ragginovel Chapter 202: Quasi-Tier 3 Frostfire Earth Vein
Chapter 202: Quasi-Tier 3 Frostfire Earth Vein
Upon seeing this, Ye Chongli was overjoyed.
He took a sip of tea and then said, "This little girl is named Ye Xiyu, and she is my granddaughter!"
"Ye Xiyu...that's a good name!" Yang Jiuli smiled, having already looked away, and took a sip of tea.
He remained calm.
When he looked at the girl, his eyes were filled with nothing but curiosity.
"What does Master Yang think of this girl?" Ye Chongli asked.
"You are in the prime of your life... intelligent and virtuous, you are destined for great things." Yang Jiuli said, taking a sip of tea.
"Will he achieve great things in the future?" Upon hearing Yang Jiuli's answer, Ye Chongli was taken aback, as it was clearly an irrelevant response.
"Xi Yu's parents passed away early..."
But she was extremely well-behaved from a young age, and when she studied alchemy, she didn't need any supervision; she worked very hard on her own...
To be honest, Master Yang... I don't have many years left to live!
The only thing I'm worried about is the Xi and Yu sisters...
"If you are willing to take her as a concubine... and protect her well, after I leave, this 'Lingxiu Peak' will be your training ground... Although it is only a second-tier mid-grade spiritual vein, it can still help you step into the mid-Foundation Establishment stage." Ye Chongli said sincerely.
"I only hope that you can leave behind offspring... to continue the Ye family line!"
As he spoke, a look of sorrow filled his eyes, and his gaze involuntarily drifted towards the outside.
"Elder Ye, please do not worry... As long as the noble family treats me sincerely... I will not let the Ye family decline!" Yang Jiuli said. "As for taking a concubine, nothing should be forced. Let it be as fate dictates..." As he spoke, he raised his teacup.
Knowing that this matter should not be brought up again, Ye Chongli raised his teacup, took a sip, and said, "Don't worry, Master Yang, you have no restrictions in my Ye Clan... You only need to refine two batches of second-tier pills for my clan each month..."
As he spoke, Ye Chongli flicked his hand, and a contract flew out, hovering in front of Yang Jiuli.
Yang Jiuli scanned the area with his divine sense and nodded slightly.
The contract stipulated that Yang Jiuli should stay at the Ye family's residence on Lingxiu Peak for 10 to 20 years as much as possible.
The Ye family provided Yang Jiuli with a training ground with second-tier spiritual veins.
The deadline was written very leniently, which shows Ye Chongli's sincerity.
"10 to 20 years..." Yang Jiuli nodded slightly, and then signed two copies of the contract with Ye Chongli.
Each person kept a copy as proof.
Ye Chongli accepted the contract, exchanged a few polite words with Yang Jiuli, and then took his leave.
Yang Jiuli saw Ye Chongli off.
……
Outside the courtyard, Ye Chongli summoned the Crimson Cloud Boat and flew towards the back mountain with Ye Xiyu.
"Grandpa, has Master Yang signed a contract with the Ye family?" Ye Xiyu blinked her beautiful eyes and looked at her grandfather beside her.
"It's signed!" Ye Chongli stroked his beard and smiled, looking at his granddaughter beside him, appearing quite pleased.
"Well..." Ye Xiyu hesitated, wanting to say something but stopping herself.
"What, are you asking him if he'd be willing to take you as a concubine?" Ye Chongli said with a smile.
Ye Xiyu lowered her head.
The old man had naturally informed them of these matters long ago.
That's why Ye Xiyu couldn't help but glance at Yang Jiuli when they met just now.
After all, this might be the man she'll spend her life with.
She naturally needed to look at it carefully in order to make a decision.
Seeing his granddaughter lower her head, Ye Chongli didn't answer directly. Instead, he stroked his beard and asked with a smile, "What do you think of Yang Dan?"
"Master Yang is no ordinary person, he is unfathomable..." Ye Xiyu said.
"Oh?" Upon hearing this, Ye Chongli's gaze sharpened. "Unfathomable?"
"Even I can't quite put my finger on it, but I have a vague feeling that he's far more than he appears on the surface, that he's no ordinary person!" Ye Xiyu said.
Ye Chongli suddenly became interested.
"I'm afraid... I'm afraid my Ye family will find it difficult to keep this azure dragon!" As she finished speaking, she raised her head and looked at her grandfather.
