Chapter 1513: Heading to the Ancient Ruins

Outside the Fan family gate, Fan Lin, Fan Yu, and Liji were seeing Ye Yuan off.

"Patriarch, please go back! Thank you for your care during this time," Ye Yuan said with cupped hands.

Fan Lin quickly smiled and said, "Master Yuanye, what are you saying? It is our Fan family that has basked in your glory!"

In recent years, the Fan family had been at its zenith, overshadowing even the city lord's mansion.

Seizing this opportunity, the Fan family expanded their influence greatly and reaped immense benefits.

Moreover, the Fan family had thus connected with a behemoth like the Blood Hell Hall, already showing signs of becoming the top clan in Karpeng.

Fan Lin knew in his heart that all this was due to Ye Yuan.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Patriarch, you are too kind. One who eats the lord's grain must share the lord's worries. Since I am a retainer of the Fan family, naturally I must contribute."

Fan Lin chuckled, "Fan knows that the Fan family's meager stipend is nothing to you, Master. I am endlessly grateful that you have stayed with the Fan family! Liji, Master Yuanye is about to leave, won't you see him off?"

As he spoke, he frantically signaled Liji with his eyes.

Knowing that Ye Yuan was leaving, Liji had been in a daze these past days, listless and dispirited.

Her heart had long been devoted to Ye Yuan, but in the blink of an eye, he had become someone she could only look up to.

The chasm between them grew wider and wider.

Now that Ye Yuan was about to leave, Liji was completely flustered.

"Yu... Yuanye, h... have a safe journey."

After holding back for a long time, Liji finally managed to utter these words.

In a daze, she realized that she and Ye Yuan no longer had common ground.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Take care, Miss Liji. Mountains and waters may meet again; perhaps we will see each other once more. Well, it's getting late, Yuanye takes his leave."

With that, Ye Yuan turned and left with Long Zhan.

Given his current status, taking a slave or two was naturally nothing.

Liji stared blankly at Ye Yuan's retreating figure, a line of clear tears silently falling.

Fan Lin watched this scene and sighed, "My dear daughter, you and he are completely from different worlds. He is like the sun in the sky, dazzling to the eyes. And we are destined to be ordinary."

Although the matter of the Heavenly Dao Sound had not leaked out, his ability to lecture to hundreds of royal city's alchemy elites was utterly astonishing.

The imperial city was the stage for Ye Yuan to display his talents.

...

"Haha, Brother Yuanye didn't bring that Fan girl along; that's quite surprising!"

Seeing Ye Yuan, Tianxing laughed and greeted him.

Tianxing naturally knew about the ambiguous relationship between Liji and Ye Yuan.

He had thought Ye Yuan would bring Liji, after all, that little girl was indeed alluring.

"Heh, for me, cultivation is the most important thing. Everything else only distracts me," Ye Yuan said indifferently.

Tianxing was secretly shocked upon hearing this. Ye Yuan's achievements at such a young age were not just due to talent!

From what he knew, Ye Yuan indeed spent most of his time in seclusion, focusing on cultivation.

"Haha, Brother makes me feel ashamed! No wonder you have achieved so much at such a young age!"

Ye Yuan smiled, then suddenly noticed that Tianxing's attire was strange—he was dressed like a servant.

Moreover, Tianxing had concealed his aura, making it impossible to discern his true strength from appearance.

"Brother Tianxing, what is this...?" Ye Yuan asked in confusion.

Tianxing laughed, "Although this trip to the ancient ruins is led by our Blood Hell Hall, it's a mixed bag with various forces. Your presence is significant to our Blood Hell Hall. If they knew I was personally involved, it would inevitably invite much speculation."

Ye Yuan suddenly understood upon hearing this.

Yihan had gone to great lengths to select him, even letting him kill Kasin.

Those entering the ruins this time would undoubtedly be the top geniuses from various royal cities.

At the very least, they would be on Kasin's level.

Many geniuses might even have reached the Demon Commander realm.

For this, the Blood Hell Hall had likely used up many favors.

Spending such a huge price, it seemed this ancient ruins were extraordinary!

Ye Yuan nodded and said, "Then let's go. Long Zhan, go to the imperial city first and take care of things for me."

Long Zhan bowed and said, "Yes, master."

By now, Long Zhan had broken through his bottleneck and become a Guixu strongman.

Ye Yuan naturally wouldn't really send Long Zhan to Dalan Imperial City; this statement was just to reassure Tianxing.

He had already instructed Long Zhan to detour to Xiyu City and wait for him.

Once Ye Yuan got rid of the nuisances Tianxing and Yihan, he would go meet him.

Sure enough, upon hearing Ye Yuan's words, Tianxing showed a relieved expression.

Long Zhan was just a slave, so he naturally didn't care about him.

What mattered was Ye Yuan's attitude.

It seemed that the Xuanhuang Cauldron had indeed played a significant role; Ye Yuan appeared to have accepted the fact of joining the Blood Hell Hall.

After Long Zhan left, the group boarded a flying boat.

Ye Yuan was also amazed by the Blood Hell Hall's strength—they had one mystic treasure after another.

This flying boat was a mid-grade Demon Lord mystic treasure, capable of space-shifting effects during flight, making it extremely fast.

Along the way, Tianxing fawned over Ye Yuan in every possible way, showing no trace of a Demon Lord's demeanor.

Ye Yuan naturally couldn't be too reserved; occasionally giving Tianxing some pointers would make him happy for a long time.

Although Tianxing's realm was high, when it came to solid fundamentals, Ye Yuan was far ahead by more than ten streets.

Thus, the three traveled on the flying boat for over half a month before reaching the location of the ruins.

The ruins were near Suguang City, west of Dalan Imperial City. As the date approached, elites from various royal cities were also on their way.

When the three arrived near the ruins, a large crowd had already gathered.

Their arrival did not cause much of a stir.

Ye Yuan swept his gaze and suddenly stopped at a group of people in the center.

Six young men, with sharp eyes and extraordinary bearing, were clearly experts.

As if sensing Ye Yuan's gaze, the six all looked toward him simultaneously.

But upon discovering that Ye Yuan was only at the Perfected Demon General level, they lost interest and went back to their own business.

Those six were all early-stage Demon Commanders, evidently very strong.

"Such keen perception; I only glanced at them, and they noticed me," Ye Yuan thought in surprise.

"Those six are known as the Dalan Six Sons, dominating the younger generation of Dalan Imperial City. Like Kasin, they have fought their way through mountains of corpses and seas of blood, but they are stronger than Kasin!" Yihan said.

Ye Yuan nodded, "I see. The resources of the imperial city are indeed incomparable to those of a royal city."

Although Kasin was formidable, he was somewhat inadequate when placed in the imperial city.

Now, there were about one or two hundred young geniuses present, each of whom was no worse than Kasin.

"Oh, isn't this our Master Yuanye? Tsk tsk, both an alchemy genius and a martial genius, truly admirable! Qinghuang, if we run into our Master Yuanye, be sure to give him a proper greeting!"