A Doubting Life

Ye Hao had previously cultivated the Soul Scripture Art.

The Soul Scripture Art was one of the cultivation methods within the Daoist Tome, capable of increasing a person's nerve pain sensitivity tenfold, or even a hundredfold.

It could also make a person's nerves very sensitive.

Although he had cultivated the Soul Scripture Art before, it wasn't as if he could directly cultivate it to the perfected level with the help of the Daoist Tome.

It still required step-by-step cultivation.

However, the Daoist Tome had the effect of increasing comprehension. As the owner of the Daoist Tome, Ye Hao's martial dao comprehension had been boosted to the highest level, making it incredibly heaven-defying.

After a period of cultivation, he finally brought the Soul Scripture Art to the perfected level.

When applied to someone with a lower realm than him, the Soul Scripture Art could directly increase their nerve pain sensitivity or other nerve sensations by a hundredfold.

When applied to someone within one major realm of his own, it could still increase their nerve pain sensitivity by eighty to a hundredfold.

The higher the opponent's realm compared to his, the weaker the effect of the Soul Scripture Art would gradually become.

But even against someone three major realms higher than him, it could still double their pain perception!

When applied to the sisters Song Qingxue and Lin Shige, it was directly maxed out at a hundredfold.

Ye Hao was very excited, wondering what the scene would be like the first time he used the Soul Scripture Art.

With such anticipation, Ye Hao had to take action.

If he didn't act and went against his own heart, it would lead to a lack of clear mind. Doing what he wanted to do allowed him to achieve a clear mind.

Three days later.

Ye Hao's mind was clear, and his realm had broken through to the third level of the Spirit Sea Realm. At this moment, his Dantian Qi Sea was as vast as ten thousand lakes. Even if he flew continuously for a month, he wouldn't be able to deplete the spiritual energy within his Dantian Qi Sea.

However, from now on, every breakthrough in his realm would require a hundred to a thousand times more cultivation resources than ordinary people.

As for cultivation resources, Ye Hao didn't need to worry for the time being. According to his father, Ye Wuchen, his mother had given his father a lot of spirit stones for cultivation.

Although a significant amount had been consumed, his father said it was enough for both of them to cultivate to the King Wu realm.

Both he and his father possessed Dao Hearts, and the cultivation methods they practiced were derived from the Daoist Tome and paired with their Dao Hearts. The cultivation resources they needed were a hundred to a thousand times more than those of people in the same realm.

If these cultivation resources were applied to the family, it would be enough to produce a thousand King Wus in the Ye Family...

One could imagine how many cultivation resources his mother had given his father.

"Young Master..." The Lin Shige sisters walked over at this moment. Having endured the Soul Scripture Art for three days, they had long since fallen under its spell and were utterly devoted to Ye Hao.

They even regarded Ye Hao as the belief that kept them alive. They would do whatever Ye Hao asked them to do.

"Young Master..." Song Qingxue also walked in at this moment, kneeling down proactively to massage Ye Hao's legs.

In three days, Song Qingxue had completely surrendered. She was so convinced that she doubted her own life, feeling that if one could experience such things in life, they would have no regrets even if they died.

In the past, this was something she could never have imagined. Before, she only wanted to cultivate and pursue higher realms in the martial dao, seeking longevity.

But now... her pursuits had changed. She regarded Ye Hao as the most important part of her life. Without him, she felt that living had no meaning.

Ye Hao chuckled, sighing inwardly. Gambling, drugs, and illicit activities—indulging in any one of them would lead to ruin.

Not to mention, it was the Soul Scripture Art, which amplified things a hundredfold, truly the ultimate "illicit activity"!

It was just that the name of the cultivation method, Soul Scripture Art, sounded a bit too common, lacking a grander feel.

But it didn't matter.

"Come with me for a walk."

Ye Hao said indifferently.

"Yes, Young Master." Song Qingxue and the other two responded.

