King of Creation
Chapter 138 - 136: Ye Zhen’s Astonishing New Identity (Third Update, Please Subscribe)

Chapter 138: Chapter 136: Ye Zhen’s Astonishing New Identity (Third Update, Please Subscribe)

"Royal City’s decree? Ha, ha!"

Watching the delighted Pan Wei, and the Guard Army rapidly encircling him, Ye Zhen couldn’t help but feel unalarmed, his lips instead curling into a sneer as he chuckled softly.

Having mixed in Jianghu for several years, how could Ye Zhen commit such a low-level mistake?

The royal decree forbidding martial artists from shedding blood and fighting in the streets of Black Water Royal City—how could Ye Zhen not be aware of it!

"Ye Zhen, I’d like to see how you wriggle your way out of this one; in front of the Royal City’s decree, everyone is equal, even if you’re a disciple of the Qiyun Sect. You won’t be able to escape this time!"

Watching the Guard Army surrounding Ye Zhen, Pan Wei couldn’t help but feel smug.

During Caiyi’s birthday banquet, not only did Ye Zhen make a fool out of him, but he also couldn’t lift his head in front of the many prodigal sons in the Royal City, and the nickname ’Rabbit Master’ still hadn’t been washed away to this day.

Today, when he saw Ye Zhen in the tavern, Pan Wei immediately arranged this scene.

If the family retainer in his house could kill Ye Zhen, all would be settled. If not, he still had a backup plan.

Once Ye Zhen entered the Guard Army’s prison, even if he didn’t die, he’d be severely punished!

"Idiot!"

Ye Zhen sneered indifferently, causing Pan Wei to tremble with rage and shout at Commander Gao, "Commander Gao, we have both witness and evidence, why aren’t you acting?"

Commander Gao’s expression turned stern, and he also shouted angrily at Ye Zhen, "You fool who doesn’t know whether you’re alive or dead, to dare engage in a blood battle and kill in the streets of Black Water Royal City, come, take him..."

"Don’t rush, first take a look at this!" Ye Zhen casually threw out his Identity Jade Token.

"Ye Zhen, Inner Sect Disciple of Qiyun Sect, ranked tenth on the Heavenly List..." As Commander Gao took the jade token and saw its content, his face immediately changed.

While it’s not unusual to be an Inner Sect Disciple of the Qiyun Sect, being ranked tenth on the Heavenly List was indeed amazing, especially since Ye Zhen looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old!

"So what if it’s tenth on the Heavenly List? Even if he’s tenth, breaking the decree within the Royal City still warrants punishment! Commander Gao, make your move!" Evidently, Pan Wei had a certain understanding of Ye Zhen, but it was limited to that!

Commander Gao gave a start and then said to Ye Zhen, "Although you are ranked tenth on the Heavenly List, an explanation is still required for this matter. You’ll have to come with me to the Guard Army’s camp!"

"Is that so?"

Ye Zhen revealed a smile that was not quite a smile, flicked his wrist, and took out another golden jade token from his Storage Bracelet, waving it towards Commander Gao, "Take a look at this, too!"

Commander Gao was taken aback. He approached and received the golden jade token from Ye Zhen, infused Spiritual Power, and looked at it briefly, his face immediately changing drastically.

"You’re only in the True Yuan realm, but you are..."

"Commander Gao, this is a matter that requires secrecy; you mustn’t speak of it!" With a single sentence, Ye Zhen made Commander Gao swallow his following words.

"Sorry for the inconvenience; please proceed as you wish!"

Commander Gao waved his hand to the back, and the fifty military soldiers encircling Ye Zhen promptly cleared a path for him.

Pan Wei, who had just been looking forward to dealing with Ye Zhen, was now infuriated.

"Commander Gao, what are you doing? By releasing a serious offender, aren’t you afraid of military law?"

Hearing this, Commander Gao’s expression darkened, "Third Young Master, Ye Zhen is not someone we can handle! Third Young Master, you should avoid opposing Young Master Ye in the future..."

By the end of his sentence, he was actually advising Pan Wei.

