a piece of flint. Regardless whether to his essence energy or divine soul, it was all an enormous burden.
A Crystal Formation Realm martial artist planted a slave seal on a Sea Transformation Realm martial artist. This was something that others did not even dare to imagine. But Ye Yuan did it!
Sea Transformation Realm was not a major realm. Although the divine soul strength of Sea Transformation Realm martial artist was enhanced to a certain degree compared to Crystal Formation Realm martial artist, it was not that kind of major realm leap.
Especially for a pure martial artist like Lan Feng. In terms of divine soul realm grinding, it barely reached the standards of middle to late-stage Alchemy Grandmaster.
After Ye Yuan broke through to the Crystal Formation Realm, his divine soul realm had already leaped directly to the perfection of early-stage Alchemy Grandmaster; roughly around Lan Feng's divine soul realm.
It was precisely so that Ye Yuan dared to perform such a risky move; planting a slave seal in Lan Feng!
Although Ye Yuan succeeded, the entire process was something incredibly perilous.
Ye Yuan's divine soul realm was not as high as Lan Feng's when all was said and done. If Lan Feng had any bit of precaution, not only would he fail to succeed, it would cause his divine soul to suffer a backlash instead.
Therefore, before Ye Yuan made his move, he already took into consideration each and every step.
Not that Ye Yuan liked the thrill, but because Ye Yuan wanted to understand Mei Zhen and the rest's whereabouts through Lan Feng.
Ye Yuan knew that no matter how he asked, Lan Feng would not tell him as well.
Even if he told him, Ye Yuan would not dare believe it either.
So the best way was to control Lan Feng!
Furthermore, Ye Yuan still had even longer-term considerations. If Mei Zhen and the rest died, everything was obviously too late. But if they did not die, he still had areas to use Lan Feng in.
Ye Yuan did not waste too much time. Lan Feng already informed experts to come through secret methods previously. The more he delayed, the more dangerous it got.
"Open up your divine soul! I want to search your memories!" Ye Yuan instructed.
Lan Feng's eyes recovered some light, but he disregarded the injuries on his body and struggled to his feet to give a bow towards Ye Yuan. "Yes, Master!"
Ye Yuan's divine sense entered Lan Feng's sea of consciousness and read his memories.
Seeing that Mei Zhen and the rest were fine, he could not help heaving a long sigh in relief.
Speaking of which, he had to thank Lan Feng. If not for him interjecting, Mei Zhen and the rest would probably already be dead now.
Ye Yuan fished out an Azure Profound Heart Nourishing Pill and threw it to Lan Feng. "Quickly eat it. But there isn't time for you to refine the medicinal strength already. We leave now!"
"Many thanks for master bestowing the pill!" Lan Feng said deferentially.
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Eternal Splendor Palace's underground, the location of the Six Extreme Seals Grand Array, also the place where the passageway between the Endless World and Fierce Gale World lied.
Lan Feng who was covered in injuries walked in, detaining Ye Yuan whose essence energy was sealed.
The Fierce Gale World already deployed a large number of troops underground. But they were all Crystal Formation Realm martial artists.
It was just two to three days since the passageway was opened up. Large numbers of experts were still currently en route rushing over.
"Lord Lan Feng!" When the guard saw Lan Feng, he bowed and said respectfully.
Lan Feng nodded and said, "The person that Big Brother Lan Bao made me capture is already caught. This prisoner is highly important. I have to escort him personally back to the tribe!"
"Yes! This way please, Lord Lan Feng!" The guard did not dare to obstruct and directly let him through.
Lan Feng's status was the highest in this place. They naturally did not dare to say anything else.
Furthermore, the matter of Lan Feng staying behind to capture someone was known by all these guards.
Lan Bao and the rest already returned to the Fierce Gale World to arrange for the matters concerning the invasion of the Endless World. After all, compared to Ye Yuan alone, the war of two worlds was the major event!
But Lan Bao should have already received Lan Feng's summons at this time and was currently hastening over.
Ye Yuan glared at Lan Feng fiercely but refused to enter the passageway.
