Chapter 834: Teammates Like Pigs

Ye Yuan circulated his primal power, and with a single shake, he expelled all the extreme yin qi from his body.

The Corpse Sovereign's pupils contracted, clearly surprised that Ye Yuan could handle the extreme yin qi so easily.

"Grant me a stroke of fortune? You, young man, are far too arrogant!" said the Corpse Sovereign.

Ye Yuan was only at the Boundless Realm, yet he spoke of granting a stroke of fortune to an eighth-rank Corpse Sovereign—it sounded somewhat ridiculous.

Ye Yuan just smiled, then took out more Earth Origin Crystals and began reinforcing the previous formation.

In no time, the entire cave was covered by the formation.

"You... you've completely blocked the outflow of extreme yin qi from this yin cave, increasing its concentration several times!" the Corpse Sovereign said in shock.

After Ye Yuan reinforced it, the formation directly cut off the leakage of yin qi, gathering all the extreme yin qi within the cave.

If the Corpse Sovereign cultivated here, he would achieve twice the result with half the effort!

Even with his stiff zombie face, his expression was extremely vivid at this moment.

"Just a trifling skill, consider it a return of favor! This formation should last about a year. During this time, cultivate well," Ye Yuan said indifferently.

The formation Ye Yuan had originally set up was only temporary and would soon dissipate.

But after reinforcement, not only was the formation's power greatly enhanced, its duration also extended significantly.

Thus, the value of this yin cave increased greatly.

Cultivating inside it, the Corpse Sovereign would definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort!

Even just this year would be enough to leave his peers far behind in cultivation.

At this moment, Cai Yue's breakthrough was also nearing its end.

Originally at the peak of the third level of the Formless Realm, she had now directly broken through the bottleneck of the fourth level, reaching the mid-Formless Realm!

For Cai Yue, this was a tremendous leap.

If she had cultivated normally, it would have taken at least eight or ten years to cross this threshold.

But now, in just a day, she had stepped up a small level.

For the first time in her life, Cai Yue felt that her Heavenly Yin Absolute Meridian physique was so wonderful.

She came before Ye Yuan and bowed gracefully, saying, "Young Lord Ye, from now on, this slave's life is yours! I will serve you like an ox or a horse, at your slightest command."

Ever since her Heavenly Yin Absolute Meridian physique was triggered, the fear of death had clung to her like a maggot, tormenting her every day.

Now, he had finally eradicated that torment completely.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "With your beauty, sister, if you were to serve me like an ox or a horse, how many men in the world would want to kill me!"

Cai Yue, now like a young girl, blushed at his words and said, "Young Lord, please don't tease me!"

"I'm not teasing you. You didn't see the looks others gave me when I carried you in," Ye Yuan said with a laugh.

Cai Yue said with a hint of resentment, "So what? You didn't even spare me a glance! I know I'm already a fallen flower, unworthy of you. But if you need someone to attend to you, just say the word!"

At this moment, Cai Yue was exuding charm. Her mindset had completely changed from when she first met Ye Yuan. These words were not flirtatious but came from the heart.

However, Ye Yuan was not in the mood for such leisure.

"Sister, don't stand on ceremony. It's getting late; we should head back quickly," Ye Yuan said.

The Burial Ground was fraught with danger, and being away for too long made Ye Yuan worry about the others.

The Corpse Sovereign watched Ye Yuan leave without saying much, then directly entered the formation and began to cultivate.

Returning to where the group was resting, Ye Yuan sensed something amiss in the atmosphere. A glance showed that quite a few people were missing.

Wu Siyuan saw Ye Yuan and hurried over, looking displeased. "Young Lord, that Wei Cheng is utterly ungrateful. He grew impatient and led Tianlan and the other two holy lands deeper in! He also said you were being mysterious and delaying everyone's journey for a woman!"

Wu Siyuan was indignant, clearly still fuming from his argument with Wei Cheng.

Ye Yuan's expression darkened slightly. "Which way did they go?" he asked.

Wu Siyuan pointed in a direction. "There are two forks over there. Wei Cheng took his people into the left passage!"

Ye Yuan followed Wu Siyuan's gaze and was speechless.

Since entering the Burial Ground, he had been following the direction of the Eternal Demon Sealing Array.

But the direction Wei Cheng had taken was exactly opposite to the array. Ye Yuan couldn't guarantee what they would encounter.

After all, the Burial Ground was extremely eerie, and any danger was possible.

Truly, it's not the god-like opponent you fear, but the pig-like teammate.

Just then, Sheng Jun stepped forward and said to Ye Yuan, "Brother Ye, Wei Cheng took many people with him. I tried to persuade him, but he wouldn't listen. In a place like this, it's best not to split our forces. I suggest we go after them?"

Ye Yuan pondered for a moment, found Sheng Jun's reasoning sound, and nodded. "Alright, let's pick up the pace and catch up as soon as possible."

The group followed Wei Cheng's tracks and gradually ventured deeper.

"Young Lord, the zombies seem to be getting fewer along this path!"

As they traveled, the number of zombies dwindled. By now, there were almost none in the passage.

Ye Yuan had also noticed this eerie phenomenon and said solemnly, "It seems there's some powerful entity ahead, one that even these zombies fear. Otherwise, given their numbers, they wouldn't be decreasing."

Sheng Jun's expression changed. "Does that mean Wei Cheng and his group could be in danger at any moment?"

Ye Yuan nodded but said nothing more. What was done was done; complaints were useless.

He urged everyone to speed up and continue deeper in pursuit.

After a while, they found that the surroundings were completely devoid of zombies.

The entire passage was empty and silent, which made everyone uneasy.

As they walked, someone suddenly cried out, "Look! There seems to be someone over there!"

Ahead, a person lay on the ground.

They approached and saw that the person was wearing the attire of the Yunque Holy Land, a martial artist at the Heavenly Enlightenment Realm.

Ye Yuan vaguely remembered this person, but he was now dead.

Ye Yuan stepped forward to examine him. The man was thoroughly dead, covered in wounds all over, his death extremely gruesome—almost as if he had been hacked to pieces, with no intact part of his body.

Sheng Jun's expression changed. "Could there be others underground? Look at his wounds—they seem to be from blades! Those zombies shouldn't know how to use blades, right?"