Chapter 429: Training Plan

Plein appeared to be around thirty years old and tall. When Ye Feng projected his mental energy into the Virtual Realm, he was surprised to find that Plein was nearly three meters tall by Earth’s standards—clearly, he belonged to a special race.
After greeting Ye Feng, Plein took out an altar from the Virtual Realm and added various herbs to it, beginning to concoct something.
Ye Feng was taken aback. He knew that the guardians of the Virtual Realm could use its items freely, but he had never seen them used for alchemy. The previous Hell Guardians had at most flipped through some books or used special items as toys.
Since Plein had found a way to pass the time, Ye Feng didn’t disturb him any further and withdrew his mental energy from the Virtual Realm.
Meanwhile, Pearl finally showed signs of movement.
She slowly opened her eyes, scanned the surroundings, then looked at Ye Feng in surprise. “What happened to me?”
“You were injured and almost died…” Ye Feng didn’t hide it. There was no need to hide such things from Pearl—she would find out the truth anyway. “Do you remember anything?”
Pearl looked down at herself, frowning slightly. After a while, she remembered something. “I only remember being in the teleportation array, with some guy attacking us…”
“That’s right. Then you stepped in front of everyone…” Ye Feng shrugged helplessly. “And then you lost consciousness.”
“But why don’t I feel any pain now?” Pearl asked, puzzled.
“We gave you healing pills, so when you woke up, you found nothing wrong.” Seeing Pearl’s skeptical expression, Ye Feng explained. “Don’t do such foolish things again. You and the Hell Nether Butterfly aren’t fully connected yet, so you don’t have the power of rebirth. If you need to protect others, use the Hell Nether Butterfly—even if it dies, it can rise again.”
“I won’t do it again…” Pearl pretended to be upset and lowered her head.
Ye Feng shook his head helplessly. At that moment, Long Yue and the others rushed into the room, prompting Ye Feng to leave.
“Should we change our itinerary after what happened?” Long Tian asked from the hallway when he saw Ye Feng coming out.
“Pearl just woke up. Let’s take a day off tomorrow for everyone to relax. We’ll set off the day after tomorrow.”

“Although those guys were killed by you, there will surely be even stronger ones coming, right?” Long Tian was well aware that things weren’t that simple. “Why exactly are they targeting you?”
“Do you remember before we met in this demon realm, I spent ten years in a secret realm? It was an ancestral secret realm. Although I didn’t receive any inheritance, I still gained some benefits. I also killed a few guys from the divine realm and took their belongings. But I didn’t expect one of them to feign death to trick me and return to the divine realm to bring reinforcements, aiming to get the treasures from me. If more people in the divine realm know about this, and if there’s no news from them for a long time, someone will definitely come looking, and they’ll likely be even stronger.”
“Can you handle them then?” Long Tian was even more concerned about this.
Ye Feng remained silent for a while before shaking his head with a bitter smile. “It depends on the strength of those who come. But I won’t stop improving my survival skills.”
“In the inheritance I got from that secret realm, there are some super divine armor sets—one set per person should be enough. Facing strong beings from the divine realm, survival shouldn’t be a problem. As for weapons, you, Zhenzhu, and Tieniu can each have one. The others aren’t strong enough to wield them.” Long Tian said as he took out two boxes from his storage ring.
“I already have weapons of this rank. As for armor, I don’t have any, but it’s not hard to get them,” Ye Feng said with a smile. “What level is the secret realm you obtained this time?”
“It’s an ancestral god peak-level secret realm. That guy left his inheritance there before facing the sacred calamity, fearing he might die during it. But it seems he really died, because almost all his possessions remained. If he had ascended, at least he would have taken high-grade weapons and armor with him.” Long Tian spoke with disdain.
“The entire wealth of a peak ancestral god warrior…” Ye Feng glanced at Long Tian with envy. He himself hadn’t even obtained a beginner-level ancestral god secret realm, while Brother Long already had an inheritance from a peak ancestral god realm.
“More or less. Secret realms are indeed hubs of treasures, which is why I’ve gathered a lot of information about them to accumulate treasures and boost my strength quickly.” Long Tian seemed unsatisfied.

