Chapter 352 News from the Southern Territory
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Having been exposed to the Divine Kingdom and reached the levels of the Space-Time God King, Ye Chen finally understood that those elders who cultivated to the Nine Tribulations True God probably also ventured out for the future of the Divine Phoenix Clan, seeking to advance even further.
Moreover, he had also heard specifically from Phoenix Spirit that the Vermilion Bird Clan and the Flying Spirit Clan had always been on good terms with the Divine Phoenix Clan before the elders left, and when the elders departed, the strength of the Divine Phoenix Clan was much stronger than those two Ancient Clans.
And it was receiving important news that ultimately led those five elders to decide to leave the Divine Phoenix Clan.
One could only say it was fate's cruel twist.
The five elders left together with the thought that they could look after each other, and ultimately return successfully.
Unexpectedly, once those elders left, they never returned.
On the other hand, it was also unexpected that the chief of the Flying Spirit Clan would break through to the Nine Tribulations True God.
Even more unexpected was that greed would lead the Flying Spirit Clan and Vermilion Bird Clan to harbor ambitions of invading the Divine Phoenix Clan.
If there was a source of their deepest loathing, it was the Flying Spirit Clan and the Vermilion Bird Clan.
Ye Chen certainly wouldn't blame the elders for not staying to guard the Divine Phoenix Clan, leading to its calamity.
"It's not the elders' fault," Jiang Yao said with reddened eyes, "It's us, the younger generation, who are not strong enough. If we were powerful, the Vermilion Bird Clan and the Flying Spirit Clan wouldn't dare to invade."
Ever since Jiang Yao knew that her father, mother, and grandfather had been taken away by that Divine King, her eyes became red from crying.
It was only with Ye Chen by her side that she was able to calm down; otherwise, she wouldn't know how to face such a situation.
"Okay, don't be sad," Ye Chen said as he patted Jiang Yao's little head, "Mu Lan mentioned that although the Divine King took away our people, he wouldn't harm them; otherwise, he wouldn't have allowed the injured True Gods, like Mu Lan, to escape from the pursuit of the Vermilion Bird and Flying Spirit Clans."
"If our people have suffered humiliation, we, the younger generation, must strive to free them from it as soon as possible."
"We must practice diligently to avenge the dead clan members and fight for the living to escape from the shackles of the Divine King soon!"
Ye Chen's words made Jiang Yao nod her little head.
After taking a deep breath, Jiang Yao looked at Ye Chen seriously, "The Vermilion Bird Clan and Flying Spirit Clan have occupied Divine Phoenix City, seized the Nirvana Pool and the Phoenix Divine Blood, and their chances of successfully cultivating and breaking through would increase significantly."
"Especially the chief of the Vermilion Bird Clan, who is an Eighth Tribulations True God, and if he successfully breaks through to the Nine Tribulations True God, the difficulty of seeking revenge will be even greater."
"Mu Lan also warned that the Vermilion Bird Clan and Flying Spirit Clan would surely send people to hunt down us, the young members of the Divine Phoenix Clan who have previously escaped. There are many of our clan members apart from those taken by Black Crow God King, who should now be in the thirty-three continents of the Lower Realm."
"Ye Chen, the True Gods said I should quickly enhance my strength. From tomorrow, I will practice in the training ground of Palace Master Yuan Li, following the True Gods' cultivation, and you should practice with me too!"
"The sooner we become stronger, the faster we can avenge our deceased clan members and help the living out of their plight!"
After the grief, Jiang Yao had turned her sadness into fighting spirit.
"Yes, Ye Chen, you should cultivate with Palace Master Yuan Li. I am also planning to receive guidance from Mu Lan," Liu Qingmei also spoke up.
Ye Chen looked at Jiang Yao, then at Liu Qingmei.
He shook his head, "The two True Gods both come from the Divine Phoenix Clan. Their cultivation technique might not suit me. I plan to tackle the three major adventures of the thirty-three united continents that Yuan Li mentioned, heading to the Five Elements Mountain to deepen my understanding of the Five Elements Law."
The guidance of a True God is not necessarily the most suitable.
