Chapter 171: Nascent Soul? Ancestor?

It took five or six months.

Ye Qingxuan refined the Tower of World Suppression, the sixth-grade mid-tier flying boat, and three sixth-grade mid-tier puppets one by one.

After five or six months passed, the combat fluctuations from the earlier battle had long since settled.

Ye Qingxuan did not know the specific situation, nor did he have the mind to learn the causes and consequences of the battle.

After making all preparations, Ye Qingxuan retracted the formation plates he had set up and dissolved the great formation.

He took out a sixth-grade low-tier directional teleportation talisman from his storage bag and activated it directly.

A flash of light appeared, and Ye Qingxuan's figure vanished.

If he wanted to develop in the Dongji Domain and plunder its resources, he first had to avoid the people of the Tianyuan Trading House.

Before he had developed in the early stages, competing with the Tianyuan Trading House would be like throwing an egg against a rock.

With the trump cards Ye Qingxuan had prepared, he was not afraid of most local powers in the Dongji Domain.

However, regarding the people of the Tianyuan Trading House, Ye Qingxuan was still very wary.

Or rather, Ye Qingxuan was wary of all powers capable of crossing the Endless Sea and establishing footholds in the Dongji Domain.

In the short term, Ye Qingxuan did not want to have any dealings with the cultivators stationed in the Dongji Domain by these powers.

Fortunately, given the current situation of the Dongji Domain, he only needed to avoid the few great prefectures near the Endless Sea.

This would give him a high probability of avoiding cultivators or powers from the five regions within the Di Xuan Realm.

Only by staying far from the Endless Sea and avoiding powers or experts from the five regions within the Di Xuan Realm as much as possible.

Could Ye Qingxuan operate freely in the Dongji Domain and develop his commercial power without restraint.

Without a teleportation array.

Ye Qingxuan could only use sixth-grade directional teleportation talismans to teleport himself deep into the Dongji Domain.

He planned to first move far away from the lands near the Endless Sea, then choose a location to develop.

It took a full ten sixth-grade low-tier directional teleportation talismans for Ye Qingxuan to travel over a hundred thousand li deep into the Dongji Domain.

Yet, this distance had not even crossed a single prefecture of the Dongji Domain.

Naturally, it could not guarantee completely avoiding the Tianyuan Trading House's power in the Dongji Domain.

However, moving more than a hundred thousand li away from the Tianyuan Trading House's airship docking points would at least ensure he would not encounter any Void Penetration realm experts accompanying the Tianyuan Trading House's ships in the short term.

Encountering a Void Penetration realm expert might not necessarily lead to anything.

But the safety of his external avatar would no longer be under Ye Qingxuan's control.

So Ye Qingxuan was willing to waste ten sixth-grade directional teleportation talismans to avoid this risk as much as possible.

After Ye Qingxuan used up the ten sixth-grade directional teleportation talismans, he arrived in a valley.

"Roar!"

Ye Qingxuan did not turn around; he casually waved his hand, swatting away a second-grade demonic beast that had been startled by his sudden appearance and was lunging at him.

Bang! The demonic beast swatted away by Ye Qingxuan crashed heavily against the mountain side of the valley, emitting a low whimper.

Struggling to its feet, it quickly slunk away.

Ye Qingxuan had no intention of paying attention to a mere second-grade demonic beast.

At this moment, he was holding a map, checking the general geographical locations within the Dongji Domain.

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

Although it lacked detailed terrain descriptions of the Dongji Domain, the map recorded in detail the locations of every great prefecture within the Dongji Domain.

The place where Ye Qingxuan currently stood was Jihai Prefecture, one of the great prefectures in the Dongji Domain bordering the Endless Sea.

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

After understanding his location, Ye Qingxuan frowned: "No, traveling without a teleportation array and relying on my own flight is too slow."

Jihai Prefecture, near the Endless Sea, was not Ye Qingxuan's ideal development area.

At the very least, it had to be an area deep within more than a dozen great prefectures of the Dongji Domain, entering the inner ring of the Dongji Domain, to be Ye Qingxuan's ideal city-building site.

Since he chose to avoid the experts from the five regions within the Di Xuan Realm and build a city in the Dongji Domain, Ye Qingxuan naturally had considerable ambition in his heart.

Sooner or later, Ye Qingxuan would make the influence of his city radiate over half of the Dongji Domain.

To achieve this, the city's location naturally had to be as close to the core area of the Dongji Domain as possible.

Wasting a little time and effort in the early stages to choose a good city-building site.

Was far better than developing with great difficulty in the later stages, only to have the city's development restricted by its geographical location and having to move again.

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

"It seems I must first find the local powers and borrow their teleportation array."

Although according to the current structure of the Dongji Domain, even if there were teleportation arrays, they would likely be regional teleportation arrays within a great prefecture.

But even so, they would be much faster than his own flight!

