Dan Ye, the Free God

Wei Tianchen looked up at the sky, and Zhao Xing followed suit.

The next moment, a voice appeared on the ground, less than 10,000 miles away from them.

"Your medical skills are quite interesting. Did you make this? What's it called?"

Wei Tianchen and Zhao Xing were startled by the sound.

A figure dressed in a dark green robe appeared on the island. He had no aura whatsoever, not even the White Bone Power, but he possessed a body of flesh and blood.

Her reddish-brown hair, like flames, was tied up with a jade hairpin. Her face had perfect features, her skin was radiant, and her eyes were bright and piercing.

The information about Dan Ye, Free God on the panel only has two lines: his name and his profession.

Name: Dan Ye

[Occupation: Divine Physician]

Due to the difference in their levels, Zhao Xing didn't know whether this person was the Free God or the Tribulationless True God.

"My name is Dan Ye, and I Attaining Dao enlightenment through my own efforts." The dark green figure revealed a slight smile.

Zhao Xing immediately cupped his hands in greeting and said, "Greetings, Senior."

Wei Tianchen did not bow, remaining silent, seemingly lost in thought.

"Don't be nervous, I mean no harm, I just happened to be passing by." Dan Ye, Free God stretched out his hand. "I saw something interesting."

"Whoosh~"

A box appeared out of thin air in his hand, which was the Dao Heart Bewildering Medicine that Wei Tianchen had just shown off to Zhao Xing!

Old Wei is so unreliable! He had a bunch of amazing items, yet the other party only noticed him when they got close enough to be stolen!

"What is this medicine called?"

Wei Tianchen: "It's Dao Heart Bewildering Medicine."

Dan Ye, Free God crushed the box, inhaled the powder inside, and then nodded repeatedly, his face showing a hint of intoxication. "Not bad, not bad, wonderful."

"May I have your name?"

"Wei Tianchen".

"Are there any other effective remedies?"

"I made a bunch of random things, and they're all here."

"I'll take you as my disciple and teach you alchemy. Are you willing to come with me?"

Zhao Xing and Wei Tianchen had previously exchanged Yin Fu Mengzhen, thus establishing Mind Space. At this moment, he clearly saw Wei Tianchen trembling.

The trembling in his Mind Space indicates that Wei Tianchen is experiencing significant emotional fluctuations.

Zhao Xing didn't understand why Wei Tianchen was trembling.

It seems that Dan Ye, Free God has no ill intentions and is indifferent to all the divine objects. Isn't that a good thing?

However, Wei Tianchen quickly regained his composure and bowed, saying, "I am willing to go with you."

Upon seeing Wei Tianchen agree, Dan Ye, Free God was overjoyed. His gaze finally fell on Zhao Xing for a second, but he quickly ignored it.

Seeing this, Wei Tianchen pointed at Zhao Xing: "He is my subordinate. I want to give him some instructions and have him go back to manage my territory."

"Can.

Wei Tianchen then handed the red thumb ring to Zhao Xing.

Then he calmly said, "I have seen the Venerable God, and there is hope for the Great Dao. Go back and cultivate diligently."

"Yes." Zhao Xing took the Red Jade Thumb Ring.

The next second, Wei Tianchen flew to Dan Ye, Free God's side without looking back.

"Whoosh~"

Dan Ye, Free God didn't even glance at Zhao Xing, and with a wave of his hand, he took Wei Tianchen and disappeared from Five Fortunes Island.

Zhao Xing calmly put away the imprisoned Fu Mengzhen and then flew towards Prostrate Bone Territory.

"Boom!"

Not long after he left, the Five Fortunes Island, having lost its divine essence, self-destructed, its violent self-destruction erasing all traces of the Five Fortunes Island.

The sand and gravel were in the vast Nine Yin River.

On the way back to Prostrate Bone Territory, Zhao Xing felt somewhat lost.

Because Wei Tianchen entrusted him with his most important storage ring.

