Chapter 433: The Great Ancient Tribulation
Ye Changsheng was not too surprised to hear this. He sighed and said calmly: "No matter what, thank you for your help, Fairy!"
"Well, if there is any relevant news in the future, I will inform Brother Ye as soon as possible!" said the woman surnamed Yan.
"Thank you, fairy!"
Ye Changsheng said this and stood up to say goodbye.
After returning to his cave, he began to prepare to refine the elixir called Yueyang Pill.
He first took out some Nascent Soul-level pills to practice and familiarize himself with the art of alchemy, and then went on to refine Spiritualization-level pills to improve his alchemy skills.
Wait until you are confident, then refine the Yueyang Pill.
Half a month later, Ye Changsheng suddenly received news from the woman surnamed Yan:
"Brother Ye, there is news about the whereabouts of the Five Elements Divine Thunder!"
When such a voice came from the sound transmission talisman, Ye Changsheng's heart moved. After putting away the sound transmission talisman, he flew towards the Longyang Chamber of Commerce.
When he arrived here, he saw a woman named Yan and a familiar figure waiting for him.
A figure that looks similar to an ordinary human, but its eyes are silver-white.
Yuan Lie!
This was the mid-stage Lianxu cultivator from the Tianji clan whom Ye Changsheng and his companions met when they first arrived in Yubi City. He unexpectedly appeared here as well.
The moment he saw this person, Ye Changsheng's heart moved, and he immediately knew that the news that the woman surnamed Yan had mentioned should be related to this person.
"Brother Ye is here!"
The woman surnamed Yan smiled and invited him to take a seat, and then said to Ye Changsheng: "Brother Ye should already know about Fellow Daoist Yuan Lie of the Tianji Clan, so I don't need to introduce him in detail!"
Ye Changsheng nodded, bowed to the man with silver eyes, and said, "I have heard of your name for a long time!"
"Fellow Daoist Ye!" The cultivator from the Tianji clan also bowed.
"This time, Yuan wants to invite fellow Taoist to come here for a chat!" Yuan Lie said immediately.
"Then... Fellow Daoist, do you have any information related to the Five Elements Divine Thunder?" Ye Changsheng asked directly. Although the person opposite him was a Void Refining cultivator, he addressed him as Fellow Daoist without any hesitation.
Yuan Lie had no objection to his title, and nodded, saying, "Yuan does have some information about the Five Elements Divine Thunder!"
“However, whether Brother Ye can get this information from Yuan Mou depends on Brother Ye’s performance!”
"Oh? What does Fellow Daoist Yuan mean?" Ye Changsheng narrowed his eyes and asked lightly.
"The Five Elements Divine Thunder is such a precious thing, and any information related to it is extremely precious. I'm afraid Brother Ye doesn't think he can get it easily, right?"
"Yuan is planning to do something and needs some manpower. If Brother Ye is strong enough, then Yuan can pull Brother Ye into this team. The reward will naturally be something related to the Five Elements Divine Thunder!"
“But if Brother Ye’s strength is not enough, then the news related to the Five Elements Divine Thunder will naturally not be available to you!” Yuan Lie said calmly.
Ye Changsheng narrowed his eyes and asked calmly, "It is obvious that something that can make someone like Brother Yuan carefully plan is not simple at all!"
"I'm afraid that the participants must at least be Void Refining cultivators. I am only a Spiritual Transformation cultivator. How did Brother Yuan think of looking for me?"
Yuan Lie chuckled upon hearing this, took a sip of the tea on the table, and slowly said: "When I choose the people to go with me, I have to exclude the local people of Yubi City, the people of the tribes around Yubi City, and the people of the big tribes!"
"Brother Ye, you don't meet any of these three criteria, so I came to you!"
He stared at Ye Changsheng carefully, and then said: "There is a fourth point. The strength of the person traveling with you must be strong enough, at least at the level of refining virtuality, so I want to test Brother Ye's strength!"
Hearing the other party say this, Ye Changsheng immediately understood that what the other party wanted to do was probably something secret and important.
Eliminating Yubi City and the surrounding tribes meant eliminating the local snakes and the newcomers from the big tribes. This was because they did not want the people who were brought into the team to leak the news and look for help from within the tribe.
So the other party took a fancy to Ye Changsheng. Given Ye Changsheng's human origin, it was absolutely impossible for him to pull out a powerful helper from his clan to come to Yubi City.