"What are you looking at?! Move quickly!" Lan Feng shoved.
"Just kill me if you have the capabilities!" Ye Yuan said wrathfully.
"Hehe, you still have great use. How can I let you die so easily? Moreover, in order to catch you, I suffered heavy injuries. We have to settle this score properly later!" Lan Feng said with a cold sneer.
The pair carried out a conversation, putting up enough of a show.
Finally, being shoved by Lan Feng, Ye Yuan entered the passageway. Lan Feng also followed in after.
"No way, right? That young man was only at the First Level Crystal Formation Realm. He actually beat Lord Lan Feng to that extent?! This combat strength is also too terrifying, yeah?" after the two people left, a guard exclaimed in surprise.
"What do you know?! I heard previously that the Endless World martial artist that failed to be captured was only at the Eighth Level Spirit Condensation Realm. It's definitely this punk! Just a few days of not seeing him, he actually broke through directly to the Crystal Formation Realm! If not because this punk is abnormal, why would Lord Lan Feng have to capture him alive?" the other person said.
"Really too scary! Our Fierce Gale World martial artists have always been renowned for the might of our combat strength. But compared to this young man, the disparity isn't an ordinary kind of big!" The guard then sighed with admiration.
Chapter 345 - Back Thrust!
Once he entered the Fierce Gale World, Ye Yuan felt the storm winds howl towards him like blades, slicing until his face hurt.
Lan Feng noticed Ye Yuan's discomfort and enquired, "Is Master not used to this gale?"
Ye Yuan waved his hand and released his aura slightly. Those storm winds actually swept past his side automatically like he was filtered out.
The might of this gale was roughly the same as the Nine Heavens Road. With Ye Yuan's understanding of the concept of wind, these storm winds naturally could not hurt him.
Lan Feng's expression flickered. "To think that Master's attainments in the concept of wind are so high. Our Fierce Gale World's natives come into contact with this gale ever since birth. But scarcely anyone can reach Master's boundary!"
"This hurricane is not strong. I can still handle it. If my conjectures are right, the Fierce Gale World's tempests should exceed this, right?" Ye Yuan waved his hand and said.
Lan Feng nodded and said, "That's right. The Fierce Gale World's storms are the weakest in the Central Capital. The intensity of the gales radiates outwards with the Central Capital as the center. Places that are closer to the Central Capital have weaker storms, while places further from the Central Capital have more powerful hurricanes."
Ye Yuan nodded and said, "So, that's the case. Then how strong is the place with the strongest gales?"
Lan Feng said, "The Fierce Gale World is divided into nine regions according to the strength of the storms. Level One is the weakest, and Level Nine the strongest. The gales in the Level Nine region is exceptionally terrifying. Even Lord Wind Emperor also don't dare to set foot in that region."
When he mentioned this Level Nine region, Lan Feng's face carried thick apprehension. Evidently, it was an extremely terrifying place.
Ye Yuan could not help asking interestedly, "With your strength, what is the deepest region you can reach?"
Lan Feng said, "This old slave's strength is meager. I can only move about at most in the Level Five region. Any deeper in and I'll be powerless."
"Oh? With your Sea Transformation Realm strength, you can actually only reach the Level Five region. Looks like the Fierce Gale World's storms are indeed very powerful! Then what level is this region we're currently at now?"
"The vast majority of the people all live in the Level Three region. Any further out and ordinary people will not be able to penetrate within. Only martial artists with formidable strength can do it. Hence, the struggle for land inside the Level Three region is very intense. Tribes will frequently slaughter each other because of land. The place we're at right now is the location between the borders of the Level Three and Level Four regions."
Ye Yuan asked puzzledly, "Just the members of your tribe that I've seen were four Sea Transformation Realm experts already. You're actually only able to stay in such a remote area?"
"Replying master, our Lan Family is not an ordinary tribe but a branch of the Tempest Guards under the Wind Emperor's command. Four thousand years ago, the old Wind Emperor brought the Tempest Guards and planned on personally storming the Endless World. But the Grand Yan True Sect sealed the passageway between the two worlds using the Six Extreme Seals Grand Array. Hence, the old Wind Emperor left us Lan Family Clan behind here to guard the land of the seal."
