Chapter 2: The Nine Profound Continent

  Two months later, at dusk, a youth wearing black clothes sat alone on the bluestone at the edge of the cliff, staring blankly at the endless pale mist on the mountain.

  The young man was Ye Xuan, and he thought that the Ye Xuan from two months ago had fallen from here, and he, Ye Zhiyuan, had crossed over at that moment. Fortunately, his memory had also crossed over with him, and Ye Xuan had originally had super strong memory, due to which, in these two months, Ye Xuan had learned all the texts in this world.

  In this world, his father is Ye Zhenwu, and his mother is Nangong Qi. He also has an older brother named Ye Ziyuan, who is nineteen years old and has been out training since he was sixteen, so Ye Xuan hasn't even seen his shadow.

  Ye Zhenwu is the second of three brothers. The eldest, Ye Zhentang, has a son and daughter, Ye Chuanzhan and Ye Xiangting respectively. Ye Zhenwu's younger brother, Ye Zhenhu, only has one daughter, Ye Yun. Apart from this main branch, there are many other collateral branches in the Ye family. Ye Xuan also has a grandfather, but he hasn't seen him for two months now.

  They were in a city called Xihé City, which belonged to the ancient country of Tai Xuan. The ancient country of Tai Xuan was a small country located in the southeast direction of this continent.

  Of course, two months of time also allowed him to have a certain understanding of this continent. This continent is called the Xuanjie Continent, also known as the Jiuxuan Continent. There is a kind of energy on the continent called Xuan Qi. Under the human navel, there is a Xuan Gate, which is where the human body stores Xuan Qi. Normally, the Xuan Gate is transparent, but when it turns light gray one day, it means that you have embarked on the path of cultivation. Legend has it that the path of cultivation has nine Xuan realms, each with strange powers. It is said that the highest realm, the Xian Xuan Realm, is no different from the Immortals.

  Of course, not everyone's dantian is below the navel. Legend has it that there was once a strange person whose dantian appeared in his heart. The heart is originally a very fragile organ in the human body and is not suitable for storing qi, but this strange person finally reached the pinnacle of cultivation.

  This continent is full of unknown strange events everywhere, which also means that the cultivation of Xuan Qi's aura is in the prosperity of this continent. Cultivators achieve perfection through their cultivation of Xuan Qi.

  The strength of cultivation here depends on one's own cultivation and the treasure used.

  To know that a cultivator has a handy and powerful magic weapon, in the battle can fully play out their own Xuan Qi cultivation, and the alien magic weapon can also serve various auxiliary functions. The level of magic weapons is divided into seven levels from low to high, with one to three levels being called Fa Bao, four to six levels being called Ling Bao, and seven levels being called Xian Bao.

  Mentioning the treasure, one cannot help but mention its creator, the Craftsman. A rare and noble profession in the Nine Xuan Continent, as the conditions for becoming a Craftsman are extremely harsh, requiring the practitioner's Dantian Palace to have innate spiritual power.

  And spiritual power is a kind of latent power in human beings, which can produce spiritual fire through cultivation. The spiritual fire can forge magic weapons, and people with this power are rare, so the artificer has a noble status on the Nine Profound Continent, of course, this also means that magic weapons have a great temptation and pursuit for cultivators.

  So in the entire Jiuxuan continent, there are also very few fairy treasures.

  The cultivation of oneself depends on three conditions: the level of one's own strength. The level is equivalent to a container, and the higher the level, the more energy it can hold. It is said that there are nine Xuan in total for cultivating a path, each with a difference between heaven and earth, and these nine Xuan have become people's infinite yearning and pursuit.

  Then there is the Xuanmen Heart Method, a high-level heart method that determines your cultivation speed and gain. It is crucial in battles against opponents.

  The last one is Xuanji, Xuanji is your move, having a strong Xuanji also means that your skill is high or low. In Ye Xuan's view, Xuanji is the skills in the game, and his strength and heart method are his magic value. Only with strong strength and heart method can he support the play of Xuanji, otherwise even the best Xuanji can only become a useless thing.

  Xuanjie Continent divides the levels of Xuanfa and Xuantechniques from high to low into four stages and twelve levels: Yu, Zhou, Hong, Huang. Each stage is divided into three levels: initial, middle, and high.

  This reminded Ye Xuan of his life on Earth, reminding him of those long-form online trends that were popular there. The difference was that they were just virtual, while this was truly real and tangible.

  Unfortunately, the former Ye Xuan had cultivated to the sixth heavy mysterious energy, and even the mysterious door had disappeared. In recent days, Ye Zhenwu had thought of many ways to give him strange fruits to eat, to transport pure mysterious energy for him, but he couldn't find any trace of the mysterious door.

  This makes Ye Xuan want to die, I've crossed over and that's it. Originally thought of living a life of cultivation here, but damn it, crossing over has become a waste.

  Looking at this cliff, Ye Xuan suddenly had an idea. If I jump from here, can I go back through?

  Ye Xuan stood up and walked to the edge of the cliff. Just as he was hesitating whether to jump or not, a figure suddenly appeared from below the cliff. The blurry figure gradually emerged, revealing a young woman who looked several years older than Ye Xuan. She grasped a green vine with her hand and climbed up the steep rock face on the side of the cliff, quickly reaching the edge.

  At this time, Ye Xuan first saw a delicate and pretty face, and his heart was delighted. He had always been fond of girls, so he stretched out his hand to greet her: "Beauty, do you want me to pull you up?"

