by Feng Yise
Hearing that Ye Yuan agreed to go to the dragon clan, Rong Kun also heaved a sigh in relief.
The White Tiger Clan was currently already in a precarious situation. If Ye Yuan was not willing to go to the dragon clan, the White Tiger Clan definitely could not look on with folded arms either. At that time, they would fall into a dilemma.
"Younger Brother Ye, rest assured, going to the dragon clan this time, this old man will travel together with you. If any of them dare to touch you, they must step over this old man's dead body!" Rong Kun patted his c.h.e.s.t and said.
Ye Yuan clasped his hands and said with a smile, "Then I'll have to trouble Head Elder!"
Ye Yuan knew that Rong Kun accompanying him on the trip was likely that the White Tiger Clan had long discussed it already. Therefore, he did not turn it down either.
Presently, Ye Yuan was the entire White Tiger Clan's benefactor. They were unable to fight to the bitter end with the dragon clan, and could only do it to this sort of extent.
...
After chatting with White Light for a while, Ye Yuan started closed-seclusion to recuperate.
He had indeed expended too much this time. If he did not have a solid foundation, he might even have directly croaked.
He first withstood his own late-stage spirit rank Coiling Dragon Heaven Devastating Palm, and was already badly wounded. Next, he had 25% of his blood essence extracted by the Sacred Dragon Token, nearly draining him into a human jerky.
This degree of injury was virtually too far gone for many martial artists.
Even if their wounds healed, their martial Dao foundation was basically wasted too.
But this did not count for anything to Ye Yuan.
A super faction like the White Tiger Clan, their spirit medicine reserves were very abundant. He only needed to recuperate his injuries and refine some blood essence recovering medicinal pills would do.
It was a little slow, but it was still not to the extent that it would take his life.
After an appropriate amount of rest, Ye Yuan finally fully recovered his strength. And in this period of time, Ye Yuan also broke through quite a few cultivation realms in succession, directly reaching peak Phaseless Realm already.
This was entirely the sequela from him forcefully stimulating the primeval dragon bone. Plus this one month's time, he ate countless spirit medicines. Hence, his cultivation realm could not be stopped anymore as well, jumping up three levels.
Obtaining Rong Kun's answer, the dragon clan's Long Zaitian did not interrupt Ye Yuan as well, and actually reined in his impatience and waited for him for a month's time.
Presumably, this was also looking on account of the White Tiger Clan's face.
A month later, Ye Yuan left seclusion but saw an old friend.
The Black Dragon Clan's patriarch, Ao Lin!
The Black Dragon Clan's standing among the Azure Dragon Clan was identical with the Crimsonflame Clan's status in the White Tiger Clan, belonging to one of the most powerful branches.
Ao Lin had requested medicinal pills from Ye Yuan before. With this to and fro, the two people became very close friends.
Ye Yuan's understanding of the dragon clan was also mostly through Ao Lin.
When Ao Lin saw Ye Yuan, he said emotionally, "Oh, Younger Brother, back then when I heard of your demise, Elder Brother, I, had no appetite for food and drinks for several months, and had no mood to cultivate as well. Hearing your news this time, Elder Brother repeatedly pleaded with Patriarch to definitely make a trip with Head Elder."
Ye Yuan smashed a fist on his c.h.e.s.t and said with a smile, "At least you, this old fellow, have some conscience! But coming this time, it isn't with good intentions!"
Ao Lin's expression turned slightly stiff and was rather embarrassed.
Him coming this time, saying it a bit nicely was to invite Ye Yuan back. Saying it nastily was to abduct Ye Yuan back. His identity was also very awkward.
"Younger Brother, I … " Ao Lin said embarrassedly.
Ye Yuan sniggered and said, "You old punk, still the same ol' honest blockhead! Just cracking a joke, you even took it seriously!"
Ao Lin this person was a very inflexible person. But was also rather loyal to friends; suited Ye Yuan's temperament very much.
In his previous life, Ye Yuan did not like to play those little tricks. Therefore, he liked to make friends with straightforward people. This Ao Lin was one of them.
Ye Yuan helped Ao Lin with a great favor back then. This Ao Lin was naturally endlessly grateful towards Ye Yuan.
