"By the way, Palace Master, there's another piece of good news. Our people have already infiltrated the Hongmeng Continent and Canghuang Realm separately and will soon be able to act, to capture those people related to Ye Yunfei. As long as we catch a batch of people Ye Yunfei cares about and bring them inside the Feixian Continent, given Ye Yunfei's personality, he will definitely take the initiative to show himself and come to see us!" The old man suddenly spoke up.
"Mm, very good. Have them speed up their progress and capture those people as soon as possible. Also, send out even more personnel to search for traces of Ye Yunfei within the Feixian Continent. I will also have the old wizard intensify his divinations on Ye Yunfei. In short, we will attack on multiple fronts, exhausting every possible method to deal with Ye Yunfei. The goal is to get our hands on the Heavenly Dao Tower as quickly as possible!" The Heavenly God Palace Master nodded in agreement.
"Rest assured, Palace Master, I understand," the old man replied.
At the same time, within the headquarters of the Sword Emperor Pavilion.
"Report, Sect Master. Those two mysterious masters have already left. That brat Ye Yunfei has separated from them. Also, all those creatures of the Dark Faction have been resealed beneath the mountains by those two mysterious masters." A steward specializing in gathering intelligence reported to the Sect Master.
"Truly unexpected. So many creatures of the Dark Faction were actually sealed beneath those mountains. From now on, members of our Sword Emperor Pavilion are forbidden from approaching that mountainous area. The Dark Faction's creatures had a notorious reputation in ancient times, even being called the source of disasters. They are not to be trifled with." Having heard the report, the Sect Master couldn't help but softly sigh in amazement.
"Sect Master, the origins of those two mysterious masters are unknown; their background is likely not small. Our people had a conflict with them at the time. Could that lead to trouble in the future? Also, those two mysterious masters seemed quite friendly towards Ye Yunfei. Should we continue targeting that brat?" a nearby elder inquired.
"Continue sending people to pursue and capture Ye Yunfei! Obtaining the Heavenly Dao Tower as soon as possible is the most important matter. As long as we can get our hands on the Heavenly Dao Tower, our Sword Emperor Pavilion might give birth to a Heavenly Emperor! If our Sword Emperor Pavilion produces a Heavenly Emperor, do you think there would be anyone we'd need to fear? Apart from the three great Heavenly Emperors, our Sword Emperor Pavilion would rule supreme over all Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds! As for those two mysterious masters, we should try to avoid provoking them, but we don't need to fear them either! After all, our Sword Emperor Pavilion is a super-power with Half-Emperor experts! Aside from the three Heavenly Emperors, there's no need to fear anyone!" After pondering for a moment, the Sect Master spoke in a deep, solemn tone.
"The Sect Master speaks reason!" Many Pavilion higher-ups around him echoed his words.
"Sect Master, our scouts have just sent back a message concerning Ye Yunfei from Tianxiong Domain. That is, Ye Yunfei is connected to a certain Mao Family, having once helped that family seek redress. Their relationship seems quite deep. Sect Master, I think we can capture everyone from that Mao Family and use them to threaten Ye Yunfei." Another elder nearby suddenly took out a communication jade slip, sensed it for a moment, and then addressed the Sect Master.
"Good. Send people to Tianxiong Domain immediately and arrest everyone from that Mao Family!" the Sect Master nodded.
At this moment, somewhere in the sky above the Feixian Continent, a green flying boat was speeding along. Inside the boat, a bewitchingly beautiful woman was controlling its flight—precisely Hu Miao. Ye Yunfei himself was currently inside the Phantom Tower.
"I wonder what gifts those two Senior Experts sent me." Ye Yunfei took out the two rings given by the old man and the Fat Monk and probed into one of them with his Soul Power.
"Not bad." Ye Yunfei immediately revealed a satisfied smile. This spatial ring contained a vast sea of cultivation resources. Crystals, medicinal herbs, pills, magical treasures, all kinds of rare natural treasures; the variety was extremely complete, and the quantity especially large. The crystals were the most numerous: Law Crystals, Chaos Crystals, Origin Crystals, piled into sparkling mountains stretching as far as the eye could see.
"Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth attribute crystals, Time Crystals, Space Crystals, Soul Crystals…" Ye Yunfei was dazzled.
"Half-Emperor treasures! And among them, two are swords! With that, I have five Half-Emperor level swords now, just the right number to form the five-element set. Looks like it's about time to upgrade my Five Element Spirit Swords," Ye Yunfei mused inwardly.
"A hundred Deity Crystals!" Ye Yunfei saw a hundred Deity Crystals.
"Top-grade Earth Spirit Milk, Five Thousand Year Soul Bamboo, Nine Orifice Ginseng, Thunder Drawing Wood… That is… a whole pool of essence liquid of Yellow Path True Gold!" Ye Yunfei itemized the various natural treasures within the ring one by one and actually found a huge pool of Yellow Path True Gold essence. The amount in this pool was enormous, almost forming a lake! The essence of Yellow Path True Gold was even more precious than Yellow Path True Gold itself; it was born only after vast quantities of Yellow Path True Gold gathered together over long ages. It was a sacred substance for body tempering! The value of this massive pool of Yellow Path True Gold essence was inestimable!
"Excellent. After my physical body merges with this essence of Yellow Path True Gold, it will become even more resilient!" Ye Yunfei grew somewhat excited.
"Ten Thousand Year Ice Dragon Fruit!" Continuing his inventory, Ye Yunfei's eyes suddenly brightened when he discovered a pile of white, dragon-shaped spiritual fruits, which were emitting curling icy air, freezing patches of space around them into profound ice. These were actually the legendary Ten Thousand Year Ice Dragon Fruit! It was said that Ten Thousand Year Ice Dragon Fruits were born only within some of the world's most frigid and yin-cold environments, after condensing the world's ultimate cold qi over ten thousand years. There was a whole pile here.
"These Ten Thousand Year Ice Dragon Fruits are perfect for Da Bing. They will definitely allow his bloodline to make astonishing progress in a short time," Ye Yunfei laughed. As Ye Yunfei's own strength grew stronger, he generally didn't need the Ice Demon's assistance anymore. Thus, the Ice Demon spent most of his time in closed-door cultivation within the Phantom Tower. In fact, Hu Miao, Huang Shang, and some other companions were also cultivating long-term within the Phantom Tower now. Because of the differing flow of time inside the Phantom Tower, they had ample time. Consequently, these companions who cultivated long-term within the tower already possessed quite decent strength. For example, Hu Miao had actually been cultivating for thousands of years inside the Phantom Tower and had become a terrifyingly powerful great demon! Her current combat power was roughly equivalent to the Completion stage of the World-Forging Realm. Her illusion art was even more formidable; it could already affect experts at the World Union Realm and even the Heavenly Boundary Realm! As for the Ice Demon, after secluding himself for thousands of years within the Phantom Tower, he was already around Hu Miao's level.
Next, Ye Yunfei probed into the other spatial ring with his Soul Power. This spatial ring was given by the Fat Monk. Inside was also an ocean of cultivation resources; every kind of resource imaginable was present. Both quantity and variety were no less than the first spatial ring.
"This is…" Ye Yunfei suddenly spotted ten small golden Buddha statues. Each was roughly the size of an adult's fist, emanating rolling waves of Buddha radiance.
"Seems like Buddhist treasures. I'll refine one and see." Studying them a bit, Ye Yunfei discovered these ten small golden Buddhas were all magical treasures. So he began refining one of the golden Buddha statues.
"These Buddha statues are called Buddha Body Seals! They are a type of Buddhist magic treasure. Each Buddha Body Seal contains the full-strength strike of a high monk who attained enlightenment. To use them, simply throw these little golden Buddhas out. They can block the full-force attack of a Mid Half-Emperor! Even when facing the full-force attack of a High Half-Emperor, throwing out one little Buddha can save your life!" After refining this golden Buddha, Ye Yunfei obtained information about these golden statues and was greatly delighted.