Chapter 1078: The Holy Domain

In the Eternal Medicine Garden, five Void Profound experts—Jian Shisan, Shu Yunqing, Ding Zhanguo, and others—looked at Ye Yuan with gratitude.

Two months had passed since the matter with the demon clan.

During this time, Ye Yuan had gathered many spirit medicines in the Eternal Medicine Garden and refined a batch of pills to restore essence blood, finally allowing these people to recover.

Including Ye Yuan, their injuries from this battle were too severe. Even with abundant spirit medicines, it took them two months to barely recover.

However, after this ordeal, even with their essence blood restored, their strength had greatly diminished.

These people were not young; this battle had severely damaged their foundation, and they could no longer reach their peak state.

Excluding Ye Yuan's side, there had been as many as thirteen Void Profound experts who entered this time. Now, only a few remained.

One could imagine the brutality of this great battle.

"Young Master Ji, this time... we owe you! I, Jian, am ashamed!" Jian Shisan said, his gratitude mixed with embarrassment.

"Young Master Ji has saved Shu twice. Such great kindness, Shu will never forget. If Young Master Ji ever needs help from my Haotian Palace, just say the word," Shu Yunqing said gratefully.

The last time, he had been ambushed by He Dajiang and nearly fell, and Ye Yuan had saved him.

Although Ye Yuan had taken the Ice Flame Mystic Emperor Mushroom, the fact that Ye Yuan had saved his life remained.

The others were also deeply grateful and thanked Ye Yuan.

Throughout this great battle, Ye Yuan had been the one restraining the two great demons, the Mother Demon Flower and Garuda, while these Void Profound experts had essentially been sidelined.

Even the final fatal sword strike was deeply connected to Ye Yuan.

These people were all sharp-eyed and could naturally tell that a divine artifact like Zhuxie would not choose a master without reason.

Before this, their impression of Ye Yuan had been that of a young man solely focused on alchemy.

But now, their impression of Ye Yuan had completely changed.

In terms of cunning, strength, luck, and alchemy, Ye Yuan was unparalleled.

The Ye Yuan of now was entirely different from the Ji Qingyun of before.

He had grown into a true expert!

"Everyone need not be polite. Saving you was not out of excessive kindness; I merely wished to preserve some strength for the Divine Realm. Sooner or later, the calamity of the demon clan will erupt fully. By then, humanity will inevitably face a great war with the demons. Keep yourselves useful and contribute to humanity's cause when that time comes!" Ye Yuan said calmly.

If it were before, Ye Yuan would not have bothered with them and would have let them fend for themselves.

But now, Ye Yuan's thinking had changed.

Zhuxie Sword acknowledging him as its master had stirred a sense of mission within him.

Although many things were buried in the dust of history, having experienced so much, Ye Yuan knew that the war between humanity and the demon clan had been ongoing!

The Haotian Stele must have changed masters several times, and each master likely fought a earth-shattering battle with the demon clan.

The most recent one should be Fang Tian.

Clearly, the demon clan had been suppressed. But no matter how they were suppressed, they were never completely wiped out.

Throughout Ye Yuan's journey, one powerful demon after another had been deliberately released.

Coupled with the upheaval at the Medicine King Hall, the demon clan had likely been brewing another counterattack for a long time!

And this time, it might be different from any before!

Fifty thousand years ago, there was only one Heavenly Demon God. This time, however, there were the Mother Demon Flower and Garuda.

Once these demons recovered their strength, they would be no less formidable than the Heavenly Demon God!

Where could humanity find two Fang Tians now? Even the Ten Divine Kings might not reach Fang Tian's level.

What Ye Yuan feared most was the force behind Ji Canglan!

How far that force had spread in the Divine Realm, Ye Yuan dared not imagine.

The Haotian Stele had found him, and now Zhuxie Sword had found him, suddenly weighing heavily on Ye Yuan's shoulders.

The cycle of heaven; perhaps the great responsibility of this era would fall on him.

Hearing Ye Yuan's words, Jian Shisan and the others all looked solemn.

Those two demons were too strong; even Zhuxie Sword's terrifying strike had failed to kill them.

"Young Master Ji, rest assured. After returning, our Heavenly Sword Sect will formally declare war on the Medicine King Hall!" Jian Shisan vowed.

"Our Haotian Palace will also declare war on the Medicine King Hall at the first opportunity!" Shu Yunqing said.

Ye Yuan shook his head and said, "The Medicine King Hall has been closed for twenty years; we have no idea of their current strength. From my understanding of Ji Canglan, he will not sit idly by. If we remain fragmented, we might suffer a great loss."

Hearing this, the others said nothing outwardly, but inwardly they were disdainful.

At its peak, the Medicine King Hall ranked only in the middle among the eight super holy lands.

Now that Ji Zhengyang and Ji Qingyun were gone, how strong could the Medicine King Hall be?

How many experts could twenty years produce?

If two super holy lands declared war on them simultaneously, their pressure would increase sharply.

Even if they had defected to the demon clan, how many experts could the demons cultivate in twenty years?

Experts of the super holy lands often had a kind of blind confidence.

Of course, this blind confidence was not necessarily wrong, because in normal understanding, they stood at the very top of the Divine Realm.

They dictated the direction of the entire Divine Realm.

Ye Yuan knew that this mindset could not be changed overnight.

He thought for a moment and said, "How about this: after you return, inform Sword Sovereign and Palace Lord Lin first. I will soon set out for the Holy Domain and inform those old fellows about the demon clan, asking them to unite the other holy lands and jointly move against Ji Canglan. By then, he won't be able to escape even if he grows wings."

Among the eight super holy lands, the Holy Domain was the strongest.

Those old monster-level experts were each comparable to the Ten Divine Kings.

In the Divine Realm, matters were usually handled independently, but nominally, everyone was under the unified command of the Holy Domain.

This time, the situation was so severe that Ye Yuan estimated those old fellows would not be able to sit still.

As long as Ji Canglan was eliminated, the force behind him was uncovered, and the severely injured Mother Demon Flower and Garuda were rooted out, the demon crisis would be resolved.

"Alright, then we'll trouble Young Master Ji for the trip! Once that scoundrel Ji Canglan is eliminated, you are welcome to visit our Heavenly Sword Sect! I take my leave!"

With that, Jian Shisan directly left the Eternal Medicine Garden.

"Young Master Ji, don't worry too much. That scoundrel Ji Canglan defected to the demon clan and has incurred public wrath; he will come to no good end! Once this matter is settled, you must visit our Haotian Palace, so Shu can fulfill his duties as host!"

Shu Yunqing greeted Ding Zhanguo and also left.