Southern Domain Imperial Clan

"Do you have a way?"

"Hard to say. We'll only know after we try."

Facing Mo Chengfeng's question, Li Wuxun spread his hands.

"The Sea Clan? Are they sea beasts?"

Listening to Li Wuxun and Mo Chengfeng's conversation, Ye Xinran became curious about the Sea Clan.

At that, Li Wuxun shook his head.

"No. The Sea Clan are human too, but their race is born able to live beneath the sea.

So when the time comes, we'll have to search for them underwater."

After hearing Li Wuxun's explanation, Ye Xinran finally understood.

As for entering the depths of the sea, that was naturally no challenge for people at their level.

After all, they were neither ordinary mortals nor low-level cultivators.

Even Mo Lianbing, whose cultivation was the lowest among them at the Half-Step Heavenly Spirit Realm, could live freely beneath the sea.

"When are we leaving?"

Having learned about the Sea Clan, Ye Xinran could scarcely wait to go see them.

She had never laid eyes on the ocean before.

"You're going too?"

Li Wuxun froze.

"Of course. Going to a major power to demand someone back—it sounds thrilling and fun just hearing about it."

"Fun... We're not going there to play."

Li Wuxun was somewhat speechless.

Likewise, Mo Chengfeng and Mo Lianbing looked at Ye Xinran and the others in bafflement.

They were going to handle serious business, yet these children wanted to tag along to play?

Wasn't that sheer nonsense? What if they delayed the real matter?

Seemingly seeing through the three of them, Jin Xiaoya spoke directly.

"You needn't worry. We just happen to be going there to gain experience, and we won't interfere with your business."

In Jin Xiaoya's view, they had come out to gain experience anyway and had not decided where to go. They might as well go along with Ye Xinran's idea.

Lin Tianci and Xuanyuan Hao also voiced their agreement.

Seeing this, Li Wuxun and the others said no more.

They had already said they would not interfere with their business, so there was no need to say anything further.

"Then let's make preparations and set off."

Li Wuxun suggested.

"Okay, okay! Let's leave as soon as possible!" Ye Xinran's face was brimming with excitement.

Seeing Ye Xinran like this, Jin Xiaoya and the other two could not help laughing.

The atmosphere among the four of them was utterly relaxed.

Yet Mo Chengfeng and his daughter, who were also heading to the Southern Domain, were filled with anxiety and unease.

The contrast could not have been sharper.

High above the City Lord's Mansion.

Naturally, Ye Chang'an and Shangguan Shi had taken all of this in.

"Let's go. We'll pay the Sea Clan of the Southern Domain a visit and, while we're at it, find something fun for Xinran."

With that, Ye Chang'an vanished into the void together with Shangguan Shi.

Once Mo Chengfeng and his daughter had finished their preparations, the group headed toward the Southern Domain.

The flying ship was powered by an Elder from the City Lord's Mansion, whose strength stood at the peak of the King Profound Realm. Under his control, the ship sped along swiftly.

At this rate, they would reach the Southern Domain before long.

Aboard the flying ship.

Ye Xinran was gazing excitedly at the scenery around them.

"Wow, look! That's our Heavenly Extremity Sacred Land."

All of a sudden, Ye Xinran spotted a place where spiritual energy was extraordinarily dense.

One look was enough to tell that it was the Heavenly Extremity Sacred Land.

At her words, everyone—including Mo Chengfeng and Li Wuxun—looked in the direction she pointed.

"Mhm, that's the Heavenly Extremity Sacred Land."

Xuanyuan Hao nodded.

The four of them only mentioned it briefly before moving on.

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However, Mo Chengfeng and the other two beside them looked at Ye Xinran's group of four with varying expressions.

Mo Chengfeng and Mo Lianbing were astonished.

Neither of them had expected these four young boys and girls to come from a top force in the Eastern Domain.

Li Wuxun, meanwhile, studied Ye Xinran and the others with a thoughtful look.

Yet clearly, Ye Xinran's group all possessed treasures that concealed their auras, and Li Wuxun could not sense a thing.

