Chapter 171: Nascent Soul? Old Ancestor?

Spending five or six months.

Ye Qingxuan refined the Boundary-Suppressing Tower, the mid-sixth-order flying boat, and the three mid-sixth-order puppets one by one.

Five or six months had passed, and the combat fluctuations from before had long since returned to calm.

Ye Qingxuan was not clear about the specific situation, nor did he have the inclination to understand the cause and effect of the battle.

After making all preparations, Ye Qingxuan collected the array disks and dismantled the grand array.

He took out a low-sixth-order directional displacement talisman from his storage bag and activated it directly.

With a flash of light, Ye Qingxuan's figure disappeared.

If he wanted to develop in the Eastern Extreme Region and scrape resources from it, he had to avoid the people from the Tianyuan Trading Company first.

Before he had developed in the early stages, competing with the Tianyuan Trading Company was undoubtedly like throwing an egg against a rock.

With the trump cards Ye Qingxuan had prepared, he was not afraid of most local factions in the Eastern Extreme Region.

But he was still very wary of the people from the Tianyuan Trading Company.

Or rather, Ye Qingxuan was wary of all factions capable of crossing the Endless Sea to establish strongholds in the Eastern Extreme Region.

In the short term, Ye Qingxuan did not want to have any intersection with the cultivators stationed by these factions in the Eastern Extreme Region.

Fortunately, given the current situation in the Eastern Extreme Region, he only needed to avoid the few large provinces near the Endless Sea.

And he would have a high probability of avoiding cultivators or factions from the five inner regions of the Di Xuan Realm.

Only by staying far away from the Endless Sea and trying his best to avoid factions or powerhouses from the five inner regions of the Di Xuan Realm.

Could Ye Qingxuan let go and develop his commercial influence in the Eastern Extreme Region without restraint.

In the absence of teleportation arrays.

Ye Qingxuan could only use sixth-order directional displacement talismans to move himself into the depths of the Eastern Extreme Region.

He intended to first get away from the territory of the Endless Sea before choosing a place to develop.

It took ten low-sixth-order directional displacement talismans for Ye Qingxuan to travel over a hundred thousand miles into the depths of the Eastern Extreme Region.

But even this distance had not yet crossed a single province of the Eastern Extreme Region.

Naturally, it could not guarantee that he would completely avoid the influence of the Tianyuan Trading Company in the Eastern Extreme Region.

However, being over a hundred thousand miles away from the Tianyuan Trading Company's ship docking point at least guaranteed that he would not encounter the Void Penetration Realm powerhouses accompanying the ship in the short term.

Encountering a Void Penetration Realm powerhouse might not necessarily lead to anything.

But the safety of this external incarnation would no longer be under Ye Qingxuan's own control.

Therefore, Ye Qingxuan would rather waste ten sixth-order directional displacement talismans than risk that danger.

After Ye Qingxuan finished using the ten sixth-order directional displacement talismans, he had arrived in a valley.

"Roar!"

Ye Qingxuan did not look back; with a casual wave, he swatted away a second-order demon beast that had been startled by his sudden appearance and was pouncing toward him.

Bang! The demon beast swatted away by Ye Qingxuan slammed heavily into the valley wall, emitting a low whimper.

Struggling to stand up, it quickly scurried away in a panic.

Ye Qingxuan had no intention of paying attention to a mere second-order demon beast.

At this moment, he was holding a map, checking his approximate geographical location in the Eastern Extreme Region.

This map was copied by Ye Qingxuan from the Profound Heaven Sect's library.

Although it lacked detailed terrain descriptions of the Eastern Extreme Region, the location of every large province in the Eastern Extreme Region was recorded in detail on the map.

The place where Ye Qingxuan was currently located was the Extreme Haizhou, one of the provinces in the Eastern Extreme Region bordering the Endless Sea.

According to the map's description, he should still be in the outer region of the Extreme Haizhou near the Endless Sea.

