Chapter 110: Arrival of Reinforcements

Ye Feng knew that the old man before him was undoubtedly a supreme expert. Someone who could even put Long Tian under pressure must be stronger than Long Tian himself. Although the old man always wore a kind smile typical of an elder toward juniors, even that smile made Ye Feng, who usually kept his distance from strangers, lower his guard. His wariness only grew stronger.

At that moment, Long Tian also changed into casual clothes and walked over to Ye Feng as if nothing had happened, his eyes fixed intently on emptiness, as if trying to see through it. “You’re very strong! I wonder how many others on this planet are at your level?”

“Lord Long, it seems there’s a misunderstanding. I’m not yet at the level you imagine! I’ve just used special methods to conceal my aura…” Emptiness hurriedly explained upon hearing Long Tian’s words. “Moreover, I’ve been on Earth for nearly eight hundred years and have never seen anyone at the level you mentioned.”

“Really?” Long Tian was puzzled.

“Breaking through to the Yuan Ying stage requires an enormous amount of high-quality spiritual energy. The spiritual energy on Earth isn’t dense enough, so no one can break through!” Emptiness shook his head regretfully. “To break through, one must leave Earth and go to a cultivation planet with stronger spiritual energy.”

“How do you leave? If there’s a way to get stronger, why are there still so many Yuan Ying-stage experts staying on Earth?” Long Tian pressed further.

“There’s a teleportation array in Bermuda. Through that array, one can leave Earth. But over three hundred years ago, the spiritual crystal energy in that array ran out, and it can no longer be used for teleportation. According to records, that array is one-way—only capable of sending people out, not bringing them back. Wudao is over 1,500 years old now, and he says he’s seen many people teleported away but none return.” Emptiness shook his head helplessly. “As for those Yuan Ying-stage experts who stayed behind, most broke through after the array’s energy ran out. Occasionally, one or two who broke through to the Yuan Ying stage three hundred years ago were delayed in leaving due to certain circumstances.”

“You just said the spiritual crystal ran out? Couldn’t it be refilled? Is it that hard to get spiritual crystals?” Ye Feng suddenly remembered Pei Hong’s reaction in Canada that day and couldn’t help asking.

“Spirit crystals are divided into four grades: lower-grade spirit crystals, middle-grade spirit crystals, upper-grade spirit crystals, and the extremely rare top-grade spirit crystals. Spirit crystals can only grow within spirit veins, but the major spirit veins on Earth are quite weak, so they mostly produce lower-grade spirit crystals. So far, we have only found two middle-grade spirit crystals.”

“That teleportation array has four filling ports. Previously, four upper-grade spirit crystals continuously supplied it with energy. Later, we tried using lower-grade spirit crystals as a substitute, but unfortunately, they couldn’t activate the teleportation array at all—the energy level difference between them and upper-grade spirit crystals is too great.”

“However, we believe that middle-grade spirit crystals should be able to activate the teleportation array. Although the number of times it can be used will be much fewer, it should still work to some extent. Yet, all these years later, almost everyone has been helping to search for middle-grade spirit crystals, and only two have been found. We still need two more to activate the teleportation array!”

After listening to Daoist Kongxu’s explanation, Ye Feng finally understood what those middle-grade spirit crystals were that Pei Hong had mentioned before.

“These things were originally something you should have known. It’s just that your strength improved too quickly, and we haven’t had the chance to tell you yet!” Daoist Kongxu slowly set down his teacup and stood up from the sofa. “The purpose of our visit today has been achieved. It’s time for us to leave…”

Ji Mo also stood up and followed Daoist Kongxu out.

When they reached the door, Daoist Kongxu suddenly turned around and said to Ye Feng, “Master Ye, in the Ghost Market, there are also quite a number of Golden Core-stage experts who have been killed. Although you have special abilities, if you really encounter the killer, your chances of being killed are still high. I hope you understand this…”

Although Daoist Kongxu’s words were a kind reminder, they also served to tell Ye Feng that his strength wasn’t yet sufficient to get involved in this matter, which really annoyed Ye Feng.

After seeing Daoist Kongxu leave, Ye Feng’s gaze turned cold as he clenched his fists tightly and muttered to himself, “I must participate in this matter! I will become stronger—strong enough to make you all look at me differently.”

Long Tian didn’t express any opinion. He neither supported Ye Feng in joining the battle nor advised him to give up out of concern for his safety.

Not long after lunch, as Ye Feng was about to return to his room to study the Void Realm, the doorbell rang again.

After hesitating for a moment, Ye Feng eventually went over and opened the door!

A woman in red stood at the door. When she saw Ye Feng, her eyes sparkled like those of a hungry wolf encountering a sheep, and drool hung from the corners of her mouth, dripping onto the ground continuously.
“Hey… hey…” Ye Feng stretched out his hand and waved it in front of the woman in red for a while, but she showed no reaction.
At that moment, Xiao Liuzi curiously stepped forward. “Mr. Ye, who is this?”
“I don’t know her!” Ye Feng shook his head.
“Hey, you crazy girl, stop spacing out!” Xiao Liu blocked between Ye Feng and the woman in red.
It was only then that the woman in red came back to her senses. She generously stretched out her hand. “My name is Mu Rong. I’m from Emei. I heard news from the Dragon Group last night and rushed over right away.”
Xiao Liuzi was about to extend his hand when the woman in red pushed him aside. “Kid, go away. I’m only interested in handsome guys!”
Ye Feng hesitated for a moment. Unable to refuse such enthusiasm, he extended his hand and shook it with Mu Rong. Unexpectedly, even after releasing his hand, she still held onto it tightly, showing no intention of letting go.
“So handsome… even more handsome than all 99 of my ex-boyfriends put together…” Mu Rong stared at Ye Feng in awe.
“What’s going on?” At that moment, Brother Long also came over, seeing Ye Feng standing motionless at the door for so long.
“Oh, another handsome guy… Heaven, you’ve finally opened your eyes!” Mu Rong’s eyes sparkled.
“What’s wrong with her? She seems a bit silly…” Long Tian stepped next to Ye Feng without any hesitation.
“Uh, don’t all men like women who are a bit silly?” Mu Rong blurted out her thoughts before quickly covering her mouth.
“Hey, what’s your name? Do you also have some method to hide your strength?” Long Tian brought his head within less than ten centimeters of Mu Rong.
“I… I…” Mu Rong’s face turned red, but she couldn’t utter a complete sentence.
“Her name is Mu Rong. She’s here as help from Emei!” Seeing that Mu Rong couldn’t say a complete sentence for a long time, Ye Feng couldn’t help but answer for her.
“From Emei? She doesn’t seem very strong…” Long Tian frowned slightly.
“I… I’m very strong…” Mu Rong raised her little fist.
“How strong? Tell me.” Long Tian said with disdainful laughter.
“I’m already in the later stage of the Golden Core realm…” Mu Rong said proudly.

To her surprise, Long Tian and Ye Feng didn’t show much surprise on their faces.
“Where are the others? Why are you the only one here?” Ye Feng seemed not very interested in her answer.
“I happened to come to City H for a trip yesterday, so I came right over after hearing the news. The others are supposed to arrive by tonight!” As a disciple of Emei, Mu Rong was also aware of the others’ schedules.