"Tang Biao, Tang Wu, you are both at the Late Stage of the Great Mystic Pill Realm.
I will give each of you two Dao Pills.
After consuming them, you should be able to break through to the Primordial Soul Realm within a few days."
Finally, Ye Yunfei turned his gaze to two members of the Tang Clan.
"Fifth-grade Dao Pills!"
When those two clan members received the pills from Ye Yunfei, they were utterly shocked.
Originally, there were six individuals within the Tang Clan who possessed strength at the Late Stage Great Mystic Pill Realm. Tang Biao and Tang Wu were two of them.
However, the last time, Tang Biao and Tang Wu had led a group of Tang clansmen to infiltrate the Demon Realm to gather information and weren't present in the clan.
Therefore, Ye Yunfei had helped the other four who remained in the clan to break through and become experts at the Primordial Soul Realm.
This time, Ye Yunfei intended to have Tang Biao and Tang Wu also break through to the Primordial Soul Realm.
"Many thanks, Young Master Ye, for your great kindness!"
Tang Biao and Tang Wu simultaneously bowed deeply to Ye Yunfei in formal greeting.
After returning to the clan, the two had already heard how Ye Yunfei had helped those four fellow clan members of Late Stage Great Mystic Pill Realm strength to make their breakthrough.
Now, it was finally their turn!
"Young Master Ye, Fifth Elder, we will go into seclusion immediately to impact our cultivation level!"
Grasping the Dao Pills, Tang Biao and Tang Wu eagerly returned to their rooms to begin their closed-door cultivation.
"I shall go take a look at Xue'er," Ye Yunfei said after a moment's thought.
"Very well, I'll accompany you," Elder Tang Wu nodded.
Entering Xue'er's room, they could see at a glance a white cocoon suspended in the room's center.
Staggering waves of frigid energy radiated from this cocoon, coating the entire room in a thick layer of ice.
"During this period, the cocoon has shown no movement whatsoever.
I worry about the condition of our Xue Princess," Elder Tang Wu said, his gaze on the cocoon revealing clear concern.
"Xue'er is fine. Her condition is normal.
She should emerge from her cocoon in a few more days." Ye Yunfei's Soul Power carefully scanned the white cocoon for a moment before he replied with a light laugh.
Xue'er cultivated the Heavenly Silkworm Cold Arts and its 'Heavenly Silkworm Eighteen Transformations'. Currently, Xue'er was undergoing the first transformation.
For each of the Heavenly Silkworm Eighteen Transformations, a cocoon would be formed, culminating in a transformation upon emerging.
Every single metamorphosis would cause a qualitative leap in strength!
"It's good to hear she is fine!"
Upon hearing Ye Yunfei's words, Elder Tang Wu became visibly emotional.
He now held absolute faith in Ye Yunfei's words, harboring not the slightest trace of doubt.
"Elder Tang Wu, I intend to excavate a series of underground caverns around this area.
Then, I plan to return to Mu Prefecture to bring the members of the Houtu Sect here to settle.
Later, I will also make a trip back to the Tianxuan Continent to bring out a group of my followers.
Eventually, we shall form an alliance for common development."
Ye Yunfei explained his plans to Elder Tang Wu.
"Very well," Elder Tang Wu nodded.
Following that, with the assistance of the two Earth Dragons, Ye Yunfei searched for several suitable locations nearby and carved out over a dozen large underground caverns.
Ye Yunfei also excavated numerous subterranean passageways, connecting all these new caverns, including the cave where the Tang Clan was in hiding, into a single network.
Thus, all the underground caverns formed a cohesive whole, allowing travel and interaction between them.
With the help of the two Earth Dragons, this seemingly immense underground project was completed in less than a day.
Then, Ye Yunfei left the hidden underground cavern of the Tang Clan and began his journey back to Mu Prefecture.
Traveling underground by Earth Dragon was no slower than traveling by airship.
One day later.
Ye Yunfei arrived back in Mu Prefecture, at the underground cavern where the Houtu Sect resided.
