by Feng Yise
Ning Tianping had followed Ye Yuan for a long time and already knew Ye Yuan very well.
Wanting to shake Ye Yuan's judgment of a person, that was impossible, even for him.
In Ye Yuan's eyes, he, Ning Tianping, was Ning Tianping. The Ning Family was the Ning Family, these were two different things.
Ye Yuan absolutely would not show extra care to the Ning Family because of Ning Tianping.
Hearing Ning Tianping's words, Ning Zhiyuan was slightly fearful in his heart.
He suddenly realized that the Ning Family already reached a very crucial fork in the road!
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No idea how long had passed either, inside the hidden chamber, Coldfeather was currently helping Zheng Qi refine the medicinal pills when suddenly, his expression changed, hurriedly withdrawing his divine essence.
He looked at Zheng Qi in great shock and muttered, "This medicinal pill … seems to be somewhat unusual! Zheng Qi, do you feel it?"
Zheng Qi's spirit already recovered 50% to 60% at this time. Hearing that, he nodded and said, "Grandmaster, I already feel it! Most likely … I'm going to break through!"
Coldfeather's gaze turned intent and he said in shock, "What? These two medicinal pills are only supposed to help you recover from your injuries, but you're actually going to break through?"
Chapter 1685 - Power of Chaos
"I … I'm not too sure either, I just feel that I seem to have touched something. Maybe … I can already break through to become a half-step Celestial Deity."
As the two medicinal pills gradually melted, there seemed to be some mysterious thing that fused into his body, making him have a feeling of sudden epiphany.
Zheng Qi had already stopped at the ninth-layered heaven Divine Lord Realm for several thousand years, failing to touch the threshold of Celestial Deity Realm.
This step was too difficult for ninth-layered heaven Divine Lords!
Zheng Qi never dreamed that at his most hopeless, Ye Yuan's two medicinal pills let him touch this threshold.
Forcefully suppressed the shock in his heart, Coldfeather said, "The opportunity can't be missed! You must go into seclusion properly! Your injuries are already 50%-60% recovered. So you already don't need my help anymore."
Zheng Qi nodded his head and continued to close his eyes and refine the medicinal pills, while Coldfeather quietly backed out of the hidden chamber.
Exiting the hidden chamber, Coldfeather went straight for Ye Yuan. He wanted to figure out just what mystery was in Ye Yuan's medicinal pills.
At this time, Ye Yuan and Xuan Yu were currently chatting.
Xuan Yu looked at Ye Yuan and said with a bitter smile, "Ning Zhiyuan is at any rate the head of a family. Are you really not going to give him face like this?"
Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Face is earned by one's self, not given by others. This Ye isn't someone who is extremely petty, but I also detest people who kick others when they are down. If not looking on the account of Ning Tianping's face, even if he stood guard at the door for a lifetime, I won't meet him either."
Xuan Yu let out a sigh and said, "Among the numerous family clans in the imperial city, actually, the Ning Family received the greatest favor from you back then. I didn't expect that he did such a thing at the elders meeting. It indeed chills people's hearts. Forget it, just a Ning Family. With your current strength, even those two upstairs also have to do things according to your mood."
Just as they were talking, Coldfeather rushed over in a hurry. Upon seeing Ye Yuan, he asked, "Ye Yuan, what mystery is in your medicinal pills? Why is Zheng Qi actually going to breakthrough after refining it?"
The moment Xuan Yu heard, he looked at Ye Yuan with a face full of shock.
Those two medicinal pills, he was all too clear. How could it possibly help Zheng Qi breaking through?
Could it be that … Coldfeather made a mistake?
Ye Yuan smiled and said, "These few years, I have some comprehensions toward medicinal pills again. I discovered that refining pills according to this kind of method will let the medicinal pill produce some change. I didn't expect that it can actually help Brother Zheng to break through. It's also considered an unexpected surprise."
