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Looking at the crowded people around her, Queen Medusa couldn't help but frown...
"Why not just go straight into the city instead of landing?"
According to Her Majesty the Queen's idea, they could have just flown directly into Tianya City. Why land outside the city and squeeze in with this group of people?
Ye Chen dismissed the giant eagle that had been working tirelessly since the Monster Mountain Range, giving it a fifth-grade pill as payment for its service. Then he turned to the displeased Queen and explained with a smile, "Flying magical beasts are prohibited from entering any major city, otherwise the whole city would be in chaos."
While we don't need to fear the rules of a mere Tianya City given our strength, it's unnecessary to invite trouble.
For Ye Chen, since there are better options, why be foolish enough to rush in just to show off?
Not only will it cause more trouble, it will also waste time...
Seeing Queen Medusa's still displeased expression, Ye Chen had no choice but to smile and reassure her, "Don't worry, I won't actually make you queue up with these people..."
The strong naturally have the privileges of the strong!
The terrifying aura unique to the Dou Huang was released from his body, and then a figure flashed up from the city gate, transforming into an old man in a yellow robe.
"Friends, are you all heading into the city?"
The old man in the yellow robe glanced at Ye Chen and his group. Although a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes, he still asked with a smile.
Ye Chen stepped forward, smiling as well, and said, "That's right. We need to take the space wormhole of Tianya City..."
Upon hearing this, the old man in the yellow robe suddenly realized what was going on. So they were heading to the Central Plains. No wonder the group was so strangely composed. Apart from the old man and the unbelievably beautiful woman who gave him a terrifying feeling, the difference in cultivation levels among the rest of them was so great…
Are they planning to move to Zhongzhou with their families to settle down?
Suppressing his curiosity, the old man in the yellow robe smiled and said, "I see! Then please follow me, everyone, I will lead you to the entrance of the space..."
"Good work!"
With someone specifically guiding the way, the rest of the journey was naturally smooth and unimpeded.
However, along the way, the old man in the yellow robe acted like a salesman, constantly recommending various items to Ye Chen and his group, especially essential items like spaceships for traveling through space wormholes. He even took it upon himself to give Ye Chen and his group a 5% discount...
such a pity……
The fourth-level spaceship he mentioned was too low-grade; Ye Chen didn't even consider it. In the end, the deal fell through, much to his regret.
"Hehe, my friend, it costs 30,000 gold coins per person to ride the space wormhole..." At the entrance of the space wormhole, the old man in the yellow robe said the price with a smile.
This number nearly scared Alita, a lowly mercenary struggling at the bottom of society, to death...
She secretly counted the number of people in their group. Besides herself and her daughter, there was Little Fairy Doctor, the three Yao brothers, and Ye...
Chen, Queen Medusa, and Hu Tian—that's nine people in total, requiring 270,000 gold coins!
Such a large sum of money was too expensive, even for a snake-woman queen like Medusa...
After all, it's just a matter of taking a ride through a spatial passage, which doesn't cost Tianya City much.
No wonder Tianya City is so prosperous; just one spatial passage is enough to make them a fortune.
However, contrary to their expectations, Ye Chen didn't react much to the price.
After obtaining Han Feng's Netherworld Ring, Ye Chen amassed a huge sum of money, piling it up into several small mountains, which he was too lazy to even count.
Judging from the casual placement of these gold coins in the Netherworld Storage Ring, Han Feng clearly didn't care about them; rather, it seemed like they were prepared for emergencies...
This is normal, after all, for a sixth-grade alchemist, using pills is often more convenient than using gold coins.
After paying, Ye Chen led everyone towards the entrance.
Looking at this enormous, pitch-black void, which was ten zhang in size, slowly rotating, and astonishing spatial power overflowing from it, even Queen Medusa, a Dou Zong, was somewhat moved.
"To be able to open such a terrifying spatial passage, how powerful must the spatial force be?"
okay.
It's not that Her Majesty the Queen is ignorant; it's just that she has rarely left the Tagor Desert since birth, let alone seen a spatial wormhole like this.
Before meeting Ye Chen, she had no idea that such a strange way of traveling existed in the world.
"Actually, it's not so bad. This spatial wormhole was probably built by a Dou Zong level expert. When you can cultivate to at least an eight-star Dou Zong, and then get a few more people to help you, you can also open up a wormhole passage like this..."
Queen Medusa turned and glanced at him, muttering softly, "An eight-star Dou Zong, huh..."
Ye Chen shook his head, sensing that Her Majesty the Queen seemed somewhat delusional. The eight-star Dou Zong he mentioned was merely the minimum standard. For someone of that caliber to open a stable spatial passage, it would require not only a vast amount of materials but also a considerable amount of time. It was unlikely that any eight-star Dou Zong would be so idle as to undertake such a laborious task.
