Chapter 277 Great Gratitude, Great Revenge [5K]
Shui Hanqing lowered his head and said nothing.
Seeing this, Ye Linyuan smiled, and then said: "In the world of immortal cultivation, strength is respected after all. If you and I are strong enough, we can change the will of others."
"Don't think too much, just take a good rest. As long as you are strong enough one day, you will not be afraid of anything."
Shui Hanqing's eyes opened slightly, and finally he nodded slowly.
Seeing this, Ye Linyuan said no more. In the following time, he made arrangements to find a glimmer of hope for Meng Nanfeng and others, while taking care of the spiritual fields and spiritual medicines.
Moreover, taking advantage of his free time, he used the corpses of eighteen black dragon Taoist soldiers as a basis, integrated them into the Dragon Transformation Pond and upgraded it again, turning it into a third-grade, top-grade spiritual building Dragon Transformation Pond.
After completing the promotion this time, the mystery of the Jiaohua Pool has been greatly enhanced.
According to Ye Linyuan's estimation, with the help of this dragon-transforming pond, the possibility of the Hanyu Snake Clan transforming into dragons will definitely increase greatly in the future.
Even the blood power of Han Chi itself will grow faster, and the probability of transforming into royal blood will definitely increase greatly.
After successfully advancing to the Jiaohua Pool, the number of Jindan cultivators of the Ye family began to increase in the following period of time.
About two years after Ye Linyuan returned, Chu Lingxi and Zhou Yuwan broke through to the late Jindan realm one after another.
At this point, the two of them are already considered truly powerful among the Jindan cultivators.
Logically speaking, with the qualifications of the Seven-Patterned Golden Elixir, its potential should have been exhausted at this point.
However, because they both had good luck and swallowed the Dao essence of Taohua Sanren and Liu Changge this time, the eighth Danwen has already loosened, and it is likely that it will only take sixty years to condense the eighth Danwen.
Ye Linyuan did not let them wait, but took out two top-grade Bu Tian Dan to help them complete the eighth dan pattern.
With their current foundation, Ye Linyuan estimated that taking a top-grade Bu Tian Dan would be enough to replenish the eighth dan pattern.
However, the ninth dan pattern is extremely difficult to cultivate. It is estimated that a rare dan pill will be needed to have a greater chance of completing the ninth dan pattern. But I cannot say that I will definitely succeed in cultivating the ninth dan pattern.
However, Ye Linyuan was well prepared. By that time, using the Bu Tian Dan and Xuan Tian Ling Ye, it should not be a problem for the two of them to break through the Nine-Patterned Golden Elixir.
As for whether they can form a baby, it depends on the opportunity and luck of the two people.
Not long after the two of them broke through to the late Jindan stage, several other Jindan of the Ye family also broke through to the late Jindan stage one after another.
The first to break through was not the cold dragon, but the water silkworm with weak combat power. This is the advantage of the spirit insect clan. Although their combat power is very weak, their bottleneck is much smaller than that of spirit beasts.
In fact, the spiritual insects on the Heaven and Earth Spirit Insect List, even the top five true spirits, can at most be compared with the top 100 true spirits on the Heaven and Earth True Spirit List in terms of combat power.
Just an Immortal Golden Ape ranked in the 30s is qualified to fight against any True Spirit Zerg.
However, the advantage of the True Spirit Zerg is that they are more numerous and it is much easier to break through them. They can often act in groups.
For example, powerful insect species such as iron-eating ants and gold-eating bugs appear in tens of thousands or even millions of numbers when they are born. Even the true spirits of heaven and earth dare not confront them easily.
The water silkworm is a typical example. Its strength is very weak, but it is extremely easy to break through. Otherwise, with the combat power of the water silkworm race, it would not have been qualified to become a true spirit of heaven and earth in ancient times.
After this breakthrough of the water silkworm, although its strength is still extremely weak, it is already able to produce third-grade top-quality spiritual silk, which is useful for upgrading the Xuanyuan Zhenhai Flag and refining third-grade top-quality formations.
After Shuican's breakthrough, the three great golden elixirs, Hanchi, Cangyuebei and Shuihanqing, also successfully broke through to the late stage of golden elixir soon after.
Among them, Cangyuebei is at a relatively weak level in the late Jindan stage, and Hanchi's combat power is considered to be in the upper reaches of the seventh level of Jindan.