He had personally witnessed Wei Tianchen store all five divine artifacts used to deal with Fu Mengzhen —including the Eight Directions Divine Mirror, the Azure Water Golden Divine Gourd, and the Primal Wheel —in this Red Jade Thumb Ring!

It's even highly possible that this contains something Wei Tianchen values immensely —Fan Qianrou's "Seven-Star Dipper Cabinet".

"This Dan Ye, Free God powerful deity) has a serious problem!"

It should be a good thing that Wei Tianchen was accepted as a disciple by Dan Ye, Free God.

Wei Tianchen's actions seemed to suggest a final departure, subtly implying that he was entrusting his son to someone else, and asking him to take all his precious possessions back with him.

Zhao Xing carefully recalled the conversation between Dan Ye, Free God and Wei Tianchen.

I didn't sense anything was wrong.

Dan Ye, Free God didn't have the treasures of Kai Five Fortunes Island, nor was he Fu Mengzhen's reinforcement. He didn't even glance at the Eight Directions Divine Mirror, the divine object that Wei Tianchen had placed outside.

"What exactly happened?"

"Could this be an opportunity that comes after my luck has suddenly surged?"

"Although I can't open the Red Jade Thumb Ring now, I'm no longer bound by any constraints. If I run away with this ring—I could make a fortune!"

The thought flashed through Zhao Xing's mind, but he immediately calmed down.

"No, fortune and misfortune are intertwined. Before we know the reason, it's best to return to Fugu City first."

The Red Jade Thumb Ring still bears Wei Tianchen's seal; as long as he is alive, you cannot open it yourself.

If you can't open it, it's as if you don't have it. Carrying so many divine objects around is more likely to bring disaster than fortune!

"Go back!"

Zhao Xing suppressed his greed and returned to Fugu City two months later.

"Phew~"

When Zhao Xing returned to the Fire Pond in Fugu City, he saw a clone of Wei Tianchen waiting in front of the Fire Pond.

Wei Tianchen originally had multiple incarnations, but after entering the White Bone Divine Domain, all of his incarnations disintegrated.

Because those Dharma bodies were nothing more than "living dead," whose lifespans had already ended, leaving only empty shells and flesh. Wei Tianchen refined them into living corpses and then controlled them with his soul.

The current clone was created over the past thirty-three years using the Fire Seed Soul Splitting Art; it is merely a temporary avatar.

"Old Imperial Physician, I've brought your things back." Zhao Xing took off the Red Jade Thumb Ring and tossed it to Wei Tianchen's clone.

"You're back, that's good," Wei Tianchen said. "If you had run away, the Red Jade Ring would have been a curse rather than a blessing for you."

After saying that, Wei Tianchen tossed the ring back to Zhao Xing.

"What is this—" Zhao Xing was stunned for a moment.

"If I die, this thing will be yours," said Wei Tianchen's clone. "At that moment, the spirit of the Crimson Jade Ring will help you break the seal."

"If that day ever comes, Zhao Xing, you might as well cultivate the path of medicine. You have Fan Qianrou's Heart Sealing Art as a foundation, and you also have the legacy I left behind. Taking this path to become a god might not be a bad thing."

Zhao Xing had mixed feelings; he hadn't expected Wei Tianchen to actually entrust this thing to him.

"Now, quickly contact Bamboo Sword and ask him to come back. Then, use Bai Lanjun's Magic Array to escape with you."

"Is there something wrong with that guy?" Zhao Xing didn't mention the title of Dan Ye, Free God. He simply contacted the Bamboo Sword Venerable while...

He contacted his clone to notify the Bamboo Sword Venerable in Anshan Territory to return quickly.

"Hmm." Wei Tianchen sighed softly.

"As I said before, becoming Free God is the True Self Attainment self, but even after becoming Free God, one still has to go through Divine Tribulation."

"Only by Heaven and Earth Attainment and becoming Tribulationless True God can one achieve true freedom."

"He has his eye on me, either to usurp my path or to make me his tool."

"Disciple—ha, he doesn't even care about divine objects, why would he accept a disciple for no reason?"

