by Feng Yise
"You all, very good!"
When he said this, Ye Yuan's teeth creaked from grinding.
When the Ning Tianping and Bai Chen by the side saw this scene, they could not help secretly being speechless.
They did not know what Ye Yuan saw in Xun Qingling's divine soul, but they rarely saw such a furious expression on Ye Yuan before. It could be seen that Ye Yuan was already enraged to the extreme.
"Y-Your Excellency spare our lives!" How could the few girls still have any proud appearance? They were already terrified to the extreme.
"Heh, this Ye isn't someone who kills indiscriminately. It's just that you all normally treated Lu-er like that, so you can't be spared!"
Finished talking, Ye Yuan waved a hand. Several streaks of sword energy fired out, directly blasting the four people to mere residue.
These four people were all Xun Qingling's accomplices. In these 1000 years, there were no few instances of bullying Lu-er and even quite a few times of harming Lu-er to death. How could Ye Yuan spare them?
After killing four people, Ye Yuan s.u.c.k.e.d in a deep breath, forcefully calmed down, and said, "Invite Senior Bai Tong they all over."
Hearing that Ye Yuan was going to the northern land, everyone was very worried.
After all, arriving at that sort of place, no one knew Grandmaster Ye.
If anything mishap happened, that would not be good.
Bai Tong frowned and said, "Why not … I go together with you."
Ye Yuan shook his head and said, "At present, Heavenly Eagle has just stabilized. Forces everywhere are casting covetous eyes, so there must be an Empyrean-level powerhouse holding down the fort. All of you stay. Just Tianping following me will do."
Bring Bai Tong over would naturally be much more secure.
But the Southern Border was not calm and tranquil. Empyrean Pilljade and the rest were all casting covetous eyes. Without an Empyrean-level powerhouse holding down the fort, Ye Yuan could not set his mind at rest.
Through several years of seesawing and negotiations, the Myriad Treasure Tower and Heavenly Eagle joined the Southern Border Alliance once more.
With this battle, the Myriad Treasure Tower was naturally the greatest beneficiary, but Heavenly Eagle Imperial City's limelight was the brightest.
As the saying went, the winds howl around the highest peaks, it was impossible for Empyrean Pilljade they all to willingly be suppressed just like this. Perhaps some troubles would occur.
Bai Tong was not just an Empyrean powerhouse, but a Seven-star Alchemy God too. With him garrisoning Heavenly Eagle, Ye Yuan could naturally be much more reassured.
"Yun Yi, when Master isn't around, this land of Southridge will be presided over by you. If you encounter anything that can't be resolved, consult Senior Bai, understood?" Ye Yuan instructed.
Yun Yi nodded and said, "Yes, Master!"
After arranging everything for Heavenly Eagle, Ye Yuan brought along Ning Tianping. The two embarked on the journey to the Northernmost Steppe.
Chapter 2068 - Just Telling the Truth
The Northernmost Steppe was said to be a grassland, but actually, it was merely a wasteland.
The area here was vast, with fierce beasts everywhere.
The humans living here had to band up together to keep warm, gathering together.
It was also precisely because of this that the people here were stubborn and unruly, killing people at the drop of a hat.
Only the strong could survive here.
This place was a magical place where martial artists formed factions and gangs, for the sake of benefits and murdering each other.
But each beast tide, they were able to put aside all grievances and resist the fierce beasts.
Jiu Luo Ji was such a place.
The northern land was extremely cold. The air here seemed to be able to freeze people into ice sculptures.
Even if one's cultivation reached True God Realm, you could feel the bone-piercing chill too.
This place was the world of ice law. Hence, the moment people were born, they would grasp a law, that was ice law.
Hence, the martial artists here were powerful and often grasped more than two laws.
At this time, inside a small tavern in Jiu Luo Ji, martial artists were gathered in twos and threes, drinking and chatting.
This was the way of life of martial artists in their leisure time; warming their bellies with strong alcohol and chatting about the affairs of this Northernmost Steppe.
Hence, the tavern's business was very good.
A man and a woman, two young people wearing fur skirts entered the small tavern and did not find a space after looking around for a long time, their expression somewhat disappointed.