Shui Hanqing's strength is comparable to the eighth level of the Golden Core Realm. Although he is not as strong as Ye Xuqiu who is at full strength, he also possesses extremely powerful offensive means and his combat endurance is much stronger.
In addition, before the three people broke through, news came from the front line of the battlefield that the Fighting Golden Ape had honed himself in battle and finally broke through to the late Golden Core stage.
After the three of them broke through the bottleneck, Fushan Ao also broke through to the late stage of Jindan.
The Mountain-Carrying Turtle had a strong foundation. Although it became even more powerful due to the power of its bloodline, its cultivation level improved faster in the early and middle stages of the Golden Core.
But now, with more resources provided by the Ye family, the bloodline of Han Chi and others has reached its peak and has gradually narrowed the gap with Fushan Ao.
Therefore, the Fushan'ao, which has more powerful magic power, is now unable to catch up with the Jindan Demon Kings such as Hanchi in terms of cultivation speed.
Of course, Ye Linyuan had expected these people to make breakthroughs.
After all, the bloodlines of several mountain guardian spirit beasts had reached their peak more than ten or twenty years ago, and there is no bottleneck in their breakthrough now.
Shui Hanqing, Zhou Yuwan, and Chu Lingxi all have superior golden elixirs, so it is expected that they can break through so quickly with sufficient resource supply.
In fact, not only them, but even the Hongxu Sword Girl of the Tianxing Sword Sect broke through to the late Jindan stage at almost the same time as them.
Hongxu Sword Girl's cultivation resources are a little lacking, but with the help of the famous sword in her comprehension of the Tao, her cultivation speed makes up for a lot, and breaking through to the late Jindan stage is also expected.
Moreover, according to Ye Linyuan's estimation, after the breakthrough of Hongxu Sword Girl, she was able to receive the guidance of the revived sword spirit in her practice. I'm afraid that her practice speed will likely increase by leaps and bounds in the future.
In two hundred years at the latest, Hongxu Sword Girl's cultivation will reach the great perfection of the Golden Core. If she relies on the blessing of the sword spirit, her strength is likely to reach the fourth level and become the new invincible sword master of the Tianxing Sword Sect.
Back to the topic, time passed quickly as Ye Linyuan continued to plan and Shui Hanqing and others made breakthroughs.
Before we knew it, more than ten years had passed.
This year, Ye Linyuan was 376 years old. All of his Xuanyuan Zhenhai flags were upgraded to top-grade magic weapons, and his overall strength made significant progress again.
At this point, Ye Linyuan's strength has temporarily reached its limit. Unless he cultivates new magical powers or breaks through the eighth level of the Golden Core, he is afraid that he will not make much progress in decades.
And in that year, the army of the Five Elements Sea was unstoppable, conquering 90% of the lost territory and encircling the demon tribe in a territory of less than one million miles.
"This is the battle."
Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart, and a hint of solemnity appeared in his eyes.
In the eyes of the Five Elements Taoist Sect and the Deep Sea Demon King, this was their last battle. If they could capture the stronghold of the Black Abyss Dragon Palace in this battle, they would be able to completely drive the Black Abyss Dragon Palace back to the Southern Region.
By then they will have at least a decade of rest time, and if the Black Abyss Dragon Palace wants to fight back with precautions, the difficulty will increase by more than ten times.
Therefore, the coalition forces gathered most of their forces, intending to win the battle in one fell swoop and completely destroy the Black Abyss Dragon Palace.
"Black Abyss Dragon Palace, I'm afraid we have been waiting for this battle for a long time."
Ye Linyuan pondered in his heart, and a solemn look appeared in his eyes.
He took a deep breath, and without wasting any time, he left the Seven Domain Alliance quietly.
All the way to the front line of the battlefield, he secretly found Ye Xuqiu and others, and handed a geomancy map to Ye Yingxu.
"This battle is extremely dangerous. This geomancy map records the escape route I deduced."
"When you are in a war, if you realize that the situation is not going well, just run away immediately according to the escape route."
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but look solemn, but they all nodded solemnly without asking any more questions.
Seeing this, Ye Linyuan still warned: "Remember, the route in this geomancy map is the route with the highest probability of your survival."
"You must not tell anyone else, otherwise it may cause something unexpected."
