A month passed in the blink of an eye.
The Eastern Region had basically settled down.
The various top forces presented the Ye Family with generous gifts, turning major matters into minor ones and minor matters into nothing at all.
Seeing that the Ye Family no longer pursued the matter, the various top forces could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Yet at the only route from the Eastern Region to the outer realms, a terrifying Poisonous Barrier still remained. Some people who refused to believe in its danger took large quantities of detoxifying pills in advance, wanting to test whether they could touch the edge of the Poisonous Barrier. In the end... they were poisoned to death on the spot!
This made the people of the Eastern Region hold the Poisonous Barrier in even greater awe.
But on this very day, the Poisonous Barrier suddenly shrank, condensing into a jade-green pill. Then a huge hand reached out from the firmament and took the jade-green poison pill away.
After that, not even a trace remained.
And from that day onward, the Poisonous Barrier of the Eastern Region was gone!
This left the people of the Eastern Region both shocked and delighted.
They were shocked because the Poisonous Barrier had existed for a thousand years, perhaps even longer, yet in the end it had suddenly condensed into a pill!
What did this mean? It meant that the Poisonous Barrier had been created by someone, solely for the purpose of refining a poison pill!
They were delighted because with the barrier between the Eastern Region and the outer realms gone, they could venture into the outer realms and seek their fortunes.
Between the Eastern Region and the outer realms lay a boundless ocean. For people of low cultivation realms, crossing it was extremely difficult.
Below the Spirit Sea realm, crossing this sea would probably mean nine deaths and only one chance of survival. Even Spirit Sea experts needed to carry large quantities of spirit stones to replenish the spiritual energy in their bodies at any time.
At this moment, the realm in the outer regions closest to the Eastern Region was called the Eastern Extreme Region.
To the people of the Eastern Extreme Region, the Eastern Region should not be called the Eastern Region, but rather the Eastern Desolate Region.
That was because, when the Poisonous Barrier had not yet been so formidable, an expert had once ventured into the Eastern Region.
He had found the Eastern Region far too barren, with spiritual energy exceedingly sparse. The spiritual energy in the Eastern Region's air was so thin that even the warriors of the Eastern Extreme Region were unwilling to go there.
But at this moment, at the border of the Eastern Extreme Region,
an expert stood in the air ten thousand meters above the ground, his hands clasped behind his back as his deep gaze stared into the endless ocean.
They naturally knew that the Poisonous Barrier had vanished.
"I never expected that a great master would spend over a thousand years merely to refine a poison pill. Whoever can consume this poison pill must surely possess a poison physique by birth."
The gaze of the Eastern Extreme Region's expert sharpened. He stared at the endless ocean, then turned and departed, walking across the void.
Meanwhile, the younger generation of the Eastern Extreme Region was filled with curiosity about the Eastern Region on the other side of the sea.
Thus, many young people of the Eastern Extreme Region boarded flying vessels one after another and headed for what they believed to be the barren Eastern Region.
At this moment, in the Ye Family,
Ye Wuchen and the others naturally knew that the Poisonous Barrier of the Eastern Region had vanished.
A look of longing appeared in Ye Wuchen's eyes, after which he discussed the matter with the people of the Lineage.
They discussed leaving the Eastern Region next.
After a series of discussions, they decided that the vast majority of the Ye Family would remain here.
The Ye Family already had three spirit veins, and with the spirit mines outside, its members temporarily lacked nothing in the way of cultivation resources. They would first remain in the Ye Family and cultivate in peace, leaving the Eastern Region only after reaching the King Wu realm.
The only ones leaving the Eastern Region this time were Ye Wuchen and Ye Hao.
Ye Wuchen wanted to take Qiao Qingxue with him, but Qiao Qingxue politely declined. She said that she did not lack cultivation resources here and would head to the outer realms when she needed them.
Ye Wuchen did not insist. He knew that Qiao Qingxue did not want to hold him back.
