Chapter 461

Huang Feng City.

At this time, on the city walls of Huang Feng City, more than a hundred cultivators were waiting seriously.

After seeing a figure flying over from afar at high speed.

The eyes of the cultivators lit up one after another, and they all flew up to meet him and spoke:

"We respectfully welcome the City Lord of Dongxuan!"

The person who came was none other than Ye Qingxuan's external avatar, the City Lord of Star Fall·Dongxuan City.

Ever since Ye Qingxuan's external avatar had publicly suppressed the Treasure Pavilion and Star Fall City.

The cultivators in the Star Fall Continent had all left a very deep impression of Ye Qingxuan's external avatar.

Even those who had not met Ye Qingxuan in person knew the appearance of Ye Qingxuan's external avatar.

This was also the reason why the cultivators of Huang Feng City recognized Ye Qingxuan as soon as he descended.

Arriving above Huang Feng City, Ye Qingxuan stood in the air.

Looking at the hundred or so cultivators in front of him, Ye Qingxuan understood.

It seemed that Huang Feng had already arranged everything when he signed the contract and merged Huang Feng City into Dongxuan City.

Otherwise, these cultivators of Huang Feng City would not have been here to welcome him in advance.

Nodding slightly, Ye Qingxuan asked somewhat casually:

"Are you the only ones left of the cultivators in Huang Feng City now?"

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's inquiry.

Among the hundred or so cultivators of Huang Feng City, the leader, a cultivator at the early Nascent Soul Realm, stepped forward and responded respectfully:

"Reporting to the City Lord of Dongxuan, Huang Feng City currently only has our group of cultivators left."

These hundred or so cultivators were the confidants that Huang Feng, the City Lord of Huang Feng City, had specifically selected from his original thousands of subordinates.

Besides that.

The rest of the cultivators in Huang Feng City had long been dismissed by Huang Feng earlier.

Because, after Huang Feng City merged into Dongxuan City and lost the income source of Huang Feng City.

Huang Feng could not afford to support too many cultivators.

Therefore, Huang Feng could only painfully dismiss the other cultivators.

And the vast majority of those dismissed cultivators had long ago taken a step ahead to seek a way out in Dongxuan City.

However, among those cultivators who went to Dongxuan City, very few actually chose to join the command of Dongxuan City.

Regarding this, Ye Qingxuan did not care.

With the current prestige of Dongxuan City, ordinary cultivators were no longer worth Dongxuan City's special recruitment.

As early as three years ago, he had already set the rules.

Cultivators who wanted to join Dongxuan City in the future would need to serve Dongxuan City for different years without compensation according to their different cultivation bases.

During this period, they also needed to complete three assessment tasks of different levels one after another.

After reaching the years of service and passing the three assessment tasks, and making certain contributions to Dongxuan City.

Only then could cultivators truly join Dongxuan City and become peripheral members of Dongxuan City.

This was also the reason why so many cultivators gathered in Dongxuan City, but very few chose to join Dongxuan City.

It was not that they didn't want to join Dongxuan City directly.

It was that Dongxuan City had raised the threshold, making the conditions for them to join Dongxuan City too harsh.

Compared to some cultivators with very ordinary talent and combat power.

Ye Qingxuan was more willing to accept some mortals and then cultivate cultivators loyal to himself from a young age through the Dongxuan Academy.

Among the core members who had taken the Dao oath in Dongxuan City now, most were cultivators who had come out of the Dongxuan Academy.

As long as the base of mortals was large enough, he would not lack cultivators loyal to him in the future.

With his spiritual sense surging out, Ye Qingxuan counted the mortal residents in Huang Feng City.

Not many, only a mere 30 million or so.

With a wave of his hand, an ancient bell that looked slightly weathered flew out from in front of Ye Qingxuan.

This was none other than the low-grade spirit treasure, the Heaven-Shaking Bell.

Because another low-grade spirit treasure, the Star Palace, needed to maintain the seventh-order Star Dou Great Array of Dongxuan City and sit in command of Dongxuan City.

So Ye Qingxuan could only bring the Heaven-Shaking Bell here this time.

Under Ye Qingxuan's urging.

The low-grade spirit treasure, the Heaven-Shaking Bell, quickly flew above Huang Feng City and then enlarged at a very fast speed.

"Dong!"

Accompanied by a bell toll, the power of the Heaven-Shaking Bell instantly enveloped the entire Huang Feng City.

Then, following Ye Qingxuan's low shout:

"Collect!"

The entire Huang Feng City was instantly collected into the Heaven-Shaking Bell by Ye Qingxuan.

After collecting the entire Huang Feng City.

Ye Qingxuan beckoned, and the Heaven-Shaking Bell instantly fell into his palm, slowly rotating and hovering.

"This?"

Seeing this scene, the hundred or so cultivators on the side were instantly plunged into shock.

Such a large city was just collected like this?

With their cultivation and knowledge, their understanding of Void Penetration Realm powerhouses was still too little.

