NOVEL NEXT Chapter 276: Wuguang City
Chapter 276: Wuguang City
“The Nine Heavenly Holy Son, Xu Lian, blessed with the laws of the divine kingdom?” Ye Rushang’s pupils contracted in disbelief. “You are about the same age as my son. How can you already be in the Origin Tracing Realm?”
Xu Lian briefly showed the laws of the Divine Realm. “It’s a long story. Over the years, I’ve encountered many random opportunities… that’s why my cultivation has progressed so quickly.”
Ye Rushang stared at the laws of the divine realm. They were unique in the world, impossible to forge. He had no choice but to believe Xu Lian’s identity. “Since you’re a friend of my son, please come into the mansion for a chat.”
“Thank you for your hospitality.”
Xu Lian didn’t stand on ceremony and followed Ye Rushang into the dilapidated city lord’s mansion.
When he met Ye Beining, Xu Lian willed his true appearance to return.
“Xu Lian?” Ye Beining was surprised. “What brings you to Wuguang City?”
“Of course, it’s for the Origin Tracing Light.”
Xu Lian had no reason to hide his intention. Most of the people who came to Wuguang City were here for the Origin Tracing Light. Why else would they come? As soon as the Origin Tracing Light appeared, this place would immediately become a battlefield, a dangerous zone. It wasn’t a place to settle down. Only those who had nothing better to do would come here to seek death.
Ye Beining looked confused. “Isn’t the Origin Tracing Light a cultivation resource needed by high-level experts in the Origin Tracing Realm? Why are you looking for it? Does your elder need it? If your elder needs it, they should come and look for it themselves. Why would they send you?
The Origin Tracing Light is a high-quality, controlled cultivation resource. Many elders guard this place every year. It is almost impossible for someone from the younger generation like you to get the Origin Tracing Light.”
Is it possible that I’m already a top-tier expert at the Origin Tracing Realm? Xu Lian smiled without saying anything, not wanting to appear boastful.
Ye Rushang said, “I just fought with him. He’s already at the third level of Origin Tracing.”
Sure enough, Ye Beining was completely stunned.
He was completely dumbfounded.
How was this possible?
In just seven or eight years, he had progressed from Grandmaster to Transcendent, then to Void Realm, and now he was at Divine Source Level 5. He thought his progress was fast, but Xu Lian had already crossed Return to Void, Return to Truth, Nine Tribulations, and Unity, becoming a top-tier expert at the Origin Tracing Realm?
Ye Beining couldn’t believe it. If it weren’t for his father’s confirmation, he would have scoffed at anyone who said such a thing.
But the facts were right in front of him. He looked at Xu Lian as if he were a monster. “Have you already understood the laws of the divine kingdom? Do the laws of the divine kingdom improve cultivation?”
Ye Beining easily connected this to the laws of the divine kingdom. Apart from that, he couldn’t think of anything else that could have allowed Xu Lian to become a top-tier expert in the Origin Tracing Realm in just a few years.
Xu Lian didn’t want to say too much. “You could say that…”
Ye Beining’s eyes turned red with envy. “Back in the Hundred Boat Secret Realm, you were really lucky. Even a genius like me didn’t expect that becoming emperor would grant you the laws of the divine kingdom. If I had known, I definitely wouldn’t have let you become the emperor so easily.”
Xu Lian found this amusing. There were a lot of what ifs in the world, but no real ifs. If he had known that, he wouldn’t have divided his forces among the geniuses. He would have eliminated them first… knocked them out of the competition early.
So now, there was no point in discussing it.
Ye Beining asked, “You have the laws of the Divine Kingdom and the Goddess of Time to back you up. Didn’t the Nine Heavenly Sacred Lands give you any Origin-Tracing Light? Why do you need to come and look for it yourself?”
Xu Lian replied, “They did give me some, but it’s not enough. There are too many top-tier experts at the Origin Tracing Realm in the Nine Heavenly Sacred Lands. There aren’t enough to go around.”
