Chapter Thirty-Six: Ye Tang

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  From Liuyun Sect to the Ye family's residence in Fengye City is 12,000 miles away. Even if you ride a thousand-mile horse, it will take twelve days to arrive. If there are any delays along the way, half a month would be just enough.

  However, this world is different from Ye Chen's world. The thousand-mile horse is nothing. The fastest horse in Tianfeng Country is the half-demon horse Guiyan Yushizi, which has a demon beast bloodline and can travel 3,300 miles in one day. It is produced in the Devil's Prairie in the eastern part of Tianfeng Country and is extremely difficult to capture and domesticate. Even the most ordinary one can be sold for 100,000 taels of gold, and when it is scarce, it can be sold for 200,000 taels.

  Don't think that martial artists can make a lot of money, but in reality, very few can afford the Ghost Eye Jade Lion. The reason is that martial artists spend money like water. Take Ye Chen for example, he can earn one or two thousand taels of silver in four or five days when he goes out, but after buying elixirs, he has little left. Especially high-grade elixirs, the higher the grade, the more expensive they are, and some even exceed the price of a Ghost Eye Jade Lion.

  He asked for a half-month leave from the Outer Gate elder and Ye Chen hastily set off on his return journey.

  He rode a green-maned horse, which could travel 1,200 miles in one day and was worth 5,000 taels of silver. As for the black-brown horse that could travel 2,000 miles in one day, it wasn't that he couldn't afford to buy it, but rather that he couldn't control it with his current abilities at the time. However, now he can.

  "Drive!"

  At the foot of the mountain, Ye Dust clamped his legs on the horse's belly and galloped away.

  Beyond Qingfeng Town is the city closest to Liuyun Sect - Qingfeng City. From the south gate of Qingfeng City, the view suddenly opens up.

  Blue sky, white clouds, wild wind, and vast land as far as the eye can see.

  Everything was unfolding before Ye Chen's eyes, riding his horse with the wind rushing past, Ye Chen had an urge to throw his head back and let out a long howl, he never thought that one day, he could be like the wandering heroes in martial arts novels, traveling the world alone with his sword, although he wasn't quite there yet.

  Tap tap tap tap tap tap...

  Several Jianghu guests riding horses came over and said, "Little brother, let's go to the Quiet Mountain Range to hunt and kill monsters, what do you say?"

  Ye Chen didn't slow down his horse's pace, turning his head sideways and saying: "Sorry, I still have something to attend to."

  "What's more important than making money? With our strength, hunting a third-level demon beast is nothing." The leader of the Jianghu guest, wearing a bamboo hat and with a scar on his face, continued to persuade.

  "Sorry, I'm leaving." Ye Chen said with a cold smile.

  "Drive!"

  With a flick of the reins, the blue-maned horse's speed reached its limit.

  "Hmph, this kid is a personal genius, can't calculate him." The scarred guest's expression was cold.

  "Boss, why didn't you stop him just now? He was riding a Qingfeng horse, he must be rich, and we could have made enough for half a month with one job."

  "Yes! Judging from his appearance, he should be a young master of some family."

  "Knife Scar Guest scolded: 'What do you know, this kid has sharp eyes and a murderous aura on him, he's definitely not a good guy. Be careful or you'll capsize in the gutter.'"

  After finishing speaking, his tone changed, "It's almost the end of the year, and disciples from several small sects within a thousand miles will return home. There are opportunities, but don't joke with your own life."

  "It makes sense, no wonder you're the boss, with a far-sighted vision."

  "Alright, let's go."

  A few people turned their horses' heads and rushed back to Clear Wind City.

  In the distance, Ye Chen sneered in his heart. This group of people must have taken him for that kind of ignorant and arrogant sect disciple who had never traveled the world, and once he agreed to go with them to the Silent Mountain Range, they would surely reveal their true nature as bandits and kill him to rob him of his wealth.

  Unfortunately, Ye Chen may not have traveled the jianghu, but he has no shortage of jianghu experience, thanks to dozens of martial arts novels during high school and college.

  ……

  Tens of thousands of miles away, a young man was also riding a green-maned horse, galloping wildly along the road.