Thinking this, Ye Qingxuan took out his fifth-grade flying boat and continued flying deeper into Jihai Prefecture.

A sixth-grade flying boat was an item of the Soul Transformation realm; unless necessary, Ye Qingxuan did not want to use it, as that would be too conspicuous.

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

Piloting the fifth-grade flying boat, he flew continuously; along the way, passing through small mountain ranges, Ye Qingxuan could occasionally sense the presence of many demonic beasts within them.

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

Looking back at the small mountain ranges, Ye Qingxuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Finding local cultivators of Jihai Prefecture in such small mountain ranges teeming with demonic beasts was naturally difficult.

Fortunately, he had only flown for a day and night before leaving this area of countless connected small mountain ranges.

After entering the plain area.

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

Humming a tune while sipping tea, he admired the scenery outside the flying boat.

After flying for several more hours, the flying boat piloted by Ye Qingxuan suddenly jolted and came to a complete halt in the high sky.

Inside the flying boat, Ye Qingxuan extended his spiritual sense, quickly probing the detailed situation ahead.

Hundreds of li below the flying boat, two Foundation Establishment cultivators were besieging a second-rank demon beast.

Ye Qingxuan had halted the high-speed flight of the flying boat only after detecting the fluctuations ahead.

After his spiritual sense probed the detailed situation ahead, Ye Qingxuan said with interest, "Meeting Foundation Establishment cultivators here suggests we are not far from the human gathering place in the Extreme Sea Prefecture."

His spiritual sense surged out again to confirm there were no other hidden dangers nearby.

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

By the time Ye Qingxuan arrived, the male and female Foundation Establishment cultivators had just finished their battle, having slain the wolf-like demon beast.

Whoosh! The sound of the flying boat breaking the air soon alerted the two.

Their faces changed drastically as they detected the direction from which the sound came.

Ye Qingxuan had already emerged from the flying boat, standing suspended in midair, looking directly at them.

Upon seeing Ye Qingxuan, the male cultivator immediately grabbed his companion's hand and bowed respectfully, saying:

"Junior Zhao Yu and Lin Yu greet the senior!"

Ye Qingxuan nodded slightly and asked:

"No need for such formalities. I wish to know where the nearest teleportation array is located."

The teleportation array?

Although Zhao Yu felt somewhat puzzled, he respectfully replied, "To report to the senior, the nearest teleportation array is in Yudu City!"

After speaking, Zhao Yu pointed out the precise direction to Ye Qingxuan.

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

"Thanks!"

After offering thanks, Ye Qingxuan returned to the flying boat and flew away toward Yudu City.

After Ye Qingxuan departed, Lin Yu beside Zhao Yu could not help but ask curiously:

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

After pondering for a moment, Zhao Yu's eyes held a trace of longing as he said enviously:

"Judging by the imposing aura emitted by the flying boat behind that senior, he must be a Nascent Soul ancestor, right?"

Hearing this, Lin Yu covered her mouth with both hands and exclaimed, "A Nascent Soul ancestor?"

Ye Qingxuan, who had already flown far away, paused as he lifted his teacup, then chuckled lightly, "A Nascent Soul ancestor? That is quite a grand title!"

Having grown accustomed to being cautious in the five regions of the Earthly Profound Realm, suddenly being addressed as a Nascent Soul ancestor made Ye Qingxuan feel somewhat unaccustomed.

However, the upward curve of his lips still revealed his pleasant mood.

The feeling of being called an ancestor or a patriarch seemed quite nice. He continued flying for several more days.

Only then, amidst Ye Qingxuan's boredom, did the flying boat arrive at the area not far from Yudu City.

Ye Qingxuan did not boldly pilot the flying boat to recklessly burst into Yudu City.

Shortly after Yudu City entered Ye Qingxuan's perception range, he retracted the flying boat.

He suppressed his cultivation aura to the early stage of the Purple Mansion realm, then flew toward the vicinity of Yudu City.

After observing for a long time and seeing cultivators entering and leaving Yudu City in an orderly manner,

Ye Qingxuan followed behind other cultivators and slowly entered Yudu City through its city gate.

Entering Yudu City,

Ye Qingxuan discovered that within the city, mortals and cultivators lived together.

The city was vast; in Ye Qingxuan's perception, there were hundreds of thousands of mortals, while cultivators numbered only in the thousands.

Among them, the strongest was merely a cultivator at the peak of the Purple Mansion realm.

After entering Yudu City, Ye Qingxuan wandered around for a long time and located the teleportation array at the city center.

The teleportation array in Yudu City was guarded by two cultivators at the peak of the Foundation Establishment realm, yet the array was not sealed off to outsiders.

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

Ye Qingxuan did not immediately board the teleportation array to leave Yudu City.

Having finally reached a human city in the Extreme Eastern Region, he was not in a hurry to depart.

Moreover, Ye Qingxuan currently did not know where the teleportation array in Yudu City led.

