Ten years after Ye Qingxuan contracted his blessed land!
A figure, faintly surrounded by baleful aura, was flying towards Qingxuan Blessed Land on a sword.
“Qingxuan, I’m back. Come out, hahaha!”
Ye Qingxuan, who was cultivating in the blessed land, heard this familiar voice. His face lit up with joy, and he instantly vanished from within the blessed land.
Just as he emerged from the blessed land, Ye Qingxuan saw the figure already seated in the stone pavilion. He said happily:
“Qingxiao, it’s been nearly ten years. You’ve finally returned.”
In just ten years, Ye Qingxiao had changed significantly; the aura around him had become much sharper.
Upon seeing Ye Qingxuan, Ye Qingxiao happily stepped forward and gave him a hug, laughing heartily:
“Qingxuan, this time, I owe it all to that jade talisman you gave me. If not for it, I might not have made it back this time.”
Afterwards, the two sat down in the stone pavilion. Ye Qingxiao began to recount his experiences on the battlefield beyond the realm, while Ye Qingxuan listened, simultaneously boiling water to brew tea.
Through Ye Qingxiao’s narration, a relatively clear picture of the battlefield beyond the realm formed in Ye Qingxuan’s mind.
As a battleground for the war between two realms, the field beyond not only has the rampant demonic qi origin from the Green Demon Realm corrupting it but also residual auras left by numerous experts during their battles and the energies that counteract each other.
Beasts, demons, and all kinds of grotesque creatures spawned from the demonic qi origin were everywhere.
If it weren’t for the suppression by the origin of the Earth Abyss Realm, these products of the demonic qi origin alone would be enough to cause great losses for low-level cultivators from the Earth Abyss Realm entering the battlefield for the first time.
Moreover, because the battlefield beyond the realm lacks a fully formed realm wall, it cannot completely isolate chaotic energy. This leads to occasional thin chaotic currents sweeping through, destroying all low-level matter.
Combined with occasional eruptions of residual auras and energies from powerful experts, the battlefield beyond the realm becomes extremely dangerous. The core area of the battlefield is now practically a meat grinder for low-level cultivators.
Even though Ye Qingxiao only went to the outer areas of the battlefield this time, he still experienced several life-or-death crises.
The most dangerous incident was encountering a sudden outburst of chaotic currents.
If Ye Qingxiao hadn’t activated the jade talisman that time, using an attack at the Nascent Soul stage to block the chaotic current for an instant, he might have perished beneath it.
However, although the battlefield beyond the realm is fraught with danger, the opportunities are equally plentiful.
Ye Qingxiao spent nearly ten years there, killing many first and second-tier demonic creatures, capturing quite a few first-tier demonic qi origins and several dozen second-tier ones.
The battlefield has conversion arrays set up by various major powers. These arrays can purify the demonic qi origin and integrate it into the Earth Abyss Realm.
After the demonic qi origin is purified and integrated, the Earth Abyss Realm will, in turn, feedback a portion of its own origin, enhancing the cultivator’s cultivation base.
Thus, in less than ten years, Ye Qingxiao had already broken through to the early stage of the Purple Mansion realm.
If it weren’t for the significant negative impact of demonic qi on cultivators, Ye Qingxiao wouldn’t have temporarily withdrawn from the battlefield to return to the Xuantian Sect and cleanse himself of the demonic baleful aura he had acquired.
Ordinary demonic qi entering the body can be removed using pills like the Cleansing Spirit Pill. However, the demonic baleful aura that gradually forms from battling creatures spawned from the demonic qi origin requires cultivators to rely on time and slowly grind it away themselves.
Currently, although many cultivators are going to the battlefield to kill demonic creatures and capture demonic qi origin, the connection between the Green Demon Realm and the battlefield hasn’t been severed. So, the situation there won’t end anytime soon.
After Ye Qingxiao finished speaking, seeing Ye Qingxuan still as calm and unfazed as ever, unmoved by external things, he couldn’t help but ask curiously:
“Qingxuan, don’t you yearn for the exciting battlefield beyond the realm?”