Ye Yuan came to a realization. "No wonder you guys arrived so quickly. It was actually this reason! Alright, this matter brooks no delay. Let's hurry to your tribe. If we waited until Lan Bao discovers a problem, it would make it a lot more troublesome for nothing."
"Yes, Master."
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Around an hour later, Lan Bao brought Lan Hu back to the passageway area.
The two of them strolled leisurely around the second level but did not see a shadow. An ominous premonition involuntarily welled up in their hearts.
"Did you all see Lan Feng?" Lan Bao came back and asked the guards.
That guard thought that Lan Bao came back for some other matter. He only knew that it was for Lan Feng when he heard it at this time. He hurriedly said, "Replying Your Excellency, Lord Lan Feng already returned to the Fierce Gale World around an hour ago."
Lan Bao was secretly alarmed and asked, "Mm? Why did he go back?"
That guard was also baffled. Logically speaking, Lord Lan Feng and Lord Lan Bao should have met. Could it be they took different paths?
The guard also felt that something was not quite right. Hence, he recounted the event of Lan Feng passing through the entrance from the very beginning to the end exactly as it was.
Lan Bao's face involuntarily changed drastically when he heard that. Sending that guard flying far away with a slap, he roared, "You moron! When that brat was at the Spirit Condensation Realm, the four of us couldn't even take him down combined! Now that he broke through to the Crystal Formation Realm, how can Lan Feng possibly capture him alive alone?"
Lan Bao did not deal a lethal blow. That guard spat out blood as he begged for mercy, "Have mercy, Your Excellency! Have mercy, Your Excellency!"
"Humph! I'll find you to settle the scores later! Lan Hu, let's chase after!"
Finished talking, Lan Bao led the charge into the Fierce Gale World. Lan Hu followed after.
The group of guards was as silent as cicadas in cold weather. Nobody dared to make a sound.
They all could not figure things out. Lord Lan Feng clearly detained that Endless World boy. What problem would there be?
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Fierce Gale World.
On the way to the Lan Family Tribe, Lan Bao said in a low voice, "How do you see it, Lan Hu? Do you think that . . . there's a possibility of Lan Feng turning traitor?"
Lan Hu shook his head and said, "Lan Feng grew up together with me. I understand his character the best. His loyalty towards the tribe, maybe even we can't compare! Furthermore . . . he has no reason whatsoever to defect!"
"But . . . why did he help that brat enter the Fierce Gale World? Is it possible that . . . he really defeated that boy?" The more Lan Bao thought, the more perplexed he got.
His understanding of Ye Yuan merely stopped at the sword puppets. As for his combat strength, he was utterly ignorant.
But even if that boy broke through to the Crystal Formation Realm, even if Ye Yuan used the sword puppets, it was also impossible to take Lan Feng down in such a short amount of time, right?
What happened in-between all this?
Lan Bao and Lan Hu did not even think in the area of slave seal. Because in their viewpoint, this was something that could not possibly occur.
"Saying anything is pointless. We'll know what happened after we return to the tribe," Lan Hu said.
Lan Bao nodded and said unwillingly, "We'll have to leave it at that!"
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The Lan Family Tribe was located at the borders between the Level Three Gale Region and the Level Four Gale Region. The environment was rather harsh.
Yellow sand pervaded this area. The gale winds were piercingly cold. People who had slightly weaker strength would be slashed by the storm winds immediately.
Not far away from the tribe, two silhouettes appeared. They were precisely Ye Yuan and Lan Feng.
"With what you said earlier, I reckon that Lan Bao and the rest still have at most another hour before they are back. You only have an hour's time to bring them out! Bring this spatial artifact with you. Once you have the opportunity, fit them inside according to the mantra that I recited. I'll receive you outside!" Ye Yuan instructed Lan Feng.
"Yes, Master!" Lan Feng said.
