Chapter 405: Assisting the Breakthrough
"Hold on. Not to mention the strength of their Wind Clan, but just their marital ties with you mean you can't act rashly," Li Heishui advised.
"I really think the Wind Clan might be testing you," Tu Fei also transmitted secretly, feeling they might be doing it deliberately, probing him.
They had all heard from Ye Fan about the details of this marriage alliance. The Wind Clan hadn't agreed outright but wanted to meet Ye Fan in Divine City before deciding.
"Aren't I being tested right now?" Ye Fan smiled, transmitting back secretly, then lifted his foot and kicked Feng Lie wildly, making the purple-robed youth cry out in pain, tears nearly streaming down.
"Ye, just you wait! You'll never marry my sister in this life, daring to treat me like this!" he shouted angrily.
"Little Leaf, stop hitting him. This might be your future brother-in-law. Looks like they're really testing your character; the fighting is just secondary," Tu Fei and Li Heishui quickly stopped him.
"No matter!" Ye Fan said with a smile, kicking Feng Lie a few more times before stopping.
"Ye, I'll remember this. You actually beat me just now..." The purple-robed youth Feng Lie ground his teeth, utterly furious.
In the distance, countless cultivators had gathered to watch, all dumbfounded. Ye Fan was about to be betrothed to the Wind Clan's pearl, yet he had beaten her younger brother black and blue.
This... everyone was speechless, not knowing what to say. What kind of relationship was this? Too bizarre.
"Woof, do you want to be my human pets?" Big Black Dog stared at these people, eyes gleaming.
"Dammit, this dead dog!" Everyone was furious.
"Little Leaf, how do you plan to handle this?" Tu Fei asked in a low voice.
"Haven't I said it before? Fight when you should fight, imprison when you should imprison." Saying this, Ye Fan took out the Qilin Drum, intending to seal everyone inside.
Heavy artifacts interwoven with innate patterns all contained internal spaces, enough to seal them.
"You want to imprison them?" Li Heishui was stunned.
"Ye Fan, you wouldn't dare!" A dozen young men and women shouted together.
"Ye, what are you doing? I'm Feng Huang's own brother. You dare imprison me?!" The purple-robed youth Feng Lie was completely stunned.
"What's there to fear?" Ye Fan didn't care. The drum sounded, and he took everyone inside, sealing them away.
"I'm dizzy, Little Leaf, you're too... You actually imprisoned your own brother-in-law?" Li Heishui and Tu Fei didn't know what to say to him.
In the distance, everyone was dumbfounded. This was too domineering. He hadn't even gotten engaged yet, but he'd already imprisoned a bunch of the bride's younger brother, cousins, and sisters. What was this?
"Heavens, is this Sacred Body too fierce? No matter who they are, he just imprisons them all. Really leaves no room for argument!"
Everyone was stunned, hardly believing what they saw, then started discussing.
"Never seen anyone like this. Knowing their identities, he should have shown some restraint. He's really... making the Wind Clan spit blood!"
"I'm convinced, completely convinced. Never seen such a ferocious person. Does he still want to ally with the Wind Clan or not?"
...
Drunken Immortal Pavilion was no ordinary place. It was the property of the Northern Plains Gold Clan, and fighting was strictly forbidden. Yet a patch of the garden had been destroyed here, and no one stepped in to stop it. Clearly, someone had given the go-ahead.
"What now?" Tu Fei asked.
"Go back, of course." Ye Fan left first.
"I'm asking how you'll explain to the Wind Clan."
...
Ye Fan and the others left, and the news spread through Divine City in no time. Many were dumbfounded, then burst into laughter.
"I think this marriage alliance is completely off the table."
"The Wind Clan people just entered the city, and he sends them such a 'gift'..."
Many were discussing, most believing the alliance would fail. The Source Art Aristocratic Clan members and Li Yishui and the others were all gloating.
Not long after Ye Fan returned to his residence, the Divine King summoned him. The Wind Clan wanted to see him.
"Little Leaf, may the heavens be with you!" Tu Fei and Li Heishui both smirked.
In the great hall, four elders from the Wind Clan had arrived, all seeming to have returned to simplicity, looking like ordinary old men from the mortal world.