Most of the spatial passages in Zhongzhou were opened by Dou Zun-level experts. Although the difference in their abilities is still significant, their stability is much stronger.
I glanced at the two little ones beside me. Facing a dark, empty space, each of them looked a little scared.
Ye Chen originally wanted to have Alita, an adult, comfort him, but seeing that she was not much better off than his daughter, he immediately abandoned that idea.
Ye Chen shook his head with a slight chuckle, then took one of the two girls' hands, saying, "Alright, don't be afraid. Just follow my steps..."
With that, Ye Chen took a step forward and disappeared into the void.
As the group entered the spatial passage, they found themselves in a strange spatial passage in the next moment.
What appeared before them was a spatial passage with no end in sight.
On both sides of the passage, there were faint, pale silver spatial barriers. Within these barriers was a passage about ten feet long. At the end of the passage was a deep darkness, and the vertical direction of the passage was also a kind of unsettling darkness. Faintly, dense spatial fluctuations permeated from it. The entire passage was extremely silent, without the slightest sound.
Chapter 126 The Yao Brothers, on the verge of tears
Upon first encountering such a spatial passage, even Queen Medusa, with her composure, couldn't help but be somewhat stunned, let alone the three Yao brothers and the "useless" Alita, who were even more overwhelmed.
On the contrary, Little Fairy Doctor and Qinglin, under Ye Chen's care, didn't react much. Instead, they curiously looked at the peculiar scenery around them...
Ye Chen glanced at everyone's reactions, smiled slightly, and then raised his hand to release a small silver boat.
The moment the small boat appeared, it swelled like a fish entering water, growing rapidly in the wind. In the blink of an eye, to the astonishment of the group, it transformed into a massive ship, tens of meters long and wide…
Moreover, they discovered that wisps of pale silver spatial energy were moving back and forth on the surface of the ship, which looked extremely mysterious.
"Is this the spaceship that the old man in the yellow robe mentioned earlier?" Queen Medusa asked, a strange look flashing in her eyes.
“Yes!” Ye Chen nodded and continued, “However, the level four spaceship he sells can’t compare to mine!”
"Let's go, let's go up..."
Once inside the spaceship, Queen Medusa couldn't help but look around before approaching Ye Chen. She couldn't help but say, "When I heard that person asking for millions of gold coins for a spaceship, I thought he was trying to rip you off. But now it seems that such a magical item is probably priceless, isn't it?"
Ye Chen glanced at the somewhat surprised Queen, a slight smile playing on his lips, and said in a calm tone, "It's alright. This spaceship we're standing on is said to have been acquired by my Ye family in exchange for a high-grade seventh-rank pill..."
Queen Medusa: "...!"
That pretentious jerk, I really want to punch his head in the head!
Cursing inwardly, Her Majesty the Queen, feeling hurt, turned and left...
"By the way, there's a strong spatial energy in this spatial passage. You've just broken through to the Dou Zong realm, so you can try to sense it carefully. It should be helpful for your understanding of spatial energy. After all, we still have a long way to go..."
Ye Chen's kind reminder came from behind, but Queen Medusa didn't stop and turned around and disappeared around the corner of the cabin.
The rest of the time was rather boring...
Because he was in a spatial passage, Ye Chen couldn't absorb star power even if he wanted to. In the end, he could only enter the star chart deep in his consciousness to check his current attributes.
Well, there weren't many other changes, except that my cultivation level reached one-star Dou Huang and my star essence accumulated to 325 points.
Before he knew it, nearly ten months had passed. Now, with the added benefit of the Acquired Primordial Star Body, Ye Chen could gain 2 points of Star Essence every day by absorbing it once.
However, he didn't focus on absorbing star power for half of that time, so his current star essence is only a little over three hundred.
I looked at the two star fields that I had already lit up...
The eighth star soul in the Dragon Head Starfield requires 350 points of star essence to light up; while 350 points can simultaneously light up the fourth and fifth star souls in the Left Front Dragon Claw Starfield.
Faced with two choices, Ye Chen naturally chose the first one without hesitation.
After exiting the spatial passage, it will take at most half a month for him to light up the eighth star palace in the Dragon Head Star Region. At that time, both the improvement of his soul power and soul control will be of great help to Ye Chen's future journey to the Pill Tower.
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Zhongzhou Northern Territory
This is a lush and vast plain, but judging from the surrounding environment, there should be no human settlements within this area of dozens of miles.
In the center of the plain lies a gravel plaza, its ground covered with numerous mysterious runes. These runes all emit a faint silver glow and subtly reveal spatial fluctuations.