After understanding his position, Ye Qingxuan frowned: "This won't do. Traveling without teleportation arrays and relying on my own flight is too slow."

The Extreme Haizhou near the Endless Sea was not Ye Qingxuan's ideal area for development.

At the very least, he needed to go deep into the Eastern Extreme Region, past a dozen large provinces, and enter the inner ring of the Eastern Extreme Region; that would be Ye Qingxuan's ideal place to build a city.

Since he had chosen to avoid the powerhouses of the five inner regions of the Di Xuan Realm and build a city in the Eastern Extreme Region, Ye Qingxuan naturally had no small ambition.

Sooner or later, Ye Qingxuan would make his city's influence radiate across most of the Eastern Extreme Region.

To achieve this, the location of the city naturally had to be as close to the core area of the Eastern Extreme Region as possible.

Wasting a bit of time and energy in the early stages to choose a good place to build a city.

Was better than finally developing it later, only to have to relocate again because the geographical location limited the city's development.

If possible, Ye Qingxuan naturally wanted to get it right in one go.

"It seems I still have to find local factions first and borrow their teleportation arrays."

Although according to the current pattern of the Eastern Extreme Region, even if there were teleportation arrays, they should be regional teleportation arrays within the province.

But even so, it would be much faster than flying by himself!

Thinking of this, Ye Qingxuan took out the fifth-order flying boat and continued to fly toward the depths of the Extreme Haizhou.

The sixth-order flying boat was a Deity Transformation-level item; unless necessary, Ye Qingxuan did not want to use it, as it was too flashy.

Being a newcomer, it was better to keep a low profile.

Piloting the fifth-order flying boat, Ye Qingxuan flew along, and from time to time, he could sense the presence of many demon beasts in the small mountain ranges he passed.

After flying for a full day and night, Ye Qingxuan finally left the area of endless small mountain ranges and arrived at a plain.

Looking at the small mountain ranges behind him, Ye Qingxuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Finding local cultivators of the Extreme Haizhou in such small mountain ranges filled with demon beasts was naturally not easy.

Fortunately, it only took a day and a night of flying to leave this area of countless interconnected small mountain ranges.

After entering the plain area.

Ye Qingxuan completely relaxed and began to brew tea inside the flying boat.

Humming a little tune while drinking tea, he enjoyed the scenery outside the flying boat.

After flying for several more hours, the flying boat Ye Qingxuan was piloting suddenly paused and stopped in the high sky.

Inside the flying boat, Ye Qingxuan's spiritual sense surged out, and he quickly probed the detailed situation ahead.

Several hundred miles below his flying boat, two Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators were besieging a second-order demon beast.

Ye Qingxuan had only stopped the high-speed flying boat after probing the fluctuations ahead.

After his spiritual sense probed the detailed situation ahead, Ye Qingxuan said with interest: "To encounter Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators here, it seems I am not far from the human gathering place of the Extreme Haizhou."

His spiritual sense surged out again, and after confirming there were no other hidden dangers around.

Ye Qingxuan piloted the flying boat and flew toward the two human Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators.

By the time Ye Qingxuan arrived, these two Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators, a man and a woman, had just finished the battle and hunted the wolf-like demon beast.

Swish! The sound of Ye Qingxuan's flying boat breaking through the air quickly startled the two.

Their expressions changed drastically, and when they probed the direction the sound came from.

Ye Qingxuan's figure had already emerged from the flying boat, standing in mid-air, looking at the two.

Seeing Ye Qingxuan, the male cultivator immediately pulled his companion's hand and bowed respectfully:

"Juniors Zhao Yu and Lin Yu greet you, Senior!"

Ye Qingxuan nodded slightly and asked:

"No need for formalities. I want to know, where is the nearest teleportation array?"

Teleportation array?

Although Zhao Yu was somewhat puzzled, he still responded respectfully: "Reporting to Senior, the nearest teleportation array is in Yu Capital City!"

