Chapter 157 Fame Throughout the Southern Region
Ye Fan knew that he had caused a huge calamity. Now the southern region was filled with danger for him.
The Ji Family was huge and powerful, their legacy stretched back far into the ancient past, their knowledge was deep, and their experts as common as clouds. They definitely wouldn’t just let him off this easily.
This time he had managed to kill this old manager Ji Ren, and even annihilated an imprint of Ji Hui’s, but it hadn’t solved his problems. The Ji Family’s reaction would definitely be even more severe now.
Flee! Right now the only thing he could do was run.
The Great Void Art contained the essence of the Empty Void Ancient Scripture. The Ji Family definitely wouldn’t allow it to be revealed into the world. As they’d said, even if the Flickering Light Sacred Master were to obtain it, the Ji Family would still find a way to take it back. As for Ye Fan, he was just a tiny little cultivator.
In the following few days, he heard a lot of news, each piece shaking the southern region.
The Peacock King’s great battle with Nan Gongzheng had finally ended. That mountain range had become a destroyed land. As for who was stronger or weaker, it was something the outside world hadn’t learned. By the time others had managed to rush over there, there was no longer any trace of the two sovereigns.
The Flickering Light Sacred Land and the Ji Family’s Sacred Master jointly chased the Peacock King throughout the entire southern region, trying to attack and kill him. They created huge waves, but for now they were unable to find his trail.
The Bronze Immortal Palace was still just barely there. Its Xuanhuan cloud had sealed up, and it was on the verge of sinking back into the depths of the Eastern Wastelands. But up to now, there were no peerless experts who had entered. Those people had some misgivings and were making their final preparations.
It was said that the Ji Family’s divine body Ji Haoyue had received heavy injuries and had almost been killed. His current location was unknown and many people were secretly searching for him.
As for the sole survivor of the annihilated Celestial Jade Sacred Land, the old madman, he had been asleep within the mysterious cocoon and many powerful experts were guarding him. But when he finally broke out, none of them noticed, and he mysteriously went missing.
The entire southern region’s undercurrents were surging. All the various powers were dispatching their powerful experts to scout out various things.
Ye Fan smiled bitterly. Right now, there were two people in the greatest danger in the southern region. One was Ji Haoyue, while the other was him.
Ji Haoyue had already reached the initial success stage of his divine body and could be considered a powerful expert. As long as he didn’t run into the Peacock King, he should be able to live.
But as for him, he had not cultivated his Sacred Body at all, and if he were noticed at all, he would be in great danger.
The Eastern Wastelands’ southern region was extremely agitated. Shocking affairs might occur at any time.
If the Ji Family whose legacy extends back to the Ancient Desolation wishes to exterminate me, don’t blame me for not being polite and spreading the Great Void Art throughout the whole world. I don’t believe you’d kill everyone within the southern region to keep it secret!
Ye Fan grew cold as he prepared for a life and death struggle.
This was because he had clearly felt that something was wrong in the atmosphere over these last two days. The Ji Family’s elders were out looking for Ji Haoyue, but there was also even more younger experts who had taken action and were determined to search throughout the entire land.
Of course, that was the worst case scenario. In this boundless southern region, Ye Fan didn’t believe that he could not be noticed despite secluding himself deep within a recess in the mountains.
He had constantly been advancing through empty mountain lands, hiding his tracks as he switched from location to location. He was afraid he hadn’t completely shaken off his pursuers.
Anything might happen to him over these few uneasy days, and he was afraid that at any time he might be found by the Ji Family.
Only on the seventh day did Ye Fan stop. He didn’t know what kind of place he had arrived at. Entering an ancient forest deep within the mountains, he decided he would hide here and cultivate until things had calmed down. Then he would leave far away from the southern region.
It was simply too dangerous in the outside world now, so he could only temporarily lie low.
Ye Fan prepared to focus on his cultivation. If he did, he would eventually reach the Paramita realm. Right now there was a divine meridian hanging above his Sea of Bitterness. It shone like rainbow, appearing to want to connect somewhere outside of his Wheel and Sea.
With the Heavenly Meridian formed and the Divine Bridge hanging in the sky, it was only a matter of time until he reached the Paramita realm. All he needed to do was accumulate his time and energy.
He had an extremely pure Source with him that was as large as a fist and shone extremely brightly. But Ye Fan decided not to use it now and to instead use it when he was truly at the breakthrough.
Such a huge Source had accumulated an unimaginable amount of Life Qi. If it was before, it would have been enough to promote him over an entire realm.
However, it really was as senior Wu Qingfeng had said; cultivation became more difficult the further one went. Each step further required ten times the price of the previous step.
This source could help him break though realms, and if he were to refine it once he was at the peak of the Divine Bridge realm he would definitely be able to advance into the Paramita realm.
In the following few days, Ye Fan started to meditate on all the various cultivation methods.
The Dao Scripture’s Wheel Sea Volume was his foundation. It was the very root on which his cultivation path was built.