Ye Yingxu nodded, put away the geomancy map and said, "Don't worry, clan leader, I will definitely take them back safely, and I will not let anyone know about this geomancy map."
Seeing this, Ye Linyuan didn't say anything more. He immediately stood up and left quietly.
After he left, Ye Yingxu opened the geomancy map by himself, took a look at it and said with a little surprise: "Sure enough, it is this one."
"This escape route has the highest survival rate. Your family head's attainments in divine secrets are not simple."
In Ye Yingxu's sea of consciousness, the incomplete spiritual treasure slowly spoke: "I helped you calculate for a long time, and finally found this route with the greatest chance of survival."
"He can do this, which shows that his attainments in Tianji are extremely high, at least at the level of the third-order super-grade."
"The clan leader is still so unfathomable." Ye Yingxu spoke calmly, then closed the geomancy map and said, "The crisis is coming, and we should be ready to retreat at any time."
"..."
Just as Ye Linyuan was thinking, the siege of the Black Abyss Dragon Palace by the war coalition had come to an end. In this large sea area of only one million miles, millions of demons were surrounded.
A large number of shrimp soldiers and crab generals and various demon tribes crowded together. There were as many as two thousand demon kings in the Jindan realm alone.
The total number of golden elixirs of the human and demon races surrounding them exceeded three thousand.
With so many cultivators and demons gathered together, it is foreseeable that the battle will be extremely brutal.
"The final battle."
Outside the sea, on a huge quasi-fourth-level treasure ship, a group of figures stood shoulder to shoulder.
The cultivation levels of these people all started from the late Jindan stage, and among them there were even a few top Jindan masters who had reached the great perfection of Jindan. The leaders were Chu Nanming and Meng Nanfeng.
At this moment, the two of them stood in the air. Chu Nanming looked at the battlefield and sneered, "In that battle back then, the Black Prison Crown Prince made me suffer a lot. Now I finally have a chance to settle the old score."
Meng Nanfeng did not answer. He just looked at the island for a long time before he said solemnly, "This is the base camp of the Black Abyss Dragon Palace in the East Region. It is said that there is a fourth-level spiritual vein."
"It may not be an easy task to take it down."
Chu Nanming also nodded, but smiled and said: "Brother Meng, don't worry too much. Since the sect dared to take action this time, it must have the foundation to break the formation."
"By the way, I have to congratulate Brother Meng. The two True Lords of the sect have decided that after this battle is over, they will make an exception and allow you to join the sect and become the new chief Daoist of our Five Elements Dao Sect."
Speaking of this, Chu Nanming couldn't help but reveal a look of envy.
Meng Nanfeng remained calm and nodded, obviously having known about this for a long time.
The founder of the Renshui Sect was once a Taoist disciple of the Five Elements Taoist Sect. It can be said that this lineage was originally a branch of the Five Elements Taoist Sect.
It was only natural for Meng Nanfeng to join the Five Elements Taoist Sect.
In fact, as early as the battle decades ago, after Meng Nanfeng saved Chu Nanming, the Five Elements Taoist Sect had the idea of recruiting him as the chief Taoist disciple.
However, there are disagreements within the Five Elements Taoist Sect. Some people believe that he is not a direct descendant of the Five Elements Taoist Sect, but only the leader of a branch. It may not be appropriate for him to join the sect and become the chief Taoist disciple.
Some people also believe that there should be no rigid restrictions on the employment of personnel, and talents like Meng Nanfeng should be recruited and fully cultivated.
The two sides could not reach an agreement, so the matter was temporarily delayed.
In fact, the main reason why this matter was delayed was that Meng Nanfeng was too strong.
With his strength, if he joined the Five Elements Taoist Sect, he would definitely become the chief disciple, and the chief Taoist disciple represents the opportunity to form a baby.
However, the Five Elements Taoist Sect has limited resources for forming a baby, and every thousand years there are only one or two complete opportunities to form a baby.
If this opportunity to form a baby was given to Meng Nanfeng, how would Chu Nanming, the former chief Taoist, deal with it?
Moreover, Chu Nanming is more familiar and reliable, while Meng Nanfeng is an outsider. It is hard to say whether he can be of the same mind with the sect after nurturing the infant.
After all, it has been thousands of years since the Renshui Sect separated from the Five Elements Sect.
Because the top leaders were unable to make up their minds, the matter was delayed, and coupled with the factor of war, it was delayed for decades.
