At this time, Ye Yunfei had already entered the Phantom Shadow Tower.
“In the Divine Fall Land, I obtained quite a few Thunder Strike Fruits, and also got the Black Geng Thunder Wood. I should first cultivate the Thunder Marsh within the Nine Palaces Totem Wheel.”
Ye Yunfei sat down cross-legged and took out over a thousand red Thunder Strike Fruits and that stalk of Black Geng Thunder Wood, placing them before him.
Immediately, arcs of thunder and flashes of lightning erupted in front of Ye Yunfei. Dazzling bolts of lightning continuously crackled and sparked.
The Thunder Strike Fruits and the Black Geng Thunder Wood both contained dense thunder and lightning energy. The three fruits on the Black Geng Thunder Wood, in particular, contained an astonishingly rich amount of thunder and lightning energy.
Thick, roaring bolts of thunder continuously sprayed forth from those three fruits, their power awe-inspiring.
“I’ll use these Thunder Strike Fruits to refine a batch of Heavenly Thunder Pellets,” Ye Yunfei thought for a moment and decided.
Thus, Ye Yunfei took out another batch of herbs, consisting of spirit herbs, precious herbs, dao herbs, and even some sacred herbs.
Heavenly Thunder Pellets were a very special type of elixir that required quite a number of herbal ingredients. However, the amount of herbs Ye Yunfei harvested in the Divine Fall Land was truly vast, and he had all the varieties needed to refine the Heavenly Thunder Pellets!
Next, Ye Yunfei began refining the Heavenly Thunder Pellets. While Ye Yunfei was alchemizing, Huang Shang watched from the side, observing and studying the process.
Two days later, Ye Yunfei refined a large batch of Heavenly Thunder Pellets. When Ye Yunfei personally conducted alchemy, he naturally had a very high elixir success rate, with almost every single cauldron yielding the full ten pellets!
Therefore, from over a thousand Thunder Strike Fruits, he refined more than five hundred Heavenly Thunder Pellets in total!
“The value of these three Black Geng Thunder Wood fruits is much higher than that of Heavenly Thunder Pellets. They don’t need to be refined into any type of elixir; the effect is best when consumed and refined in their original, unprocessed form.”
Ye Yunfei’s gaze fell upon the three Black Geng Thunder Wood fruits as he muttered to himself.
The Black Geng Thunder Wood bloomed only once every three hundred years, bore fruit after another three hundred years, and ripened after yet another three hundred years. If a martial artist consumed it, it would not only enhance their martial cultivation talent and bloodline grade but also allow them to obtain thunder-type abilities and the power to command lightning!
Thus, the fruits of the Black Geng Thunder Wood were supreme treasures for all martial artists cultivating lightning-based techniques!
Ye Yunfei planned to let Thunder Beast refine all the Heavenly Thunder Pellets first before consuming these three Black Geng Thunder Wood fruits.
“It’s time to let Thunder Beast begin cultivation.”
With a thought from Ye Yunfei…
*Boom!*…
A dazzling, brilliant round wheel rose from behind him, and a giant beast with a dragon body and a human head stepped out from within that wheel.
It was precisely Thunder Beast!
The so-called cultivation was essentially allowing Thunder Beast to devour and refine those Heavenly Thunder Pellets.
Next, Thunder Beast began devouring and refining the more than five hundred Heavenly Thunder Pellets, one pellet at a time.
*Boom! Boom!*…
As Thunder Beast devoured and refined more and more Heavenly Thunder Pellets, the thunder and lightning energy released from its massive body grew increasingly dense. Bolts of thunder continuously spawned, their roars shaking the heavens.
At the same time…
In the Northern Barren Domain, at the Heavenly Dao Academy.
Inside the main hall.
Dean Sima, Meng Qianzheng, Zou Yi, and a large group of other academy executives were present.
Standing in the main hall were also thirty-seven students.
This time, including Ye Yunfei, the Heavenly Dao Academy had sent fifty students into the Divine Fall Land, and thirty-nine had returned alive. These thirty-seven students were the ones Ye Yunfei had secretly handed over to Meng Qianzheng to bring back only after all the martial artists from other factions had left Tianhuang Star.
When Ye Yunfei had fought with the martial artists from those other factions, Meng Qianzheng had remained hidden in a secluded corner on Tianhuang Star.
As for Du Fan, he was still within the Phantom Shadow Tower, together with Ye Yunfei.
“Your gains from entering the Divine Fall Land this time are considerable. Don’t worry, everyone, the Academy will definitely reward you generously.”
At this moment, hovering in front of Dean Sima were hundreds of spatial rings, filled with various kinds of treasures—all brought out from the Divine Fall Land.
“Hmph! The real harvest of this Divine Fall Land expedition probably lies with Ye Yunfei, who embezzled it all! Meng Qianzheng, as the leading elder for the Divine Fall Land this time, why did you allow Ye Yunfei to embezzle the treasures that should rightfully belong to our Academy?”
Zou Yi suddenly glared at Meng Qianzheng and demanded harshly.
“Oh? Zou Yi, you repeatedly insisted earlier that Ye Yunfei is not a student of our Academy, so why are you claiming that Ye Yunfei’s gains from the Divine Fall Land belong to our Academy now?”
Meng Qianzheng replied with a cold sneer.
