Chapter 2496: Nostalgic Memories

Marsh Fish Scales, hearing that the treasure Bei Ming Er Ye wanted, Tianlin immediately laughed, still thinking it was something else—turns out it was just here?

He immediately gave Bei Ming Er Ye quite a lot, so they no longer needed to go out of the city to search.

I never expected that the purpose of this trip would be achieved just like that; having come to Beyond the Heavens, we didn't even leave the immortal city.

Bei Ming Er Ye, besides being shocked, couldn't help but feel moved.

This is the difference, ah—speaking of this treasure, in the eyes of the Bei Ming family, it's something that must be carefully sought after and fully prepared for before it can be obtained.

But in Tianlin's eyes, Ye Zhangqing thought it was something that could be casually obtained, not worth anything at all.

They can easily give you quite a bit.

The gap between people can sometimes be that huge.

Having collected the Marsh Fish Scales, Bei Ming Er Ye didn't stay longer, nor did he think about making connections.

He knew that the Bei Ming family still wasn't qualified to curry favor with Ye Zhangqing and the others.

Being able to have more contact with Xu Jie is already good.

He left quite sensibly, while Ye Zhangqing naturally brought Xu Jie and Zhao Zhengping back to their residence.

On the way, Xu Jie laughed somewhat complexly.

"I'm also benefiting from your junior brother's glory; otherwise I'd truly be cannon fodder."

Xu Jie knew that the Bei Ming family being like this wasn't because of him, but because of the Heavenly Family, and because of Ye Zhangqing.

He himself is nothing.

But Ye Zhangqing naturally didn't care about this; given their brotherly relationship, let alone talking about pulling a tiger's skin, it's a bond that would risk one's life.

He waved his hand indifferently and laughed.

That evening, Ye Zhangqing prepared a table full of dishes, sending one portion to Huang Lao and the others, and keeping another portion for himself.

At the meal, Xu Jie and Zhao Zhengping naturally ate with oil dripping from their mouths, unable to stop.

They kept saying, mouth full.

"Junior brother, your Chúyì has improved again; it's even more delicious than before."

I haven't eaten Ye Zhangqing's cooking for a while; although the dry rations haven't run out, how could they compare to his freshly made dishes? They're worlds apart.

Watching the two wolf down their food, Ye Zhangqing simply ate a few bites, drinking while smiling as he watched.

Time seemed to have returned to how it was back when we were in Xia Jie.

Back then, the two brothers were together in Xia Jie, experiencing many things and also facing danger.

And the Dao Yi Sect gradually developed from that time into the Dao Yi Shengdi.

Before, there was no time to recall these, but now the thoughts suddenly surfaced in his mind, giving Ye Zhangqing a somewhat dreamlike feeling.

And just then, after finishing the last bite, Xu Jie wiped his mouth, raised his head, and said with a smile.

"Haha, great, it feels like we've returned to the time when we were in Xia Jie again."

Speaking, a faint inexplicable light flashed in Xu Jie's eyes.

Meeting Ye Zhangqing's gaze, Xu Jie said in a complex tone.

"Junior brother, actually speaking, I don't like the Immortal Realm."

"Why?"

Hearing that, Ye Zhangqing questioned doubtfully, "Coming to the Immortal Realm, there is a better Xiūliàn environment and more Xiūliàn resources."

Moreover, the Dao One Immortal Sect has basically established a foothold in the Immortal Realm, with Huang Lao, Zuo Fu providing protection, also holding the authority to supervise the beast clan, and having allies like the Heavenly Family and the Wushen Palace.

It can be said there's nothing to worry about.

It is said that Qi Xiong, Yun Xiantai, and them plan to construct a channel connecting to Xia Jie.

Once the channel is successfully built, in the future there will be a continuous flow, allowing the exceptionally talented disciples of the Dao Yi Shengdi to go to the Immortal Realm to continue pursuing higher cultivation realms and a broader world.

For the people of the Dao Yi Shengdi in Xia Jie, saying they have ascended is not an exaggeration.

This indeed equals ascension, ascending from Xia Jie to the Immortal Realm.

Moreover, this ascension channel is still in the hands of our own people.

Ye Zhangqing couldn't immediately understand Xu Jie's meaning; seeing this, Xu Jie revealed a bitter smile and said.

"At first I couldn't say either; indeed, Xiūliàn in the Immortal Realm is definitely much better than in Xia Jie."

"Just like me and Senior Brother, if we were in Xia Jie, with our talent, let alone the Ancestor realm, the Emperor Sovereign Realm would probably be the limit, but now both I and Senior Brother have reached the Immortal King realm."

"But after coming to the Immortal Realm, I found I could no longer fight side by side with my little junior brother; at first I could still catch up to his back view, even just looking at him from afar was fine."

"But later, Shī xiōng I found, I can barely see your back anymore, and it keeps getting blurrier; I fear that one day I won't even be able to see this back."

"I know your little junior brother, your talent is extraordinary; even in the Immortal Realm, you are one of the five great Yāoniè of the age, unlike Shī xiōng."

"Shī xiōng I am merely mediocre; perhaps not bad in Xia Jie, but in the Immortal Realm I amount to nothing."

"But Shī xiōng I am afraid…………………………"

Saying this, Xu Jie paused, then with a serious expression lifted his head to look at Ye Zhangqing and said.

"I fear that one day we brothers will lose contact, fearing that one day, in the junior brother's eyes, Shī xiōng will become a dispensable existence."

"In the Sect I hesitated for a long time, but finally I felt that I want to fight side by side with the junior brother, unwilling to just live so mundanely inside the Sect, only able to hear about the junior brother from others."

"So, I came to Beyond the Heavens."

Hearing Xu Jie's words, and also seeing the smile he revealed at the end.

The smile was full of determination, and for a moment Ye Zhangqing was somewhat dazed.

So that's how it is? But…………………………

Xu Jie's idea is not wrong, but the problem is that talent—if you don't have it, you just don't have it.

Moreover, Ye Zhangqing is someone who has cheats, it's different.

As for Xu Jie and Zhao Zhengping's talent, not to mention catching up to me, even keeping up with Tianlin and Miao Qianqian's pace is impossible.

The gap is too great; even if Ye Zhangqing continuously provides them with treasures, at most it can only let everyone reach the level of an ordinary Heavenly Pride.

As for what Xu Jie said, in recent years, everyone's time together has been getting less and less.

Ye Zhangqing admits this, but perhaps it's just as he said—that is the fact.

Because the gap between the two sides is growing ever larger, many things cannot be changed.

For example, if Ye Zhangqing wants to go to a certain place for training, but given the current cultivation gap among the fellow disciples, Ye Zhangqing can go, but Xu Jie and the others cannot.

Going there would surely be death; even with Ye Zhangqing's protection, one dare not say it's absolutely safe, and what's the point of going there? It would merely be a burden.

Therefore, Xu Jie and the others can no longer continue to accompany Ye Zhangqing, and Ye Zhangqing also has his own affairs; he cannot remain in the sect forever.

Put bluntly, it's as if they belong to two different worlds.

This is not anyone's fault; it's simply the reality, unless Ye Zhangqing does nothing, or Xu Jie and the others can catch up.

But either way, it feels like a foolish dream, unrealistic.