"Speak."
Ye Yunfei withdrew his Heavenly Soul Sword.
"The others from the Ye Family, the Tianyuan Sect, and the Luohai Trading Company have already been taken back to the Central Continent. They will be imprisoned in Shenfeng City."
Elder Zhou said.
"The main reason our four major forces captured so many people was to use them as leverage against you. If you want to find them, just make your presence known in the Central Continent, and the members of our four factions will naturally seek you out, lure you into rescuing them, and then take the opportunity to deal with you."
"Shenfeng City..."
A flicker of cold light flashed in Ye Yunfei's gaze.
Shenfeng City was a city near the headquarters of the Divine Wind Sect. The sect's headquarters were located within a massive mountain range, and Shenfeng City stood right at the entrance of this range—a city of immense size.
Of course, Shenfeng City belonged to the assets of the Divine Wind Sect.
"Master, those four major forces must have already laid a dragnet in Shenfeng City, waiting for you," Fengyun Jue said.
"Even if it's a dragnet, I will still go and break through it," Ye Yunfei stated, his eyes blazing with determination.
The Ye Family elders, including his father Ye Tianpeng, were in the hands of the four factions. Ye Yunfei had no choice but to advance; there was no retreat for him.
*Unfortunately, so far, the Ancient Demon Race corpses I've collected amount to only a little over thirty thousand—still not enough for me to cultivate the seventh layer of the Heavenly Demon Blood-Refining Body Art Tempering Art.*
*It's a bit too late to go collect more Ancient Demon Race corpses now.*
*Every extra day my father and the others spend in the grasp of those four forces increases their danger.*
*I must hurry back to the Central Continent right now to rescue them.*
Ye Yunfei thought to himself.
The Ye Family, Tianyuan Sect, and Luohai Trading Company combined still had several thousand people imprisoned by the four factions.
The more than four thousand left behind in the capital of the Changban Empire were the weakest, the ones with the lowest status.
All the others of slightly greater importance had been taken to the Central Continent.
With so many captured, given the deep hatred the four top-tier forces held for Ye Yunfei, it was possible that someone could be tortured to death at any moment.
Therefore, Ye Yunfei had no time to collect more Ancient Demon Race corpses to cultivate the seventh layer of his body tempering art.
"This time, I will kill until they are afraid. I'll let the world see that I, Ye Yunfei, am not someone to be bullied," Ye Yunfei said through gritted teeth, each word dripping with resolve.
Elder Zhou lay on the ground, his aura feeble. Hearing Ye Yunfei's words, he couldn't help but scoff inwardly.
*Hmph, you little beast, do you truly think you're invincible?Our four top-tier forces combined have fifty to sixty Grotto-Heaven Realm experts alone! And each of them possesses Grotto-Heaven Sixth-Level, even Seventh or Eighth-Level experts.*
*Based on the power of a little beast like you, even a single Grotto-Heaven Fifth-Level would be enough to kill you.*
*Yet you have the nerve to talk about killing until we're afraid? What boastful nonsense! Just wait, little beast. My vengeance will soon be exacted! You will soon die without a place to be buried!*
Elder Zhou thought with utter malice and resentment.
Of course, he could only think these words, not dare to speak them aloud.
He had been utterly terrified by Ye Yunfei's previous torture.
"You control the spacecraft. Proceed at full speed toward Shenfeng City. Also, the moment we enter the Central Continent, spread the word: the Fengyun Family, the Xiao Clan, the Divine Wind Sect, and the Heavenly Flame Sect are to release the prisoners immediately. Otherwise, I, Ye Yunfei, will kill until they do!" Ye Yunfei ordered Fengyun Jue.
"Understood, Master," Fengyun Jue hurriedly nodded.
Ye Yunfei flashed away, grabbing Elder Zhou, and entered the Shadow Tower.
He had already sealed Elder Zhou's cultivation and casually tossed him into a corner of the tower.
Then,
Ye Yunfei waved his hand. The Chaos Cauldron landed before him.
He waved his hand again, and over a hundred spatial rings flew out, hovering in the air before him.
These hundred-plus spatial rings were filled with spirit herbs, treasure herbs, and even five Dao Herbs!
Among them, the number of spirit herbs reached over ten thousand. The number of treasure herbs was also several thousand.
All these herbs had been obtained by Ye Yunfei within that small space near the spatial abyss before Hujie City.
"Master, are you going to refine pills?" A'Zi and Huang Shang both appeared.
