Eastern Region's Poisonous Barrier!

Ye Hao no longer paid Xia Zhangjian any attention and left with Song Qingxue and the other two.

Only after seeing Ye Hao and the others leave did Xia Zhangjian dare to stand up.

The City Lord's family fell silent.

Xia Zining, who was among the crowd, also fell silent. So much had happened in just over a month. At this moment, she could only look up to Ye Hao.

Ye Hao treated what had happened here as nothing more than a brief interlude. The four of them continued strolling around East Moon City.

After wandering for over an hour and taking in the changes in East Moon City, the four of them returned to the family.

After returning home, Ye Hao went to the courtyard where Ye Wuchen lived.

Ye Wuchen was sitting across from Qiao Qingxue, with a table between them. Tea sat on the table.

After three days, Qiao Qingxue's condition had stabilized somewhat, but the two of them still had not gotten together.

Ye Wuchen felt that Qiao Qingxue was too pitiful. Her family had been destroyed, and she had been humiliated by the Lord of Great Zhou for sixteen years—much of it because of him.

Ye Wuchen had always treated Qiao Qingxue like a younger sister. But seeing how much suffering she had endured for him, Ye Wuchen did not want to see her suffer any longer, so he wanted Qiao Qingxue to become his woman.

But Qiao Qingxue felt that she was tainted and unworthy of Ye Wuchen. No matter what, she refused to be with him.

To her, being able to become Ye Wuchen's younger sister was already enough.

Ye Wuchen no longer insisted. He merely told Qiao Qingxue to stay with him from then on.

Qiao Qingxue also breathed a sigh of relief. She felt that this kind of relationship was quite good. If she truly got together with Ye Wuchen, she would instead feel immense pressure.

Ye Hao arrived at this moment.

After chatting about family matters for a while, Ye Hao asked Ye Wuchen, "Has your realm shown any signs of loosening?"

"I feel that it has loosened somewhat. I still have a few things left to do. Once they are done, I may be able to break through to the Martial King Realm." Ye Wuchen spoke indifferently. "I plan to set out tonight with Qingxue for the Great Zhou Royal Family, kill a few people who deserve to die, and meet the Martial King of Great Zhou as well."

Ye Hao nodded lightly and said no more.

That night, Ye Wuchen took Qiao Qingxue to the Great Zhou Royal Family to settle some karmic debts.

Ye Hao, meanwhile, stayed at home with his eyes closed, calmly waiting for his father to return.

Still, he found it difficult to calm his heart. He feared that something might happen to his father.

In theory, Ye Wuchen had cultivated the Dao Heart Cultivation Method, and with his ninth-level Spirit Gathering Realm cultivation, he should have no trouble crossing a major realm to fight a Martial King.

But the further one advanced, the later the stages became. Anyone who could cultivate to the Martial King Realm could hardly be an ordinary prodigy.

Otherwise, looking across the entire Eastern Region, there would not be only a handful of Martial Kings.

Moreover, he had never seen a Martial King's true strength and had nothing to use as a reference. He could not help worrying about Ye Wuchen.

"You three, come over here and help distract me." Ye Hao spoke indifferently at this moment to the three people in the neighboring rooms.

Soon, Song Qingxue and the other two came over, then knelt on the ground.

It was not until dawn that Ye Wuchen and Qiao Qingxue returned.

Ye Hao breathed a sigh of relief and hurried over to check on Ye Wuchen, wanting to know what had happened the previous night.

Ye Wuchen's expression was difficult to describe. He sighed faintly. "Last night, I fought the Martial King of the Zhou Family. I only used one move, and he died..."

Ye Wuchen himself was completely dumbfounded.

He had thought that Martial Kings would be terrifying beyond belief. He had never expected that the man would die at his hands after just one move...

The Martial King of the Great Zhou Royal Family had been utterly powerless to fight back against him.

Thinking back to when he had faced the various top forces of the Eastern Region, his Ye Family had been on full alert!