They then followed Ye Hao as he strolled around the Ye Family.

Ye Hao asked a young man from the Ye Family, "Has anything happened these past few days?"

The young man from the Ye Family immediately replied, "Previously, three families did not send congratulatory gifts: the Ask Sword Sect, the Great Zhou Royal Family, and the Xu Family, a millennium-old aristocratic family. The Song Family's ten million low-grade spirit stones have already been delivered. Other than that, nothing much."

Ye Hao chatted with the young man for a while, then took the three women, Song Qingxue and the others, out of the mansion, wanting to relax and wander around.

They arrived at the prosperous area of East Moon City, which had become much more desolate.

Ye Hao had killed most of the Qi Condensation Realm, Qi Realm, and Half-step Spirit Sea Realm cultivators from the Li Family and Jiang Family. The few remaining Qi Realm cultivators had long since secretly taken their clansmen and left East Moon City.

However, it was rumored that after leaving East Moon City, the members of the Li Family and Jiang Family were killed by another mysterious force, and their meager cultivation resources were plundered by that mysterious force.

Ye Hao didn't react much to this, only feeling a sense of melancholy.

It had only been a little over a month since his soul returned to his body. The Li Family and Jiang Family had already been annihilated, the Ye Family had undergone earth-shattering changes, and the entire Eastern Region's landscape was subtly shifting.

The pedestrians on the street recognized Ye Hao, their faces filled with awe. They didn't even dare to look at Ye Hao directly, for fear of offending him.

Ye Hao showed no reaction to this.

The Lin Shige sisters sighed with emotion, "In just over a month, East Moon City has changed so much."

Ye Hao smiled faintly, saying nothing, and wandered through East Moon City with the three women.

Passing by the City Lord's Mansion, they saw the City Lord's family about to board a carriage, and had no idea where they were going.

The City Lord and his nine wives and concubines, along with some children, including Xia Zhangjian, the top-ranked prodigy in the academy, and his classmate Xia Zining.

The City Lord was a middle-aged man. Upon seeing Ye Hao and Song Qingxue, his heart trembled violently, and a fawning smile appeared on his face. He stepped forward, cupped his hands, and said, "Young Master Ye Hao, Miss Song, Miss Shige, Miss Shiyu."

Xia Qiyuan greeted everyone. Even though Lin Shige and her sister were merely Ye Hao's maidservants, he still dared not ignore them.

Ye Hao glanced at him indifferently, then looked at Xia Zhangjian in the crowd.

Xia Zhangjian now showed fear, his eyes darting away, not daring to meet Ye Hao's gaze.

Previously, he hadn't taken Ye Hao seriously. Later, when Ye Hao killed a sword cultivator at the fifth level of the Spirit Sea Realm with a single punch, his jealousy had become twisted.

But when the top powers of the Eastern Region came to deliver congratulatory gifts, Xia Zhangjian's jealousy had vanished completely. Because Ye Hao's height was something he might never reach in his lifetime, he didn't even qualify to be jealous.

Xia Zhangjian recalled the harsh words he had spoken to Ye Hao before, fearing that Ye Hao would hold a grudge.

Seeing this, the City Lord's heart sank. With a look of panic, he cupped his hands towards Ye Hao and said, "Young Master Ye Hao, my son already knows his mistake. I will make him kneel and kowtow to apologize. I beg Young Master Ye Hao to spare my son."

Ye Hao was a rather vengeful person. He never wanted to be too magnanimous to others, especially those who had harmed him!

Ye Hao looked at Xia Zhangjian and said indifferently, "Kneel and kowtow ten times. On account of your father's plea, I can spare your life."

Thump.

How could Xia Zhangjian still maintain any arrogance? Even the top powers of the Eastern Region had been beaten and scolded by Ye Hao, and even Song Qingxue had knelt to massage Ye Hao's legs.

What right did he have to be arrogant?

He knelt and kowtowed ten times.