Chapter 1150: A Grand Welcome

Ye Yuan sighed, not knowing how to comfort Zhao Qian.

He still felt quite guilty about Zhao Xingchen's death.

I did not kill Bo Ren, but Bo Ren died because of me.

Back then, he had asked Zhao Xingchen to search for a spiritual medicine, never imagining that Zhao Xingchen would be so devoted, even risking his life and losing it.

“Ye… Young Master Ye, could I borrow your shoulder to lean on?” Zhao Qian said with tears in her eyes.

Ye Yuan sighed, gently pulled her into his arms, and said, “If you want to keep running the Meteor Merchant Guild, after this matter is settled, I’ll go destroy the Baoli Merchant Guild. From then on, in this Divine Realm, only the Meteor Merchant Guild will dominate!”

Hearing this, Zhao Qian’s body trembled, and a warm current flowed into her heart.

With one sentence, the sky that had collapsed for Zhao Qian was mended.

The man before her was the sky!

She did not doubt for a moment that Ye Yuan had such strength—even an existence like the Island Master of Tongtian had died by Ye Yuan’s sword.

Ye Yuan’s current strength had surely surpassed the masters of the eight great super holy lands!

Among the former nine great merchant guilds, the strongest, Baoli Merchant Guild, was only a quasi-super holy land.

Even if the Baoli Merchant Guild was now controlled by the demon race, Ye Yuan could destroy it with ease.

For the Meteor Merchant Guild to replace the Baoli Merchant Guild was merely a matter of a single word from Ye Yuan.

He believed that even the eight great super holy land masters would not dare to say anything.

“Young Master Ye, thank you!” Zhao Qian said softly.

“No need for thanks. Brother Zhao and I were close friends, and you have helped me considerably. Now that the Meteor Merchant Guild is in trouble, I cannot stand idly by, whether by reason or by sentiment,” Ye Yuan said.

He did not mention that Zhao Xingchen had gone to find the Silver Moon Heavenly Tea for him. The departed were gone; why create a rift between him and Zhao Qian?

Ye Yuan had already made up his mind: from now on, Zhao Qian’s affairs were his own.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Qian sighed and said, “Qian’er truly enjoys the art of management. But now that the demon race is stirring, in these chaotic times, how can the Meteor Merchant Guild remain untouched? After today, I will arrange for all the guild’s operations to cease and lie low, avoiding their锋芒. Once Young Master Ye pacifies the demon race, the Meteor Merchant Guild will rise again!”

Ye Yuan thought for a moment and said, “That’s fine.”

On this matter, Zhao Qian had clearly thought more thoroughly than he had.

…

“Milord, news has come from the clan. The chieftain has accepted your conditions and agreed to exchange the million-year-old Pearl with Tears for the Purple Void Qi Spirit Pill.”

That day, Sha Yi came to see Ye Yuan, finally bringing news from the merfolk clan.

Ye Yuan was not surprised by this.

He had already demonstrated his alchemy skills. As long as Sha Yi was not a fool, he should know that in this world, the one capable of refining the Purple Void Qi Spirit Pill was none other than Ye Yuan.

Thus, the Pearl with Tears had fallen into his pocket.

Counting the Pearl with Tears, Ye Yuan had now gathered six of the nine main ingredients, leaving only the last three.

He had not expected the progress on the Inverse Dao Pill to be so smooth.

When Ye Yuan killed Kan Qingzi and took his storage ring, he had indeed found many good things.

And that Silver Moon Heavenly Tea was lying quietly in the storage ring, completely intact.

Over a thousand years ago, Kan Qingzi had obtained Su Wo’s inheritance, which included an ancient Xuan-grade pill formula that could have an enlightening effect, helping him comprehend the laws of the divine path.

Kan Qingzi’s comprehension of the divine path laws had reached a bottleneck.

With just one more step, he could truly transcend the Void Profound Realm and reach a level comparable to the ten great divine kings.

Unfortunately, he was still missing one last spiritual medicine: Purple Ganoderma.

In the end, he fell short.

This ancient pill formula was extremely difficult to refine, but Kan Qingzi himself was a peak Alchemy Emperor, so he had the strength to refine it.

However, this pill formula was somewhat useless to Ye Yuan.

With his comprehension, he had no need for any enlightening effects.

Kan Qingzi had been able to comprehend the divine path laws and become a peak Alchemy Emperor, so his own comprehension was already extraordinary.

But compared to Ye Yuan, he was still far behind.

Ye Yuan had comprehended the Sword Domain, and the Evil-Repelling Sword Art had officially entered the hall, reaching the first level of great perfection.

According to Tian Li, the Evil-Repelling Sword Art was divided into three levels. When Ye Yuan cultivated all three to great perfection, he could unlock the Heaven’s Will Sword Art left by Jue Tian in the Haotian Stele!

The Evil-Repelling Sword Art was actually the introductory general outline of the Heaven’s Will Sword Art!

This Heaven’s Will Sword Art was completely different from other techniques. Even the Heaven-Calming Divine King and others had directly comprehended divine path techniques.

But Ye Yuan had not even entered the door of the Heaven’s Will Sword Art.

However, even without entering the door, Ye Yuan’s current strength was already formidable enough.

Perhaps he was still a bit inferior to the ten great divine kings, but against Void Profound experts, he could kill them with ease!

As for the ‘Ziya’ divine sword and Su Wo’s divine path technique, Ye Yuan was not stingy and passed them on to the Extreme Sword Divine King Kuang Tianming.

Kuang Tianming’s lifelong pursuit was the pinnacle of the sword path.

Yet Ye Yuan, a latecomer, had completely surpassed him.

But on this point, Kuang Tianming had been self-aware in his previous life and admitted he was inferior to Ye Yuan.

Still, that did not hinder his pursuit of the sword path.

Having obtained Su Wo’s inheritance, he treasured it like a gem and had entered the Haotian Tower to go into seclusion and cultivate.

With this technique, it was not impossible for Kuang Tianming to one day rank among the ten great divine kings.

Ye Yuan believed that this technique would be far more valuable in Kuang Tianming’s hands than in Kan Qingzi’s.

Kuang Tianming had never dreamed that one day he would obtain a divine sword and a set of divine sword techniques.

The relationship between him and Ye Yuan no longer needed many words.

He secretly resolved to assist Ye Yuan in annihilating the demon race for the rest of his life!

If Su Wo knew that his inheritor, a million years later, had become the right-hand man of Jue Tian’s successor, who knew what he would think.

…

A group of people advanced in a grand procession, entering the territory of the merfolk clan.

The underwater world of the Cangtian Sea had always been forbidden ground for humans.

Almost all humans who descended here had died.

The sea race was actually no weaker than the human race.

But when fighting on land, they could not bring out even seventy percent of their strength, so they naturally did not want to go ashore.

However, underwater, their strength was terrifying.

Conversely, human warriors, once entering the water, saw their strength greatly diminished.

Unless they cultivated a water-element technique.

Ye Yuan did not cultivate a water-element technique, but having comprehended the Sword Domain, wherever he passed, seawater automatically retreated two zhang, making it not much different from being on land.

Seeing this, Sha Yi was also deeply shocked.

Ahead, a group of sea race approached. At the front was a merfolk wearing a crown, with a very powerful aura.

“His Majesty heard of your alchemy prowess and decided to welcome you in person!” Sha Yi explained from the side.