"Pass down the order, open the treasure vault, and allow Young Friend Ye to enter and make his selections."
Pang Wu declared loudly.
Upon hearing the Ancestor's words, the mood among all Pang Clan members was exceedingly heavy; each hung their head in despair.
The Pang Clan, which had once held sway over the entire Star Sea, had actually been pushed to such a state by someone.
"Today marks the darkest day in our Pang Clan's history!"
An elderly Pang Clan member with white hair lamented to the sky, tears streaming down his face.
"The Pang Clan, who dominated the Tianluo Star Sea, actually bowed their head before a mere junior."
"They had no choice. Didn't you hear? That Pang Clan Ancestor personally admitted he was no match for Ye Yunfei."
Outside Pang Star, the gathered martial artists whispered amongst themselves.
Everyone understood: once the events of today spread, they would surely shake the entire Tianluo Star Sea.
Next, led by a Pang Clan elder, Ye Yunfei entered the Pang Clan's treasure vault.
The treasure vault was immensely vast, stretching beyond one's line of sight.
It was piled high with all kinds of cultivation resources.
Crystals, herbs, pill ingredients, magic treasures, a dazzling array of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures – it had everything one could imagine.
As Ye Yunfei walked through the treasure vault, he released his Soul Power, sensing his surroundings, and casually collected any treasure that caught his interest.
At this moment, outside the treasure vault.
Pang Wu waited with a contingent of Pang Clan members.
"Ancestor, what if Ye Yunfei empties out our Pang Clan's treasure vault?"
A high-ranking Pang Clan member quietly asked Pang Wu.
"Wealth can be earned again.
But if our people are gone, we have nothing."
Pang Wu sighed as he spoke.
"Ancestor, even you... are no match for Ye Yunfei?"
The high-ranking member asked again.
"No.
Facing him, I feel a profound sense of danger.
Moreover, I am old; I no longer have the courage to gamble my life against him."
Pang Wu replied.
"Huh?
What's inside this box?
It's exuding intense wood-attribute energy!"
At that moment, inside the vault, Ye Yunfei's gaze suddenly fell upon an iron box.
The iron box was placed in an inconspicuous corner of the vault, with wisps of green mist seeping out, emitting a refreshing fragrance.
"This iron box has Formations sealing fluctuations... it's sealed."
Ye Yunfei stretched out his hand and summoned the iron box. Upon inspecting it, he found it was indeed sealed by a formation.
"Hmm, this sealing technique is fairly advanced.
I estimate even a Sea Transformation Realm expert couldn't forcefully break it open.
However, it shouldn't pose a problem for me."
After studying the iron box for a moment, Ye Yunfei had roughly grasped the nature of its formation seals.
Bang!
Finally, Ye Yunfei slapped open the lid of the iron box with one palm.
"Green Qilin Fruit!"
As Ye Yunfei looked inside the box, he couldn't help but be ecstatic.
Inside the iron box lay five green fruits, radiant with emerald light. Their shape was peculiar, actually resembling tiny, green qilins. They were crystalline and translucent, so vivid they seemed alive.
Waves of sweet, fruity fragrance wafted out, intoxicating to anyone who smelled it!
Hong! Hong!...
The Greenwood Emperor Body within Ye Yunfei's body began to circulate automatically.
"Green Qilin Fruit is an extremely rare wondrous fruit, containing immense life essence and wood-attribute energy!
It can be used to cultivate the Greenwood Emperor Body!"
Ye Yunfei was utterly thrilled.
"It's fortunate these five Green Qilin Fruits were sealed inside this iron box; otherwise, the Pang Clan would have long since used them up!"
Ye Yunfei thought to himself.
"I have thirty drops of Elder Hun's sap, plus these five Green Qilin Fruits, combined with a batch of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures containing wood-attribute energy... perhaps there's hope of cultivating my Greenwood Emperor Body to a true state of perfection!"
Looking at the five fruits, Ye Yunfei murmured to himself.
"The Pang Clan's treasure vault holds quite a few Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures imbued with wood-attribute energy, which are perfect for cultivation."
Sensing with his Soul Power, Ye Yunfei discovered many such treasures within the vault.
"You two, bring all the treasures in this vault that contain wood-attribute energy over to me."
Ye Yunfei instructed Hu Miao and Huang Shang.
"Understood."
Hu Miao and Huang Shang immediately set to work, moving every treasure containing wood-attribute energy in the vault to Ye Yunfei's side.
Shortly after, Ye Yunfei was surrounded by a large pile of treasures.
Sitting cross-legged, he began his cultivation.
With a wave of his hand, thirty drops of greenish tree sap flew out and hovered before him.
These thirty drops of sap were a gift from Elder Hun in a moment of joy after Ye Yunfei had refined a large batch of pills for him at Qingyun Palace's headquarters.
