The next day.
At dawn, a thin layer of icy frost and fog enveloped the top of Ningbian City.
Yongbyon Fortress is like a giant beast lurking in the fog, lying on the great plain, overlooking the Scorching Sun Mountains and standing guard.
In the streets and alleys of Ningbian City, the remaining lights of restaurants and tea shops are still there, and drunk martial cultivators and soldiers can be seen everywhere. Yongbyon Castle, which had been partying all night, finally regained its brief tranquility at dawn.
Ye Fan walked up to the top of the city alone and inspected the city defenses.
Many soldiers standing guard at the top of the city saluted when they saw Ye Fan. They looked at Ye Fan with incomparable admiration and admiration.
This has nothing to do with the level of cultivation. Only generals who can win battles can gain the respect of the lowest level soldiers of Canglan Kingdom.
Ye Fan nodded slightly to the soldiers and looked towards the distant Scorching Sun Mountain Range from the top of the city.
A fiery red illuminated the sky, and the fire was still burning.
I'm afraid the fire won't be extinguished until it burns for about ten days.
After the fire was extinguished, the Canglan Army sent a small group of elite troops composed of King Wu, Marquis Wu, and Zun Wu into the mountains to slowly encircle and suppress the remaining tribes of the Qinglang Tribe. The once mighty Qinglang Tribe would have completely disappeared.
The scorching sun mountains turned into scorched earth, unable to provide any food or supplies for the Green Wolf tribe. Even if the Green Wolf tribe survives in the deep cave, it will not last ten years. It is only a matter of time.
Only after decades, or even one or two hundred years, will the lush jungles of this Scorching Sun Mountain Range be restored. A small number of orcs began to move around the mountains again.
But in Ye Fan's heart, he was not particularly happy about annihilating the Qinglang tribe.
This is just a fight for revenge.
Because he resurrected the mammoth, he brought great disaster to Luyang Mansion. He personally avenged the blood revenge of the tens of thousands of civilians who died that night when they were attacked by the Blue Wolf Beast Soldiers. This is more of a burden and responsibility. Now that he has eradicated the Green Wolf tribe with his own hands, this burden can finally be put down.
Now, he can finally focus on martial arts training again, find ways to understand a higher martial arts realm, and strive to enter the realm of the King of Martial Arts as soon as possible.
It's just that the realm of King Wu... is not easy to break through, and it's just one person among the princes of Wu.
Ye Fan suddenly remembered an important thing and asked: "By the way, Shang. That Holy Talisman of the Fox Saint got into my heart. What did it do to my heart?"
During the previous war, he had no time to care about this. Now there is time to deal with this extremely important, almost ignored Fox Saint Talisman.
Shang was silent for a while and said: "This holy talisman is a seven-orificed exquisite heart lock of the Fox Saint. In addition, it is also wrapped with a drop of the blood of the Fox Saint's Sacred Heart."
"The Seven Orifices Exquisite Heart Lock, what is it for? Fox Saint put a drop of holy blood in it, what does it want to do?"
Ye Fan couldn't help but show doubts.
This time, Shang remained silent for longer.
"The Exquisite Heart Lock with Seven Apertures has only one purpose, and that is to lock the heart, or more accurately, the heart of martial arts! If the Exquisite Heart Lock with Seven Apertures is not cracked for one day, you will never be able to understand the heart of martial arts. The heart is the entrance to understand martial arts. , if before, you still had a one in 10,000 chance of understanding the heart of martial arts and becoming the King of Martial Arts. Then after your heart is locked, you have completely lost even this one in 10,000 chance."
"Lock the heart of martial arts?"
Ye Fan's eyes widened, his whole body was shocked, and he felt a bone-chilling coldness envelope him.
He never expected that Fox Saint would be so ruthless in his attack. He would block his way to understand the heart of martial arts as soon as he took action, sealing him in the realm of Wuhou, unable to continue to break through.
In contrast, although the mammoth Big Gray was blocked by the sacred chain of the Elephant Saint, the huge lethality of its ivory and combat skills was blocked.
But it seems a lot more benevolent. It can still grow normally and does not hinder the improvement of the realm. Once he becomes the Elephant King, even this holy chain cannot bind Da Hui.
"There should be a way to break this heart lock!"
Ye Fan calmed Shen down and asked immediately.
Shang muttered: "I know how to break the seven orifices of the exquisite heart lock, but it requires the consumption of Martial Emperor level power to break the power of the holy throne. If your cultivation reaches the Martial Emperor level, I will have enough power to break the seven orifices of this Fox Saint. Exquisite heart lock. But your realm is locked, and you cannot even be promoted to the realm of King Wu. As a result, the seven orifices exquisite heart lock cannot be released.
This is an endless cycle. You cannot understand the heart of martial arts on your own!
Unless the Martial Emperor takes action, he may be able to help you lift this seven-orificed exquisite heart lock. But you are currently only a Wuhou, which high-status Wuhuang is willing to help you? Even if any Martial Emperor is willing to help you, you will definitely pay an unimaginable huge price.
This is just one of Fox Saint's methods to deal with you.
The other method is the drop of holy blood sealed in the exquisite heart lock of Qiqiao. If this seven-orificed exquisite heart lock is unlocked, the drop of the fox saint's heart blood inside will be released immediately, invade the blood in your body, replace one of your air system bloodlines, and you will automatically awaken the orc fox saint bloodline . If anything, you don't need to understand the martial arts. You can break through the beast-type Martial King with only the blood of the Fox Saint. "
"What is the intention of the Fox Saint in doing this? Is it just to let me have the blood of the Fox Saint?"