It was just that now, things were still the same, but the people were no longer the same. When Ao Lin saw Ye Yuan's appearance, he could not help sighing deeply as he said, "Many years of not seeing, didn't expect that Younger Brother, you … actually took on this appearance!"
Ye Yuan said smilingly, "What's bad about this? To me, it might not be a bad thing! Head Elder, I still have some matters to attend to in the White Tiger Clan. I'll travel together with you all to the dragon clan tomorrow, is it alright?"
Long Zaitian already waited for a month, he naturally did not care about this one day either, and there obviously was no reason to not permit it. He could only open his mouth and say, "Master Qingyun Zi, this Sacred Dragon Token … could you lend it to this old man for a look?"
Ye Yuan smiled slightly and said, "Of course there's no problem."
Done talking, Ye Yuan directly took out the fire rod-like Sacred Dragon Token. The dragon pressure emitting off of the Sacred Dragon Token made Long Zaitian and co. all feel waves of terror.
Ye Yuan was not afraid of Long Zaitian stealing it either and directly threw it to him.
The Sacred Dragon Token already acknowledged him as its master. Unless Long Zaitian killed him, otherwise, even if he had the Sacred Dragon Token, he was unable to use it too.
And Rong Kun was present as well. This place was the White Tiger Clan's territory too. Even if Long Zaitian was loaned two hands, he could not kill him either.
Long Zaitian lightly c.a.r.e.s.sed the Sacred Dragon Token, like he was stroking his own lover, unable to take his hands of it.
"Over a hundred thousand years already! The Sacred Dragon Token was lost for a full 100 over thousand years! This time, it finally returned to the dragon clan!" Long Zaitian said with vicissitudes of emotion.
The meaning in his words was like Ye Yuan already agreed to return the Sacred Dragon Token.
But how was this possible?
In this world, nobody would hand over a divine artifact so casually to others, right?
Even Ye Yuan could not do it either.
Ye Yuan said with a smile, "Head Elder had best stop dreaming. The Sacred Dragon Token, I won't return to the dragon clan! Right now, I'm the Sacred Dragon Token's master!"
Chapter 1012 - Not happy, Suck It Up
Done talking, Ye Yuan silently recited an incantation. The Sacred Dragon Token actually directly broke free of the palm of Long Zaitian's hands and returned to Ye Yuan's hands.
Long Zaitian's face turned black. The originally amicable atmosphere was immediately utterly ruined.
"Ji Qingyun, I call you Qingyun Zi, doesn't meant that you can treat the dragon clan anyhow you please! Disregarding that you're currently all alone in the world, even when you were still the Medicine King Hall's young lord back then, my dragon clan will also have to retrieve this Sacred Dragon Token! This Sacred Dragon Token, you got to hand it over whether you want to or not!" Long Zaitian said in a solemn voice.
But Ye Yuan was not annoyed in the slightest. Instead, he said with a faint smile, "If I didn't remember wrongly, regarding this Sacred Dragon Token, the dragon clan seems to have a rule, right?"
Long Zaitian could not help choking up. Only now did he recall that rule.
The person able to make the Sacred Dragon Token acknowledge as its master was the leader of the dragon clan!
Just now, Ye Yuan summoned back the Sacred Dragon Token effortlessly. Clearly, the Sacred Dragon Toke
n had already acknowledged him as master. That was to say that Ye Yuan was currently the lord of the dragon clan!
This … What nonsense?
How could a human possibly become the lord of the dragon clan?
But the problem was, why would the Sacred Dragon Token acknowledge a human as its master? Where did this outcome put them, these true dragon clansmen?
No idea why, Long Zaitian actually became angry with a mere tool.
Seeing Long Zaitian's reaction, Ye Yuan said smilingly, "Looks like Head Elder knows about this rule. Then it's easy to settle. Putting aside other things for the time being, just your attitude earlier, shouldn't you apologize to me first? Or is Head Elder planning to disrespect your forefathers?"
A faint smile hung on Ye Yuan's face, quietly awaiting Head Elder's apology.
