Chapter 352: The Visitor Bears No Good Intentions

Three days later.

Above Mount Wanling in Dongxuan City.

Ye Qingxuan's external avatar's expression suddenly changed; he looked up toward the direction of Xingluo City.

He sensed an unfriendly aura from the approaching figure.

Ye Qingxuan's main consciousness decisively descended, taking control of this external avatar's body.

With a thought, Ye Qingxuan did not hesitate.

He immediately fully activated Dongxuan City's city-protecting great formation, the Seventh-Rank Star Array.

In an instant, starlight drifted above Dongxuan City.

A shimmering barrier of starlight appeared out of thin air, instantly enveloping the entire Dongxuan City.

Therefore, he did not rashly make a move.

In business, harmony is paramount.

This was the moment for Dongxuan City to establish its own authority.

If Dongxuan City's foundations were shallow, he would not mind

It was just that, to his surprise,

it was detrimental to Ye Qingxuan's commercial layout.

However, the area covered by Dongxuan City's city-protecting great formation was truly too vast.

The might of Dongxuan City's city-protecting great formation actually surpassed his expectations.

Just as the cultivators within the city were filled with doubt and uncertainty,

but Ye Qingxuan currently had no confidence in suppressing Star Lord Xingze outside Dongxuan City.

Excessive killing would only provoke fear among the high-level cultivators of Xingluo Prefecture.

The changes in Dongxuan City alarmed all cultivators and ordinary residents within the city.

The existence of Dongxuan City already seriously threatened the status of Xingluo City.

Xingluo City also possessed a Seventh-Rank Array.

His purpose this time was to test the true strength of Dongxuan City.

Either do not strike, or if striking, one blow must be decisive.

Yet it did not cause even a single ripple in the barrier condensed by Dongxuan City's city-protecting great formation.

This figure was none other than Star Lord Xingze, who had only broken through to the Void Penetration Realm three days ago.

Outside Dongxuan City.

Having spoken, Star Lord Xingze's figure vanished without a trace.

High in the sky outside Dongxuan City, a figure had already appeared out of thin air.

At this moment, sensing the might of Dongxuan City's city-protecting great formation, Star Lord Xingze's expression grew somewhat grave.

How could he do business afterward?

Therefore, order and neutrality gave external cultivators an image of benevolence.

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's invitation, Star Lord Xingze cast a wary glance at Dongxuan City's city-protecting great formation.

Just as Star Lord Xingze was pondering, Ye Qingxuan's voice already sounded from within Dongxuan City:

After confirming the conjecture in his heart, Star Lord Xingze suppressed his impulse to attack again.

If the high-level cultivators of Xingluo Prefecture, out of fear, dared not enter Dongxuan City,

they were merely Seventh-Rank Lower Grade formations.

it would be the sustainable path for Dongxuan City's commercial development.

"City Lord Xing honors us with your presence; please enter Dongxuan City for a conversation."

"Boom!"

Star Lord Xingze naturally also had some understanding of Seventh-Rank Arrays.

A considerable booming sound rose up.

It was just that, aside from Ye Qingxuan,

although Dongxuan City's city-protecting great formation was the same Seventh-Rank Array as the one in Xingluo City,

if someone insisted on pushing their luck, ignoring the warning and violating Dongxuan City's rules,

he then waved his sleeve.

and responded in a cold voice:

"This one still has urgent matters to attend to; I shall visit the City Lord of Dongxuan City again next time."

Everyone within Dongxuan City did not perceive the existence of this figure.

Unless necessary, Ye Qingxuan did not wish to make an enemy of Xingluo City.

Ye Qingxuan only hoped Star Lord Xingze would be sensible and accept Dongxuan City's goodwill.

A wisp of energy imbued with the water principle's rules struck the barrier of Dongxuan City.

The larger the area covered by an array, the more spiritual materials it consumes, and naturally, the greater the power it can unleash.

Although during ordinary times,

Dongxuan City's city-protecting great formation, due to the vast territory it guarded,

the condensed array barrier remained within the normal range of a Seventh-Rank Lower Grade array.

but if it came to a life-or-death struggle,

the person controlling the array could concentrate the array's full power to unleash a shocking strike.

