Le Zhengyue didn't feel much of anything about the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform.
After all, he had a powerful backing, and his Dragon God Martial Soul was suppressive. Coming here wouldn't be much of a challenge for him.
Of course, he hadn't released his Dragon God Martial Soul right away this time.
First, he used his senses to make a quick assessment. Only after confirming there weren't any surveillance devices—or any special monitoring systems—did he raise his hand.
As his Martial Soul appeared, a small banner, pure yellow from end to end, floated into the air, radiating a majestic purple aura.
This was indeed the Human Emperor Banner, only one that could change form.
Le Zhengyue speculated that his Human Emperor Banner Martial Soul should be able to display two aspects.
The first was the Human Emperor Banner in its entirely black form. At this stage, it primarily focused on ghosts and resentful spirits, and its additional effect was a terrifying increase in spiritual power, greatly enhancing creatures like vengeful ghosts and wraiths.
The second form was this pure yellow Human Emperor Banner. It primarily affected the physical body, increasing the physical defenses of undead creatures.
At first glance, this boost seemed ordinary, but on closer inspection, it was quite impressive.
As Le Zhengyue raised his hand, the banner gathered a majestic heavenly might, and then a terrifying creature about ten meters long appeared.
The creature was nothing but bones, a layer of dark-white bone plating clinging to its body. In its eye sockets, eerie blue flames spread wildly.
Le Zhengyue's expression remained unchanged as he looked at his first Soul Spirit, the Bone Dragon.
He took two steps forward, tapped the ground with his toe, and leaped straight up onto the Bone Dragon's back.
Although this Bone Dragon was only an ordinary Hundred-Year Soul Spirit, it was already about ten meters long.
When its wings spread, it was like a terrifying monster blotting out the sky and sun.
With a slight flap of its enormous bony wings, the Bone Dragon's body rose effortlessly and shot forward at incredible speed.
Looking down from above, Le Zhengyue saw many creatures appear, all of them staring at the Bone Dragon in terror.
Le Zhengyue showed them no mercy.
At his command, the Bone Dragon opened its mouth. Eerie blue flames gathered inside, then blasted out.
These flames couldn't do much damage to the physical body, but they had a devastating effect on souls—or, more precisely, on creatures with reason and souls.
As the eerie blue flames washed over it, a Hundred-Year Soul Beast was killed instantly. Then came one anguished scream after another.
Listening to the Soul Beasts' shrill cries, Le Zhengyue's expression remained unchanged.
He sat there quietly, letting the Soul Power around him continually flow into his body.
With the Bone Dragon at his side, nothing in the entire Primary Spirit Ascension Platform could threaten him, even if he didn't lift a finger.
And as each creature was killed, the Soul Power within him continued to grow.
At dusk, at the Le Family Mansion.
Le Zhengyue returned to his room. As soon as he sat down, he noticed the letters on the table.
He stared at them blankly for a moment, then raised his hand and used his communicator to call Jiang Nannan over.
Seeing Jiang Nannan standing there in a white nightgown, looking utterly bewildered, Le Zhengyue pointed at the letters.
"Who brought these letters? And why did you accept them?"
Le Zhengyue fixed his gaze on Jiang Nannan, his voice a little cold. She looked flustered.
She seemed not to understand what he meant.
As far as she was concerned, they were just a few letters, and the people who had brought them had been very polite to her.
So she had accepted them. She hadn't expected that to make Le Zhengyue angry.
"The family's experts brought them over. They said they were for you, from Eastsea City."
Jiang Nannan lowered her head as she spoke, her face full of hurt.
After all, she hadn't thought it was a big deal. There was nothing special about the letters.
Besides, she hadn't even read them. She couldn't understand why Le Zhengyue was angry.
Seeing her like this, Le Zhengyue fell silent, but didn't say anything more.
He understood that he had been overly sensitive. But if Tang Wulin and the others found these letters, it might not be a good thing.
As for whether Song Wen and the Angel Guard could be trusted, Le Zhengyue didn't know. Or rather, he didn't trust the Angel Guard very much.
If he hadn't confirmed that every one of them had taken those pills, and that each bore a mark of his soul inside them, he wouldn't have let them leave.
He glanced at Jiang Nannan, said nothing, and simply sat down and opened the letters.
The message inside was simple: Song Wen and the others had successfully gone undercover. They had chosen their identities carefully and hadn't gotten too close to Tang Wulin.
A few of them had applied for teaching positions at Eastsea Academy, while the rest had settled in Aolai City without getting too close to Tang Wulin.
But through their contacts, they had learned something.
Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan had gotten in touch, and the three of them had gone to find Wu Zhangkong.
They didn't know exactly what the three had discussed, but the group had already established contact and even confirmed that they shared the same memories.
Le Zhengyue wasn't surprised that the three had gotten in touch. In his view, it had been inevitable.
It was hard to say what would happen with the others, but apart from Gu Yue, the other three members of Eastsea F4 were all in Eastsea City.
There was nothing surprising about the three of them running into each other and getting in touch.
What concerned Le Zhengyue was the information that came afterward: according to the Angel Guard's eavesdropping, Xu Xiaoyan had wanted to return to the Le Family to find Le Zhengyu.
Clearly, although Le Zhengyu had been a bit of a rascal early on—or, more precisely, something of a womanizer—he had been decent later. Or perhaps Xu Xiaoyan had been blinded by her feelings; she had a great deal of affection for Le Zhengyu.
But in the end, it hadn't happened. Wu Zhangkong had talked her out of it.
They couldn't be completely sure Le Zhengyu was at home, and the Southern Legion's location was so remote that the matter had been put off.
But it had also served as a warning to Le Zhengyue: he needed to guard against these people too.
He wanted to set Le Zhengyue up and keep him from meeting Tang Wulin, but if this dragged on, it wouldn't do any good either.
For now, he could keep things under control. But in a few years, when the others went to Eastsea Academy and events began moving faster and faster, the day would come when they met.
So he had to find a way to stop it before it happened—or at least prevent Le Zhengyu from getting the idea of looking for Xu Xiaoyan.
Le Zhengyu didn't currently intend to look for Xu Xiaoyan, but if he made that decision one day on a whim and Le Zhengyue couldn't stop him, the danger would be considerable.
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