After speaking, Zhao Yu even pointed out a detailed direction for Ye Qingxuan.

After obtaining the information he wanted, Ye Qingxuan tossed a storage bag to Zhao Yu, which contained the spirit stones Ye Qingxuan had prepared.

"Thanks!"

After saying thanks, Ye Qingxuan returned to the flying boat and flew toward Yu Capital City.

After Ye Qingxuan left, Lin Yu, who was beside Zhao Yu, couldn't help but ask curiously:

"Brother Yu, what realm was that Senior just now?"

After Zhao Yu pondered for a moment, his eyes filled with a trace of yearning as he envied:

"Looking at the might emitted by the flying boat behind that Senior, I'm afraid he is a Nascent Soul Realm Old Ancestor, right?"

Hearing this, Lin Yu covered her mouth with both hands and exclaimed: "Nascent Soul Old Ancestor?"

Ye Qingxuan, who had already gone far away, paused as he just picked up his teacup, then laughed lightly: "Nascent Soul Old Ancestor? That's quite a grand title!"

Having been accustomed to being cautious in the five inner regions of the Di Xuan Realm, being suddenly called a Nascent Soul Old Ancestor, Ye Qingxuan was actually a bit unaccustomed to it.

However, the upward curve of his mouth still exposed Ye Qingxuan's pleasant mood.

The feeling of being an ancestor and establishing a sect seemed quite good. Continuing to fly for several more days.

The flying boat finally arrived in the area not far from Yu Capital City while Ye Qingxuan was bored.

Ye Qingxuan did not swaggeringly pilot the flying boat into Yu Capital City.

Shortly after Yu Capital City entered Ye Qingxuan's sensing range, Ye Qingxuan put away the flying boat.

He suppressed his own cultivation aura to the early Purple Mansion Realm and then flew all the way to the vicinity of Yu Capital City.

After observing for a long time, and seeing the cultivators entering and leaving Yu Capital City in an orderly manner.

Ye Qingxuan followed behind other cultivators and slowly entered Yu Capital City through its gate.

Entering Yu Capital City.

Ye Qingxuan discovered that Yu Capital City was in a state where ordinary mortals and cultivators lived together.

The city was very large; in Ye Qingxuan's sensing, there were hundreds of thousands of mortals, while there were only a few thousand cultivators.

Among them, the strongest was only a peak Purple Mansion Realm cultivator.

After entering Yu Capital City, Ye Qingxuan wandered around for a long time and discovered the location of Yu Capital City's teleportation array in the center of the city.

Yu Capital City's teleportation array was guarded by two peak Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators, but the teleportation array was not sealed off from the outside.

As long as one paid enough spirit stones, ordinary cultivators could use it.

Ye Qingxuan did not immediately take the teleportation array to leave Yu Capital City.

Having finally arrived at a human city in the Eastern Extreme Region, he was in no rush to leave.

Moreover, Ye Qingxuan did not know where the teleportation array in Yu Capital City led to.

He was not in a rush for these few days.

Having just arrived in the Extreme Haizhou of the Eastern Extreme Region, Ye Qingxuan was still very unfamiliar with the specific situation of the Extreme Haizhou.

So Ye Qingxuan wanted to take this opportunity to probe some intelligence about the Extreme Haizhou.

As for intelligence on the entire Eastern Extreme Region?

In a mere city with only a Purple Mansion Realm cultivator sitting in charge, Ye Qingxuan did not expect to get too much information.

As long as he could figure out some general situation in the Extreme Haizhou and understand the ways to leave the Extreme Haizhou, Ye Qingxuan would be satisfied.

For the next few days, Ye Qingxuan hid in Yu Capital City, secretly probing some common knowledge information.

When necessary, Ye Qingxuan would also use some extraordinary means.

With Ye Qingxuan's Nascent Soul Realm cultivation, coupled with his extremely strong ability to conceal himself.

He was not worried that any cultivator in Yu Capital City would notice his actions.

Seven days later.

