After bidding farewell to the six old men, Ye Yunfei turned and began his journey back.
The path stretched out before him into a vast, hazy, and featureless void. Thick Spatial Energy and Spatial Laws rippled all around him.
Once again, Ye Yunfei released the Roc to walk beside him, continuously refining and absorbing the surrounding spatial energy and laws.
"This time, the gains were significant," Ye Yunfei mused to himself. "My level of Spatial Energy has been raised a tier, and the power of my Spatial Blades has greatly improved. Moreover, I obtained hundreds of thousands of Space Crystals. Once I find the time to refine and absorb them all, my Spatial Energy level will undoubtedly advance another step."
"However, I shouldn't solely pursue increasing Spatial Energy power. Practicing a few more spatial secret arts might be even more useful in actual combat." Ye Yunfei suddenly considered this point.
"Besides the Spatial Blade, which other spatial secret arts am I capable of practicing now..." Ye Yunfei pondered.
His memory was a treasury of many profound space-time secret arts. Some arts were capable of slashing through space and time, reversing the flow of years, even creating entirely new spaces! However, Ye Yunfei's current strength was still too weak. He was utterly incapable of practicing these heaven-sundering, time-reversing great divine abilities.
"Ah!
Spatial Teleportation Art!
This spatial secret art, I can begin practicing its fundamentals now." After searching through his memories, Ye Yunfei discovered this particular art.
The so-called Spatial Teleportation Art, as the name implied, allowed one to change their spatial position within a certain distance in the time it took to have a single thought, teleporting to another location almost instantaneously, with virtually no passage of time required!
Once mastered, this art allowed one's figure to shift spatial positions with a single thought, utterly unpredictable!
Practicing this art required an extremely high level of Spatial Energy and a profound comprehension of Spatial Laws.
Ye Yunfei just barely met the requirements!
"Good. I'll practice this Spatial Teleportation Art!" Ye Yunfei decided inwardly.
At this moment, outside in the wider world, near Six E Stars, a large group of martial artists was searching through the starry void.
A beautiful young woman dressed in five-colored clothes stood gracefully amidst the stars. Beside her stood a white-clad maidservant carrying a sword and a gray-robed elder.
Before them lay a pitch-black spatial crack, gaping like the massive maw of a monstrous beast.
"That young master suddenly entered this spatial crack that day, most likely because he unintentionally frightened away the Spatial Tracking Beast and felt guilty, wanting to go in and help me capture it. Actually, he didn't need to do that.
This spatial crack is perilous in the extreme. With his strength, entering it would mean a narrow escape from death.
It's been several days already, and he hasn't emerged.
In a way, I've implicated him." The beautiful young mistress gazed at the spatial crack ahead and spoke softly, her lovely eyes filled with regret.
"Hmph! It's all because that guy scared off the Spatial Tracking Beast, ruining our efforts at the very last step! If it weren't for him, we might have already caught the beast. Then, Young Mistress, there would be hope for treating your injury. That fellow is so detestable; why should you worry about his safety?" The white-clad maidservant, Xiao Xue, said indignantly.
"Xiao Xue, that young master frightening away the Spatial Tracking Beast was likely unintentional. There's no need to resent him. Moreover, out of guilt, he disregarded the danger and ventured alone into this spatial crack. This sentiment... moves me deeply. As for my injury, we can think of other ways to treat it slowly later." The young mistress said.
"But Physician Hua said only the essence blood of the Spatial Tracking Beast is the specific cure for your injury!" Xiao Xue stamped her foot in frustration.
"Xiao Xue, say no more. This may simply be my fate." The young mistress sighed.
"I wonder if that young master still has any chance of coming out alive..." The young mistress raised her head, her beautiful eyes fixed on the spatial crack ahead.
Several days ago, Ye Yunfei had abruptly charged into this spatial crack and hadn't emerged since. This young mistress firmly believed that Ye Yunfei had entered solely to pursue and capture the Spatial Tracking Beast. Otherwise, why would he enter for no reason? Therefore, she had waited here all these days. The others, catering to her wishes, had no choice but to wait with her. Besides, deep down, they also faintly hoped for a miracle: that Ye Yunfei would catch the Spatial Tracking Beast and emerge.
"Young Mistress, in my opinion, that lad likely has no chance of coming out alive." The gray-robed elder glanced at the spatial crack ahead and stated.
The young mistress fell silent. She knew the elder was probably right.
However, right at that moment.
"Young Mistress, look!" Xiao Xue suddenly cried out, pointing ahead at the spatial crack, her face a picture of utter astonishment.
A young man was leisurely walking out from the spatial crack, in no particular hurry, as if taking a casual stroll.
"You're all still here." Ye Yunfei remarked offhandedly.
In truth, Ye Yunfei had long guessed that these people were probably still here. Because the essence blood of the Spatial Tracking Beast was indeed the specific cure for this young mistress's condition. The beast had appeared here before, so how could they bear to leave?