This technique didn’t contain any secret arts or killing moves. It was completely focused on unearthing all one’s potential. While it didn’t have anything like the Great Void Art, it was still regarded as the best cultivation method for cultivating the Wheel and Sea. It had its own principle that was focused on the foundation.
Over half of the current golden page had lost its words. Many of the star-like ancient characters had been completely erased.
It could vaguely be seen that it had to do with Ye Fan’s cultivation realm. The parts that disappeared were all ones he had completely finished cultivating. He surmised that once he reached a perfect level within the Paramita realm, this page of the Dao Scripture might be completely void of any words at all.
Other than the golden tome, he had three supreme secret arts: one of the Nine Secrets Arts, the old madman’s footwork, and the Great Void Art. There was no other art or technique that could surpass them in their respective areas.
Several days passed, and Ye Fan continuously analyzed those three secret arts. He knew far too few techniques as he hadn’t had any time to learn them.
As for his cauldron, it had yet to take shape and still required time to be refined. But once the Origin Qi accumulated into it and the cauldron formed, it would definitely be invincible.
Ye Fan didn’t want to give his cauldron any special name. He felt that just the name Cauldron was enough to represent it. As for the Xuanhuan Cauldron, the Origin Qi Cauldron…none of them were as good as using this one word.
Ye Fan drank a lot of the divine spring water and meditated on his cultivation, allowing him to become enlightened on many new things. The Heavenly Meridian above his Sea of Bitterness lengthened, and the day he reached the Paramita realm was right around the corner.
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On the ninth day, Ye Fan held the Bodhi seed within his hand and his mind became empty. His body lit up like a divine lamp, appearing untouched by mortal dust. He had entered some kind of special state.
At this time, he felt like he had merged with the mountain stones and blended with the plants. His mind linked with the very mountain, listening to the breath of the plants and feeling the pulse of the mountain range.
It was like he had merged with all of heaven and earth, his divine sense becoming a light breeze or cloud that spread deep into the mountains, his mind having left his body.
Any powerful figures would be shocked to see this. In the later stages of cultivation, experts required enlightenment of the Dao to promote realms. At such a level, no material or treasure had much use.
Ye Fan’s cultivation was not high, yet he could actually merge like this into heaven and earth’s Dao charm, entering an empty spiritual state for such a long time. It was an extremely hard state to enter.
Suddenly, Ye Fan’s heart jumped and he merged with the Origin Qi, and the divine sense that was spreading throughout the mountain range sensed a great danger.
At almost the same instant, he saw the Ji Family’s elder Ji Hui!
In an instant, his divine sense returned and he opened his eyes, standing up within the plants.
“This old fogey, how did she find me…?”
Ye Fan turned into a wisp of light smoke that entered deep within the forest, quickly rushing away.
“This kid’s spiritual perception really is sharp. It truly is strange.” Ji Hui quietly muttered. She then waved her hand, saying, “Surround this place! Don’t let him escape!”
Ye Fan had already prepared for this and carved many Dao Glyphs on to the ground. They were all within the recordings of the ancient beast hide. He was unable to actually comprehend them, so he could only arrange them by memorization.
They finally fulfilled their purpose now. As he fled out, the people trying to trap him were all impacted and blocked.
“Insignificant attempt!”
Ji Hui coldly shouted, waving a large hand that completely crushed the mountain land in front of her. The Dao Glyphs upon the land were annihilated by her divine energy.
A huge amount of cultivators filled the sky. In order to chase Ye Fan and reclaim the Great Void Art, they had sent out a huge amount of cultivators.
Ji Hui wasn’t the only powerful expert. For a small cultivator like Ye Fan, they actually brought several elders on the same level as Ji Hui.
The Great Void Art absolutely could not be allowed to leaked!
Ye Fan flew miles away, but he was shocked to find that even with his speed that he was so pride and confident in, he was unable to break away from those seniors. Their true strength was revealed as they showed their terrifying speed.
“Youngster, there is no path to the heavens or door into the earth. You won’t be able to escape anymore!” Ji Hui coldly cried out from behind him.
“How did you find me?” Ye Fan didn’t understand.
“Did you think my imprint could be annihilated so easily?” Ji Hui’s face wasn’t very happy. Even someone as powerful as her had her spiritual imprint destroyed. This was an insult to her, and she coldly said, “Even if Ziyue gave you that spiritual treasure jade, it isn’t impossible to track your tracks. You really were brazen to actually take the Great Sky Net!”
Ye Fan sighed. He had already completely refined the Great Void Art again, erasing all the marks on it. The net threads shone like jade and were extremely pure. Even divine sense could not touch it, yet they still used it to find him.
The elders of an Ancient Desolation Noble Family truly were unfathomable and couldn’t be measured with common sense!
Ye Fan was like a bolt of lightning as he quickly retreated across the land. But he was still unable to break away from the four elders that included Ji Hui. The distance between them was slowly closing.
At this point it could truly be said he was at the end of the line. There was no way he could get out of this. Ye Fan thought about it and decided that his only choice was to charge out of the mountain range and try to reach somewhere containing many people.
