King of Creation
Chapter 480 - 474: The True Power of the Mirage Dragon Pearl

Chapter 480: Chapter 474: The True Power of the Mirage Dragon Pearl

The so-called grand event was actually due to the fact that the five-year period had arrived, and counting from Ye Zhen’s last entry into the Battlefield of Demon Souls to seize the War Soul Blood Flag, it had been five years.

The Five Countries Conference, held every five years, was about to begin, which meant that the Battlefield of Demon Souls on Demon Soul Mountain was also about to open.

Normally, as the five-year period approached, the War Soul Blood Flag would automatically detach itself from its previous owner’s hand and fly back into the Battlefield of Demon Souls, waiting for a new master when the battlefield opened.

But this time, an exceptional circumstance had arisen.

Because of the Lip Dragon Pearl last time, Ye Zhen had managed to transform into a member of the Demon Soul Legion, acquiring a massive amount of Demon Soul Blood Crystals and elevating the War Soul Blood Flag to Level 5, thoroughly acknowledging Ye Zhen as its master.

Now, even though the five-year period was about to be fulfilled, the War Soul Blood Flag showed no signs of leaving; instead, the Blood Light within it had become very faint due to the consumption from the Eastern Expedition, and urgently needed replenishment.

At this moment, coinciding with the quinquennial opening of the Battlefield of Demon Souls, neither the Black Water Empire nor Ye Zhen himself needed to participate in the so-called Five Countries Conference anymore.

Without the return of the War Soul Blood Flag to Demon Soul Mountain, the so-called Five Countries Conference was rendered meaningless.

However, Ye Zhen himself had a compelling reason to go, as the Blood Light within the War Soul Blood Flag was extremely faint and urgently needed replenishment, which was one aspect.

Most importantly, when Ye Zhen fully acknowledged the War Soul Blood Flag as his own, he learned the ultimate secret of the Demon Soul Hall within the Battlefield of Demon Souls, and he had to try his luck no matter what.

Before heading to Demon Soul Mountain, Ye Zhen wanted to first visit Star Luo City to meet Master Hai Luoshuang of Stars Tower. With one month left until the Five Countries Conference, there was plenty of time.

Besides responding to the invitation from Hai Luoshuang, Ye Zhen also had several questions he intended to ask Master Hai Luoshuang of the Stars Tower.

Star Luo City remained as bustling as ever after two years absence, with merchants from all directions gathering and a busy flow of people coming and going.

During Ye Zhen’s last visit, he was accompanied by many high-level members of Stars Tower, hence he encountered no obstructions. But this time, Ye Zhen came alone, and from a hundred miles away from Star Luo City to reaching the gates of the city’s outer area, Ye Zhen was subjected to three inspections.

Although each inspection let him through once he presented the Star Plate, this spoke to the stringent defenses of Star Luo City.

If not for geographic constraints, with the strength of the Stars Tower, it wouldn’t be a problem to establish a nation within a nation.

Ye Zhen was somewhat unlucky. Upon arrival, Hai Luoshuang was in seclusion and couldn’t meet with Ye Zhen immediately. Fortunately, before secluding herself, Master Hai had instructed that, should Ye Zhen arrive, she was to be notified at once.

Three days later, Ye Zhen met the stunningly beautiful Hai Luoshuang, wearing her seclusion gown, in a Silent Chamber in the Inner City of Star Luo City. The loose fitting seclusion attire failed to conceal Hai Luoshuang’s voluptuous figure, catching the eye momentarily and causing a dizzying effect.

"Ye Zhen, the main reason I called for you this time is that there’s a matter on which I’d like to seek your opinion," Hai Luoshuang said.

"Please speak, Master Hai."

"It’s like this—the Main Building is considering holding a selection competition for young talents in the tower soon. Those who are selected will receive focused training from within the tower; at the same time, this selection competition also serves as an assessment of the performance of the branch towers in each domain."

After a pause, Hai Luoshuang continued, "As it stands, you, Ye Zhen, are definitely the number one youth expert of the Stars Tower in the Black Dragon Domain. I hope that, when the time comes, you can represent our Stars Tower in the Black Dragon Domain and participate in this selection competition."

"I’d be going to the Outer Domain?" Ye Zhen asked.

"Of course! But you don’t need to worry about the route, I will make sure it’s properly arranged." Seeing that Ye Zhen didn’t immediately agree, Hai Luoshuang continued to persuade, "Ye Zhen, I’ll be frank with you. This selection competition is held only once every decade or so, and the performances of the Stars Towers from the Black Dragon Domain in previous ones have been quite poor, but that was before I was Tower Master.

This time, however, I hope you can help me!" Hai Luoshuang pleaded earnestly.

"No problem!"

After considering for a moment, Ye Zhen nodded seriously. Following the rules of Stars Tower and in accordance with its directives, Ye Zhen shouldn’t come to harm.

Moreover, on the surface at least, Stars Tower had abundant Cultivation resources. Advancing further within the Stars Tower would also be a good thing for Ye Zhen.

More importantly, Ye Zhen had long entertained the idea of training in the Outer Domain. Leaving the Black Dragon Domain for another domain was a considerable difficulty, as the True Profound Continent was interspersed with the vast Endless Dead Sea between its regions. Without an accurate Sea Map and astonishing Cultivation, it would be difficult to reach the Outer Domain safely.

Now with Hai Luoshuang’s request, it came at just the right moment.

"That’s great," Hai Luoshuang said with a joyful expression.

"Well, when do we depart?" Ye Zhen inquired.

"That will be... determined later..."

"Determined later?" Ye Zhen’s face showed confusion.