"Young man, you stayed inside for several days and actually emerged unscathed, completely unharmed? How is this possible?" The gray-robed elder stared at the emerging Ye Yunfei, unable to believe it.
"This guy really does look completely fine!" Xiao Xue exclaimed.
One must know that spatial cracks like this were perilous in the extreme for the vast majority of martial artists. Once trapped inside, it almost certainly meant a narrow escape from death. Who could have imagined someone could stay inside for days and come out perfectly fine?
"Young master, are you alright?" The young mistress also couldn't help asking, her lovely eyes fixed on Ye Yunfei.
"I'm fine." Ye Yunfei answered plainly.
"Young master, you took too great a risk. You truly didn't need to do this. I know you didn't intentionally frighten away that Spatial Tracking Beast. I don't blame you; there's no need for guilt. Now that you're safe, I am relieved." The young mistress said.
Hearing her words, Ye Yunfei was momentarily taken aback, then immediately understood her meaning.
"It seems this young lady believes I entered the spatial crack to help her capture the Spatial Tracking Beast," Ye Yunfei thought, slightly amused.
"Prepare yourself properly. In a moment, I will help treat your injury." Ye Yunfei stated.
After speaking, Ye Yunfei turned and waved his hand, summoning his airship, then stepped inside.
Ye Yunfei's current priority was to return quickly, unwilling to waste too much time.
What?!
Hearing Ye Yunfei's words, the young mistress, the white-clad maidservant, and the gray-robed elder were all utterly stunned. They wondered if they had misheard.
One must know, this young mistress's condition had persisted for over a decade; it could be called a stubborn ailment. Over these years, to cure her, her family had spent unknown amounts of wealth and manpower, employing countless highly skilled physicians, yet none had been effective.
"Young man! Did you catch that Spatial Tracking Beast?! Hand it over to us! We will hire the most famous alchemist in the Tianluo Star Sea to help refine..." The gray-robed elder was the first to snap back to his senses, crying out excitedly. At the same time, he moved, rushing towards Ye Yunfei's airship.
Upon hearing Ye Yunfei's words, his first thought was that this young man had caught the Spatial Tracking Beast!
"Do not disturb me! My time is limited!" Ye Yunfei's voice came from inside the airship.
The gray-robed elder's steps halted.
"Young man! You absolutely must not mishandle that Spatial Tracking Beast! We need its essence blood, and we also need a highly skilled alchemist to refine the pill my young mistress requires!" The gray-robed elder shouted anxiously.
"I said, do not disturb me! Otherwise, I will wash my hands of this matter." An impatient voice came from the airship, followed by complete silence.
By now, Ye Yunfei had already entered the Phantom Tower!
Ye Yunfei took out an alchemy cauldron and began refining pills. The materials were a dozen or so drops of the Spatial Tracking Beast's essence blood and a batch of heavenly herbs.
One hour later.
Ye Yunfei had refined one batch of pills, ten in total!
Once the alchemy was complete, Ye Yunfei emerged from the Phantom Tower and walked out of the airship. One hour inside the Phantom Tower was merely a moment in the outside world.
"Young man! You must not act recklessly! The essence blood of a Spatial Tracking Beast is a priceless treasure; you absolutely cannot ruin it!" The gray-robed elder was still shouting.
"Since childhood, your constitution has been excessively cold. You've long felt cold hands and feet. So, you ingested large quantities of Yang-attribute pills and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, attempting to forcibly suppress the cold energy within. However, the effect was the exact opposite, causing the Yin and Yang within your body to become completely imbalanced, your blood Qi disordered, ultimately forming a severe internal injury. You often cough up blood." Paying no attention to the gray-robed elder, Ye Yunfei's figure flashed, appearing before the young mistress. He spoke these words clearly.
"How... how did you know?!" Hearing Ye Yunfei's words, the young mistress was utterly dumbfounded.
This was her private matter, known only to a few close associates. She never imagined this stranger would casually reveal it now. Moreover, his description was frighteningly accurate!
"Actually, this is not an illness, but a very special, rare type of constitution.
It is called the Moon Yin Body.
As long as this constitution is fully activated, you will be fine. In fact, from then on, you will possess considerably high martial cultivation talent.
These pills can activate your constitution." Ye Yunfei explained.
Then, he handed a jade bottle to the young mistress, turned, and left.
"This is not an illness, but the Moon Yin Body..." The young mistress listened to Ye Yunfei's words as if hearing divine scripture, murmuring to herself.
"Young man, what you said... is it true?" The gray-robed elder, having heard Ye Yunfei's explanation, was also stunned.
Whoosh!
Ye Yunfei entered the airship, and it shot off into the distance in an instant.
The founding ceremony of Qingyun Palace was about to begin soon. Ye Yunfei was in a hurry to return!