When Xuan Yu and Coldfeather heard that, their entire bodies trembled violently. Divine-grade medicinal pills were already extremely impressive. Coupled with this kind of change, the medicinal pills refined were simply priceless treasures!
Actually, Ye Yuan had long discovered that ever since breaking through to the Divine Vortex Realm, his divine essence seemed to have some changes.
It actually produced a sort of mysterious power!
Regardless of whether it was using martial techniques or refining pills, there would be a very large degree of amplification.
Even though Ye Yuan broke through to rank four, he did not have world power. But he had this kind of mysterious power.
Ye Yuan called it … the power of chaos!
He could feel that chaos power seemed to be even more profound and mysterious than world power.
Very clearly, having this chaos power, not only would Ye Yuan's strength be no weaker than those at the Divine Lord Realm, it would also be a magnitude stronger instead!
But these things were strictly a secret.
Hence, for these two people, Ye Yuan could only say that he used special pill refining methods, that was why it would make the medicinal pills produce a mutation.
Actually, what truly made the medicinal pills produce a change was his chaos divine essence.
But the chaos divine essence was Ye Yuan's greatest secret. He could not tell others.
Even in combat, Ye Yuan would also use the power of chaos to simulate the effect of world power, lest others see through the flaws.
Ye Yuan discovered that his chaos power was all-encompassing. Just like when he imitated a fiend race powerhouse back then, no one could tell at all.
This also let Ye Yuan have a guess that his chaos power should be a power that was of a higher level than world power.
Ye Yuan could feel that this divine essence's mutation should be due to those mysterious patterns.
But Ye Yuan's words were sufficiently astounding already.
Xuan Yu said in immense shock, "You're truly an Alchemy Dao's peerless genius! In my view, even if it's the Medicine Ancestor, when at your age, it's also impossible to be more impressive than you!"
Coldfeather sighed with admiration and said, "You, kid, are simply a freak! I really can't imagine how in the world you cultivate! Heh heh, back then, when you, kid, couldn't break through, those guys all dropped rocks down the well. Now, I want to see how they are going to grovel and lick your feet now!"
Xuan Yu smiled and said, "Isn't that so! There's already one groveling outside and already waited for seven days at the Zheng Manor's front door! I reckon that the news of Ye Yuan returning can't be hidden for long."
Coldfeather was stunned and said, "Who is it? To actually get the news so quickly?"
Xuan Yu smiled and said, "Who else can it be? Of course it's Ning Zhiyuan that old fox!"
Mentioning Ning Zhiyuan, Coldfeather's face turned black and he said in a solemn voice, "Serves him right!"
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Finally, on the 15th day, Ye Yuan met Ning Zhiyuan.
This half a month's time, Ning Tianping had always accompanied him at the gatehouse and did not go and find Ye Yuan.
Regarding Ning Tianping's performance, Ye Yuan was still very satisfied.
This guy was very smart. He knew that speaking up for the Ning Family would only be counterproductive, so he might as well say nothing.
But him constantly accompanying at the gatehouse also showed the Ning Family's standpoint.
Loyalty and staunch but also had a sense of propriety.
This Ning Tianping, Ye Yuan really could not find any fault.
"Elder Ning, truly sorry. Head Elder Zheng's body was deteriorating with each passing day and seriously couldn't be delayed, resulting in negl
ecting Elder Ning. I hope that Elder Ning doesn't blame me!"
Everyone still had to meet in the future, they still had to put on an act on the surface.
It was just that Ye Yuan's words sounded very perfunctory. Clearly, it was intentional.
But this half a month, Ning Tianping revealed to him a corner of Ye Yuan's iceberg. Ning Zhiyuan also deeply realized that this great god could not be offended.
Therefore, there was absolutely no way he dared to offend Ye Yuan.
"True, true, Brother Zheng's body concerns the entire Heavenly Eagle Imperial City's safety. It should naturally be a top priority. I wonder how Brother Zheng's situation is now?" Ning Zhiyuan asked without leaving a trace.