The square was quite quiet. Suddenly, a gust of wind rose out of nowhere, and then a silver halo appeared in the center of the square. A ship's shadow flashed out, then quickly shrank, and finally several figures fell out from it.
This time, it was Ye Chen and his group of nine who came out.
After regaining his footing, Ye Chen put the two little girls down from his arms, looked around at his surroundings, and chuckled, "Alright, we've arrived in Zhongzhou..."
Beside her, Queen Medusa sensed the surrounding environment and could indeed feel the energy of heaven and earth, which was much richer than that of the Northwest Continent. She thought that this must be the place in the Central Continent that was stronger than other peripheral regions of the continent.
"This place must be quite far from the Pill Domain, right?" Queen Medusa couldn't help but ask after looking at Ye Chen.
Ye Chen nodded: "Yes. This is the northern region of Zhongzhou, and it's also near the edge of the northwest continent, while the Dan Region is located in the center of the central region of Zhongzhou. The distance between the two is even greater than the distance from the northwest continent to Zhongzhou!"
However, if we continue traveling through the space wormhole, it won't take too long..."
Queen Medusa was speechless for a moment, seemingly unable to accept the terrifying distance of tens of thousands of miles that often separated the Central Continent.
"Alright, let's find a city nearby, rest for a couple of days, and then continue our journey..." Ye Chen glanced at everyone and then suggested.
Although they have a detailed map of the northern region of Zhongzhou, they still need to determine their location before they can plan their route.
Moreover, Alita and the others, who were traveling through a wormhole for the first time, needed to rest and adjust properly.
However, without the Giant Winged Eagle, their reliable means of transportation, Ye Chen suddenly discovered something he had been overlooking when he wanted to lead everyone away.
That is, there are too many people in their group who can't fly, and it seems he can't take them all...
Of course, the most important thing is not Little Fairy Doctor and Qinglin and her daughter. After all, if it were just the three of them, Ye Chen could bear the burden of carrying the two little ones and then leaving Alita to Hu Tian.
But what about the three Yao brothers...?
Ye Chen didn't want to carry these three grown men around!
Left with no other option, Ye Chen had to resort to the old method, having Hu Tian capture a flying magical beast from the surrounding area for transportation.
However, looking at the three Yao brothers who had already lowered their heads in shame, Ye Chen said with exasperation, "You three idiots! It's been almost a month, and you still haven't mastered the Three Beasts Savage Technique, nor have you broken through to the Dou Wang level. What use are you to me?!"
Hearing this, Yao and the other two almost cried...
Hey boss! Can't we be reasonable?
Who can break through from a nine-star Dou Ling to a Dou Wang in just one month, and also learn an ancient secret technique?
You might as well kill us brothers!
Chapter 127 Yushui City
Yushui City, situated on the banks of a river, is a small city on the relatively remote northern region of Zhongzhou. It is controlled by a sect called the Yushui Sect.
On this day, a flying beast arrived outside the city from afar, and then a group of nine people disembarked and entered the city.
"You three, I'm giving you half a month to break through to the Dou Wang level before you continue your journey!" Ye Chen glanced at the three Yao brothers who were following behind him dejectedly and said coldly.
"Huh?" The three Yao brothers all stared wide-eyed.
A breakthrough in half a month? How is that even possible...?
Of course, Ye Chen wasn't truly unreasonable. Looking at the three bewildered guys, he said with exasperation, "You guys! With a high-level alchemist by your side, do you really need to worry about your cultivation being slow?"
Ye Chen had already made up his mind. He would focus on cultivating these three people, giving them pills and other medicines directly, and then obtaining some essence blood from lion, tiger, bear, and demonic beasts to assist in their cultivation of the Wilderness Technique. If they still couldn't break through within half a month, then they would truly be useless!
After understanding Ye Chen's intention, the three Yao brothers were immediately overjoyed...
Who would have thought that they were going to be enslaved like cattle and horses, but now they suddenly find that the treatment is better than when they were kings and tyrants in the Black Corner Region. In an instant, most of the resentment in their hearts for being forced into enslavement by Ye Chen dissipated.
Not only the three of them, but Queen Medusa and Alita, who were watching from the side, were also moved by this scene...
Is this the benefit of following a high-level alchemist? They can give you pills and cultivation techniques to help you break through without you even saying a word!
With a quick dart of a glance, Alita immediately grinned and moved closer to Ye Chen, flatteringly saying, "Um, young master, you see how weak I am, could you give me some pills so I can break through... that way I can help you with your work, right..."
Looking at this guy with such a fawning expression, Ye Chen couldn't help but say, "What can a mere Dou Shi like you do for me? You can't even cook..."
Alita: "..."
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