After all, the human race is too far away from Yubi City, and unlike those big clans, they do not have a teleportation array that leads directly to this place.
To some extent, he can be considered a person without ethnic background in this place.
"It seems that my identity as a member of a small family has reassured Brother Yuan. What Brother Yuan said makes me curious. What exactly does Brother Yuan want to do?" Ye Changsheng said with a faint smile on his face.
"Brother Ye is very smart. It is precisely because of the weakening of the human race that Yuan invited Brother Ye here!"
“Also, although we only met once that day, with my sharp intuition, I can sense that Brother Ye’s strength is not comparable to that of an ordinary Divine Transformation cultivator!”
"Now, Brother Ye has advanced to the late stage of Spiritualization. I think his strength has increased significantly. But I cannot confirm whether he has reached the level of Void Refining. So I have to try Brother Ye's magical power!"
Yuan Lie did not say what exactly he was planning, but instead brought the topic back to what he had said at the beginning.
"So, Brother Yuan, how do you plan to test Ye's strength?" Ye Changsheng asked directly.
"As for the method, it's naturally very simple. Just let Brother Ye take action. However, Yuan doesn't want to test Brother Ye himself!"
"It just so happens that recently, I, Yuan, have to go to Luoyue Mountains to look for some Zhilong fruits at the request of Fairy Yan's father, so I plan to invite Brother Ye to go with us!" Yuan Lie said lightly with a smile on his face.
"So that's how it is. You want to find a free thug and let Ye do something for you?" Ye Changsheng said speechlessly.
At this time, the woman surnamed Yan, who had been quietly listening to the conversation between the two, chuckled and said, "You can't say that. If Brother Ye joins in this matter, he will also get a lot of benefits!"
"Our Chamber of Commerce has entrusted Brother Yuan with the task of finding the Zhilong Fruit!"
"We will provide the most important information, and Brother Yuan will go get the main ingredient for refining the Tenglong Pill. Afterwards, we will buy it from Brother Yuan at 60% of the price!"
"Brother Ye, didn't you come to me not long ago to ask for some Zhilong fruit? This time, if Brother Ye goes with Brother Yuan, I'm afraid they can harvest quite a few Zhilong fruit!" said the woman named Yan with a smile.
"Haha, Fairy Yan, so your Chamber of Commerce wants the Zhilong Fruit. In that case, just tell me directly. I have received so much favor from your Chamber of Commerce, so I have to help you with this!" Ye Changsheng said with a generous look on his face.
The woman surnamed Yan chuckled and said, "If Brother Ye had accepted my gift of materials last time, I would have gone to find Brother Ye without hesitation!"
"But Brother Ye didn't accept it, so I feel embarrassed to ask you for help. If Brother Yuan didn't want to test Brother Ye's strength, I wouldn't have asked Brother Ye to come over!"
"It seems that Ye has let down the fairy's kindness. Well, I have agreed to this matter this time. But before that, I would like to ask Brother Yuan, what is the nature of the Five Elements Divine Thunder you mentioned?" Ye Changsheng looked at Yuan Lie again and asked.
"It's the earth-attributed Wu Earth Divine Thunder!" Yuan Lie said lightly.
"The Earth Divine Thunder? It seems that Ye really needs to find a way to join Brother Yuan's team!" Ye Changsheng said with a smile when he heard that.
Yuan Lie nodded: "Yuan believes that with Brother Ye's strength, as long as he does not hide his cultivation, it should not be difficult for him to join my team!"
"Since Brother Ye has made his decision, let's meet here in three months and then set off together!"
After Yuan Lie finished speaking, he stood up, said goodbye to the two of them and left.
After this person left, Ye Changsheng was about to get up and say goodbye, but suddenly he heard the woman surnamed Yan chuckle:
"Brother Ye, do you know what this fellow Daoist Yuan really wants to invite you to do in order to test your strength?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Changsheng paused as he was about to stand up and asked, "Fairy Yan, do you know something?"
"If I'm not mistaken, what Brother Yuan wants to do is to break into the ruins of the ancient white fox clan!" said the woman surnamed Yan with a slight smile.
"The ancient white fox clan?" Ye Changsheng frowned. He had never heard of the name of this clan.
"The ancient times that my younger sister mentioned were extremely long ago, so long ago that it is almost unnoticeable!"
"At that time, for unknown reasons, the entire spirit world suddenly started a world-shaking war. Many powerful tribes attacked each other, and a large number of true spirits were summoned to fight each other. A catastrophe that destroyed all living things began!"
