22: Chapter 22 Cloud City

"Since you have discussed it internally, this old man has no objections."

After Sikong Tianwen finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Xing Mu: "Little girl, will you Cultivate with them, or follow this old man to visit the Human Race world of the current era?"

"Wow, can I really visit?" Xing Mu was very happy.

"Hehe... Then come with this old man."

Xing Mu rolled her eyes at Ye Xiu and skipped along after Sikong Tianwen, leaving the back mountain.

Ye Xiu couldn't be bothered to respond. With the Old City Lord watching over Xing Mu, he was actually more at ease. He looked at the six people gathered around him.

He thought for a moment and said: "I don't know much about your current strength and combat styles. Bear kid, I'll give you a chance. All of you come at me together; let me see what level you are at."

After saying this, ignoring the astonished expressions of the group, he took a slight step and flew into the sky.

"You dare look down on your Bear Daddy? Let's go, if you're brothers, follow me and beat him up!" Xiong Hanhan raised his great axe and, without another word, charged straight into the sky.

"Then let's test the standard of our captain." The group exchanged glances and all shot up into the sky.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

The battle was extremely intense.

The combat power of the six was very strong.

Ye Mei's whip was extremely vicious, with every move attacking vital points. Zhao Miao's sword carried an intent of cold ice, which was likely related to her Awakened Bloodline.

Wu Dazhuang's strength was very high, almost on par with Xiong Hanhan, with his only shortcoming being slightly insufficient speed.

Zhou Hao was very steady, with quite good strength and speed. Besides this, his ability for coordinated combat was also quite high, and he could cooperate with teammates to unleash effective joint attacks.

As for Li Luo, that sycophant, he was a bit slippery, just coasting the whole time. If not for Ye Xiu giving him a good beating with his iron fists, it's doubtful anyone would have known this guy was actually the strongest among the six.

This guy was truly cunning.

His strength had not only reached the fifth grade of the Sky-Soaring Realm.

Although his strength wasn't very high, his speed was shockingly fast. If Ye Xiu didn't go all out, he probably wouldn't have been able to do anything about him.

Seeing that he understood enough.

The six still showed no signs of stopping, especially Xiong Hanhan, whose great axe was almost swinging out sparks.

Ye Xiu no longer held back. Following six booming sounds.

The six were defeated one by one and smashed into the ground.

"Damn, Xiao Ye, are you targeting your Bear Daddy?" Xiong Hanhan crawled out of the crater, and seeing that the craters the other five were in were obviously several times smaller than the one he had smashed, he immediately protested unhappily.

Ye Xiu descended from the sky and said indifferently: "If you are not convinced, you can continue individually."

"Fine, fine, fine... Your Bear Daddy is convinced, convinced, is that alright?" Xiong Hanhan wasn't stupid; how could he not see Ye Xiu's blatant threat?

"Brother Ye, as expected of you, my admiration for you is like the surging river, endless and continuous." Li Luo's flattery skills were top-tier; seizing every opportunity, he immediately delivered a dose of praise.

Ye Xiu's mouth twitched: "It's a real waste of talent that you aren't working in the officialdom, you guy."

"Brother Ye... you are truly amazing, you hurt me..." Ye Mei covered her vibrant lips, speaking charmingly with a pitiful, delicate expression.

"Stop with the nonsense. Everyone go back to the Formation and Cultivate. Current strength is the only thing that matters. Don't look at the fact that we just finished the defensive war; in these times, only strength is the foundation of survival. Remember, behind you are the lives and deaths of countless ordinary people."

Ye Xiu frowned slightly. He coldly glanced at Ye Mei, his eyes filled with warning.

Seeing that Ye Xiu's expression was bad, the group didn't say anything more.

They returned to the Spirit Gathering Array and began to absorb Spiritual Qi to Cultivate.

The speed at which the [Primordial Martial Arts General Outline] absorbed Spiritual Qi was terrifying.

With Ye Xiu running it at full power, the Spiritual Qi that was originally enough for six people to absorb suddenly decreased by more than half.

