In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed...
"Boring..."
Ye Xiao tossed aside the newspaper from Mingdu in his hand and stopped in his tracks.
Nearly at Dragon City, he looked back...
Naturally, Mingdu was already out of sight.
"In one month, Jing Ziyan and Ji Juechen are to be executed in Mingdu..."
Ye Guyi pulled back the hood of her black robe, revealing her breathtaking face framed by golden hair. She could not help pressing her lips together.
If nothing unexpected had happened, both of them were in this predicament because of Ye Xiao...
"Sister Guyi, leave them be."
"The most important thing for us now is to enter the Far North and get help from the Three Great Heavenly Kings."
Ye Xiao tugged on Ye Guyi's little hand, feeling very uncomfortable himself.
Naturally, he did not care much about Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan at the moment. After all, he had yet to meet them.
But at its core, the Sun Moon Empire had moved against them because it wanted to strike at him!
Having seen that clearly, Ye Xiao was naturally in no good mood.
"Alas, I am not yet strong. When I am, things will change!"
Ye Xiao sighed softly and looked at his panel.
[Teaching Panel] Name: Ye Xiao Level: 13 Comprehension: 15 (9+6) Martial Soul: Epiphyllum Sword (yellow) Soul Skills: 1. Power of Sharpness (300 years): Increases the Epiphyllum Sword's sharpness attribute, and each swing has a 0.05% chance of unleashing sharp Sword Qi. Number of disciples taught: 344396 Sword Dao inheritance: Angel Sword Technique, limit version (150% combat power increase), first level of the Indestructible Sword Body (Sword Qi conversion), Treading on Snow Without a Trace, Aura Concealment Technique, Cold Jade Sword Scripture, Sword Heart, Sword Dao Sequence (12.5%)
With the sky screen's help, quite a few disciples had entered his tutelage over the past few days.
As a result, his comprehension had soared, and as it rose, simple cultivation methods and sword techniques naturally posed no difficulty for him.
There was not much to say about Treading on Snow Without a Trace, Aura Concealment Technique, or Sword Heart. Their effects were obvious from their names.
The important ones were the Cold Jade Sword Scripture and the Sword Dao Sequence that followed.
At its core, the Cold Jade Sword Scripture was a cultivation method for Sword Qi.
Unable to work out how to produce endlessly renewing Sword Qi through the Indestructible Sword Body for the time being, Ye Xiao could only settle for the next best thing and first create a cultivation method.
As for the last entry, the Sword Dao Sequence, its progress alone showed that it was definitely Ye Xiao's ultimate weapon!
As mentioned before, nearly 300,000 people had learned his sword art.
He did not particularly care about those people himself. No matter how they trained, they could never surpass him.
Ye Xiao was mainly worried about the people around him. At present, there was only Ye Guyi, and he did not know whether there would be others in the future.
Just imagine: if, after his level was reset to zero in the future, someone close to him were killed by a Sword Dao expert who had popped up from who knew where, he would truly have nowhere to cry!
So Ye Xiao had come up with a solution!
He would establish a Sword Dao Sequence, and those lower in the sequence would be utterly powerless to resist those above them!
And he would never teach this sequence's cultivation method to anyone else he was not familiar with!
But... this sequence was a little difficult to create. As Ye Xiao saw it, to bring it into being, he first had to create a prototype of the Long River of Sword Dao in the Douluo Plane!
Even for Ye Xiao, that would take a year or two...
The version of me on the sky screen definitely didn't have a start as good as mine...
He broke through to Soul Douluo in twelve years and gained god-level combat power.
As for me now, in twelve years, I should at least be able to achieve Self-Created Godhood...
But considering that my level will be reset to zero in the future, I'm in no hurry to raise it. As long as I'm invincible on the Douluo Continent, that's enough.
More importantly, I need to prepare for my level being reset to zero in the future.
Ye Xiao followed behind Ye Guyi. She discreetly slipped the gate guard a pouch of Gold Soul Coins, and the guard let them both in without making a fuss.
"Dragon City is rather remote, and the sights in the city can't quite compare to Mingdu either."
On Dragon City's main road, Ye Guyi shook her head gently.
That alone was enough to show the strength of the Sun Moon Empire.
"Where are we going now?"
Ye Guyi looked at Ye Xiao, who was also wearing a little black robe beside her.
As a member of the jianghu, loyalty came first. If she could, Ye Guyi still wanted to storm the execution ground.
But to do that, they first needed the help of the Ice and Snow Emperors.
"Not we. Just me~"
"The environment in the Far North is too harsh. You wouldn't be able to stand it."
Ye Xiao slowly shook his head.
The weather in the Far North was downright inhuman. Ye Guyi simply could not withstand it.
And he could only endure it by relying on the Ultimate Ice attribute that came with his Martial Soul.
"No, it's too dangerous for you to go alone!"
Ye Guyi frowned slightly.
If Ye Xiao went running off to the Far North alone, wouldn't he be delivering a midnight snack?
"But... Sister Guyi, it makes no difference whether I take you along or not now~"
Ye Xiao looked at Ye Guyi oddly.
Although his level had not risen much, his combat power had undergone a complete transformation compared to when he was level twelve!
It was hard to say whether he could kill Ye Guyi with one sword strike, but another two strikes should do the job!
"Huh?!"
Ye Guyi cried out in surprise, suddenly realizing the truth.
Apparently, she was the weakest one now!
Ye Guyi fell silent.
"I'll definitely be fine on my own. I do have the Ultimate Ice attribute, after all."
"And I also have the Aura Concealment Technique. As long as I'm careful around the Soul Beasts of the Far North, sneaking into its depths will be easy."
"On the other hand, Sister Guyi, you probably can't withstand the Far North's icy cold, and I'd be a little worried about leaving you alone in Dragon City..."
Ye Xiao hesitated.
Although Ye Guyi was a veteran of the jianghu, her level was still a little low...
"...I understand."
"Then go on your own. I'll take good care of myself."
Ye Guyi pressed her lips together, a little disappointed.
How long had it been since Ye Xiao awakened his Martial Soul? And he already no longer needed her to look after him...
Ye Guyi sighed inwardly. Ye Xiao's aptitude really had taken her by surprise.
But when she thought about how the future Ye Xiao could even kill the first generation of the Shrek Seven Devils, she let out another quiet sigh.
"Mm-hmm!"
"Sister Guyi, take care of yourself too. Stay away from places where there are experts. It would be best to find a small inn nearby and stay there for now."
Ye Xiao nodded repeatedly and looked toward the Far North in the distance.
As long as he could reach an agreement to cooperate with the Ice and Snow Emperors, he could turn the tables, just like the version of himself on the sky screen whose level had been reset to zero!
"Don't worry. I went out into the jianghu on my own when I was very young. You don't need to tell me that~"
Ye Guyi shook her head, suppressing her troubled thoughts before speaking with an air of indifference.
"Take these with you. There's no telling how long you might be gone..."
Ye Guyi spoke softly as she removed the soul tool bracelet containing dry rations and drinking water from her wrist and handed it to Ye Xiao.