Chapter Fifteen: Sudden Turn for the Worse
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Inside the secret place sought by one man and one eagle.
Qin Yu sat cross-legged in stillness, quietly cultivating and transforming.
The golden elixir in its later stages had a vast amount of energy, even surpassing the energy contained within Qin Yu himself. Fortunately, Qin Yu did not directly swallow it like ordinary demonic beasts would. Instead, he used the Starlight True Fire to refine the golden elixir and only absorbed the pure essence of the golden elixir.
Qin Yu Dan Tian within.
The true fire of the stars and constellations continuously burned a path of golden elixir energy, burning to the extreme, leaving behind only a hint of essence. This was directly absorbed by the star clouds rotating within Qin Yu's dantian, and then absorbed by layer upon layer of silver particles in the star cloud vortex.
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Time passed day by day, and the silver particles in Qin Yu's body began to grow much larger, suddenly——
It was as if the stone had shattered, and the silver particles suddenly split in two, followed by a string of silver particles splitting open one after another. In just a moment, the layers of silver particles in Qin Yu's body were all shattered into two halves.
The number of silver particles in the star cloud inside Dantian suddenly doubled, and the density of silver particles in each layer of the silver vortex also increased by a factor of two.
"Mid-term in the galaxy!"
Qin Yu's heart was filled with an intense joy, he had finally reached the middle stage of Xingyun. After successfully cultivating in Leishan, he had entered the early stage of Xingyun. However, to enter the middle stage of Xingyun from the early stage, if one only cultivated, it would take at least several decades or even hundreds of years.
However, Qin Yu had been through numerous fierce battles with many demonic beasts along the way, killing a large number of Golden Dan stage demonic beasts and absorbing their Golden Dan essences. Now, he had swallowed another Golden Dan essence that had reached the late Golden Dan stage. Suddenly, he broke through to the Middle Stage of the Star Cloud Realm in one go.
The silver particles in Qin Yu's body swirled around in circles, densely packed. However, Qin Yu continued to refine the Golden Elixir essence, constantly absorbing it.
It was unclear how much time had passed when Qin Yu finally opened his eyes.
"Xiao Hei has also reached the middle stage of the Golden Elixir." Qin Yu saw that Xiao Hei was still refining the Golden Elixir at this moment, and he wasn't in a hurry, sitting cross-legged and waiting quietly. The more powerful the demon beast is, the slower it is to upgrade its level, but at the same time, its strength cannot be judged solely by its appearance.
Xiao Hei and Shen Yu fought, only in the early stages of Jindan, but relying on his ultimate move - Thunderfire Attack, he directly defeated the late-stage Jindan Black Wind Leopard. With inherited memories, Xiao Hei's strength was indeed formidable.
"Big brother." Xiao Hei also woke up at this moment, and the voice that entered Qin Yu's mind was also very excited.
Qin Yu and Xiao Hei's powers have also increased by about the same amount, and now they are almost on par.
"Xiao Hei, let's go, we'll continue on our journey. Who knows what other demonic beasts are waiting for us ahead?" Qin Yu and Xiao Hei left the training grounds directly and began their journey once again. Cultivating in the Desolate Expanse was indeed much faster than in the Profound Dragon Continent.
However, there are many dangers in the vast wilderness as well. For example, if Wu Xing and Wu Yeo encountered these two late-stage Golden Dan black wind leopards, they would probably be done for. And...there are even more ferocious demons in the vast wilderness than the black wind leopard!
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Inside Weiyang Palace in the imperial city of Chang'an, Baochu County.
"Master, everything is going as planned. This time, the 200,000 Iron Riders launched a dozen attacks, with each unit coordinating and supporting each other. We have now taken down three cities in the Lei Xue County." Mr. Lan reported respectfully from outside the beaded curtain.
Inside the beaded curtain, on the jade bed that was emitting a soft glow, a vague figure sat cross-legged.
"Alright, very well. From now on, we must proceed step by step and not be overly ambitious. How is the plan for the two counties in the Northern Territory going?" The old ancestor's voice came out, sounding very calm.
Mr. Lan bowed and said, "Master, we have now found a younger member of the Upper Official's family branch, this kid is completely under our control. The next step is to kill that Zhuang Jun."
"En." The old ancestor inside said lightly, and then fell silent.
Suddenly——
A green figure rushed in from outside at high speed, shouting: "Master, something terrible has happened! Master, something terrible has happened!" This man in green was also a disciple of the old ancestor, just like Mr. Blue.
"Don't be so flustered!" A cold rebuke came from within the bead curtain.
The man in green immediately froze and then hastily said: "Master, something terrible has happened. Shangque Prefecture has been breached, Shangque Prefecture has been attacked!!!!"
Pong!
