I need the cultivation technique!
Ye Feng's eyes showed surprise, and he gave Yang Fan a deep look.
"Alright! As you wish!"
Having said that, he flicked his finger, and the entire Five Elements Technique, from Qi Refining to Mahayana levels, was transmitted into Yang Fan's mind.
Once you reach the Immortal Venerable realm, the way to improve is no longer by absorbing spiritual energy, but by comprehending the laws of nature.
But ultimately, it's all about innate talent and spiritual roots.
After transmitting the cultivation technique, Ye Feng quickly collected all the items in front of him, took out a soul stone from his storage space, and then reached out and grabbed at the ring.
A transparent mark was drawn from the center of the ring and then pressed into the soul stone...
"No...you bastard..."
Before the Star Spirit Immortal Venerable could finish speaking, his soul involuntarily flew towards the soul stone in Ye Feng's hand.
"Alright! That's all settled, I should head back now!"
Ye Feng tossed the soul stone in his hand to Immortal Venerable Yuan Hong, then walked outside.
"Senior brother...I want to go with you!"
Ye Feng nodded, looking at the few people standing to the side who dared not speak out in anger.
"Immortal Venerable Yuan Hong, this is my junior brother. Is it alright for me to take him with me?"
It was only at this moment that Ye Feng finally looked at Immortal Venerable Yuan Hong with proper respect.
Immortal Venerable Yuan Hong remained silent, only cupping his hands in a respectful gesture.
Ye Feng nodded and continued,
"If you have any objections, you can say so now. I can accept any set of rules, but if you try anything underhanded..."
Ye Feng's eyes darted around, and everyone felt a chill run through them, as if any movement would lead to their annihilation.
At this moment, Ye Feng was hesitating. How could Yuan Hong Immortal Venerable, who had cultivated for tens of thousands of years, not understand? He immediately spoke up in alarm, assuring him.
"Immortal Venerable Shenye, please show mercy! We swear that we will never harbor any resentment or thoughts of revenge in the future..."
"Yes... Immortal Venerable Shenye, spare my life!"
...
The oppressive atmosphere that had made everyone feel as if they were in an ice cellar instantly vanished. When they looked up again, Ye Feng and Yang Fan had already disappeared from the main hall. A gentle voice reached their ears.
"From today onwards, the price of each spirit leaf purchased by the Hunyuan Sect will be reduced by 500,000..."
———
Ye Feng led Yang Fan through three cities before releasing him.
As soon as Yang Fan appeared, he looked around and, after taking a good look at the surrounding scenery, he clasped his hands in a fist and bow to Ye Feng.
"Thank you so much, senior brother, for saving my life!"
You know?
Ye Feng was genuinely surprised.
He could tell that the other party wanted to possess his body because of his cultivation level and his familiarity with the products he crafted.
No matter how good this ring is, the Star Spirit Immortal Venerable wasn't a complete artifact spirit; the spirit inside was merely a mark he had set up.
Since I can't stay in the ring for long, and I can't reincarnate now, I naturally want to possess another body and be reborn in the future.
Yang Fan nodded, his expression one of complete ease.
"At first, I only had a slight guess... but after he kept urging me to improve my cultivation level, I finally realized what was going on."
Seeing the complete trust Yang Fan placed in him, Ye Feng couldn't help but feel a little guilty for wanting to kill him before.
"A loss may turn out to be a blessing in disguise... Perhaps he will possess you, and you will devour him instead?"
Yang Fan was startled, but before he could speak, he heard Ye Feng sigh.
"Alright, I'll leave you here! There's a valley a million miles outside the Five Elements Sect, where all the cultivators from Tiannan are... as well as my fellow disciples from the Azure Cloud Sect."
"You'll have to walk the rest of the way on your own!"
After Ye Feng finished speaking, he handed over a storage ring.
Yang Fan took it hesitantly, and was about to speak when Ye Feng had already disappeared.
The ring has no markings; it can automatically identify itself as its owner.
Inside were two immortal stones, a million top-grade items, more than ten spirit fruits, and a jade stone imbued with Daoist charm.
"Senior brother...you are so kind and benevolent..."