The girl pointed at a corner and said, "Big Brother, look! The table over there only has two people sitting. Why won't we go over and share tables?"
In a corner, two young men were currently drinking alcohol. One of them was all wrapped up and still freezing until he was trembling. The other was dressed in thin attire, but he seemed to be completely fine.
The man nodded his head and said, "Come, go over and take a look."
The two people came beside the table. The man clasped his hands and said, "This little brother, I'm Southwater Street's Wu Song, and this is my younger sister, Wu Ling. You look, this Raging Fire Tavern's business is too good. Can we share tables?"
The young man dressed lightly sipped a mouthful of wine and said coolly, "Sit."
The brother and sister two people were overjoyed and directly sat down opposite and shouted, "Waiter, bring four jugs of Raging Fire Brew!"
"Alright!"
Far away, the waiter shouted at the top of his voice.
Very soon, four jugs of Raging Fire Brew were served. Wu Song opened the seals and directly swigged a mouthful, saying with a smile, "Refreshing! Haha … this little brother, come, cheers!"
The young man opposite raised his glass in a slight gesture and sipped another mouthful of alcohol.
When Wu Ling saw the appearance of rejecting people a thousand miles away opposite, she curled her mouth and said, "Putting on an appearance!"
Wu Song laughed and said, "Little Brother, don't blame her. This younger sister of mine doesn't think before talking. Wonder how do I address you two brothers?"
"Ji Qingyun!"
"Ning Tianping!"
The two people answered one after another.
These two people were precisely the Ye Yuan master and servant who crossed over the Heavenspan Mountain and borders to come.
Currently, more than 50 years had already passed since Senior Apprentice Sister Xun and the rest went to Heavenly Eagle.
The master and servant two people went through many twists and turns, and were travel-weary, finally hurrying to the Northernmost Steppe half a year ago.
But they did not take action immediately. With the two of their strength, even if they barged into the Ice Cloud Tower, it was also impossible to rescue Lu-er.
Fortunately, Ye Yuan ascertained that Lu-er was fine for the time being. Hence, he started planning how to save Lu-er.
Arriving here, it was naturally not suitable for Ye Yuan to use his original name, so he simply used his previous life's name.
"Haha, turns out that it's Brother Ji and Brother Ning! I'll gift these two jugs of wine to you two. Just take it as thanking the two of you for offering your seats," Wu Song pushed two jugs of wine forward and said.
Ye Yuan nodded slightly and said, "Then this Ji won't be courteous."
Wu Song sized Ye Yuan up and could not resist the questions in his heart and said, "Isn't Brother Ji cold wearing so lightly?"
Speaking of which, this master and servant two people were weird too. One wore very little but was aloof and indifferent, while the other wore very thickly but was trembling heavily.
Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Not cold."
By the side, Ning Tianping could not resist rolling his eyes, his gaze full of envy.
He
also did not expect that this trip out was actually such a tough errand.
With his presently Third Firmament True God cultivation, he was actually trembling from the cold like a mortal.
But his lord was not at all unadapted to this kind of environment.
This guy had a late-stage perfect sixth transformation golden body and did not know what cold was at all.
Wu Ling snickered and said, "Putting on airs! In my view, he's definitely keeping out the cold with divine essence, but doesn't know that this is a big taboo in the Northernmost Steppe. If you encounter any enemies and only have 70-80% divine essence left, there's no difference from seeking death."
Divine essence keeping out the cold, this could indeed resist the chill.
It was just that in the Northernmost Steppe, no one dared to do so.
Because at this place, there were murders to seize property at the drop of a hat, or fighting with fierce beasts in the wilderness. One must maintain their peak state.
Divine essence to ward off the cold had to deplete large amounts of divine essence under this kind of extremely cold weather.
Once encountering the enemy, it would be too late to even cry.
Ning Tianping was just about to flare up when he heard that, but Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Huhu, this Ji has plenty of divine essence and isn't afraid to consume it."
Wu Ling could not help choking when she heard that and said with a cold snort, "Don't listen to an elderly person's advice and you'll suffer right away! Really won't be rewarded for good intentions!"