Both of them understood the severity of the situation.
Ye Yunfei was going to Shenfeng City to rescue people—an extremely dangerous endeavor.
The four top-tier forces of the Central Continent would certainly have a large force arranged in Shenfeng City, lying in wait for Ye Yunfei. It was possible a whole group of Grotto-Heaven Realm experts would be there as well!
"Correct. I am going to refine pills and breakthrough my realm," Ye Yunfei nodded.
Thus,
Ye Yunfei began refining pills.
Half a day later,
Ye Yunfei had refined a cauldron of ten nine-revolutions treasure pills.
The Profound Dragon Pills!
This type of nine-revolutions treasure pill contained terrifying spiritual power energy and was notoriously overbearing and fierce.
Ordinary Mystic Liquid Realm martial artists absolutely dared not consume it. Otherwise, they would instantly explode and die.
At the very least, one had to be a Grotto-Heaven Eighth-Level expert or above to dare consume it. And even then, one had to prepare a batch of auxiliary pills specifically for neutralizing the medicinal power before daring to do so.
However, after refining ten Profound Dragon Pills, Ye Yunfei waved his hand without a second thought. All ten pills shot into his mouth and were swallowed.
If any treasure alchemists who recognized Profound Dragon Pills were present in the world, seeing a Mystic Liquid Realm martial artist dare to swallow ten of them in one gulp, they would likely be scared half to death.
Boom...
Indescribably terrifying medicinal power erupted instantly within Ye Yunfei's body.
Ye Yunfei immediately activated the Nine-Yang Scripture.
The eight thick Chaos Divine Meridians within his body also materialized, resembling eight great rivers, surging with mighty currents of spiritual power, causing a roaring tumult.
With the Nine-Yang Scripture, the Chaos Divine Meridians, and his robust physical quality, Ye Yunfei swallowing ten Profound Dragon Pills in one breath was of little consequence!
Time slowly passed.
Another half a day later.
Boom...
A powerful spiritual pressure erupted from within Ye Yunfei's body.
Mystic Liquid Realm — Middle Stage!
After another half a day,
Boom...
Yet another powerful spiritual pressure erupted from within Ye Yunfei.
Mystic Liquid Realm — Late Stage!
He had broken through two minor realms consecutively within a single day!
Huang Shang and Hu Miao watched from the side, their faces filled with astonishment and admiration.
"As for the Grotto-Heaven Realm... I won't attempt a breakthrough for now. I'll focus on cultivating the First Yang of the Nine-Yang Scripture to the intermediate stage," Ye Yunfei stopped attempting further breakthroughs, thought for a moment, and muttered to himself.
The Nine-Yang Scripture, from First Yang to Ninth Yang, consisted of nine levels. Each level gave birth to a sun.
Simultaneously, each level was divided into the four stages of Minor Accomplishment, Intermediate Accomplishment, Major Accomplishment, and Perfection.
Ye Yunfei estimated that if he could cultivate the First Yang of the Nine-Yang Scripture to the intermediate stage, and coupled it with his Late Stage Mystic Liquid Realm cultivation, the intensity of his spiritual power would be equivalent to that of a Grotto-Heaven Fifth-Level expert!
Adding on the various spiritual martial techniques he practiced, he could fight against a Grotto-Heaven Sixth-Level expert!
Of course, if he could cultivate the Nine-Yang Scripture to the major or perfect stage, Ye Yunfei's combat power would be even stronger.
But Ye Yunfei knew that the Nine-Yang Scripture was one of the world's highest-tier cultivation techniques. Even with his Chaos Divine Meridians, his cultivation progress couldn't possibly be that fast.
Cultivating high-level techniques granted combat power far exceeding that of peers on the same level, even allowing one to fight above one's realm. However, breakthroughs and advancement were often much more difficult than with lower-level techniques.
Next,
Ye Yunfei personally took action again to refine a large batch of treasure pills.
Then,
Ye Yunfei waved his hand and took out a small lake, which hovered before him.
This small lake was something Ye Yunfei had obtained within the small space near the spatial abyss. At the time, Ye Yunfei had used two-thirds of it, with one-third remaining.
The lake water was formed from spirit energy condensed to an extreme degree of concentration.
Ye Yunfei sat cross-legged. Hundreds of treasure pills and the small lake hovered before him.
Boom...
A golden sphere over thirty meters in diameter shot out from Ye Yunfei's dantian, suspending itself above his head, radiating boundless golden light!