“When does that Seven Divinities Flower bloom?”
Ye Yunfei didn't waste words and asked directly.
The Seven Divinities Flower was an extremely rare and precious spiritual herb. It provided enormous benefits to a martial artist's soul!
If it weren't for the Seven Divinities Flower, Ye Yunfei would have left long ago, with no intention of involving himself with these young people.
“It's said to be today. Currently, a large number of martial artists have caught wind of it, and the competition is expected to be very intense.”
Senior Sister Wu said.
“Then I'll go with you to have a look as well.”
Ye Yunfei stated.
“It's said a wounded ninth-order demonic beast is guarding that Seven Divinities Flower. It probably wants to use the flower to heal its injuries. But even a wounded ninth-order demonic beast is incredibly powerful. Moreover, many Earth Realm experts have already arrived, and there will undoubtedly be a fierce battle over that flower. The situation is very dangerous. Are you sure you really want to go take a look?”
Senior Sister Wu stared at Ye Yunfei as she spoke.
“A wounded ninth-order demonic beast!”
Ye Yunfei grew instantly excited.
If it were a peak condition ninth-order demonic beast, Ye Yunfei probably wouldn't dare harbor any thoughts about it. But a wounded ninth-order demonic beast was a different matter. The amount of Bloodline Essence a ninth-order beast possessed was conservatively estimated to be thousands of times that of a sixth-order demonic beast! Ye Yunfei believed that if he could obtain the Bloodline Essence from this ninth-order demonic beast, it would likely be enough to meet his current needs.
“Furthermore, if I can obtain that Seven Divinities Flower, I could refine a True Soul Convergence Divine Pill. After consuming it, it could at the very least increase my Soul Power by a hundredfold from its current level! Regardless, I must obtain this Seven Divinities Flower!”
Ye Yunfei thought to himself.
“I want to go take a look regardless.”
Ye Yunfei stated.
“Fine. Let's set off now.”
Senior Sister Wu gave Ye Yunfei a deep look. She had said all that earlier to scare him off. Unexpectedly, Ye Yunfei didn't show the slightest hint of fear.
“Let's go.”
Senior Sister Wu waved her hand and led the group towards an undulating mountain range in the distance.
Aside from that rather aloof Senior Sister Wu, the other few were quite easy to talk to. Especially that Red-clothed Maiden; she was innocent, pure, had no hidden schemes, said whatever came to mind, and gave off a lovely feeling.
Soon, Ye Yunfei learned of these young people's origins.
They were all disciples of the Zhencang Sect!
Senior Sister Wu was called Wu Yuechan.
The Red-clothed Maiden was called Deng Xianxian.
The strong youth wielding the great hammer was Tan Meng.
The black-clothed youth was Jia Zhao.
The twin-blade youth was Yin Ji.
“No wonder their cultivation levels far exceed others of their age at such a young age. They're disciples of the Zhencang Sect.”
After learning their origins, Ye Yunfei inwardly understood.
The Great Qin Empire had Four Great Sects: the Ziyang Sect, Tianyuan Sect, Zhencang Sect, and the Xiaoyao Pavilion.
These four sects held a lofty status. They were not governed by the Imperial Royal Family; in fact, their collective strength even seemed to surpass that of the imperial household. The four sects recruited disciples from across the entire Great Qin Empire.
Only those young people with genuinely exceptional aptitude and talent had a chance to enter one of the Four Great Sects!
“Senior Sister Wu, wait for me!”
Suddenly, a cry rang out from behind.
Then, a youth wearing a purple brocade robe caught up.
“Su Yingzhi! When you saw Senior Sister Wu in danger earlier, you actually abandoned us and fled. And you have the nerve to come back?!”
Deng Xianxian angrily shouted.
During the earlier battle against that Seventh-Order Demonic Leopard, at the critical moment, this Su Yingzhi had abandoned his fellow disciples and fled.
“Disciple Deng, what nonsense are you spouting! I intended to go find Senior Brother Yang for help.”
Su Yingzhi's face reddened.
