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Towards this sort of opposing voices, Ye Yuan did not care a whit. He was currently vexing over another matter right now.
Since he promised to become the Holy Land’s Young Lord, Ye Yuan naturally would not carry on living in Ancient Opulence City.
He ordered people to fetch Ren Dong and Xiao Ruyan and the rest to the Holy Land but did not expect that they actually brought over a piece of news.
White Light actually left!
Fortunately, White Light left a message for Ye Yuan before departing.
But the message White Light left behind only had a few words: We’ll meet again another day! I’m going to the Demon Region!
Chapter 814. Accepting Challenge! |
The Demon Region was not a territory with only a single region.
The Divine Realm had a thousand regions. While the Demon Region occupied roughly one-fifth.
The remainder four-fifth consisted of regions for humans.
Of course, human regions had quite a number of demon race experts too. But to the dragon clan and the white tiger clan, this sort of clans, they basically could not be seen in human territory.
Ye Yuan reckoned that White Light might have awakened some inheritances memories and had compelling difficulties, that was why he would leave without saying goodbye.
Being informed that White Light left, Ye Yuan could not help feeling somewhat lost.
This goodbye, no idea what year and what day could they meet again either.
Ye Yuan was quite worried for White Light too. After all, he was only at Tier 6 right now. Wandering around the Divine Realm was still a little too dangerous.
From the White Valiant Region to the Demon Region, in between this had to cut across many major regions. The storms involved naturally went without saying.
It was just that White Light already left. Even if Ye Yuan went to find, it was not possible to find him either.
The Divine Realm was too big!
Furthermore, the demon race was very averse towards humans. If Ye Yuan went over with his current strength, he would not even be enough to fill the crevices between their teeth.
The White Tiger Region had quite a number of Divine King powerhouses.
At the same time he announced Ye Yuan becoming the Young Lord, Tu You also declared pompously to enter terminal seclusion, planning to break through to the Second Level Dao Profound!
Of course, all this was just in order to pull the wool over people’s eyes.
With Tu You’s present condition, forget about assaulting Second Level Dao Profound, passing away in meditation a day later would have to thank heaven and earth.
But Tu You’s meaning was already planning on handing over the Crimson Afterglow Holy Land entirely to Ye Yuan.
Without the least bit of surprise, the first time Ye Yuan convened the Elders Council to discuss matters, he met with a strong rebound.
The Elders Council was formed by the holy hall’s elders and ordinary elders. These elders were all Phaseless Realm experts without exception.
There were three holy hall elders, while ordinary elders had ten, respectively representing the Holy Land’s ten great families.
“First Elder, according to the Holy Land’s rules, before appointing a young lord, the Holy Lord has to go through the Elders Council’s approval for it to be carried out. This time, after Holy Lord issued the decree, he directly chose to enter closed-seclusion. We didn’t even get to meet him! Could it be that the Holy Lord is planning on kicking us ten great families all out of the Holy Land?” an ordinary elder said.
“Even if Ye Yuan obtained first place in the Quasi-Holy Son competition, rashly letting him inherit the position of young lord directly, is it too hasty?”
“Ye Yuan is merely just at the Boundless Realm. His strength is way worse compared to the Seven Holy Sons. On what basis to take this position of young lord?” The one talking this time was the Wu Family’s elder, named Wu Siyuan.
These ten great families’ strength were all very formidable. It could be said to occupy half of the Holy Land’s landscape.
Moreover, the Holy Hall’s disciples, there were probably over half that came from these ten great families. Therefore, their positions in the Holy Land were extremely high.
Of course, no matter how high the position, as long as these families could not produce a Dao Profound Realm, it was to no avail as well.
The disparity between Dao Profound Realm and Phaseless Realm was like cloud and mud. Not entering Dao Profound, even if their forces were any greater, they were just paper tigers too.
It was as easy as turning over the palm for the Holy Lord to want to exterminate these families.
Therefore, in a Rank Nine Holy Land, the Holy Lord was a paramount divinity.