A terrifying aura burst out from within the beaded curtain, causing all the beads to break off and fly out rapidly. The long-haired old man with fluttering black hair remained motionless in shape, but had already flown out of the house. The Weiyang Palace was plunged into a vast oppressive atmosphere.
The old ancestor's eyes seemed to be flashing with cold stars, staring at the middle-aged man in green clothes, and the middle-aged man in green clothes was constantly sweating from his forehead.
"Say it again!"
A middle-aged man in green clothes hastily and fearfully said: "Ancestor, just received news that Shangyue Prefecture has been breached. Hundreds of thousands of Qin troops have completely broken into Shangyue Prefecture from the south. The few defending soldiers in Shangyue Prefecture are not even a slight obstacle!"
The old ancestor's body began to gather anger, and the entire air seemed to vibrate.
"What's going on in your wooden house?" The old ancestor coldly shouted.
The southern part of Kamitsuke Province is adjacent to the southern domain of Mōri's three provinces, so there are only 30,000 guards in the southern part of Kamitsuke Province, and almost no defense. Who would have thought that this place, which seemed to be the safest, had such a big loophole.
"Mù's household? Mù's household has defected to Qín's household!" The man in green immediately said.
The old ancestor's body shook, his face changed several times in an instant, and then a smile appeared on the old ancestor's face: "Haha... Qin family, what a good Qin family. My Xiang family used the Guan family to pretend to surrender to the Qin family. The Qin family actually used the Mu family to pretend to surrender to my Xiang family!"
The ancestors almost instantly understood completely.
This is the most loyal Mu family, but it doesn't know when it completely surrendered to the Qin family. At the most critical moment of the Xiang family, it suddenly betrayed and launched a surprise attack on Shangyong County, advancing deep into the territory of Shangyong County.
At first, there was the Mu family. The Xiang family joined forces with the Mu family and also occupied six counties of the Chu royal court, as well as half of its military strength. In this way, they could still fight against the Qin family again. Now, the Mu family suddenly turned their backs on them, and at the same time, they also attacked and opened the defensive gate of Shangyong County.
Thus, the Xiang family was in an absolutely weak position.
The Xiang family had no idea how many Qin troops were in Shangyong County at this moment. This time, the 3 million Black Water Army and the 3 million troops from the three southern counties broke into Shangyong County. A total of 6 million, the 6 million army swept across with a momentum, one road was destroyed, and the other city fell continuously, either surrendering or being quickly broken through by fire.
At the same time, the 300,000-strong Qin army from the two northern counties, together with the 300,000-strong army from the original 400,000-strong army of the two northern counties, a total of 600,000-strong army also began to attack Zhenyang County.
"Haha……The Qin family, what a wonderful Qin family! I admire, I admire. However, this is forcing me to use my last resort!" The old ancestor burst into loud laughter and then with a wave of his sleeve, his long robe fluttered as he directly flew out of the Weiyang Palace.
Mr. Blue and the middle-aged man in green clothes looked at each other.
"Master, are you saying we should use absolute force?" The middle-aged man in green clothes exclaimed in shock.
Mr. Lan gazed at the disappearing figure of his ancestor and nodded slowly: "Having reached this point, relying on the Item family's military strength is completely hopeless, and only Master's earth-shattering power can be relied upon. It's been nearly a thousand years, I don't know what realm Master has reached, it's truly something to look forward to." Mr. Lan's eyes shone with intense light.
"The Master is making a move, then..." The middle-aged man in green clothes also had expectation in his eyes.
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Standing in mid-air, the old ancestor in a black robe looked down and said calmly: "Wude, an old friend has come, why not meet?"
The door of the house below opened, and Wu De, dressed in green, looked up at the sky. His body turned into a shooting star and shot straight up, flying to the front of Lao Zu. He carefully looked at Lao Zu several times before sighing: "Xiang Yang brother, we have known each other for nearly a thousand years. At first, you were only in the prenatal great perfection stage, while I was already in the golden elixir early stage. But now that I've reached the limit of the golden elixir later stage, you've already reached the yuan ying stage."
Xiang Yang, the son of Xiang Yu, the Overlord of Western Chu. After Xiang Yu's death in battle, Xiang Yang succeeded him as the King of the Chu Dynasty and later became the first de facto emperor of the Chu Dynasty. During his reign, he managed the Chu Dynasty with great order, making it the number one country among the Three Kingdoms on the continent of Penglai.
Xiang Yang's martial arts potential was even more terrifying than his father Xiang Yu. While governing the country, he cultivated on the side and later entered the Golden Elixir stage just like his father Xiang Yu. He then abdicated and secluded himself in Weiyang Palace for quiet cultivation. After so many years, Xiang Yang had already reached the early stages of Yuan Ying.
In the hearts of Xiang's descendants, in terms of status, Xiang Yu, this first emperor who actually prospered the Chu dynasty, surpassed his father King Xi of Western Chu.