I thought from the start that these four were no ordinary people. So they're actually from the Heavenly Extremity Sacred Land.

Seeing this, Li Wuxun murmured inwardly.

Fortunately, he could not sense Ye Xinran and the others' cultivation realms.

Otherwise, he would certainly have been shocked.

Jin Xiaoya, Lin Tianci, and Xuanyuan Hao had all broken through to the ninth level of the Heavenly Spirit Realm during their recent period of secluded cultivation.

That would not have been too bad for Li Wuxun—only a difference of three minor realms.

But Ye Xinran's King Profound Realm cultivation would truly have frightened him.

After all, Ye Xinran was only twelve years old.

There was also a very obvious trace of envy in Mo Lianbing's eyes.

If not for her Heavenly Cold Physique, perhaps she too could have entered the sacred land to cultivate during this Heavenly Extremity Sacred Land Recruitment Ceremony.

Many years ago, Mo Chengfeng had sought the help of Xuanyuan Chen, the Holy Master of the Heavenly Extremity Sacred Land.

Yet even someone as powerful as Xuanyuan Chen had been unable to resolve Mo Lianbing's Heavenly Cold Physique.

Although Mo Chengfeng was the City Lord of Tianfeng City, the City Lord's Mansion's resources and conditions could never compare to those of a sacred land.

If Mo Lianbing could enter the sacred land as well, her prospects would surely be far greater.

The flying vessel continued speeding onward. Occasionally, a few bandits seeking their own deaths tried to block their path and rob them, only to be instantly slain by Mo Chengfeng in a single move.

Just as Ye Xinran continued admiring the picturesque scenery, she noticed Xuanyuan Hao beside her wearing a melancholy expression.

"Hm? Big Brother Xuanyuan, what's wrong? It feels like I haven't seen you smile the whole way."

Hearing this, Xuanyuan Hao gave a bitter smile and shook his head.

"Do you remember the grand competition my father mentioned?"

Ye Xinran, Jin Xiaoya, and Lin Tianci nodded.

"I know why my father said we might not be able to secure the top five."

"Why? Tell us quickly." Lin Tianci looked utterly curious.

Xuanyuan Hao still looked melancholy. "Because the young lady of the Xiao Clan, an imperial clan of the Southern Domain, is coming to our sacred land."

"The Xiao Clan? Their young lady is coming to the Heavenly Extremity Sacred Land in the Eastern Domain?"

After hearing Xuanyuan Hao's words, Jin Xiaoya found it somewhat unbelievable.

"That's what's been bothering me." Xuanyuan Hao explained, "I have a marriage arrangement with that young lady."

The moment he said this, the three of them were startled.

"A marriage contract?"

"That's right. My father and the Xiao Clan's Clan Leader arranged it, and they're only telling me now..."

Xuanyuan Hao was quite speechless. Clearly, he did not want to accept this marriage.

"Then I can only wish you good luck." Jin Xiaoya chuckled softly.

Though her tone was relaxed, an imperceptible flicker of emotion passed through her eyes.

As though she had remembered something, her gaze held a faint trace of dejection.

But she quickly concealed it.

Jin Xiaoya then turned to look at Ye Xinran, who was firing questions at Xuanyuan Hao one after another, and something like a trace of hope seemed to surface in her eyes.

"You definitely don't want to marry her, right? Then are you going to break off the engagement?"

Ye Xinran looked at Xuanyuan Hao as she asked.

"Huh? I... I don't know either. It's not something I get to decide."

Xuanyuan Hao and Lin Tianci were both stunned by Ye Xinran's question.

Good heavens, breaking off the engagement right from the start? Where had she learned that from?

"Then could it be that she's coming to break off the engagement with you?" Ye Xinran continued with another wild thought.

Xuanyuan Hao: ???

"I don't know. It probably... probably isn't."

Questioned by Ye Xinran, even Xuanyuan Hao had begun to doubt himself.

"Fine, then this is no fun."

At his words, a hint of disappointment seemed to surface on Ye Xinran's face.

Seeing that, Xuanyuan Hao was speechless, the corners of his mouth twitching slightly.