First Elder snorted coldly when he heard that and said, “Could it be that each and every one of you wishes to rebel? The Holy Land’s Elders Council has to listen to the Holy Lord’s wishes for everything! Since the Holy Lord already made the decision, do you guys dare to disobey?”
But when Wu Siyuan heard that, he said, “First Elder, these words are wrong. Holy Lord’s wishes, we naturally dare not object. But this Ye Yuan inheriting the position of the young lord, is it truly Holy Lord’s intentions? You count for yourself, how many years has it been since we, these ten old fellows, haven’t seen the Holy Lord?”
Ever since Tu You had a great loss in longevity, most of his time was in closed-seclusion and not exiting, so as to reduce the depletion of longevity.
Those able to see him was also just First Elder.
Even the other two of the holy hall elders rarely saw him.
After so many years, the ten great elders had long had suspicions about whether or not Tu You was still in good health.
Although the decree this time was on a grand and spectacular scale, the ten great families had some doubts about the authenticity of this decree.
Especially since the Wu Family was very opposed to Ye Yuan. Once Ye Yuan became the young lord, it would definitely be very unfavorable to the Wu Family.
Therefore, Wu Siyuan being opposed to Ye Yuan was naturally within reason too.
Furthermore, the Ten Great Families were actually competing in the dark too these few years, all for the sake of the ascendancy problem of the next Holy Lord.
If their family’s disciple became the Young Lord, it would naturally be when one man attains Dao, his fowls and dogs ascend to heaven too, with the entire family benefiting along with this as well.
Therefore, the quotas to enter the Crimson Afterglow Valley this time, the competition between the Holy Sons were very fierce too. But in the end, it was Nalan Hong, Yang Xiao, and Pei Kun, the three people who were a notch above.
The strength differences between the Seven Holy Sons were not big. Most were around Fourth Level to Fifth Level Heaven Enlightenment. And these three people’s strengths were clearly a level higher.
Speaking of which, even though the Wu Family’s strength was formidable, there was really no member of the Wu Family among the Seven Holy Sons.
Originally, Wu Jianton had the greatest hope of catching up from behind. Who could have thought that the Quasi-Holy Son competition this time, he was beaten black and blue in defeat?
“Wu Siyuan, your meaning is that this Chen is forcing the emperor to do my bidding so as to command the dukes and princes? Have you thought about the consequences of saying this?” Chen Qin said with a cold smile.
Wu Siyuan’s expression changed, but he still said unyieldingly, “First Elder, I didn’t mean that! You’re making slanderous charges here! Our ten great families are steadfast and loyal to the Holy Land. But Holy Lord not meeting us for so many years, it can’t be avoided that we have some notion, right? And the decree this time is issued bafflingly. I seriously can’t figure out what right a puny little Divine Traversing Realm has to take on the position of Young Lord!”
“Just based on Ye Yuan entering into the seventh level region in the Desolate Ancient Drip E
ssence Pool! Could it be that this reason is still not enough?” Chen Qin said with a cold snort.
At this time, the Nalan Family’s elder, Nalan Xin opened his mouth to speak too: “First Elder, my Nalan Family is staunch and steadfast to the Holy Lord. I believe that everyone knows that. It’s just that Holy Lord’s current condition, we’re indeed all very concerned. To talk about entering a retreat to assault Second Level Dao Profound, this seclusion time is truly a bit too long. Ye Yuan inheriting the position of young lord, by right, we shouldn’t question. But I heard Hong-er say that when they came out, Ye Yuan was only at the sixth level region. As for whether he entered the seventh level region or not, we have no way of knowing either.”
With Nalan Xin saying this, First Elder’s face immediately became completely black.
Looks like Holy Lord not showing face for several decades, the Crimson Afterglow Holy Land was already jittery.
Nalan Xin’s words, no one would call into question. Because they were indeed loyal and faithful to the Holy Land. Just the Phaseless Realm Nalan Family clan members who died for the Holy Land were as many as over a dozen.
Looks like these ten great elders had long become suspicious towards him.