Many cultivators couldn't help but gasp, thinking in shock:

"Hiss! Is a Void Penetration Realm powerhouse really this terrifying?"

Ye Qingxuan did not pay attention to the reactions of the crowd.

After finishing all this.

He carried one hand behind his back, held the bell with the other, looked at the hundred or so cultivators who were in shock, and asked:

"Are you following me to Dongxuan City, or will you make your own arrangements?"

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's words.

The cultivators came back to their senses from the shock and instantly looked happy.

The leader, the Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, stepped forward and said with a beaming face:

"We are willing to follow the City Lord of Dongxuan to Dongxuan City; we have troubled the City Lord of Dongxuan this time!"

You must know that ever since Dongxuan City migrated to the original Water Marsh Kingdom.

The distance from Huang Feng City to Dongxuan City had increased significantly.

If it were before, it would have been fine.

Although the distance was far, they wouldn't have been in too much danger if they flew over themselves.

But now it was different; the Di Xuan Realm was suffering from the invasion of the Green Demon Realm.

If they flew over themselves, they might be wiped out if they were unlucky enough to encounter a Green Demon Clan member at the Deity Transformation Realm.

Although the Star Fall Continent was vast, the probability of them being unlucky enough to encounter a Green Demon Clan member at the Deity Transformation Realm was not high.

But if they could avoid it, why would they take this risk?

Hearing the choice of the hundred or so cultivators of Huang Feng City, Ye Qingxuan was not surprised.

He waved his hand directly and collected them all into the Heaven-Shaking Bell.

Afterwards, Ye Qingxuan stood in the air.

With light flowing in his eyes, he stared at a fifth-order spirit vein deep underground at the original site of Huang Feng City, and for a moment, he had some restless thoughts in his heart.

The other major cities he had relocated before.

He hadn't touched the spirit veins under the ground of their original sites.

At this time, the high-level officials of the Di Xuan Realm Alliance were still clashing with the powerhouses of the Green Demon Realm in the void.

Due to the sudden incident of the wormhole passage.

The Di Xuan Realm still had not lifted the ban on destroying spirit veins.

After many forces in the Di Xuan Realm moved.

Because of the existence of this ban, they still didn't dare to destroy the spirit veins themselves to take out the spirit vein hearts.

This ban was established according to the original operation rules of heaven and earth in the Di Xuan Realm.

Once violated, not only would they be besieged by many overlord-level forces in the Di Xuan Realm, but they would also be suppressed by the rules of heaven and earth in the Di Xuan Realm.

Although it wouldn't trigger lightning punishment and lead to immediate death and disappearance.

But once marked by the rules of heaven and earth in the Di Xuan Realm.

Future cultivation in the Di Xuan Realm would be twice the effort for half the result, and the difficulty of crossing the tribulation would also greatly increase.

Therefore, as long as this ban was not lifted for a day.

Many forces in the Di Xuan Realm would basically not take the risk to be the first bird to violate the ban and destroy the spirit veins.

But leaving the spirit stones and spirit vein sources in these spirit veins without digging them up.

Ye Qingxuan always felt that he was at a huge loss.

In Ye Qingxuan's view.

When the wormhole passage appeared and the Green Demon Clan could directly enter the interior of the Di Xuan Realm.

This ban was already a case of pros and cons, or even more cons than pros.

Just like now, Huang Feng City had clearly moved.

But because of the existence of the ban, the spirit vein of Huang Feng City could not have its spirit vein heart taken out to be relocated.

Given the current situation.

Losing the guard of Huang Feng City and leaving the spirit vein in place was no different from giving it to the Green Demon Clan for free.

Thinking of this, Ye Qingxuan pondered for a long time.

However, after deep thought for a long time, Ye Qingxuan finally shook his head slowly and said:

"Forget it!"

The ban in the Di Xuan Realm still existed, and he didn't want to be the first person to violate it.

Moreover, he didn't want to form karma with the heaven and earth of the Di Xuan Realm for the sake of a mere fifth-order spirit vein source.

Even if this karma was extremely small.

The rules of heaven and earth in the Di Xuan Realm had no intelligence and could not weigh the pros and cons like cultivators.

Once the operating rules of heaven and earth were set, they would not be easily changed.

Therefore, even if the overlord-level forces of the Di Xuan Realm didn't hunt him down after he violated the ban.

He would also be marked by the rules of heaven and earth in the Di Xuan Realm and form karma with heaven and earth.

"Perhaps, it's not a bad thing for the ban to continue to be maintained!"

Things had come to this, and he could only think in a positive direction.

Once the spirit vein heart was taken out, it would inevitably destroy the original spirit vein.

Although the spirit vein heart could give birth to a new spirit vein in other places.

But in this process, it would consume a lot of energy, destroy the external energy channels of the spirit vein, and cause certain turmoil to the origin of the Di Xuan Realm.

It didn't matter if it happened a few times, but if it happened too often, the impact on the Di Xuan Realm would be too great.

This was also the reason for the formation of the ban.

