Chapter 1043: Carried Away by Success

When they saw Ye Yuan emerge from the City Lord’s Mansion unscathed, Ao Qian and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

"My lord, are you alright?" Jiang Taicang asked worriedly.

"What could happen? Am I not perfectly fine? Let's go settle accounts!" Ye Yuan said.

Jiang Taicang was taken aback. "My lord, do you know who is behind this?"

"Of course, otherwise why would I come here?" Ye Yuan replied.

Jiang Taicang looked at him with admiration. "My lord, the City Lord of Yungao City is truly mysterious! I consider myself well-traveled, but I have no idea who this City Lord really is!"

Wu Luo nodded beside him. "Having a Void Xuan expert as his gatekeeper, this City Lord must be no ordinary figure!"

Ye Yuan smiled. "Old Man Han likes to play mysterious, but it's nothing much. Have you heard of the name 'Medicine Fanatic'?"

At these words, Ao Qian was fine, but Wu Luo, Jiang Taicang, and Ruan Shuangzhou were all greatly shocked.

"The City Lord of Yungao City is the 'Medicine Fanatic' Senior Han Jing, who shook the Divine Realm five thousand years ago?" Jiang Taicang exclaimed in a high-pitched voice.

"Rumor has it that after a great battle with the current Void King five thousand years ago, he vanished without a trace. I never thought he would become the City Lord of Yungao City, and for five thousand years at that!" Ruan Shuangzhou marveled.

"Yes! Senior Han Jing reached the pinnacle of Alchemy Emperor in just a thousand years, causing a sensation in the Divine Realm at that time..."

Jiang Taicang started but stopped mid-sentence.

He suddenly remembered that his own lord seemed even more monstrous, having broken through to the pinnacle of Alchemy Emperor in only three hundred years.

After another two hundred years of沉淀, he could now discuss the Dao on equal footing with a peerless expert like Han Jing.

Ye Yuan smiled. "Old Man Han is indeed a prodigy, his strength not inferior to my father's! But these old-timers, once you interact with them more, you find they're just a bunch of mystifying fellows. It makes them seem mysterious and unfathomable. Actually, they're just that."

Hearing this, everyone was speechless.

To unveil their mysterious veil, one at least needed strength equal to theirs.

Otherwise, who would bother with you!

The hierarchy in the martial world was extremely strict; without sufficient strength, one could never enter that circle.

Take Ji Qingyun in his previous life, for example. His friends and enemies were basically the top existences in the Divine Realm.

Even ordinary King Gods couldn't have a word with him.

Ye Yuan waved his hand and smiled at the group. "Let's go. If those guys are sensible, this matter ends here. If not, I'll have to trouble you all."

Seeing Ye Yuan's malicious gaze, Jiang Taicang and the others felt a chill down their spines.

That look was like a wolf staring at sheep.

"M-my lord, w-what are you going to do?" Jiang Taicang asked weakly.

"You'll know when the time comes."

...

Demon Blade Mountain was not a super holy land, but in terms of strength, it was not much weaker than one.

Originally, Demon Blade Mountain was a fairly strong first-grade holy land, but a thousand years ago, a peerless genius emerged from their holy land and actually broke through to the Void Xuan realm!

From then on, Demon Blade Mountain's status soared, even approaching that of a super holy land.

Yue Xinping's lifelong wish was to make Demon Blade Mountain a super holy land.

However, each of the eight super holy lands was an extremely deeply rooted force, not easily replaced.

Over the past hundred thousand years, many first-grade holy lands had produced Void Xuan experts, but very few had truly become super holy lands.

Ever since Demon Blade Mountain produced a Yue Xinping, they had been arrogant and domineering, committing many evil deeds over the past thousand years.

Over a hundred years ago, Yue Xinping had sought a pill from Ji Qingyun but was sternly refused, a matter he held a grudge over.

From then on, their hostility toward the Medicine King Hall grew strong.

At this moment, Yue Xinping was in his stronghold on Demon Blade Mountain, feeling quite pleased with himself.

"Hahaha, that kid Ji Qingyun wants the Ancient Spirit Pentafragrant Herb and Jade Emerald Sacred Flower Stamen, right? I'll buy them all up and see how he can refine pills! You all keep a close watch. Although these two spirit medicines are rare, the Ten Thousand Ancient Medicine Garden is stirring, so they might appear again. As soon as they hit the market, buy them up immediately!" Yue Xinping laughed loudly.

"Yes, Mountain Lord! We've already sent out our men. As soon as we get news of these two spirit medicines, we'll acquire them at once!"

The speaker was Yue Xinping's right-hand man, the pinnacle King God Yu Rongwei.

Over the years, Yue Xinping had cultivated a large number of strong experts for Demon Blade Mountain, and their strength had swelled greatly.

Correspondingly, their nouveau riche temperament became more pronounced, often resulting in the massacre of entire families.

"Hehe, just thinking about that kid Ji Qingyun's helpless expression fills my heart with immense pleasure! That kid Jian Wushuang was really stupid, provoking Ji Qingyun without even knowing the situation. He deserved the beating," Yue Xinping laughed.

He wasn't afraid of Ye Yuan. Even if Ye Yuan had a divine artifact, with his Void Xuan strength, he was not intimidated.

Moreover, the information he had obtained was far more comprehensive than Jian Wushuang's.

In the last great battle, Ye Yuan had consumed too much divine essence, and probably couldn't use the divine artifact many more times.

Still, he had some reservations about the divine artifact. Just when Ye Yuan, after bullying Zuo Qing, had spread word that he wanted these two spirit medicines, Yue Xinping had a brainwave and secretly bought them up, giving Ye Yuan no chance.

"Haha, the Mountain Lord is brilliant! That kid probably never dreamed that we were the ones secretly buying the spirit medicines! He wants to get these two spirit medicines before the Ten Thousand Ancient Medicine Garden opens—pure wishful thinking!" Yu Rongwei laughed.

Yue Xinping nodded. "This kid may have a divine artifact, but his strength is still too weak. If I'm not mistaken, he's looking for these two spirit medicines to refine pills for his two subordinates. That way, his chances in the Ten Thousand Ancient Medicine Garden would be greater. But now... hahaha!"

The more Yue Xinping spoke, the more pleased he became, unable to help laughing out loud.

Back then, Ji Qingyun had given him a thorough scolding, saying he was evil and unworthy of pills, and so on.

He had even destroyed all the spirit medicines Yue Xinping had painstakingly gathered, right in front of him!

Yue Xinping had flown into a rage at that time and wanted to attack Ye Yuan, but was severely wounded by the Medicine King Hall's experts and fled.

That incident was the greatest shame of Yue Xinping's life, and he had been ridiculed for it ever since.

Given his temperament, how could he accept that?

Just as Yue Xinping was feeling pleased, his expression suddenly changed.

A terrifying aura descended from the sky, crushing down directly.

"Not good, dodge!"

Yue Xinping's figure vanished from the spot in an instant.

With a loud "boom," the place where Yue Xinping had stood was directly crushed into ruins.

Ye Yuan stood in the air, looking at Yue Xinping with a half-smile. "Yue Xinping, after all these years, I never thought you'd still be so despicable!"