Letting Ye Yuan inherit the position of young lord this time, the ten great elders finally erupted.
Right at this time, Ye Yuan who kept silent and did not speak all along finally opened his mouth: “Elders’ skepticism towards me is nothing more than thinking that Ye Yuan’s strength is shallow and is insufficient to inherit the position of young lord. Since that’s the case, Ye Yuan is willing to accept the challenge of anyone among the Seven Holy Sons! If Ye Yuan loses, this position of young lord, not serving as one is fine too!”
Chapter 815. Absolute Strength! |
Among the Seven Holy Sons, the strongest one at present was naturally Nalan Hong.
And this time, Ye Yuan’s opponent was precisely Nalan Hong!
Actually, Nalan Hong did not have any complaints regarding Ye Yuan inheriting the position of young lord.
Ye Yuan’s talent was placed there. Even if he was not his match right now, surpassing him did not need much time either.
Even if Ye Yuan did not enter the seventh level region in the end, he at least entered the sixth level region too. Ye Yuan was way stronger than him, Nalan Hong.
This kind of genius, he could not hold a candle to him.
But when Nalan Xin told him this matter, Nalan Hong agreed without any hesitation.
Honestly speaking, he was very curious about Ye Yuan’s present strength as well!
Missing this opportunity, he might not have the chance to fight with Ye Yuan in the future.
One was because of identity, another was because of strength.
Nalan Hong heard that Ye Yuan was already Fourth Level Boundless now. With such a great improvement in a short one month’s time, surpassing him likely would not take much time either.
But this battle still stirred up a great uproar in the Crimson Afterglow Holy Land.
Boundless Realm battling Heaven Enlightenment!
Virtually a certain defeat scenario!
Everyone did not know how Ye Yuan had the confidence to beat a genius martial artist like Nalan Hong!
It was true that Ye Yuan’s talent was great. But looking down on all heroes under the heaven was his mistake.
At this time, at the Holy Land’s plaza, a large, dense crowd of people surrounded.
The entire Crimson Afterglow Holy Land was practically empty in the streets. Everyone came to observe this showdown between the new and old, two generations of geniuses.
Ye Yuan said personally that as long as he lost this battle, he would give up the position of young lord!
This battle affected the hearts of everyone in the Crimson Afterglow Holy Land.
“Boundless Realm challenging Heaven Enlightenment Realm. This is simply jesting! This isn’t a disparity of a major cultivation realm, but a disparity between the Middle Three Realms and Upper Three Realms! Can there be people capable of crossing this wide chasm?”
“Don’t be silly, you! This match isn’t Ye Yuan challenging Nalan Hong, but Nalan Hong challenging Ye Yuan! But Ye Yuan is over a major cultivation realm worse than Nalan Hong. How can he possibly win?”
“Ye Yuan is indeed a peerless genius. But even if his supreme true intent is comprehended to the fifth-stage, it’s not possible to win Nalan Hong either, right?”
“Really don’t know how Ye Yuan thinks, to actually agree to such a challenge. If he’s defeated, where will Holy Lord’s face be placed?”
The small groups in the crowd were all discussing fervently.
However, the public opinion was practically one-sided, feeling that Nalan Hong would obtain victory.
Not that they did not believe Ye Yuan’s talent, but the gap between Ye Yuan and Nalan Hong was too great!
If Ye Yuan had Ninth Level Boundless strength, they would definitely feel that Ye Yuan would win.
But Fourth Level Boundless verses Fifth Level Heaven Enlightenment, there … was nothing good to compete!
No matter how great the talent, it was also impossible to cross such a great disparity.
On the grandstand, the three great holy hall elders and the ten great families’ elders were all in attendance! This kind of standard could be said to be the highest benchmark apart from the holy lord. The degree of importance they attached to this battle could be seen.
At this time, Chen Qin’s expression was very ugly.
Other people thought that Ye Yuan wanted to be this young lord a lot, but he knew that Ye Yuan did not care at all. He did not agree even when holy lord personally invited.
