Three days later, in the royal capital.
Zhu Qijie had completely purged the confidants of the previous emperor.
"We should head back," Ye Yunfei said to Sect Leader Liu.
"Yes, our Ziwei Sect has many matters to attend to. It is indeed time to return," Sect Leader Liu nodded.
During this period, the strength of the Ziwei Sect had been continuously increasing, and its momentum of development was good. Sect Leader Liu was now filled with drive.
Subsequently, Sect Leader Liu led the forces of the Ziwei Sect away from the capital.
Zhu Qijie personally led all the civil and military officials of the royal family to see them off outside the capital, watching as the Ziwei Sect contingent disappeared into the distance.
"Everyone, remember the command of our tenth-generation ancestor. From now on, our Yan Kingdom Royal Family serves the Ziwei Sect as its master, and we must harbor no further disloyal thoughts. This is the oath sworn by the ancestors of our Zhu Family, and it shall never be betrayed!" Zhu Qijie declared loudly.
"Yes!" All the ministers chorused their reply.
"Furthermore, there's no need for any of you to think the Ziwei Sect is weaker than our royal family. In fact, we have all underestimated the Ziwei Sect before. Leaving other things aside, think about the last time our royal family allied with the Sheng Yuan Sect and the Qianyang Sect, the combined armies of all three powers went to deal with the Ziwei Sect. The result, I believe everyone is aware. The allied army of the three major powers was completely annihilated! Do you still think the Ziwei Sect is weak?"
Hearing Zhu Qijie's words, all the ministers couldn't help but nod repeatedly.
"Also, as stated by our tenth-generation ancestor, the Ziwei Great Emperor might still be alive. Do you know what this means? It means that once the Ziwei Great Emperor returns, the Ziwei Sect will immediately dominate the Primordial Continent, and even command the Three Thousand Greater and Lesser Realms! At that time, our Yan Kingdom Royal Family will surely be able to share in this glory!" Zhu Qijie continued.
"Well said!" The ministers were invigorated upon hearing this.
At this moment, the Ziwei Sect's flying ship was speeding back towards its headquarters.
"Su Fei, who would have thought that your trip to the capital would result in subduing the Yan Kingdom Royal Family. From now on, our Ziwei Sect has eliminated a serious adversary. All these years, the Yan Kingdom Royal Family has been targeting and suppressing us at every turn, severely restricting the development of our Ziwei Sect. Now, our Ziwei Sect can develop and expand with peace of mind," Sect Leader Liu said with a hearty laugh inside the ship, his mood exceedingly good.
"Indeed. In the future, the Yan Kingdom Royal Family is not only not our enemy but has become an affiliated power of our Ziwei Sect, which will be immensely beneficial for our sect's development!" The other elders were also deeply excited upon hearing Sect Leader Liu's words.
"The Yan Kingdom Royal Family is merely insignificant, hardly worth minding. If they become disobedient, we'll simply wipe them out. From now on, our Ziwei Sect's competitors will no longer be weak powers like the Yan Kingdom Royal Family, but the great powers of the Donghuang region, and even the truly top-tier powers of the entire Primordial Continent, such as the Heavenly God Palace." Ye Yunfei replied with a faint smile.
"Compete with a top-tier power like the Heavenly God Palace?" Sect Leader Liu and the elders couldn't help but be startled by Ye Yunfei's words.
To the Ziwei Sect, the Heavenly God Palace was far, far too strong. The gap in power was immense, and there seemed to be no basis for comparison. The Heavenly God Palace was like a lofty divine dragon in the heavens, while the Ziwei Sect was merely an insignificant ant on the ground! A single breath from the Heavenly God Palace could probably annihilate them.
"Believe me, one day in the future, our Ziwei Sect will be able to compete with major powers like the Heavenly God Palace," Ye Yunfei said lightly.
"Su Fei, I believe in you!" Sect Leader Liu took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the shock within, and nodded his response.
At this moment, Sect Leader Liu, the elders, and all the high-ranking members felt their blood surge with passion, filled with hope for the future of the Ziwei Sect!
Just then.