Ye Qingxuan finally had a general understanding of the Extreme Haizhou.

The entire Extreme Haizhou had a total of seven Deity Transformation-level factions on the surface.

Among them, four Deity Transformation-level factions were established by human cultivators, and the remaining three Deity Transformation-level factions were actually the three major gathering places of demon beasts.

Yu Capital City, where Ye Qingxuan was currently located, was under the jurisdiction of the Deity Transformation-level faction, Blazing Sun City.

Almost all large cities under Blazing Sun City had teleportation arrays leading to Blazing Sun City.

Blazing Sun City itself was the transit city for all large cities under its jurisdiction.

If he wanted to leave the Extreme Haizhou, Ye Qingxuan needed to take the teleportation array from Yu Capital City to Blazing Sun City first.

Then take the teleportation array from Blazing Sun City to a city at the border of the sphere of influence between Blazing Sun City and another Deity Transformation-level faction, the Heavy Blade Sect, in the core area of the Extreme Haizhou.

After arriving at that city, he would then fly to the Heavy Blade Sect's area.

And with the help of the teleportation array established by the Heavy Blade Sect, he would teleport step by step to the border of the Extreme Haizhou.

Then fly all the way to enter the Extreme Tianzhou adjacent to the Extreme Haizhou. After obtaining the information he wanted, Ye Qingxuan couldn't help but pat his forehead, feeling a bit depressed:

"Is this the trouble of poor transportation?"

If he were in the Eastern Region, Ye Qingxuan would only need to rush to a provincial capital city, and he could travel across several large provinces through rows of teleportation arrays, without needing to fly himself at all.

Unlike now? Teleport for a distance, then fly for a distance, intermittently, time-consuming and laborious.

Thinking that he still had to cross many large provinces and go deep into the core area of the Eastern Extreme Region, Ye Qingxuan felt a headache.

Shaking his head, Ye Qingxuan comforted himself: "Take it step by step! Just treat it as a vacation for myself."

After speaking, Ye Qingxuan walked toward the teleportation array in Yu Capital City.

After paying one hundred lower-grade spirit stones, with a flash of light, Ye Qingxuan's figure had already disappeared from Yu Capital City.

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, twelve years had passed.

After a full twelve years, Ye Qingxuan finally crossed the Extreme Haizhou and the Extreme Tianzhou, and arrived at the Star Fall Province adjacent to the Extreme Tianzhou, looking dusty and travel-worn.

"This is it, I'm not going any further!"

Just as he piloted the flying boat to step into the territory of the Star Fall Province, Ye Qingxuan said angrily.

For a full twelve years, except for taking teleportation arrays, Ye Qingxuan spent most of his time flying.

Along the way, Ye Qingxuan even encountered a demon beast siege, which directly trapped him in a city in the Extreme Tianzhou.

Fortunately, that city was not large, and the demon beast group he encountered was very weak.

The strongest few demon beasts were only at the Golden Core Realm.

Ye Qingxuan, who was already in a bad mood, suddenly encountered this group of demon beasts, so he directly hid his figure and began a massacre among the demon beast group.

While releasing his mood, it could also be considered as indirectly saving that human city.

Afterward, he occasionally encountered some minor matters, stopping and going.

After finally arriving at the Star Fall Province, Ye Qingxuan finally dismissed his previous thoughts.

He decided to develop in the Star Fall Province for a period of time first.

When his main body breaks through to the Void Penetration Realm and he no longer has to worry about traveling, he would then relocate the city to the core area of the Eastern Extreme Region to develop.

Ye Qingxuan looked back at the road he had traveled and said fiercely: "Sooner or later, I will pave the Eastern Extreme Region with teleportation arrays."

However, the territory where he paved the teleportation arrays would naturally be his own turf! With this fleeting thought, Ye Qingxuan turned his head and piloted the flying boat toward the depths of the Star Fall Province.

Now, it was time to find a place to build his foundation in the Eastern Extreme Region.

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