Despite its dangers, the battlefield is far more stimulating and lively compared to the current situation within the five regions of the Earth Abyss Realm. Plus, it offers opportunities for rapidly increasing one’s cultivation.
Currently, at least over half of the cultivators from the five regions within the Earth Abyss Realm have gathered at the battlefield, vying for this hard-won opportunity.
In the past, where could one find such an easy way to enhance their cultivation without side effects?
For those low-level cultivators, setting aside the danger, the battlefield itself is a tremendous opportunity.
Even though many low-level cultivators fall there every day, it still can’t stop the determination of these cultivators to go there and improve their cultivation.
So, after recounting the situation on the battlefield, seeing Ye Qingxuan still so indifferent, Ye Qingxiao was curious about what he was really thinking.
Hearing Ye Qingxiao’s question, Ye Qingxuan couldn’t help but chuckle:
“What is there for me to yearn for? Isn’t my current cultivation life quite good, quite comfortable?”
“Besides, I’m a blessed land cultivator; I can’t leave my blessed land. What use is yearning?”
Despite his words, Ye Qingxuan showed no sign of regret or disappointment. His face still held that calm, faint smile.
Ye Qingxiao was momentarily stunned by the free and easy smile on Ye Qingxuan’s face, then smiled wryly:
“True, given your temperament, your current way of cultivation might indeed suit you better.”
He couldn’t detect any yearning for the battlefield in Ye Qingxuan’s expression, nor any sign of the boredom that might come from being confined to one place.
At that moment, Ye Qingxiao even felt a twinge of envy for Ye Qingxuan’s disposition and his rhythm of cultivation.
Ye Qingxuan didn’t know what Ye Qingxiao was thinking, but he genuinely didn’t yearn for that kind of passionate, exciting yet precarious life on the battlefield.
Even if he broke through to the Golden Core realm and condensed an external incarnation, he wouldn’t send it to the battlefield.
If the external incarnation perished, he couldn’t condense a second one until reaching the Void Cave realm. So, he wouldn’t let his own external incarnation take such risks personally.
He already had plans for his external incarnation.
As for the battlefield beyond, Ye Qingxuan also had a strategy in mind. Who said you had to fight and kill to obtain resources from there?
But all these plans required him to first break through to the Golden Core realm and condense his Divine Ability Seed before they could be slowly implemented.
Before that, what he needed to do was cultivate steadily in the Xuantian Sect, nurture his cave heaven and blessed land, and gradually build his own foundation within the sect.
Once his position within the Xuantian Sect stabilized, allowing him to steadily acquire various low-level and high-level resources, that would be the time for him to break through to Golden Core and begin making arrangements beyond the Earth Abyss Realm.
Ye Qingxuan wasn’t in a hurry about any of this. Step by step, he had his own rhythm of cultivation, and he wouldn’t easily change it due to external disturbances.
After the tea in the pot was brewed, Ye Qingxuan poured a cup for Ye Qingxiao and said with a light smile:
“Qingxiao, try this tea of mine, hahaha!”
Ye Qingxiao picked up the cup in front of him and downed it in one gulp, causing the corner of Ye Qingxuan’s mouth to twitch slightly.
But after drinking the tea, surprise immediately appeared in Ye Qingxiao’s eyes. Then he slowly closed his eyes and began to enter a state of meditation.
Seeing this, Ye Qingxuan wasn’t surprised.
Without disturbing Ye Qingxiao, he began to leisurely sip his tea and enjoy the view.
Of course, enjoying the view wasn’t simply about observing the external scenery beyond the peak. It relied on his own powerful perception to quietly contemplate the changes of various elements within the world of the Earth Abyss Realm.
Although this kind of contemplation hadn’t shown any tangible benefits yet, Ye Qingxuan found it utterly blissful and thoroughly enjoyed immersing himself in this perception of the world.
