454: Chapter 454 Good Luck

On this side, Jiang Ying felt the power of the Contract. Her face was filled with excitement; she never imagined that as a Wasted Artifact Spirit, she would actually form a Contract just like that?

And moreover, she had formed a Contract with a figure like Ye Qing?

Then, she thought about what would happen after contracting with Ye Qing. Her small face took on a shy, blushing expression. She lightly bit her lip with her pearly teeth and looked toward Ye Qing with a bashful gaze.

Ye Qing also looked at Jiang Ying, then walked over to her. He reached out to pull her into his arms, picked her up, and walked toward the room.

Outside.

Within the Yu Family.

A grand banquet was currently being held.

Yu Hao's mouth twitched as he watched the scene. Good heavens, although his Family was considered one of the stronger families in the Modu Barrier, they hadn't held such a grand banquet in a long time!

So much meat from high-Rank Exotic Beasts.

Tsk tsk...

It seemed his Family had truly reaped a bountiful harvest this time. He also knew that this was primarily because of Ye Qing.

Once everyone was seated, Old Master Yu looked at the crowd with excitement on his face. "By now, you all likely know that our Family is able to hold such a grand banquet tonight primarily because of Lord Ye's power. These Exotic Beasts were all slain by Lord Ye; we merely transported them. We are claiming credit for the heavens' work, and now we've brought this Exotic Beast meat back to eat. Listen well: if Lord Ye ever has a situation where he needs our Yu Family in the future, every single one of you must step up without hesitation. Do you understand!"

After those words, everyone nodded, offering no rebuttal.

"Come, let's begin!"

With the old master's word, everyone became impatient and began to wolf down the food.

As the Exotic Beast meat entered their mouths, their eyes widened one after another, hardly able to believe what they were feeling.

Good heavens.

Is this the meat of a high-Rank Exotic Beast?

After eating it, the meat immediately transformed into surging energy that flowed continuously through their bodies...

This feeling was simply too comfortable.

It caused excited expressions to hang unconsciously on their faces as they resumed eating.

A moment later.

Boom!

A muffled explosion sounded from the body of a person nearby.

In an instant, everyone's attention was drawn to him.

"My god... did you just achieve a Breakthrough while eating?"

“Good heavens, you’re too fast!”

The person who broke through scratched his head. "No, no, it's just that my original strength wasn't that high, and I only achieved a Breakthrough after eating such a great tonic..."

Hearing this, the others hurried to continue eating.

After all, he was right—this stuff was a massive tonic!

A while later, quite a few more Family members began to achieve Breakthroughs. Numerous muffled explosions rang out among the crowd. Watching this, Old Master Yu had a smile on his face.

It seemed many people would achieve a Breakthrough at this banquet. Even those who didn't would likely see a significant increase in strength. Today, the strength of the entire Yu Family could be said to have risen by a level.

Then, he looked toward Yu Hao. Now, Yu Hao could be considered a pillar of the Family.

Previously, although Yu Hao had obtained the title of star of huaxia, it was largely in name only, built up by the Family's resources.

During this period of training with Ye Qing, this fellow had solidified his superficial Foundation and learned many combat techniques. He had been strengthened in all aspects.

This way, the Yu Family could be handed over to him in the future.

Old Master Yu thought about how little time Ye Qing had been at the Modu Barrier and yet had exerted such a massive influence on the entire Yu Family; it felt somewhat surreal.

However, Ye Qing truly had not been ungenerous to the Yu Family.

"Old Master, why are you just standing there in a daze? Hurry up and eat some."

Beside him, Yu Hao saw the old master lost in thought and quickly spoke up.

"Right, right, right, I'll have a taste too..."

The old master immediately snapped back to his senses and began celebrating with everyone.

The other families were currently just like the Yu Family, incredibly lively.

Excitement was written on every one of their faces.

Many people within those families also took this opportunity to achieve Breakthroughs.

Meanwhile, in the military headquarters.

The King of the Western Frontier and the others were also enjoying the Exotic Beast meat.

The King of the Western Frontier was in high spirits, his face full of excitement. After all, his niece had formed a Contract with Ye Qing this time. He didn't know what kind of Artifact Spirit she would undergo Ancestral Return into, or how powerful it would be.

After all, the young women who contracted with Ye Qing had all undergone Ancestral Return into powerful Artifact Spirits, and there were even two who had achieved a Third Ancestral Return.

Seeing the King of the Western Frontier's state, the King of Nanling felt quite helpless. "Alright, alright, stop making that face. We all know your niece contracted with Ye Qing. You've basically climbed into a relationship with Ye Qing now, and your future is limitless, but you don't need to spend the whole night grinning like a fool, do you?"

"You look so silly like this."

"Exactly..."

The other King-level Experts also began to chime in.

King of the Western Frontier: "..."

You guys are just suffering from sour grapes because you can't have what I have.

And you're criticizing me!

However, the King of the Western Frontier seemed to realize something. It seemed Old Jing had been just like this before, and it was indeed a bit annoying.

Subsequently, the King of the Western Frontier began to restrain himself a bit.

"Where's Old Jing? We've been eating and drinking here for quite a while. Why hasn't that guy come over yet? What is he tinkering with?"

"He seems to be writing a report for headquarters. After all, quite a major incident occurred this time. Those Exotic Beasts at the coastline weren't much; we could have handled them even without Ye Qing. But that Golden-Winged Great Peng that appeared later—if not for Ye Qing, it seems we really wouldn't have been able to deal with such a Flight-type King-level Exotic Beast. If Ye Qing hadn't been here, the Modu Barrier might have suffered a disaster this time."

"It seems things from inside the Fissure cannot be brought out casually. To bring them out, one must have a certain level of strength; otherwise, it might affect the Barrier..."

As they spoke, everyone nodded in silent agreement.

They would have to pay attention to this situation in the future. This time was fortunate; it didn't cause a calamity, and it even allowed everyone to have a feast. It could be said that everyone involved made a fortune.

But next time, they might not have such good luck.