The array's power would then inevitably far exceed the limit of a Seventh-Rank Lower Grade array.

Given the current coverage of the Dongxuan City Great Formation protecting the city.

If it fully contracts to unleash a single strike.

The unleashed power might even reach the threshold of a Grade Seven Top-Tier Formation.

This would pose a life-or-death crisis for Lord Xingze himself.

Lord Xingze, who had just broken through to the Void Penetration Realm, did not wish to take such a risk.

After all, his Xingluo City and Dongxuan City currently had no open conflict.

With their power levels not vastly different, there was no need to fight to the death.

Lord Xingze had just broken through to the Void Penetration Realm, and his body was still undergoing a comprehensive, silent transformation.

His strength had not yet reached the normal range expected for the early stage of the Void Penetration Realm.

At this moment, he did not want to stumble and suffer a fatal defeat at Dongxuan City.

Therefore, faced with Ye Qingxuan's invitation.

Lord Xingze, seeing the situation was unwinnable, decisively chose to leave.

However, Lord Xingze did not return to Xingluo City immediately.

He prepared to visit the various Soul Transformation-level powers.

In Xingluozhou, all long-established powers had agreements with one another.

When a power produced a Void Penetration Realm expert, the other powers were required to contribute half of their resources.

And since Void Penetration Realm experts would not stay long within Xingluozhou.

they would not deal lethal blows to these powers.

Otherwise, even if these powers could unleash Void Penetration-level strength in a short time.

before a true Void Penetration Realm expert, they would absolutely be unable to preserve themselves.

Unless their trump cards were like those of Dongxuan City.

capable of posing a lethal threat to an expert in the early stage of the Void Penetration Realm.

Inside Dongxuan City.

Sensing Lord Xingze's departure, Ye Qingxuan was not surprised.

If Lord Xingze did not wish to fight to the death, this was his best choice.

With a thought, he halted the full revival of the Grade Seven Star Array.

He left the Grade Seven Star Array in a semi-revived operational state.

Under Ye Qingxuan's control.

The starlight-flickering barrier covering Dongxuan City slowly faded, reverting to a transparent barrier.

At this time, the five Commandants of Dongxuan City had all arrived at Wanling Mountain.

They bowed and paid respects to Ye Qingxuan from a short distance, saying:

"We pay our respects to the City Lord."

Afterwards, Jiang Wen spoke up and asked:

"City Lord, may we ask what just occurred?"

Hearing Jiang Wen's question, Ye Qingxuan waved his hand indifferently and said:

"Nothing much; you need not worry."

At this moment, Ye Qingxuan suddenly remembered something and immediately said:

"By the way, Dongxuan City will soon establish branch cities in Luotianzhou and Jitianzhou respectively."

"The specifications of these two branch cities are three thousand li in both length and width. For now, we will not relocate common mortals into them, but will directly dispatch cultivators to govern them."

"You should prepare during this period and have the cultivators within the city craft the corresponding city components."

Luotianzhou and Jitianzhou are located to the south and north of Xingluozhou respectively.

Jitianzhou is the region Ye Qingxuan passed through when arriving in Xingluozhou; relatively speaking, it is closer to the Endless Sea.

Luotianzhou is the region where the main temple of the Luotian Sect is located, relatively closer to the core area of the Dongji Domain.

Establishing Dongxuan City branch cities in these two regions.

is to expand toward the Endless Sea and the core area of the Dongji Domain in two directions.

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's orders.

each person held different thoughts in their hearts.

Some were surprised by their City Lord's speed of expansion.

Others wondered why, since Dongxuan City had not yet reached its limits, branch cities were being built at this time.

However, regardless of what they thought, they all spoke in unison:

"Yes, City Lord!"

Although puzzled, this did not affect their execution of their City Lord's orders.

Seeing this, Ye Qingxuan nodded in satisfaction:

"Very well, you may all withdraw."

"Yes, City Lord!"

Having spoken, the group withdrew one by one.

Only Jiang Yinyin, as she left, cautiously stole a glance at Ye Qingxuan.

Then, extremely excited, she followed her Master and left Wanling Mountain.

(End of this chapter)