Soon, the Tianyuan Sect Headquarters returned to its usual order and peace.
In the main council hall of the headquarters.
Ye Yunfei, Ye Tianpeng, several elders of the Ye Family, the higher-ups of the Tianyuan Sect, higher-ups of the Luohai Trading Company, Fengyun Jue, and the three Patriarchs of the Heavenly Emperor Sacred Land were all present.
“Starting now, you will be primarily responsible for the safety of the Tianyuan Sect Headquarters.”
Ye Yunfei’s gaze fell upon Fengyun Jue.
Fengyun Jue was a Grotto-Heaven Realm expert. Having him stationed here to defend the headquarters would allow Ye Yunfei to worry much less about what happened behind him.
Moreover, there were all those Formations.
“I understand.”
Fengyun Jue replied respectfully.
“Elder Ren, regarding the Formations I set up, you need to take the time to familiarize yourself with them as soon as possible, and strive to gain control over them quickly.
All the specific information for those Formations is here. Take it and study it well.”
With a wave of his hand, Ye Yunfei sent a jade slip flying before Elder Ren.
“Very well.”
Elder Ren took the jade slip.
“These Spirit Pills and Treasure Pills are to serve as cultivation resources for the Tianyuan Sect.”
Ye Yunfei waved his hand again, sending over a hundred jade bottles flying before Elder Ren.
“Father, these Spirit Pills and Treasure Pills are for our Ye Family’s cultivation resources.”
Ye Yunfei waved his hand once more, sending another hundred or so jade bottles landing before Ye Tianpeng.
Elder Ren and Ye Tianpeng hurriedly collected the bottles.
“I am preparing to leave.”
Ye Yunfei stated.
“Fei’er, you’ve only been back for a few days, are you leaving again already?”
Ye Tianpeng was taken aback and asked.
“I need to go investigate some matters.”
Ye Yunfei replied.
Ye Yunfei suspected that the Ancient Demon Race beings he encountered back in Qianfeng City had emerged from within that Ancient Battlefield. Therefore, he intended to go investigate.
The resurgence of the Ancient Demon Race was an issue that could range from minor to extremely serious.
“Alright.”
Ye Tianpeng nodded helplessly. He knew that his son had already grown to an unfathomable level. He was no longer capable of interfering. Nor was it necessary.
A mighty eagle needed a vast sky in which to soar.
Half a day later.
A flying ship quietly departed from the Tianyuan Sect Headquarters and vanished into the distant horizon.
A day later.
Ye Yunfei arrived within the Ancient Battlefield where he had once participated in Hudao Academy’s entrance examinations.
This was a broken land of crimson-black earth.
Walking in, one could hear the sounds of battle echoing in one’s ears, as if countless troops were fighting.
Ye Yunfei knew this was because the war fought here long ago had been exceptionally intense.
It had shattered this stretch of land and sky, and damaged the Heavenly Dao Laws.
Moreover, it had left behind many remnant war spirits and energy vortexes of baleful qi, all intertwined, thus giving rise to these phenomena.
“Ye Yunfei, this Ancient Battlefield has many Soul Fragments lingering here. They are great nourishment for me!”
Suddenly, Huang Shang said excitedly.
“Correct.
In this Ancient Battlefield, numerous living beings died in battle, leaving behind many Soul Fragments that have endured and not dispersed.
However, these Soul Fragments contain resentment and baleful qi. You must be careful when absorbing them.
Try your best not to let the resentment and baleful qi contained within these fragments erode your Soul Body.”
Ye Yunfei reminded him.
“Don’t worry.
Among the Ghost Cultivation arts, there is a specific method designed to absorb such war-related Soul Fragments.
If I’m careful, nothing will happen.”
Huang Shang said.
“Hmm.
Good.”
Ye Yunfei nodded.
Although the Ghost Cultivation arts were what Ye Yunfei had imparted to Huang Shang, he had never practiced them himself. So, his understanding was not that profound.
“I plan to cultivate within this Ancient Battlefield for a period of time.”
Huang Shang said.
“Alright.”
Ye Yunfei thought for a moment, then nodded.
After all, for Huang Shang, this Ancient Battlefield was indeed an exceptional cultivation site.
