With Ye Chen there, the guards of the Mo family team all relaxed a little. In the Extreme Yin Place, as long as there were no Seas of Souls Realm warriors, there was nothing to worry about. In their opinion, Ye Chen was at least an Extreme Astral Reaching Realm warrior. No, he was one of the top Extreme Astral Reaching Realm warriors. Even those top rank dark parties would have to respect an Extreme Astral Reaching Realm warrior, unless there was some kind of life and death hatred between the two.
In the dusky evening, the team finally made it back to the Black Water City.
The Black Water City was one of the border cities of the Extreme Yin Place, with a population of millions. The city walls and most of the buildings were built with the unique black stones of the Extreme Yin Place. It looked very cold, full of killing intent, like a beast crawling in the darkness.
"Mr. Ye, my Mo family is in the eastern part of the city." Mo Li blinked her eyes as she looked at Ye Chen.
Ye Chen understood what she meant. She wanted to invite him to be her guest and express her gratitude. But for him, it did not mean much. This was just a chance encounter in his life, and saving people was just a small effort. If he wasted his time on her thanking him, then he might as well not save her at all.
"Nah, I will stay in a hotel."
Ye Chen jumped off the carriage and searched for the nearest hotel.
Mo Li still wanted to say something, but the steward stopped her, "Miss, we are not the same kind of people as him. You should have known it from the beginning."
Hearing him, Mo Li stopped talking. Indeed, in his eyes, they were just a group of passersby, and they would not have anything to do with each other in the future. "Let's go back!"
…
It was the first time for Ye Chen to experience the chaos of the Extreme Yin Place. In the short while of searching for the hotel, he had seen at least three murder cases. The first one was a group of people beating a young beggar to death in an alley. The second one was when a husband found out that his wife was cheating on him, so he killed his husband and tore his wife in half. The third one was in front of the hotel, where two Clasping Yuan Realm warriors drank too much, and their argument turned into a life and death battle. In the end, the whole hotel was destroyed, which pissed off an Astral Reaching Realm warrior, who destroyed their dantian and limbs, and hung them on the flagpole in front of the hotel.
As for brawls, they were even more frequent and frightening. The entire Black Water City was filled with a darkness that was even more eerie than the night, and the air was filled with a bloody smell that made one's blood boil.
The first restaurant collapsed, and Ye Chen went to the second one.
"Young Master, are you staying in the inn?"
It had to be said that in the Extreme Yin Place, the one with the bigger fist was the boss. Seeing Ye Chen beat up an Astral Reaching expert who had caused trouble, causing him to vomit blood and then casually throw him out of the restaurant, the shopkeeper's attitude changed from formal to respectful as he greeted Ye Chen with a smile.
"I'll stay here for a few nights." Ye Chen took out a big bag of low rank soul stones from his storage ring, which was a whole thousand pieces, and threw it on the counter. Extreme Yin Place was different from the outside world. The cost of living here was ridiculously high, which was very abnormal. But, thinking about the environment of the Extreme Yin Place, it was understandable. Apart from the big cities, the wilderness outside the cities was filled with all kinds of dangers. There were evil and murderous demonic beasts, robbers who would kill without blinking an eye. Without a certain level of self-protection, going out would be seeking death. All these kinds of dangers had led to a shortage of resources in the city. After all, the food in the stores and restaurants did not just fall from the sky. Mo Li's caravan was a good example. More than twenty Astral Reaching experts and over a hundred Clasping Yuan martial artists had gone out to collect resources, but less than fifty percent had returned. The death rate was extremely high.
Of course, there were pros and cons. Although the Extreme Yin Place was so chaotic, the martial artists' cultivation base increased very quickly. Everyone had an intense sense of crisis, which forced them to crazily work hard to strengthen themselves. Once they became Astral Reaching experts, the Extreme Yin Place would no longer be dangerous for them. After all, the chances of encountering robbers were very low when moving alone, unless their luck was extremely bad. In which case, they could not blame anyone. Even if they cultivated in seclusion, there was still a chance of them dying from cultivation deviation.