Coldfeather gave a cold snort by the side and said, "No need for you to be concerned! What's the point of coming? When he was injured, I didn't see any of you come to see him until today!"
Ever since that elders meeting, Coldfeather had never shown Ning Zhiyuan a good attitude.
His seniority was exceedingly high and his strength was also powerful. In this Heavenly Eagle Imperial City, there were really not many who could do anything to him.
Ning Zhiyuan also had an awkward look having met with a rebuff.
Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Since this Ye broke through, Brother Zheng is naturally fine. Elder Ning can rest assured."
The few people were currently talking when a figure came in from outside the door. Who could it be if not Zheng Qi?
The current Zheng Qi had a robust physique and was light on his feet, agile and nimble. How was there still the slightest hint of being heavily injured on the verge of death?
The moment Ning Zhiyuan saw Zheng Qi, he could not help getting a shock!
Not only did the other party's strength fully recover, it actually improved a step further, breaking through to half-step Celestial Deity Realm!
"Hahaha, Younger Brother Ye, your alchemy strength is truly getting more and more transcendent!" Zheng Qi entered with a big laugh.
Chapter 1686 - Xuan Yu Resigns
Ning Zhiyuan's eyes popped out!
Was this really that seriously injured Zheng Qi on the verge of death?
Zheng Qi had been stuck at ninth-layered heaven Divine Lord, this threshold, for God knows how many years already.
One had to know, the significance of half-step Celestial Deity was completely different from being a ninth-layered heaven Divine Lord.
Half-step Celestial Deity Realm meant that it was possible to step into the true Celestial Deity Realm anytime and anywhere.
Although this chance was not great, what if they suddenly had an epiphany one day?
The majority of imperial cities' Celestial Deity Realm powerhouses actually broke through muddleheadedly like that.
Those who truly relied on their talent to break through were exceedingly rare.
It was not that there weren't ninth-layered heaven Divine Lords who broke through to Celestial Deity Realm, but they were far too few!
So little until it was negligible!
The vast majority of martial artists stepped over from the threshold of half-step Celestial Deity.
One medicinal pill of Ye Yuan let him break through the bottleneck that he could not break through for several tens of thousands of years?
This kind of means was also too inconceivable, right?!
Seeing the energetic and vigorous Zheng Qi, Ye Yuan also said happily, "Haha, that Brother Zheng in the past who was full of high spirits is finally back again!"
Zheng Qi laughed loudly and said, "All these are still thanks to you! I really didn't think that your medicinal pills actually can have such a magical effect! Those ungrateful damn things will probably regret it this time until their intestines turn green, right? If I were to say, ignore all of them in the future! Whoever wants to request for pills, take divine essence stones to come and buy. One medicinal pill, 30 billion, even a single one short won't do! Eh, Ning Zhiyuan, you're here too?"
Zheng Qi had an excited look just now and only saw Ye Yuan in his eyes. Now, suddenly noticing the Ning Zhiyuan who was extremely embarrassed by the side, he could not help being a little surprised.
Ning Zhiyuan had a look of embarrassment, but he still gave a flattering smile and said, "Congratulations to Brother Zheng for recovering, and strength improving a step further!"
Zheng Qi rolled his eyes and said with a smile that was not a smile, "Ning Zhiyuan, your nose is sharp enough! Ye Yuan had just come back and you came to find him! The thing that your Ning Family did back then was unfair and shallow!"
Ning Zhiyuan had made the preparations to throw this old face out. Heaving a sigh, he said, "Yes, this Ning had eyes but couldn't see. Back then, I shouldn't have dropped a rock down the well in the elders meeting! This Ning came this time to sincerely apologize to Elder Ye!"
Zheng Qi sneered and said, "Who doesn't know how to add flowers to embroidery? Is there really such a good thing in this world? Do you think that Ye Yuan lacks an apology from you now?"