"Not good, kid! It seems someone is performing a divination to locate you!" Ye Yunfei suddenly received a voice transmission from Hun Lao.
Ye Yunfei's Soul Power immediately spread out in all directions to sense his surroundings.
Sure enough, Ye Yunfei immediately sensed faint, illusory, mysterious runes drifting in the surrounding space, moving towards his location, seemingly searching for his whereabouts.
With one glance, Ye Yunfei recognized that these mysterious runes indicated someone was using a deduction technique to locate him.
"Could it be people from the Heavenly God Palace or the Heavenly Nether Tomb again?" Ye Yunfei thought to himself.
"Why do I sense a somewhat familiar aura?" Hun Lao couldn't help but frown.
Hun Lao possessed part of the inheritance of the Chaos World Tree and was profoundly knowledgeable about the laws and mysteries of time and space. He was exceptionally sensitive to various long-range perception and deduction techniques.
"Not good! I remember now! It seems to be the aura of Ancient Sage Gu Yao!" Hun Lao suddenly exclaimed.
"So, it's Ancient Sage Gu Yao trying to perceive and locate me!" Ye Yunfei was startled.
Ye Yunfei naturally understood why Ancient Sage Gu Yao was divining his location! Because Ye Yunfei had taken the Ancient Sage's Ice Toad Treasure Pearl and all the resources prepared for his Corpse-Dissolution!
"Sect Leader Liu, Elders, immediately hand over all the Heavenly Dao artifacts I gave you last time to me. I will return them to you later. Hurry!" Ye Yunfei immediately sent voice transmissions to Sect Leader Liu and the eleven elders.
"Alright!" Sect Leader Liu and the eleven elders could hear the urgency in Ye Yunfei's tone. Without asking why, they immediately retrieved the Heavenly Dao artifacts Ye Yunfei had given them before and passed them over.
A total of twelve high-grade Heavenly Dao artifacts!
Ye Yunfei directly teleported these artifacts into the Heavenly Dao Pagoda.
These artifacts were left behind by Ancient Sage Gu Yao, and were undoubtedly stained with his aura. The consequences would be unthinkable if Ancient Sage Gu Yao detected them.
"Sect Leader Liu, take everyone back to the Ziwei Sect first. I have matters to attend to and won't be returning with you."
Ye Yunfei gave this instruction to Sect Leader Liu, then rushed out of the flying ship, took a single step into the depths of space, and vanished.
"What's wrong with Su Fei? It seems like he's avoiding something," the First Elder couldn't help but say to Sect Leader Liu, looking quite worried.
"Indeed. However, since he doesn't speak of it, we shouldn't ask. Su Fei must have an enormous background. Matters concerning him may be beyond our capacity to assist with. Let's hope he remains safe and sound," Sect Leader Liu nodded.
"Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm, next, you take the Illusionary Shadow Tower and find a hidden place to lay low."
After entering the Heavenly Dao Pagoda, Ye Yunfei said to the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm.
"Fine," the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm nodded.
"Hurry up and go! I sense it — an extremely terrifying energy pressure is approaching in our direction! It's most likely Ancient Sage Gu Yao! He's coming after us!" Hun Lao suddenly cried out.
In terms of long-range perception abilities, he was even stronger than Ye Yunfei! Because Ye Yunfei's current Soul Power level was still relatively weak, preventing him from performing many long-range perception techniques.
"Go! Quickly!" Hearing Hun Lao's words, Ye Yunfei hurriedly urged the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm.
The strength of Ancient Sage Gu Yao was truly terrifying, and Ye Yunfei didn't possess the slightest bit of confidence to face him!
Whoosh!
Deep within space, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm transformed into a streak of golden light and vanished in an instant.
At this moment, at a certain location in the Donghuang region.
"Hm? There's something unusual in that direction!"
A white-haired daoist priest abruptly turned around, his gaze locking onto the direction of Ye Yunfei's location. Two beams of dazzling light erupted from his eyes, piercing through layers of space to fall upon a location in the distant horizon.
Whoosh!
In the next moment, the white-haired daoist priest took a single step forward and vanished.