And the result was this?

Ye Hao was also stunned for a moment. A dignified Martial King could not even withstand one move?

"Dad, aren't the Ask Sword Sect and the Xu Family mortal enemies of yours? We might as well finish the job and wipe them out now. Then you can cultivate in peace and break through to the Martial King Realm."

Ye Hao spoke.

"I was thinking the same." A trace of coldness flashed deep in Ye Wuchen's eyes. After giving a few instructions, he immediately headed for the thousand-year-old Xu Family...

It took only one day.

Most of the Xu Family's people died at Ye Wuchen's hands. The Xu Family's Martial King Ancestor could not even withstand one move from Ye Wuchen before dying outright.

The Ask Sword Sect was also destroyed that same day.

With tremendous strength, Ye Wuchen carried away the Xu Family, the Ask Sword Sect, and the spirit vein beneath the Great Zhou Imperial Dynasty.

A spirit vein could give birth to spirit energy without limit, and its value was extraordinary.

As long as one had a spirit vein, it was equivalent to possessing inexhaustible spirit energy. It was just that the amount of spirit energy a spirit vein produced each year was fixed.

Because Ye Wuchen had killed the Martial King Ancestors of three top forces within a day and a night, the people of the other top forces were all horrified to the bone!!!

"Quick! We must offer a grand gift this time and make sure the Ye Family is satisfied! Otherwise, we will be doomed beyond redemption!"

The people of the top forces trembled inwardly. Although they had not caused any actual harm to the Ye Family, they had schemed against it. They feared that Ye Wuchen would pursue the matter. Once he did, they would certainly be wiped out!

For a time, the people of the various top forces immediately came to offer congratulatory gifts.

This time, Ye Hao did not appear. Instead, the young men and women of the Ye Family went to receive them.

The young men and women of the Ye Family did not give them a friendly reception. They simply told them to put down their things, then get lost as far away as possible.

Ten days passed in the blink of an eye.

For the Ye Family, things were peaceful and harmonious, and the entire family was filled with laughter and joy.

Ye Hao and Ye Wuchen sat facing each other inside a room.

"A few days ago, I went to the westernmost part of the Eastern Region. A vast Poisonous Barrier lies there. Crossing it to reach the Outer Domain is extremely difficult." Ye Wuchen spoke faintly.

Deep in his eyes flashed a trace of dejection, along with a hint of longing.

Sixteen years.

He and his wife had been separated for a full sixteen years. If he could not cross the Poisonous Barrier to reach the Outer Domain, he feared that he might never see his wife again in this lifetime.

Although he cultivated the Cultivation Method of Proving the Dao and Becoming Emperor, cultivation required an ocean of resources. Relying solely on the resources of the Eastern Region, he could never prove the Dao and become Emperor.

Even reaching the perfected Martial King Realm was exceedingly difficult.

The Eastern Region did possess some spirit veins. As long as a spirit vein existed, it could give birth to spirit energy without limit. But all the spirit veins in the Eastern Region were low-grade spirit veins.

The amount of spirit energy a low-grade spirit vein produced each year was fixed, equivalent to a million Low-grade Spirit Stones!

Yet when he had broken through to the Martial King Realm a few days ago, he had consumed a hundred million Low-grade Spirit Stones. His qi sea was simply too vast, and every breakthrough required an enormous number of spirit stones.

Had his wife not left him a large quantity of spirit stones, he might not even have been able to break through to the Martial King Realm.

Ye Hao also fell silent...

Cultivation required vast quantities of spirit stones. Without spirit stones or spirit energy, no matter how high-grade one's Cultivation Method was, one could not cultivate to a higher realm.

If he did not leave the Eastern Region, the highest realm he could reach would be the Martial King Realm...

Ye Hao pondered for a while before saying indifferently to Ye Wuchen, "For now, cultivate in peace. This Poisonous Barrier did not appear for no reason. Perhaps it is hiding some secret."