Ye Feng casually opened the two boxes handed to him by Long Tian. One box contained armor, and the other held weapons. He took out a set of black armor and put it into his storage ring—it wouldn’t be possible to claim ownership of such items in a short time. As for weapons, he already had a long sword of the same level, so there was no need to take any more.

Only then did Long Tian put away the remaining items. “Has Pearl woken up?”

“Mm,” Ye Feng nodded. “You should go check on her too.”

“Throw this pile of stuff to them on the way!” Long Tian carried one box in each hand and headed toward Pearl’s room.

Ye Feng returned to his own room, entered the fourth layer of the Refining Realm, and stepped inside. He summoned Xiao Lan from his sea of consciousness.

“Little master, is there something?” Xiao Lan asked.

“Xiao Lan, I want Deep Blue and the two female worms to lead their armies here for training,” Ye Feng said. “But I can’t leave you here, as the environment here is not conducive to your growth. Can you keep them here alone?”

After all, each layer of the Refining Realm was an independent space. Ye Feng wasn’t sure if these guys would cause problems without Xiao Lan around.

“It’s possible. I can grant them independent wills and seal my control over them,” Xiao Lan replied, relieving Ye Feng slightly.

“Will they become uncontrollable in the future?” Ye Feng was still worried.

“No. They’ve already been transformed by me. It’s as if I’m the mother body, and they can’t defy me. This control is similar to how a female worm controls its subordinates, only my soul is stronger, allowing them to complete more complex tasks.” Xiao Lan’s tone showed no trace of concern.

After hearing this explanation, Ye Feng finally calmed down. “Alright, then set them free.”

As soon as he spoke, the two female worms, along with their massive armies, appeared before Ye Feng’s eyes. In the sky, a giant blue dragon was circling.

“Go. The time flow here is a thousand times faster than outside. I hope you can improve your cultivation and strength quickly, ideally gaining the power to defeat gods-level warriors in a short time.” With that command, the dragon and the two female worms headed in three different directions.

“Mm. First, set it so that all creatures in this world have cultivation levels above the peak of the Supreme God…” After making these settings, Ye Feng entered the Flowing Palace within the Refining Realm and stepped inside.

He took out the armor he had just obtained from Long Tian, sat cross-legged, and began to bond with it. In just a few hours, the bonding process was complete. The black armor covered Ye Feng’s entire body, giving him a formidable appearance. Combined with his already tall stature, it created a strong visual impact. With a mere thought, the armor disappeared back into his body, and then Ye Feng left the Liuluan Hall. Not far from where he appeared was a reptilian magical beast at the early stage of the Imperial God level, resembling a giant lizard. The nearly twenty-meter-long beast was momentarily stunned by Ye Feng’s sudden appearance, clearly puzzled as to why a human would appear before it without any warning. But in just a moment, it stopped pondering the issue, as the hunger in its stomach drove it to want to swallow the human before it. It also remembered that its purpose for coming here was to hunt. Faced with this giant reptile, Ye Feng wasn’t panicked. In fact, he was quite eager to test his new equipment. This tough and massive opponent would make an excellent test. Although the beast resembled a giant lizard, it seemed to lack a long tongue, so it chose to charge at Ye Feng with its mouth wide open. “I’ll use you as a test!” Ye Feng smiled slightly. Instead of drawing his super-divine-level long sword, he extended his left hand. A pale blue energy rose from it, resembling flames, but the plants around Ye Feng’s feet were covered with a layer of frost, which continued to spread… With a slight movement of his left hand, the blue energy spread like flames in the direction of the beast, freezing everything in its path. The beast, which already had some intelligence, tried to turn and flee, but it was too late. The blue energy quickly reached its feet, freezing its short limbs, and even the half of its long tail that was dragging on the ground was frozen as well. It struggled in terror but remained motionless. “This ice attribute energy is truly overwhelming…” Ye Feng hadn’t expected this outcome. He had thought it would at most slow down the beast’s advance, but in just one move, he had nearly frozen to death a being at the early stage of the Imperial God level.

Watching the white frost spread rapidly upward along the giant beast’s body, Ye Feng raised his eyebrows. “It seems this is a way to save one’s life. Let’s try other elemental energies…” This time, Ye Feng stretched out his right hand, and a fiery red energy rose once again…