Chapter 412: I Want Chocolate

As soon as he left the secret realm, Ye Feng sensed hostile stares behind him. He turned to look and saw the man in black from before. When the man in black noticed him, he vanished in an instant.
“That guy earlier seemed hostile toward you,” Red Lotus noticed as well. Seeing that Ye Feng didn’t intend to chase after him, she asked doubtfully, “Don’t we need to kill him?”
Ye Feng was taken aback. He hadn’t expected Red Lotus to speak so casually about killing someone to silence them. But considering her unknown background, it wasn’t surprising that she would say such things.
“No need. He probably saw me killing monsters in the domain of the Supreme God’s magical beasts and felt jealous,” Ye Feng shook his head. “If he really does something, I won’t mind killing him.”
Red Lotus merely stared in the direction the man in black had gone, saying nothing more.
“Let’s go!” As soon as those words were spoken, the two vanished from that spot.
Ten years had passed, yet Dark Night City seemed little changed. The demon world was different from the human world—they had long lifespans, so ten years was a short time for them, meaning changes wouldn’t be significant. In the human world, however, ten years could transform a city completely.
Ye Feng and Red Lotus stopped in front of a small tavern.
The noisy tavern lifted Ye Feng’s mood, while Red Lotus looked curious, as if she had never been to such a small establishment before.
“Waiter, bring two pots of green tea. And some of your best dishes!” Ye Feng said confidently.
“Do you come here often?” Red Lotus asked curiously.
“This is my first time here, but I’ve been to many small taverns,” Ye Feng replied with a smile.
“Oh.” Red Lotus observed the noisy crowd around them with interest. Thankfully, she was still dressed as a man; otherwise, many people might have noticed her along the way.
“Compared to those large restaurants, this place gives a completely different feeling,” Red Lotus said, laughing at the various topics discussed in the hall.
“Coming to small taverns like this, you can hear a lot of rumors,” Ye Feng smiled. “They might not all be true, but they’re interesting anyway.”
At that moment, the conversation at one of the tables caught Ye Feng’s attention. “I heard that the God Slayer in Umi City killed over a dozen top-tier experts during a raid a couple of days ago. He even claimed to want to challenge Blade Edge. I wonder how true this is.”

“No matter how powerful that God of Killing is, he’s probably not as strong as Blade from ten years ago, right?” one of them said.
“That’s hard to say. Blade has been missing for ten years—probably fallen somewhere by now,” another replied.
“…”
“There’s some guy who wants to challenge you!” Hong Lian said with a smile. She knew very well that Ye Feng’s strength was on par with that of a Supreme God-level warrior, so she paid little attention to the chatter of these lesser beings.
“How about we go and see what’s going on?” Ye Feng, on the other hand, was quite interested.
“Sure, we’re idle anyway,” Hong Lian nodded.
That handsome man appeared next to the group from earlier. The group was instantly terrified—after all, those who could teleport within the main city were quite powerful, thanks to the numerous strong restrictions in place there.
“That… that man is called the God of Killing…” The bearded man questioned by Ye Feng looked at him nervously, fearing Ye Feng might kill him at any moment.
“Oh, thanks!” Before Ye Feng’s voice faded, he had already disappeared. Suddenly, the man had a low-grade Divine Crystal in his hand.
“What’s this…?” Everyone stared at the crystal, which seemed to contain immense energy.
“It’s a Divine Realm Crystal?” Someone in the crowd recognized its value.
“What?” The crowd erupted in excitement.
“I’m going to get rich… I’m going to get rich…” The man holding the crystal murmured to himself.
“That young man just now… he seems to be Blade…” Another faint voice came from the crowd, yet it was clearly heard by everyone present.
“Blade?” Everyone turned their gaze toward the source of the voice—it was the waiter.
“Are you sure it’s him?” A man with a thick face stepped forward and grabbed the waiter by the collar.
“I’m pretty sure. Ten years ago, when I worked as a waiter in another tavern, I met him. His appearance is exactly the same as it was ten years ago, just with longer hair…” The waiter nodded quickly.
“Blade has been silent for ten years—finally he’s back. I wonder how strong he has become…” Discussions arose among the crowd.
“Hahaha… I’m going to kill Blade! That way, I’ll become famous!” The man with the thick face laughed loudly, holding a rusty axe.
“You?!” A voice came from the crowd, prompting everyone else to laugh even harder.
“Hmph, we’ll see!” The man strode out of the tavern.