At this moment, in the courtyard where Ye Hao lived,
"Young Master, will you take us with you?" the two Lin Shige sisters asked anxiously.
Ye Hao gently shook his head. "I'll be unfamiliar with everything when I first arrive in the outer realms. Once I've established myself there, I'll come back for you."
Ye Hao naturally could not bear to part with the two Lin Shige sisters. The sisters were obedient, sensible, and extremely well-behaved. He truly could not bear to leave them behind.
The two Lin Shige sisters looked downcast. They had grown accustomed to living with Ye Hao, and had come to regard him as their entire world.
"What about me?" Song Qingxue looked at Ye Hao then.
Ye Hao glanced at her indifferently. "You can stay in the Ye Family, or you can return to your Song Family. However, remember your identity."
Song Qingxue seemed to want to speak but stopped. Looking at Ye Hao, she really wanted to say that she had already devoted herself to him wholeheartedly...
After a moment of silence, Song Qingxue looked at Ye Hao with determination. "I'll wait for you to return."
Ye Hao chuckled softly. "I'm not in a hurry to leave yet. Before I go, I still have to spend a month with the people of the Lineage. After all, this time I may not return for several years."
The two Lin Shige sisters immediately looked reluctant after hearing this. Several years...?
Song Qingxue also could not help feeling reluctant. During this period, Ye Hao had gone from tormenting her at the beginning to no longer making things difficult for her later on, and she had already felt very content.
After that, she discovered that Ye Hao was actually a rather good person...
After that, she discovered that she had fallen for him.
"Young Master... We'll accompany you properly today..." the Lin Shige sisters said at this moment.
"So will I," said Song Qingxue.
Ye Hao nodded.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
Ye Hao was content. Once content, he no longer sought more, instead drinking and boasting every day with the young men and women and the elders of the Ye Family.
Ye Hao had Song Qingxue return to the Song Family, and also had the Lin Shige sisters go with her. Ever since the sisters had begun following him, they had rarely gone out, spending most of their time in the Ye Family. He was worried that they would become disconnected from the outside world.
At night, the Ye Family was decorated with lanterns and streamers, its lights shining brightly as a hundred tables of feast were laid out.
The Ye Family members boasted and drank while discussing the recent events.
Ye Han took a sip of wine and said to the people at the table, "I heard that someone from the outer realms has come to our Eastern Region. The realm closest to our Eastern Region is called the Eastern Extreme Region. I wonder what the Eastern Extreme Region is like."
Ye Feng took a sip of wine, utterly unconcerned. "If you want to know what the Eastern Extreme Region is like, once our cultivation reaches the Spirit Sea realm, we can fly there. We'll find out once we take a look ourselves."
Ye Chen ate two peanuts and said indifferently, "With the strength of our Ye Family, we should be no ordinary force even in the Eastern Extreme Region, right?"
"You'll have to ask Uncle Wuchen about that. I heard that Uncle Wuchen has been to the outer realms before," said a young member of the Ye Family.
"Ye Hao, do you know what the Eastern Extreme Region is like?" Ye Feng looked at Ye Hao then and asked curiously, "Did Uncle Wuchen ever mention it?"
Ye Hao ate two peanuts, speaking indifferently as he chewed. "I heard that beauties are as plentiful as clouds in the Eastern Extreme Region, with peerless women of unmatched grace."
The group of young men from the Ye Family immediately perked up at this.
Anticipation flashed through Ye Feng's eyes as he looked at Ye Hao. "Are they as beautiful as Song Qingxue?"
In their eyes, Song Qingxue was already extraordinarily beautiful.
From an objective standpoint, Song Qingxue's appearance was indeed excellent, but she was only an upper-tier beauty. Compared with peerless beauties, she still fell somewhat short.
Ye Hao could not help thinking of Dong Moli...
During his hundred years in the Otherworldly realm, Dong Moli had deceived him for three years, but although he was filled with hatred toward her, in terms of appearance, Dong Moli could truly be called a peerless beauty.
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