  The woman looked at Ye Xuan, paused for a moment, stretched out her other hand and grasped Ye Xuan's hand. With one pull, Ye Xuan pulled the woman up.

  Ye Xuan gazed at the woman, her delicate and pretty face, wearing a lake-green satin long robe, with a wide and large hundred-pleated skirt trailing behind her, her face as lovely as a peach blossom, with an air of elegance. Her soft hair was simply styled in a coiled chignon adorned with a few cloud-shaped gold pins embedded with precious stones, which made her soft hair even more lustrous and shiny. However, there were tiny bloodstains on her long robe.

  The woman noticed Ye Xuan's movements, furrowed her brow and said: "What are you looking at? Look again and I'll dig out your eyeballs."

  After she finished speaking, she took off a delicate sword from her shoulder, with the scabbard engraved with the two words "Duó Hún".

  Yexuan didn't like hearing this and said: "You woman, I went out of my way to pull you up, can't you even take a look? I'm at least half your benefactor."

  The woman glared at Ye Xuan with disdain and said, "I'm the one who saved you, okay? That day when you fell off the cliff, if I hadn't caught you, those Bloodtooth Ferrets down there would have eaten you up by now."

  This time, Ye Xuan was surprised. He had been rescued by him once before. Ye Xuan smiled awkwardly: "Hehe, my name is Ye Xuan. I fainted that day and don't remember anything."

  "That day, you were picked up and fainted, after a while, a man came down from upstairs and carried you away."

  "By the way, how did you end up down here on the mountain cliff? And what's your name?" Ye Xuan asked curiously.

  "Where did you get so many questions? My name is Dongfang Yan!" The woman replied.

  Ye Xuan couldn't help but laugh when he heard the name and asked: "Do you know Dongfang Bubai?"

  "Eastern Unbeaten? Never heard that our Eastern family has such a person." Dongfang Yan replied.

  Ye Xuan thought to himself, it would be strange if there really was such a person.

  Ye Xuan looked at the bloodstains on her long gown and asked: "Are you injured?"

  "This is the damned Bloodtooth Ermine's blood, and it's likely that this Bloodtooth Ermine has already reached the level of a Double-Star Xuanjing. Moreover, with its innate fondness for blood, I won't be able to get any advantage from it at all. What a pity that I didn't manage to obtain that strand of Flowing Lichi." Dongfang Yan said through gritted teeth.

  However, after she finished speaking, she looked at Ye Xuan, thought for a moment, and smiled slyly at him with the corners of her mouth raised.

  Ye Xuan's heart was made to feel uneasy by her smile, and he didn't know what kind of evil intentions this little girl had in mind. He knew that when he was on Earth, he was a skilled fighter and driver, but here in the Mystic Continent, even an ordinary cultivator could kill him instantly. What was even more detestable was that there were no laws on this continent, only the natural law of survival of the fittest - if you were weak, you would only be eaten.

  Yexuan said: "That eastern girl, I think the sky is already late, so I'll go back first, my dad and mom are still waiting for me to eat." After finishing Yexuan pretended to pull his legs and leave.

  Ye Xuan's left foot had not yet lifted off the ground when he was caught by Dongfang Yan, who gently said: "Help me out, I'll distract that Bloodtooth Mink, you go get that Flowing Departure Mushroom."

  Ye Xuan was about to open her mouth to refuse, but she saw Dongfang Yan looking at her with a compelling gaze. Ye Xuan swallowed her refusal and rubbed her chin, asking: "That thing, may I ask what cultivation realm is Dongfang in now?"

  Dongfang Yanru replied, "I am currently a first-grade Star Mirror. If I get that Liumei Pearl, I may be able to break through the first grade and advance to the second-grade realm."

  Ye Xuan heard her say that and thought to himself, "Damn, this is getting out of hand. What if Qiao Gao is playing a double game? Don't end up losing everything in the end."

  Dongfang Yan seemed to have guessed what Ye Xuan was thinking and assured him: "Don't worry, I'll keep you safe."

  Ye Xuan is now being forced to go along with it, he can only nod his head. In his heart, he says: "You think I'm really afraid? You don't know that I was born fearless of heaven and earth."

  Dongfang Yan saw that he had agreed, and her beautiful eyes curved into a crescent moon shape. She grabbed a green vine on the cliff and said to Ye Xuan: "We're going down, follow me." For Ye Xuan, who didn't have any special powers, this wasn't a problem either - after all, Ye Xuan used to be an expert rock climber too.

  Following Dongfang Yan for about a hundred meters, Ye Xuan's feet finally touched solid ground.

  But it wasn't until they reached the bottom of the cliff that it became clear this was just a large overhanging wall. As soon as Ye Xuan's foot touched the ground, he felt something brush past his head, and he cursed out loud. Dongfang Yan whispered, "Don't be afraid, it's just a wild bat. Keep your voice down, don't startle that Bloodtooth Ferret."

  Ye Xuan followed Dongfang Yan along the cliff for a distance, and at this time Ye Xuan discovered that there was a cave in the distance on the cliff wall, with a stone wall next to the entrance.

  "Over there is the lair of the Bloodtooth Ferret," Dongfang Yan said, pointing to the cave. "See that stone wall behind the entrance? Hide behind it later. I'll go inside and lure it out, then you can sneak in and pick that Flowing Departure Mushroom."

  Ye Xuan nodded and prepared to walk towards the stone wall. Dongfang Yan handed him a dagger with the words "Duò Mìng" (Life-Taking) engraved on it, wondering if this dagger was a pair with the Soul-Taking Treasure Sword.