"Alas, the Ye family truly cannot keep him!" Ye Chongli sighed.
Ye Xiyu looked at Ye Chongli with a questioning expression.
"Although he agreed to stay with my Ye family for 10 years... he did not agree to take you as a concubine... or to have children with you."
Ye Chongli sighed.
He could tell that Master Yang had some affection for his granddaughter.
But he refused to take a concubine.
This shows that the person did not want to have too much involvement with the Ye family, and therefore refused the offer.
Otherwise, who would refuse such a beautiful woman and a sacred place that are offered to them?
"They refused!" Ye Xiyu breathed a sigh of relief.
But for some reason, her brows furrowed slightly, and when she looked back, a hint of disappointment appeared in her eyes.
Ye Xiyu naturally knew that her grandfather had been trying to find a way out for her all these years.
The best solution is to find a good husband.
Although I felt some resistance and didn't want my life to be arranged like this, I was helpless.
Therefore, she accepted the offer.
However, he also suggested that he needed to find a place that caught his eye, which is why he came to take a look at Yang Jiuli.
She had assumed that Master Yang, who was nearly fifty, was probably already an old man.
Who would have thought that at first glance he would be so elegant, dashing and handsome, with a composure that young people often lack.
He won her heart.
What moved Ye Xiyu the most was that the man had actually noticed her spying, which seemed to indicate that he also possessed extraordinary abilities.
This made Ye Xiyu very curious about the current Master Yang.
However, despite her curiosity, she did not overstep her bounds.
He didn't even say a word during the trip.
At this moment, she heard her grandfather say that this extraordinary man had refused her offer to take her as a concubine. While she felt disappointed, a stubborn streak also arose in her heart.
"Is it because I'm not pretty enough? Or does he already have someone he loves?" She pursed her lips, glanced at the villa where Yang Jiuli was, and murmured to herself. Then she looked away. She knew that love was something she couldn't ask for.
In this cannibalistic world, simply surviving is already extremely difficult.
"Don't be disappointed... Although Master Yang rejected Grandpa's suggestion, he promised to protect you sisters after Grandpa passes away!" Ye Chongli said with a smile, looking at his granddaughter beside him with a hint of doting and even more guilt in his eyes.
"Will they protect us?" Ye Xiyu murmured, blinking her beautiful eyes as she glanced at the courtyard where Yang Jiuli was.
……
The next day, Lingxiu Peak.
The main hall atop the mountain.
Ye Chongli's children, grandchildren, and elders of the Ye clan gathered together.
Ye Chongli publicly announced that the Ye family had appointed Yang Jiuli as a guest elder.
All members of the Ye clan respect Master Yang as they would anyone else.
The elders of the Ye clan welcomed Yang Jiuli and were surprised by his joining them.
Those who knew his identity, in particular, felt relieved after years of worry.
Yang Jiuli didn't care about the compliments from these people.
However, there were a few people among them who caught his eye a few more times.
That was Ye Chongli's sixth son, Ye Cangliu, and his son, Ye Yifan.
Although they smiled on the surface, a hint of malice was clearly visible in their eyes, as if they were not welcoming of Yang Jiuli's arrival.
On the contrary, there was a hint of hostility.
Yang Jiuli scanned them with his divine sense and, finding that the two were merely Qi Refining cultivators, withdrew his divine sense, not taking them seriously at all.
However, it is Ye Xiyu's younger sister, Ye Zhirou.
A little girl who is only ten years old is quite cute, greeting her big brother with adorable words.
……
After a brief meeting with the Ye clan, Yang Jiuli was assigned to a side peak twelve miles away from Lingxiu Peak.
Lingxi Peak.
The peak is thousands of feet high, and its summit is shrouded in clouds and mist.
Near the mountain peak, beside a stream, stands a newly built villa.
A cave dwelling was also built behind the villa.
Judging from the marks, it was obviously completed in the last few days.
"This will be where I stay for the next ten years or so!"
Looking at the villa in front of him, Yang Jiuli breathed a slight sigh of relief.
After several twists and turns, he is finally ready to embark on a new journey.
The villa is exquisite.
However, Yang Jiuli did not allow Ye to arrange for maids.
He still prefers to live alone and dislikes being disturbed by outsiders.
After all, he has too many secrets, and he would inevitably feel constrained if there were outsiders around.