The news of the sword’s return after a decade of silence spread quickly from this small tavern. Many powerful factions learned of it that very day. Meanwhile, Ye Feng and Hong Lian also arrived in Wumi City. However, by the time they got there, it was already late at night, so they had to find an inn to stay in. Taking advantage of the quiet time at night, Ye Feng entered the Refinement Realm. “I suppressed my cultivation at the peak of the Divine Realm for ten years just to gain more points,” Ye Feng said, sitting on a huge rock. He took out ten crystal cores from peak-level Divine Beasts—these were the cores of the lowest-ranked beasts he had killed. Slowly closing his eyes, he directed ten streams of black devouring energy into the beast cores. Inside his dantian, black crystals extended four tentacles, connecting to four other crystals to rapidly convert the absorbed energy. In less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Ye Feng felt something inside him shatter—a sensation of great relief, as if the energy in his body, once blocked like a stream choked by mud, was finally unblocked. In fact, ten years earlier, Ye Feng had already reached the peak of the Divine Realm. Given his physique, as long as his soul strength was sufficient, he could absorb energy infinitely to grow stronger. He had forced himself to suppress his cultivation at that peak for ten years. This massive absorption not only allowed him to break through to the Divine level but also hinted at a potential breakthrough to the mid-stage Divine realm. Ye Feng opened his eyes and glanced at the ten nearly depleted Divine Beast cores in his hands. He then took out another ten peak-level Divine Beast cores and began absorbing them frantically. Early Divine stage… Mid- Divine stage… Late Divine stage… He continued to break through until he reached the peak of the Divine realm, at which point the absorption rate slowly slowed down. It took him thirty peak-level Divine Beast cores to stop those insatiable crystals in his dantian. “I never expected ten years of suppression to have such an effect,” Ye Feng said, slowly standing up. Yet he knew that if he had spent those ten years solely on cultivation, his strength would have been far greater. “Now that I’ve reached the peak of the Divine realm, I doubt there are many of those reclusive elders in the Heavenly Realm who can match me…” After leaving the Purgatory, he once again sent his mental energy into the Refinement Realm to check on Pearl and the others.

Ten years had passed in the secret realm, and according to the time ratio of one to a thousand, ten thousand years had already elapsed in the Refining Realm. With Ye Feng’s ample supply of medicinal pills and the attacks from magical beasts, their cultivation progress was hundreds of times faster than that of ordinary cultivators in the Demon Realm.

Pearl in the Refining Realm had reached the demi-god level, Long Yue had reached the peak of the ultimate stage, and Kelly and the others had also reached the later stage of the ultimate stage. Even Yi Fan and the rest had not lagged behind, reaching the early stage of the ultimate stage.

Tie Niu, who was already at the later stage of the ultimate stage, had surpassed the demi-god level and reached the god level.

“Sis Pearl, are you guys coming out?” A familiar voice floated in the sky, prompting Pearl and the others to look up.

“It’s Ye Feng!” Zhuge Ling’er exclaimed excitedly.

“You brat, did you go off to court girls and forget us here?” Pearl roared at the sky. “It’s been over ten thousand years! I’m starting to mold!”

“Uh…” Ye Feng was speechless. “I had no choice. I just came out of that secret realm today. It was open for ten whole years, so indeed, ten thousand years have passed in the Refining Realm…”

“Boss, I want to eat meat…” Qing Lang and the others also started to whine.

“Speaking of food, I miss German sausages too…” Yi Fan pretended to be deep in thought, glancing secretly at the German nearby—Kristian.

“I haven’t had beer in ten thousand years…” William couldn’t help but lick his lips.

“Alright, it seems you’re all dying to go out…” Ye Feng reluctantly set them all free.

“Since you illegally confined us for ten thousand years, you’re fined to wash all of our underwear for ten thousand years!” Yi Fan pointed at Ye Feng sternly.

“Only you could come up with such a disgusting idea!” The others all showed disdainful expressions.

“Sis, I have no other requests. We’re strong enough now. Next time, no matter where it is, we must go with you!” Pearl made such a request.

“Okay, but only if it’s a place other ultimate-stage powerhouses can go. I’ll take you there,” Ye Feng said. He felt it was necessary to give Pearl and the others some opportunities to grow, after all, magical beasts were different from humans. Being able to defeat a magical beast didn’t necessarily mean one could defeat a human.

“Deal. If you don’t take us next time, I’ll be the first to rebel!” Pearl said, hands on her hips.

“No problem,” Ye Feng nodded with a smile.

“Hmm, one last thing—I want chocolate…”

As soon as Pearl finished speaking, the voices of the others rose one after another…

“I want coffee…”
“I want pig’s trotters…”
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