Imbued with the energy and laws of the Chaos World Tree, this sap was simply a top-tier treasure of this world, extremely precious.
Xiuxiuxiuxiuxiu!
The five Green Qilin Fruits flew up from the iron box, hovering before Ye Yunfei.
Honglonglong...
As Ye Yunfei activated the Greenwood Emperor Body, endless wood-attribute energy began to be drawn from the surrounding treasures. Like an ocean, it surged and roared toward Ye Yunfei's body, transforming into streams of green rivers that rushed into him.
Especially from the thirty drops of tree sap and the five Green Qilin Fruits, billowing life force and wood-attribute energy, like a tidal wave, instantly submerged Ye Yunfei's body.
Outside the treasure vault.
Pang Wu and the Pang Clan members waited anxiously.
Unbeknownst to them, most of a day passed.
Yet, Ye Yunfei still hadn't emerged.
"Ancestor, what exactly is Ye Yunfei doing in there?
Should we go in and check?"
A high-ranking Pang Clan member couldn't help but ask.
"My master is in closed-door cultivation. You cannot enter for the time being."
Just then, Hu Miao walked out and stood guard at the entrance to the treasure vault.
Closed-door cultivation?
The Pang Clan members were taken aback.
"Ancestor..."
The high-ranking members all looked to Pang Wu.
"We will wait."
After thinking for a moment, Pang Wu said.
Time continued to pass.
Three days went by!
Three days later, at a certain moment.
Inside the treasure vault.
Hong...
An unimaginably terrifying amount of wood-attribute energy exploded within Ye Yunfei's body.
Ye Yunfei's entire body suddenly expanded, like a balloon being rapidly inflated, growing continuously larger.
Ten zhang, twenty zhang...
Endless azure light burst forth from within Ye Yunfei's body, casting his flesh as if it were a statue carved from green jade.
At this moment, every part of Ye Yunfei—his torso, limbs, head, fingernails, even his hair—had transformed into beautiful green jade, carrying an aura of eternal indestructibility.
Life force of the densest green pervaded every corner, every cell within his body.
In the end, Ye Yunfei transformed into a giant one hundred fifty zhang tall, nearly bursting the Pang Clan's treasure vault.
"My Greenwood Emperor Body has finally reached true perfection!"
Ye Yunfei clenched his fists. Within him, endless power rumbled like a raging sea. He spoke with satisfaction.
At this moment, Ye Yunfei's body resembled a colossal azure statue, radiant with green light, countless Law symbols shining—all of them were Life Laws!
"From now on, no matter who it is, killing me will be extremely difficult."
Ye Yunfei murmured to himself.
The Greenwood Emperor Body at the true perfection level granted Ye Yunfei's flesh an even more absurdly powerful life force and injury recovery capability.
From this moment on, even if Ye Yunfei's heart or head were struck, as long as a part remained, he could still recover!
Of course, this didn't mean Ye Yunfei was now an immortal body.
If an opponent was sufficiently powerful and could, within an instant, completely annihilate Ye Yunfei's physical body, heart, head, and Soul Body, leaving not a single trace behind, they could still kill him.
"Moreover, from this cultivation session, my physical strength has also made great progress.
It actually reached the power of ten flood dragons!
This is mainly due to the potent effects of Elder Hun's sap and the Green Qilin Fruit."
Sensing his physical strength, Ye Yunfei felt pleasantly surprised.
Then.
Xiu!
Ye Yunfei's body began to constantly shrink, returning to normal size.
At this moment.
Outside the treasure vault, Pang Wu and the Pang Clan members were still anxiously waiting.
"Ancestor, that Ye Yunfei isn't planning to undertake a long closed-door cultivation within our Pang Clan's treasure vault, is he?"
Some high-ranking members couldn't resist asking quietly.
Right at that moment.
"Look!
Ye Yunfei is coming out!"
A Pang Clan elder exclaimed in a low voice.
Ye Yunfei walked out of the treasure vault entrance, followed by Hu Miao.
"Young Friend Ye..."
Pang Wu immediately went to meet him.
"I hope your Pang Clan won't provoke me again in the future.
If there is a next time, I won't be so accommodating."
Ye Yunfei swept a glance over Pang Wu and said indifferently.
Having spoken, Ye Yunfei took to the skies with Hu Miao and instantly vanished into the distance.
"You have my guarantee, Young Friend Ye, our Pang Clan will not trouble you again."
Pang Wu hurriedly called after him.
"His strength... seems to have grown another notch!"
Sensing Ye Yunfei's aura, Pang Wu couldn't help but be inwardly shocked.
"Pass down my orders: from now on, all members of our Pang Clan must act with low profile, not as we did in the past.
Especially, we must not provoke Ye Yunfei.
Those who violate this order will be severely punished according to clan regulations!"
Gazing at the departing figure of Ye Yunfei, Pang Wu stood dazed for a moment before issuing his command.