Ye Chen has the Primordial Star Scripture, the swordsmanship divine art "Beiming Secret Tome," and the legacy of the Icebound Temple's main hall in a year. He has his own path of cultivation and his own training plan.
"Breaking into the Five Elements Mountain?"
Jiang Yao and Liu Qingmei both nodded.
Both of them knew that Ye Chen had nine mighty Ice Seal Guardians with him, and in this Lower Realm, there was almost nothing that could threaten him.
If Ye Chen was heading for the Five Elements Mountain specifically to cultivate the golden wood water fire earth Heavenly Void Laws, of course, they would not stop him.
"Ye Chen, it's said that only strong practitioners of the Rotating Pill Realm and the Heavenly Saint Realm, who have accepted the Five Heavenly Void Laws, culminating in the Five Apertures Rotating Pill, and as well as late-stage Heavenly Saint Realm powerhouses, can enter the Five Elements Mountain. Even though you are very powerful, you must be careful," Jiang Yao said, holding Ye Chen's hand, still cannot help but give a meticulous admonition.
"No problem," Ye Chen said with a smile as he patted Jiang Yao's fair palm, "I have nine late-stage Heavenly Saint Ice Seal Guardians here, and as long as I don't trouble others, if someone troubles me, they are really unlucky."
Seeing Ye Chen's confident eyes, Jiang Yao felt relieved. But she still specifically went to True Phoenix and Mu Lan True God, to get a few powerful True God talismans for Ye Chen.
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Three days later.
In the residence within the First Holy Temple, Ye Chen put away the letter in his hand and smiled.
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These past few days, the matters of the Divine Phoenix Clan had caused Ye Chen and Jiang Yao to suffer quite a bit. Two days ago, Jiang Yao entered the deep parts of Heavenly Saint Mountain, to the cultivation site of Palace Master Yuan Li, and began her cultivation under the guidance of two True Gods.
On this third day, Ye Chen finally received some good news.
This letter was specially written by Sister Yu from the Taixuan Sect. In the letter, Sister Yu mentioned many things.
Sister Yu said that Ye Chen's execution of Yin Qianjue, displaying powerful mid-level Heavenly Saint might, had already spread across the entire thirteen countries of the Southern Territory.
Numerous martial artists throughout the thirteen countries of the Southern Territory went crazy with excitement, even Fairy Jia Luo, who was cultivating in the Heavenly Saint Secret Realm, and the Heavenly Saints of the thirteen countries, were overjoyed!
Sister Yu also said that there was another great piece of news that caused a huge surprise throughout the thirteen countries of the Southern Territory. Besides Ye Chen having mid-level Heavenly Saint combat power, the number one powerhouse of the Southern Territory, whom Ye Chen had met before, Heavenly Saint Long Xuan, had also successfully emerged from seclusion the day before Sister Yu wrote the letter, having successfully broken through to the mid-level Heavenly Saint Realm!
Ever since the news of Ye Chen executing Yin Qianjue had been sent back, Sister Yu said that envoys from the ten Demon Sects of the Western Wilderness had come to confess their crimes, and now with Heavenly Saint Long Xuan's successful breakthrough, it terrified the entire ten Demon Sects of the Western Wilderness so much that they once again sent people to the Southern Territory.
Now, the ten Demon Sects of the Western Wilderness no longer dared to be the slight bit disrespectful towards the Southern Territory, and it was said that Heavenly Saint Long Xuan, after completing her cultivation, was considering ways to completely resolve the threat from the Western Wilderness. Enjoy exclusive adventures from empire
In the letter, Sister Yu also mentioned that the giant Fire Sparrow Ye Chen had captured when he entered the Taixuan Sect had successfully broken through to the Demon King level!
Upon hearing this news, Ye Chen was also incredibly delighted.
When he left the Taixuan Sect to come to the Central Region, the Fire Sparrow was on the verge of breaking through, and since he had the Sacred Artifact, the Heavenly Origin Boat, to ride, he didn't bring the Fire Sparrow with him. Instead, he entrusted Sister Yu with the care of the giant Fire Sparrow.
Unexpectedly, he now received the news that the Fire Sparrow had successfully broken through.
