Douluo's Blue Silver Family

Chapter 353 The Grand Gathering at Yaochi

After Ye Fan's recommendation and hearing about Zhang Wenchang's experiences, Li Ruoyu felt that he was the most suitable person to inherit Zhuofeng.

Afterwards, Zhang Wenchang settled down on Zhuofeng Peak, and Li Ruoyu took him as his disciple, so he no longer had to live the precarious life he had been living before.

After cultivating on Zhuofeng for a period of time, Ye Fan left again under the instigation of Hei Huang. As for where he went, Yuan Changqing did not ask.

After a period of reunion, Yuan Changqing's family left again and headed to the northern region.

After returning to the Northern Region, Yuan Changqing did not stop, but led Zeng Li and Yuan Yue'er across the vast land of the Northern Region.

The land is vast and boundless; it is impossible to explore it all on foot.

Cultivators are constantly striving to transcend their limitations, while the weak seek more powerful cultivation techniques, secret arts, and resources.

The strong also pursue that elusive immortality.

The desires are endless, the heart's desires are boundless, the path is limitless, and the journey is endless.

Each realm brings different insights, and Yuan Changqing also uses walking instead of flying to measure the earth and experience the charm of nature.

It encompasses heaven and earth, all things, and contains the mysteries of the universe. Just as the sun, moon, stars, and rivers exist, the universe evolves, the Tao is born and dies, and all things in heaven and earth are constantly changing, only the ultimate truth of the Great Tao remains eternally unchanged.

As Yuan Changqing continued to comprehend the workings of heaven and earth and the way of nature, a profound Daoist aura constantly emanated from his body, as if he had merged with this world.

Zeng Li and Yuan Yue'er also benefited greatly from the Daoist aura emanating from Yuan Changqing. Together with Yuan Changqing, they merged into the myriad things of heaven and earth to comprehend the ethereal Dao.

As the sun rises and the moon sets, time keeps slipping away. It's true that time flies when you're cultivating immortality; it just passes by unnoticed.

Meanwhile, Yuan Changqing and his two companions walked aimlessly across the northern land, seemingly tireless, like ordinary people, moving at a leisurely pace.

It seemed to merge with heaven and earth, constantly harmonizing with the mountains and rivers, with various Daoist rhythms pulsating in the void.

That incomparably profound state of mind is like breathing in harmony with the universe, constantly gaining insight into the myriad things in one's heart, comprehending the vastness of the mortal world, and proving one's own path to enlightenment.

Within this state of mind, Yuan Changqing's cultivation continuously improved and refined, and his inner strength gradually deepened, laying a solid foundation for his future breakthrough in the Dao.

Not only is Yuan Changqing's cultivation improving, but Zeng Li and Yuan Yue'er are also making great progress. After this experience of comprehending the Great Dao, their strength will increase rapidly after just one period of seclusion.

However, relying solely on walking, it was clear that Yuan Changqing and his companions had only traversed a small corner of the Northern Region. The Northern Region of the Eastern Wilderness was simply too vast, not to mention the entire Beidou region.

The three did not stop in one place, but continued on their journey, searching for the Dao that was imprinted between heaven and earth among the mountains and rivers.

However, in the ocean of Tao, it is as if time and everything else are forgotten, and only Tao flows in one's heart. All of this feels so wonderful.

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After leaving Zhuofeng, Ye Fan followed the Black Emperor around, but he never forgot that improving his own strength was the most important thing.

Therefore, he cultivated diligently along the way, and with the support of a massive amount of source energy, his strength increased rapidly, as if there were no bottlenecks.

With a sufficient supply of resources, increasing strength is as easy as drinking water, but it consumes too many resources.

Fortunately, Ye Fan is now quite wealthy and has no shortage of resources in the Dao Palace Secret Realm.

Now, a long time has passed since Ye Fan last left Zhuofeng, and he has finally raised his strength to the peak of the Dao Palace realm.

Next, Ye Fan will face the great tribulation of the Four Great Tribulations. After reaching the peak of the Dao Palace, Ye Fan consolidated his cultivation and wanted to try to overcome the tribulation based on his own strength.

However, every time Ye Fan was about to unleash his cultivation, a tremendous sense of crisis would instantly envelop his heart.

This made Ye Fan no longer dare to try things easily, and he also realized the lessons Yuan Changqing had warned him before. Looking back now, he also realized that he had been somewhat arrogant and reckless.

Ye Fan now felt that his Four Great Tribulations were indeed as Yuan Changqing had said—a true life-or-death ordeal.

If I can't get through this, I'll never have the chance to return to my hometown again in this lifetime, and everything will vanish into thin air.

Fortunately, Yuan Changqing had previously devised a plan to overcome the Four Great Tribulations, so there was still a glimmer of hope.

Therefore, Ye Fan brought the Black Emperor and Little Nannan back to the Northern Region, intending to first visit King Jiang.

After Ye Fan returned to the Northern Region, he also discovered that some news about King Jiang had begun to circulate in the Northern Region.

