Ye Chu had almost become the public enemy of First City. The young talents of First City had been nearly wiped out after this battle. Countless had been killed in the ruins, and Ye Chu had killed nearly half of the remainder.
The Proud Son of Heaven Road had never seen such a situation. The originally glorious First City had suddenly become desolate.
Because of this, the cultivators from the major powers of First City directed their hatred towards Ye Chu. If not for their fear of the Proud Son of Heaven Road’s rules, they would have attacked Ye Chu long ago.
Even so, people still occasionally tried to trip them up. Ye Chu dealt with such people by killing them directly.
Ye Chu’s hands were stained with blood in this city. In the end, anyone who saw the four of them would flee in terror from a distance. Ye Chu had become like a demon.
Because of this, Ye Jingyun could not help but mock him with a smile. “You truly are only fit to be a rat crossing the street! The people of this city must be cursing you in their hearts right now!”
“Fame is but floating clouds to me. A true sage would laugh off ten thousand curses!” Ye Chu said with great emotion. He puffed out his chest, his demeanour calm and detached, extraordinarily transcendent.
When Ye Jingyun saw how shameless Ye Chu was, she spat and said, “Can you tell me! What did you sneak out to do last night? Why did the people who cursed you the most in the city all die suddenly today!”
“Ah… did they? Was there such a thing?” Ye Chu said with great surprise. “Perhaps the heavens could not bear to see them cursing someone as excellent as me, so they sent down heavenly punishment and caused them to die suddenly.”
Ye Chu sighed. “I did not kill Bo Ren, yet Bo Ren died because of me. I am guilty…”
Yang Hui and Yang Ning held back their laughter. Not wanting Ye Chu to continue this topic, they quickly changed the subject. “The major powers in the city have sent over ten percent of their resources! Only the ones Nuoran promised have not been sent!”
“Wait three more days!” Ye Chu replied.
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Ye Chu had originally thought Nuoran had gone back on her word, but he had not expected her to send someone with them the next morning. This surprised Ye Chu, because Nuoran was not someone who could be easily threatened.
Since she had sent them, Ye Chu had no intention of causing trouble for her. He had Yang Hui and Yang Ning count the resources, and Ye Chu could not help but click his tongue. He thought to himself that the people on the Proud Son of Heaven Road were truly wealthy. The things they had offered were in no way inferior to the inventory at the Ice Emperor’s place.
Ye Chu had originally worried that resources would not be enough. With the support of these resources, even if they cultivated to the King realm, they would have no pressure.
The happiest ones were still Yang Hui and Yang Ning. These two women had no lack of talent. Now that they had endless resources at their disposal, their progress was naturally rapid.
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That battle had also had a tremendous effect on Ye Chu. Not only did it help him comprehend his own Dao methods and profound principles, but his realm had also broken through because of it. He had stepped into the Eighth Realm and climbed all the way to the peak of the Eighth Realm.
Even though Ye Chu was resented by the people of this city, he did not leave. Every day he cultivated within the city, spending considerable time reading through the Spirit Slayer’s alchemy manual.
Ye Chu benefited greatly from it and gained some understanding of alchemy. But he did not start attempting to refine pills because of this.
Time passed like this. To Ye Chu’s surprise, both Yang Hui and Yang Ning had comprehended True Intent.
This result surprised Ye Chu. He could not help but toy with the Dao Comprehension Stone that Yang Hui had handed to him. These past few days, Ye Chu had let the two of them wear the Dao Comprehension Stone in turns. He had not expected them to comprehend so quickly. Apart from their own talent, the Dao Comprehension Stone was definitely a great contributor.
Ye Chu wore the Dao Comprehension Stone on his body. Indeed, he felt his own Primordial Spirit become more agile, and even his Spiritual Sense became sharper.
“This is a good thing! Body forging materials are easy to find, but spirit forging materials are hard to find. This Dao Comprehension Stone can greatly help a cultivator’s Primordial Spirit cultivation. Wearing it constantly, cultivation speed would increase by more than double.”
This Dao Comprehension Stone was indeed a good thing. Power was easy to raise, but only Primordial Spirit cultivation was extremely difficult. With this thing, it would be much easier compared to others.
Its value was not necessarily much less than that of a Heaven and Earth Artifact.
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These past few days, Ye Jingyun was also cultivating. She had her clan’s secret techniques paired with countless resources, so her cultivation was also extremely fast. In terms of realm, she was no worse than Ye Chu.
However, on the path of cultivation, Ye Jingyun had no temper at all when facing Ye Chu. Although her strength had skyrocketed, Ye Chu’s aura had become increasingly restrained. The more time passed since that battle, the more restrained his aura became. In the end, even when Ye Chu stood right in front of her, she could not detect a trace of aura.
Of course, occasionally when Ye Chu’s aura surged, she felt as if she were facing an unsheathed peerless sword, making her heart tremble.
In this short period of consolidation, Ye Chu had actually made great progress again.
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After staying in the city for another month, Ye Chu finally led the girls away from the city. On the day Ye Chu left, everyone faced them with drums and banners. This made Ye Chu, who had already walked some distance, sigh. “The people here are truly passionate. They are so enthusiastic about my departure, seeing me off with drums and banners. How deeply they love me!”
Going deeper into the Proud Son of Heaven Road, Ye Chu and the others naturally would not turn back, nor could they. After entering First City, all the talented individuals walking the Proud Son of Heaven Road had to keep moving forward. If they wanted to retreat, they could, but only by becoming guardians of the Proud Son of Heaven Road.
But once they became guardians of the Proud Son of Heaven Road, they would have to stay on the Proud Son of Heaven Road for their entire lives. This restriction naturally meant no one was willing to stay here.
The Proud Son of Heaven Road was dangerous. Ye Chu went deeper along the way and encountered many dangers, including ferocious beasts and other cultivators who killed for treasure.
Every step had to be taken carefully. No wonder it was said that the Proud Son of Heaven Road was fraught with danger, unsuitable for every cultivator.
The deeper one went on the Proud Son of Heaven Road, the thicker the spiritual energy became, and the more precious the resources. Ye Chu fought all the way, obtaining many resources.
Any single one of these, if placed in the empire, would make people fight until their heads broke.
After fighting to the end, Ye Chu grew numb and stopped making moves, letting Ye Jingyun take over instead.
There were countless cultivators on the Proud Son of Heaven Road, with various forces entrenched in a disorderly manner. Ye Chu also lost his direction among them. In the end, he could only follow the general direction and keep going deeper.
After Ye Jingyun once again killed a group of cultivators who had designs on her, she looked at the dense trees all around and could not help but furrow her delicate brows. “What kind of path are you leading? Where are we?”
Ye Chu rubbed his nose and looked at those towering trees, also puzzled in his heart. “Let’s go in and take a look first!”
Ye Jingyun glared at Ye Chu and could only follow helplessly. Just as everyone entered this forest, a heaven-shaking loud explosion burst out.
Ye Chu followed the sound and looked over. He saw that at a position one thousand metres from here, a massive gust of wind had surged up like a dragon’s roar.
This wind roar shook the heavens. Before Ye Chu and the others could react, another world-shaking beam of light burst out.