Chapter 192: End of Seclusion

Inside the seclusion room, Ye Feng slowly opened his eyes and let out a long sigh. He then checked how much time he had spent cultivating. In this enclosed room, with no view of the rising and setting stars, he would have had no way of knowing how long he had been cultivating without a timer.

Although Agri Planet was hundreds of times larger than Earth, its rotation period was exactly the same—24 hours. To some extent, this was quite rare and likely just a coincidence.

“It took 49 days this time—13 days to advance from the later stage of exiting the body to the later stage of mental separation, and another 36 days to solidify my cultivation level,” Ye Feng said, glancing at the device used to keep track of time.

“49 days plus the previous 63 days—112 days have passed already.” Ye Feng realized he had been in this small room for over a hundred days. “Those two little guys were thrown into the Training Realm 12 days before I began my seclusion. That means tomorrow will be the 125th day, and their cultivation should be complete by then.”

As he spoke, Ye Feng sent his mental energy into the Training Realm to check on the two little ones.

Bernard’s size had swelled to over ten feet. At that moment, he was engaged in a fierce battle with a black tiger in the later stage of the Tribulation phase. Though temporarily at a disadvantage, he wasn’t struggling too much!

As for Xiao Yu, she was still about the size of a palm, but she was now fighting against a black dragon at the peak of the Tribulation phase. Her tiny body was actually holding its own in the battle, which really surprised Ye Feng. After all, black dragons belonged to the dragon species and were among the top ten strongest magical beasts of their rank.

Seeing how powerful the two little ones had become, Ye Feng finally felt relieved and slowly withdrew his mental energy.

After examining himself, Ye Feng’s gaze fell on the top-grade spiritual weapon armor on his body. “It’s time to get a set of supreme-grade spiritual weapon armor.”

Taking off the armor, Ye Feng activated the recycling function.

“Top-grade spiritual weapon armor: 5% depreciation. Exchangeable for 2nd-level domain value: 950,000 points.”

“Do you wish to recycle it?”

“Confirm recycling!”

“Received 2nd-level domain value: 950,000 points!”

“A piece worth one million can be exchanged for 950,000 after recycling—this recycling function is truly surprising!” Ye Feng couldn’t help but laugh.

After recovering the top-grade spiritual artifact armor, Ye Feng once again sent his mental energy into the Void Realm.
“I need an ultimate-grade spiritual artifact armor. Other auxiliary functions aren’t necessary—just the strongest defense!” Ye Feng set his search criteria.
“Xuanling Armor requires 30,000,000 domain points.”
Ye Feng was shocked by the price—this kind of armor was actually three times more expensive than ordinary ultimate-grade spiritual artifact armor, something he hadn’t anticipated.
“The Xuanling Armor isn’t the most defensively powerful armor in the entire cultivation world. However, it offers the best value for money! Among ultimate-grade spiritual artifact armors, its defense ranks among the top five. But due to its extreme difficulty of production and few auxiliary functions, not many people use it these days.”
“The main material for crafting the Xuanling Armor is the shell of a tortoise that has cultivated for millions of years—a shell that’s extremely hard to obtain. Such tortoises usually reach the Tribulation stage. Most of these materials aren’t obtained by hunting them but by picking them up after they’re killed by heavenly tribulations. Although their shells can defend against most external physical attacks, they can’t block attacks with extreme attributes, as those attacks can penetrate straight through the shell into the tortoise’s body. Roughly 20% of tortoises die from heavenly tribulations. To be honest, their success rate in overcoming tribulations is quite high. If their shells could resist extreme attribute attacks, their success rate might even reach 100%!” Ed’s voice suddenly reached Ye Feng’s ears.
“The defense of the Xuanling Armor is about twice that of ordinary ultimate-grade spiritual artifact armor. Its only auxiliary function is the ability to adjust it to your desired design. The high price is because the manufacturing process and the carved defense arrays are simplified versions of the Xuantian Armor, which is a top-grade immortal artifact. Naturally, the simplified crafting method is also quite sophisticated. Once you unlock your third domain, you can spend some domain points to upgrade this Xuanling Armor. The cost is roughly half of what it would take to buy the Xuantian Armor directly.”
“So it can be upgraded—no wonder it’s so expensive! In that case, even in the Heavenly Realm, I can still use this armor!” Ye Feng’s eyes lit up after hearing this. “Although 30 million domain points is a bit pricey, it’s the one! Anyway, once I go out, I’ll have at least another 50 million in my account…”
“Xuanling Armor requires 30,000,000 domain points.”
“Confirm purchase!”
“Purchase successful. Domain points have been deducted!”

Ye Feng held the set of black armor in his hands, feeling extremely excited. It took him a while to snap out of his thoughts. He cut his finger to claim ownership of the Xuanling Armor, adjusted its appearance to that of ordinary clothing, and put it on himself. Then, he adjusted the cultivation level shown by the Illusory Mask to the late stage of the Tribulation Phase. With light steps, Ye Feng stepped out of the seclusion room. At the hotel front desk, after paying an additional medium-grade spirit crystal and two low-grade spirit crystals, Ye Feng left in a hurry.

…

Ye Feng boldly entered the courtyard where Yue Ming lived, showing no concern about others knowing he was the source of the supplies. What he feared now was that others wouldn’t realize he was the supplier. Because only if the first group of people came to cause trouble could he use them as examples to showcase his strength in front of everyone and truly establish a firm foothold on this planet where strength ruled. Ye Feng knew well that the more he hid, the more others would want to bring him out. They would think his strength was weak and that he was easy to bully. The only solution was to step out of the shadows and let everyone on Agri Planet know about this person—and that he was someone not to be trifled with. Of course, such behavior might also attract the attention of real powerful forces.

But as far as Ye Feng knew, in the entire cultivation world, few would dare to provoke someone who displayed the cultivation level of the late stage of the Tribulation Phase. Although some major sects had powerful cultivators at the Great Vehicle stage and scattered immortals, they wouldn’t interfere with a late-stage Tribulation Phase cultivator who might soon break through to the Great Vehicle stage or even ascend to the heavens, unless it affected their own interests.

On Agri Planet, it was normal for one or two Tribulation Phase cultivators to die from time to time, so there was no need for him to worry too much. If someone really came to cause trouble, he could just kill them—using them as a deterrent against those scoundrels.

When Ye Feng stepped into the hall, Yue Ming was sitting on a wooden chair, lost in thought with a worried expression.

“Yue Ming, what’s wrong?” Ye Feng sensed that something bad must have happened.

“Mr. Dao Feng… you’re back…” Upon seeing Ye Feng, Yue Ming’s expression grew even darker. He stammered, avoiding eye contact.

“What happened?” Ye Feng asked, his expression darkening slightly.

“That piece of meteorite that’s been around for ten thousand years… was originally entrusted to me by the Alchemy Sect. But during the transaction with them, representatives from the Forging Sect’s branch on Agri Planet were also there. They said that 300-jin piece of meteorite was one they had lost a few days earlier. They asked the Alchemy Sect to inquire about it in order to find the real thief. Three powerful cultivators at the Tribulation stage came with them that day. I didn’t know the origin of the meteorite and couldn’t explain it, so I had no choice but to hand it over to them. They also asked where you were. I said you left temporarily because of some matters. They told me you stole it and realized you might be pursued, so you ran away in advance…”
“That’s absolutely outrageous!!!” A fierce glint appeared in Ye Feng’s eyes. “Where is that Forging Sect’s branch? I’m going to confront them!”