Chapter 851: The Young Master Returns

Although Long Teng had never been to the Chaotic Demon Sea, from Ye Yuan's brief description, he knew there must be a large number of vicious and evil people there.

Such a place likely had many experts.

Experts who could survive there were themselves extremely powerful.

Even the geniuses of the great holy lands might not be stronger than them.

As for such a place, there was certainly a large number of Dao Profound realm experts, needless to say.

Even those Formless realm martial artists might not be opponents Ye Yuan could defeat by crossing levels, as he claimed.

White Martial Domain was just one of the most remote regions of the Divine Domain, where martial artists were not very strong.

But places like the Chaotic Demon Sea could be said to gather countless experts from the Divine Domain; the two could not be compared.

Therefore, Long Teng's concern was not without reason.

Ye Yuan just smiled and said, "If I can't even handle the Chaotic Demon Sea, then I don't need to talk about avenging my great enmity. Senior, rest assured, I, Ye Yuan, do not take the mere Chaotic Demon Sea seriously. Senior's injuries cannot be delayed; only by going to the Chaotic Demon Sea can they be healed!"

Long Teng's expression turned serious, and he said, "What exactly is in the Chaotic Demon Sea that you must go?"

"Spirit Nourishing Stone!"

Ye Yuan uttered three words calmly, but they made Long Teng's face change drastically.

"What did you say? The Chaotic Demon Sea actually has Spirit Nourishing Stone!"

"That's right, as far as I know, in the Divine Domain, only the Chaotic Demon Sea has Spirit Nourishing Stone. Only Spirit Nourishing Stone can help senior consolidate your foundation and restore your peak state," Ye Yuan said.

Spirit Nourishing Stone is an extremely rare divine object, with great nourishing effects on entities such as divine souls, primordial spirits, and artifact spirits.

Since Long Teng was an artifact spirit, Ye Yuan had no way to refine pills for him; only a divine object like Spirit Nourishing Stone could heal his injuries.

Long Teng looked at Ye Yuan with a complicated expression, but shook his head and said, "The place where Spirit Nourishing Stone is produced is probably extremely dangerous, right? With your current strength, it might be too dangerous. And I no longer have the strength to control the Heavenly Pagoda again!"

Ye Yuan just smiled upon hearing this and said, "Senior, just rest here; leave the rest to me."

After speaking, Ye Yuan moved his mind and directly exited the Heavenly Pagoda.

Watching Ye Yuan's departing figure, Long Teng was slightly stunned. After a long while, he laughed and cursed, "You brat!"

Although Ye Yuan had inherited the Heavenly Pagoda, for a long time, Long Teng had been testing Ye Yuan's character.

So although Ye Yuan had obtained the Heavenly Pagoda for a long time, he hadn't actually received much help.

Without the recognition of him, the artifact spirit, Ye Yuan couldn't even find this hidden space.

But this time, Ye Yuan's unwavering determination to enter the Burial Ground to kill the Demon God Garuda finally made Long Teng fully accept Ye Yuan.

...

Recently, a huge event had occurred in the White Martial Domain.

Tu You, the Saint Lord of the Crimson Cloud Holy Land, had miraculously rejuvenated and, after ten months in seclusion, astonishingly broke through to Dao Profound Second Layer!

This event shocked the entire White Martial Domain.

The entire Crimson Cloud Holy Land was filled with joy, and the pent-up frustration of recent years was instantly swept away!

The Saint Lords of the other six holy lands all sent visiting cards to Crimson Cloud Holy Land, wanting to come to White Martial Domain to congratulate Tu You.

Helpless, Tu You had to hold a grand ceremony to welcome guests from all directions.

"Saint Lord, the Saint Lords of the six holy lands are already waiting in the main hall," Shen Qin said as he entered.

Tu You glanced at Shen Qin and sighed, "Alas, you know, my breakthrough this time was all thanks to Ye Yuan. Now that Ye Yuan's fate is unknown, yet we are holding a grand ceremony at Crimson Cloud, I feel uneasy!"

Shen Qin said helplessly, "There's no help for it. The Saint Lord's breakthrough to Dao Profound Second Layer not only makes you the strongest in White Martial Domain but also adds several hundred years to your lifespan. Although the Saint Lords of the six holy lands haven't said it explicitly, their personal visits to offer congratulations already express their submission. If we don't accept, it might cause panic. As for Ye Yuan, I also hope he returns safely soon, but his matters are clearly beyond our involvement."

"Even so, I always feel I owe Ye Yuan too much," Tu You sighed.

"Speaking of owing, it's not just the Saint Lord's issue. The entire Crimson Cloud owes him too much," Shen Qin said helplessly.

That Divine King expert, when giving Tu You the pill, had said that he owed Ye Yuan a favor.

For such an existence to owe a favor, Ye Yuan's background must be significant.

So the entire Crimson Cloud Holy Land was now in an awkward position, especially Tu You, who felt he owed Ye Yuan too much but had no way to repay him.

Especially since a year had passed and there was still no news of Ye Yuan, which made Tu You even more anxious.

"Do you think Ye Yuan can still come back?" Tu You said.

Shen Qin was momentarily speechless, nodded, then shook his head, and finally didn't know what to say.

According to Wu Siyuan, Ye Yuan was severely injured at the time. Now, with no news for a whole year, the possibility of survival was likely very slim.

Finally, Tu You let out a long sigh and still went out.

In the main hall, Crimson Cloud held a grand ceremony. Almost all the major and minor forces of White Martial Domain had gathered at Crimson Cloud to congratulate Tu You.

"Congratulations, Saint Lord Tu, for soaring to new heights. It's truly astonishing!"

"Saint Lord Tu is indeed a genius. From now on, our Cloud Que Holy Land will follow Crimson Cloud's lead!"

"Crimson Cloud truly lives up to its reputation as an old holy land with deep foundations! Now that Saint Lord Tu has broken through to Dao Profound Second Layer, please look after us in the future!"

Those speaking were all Saint Lord-level experts.

These Saint Lords had always been secretly competing to see who could break through to Dao Profound Second Layer first.

Among them, Tu You was the oldest, so his hope was naturally the slimmest.

In recent years, there had been rumors that Tu You was in seclusion trying to break through to Dao Profound Second Layer, but he had never succeeded.

Not only did Crimson Cloud's own people doubt Tu You, but these Saint Lords were also very skeptical of Tu You's situation.

If it weren't for Tu You being the oldest and strongest, they might have made a move to test him long ago.

But now, they never expected that among the seven Saint Lords, Tu You would be the first to break through to Dao Profound Second Layer.

In front of others, Tu You naturally wouldn't show any signs of dejection. He said calmly, "Everyone, no need to be polite. White Martial Domain belongs to all of us, not just to me, Tu You. Our White Martial Domain is at the bottom of the Divine Domain, so we should support each other and stand together..."

When it came to speaking politely, Tu You didn't blink an eye.

But just then, someone outside shouted at the top of their lungs, "The young master has returned! Ye... Ye Yuan, the young master, has returned!"

Tu You's expression changed, and then a look of ecstasy appeared on his face. With a "whoosh," he vanished from the main hall.