“As long as the evil Venerables are not eliminated, Zhenhai City will never know peace. Please tell me everything you know about them.”
Recovering from his surprise, Ye Lin cupped his hands to Wei Ming with a calm expression.
Even though he knew the other party was a Tier 9 Child of Fortune with a Gold Destiny who was about to soar to the heavens, Ye Lin had no intention of sucking up to him.
After all, he was in a hurry to slay evil spirits to break through his cultivation. Sucking up to others was nowhere near as practical as enriching and improving himself.
However, since the other party was a respectable elder, he still maintained the basic courtesies.
“You are too polite, True Monarch. This old man has been the Lord of Zhenhai City for many years and has some friends. Yesterday, my close friend from neighboring Lingyun City sent a letter...”
“He said that the Lin family, the dominant family of Lingyun City, is currently being besieged by three Golden Core Stage evil spirits. However, the Lin family is protected by their grand defensive formation, so it will take at least three days to breach it.”
“He was worried that once the Lin family fell, Lingyun City would become a source of blood food for the evil spirits, so he wanted to come and seek refuge with me...”
“But my Zhenhai City was in an even worse state than his. If not for your arrival, True Monarch, this place would have eventually become food for the evil spirit race.”
“Although I am not entirely sure if the three evil spirits attacking the Lin family in Lingyun City are the three you are looking for,”
“I felt this information might be useful to you, True Monarch, so I decided to share it.”
Seeing Ye Lin, whose strength was terrifying, politely cupping his hands to him, Wei Ming felt somewhat overwhelmed by the honor.
He quickly returned the gesture and recounted everything he knew.
“Do you have a map to Lingyun City?”
Hearing that three evil Venerables were causing trouble in Lingyun City, Ye Lin did not care whether they were the three who had vanished from Zhenhai City.
With such a great opportunity right before him, he had to go over and slay them first to reap a wave of rewards, and then break through his cultivation.
Thus, he looked at Wei Ming with a hint of urgency, wanting to get a map from him.
After all, the world of cultivation was vast, and without a map for guidance, it was very easy to get lost.
“Yes, I do.” Seeing how anxious Ye Lin was to head to Lingyun City, Wei Ming immediately waved his withered hand, taking out a map and a token from his spatial ring.
“This is an ancient artifact I obtained by chance some years ago. I have always felt it is quite profound, but I could never fully understand it. I shall present it to you, True Monarch, as a token of gratitude for saving Zhenhai City.”
After handing the items over, Wei Ming pointed at the token and said.
Hearing this, Ye Lin casually tossed the token into the Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda, then secretly pulled up his game data panel to glance at his inventory.
After all, the “Reflecting the Present Life” ability of the Great Dao Mirror of Years was currently only applicable to living beings. For items, he could only rely on the omnipotent game panel.
[Item: Heritage Key to the Thunder Ancestor Hall
Description: Activated using thunder techniques, allowing a one-time entry into the Thunder Ancestor Hall to select a heritage.]
Impressive. As expected of a Tier 9 Child of Fortune with a Gold Destiny. Even a random gift from him is so extraordinary, Ye Lin muttered to himself.
With a wave of his hand, he placed a formation plate radiating the aura of the Nascent Soul Stage into Wei Ming's hands.
This was one of the Nascent Soul Stage formations he had purchased in advance from the Tianyu Chamber of Commerce to deal with Ye Tian back on the Blue Planet. It had been gathering dust in his spatial ring ever since.
As the saying goes, it is impolite not to reciprocate. He had reaped massive rewards from slaying the evil spirits in Zhenhai City, and Wei Ming had even gifted him such a great opportunity as the Heritage Key to the Thunder Ancestor Hall. It was only reasonable for him to give a Nascent Soul Stage formation in return.
“This is... a Nascent Soul Stage formation? True Monarch, this is far too valuable...”
Seeing the high-grade formation Ye Lin handed over, Wei Ming's withered hands shook uncontrollably.
After all, his memories were currently sealed, and he was only at the Foundation Establishment Stage. Suddenly receiving a grand formation capable of resisting a Nascent Soul True Monarch naturally made him feel uneasy.
“It is just a Nascent Soul Stage formation. If any evil spirits attack after I leave, you can use this formation to protect the tens of thousands of citizens of Zhenhai City.”
