The sound that suddenly erupted made everyone present feel very familiar.

Especially Elder Yang, whose aged body trembled at once; as he fell to the ground and turned his head, he saw a delicate and warm face coming into view.

"Xiao Ye!"

"You rascal, you're finally back!"

Elder Yang grinned, smiling.

During this period, Xiao Ye had been away from the Holy Palace for three whole months, and he had been very worried.

After all, he had once visited the Ancient Relics and knew deeply how terrifying that place was.

If Xiao Ye had encountered danger there, he would have felt terribly guilty.

After all, Xiao Ye's venture into the Ancient Relics was to help him find the Heavenly Bamboo Heart to heal his injuries.

Now that he saw Xiao Ye returning, the enormous boulder within his heart finally fell to the ground.

He even felt that as long as Xiao Ye could return safely, whether he found the Heavenly Bamboo Heart or not didn't matter anymore.

"Elder Yang, sorry for my late return," Xiao Ye said apologetically.

After coming out from the Lost Mountain Range, he rushed back to the Taiyi Palace at full speed.

Upon returning to the Taiyi Palace, he didn't have time to attend to anything because he was concerned about Elder Yang's injuries, so he headed straight to the Spirit King Pool.

As soon as he arrived at the Spirit King Pool, he witnessed such a scene, and his rage ignited.

In his heart, Elder Yang was no different from a Master, who had enlightened and solved his confusions. If it wasn't for Elder Yang gifting him the Heavenly Treasure Record, his cultivation would not have improved so fast.

"Elder Yang, please take this quickly."

Seeing Elder Yang's face filled with a deathly pallor, looking much more severe than when he had left, Xiao Ye's heart skipped a bit of worry, and he quickly pulled out a Heavenly Bamboo Heart from his Space Ring.

The method of using the Heavenly Bamboo Heart was simple; just by swallowing it directly, Elder Yang's injuries could be resolved, and he believed Elder Yang knew this.

Looking at the black-as-ink, heart-like Heavenly Bamboo Heart that seemed to be throbbing like a human's, Elder Yang was momentarily stunned. Then, his murky eyes burst into sparks of brilliance.

Ever since he sustained an injury in the Ancient Relics twenty years ago, he had set his heart on the Heavenly Bamboo Heart, searching for it tirelessly. But he had never found it.

Now that it was really placed in front of him, he wondered if he was dreaming.

"You little rascal... You... you actually did it!" Elder Yang grabbed Xiao Ye's shoulders and burst into maniacal laughter.

At this moment, he felt that passing on the Heavenly Treasure Record to Xiao Ye was the most correct decision he had ever made in his life.

"Elder Yang, take it quickly. If one isn't enough, I have more. As for these two, I'll hold them off." Xiao Ye took out eight more Heavenly Bamboo Hearts and handed them to Elder Yang.

Indeed, the Heavenly Bamboo Heart was a Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure, but to him, it was of no use.

"You rascal, this favor, I will remember. These two juniors have both reached the peak of King Martial level, and their strength is very formidable. However, with your status in the Main Hall of the Holy Palace, they definitely won't dare to trouble you excessively," Elder Yang said in a deep voice, taking a Heavenly Bamboo Heart and swallowing it down.

He was already too eager to rid himself of the old affliction that had plagued him for over twenty years.

Xiao Ye heard this and smiled faintly, without further explanation.

Formidable strength?

His divine power was not weak either.

"Junior Brother Xiao Ye."

Ye Rufeng and the Red Robed Gentleman, seeing Xiao Ye appear, both wore rather unpleasant expressions.

They had heard about the good relationship between Xiao Ye and Elder Yang, so they didn't interrupt their conversation just now, and they didn't even know the use of the Heavenly Bamboo Heart, silently watching all along.

"The Red Robed Gentleman, Ye Rufeng."

Xiao Ye's figure slowly ascended to mid-air, facing off against the two devilish disciples from afar.

"It's Senior Brother Xiao Ye, I didn't expect Senior Brother Xiao Ye to rush back at the last moment."

"Senior Brother Xiao Ye has always had a good relationship with Elder Yang, he will definitely stop the Red Robed Gentleman and Ye Rufeng."

"What's the use of stopping them? Although Senior Brother Xiao Ye's talent is unparalleled, after all, he has joined the Main Hall too recently. Competing against two veteran devilish disciples is simply impossible."

...

The disciples present became excited, one after another.

They were all disciples of the Yellow Hall, feeling a natural sense of admiration for Xiao Ye, and of course, they did not want to see Xiao Ye at a disadvantage in this conflict.

"Junior Brother Xiao Ye, the task for the devilish disciples of the Main Hall is about to begin. Our actions are compelled by necessity, to bring glory to our Holy Palace, and we hope you can understand and not obstruct us,"

said Ye Rufeng.

Even though Xiao Ye had only recently entered the Main Hall, considering how the Holy Palace Master and many elders valued him, they all dared not offend him too much.

"Hehe, so to bring glory to the Holy Palace, you plan to kick a man when he's down and snatch Elder Yang's weapon?"

"Elder Yang's weapon is just a Quasi-Emperor Artifact after all, how can its power compare to a true Emperor Weapon? If you really want to bring glory to the Holy Palace, why not snatch the Holy Palace Master's weapon?"

Xiao Ye said with a cold laugh.

Although when he entered the Main Hall, both the Red Robed Gentleman and Ye Rufeng came to show goodwill, seeing their actions today, he found them very distasteful, and naturally, he did not hold back in his words.

"You!"

Ye Rufeng and the Red Robed Gentleman were choked by Xiao Ye's words, unable to utter a word for a long while.

"Since Junior Brother Xiao Ye insists on opposing us, we will just have to offend you. Don't blame us brothers for bullying you!" The Red Robed Gentleman gave Ye Rufeng a signaling glance.

Ye Rufeng showed his understanding with a nod, then stepped through the void towards Xiao Ye.

As for the Red Robed Gentleman, he broke through the air towards Elder Yang.

"A ploy to distract?"

A cold glint flashed in Xiao Ye's eyes, as an invincible war intent surged up from within him.

His strength had greatly increased in the ancient ruins, and he was just looking for an opportunity to test his abilities against these devilish disciples of the Main Hall.

Boom!

In the next moment, Xiao Ye, without any hesitation, brought forth his entire cultivation. A fire-attribute King Realm rose behind him, and as his fists danced, he launched an attack towards Ye Rufeng.

"What? Late Stage of King Martial Level 6 cultivation!"

Ye Rufeng's eyes nearly popped out.

When Xiao Ye left the Holy Palace three months before, his cultivation was clearly at the Early Stage of King Martial Fifth Level. How could his cultivation suddenly surge so much upon his return?

They knew that even for them, to raise their cultivation by so much would require at least several years of arduous cultivation.

On the other side, the Red Robed Gentleman was also shocked.

Because just as he flew towards Elder Yang, a streak of white lightning hurtled towards him, blasting him back.

That white streak of lightning halted, and it turned out to be a Ferocious Beast with white fur.

Little White!

(PS: I wasn't able to update yesterday due to some issues, today and tomorrow there will be three updates to make up for it)

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