“Meng Qianzheng, don’t change the subject! Regardless of whether Ye Yunfei is a student of our Academy or not, he used our Academy’s quota to enter the Divine Fall Land. Therefore, his gains inside should also belong to our Academy. Hmph, Ye Yunfei is merely a junior. What qualifications does he have to possess a Demigod herb? That Demigod herb belongs to our Heavenly Dao Academy! And besides, I believe that apart from the Demigod herb, Ye Yunfei must have obtained many other treasures in the Divine Fall Land. Those treasures belong to our Academy too!”
Zou Yi said with a cold snort.
“Zou Yi, from your tone, you also covet the Demigod herb? Heh heh, let me give you a piece of advice: based on your strength, you’d better not fantasize about obtaining a Demigod herb. Otherwise, you’ll bring disaster upon yourself immediately.”
Meng Qianzheng said coldly.
“Meng Qianzheng, you…”
Zou Yi was furious.
“Dean Meng is right. Given the strength of our Heavenly Dao Academy, it’s best not to covet the Demigod herb. I’ve received word that several major factions from the Sacred Domain have already dispatched experts to the Northern Barren Domain to search for Ye Yunfei. The star domains neighboring the Xuanhuang Star Domain have also continuously sent experts to the Northern Barren Domain these past two days. They are surely coming for the Demigod herb as well. Moreover, over these two days, a large group of strangers has appeared around our Heavenly Dao Academy. Needless to say, they are surely here for the Demigod herb too. Everyone, our Heavenly Dao Academy must absolutely not get involved in this storm. Otherwise, with the slightest mistake, our Academy could face total annihilation!”
Dean Sima said solemnly.
Hearing Dean Sima’s words, all the Academy executives fell silent. Indeed, compared to those major factions from the Sacred Domain, the Heavenly Dao Academy seemed far too weak. Probably just a single Imperial Realm expert arriving would be more than the Academy could handle.
“Issue the order: from today onwards, the Academy’s main gates will be sealed. No one is allowed to enter or leave freely without permission. During this period, our Academy will maintain a low profile as much as possible!”
Dean Sima said gravely.
“Understood.”
The other Academy executives nodded one after another, expressing agreement.
Zou Yi’s gaze was cold and inscrutable; it was unknown what he was thinking.
At the same time…
In the Northern Barren Domain, within a complex of underground caves…
“Pass down the order: all members are forbidden to venture outside for activities during this period. Have everyone stay within the underground caves, focusing on secluded cultivation.”
After consulting with the Thick Earth Sect Master, Grand Elder Tang Wu issued the command.
“I hope Young Master Ye can return safely.”
Grand Elder Tang Wu sighed.
Grand Elder Tang Wu and the Thick Earth Sect Master had already received news of all that had happened on Tianhuang Star.
“Sage Ye will definitely return safely. Sage Ye can even defeat Imperial Realm experts now. He’s a genius who repeatedly creates miracles. I have faith in him!”
The Thick Earth Sect Master said.
“True. The fact that Young Master Ye can even defeat Imperial Realm experts is simply astounding.”
Grand Elder Tang Wu could not help but sigh with emotion as well.
Meanwhile…
Within the Ancient Demon World.
In front of an ancient altar.
Six elderly demons, all exuding dense demonic aura, sat encircling this altar. Among them, three were precisely the Three Demon Kings of the Ancient Demon Race!
The other three were Advisor Tiangu and two other high-ranking members of the Ancient Demon Race.
All six elderly demons had strength at the late-stage God-Shaping Realm!
Above the altar was a dark, black spatial rift.
*Rumble!*…
Currently, a terrifyingly concentrated essence of demonic energy, like columns of black wolf smoke, continuously poured forth from that spatial rift, respectively flowing into the bodies of the six elderly demons.
At a certain moment…
*Boom! Boom!*…
The bodies of the six elderly demons trembled violently at the same time, and loud booms emanated from within them. Immediately after, the demonic energy pressure radiating from them began to rise sharply at an astonishing rate.
“Hahaha… Who would have thought that the ancient demonic energy source transmitted remotely by the great one from the Ancestral World would allow us all to break through? Our Ancient Demon Race now has six Imperial Realm experts!”
King Aoyue suddenly burst into excited, frantic laughter.
“And that great one also transmitted over six innate treasures! Six Imperial Realm experts plus six innate treasures—our Ancient Demon Race is beginning to rise!”
King Wuque also laughed uproariously.
“Correct! Our Ancient Demon Race is beginning to rise!”
King Baihu, Advisor Tiangu, and the other two high-ranking members were also extremely excited.
“Ye Yunfei! You wait! I will personally tear you to shreds!”
King Aoyue roared fiercely.
Right at this moment…
“By the way, counting on my fingers, the Divine Fall Land expedition should have ended by now. The young geniuses of our Ancient Demon Race should be returning. I wonder how it went.”
King Baihu suddenly said.
“I’ve received news. Let me check.”
Advisor Tiangu took out a communication jade slip and said.
“What?! How is that possible!”
After reading the information within the jade slip, Advisor Tiangu could not help but change expression drastically, shocked and furious.
“What happened?”
The other five elderly demons all looked over.
“All of the young geniuses our Ancient Demon Race sent into the Divine Fall Land were killed by Ye Yunfei. Not a single one came out alive. Furthermore, Ye Yunfei also obtained the Demigod herb. A dozen or so Imperial Realm experts besieged Ye Yunfei, but he ended up crippling one Imperial Realm expert and then escaped.”
Advisor Tiangu said slowly.
“How can that be?!”
Hearing Advisor Tiangu’s words, the other five elderly demons were utterly stunned, unable to believe it.
“Ye Yunfei… crippled an Imperial Realm expert?”
King Aoyue trembled with shock and fury as he asked.