Zhao Xing understood. Wei Tianchen didn't want his method of Heaven and Earth Attainment and Dan Ye, Free God, and the Seven-Star Dipper Cabinet was his most crucial Dao Attainment Item.

If Wei Tianchen is dead, it will prove that his guess was indeed correct.

If he guesses wrong and Dan Ye, Free God really wants to take him as a disciple, then Wei Tianchen can come back and take the Red Jade Thumb Ring back.

However, Wei Tianchen believes that the former is more likely.

The Old Imperial Physician viewed the Divine Realm as a parasite, which is exactly the same as what Bowei believed about the gods as cold-blooded and selfish.

In contrast, he would rather keep the Seven-Star Dipper Cabinet Seven-Star Dipper Cabinet himself than give it to the divine Dan Ye.

"Old Imperial Physician, didn't you say you weren't afraid of ordinary Divine Realm?" Zhao Xing asked. "With so many divine artifacts, can't you fight him?"

"Even if we win, Cannot Be Killed him; if we lose, we'll lose everything." Wei Tianchen shook his head; he dared not take the risk.

If he loses, his lifelong dream will never be realized.

"Where should we run to?" Zhao Xing asked.

"I'm about to arrive at my destination to see Fu Mengzhen, so I can't say any more—" The small flame inside Wei Tianchen's clone's skull was dimming at an alarming rate.

"Thump!" The heavy body fell to the ground.

"Old Imperial Physician?!" Zhao Xing rushed over to check, only to find that Wei Tianchen's life force had dwindled to the size of a firefly. Although it hadn't completely died out, communication was no longer possible.

"Phew~"

A few days later, a figure appeared in the Fire Pond; the Bamboo Sword Venerable had returned from Anshan City.

"What happened? Where is Wei Tianchen?"

"We encountered a Free God," Zhao Xing pointed to Wei Tianchen's avatar and briefly explained, "That's how it is."

The Bamboo Sword Venerable fell silent. In the Xuanling Star Domain, he had only personally witnessed the Divine Realm twice in his entire life, and had only had one exchange with it.

He never expected the Profound Yellow World to be so dangerous. He had only been there for a little over thirty years when he encountered a Divine Realm.

Although I knew I would encounter it sooner or later, and that coming into contact with the Divine Realm was a dangerous thing, I didn't expect it to come so soon.

After a brief moment of shock, the Bamboo Sword Venerable asked the question Zhao Xing had asked earlier, "If the Divine Realm wants to hunt us down,

Where should we run to to be safe?

Zhao Xing pulled out three animal hides containing Fu Mengzhen's confession. "Based on Fu Mengzhen's confession, we have three choices."

"First, we need to go to Fu Mengzhen's lair. Her lair belongs to the territory of a Free God, which is the core area of Bone Netherworld. There is a Moon God Cave Heaven there. This Grotto-Heaven is open to the public, Fu Mengzhen has been paying tribute to it, thus receiving the Moon God's protection."

We currently have control over Fu Mengzhen and are temporarily hiding in her stronghold.

"Secondly, we should do the opposite, stay away from the center of the Southern Continent, and hide in the remote areas where skeleton creatures are scarce."

"Third, we'll still go to the core area, but in a different direction from Fu Mengzhen's lair. We'll seek the protection of another Divine Realm, ' Yu Mo, ' the Free God of Freedom. This location is also publicly known."

The Bamboo Sword Venerable pondered, "Fu Mengzhen's lair is clearly not a good place. Who knows Fu Mengzhen will recover? I don't know any medical skills."

"Besides, the Fu Mengzhen is being offered as tribute is not you or me."

"Hiding on the edge isn't necessarily safe, let's go to Yumo Cave Heaven."

Zhao Xing actually thought the second option was also good.

Assuming Wei Tianchen is truly dead, inheriting a bunch of divine artifacts and having a level 30 fortune would allow one to hide on the fringes.

Furthermore, he wanted to know what treasure he had summoned. If he succeeded in summoning it right under the nose of a Divine Realm, it might not be a good thing.

However, Bamboo Sword Venerable said also makes a lot of sense.