The Green Demon Clan invaded, but the Di Xuan Realm was ultimately the home field of the humans.

Most spirit veins could still be preserved under the guard of major human forces.

But once the ban was lifted.

At that time, it might not just be the Green Demon Clan digging for spirit vein sources in the Di Xuan Realm.

For the sake of profit, Ye Qingxuan couldn't be sure if some forces would.

Take advantage of the chaos in the Di Xuan Realm to seek profit, secretly attack other forces, and dig for spirit vein sources to strengthen their own sect bases.

Human hearts were the most unpredictable.

Not everyone would stick to their bottom line for the sake of the big picture.

With the ban in place, it could at least deter these forces.

Unlike the Green Demon Clan.

Because the Green Demon Clan were outsiders, their life origin did not belong to the Di Xuan Realm, and they had the cover and protection of the Green Demon Realm.

After destroying the spirit vein and digging for the spirit vein source.

The Green Demon Clan would not be sensed by the overlord-level forces of the Di Xuan Realm immediately.

But human cultivators were born and raised in the Di Xuan Realm.

Basically, they had been under the shroud of the rules of heaven and earth in the Di Xuan Realm for their entire lives.

Once they destroyed the spirit vein and violated the ban, they would be instantly marked by the rules of heaven and earth.

At that time, the many overlord-level forces in the Di Xuan Realm would instantly sense this fluctuation and hunt down the violators of the ban.

This was the reason why this ban could be maintained until now, making human cultivators afraid to easily cross the line.

Actually, with his strength.

He could now completely split the earth and relocate the entire piece of land without destroying the spirit vein.

Just like when he relocated Dongxuan City.

It was a pity that times had changed.

Now the suppression of the rules of heaven and earth had greatly increased, and his flight speed was already very slow.

If he were to carry a vast piece of land and fly back to Dongxuan City, the time consumed would be too long.

Now was the time of the Green Demon Clan's invasion.

He didn't want to attract too much attention from the Green Demon Clan for the sake of a few mid-level spirit vein sources.

If he attracted a Green Demon Clan powerhouse at the Void Penetration Realm to take the opportunity to attack him or Dongxuan City, it would be a loss that outweighed the gain.

Therefore, Ye Qingxuan didn't have the idea of splitting the earth and carrying it forward now.

In general, a mere fifth-order spirit vein source wasn't worth him doing this.

"However, although I can't dig it up, I can use it as bait!"

While speaking, the corners of Ye Qingxuan's mouth curled up slightly.

Afterwards, Ye Qingxuan split a trace of his spiritual sense and attached it to the spirit vein heart under the original site of Huang Feng City.

By then, once any Green Demon Clan member dug up the spirit vein heart here.

He would instantly sense it.

Then, using the spiritual sense on the spirit vein heart as a location, he would track the Green Demon Clan members invading the Star Fall Continent.

By then, hehehe...

Thinking of this, Ye Qingxuan's heart stirred.

He wasn't in a hurry to return to Dongxuan City, but flew in another direction.

The spirit veins left behind by the cities he had relocated before should still be there because the time interval wasn't long.

Since he had to set up bait, he might as well set up a few more this time.

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, it was a day later.

A ray of rosy light streaked across the sky, flying towards a certain direction.

This day.

Ye Qingxuan traveled to various places, under the original sites of several relocated cities.

He split his spiritual sense and had already marked the spirit vein sources of four spirit veins.

Now, he was heading to the last destination—the original site of Guhuang City.

Guhuang City was the city that had been relocated and merged into Dongxuan City the longest time ago among the several cities.

Two years and five months had passed since the relocation of this city.

In these two years and five months.

The Guhuang Demon-Hunting Army formed by Gu Wuzhao, the City Lord of Guhuang City, had been thriving in Dongxuan City.

After getting rid of the burden of guarding the city.

Gu Wuzhao led his Guhuang Demon-Hunting Army to track and encircle the invading Green Demon Clan members everywhere in the Star Fall Continent.

In the end, Gu Wuzhao relied on gradually hunting and accumulating the corpses of the Green Demon Clan.

Coupled with his own accumulation of nearly two thousand years.

He broke through the shackles of the Nascent Soul Realm in one fell swoop and stepped into the level of the Deity Transformation Realm.

Now, after breaking through to the Deity Transformation Realm.

Gu Wuzhao had even led his Guhuang Demon-Hunting Army through the wormhole passage opened by the Di Xuan Realm and killed his way into the Green Demon Realm.

It was precisely because of the stimulation brought by Gu Wuzhao.

That many City Lords at the Nascent Soul Realm in the Star Fall Continent would choose to merge their cities into the command of major Deity Transformation level forces one after another.

They themselves led their confidants to be independent outside, following the example to form their own Demon-Hunting Armies to hunt the Green Demon Clan.

Actually, the best choice for many cities in the Star Fall Continent was Dongxuan City.

It was just that many cities were too far away from Dongxuan City.

So they settled for the next best thing and chose to merge into the nearest Deity Transformation level force.

(End of chapter)