The Black Dragon Empire's lakeside city, the Sky Star City, was less than ten miles away from the Star Regional Lake. In this city with a population of more than ten million, there was a top-notch restaurant called the Nine Star White Jade Restaurant. The Nine Star White Jade Restaurant had nine floors, and each floor was more luxurious than the previous one. The walls were covered with extremely valuable white jade, which was inlaid with gold. It was a unique restaurant in the entire Black Dragon Empire.
On the seventh floor of the restaurant, countless Astral Reaching Realm warriors were sitting in the lobby, chatting with each other.
"Everyone, stop guessing. I think, within five years, Ye Chen will not be able to walk out of the forbidden fog zone. Perhaps, he will be trapped in there until he dies." The speaker was a middle-aged man with a square face and a big nose. His cultivation was not weak, being at the Late Astral Reaching Realm. He was very famous in the Sky Star City. Half a year ago, after Shen Tujue had said that Ye Chen had been trapped in the forbidden fog zone, the news had spread out in the whole South Rudra Region at an unbelievable speed. As a result, all the Astral Reaching Realm warriors had used Ye Chen as the topic of conversation, since this martial genius had left too deep of an impression on everyone. In the Hidden Dragon Rank competition, he had won all the battles and made it all the way to the finals. Then, out of everyone's expectation, he had beaten Sikong Sheng, the king of the young generation in the South Rudra Region. Not only that, it had been more than two years since the Hidden Dragon Rank competition had ended, and he had beaten all the other warriors again, becoming an Extreme Astral Reaching Realm warrior. He had killed the White Bone ghost warrior from the Nine Ghost Cult in the Blood Demon Battlefield, and had also escaped from the four Extreme Astral Reaching Realm warriors.
"Indeed, the chances of him coming out are very small. And even if he does, it won't be a good thing. He killed Daoist Jin Huang, a core elder of the Floating Mountain Sect, and Ghost General White Bone. The remnants of the Floating Mountain Sect and the Nine Evil Cult won't let him go.
It is said that Shen Tujue's strength is even above that of Heartless Sect's Pei Youdao. He has already condensed a martial soul embryo, and can be considered a first-rate existence among extreme Astral Reaching realm experts. The remnants of the Nine Ghost Cult are also not to be underestimated. There are two other ghost generals on the same level as White Bone Ghost General, especially the number one, Five Poison Ghost General. His whole body is filled with poison, and the breath he exhales can poison a village to death. Fighting with him will unknowingly poison you. Even if the poison is not deep, your strength will be greatly reduced, and you will be at the mercy of others. "
"This Ye Chen's ability to stir up trouble can be considered one of a kind. What kind of people did he mess with? The Floating Mountain Sect, the remnants of the Nine Evil Cult … Any one of them can play us in the palm of their hands." Those who were able to sit on the seventh floor of the Nine Star White Jade Tower were all Astral Reaching Realm warriors, but they were only normal beings. The most powerful among them were only Late Astral Reaching Realm warriors, not to mention the top and extreme realms. If an Extreme Astral Reaching Realm warrior were to slap over, a lot of them would be killed.
Deng Deng Deng …
Footsteps were heard from the stairs. They were very light, but everyone could hear them, and couldn't help but look over.
After three breaths, a young man appeared in everyone's sight.
He was dressed in blue, with a longsword hanging on his waist. His black hair was tied up in a simple way, and he had a handsome face. His eyes were gentle like jade. He was not a peerless beauty, but he was still a top talent.
If it was not Ye Chen, who else could it be?
After traveling for hundreds of thousands of miles, the first city that Ye Chen arrived at was the Sky Star City, which was the closest city to the Star Regional Lake, less than ten miles away.
On the way, Ye Chen had already thought about it. He knew that it would be impossible to hide the fact that he had left the forbidden zone, because he was not a nameless person. There would definitely be people who knew him. As for why he was able to leave the forbidden zone and the consequences of leaving with his Astral Reaching Realm cultivation base, he had already thought about it. After all, the iron rule of the forbidden zone had been broken, which was way too shocking. It would be impossible for it to not cause a commotion. Therefore, he decided to make a strong comeback and then create a fake image to tell the world that he had not gone deep into the forbidden zone.
And, the fake image would be broken one day, but it would not come too soon. When that day came, Ye Chen was confident that he would have enough power to protect himself.
Above the seventh floor of the Nine Star White Jade Tower, only Astral Reaching Realm warriors had the right to come up. There were a lot of Astral Reaching Realm warriors who knew Ye Chen. Therefore, Ye Chen decided to go to the Nine Star White Jade Tower first, using them to tell everyone in the South Rudra Region that he was back.
"Oh my god! It is Ye Chen! "
Indeed, on the seventh floor, there were two people who recognized Ye Chen. They had both been to the Hidden Dragon Ancient City to watch the competitions, so Ye Chen's image had been imprinted in their minds for a long time.
"What? Are you sure?!"
"Why would I lie to you? He is indeed Ye Chen."
"I cannot believe it! He has walked out of the forbidden zone without any injuries. This is unbelievable!"
"What the hell!"
The middle-aged man who had said that Ye Chen would not be able to leave the forbidden zone in the next five years was shocked, as if he had just seen a ghost.
Ye Chen smiled lightly as he found a seat near the window and sat down. He had heard all of the whispers from the crowd.
"Should we say hi to him? I heard that Ye Chen is quite easy to talk to."
"Yeah, I have never heard of his scandals. Let's go together."
The two who had recognized Ye Chen stood up and walked towards Ye Chen.
"Warrior Ye, I have heard a lot about you."
