Chapter 43: The Master of Mò Lǎo Fort

  A-Li is a mystical beast? Ye Chen stroked A-Li's sleek fur, looked up at Ye Cang-Xuan with a puzzled expression and asked: "What's the difference between a demon beast and a mystical beast?"

  "In the ancient times, it is said that the heavenly gods created three kinds of creatures: humans, demonic beasts, and mysterious beasts. Demonic beasts cultivate their physical bodies, possessing robust physiques, and can condense demonic pellets at the eighth stage or higher. After reaching the tenth stage, they can even use these pellets to attack, becoming extremely powerful. They usually inhabit deep mountains and ancient forests, where only the strong survive, and occasionally emerge to hunt humans.

  On the other hand, mysterious beasts absorb the essence of the sun and moon, cultivating their spiritual awareness. Their spiritual awareness is incredibly powerful, capable of easily dealing with demonic beasts within the tenth stage, and can even control them. As a result, a single powerful mysterious beast often has many demonic beasts as its guardians.

  However, mysterious beasts fear humans because humans are the innate masters of all living things, possessing extremely strong divine wisdom. Those who cultivate the mysterious energy to a high level will not be intimidated by same-stage or slightly higher-stage mysterious beasts. Humans are the natural enemies of mysterious beasts, so they usually hide in deep mountains and ancient forests. Only a small number of mysterious beasts that have learned to transform can walk among humans."

  Ye Chen was shocked and surprised, it turned out that there was still such a thing as Xuan Beast existing. Ye Cangxuan's words were no different from opening up another world in his mind.

  "The Xuan beast can cultivate its soul, then can humans cultivate their souls as well?" Ye Chen asked, thinking of his own divine soul.

  "Humans are unable to cultivate soul intent. In the past, some extraordinary strong individuals obtained the method of cultivating soul intent, but after they cultivated it, every single one of them exploded and died. From then on, no one dared to cultivate soul intent again." Ye Cangxuan shook his head and said.

  Humans can't cultivate soul intent? Then what about my divine soul? Ye Chen was somewhat perplexed, recalling the words spoken by the red wolf as it escaped. He fell silent, lost in thought - could it be that he's a mystical beast? After some consideration, it was probably due to the Nine Stars Heaven-Cutting Technique; it would be better not to mention his ability to cultivate divine soul, lest others think him a monster.

  "Can Soul Intent control demonic beasts?" Ye Chen suddenly asked, noticing that Ye Cangxuan had just said that the demonic beasts that cultivated Soul Intent could capture demonic beasts as guards.

  "In the family's ancient tomes, it is said that Xuan beasts control demon beasts with their soul intent. Because a demon beast's soul intent is extremely weak and small, it is suppressed by the Xuan beast's soul intent. The Xuan beast can easily cause the demon beast's soul intent to explode, scattering its soul and killing it. Therefore, all demon beasts submit to Xuan beasts of the same rank." Ye Cangxuan said, although he didn't understand why Ye Chen was asking these questions, he still patiently answered one by one. As Ye Chen is now the master of the Ye family, knowing more about these things wouldn't hurt.

  "Oh." Ye Chen nodded, a wave of unease rising in his heart. He didn't know if my divine soul could control the demonic beast. Looking at that red wolf being scared away, it seemed that my divine soul was also an extremely powerful soul.

  As for whether he can control the demon beasts, he can only try his luck now. Although he used his divine soul to deal with the seventh-order demon wolf before, he never thought of using his divine soul to suppress them!

  "What is this 'Concentrated Spirit Transformation'?" Ye Chen asked, referring to the term mentioned by the red wolf earlier.

  "What's 'Concentrate and Transform'? What thing?" Ye Cangxuan looked at Ye Chen in surprise and asked, "Is it recorded in the family's clan rules?"

  "Oh, I was just casually saying that." Ye Chen hastily shook his head, it seemed that Uncle Gong didn't know what Condensing Shape was either, and weakly asked, "Then what is the Xuan Beast Demon King? Is it a very powerful existence among the Xuan Beasts?"

  Ye Cangxuan was stunned, looking at Ye Chen. Chen didn't know where he had seen these things before, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "The Xuan beast is also divided into one to ten levels, just like humans. I've never even heard of anything above the tenth level. The Xuan Beast Demon King might be an extremely powerful existence."

  Even Lian Shu didn't know, Ye Chen felt a little disappointed, it seemed that this answer still had to be found by himself slowly.

  She glanced at A-Ling in her arms, and A-Ling's clear eyes were staring blankly at herself, with a hint of apology in that gaze.

  Ye Chen stroked Ah Li's head, smiled faintly and said softly: "Don't worry, no matter if you're a mysterious beast or a demon beast, no matter what kind of trouble you've gotten into, I'll always protect you."

  After hearing that, Ah Li lowered her head, closed her eyes, and a crystal tear slipped quietly from the corner of her eye. She didn't know why, but she felt this hug was especially warm.

  While resting in place, Ye Chen continued to use his divine soul to search around and found that there were no demonic wolves lurking nearby. It seemed that those demonic wolves had been scared away and didn't dare to come back.

  "Chen Er, it's time, let's go." Ye Cangxuan said, looking towards the mountain opposite, Cloud House Fort was bustling with people coming and going, he didn't know if the other sixteen forts had arrived or not. Apart from Lianyun Eighteen Forts, there should also be people from other forces in Donglin County who came to attend the ceremony.