After glancing at the villa, Yang Jiuli set up the second-tier low-grade "Cloud and Smoke Avoiding the Moon Formation".
There is also the second-tier low-grade "Whirlwind Formation".
One is to conceal the flow of Qi.
One is primary defense.
If anyone tries to force their way in, the "Whirlwind Formation" will not only transform into a tornado that attacks people.
It will also unleash a sky full of second-tier wind blades.
As for the second-tier high-grade "Black Fiend Whirlwind Formation", Yang Jiuli did not set it up.
After all, it was Yan Jiuming's formation, and he was afraid that if outsiders found out, it would cause a lot of trouble.
In addition, Lingxi Peak also has its own second-tier formation, the Xuan Guang Formation, which covers the entire mountain.
After taking safety precautions, night fell.
Yang Jiuli summoned Xiao Bing, and together they left Lingxi Peak using the Earth Escape Technique.
A map of the Nanling Mountains also came to mind.
Yang Jiuli once observed Yan Jiuming's life through the "Previous Life Talisman Seed" and was quite familiar with the terrain of the seventy-two peaks of Nanling.
The Ye family's Lingxiu Peak is located in the north-western part of the seventy-two peaks of the Nanling Mountains.
Yan's "Nanyan Peak" is located in the south-west.
The "Cold Fiend Earth Vein" that Yan discovered years ago is located in the "Dongquan Abyss" in the western region of the Nanling Mountains.
It is about 110 li away from Lingxi Peak.
underground.
Yang Jiuli also released the blue-eyed tiger sable and the white-haired tiger sable.
"The cold, evil veins beneath this 'Dongquan Abyss' were once discovered by the Yan clan, who were then wiped out... Those who came after should also be aware of it... I must avoid that area..." Yang Jiuli stood on the back of the sixteen-foot-long cold jade python, pondering to himself.
A cold vein, spreading far and wide, likely exists not only in the 'Dongquanyuan' area but also in other areas.
At the same time, he had Xiao Bing and the two ferrets sense the fluctuations in the surrounding energy to find the location of the 'Frosty Earth Vein'.
After the two ferrets advanced to the second tier, their spiritual power increased significantly, and their perception was far superior to before.
In particular, the blue-eyed sable is naturally skilled at finding treasures, and therefore also adept at burrowing underground.
Xiao Bing is a cold-attribute demon beast, extremely sensitive to cold energy. In just a quarter of an hour, it locked onto an area.
It let out a joyful hissing sound towards Yang Jiuli.
"Found it!" Yang Jiuli exclaimed with delight. "Be careful to avoid cultivators... Let's proceed cautiously!"
呲!
Xiao Bing nodded, and then led Yang Jiuli and the two little minks onward.
Half an hour passed.
Xiao Bing has already disappeared more than 130 miles away.
They have already dived eight hundred feet deep into the earth's veins.
Wherever it went, underground caves were covered with ice crystals.
Strands of cold air flowed through the underground rivers of the earth's veins, emitting a howling sound.
The pressure from the earth's veins here is immense; even if the two little sables advance to the second tier, they cannot withstand this power.
They had no choice but to hide in the spirit beast pouch.
Yang Jiuli was able to stabilize his heart meridian only by relying on the Three Lives Stone.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to travel deep into the earth's veins.
After passing through a mountain, he arrived at a huge cave that was three hundred feet in diameter.
The cave was filled with a chilling atmosphere that permeated the entire space.
The cold air in the air became thick and viscous, and upon closer inspection, one could see numerous cold pools.
The cold pool was filled with malevolent energy, which had transformed into a fierce wind that seemed to breathe, making a whooshing sound in the air.
There is also an underground river nearby.
The river flows, but the rocks along the underground riverbank have all frozen into ice crystals.
"The chilling aura is as dense as liquid... far surpassing that of Yunmeng Lake!" Yang Jiuli activated the 'Heavenly Fiend Body Refining Technique' and inhaled a breath of chilling aura.
As the intense, chilling energy entered his body, he felt that his long-standing bottleneck was beginning to loosen.
He drew upon a wisp of chilling energy and refined it using the Three Lives Stone.
A row of numbers was displayed.
Chilling Aura: Level 2.9.
"As expected... it's a near-third-tier Frostfire Spirit Vein!" Yang Jiuli's heart stirred.