Rumble…
A circular wheel rose from behind Ye Yunfei, erupting with dazzling divine radiance.
Roar…
A Gluttonous Beast charged out from the wheel, roaring at the sky.
Whoosh…
The Gluttonous Beast opened its massive maw and sucked in sharply, unleashing a powerful suction force.
The treasures piled around Ye Yunfei had the Spiritual Qi they contained steadily drawn out and sucked into the Gluttonous Beast's belly.
Boom…
Driven by Ye Yunfei, the enormous wheel slowly rotated, releasing pulses of primordial, savage aura as if from antiquity itself.
This time, Ye Yunfei had prepared a vast amount of cultivation resources, aiming to elevate the Gluttonous Beast's strength by a significant margin!
As time passed, the aura emanating from the Gluttonous Beast's body grew increasingly potent.
Simultaneously, its body continuously expanded.
Time flowed on.
Unconsciously, three months passed.
Nearly half of the resources piled around Ye Yunfei had been drained of their essence, reduced to waste dregs.
The Gluttonous Beast's volume had at least doubled. An aura of celestial might rolled and bloomed from its massive frame.
The aura was so fierce, so turbulent!
Especially that gaping maw, dark and deep as a bottomless abyss, evoking heart-palpitating fear.
"This Gluttonous Beast can now kill late-stage Soul Core Realm cultivators.
What remains to be seen is how long it can hold against a Soul Formation Realm expert."
Feeling the aura emanating from the Gluttonous Beast, Ye Yunfei was deeply satisfied.
Roar…
As Ye Yunfei activated the brilliant wheel behind him again, another divine beast charged out from the wheel and roared at the sky.
Roc!
The two divine beasts, Roc and Gluttonous Beast, stood side by side, their vast, majestic energy and pressure filling this entire space.
Among the nine divine beasts of the Nine Palace Totem Wheel, Roc and Gluttonous Beast were currently the strongest!
"Next, cultivate the Nine-Yang Scripture!"
Ye Yunfei said to himself.
Ye Yunfei had cultivated inside the Phantom Tower for three months, while only a little over a day had passed in the outside world.
Therefore, there was still time.
Ye Yunfei sat cross-legged and began circulating the Nine-Yang Scripture.
Boom…
An enormous golden sphere, hundreds of meters in diameter, shot out from Ye Yunfei's dantian, erupting with dazzling golden light.
Next.
Swoosh!
Another golden sphere, only fist-sized, flew out from Ye Yunfei's dantian and hovered above his head.
This golden sphere represented the Second Yang of the Nine-Yang Scripture!
The Nine-Yang Scripture was divided into Nine Yangs, each condensing a golden sphere.
Upon reaching its peak, Nine Yangs would dominate the sky, illuminating all things with limitless power!
The fist-sized Second Yang erupted with formidable suction force and began absorbing the Spiritual Qi essence contained within the resources piled around Ye Yunfei's body.
Cultivating the Second Yang wasn't for breaking through a Spiritual Qi realm; it was to increase the quantity of Spiritual Qi within his body!
The Nine-Yang Scripture was one of the supreme cultivation techniques in existence. The amount of Spiritual Qi within a practitioner could be dozens, even hundreds or thousands of times that of other cultivators of the same rank!
Having enough Spiritual Qi reserves within a cultivator's body conferred tremendous advantages in combat.
There was no need to worry about Spiritual Qi depletion.
As time passed.
The golden sphere representing the Second Yang above Ye Yunfei's head continuously enlarged.
From fist-sized, to ball-sized, growing ever larger…
Another three months passed.
The golden sphere representing the Second Yang had grown into a sphere ten meters in diameter.
Both golden spheres now hovered above Ye Yunfei's head, rising and falling.
One was hundreds of meters in diameter, the other ten meters!
Both spheres released powerful energy auras, mighty and rolling!
By now, all the Spiritual Qi essence within the resources piled around Ye Yunfei's body had been completely absorbed.
"As my realm grows higher and higher, the amount of cultivation resources required to cultivate the Nine-Yang Scripture will also increase dramatically.
I'll need to keep striving hard to make money in the future!"
Staring at the piles of cultivation resources around him now reduced to waste dregs, Ye Yunfei couldn't help but produce a wry smile.
After three months cultivating the Nine-Yang Scripture, Ye Yunfei's Spiritual Qi realm hadn't risen, but the amount of Spiritual Qi within his body had multiplied several times over!
"Next, spend some time cultivating the Flying Sword Art."
Ye Yunfei thought for a moment and murmured.
Not long ago, upon returning to the Sky Shadow Small World, Ye Yunfei had obtained a large quantity of Soulstone, causing a qualitative leap in his Soul Power.
His Spiritual Qi realm had also broken through by one stage, reaching the late-stage Great Mystic Pill Realm.
The Flying Sword Art was a secret technique that combined Soul Power and Spiritual Qi. It was high time to enhance it properly!
Swoosh!
A small black sword, only the size of an adult's finger, shot out from Ye Yunfei's chest.
It was the Dark Thorn!
Ye Yunfei had already smelted the Void Blade into the Dark Thorn, so now, Dark Thorn was Ye Yunfei's flying sword.
Dark Thorn had two major characteristics. First, spatial properties, allowing it to traverse space much faster than the Void Blade. Second, it could automatically lock onto and pursue enemies!
Ye Yunfei believed that Dark Thorn, combined with the Flying Sword Art, would unleash an even more terrifying power!
Zzzt!
Driven by Ye Yunfei, Dark Thorn violently cleaved through space and shot out.
Following that, Ye Yunfei spent one month cultivating the Flying Sword Art.
One month later.
"It's about time."
Ye Yunfei stopped cultivating and stood up.
Ye Yunfei left the Phantom Tower, exited the mountain cave, and took out a flying ship.
Swoosh!
The flying ship soared into the sky, heading in the direction of Liu City.
Today, Liu City was extremely bustling!
Every street and alley was decorated with lanterns and colored streamers, fireworks exploding everywhere.
The entire city, every merchant and resident, was bustling with activity.
The festive atmosphere was even more vibrant and joyous than the New Year!
Liu City was the headquarters of the Liu Family. The vast majority of industries in the city belonged to the Liu Family.
Most of those residing in the city were members of the Liu Family or its affiliated forces.
At the eastern part of the city was a large plaza.
This plaza was the location for today's concubine-induction ceremony held by the Liu Family Head.
A high platform had been erected in the plaza's center.
Around the platform stood elite troops holding shimmering, cold weapons, guarding the area tightly.
On the platform sat experts with sharp, imposing auras.
The Liu Family Head, Liu Yuanjie, dressed in a brilliant red robe, stood atop the platform, beaming with delight.
By now, inside and outside the plaza, crowds had surged, packed shoulder-to-shoulder, with deafening noise shaking the heavens.
At this moment.
In mid-air, several dozen miles away from Liu City, a speeding flying ship suddenly stopped.
Ye Yunfei walked out from the ship, waved his sleeve, and stored the ship away.
"I shall make today's Liu City run red with rivers of blood!"
Ye Yunfei looked toward the distant Liu City, his eyes blazing with murderous intent.
Then.
Swoosh!
Ye Yunfei took a step and vanished into the spatial depths, traversing the void as he silently headed toward Liu City.