Ning Zhiyuang had an appearance like the situation was already so bad that to make it worse makes no real difference, but his attitude was very humble as he said, "This Ning knows that saying anything now is too late. It was this Ning who was blind, so I can't blame others. Fortunately, Tianping this child is loyal and righteous, hiding from the Ning Family's top to bottom, accompanying Elder Ye through untold dangers. It's also considered to have slightly made up for the mistake that this Ning made."
Hearing Ning Zhiyuan's words, Ye Yuan secretly scolded the sly old fox.
But this old man could swallow humiliation and bear a heavy burden, it was also considered hard on him.
Looking on the account of Ning Tianping's face, he would not really do anything to the Ning Family either.
Hence, he opened his mouth and said indifferently, "Alright, it's matter in the past. No need to mention them again. Elder Ning, please return!"
The moment Ning Zhiyuan heard, he could not help revealing great joy and said with clasped hands, "Elder Ye is indeed magnanimous! Then this Ning will go back first. In the future, as long as there's use for the Ning Family, Elder Ye feel free to speak up. Oh, right, the Ning Family also collected quite a number of precious rank four spirit medicines these few years. I don't know if they can enter Elder Ye Yuan's arcane sights or not. Elder Ye please accept them!"
Ye Yuan nodded his head and said coolly, "Put it down then."
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Half a month passed, then news of Ye Yuan returning already spread like wildfire.
But toward this, the vast majority of the people still held disdainful attitudes.
Ruo Xu led a group of elders and gathered together. Everyone all had contemptuous expressions towards this news.
"This kid actually still had the face to come back! Reckon that he couldn't hack it anymore outside, right?"
"Heh heh, a trash who couldn't even break through to the Divine Lord Realm! What can he do coming back? Might as well die outside!"
"I guess that he also felt that he had no face to meet people, so that's why he blocked off the news, right? But doesn't he know that there's a saying called 'there isn't a wall in the world which hasn't a crack'?"
"Hahaha!"
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Everyone guffawed. In their view, Ye Yuan returning and directly hiding and not meeting people, he definitely had not broken through yet and felt ashamed to meet people.
Of course, Ye Yuan even consumed a Vastsun Universe Pill back then, but it did not have any effect at all.
This was already synonymous with trash in everyone's view.
Ruo Xu smiled and said, "You guys can't say it like this either! Ye Yuan's attainments in rank three divine pills are still unmatched. In this Heavenly Eagle Imperial City, he still has a place for himself. That is … making good use of trash!"
Everyone roared with laughter again, "Hahaha!"
When Ruo Xu learned of this news, he felt extremely liberated in his heart.
These few yea
rs, even though he was demoted to become the second elder, his influence in the Elder's Association did not diminish in the slightest.
One could say that Xuan Yu this head elder was just a symbol built without foundations.
Xuan Yu did not like fighting and was also unwilling to get involved in this kind of thing.
Therefore, Ruo Xu also became even more brazen and unscrupulous.
Rather, the Martial Tower that side, Coldfeather's control was very domineering, making it very difficult for Ruo Xu's hand to extend his reach.
But with the power on the Pill Tower's side, it was already enough.
After all, the Martial Tower still had to rely on the Pill Tower. Which Martial Tower elder dared to not give face to the Pill Tower's elders?
Right at this time, a subordinate suddenly came to report, saying that Grand Elder He Chong wanted to personally convene an emergency elders meeting to discuss an important matter.
Everyone's expressions could not help changing when they heard it. This timing was also too coincidental, right?
An elder asked, "Second Elder, could it be that this elders meeting … is related to Ye Yuan? Otherwise, it also wouldn't be so coincidental, right?"
"Hey! Don't scare yourselves! Back then, Ye Yuan was practically chased out of the imperial city. If he really broke through and came back, why would he be so low-key? He would have long come to smack our faces! In my view, he doesn't have the face to meet people! Grand Elder convening an elders meeting, I think that there should be another important matter. Perhaps Utmost Peace Imperial City is causing problems again," said another elder.
When everyone heard that, they all nodded their heads.