“Follow me?
Think it through carefully.
It's easy to follow me now, but if you betray me in the future, I will personally take your lives.”
After a moment's thought, Ye Yunfei said calmly.
“Young Master, you can be at ease. Since we’ve chosen to follow you, we won’t betray you.
We all have grudges against the Sword Emperor Pavilion. If we don’t follow you, we’ll be hunted to death by them sooner or later anyway.”
The old man in tattered clothes said.
“That’s right, Young Master, if you don’t take us in, we have nowhere to go!”
“The Sword Emperor Pavilion’s influence on the Feixian Continent is immense. No matter where we flee, if they want to find us, they definitely will!”
…
The other prisoners also spoke up one after another.
“Alright.
If that’s the case, you may follow me.”
Ye Yunfei nodded.
For Ye Yunfei, having an extra batch of subordinates to handle tasks for him was naturally a good thing.
“Thank you for taking us in, Young Master!”
Seeing Ye Yunfei nod in agreement, the prisoners were extremely excited.
Seriously, not only did this young man possess astonishing personal strength, capable of facing Half-Emperor experts head-on, but he also had five Half-Emperor experts following him! Such a monstrous young man—you definitely couldn’t find a second one on the entire Feixian Continent!
One could even say the power this young man commanded was already equivalent to that of a major force like the Sword Emperor Pavilion!
Didn’t they see the Sword Emperor Pavilion’s members had already been forced by this young man to hide en masse?
One person, equivalent to a major force!
What a terrifying existence!
These prisoners understood that being able to follow such a fearsomely powerful young man was absolutely an opportunity!
“Alright, everyone, look around. If you see anything valuable, just take it. Don’t be polite.”
Ye Yunfei waved his hand and said.
“Understood!”
The prisoners immediately scattered and began to act, searching all over the Sword Emperor Pavilion headquarters. Anything that caught their eye was taken without the slightest courtesy.
Although the Sword Emperor Pavilion’s forces had taken many valuables into that Small World, plenty had been left behind. Places like the Sword Emperor Pavilion’s Alchemy Hall, library collection, treasure repository, and many cultivation caves—all these locations held vast amounts of treasures they hadn’t had time to remove.
Hu Miao and the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm even found a treasure vault, obtaining a large batch of precious cultivation resources inside.
When it came to searching for treasures, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm was the most adept. His race was innately highly sensitive to all kinds of treasures and could track them down based on the slightest whiff of aura.
Ye Yunfei first located a great hall dedicated to storing various Formation materials, obtaining a large batch of precious Formation materials there.
Then, deep within the Sword Emperor Pavilion headquarters, Ye Yunfei discovered over a dozen medicinal fields, planted with large quantities of rare, high-grade herbs.
These dozen or so medicinal fields were hidden within a valley, protected by numerous concealment and isolation Formations, making them very hard to detect. However, they couldn’t escape Ye Yunfei’s notice. As he passed by, he keenly sensed the energy fluctuations of the Formations and immediately went to investigate, thus finding the medicinal fields.
The Sword Emperor Pavilion truly lives up to being a major force with profound heritage; they really have collected not a few good things.”
Ye Yunfei felt quite satisfied.
At the same time, inside the Sword Realm…
“Pavilion Master, it’s terrible! That brat Ye Yunfei is leading his people all over the headquarters, looting our things!
Our headquarters are practically being turned upside down by them!
The vast majority of our wealth has fallen into their hands!”
The Sword Emperor Pavilion’s Archmage reported to the Pavilion Master.
“Damn it all!”
The Pavilion Master’s face turned livid with anger, and his body trembled slightly.
“That damned Ye Yunfei is too hateful!”
“I have a batch of elixirs in the midst of refinement! They’ve definitely fallen into that petty thief Ye Yunfei’s hands!
Damn it! I spent a full dozen years collecting the required medicinal herbs and rare materials for that batch of pills!”
The other higher-ups of the Sword Emperor Pavilion were also fuming, practically hopping with rage, wishing they could charge out immediately to fight Ye Yunfei to the death.
But they understood that even if they went out, they could do nothing to Ye Yunfei. Instead, they’d be risking their lives.
“Enough!
Perhaps it is fated in the unseen that our Sword Emperor Pavilion should face this calamity. Everyone must absolutely not act rashly.
We’ll stay here for now. After Ye Yunfei leaves, we’ll go out.
Wealth is mere worldly possession. As long as our people remain, we can earn it back later. This is called ‘as long as the mountain remains green, don’t fear a lack of firewood’!”
Fearing the other higher-ups might impulsively run out to fight Ye Yunfei, the Pavilion Master hurriedly raised his voice to reassure them.
“Ah, that’s right, Archmage. The two Grand Elders are currently in seclusion, attempting a breakthrough to the Heavenly Emperor Realm. I don’t know what the chances of success are.”
The Pavilion Master suddenly addressed the Archmage.
Hearing the Pavilion Master’s question, the other higher-ups perked up, their gazes all turning to the Archmage.
The Sword Emperor Pavilion had two Grand Elders, whose seniority was far higher than the Pavilion Master’s. They were also the two most powerful experts within the Sword Emperor Pavilion.
During the previous Great Upheaval of the Heavens and Earth, the two Grand Elders had simultaneously announced they were going into seclusion to attempt a breakthrough to the Heavenly Emperor Realm. Until now, there had been no news.
All the higher-ups of the Sword Emperor Pavilion were paying attention to the Grand Elders’ situation, deeply hoping they would succeed!
Everyone understood that once either Grand Elder successfully broke through to the Heavenly Emperor Realm, the Sword Emperor Pavilion would immediately rise to become one of the very top major powers across the entire Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds!
“I do not know.
Whether the two Grand Elders can successfully break through to the Heavenly Emperor Realm depends on the will of the Great Dao’s Laws.
With my ability, I cannot deduce it.”
The Archmage pondered for a moment upon hearing the Pavilion Master’s question, then shook his head and replied.
“If the two Grand Elders can successfully break through to the Heavenly Emperor Realm, our Sword Emperor Pavilion can rise immediately!
At that time, forget the Feixian Continent; even the entire Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds would be ours to traverse as we please!”
A certain Elder said in an expectant tone.
“I hope the unseen Great Dao’s Laws can bless our Sword Emperor Pavilion. As long as our Sword Emperor Pavilion produces one more Heavenly Emperor, we can restore our past glory!”
The Pavilion Master said in a prayerful tone.
“Then we will definitely settle scores with that petty thief Ye Yunfei!”
A regular Elder gnashed his teeth and said.
“If one of our Grand Elders becomes a Heavenly Emperor, killing Ye Yunfei would be as easy as turning over one's hand!
How terrifying the strength of a Heavenly Emperor is, is beyond our imagination.”
The Pavilion Master sneered.
At the same time…
In a certain dark space within the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds, a space teeming with endless black Yin Mist, coiled a pitch-black creature.
“Who would have thought the number of Heavenly Emperor-level beings in the current Three Thousand Worlds would be so low… It’s likely that the previous harvesting operation damaged the energy and Laws of those worlds too severely, making it very difficult for Emperor-level beings to be born there now.
This is not good. The quality of lifeforms this cycle is so poor, it will hinder Master’s grand plans!
It seems the Heavens and Earth’s Great Dao of the Three Thousand Worlds must be raised another grade, to allow the quality of this cycle's lifeforms to improve substantially and for more Emperor-level beings to be born.”
Suddenly, this black creature slowly began to speak, its voice echoing within this space, as if it represented the very will of the Heavens and Earth’s Great Dao.