  "Uh-huh." Ye Chen responded, following behind Ye Cangxuan as their two figures swiftly disappeared into the distance.

  The city wall of Yunjia Fortress is much more magnificent than that of Yejia Fortress, towering and majestic, with sturdy watchtowers on both sides. Looking inside, the most striking building is the grand hall behind the square, with intricate carvings and painted beams, its roof even coated with a layer of gold paint, shining brightly in the sunlight.

  "This Yun family manor is much more magnificent than our Ye family manor." Ye Cangxuan said with a hint of disappointment and unwillingness.

  Yun's family business is all over Donglin County, and he is on good terms with the king of Donglin County. Recently, he has also monopolized the entire county's Xuan Tie, and his income can be described as "making a fortune every day".

  "Uncle, our Ye family village will surely surpass the Yun family village in prosperity." Ye Chen said solemnly, looking up at the Yun family village in front of him, secretly vowing that the people of the Yun family village were the ones who had crippled his meridians and made him wish he was dead. One day, he would trample them underfoot!

  Upon hearing Ye Chen's words, Ye Cangxuan's expression turned serious. Thinking about it, it was indeed the case that the Ye family had a genius like Ye Chen who had grasped the true meaning of martial arts, and also possessed the exquisite technique of the Lei Emperor's decree. Sooner or later, the Ye family would surpass the Yun family and become an invincible super clan that the Yun family could never catch up to!

  That is the dream of countless generations of Yejia's ancestors! Can I, Ye Cangxuan, see it in my lifetime?

  "Chen Er, after arriving at Ye Jia Bao, you must be careful and pay attention. Remember not to reveal your sharp edges too much!" Ye Cang Xuan looked at Ye Chen, now Ye Chen is the hope of the Ye family!

  "En, Uncle, Chen Er understands." Ye Chen nodded and said.

  The two of them walked together, along the stone steps in the mountain, all the way up. The surrounding area was bustling with people coming and going. Ye Chen could feel that among these people, the majority were high-ranking masters of the seventh or eighth stage, and there were even some ninth-stage masters.

  "Old Master Ye, nice to meet you!" An old man in a long gown said with a clasped fist, his steps were nimble and he looked delighted.

  "Don't be so formal, Elder Mo." Ye Cangxuan returned the greeting with a smile and glanced at Ye Chen, "Quickly call Grandfather Mo, Grandfather Mo is the elder of the Mo family manor."

  "Hello, Grandpa Mo." Ye Chen bowed to the old man in a long gown and thought to himself that this old man should be his uncle's old friend.

  "Haha, great! This must be Ye Zhantian's son, I didn't expect to see you've grown so big after all these years." Mo Feng stroked his beard and smiled, saying "I also brought my grandson over, Mo Teng, this is your Grandfather Ye."

  That Mo Chen, also sixteen or seventeen years old, glanced at Ye Chen and had a cold expression with a hint of arrogance. However, he followed Mo Feng's words and greeted Ye Cangxuan: "Hello, Grandfather Ye."

  Mo Feng smiled and said: "The last time we met was ten years ago, we've both grown old."

  "Yes, time makes people old." Ye Cangxuan also felt a sense of melancholy.

  "It's said that this time, it's the great disciple of Xuan Yi Yao Zun, Master Li Hui, who has come. I don't know if my grandson Mo Tian can meet the requirements of a pharmacist." Mo Feng looked at Mo Tian beside him with a hopeful face, "If he can be accepted as a disciple by Master Li, then I, Mo Feng, will have no regrets in this life."

  "The fierce fire within Mojia Fortress, refined and precise in their control of flames. The people of Mojia Fortress are also most skilled in the cultivation of fire, so there shouldn't be any issues with their innate talent for fire magic. I wonder how Lingsun Xiu is doing?" Ye Cangxuan said with a flattering tone, still appearing very smooth and tactful when interacting with these people.

  "Mo Chen's cultivation is even better than mine when I was younger. At 16 years old, he has already reached the peak of the sixth stage." Mo Feng said with a hint of pride.

  Na Mo Ten heard Mo Feng say this and also had a proud expression, casting a sideways glance at Ye Chen.

  If it were before, Ye Cangxuan would have been surprised and admired to hear that someone was a 6th rank at the age of 16. But now, he didn't feel anything. He glanced at Ye Chen beside him, who was already a 7th rank at the age of 17, and even stronger than Ye Zhanxiong, an 8th rank in his middle stage. Those so-called geniuses were nothing compared to Ye Chen. Ye Cangxuan's face remained expressionless as he complimented Mo Feng, but inside, he felt a little smug.

  "I wonder how Lingsun's cultivation is going?" Mo Feng glanced at Ye Chen beside Ye Cangxuan.

  Ye Cangxuan was about to speak when Ye Chen hastily replied: "Grandfather Mo, I've only just reached the sixth rank."

  "At seventeen, sixth grade beginner, well, it's still pretty good." Mo Feng stroked his white beard and said calmly.

  Glancing at Ye Chen, Ye Cangxuan couldn't help but smile inwardly - this kid was indeed good at hiding his true abilities.

  When Ye Chen said he had just reached the sixth rank, Nuo Teng's mouth slightly curled up, and his gaze didn't linger on Ye Chen. Instead, he looked for something in the distant crowd.