Chapter 744: Unexpected Visitors

Chapter 744: Chapter 745: Unexpected Visitors

But to Ye Xuan’s fury, while several of them were mining, a Second Layer Martial Sovereign, for whatever reason, started wandering around the valley.

He would periodically extend his Profound Sense and blast the ground with attacks. He was clearly bored while the others divided the Profound Stones and decided to prospect other parts of the valley for more veins.

‘This guy…’

Ye Xuan could no longer remain calm. If that man kept searching, he might just discover the vein.

‘No, it looks like I have to go in now.’

Ye Xuan’s gaze hardened. Without any hesitation, he charged directly into the valley.

If that Second Layer Martial Sovereign really did stumble upon the vein’s location, it would be a huge loss for him.

The moment Ye Xuan charged into the valley, he was spotted by the dozen or so people inside. The faces of the few Martial Sovereigns who were dividing the Profound Stones immediately turned cold.

In their eyes, Ye Xuan had seen them dividing a vein and was charging in to get a piece of the action.

However, when they saw that Ye Xuan’s cultivation was only at Tier Seven, their expressions immediately turned to disdain.

Profound Stones were valuable, but one needed the strength to claim them.

One of the Martial Sovereigns had already stepped forward, ready to teach Ye Xuan a small lesson the moment he opened his mouth.

But to everyone’s surprise, after charging in, Ye Xuan didn’t head toward them. Instead, he sped past them, bypassed the bored, prospecting Martial Sovereign, and landed more than a hundred meters ahead. Then, he began to rapidly bombard the ground.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Huge chunks of black rock and soil flew into the air, only to be moved aside by Ye Xuan’s Profound Yuan, soon forming a small hill nearby.

“Haha, I can’t believe there are people like this. He saw us dig up a deposit and thinks he can try his luck right next to us.”

“What an idiot. Does he really think veins are so easy to find that one will just appear if he randomly starts blasting a spot?”

“Heh heh, ignore him. He’s just a Tier Seven Martial King. As long as he doesn’t bother us, he’s being smart.”

The group of Martial Sovereigns dividing the vein burst into laughter, each looking at Ye Xuan as if he were an idiot.

“Huh? Look, that kid has a Demon Beast with him. Could he be a prodigy from the Beast Taming Manor?”

A Martial Sovereign, having just noticed Erhei under Ye Xuan’s command, spoke with surprise and suspicion.

“I heard people from the Beast Taming Manor rarely venture out. Could the opening of this mystic land have alarmed even them?”

“Judging by that Demon Beast’s aura, it must have reached the Tier Eight Demon Beast level. Tsk tsk, the Beast Taming Manor truly lives up to its reputation as a renowned power in the Profound Realm Third Heaven. For a Tier Seven Martial King to enslave a Tier Eight Demon Beast… that’s truly extraordinary.”

As several of the Martial Sovereigns spoke, a glint appeared in their eyes.

In fact, it wasn’t just them; the other Martial Sovereigns had also seen Erhei by Ye Xuan’s side, and their gazes turned sharp with a hint of greed.

Legend had it that the Beast Taming Manor possessed a miraculous beast-taming art that made it easy for Martial Artists to enslave Demon Beasts, a technique long coveted by countless experts in the Profound Realm Third Heaven.

But the Beast Taming Manor was so powerful that no one dared to openly demand it.

Now, with Ye Xuan and Erhei together, it was easy for people to suspect he was from the Beast Taming Manor and possessed their treasured beast-taming art.

Greed grew in many of their hearts, though they remained silent. Ye Xuan was only a Tier Seven Martial King; they could just follow him secretly when he left.

The group sneered and gossiped while dividing the middle-grade Profound Stones, each harboring their own ulterior motives.

BOOM!

Suddenly, a tremendous roar sounded, followed by a dense wave of Heaven and Earth Profound Qi.

“There really is another vein.”

A Martial Sovereign cried out in shock. He saw that when Ye Xuan had dug five or six meters deep, a cloud of milky-white airflow rushed out of the hole, forming a soaring white dragon around him.

A blinding white light blossomed from the hole, and a vein of even higher quality than the middle-grade Profound Stones they had found appeared before them all.

“Such dense Heaven and Earth Profound Qi! This is an Upper Grade vein… No, wait, there are supreme-grade Profound Stones inside! My heavens!”

Seeing the vein Ye Xuan had unearthed, all the Martial Sovereigns present were stunned, their eyes wide with disbelief.

They never imagined that Ye Xuan’s random digging would actually uncover a vein, and one of a much higher grade than their own.

The many Martial Sovereigns who had been mocking Ye Xuan now wore expressions as black as soot.

The Martial Sovereign who had been prospecting around the valley looked even more sullen. If Ye Xuan hadn’t suddenly rushed in and occupied that spot, he might have discovered it himself in a few more minutes.

SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH!

At that moment, without a word from anyone, the three Third Layer Martial Sovereigns who had been slowly dividing the middle-grade Profound Stones quickly finished cutting and distributing the ore. Then, they all surrounded Ye Xuan.

In an instant, more than a dozen experts had surrounded Ye Xuan and the half-exposed vein, sealing them in completely.