  The young man wore a white robe, carrying a precious sword on his back, with a handsome and elegant appearance, similar to Ye Chen in some ways.

  "Just ahead is the entrance to the Ziyang Sect, I agreed to meet my brother there, but I don't know if he's waiting for me." The young man gazed out at the distance, a majestic mountain range stood there, faintly tinged with a light purple color, its grandeur awe-inspiring, with a rich purple energy emanating from it.

  A moment later, the young man arrived at the foot of the mountain.

  "Ye Tang, you're here." At the foot of the mountain, there were many disciples of the Zi Yang Sect, all wearing purple robes with a embroidered sun on their backs. One of them, a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, spoke up.

  A handsome young man rode up on horseback, "Big brother, your Purple Sun Sect is not bad, unlike the North Snow Mountain Villa, which snows all year round and has accumulated a foot of snow."

  The young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes was the eldest son of Ye Dichen's uncle, named Ye Feng. The handsome young man was his younger brother, named Ye Tang. One had joined the 8th rank sect Purple Sun Sect, while the other had joined the 7th rank sect North Snow Mountain Villa. Their innate talents were much higher than Ye Dichen at that time.

  Ye Feng said: "I'd like to go to Beixue Manor, but unfortunately, I don't have enough innate talent. Don't be too greedy."

  Ye Tang smiled and carefully measured Ye Feng with a glance, "Big brother, you've reached the 9th layer peak of Qi Refining Realm, not bad progress!" Within three years, from the initial stage of Qi Refining Realm's 4th layer to the 9th layer peak, it's already considered mid-to-high grade talent. The sect will also give necessary attention and won't ignore him.

  "Who can compare with you? You should be at the tenth level of Qi Refining Realm by now!" Ye Feng couldn't see through Ye Tang, or rather, he had never been able to see through him.

  Ye Tang said with a hint of pride: "I barely entered the Condensed True Realm, and my true energy is still unstable."

  "Have you entered the Cong Zhen realm?" Ye Feng was shocked. The tenth layer of the Lian Qi realm and the Cong Zhen realm were only a step away, but it was extremely difficult to cross over. Many disciples with mediocre qualifications spent half a year or more before they could officially become inner door disciples.

  "There's no need to show off in front of your own brothers," Ye Tang changed the subject and said, "Let's not talk about this. Speaking of which, the year-end family gathering is approaching. I wonder how that waste Ye Chen is doing. He can't still be stuck at the seventh layer of Qi Refining Realm, right? It's really embarrassing to have him in our family."

  Ye Feng suppressed that hint of jealousy and chuckled: "The later the cultivation, the harder it is to advance. I think he'll be stuck at the sixth layer of Qi Refining Realm for a while. It's just right, when we get back, we can take him down a peg and let him know how useless he really is."

  "It's really nostalgic to think about that period of time, every day there were people serving me, and when I wasn't happy, I could even bully Yecun a bit, but he was quite stubborn and never told his parents."

  "Hmph, what's the point of telling? Our father is a senior elder within the Ziyang Sect and isn't afraid of Ye Chen's father, even though he's the master of the Ye family."

  "Oh, by the way, is Father coming home this year?"

  Ye Feng nodded, "Father said we're late for a few days, let's go back first."

  "Alright! Let's head back first, I think Ye Chen that good-for-nothing should also leave Liuyun Sect by now. And what about Ye Xuan? I wonder how far she has reached?" If there was one child of the Ye family who could make Ye Tang take notice, it would be Ye Xuan. Back then, he was at the fifth layer of Qi Refining Realm mid-stage, while his opponent was at the late stage, leaving him feeling stifled for a good while. However, three years had passed since then, and he should be ahead of her by now.

  Ye Feng had already given up hope of surpassing Ye Tang, let alone that the other party was his own younger brother. In the future, when he rose to prominence, he would also gain face, "In the True Spirit Continent, few women become powerful experts, perhaps her cultivation is only about the same as mine."

  Ye Tang thought it was reasonable, "Let's go!"

  "Good!"

  Two people rode horses and galloped away.