Ye Beining laughed. “That’s true. Even the top tier factions have their difficulties. With so many powerful experts and talented individuals, no amount of cultivation resources will ever be enough.”
A maid brought in tea, and Ye Rushang invited Xu Lian to drink it. Seeing that his son and Xu Lian were getting along well, he left, feeling relieved that his son had such an extraordinary friend.
Xu Lian asked about the situation here. As the young lord of Wuguang City, Ye Beining surely knew the details.
“When did the Origin Tracing Light last appear? How long until it appears again?”
Ye Beining said, “The last time the Origin Tracing Light appeared was two years ago. However, that doesn’t have much to do with when it will appear next. Sometimes, it appears the very next day. Other times, it takes decades. On average, it appears once every eight to ten years”.
Alright… Xu Lian sighed. The Nine Heavenly Sacred Lands would eventually give him one hundred beams of Origin Tracing Light, but he still had a gap of four hundred and eleven beams. Even if he could seize the Origin Tracing Light every time it appeared in Wuguang City, it would take him at least four thousand years to gather enough!
He hadn’t done the math before, but now that he did it, it was shocking. Four thousand years?
And that was the most optimistic estimate. If he could only seize the Origin Tracing Light once every ten times it appeared in Wuguang City, it would take him forty thousand years…
Was the lifespan of an Origin Tracing Realm expert even that long?
In other words, he would never reach the Sage Realm in this lifetime.
This was almost a dead end with no way out.
Fortunately, the Goddess of Time had told him that a great upheaval was coming, and the world would be thrown into chaos. He would have a chance to take advantage of the situation. Otherwise, he would truly feel a sense of despair.
Ye Beining said, “Even though you’re already a high-level expert in the Origin Tracing Realm, it won’t be easy to capture the Origin Tracing Light. Almost everyone who comes to Wuguang City is a top-level expert at the Origin Tracing Realm. Those below the Origin Tracing Realm have no reason to come here. With so many top-tier experts competing for the Origin Tracing Light, you can imagine how difficult it will be.”
“Will sages and supreme beings come here?”
This was Xu Lian’s biggest concern. If Sages and Supreme Beings came here, no matter how skilled he was, he would have to step aside. There would be no chance to capture the Origin Tracing Light.
Ye Beining said, “I’ve heard my father say that long ago, the Sages and Supreme Beings of the major factions would also fight for it. Even if the Sages and Supreme Beings didn’t need the Origin-Tracking Light themselves, they could still seize it for their own factions.
Later, however, the competition between the Sages and Supreme Beings of the major factions became too fierce. A single misstep could lead to an all-out war between the factions.
So, in order to avoid uncontrollable situations, the major factions made an agreement: Sages and supreme beings are not allowed to personally participate in the competition for the Origin Tracing Light in Wuguang City.”
Xu Lian felt relieved. The top experts of the Origin Tracing Realm feared nothing but Sages and Supreme Beings. The gap between their cultivation levels was simply too great. Fortunately, Sages and Supreme Beings were superpowers with great influence. The higher their cultivation, the more restrictions they faced. They couldn’t act recklessly.
Therefore, in this world, the top-tier experts at the Origin Tracing Realm were considered the “high-end” combat force. Sages and Supreme Beings usually stayed in seclusion and rarely made an appearance.
Unless it was a matter of life and death for their faction or involved core interests, Sages and Supreme Beings would not show themselves to exert pressure.
In short, Sages and Supreme Beings were there to maintain order…
Xu Lian settled down in the city lord’s mansion.
Although it was dilapidated, it had all the necessities, and he lived quite comfortably.
However, waiting idly for the Origin Tracing Light to appear was truly boring.
Others could pass the time by cultivating, but Xu Lian didn’t even need to cultivate. He spent his days wandering around aimlessly.