Ao Lin seriously could not look on anymore. Seeing Long Zaitian in a bind, he could only say to Ye Yuan, "Younger Brother, this … Head Elder was also anxious for a moment and didn't have the intention of offending. Looking on account of Elder Brother's face … let it go?"
Long Zaitian's expression was very ugly. Ye Yuan holding the Sacred Dragon Token in his hand was equivalent to holding a royal regalia. Even if he went the dragon clan, he could also do as he pleased!
Unless they really disrespected their forefathers and snatched away the Sacred Dragon Token in Ye Yuan's hands.
But think of how they treated the lineage of bloodline as the most important in the family clan, they naturally also respected their forefathers the most. Making them go against this ancestral teaching was simply even harder than carving off the flesh.
Long Zaitian suddenly felt that this Sacred Dragon Token was simply like a fish bone stuck in the throat; unable to go up nor go down, suffocating to the extreme.
Ao Lin's face, Ye Yuan naturally had to give. Hence, he nodded and said, "Alright then, I'll give Elder Brother, you, face today. But … not to be taken as a precedent! I'm the master of the Sacred Dragon Token. Even if you guys are unhappy about me, you have to at least maintain due respect on the surface. As long as you don't let me see it, however you all talk in private, that's your business."
Ye Yuan knew that going to the dragon clan this time, he would definitely have many difficulties.
The final goal was naturally for the Sacred Dragon Token's ownership.
Furthermore, his current strength was indeed a little weak. Even if they knew that he was Ji Qingyun, it was also not possible to truly attach importance to him.
Therefore, Ye Yuan's objective was very simple: if there was unhappiness, suck it up!
Otherwise, it was disrespecting the forefathers!
This crime was not what the average dragon race member could take on.
...
After a round of not-very-merry meeting, Ye Yuan went to see Rong Xiao again.
His goal of meeting Rong Xiao was very simple, he wanted to bring away a few people from the White Tiger Dungeon.
Originally, he was planning on directly taking the people away. But now that the White Tiger Clan owed him a tremendous favor, this bit of request was not considered over the top as well.
Furthermore, Ye Yuan was not letting them go, but enslaving them for several thousand years. It was also considered continuing to atone for the things they did before as well.
When Ye Yuan's figure appeared in the White Tiger Dungeon once more, it caused a stir again.
"I'm only bringing three people out. My requirement isn't high: be my servant for a thousand years, and I'll let you guys go free!"
Ye Yuan's sentence immediately caused an uproar.
He bargained with Rong Xiao and finally obtained three quotas.
These people were all the White Tiger Clan's felons. For Rong Xiao to be able to give Ye Yuan three quotas was already going by a massive backdoor.
Moreover, Rong Xiao knew that the people Ye Yuan was bringing away were definitely all people with extremely formidable strength.
Even if it was just a thousand years, if the other party took revenge on the White Tiger Clan in the future, the White Tiger Clan would likely suffer heavy casualties.
This, Rong Xiao actually took on a tremendous risk.
Everybody did not think that Ye Yuan actually really realized his promise back then, and was going to bring people out!
Especially those people who mocked Ye Yuan the last time, each and every one of them was on tenterhooks, fearful of Ye Yuan directly rejecting them.
They were already trapped in the White Tiger Dungeon for god knows how many years. More than half of their strength was already lost. Carrying on to waste away like this, it was also an outcome of death.
This damned place, they did not wish to stay for a second anymore.
Ao Qian was naturally the first one to sign up. He immediately shouted loudly, "Younger Brother, I'm willing to be your servant for a thousand, no, two thousand years! As long as you bring me out! Look, Elder Teng and I came from the same lineage. You have got to consider me first no matter what, isn't that so?"
Ye Yuan nodded and said, "You count as one! Enter a soul contract first, the White Tiger Clan will naturally let you out."
The moment Ao Qian heard, he could not help being overjoyed and hurriedly signed a soul contract with Ye Yuan. This transaction was also considered done.
Rumble!
The dungeon gates opened with a loud crash. A dark figure leaped out. It was actually an azure dragon!
"Hahaha! I, Ao Qian, was trapped for 20 thousand years! I finally came out!" Ao Qian laughed wildly.