The two cupped their fists, showing great respect.
Ye Chen reached out his hand, "Sit."
"This Ye Chen is really easy to talk to. He even invited us to sit down. What a great honor." The two showed joy on their faces as they sat down with even more respect.
One of them asked the waiter to prepare the best dishes and wine.
"Warrior Ye, we have admired you for a long time. Today, we can finally sit down with you to eat and drink. Life is so happy." The middle-aged man on the left with a black mole said heartily.
Ye Chen smiled, "The meaning of life is to do what you like. It is boring to drink alone. I, Ye Chen, will not refuse anyone."
"Hehe, great."
Seeing the three chatting happily, the others on the seventh floor were jealous. At the same time, they regretted that they didn't think of talking to Ye Chen. Otherwise, they would be the ones sitting there.
"Warrior Ye, I have admired you for a long time."
A man nearby couldn't help but stand up and say shamelessly.
Ye Chen didn't embarrass him and invited him to sit down and drink with him.
"Warrior Ye!"
"Warrior Ye!"
"..."
Seeing this, the others stood up one after another, wanting to get close to Ye Chen. Being able to eat and drink with the most talented martial geniuses of the South Rudra Region in hundreds or even thousands of years would be a great thing indeed. In the future, if Ye Chen could step into the higher realms, then he would be even more proud. At least, he would be able to tell his descendants, 'Son, back in the day, I, your father, had a drink with Ye Chen and chatted with him. You are still far away from that.'
There were too many people. Ye Chen laughed as he put all the tables on the seventh floor together, creating a huge table that was ten meters long on each side. Everyone gathered at the table and started to drink.
"Warrior Ye, that forbidden zone is known as the place where Astral Reaching Realm warriors don't return. How did you get out? Let us see."
"Yeah! Warrior Ye, the news of you getting out will spread throughout the Black Dragon Empire in less than half a month. Within a month, the whole South Rudra Region will know about it."
Ye Chen drank a mouthful of wine and said, "Actually, I didn't even go deep into the forbidden zone. Therefore, I got out five months ago and have been healing my wounds. You know, being chased by four Extreme Astral Reaching Realm warriors, it would be impossible for me to not be wounded at all."
"You didn't go deep into the forbidden zone?"
Everyone suddenly realized that Ye Chen had not gone deep into the forbidden zone. As for being wounded, it would be normal. It would be weird if he did not get wounded at all. Being chased by four Extreme Astral Reaching Realm warriors was not a joke. Ye Chen being able to escape successfully was already enough to prove his power. If it were any other normal Extreme Astral Reaching Realm warrior, there would be a huge chance for him to die. Thinking about it, Ye Chen had been hiding for five months to heal his wounds. Powerful warriors were not the same as weak ones. Powerful warriors had a strong life force and would not die easily, but it would be extremely hard for them to heal their bodies. Especially the wounds caused by some of the ace attacks, which would affect the mental state.
"Congratulations on your safe return! Let me propose a toast to you!"
"A toast to Young Hero Ye as well."
The banquet lasted until late at night before it ended.
...
In the guest room of the restaurant …
Ye Chen sat on the bed with his legs crossed.
The four months of searching for the way out of the forbidden zone had a huge impact on Ye Chen. Seriously speaking, it was even more than the challenge from the Dual Sword King and the Iron Sword King statues.
Mentality … What was the mentality?
It was actually a person's inner world. To put it simply, it was the inner heart.
Being strong on the outside was not true strength. Being strong on the inside was the strength that came from the inside out. It was a strength that could not be crushed, a strength that could break through fate.
The boring journey of four months and seven days had raised Ye Chen's mentality to a frightening level. On average, he had to use his soul power one hundred and eighty thousand times a day, which would be more than twenty million times in four months and seven days. If it were any other Astral Reaching expert, they would have long since gone crazy or collapsed. Or, they would have directly given up and not stepped into the Sea of Soul realm, not planning to leave the forbidden zone. Even Sea of Soul realm experts did not have the same perseverance and perseverance as Ye Chen. Repeating the same thing for four months and seven days, repeating it one hundred and eighty thousand times a day … Just thinking about it would make one shiver in fear.
However, this was not the most frightening thing. What was frightening was that Ye Chen didn't know when he would be able to leave the forbidden zone. Perhaps it would be a few months, or perhaps it would be a few years. Everything was unknown. Who could stand up again and again in the midst of disappointment and loss of confidence, and defeat themselves? Ye Chen's experience in these four months and seven days contained the setbacks of several lifetimes of others.
Of course, the harvest of defeating oneself time and time again was bountiful, far beyond one's imagination.
With a powerful mental state, Ye Chen's sword will became even more indestructible and unshakable. Every strand of will was exceptionally pure. It would not be an exaggeration to say that within the same realm of sword will, no one would be his opponent. His current sword will was more or less the same as an ordinary Sea of Soul realm sword artist. In terms of power, even ordinary Sea of Soul realm sword artists would not be his opponent, and ordinary Sea of Soul realm martial artists would be thrown into the air by him. They could not be compared at all.
Above his Sea of Soul, a three-finger-long ancient longsword blossomed with specks of silver radiance. These specks of silver radiance were the radiance of will. From Battle King's sword dao knowledge, Ye Chen knew that within the Sea of Soul realm, only Sea of Soul realm Master's will could emit radiance. Below Sea of Soul realm, powerful Sea of Soul realm sword artists could occasionally do it. However, Ye Chen had done it at the Astral Reaching realm.
"Once the radiance appears, the will is almost indestructible."
Ye Chen sucked in a deep breath, his pupils emitting a soul-stirring light.
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