Led by the shopkeeper, Ye Chen arrived at the guest room on the second floor.
After taking a bath and eating a sumptuous meal, it was already late at night. He didn't think much of the noise before, but now that he had calmed down, Ye Chen felt that it was a bit unbearable. Groans, curses, knocking on the door, and the sounds of people walking up and down the stairs were all mixed together. It was incomparably noisy. No wonder there were so few Astral Reaching experts staying in this restaurant. It was simply too noisy.
"Shut up!"
With a low shout, the aura on Ye Chen's body suddenly erupted, filling the entire restaurant. The aura contained the will of the slaughter sword dao, penetrating deep into the soul. That kind of frightening feeling of soul and spirit being cut apart made everyone in the restaurant quiet down.
"Finally, I can cultivate in peace."
Shaking his head, Ye Chen smiled bitterly. In the Extreme Yin Place, reasoning was useless. At the crucial moment, violence was still needed.
Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Ye Chen put his hands together. The Zhen Yuan inside his body revolved according to the Green Lotus Sword Arts' thirteenth layer Zhen Yuan route, continuously searching for a breakthrough point. Under the state of forgetting everything, one could see with the naked eye that Ye Chen's body and head were emitting green Qi, like a layer of faint green flame.
Pop!
In the middle of the night, a faintly discernible popping sound came from Ye Chen's body. At the same time, Ye Chen's aura seemed to have strengthened a bit.
"Three breakthroughs … I've finally broken through the first one."
Slowly letting out a mouthful of impure qi, Ye Chen opened his eyes.
The further one cultivated the Green Lotus Sword Arts, the harder it would be to break through. From the thirteenth layer to the fourteenth layer, there were three breakthroughs that needed to be broken through. During the journey, he had already seen the signs, and now, he had indeed broken through the first one. With this speed, it wouldn't take long for him to reach the fourteenth layer. At that time, he would be able to fight against Sea of Souls Realm warriors who had trained top rank Earth Realm martial arts but had not reached completion.
After a quiet night, Ye Chen purposely went to buy a map of the Extreme Yin Place. This map was extremely detailed, with a total of thirty-eight pages. Each of them was two meters in length and width, and marked with the most obvious topography of the Extreme Yin Place. The drawing was very vivid, and there was basically no need to worry about not being able to find the location. However, this map was not cheap either, costing Ye Chen five hundred low rank spirit stones.
On the third day, Ye Chen checked out of his room and left Black Water City.
There were no countries or sects in the Extreme Yin Place, only gangs and cities. Gangs were naturally black power gangs, while cities were big and small. Among the numerous cities, there were four giant cities. The one closest to Black Water City was Three Yin City, which had a population of over a hundred million, more than twenty Sea of Souls Realm experts overseeing it, and thousands of Astral Reaching experts. In terms of comprehensive strength, even two or three ordinary sixth grade sects couldn't compare to it. If it could produce a Life and Death King, it would be able to enter the ranks of mid fifth grade sects.
Every three months, Three Yin City would hold a large-scale auction. At that time, some rare treasures that couldn't be seen in the outside world would appear in the auction. Of course, if one had any treasures worth auctioning, they could also hand them over to the auction. Whether it was clean or not, they would be able to take it all. Moreover, there was no need to worry about being chased, because the auction wouldn't reveal one's identity.
Extreme Yin Place was equivalent to the super black market of Southern Sector, a breeding ground for chaos.
…
On the land shrouded in black mist, a figure was flying at an extreme speed while maintaining a height of several hundred meters.
"Black Water City is more than two hundred thousand li away from Three Yin City. After taking a detour around the Blackstone Mountain Range, I'll be in Three Yin City's territory."
