Zhuge Xuan held the letter of surrender in his hand and left the Eastern Prefecture County Governor respectfully.
"Sir, with our Taihu County's strength, we can easily destroy the Eastern Prefecture County. Why do we still need to give them Spirit Crystals and elixirs?" A soldier on the carriage was confused.
Zhuge Xuan explained, "In this world, you don't have to use force to destroy others. You can also kill for profit.
"Furthermore, with the Eastern Prefecture County Governor around, we can take over the Eastern Prefecture County."
Zhuge Xuan led the guards to Cangyue County. According to the same words as Eastern Prefecture County, the county governor of Cangyue County submitted to Taihu County.
It took him three days to make the round trip.
Taihu County.
In the backyard of the City Governor's Residence, Ye Xingchen sat cross-legged on a cattail hassock, doing breathing exercises and comprehending the fourth level of the Heavenly Emperor's Fortune Art.
Around him, a large number of Spirit Crystals were piled up for his cultivation.
Ring after ring of Spirit Qi circled around his body, making him look like a divine god.
"Huuu …"
Ye Xingchen took a deep breath, and two white dragon-like streams of air flowed into his nostrils. One by one, the Spirit Crystals shattered, and the Spirit Qi inside was absorbed.
His Sea of Qi emitted a faint golden glow. On the walls of his Sea of Qi, the Dao Marks were glowing, refining his True Energy.
It could be seen that within Ye Xingchen's Sea of Qi, the True Energy was like a dazzling Star.
"My current cultivation has reached the limit of the Lesser Celestial Realm. It will be difficult for me to advance any further. Unless I break through to the Lesser Celestial Realm, I will be able to expand my Sea of Qi and refine my True Energy."
Ye Xingchen took out a fruit. It was a Level Six Great Heavenly Origin Fruit, which could help martial artists break through to the Middle Celestial Realm.
"In the Spiritual Herbal Garden, I obtained nine Great Heavenly Origin Fruits. I gave one to Elder Li, so there are eight left."
Ye Xingchen looked at the Great Heavenly Origin Fruit and thought to himself, "Although the Great Heavenly Origin Fruit can help cultivators break through bottlenecks, it can also help me open up the acupoints in my body, allowing my physical body to improve to the next level."
Currently, he had opened 19 meridians in his body, and his physical strength was comparable to a Lesser Celestial.
Ye Xingchen was not satisfied with this level of strength. Ever since he decided to break with the Seon Of Silla and overthrow the rule of the Seon Of Silla, he was eager to increase his strength in order to face the upcoming war.
"Only by openly killing the Seon Of Silla will I be able to use the jade seal to devour his dynasty's luck." Ye Xingchen picked up a Dayuan Heavenly Fruit and swallowed it.
Seon Of Silla was at the peak of Lesser Celestial Realm, and with the help of the dynasty's fate, he could fight against Middle Celestial Realm experts.
Ordinary Middle Arcana Realm warriors might not even be his opponent.
Of course, this would require him to be in the royal capital, away from the dynasty. Otherwise, the Seon Of Silla would not be able to receive the blessing of destiny.
As soon as the Big Origin Heavenly Fruit entered his stomach, Ye Xingchen circulated his True Energy and refined the Spiritual Qi in order to break through his twentieth acupoint.
The diagram of all three levels of the Heavenly King Illustration floated in his mind. Ye Xingchen circulated his True Energy and Spiritual Qi in order to break through.
Six hours later, as the sun was setting, a loud sound rang in Ye Xingchen's mind. He had finally broken through his twentieth acupoint.
Waves of pure energy flowed through his body, nourishing the twenty acupoints.
Ye Xingchen swallowed a few more pills and refined the Spiritual Qi in order to strengthen his acupoints.
"Now that I've opened my twentieth acupoint, my physical strength is enough to fight against a Lesser Celestial Level Three Pinnacle Martial Artist." Ye Xingchen felt the power in his body and was very satisfied.
"Brother Star!"
A five to six year old little girl in a pleated lotus dress appeared. She was adorable and had a pair of big eyes that were like black gems.
This little girl was Dark Moon, whom Ye Xingchen had brought back from the small village. Dark Moon had been in the Ye Mansion for a few months and had received enough nutrition to recover her body.
"Brother Star, Uncle Ye asked me to call you over." Dark Moon ran over and said softly.
Ye Xingchen hugged her and asked, "Yue 'er, where's your brother?"
Unlike Dark Moon, An Yuan had been cultivating with all his might ever since he had entered the Ye Mansion and received sufficient resources.
"Brother said that he's going overseas with Grandpa Grand Elder."
Speaking of this, the Dark Moon tilted her head, and her delicate little face showed doubt, "Brother Xingchen, what is overseas?"
Ye Xingchen knew that An Yuan was strong and independent, but he didn't expect him to be so hardworking as to follow Grandpa Grand Elder to overseas countries.
To go overseas, one would have to go through different seas and it was extremely dangerous.
In the seas, there were not only powerful sea creatures that could control natural disasters and destroy ships, but also pirates that could travel through different seas and rob merchants.
But with danger came rewards. Every time one went overseas, they would receive more than ten times the reward.
The reason why the Yeh family was able to build the new Taihu City and have a large number of spirit crystals was all because of the overseas business.
"Yue 'er, you will know when you grow up overseas." Ye Xingchen brought Dark Moon to the hall of the Castellan's mansion.
Then, he gave Dark Moon to a maid and asked her to bring her out to play.
In the hall, Ye Tianfeng, Zhuge Xuan, Mr. Wang, General Wang, and the others were all present.
"Father, what's the matter?" Ye Xingchen asked.
Ye Tianfeng smiled. "I just received a message from Grandpa Grand Elder. They have arrived at the sea near Eastern Prefecture and will soon arrive at the port of Eastern Prefecture to return to Taihu Prefecture."
"Grandpa Grand Elder also mentioned that there is a country overseas that is rich in jade. He has already established a partnership with a large family in that country."
"That family has also sent their younger generation to discuss the details of the partnership."
Ye Xingchen said, "General Wang, send a group of soldiers to the port of Eastern Prefecture to escort Grandpa Grand Elder back."
Although Grandpa Grand Elder had arranged powerful subordinates in his caravan, it was still better to send troops to escort him just in case.
"Mr. Wang, after Grandpa Grand Elder returns, he will discuss the partnership with that family's emissary. You will be in charge," Ye Xingchen said.
After that, the few of them discussed for a while. Zhuge Xuan stood up from his seat and said, "Young Master, the governors of Eastern Prefecture County and Cangyue County are willing to submit. This is their letter of surrender. Their signatures and True Qi imprints are on it."
Zhuge Xuan took out two items that looked like imperial edicts and handed them to Ye Xingchen.
Ye Xingchen opened them and said with satisfaction, "Zhuge Xuan, all the soldiers of Eastern Prefecture and Cangyue County will be under your command. General Wang will be in charge of assisting you."
"Yes, thank you, Young Master."
Zhuge Xuan was delighted. He was in charge of the soldiers of the two counties, which meant that Ye Xingchen had gradually trusted him and allowed him to hold power.
Even though General Wang was dissatisfied, he didn't dare to show it.
Two days later, the group of Grandpa Grand Elder returned from outside the mansion.
"Big Brother!" An Yue saw a young man wearing a martial arts robe and quickly rushed over.
The black-robed youth had a deep and calm look in his eyes, as if nothing could affect his heart.
However, the moment he saw An Yue, his face revealed a smile and said: "Little Sister."
Ye Xingchen gazed at An Yuan and found that his cultivation was progressing very quickly. In just a few months, he had already reached high-level Heaven Fate.