Could it be that this brat deliberately said those kinds of words so as to better shirk off this position of young lord?
If it was really like this, Holy Lord’s painstaking effort was wasted in vain!
On the arena, Ye Yuan stood with his hands behind his back. But facing the powerful Nalan Hong, he was not the least bit afraid.
Everybody could not understand just where Ye Yuan’s confidence was coming from.
“Where’s your sword? Could it be that you want to fight with me bare-handedly?”
Ye Yuan did not draw his sword up until now. Nalan Hong was very uncertain.
He had seen before Ye Yuan’s fifth-stage sword intent and naturally knew that what Ye Yuan was strongest at was sword intent.
But looking at Ye Yuan’s appearance, it seemed like he did not have the intention of drawing his sword.
He was at any rate the leader of the Seven Holy Sons. Wasn’t it underestimating people too much like this?
Ye Yuan smiled and said, “Using a sword, you’re not my match. So I won’t use the sword.”
Nalan Hong’s eyebrows jumped. He was greatly astonished in his heart.
He even thought that Ye Yuan not drawing his sword was in order to intentionally humiliate him. But he did not expect that Ye Yuan actually took the initiative to admit that using a sword, Nalan Hong was not his match.
Could it be that fifth-stage supreme true intent was not yet Ye Yuan’s limits? Could it be that this guy still had more powerful means?
How was this possible?
Could it be divine soul mystic arts?
That was even less likely! Ye Yuan’s soul force was at best just Alchemy Ancestor Realm too. Under the situation where he was prepared to some extent, it would not pose any threat to him at all.
Seeing Nalan Hong’s expression, Ye Yuan said smilingly, “You don’t need to try to guess. You’ll know right away! Then … let’s begin!”
Nalan Hong revealed a solemn expression and nodded his head.
The more Ye Yuan was calm like so, the greater the ominous premonition in Nalan Hong’s heart!
“Humph! Pretending to be profound! At the Quasi-Holy Son competition, his means were all studied thoroughly. What other tricks could he still have that can cross the gap between Upper Three Realms and Middle Three Rea
lms?” Wu Siyuan said disdainfully.
But right at this moment, Ye Yuan moved!
The moment Ye Yuan moved, Nalan Hong’s expression changed drastically, immediately mustering all the essence energy in his body, and bracing up an essence energy shield!
Because he did not have leftover time to carry out other responses at all!
Without the slightest essence energy’s undulation, Ye Yuan’s figure rumbled towards him like a cannonball!
Turns out that Ye Yuan’s reliance was actually his physical body!
Clank!
A crisp sound. Ye Yuan’s fist smashed onto Nalan Hong’s sword, without the least bit of flashiness!
One punch, the crowd were all flabbergasted!
Nalan Hong, this Heaven Enlightenment Realm expert, was actually smashed flying by Ye Yuan immediately!
And the longsword in his hand snapped with a clank!
“W-What the hell! The longsword in Nalan Hong’s hand is a high-grade profound artifact. Ye Yuan actually only relied on the fleshy body and snapped a high-grade profound artifact?”
“Just what in the world did this guy experience in the Crimson Afterglow Valley? During the Quasi-Holy Son competition, his physical body was absolutely not so strong!”
“Too scary! The magnitude of his physical body is probably already comparable to Heaven Enlightenment Realm, right? No wonder he dares to challenge Nalan Hong. Turns out that this is his true trump card!”
This punch of Ye Yuan’s was too outrageous. It actually forcefully broke the longsword in Nalan Hong’s hand.
Such a spectacle was too astounding!
And this was the result after Ye Yuan was tormented by the primeval dragon bone for over 20 days!
His physical body was even tougher than a high-grade profound artifact!
The originally trash-like body actually caught up from behind, even surpassing the essence energy cultivation realm!
From start to end, Ye Yuan did not even utilize a shred of essence energy. Just by relying on the explosive power of his fleshy body, his speed and strength were already on par with Heaven Enlightenment Realm experts.