He was not short on a few days of time.

Having just arrived in the Extreme Sea Prefecture of the Extreme Eastern Region, Ye Qingxuan was still very unfamiliar with the specific conditions of the Extreme Sea Prefecture.

Therefore, Ye Qingxuan wished to take this opportunity to investigate some information about the Extreme Sea Prefecture.

As for information about the entire Extreme Eastern Region?

A mere city guarded only by the Purple Mansion realm, Ye Qingxuan did not expect to obtain any significant information from it.

As long as he could grasp the general situation within the Extreme Sea Prefecture and understand the path to leave it, Ye Qingxuan would be satisfied.

Over the following days, Ye Qingxuan hid within Yudu City, secretly investigating some basic information.

When necessary, Ye Qingxuan would also employ some extreme measures.

With Ye Qingxuan's Nascent Soul cultivation base, combined with his own powerful concealment abilities,

he was not worried that any cultivator in Yudu City would detect his actions.

Seven days later.

Ye Qingxuan finally gained a general understanding of the Extreme Sea Prefecture.

The entire Extreme Sea Prefecture had, on the surface, seven Soul Transformation-level powers.

Among them, there are four Soul Transformation-level powers established by human cultivators; the remaining three Soul Transformation-level powers are actually the three major gathering places of demonic beasts.

Yudu City, where Ye Qingxuan currently resides, belongs to the command of the Soul Transformation-level power, Liyang City.

Almost all major cities under Liyang City's command possess teleportation arrays leading to Liyang City.

Liyang City itself serves as the transit city for all major cities under its command.

To leave Jihai Zhou, Ye Qingxuan must use the teleportation array in Yudu City to first teleport to Liyang City.

Then, using Liyang City's teleportation array, he must teleport to a city located at the boundary between Liyang City and the territory of another Soul Transformation-level power, the Heavy Blade Sect, in the core region of Jihai Zhou.

After reaching that city, he must fly to the Heavy Blade Sect's territory.

Utilizing the teleportation arrays established by the Heavy Blade Sect, he must teleport step by step to the border of Jihai Zhou.

Then, flying all the way into Jitian Zhou, which borders Jihai Zhou, and after obtaining the desired information, Ye Qingxuan could not help but pat his forehead, saying somewhat gloomily:

"Is this the trouble of inconvenient transportation?"

If he were in the Eastern Region, Ye Qingxuan would only need to rush to a prefectural city to cross several major zhou via successive grand teleportation arrays, requiring no flying of his own at all.

How is it now? Teleporting for a distance, then flying for another, intermittently, wasting both time and effort.

Thinking that he still had to traverse numerous major zhou and delve deep into the core region of the Eastern Extreme Domain, Ye Qingxuan felt a throbbing headache.

Shaking his head, Ye Qingxuan comforted himself: "Let's take it step by step! Just consider it a vacation for myself."

Having spoken, Ye Qingxuan walked toward the teleportation array in Yudu City.

After paying one hundred low-grade spirit stones, a light flickered, and Ye Qingxuan's figure had already vanished from Yudu City.

Time passed; in the blink of an eye, twelve years had gone by.

It took a full twelve years for Ye Qingxuan to cross Jihai Zhou and Jitian Zhou, arriving dust-covered in Xingluo Zhou, which borders Jitian Zhou.

"This is it; I'm not moving anymore!"

The moment he stepped onto the territory of Xingluo Zhou aboard his flying boat, Ye Qingxuan said irritably.

For a full twelve years, aside from riding teleportation arrays, Ye Qingxuan spent most of his time in flight.

Along the way, Ye Qingxuan even encountered demonic beasts besieging a city, trapping him directly within a certain city in Jitian Zhou.

Fortunately, that city was not large, and the group of demonic beasts they encountered was weak in power.

The strongest few demonic beasts were merely at the Golden Core realm.

Already in a bad mood, Ye Qingxuan, upon suddenly encountering this group of demonic beasts, immediately concealed his form and began slaughtering them mercilessly within their ranks.

While venting his emotions, he also indirectly saved that human city.

Afterwards, he occasionally encountered minor incidents, stopping and starting along the way.

After finally reaching Xingluo Zhou, Ye Qingxuan finally abandoned his previous thoughts.

He decided to develop for a while in Xingluo Zhou first.

Only when his true body breaks through to the Void Shattering realm, no longer troubled by the need to rush, will he then relocate his city to the core region of the Eastern Extreme Domain for development.

Ye Qingxuan looked back at the path he had traveled and said fiercely: "Sooner or later, I will cover the entire Eastern Extreme Domain with teleportation arrays."

However, the territories where he lays these teleportation arrays will naturally be his own domain! Carrying this fleeting thought, Ye Qingxuan turned around, boarded his flying boat, and flew toward the depths of Xingluo Zhou.

Now, it is time to find a place to establish his foundation in the Eastern Extreme Domain.

(End of this chapter)