Wu Song was a little awkward by the side and said with a laugh, "My younger sister is frank with a ready tongue. Come, this Wu drinks a toast to two brothers."
Finished drinking, Wu Song put down the wine jug, wiped his mouth, and said, "Refreshing! In this Jiu Luo Ji, it's still the Raging Fire Brew that has the strongest kick. Drinking a mouthful down is like a ball of fire burning. Comparing the alcohol of other taverns to it, they are still much more lacking! Brother Ji, you're also into this alcohol, right?"
Ye Yuan shook his head slightly when he heard that and said, "This alcohol is just average, still passable."
Wu Song's brows furrowed when he heard that, thinking to himself that this kid was indeed something who put on airs. Would you die if you did not trigger people?
The Raging Fire Brew was a strong drink that was renown far and wide and deeply loved by the martial artists in the steppe.
But reaching Ye Yuan's mouth, it became average, passable.
Even if Wu Song was broad-minded, he nearly spewed a mouthful of alcohol over too.
Who knew that this tavern's boss had sharp ears and actually heard Ye Yuan's words. He immediately laughed coldly and said, "Lad, don't be so arrogant when speaking! In this Jiu Luo Ji, who doesn't know that our Raging Fire Tavern's Raging Fire Brew is akin to a fire on the grasslands, and mandatory for the grassland's martial artists. Even compared to the medicinal pills of masters, it doesn't pale in the slightest too."
All around, people who loved to drink all had unhappy expressions too.
"Kid, your hair isn't even fully grown yet and you dare to posture here?"
"Then kid, you're wearing so little, is it using divine essence to ward off the chill? If you have the capability, don't drink this alcohol."
"Raging Fire Brew is Your Father's favorite! Are you f*cking trying to court death!"
...
Ye Yuan's one sentence immediately ignited the tavern.
Wu Long snickered by the side and said, "See, I knew it! Putting on an appearance, you incurred public wrath now, right?"
Rather, it was Wu Song who was kind hearted, hurriedly standing up to clasp his hands at everyone, saying, "Haha, brothers don't mind it, this brother of mine misspoke after drinking, misspoke after drinking!"
The tavern's boss had a cold smile on his face as he said, "Misspoke after drinking? Heh heh, if you feel that my alcohol isn't good, don't drink if you have the capability! Go, go, go! This place doesn't welcome you!"
Ye Yuan shrugged and said, "I was just telling the truth, don't drink … then don't drink then. Either way, it's also dull and tasteless."
Chapter 2069 - Sunshine Glow
"Dull and tasteless? F*cking hell!"
When the tavern boss heard Ye Yuan's words, he was angered until he stomped his feet.
When the others saw this scene, other than finding it funny, they could not help pitying Ye Yuan.
This tavern's boss was called Zhang Tu. In his early years, he killed people and committed arsons. His evil deeds knew no limits. His strength also reached middle-stage True God Realm and was not a good person.
All the way until acquiring this Raging Fire Brew's formula later did he open the Raging Fire Tavern here.
The tavern's boss directly dashed in front of Ye Yuan in rapid steps and said with a cold smile, "Kid, I, Zhang Tu, have sold the Raging Fire Brew in this Jiu Luo Ji for ten thousand years and have never heard anyone say that it's dull and tasteless before! If you don't give an explanation today, don't think about walking out of this door!"
Everyone used pitying gazes to look at Ye Yuan. Jiu Luo Ji's veteran folks all knew that this Zhang Tu was not to be trifled with.
Otherwise, with his Raging Fire Brew being highly in demand, could it be that no one dared to have designs on him?
It was that no one dared, that's all!
Wu Ling rolled her eyes and said, "How? Made people angry, right? Why don't you have a lid over your mouth? See how you clean up the mess!"
Wu Song shot a fierce glare at her. Turning around with a fawning smile, he said to Zhang Tu, "Boss Tu, this little brother of mine just has arrived and doesn't know the rules. Don't stoop to his level."
But Zhang Tu smiled coldly and said, "Who the hell are you? What's your basis for not making Your Father stoop to his level? I'm going to stoop to his level today! If these words were to spread out, how will Your Father's shop still run?"