"You little brat are quite domineering. Knowing their identities, you still imprisoned them all. What are you trying to do?" an old man shouted.
"I felt they went too far. Rather than let them suffer a big loss in the future, I thought I'd teach them a lesson now," Ye Fan replied calmly.
Another old man laughed, saying, "Forget it, no need to dwell on it. This kid is somewhat interesting. Acting like this, he surprised me."
"Release them now," Jiang Yun said from the side.
Ye Fan naturally knew his limits. Now was not the time to be stubborn. He obeyed, releasing the dozen people from the Qilin Drum, and returned the White Bone Banner as well.
"Ye Fan..." Feng Lie shouted, about to pounce.
One of the Wind Clan elders let out a cold shout, and he immediately stopped, walking back resentfully.
"Go to the inner hall. The Divine King and the Wind Clan Saint Lord want to see you," Jiang Yun said to Ye Fan.
In another great hall, the Peerless Divine King sat at the head, white hair like snow, face like jade, his complexion normal, revealing nothing of his true condition.
Below sat a middle-aged man with flowing black hair, clear bright eyes, and a towering figure. He sat with great presence, clearly a long-time ruler.
He sat unmoving, his deep eyes sizing up Ye Fan. This man was the grandfather of the heavenly maiden Feng Huang, named Feng Jingyun, also the Saint Lord of the Wind Clan.
"Let your blood and qi surge, release all your vigorous life essence, and show the Wind Clan Saint Lord," the Divine King said gently.
Ye Fan obeyed without holding back. In an instant, his blood and qi soared to the heavens, like a true dragon awakening. The powerful vitality surprised even the Wind Clan Saint Lord, who nodded repeatedly.
"Boom!"
Ye Fan's aura kept rising. His life essence transformed into dragon-shaped qi pillars, piercing through the great hall and shooting into the sky, like a vast ocean surging.
All cultivators in the area were alarmed, showing shocked expressions as they looked in that direction.
Soon, news spread that the Wind Clan Saint Lord was very satisfied with Ye Fan, leaving many in Divine City who had prepared to mock him completely dumbfounded, unable to understand.
"Needless to say, the Wind Clan Saint Lord must have seen that Ye Fan can break into the Secret Realm. Nothing can stop the rise of the Primordial Saint Body now."
Many understood, deducing the truth. Divine City was shaken greatly that day.
After leaving the great hall, Ye Fan went straight to the Heavenly Demon Treasure Pavilion, found Yao Yuekong, and asked him to help keep an eye out for various Divine Source stone skins.
As they left, Li Heishui was puzzled and asked, "Ye Fan, what do you want to do? Your breakthrough is imminent. Why are you doing these things?"
"Because I'm afraid of failure. This time, no matter what, I must break into the Four Extremes Secret Realm!" Ye Fan hid nothing from them.
"It'll be fine. You're overthinking," Tu Fei laughed.
"Even if ten million catties of Source can't help me enter the Four Extremes, I'll find another way to enter myself. This time, I will succeed!" Ye Fan's gaze was firm.
That very day, the Wind Clan Saint Lord made a decision: to give Ye Fan three million catties of Source to help him break into the Four Extremes Secret Realm.
As soon as this news broke, the Eastern Wasteland was shaken. Clearly, the Wind Clan Saint Lord regarded Ye Fan as his quasi-grandson-in-law, believing he could break into the Four Extremes, and wanted to bind him to the Wind Clan's ancient war chariot.
Would a Greatly Accomplished Primordial Saint Body finally reappear in the world? No one could remain calm.
The Peerless Divine King finally announced that on the night of the full moon the next day, Ye Fan would enter the Dragon Transformation Pool to assault the first natural barrier of the Sacred Body.
As soon as the news broke, the whole world was shocked. The day of the Sacred Body's breakthrough had finally arrived!
From the Holy Lands of the Eastern Wasteland, the immortal imperial dynasties of the Central Province, and the Hundred Schools of Thought, another wave of powerful experts rushed over, paying extraordinary attention to the Sacred Body's breakthrough, all wanting to witness it.