"Damn it, Gao Xiong, you backstabbing bastard, you’re actually advising me, believe it or not, I’ll skin you alive right now..." Pan Wei roared in rage.

"Commander Gao, I forgot to mention, the matter just now is still confidential. You should be the third person to know about it! So, if word gets out, I believe our Qiyun Sect will have someone discuss matters with your entire family!"

Threats!

This was a blatant threat!

Yet it was this threat that made Commander Gao choke down the words he meant to explain to Pan Wei and forced a bitter smile to surface on his face.

How he regretted it!

Why had he accepted such a troublesome task to please the Third Young Master?

If he had known that Ye Zhen’s identity was so astonishing, he wouldn’t have meddled in these muddy waters even if it killed him.

"Pan Wei, I’ll remember what happened today!

Be more careful when you walk in the future! Last time, it was your butt that suffered; but next time, it might be your head that blooms!"

The chilling killing intent made Pan Wei shiver abruptly!

Some in the crowd recalled the rumors of the past few days and burst into laughter.

Watching Ye Zhen leave with his head held high, Pan Wei was so frustrated he nearly vomited blood. He had carefully planned for most of the day, only for Ye Zhen to easily break his scheme, and to add insult to injury, Ye Zhen had humiliated him.

Not only that, but he had also lost a capable family retainer. Indeed, it was a loss of both wife and soldiers.

"Gao Xiong, you better tell me honestly, what exactly did that bastard Ye Zhen show you?"

"Third Young Master, this..."

"Spit it out, or else I’ll arrange a visit to your family today..."

The threatened Commander Gao almost felt like crying.

"Third Young Master, he showed me the Quasi-True Inheritor’s Jade Token of the Qiyun Sect!" After speaking, Gao Xiong said to Pan Wei with a crying tone, "Third Young Master, you mustn’t mention this matter to anyone else..."

"Quasi-True Inheritor... A guy merely in the True Essence Fifth Realm, how is that possible..."

Pan Wei was immediately astonished!

Ye Zhen’s status as a Quasi-True Disciple was still something that Liao Feibai fought for on Ye Zhen’s behalf.

Aside from Ye Zhen’s multiple major contributions to the sect, it was also related to the Half-vein Divine Power that Ye Zhen had forged.

Because this was a matter of great importance, Liao Feibai reported the achievement regarding Ye Zhen’s forging of the Half-vein Divine Power to Sect Leader Guo Qijing.

Without a second word, Sect Leader Guo Qijing gave Ye Zhen the Jade Token for Quasi-True Discipleship.

If Sect Leader Guo Qijing wasn’t worried that the True Disciple Jade Token was too shocking and could easily bring fatal danger to Ye Zhen, he would have directly considered giving Ye Zhen the status of a True Disciple.

The treatment that came with the Quasi-True Disciple Jade Token was almost the same as that of a True Disciple, except for not having a dedicated cultivation peak.

For example, the six Low Grade Spirit Crystals that a True Disciple could collect every month, Ye Zhen had started to enjoy since the previous month.

However, Quasi-True Disciples still couldn’t be equated with True Disciples.

Unless Ye Zhen’s cultivation broke through to the Spirit Transformation Realm one day, he would not be able to become a True Disciple.

The identity of a Quasi-True Disciple was just granting Ye Zhen some privileges in advance.

Like right now!

After returning to the Black Water Dao Grounds, Ye Zhen greeted Elder Bao and then headed into the Cultivation Quiet Room behind the Dao Field, beginning to prepare for that dangerous experiment.

Ye Zhen’s risky experiment was quite straightforward—it was to directly absorb and refine the energy within a Demon Core to enhance his own cultivation.

Under normal circumstances, besides containing the slowly condensed pure power of the Demon Beast, a Demon Core also contained a large amount of negative energies like slaughter, brutality, poison, and so on.

If a Martial Artist absorbed it directly without an Alchemist refining out the harmful negative energies, the poison within could be potent enough to cause the Martial Artist to die from poisoning.

But what was most deadly were the negative energies such as the slaughter, brutality, and bloodlust contained in the Demon Core. Once absorbed, they would affect the Martial Artist’s Divine Soul.