"Cultivation has its own opportunities, Brother Wu said that maybe one day he can break through the Golden Elixir period and reach the Nascent Soul period. After this matter is over, I will share with Brother Wu some of my experiences in reaching the Nascent Soul period, how about it?" Xiang Yang smiled and said.
Wood's eyes lit up.
Cultivators, from the Golden Elixir stage to the Yuan Infant stage also need to gain insight in order to break through. From the Yuan Infant stage to the Void Spirit stage is even more difficult to break through. Each time a boundary is broken, if there is no guidance from seniors, it will be very difficult for one person alone.
Wu De left the Men's faction to practice on his own, it was very difficult to make a breakthrough. If he had Xiang Yang's guidance, it would be much easier.
"Oh? Then thank you, Brother Xiangyang. I don't know what's going on, but if Wu De can help, please give the order." Wu De also knew that Xiangyang wouldn't send him benefits for no reason, especially since Xiangyang was much more powerful than him, and he couldn't refuse.
Xiang Yang nodded slightly, turning his head towards the east, with a cold glint in his eyes, and a chill began to emanate from his body.
Wu De was shocked: "What is this guy going to do? The killing intent is too heavy!"
"Come with me to the East, I want to have a good talk with Qin De. I heard that Qin De has just entered the early stage of Golden Elixir. An early-stage Golden Elixir and a mid-stage Golden Elixir Feng Yuzi, hum...". Xiang Yang's tone had a condescending feel to it.
The masters of the prenatal period and the early stages of the Golden Elixir are not on the same level at all, so it's only natural that they look down on each other.
"Unexpectedly, Brother Xiang has a request, then I naturally agree to follow Brother Xiang on this trip." Wu De smiled and said, aren't they just Qin De and Feng Yuzi? Following Xiang together, are you still afraid of two small Golden Dan cultivators?
Xiang Yang nodded slightly at Wu De: "Then let's go!"
Then, Xiang Yang and Wu Dou flew shoulder to shoulder towards the east at extreme speed, their black and green robes fluttering in the wind. The two super masters rushed directly towards the east!
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In the vast wilderness.
Qin Yu and Xiao Hei were speeding through the desolate wilderness, and many of the weaker demonic beasts didn't dare to approach them. Along the way, they encountered a Golden Core stage Violent Eyed Bear and a Golden Core stage Crimson Blood Wolf that attacked them, but Qin Yu and Xiao Hei easily took care of them.
After resting, Qin Yu and Xiao Hei set off again to continue their journey.
"Wow, Xiao Hei, this prairie is so vast!" Qin Yu suddenly stopped and looked ahead. A huge grassland appeared before him, he had never seen such a massive grassland before, it stretched as far as the eye could see.
Xiao Hei was also shocked.
"Big brother, don't worry about it anymore, let's continue on our journey." Xiao Hei said to Qin Yu.
Qin Yu nodded: "Let's go!"
The two of them immediately sped through the grassland, although they were on the grassland, Qin Yu and Xiao Hei were essentially flying, only about half a meter off the ground. The grassland had some areas with very tall weeds, speeding through the weeds felt pretty good too.
"The demonic beast on this grassland is still quite powerful." Qin Yu's spiritual awareness completely covered tens of thousands of kilometers.
"It's just so-so, after all this time we've only found a Golden Elixir stage demonic beast, and it ran away from us without even getting close." Xiao Hei transmitted his voice, clearly disdainful of ordinary demonic beasts. As the flight time grew longer...
Qin Yu and Xiao Hei were increasingly amazed by the vastness of this grassland, which was at least thousands of miles long.
Qin Yu and Xiao Hei hadn't flown so carefreely in a long time, flying thousands of miles in one breath. The feeling was indeed great. Suddenly Qin Yu's expression changed, and he transmitted his voice to say: "Xiao Hei, something is strange, within the range of tens of thousands of kilometers ahead, there are no demonic beasts!"
Qin Yu's figure suddenly stopped, and Xiao Hei also stopped.
"Big brother, I have a bad feeling." Xiao Hei also discovered that there wasn't a single demon beast in front of them, not even an ordinary wild animal. This was really too strange, such a lush grassland, yet not a single demon beast.
Qin Yu furrowed his brow and said, "We're only over 10,000 miles away from leaving the Desolate Expanse. If we go back, if we detour around this grassland, who knows how much longer it'll take with its boundless expanse that stretches as far as the eye can see? Moreover, this isn't even deep within the Desolate Expanse, so there shouldn't be any particularly formidable demonic beasts; what's there to worry about?"
"Right, what's there to worry about? We've even encountered the Golden Flame Eagle in its infant form, what else is there to fear?" Little Hei's innate arrogance made him completely disregard danger.
"Alright, let's go!"
Qin Yu and Xiao Hei once again stuck close to the grassland, darting forward across the grassland without a single demonic beast in sight.