Ye Fan was shocked.
"I estimate that its intention is, first, to block your martial arts heart and make you stagnate at the Wuhou stage. As the mammoth continues to grow, and you are stagnant at the Wuhou stage, the huge gap will eventually make you You are forced to separate from the mammoth. If you are captured by the Beast Alliance and become a prisoner, you will be easily controlled by them due to your low level. Secondly, if your strength exceeds its imagination, it will actually give you this Saint-level seven-orificed exquisite heart lock. Once it's cracked, it can't seal your realm, so I'll simply let you awaken the bloodline of the Fox Clan, break through the realm of King Wu, and then rely on your bloodline instinct to establish a deep connection with it. Your bloodline comes directly from it, so naturally you have a close relationship with it. There is a very deep blood connection. In this case, even if you become a transcendent saint in the future, you will still have a very close relationship with the Fox Saint and will not become a mortal enemy with it."
Shang's speculation deeply shocked Ye Fan.
It turns out that the Fox Saint has set two safety bolts. If he succeeds in locking the realm, he will be completely blocked. If he fails to lock the realm, he will try to get himself on the Fox clan's ship.
This abacus is so shrewd that Fox Saint can win regardless of victory or defeat.
Ye Fan said in disbelief: "I still can't understand why the Fox Saint spent such a big price and went in such a big circle to completely lock my martial arts heart! If it wants to target me, just use a powerful Holy Spirit to Fu, just kill me."
Shang shook his head and said: "I don't know what the Fox Saint is thinking. But one thing is that there are many priests born in the Fox clan. This Fox Saint is probably a holy priest, and he can predict some things that may happen in the distant future. things and prepare in advance. This ability to predict the future is the most powerful power of the priest. It is also something I cannot do. As the spirit of the ancient divine book, I can only access the endless and vast history, and will A lot of the skills were reenacted."
"The Fox Saint is so despicable!"
Ye Fan was filled with hatred.
The power of the holy throne is very powerful, so powerful that it is difficult for even Shang to deal with it.
But this is not because Shang is weak, but because his strength is too weak. If he can reach the strength of the Martial Emperor, plus Shang's help. Even if the power of the holy throne comes to Shenwu Continent, it is completely impossible to do anything to him.
Shang suddenly said: "There is a good opportunity in front of you! Have you considered accepting the invitation from the Zixuan Dynasty army or which sect?! You can accept the invitation, but put forward a condition that the Zixuan Dynasty or The Martial Emperor of the sect will help you unlock the Seven Orifices Exquisite Heart Lock. There are many Martial Emperors in the Zixuan Dynasty and major sects who can help you."
Ye Fan smiled bitterly: "There is a Martial Emperor in the dynasty and all the major sects, but his status is extremely high, far above all the Martial Kings. If I want the Martial Emperor to help me, a little Wuhou, remove the holy talisman, the dynasty and the major sects are afraid It's because I don't want to! And the envoys coming this time are all Martial King-level envoys, so I'm afraid they can't make the decision. Let's take a look and then talk!"
…
Ye Fan stood blankly on the top of Ningbian City, with an unpredictable expression on his face, gradually digesting the news that his martial arts realm was locked.
Although cruel, he had no choice but to accept the news.
After a long time, his face regained its calmness, and he turned around and left the city.
"Master Ye, I heard that you will be leaving Canglan Country soon in the next two months?"
At this time, a bold soldier standing guard at the top of the city asked.
"Oh, who said that?"
Ye Fan said softly.
"People in Ningbian City say so! The Zixuan Dynasty and the martial kings of several major sects came to invite and offered generous terms. I hope you can go to them! Last night, everyone in the city was talking about this matter. I don't know. not real?"
the soldier said.
The surrounding soldiers also looked at Ye Fan with great reluctance.
"They sent an invitation! Don't you think I should go?"
Ye Fan looked back at the soldiers and asked.
"You just led us to fight a victorious battle. Now that you are leaving, everyone is very sad to leave. But this is related to your future. Of course, your future is important. Whether it is the Zixuan Dynasty or the Shenwu Sect , it's out of reach for soldiers like us, but you are fully qualified to join."
"Yes! We are all happy for Ye Shuai to have a good future."
"Shuai Ye, don't worry about it. We will fight the next battle well and not embarrass you."
The soldiers all said loudly that they sincerely hope that Ye Fan can have a good future from the bottom of their hearts.
"Thank you everyone!"
Ye Fan saw the sincere-looking soldiers and was moved. He took a deep breath and left the city.
…
In the morning of that day, Ling Feizhuo, the king of Canglan Kingdom, seemed to be worried that Ye Fan would regret and not leave, so he hurriedly sent the inner court guards to deliver ten large boxes as a "give-away" gift.
Each box is filled with primeval stones, various precious elixirs, mysterious weapons, and jewelry. The total of ten large boxes is probably more than the items on Yan Xiuzheng's list last night, and the total value is no less than half a million yuan. This great gift is comparable to the wealth of an ancient family.
Ye Fan looked at it and accepted these gifts.
Anyway, I have decided to leave, and the king's gifts will be in vain if I don't accept them.
He is now at the pinnacle of the three-line Wuhou realm, and is no longer able to continue practicing for breakthroughs. In fact, he has no use for these training materials. But he needs to find a way to break through to King Wu's realm, which may require a lot of financial resources.
In the next few days, many ministers came to visit one after another, either to confirm the news or to ask for help.