Lan Feng already became Ye Yuan's slave. All of his actions were done according to Ye Yuan's will.
Passing the spatial artifact to him naturally had nothing to be concerned of.
Lan Feng's current identity was not being suspected yet. He just had to come up with a reason to return to the tribe, and then bring Mei Zhen and the rest out, and that would do.
Making use of this time difference, Ye Yuan could deal a back thrust and charge back to the realm passageway again!
Although a large group of Crystal Formation Realm martial artists was stationed over there, with his strength plus Lan Feng and throw in his fellow apprentices, breaking through would be a cinch.
This was Ye Yuan's plan!
And now, he had to see if Lan Feng could successfully bring out the Tranquil Cloud Sect disciples.
Roughly the lesser part of an hour later, Lan Feng's figure appeared in Ye Yuan's sight . . .
Chapter 346 - Lan Yu
"You didn't find them?"
Seeing Lan Feng's expression, Ye Yuan immediately felt a foreboding feeling.
"This . . . Master had better ask him."
As he spoke, a figure appeared in front of Ye Yuan. Who could it be but Pang Wannian?
It was just that his body was currently covered in wounds. His face was already swollen. Clearly, these few days had not been very pleasant.
The second Pang Wannian saw Ye Yuan, he felt a multitude of feelings surge up and tears gushed out.
But there was no longer much time for them to catch up. Ye Yuan said, "Senior Apprentice Brother Pang, keep things short. Lan Bao might have already returned to the Lan Family Tribe. We don't have much time! Where did Elder Mei and the rest of the apprentices go?"
Pang Wannian was shocked and hurriedly said, "Elder Mei and the rest were escorted to the Central Capital. The Lan Family tribe members said that they were to be sold over there as slaves! Because I'm missing an arm, they felt that it's unsightly. That's why they left me in the tribe. Oh yeah, it's the Lan Family Tribe's patriarch who personally escorted them there!"
Ye Yuan's brows knitted. This surprise thoroughly disrupted his plan.
"Why were the Lan Family Tribe's actions so quick? They shouldn't know that I'm coming to save them, right?" Ye Yuan said bewilderedly.
"Nothing to do with Master. It's Lord Patriarch's decisio
n! The realm passageway is already linked together. He must report to Lord Wind Emperor at the first moment. Hence, he brought a portion of the tribe's experts and master's fellow apprentices and set off that very night to hasten to the Central Capital," Lan Feng explained.
"Patriarch?"
"Yes! The patriarch is the strongest expert in the Lan Family Tribe. The one and only Soul Sea Realm powerhouse! Our Lan Family's mission is to guard the passageway between two worlds. Therefore, he dared not dawdle and had to report to His Majesty, the Wind Emperor, as soon as possible about this matter."
Ye Yuan felt a wave of helplessness. Truly, plans could not catch up changes.
He thought that he could catch the Lan Family Tribe completely unawares and rescue his fellow apprentices away. Who knew that something like this would actually happen?
This way, his plan to catch them off-guard completely fell through.
Ye Yuan let out a sigh and said, "Can't stay here too long then. Since Elder Mei and the rest of the disciples have already been brought to the Central Capital, we still need to talk about this at length."
Ye Yuan's voice had yet to fade when a bugle call sounded from Lan Family Tribe a little way off!
"Not good! Lan Bao's movements are too fast! Looks like he already discovered that something's wrong with Lan Feng and is chasing over right now! Let's leave quickly!" Ye Yuan said.
Lan Bao's strength was a great deal stronger than Lan Feng's. Even though Ye Yuan had broken through now, he still was not Lan Bao's match.
Direct confrontation right now was not the move of a wise man.
Not far away, sand clouds billowed. The Lan Family Tribe was actually marching straight for Ye Yuan!
Wang Pannian was also very anxious when he saw the situation and said, "Junior Apprentice Brother Ye, what should we do now? Flee in the direction of the Central Capital?"
Ye Yuan shook his head and said, "No. We'll flee towards the Level Four Gale Region! Lan Feng, you and Senior Apprentice Brother Pan enter the spatial artifact first!"