———
Nine Venerable Hall
All the venerable ones have gathered once again!
Ling Fengxue: "The evil beasts have already landed on the coast. Facts have proven that Ye Feng's choice was correct. However, the current situation is critical. I'm afraid the previous plan to build only a hundred city walls is not enough. If we want to completely defend the entire continent, we need to build more defensive fortifications!"
Sitting next to Ye Feng, Xu Shunyan waved his hand, and a 3D map of the Central Continent instantly appeared:
"Based on the currently reported locations, there are at least tens of thousands of places that need repair..."
The map is marked with red dots; those are the places where city walls need to be built.
After he finished speaking, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.
How much manpower and resources would such a massive project require?
I'm afraid even hundreds of thousands of immortal stones wouldn't be enough!
Keep in mind that even an ordinary level-eight sect wouldn't be able to produce several dozen immortal stones.
Such a massive project could not have been accomplished even if the nine supreme beings had joined forces.
Unless everyone contributes money and effort...
Ling Fengxue frowned.
"The entire world is facing a life-or-death crisis. Are we still going to be so concerned about those spiritual stones and material possessions? We should issue an edict now, requiring all sects to contribute their efforts and resources to build the city walls as soon as possible!"
After Ling Fengxue finished speaking, everyone fell silent.
Ye Feng looked at the map above without saying a word.
Theoretically speaking, these 10,000 defense nodes are roughly equivalent to 10,000 level-eight sects; they can definitely be repaired.
But it would be really difficult to get everyone to contribute both money and manpower.
"Since that's the case... I think it would be better to do what the border region did and send the people back. These evil beasts are all sea creatures and lack consciousness. They won't be able to adapt to the land and will naturally retreat."
Zhang Mingzhi's words almost expressed the sentiments of the others.
But Liu Tiejun quickly refuted this statement.
"I'm afraid things aren't that simple. Although these evil beasts lack intelligence, they can be controlled. If we all retreat and they continue to destroy the earth's veins... then even the Heavenly Ladder Domain might not be able to stop them!"
"Indeed, if the earth's veins are damaged, they may never be able to recover. If the grand formation of the Chaotic Star Sea weakens or is even destroyed, then we will face more than just charging evil beasts..."
After Leung Man-tao finished speaking, everyone nodded.
After they both recovered, Li Mubai and Jia Ren, who had previously replaced them, no longer came.
For meetings... having one representative is enough.
Seeing that everyone had reached a consensus, Ling Fengxue slapped the back of his chair.
"Since everyone agrees, let's implement it this way! All sects, according to their sect level and the number of cultivators, should contribute manpower and resources as soon as possible to defend these nodes and build city walls!"
After Ling Fengxue finished speaking, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.
They contributed manpower and resources... It would have been easier to say that they had built over a hundred checkpoints before,
But how much manpower and resources are needed for these tens of thousands of checkpoints?
It's practically a bottomless pit!
Just then,
Jian Wenlin of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect said calmly.
"If we're talking about sending people to defend, my Ten Thousand Swords Sect is duty-bound to do so... but if we're talking about providing spirit stones and supplies, I'm afraid we're truly lacking in ability."
As he spoke, he glanced at everyone, then turned his gaze to Ye Feng on the other side.
"I imagine everyone's situation is similar. Recently, in order to purchase spirit leaves, the sect's spirit stones have been almost used up, right? Even the stored immortal stones have been taken out!"
After Jian Wenlin finished speaking, everyone looked at Ye Feng with deep agreement.
They didn't know how much Ye Feng made from selling spirit leaves.
However, we can always roughly know how many people the Five Elements Sect has recruited.
For every person you recruit, you receive 100,000 top-grade spirit stones.
The amount already distributed is probably worth thousands of immortal stones!
"Some sects have more people, so it's only right that they contribute more manpower. Other sects have fewer people... so it's only right that they contribute more spirit stones, right? Building city walls is no different from being in a mine. If we don't have spirit stones to replenish our resources and force our way in, we'll probably be in chaos before we even drive away the evil beasts."
Moreover, the formations within these tens of thousands of nodes require spirit stones to operate, which... is a considerable sum!
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