Chapter 1131: Meeting an Old Friend in a Strange Land

"Truly worthy of being the Son of Heaven's Mandate, your talent is indeed heaven-defying! With such excellent talent, your previous life was truly wasted!"

Looking at Ye Yuan, who had broken through to the sixth level of Dao Profound, the Divine King Lingzhe exclaimed in admiration.

Under this comparison, the gap became apparent.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Brother Teng is being modest. Who in the Divine Realm doesn't know of your talent? Being able to comprehend the 'Lingzhe Nine Suns Divine Art' to such an extent—there's no second person in the Divine Realm."

It wasn't flattery on Ye Yuan's part; divine inscriptions were not something anyone could comprehend.

Take Yun Xiao and Nangong Zifeng, for example. They were also inheritors of the 'Brahma Heart Sutra,' but their comprehension of divine inscriptions couldn't even see the back of Zhuge Qingxuan.

And the Dragon Clan also had divine inscriptions, yet Ao Duo's understanding was equally limited.

Thus, being able to comprehend divine inscriptions to such a degree, Teng Yun was undoubtedly a prodigy.

Teng Yun laughed and scolded, "Aren't you that second person? I'm just a few thousand years older than you. In the future, your achievements in this path will surely be no less than mine! No, with your insight, you'll definitely surpass the master!"

"By the way, Brother Teng, I'm curious—how many layers of your 'Lingzhe Nine Suns Divine Art' have you comprehended?" Ye Yuan suddenly asked.

Apart from the 'Medicine Soul Divine Canon,' Ye Yuan's understanding of divine path laws was still very shallow.

He was still vague about the levels of divine path laws.

Hearing this, Teng Yun laughed dryly and said, "How many layers could there be? Without a divine path realm, comprehending divine path laws isn't so easy! Being able to comprehend the first layer to great perfection is already a stroke of luck. Just this first layer, I've been comprehending for over a thousand years, and I've only barely reached the late stage of the first layer."

Ye Yuan was also astonished. A prodigy like Teng Yun had spent over a thousand years on one path and still hadn't reached great perfection on the first layer!

This showed how difficult the comprehension of divine path laws was.

But Ye Yuan also knew that this was mainly limited by realm.

If he could break through to the divine realm, Teng Yun's achievements would definitely not stop there!

At that moment, Teng Yun took out a jade pendant and handed it to Ye Yuan, saying, "This jade pendant contains a trace of my divine sense imprint. If you need my help, crush it, and I'll come. Now that the demon race is stirring, I have other things to do, so I won't accompany you on your journey."

Ye Yuan nodded and said, "Thank you for this trip, Brother Teng!"

...

After parting with Teng Yun, Ye Yuan kept a low profile and traveled swiftly.

This place was still within the Holy Domain's territory, so Ye Yuan couldn't enter a city to teleport away.

The moment he entered a city, the Holy City would know.

Given Zhuge Qingxuan's strength, if he pursued again, Teng Yun might not make it back in time.

So Ye Yuan traveled cautiously for over a month before finally leaving the Holy Domain.

Ningyang City was the main city of a second-rank holy land.

This Ningyang Holy Land was also a vassal holy land of the Holy Domain, but it was already far from the Holy City, and the Holy Domain's control was relatively weak.

As long as Ye Yuan was careful, it would be fine.

After entering the city, Ye Yuan suddenly realized he didn't have many Heavenly Essence Crystals left.

In the Blood Rain Wasteland, to set up the Nine-Nine Illusory Spirit Heavenly Killing Array, Ye Yuan had almost exhausted all his Heavenly Essence Crystals.

Now, he was almost penniless.

Taking a teleportation array to leave would naturally require a considerable amount of Heavenly Essence Crystals.

"It seems I'll have to sell some things," Ye Yuan sighed.

Except for the time just after his ascension, Ye Yuan had never worried about spirit crystals.

Unexpectedly, now a single coin was stumping a hero.

Fortunately, Ye Yuan had many spiritual herbs and alchemical pills on him, so selling some was fine.

Since he was selling, Ye Yuan naturally wanted to find a trustworthy merchant.

Ye Yuan stopped a martial artist and asked, "Brother, is there a Meteor Trading Company in Ningyang City?"

Hearing the name Meteor Trading Company, the man looked at Ye Yuan with a strange expression and said, "Hey, there is today, but probably not tomorrow. Young brother, if you want to buy something, go to Baoli Trading Company. After today, the Meteor Trading Company will be completely merged into Baoli Trading Company."

Ye Yuan naturally knew the Baoli Trading Company the martial artist mentioned.

The Divine Realm had nine major trading companies, eight of which were first-rank powers. Only Baoli Trading Company was a quasi-super holy land.

There was naturally competition among the nine major trading companies, but they had formed a delicate balance.

Over the years, the nine major trading companies mostly competed economically.

This time, something seemed unusual!

Ye Yuan was quite surprised and curiously asked, "What do you mean by that?"

The martial artist looked at Ye Yuan with disdain and said, "You don't even know about such a big event among the nine major trading companies?"

Ye Yuan said sheepishly, "I've been in a secret realm for over half a year, so I really don't know what happened to the nine major trading companies."

The martial artist suddenly understood and explained, "So that's it! About half a year ago, Baoli Trading Company suddenly struck, sweeping through the other eight trading companies with lightning speed. Now, the eight trading companies are either dead or wounded, already shattered. Only the Meteor Trading Company, because its boss went missing and his daughter Miss Qian'er has been out searching for her father, managed to escape disaster! Coincidentally, Miss Qian'er arrived in Ningyang City two days ago, but was directly blocked here by Baoli Trading Company's experts. Now that the two trading companies are fighting, even the city lord dares not intervene. I reckon that after tonight, the Meteor Trading Company won't hold out."

Hearing this, Ye Yuan's heart churned with shock.

The nine major trading companies had been at peace for a thousand years, yet unexpectedly such a change occurred.

Ye Yuan knew that Baoli Trading Company was stronger than the others, but to destroy the other eight overnight—it definitely didn't have that strength!

Could it be... that the demon race was behind this again?

The demon race had even planted spies in the Holy City, and who knew how many other schemes they had laid.

It was nothing unusual for them to have secretly controlled Baoli Trading Company.

"Thank you, brother! Where is the Meteor Trading Company in Ningyang City?" Ye Yuan asked with a smile.

"Cross two streets and turn right, and you'll be there! Young man, although you're quite strong, I advise you not to wade into muddy waters, or you won't be able to protect yourself!" The martial artist was quite warm-hearted and warned him.

Ye Yuan cupped his hands and smiled, "Thank you, brother. I understand."

Once the martial artist left, Ye Yuan's face darkened.

Even if this matter wasn't the demon race's doing, Ye Yuan had to intervene.

Things were unpredictable; Ye Yuan hadn't expected it to be such a coincidence that Qian'er was right here in Ningyang City.

Back when Ye Yuan had just ascended, they had gotten along quite well.

Unexpectedly, over a decade had passed since they parted.

Since Qian'er was here, Ye Yuan had to get involved no matter what.