Several pieces of good news in succession diluted some of the gloom that Ye Chen had felt upon learning about the situation of the Divine Phoenix Clan, making him increasingly confident.
Once, he could not solve the threat of the ten Demon Sects of the Western Wilderness, but now that he had grown, the threat of the ten Demon Sects of the Western Wilderness no longer seemed like a threat at all.
In the future, with the affairs of the Divine Phoenix Clan, as long as he was strong, they would not pose a problem either!
The only thing he needed to do was to make himself strong, strong enough to solve all the difficulties he encountered!
These difficulties wouldn't be the things to crush Ye Chen; instead, they would be the motivation to inspire him to become even stronger!
In Sister Yu's letter, there were also words entrusted by Ye Chen's father and mother which conveyed their concern and warmth, making Ye Chen, who was far in the Central Region, feel deeply warmed.
"Once I return from the Five Elements Mountain, I will go back to the Heavenly Wind Kingdom and the Taixuan Sect."
"After that, I will also make a trip to the Chaotic Sea Area to help Heavenly Saint Qian Ji and Heavenly Saint Lian Yue capture the one responsible for causing Heavenly Saint Lian Yue's Twin Flying Swords to self-destruct—the culprit, Heavenly Saint Tuoshan!"
Ye Chen would not forget the entrustment left in the virtual image by Heavenly Saint Qian Ji back in the Thousand Lotus Cave Abode.
The Twin Flying Swords given to Ye Chen and Jiang Yao by Heavenly Saints Qian Ji and Lian Yue had even saved Ye Chen's life several times; of course, he had to properly repay the two of them!
Now that he possessed the strength to resolve their grudge for the two Heavenly Saints!
Lastly, Ye Chen noticed one more thing mentioned by Sister Yu in her letter, which also related to the Chaotic Sea Area.
Sister Yu said that the Western Wilderness was seeking mercy from the Southern Territory partly because of the great increase in strength of both Ye Chen and Heavenly Saint Long Xuan, which far surpassed the Heavenly Saints of the Western Wilderness, and on the other hand, it was because the two Heavenly Saints who went to the Chaotic Sea Area had perished.
The letter mentioned by Sister Yu said that when the corpses of the two great Heavenly Saints from the Western Wilderness were found, their Essence Blood had been completely drained, leaving only withered husks.
Eventually, their bodies drifted ashore and were accidentally discovered by a strong individual who recognized the two Heavenly Saints, and were brought back to the Demon Sects of the Western Wilderness.
The horrific death of these two great Heavenly Saints sent a chill through everyone in the Western Wilderness.
They had no idea how these two Heavenly Saints died or who killed them!
After the death of two Heavenly Saints, the Western Wilderness was left with only two remaining Heavenly Saints, and they dared not provoke the Southern Territory anymore, leading them to seek mercy from the Southern Territory several times.
"Heavenly Saints, their Essence Blood completely drained?"
Seeing the dreadful fate of the two great Heavenly Saints described by Sister Yu, Ye Chen also frowned.
"However, there's no time right now to study the deaths of these Western Wilderness Heavenly Saints; after returning from the Five Elements Mountain, I'll take a look at the Chaotic Sea Area when I go to avenge Heavenly Saints Qian Ji and Lian Yue to see what kind of demon could drain the Essence Blood of a Heavenly Saint."
"To kill a Heavenly Saint Realm early-stage powerhouse in such a manner, it's probably a demon at least at the mid-level or even late level of the Heavenly Saint Realm."
Ye Chen thought to himself.
What Ye Chen didn't know was that the being who killed those two great Heavenly Saints from the Western Wilderness was a Void Sky True God.
A powerful Void Sky True God from the Upper Realm, belonging to the Flying Spirit Clan, the sworn enemy of the Divine Phoenix Clan!
After storing away the letter, Ye Chen sat down again, closed his eyes, and entered into cultivation.
Early the next morning, Ye Chen got up, left the estate where he was staying, departed from the First Holy Temple, and headed directly towards the ancient Teleportation Array within Heavenly Saint Mountain that led to the other thirty-two continents.
At this time, Palace Master Yuan Li and Jiang Yao were already waiting outside the ancient Teleportation Array site.