It has been almost two years since Yuan Changqing and Ye Fan rescued Jiang Shenwang from Zishan. Unexpectedly, after such a long time, news of Jiang Shenwang has still spread.

However, it's much better than in the original story, where they were discovered as soon as they appeared and were secretly attacked by the enemy.

After such a long recovery period, although I cannot return to my peak condition, I am no longer at risk of being ambushed by the enemy due to unforeseen circumstances, and I can deal with things calmly.

Now, undercurrents are also surging in the Northern Region. Jiang Shenwang's enemies from four thousand years ago, as well as the enemies of the ancient Jiang family, are also preparing to deal with Jiang Shenwang.

However, what intrigued Ye Fan was the news circulating that Jiang Shenwang was able to escape from Zishan because of the attack on Zishan by those holy land families last time.

After hearing this news, Ye Fan roughly understood that there was likely a scheme by the Jiang family or the Jiang God King involved.

However, Ye Fan did not rush to search for Jiang Shenwang. He planned to go to Yaochi first to see if Yuan Changqing was there.

When Ye Fan left Zhuofeng, Yuan Changqing told him that he could go to Yaochi to find him, or Zeng Li and Yuan Yue'er.

This happened to be the time when the Jade Pool held its Peach Banquet. When the Black Emperor heard the news, he was already drooling, probably because he was starting to miss the peaches from the Jade Pool.

The Peach Mountain in Yaochi is not the real immortal elixir, the Peach of Immortality. The real immortal elixir, the Peach Tree, is still in the Dark Forbidden Zone.

The peach tree in Yaochi was actually a peach pit left over from a real immortal elixir, the peach, which was then cultivated in the celestial pool of the original Yaochi site.

If the peach tree in Yaochi hadn't experienced that incident, it would still have the effects of a demigod medicine.

Unfortunately, that incident led to the relocation of Yaochi, and now there is no divine spring water to irrigate the peach trees in the sacred Yaochi site, so the peaches that grow on the trees no longer have the effects of a demigod medicine.

Although the peaches of immortality can no longer compare to demigod medicine due to the spiritual spring water, their effects are still so desirable that countless cultivators crave them but cannot obtain them.

Those cultivators whose lifespans are nearing their end all yearn for a peach to prolong their lives, but there are only so many peaches, and it takes time for them to ripen.

Therefore, apart from the peaches used by Yaochi herself, the peaches that were sent out were all traded with those powerful forces.

The principle of "not worrying about scarcity but about equitable distribution" is something Yaochi understands. If not a single grain were to be passed on to others and exclusively enjoyed by Yaochi, it could very likely cause dissatisfaction among other forces.

So, in the short term, nothing might happen, but in the long run, when faced with a threat to their lifespan, those powerful forces won't care whether Yaochi is an extreme force or not.

Besides, it's not like only Yaochi has supreme imperial artifacts. So, every time the peaches of immortality ripen in Yaochi, a portion of them are taken out.

In this way, not only would those whose lives are nearing their end have the opportunity to obtain peaches of immortality to prolong their lives, but the Jade Pool could also obtain considerable resources from them. Wouldn't that be a win-win situation?

When Ye Fan arrived at Yaochi, there were already quite a few people there, all of them prodigies from various powerful forces.

Moreover, Ye Fan also saw the Holy Prince, a member of the Primordial Clan, here.

Ever since Ye Fan cut the Holy Prince out of the Source Stone, he once thought that the Monkey King from Journey to the West had come to life.

Among these ancient races, the only ones who treated humans equally were probably the Divine Silkworm Clan and the Holy Prince's Fighting Ape Clan.

Both races share a common characteristic: they are few in number, yet incredibly powerful, with each member being an extremely terrifying being.

Moreover, both races have produced ancient emperors, but it's a pity that the Holy Emperor was ambushed by the Undying Emperor and did not live to have a second life.

The Divine Emperor is not yet dead; he is undergoing a transformation in order to be reborn. He is currently lying in the Nine-Layered Divine Coffin in the ancestral land of Zhongzhou.

An immortal dynasty once stood there—the Feathered Divine Dynasty—but it was ultimately destroyed by the Ruthless Great Emperor.

Originally, the Feathered Emperor could have embarked on the path of immortality in the mortal world. Unfortunately, his descendants were unfilial, and coupled with the terrifying cultivation of the Ruthless Emperor, the second incarnation of the Feathered Emperor went awry, resulting in an imperfect ending.

In fact, the Feathered Emperor was frightened, which forced him to be born prematurely, and the Ruthless Emperor may have just wanted to scare him.

However, no one expected that the Emperor of Feathered Ascension's Dao heart would be so easily frightened that his second life would be completely extinguished, and he would not live to have a third life.

It must be said that the Feathered Emperor was somewhat tragic, and although the Ruthless Emperor did not kill him, breaking his Dao heart was even more cruel than killing him.

After all, this was a great emperor, and to be so frightened that he ultimately perished was probably one of the Ruthless Great Emperor's goals.