If the absorbed amount reached a certain level and let the Martial Artist’s Divine Soul be completely tainted by slaughter, brutality, and bloodlust, then the Martial Artist would become a humanoid Demon Beast, beyond any hope of cure!

Essentially, unless someone had a moment of pure folly, no Martial Artist on the True Profound Continent would dare to directly absorb the energy from a Demon Core.

Those who did so either died from the poison or were killed by other Martial Artists after turning into humanoid Demon Beasts due to their Divine Souls being tainted with negative energies.

However, Ye Zhen conducting such an experiment today, wasn’t because he had lost his mind.

Ye Zhen had this idea because of his encounter with a Wood Spirit Ganoderma during his first journey in the Yin Mountain Range when Chu Jun and others were chasing him.

The Wood Spirit Ganoderma, a type of Spiritual Medicine, actually also had a certain degree of toxicity, but not as terrifying as the poison and negative energies contained within a Demon Core.

To enhance his cultivation, Ye Zhen had directly swallowed the Wood Spirit Ganoderma at that time.

During the process of refining the potency of Wood Spirit Ganoderma, Ye Zhen was surprised to discover that there wasn’t a trace of poison in it.

However, Ye Zhen quickly realized that it wasn’t that there was no poison in the Wood Spirit Ganoderma; instead, all the toxins had been absorbed by the Mirage Dragon Pearl.

Along with the absorption of the toxins, a portion of the Wood Spirit Ganoderma’s medicinal power had also been absorbed.

At that time, Ye Zhen had this idea, but he had never dared to test it out, as it was too dangerous.

This time in Black Water King’s City, Ye Zhen was irritated by a bunch of arrogant Alchemists, which led to the resurfacing of this buried idea.

However, this time, Ye Zhen still had some confidence in conducting this experiment.

Although it was risky, under normal circumstances, Ye Zhen wouldn’t joke around with his own life.

Firstly, for this experiment, Ye Zhen had prepared a Demon Core from a herbivorous Demon Beast, the Purple Horned Green Sheep, which contained relatively little negative energy and toxicity.

Secondly, Ye Zhen’s Divine Soul Cultivation had made great progress, reaching the Capturing Object First Stage, which in turn gave him slightly stronger resistance to such negative energies.

Even if the experiment failed and the Mirage Dragon Pearl didn’t have the effect of removing various negative energies from the Demon Core, Ye Zhen wouldn’t die from it. At most, he would fall seriously ill for a while, perhaps needing a couple of months to recover.

But if it succeeded...

The benefits were simply unimaginable!

After almost two hours of regulated breathing, Ye Zhen brought himself back to optimal condition, with antidote pills also ready at hand.

Taking a deep breath, Ye Zhen took out a Low Grade Human Level Demon Core of a Purple Horned Green Sheep, ready to consume it!

Roar!

The Cloud Winged Young Tiger, Hur Xiaomao, which was quietly lying on one side of the Silent Chamber, suddenly let out a low roar and pounced beside Ye Zhen.

Its gem-like large eyes stared intently at the Demon Core in Ye Zhen’s hand, its tongue licking incessantly, looking quite eager to eat it.

"Do you want to eat this?"

Ye Zhen’s Divine Sense stirred, communicating with the young tiger.

"Yes, this is tasty..."

A thought suddenly crossed Ye Zhen’s mind, "Could it be that Demon Beasts can directly consume Demon Cores to increase their strength?"

Considering the Demon Beasts within the Yin Mountain Range that often fought fiercely, the vanquished Demon Beasts were usually devoured completely by the victorious ones, skin, flesh, and likely the Demon Core too.

"Try it, perhaps, this is a method for the young tiger to grow rapidly?"

As the thought arose, Ye Zhen tossed a Demon Core of a Purple Horned Green Sheep into the mouth of the Cloud Winged Young Tiger, Hur Xiaomao.

With a gulp, as Xiaomao swallowed the Demon Core, Ye Zhen’s Divine Sense concentrated on the young tiger, his eyes filled with anticipation! (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets; your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users please read at m.qidian.com.)