Xiong Hanhan curled his lips, opened his eyes to look at Ye Xiu, snorted softly, and unhappily closed his eyes again.

The others also exchanged bitter smiles.

"Captain, your absorption speed is too fast; this will affect our cultivation speed." Zhou Hao did not hold back and spoke directly.

Ye Xiu opened his eyes, looked at the six of them, all looking depressed, and was stunned for a moment.

Thinking it over, he immediately knew the reason.

He smiled awkwardly, stood up, and walked out of the Formation's range.

He took out his phone, reported the matter to Sikong Tianwen, then flew to another mountain peak and sat cross-legged to continue cultivating.

The military's efficiency was very high.

The next day, people from the Qingcang Daoist Sect came to set up a Spirit Gathering Array.

After seven days, a Spirit Gathering Array belonging exclusively to Ye Xiu was set up on the main peak.

Ye Xiu looked at the Spirit Gathering Array filled with Spirit Stones and Yao Crystals and nodded with satisfaction. Having a Spirit Gathering Array all to himself, this treatment was probably unique.

For a Cultivator to want to improve their cultivation level.

Absorbing and refining Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi is the most basic method, but this tests the strength of one's own Cultivation Technique considerably.

Taking the [Primordial Martial Arts General Outline] as an example.

Ye Xiu's cultivation speed was absolutely tens, or even hundreds of times that of an ordinary Cultivator.

The speed of Spiritual Qi absorption was extremely shocking, and after circulating the Cultivation Technique for one cycle, the converted cultivation was equally pure and incomparable.

Besides this.

To improve their cultivation level, a Cultivator can also absorb treasures that store energy, such as Yao Crystals, Spirit Stones, etc.

However, these strategic resources have immense uses. If used purely for absorption and cultivation, it would be a bit of a waste of precious things.

After all, with a top-tier Cultivation Technique, the cultivation speed within a Spirit Gathering Array is not much slower than absorbing Yao Crystals or Spirit Stones.

This was Ye Xiu's experience.

For others, perhaps the cultivation speed from absorbing Spirit Stones or Yao Crystals would have a huge increase, but unfortunately, this cultivation method consumes a huge amount, and ordinary people cannot afford it.

Yunzhong City.

The sounds of artillery fire and battle cries resounded through the sky.

Nine Yao Kings led countless Yao Beasts to attack, and the terrible war lasted for a whole month.

The border war zone fell, and the Yao Beast army invaded the outer city district. Just when the military decided to execute the nuclear weapon plan, the Nine Heavens Taoist Sect's sect leader, an Immortal Master, killed three Yao Kings at the cost of self-detonation.

Thus, the war fell into a stalemate.

The entire population was conscripted, rushing to the outer city battlefield one after another.

"Request reinforcements, request reinforcements from the Qingcang Daoist Sect."

This was the only message left by the Nine Heavens Taoist Sect leader before his self-detonation.

The current pattern of the world has changed too much. Before the Spiritual Qi revival, the distance between Yunzhong City and Tianfu City was less than three hundred miles, but today, after the great changes in the world.

It is probably hundreds of thousands of miles away.

This is an extremely shocking distance. Even for a Cultivator of the [Mingdao Realm], traveling day and night, it would take more than half a month.

And this is only if they can break through the blockade of the Yao Kings in the outer city district.

"I will go."

An Qingyi was the granddaughter of the Nine Heavens Taoist Sect leader. Her Bloodline talent was extremely astonishing. At only about 20 years old, she had already stepped into the [Mingdao Realm].

Before the Spiritual Qi revival, she was once hailed as the number one person among the younger generation of the Daoist school.

Regarding An Qingyi's proposal, the six remaining Elders discussed it for a long time before agreeing.

If they do not seek reinforcements now, Yunzhong City will definitely be breached by the Yao Race.

Whoosh!

A streak of rosy light broke through the area shrouded by Yao clouds.

Like a meteor, it rushed rapidly in the direction of Tianfu City.

"Hu Ao, Cang Jiu, stop her."

The remaining six Yao Kings split off two, pursuing the rosy light.