"Ye Zhen, it’s like this. There are more than a dozen Outer Domains known or unknown to the people of the True Profound Continent. The journeys vary in length, and it is quite troublesome for the Main Building to gather young experts from different regions. A detailed itinerary and planning are necessary.

Let me put it to you this way, it probably takes two to three years of preparation just for the Main Building to organize such a competition. It must also circumvent the Dead Sea storms in the Endless Dead Sea, etc. Once the most convenient domain for holding the competition is determined, each Stars Tower will be notified to dispatch.

Thus, even I can only ask you to be ready for now. Naturally, I will let you know when I receive the notification!" Hai Luoshuang explained.

"So that’s how it is...."

"Right, Master Hai, apart from me, are there other people from our Black Dragon Domain’s Stars Tower going? For example, Liao Feibai, who is one of the Three Great Guardian Stars, should be qualified to go, right?" Ye Zhen asked.

"This is hard to say...."

"What do you mean?" Ye Zhen was utterly astonished.

"The thing is, this selection competition has an age restriction, only those under thirty years old can participate!" Hai Luoshuang said.

Ye Zhen’s brows furrowed slightly, "As far as I know, Liao Feibai is not over thirty years old yet, right?"

"Not now! But the selection competition at its earliest will be held after three years, and if it’s delayed, it might be after five years. You understand, right...."

"Of course, if she can make a breakthrough to the Vein Forging Realm before the selection competition, the age limit can be relaxed to thirty-five years old, and she would still be eligible to participate," Hai Luoshuang said.

"Hiss! Thirty-five years old, Vein Forging Realm?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Zhen drew in a cold breath, "You’re saying, there will be Vein Forging Realm experts appearing in this selection competition?"

"Exactly, and it’s quite common!"

Hai Luoshuang shrugged her shoulders, "Ye Zhen, there’s something I want to tell you now, and I hope you’ll take it seriously. Our Black Dragon Domain has always been one of the poorest regions in the True Profound Continent, having the scarcest Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi and being one of the domains where Martial Arts are most in decline.

Take our Black Dragon Domain for instance, it’s somewhat similar to the difference between the Phantom Divine Empire and the Southern Barbarian Tribe, and the gap may only be larger!

In some of the powerful domains, Sects like Phantom Divine Sect and Martial Arts Families are as common as hair on a cow, very ordinary! Sects like your Black Water Empire’s Lishui Sect would hardly rank as even third or fourth-tier.

So, although you are almost unrivaled among our Black Dragon Domain’s younger generation, you must not slack off in your cultivation at all in these few years...."

As she spoke, Hai Luoshuang let out a long sigh, as if lamenting something.

Listening to her, Ye Zhen felt quite moved.

Thinking about it, the reason why generation after generation of the Tiannan Hua Family’s strong practitioners had to leave the Black Dragon Domain to seek breakthroughs in the Outer Domain must be due to this – the scarcity of Cultivation Resources and conditions in the Black Dragon Domain.

Ye Zhen had heard others say that the Black Dragon Domain was a remote and impoverished area before, but he hadn’t felt it like this in the past. Now, combining his own experience with what Hai Luoshuang had said, Ye Zhen truly felt it.

However, this feeling only lasted for a moment before Ye Zhen swept it away!

"Master Hai, rest assured, Vein Forging Realm experts are just that. Give me a few years, I will definitely not be inferior to them!"

In an instant, Ye Zhen’s confidence multiplied.

With Ye Zhen’s current Combat Power, he already had the strength to contend with Martial Artists of the Fifth Stage of the Soul Sea Realm, and even under the hands of Vein Forging Realm experts, he could ensure his own safety.

In another three or four years, Ye Zhen believed he would achieve even greater growth.

However, these were not the most important things. What was most crucial, Ye Zhen felt, was that his strength and Combat Power still had a vast potential for increase.

Whether it was the Purple Sword Light residing within the Sword Heart of Ye Zhen’s First Sword Vein or the black radiance from the Black Dragon Left Eye lying dormant within Ye Zhen’s second Innate Bloodline, both contained mighty power; if he could utilize even a fraction of it, Ye Zhen believed his strength would advance by leaps and bounds.

At the core of it all was actually the Mirage Dragon Pearl nestled against Ye Zhen’s chest.

The Mirage Dragon Pearl could transform the Essence Blood power of the King-level Demon Beasts killed by Ye Zhen into Essence Spirit Pearls for Ye Zhen’s use, even allowing Ye Zhen to employ these King-level Demon Beasts’ Innate Divine Abilities.

Previously, even though Ye Zhen knew this rule and wanted to utilize it, he didn’t have the capability; King-level Demon Beasts were not something one could just easily kill.

But now, Ye Zhen felt the time was almost ripe to properly utilize this rule and unleash the full power of the Mirage Dragon Pearl.

"Good, you have this confidence, I am relieved. Let’s settle the matter like this. You should focus on your cultivation in the coming years and be ready for my Talisman Communication at any time," Hai Luoshuang said.

"I understand! By the way, Master Hai, I have a few questions I’d like to ask," Ye Zhen said.

"What questions? Go ahead and ask."

"In the catalogue of items for sale on the Stars Tower’s Ten Thousand Stars Plate, there’s a Pill called the Innate Bloodline Enhancement Pill, priced at 50 million Star Points. As you know, with my Innate Bloodline, I urgently need this kind of Pill.

But why is it that for two years now, whenever I check the Ten Thousand Stars Plate, the Innate Bloodline Enhancement Pill is always out of stock?" Ye Zhen asked.

"This...."

At these words, Hai Luoshuang began to smile bitterly. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it on Qidian. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)