Now that the war is about to end, Meng Nanfeng has made great achievements in the war. The two Yuanying masters of the Five Elements Taoist Sect have developed a love for his talent, so they announced to the top leaders that after the war, they will recruit him as the chief Taoist disciple.
"I've been having palpitations lately, and I always have a bad feeling."
Just at this time, Meng Nanfeng suddenly spoke calmly, with a serious look on his face.
Chu Nanming was slightly stunned, and then couldn't help asking: "Have you noticed anything?"
"No."
Meng Nanfeng did not answer, but just looked at the battlefield ahead with a solemn look in his eyes.
A moment later, Meng Nanfeng calmly returned to the treasure ship, picked up the geomancy map and looked at the terrain map in front of him, as if he was planning something.
"Brother Meng, what are you looking at?"
At this moment, Chu Nanming suddenly walked over and asked curiously.
Meng Nanfeng put away the feng shui map in an instant, his brows slightly frowned, but when he saw that the person was Chu Nanming, he slowly relaxed.
He saved Chu Nanming's life, and in order to repay his kindness, Chu Nanming treated him like a real brother over the years.
Now that they have fought side by side for many years, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are as close as brothers, and there is no need to be too secretive.
So Meng Nanfeng sighed, and then said: "I always have a bad feeling, I feel that there will be accidents in this war."
"Look at the retreat route in advance, so that if something unexpected happens, you can fight and retreat at the same time, and you can have a better chance of retreating safely."
"Makes sense."
Chu Nanming nodded, and then said solemnly: "The sudden impulse in the dark is often a warning from destiny to you and me."
"It's always better to make some preparations in advance than to be caught off guard when the time comes."
"It seems that you think so too." Meng Nanfeng smiled, and then said: "But if we want to retreat safely, the route map alone is not enough."
"If you want to escape unscathed, it would be best if you could set up some special formations or some backup plans to stop the powerful enemy on the way back."
Chu Nanming nodded, but frowned slightly as he said, "But as the commander-in-chief of the army, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to get away."
Meng Nanfeng didn't say anything. After carefully looking at Meng Nanfeng for a moment, he smiled and said, "I want to entrust you with this matter."
"Do you believe me?" Chu Nanming was stunned for a moment, and then said, "For matters of life and death, you should let someone you can trust do it."
Meng Nanfeng smiled, patted Chu Nanming on the shoulder and said, "You and I are friends of gentlemen, and we have a life-long friendship. If I can't even trust you, who else in the world can I trust?"
"Brother Meng." Chu Nanming's eyes turned red. He immediately took his hand and said firmly, "Don't worry, even if I die, I will leave a way out for you."
"Brother Chu, I feel relieved with your words?"
Meng Nanfeng smiled, picked up a batch of formation equipment and handed them to Chu Nanming, then stood up and left the cabin.
And just as he was leaving the cabin, Chu Nanming looked at his back calmly, with a complex look in his eyes.
"Brother Meng, you know that great kindness can also be like great hatred."
"Not to mention, you are now blocking my way."
"..."
As soon as Meng Nanfeng left the cabin, the three supreme elders of the Renshui Sect could no longer hold back.
One of them couldn't help but hold Meng Nanfeng back, and then said solemnly: "Master, Chu Nanming is the chief of the Five Elements Sect. If you hand this matter over to him, it may cause trouble."
"Yes, we suggest you take precautions."
The other two great elders also spoke up, with a look of worry on their faces.
Meng Nanfeng frowned slightly, and then said, "I have known him for many years, and I know that Chu Nanming is a gentleman, definitely not a villain. I think you are worrying too much."
"However, on the road to enlightenment, how many gentlemen can resist the temptation?"
The white-robed Grand Elder spoke up, with a hint of regret: "I hope the Sect Master will reconsider this."
Meng Nanfeng frowned slightly. He didn't believe that Chu Nanming was such a villain, but he also understood that the three of them were doing this for his own good, and it was always better to be more prepared than to have no preparation at all.
So he hesitated for a moment, and then said, "How about this, I'll trouble you three to go there and prepare another backup retreat route."
The three of them breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.
They understood that their leader had lost his relatives at a young age, so he had always been extremely sentimental, but fortunately, he was by no means a pedantic person.
(End of this chapter)