Only then did they get a clear look at the Profound Stone Ye Xuan had excavated. It was about as tall as a person and composed entirely of crystal-clear, Upper Grade Profound Stone. Even more astonishing was the cluster of extremely pure, milky-white Profound Stone at its center. This part was about the size of a human head and emitted Heaven and Earth Profound Qi so tangible it seemed almost solid—an effect only supreme-grade Profound Stone could produce.

GASP!

Everyone’s breathing grew heavy. This was supreme-grade Profound Stone! Upper Grade Profound Stone was already precious enough for Martial Sovereigns, but a piece of supreme-grade this large would make even a Nine Heavens Martial Emperor’s heart race with desire.

“Your Excellency, we found this valley first. We weren’t even finished digging, and you just dug up this vein for yourself. Isn’t that a bit too domineering?”

One of the Martial Sovereigns stepped directly in front of Ye Xuan and said in a hostile tone.

Ye Xuan completely ignored the Martial Sovereign’s words. BOOM! BOOM! With two more strikes, the entire Profound Stone was fully revealed. Then, before the crowd of Martial Sovereigns could even react, he instantly stored the entire ore into his Storage Ring.

“I dug up this Profound Stone. What does it have to do with you?” Ye Xuan finally said coldly.

Everyone stared at Ye Xuan, dumbfounded. A burly Third Layer Martial Sovereign couldn’t help but let a disdainful sneer creep onto his lips.

‘Does this kid really think stashing the supreme-grade Profound Stone makes it his? How naive. Without enough strength, even if you put a treasure away, you’ll just have to cough it all up later.’

In the eyes of these Martial Sovereigns, Ye Xuan was just such a powerless fellow.

“Haha, this is the first time I, Wei Zifu, have ever seen such an arrogant Tier Seven Martial King. If your cultivation level wasn’t so obvious, this old man might have mistaken you for a Nine Heavens Martial Emperor speaking to me! Brother Luo, have you ever seen anything like it?”

The burly Third Layer Martial Sovereign said, his gaze mocking.

A skinnier Third Layer Martial Sovereign standing nearby added coldly, “This old man has also never seen such an arrogant Tier Seven Martial King. So young and yet you don’t know how to respect your elders, even daring to snatch a Profound Stone that belongs to us. You truly are courting death.”

“Why waste so many words on him? My three lords, just kill a brat like this. We can divide up the treasures on his body afterward.”

A Second Layer Martial Sovereign stepped forward as he spoke, brandishing his Profound Soldier without hesitation.

Ye Xuan’s gaze hardened. He knew a fierce battle was inevitable from the moment he found the Profound Stone. Who knew these people would be so unreasonable, ready to attack without a word? ‘Do they really think I’m afraid of them?’

“If you want to fight, then let’s fight. Why so much useless talk?” Ye Xuan said coldly, drawing the Sword of Judgment from his back.

“Good, kid. You’re asking for death, so you can’t blame anyone else.”

The Second Layer Martial Sovereign roared and charged forward.

SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH!

Just then, several streaks of light suddenly flew in from outside the valley, landing in an instant.

These newcomers emanated powerful Profound Yuan fluctuations, causing the Martial Sovereigns already present to halt their actions and look over with grave expressions.

There were six newcomers in total. The leader was an old man with graying hair and a beard, whose powerful aura clearly revealed his Tier Eight Third Layer cultivation.

Besides him, there were five Tier Eight Second Layer Martial Sovereigns. The auras of four of them were condensed and stable, indicating they had reached the Peak of Tier Eight Second Layer. The last one was a young man in his early thirties whose aura was slightly unstable, a clear sign he had only recently broken through to the Tier Eight Second Layer.

Seeing these people, Ye Xuan was momentarily stunned, then his eyes flickered. ‘What a coincidence. Why did I have to run into them?’

The newcomers were none other than Qiu Gong, Qiu Yuan, and the others from Lingkong Cave.

“It’s you, kid! You’re not dead yet!”

Qiu Yuan had also spotted Ye Xuan in the crowd and couldn’t help but blurt out, “A mere Tier Seven Martial King like you, without the protection of the Xiao family, actually managed to survive this long. It’s quite a surprise for this Young Cave Master.”

Back when he was exploring the sandy lands of the Eastern Domain, Qiu Yuan had developed a poor impression of Ye Xuan. Seeing him alone now, he naturally couldn’t resist making a few sarcastic remarks.

“Such dense Heaven and Earth Profound Qi! Cave Master, a Profound Stone must have just been unearthed here.”

An elder from Lingkong Cave whispered in the ear of the old man, Qiu Gong.

“Mm.” Old man Qiu Gong nodded but said nothing. With his keen eye, he had long since deduced from the traces at the scene that a vein had just been excavated. And based on the lingering Heaven and Earth Profound Qi, it was a high-grade one at that.

However, the positioning of the people before him left old man Qiu Gong a bit puzzled. It seemed as if the unearthed vein had been taken by that kid from the Celestial Capital Prefecture.

But for a mere Tier Seven Martial King to snatch something from the hands of so many Martial Sovereigns made old man Qiu Gong doubt his own judgment.