Ye Beining had an older sister named Ye Qingyu, who was very beautiful. Whether intentionally or not, she often followed Xu Lian around, warming up his lonely days.
From the looks of it, Ye Rushang and his wife were also trying to matchmake Ye Qingyu and Xu Lian. A top expert in the Origin Tracing Realm under the age of thirty, who wouldn’t be interested?
At first, Xu Lian felt a little conflicted. After all, she was the sister of his friend, and it felt a bit awkward. But he was so bored, and Ye Qingyu often accompanied him on his wanderings. Over time, feelings developed, and he stopped resisting. He even asked Ye Beining if he had any objections. After receiving a “no,” he naturally started living with Ye Qingyu, becoming a dao companion.
He saw that Ye Qingyu’s favorability was 75/100. Based on his extensive experience, starting with a favorability above 70 meant that it would quickly reach 90.
So he put in some effort and thought, and before long, Ye Qingyu’s favorability rose to 90, earning him a progression point.
However, his current cultivation level was a bit too high, making it difficult for Ye Qingyu to conceive a child. Indeed, the higher one’s cultivation level, the harder it was to have offspring.
If one reached the Supreme Realm, it was almost impossible to have children. At that level, one’s body had already begun to undergo strange transformations. How could they have children? Wouldn’t it result in monsters?
However, he wasn’t in a hurry. He could take his time. After all, he had plenty of time, and progression points were the least of his worries.
Time flew by and the years passed.
Three years later, after Xu Lian’s relentless efforts, he finally succeeded in getting Ye Qingyu pregnant. This filled him with pride. Conceiving at the Origin Tracing Realm was no easy feat.
Four more years passed, and the Origin Tracing Light finally appeared. The entire Wuguang City was thrown into chaos. All the top experts in the Origin Tracing Realm who had been hiding suddenly appeared, their eyes burning with desire for the Origin Tracing Light.
A great battle was about to break out.
Ye Rushang immediately sent his wife, Ye Beining, and some concubines and children into the Void, transporting them to an unknown location.
Xu Lian also reacted quickly, pushing Ye Qingyu and their son into the Void and sending them back to the ancestral lands of the divine race.
Ye Rushang was pleased with Xu Lian’s protective action towards his wife and child. He took out a pitch black battle spear and tightly gripped it. “Son-in-law, shall we join forces?”
“Father-in-law, I was thinking the same thing.”
Xu Lian drew his Sword of Destruction, and the sky erupted with blood-red lightning. At the same time, his sword intent surged, receiving a significant boost.
Back when his cultivation was insufficient, he couldn’t unleash the full power of the Sword of Destruction. Now, as a top-tier expert in the Origin Tracing Realm, his cultivation still wasn’t enough to fully utilize the sword’s power, but even a fraction of its strength was more than enough to enhance his combat prowess!
“If we seize this Origin Tracing Light, can I use it first? The next one we get can go to you. How about that?”
Ye Rushang suggested this to avoid any disputes that might damage their father-in-law-son relationship.
Xu Lian said, “But I’d like to use it first. The next one we get can go to you.”
Ye Rushang was speechless for a moment. He hadn’t expected that marrying his daughter to Xu Lian wouldn’t make him more willing to yield.
Ye Rushang said, “I have guarded this place for many years. I became the city lord here to make it easier for me to compete for the Origin Tracing Light. Can’t you give in to me just this once?”
Xu Lian wasn’t willing to give in. “Father-in-law, you’ve already reached the sixth level of Origin Tracing. One ray of Origin Tracing Light won’t make much difference to you. I’m only at the third level. This Origin Tracing Light will be much more useful to me. Please let me use it first.”
Ye Rushang said, “How about it? Let’s seize the Origin Tracing Light first, and then decide who gets to use it.”
“Alright.”
Xu Lian stopped arguing.
The premise of deciding who gets to use it first was actually seizing it. If they couldn’t seize it, then all this discussion would be pointless.