He had fled during the crisis, but later secretly circled back to observe the situation. Finding that his fellow disciples were unharmed, he was overjoyed and immediately caught up.
After all, this was the central region of the Heavenly Beast Forest, where one might encounter powerful demonic beasts at any moment.
He felt traveling alone was too dangerous.
“Humph!
A death-fearing coward and a despicable scoundrel!”
Tan Meng voiced his utter contempt.
Jia Zhao and Yin Ji also wore expressions of disdain.
“Enough, all of you stop talking. We need to hurry. That Seven Divinities Flower should bloom very soon.”
Wu Yuechan frowned and spoke. Though she looked down on Su Yingzhi's actions, they were fellow disciples after all, and she couldn't just drive him away.
“Eh?
Who is this trash? Why is he following us?”
Only then did Su Yingzhi notice there was an extra person. He pointed at Ye Yunfei, his tone extremely disrespectful.
“You're the trash!
Just now, it was thanks to Ye Yunfei appearing in time and killing that Seventh-Order Demonic Leopard that saved us.”
Deng Xianxian retorted, curling her lip.
“What?! This trash managed to kill that Seventh-Order Demonic Leopard? Hahaha...
That's hilarious! Xianxian, you don't have to lie to me like that! Is it possible for trash at Body Tempering Sixth Level?!”
Su Yingzhi burst into laughter, clearly not believing it.
“If you don't want to die, you'd best not provoke me.”
Ye Yunfei frowned, speaking coldly.
“And what if I do provoke you! You trash, I could poke you to death with a single finger, and you dare to put on airs in front of me?!”
Su Yingzhi pointed a finger at Ye Yunfei and coldly shouted. He possessed early Earth Realm strength and looked down upon Ye Yunfei.
“Enough! Hurry on our way. That Seven Divinities Flower will bloom soon!”
From ahead, Wu Yuechan barked.
“Trash, if there's a next time, I'll cripple you outright!”
Su Yingzhi flashed a murderous gleam in his eyes. Having been taunted by his fellow disciples for fleeing at a critical moment, he was already in a foul mood. Seeing Ye Yunfei dare to talk back fueled his killing intent.
“Su Yingzhi, Brother Ye Yunfei saved us. If you dare disrespect him again, be careful or I won't be polite!”
Tan Meng shouted.
Su Yingzhi snorted coldly and didn't speak further. He knew Tan Meng's temperament—he meant what he said.
However, the gaze he directed at Ye Yunfei held even more disgust.
Along the way, they encountered many demonic beasts, but they were all fourth-order, fifth-order, or sixth-order.
Trying to salvage his image, Su Yingzhi proactively attacked, killing several fifth-order demonic beasts himself. He even teamed up with Wu Yuechan to slay a sixth-order demonic beast.
He was after all at early Earth Realm strength and could barely contend with a sixth-order demonic beast.
This made Su Yingzhi feel even more extraordinary, and his gaze towards Ye Yunfei was filled with nothing but disdain and provocation.
Ye Yunfei, on the other hand, didn't even spare him a direct glance.
Ye Yunfei could easily kill an early Earth Realm practitioner and simply didn't regard him—treating him like a clown.
Gradually, they encountered more and more martial artists on the path.
Every martial artist headed in the same direction, clearly all aiming for that Seven Divinities Flower.
There were sect disciples, wandering Jianghu cultivators, mercenary group members, family descendants like Ye Yunfei... the makeup was incredibly complex.
After over half a day, they finally reached their destination!
Up ahead appeared a large expanse of grassland, about several dozen acres in size.
In the center of the grassland was a deep pond, over an acre large.
When the mountain breeze blew, the pond water rippled slightly.
In the middle of the pond water grew a delicately swaying spiritual herb. On it was a flower bud on the verge of blooming.
Waves of refreshing, soul-stirring spiritual herb fragrance drifted with the wind, making anyone who smelled it feel intoxicated.
“The Seven Divinities Flower!”
Ye Yunfei's eyes narrowed, focusing intently on that spiritual herb, feeling somewhat excited.