If the Feathered Emperor could withstand that test, it was possible that the karmic ties between him and the Ruthless Emperor could be completely severed. However, in the end, he still died silently.

"Brother, what's your name? I owe my birth to you!" The Holy Prince said to Ye Fan after seeing him.

Ye Fan scratched his head, looking at the Holy Prince with a strange expression, and said, "Um, Brother Monkey, my name is Ye Fan. It's nothing special, it's just a coincidence. You don't need to be so formal."

"Hehe, Brother Monkey? Why are you calling me that? Just call me Holy Prince, that's what everyone calls me." Holy Prince said again, also somewhat puzzled by Ye Fan's way of addressing him.

Ye Fan explained, "In the myths and legends of my hometown, there is also a powerful monkey god who looks a lot like you. Everyone calls him Brother Monkey, so that's why I called you that when I saw you."

The Holy Prince nodded and said, "I see. Then you can call me whatever you want, calling me Brother Monkey is quite nice too."

Ye Fan was also curious about why the Holy Prince had come to Yaochi, and asked, "Brother Monkey, what brings you here?"

The Holy Prince said, "I came here to ask Yaochi for a favor, so I made a deal with them. Brother Ye, are you also here to attend this Yaochi Grand Gathering?"

Ye Fan said, "I heard that Yaochi is holding a grand gathering, so I came to see what the fuss was about. I didn't expect it to be so lively!"

"Hehe, it's certainly lively. Quite a few strong young talents have come this time. It's a pity the timing wasn't right, otherwise, I would definitely have a good meeting with them." As the Holy Prince spoke, his eyes began to gleam with golden light.

Unfortunately, it then dimmed, clearly indicating that there were more important things to do.

That's indeed the case. That time, when Ye Fan gambled on the source, he not only cut out the Holy Prince, but also the princess of the Divine Silkworm Clan.

However, the Divine Silkworm Princess was also on the verge of death. Fortunately, the Holy Prince snatched her away in time, preventing her from being completely removed, and ultimately saving the Divine Silkworm Princess's last chance of life.

The Holy Prince came to ask for the peaches of immortality to save Princess Shencan's life.

In fact, the Divine Silkworm Clan originally possessed a divine medicine of immortality, namely the Nine-Second Immortal Medicine in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land.

However, it was later snatched away by the Ruthless Great Emperor and divided into nine plants. It was this nine-second immortality elixir that made Ye Fan who he is from the very beginning.

After arriving at the Jade Pool Holy Land, the Black Emperor disappeared without a trace, clearly not going off to do anything good.

"The people of Yaochi are really stingy. It's just peaches, why are they guarding them so closely!" Black Emperor cursed as he returned to Ye Fan's side.

Ye Fan was immediately speechless. He hadn't expected the Black Emperor to be so restless in the Yaochi Holy Land. If he were really caught by the people of Yaochi, he would be in deep trouble too.

"You damn dog, can't you just behave yourself? You're always causing trouble. Are you trying to get us killed?!" Ye Fan scolded Black Emperor.

"The dog is being naughty, it doesn't listen to me," Little Nannan said, stroking Blackie's head.

Black Emperor glared at Ye Fan, then turned to Little Nannan like a sycophant and said, "Little darling, I was just about to go find you something delicious, but Yaochi is guarding it too closely, so I couldn't get my hands on it."

Ye Fan instantly realized what the Black Emperor had been doing earlier—he must have gone to the peach tree to steal peaches. His expression turned grim.

The little girl then said, "Doggy, be good, okay? Look, big brother is angry."

"Woof woof, okay, I'll listen to you this time, little darling." After hearing what the little girl said, Black King became obedient.

"Brother Ye, your black dog is really strong. This is the first time I've ever seen a dog grow this big," the Holy Prince said, looking at the Black Emperor with surprise.

"Who are you, you monkey, daring to speak to me like that? Do you even have the right to speak here?" The Black Emperor retorted, baring his teeth in displeasure after hearing the Holy Prince's words.

"Hey, I didn't expect you, Black Dog, to have such a temper. Come on, let me see what gives you the audacity to say that." The Holy Prince was instantly enraged by the Black Emperor's retort.

Having lived this long, very few people have dared to speak to the Holy Prince like this. Today, he was actually looked down upon by a dog demon. If the other ancient clans found out, wouldn't they laugh at him for the rest of their lives?

Seeing that the Holy Prince was about to make a move, Ye Fan stopped him, saying, "Brother Monkey, let it go this time for my sake. This damned dog is always like this, it can't keep its mouth shut."

"Besides, this is Yaochi, it wouldn't look good if we fought here. If it continues like this, I don't care how you deal with it."

After hearing what Ye Fan said, the Holy Prince thought about it and decided not to take any further action.

"Brother Ye, I'll let this black dog off this time for your sake. If it does it again next time, we'll settle the score then."

Ye Fan glared at Black Emperor and said, "You damn dog, you better behave yourself and don't go around causing trouble for me. Aren't you troubled enough already?"

"Woof woof..."

There's only this one chapter today; it will resume tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)