Finished talking, he looked toward Ye Yuan again and said with a cold smile, "Brat, don't blame Your Father for not giving you a chance. As long as you bring out a better alcohol than Raging Fire Brew today, this matter will be dropped and Your Father will even apologize to you. If you can't take it out … heh heh …"
Zhang Tu had an appearance of itching for a fight. Clearly, he harbored ill-intent.
Wu Song shot Ye Yuan a fierce glare by the side and whispered, "Apologize! Brother Ji, quickly apologize to Boss Tu!"
Ye Yuan sat there calmly and completely ignored Zhang Tu, but he looked at Wu Song with a smile as he said, "Sit down, Brother Wu. Just based on you defending this Ji like so, this Ji will treat you to a cup of wine today."
While talking, a small flask appeared in Ye Yuan's hand.
Ye Yuan pulled open the lid of the flask. A thick aroma of alcohol instantly filled the entire small tavern.
"So fragrant! Fine wine!"
"My God, this wine is more than ten times more fragrant than the Raging Fire Brew!"
"What alcohol is this? This old man has never smelled before such an alcohol aroma in this life before!"
...
Upon lifting the flask lid, cries of exclamations within the small tavern linked up together. Quite a number of people were already hazy-eyed from drunkenness just by smelling this alcohol aroma.
Zhang Tu's expression instantly became extremely ugly. He did not expect that Ye Yuan really took out the wine.
Just based on this alcohol aroma, the wine in Ye Yuan's hand far surpassed the Raging Fire Brew!
"Uh … smells so good! Big Brother, I want to drink!"
By the side, Wu Ling was already drunk, letting out a light m.o.a.n that was unable to hide her hankering.
It was only to see that saliva already drooled out at the corner of her mouth.
This fragrance was truly tempting!
Smack!
Wu Ling just reached her hand out and was smacked flying by Ye Yuan with a slap.
"Ouch! Why did
you hit me!"
This slap also woke Wu Ling up from the pain.
But at this time, she looked at Ye Yuan with a look of surprise, as if she had seen a ghost.
This guy really had fine alcohol on him!
"This alcohol is only for Brother Wu to drink, none of your share!" Ye Yuan said coolly.
"Tch, stingy! Don't drink then, who wants it!"
Although she said so, Wu Ling's pair of eyes lingered on the small flask, saliva drooling out again from the corner of her mouth.
In this Northernmost Steppe, women similarly loved drinking.
It was not just Wu Ling. Everyone in the small tavern smacked their lips, staring fixedly at the small flask in Ye Yuan's hand.
Under the watchful gazes of the people, Ye Yuan poured a small glass for Wu Song.
The moment the wine came out of the flask, the fragrance became stronger!
Wu Song looked at Ye Yuan with a look of surprise. He was smashed dizzy by this biscuit that fell from the sky.
Only he could drink this wine!
"Brother Wu, sample how's this Ye's wine," Ye Yuan made an inviting gesture and said with a light smile.
Wu Song desperately swallowed his saliva, the gluttonous bug in his abdomen was already endlessly agitated.
"Then … This Wu won't be courteous!"
Wu song raised the glass, placed it at the tip of his nose and took a whiff, and almost threw the glass away.
Too fragrant!
He drank so many years of wine and had never smelled before such a fragrant to the extreme wine.
The others looked at Wu Song, saliva dripping all over the floor, all incredibly envious.
Rather, it was Wu Song who actually could not quite bear to drink it after the wine reached his mouth.
By the side, Ning Tianping said with an envious look, "Tsk tsk, this Sunshine Glow, His Excellency couldn't even bear to let me drink one mouth. Boy, you have the good fortune of the mouth!"
Ye Yuan scolded laughingly, "You rascal, don't think that I don't know how much you secretly drank, to actually still dare to vent your grievances here? Really think that I don't dare to beat you?"
Ning Tianping had an embarrassed look as he said, "Wasn't it because I was scared of the cold? Heh heh, Your Excellency's wine really tastes better the more you drink! Even several times stronger than the Dreamlike Wine!"