Upon hearing Ye Yunfei's plan to relocate the Houtu Sect members to Tian Province, the Sect Leader and other high-ranking officials raised no objections. They promptly organized the disciples to pack their belongings.
Half a day later, the entire sect had their possessions ready.
Ye Yunfei transferred all the Houtu Sect members into the Phantom Tower.
While Ye Yunfei was traveling through the earth on the return journey to Tian Province, a strange thing occurred.
Suddenly, both Earth Dragons simultaneously transmitted a message to Ye Yunfei.
They had detected a very familiar presence!
"Could it be…"
A stir of realization rose in Ye Yunfei's heart, and a delighted expression spread across his face.
Previously, the founding patriarch of the Houtu Sect had imprisoned five Earth Dragons beneath the Earth Pagoda at the headquarters.
Two now followed Ye Yunfei, while the whereabouts of the other three remained unknown.
Ye Yunfei suspected that the 'familiar presence' the two Earth Dragons mentioned might well be one of the other three!
"Take me to see!"
Ye Yunfei ordered immediately.
To a practitioner of Geomancy, each Earth Dragon was an immensely precious treasure!
Thus, the two Earth Dragons immediately led Ye Yunfei off in a specific direction.
Half a day later.
They arrived in a certain area.
The surface of this region was a stretch of towering, undulating mountain ranges, dotted with vast swathes of primeval forest, seldom trodden by humans and inhabited only by many demonic beasts and monsters.
Beneath the earth, countless subterranean limestone caves were scattered throughout.
Ultimately, led by the two Earth Dragons, Ye Yunfei entered one particularly large underground cavern.
Inside this cavern was a grand hall measuring several thousand meters across.
Crawling within this hall was an Earth Dragon over a thousand meters long!
Roooar! Rooar!
Upon spotting that Earth Dragon, Ye Yunfei's two Earth Dragons grew extremely excited and immediately charged forward.
Seeing its companions, the solitary Earth Dragon also seemed stirred.
The three Earth Dragons played together, tumbling and rolling about.
Although Earth Dragons possessed spiritual intelligence, theirs remained rather childish—equivalent to a human toddler roughly one year old.
Roooar!
While cavorting, the newly discovered Earth Dragon suddenly noticed a human standing in the distance and immediately roared in challenge.
Subconsciously, it held no favorable feelings towards humans.
In the past, it had been imprisoned by the founding patriarch of the Houtu Sect in a cave beneath the Earth Pagoda, unable to leave for a single step, forced to provide cultivation energy to Houtu Sect disciples daily.
For it, those had been intensely painful years.
"Subdue it!"
Ye Yunfei commanded his two Earth Dragons.
Rooar! Rooar!
Both Earth Dragons surged with power simultaneously, pouncing toward the wild Earth Dragon.
Thus, the three Earth Dragons began to fight.
Ye Yunfei also rushed forward, joining the fray.
Ye Yunfei possessed formidable physical strength—Half-Jiao power. In close-quarters combat, the fighting power he could unleash wasn't much weaker than that of the three Earth Dragons.
Boom! Crash!
Ye Yunfei and his two Earth Dragons jointly battled the wild Earth Dragon. The conflict stirred the local earth energies into violent chaos.
Consequently, the ground above began to sway and tremble, giving rise to a large-scale earthquake that grew extremely boisterous.
Finally, after one hour.
Under the combined assault from Ye Yunfei and his two Earth Dragons, the wild Earth Dragon gradually began to lose its capacity to fight back.
Ye Yunfei utilized a secret Geomancy technique for subduing Earth Dragons, focusing it on the wild Earth Dragon.
Several hours later, Ye Yunfei successfully imprinted a Soul Power mark upon the head of the Earth Dragon.
Then, Ye Yunfei engaged in a round of communication with this Earth Dragon, promising that he would absolutely never restrict its movements thereafter. Specifically, he would definitely not imprison it in a single location again.
Finally, the Earth Dragon submitted to Ye Yunfei, willing to follow him.
In this way, Ye Yunfei gained a third Earth Dragon!