After a while of unbridled dancing in the air, Ao Qian finally turned into human form and came before Ye Yuan to bow in salute as he said, "Ao Qian has seen Your Excellency!"
Seeing that Ao Qian really went out, the rest could not hold back anymore as well.
"Your Excellency, I'm willing to become your servant!"
"Your Excellency, I'm willing too!"
These criminals all fell over each other in a mad rush to be first, afraid of being left out by Ye Yuan.
However, Ye Yuan naturally would not pick those people with low strength.
He asked Ao Qian, "Apart from you, who else is the strongest in this place?"
Ao Qian gave a bow towards Ye Yuan and said, "Replying Your Excellency, this place, apart from me, just Wu Luo and Jiang Taicang's strength are the strongest. Apart from them, there are still quite a few divine king powerhouses. It's just that their strength compared to the two of them are all a notch inferior."
Ye Yuan nodded his head and said, "Who you're talking about should be those two people who questioned me the last time, right?"
The moment these words came out, Wu Luo and Jiang Taicang, the two of them, their breathing could not help become disorderly.
This sentence was practically sentencing them to death!
At this moment, the two of them wished that they could slap their mouths mushy.
This mouth was so despicable, no point in wanting it either!
"Your Excellency, I … I'm a frog at the bottom of a well! My dog eyes were blind! I, Wu Luo, am willing to become Your Excellency's servant! I beg Your Excellency to bring me out!" Wu Luo practically said with a wail.
"Your Excellency, I was wrong! I shouldn't have acted like a snob! Your Excellency, I'm begging you to take me out! This damn place, I don't wish to stay for a second anymore! As long as Your Excellency bring me out, even if I slave and toil, Jiang Taicang is perfectly happy to do so too!"
Jiang Taicang was even more direct, immediately slapping his own mouth, going slap-slap.
Chapter 1013 - Accepting Servants
Ye Yuan waved his hand and said impatiently, "Don't give me that in front of me. Talk to me, why were you guys locked up in here?"
The two people froze. Wu Luo opened his mouth and said embarrassedly, "Actually, I was born in the White Tiger Suppression Martial Clan. When I was young, because I formed an enmity with an elder in the clan, in a rage, I killed the other party. Later
, I escaped from the White Tiger Clan. Didn't expect that 200 years later, I was actually still captured back."
Ye Yuan nodded his head when he heard that and said, "Alright then, you count as one. Enter a soul contract then. 2000 years, take it as a punishment for the incident last time."
Wu Luo froze. When he reacted to it, he could not help being wildly ecstatic.
He did not think that Ye Yuan actually brushed over the matter last time so easily.
In his view, Ye Yuan definitely wanted powerful helpers. Hence, that was why he would bring them out. But he did not have eyes and offended Ye Yuan the last time, even if Ye Yuan wanted him, he would definitely make him pay a painful price too.
Did not think that Ye Yuan just casually added a thousand years and agreed to it.
A thousand years might be rather long, but compared to the White Tiger Dungeon, he was more willing to be outside.
To an expert who was trapped for several thousand years, there was nothing more precious than freedom.
"Many thanks, Your Excellency! Many thanks, Your Excellency! Don't say 2000 years, even 3000 years, I'm willing too!" Wu Luo said excitedly.
Wu Luo immediately entered a soul contract with Ye Yuan without another word, to be Ye Yuan's servant for 2000 years.
Ye Yuan's breadth of mind was not narrow to this sort of degree; to seek revenge for the smallest grievance because of one or two words. He had a condition for bringing people out: people whose crimes were inexpiable, he did not want.
Wu Luo just killed an elder because of a grudge. This sort of thing was a severe crime to the White Tiger Clan, but it was actually happening in every corner of the Divine Realm every day. It did not count as some unforgivable crime.
Furthermore, for Wu Luo to be able to cultivate to such a boundary and be able to kill a White Tiger Clan's elder, that by itself showed how formidable his strength was.
Seeing Wu Luo break free, Jiang Taicang became very anxious.
"Y-Your Excellency, w-what about me?" Jiang Taicang said weakly, cold sweat pouring out.
Ye Yuan voiced his assent and said, "You talk about it too."
Jiang Taicang recounted his experiences very fidgety. But it was rather wondrous.