They were in a fairly powerful nation within the southern region. There were at least a million people in its capital. The city was huge and it was bustling busily with streams of people.
Ye Fan charged towards this capital city and stopped, turning around and using his divine sense to shout towards the four elders, “If you dare take another step, I’ll transmit the Great Void Art to the entire city, letting a million people learn of it. I’ll then go to the next huge city, publicly announcing the Great void Art to everyone. I don’t believe that you’ll dare massacre all of the southern region!”
Ji Hui’s expression changed, and the other three elders also all stopped. The consequences of having the Great Void Art known by all these people was unimaginable.
“Your Ji Family wishes to keep it a secret? I’ll tell it to the entire southern region! Since I’m already doomed, I might as well help all the other cultivators.”
Ji Hui’s expression was gloomy and the other three were also incomparably furious. This youngster really was difficult to handle, and they really wanted to slap him to death.
Ye Fan coldly looked at them and shouted, “Get lost! Get lost immediately!”
The Ji Family was a transcendent existence that no one could shake, yet a little cultivator actually dared to act this way!
The Ji Family’s elders, especially Ji Hui, all had green expressions. The veins on their foreheads throbbed, but they still endured.
Just at this moment, the other cultivators of the Ji Family caught up. Most of them were younger disciples. They filled the sky with countless figures.
“You guys too, get lost!” Ye Fan shouted. He had already become extremely furious and fed-up with being chased for like this. Since they were already at such a point, he didn’t have any more misgivings.
If he couldn’t flee, then he had to have a final life and death fight!
His voice was like thunder that shook the sky. The entire city heard it very clearly, and several cultivators down below all revealed surprised expressions.
“Aren’t those the experts of the Ji Family? This person actually dares to say such things to them, it’s practically comparable to the Peacock King!”
“Who is that youngster? He actually dares to tell the Ji Family’s elders to get lost and stopped everyone. None of them dare to advance anymore. Maybe he is also a sovereign.”
Ye Fan had always been very obscure person within this region, but it was ordained that his name would spread throughout the land after today.
To dare provoke an Ancient Desolation Noble Family, a solo person facing hundreds of Ji Family experts, it was simply too stunning.
“Did you not hear what I said? Get lost! Otherwise you’ll have to take responsibility for what you know what will happen!” When unafraid of death, there was nothing else to be afraid of.
The veins of the Ji Family’s elders’ foreheads were jumping angrily. Black mist lingered over them, their gaze striking fearing into people. The Ji Family’s cultivators had never met someone who dared face them like this.
“Kill him!”
“Elders, why don’t you let us destroy him?”
The Ji Family’s young disciples’ eyes had practically split upon as they seethed in rage. No matter where they went they would be viewed as proud talents. But today they were actually humiliated by a youngster. It was something they could not endure.
This was the first time that Ye Fan’s name was heard within the famous younger generation. But to do it in such a way, he would obviously become the number one public enemy of the Ji Family’s younger generation.
“Ye Fan…” Ji Hui slowly opened her mouth, forcing her voice calm and saying, “Do you know what you are doing?”
“Old fogey, shut up. I have nothing to say to you. If you say anything else to me, it’ll be too late for you to take anything back!” Ye Fan had thrown caution to the wind.
At this time, if he was unable to subdue these people, there was not the slightest hope he could survive.
Ji Hui’s chest was heaving and the veins on her neck could clearly be seen.
She had already forgotten how many years had passed since someone dared to act like this to her. Even someone as powerful as her who had lived for so long found it difficult to swallow this rage.
“Elder, what are you waiting for? Kill him!”
“Let us go kill him!”
The Ji Family’s younger generation was filled with incomparable anger and angrily flew up.
“I’ll only say it once again. Get lost immediately within ten breaths time!” Ye Fan swept his gaze over them.
Within the Ji Family’s younger generation, some of them raged while some of them roared.
Below, the huge city’s cultivators were all stupefied.
It was obvious that Ye Fan’s name would resound throughout the southern region. He would become the number one younger generation public enemy of an Ancient Desolation Noble Family.
“Hahaha…” Just at this moment, a long laugh rang out.
A figure blinked over, its speed reaching an inconceivable level, as if it had always been standing there instead of suddenly arriving there.
This was a teenaged youth who appeared extremely delicate and tender. His hair was soft, his eyes were clear, and his temperament was very refined. His aura was clean and refreshing like snow falling on the flowers and trees. This was the Peacock King.
“Nicely said. Did you hear, Ji Family? Hurry up and get lost!”
The Peacock King could look down on the entire southern region, sweeping through it invincibly as a person at its absolute summit.
His appearance caused everyone’s expressions to change. Many people began to tremble in fear. After all, just one roar from the Peacock King managed to annihilate several elders of the Ji Family, and his strength had reached a point that it was impossible to resist!
The Peacock King walked over and patted Ye Fan’s shoulders. He looked like a refined lotus flower without the slightest might of a sovereign.
Everyone was shocked. What kind of relation did Ye Fan have with the Peacock King? Could it be he had a powerful background?