Hiding underground on the edge isn't necessarily safe, and can you just keep hiding forever?

"Then let's go to Yumo Cave Heaven."

In the end, Zhao Xing and the Bamboo Sword Venerable reached an agreement.

He instructed Bai Lanjun, Hu Qing, Yan Jun to secretly set up Fire Pond along the route, following the map he had obtained from Fu Mengzhen.

He and the Bamboo Sword Venerable continued their lives as usual in Prostrate Bone Territory.

About seven years later, the Fire Pond wiring was successfully installed.

At this moment, Wei Tianchen's clone was still in a half-dead state.

Seven and a half years later, the Bamboo Sword Venerable challenged a 13th-tier White Bone King to a duel.

The two fought a devastating battle in Fugu City, with wildfires raging and the entire city ultimately destroyed in the ensuing epic battle between the two kings.

The two kings perished together.

In the Bone Netherworld, in Yumo State, the sky was overcast, and mist seemed to fill the entire world, making visibility extremely low and almost impossible to distinguish between day and night.

"Phew~"

On the edge of Yumo State, a small bonfire, only ten meters in diameter and half a person tall, suddenly illuminated the mist.

Then five figures emerged from within.

"Pfft~"

Upon seeing Zhao Xing Bamboo Sword and his Senior Brother disciples emerge, Bai Lanjun immediately followed the original plan, extinguishing the Fire Pond and destroying it completely.

"My lord, everything is ready," Bai Lanjun said. "Starting from here and heading east, it will take about six months to reach the territory of Yumo State."

"For safety's sake, my Senior Brother and sisters and I also set up a Fire Pond route leading to the Moon God State, and then extinguished them one by one."

"Xiao Bai, you've worked hard." Zhao Xing nodded. The Fire Pond Magic Array of the Divine Fire Sect is Gao Ming. According to Xiao Bai, even Divine Realm would have difficulty tracking it.

However, just to be on the safe side, Zhao Xing arranged for them to take an extra deceptive route, so that even if something bad happened, it would buy them more time.

"Fu Mengzhen, you lead the way." Zhao Xing looked at the faint mist around them and told Fu Mengzhen to lead the last section of the road.

The fog of war on the map is a characteristic of the Bone Netherworld, just like the Yin Realm in the Profound Yellow World back then, where a specific route was needed to find the way.

According to Fu Mengzhen, the Divine Realm has some publicly accessible areas, as well as some hidden ones.

In the more than three hundred years since the formation of the Bone Netherworld, the only two publicly known Divine Realm she knew of were these two places.

"Yes." Fu Mengzhen was still in a daze. She had not yet recovered from the Dao Heart Bewildering Medicine Wei Tianchen had given her.

Looking at the panel, Fu Mengzhen's realm, fortune, magic, and so on are all abnormal.

At this time, Zhao Xing also acquired the divine bone of God of Luck, Xuerui. Over the next few months, they passed through the fog without incident.

One day, they passed through the last patch of mist, and suddenly the world became clear.

The barren ground beneath our feet was no longer lifeless; instead, lush green grass had appeared.

[You have arrived in Yumo State, coordinates: Southeast of the Bone Netherworld, Tian Shu 42, Earth Treasury 5, God Yu 52.]

[The God Yu, known as "Mo Yuan," preached in the Profound Yellow World, creating the Yumo Cave Heaven, and seized heavenly secrets for fifty-two years.]

"Hmm?" Zhao Xing looked at the coordinate prompt and couldn't help but feel a sense of satisfaction. Why did another prompt like this appear?

"It seems this Yu God Moyuan is quite a character. Assuming the New Profound Yellow World is a version, this Yu God Moyuan is an important figure in that version. However, he and Yuan should not be on the same level," Zhao Xing thought.

Just then, Zhao Xing's left hand bones suddenly became hot.

The Red Jade Thumb Ring he was wearing suddenly emitted a slight vibration.

"Po~"

It was as if a pebble had fallen onto a calm surface of water.

Zhao Xing was startled.

The Red Jade Thumb Ring has actually been unsealed!