“I can sense a large quantity of Soul Fragments in that direction!”
Huang Shang, like a phantom shadow, headed in a certain direction.
Whoosh…
A suction force emanated from his form, and the scattered Soul Fragments drifting in the surrounding area slowly began converging towards his body.
Ye Yunfei, meanwhile, continued walking deeper into the Ancient Battlefield.
“Master, the demonic aura here is also quite useful for me.”
Hu Miao also emerged from the Illusion Pearl, following by Ye Yunfei’s side, absorbing the demonic aura as they walked.
This Ancient Battlefield was pervaded by a dense demonic aura, which was highly useful to her.
Along the way, they encountered many demonic creatures.
Some of these were born of condensed demonic aura, but many were originally demonic beasts and monster tribes that had long inhabited this Ancient Battlefield, been corroded by the demonic aura, and transformed into demonic creatures.
With Ye Yunfei’s current strength and methods, dealing with these demonic creatures was now very simple.
Unknowingly, Ye Yunfei and Hu Miao had arrived in the core region of the Ancient Battlefield.
“Master, there’s activity over there!”
Suddenly, Hu Miao’s gaze shifted towards a nearby valley.
“Let’s go see!”
In a few strides, Ye Yunfei rushed into the valley.
Inside the valley, the ground was split open, revealing a ruined underground palace.
Within the palace were over a hundred stone coffins.
The lids of these stone coffins were all opened and cast aside.
“So the Ancient Demon Race did indeed emerge from here.”
Ye Yunfei observed the scene and frowned.
It was evident that each stone coffin had once contained an Ancient Demon Race corpse, but now, all were gone.
Next, Ye Yunfei and Hu Miao subsequently located dozens more underground palaces.
Each palace contained a varying number of stone coffins with their lids already opened.
All added up, there were well over a thousand stone coffins.
This meant that thousands of Ancient Demon Race beings had walked out from here!
“Master, I truly can’t believe it. This Ancient Battlefield actually hid so many Ancient Demon Race corpses.
Last time we entered, we only found ten.”
Hu Miao was extremely astonished.
“That’s because last time we entered, our strength was still quite weak.
Therefore, we couldn’t detect them.”
Ye Yunfei said with a smile.
“With so many Ancient Demon Race beings moving about in the Eastern Region, once they start causing trouble, the harm would be immense.”
Ye Yunfei couldn’t help but frown, feeling somewhat concerned.
“Hmm?”
Ye Yunfei’s gaze suddenly shifted towards a relatively large valley in the distance.
With Ye Yunfei’s Soul Power level, once released, nothing within a range of several hundred thousand meters, not a blade of grass nor a tree, could escape his perception.
Whoosh!
Like a flash of lightning, Ye Yunfei rushed into that valley in a few steps.
At a glance, this valley didn’t seem different from the others in this Ancient Battlefield—both were pervaded by demonic aura and baleful qi.
And both gathered a group of Earth Corpse Monkeys.
“There is actually an Illusion Formation set up within this valley. It seems there is more to it.”
Ye Yunfei’s gaze assessed the depths of the valley, a bit surprised.
Roar! Roar!...
Inside the valley, one Earth Corpse Monkey after another roared ferociously, charging towards Ye Yunfei and Hu Miao.
Hum…
Ye Yunfei’s will stirred. Five Spiritual Swords whirled and slashed out.
Puff! Puff!...
Where the five Spiritual Swords passed, the bodies of those Earth Corpse Monkeys seemed like fragile bubbles, bursting one after another.
Within a few breaths, all the Earth Corpse Monkeys in the valley were sliced to pieces, not a single one left.
Quickly, Ye Yunfei and Hu Miao arrived at the deep end of the valley.
“Master, there is indeed an Illusion Formation here.
And its grade is quite decent!”
Hu Miao said.
“Yes.”
Ye Yunfei released his Soul Power, extending it into the Formation, and began analyzing this Illusion Formation.
A moment later.
“Open!”
Ye Yunfei formed hand seals, thrusting them forward, and then stepped ahead.
Rumble!...
The earth shook and the mountains trembled, a deafening rumble resonating.
Before Ye Yunfei and Hu Miao appeared another scene entirely.