"In the entire spiritual world, I don't know how many races were directly destroyed in that war. Our Shengyuan clan also died in that war. The true spirits we worshipped died in the battle, all the Xuantian treasures were destroyed, and most of the Mahayana people in the clan were killed. As a result, the clan was dispersed and fell to the point where we are today!" The woman surnamed Yan's face turned into a sad expression, and she said with a wry smile.
Ye Changsheng was immediately moved when he heard this, and he also thought of some legends.
“In that battle, countless races were wiped out. It was only after that that super races like the Jiaochi and Lingkui had room to rise!” When the woman surnamed Yan said this, a hint of sarcasm appeared at the corners of her mouth.
"That catastrophe was so fierce that most of the races and true spirits that participated in the battle died, and even the sun and moon in the spirit world fell down a few times!"
When Ye Changsheng heard this, his expression changed and he asked, "Could it be that the Falling Moon Mountains outside Yubi City are..."
"Brother Ye guessed correctly. The Falling Moon Mountains got their name because a moon fell there!"
“However, in fact, in ancient times, the Luoyue Mountains were not called the Luoyue Mountains. It was the territory of the White Fox Clan. But after the White Fox Clan was destroyed in ancient times, the true name of this mountain range was gradually forgotten!” The woman surnamed Yan sighed and said slowly.
"That is to say, in the depths of the Luoyue Mountains, there are still some things related to the ancient white fox clan, and Fellow Daoist Yuan has set his eyes on something in there and wants to invite people to explore it together?" Ye Changsheng thought about it for a moment and understood what the woman named Yan wanted to say.
"Yes, the strength of the ancient white fox clan is stronger than many super clans today. Although they were destroyed, as long as they left behind a little bit of things, it would be invaluable for cultivators of our level!" said the woman named Yan with a slight smile.
"If that's the case, there must be a reason why that place hasn't been razed and plundered by various tribes yet, right?" Ye Changsheng asked calmly.
"Haha, Brother Ye hit the nail on the head with just one sentence!"
"Ever since the spirit world moon crashed into the Falling Moon Mountains, I don't know what happened. A terrifying black gale appeared in the core area of the mountains. No one dared to enter the area covered by this gale!"
"It is said that even those great masters are extremely afraid of this. Over the years, few people dared to enter there, and that place was therefore listed as one of the restricted areas of Fengyuan Continent!"
"However, every ten thousand years, the strong winds in the core area of the mountain range will somehow weaken by a large margin. At this time, if you carry a special wind-fixing bead, you can enter the strong winds relatively safely!" The woman named Yan said softly.
"Relatively safe? In other words, even with that kind of Wind-Fixing Bead, it is still dangerous to enter? Moreover, this Taoist friend from the Tianji clan, who is just a Void Refinement cultivator, dared to enter. Is there a limit to the level of cultivation to enter the core area of this mountain range?" Ye Changsheng asked.
He didn't think that a Nascent Soul cultivator would dare to compete with a Fusion or Mahayana cultivator for anything.
This Lianxu cultivator from the Tianji clan dared to enter this place. Most of the cultivators above the fusion stage could not enter this mountain range.
"Brother Ye is right. The highest level of cultivation for those who can enter the core area of the mountain range is the Void Refining Stage!"
“As for dangers, this place, as an ancient battlefield, must have many dangers. Various remaining restrictions, more violent strong winds, etc. can all be fatal factors!” said the woman named Yan with a chuckle.
"Then why is the cultivation level limited to below the fusion level?"
"This is because the highest level of cultivation that the Wind-Fixing Bead can protect is the Void Refinement Level!" The woman surnamed Yan said with a wry smile.
"This..." Ye Changsheng was a little surprised. He didn't expect it to be due to this reason.
"That kind of Wind-Fixing Bead was developed less than 100,000 years ago. It was developed by a master refiner from Fengyuan Continent!"
"Ever since that weapon refining master died in the catastrophe, no one has been able to improve this magic weapon. This magic weapon can only protect a limited number of people. Once used by a cultivator at the fusion level, it will have no effect at all!"
“So, naturally, those cultivators who have reached the fusion stage and above don’t dare to enter the mountains!” said the woman surnamed Yan.
"This... the power of the strong wind has been greatly reduced. The combined body dare not enter. Could it be that the Mahayana also dare not enter?"
"What kind of gale has its power reduced to this level, yet can it still scare away Mahayana cultivators?" Ye Changsheng frowned.