“I am off!”
Ignoring the change in Wei Ming's expression, Ye Lin gave a casual explanation, summoned his flying vessel, and flew rapidly toward Lingyun City as guided by the map.
“Riding the wind on a vessel to depart the mortal realm, leaving no trace of one's deeds in the vast void.”
“The True Monarch is so elegant and unrestrained!” Looking at Ye Lin's receding back, the young boy supporting Wei Ming muttered with a face full of admiration.
“Silly boy, you only saw the True Monarch slay evil spirits with a casual wave of his sword, but you never thought about how much effort he put in and how much hardship he endured to reach his current level of cultivation...”
Wei Ming gently rubbed the young boy Wei Xiao's head and began to lecture him.
“Alright, alright, Grandpa, stop lecturing me. ‘An unpolished gem cannot be made into a vessel; an uneducated person cannot know righteousness.’
Starting today, I will cultivate diligently. One day, I will also become a great hero like the True Monarch.”
Hearing his grandfather start to nag, the young Wei Xiao immediately pulled a long face, but a firm spark of determination appeared in his eyes.
If Ye Lin had heard old man Wei Ming's words, he would have strongly agreed. His strength was merely the result of ninety-nine percent hard work, plus a tiny, tiny bit of cheating.
Not long after Ye Lin left, a group of uninvited guests disguised themselves as ordinary cultivators and slipped into Zhenhai City.
They were none other than the Ji family's young master, Ji Wuyan, his Dao protector, Ji Chenge, and others who had already waited for their family's Nascent Soul True Monarch and were preparing to make a move on Ye Lin.
Since Lingyun City lay to the south of Zhenhai City while the entrance to Zhenhai City was on the north side, Ye Lin naturally did not run into Ji Wuyan and the others when he departed.
It was worth mentioning that because the Tianyuan Dynasty had been traded by mighty human figures to the other races as feeding grounds, no powerhouse at the Nascent Soul Stage or above was allowed to enter the territory of the Tianyuan Dynasty. Otherwise, they would be punished by even stronger experts.
However, for the sake of the opportunities on Ye Lin, the Ji family ancestor had used a secret technique to risk sneaking in.
“Second Ancestor, you are a supreme True Monarch powerhouse. Although that Ye Lin is a bit bizarre, his cultivation is only at the Qi Condensation Stage in the end. You could suppress him with a single finger.
Is there really a need for us to be this cautious?” Seeing his Second Ancestor disguised as an ordinary servant following behind their group, Ji Wuyan could not help but curl his lips and transmit his voice.
“That is why I say you youngsters are still too young and have not suffered enough setbacks.
That Ye Lin is just a country boy, yet he managed to become the top-ranked student in the Outer Academy's freshman trial with only a mid-grade mixed Spiritual Root. He only has a Qi Condensation cultivation, yet he can instantly kill a Foundation Establishment cultivator with a single punch.
Now, he has even gained the favor of that old monster Xiao from the Demon Suppressing Division. This is enough to show that his luck is by no means low.
If not for the fact that the opportunities on him could very likely help our Ji family's Qilin child reach the next level,
thereby securing an opportunity for our Ji family to enter an Earth-grade Cultivation Academy, this old man would not want to make an enemy of someone blessed with such luck.
But since we have decided to be enemies, one can never be too cautious when dealing with someone blessed with great luck.”
Hearing Ji Wuyan's voice transmission, the Second Ancestor of the Ji family, Ji Qianxing, explained unhurriedly.
He though he was born into the great Ji family, he was merely a dispensable member of a branch family, and his talent was not particularly outstanding.
The reason he was ultimately able to become the Second Ancestor and a Nascent Soul True Monarch in the Ji family—where geniuses were as common as clouds and struggles were brutal—was never due to some peer-crushing strength. Instead, it was thanks to his knack for plotting against others and his incredibly cautious nature.
No matter how weak his opponent was, his combat method was always to play sweet and catch them off guard first!
If he could plot them to death, all the better. If not, he would quickly deliver the finishing blow, and if things went south, he could always flee.
It was precisely by relying on this smooth, seamless sequence of underhanded tactics that countless dazzling geniuses had been schemed to death by him along his journey.
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