It had already been five days since he left Black Water City. During this time, Ye Chen had encountered a bandit blocking his way. Moreover, it wasn't an ordinary bandit, but a first-rate black power among the five black powers surrounding Black Water City. Their comprehensive strength was more than ten times that of the Black Wind Bandits.
Unfortunately, although they were powerful, Ye Chen was even more powerful. One man and one sword, he killed them all. Three of the five leaders were killed, while the remaining two wailed like ghosts and howled like wolves as they fled. They were terrified to death. How could they have imagined that there would be such a frightening existence in the Astral Reaching realm? Ye Chen could even be considered as the weakest Sea of Souls Realm expert.
The Blackstone Mountain Range was left behind, and ahead was a boundless Blackstone Plain.
"Eh?"
"It's Murong Qingcheng!"
Dozens of li away, a large group of people was fighting.
Two people were surrounded. One was a young man wearing a silver robe. He had a tall and slender figure, and wore a silver crown on his head. His handsome face seemed to have been carved out by a knife or axe, with distinct edges and corners. Below his sharp eyebrows, his pitch-black eyes gave off an exceptionally dangerous feeling. His gaze contained a bizarre charm that could disturb one's mind. His weapon was an Azure Dragon Halberd. As he brandished it, azure light curled around it, making it seem like an azure dragon baring its fangs and brandishing its claws. It easily tore apart the bodies of the people surrounding him. On the other hand, the movements of the people surrounding him were clearly a lot slower, allowing them to be killed as they pleased. If Ye Chen's guess was right, the opponent cultivated an eye martial art, a bit like the God Eye King in the King Will Statue. Of course, compared to the God Eye King, the opponent's eye martial art was simply child's play, not worth mentioning.
"At the Astral Reaching realm, to be able to cultivate an eye martial art to the point of affecting experts of the same level... This person's strength is even stronger than Feng Yanrou and Mysterious Moon Prince, and not just by a bit. I reckon that he's more or less the same as Feng Yanrou's senior brother and Red Water Sect's Red Water Minor Master."
If one didn't walk out of South Rudra Region, one wouldn't know that there were absolute geniuses everywhere. The head disciple of the Drifting Snow Hall, the Red Water Minor Master of the Red Water Sect, and this incomparably handsome young man wearing a silver crown … Each and every one of them were well-known figures among absolute geniuses. Moreover, according to Senior Brother Wang of Dragon God Celestial Palace, Thunder Region's Thunder Princess was even more powerful. Ye Chen wondered to what extent.
Shifting his gaze, Ye Chen's attention fell on the body of the absolute beauty beside the young man. She was still wearing a purple dress, and her face was covered with a light veil. Who else could it be but Murong Qingcheng? After not seeing her for a long time, Ye Chen didn't know whether it was his misconception or not, but Murong Qingcheng's temperament had become even more profound, and her appearance even more beautiful. If one were to say that the previous Murong Qingcheng was a grade and a half above some of the absolute beauties Ye Chen had seen, then right now, she was completely unrivaled, and could even be considered as a beauty capable of causing the downfall of cities.
The appearance of an angel, the temperament of a devil. It was nothing more than this.
Compared to the slight changes in temperament and appearance, Murong Qingcheng's strength had improved by a lot. She used the Great Sky Demon Art, sweeping away numerous experts like rain. Soon after, a frightening Force Field Cut shot out, blasting an extreme Astral Reaching expert to the point of vomiting blood.
"Peak late Astral Reaching realm cultivation base!"
Ye Chen could see through Murong Qingcheng's background with a single glance. She had unexpectedly overtaken him in terms of cultivation base. Of course, Ye Chen wasn't too surprised. In terms of cultivation talent, Ye Chen wasn't particularly outstanding. He was inferior to Murong Qingcheng in the first place. The reason why he could surpass the young generation of South Rudra Region before was because of all kinds of opportunities. However, the competition between geniuses wasn't decided in a day or night. It was a long competition. Moreover, she was a disciple of a sixth grade sect, Sky Demon Sect, after all.
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